The Quebec gazette = La gazette de Québec, 15 mai 1865, lundi 15 mai 1865

[" \u2014 PRICE TWO PENCE.TETE Quebec Gazette, Zatablished 1764 SHED by MESSRS.MIDPLETON & VOL.\u2014 AWSON bay nin the City of Quebre, TELUS OF SumCRIPTION FOUR DOLLARS payable yearly mnoadvanee.Pe TTS EM ETS, dtivered in before two v'élack P.M.on the day of publieation, iuserted according Lo written orders\u2014or Lill forbid, il no written directions\u2014at 50 cents for six lines and uader, for first insertion, aud 12} cents for each aubgequent insertions for ten fines and above \u2018x, 79 cents lor first insertion, and 17 cents for 5 \u2018a eabsequent insertions for ten lines and oe 8 cents per tine for first insertion, snd y live for each subsequent inaertion.Ly the year as may be sgeeed on, ; and Communications must Le I\u2019 PUBLI Lover T upwards, pwo cents pe Advertising 1A All Letters POST TA oS DDLETON & DAWSON, Proprietors.Quebec.Oct.5, 1863.Military Books, &e.AODE MILITAIRE, by Major Suzor.qi DEAD SHOT.or Éporl-man\u201ds complete guide being a treatise on the use of the gun, with rudimentary and linishing lessons in the art of Shooting game ol ull kinds.Pigeon Shooting, Dog Breaking, &e.en ; FIELD EXUHCISE AND EVOLUTIONS FOR INFANTRY.HINTS TO RIFLEMEN.; , _ COMPLETE MANUAL FOR Y OUNG SPORTSMEN : dircetions fur haudling the Gua, the Rifle and the Rod ; art of Shooting où the wing, the Breaking management and Huut- ing of the Dog, the varieties and babits of game, River, Lake and Sen Fishing, &e., &c.ROBERTSUN'S INFANTRY DRILL, together with twenty field days, and explanatory remarks thereon.illustrating Battalion, Light Infantry and Brigade manœuvres.INFANTRY SWORD EXERCISE._ CAVALRY REGULATIONS AND SWORD EXERCISE., HAND BOOK FOR HYTHE.THE RIFLE, and how 10 use it.; .RIFLE VOLUNTEERS; how to organise and drill them.; VOLUNTEER'S HAND BOOK, & compendium of military fact: aud suggestions adapted to field service, HART'S ARMY LIST, 1804, For Sale by MIDDLETON & DAWSON, Foot of Mountain Hill.Quebec, Aug.8, 1864.\"ADMIRALTY CHARTS.| A YIDDLETON & DAWSON, having been A appointed by the Admiralty, AGENTS for ine Sale of Carr.Bavriznd's CHARMS, offer the following at low prices; viz.:\u2014 Montreal to Quebec.No, 1127\u2014Montreal Harbour.$0 75 2718\u2014Long Point to Lachine Rapids.0 75 2TTT\u2014Repentigny to Long Point.075 2715\u2014Contrecœur to Repentigny .0 75 2719\u2014Lanoraie to Contreceeur.,.0 75 2780\u2014Stone Island to Lanornie .0 75 2751\u2014West part of Lake St, Peter 0 75 4782\u2014East part of Lake St.Peter.075 2783\u2014Becancour to Port St.Francis.075 9784\u2014Batiscan to Becancour .075 2785\u2014Groudine to Batisean .075 2786\u2014Cap Santé to Grondine,.075 2787\u2014Frechette Island to Cap Sauté.075 2788\u2014Po nt Pizeau to Frechette Island .0 75 Quebec to the Gulf 319\u2014Quebec Harbour.acc 075 317\u2014Quebec to Island of Orleans.0 G0 318\u2014TTAVCISEH.LL ace 00005000 c 000000 es 8 60 316\u2014Orleans to Senl Tslands .s U 60 315\u2014Seal Islands to Point Quelle.0 60 814\u2014Point Quelle to Pilgrims.0 60 313\u2014Pilgrims to Green Island.0 6Y 1370\u2014Saguenay River.covviite 0 60 312\u2014Saguenay River to Bersimis.0 G0 #12\u2014Green Island to Father Point.0 60 3H \u2014Father Point to Point de Monts.0 60 311\u2014Bersintis to Point de Monts, .,.6 60 309\u2014 Bic to Cape Chat & Point des Monts 0 60 310\u2014Bic to Quebec.veins U0 GO GULF.2516\u2014Gulf of St Lawrence, &c.100 2727\u2014Gn)f from Magdalen Islands to Newfoundland, including Cape Breton and St, PAUPRLL LL Le La eee aa ca 1 000 es 175 2727\u2014Cape Breton I-and.,,.175 2692 \u2014 \u201c Louisburg Harbour.1 00 271-North of Newfoundland and Straits of Belle Isle.\u2026\u2026\u2026.100 13t\u2014Magdalen Islands .0 60 304-\u2014Island of St.Paula.0 25 SyT\u2014Puint de Monts to [sland of Anticosti 0 06 North Shore.307\u2014Point de Monts te Magpie Bay.0 60 1147\u2014S, W.Point and Fult Lake Bay, An.ticosbi LL LL Lee ana ee 0025 1150\u2014East Cape and Bear Bay, Anticosti.0 23 308\u2014Ellis Bay, Anticosti.0 25 1183\u2014Mingan Islands, (Wesh}.0 GO 1132\u2014Mingan Islands, (Fast).0 60 306\u2014Magpie Bay to Pashashecboo, .0 60 305\u2014Pashusheeboo to Lake Island.0 60 119\u2014Watagheistic Sound.l6{\u2014Little Meccatina.0.0 60 1431\u20141.ake Island to Esquimaux [slands.© GU 1430\u2014Esquimnmux Islands to St.Lewis Sound.[PE LN 11] -Belle Isle Straits, .vee 060 H22\u2014Ladrador and Greenland.125 South Shore and Nova Scotia.H63\u2014Gaspé and Mal Bays.0 60 1il5\u2014Bay Chaleur.0 G0 1943\u2014Shediac Bay and Harbour.0 60 1589\u2014Pictou Hafour.0 60 2312\u2014 Gut of Canso nnd Chedabucto Bay.1 50 2517\u2014Green Island to Cape Canso.,.1 00 1320\u2014Halifax Harbour.s\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.1000 2396\u2014Pope larbour to Liscomb Harbour.1 00 2519\u2014Liscomb Island to Green Island.1 00 2410\u2014Mars Head to Shut-in Island.1 50 2439\u2014Shut-in Island to Pope Harbour.1 50 24T\u2014Conntry Harbour.\u2026\u2026.125 2624\u2014Ship Harbour.0212100021 126 MAN Miscellaneous.bo \u2014North Atlantic Ocean, .1 60 ape North Atlantic Enst.100 061-\u2014North Atlantic West.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.100 2203\u2014South Attantie.\u2026.121200 .100 U88\u2014Portla qa Harbour, U.S,.0 60 \u2014 n SAILING DIRECTIONS, &c.\u20ac St.Lawrence Pilot, comprising Sailing Directions for the Gulf an River; by Rear Admiral H.W, Bayfield, F.R.S., being the result of a survey made by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.(Fourth Edition,)=-2 vols, 1860.$2.50.Admirality Liets of the Lights of the British Isl- sods.corrected to April 186%, by E Dun- aterville.Commander R.N.-\u201450 cis.mratity Listà of Lights on the Consts and Lakes of British North America, corrected to February, 1860, by Edward Dunstervillo.Th jommand cr R.N.\u201425cls, e H ova Sootin Pitot, South Bat Coast, from ars Head to Cayo Cuneo, incinding Sable à ; pd, by Rear-Admiral 4.W.Bayfield, R.For Sale by MIDDLETON & DAWSON.Foot of Mountnin Hill, Printers, Foot of Mouniain ill, | NOTES \u2014 ON\u2014 FADERAL GOVERNMENTS PAST AND PRESENT.ny THE LON.THOS.D*'ARCY McGEE, M.R.LA.CONTENTS.I.\u2014~On the Federal Government of the Greeks: J.\u2014The Italiun Leagues of the Middle Ages.JI1.\u2014The Swiss Confederation, 1V.\u2014The United Provinces of the Netherlands.V-The German Confederation.VL\u2014The United States.VIL\u2014The Confedurate States.VII \u2014The New Z-aland Confederation, 1X.-\u2014Uonclurion, WITH AN APPENDIX.Containing the Federal Constitution of the New Zealand Colonies.PRICE 25 CENTS.Just Received and for Sale by MIDDLETON & DAWSON.Mountain Hill, Qucebee, Jany.16, 1865.1865.1865.JUST PUBLISHED, The QUEBEC SHEET ALMANAC FOR 1565, YRINTED in COLOURS, and containing.in addition to the Almanac, à list of members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Banks, Customs, Trinity House, Consulates ; Corporation, Officers of the Corporation ; Quebec City Taxes and Licences; Carters\u2019 Tarifl'; Quebec Exchange ; Board of Trade ; Post Office Department, Rates and Regulations, &e.; Courts of Jus: tice ; Seasons, Moon's Phuses, Eclipses, Planets, Fêtes d'Obligation.Moveable Festivals, &c.: also, a Table of the rising and setting of the SUN and MOON for the whole year.For sale by MIDDLETON & DAWSON, Foot of Mountain Hill.Quebec, Nov.23, 1864.1865.1865.Dietrichsen & Hannay's Royal Almanac ND NAUTICAL and ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMIRIS for the year 1865, Royal Genealogy, Peerage, Parliamentary, Court, County and Colonial Calendar ; Navy nod Army List, London, Provincial, Colonial and Foreign Banking Directory ; List of Fairs in Great Britain, Public Income and Expenditure, List of Acts of Parliament, Postal Regulations and Book of GENERAL REFERENCE aud INFORMATION.&e,, &e., &e.MIDDLETON & DAWSON, Foot of Mountain Hill.Quebec, Nov.23.1364.1865.1865.1865.Canadian Almanac.IDDLETON & DAWSON have received the CANADIAN ALMANAC AND Rerosrrory or Uskrun KxowLkbae for 1865, containing a large amount of general information.For sale nt FOOT OF MOUNTAIN HILL.Quebec Nov.23, 1861, 1865.1565.N DIDLETON & DA WSON have received a Inrge assortment of DIARIES for 1865, in every size and form, for the Pocket or the Counting House.IFor gale at SHAW'S BUILDINGS, Foot of Mountain Hill, Quebec, Nuv.25, 1864.Diaries.Pocket Book and Port Monaies.N ASSORTMENT of POCKET BOOKS wud PORT MONAIES, new and improved styles, just received by MIDDLETON & DAWSON.Quebce, Nov.25, 1864.Photographie Card Portraits.LARGE ASSORTMENT of CARTE de VISITES of celebrated English, Amerfean, Canadian, and European celebrities.MIDDLETON & DAWSON.Quebec, Nov.25, 1864, .Stamping Ink.OLT\u2019S PATENT STAMPING INK, prepared expressly for use in Railroad and Insurance Offices, Post Offices, Custom Houses, Backs, &o.MIDDLETON, & DAWSON.Quebec, Sept.19, 1864.Quebec, Nov.25, 1864.The Steamer \u201c Arctic\u201d V ILI, run as under, between the GRAND TRUNK STATION, QUEBEC, POINT LEVI, until further notice :\u2014 and LEAVES QUEBEC SIDE : | POINT LEVI SIDE: 7.00 A.M, ; 6,00 A.M.Passengere f Mixed (rain for | and Mails } 1sland Pord | 8.30 from Montreal.9.3 8.45 {and way sta | tions.i # 10,600 + 10.30 © 11,00 + 11,30 \u20ac Mixed train { Passengers {12.30 rm, - for Riviere ; | and Mails du Loup.| 1.00 ry from 1.50 + Riviere du 2.30 + Loup.3.30 © 2.00 4,30 + 3.00 + 5,40 + 4.00 * 7.00 + 5.00 \u201c { Pas*gs.and [ Mixed train Mails for | from Island 5.30 Montreal 6.00 « 4 Pond and und the way sla.lL West.| tions, JAMES TIBBITS.Quebec.May 33, 1865.TONTREAL OCEAY STEAMSHIP COY.SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1865.Direct Steam Communication with GLASGOW.TEYIUS COMPANY?S GLASGOW LINE is composed of the following FIRST-CLASS Steamsbips :\u2014 St.Davin LL.1600 Tons.Capt.AIRD.ST.ANDREW.1500 Tons, .+ Scort.St.GEORGE.1500 Tons., % SMITH.ST.PATRICK LL.1400 Tous.\u201c Thocks.Tbe Steamship ST.DAVID, Captain Arrn, is appointed to sail from QUEBEC for GLASGOW, direct, on TUESDAY, the 23rd instant.RATES OF PASSAGE FROM QUEBEC: Cabin.\u2026.$60.00 Tutermediate.$40.00 Steerage.crea .$24.00 Intermediate Passengers by this Line are furnished by the Company with beds, bedding, and all other requisites, For further particulars apply to ALLANS, RAE & CO., Agents, 21 St.Peter Street.Quebec, May 10, 1865.Royal Mail Steamships.ETWEEN N.York and Liverpool,calling at Cork Harbor ; and between Boston and Liverpool, calling at Halifax and Cork Harbor.A=LEAVES\u2014 Scotia, New York.Wednesday, May 17 Asia, Boston.Wednesday, * 24 Cuba, New York.Wednesday, ¢ 31 China, Boston.Wednesday, June 7 Persia, New York.Wednesday, * 14 Africa, Boston.Wednesday, \u201c 21 From New York to Liverpool : CHIEF CABIN PASSAGE.renee.$132 56 SEcoND CABIN \u201cCL.8000 From Boston to Liverpool : CHIEFCABIN PASSAGE.se.$112 50 SECOND UABIN \u201c .ieee.65 00 Payable in gold, or its equivalent in United States currency.Beribs not secured until paid for.An experierced Surgeon on board.The owners of these ships will not be accountable for Specie or Valuables unless bills of lading having the value expressed are signed therefor.For Freight or Passage apply to E.CUNARD, 4 Bowling Green, New York.Or to E.C.& I.G.BATES, 103 State street, Boston.Quebec, May 15, 1865.Summer 1865.Passengers Booked to Londonderry or Liverpool.Return Tickets granted at Reduced Rates.HIS COMPANYS LINE is composed ot the following First Class Steamships :\u2014 PERUVIAN, 2600 tons.Capt.Ballantine.MORAVIAN, 2650 lons.\u2018 Aiton.HIBERNIAN.2434 tons.\u2018 Dutton.NOVA SCOTIAN, 2300 tons,.* Wylie.BELGIAN, 2200 tons.* Brown.NORTH AMERICAN, 1784 tons.*¢ Kerr.DAMASCUS, 1300 tons.Watts, ST.DAVID, 1600 tons.* Aird, Carrying the Canadian & United States Mails, Sailing from LIVERPOOL every THURSDAY.and from QUEBEC every SATURDAY, calling at Loch Foyle to reccive on board and land Mails and Passengers from and to London- derry.Dates of sailinæ are na follows :\u2014 FROM QUEBEC : PERUVIAN,.Saturday, May 13, 1865.HIBERNIAN, .do do 30, do DAMASCUS, .do do 27, do MORAVIAN,.do June 3, do AND EVERY SUCCEEDING SATURDAY.RATES OF PASSAGE FROM QUEBEC : To Londonderry or Liverpool.Cabin\u2014$66, $70 or $80, according to sc commodation.Steerage\u2014$26.Berths not secured until paid for.#8An experienced Surgeon carried on each vessel, A tender will leave the Napoleon Whar! every Saturday morning, with mails and passen- ra at NINE o'clock peeoinely.\u2018 For further particularsapply to P ALLANS, RAB & CO., : Agents Fresh Groceries.HE Undersigned begs to infonn his cus- lomers, and the public in generul, that he has on Sale a large and well selected Stock of articles suitable for the present Season ; and would invite inspection from intending purchasers, as every article is fitel quality, and at a very low figure.AMONG WHICH WILL BE FOUND: Layer raisins, in boxes\u2014nalves and quar tern\u2014crop 1862, Seadless do, 1n boxes\u2014ecrop 1862, Sultana do, in drams, quete fresh, Valentia du.in boxes, do.Zante Currants, do.Prunes in jars and cartoons, do.Eleme Figs in boxes, do.Citron, Lemon, and Orange Puals, Preserved Ginger and Chow-Chow in jar, A variety of Fruit preserved in syrup, Shelled Almonds, sweet aud bi.ter, Soft Shelled Almonds, Walnuts and Filberts, Baking and Ealing Apples, by the barre and dozen.A complete assortment of Crosse and Back- well\u2019s Pickles, Mustard, aud Sauccs.TEAS.Old and Young Hysons, Gunpowder, Hyson Twankay, Souchong and Congou, Oo- long, and Uncoioured Japan, all strong and very fragrant.SUGARS, Loaf, Dry Crushed, Crushed A, and Bright Porto Rico.LIQUORS.Brandies, Vinegrowers, Jules, Robin, Martel\u2019s and other brands, Very choice Old Port and Sherry, Le Tour de Bouzy & Imperial Champagne, Old Jamaica Pum, ¢ warranted genuine,\u201d De Kuyper\u2019s and Houtman\u2019s Gin, Old Tom, Scotch, Insh, and Toddy Whis key, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry Vinegar, & a variety ol other Syrups and Liqueurs, English Ales arid Porter, in pts.and quarts, Quebec , do.do.do.English and American Cheese, Fresh Biscuits, in great variety, Best Family Flour, in bbls and bags, Dur- kee\u2019s Powder, and an assortment of Ground Spices and Flavouring Extracis.\u2014ALSO\u2014 A few Thousands of first quality Cigars, Some very choice, Cut Tubacco, consisting of Sweet Oronoco, Golden.Leaf, Honey Dew, & other favorite Smoking aud Chewing Tobaccos.(= Together with a complete assortment of other goods in the Grocery line, too numerous to detail.H.F.WALLACE, Hendersen\u2019s Buildings, St.Lewis Street.Quebec, Dec.20, 1863.INSURANCE COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL.Capital, £2,000,000 Sterling.FIRE INSURANCES RE CONTINUED TO BE EFFECTED at MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM.LOSSES adjusted in Quebec, and PromPrLy Pain.gæ- NO CHARGE made for the POLIUY.LIFE INSURANCE Also effected on advantageous terme, FORSYTII.BELL & CO.Agents.Quebec, Nov.13, 1863.12m EAGLE Insurance Co.of London.ESTABLISHED 1807.HE REALIZED ASSETS of this COMPANY amount to UPWARDS oi TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.THE ANNUAL INCOME isabont THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHIY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS.The number of EXISTING POLICIES is upwarde of SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, insuring over NINE MILLIONS Sig.The Division of SURPLUS is jninquennial; and the Surplus (less 20 per cent) 18 distritut- ed amongst the assured.: The Rates of Premium aro as low as the experience of more than half a century war- ant ; and ar EIGHTY PER CENT.of all profiits is every five years divided among the assured, it is evident that these rates are the lowest that any Life Insurance Company can demand, consistent with ils own salety, and the consequent security of the assured.Policies are 1ssued with or without participation ol p:o- fits, for One cr Seven Years, Whole Life, Jone Lives, or payable on the life atiaining the age of Sixty.One hall credit for tiret five years.The undersrgned, Agents, have paid HERE, on the decease of Lives up tn the 31st vhimo., FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY POUNDS, STERLING, equal to $273,385.& W.C.HENDERSON, Agents in Canada.12m Quebec, Nov.13, 1863.A HINT TO The Worthy Citizens of Canada.BE WARNED IN TIME.A parties purchasing my Pills and Ointment for their several complaints are reapectfully warned against purchasing cither Pills or Ointment purporting to be my preparations, that have a UNITED STATES STAMP AROUND TUE BOXES OR POTS.There iz no Treaty between the People of the States and the llome Govern: ment, therefore an American Stamp does not protect my preparations.Thercare no stamps upon my Canadian style of Pills or Ointinent, coming from the United States.1 rely ouly for pro- teotion on the water mark in the book of -direc- tions around each Box or Pot.Befere you pur- cbase them, see that THERE ARE NO U.S.STAMPS upon the Box of Pilis or Ointment.Purchase none that have United Stateastampson, T.HOLLOWAY.80 Maiden Lane.New York, Quebec, May 10.1865.Ÿ August 22, 1864.12m Portraits BRITISH AMERICANS, BY W.NOTMAN.WiTU \u2018BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, EDITED BY FENNINGS TAYLOR, ESQ., Deputy Clerk and Clerk Assistant of the Legistative Councit of Canada.PROSPECTUS.VENTS of great national impartatice are hourly passing into history.Putlie apin- ion 18 Visibly sequiring new animation.Political aspirations, moved by unseen influences, like the tide in spring, are rising to a purer level, and spreading themselves with invigorating freshness over the agilated surlace ol the Colonial mind, Statesmen of diflerent parties, appreciating 1he acquirements ol the hour, forgetting alike the rivalries and jealousies of the past, are agreed in declaring that the time is come when the power of these separated Provinces should be cousoli- dated ; when their mdividual strength should bs knit 1ogether ; when, us one great MoNak- CHIGAL CoNFEDERACY, they should practice in unison the graver duties of Government ; shicald accept the burden of new obligations and the administration of new trusts, Proceedings and events so unique in them selves cannol be viewed apart from their au- \u2018thors ; and we should miss much of their meaning were we lo attempt to interpret them without reference to their opponents.The canvas which encloses ihe historic tracery should include also the personal portraiture.The rtrile of opituion should represenithe parties to that etrife.We care not lo separate the act from the.actors, the accepted design trom the competitive designers ; on the contrary, we acknowledge the relationship, and recognise propriety in unity.What has been done, and what 18 now being done, are however matters of State policy, not necessary 10 be discussed here ; but the subject suggests the observation, and, we hope, warrants the opinion, that, standing, as we may be said lo be, on the threshold of new and great events, the time is propitious for collecting in a form, not unworthy of being preserved, notes and sketches not only of men who are now filling, but of those also who have in years past filled, positions of responsibility and honour in 1he political and social history of the British American Provinces.The wish lo possess, even in an impetfect form, the resemblance of individuals whose names are familiar to us, is a very natural one.Indeed, such desires have almost become conventional habits, which we make [title stiort to restratn, and none to disguise.The growing taste for collecting likenesses isnot attributable to a passing fashion merely ; it has ils root in the better parts of our nature, and derives its nourishment from the higher sentiments of the mind\u2014{rom reverence and respect, from the love of kindred and the charms ot Iriendship, from 1he regard for private worth or from the appieciation of public service.It is 17 evanescent impulse, but a chronic craving, a craving that bad existence when the means of gratification, f not wholly beyond reach, were laid aside among the expensive and almosl unattainable privileges ol Ife.Curiosity idly uttered its peiitions, aflection vainly breathed its longings\u2014lor such entreaties were roughly hushed by the homely voice of prudence, expressed, in the hard and ineasured tones of exact economy.«The portait could not be had : the price wus beyond reach.\u201d Now, however, this difficuliy 1s removed.The sun himself has become the limner.Science has unlocked her secrets: Art has applied them, while knowledge and experience have taught us that light, the first, the purest and the most universal of God\u2019s gills, has, by fusion with subtle agencier, become the source, il is scarcely an exaggeration to say, of the most cherished and economical of man\u2019s luxuries.° Ne lengthened introduction is needed in regard to that part of our project which relales especially tothesllustriation, except, indeed, to slate that every pains will betaken1o make Ihe work equal in all respects, mm ils minute and general characteristics, in 11s artistic and me- chamieal attractions, to the best and most exact specimens of Photographic art, In addition to the etyle and finish which commouly belong to work done at his studio, it is Mr.Notman\u2019s intention to bestow, if it be pusstble, even more than his usual pains on every Portrait that may appear in tte forthcoming Serial ; so that each subject may be represented 1n a manner as true, natural, and lifz- like as it is possible for Art, combined wih knowledge and experience, 10 effect.The plan which has found [avour in England with respect to similar publications will be attempted here.Iiach monthly pait will contain five Portraits, to be separately mounted on delicately tinted paper, especially prepared for the work.Each porirait, moreover, will be accompanied with notes and sketches, which, like index posts on the highway, though, peradventure, neither elegant nor picturesque in themselves, may at all events be found useful in direciing the enquirer to where he may arrive al more perfect kunow- ledge and more exact observation.In speaking for himeelf, the Editor nay perhaps be allowed to observe, that the duty he has been invited 10 discharge was nut of his seeking, for he and the responsible author of the project are wholly unknown lo one another, 1t was the desire of Mr.Notman that the Sketches should be written fairly and impartially ; tree alike from exiravagant eulogy on the one hand, or cynical 1l1-nature on the vther.With this object in view, Il Was supposed by him that a gentleman whose duties did not necessarily bring him into confidential intercourse wilh any member or estate of the Government, who had for many years been counected with the Legislature, who had consequently enjoyed fair opportunities of observing the course of public events, and had been brought into almost daily contact with the public men of all parties, would, from in- clinalion and experience, as well as from the habit of equable impartiality that is almost inseperable from official life, be disposed to trace such records with a gentle hand, and make criticism subservient alike lojustice and courtesy, ~~ There ie, too, in connection with this print, another consideration which, perhaps, may be regarded ae a type of thought, in a certain sense peculiar 10 and inseparable from ile minds ol those whose lot has been cast in Lhe public service of the Stale.Removed by their position from the radius of panty avrac- tion, placed outside, so to speak, of the inael- strom of lactional strife, the observant members of this class have not failed to note, and they have done so wilh regret, thut there ex- is's in the community, no mater trom what cause, a proneness 10 ciapurage the p-æilton and abase the tfluencot our public men ; belittle their title to considerations to discredut generally the presence ol high principle, and challenge particularly any claims to patriotic motives ; 1o sheer al hnmble snd jest at obscure origin ; 10 remember with exaggerated precision what it were generous to lorge!, an! forget with facile indiflerences what it were jnst to remember ; to speak coolly of many struggles, and withhold from intelligent suc- cers ull grateful recognition.It is true thal persistent integrity may, for it sometimes does, win inthe end; but the contest 1s not eqnal, neither can the tinal triumph of night make ua oblivious to those lenturcs cf the play tha blemished the struggle.Our purpose, however, is nol to discuss a state of things more earily accounted for than excused.On the contrary, we refer tothe by way of mtrodue- ing the remark, that our Serial 18 issued for no partisan object ; neither will it be edited on any partisan principle.There is, moreover, a condition with respect lo contemporary brography that should never be lost sizht of, namely, (he difficulty nt trealing fairly an incomplele career.While he lives, the personal history of man survives; and he, therefore, who should attempt fo Judge such an one before the time, would necessarily judge partially aud from imperfect data ; under such facta\u2019 it 1s safer 10 record facts than to draw conclusions.ln ane ther sense than the highest, it may be said of each of us, \u201cwe Know not what we shall be.\u201d In the lace of such ignorance it would be an offence against laste, and it might be an oflence agaist truth, to assert oft cne slill living that such was the character and such the issue ol life ; fur the latest act of existe ence, like the codicil of a will, by revealing a new motive, may change the opinion of a critic, butlle bia conclusions, and compel him to see in the act of anotler the error of his own thought.Great reticence will, there- lore, be observed on such points; for our work would miss, or overrench its ocjeet, il, by any meaus, it should become instrumental in inflicting a publie hurt os private wound.It is nut, however, with contemporary biography alone that we propose to deal.We hope 10 be able, by diligent research, and with the assistance ol others, to gather together some of the acraps and fragments oi individual htetory, which may sull linger, like traditional lore, in the crevices of memory, or be preserved, like forgotton relics, im out of the way or unfrequented places.It 1s difficult tw meet the elders of a young conntry like our own withont experiencing sensations of regret tht so fitle puns should have been taken to perpetuate, in some 1mpenshatle forin, the amusing and occasionally striking meidents of days past, incidents which, if industry will not preserve, time must destroy.Such gleanings of personal narrative acquire value as the siream of events rolls on; snd since general history 1s but the aggregate of individual history, he may be regaided as contributing to the more perfect whole who shall succeed in gathering together some of the essential paris.Many sympalhetie friends will, it 15 believed, glady help forward such an object ; and all such may be sure that their honourable confidence will neither be abused nor betrayed.The pionsers and founders of a Stale, of whatever profession or call- mg, will generaily be found to be men ol great lorce of characler, as well as an adventurous turn of mind, who are more inclined to peiform heroic deeds than to record them.Tne descendants of such men sull live among us.The traditional, and in some instances the 1e- cided transactions ol (hetr lives may yet be recovered ; and the lessons which the natra- uves shquld teach ot courage, loyally, devotion, high principle and stainless honour, would not only promote innocent gratification and mena) pleasure, but might, by exciting a sense of laudable emulation, tend to our moral and national good.The Biographical Sketches will be printed by Mt.J.Lovell, of Montreal, on paper manufactured for the purpose, and in the most approved siyle of modern letter-press.Every mechanics! aid will be called into requisition to make the Work worthy of a niche side by side with books, it may be, of more pretence, that have the imprint of the great publishing nautes of the Continent.With such intentions, 1t 18 hoped thal the enterprise will not be without atiraction to the publ, or, he may be excused for adding, without some commercial advantages 10 the projector.Montreal, 241th March, 1865.Household DRY GOOBS.Linen Sheetings, Linen Diapers, Irish Linens, Pillow Linens, Table Linens, SPECIAL NOTICES.-\u2014\u2014\u2014_\" AVER'S FARSAPARILIIA in a concen: trated extract of the choice root, so combined with other substances of still greater alternative power un to afford nn effocton) antidote for disenses Sursapsrilis in reputed to cure.Buch a remedy is nurely wanted by those who euler from Strumous complaints, and that one which «ill accomplish their cure must prove, as this has, of im- tnense service to Shin large class of our afllicted fellow citizens, Jlow completely this compound will do it bas been proven by experiment on many of the worst cases to be found jn the following complaints ;\u2014 Serofuli, Serolulons Swellings and Soren, 8kin Diseases, Pimples, Postules, Blotchea, Eruptions, 8t.Anthony's Fire, Race ar Erysipelas, Tettor or Salt Rheum, Scald Heed, Ringworm, &c.Eypinlis or Venorea) Piseaso is expelled from the system by the prolonged use of this BARSAPARILLA, aud the patient in left in comparative heath, Female disénses are caused by Scrofuln in the biood, and are oflen man cured by thin RXTRACT oF SAKSAFPANILLA.Io not discard this invaluable medicine, becguse you liave been imposed upon by something pretending to Sareaparil- Ia, while it was not.When you have used AYsk'a\u2014then, and not till then, will yo know the virtues of >arsapariila.For minute particulars of the diseases it cores, we refer you to Ayers American Almanne, which the agent below named will furnish gratis to all who call for st.AVERY CATHARTIO ILLS, for the cure of Costivoness, Jaundice, Dyapepuia.Indigestion, Dysentery, FoulStumaels, Headache, Piles.Rheumatism, Heartburn arising from Dia- ordered Stomach, Pain, or Morbid Inaction of the Bowels, Flatulency, lens of Appetite, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Worms, Gout, Neuralgre, and for » Dinner till.They are sugar-coated, so that the most sensitive can take them pleasantly, and they zre the best Aperient in the world for all the purposes of & family physic.Prepared by J.C AYER & CU., Lowell, Mans , and sold by all druggists, : JOHN F.HENRY & CO., 303 8t.Paul Street, Montreal, general agents for Canada Kast, The New York \u2018 Tribune\u2019 says, \u2018the reason why Drake's Pluatation Bitters are so universally used and bave such an immense sale, is that they are always made up to the original standard, of highly \u2018invigorating material and ot pure quality, ullhaugh the prices bave ao largely advanced!\u2019 Xe.The **Iribune\u201d just hits the n:il ou the head.The llautation Bitlers are not only made of pure materials, but the people are told what it is.The Kecipe ia published around vach Bottle, and the bottles are not reduced in size.At least twenty imitations and counterfeits have sprung up.They impose upon the peuple once, and that\u2019a the last of them.The Flantution Bitters are now used in all the Government Hospitals, ave recomende! by the best physicians, uni ore warrsnted to produce intmediate beneficial effect.Lacts are stubborn things.> + # % | owe much to you, for T verily believe the Plantation Bitters have saved my life.\u2014 Rev.W.H.WAGGONER.Madrid, N.Y.\"\" (+ + + Thou wilt rend me two bottles more of thy Plantation Hitters.My wife has been greatly benefited by their use thy Friend, Asa Curmix, Philadelphia, Pa.\u201d x % ow have Leen a great sufferer frum Dyspepsia, and had to abandon preaching.* * # The Plantation Bitters Lave cured me.\u2014Rev.J.8, CatHorN, Rochester, New York.\u201d ; e « ® Send un twenty-lour dozen more of your Plantation Bitters, the popularity of which acre daily increasing with the guests of our house \u2014SYKES, CHAUWICK & Co.Proprietors of Willard\u2019s Hotel, Washington, D.C.\u201d + + ® J have given the Plantation Bitters to hundreds of our disabled soldiers, with the most astonishing effect.\u2014G.W.D, ANpuews, Superintendent of the Soldiers\u2019 Home, Cincinnati, 0.\u201d se # = The Plantation Bitters have cared me of liver complaint, with which I was aid up prostrate, and had to abandon wy busluess.\u2014H, B.Kixgsrxv, Cleveland, 0.\" \u201c* # # \u2018The llantetion Bitters have cured me of a dersugement of the kidneys and the urinary orgapa that has distressed we for years, It acts like a cbarm.\u2014C.C.MooRg, 264 Broadway.\" Nrw -Brovorp, Mass., Nov: 24, 1863.Dear 8ir,\u2014] have been afllicted for many yestn wilh severe prostrating eramps in my limbs, cold feet ani hands, and n general disordered system.Pbymsicinos aud medicine failed to relieve mo.Nome friends in New York, who were using Plantation Bitters, prevailed upon me tu try them | | commenced with a small wine-glysalul after dinner.Feeling better by degrecs, iu à few'days 1 was astonished to find the coldue-a and eramps had entirely left me, and I could aleep the whole night through, which I had not done for years.| feel like nnother being.My appetite and strength have also greatly finproved by the use of I'lantation Bitters.Reapectlully, JupitH RtsserL If the lading but knew what thousands of them are constantly relating to us, we candidly believe oue half of the weakness, prostration and distress experiences by them wouhl vuni-l.James Macsh, Esq., of 159 West 14th st., N.Y , says, \u2018* he Las three children, the first two are weak and puny, lis wife having Leen unable to nurse or attend them, but that ahe has taken I'lantation Hittecs fur the last two yenrs, and has n child now eigliteen months old which she uursed ani reared herself.and both are hearly, saucy and well.The article is invaluable 10 mothers,\u2019 Ke.Such evidence wight be coutinued fur à volume.The best gvidence is to tty them.They speak for themselves.Persons of sedentary habits, troubled with weakuess, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, distress alter esting, torpid liver, coustipation, disbetes, &c., will fod speedy reliel through these bitters, Every botile for exportation and sale out of the United States has a metal cap and green label Rround the neck.Beware of refilled buttles.Ses that the cap bas not been mutilated.Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters in bulk vr by (be gallou is an impostor.We sell it only in bottles.Suld by principal dealers throughout the habitable globe.F.H.DRAKE & CO., New YoRK.J.F.HENRY & (0, 308 8t.Paul Street Montreal, Wholesale Agents for Canada.March 15, 1835.12m To CLERGYMEN.\u2014A (ew reasons why you should use Hoofland\u2019s German Bitters: 1.Because it is the best tonic nud invigoraut in the world.2.Because it is the prescription of an eminent Physician, and is recommended by the experience of twenty years.3.Because it is carclully compounded of vegetable extracts, and is free.from alcobolio stimulant.4.Because it is, therefore, never sold in steamboat saloons, bar-rooms, aud low brothels.6.Because you can sk lor it without the blush of shume mantling your cheeks, and without the reprobation of your own conscience.6.Because you can take it to your home, ¢nd administer it to a dell- Table Cloths, Napkins and Doyleys, Glass Cloths, Huckaback Towels, Linen and Cotton Ticks, White Toilet Quilts, White Counterpanes, White Cotton Sheetings, White Long Cloths, Fancy Cotion Shirtings, Prints and Brilliants, White and Colored Flannels, Grass Cloths, \u2014ALSO\u2014 The New Colour Blue French Merinoes, Jet Battons, Mantle Ornaments, Jet, Gilt and Steel Buckles, 1000 Dozens White Cambric Handkerchiefs, from 4s, 3d.per dozen and upwards, very cheap.GLOVER & FRY.Quebec, Feb.6, 1868.- 1866.165.DIAR TES.1865.IDDLETON & DAWSON have received a large assortment of DIARIES for 1868, in every size and form, for the Pocket or the Counting House.For Sale at S8HAW'S BUILDINGS, Foot of Mountain Hill.Quebec, Sept.26, 1864.Vermicelli and Maccaroni.Ces Finest Provence Varmicelli, do.do.do.Maccaroni.For sale by N.G.MOUNTAIN.Quebec, Jan.23, 1866.< cate wile or child, without the fear of making or creating an 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