Morning chronicle and commercial and shipping gazette, 17 juillet 1862, jeudi 17 juillet 1862

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Union uuildings, Montreal.» 1 An FOREIGN FIRE AJD LIFE INSURANCE.Proapt and lifertl Seillemenl #f Claims, BOARD: WILLIAM MOLSOX, Es«j., Cbairmat THOMAS KAY,E*q.f I HENRY THOMAS, Ho».JOHN YOUNG, | DAVID TORRANCE Esq Samssss\u2014HULSON\u2019S BANK.Lbgal ADTiaaaa\u2014Momw.TORRANCE h MORRIS, Midical Adtijih-WM.SUTHERLAND 6iq , M.D Sdimoa\u2014James h.s?ringle.AaoiToa\u2014THOMAS R.JOHNSON.Ristaisr Sickitabt aso 0»ual As**t\u2014 A.MACKENZIE FORBES.ÜNMMf BUILDINGS, 16, 8t.Fraaeolt Xavier Street, Mootreal.Special Features : NON-FORFEITURE OF LIFE POLICIES.LIFE POLICIES CONSIDERED UNCHALLENGEABLE EXCEPT IN CASKS OF PALPABLE FRAUD.POLICIES PAYABLE DURING LIFE-TIME OF ASSURED.LIFE POLICIES GRANTBDON A SPECIAL REDUCED SYSTEM.JU of which art full}/ txplaintd in the Prospect ut.Dats op Gbaob Assured folly protected, botii under Fire as well as Life Policiee.Ditiptops op Lips Psopits :\u2014Every five Jonn.Fear-filths returned to particiDAtiop Policy Holders\t* * The undersigned having been appointed as Agent to the above well known aod long es tab-liabed Office, is prepared to take Riski on Fire sad Life.OJSce Hours 10 to 5.BENIaH S.PRIOR, Agent, Quebec Chambers, St Peter Street Quebec, June 16, 1862.\tlime AND COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING GAZETTE.\u2014THE AMERICAN ARGUMENT.JftfaB-Ütt.foaiae M-iniew ) It « quite natural that tin prqjeet for en-enlarging the locks on the Ene Canal aboold attract attention in England.There is no concealment as to the natore of tbe scheme, with some prospective .commercial ad-*** Ereat object is avowedly to en able the government to introduce veeeele of war into tbe lakes for the defence of wbat we may call our\tCOMt The Erie Canal n?rLb «a,np,c \u201cd to float vessels of the Afcmiior class, and oj even larger size, but its locks bare neither the width nor the angth needed to enable such vessels to pass 5\twould require to be nearly doubled in both diDensions.As tbe case now stands, therefore, hostilities upon the lakes would find this country dependent for its de-lence upon such naval force as could be found °rJ?^*®**1 uP°n tbe l*kes themselves.VOL.XVI.] QUEBEC, THUKSDAY 17rn JULY 18 6 2 {NO.7071 BAZAAR JUST RECEIVED! IN AID OF THE St.Bridget\u2019s Asylum, WILL SB Held in the beginning October next.of Persons desirous of ccntributing towards this benevolent object, will please send their donations to tbe following ladies :\u2014 Mrs.0.J Ardonin, Mrs M T.Walsh, Mrs.Moizen, Mrs.M.A.Higgins, Mrs.Lilly, Mrs.Yalleau, Mrs.J.Dnnn.jr., Mrs.J Doyle, Mrs.T.Burns, Mrs.J A.Green, Mrs.J.Foley, Mrs J.Bropby.AMERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON, A 1 3 largest and best arranged HO-TSL ia ^ N*W ENGLAND ¦ ™1 ST iTSA.It contaiaa all the modern 1m rovementa, and every convenience for tbe eomfort and accommodation of the travelling public.LEWIS RICE, Proprietor.B ietoa, Feby «, 1861.\tI2mc Leeches ! Leeches!! QUEBEC DISPENSARY.JUST received, a fresh supply of PRIME SWEDISH LEECHES.JOHN B.BURKE, Upper Town Market.Qnebeo, April 8,1861.CARRIAGE FOB SAIL NEAT, light, single, one ___forse covered CARRIAGE, (run six months,) for tale Cheap.Apply to L.G.GINGRAS A CO., Carriage Maker, St.Ursule Street.Quebeu, May iS, 1861.% _ __________________ DiNNEFORD\u2019S Pure Fluid Magnesia Has been, during twenty-five years, emphatically saactioned by the Medical Profess ion, and universally accepted by tbe Public, as m Bist Rimidt for ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH, HEARTBURN HEADACHE, GOUT AND INDIGESTION, and as a Mild ApsaissT for delicate constitutions, more especially for Ladies and Children.Combined with the ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP it forms an agrttablt JLfsrvtscmg Draught in which its aperient qualities are much increased.During Hot Sbasoss and in Hot Glims >\u2022 a, the regular use of this simple and elegant remedy has been found highly beneficial.Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity,) by DINNBFORD k 0oM 1T1, New Bond Street, London ; And Sold by all respectable Chemists throagbout the World Dee 18, 1861.\tI2mc law Mss.Allbtb and Mss.Maouibi, will preside at the Refreshment table.MARY S.CONNOLLY, Secretary.Qnebeo, May 30, 1862.Pure Drugs, CHEMICALS, Patent Medicines, Children in proportion.\t, Return Tickets $100 since May last.Berths not secured until paid for.EF* Each ship carries a duly qualified Surgeon.For freight or passage apply to G.& D.SHAW, Montreal.ROBERT SHAW k OO., Quebec.Quebec, May 14, 1862.\t0 Notice to Farmers and others.DRILL PLOWS, Sidebill Plows, several kinds of Common Plows, Cultivators, Scuffiers, and other Fanning implements constantly on band, and made to order.\u2014ALSO\u2014 Water Spouts, Stove pipe Rings, Water Sioks.and a variety of other Castings in general use, on hand and for sale.All kinds of Castings made to order at the Foundry of A.LBA&MQNTH k CO., j, \u201e\tSt.Joseph Street, St.Roebi.- Qnebeo, June 28, 1861.\tIme Ericsson\u2019s CALORIC ENGINE THE undersigned is prepared to furnish ERICSSON\u2019S OALORIO ENGINES, 12 inch, 18 inch and 24 inch, single and twin 24 inch cylinders.These Engines have been extensively used in tbe United Staten and Onba, and are admitted to be tbe safest and most economical motors in nae.They are compact and simple in construction ; are not liable to explosion ; require no engineering skill for their management; do uot increase tbe insurance of tbe bnilding in which they are placed ; and consume only a third of the fuel of a steam-engine of tbe aame power.They are applicable for all the parposes for which the steam-englae is used, and are parti-cnlarly suited lor driving Printing Presses, hoisting, pumping, and working tbe machinery of Mills, Machine Shops and Manufactories of all kinds where motive power is required.These Engines are made according to the directions of tbe Inventor, and bava all bis latest improvements.Refer in Montreal to Messrs.Parsons & Finney, 90MMERCIAL ADVERTISER, St.Alexis Street, \u2014AND\u2014 MR.J.B.ROLLAND, ât.Vincent Street, Where Engines may be seen m operation.\u2014also, to\u2014 MESSRS.LOVELC & GIBFC N PRINTERS, TORONTO, AND TO TItN PROPRIETOR or TEN Quebec Chrouicle.They are also In operation on the Grand Trunk and Northern Railway, for pumping at water stations.Applications for Engines or information, to be addressed to Mb.SAMUEL RISLEY, Consulting Engineer, Toronto ; or to Mr.W.E.CHITTENDEN, Manufacturer, Niagara, .0.W.Jany.4, 1861.ICF* The number of prisoners^aptured by the Confederates during the recent battles near Richmond must bare been very large.The following extract from a letter written by the chaplain of the 4th New Jersey Regiment, goes to show a loss of 500 men in that regiment alone:\u2014\" We know that our regiment went into the battle 600 strong, all told.Tbe day after the battle we numbered less than 40 all told, officers and men and wounded (not including the band and drum and fife corps, and hospital attendants.) Tbe ba:.d and fife and drum corps acted as tbe ambulance corps in bringing in the wounded.Up to the present hoursirag-glers have come in, so that we number, ail told, perhaps 100 effective men, not including the band and fife and drum corps nor their assistants.\u201d Fobsigm Railways.\u2014The English collector snaps your ticket from you as if it were property of his own you are surreptitiously carrying off.Tbe German or Belgian officer, when' railways first came into use with him, used to examine tbe document you handed to him with tbe minute attention of an antiquary dealing with an interesting bat obscure piece of paleography ; but experience has now taught him to be quicker.Nor is it now necessary to be at the station a full half hour before the starting time to get your luggage weighed.Few things were more provoking to the English traveller, determined to crush as much sightseeing as be could into limited time, than that precaution ; and I have seen such a person, when arriving twenty minutes before the sterling time left behind, sitting upon the apex of his pyramid of boxes like Marius in the ruins of Carthage, with tbe difference that bis sensations were not mournful, but wrathful, and ex ploded in frequent use of the 44 damn\u2019\u2019__all which would be witnessed by a large band of pipe-smoking railway officers, standing round in good-humored imperturable listlessness, waiting until the departure of the train should give them some little piece of business to do._ \u201cAcross the Channel,r in Blackwood's Magazine.Anothzr Conspiracy.\u2014A Boston paper says :\u2014\u201c Not only do we have to contend with organzied armies in the field, but with the vilest conspiracies of rebellion, of which the following, announced by the Washington correspondent of the New York Times to have been lately discovered, is a fresh instance Evidences have reached the government of a well-planned rebel conspiracy, of a most extended character, which was to have burst upon the country simultaneously with the battles at Richmond.The rebel leaders confidently relied on shaking off McClellan and annihilating his army by their immensely superior numbers, and this success was to be immediately followed by a rising in Tennessee.Kentucky and Maryland, and the advance of Jeff.Davis upon Washington in the midstof the confusion.The families of rebel officials who are living in Kentucky, while their heads are in position in Richmond, were fully informed of the scheme, and in their boldness and imprudence let it out.The facts were communicated to the War Depaitment and to Gen.Boyle of Kentucky,and preparations were made to defeat the movement ; but the utter failure of the rebels to break the power of the Union army now threatening Richmond makes it impossible for them to put their plan in motion Female Advice.\u2014It is a wondrous advantage to a man, in every pursuit or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman.In woman there is at once a subtle delicacy of tact, and a plain soundness of judgment,which are rarely combined to an equal degree in man.A woman, if she be really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, repute.She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing, for a woman-friend always desires to be proud of you.At the same time, her constitutional timidity makes her more cautious than your male friend.She, therefore, seldom counsels you to do an imprudent thing.By female friendships I mean pure friendships\u2014those in which there is no admixture of the passion of love except in the married state.A man\u2019s best female friend is a wife of good sense and good heart, whom he loves, and who loves him.If he have that, he need not seek elsewhere.But supposing the man to be without such helpmate, female friendships he must still have, or his intellect will be without a garden, and there will be many an unheeded gap even in its strongest fence.Better and safer, of course, such friendships were disparities of years or circumstances put the idea oflove out of the question.Middle life have rarely this advantage; youth and old age have.We may have female friendships with those much older, and those much younger, than ourselves.Moliére\u2019s old house-keeper was a great help to his genius ; aud Montaigne\u2019s philosophy takes both a gentler and a loftier character of wisdom from the date in which he finds, in Marie de Gournay, an adopted daughter, \u201ccertainly beloved by me,\u201d says tbe Horace of Essayists, 14 with more than paternal love, and involved in my solitude and retirement, as one of the best parts of my being.\u201d Female friendship, indeed, is to man \"præsidium et dulce decus\u2019\u2019\u2014bulwark, sweetener, ornament of his existenco.To bis mental culture it is invaluable ; without it all bis knowledge of books will never give him knowledge of the worldÇaxfonûnw,''tn Blackwood's Magasine.Dear Sir,\u2014I had placed in my bands, by a gentleman in the market, an ear of wheat covered with insects very much resembling, at the first glance, the common 4 Aphis\u2019 found on the soft stems of roses and other garden flowers.My friend told me tbat tbe ear of wheat given to me was one out of a field taken without any special selection, every ear appearing to contain a great abundance of similar insecte ; the one 1 had contained about 100 insects, and many must have been shaken off in prerions handling of tbe ear.Some of tbe insects possessed wings rather imperfectly developed, others had no wings, probably tbe not fully developed insect.On placing the insects under tbe microscope, they appeared to me to belong to tbe order \u2018 Hemiptera\u2019 or half-winged insects.Tbe common Free Bug is a fair exam pie of the order.The insects hud a largely developed 4 rostrum,' which is the underlip of the insect, jointed, hollow, prolonged aod tapering to a point\u2014in short, like the upper lip of tbe elephant called its trunk, but more horny and piercing at its point.Those insects which had not beeo disturbed were situated at the junction of tbe grain, with tbe ear stock, and had their rostrums securely en ered into tbe grain, which in the specimen I had was just formed, that is, the grain was in its early membranoos state, with its white centre discernible.The result of tbe operations of such innumerable enemies as these insecte must be tbe utter exhaustion of tbe grain.As the white kernel of the grain is secreted, it must be sucked into tbe hungry stomachs of these destructive animals ; and the whole crop, supposiog them to be as numerons throughout as on this specimen, must be shrivelled, half grown, witb very little flour in the grain, even ifit ever reaches maturity.A more perfect boring apparatus, at tbe same time hollow, with great powers of suctioo, capable of drawing into the stomach of the insect every fluid particle in tbe grain, could not be devised or imagined.So soon as tbe grain hardens, tbe crop must be safe from this insect, unless future observation shows that It can derive subsistence from the fluids of the stalk as well as from the grain itself.Notone of tbe insects I have seen on this ear had attempted to penetrate the stalk, but that may be because being, as the saying is,4 sworn at Highgate,\u2019it likes tbe juicy grain better, and when the grain becomes hard, they may turn their attention to the stalk.I do not think this very probable.But if I were a farmer and found my fields covered with them I should be very much inclined to cut it down for hay, and wheat makes good hay when cat green (I have cut many acres of it for hay when in Australia) and sow the field for an-other crop of hay with any grain, such as rye or millet, or anything likely to yield a crop this season.It would be found almost impossible to shake the insect off the ear.I doubt if a storm of wind and rain would do much to wash or shake them off, for they are possessed of good holding legs and feet and grasp the plant very tenaciously, and in addition to their legs, they have their \u2018rostrum\u2019 to hold on witb.Rain would only wash off the unattached ; whether it would kill them I do not know, I should think not, unless tbe temperature fell very considerably.What other means the farmers possess of destroying the insects must be left to their own judgment.I doubt whether a grain of wheat once penetrated by tbe 4 rostrum' of these creatures can ever develope into good wheat, and whether grain so damaged as tbe ear shewn to me would ever be worth so much as an average hay crop.But this is a matter for the judgment of each farmer.I shall be happy to show any fanner the insect and the penetrated grain, if he will bring specimens with him, for when once killed, the insect will not long exhibit its peculiarities.It soon loses its plampnesr, and tbe shape of tbe rostrum is lost.These I now possess will not be worth looking at on Monday, when your impression appears.I think the prevalence of this insect is doe to the continuance of dry weather, and may not be expected in ordinary seasons If this country possessed the small birds of Europe, they would flutter about the ears of a wheat field, and pick ail these insects off before they could become destructive.It is much to be regretted that small birds are so scarce.Every insect-eating bird should be amply protected by every farmer.I remain, yoors truly, ,\tHnnry Landor.London, July 12, 1862.» .-x'™\tlucmsciTrB.wa* nri»* ?feci\u2018eI-7 the position in which it tries\ty iBtended 10 P1** both coon- V, d,em* uP°n the lak«.\u201cd if the J °[\t\"-ere «01 preserved, there d perhaps be nothing to be said.It was Unhed\tDe\u2018lher EnSlandnor the L mted States should thenceforth keep more one armed vesaei or one gun on Lake On-ano or Lake Champlain, nor more than two to lav «if '\t?' B°tb parliM thus from\tnava Pr*P*r*tion6 and to abstain ««priori ty o.U»,.waters In 1819, however, tbe project was start-ed by the Canadian authorities for a military ca-^ootreaL by tbe Ottawa river and Lake Rideau to Kingston on Lake Ontario.Twelve jears later the Rideau Canal was completed, it was built at tbe expense of the mother country, underiheffifrcttbn of the Roval Engineers, and avowed as a military **«& »0d a mote!** ^\u201c.eiT.Cle who has demonstrated but strations against our lines, are at least prepar- \u2022®bl duriDK bis official career, viz : his ing for the poMibilitr of conuoçtcte.For COI1Iunnl\u201ctc inel6cic\u201ecj.O-The Federal prisoner, recent., fro» Charleston Railroad both east and west of thU Baltimore Store Hospital, report being very ulace in constructing earthworks for the defense kindly treated by the Confederates.A sutler, üf the most exposed and important points, who had boried $6000 .went up with a flag of At Grand Junction and luka especially, very truce, and the C\t^ ^ \u201cfo extensive intrenchmcuts are being thrown up | him to find it, and he brought it back safe, with all possible haste.Since yesterday morn- gj- The order of \u201c Knights of the Golden Ing a very large fatigue party has also been at circle,\" has changed its name twice in the last work fortifying Corinth on the only side\u2014to yeRr to avoid exposure and public odium, and \u2018\t*'\tl\u201c\u2019\" now styles itself the order of the \u201cS.P.B.\u2019s,\" Per brig Promt»».Adamton.for Carmarthen\u201414 tom oak.8 do elm 63 do red pine.236 do white do.446 ttd pine dealt.Oiu 70 Oplpo itavet, 9 eordt lathwood by C A J Mbarplet A Co Per tbip Itland Home.Mann, for Liverpool \u2014IBS tom oak 998 do white pine.tWO ttd pine dealt, llraW I «tarot, 13 cord» lathwood bv H McKay.Per brig Tbocnat Kowell.Hentby for Newbnry\u201423 tom oak, 3 do aab, 23 do elm.13 do birch.334 tie white pine.391 ttd pine dealt, 6 cord» lathwood by C A J Sharpie» A Co.Per brig Tballt.Havelock, for Shield»\u201425 tent oak.101 do elm.37 do red pine, 254 do white do, 1039 ttd pine dealt.360 deal end* by E Bnrttall A Co.Par thlp Amelia, Iverten.for Penarth Road»\u2014151 ton» oak, 21 do red pine, 689 do wbtt* do, 1602 »td ¦prnce dealt.3m pipe ttavea.Per aobr Victoria, Hammond, for Labrador\u20143 parcel» dry good».10 bxt raihina A do aandrlea.7 ram paint.I box pepper, 4 do peppermint, I crate earthen-ware.3 bxt dry good», 7 bxt toap.2 do candles.3 do plptt, 2 caiet match*».5 brl» floor.I do cracker», 3 dot buckets, 200 empty brla, 400 Iba bntter, 2 keg r ea, 10O btgt tail by Jean Hammond.TIDE TABLE.HIGH WATER AT QUEBEC\u2014CIVIL TIMC.\u2014 I862 Theatres Royal, Drory Lane Ubarles Kean\u2019s Princess, London, and Her Majesty\u2019s Royal Court Theatricals, Windsor Castle.THURSDAY, JULY 17th.First \u201cNight QUEBEC the southwest\u2014left unprotected by tho rebels Breastworks are going up\u2014heavy batteries placed in suitable positions\u2014timber cleared away to give them unobstructed range\u2014in short, everything put into shape for a repulse of an attacking force.Whether, RECORDER\u2019S COURT.Seven prisoners were brought before the Recorder, yesterday morning, charged by the I\t.\t.\t- \u2022\tj coruer, »t-3vcrui»jr lutsiuiug, v/n*»»\t/ question should be framed in view ot the com police ^th the ugna, Tariety of offences.One mon interests of Canada, as a whole, and it is *f these, a carter, brought np for carrying on .\t,\t.u K-ii.o «6 business aa such without having obtained» not easy to discover where lies the probability 01 lieen8et wag di9Charged on complying with the daneer to Lower Canada, or any part of it, with Uw, before the trial.Of the remainder, three f were discharged on paying their fines, amount-the department under the direction of one ot 1\t-\t-J the representatives of Montreal.\u201cWe h*ve observed, and we state it with great pain, the distrust of Mr.McGee in that capacity, for which we regard him as specially fitted, from some of the journals which are The telegraphic abstract of the intelligence received from England curtly informs ns that the propriety of opening aa overland route to British Columbia has been debated in the Imperial Parliament, and that the desirableness of a communication has been admitted by the Palmerston government.This is transferring the question to its proper pince.The extension of roads west of Lake Superior is an Imperial, nota Canadian work ; and pressure designed to promote it should be applied to the home authorities, instead of being used as s party plaything in this province.The only cogent reasons for seeking to establish a route for travel from Fort W ill'.am to Fort Garry, and thence to the Pacific, are Imperial in their nature ; they relate to the possibilities of a British American empire ; and Canada ought not to burden itself with an expenditure a responsibility which it cannot afford to carry, and which really belong to the parent country.Perhaps the most useful beginning would be the conversion of the Bed River Settlement into a crown colony ; inasmuch as the double purpose of meeting the wants of the settler* and committing England to further action in that part of the continent, would then be Accomplished.With the British government pledged, as it would be by the organisation of a new colony at Tied River, the construction of roads, eastward and westward, would follow as a matter of course ; aud in no other conceivable way is the end likely to be attained.a female ; and there was one seaman in the lot The total of fines imposed amounted to $15.Five carters, brought up for being out of _____,___________ -\t.\t.their stands, in contravention of the by-law, supposed to promulgate the sentiments of tee\tconvicted, and each fined fifty coats, with French Canadian portion of the population.cog|S amounting to about $2.For ourselves we arrogate adherence to the g-ix gUmmouses were issued against defen-maxim, homo nan, et inhü fiumanL, alienum mtAt danU indebted in the amount of $75 25 for puto; and, therefore, all such prejudices as is water-tax ; and twenty-six notices were issued conveyed in the suspicion with which Mr.Me- dem*nding immediate payment of the sum of Gee is regarded, we discard.But h:s views, I $570 15 arrears of water-rate, as expressed in Parliament with the eloquence ^ complaint against a defendant for obstrnct-which is his characteristic, dispel them to sny iag Clll degac Street, by placing therein goods ceasoning mind.In one respect we heartily jor Bajej was dismissed with costs.ment in the Border States on the main subject Fisher of Delaware, Blair of Virginia, Casey of Kentucky, Knoell and Maynard of Tennessee, will advocate immediate action by their States ; all the other representatives decline to commit thcmselve®, unless the government shall first make the appropriation necessary to consum mate the scheme.\t.\t\u2022 u» Rnmors are current and credited to-mght, that important changes in high quarters are to be made, and no action will be had on the Niagara Ship Canal project the present ses tiou.concur with onr brethren, British subjects of French descent; we admire their patriotism, which alms to collect around them immigrants \u2022peaking their language, and addicted to their customs.To such, Lower Canada offers a fertile field for settlement ; and who shall deny that their intermixture with ourselves\u2014their preponderance, even, if it can naturally be created\u2014will even improve our national character, and render us better qualified for the high destiny that awaits os if we be but true to ourselves?But, is it thence to he inferred that Lower Canada is to be retained for French Canadians only ?Are there no nooks and corners that other races are to be permitted to set up their quarters in?Are those Irish settlements which contribute so largely to the agricultural products of this section to be discouraged?Are those Eastern Townships, composed of all races and all religion», living BY TELEGRAPH.ARRIVAL OF «OF \u201c PERSIL\u201d when and now styles______ or the \u201c Self-Protecting Brothers.\u201d Should the members of the order be called as witnesses in & court of justice, they are required to deny its existence, under penalty of death.The oath taken by the members of this order is to re- \tJuly.\tMorning.\tEvening.\t\tb.m.\tb.m Monday.\t.M\t#\u2014*»\t8-35 Tuesday.\t.15\t8\u201455\t9\u201417 Wednesdsy.\t.1#\t9\u201437\t9\u201455 ThurwUv.\t.17\t10\u201417\t10\u201440 Friday\t\t.te\ttl\u2014 5\ttl\u201430 Saturday.\t.19\t11\u201435\t0-0 Sunday\t\t.20\t0\u201425\t0\u201454 where an attack is expected, I am no more able gjgt lbe prosecution of the war in every way to state at this time than the half frightened town-gossipern ; but it is plain that these sudden efforts in fortifying mean more than mere general precaution, without any special occasion, otherwise General Halleck s precaution would appear remarkably slow, by manifesting itself nearly six weeks after the evacu- ation.\t, I believe I mentioned in a former letter that a large number of rebel prisoners had been confined in this town for several weeks.These cavaliers in \u2022 butternut,\u2019 during the first week of their captivity, were made to render themselves a little useful by cleaning up the streets and the debris of the buildings destroyed by their companions in arms.During the last three weeks, however, they er joyed uninter- ICF* A minister in Beverly, Mass , who happened to have a few sleepy hearers of the masculine gender, in reproving their somnolency, stated that throughout the whole twenty-seven years of bis ministry, he never yet had seen a woman asleep in meeting.The Reverend gentleman undoubtedly knew that the ladies were kept awake by looking at each other's bonnet*.The stream of tide rout op 45 mloatM alter blrb water.Moon, Last Quarter, Friday.18th.Oh 28m P.M.To Rod the time of high water at the following plarnt, tnbiract tho time opposite to each front that \u2022hewn on the tablo.H.M I\tH.M Madam Island.\t0\t37\t|\tKamouraaka.2\t37 Pillar».1\t37\tI\tBrandy Pott .\t3\t37 ttantbTraverae **at\t8\t7\t|\tGreen Itland,.\t3\t52 CHAS.J.HOLMGREN, Chronometer Depov.49 St.Peter Street.mil1 MR.C.WHËATLEIGH AS Counsel for Defendant.JTsLOAir Jeanie Deans ! COMMERCIAL.shipping intrlligbnce MOMTRIAL WHOLISALB PRO0U0R PRIOIB CURRENT.Montreal.July 15, 1862.on ~ifncl® Sum\u2019» I\t-,ÏÆiL».58ï! PORT OF QUEBEC A H R 1 V £ D .R 1 V July 13.Brig Middleton, Badlay.lflib May, Cadis, for Mon Bark Falcon, Mowlau, 4tb Jnoe, Liverpool, order, ballast.New York, June 16.\u2014The Steamship Pertûi, from Liverpool 5th, via Queenstown 6th, arrived at her dock at noon to-day.Thu New York correspondent of the Times, after stating the difficulties of tho present position of the Union forces, contends that the capture of Richmond will make no difference, merely to transfer the war further South.The truth is, an armistice and then a settlement of this deadly quarrel, by peaceful separation, is the only solution of the difficulty, ___ ______________ _\tThe dr my and Navy Gazette says, although it Fa harmony with each other\u2014respecting each I bag aiwgyB maintained the power of the North other, and\u201deach other's religion and customs.\u2014 l0\tthe principal military points in the to be left out of the account?We^regard ] soath, there has been no time since Bull Run £3* The torrid sun and scorching Sahara sand of Harrison\u2019s Landing are themes with the newspaper writers at McClellan 3 camp The newspaper correspondents are circulating a story of a new iron-clad ram, the Virginia, No.2, which will soon attempt a raid on the Federal gunboat*.td\u201d A Mobile despatch of July 8, to the Petersburg, Va., Express says Passengers by a flag of truce from New Orleans report Baton Rogue recaptured by Van Dorn, with 1,600 prisoners.E3\u201c The three prettiest actresses in London are Americans Miss Sara Stevens, Miss Jessie McLane and Mrs Jordan\u2014the latter, who has been called by Fetcher \u201cthe sensation walking lady,\u201d has made a decided hit in the \u201c Kiss in the Dark.\u201d & The Minerve, of Tuesday morning, says that it knows a Canadian merchant in St.Paul street, who, having a payment to make in New July 16.Bark Snowden, Donnelly.28th May, Llmartek.M 1 Wlltou, ballast.11 pata.\u2014 Suaqaehanoa.Mann, üt-ih do, Vallerieo, order, bricks.8ehr Victoria, Cormier, -, Amherat, order, teal oil.l**t- more prcc-i-ious than at present.It thinks Yor|C| has realized a profit of $275 on the bill the battle of Richmond will determine the fate j cf Exchange.of the campaign in Virginia, but will not stop the war.In the meantime there is no chance I for the smallest intervention or officious good offices.Thc Times had given place to a letter of Mr The Secretary of War scatters his hospitals throughout all the large cities, places them next to the recruiting offices in our parks, and expects men to enlist with all the horrid these last, we confess, with peculiar affection, j wben tiieir position and ability to do so looked because they afford a specimen how \u201c brethren,\u201d differing in the moat essential points, can still *\u2022 dwell together in unity can pro-seente their useful occupations in harmony; and can lend their aid to the cause of good government, and the spread of civil and religious ^^wTmean, our readers will perceive, no I\tof the Manchester Chamber of I mutilations of war staring at and discouraging disoaragement to Mr.Kvaninrel, a French Ca- Commerce, in which he urges the government them, says ai! N.Y.paper nadian member of the Cabinet; we haye no J ^ grapple with the cotton question in India, 1\t\u2014 *' ^ f-0- and on the following day another correspondent contended that government interference would be prejudicial.It is stated that the military staff in Canada would soon be what it was before the Trent afikir Mawkish sentimentality about banging is one thing ; stem reality i* another.The revelations concerning the Hogan murder, just acquired, belong to the latter category.If, as seems all but certain, the man Brown was executed for a-crime of which he was innocent ___if parties, to obtain a money reward, swore away the life of the poor being now in his g-^ve\u2014a notable addition is made to the details of the argument against capital puniah-menL The Judaic law of retaliation is not deethme of pleas in it* defence, savage though they be ; hot justice aa well m humanity protests against the enforcement of the law in cases where the guilt is not susceptible ot the dearest proof.Jurors are instructed to give prisoners the benefit of a doubt ; and the ex©-cutive should abide by the same rule when the possibility of error attaches to a verdict affecting the life of the accused.reason to suppose that he is more narrowminded than is Mr.McGee ; but bis duties as Minister of Agricolture are gufficiently arduous and laborious folly to employ him.In the matter of immigration, Mr.McGee has already made his mark.Whilst out of office,Ae gave the stamp of his genius to the system, and the late Government, whilst hating the adviser, felt compelled, in a certain degree, to follow the advice.Now that an opportnoity is afforded him of conferring real benefit on the country ; now that Canada is about to stand on an equal footing, at least, to that of our neighbours, the same master mind should be employed.«.w« have adverted briefly to French immigration as entitled to countenance in a proper tj\u201c Mr.Colman Burroughs is persevering with his scheme of the London Correspondent, a newspaper in which all the events of the week are to be narrated in the form of letters \u201ctersely and vigorously written.\" The prospectus of a jolut-stock company for the purpose has been issued.It is proposed to raise \u201c liberal allowances of provender.Now, yestor day morning, at thc very time our own troops commenced work on the new breastworks, south west of the town, the whole batch of these fellows was let loose, and are enjoying unrestrained liberty, while their captors are doing thc hardest kind of manual labor, under the scorching rays of the July sun.Is inis partiality for rebel muscles not provoking enough to make one profane ?What with it aud General Order No.III., which precludes the possibility of relief by contrabands, our men have the pleasant prospect of exhausting their energies in the trenches, instead of enjoj-ing much-needed summer repose.Oh ! that some of our generals would have to try dirtdigging in this climate, and this season of the year, but one day.How quick would it not work a modification of General Order No.III.A large force was sent out yesterday to rein-force the guard on the Midland and Central Railroad between here and Grand Junction.Heretofore, thia has been the weakest portion of our line.\t,\t.\t.Information has be*n received at headquarters from General Buell that the enemy is con-1 Wh*.l, perCOlbt.-\t\u201e\t_\t.rr ntratinir a iaree force at Chattanooga, and\ttold with rrelghi to Brliatu at *l.cOXB8 CASH'S LIVERPOOL SOAP, just landed ex \u2022\u2019Angle-sea,\u201d io bond or duty paid.For Sale by M.G.MOUNTAIN.Quebec, May 5, 1863.FOR SALE, OAA AAA r)EST Newcastle FIRh ZUUaUUU -D BRICKS, In lot.to anil r\\r\\w/«Viaaara ¦nit purchaser*.ALLAN GILMOUR * CO.Quebec, Aug.30,1861.Pre- To Heads of Families, ceptors, &c.FREEMAN\u2019S SWEET ESSENCE OFl SENNA, EMIGRANT or To be Let, High School of Quebec.For any amount claimed for such board lodging! for any sum exceeding five dollars; and any inch person who shall detain the effects of any Emigrant after be shall have beet tendered tbe said sum of five dollars, or such less snm as shall be actually due for board or lodging, shall, on conviction thereof, incur a penalty of not less than five dollars, nor more ^.«n twenty dollars, over and above the vain' of the effects so detained, if not immediately restored,, and a search warrant may be issue for tbe same.\u201d A.0.BUCHANAN.Ohlef Agent Govt.Emigration Orrics, Quebec, May 13, 1863.(A mild efficient Purgative, agreeable to the Palate, Containing, in a highly concentrated form, all the active principle of Senna, entirely deprived of its nanseating and griping properties, and rendered a fragrant cordial ayrup, invented to ¦upersede tbe uaa of calomel in tbe nursery Tbe extraordinary merit of this medicinal novelty has obuined for H the distinguished patronage of Her Majesty\u2019s Physician*\u2014Sir C.M.Clark, Bart, M.D., Dr.Ferguson, and Dr.Locock.Agent for Quebec, JOHN 8.BOWEN, Druggist, 14 Buade Street.Quebec, April 11, 1863.\tc fTtWO COMFORTABLE DWEL- rflHS usual eourae of instruction in this In- èÊk I \"ling\"ROUSES, 1* Grant Strert, Hi»!- ¦Ji.Rock, on* ooniaiaing eleven an atitution comprises English Reading; Grat Crown Lands DEPARTMENT , ar aia* rooms.APP>7 ^ HUGH ROSS, Defoasea Street, Bt.Roch, to\tP- LANGLOIS.Quebec, April 34, 1863.________tf_ TO LET, SHOP »»d DWELLING, with spacious vault, in Cul-de-Sac Street, occupied for several years by Mr Ship Chandler and Grocer.Jr am mar and Composition, History, Geography, Writieg ; Arithmetic, General and Commercial ; Mathematics, inclndiug Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, *c.; French, Latin, and Greek.Tirms, as heretofore, £13 10a.per annum, payable quarterly in advance ; Scholars unde.10 years ef age £10 per annum.By a due distribution of labour among the Teachers and other arrangements, a full opportunity It afforded of securing profioienoy in the practically useful, ss well as tbe Classical branches.Quebec, 37th Dec., 1856 C pause, April, 1862.Notice IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ABOUT 21,500 Acres of Crown Lands, APP0HA8.MCDONALD * SON, Upper Tow» Market.Qaebee, April 33, 1863.Salt Afloat, ex \u2018 Chapultepec.\u2019 2000 B IB TBS Township of Ashburton, County of Montmagny, (J.E., AGS, in lots to suit purchasers.WILL SB Frime Pork.Quebec, May 15, 1863.M.G.MOUNTAIN.OPEN FOR SALE i .RIM* tORK, }\tFor Ship's use.Fort Wine.To actual and intending settlers, on and afte the >3tb day of May next.Far Bale by Ci !.* D.SHAW, r TT OG3HIAD8 0«y, Cramp k Oo.xery 0 H sorrier PORT WINE.^\tdo do do do do For sale by\t____ M.«.MOUNTAIN, 4 3 Pipe* For particulars, apply to tha local agent F \u201cV1\"\u2019 \u201c \u201crNDMW RÜB6ELL, Assist.Coat, of Crown Lands.Qasboo, April 11, 1863,\tU» ROYAL VICTORIA \u2022.OTTAWA.HOTEL, THIS House being situated immediately opposite the Parliament Buildings, and com mending a beautiful view of the Chaudière Fall, Suspension Bridge, sad surrounding scenery, and patronised by their ROYAL HIGHNESSES the PRINCE OF WALES and PRINCE ALFRED and the GOVERNOR GENERAL, is now open te the Public as a FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, at rates not higher than other respectable establishments.A share of the public patronage is respeot-fnlly solicited by GEO.F.POPE, (formerly of Montreal,) WM.D.WARD.July 14.1861.« N.York, Boston, « N.York, \u201c Boston, _______ « N York, 11 Berths not secured until paid for.An experienced Surgeon on board.The owner* of these ships will not oe ac countable for Gold, Silver, Bullion, Specie Jewelry, Precious Stones or Metals, unless bills of lading are eigned therefor and the value thereof therein expressed.For freight or passage, apply to E.CUNARD, 4 Bowling Green, New York.June 11, 1862.M\\m LOCATIONS DEPARTMENT Crown Lands.Qubbko, 31st April, 1862.The following Changes IB THB MODE OF DISPOSING ov MINING LOCATIONS HA.VB BUN AUTHOKISBD BT His Excellency the Governor General in Council : That In all future sales of Mineral Lands Royalty of 2j per cent on all ores extracted be charged, payable in cash on the value of the ore prepared for market at the mine, and that Letters Patent be Issued for such lands on the payment of the purchase mot ey without any additional conditions ; also that Lots in surveyed townships, presenting indications of Miaerals, be sold at the same price per acre ns the lands adjacent, subject to tbe above men tloned Royalty.(8ig.) GEO.SHERWOOD, CeosmiBsioner.Quebec, April 26, 1862.\t6 law Office vf the Crown Land Agent, NOTICE TO MARINERS.MIBUTtS fT7HE TIME BALL in the 01-JL TADEL, each day, (Sunday excepted,) at Halt-past Twblvs w til be hoisted half-mast ; at Fivb _______ oefore ONE it will be hoisted to tbe mast-head, and at ONE o\u2019clock, Mbin timb XT Observatory, the BALL will be DROPPED.A Chronometer keeping correct Greenwich time, should then >bew 5b.44m.4M., sad the difference between this, and tbe time shewn by a Chronometer, ia its true error on Greenwich time at that moment;\u2014As it isGreenwich time\u201d that the Observatory shews when the Ball is dropped it is no matter wberd tbe ship ia lying ; for instance, if a ship half-way across tbe Atlantic could see tbe Ball drop, the difference between 6h.44m.49s.and the time shewn by the face of her Chronometer, would be its error on Greenwich time \u2014A ahlp, on arriving, should compare her .Chronometer by the Timb Ball, as it will enable her to get her 11 Sea Rate,\u201d which seldom or ever agrees with \u201c Harbour Rate.\u201d Royal Insurance Gomp\u2019y, or LIVERPOOL AND LONDON.*wo .CAPITAL SKXXAXOXffS ABD Large Reserve Funds.Annual Income, - - - - £130,000 Mg.Bright Sugars.200 Hogsheads Choice bright SUGARS, landing ex Linda, at Portland.For Sale by LANE, GIBB * CO.Quebec, May 31,1862.Itn -EXAMPLE :- May 33rd, 1859, tbe Barque \u201c Nancy,\u201d of Bristol, on leaving Liverpool, fouud ber Chronometer (Dent 738) fast on Greenwich mean time, Ob.4m.57s \u2014June 20th she anchored at Quebec, and when tbe Ball dropped ber Chronometer shewed .\t\u2022\u2022 5h.50m.42s Greenwich Mean time when Ball dropped\tA0S coarse salt, 13 400 Bags Butter do.For sale afloat.Apply to M.G.MOUNTAIN.Mr*.IMS* Qulbbo, 13th May, 18G2.THE LANDS EDUCATION.1, f ll.ANDREW >8 CLASSES RE-]Y| OQKN, after the Summer vacation, on MONDAT, the 19th instant, at 91 A.M.The Junior Departnent R'*l-OPlN8 at the same time.St.Louis Road, Quebec, Aug, 9, 1861 ut THS TOWNSHIP OF ALLEYN, COUNTY OF PONTIAC, 40,000 ACRES, WILL BB 0x30X1 fox* fitetle» Actual Settlement, On and after the 11th June next* Fo.List! of the Lot« and conditions of sule apply to G.M.Jcdgsob, Esquire, Grown Land Agent, at Clarendon, in the said County.(Signed,) aNDR]BW eü88BLL| Assist.Commissioner., Qaabeo May 14, 1862.\t\u2022 THE SCOTTISH AMICABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.PBBBIDKHT : HU Grace the Duxz of Roxbubshi; AT the Septennial Investigation, 31st Dec 1860, a Bonus of £1 15s.per cent pex annum declared on Capital and pebvious bo-Mcasa.\u201c The Bonne now declared alao participates in the future profits, and is equal to a Bonus of 2 per cent, not so participating.\u201d Funds, £811,768 17*.9d.Annual income £154,764 12s.lid.\t,\t\u201e\t, By the minimum premium table, os large a sum (M poetible it injured for tke tmalUtt jx>* tible premium.\" For tables ot rates and general information, apply to tbe undersigned.Agent for the So-NO.81.\tA ROSBi Advocate.Quebec, Jane 22.1861.12mc Saw Furniture Polish.125 nu' ,\u201c\u201cv ruxLisHin by S.B.FOOTE, Hd|.tor and Proprietor, at bis Steam PrinUag Bstablishmaat, foot of Morava* \u201c I 'i 455 "]