The daily witness, 9 novembre 1860, vendredi 9 novembre 1860

[" LA PN Ww ety rT FEE Red QF OW oe © ER ITNEN en ; COMMERCIAL REVIEW & FAMILY NEWSPAPER.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1860.PricE ONE HALF-PENNY.| No 175.ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS AT : MONTREAL.MAILS.DUE.CLOSE.Quebec, panyille, &c.,(except 8:00 A.M.00 A.M.North Shore (except Tuesday 9:00 A.M.4:00 P.M.Quebec, per Steamer .7:00 AM.5:00 P.M.U.S., (except Portland) .10:00 A.M.2:30 P.M.St.Jiyacinthe, Melbourne, ee PM.7:00 AM Civ oo + + + + 6 .a - .a Le Portland, Island Pond, &c .| 12:30 P.M.3:00 P.M.St.Remi, Hemmingford, Plattsburg .- - | 11-30 A.M.2:00 P.M, Carillon, Grenville .6:15 P.M.6:00 A.M.Canada West and Upper Ot- 9:00 A.M.7:30 AM.tawa .8:00 P.M.7:00 P.M.Lower Provinces, Wednesday and Saturday .12:30 P.M.3:00 P.M Registered letters must be posted 15 minutes before the closing of each mail.MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STFAMERS.TO DEPART.Steamship.Leaves.For.Date Bohemian RSR Quebee.Liverpool.Nov.10 Fulton.cc evn New York.AVIC.\u2026.v.10 United States.Quebec Glasgow.Nov.13 Kuropa.Boston Liverpool.Nov.14 Anglo-Saxon .Quebeec.,.Liverpool., .Nov.17 Hammonia.New York.Southampton .Nov.17 Atlantic.New York.Havre.10 Persia.New York.Liverpool.Nov.21 Bremen.New York.Southampton .Nov.20 City of Washington.New York.Liverpool.Nov.\u2014 einster.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.ew York.Galway.Nov.\u2014 North American.Quebec.Liverpool.Nov.24 John Bell.New York.Glasgow.Dec.24 TO ARRIVE.Persia.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026.Liverpool.New York.Oct.27 Bremen .Southampton.New York.Oct.31 North American.Liverpool .Quebee.Nov.1 John Bell .Glasgow.New York.Nov.3 Teutonia AR Southampton.New York.Nov.4 Vanderbilt .Southampton.New York.Nov.7 Arago.Southampton.New York.Nov.17 Saxonia .vee.eSouthampton.New York.Nov.18 United Kingdom.ers .Glasgow.New York.Nov.24 RAILWAYS.DEPARTURES FROM MONTREAL.GranD TrUNK for Canada West from Point St.Charles.Day Mail, 9 A.M.Mixed, 4:30 P.M.Night Express, 9 P.M.GrAND TRrUNE for Portland and Quebec from Point St, Charles.Day Mail, 8:30 A.M.Mixed 5 P.M.MONTREAL AND CHAMPLAIN for New York, &c.Express 6:30 A.M.Express, 3:45 P.M.Mixed Local, 8:30 P.M.LACHINE from Bonaventure Street station 7 A.M, to connect with Ottawa steamers.9:30 A.M.connects with American Line of Steamers.12 noon to connect with U.CO.steamers.3:30 P.M.Mail train for various points between Caugh- nawaga and Province line.5 P.M.ARRIVALS: GRAND TRUNE from the West.Mail, 8 A.M.Mixed, © 6:45 P.M.Express, 7:20 P.-M.GRAND Trunk from the East.Mail, 5:25 P.M.\u2014 Mixed 7 A.M.Local and Day Mail, 11.15 A.M.CHAmPLAIN Express, 9:30 A.M.Mixed, 5:15 P.M.Express, 10:30 P.M.LacniNe 8 A.M., 10:30 À.M., bringing Hemmingford Mail, &c.1 P.M,, 4:15 P.M,, 5:30 P.M, with Ottawa steamer\u2019s passengers.STEAMERS.DEPARTURES.Royar Mair Line for Quebec.(*\u201c Quebec,\u201d \u2018 Columbia\u201d and \u201c Napoleon,\u201d) 5 P.M.\u201cPrince oF Wars,\u201d for Ottawa, leaves Lachine on arrival of 7 o'clock A.M.train.ADVERTISEMENTS.NNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS FOR 1861.Price 25 cents.Sent free by mail.BOOK AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, 36 Great St.James Street.CHRISTIAN ALMANAC FOR 1861.[EE Boston Tract Society\u2019s beautifully illustrated Almanac for 1861 is now ready and will be sent by Mail, postpaid, at the following rates :\u2014One Copy 6d, Six Copies 2s 6d, Twelve Copies 4s 3d.« WITNESS\u201d OFFICE, - CL 36 Great St.James Street.Montréal, Oct & 1860.d sw » CANADIAN FARMER'S ALMANAC for 1861 3d.each or 1s.8d.per dozen, BOOK & STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, 36 GREAT ST.JAMES ST, .d& sw.Opposite the Wesleyan Church.Five Quires of CREAM-LAID NOTE PAPER For Twenty-five Cents.FOR SALE AT \u201cMONTREAL WITNESS OFFICE, 36 Great St James: Street, MONTREAL.DR of Large Cream-Laid Ruled Letter- .Paper, for 2s.6d.BOOK -& STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, Ce ,_ _ 86 Graar ST.Jamgé STREET, (Neatly opposite the Wesleyan Church.) \u2018 GALBRAITH & BROWN, ' MERCHANT TAILORS, Mechanics\u2019 Institute Building, GREAT ST.JAMES STREET, AVE JUST RECEIVED a Very Choice Assort- | 1 ment of FALL and WINTER GOODS, to which they invite the attention of their customers and the public in general.Montreal, Oct.16.d-t.f.Fall and Winter Dry Goods.S.GREENSHIELDS, SON & Co., St.Sacrament Street, OFFER FOR SALE, A GENERAL ASSORTMET OF DRY GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE TRADE OF BOTH SECTIONS OF THE PROVINCE.Montreal, Oct.10, 1860.SALLY LUNNS NORFOLK DUMPLINGS, Economy, Dispatch, Luxury and Health.d-1m.SAVAGE'S GERMAN BAKING POWDER ILL secure the following important results :\u2014 Bread will be made cheaper, more digestive, and in one-fourth the usual time ; Puddings and Pastry will be made light, wholesome and delicious, with half the usual quantity of Eggs or Butter; and Flour will be converted into Tea Cakes, Bunns, Sally Lunns, Norfolk Dumplings, &c., in a few minutes, and at a trifling cost.In purchasing, be particular to see our name op the wrapper of each parcel, to avoid disappointment.Sold by most respectable Grocers in packets at 4d., 6d., 72d., and 1s.3d.LAMPLOUGH & CAMPBELL, Apothecaries Hall, Cathedral Block.Montreal, Oct.19, 1860, 2.m-d.CROCKERY.HE Subscribers beg to call attention to their SUPERIOR STOCK of CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, WHICH WILL BE FOUND WELL ASSORTED FOR THE COUNTRY TRADE; ALSO, Dinner Sets, in great variety.Splendid China Dessert Sets.Rich Toilette Sets.China Tea Sets.Which will be disposed of at the Lowest Prices.E.WRIGHT & Co.288 St.Paul Street.1-m.\u2014d.Montreal, Oct.15, 1860.PATENT Boot and Shoe Duster, WHICH COMBINES ALL THE PURPOSES BRUSH, SCRAPER, AND DOORMAT, A VERY USEFUL AND CHEAP ARTICLE.FOR SALE AT THE CARPET WAREHOUSE, 74 GREAT ST.JAMES STREET, James Baylis, SOLE AGENT FOR THE PATENTEE.Montreal, Sept.14, 1860.d\u2014t.f.b.CARPETING Floor Oil Cloths, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE GARPEY WAREHOUSE, 74 GREAT ST.JAMES] STREET, James Baylis ESPECTFULLY invites attention to his extensive assortment of the above, which is unsurpassed in the Province.IMPORTING EXTENSIVELY for his establishments in MONTREAL and TORONTO, and his connection being with the MoST CELEBRATED FIRNS in this line in BRITAIN, he can offer those favouring him with their custom very important advantages.He has still on hand some of the beautiful designs selected for the residences of H.R.H.THE PRINCE OF.WALES, and his Stock is constantly replenished with new Goods.A BUSINESS FAOT.\u2014 Gentlemen's Full Suits made À.to order of excellent Cloth or Tweed, for $12, at the Cron Hair, 202 NotregDame Street, West, Montreal, Oct.6, 1860.d-tf.News by Telegraph.THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.New Yorx, Nov.8th.\u2014Additional returns of yesterday are meagre, but they sustain the first tidings of the undoubted election of Lincoln and Hamlin, while the first wild estimates of the majorities are, as we expected, seriously modified.There is no question about the overwhelming majority secured by the Republican ticket.Some interest is felt in the contest at the South, as measuring the relative strength of the ultra and conservative sentiments in that section.Bell appears likely to have gained Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia, while the returns from Georgia and Arkansas are favorable to him.Breckenridge is successful in Delaware, North Carolina and Louisana, while Douglas prevails in Missouri.We are without reports from the other States.New Yorg, Nov.8th.\u2014The Astor House took fire this morning at about 7 o'clock.The bnilding was damaged to the extent of $40,000.The fire was confined to the lower stories of the Southern wing.One of the servants was severely burned.The business of the house will not be interrupted.Caicaco, Nov.8th\u2014The propeller Globe,\u201d which arrived from Buffalo this morning, exploded her boiler at 10 this forenoon.Several killed and a number injured.The killed are Mary Ann Golden, P.Donohoe, and James Hobbie, all of Chicago ; and the first and second engineer and four firemen.DrsusioN.\u2014Mr.Buchanan\u2019s organ, The Constitution, contains this morning a most rabid disunion article, asserting that the South cannot submit to the Administration of Mr.Lincoln.Traitor to his party, it can hardly be expected that Mr.Buchanan will become one also to his country.There is considerable excitement, but the secessionists are less violent this evening.The idea that instead of belong: ing to a large and powerful nation, they may become citizens of South Carolina or Mississippi without any protection abroad, and with little or no power at home, does not exactly please them.Besides, Uncle Sam has always plenty of money\u2014something of which these small and powerless States will not have to brag, if they go out of the Union.\u2014 Washington letter, N.Y.Tribune.Tue GENERAL RESuLT.\u2014Lincoln and Hamlin have the 169 Electoral Votes we claimed for them in our last\u201417 more than enough to elect them.We presume they have Oregon pretty certainly, and perhaps California also.They lose New-Jersey, wherein Fusion is reported to have 3,000 majority, and to have elected three of the five Members of Congress \u2014Perry, Cobb, and Steele.We trust that New- Jersey will stand alone among the Free States in opposition to the great Free-Labor triumob.\u2014 7ri- bune, 8th Nov.¢ Dissoruriox ! Dissolution of the union is inevitable if the Black Republicans triumph at this election.\u201d This has been the cry of The Herald, The Express, and The Journal of Commerce any day for a few months past.\u2018 So help me God I never will submit to the \u2018 election of Lincoln,\u201d said the blatant Wise in a small speech of four hours\u2019 duration on Monday last.Silly, gasconading journals; Lincoln is elected.Lane Wise !stocks have advanced in price.\u2014Zribune, ov.POISONING CASE AT BEAR CREEK.(Abridged from the Sarnia Observer of Tuesday.) In our last issue we gave the particulars connected with the death of the late Josiah Clarke, at Bear Creek, Moore, on the 10th ult., with the grounds of suspicion as to his death having been caused by the administration of prussic acid\u2014the party upon whom the suspicion chiefly rested, being one Thomas Simpson, who was supposed to have a motive for getting Clarke out of the way, in consequence of his having a claim on a lot for which Simpson had subsequently obtained a deed from the heir of Stockwell, the U.E.L.on whose claim the lot was.\u201cThe stomach of deceased, with its contents, had been sent to Toronto to be analyzed by Dr.Croft, in order to ascertain whether there were any traces of poison to be found in it.This result was accordingly ascertained on Friday evening, Dr.C.having stated that \u2018unmistakable evidences of the presence of prussic acid had been found.\u201d It was added, that the quantity was small, but that this was only what might be expected, from the length of time which had elapsed from Clarke\u2019s death.After this information, means were at once adopted to secure the attendance of the parties implicated, with such evidence as could be obtained, before the Bench of Magistrates at the Court House on Saturday.The first witness examined was James Lang.He deposed to meeting Dr.Thom and Simpson, on the 10th, when he was returning home from Sarnia.When within some 60 yards of them, Simpson shouted out ¢ Have you any grog aboard ?\u2019 Witness replied that he had not.Simpson then said, \u201cIf you have any grog, give it, for we are just after poisoning old Clarke.\u201d The question was again repeated, \u2018Have you any grog ?'\u2019 to which witness replied, he had not, and asked if Clarke was really dead ?Simpson said, \u201cYes, and I wish I had poisoned him two months ago, for he would not hsve stolen Henty Nicholson\u2019s bee tree,\u201d alluding by this to his having previously blamed Clarke for stealing the honey, &c., from a bee tree on Nicholson\u2019s lot.Witness again asked, \u2018 Is he dead ?* to which Dr.Thom replied, * Yes, he is dead, and I fixed the last dose for him:\u201d\u2019 They told witness they were going after the Coroner: Duncan McEachen, had heard Simpson say that he would rather than $500 that Clarke was out of the way ; asked Simpson, in the Court Room, Sombra, onthe 8th October, how he was getting on with the Clarke estate, and his answer was, that he had nothing to do with it,\u2014that he had * given old Clarke into the hands of old Thom ;\u201d had no other conversation on the subject; thought Clark a very eccentric character: but could not say he was insane.John Lloyd, sworn\u2014Is a druggist in Sarnia ; testified that he had sold the prisoner an ounce bottle of Prussic acid, for Dr.Thom.The Magistrates expressed their opinion that there was sufficient evidence before them to render it necessary that the prisoner should be committed for trial.He was therefore removed to the cells.Dr.Thom was then brought up as accessory.The evidence of Lang only went to show that the Dr.had stated to him, at the time he mer him and Simpson together, that he \u2018\u2018had fixed the last dose for him.\u201d Dr.Bucke stated that the Dr.always sent a written memorandum of the article he wanted\u2014not a verbal message, as Simpson had stated he did for the prussic acid ; and in respect to prussic acid, he did not think he (Dr.Thom) ever got any from their drug store unless present himself.Dr.Thom was therefore remanded till Saturday, the 3rd inst., to which time the Court was adjourned, in order to afford time to procure certain other evidence which was understood to be forthcoming.MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.BrEacH or Farrm\u2014The Quebec Mercury of Saturday relates that on Friday judgement was rendered in the cese of the Mayor et al.vs.the Gas Company.The Gas Company having furnished the city with gas to the amount of £500 sent in their account to the City Council.The Council replied that they had imposed a tax on the Gas Company of £500, which counterbalanced their claim for gas.The Gas Company denied the right of the Council to do this, inasmuch as when the Gas Company was started, the City Council, to encourage the formation of the Company, had ceded to them the ground now in their possession, and undertook and agreed never to charge them any tax for ground rent or wharfage, or other tax in relation to the said premises.The Council replied that subsequently to this agreement the Legislature had passed an Act empowering them to impose a tax upon Gas Companies and that in virtue of this law they had imposed the tax of £500 in question ; which did not in any way interfere with or violate their agreement with the Company, inasmuch as it was no tax for ground rent or for the use of the premises ceded to them, but was a tax upon them as a branch of industry, a Company carrying on the business of Gas Manufacturers\u2014the same as a tax upon merchants or traders\u2014and as such the Council having the power by an express Act of the Legislature to impose it, the Company was bound to pay it.The Recorder decided in favour of the claim of the City Council, and this decision was yesterday reversed by this Court, deciding that the imposition of the tax in question was an infringement of the original agreement not to impose any tax for the premises ceded to and in the possession of the Company.Quick SHIPMENT OF WHEAT To LIVERPOOL.\u2014Geo.Little Esq., in September last, purchased and shipped a cargo of wheat from this port direct to Liverpool, by way of the St.Lawrence River, and yesterday he received a letter informing him that the grain had arrived at Liverpool in twenty-five days from the day of its shipment at this city.The route of shipment was as follows :\u2014From Chicago to Port Colborne ; from Port Colbourne to Port Dalhousie, over the Welland Railway ; from Port Dalhousie to Quebec by propeller ; and from Quebec to Liverpool by steamer.Deducting the delays and stoppages at the various ports*of tran- shipment, the number of days of travel was onlÿ eighteen.Those who have been in the habit of sneering at the St.Lawrence route to European markets, dnd at the enlargement ofthe Canadian canals for the atcom- modation of large vessels, will see by this that our arguments for this route are based upon substantial facts,\u2014 Chicago Press and Tribune.Tee DasHaway TEMPERANCE MoveEMENT.\u2014 This.extraordinary movement does not flag in this city.Perhaps a thousand persons were present at the meeting on last Sunday, a large proportion of them.ladies.There is no mistaking the significance of this great reform movement.It is the movement of the times.It has not only extended throughout California, but Dashaway associations are now organized in twelve different States of the Union.This.growth is unparalleled in the history of the other re- .form movements.¢ Dash the Cup Away!\" This is the watchword of the temperance army.First raised by the firemen of San Francisco.\u2014 Pacific (San Francisco) Methodist.SucAr.\u2014À gentleman of Louisana has patented a new process for making sugar, by which all the sweetness of the cane juice, and even molasses itself, \u2018can be reduced to sugar.It will be put in operation on the coast in a few weeks.Pure cane juice expoged to a hot sun in a shallow dish, becomes solid grains of sugar, without any molasses whatever; aud West India sugar; when mixed with water and reboiled, leaves a considerable per centage of molasses.These two facts go to show that molasses is not\u2019 necessarily uncristalizable matter, and that everything that is sweet in cane juice is crystalizable.There is but little doubt that the results claimed by the paten: tee above noticed, will eventually be produced, but whether it will be dorie on\u2019 the coast this season, 15, as yet, an unsettled question.- CuiLDREN\u2019s CHURCH.~\u2014 Wednesday, September 6th, 1860, the corner-stone of the Childrer\u2019s Church\u2019 at St.Anne, Illinois, was laid.All the exercises wese- in French, or translated into that language, and 8p-~ à peared to be deeply interesting to the twelve or SE teen hupdred persons present.Numbers of the J audience came ten vr twelve miles to attend the ex: ercises.Ca Sn puma TES Fa ES EE cp = roses EE res wie 300 THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.NovEmBEr 9, 1860 TERMS OF ADVERTISING IN THE DAITI,Y WITNESS.For Advertisements not exceeding 2 lines, 123 cents each insertion.For Advertisements not exceeding 5 lines, 25 cents each insertion.Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths charged on the above terms.For Advertisements exceeding 5 lines, 7 cents per line for first insertion, and 2 cents for each subsequent insertion,\u2014with a liberal discount to such as ad- vertige largely.A Square of 21 lines for a week, $2,50 ; for a month, $8; for a year, $50, with privilege to change once a month.All transient Advertisements cash in advance.The large circulation of the Daily Witness, and the small number of advertisements it contains, render it the most valuable advertising medium in this city.N.B.\u2014The proprietor of the Witness reserves to himself the right to decline any advertisement which he may deem not in accordance with the character of the paper.SELLE BIER BSS.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, NOV.8.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY.Dissolution of Partnership.Herrings for sale.Commission Business.AUCTION SALE.Catalogue Sale of Hardware\u2014 Alex.Bryson & Co.EDITORIAL ITEMS.\u2014 For Latest Telegraphic News see first page.\u2014 We are happy to say that the most important, that is, the practical part, of Dr.Windship's entertainment is yet to come, and we hope that those who have not yet heard him may join with those who have, to fill the hall to night.\u2014 The Matron of the Protestant Orphan Asylum acknowledges, with many thanks, a donation of aload of onions from Miss Boston.\u2014 We learn that there were three important surgical eases at the Montreal General Hospital, yesterday afternoon, viz.:\u20141.A captain of a small vsssel on his way up from Quebec, dislocated his shoulder, some days previous.He was a very powerful man; it was reduced by Dr.Jones, with the assistance of chloroform.2nd.A seaman, of the steamer \u201c United States,\u201d (Anchor Line) who fell in the hold of the ship 25 feet, and struck upon his bead, deeply wounding the scalp and neck ; his wounds were dressed.3rd.A laud 16 years of age was brought in also last evening.His right band and wrist had been dreadfully mutilated in a Planing Machine.Dr.Jones found it necessary to immediately amputate the arm below the elbow.The cases are all doing well.What a valuable institution this Hospital is! \u2014 Our paragraphs about the Recorder's Court, with its regular display of the results of the licensed and unlicensed traffic in intoxicating liquors, have been crowded out for two or three days past.Yesterday there were 16 cases before Mr.Sexton, 15 of them for drunkenness.\u2014 The steward of the ship \u2018 Mamelon,\u201d ran off yesterday, taking with him the Captain's watch, a pocketbook, &c.He has been known by the name of Hutton.The detectives arc looking after him.\u2014 The Rev.Dr.Ewart, a Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland, died at Calcutta recently.\u2014 Eleven religious periodicals are now published in California.\u2014 A visitor to the Tombs, in New York, was lately struck with the number of youthful offenders in that prison, and horrified to learn that'no fewer than 17 young men under 20 years of age were confined on a charge of murder.Is there not a reason why great efforts should be put forth to save and bless young men ?Tue PRESIDENTIAL ÉLECTION.\u2014It is now certain that Mr.Lincoln is elected President of the United States for four years from the 4th of March next; for though the formality of an election has yet to be gone through, there is no instance on record of the electors voting otherwise than for the candidate of the party by which they are elected.That party, in this case, is the Republican, or what used to be called Free Soil party, \u2014 the whole influence of which, within Constitutional limits, will be cast against Slavery ; as the whole influence of the Democratic party bas been thrown for many years in its favor.The vast significance of this revolution ig little understood out of the Southera States.That it is understood there, the unparalleled efforts of the Slaveholders for many years past to retain the national Government in their hands or those of their tools, demonstrate.Let us, therefore, briefly glance at a few of the probable effects of this change.1st.The laws at present existing against the slave- trade will not continue practically a dead-letter, but will doubtless be enforced on the Coast of Africa, the High Seas, and on the Coasts of the United States, to the extent of the Executive power.2nd.As much Federal Executive effort will be put forth to protect the rights of citizens of the Free States in the South as to protect the rights of citizens of the Slave States in the North.Hitherto the unfairness of the National Executive in this respect has been frightful, 3rd.Instead of sending Pro-Slavery Governors, Judges, and Military Officers into the Territories\u2014as in the case of Kansas, of infamous notoriety\u2014a Republican President will send such as will protect the rights and liberties of these young communities until they assume the duty of self-government as States.4th.Instead of appointing the tools of the Slave Power to fill vacancies in the Supreme Court, as has been done latterly, men will be appointed who love liberty and who will protect it to the extent of their judicial discretion, which is always considerable.5.The general influence of the Federal Executive over almost numberless public officers, postmasters and others, will be exerted on the side of liberty instead of slavery.It is, however, to be remarked that a Free Soil President, if an honest man, will not be able to exert so much influence on the side of liberty as has been exerted against it by Mr.Buchanan; for the latter has most unfairly prostituted his position at the behest of slavery ; whereas Abraham Lincoln will, we trust, do nothing unfair or dishonest even to further the cause of human freedom.Finally, slavery will, by an overwhelming public sentiment, of which this election is the exponent, be confined within its present limits, and the nature of the institution is such, that if it ceases to be aggressive and to extend, it must gradually die out.The threats of disunion were, as a matter of course, mere election ruses, and need not be taken into account in the results of this election.Dr.Winpsmrr's LECTURE \u2014Though the audience was large, Nordheimer\u2019s Hall was not filled last night as it should have been ; for it has seldom been the privilege of our citizens to be present on an occasion so interesting, and likely, at the same time, to be so practically useful.Dr.Windship is a man of a size much below the average, and is young in appearance as well as in reality.He began by showing how very many seeking after wealth could not give up the chase until their bodies were broken down, and spoiled for all enjoyment of the blessings which it was intended they should enjoy, until, perhaps, a stroke of paralysis told too late that that was not the end for which they were created.Physical Culture can never begin too early, and never too late, as it is always better late than never.And men had been known at a very advanced age to commence a system of training which greatly invigorated and rejuvenated their systems, Caution and gradual effort, however, are most important, especially to the young.Many had inveighed against a system as injurious, which was only so through its abuse.The lecturer advised private exercises to begin with, as there would not then be the same temptation to over-exertion.One should be careful never even to weary himself with his efforts ; and no one exertion should be repeated the same day if its repetition was found to produce weakness or weariness.We are sorry not to be able to give a full account of the wonderful feats performed before the audience, such ag lifting considerably over 1,000 lbs with his bands, and shouldering a barrel offlour, (Shorts\u2019 X,) which looked considerably larger than the Doctor himself.He confidently expects before he is thirty years of age, to lift 1,600 1b with his hands, and 3,000 in harness.800 lbs, however, is sufficient for a full, healtby, developed man.The amount of time which he gives daily to exercise ha\u201d been half an hour to an hour.Tus CoLONIAL MISSIONARY SoCIETY AND THE NE- Gro Prw.\u2014We were sure all along that English public opinion would bring this Society right, \u201cnotwithstanding the temporizing conduct of its Committee and Secretary.The following is extracted from a document just published by the Cowumittee :\u2014 The Committee have just received a communication from Mr.Macfie, in reply to che queries sent, in which the following sentence is found in respect to the arrangements made in his place of worship :\u2014* If Negroes were pleased to give their attendance, they would be expected to take one side of the building, where they would be welcomed to any unoccupied place they might choose, and where they would always find a number of Whites sufficiently indifferent to the prejudice to sit in proximity to them.\u201d From this quotation it is evident that there is a part of the Chapel from which the coloured population are excluded.To this exclusion the Committee decidedly object, as utterly at variance with the principles of the Christian religion, as well as contrary to the usages adopted by their agents in every part of the Colonial Empire where a mixture of the races is found.This Committee, therefore, resolves :\u2014\u201c That the above arrangement must be immediately discontinued, and freedom of access secured to every part of the building to all persons, without distinction of colour.And that in the event of this requirement not being compiled with, the connection of the Colonial Missionary Society with this Mission must cease and determine.\u201d \u2014\u2014\u2014 (To the Editor of the Montreal Witness.) Your list of Ocean Steamers shows that Quebec is the second port in North America for European Steamships.Of this all Canadians should be proud.Our proportion would show larger still if you struck from your list the \u201cLeinster,\u201d which appears, making so many trips to and from New York.It never had an existence except in the imagination of the N.Y.Herald.My excuse for troubling you thus is the interest I take in the success of your paper.To-day I did a little canvassing, and handed to one of your smart little criers the right to dispose of 5 Dailies in one store in Street.He throws the papers in, loses no time, and gets his 25c, every Saturday, and so on, for the winter.The busy season is near oyer, and in our large Houses it will soon not be considered infra dig.\u201cto read the papers;\u201d and I believe any boy, with tact, could secure in each large store the sale of from 3 to 6 or 8 copies daily.Yours respectfully, À CANADIAN.[We thank the unknown writer of the above, both for his correction and his good will to the Daily Witness.\u2014 Ep.WiT.] A DAY OF THANKSGIVING.(To the Editor of the Montreal Witness.) Sir,\u2014If the Day of Thanksgiving has not yet been appointed, might it not be kept upon the day it will be in the United States ?Last November the same day was observed by almost all the States from California to Maine; and I understand the 29th November has been, appointed this year for several of the States, \u2014perhaps all.Would ¢ 2 it not be\u2019 gladdening to every Christian to know that upon this day the better part of enlightened America had joined in solemn rejoicing and thanks to God for this year of bountiful plenty.The visit of Victoria's son made apparent to all the slight line of demarcation between ourselves and our neighbors of the Northern States ; and a Day of Thanksgiving, religiously kept by both, would cement the bond of brotherly feeling.Yours, &c., A.CANADIAN.[We ask the attention of the Administrator of the Government to the above suggestion.He cannot do better than imitate the example of his predecessor, who appointed a day last autumn to the very great satisfaction of the public.If we had reason for thankfulness for the harvest last year, we have double reason this year.\u2014Ep.Wir.] HEALTH AT THE FARM ScHooL,, Bosron.\u2014There had not been a single death among the members of this school\u2014numbering from 100 to 200 lads\u2014for sixteen years, till last month, when one of the boys was killed by lightning.The explanation of this fact may be found, aside from pure air and regular exercise, in such wholesome diet as the following : Breakfast, wheat-bread and chocolate ; dinner, meats, puddings, vegetables; supper, mush, milk, and brown bread.The last articles contributed probably as much, if not more, than anything else, to their health.\u2014 A friend of ours received a circular from one of the lottery concerns, which very confidently stated that if he would forward $20, they would send him a package of tickets, and insure him a prize of $100.He answered as follows: \u2014Gents :\u2014Your circular was duly received.I think very favorably of your proposal, and you will please send me $100, less $20, which will obviate the necessity of my forwarding the sum for the package of tickets.Respectfully Yours.\u2014Cape Ann Advertiser.\u2014 The New Orleans Picayune says that the South tans less leather and manufactures less shoes than she did twenty-five yearsago.All the efforts to establish this species of enterprise in the South have failed for lack of home support.\u2014 A boot manufacturer in Milford has recently received a single order for 50,000 cases of boots.\u2014 The population of Syria is about 1,655,000, while that of the Nomadic Arahs is only 50,000.COMMERCIAL.MoxTtrEAL, Nov.9.\u2014Noon.Thermometer, at 7 A.M., 41°; at noon, 43°.The heavy rains of Tuesday and Wednesday, have been succeeded by fine weather yesterday and to-day, with slight frost in the mornings.The roads are in shocking condition, and many farmers are prevented from getting to own.\u2014 Our market for Flour and Grain has been depressed, and is still drooping.The supplies coming forward are very great, and pressing on the market ; tonnage is scarce, and freights high\u2014sales are therefore made with difficulty.We note a decline of about 10¢.per barrel on Superfine Flour, and Wheat brings less money ; it is relatively higher in price than Flour, and millers will either have to stop buying, or farmers be content with lower rates.\u2014 The receipts of Flour at Chicago for the first ten months of this year were 504,305 barrels, or about 30,000 less than in same time last year ; but the recepts of Wheat are 12,626,254 bushels, showing an increase of 6,140,401 ; while the Corn receipts were 14,935,891 bushels, being an increase of 10,142,276.The shipments for same period are\u2014Ilour, 519,248 barrels, being an increase of more than 170,000; Wheat, 11,175,500 bushels, or an increase of 4,578,376.Corn, 13,316,982, an increase of 8,141,203.Prices on the 5th, 6th, and 7th had been a little steadier, but freight on Wheat to Buffalo has gone down to 12c.[ À very large amount of these shipments are made to Buffalo, and the Railways and Canals in New York State are now reaping their harvest.Very considerable quantities of breadstuffs come from Chicago to Sarnia ; and there can hardly be a doubt that this route offers advantages to shippers which will soon attract increased traffic.On a recent date there were four or five vessels waiting in Port Sarnia to discharge cargoes of Grain ; whilst on the previous day, 80 car-loads of Wheat had been sent forward, next morning 40 more, and the owners of the elevator wanted other two special trains of 80 cars each, to enable\u2018them to clear their warehouse! The shipment of Flour and Grain eastward, vie Port Sarnia, cuts off the navigation of two lakes and the St.Clair Flats, shortening the distance between Chicago and Montreal some hundreds of miles \u2014items which commercial men should not lose sight of.The ship-canal from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario, is one of the necessities of the times.\u2014 In reference to the crops, occasional notices have been made of failures ; and we have before us a letter from Peel Co., C.W., which says, that throughout the townsbips of Minto and Carrick the Wheat has been badly frozen this year.\u2014 A review of the Pork trade in the West was recently given in the Cincinnati Gazette, from which it appears that the opening price for hogs this season is $1 higher than last year.The high prices ought to call out an extra supply ; but the Hog crop is ascertained to be deficient.The price may nevertheless rule low for several reasons.Beef Cattle and Sheep are more abundant and cheaper than for several years past ; there is now twelve months\u2019 supply of Beef in the English market; vegetables and fruits are plenty and comparatively low ; and these facts would not warrant high rates to begin with.But on the other hand, the product of last year was not much in excess of the demand ; the Corn crop in the Southern States has failed, and to some extent they will be importers of Pork instead of exporters; and Britain is expected to be a heavy importer\u2014several heavy purchases baving been made in advance for that market.Her importations for the present year have only been 10,892 barrels, while during 1859 she imported 28,303 barrels.A large proportion of this year's crop (say 1,000,000 head) have already been bought at from $5.75 to $6.75; and there is already a powerful influence enlisted on the side of high prices.This is a very condensed statement of some of the Reviewer's points.In the meantime the weather has been unfavorable for packing, stocks are very light, and present high rates will be maintained until New Pork comes into market.In Cincinnati there has been an improved demand for Mess Pork, a lot of 800 barrels having within the last few days brought $18 ; the stock in that city being reduced on 31st October to about 1,200 barrels.In Chicago the weather had become colder, and preparations were making to recommence packing; but the farmers were holding out for high prices, viz.$5.25 to $5.30 and $5.40 per 100 lbs.live weight, which is equal = 1 to $6.60 to $6.75 dressed.On the 5th inst., however, they had yielded 50\u20ac per 100 lbs.In the Montreal Provision market there is nothing of interest to note; no quotable change.\u2014 There is a good business doing in Groceries.Sugars are in fair supply ; no change to quote in regular prices.At auction yesterday, Bright Porto Rico brought $8.20 ; heavy-todied Muscovado Molasses sold at 273c.and 29c.; and Refined Syrup, 40c.Teas are in steady sale ; the better kinds, being relatively cheaper than low grades, attract more attention.Our latest advices from Britain note an advance of a half-penny per lb.; ordinary sweet Congou being held at 1s.33d.sterling.Coffee has slightly declined in this market, say {th to 1th of a cent on some sorts.\u2014 There was a large attendance yesterday at the \u201clast cargo sale of Fish.\u201d It is said to be the best sale this season, good prices being realized.Some of the rates were :\u2014 Extra Split Oanso Herrings, barrels, B4 to $4.75; half-barrels, $2.62 to $3.No.1 Split Oanso, barrels, $4.25 to $4.621 ; half-barrels, $2.50 to to $2.80.No.1 Insp\u2019d Labrador, hf.-brls., $3.Pickled Haddock, $4.373.Large No.3 Mackerel, barrels, $9.25; half-barrels, $5.124.Trout, balf-barrels, $5.Halibut, barrels, $2.12; half-barrels, $1.62.Soused Salmon, in kitts, $2.15.The sale is continued to-day.\u2014 Ashes have been variable.Within the past two or three days sales have been quoted at $5.50, $5.55 and $5.60 for Pots ; $5.65 and $5.67} for Pearls.The statement for the week ending Tth inst.is :\u2014 Pots.Pearls.Receipts - 530 barrels.137 barrels.Shipments - 1809 ¢¢ 74 +6 In Store - 1843 + 098 «¢ \u2014 Freights are very high.We hear of engagements for Wheat to Glasgow, per ¢ United States\u201d steamship, at the enormous price of 15s.Engagements for other ports, by sailing vessels, are up to 12s.6d.Within past two weeks 9s.9d.was all that was asked for Wheat by a good ship now loading.The new ship ¢ Rosa\u201d bas been towed up from Quebec; she has nothing but bare masts standing, and is being loaded while they are rigging her here; her register is said to be about 700 tons.At present rates of freight she will net a very handsome sum to Ler owners by her first trip.MONTREAL WHOLESALE MARKETS.Frovr.\u2014Very dull ; stock accumulating rapidly, and difficult of sale.A small parcel of Fyfe Wheat, yesterday, brought about $5,40.Superfine No.1 was freely offered at $5,35; 598 barrels in shipping order, but without inspection, sold at the Sheds for $5,30.A parcelof Double Extra, at the Depôt, in shipping order but not inspected, brought $6,75.Fancy, from $5,65 to $5,175.WuraT\u2014Declining ; 5 cars U.C.Spring, $1,18 f.o.b.; some car-loads of Fall Wheat, $1,26 À.o.b.BarLEY.\u2014We quote nominally, 65 to T0c.per 50 lbs, Pras.\u2014May be quoted at 70 to 73c.; there was a sale at 723c., and a large parcel brought 75c.OATMEAL \u2014$4,40 to $4,50 per 200 lbs.Provisions.\u2014Limited transactions in Mess Pork, at $22,25 to 822,75.No Prime Mess or Prime in market.Beet dull.BuTTER.\u2014Store-packed, 13 to l4c.; a sale at 13jc.; Dairy 14 to 15c., and in request; choice is worth 1Gc.Cueese.\u2014From 9 to 1lc., the latter for choice.Tea.\u2014Twankays, 40 to 43c.for low qualities; 44 to 48c¢.for finer kinds.Young Hysons, 45c.for low sweet; 50c.for fair ; 55 to 65c.for finest.Souchongs, 39 to 45¢.for ordinary; 50 to T0c.for choice.Corree.\u2014The price for good fair is 17¢., to 20¢.for ava, Sucar.\u2014No change to quote ; &c.to 83c.MoLasses.\u2014Good stock ; ne quotable change.SALT.\u201457 to 60c.from store.TarLow.\u2014Prime is in demand at Chicago at 9;c.No change to quote here, \u2014103 to 103c.F1su.\u2014Best Split Herrings, $4,70 to $4,85 in lots ; Dry Codfish, (large) $4,35 to $4,50; Salmon, 515,50 in brls.Asxes.\u2014 First Pots, $5,50 ; Inferiors, $5,60 ; Pearls, $5,60c.Coars.\u2014Lehigh, $7 per 2,000 lbs.; Lackawana, $6,50 do.; Newcastle House, $7 per chaldron; do.Blacksmith, $7 do.; Scotch Steam, $5,50 do.; Cannel, $11 do.\u2014 The following report of the Stock market, is from Messrs.Taylor Brothers, circalar :\u2014 - STocKs.\u2014Bank of Montreal\u2014Continues in demand at 121.City Bank at 1104 ; Commercial Bank at 110 ; La Banque du Peuple at 114 ; and Molson\u2019s at 114.Ontario Bank has advanced to 107} ; and Bank of Toronto to 105.at which there are buyers.B but we are not aware of any now in the market at that rate.RAILWAY AND MINING SHARES.\u2014Sales of Champlain R.R.Stock are reported at 15 and 171.In Mining Shares, there is nothing doing.Telegraph and Gas Stocks are asked for.BONDS AND DEBENTURES.\u2014Government, Consolidated M.L.F., Montreal Harbor, City Water Works and City Debentures, all scarce and inquired for.JOHN DOUGALL, Commission Merchant.STATEMENT of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels Entered Inwards at this Port for the following years, to the 1st November :\u2014 .No.Tonnage.1852.01.02e iin ran 174 44228 1858.2 see cnrs 0e nc 0005 227 59699 1854, .00veiiiieninnnnn.259 70544 1855.22.00s0 00000 sou 00e .187 46825 1856.00 00e ne 00000000 214 62768 1867.122.22 scans 00006 .199 62985 1858.21L Las eee eue sa 00 118 67738 1859.22.0 casse sean s aan» 178 82316 1860.1220.00000 .\u2026.216 108732 CATTLE MARKETS.MoxTrEAL MaRrkzr.\u2014 Week ending Nov.9.There has been a much better feeling, and more activity in our market for several days ; fair supply of all kinds, and prices steady.We quote as follow :\u2014First Quality of Cattle, $5 to $5.50 ; Second and Third, $4.50 to $3; Milk Cows, $20, Ordinary $35, Extra $45; Sheep, $3 to $5; Lambs, $2 to $3.50; Hogs, live weight $5.50 to $6, dressed $6.50 to $7.75; Hides $6 ; Pelts, dried 50c to 75c, fresh slaughtered $1.20; Tallow, rough 7c.: \u2014 The New York City market of 7th instant was lightly supplied, and prices advanced, on an average, $6 a head for bullocks ; equal nearly to a cent a pound.\u2014 At Philadelphia on the 7th there was a decreased supply.The price for ordinary and good was $7.50 to $8 per 100 lbs.net.Some Stock Cattle brought $2.50 to $3.50 per 100 lbs, live weight.\u2014 At Cambridge on the Ttb, extra market Beef was $6.75 to $7; first qumlity, $6 ; second do., $5.26 ; third do., $3.50, and ordinary, $2.75 NEW YORK MARKETS8.\u2014Nov.9.~By Telegraph.Flour dull and a shade easier.Wheat dull and drooping for lots afloat, while parcels in store are quite firm.Corn heavy, and 1c.lower on lots afloat.: quiet.Lard steady.Ashes quiet.Barley steady.at 68 to 83c.for infegior to prime.Peas dull at 76.t0 80g: a, a CON RE Ln ank of Upper Canada has been offerred at 70, - Pork rol \u2019 Ai Vi 3sels ATS, ; ac- f all First 4.50 $45; live Tal- was rage, und.ased 50 to 2.50 Was third PA « THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.NovemBER 9, 1860.301 \u2014\u2014 BAR em 114 ADVERTISEMENTS.[MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.AUCTION SALE AUCTION SALE By Henry J.Shaw.i \u2018 DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.THE TWO FIRST LECTURES eye \u2018 on 7am wivnsn sma wis mommy EXTENSIVE SPECIAL SALE CTARHDV ARE.THEE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between the undersigned, under the name of CRAWFORD & GEDDES, is this day Dissolved by mutual consent.MR.CHARLES G.GEDDES will CONTINUE the BUSINESS in his own name and on his own account.(Signed,) JAMES CRAWFORD, CHARLES G.GEDDES.Montreal, Nov.1.6d OMMISSION BUSINESS.\u2014The Subscriber has on hand, and is constantly receiving Fresh Consignments .of ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, \u2018Which he offers for sale at Current rates.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 HERRINGS.\u2014The Finest Labrador, in Barrels and Half- Barrels.The Finest Causo, ¢ cs WHITEFISH, of excellent quality, Fall Catch, in Barrels | and Half-Barrels.DOMESTIC GOODS.A fresh assortment of Tweeds, all Wools and Satinets.Algo, just Received WADDING HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY, 1200 Bls Batting and other articles of Domestic Manufacture.JOHN DOUGALL, fOMMISSION MERCHANT, 270 and 272 St.Paul Street.OCHFINE HERRINGS.\u2014100 Firkins, and 50 half- Firkins.Just landing, ex 8.8.¢ United States,\u201d from Glasgow.ALEX.McGIBBON, URKEY FIGS\u2014CROP 1860.\u2014500 boxes just received.ALEX, McGIBBON.UNDEE MARMALADE, &c.\u2014J.Keiller & Son\u2019s Superior Marmalade, Jams and Jellies.Just received.ALEX.McGIBBON, HOICE ISABELLA GRAPES\u2014Grown by A.T.Nelson, Naples, N.Y.State; packed with care for winter use, 2,000 lbs.just received.HAT CHEER?\u201d\u2014HOP YEAST CAKES.Constantly on hand and for sale.OBSTERS AND SALMON.\u2014100 Cases 1-1b.Tins.for sale.ALEX.MéGIBBON.66 y ALEX.McGIBBON, ALEX.McGIBBON, Fixyax Happie Deror, Notre Dame Street.INNAN HADDIES\u2014Cured by Thos.McEwan, Portland.Tor sale, Wholesale and Retail.ALEX.McGIBBON, Sole Agent.RESH TEAS.\u2014250 Packages Choice Green and Black Teas for sale.ALEX.McGIBBON.cKINNON'S CELEBRATED BISCUITS for sale M at Manufacturers prices.ALEX.McGIBBON, Corner of Notre Dame and St.Gabriel Streets.Nov.7.6d.Canada Wool Tweeds.PIECES Dark, Fall Styles, warranted the 0 best goods ever made for Winter use.\u2014ALS0y\u2014 700 Bales Wadding and Batting, (the cheapest goods in the city.) DOUGLAS & CO/S, 264 St.Paul Street.4-d.Montreal, Nov.7th, 1860.STOVED SALT.BAGS \u201c ASHTON'S,\u201d for sale by 600 JAMES TORRANCE & CO.6-d.Nov.5.TAKE NOTICE.\u2014 SPLENDID REFINED COAX: OIL, 3s.9d.Per Gallon.LAMPS, WICKS, CHIMNIES, &c., &o.JAMES FAIRIE, GENUINE CoAL OtL AND LAmP DEPOT, 55 St.Francois Xavier Street, a few doors from Notre Dame Street, Montreal.October 30, 1860.1-mo.d.F'irst Prize Varnishes.GREAT VARIETY of COPAL and other VARNISHES Manufactured by the Subscribers, samples of which took the First Prize of a Silver Medal at the late Provincial Exhibition in Montreal, and also First Prize at Hamilton.Warranted equal to any, and superior to most offered for sale in Canada.E.ATWATER & CO., St.Nicholas Street.6d.3t.W SUPERIOR BRUNSWICK BLACK, SEFUL for all kinds of IRON WORK, STOVE | J Pipes, Tin, &c.Manufactured by , E.ATWATER & CO, St, Nicholas Street.6d-3t-w Montreal, Nov.5.Montreal, Nov.5.\\ LBERTINE COAL OIL.\u201480 casks of this very Su perior Illuminating Oil, JusT RECEIVED, and for Sale, Low Sale, by LYMANS, CLARE & CO., CL 122 St.Paul Street.Montreal, Oct.12, 1860.8 à.t.fb.-1-a.w.Fm BATTING.\u2014A very superior article offered to \u2018the Trade at reduced prices.va.JOHN DOUGALL, COMMISSION MERCHANT, 270 and 272 St.Paul Street.pa + Dr.WINDSHIP, of Boston, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS, the 8th and 9th of NOVEMBER, NORDHEIMER\u2019S MUSIC HALL.Subject\u2014\u2018\u2018 PHYSICAL CULTURE.\u201d At the close of the Lecture, Dr.Windship will give illustrations of the results of Physical Training in his own person, exhibiting great strength in lifting over 1,000 Pounds, SHOULDERING A BARREL OF FLOUR, &c, &c.Family Tickets may be procured of Mr.Reed, Superintendent of the M.L, À.' TICKETS, 1s.3d.each.To be had at B.Dawson & Son's, Great St, James Street; S.J.Lyman & Co's, Place d\u2019Armes ; and at the M.L.A.Rooms.Positively only a limited number of Tickets issued.J.A.PERKINS, Rec.-Sec.Montreal, Nov.2, 1860.7-d.Fresh Fruit.N STORE AND FOR SALE\u2014 1,000 boxes Layer and M.R.Raisins, (crop 1860.) } DAVID TORRANCE & CO.Montreal, October 30, 1860.N STORE AND FOR SALE\u2014 300 barrels Londou Crushed Sugar.DAVID TORRANCE & CO.Montreal, October 30, 1860.10-d.3-8.w.(OATMEAL, of Superior Qualdty, just received.For sale b y JOHN DOUGALL, COMMISSION MERCHANT, 270 & 272 St.Paul St.CHEAPER THAN EVER.GOOD COAT: OI.At 70 Cents per Gallon, AT W.McCONNEL\u2019S, PEOPLE'S COAL OIL DEPOT, 24 Great St.James Street.Montreal, Nov.6, 1860.6-d.-2-3.w.Deodorized Coal Oil.HE SUBSCRIBER offers to Dealers and Country Merchants, at very low prices, according to qua- lity\u2014 20 Barrels Deodorized Coal Oil\u2014the last, best pre- duction.10 Barrels Kerosene.Half-barrels Paraffin.W.R.HIBBARD, Lamp DEPoT, , 161 St.Paul Street.Montreal, Oct.16, 1860.d-t.f.hb.Nov.7.HE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE\u2014 LARD OIL, No.1 American, equal to Olive for Machinery.WINTER-BLEACHED WHALE OIL.BURNING FLUID, in Barrels and Cans.SPIRITS TURPENTINE.REFINED COAL OIL, in Barrels, Kegs and Tins.ROSIN, Varnish qualities.ALFRED SAVAGE, 22 Lemoine St.Nov.5.6d 68w.| | EAVY WESTERN MESS PORK.GILMOUR & CO., ; 43 St.Peter Street, Montreal.October 11, 1860.MPORTANT TO CATTLE DEALERS.\u2014THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY will beable to supply, at a low rate, a few tons weekly of INDIAN CORN CAKE & most suitable article for Cattle Feed.Apply to ALEX.WALKER, St.Peter St.MR.BARNBY, ORGANIST CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, Teacher of the Pianoforte, Organ and Singing, has now resumed his professional duties.Terms can be ascertained by applying to Mr.Barnby, 2 Wellington Terrace, St.Catharine Street.Montreal, August 23rd, 1860.d sw\u2014t.f.b AVIS\u2019 SINGING ACADEMY, Nordheimer\u2019s Hall D Adult Class every Monday evening at Half-past-Seven.Young Mozart Club every Saturday afternoon at 2 o\u2019clock.Private Lessons given in vocalization.Circulars may be had at the Music Stores, and at the ¢ Witness\u2019 Office.Montreal, Sept.24, 1860.d.s.w.t.f.b DR.W.E.BOWMAN, MCGILL STREET, MONTREAL.d-1y GEORGE VAN BUSKIRK, SURGEON DENTIST, 35 GREAT ST.JAMES STREET, With twenty years\u2019 practical knowledge of the profession.Office Hours from 9 till 6.ue CIRCULAR published by the Undersigned on every Friday, for the English Steamer, is obtainable at their Office.Arrangements are made for the printing of the names of Merchants on such number of Circulars as may be specially and in quantity subscribed for.; \u2018 TAYLOR BROS., Brokers.Union Building, Aug.18, 1860.NLAND MARINE 'INSURANCE\u2014BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY .\u2014Insurance ef- feoted against the Perils of Inland Navigation by application to M.H.GAULT, .Agent.Montreal, Nov.8, 1860.3d.OF NEW BRUSSELS CARPETS, FURNITURE, FRAMED PICTURES, SILK TASSELS, ano CORD, BROCATELLES ann DAMASK, SPLENDID SET OF SILK BROCATELLE CURTAINS, THE BALANCE oF THE coNsIGNMENT oF MIRRORS, &c., &c.HE Subscriber is instructed to Sell, without Reserve, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th INSTANT, At the NEW STORE, 183 Notre Dame Street, the following important consignments : FROM JACQUES & HAY : Beautiful Black Walaut Furniture, including\u2014Cane Seat, Rocking and Dining Room Chairs, Drawing Room do, Sofas, Couches, Revolving Office Chairs, Polished Walnut Bedsteads, &c., &c.FROM THE PENITENTIARY CABINET WORKS.15 Hair Seat and Damask Covered Sofas, Mahogany Couches, Easy Chairs, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Enclosed Wash-hand Stands, Magnificent Covered Walnut Side- Board, Book-Cases, Chest Drawers, Oval Mahogany and Walout Extension and Dining Tables, Centre Tables, Drawing and Bedroom Sets, &c., &c.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 2,500 Yards best Brussels and Tapestry Carpet, made upin 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55 yards to the Carpet\u2014 all of the best descriptions, and most beautiful Patterns.Also\u2014the balance of the late consignment of MIRRORS, and what is unclaimed of the FRAMED ENGRAVINGS.Particular attention is directed tc the Sale of Brocatelle, Draperies, Silk Cord and Tassels, Damask, &c, Catalogues will be made out, and the articles may be examined on Tucsday, the 13th, and up to the time of sale on Wednesday.; Sale at TEN o'clock.HENRY J.SHAW, Auctioneer.Montreal, Nov.8.A NEW AND ELEGANT PREPARATION\u2014 WINTER CREAM OF ROSES, FOR Chapped Hands and Lips, Burns, Frosts, &c.This new compound is far superior to the ordinary Cold Cream, and will be found a most valuable preparation for Softening the Skin.It contains only the most innocent and simple ingredients, and may be applied to the most delicate skins.XF No Family should be without the Winter Cream.£4 Prepared only by S.J.LYMAN & CO, Chemists and Druggists, Place d\u2019Armes, Montreal.LLIOT'S DENTIFRICE\u2014One of the best in use for Cleansing, Preserving and Beautifying the Teeth and Gums.For Sale at the Druggists.O DETECT OR PREVENT THEFT, have every article of Linen, &c., marked with Payson's In- DELLIBLE INx.It has stood the test of 25 years with constantly increasing sales.S.J.LYMAN & CO., Agents.GUNPOWDER.O BLASTIRG, in quarter barrels.For sale by ADAM BURNS, 12 St.Sacrament St.t Aug.22.fb CHEN A, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE.\u2014The Subscribers are now receiving their Fall Stocks, to which they invite the attention of Country Merchants.In addition to a Good General Assortment, they have also a large variety of Assorted Crates, suitable for both sections of the Province.In GLASSWARE their Stock of Tumblers is very complete, with eyery other article of Glassware in household use.Prices Low, and terms Liberal.JOHN WATSON & CO., 11 Lemoine Street.August 17, 1860.AGLE FOUNDRY .\u2014King & Queen Sts., Montreal.\u2014 The Subscriber is constantly Manufacturing and solicits orders for Steam Engines, Steam Boilers, Mill Work, Bark Mills, Power Presses, &c., &c., and is prepared to furnish designs and execute orders for all kinds of Machinery, in + the usual substantial and workmanlike manner of this Establishment.Architectural and Machine Castings, Iron or Brass, from an unequelled Stock of Patterns, Best Fire Clay, best Fire Bricks, Ground Charcoal and Sea Coal, in barrels, always on hand.GEORGE BRUSH, Proprietor.Montreal, August 13.LARD, PORK & HAMS.\u2014The Subscriber offers for 8 e\u2014 Lard, in tinnets and kegs, Fresh and Salt Pork and Beef, Corned Beef and Tongues, Smoked Hams, At his Stalls, Nos.26 and 27 St.Ann\u2019s Market and No.3 Guy Street.WILLIAM BAUDEN.Montreal, August 21.O LET,\u2014Two Comfortable Brick Dwellings, with Water and good Cellars, in Busby Lane.Rent moderate.Apply to Charles Linley, on the premises.G-°°P MIXED TEA at2s.6d.per lb., for sale, by E.E.SHELTON.ANTED,\u2014A Situation for a Lad of 16, who writes a fair hand and would make himself useful.Apply Box 489 P.O.Nov.7.ad.ANTED.\u2014A place in a Store or Factory, or as driver of a Steam Engine.Apply at No.32 St.George\u2019s-street.- Montreal, October 26, 1860.ANTED,\u2014A Lad to wait upon table and do the work of a family.Apply at this Office.Nov.7.4d OARD.~One Gentleman can be accommodated with BOARD in a Private Family, ina First Class New House, with all Modern Improvements.Apply at No.3 German Street, first door from Craig Street.Montreal, Nov.8, 1860.6-d.2-8.w.OARDING.\u2014A few gentlemen can be accommodated with Board and Lodging at Mrs, Hays, No.71 St.Antoine Street.Oet&\u2014d t.f.b Ai IMPORTANT CATALOGUE SALE.THE SUBSCRIBER will sell, by Catalogue, STRIOTLY WITHOUT RESERVE, qn TUESDAY, the 13th NOVEMBER, and following days, at their Stores No.275, 8t Paul Street, an extensive assortment of FILES, EDGE TOOLS, SAWS, &c.&ec., A large proportion of which are of the well-known superior make of ¢ THOMAS FIRTH & SONS.\u201d ALSO AN ENTIRE HARDWARE STOCK, From Canada West, the latter forming a very GENERAL ASSORTMENT of ENGLISH and AMERICAN SHELF Goops, not much broken, and in excellent condition.TERMS.\u2014Purchases under, $100, Cash ; to extent of $100, 3 months; $200, 4 mos.; $300, 5 mos.; $400, 6 mos.; $600 7 mos.; $800, 8 mos.; $1,000 and upwards, 9 mos.; payable by Note, endorsed ifrequired.Sale each day at Two o\u2019clock, punctually, and continued until Ten o\u2019clock, with an hour\u2019s intermision at Six.Catalogues are now ready for delivery.ALEX, BRYSON & CO.Nov.6th d.s.w.& w.Fall and Winter Goods.HE Subscribers would invite the attention of MER CHANTS to their present complete assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, Which they are prepared to Sell at a moderate advance on the sterling cost, and on liberal terms.R.CAMPBELL &CO., 31 & 33 St.Francois Xavier Street.2mo d.Sept.13.TourNAaYy CARPETS, VELVET CARPETS, TAPESTRY CARPETS, BRrusseLs CARPETS, KIDDERMINSTER CARPETS, And other kinds in great variety, all this Fall\u2019s importation, embracing the Newest Designs from the Looms of the best Manufacturers, just RECEIVED and OPENED for INSPECTION, at the MONTREAL (CARPET WAREHOUSE, 31 & 33 St.Francois Xavier Street.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 Floor Oil Clothes That will ibelguarantecd as perfectly seasoned, including \u2018\u2018 Hare\u2019s\u201d and \u2018\u2018 Nairn\u2019s\u201d\u2019 makes.Dimensions taken, Oil Cloths laid, and Carpets made up by experienced parties.An examination respectfully solicited.R.Campbell & Co.31 & 33 St.Francois Xavier Street.Sept.13.2mo à MEDICAL HALL, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.KENNETH CAMPBELL & C0, Apothecaries to H.R.H.the Prince of Wales.HE Undersigned beg to call the attention of the Public to their CHERRY BALSAM, A pleasant, efficacious and perfectly safe remedy for the relief and permanent cure of all diseases of the Lungs and Throat, such as Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Croop, &c., &c.Prepared only by KENNETH CAMPBELL & Co, Apothecaries to H.R.H.the Prince of Wales, Montreal, Oct.13, 1860.d-1-m.AGENCY LA VIEILLE MONTAGNE ZINC COMPANY, No.12 St.Sacrament Street.ON HAND : SHEET ZINC, Nos.8, 9, 10, 11, 12; PLATE ZINC, Nos.19, 20, 21, suitable for manufacture of Nails and Sprigs; SPELTER, in Plates.For sale by ADAM BURNS, AGENT.Montreal, August 22nd, 1860.tfb Apothecaries Hall, Cathedral Block.HE BEST QUALITY London-made Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes.\u2014Also, Finest London Toilet Soaps, at the Apothecaries Hall.LAMPLOUGH & CAMPBELL.Montreal, Oct.19, 1860.2,m-d.HE BEST STARCH in the world, is the \u201c SiLver Gross StancH,\u201d made by the Canada Starch Company, at Edwardsburg, C.W., to be had of all respectable Grocers.Montreal, Oct.24, 1860.d.t.f.b NOTHER FACT.\u2014Gentlemen's Fine Black or Mixed Pants made to order for $4, at the CLOTH Hatz, fifth Store from MeGill Street.Montreal, Oct.6, 1860.d-t.f.PBrrcx AND WHITE WADDING-\u2014Just Received, a fresh lot Best Black and White Wadding.For sale low by JOHN DOUGALL, 270 and 272 St.Paul Street.Mx STONKS.\u2014A pair of Oatmeal Stones of superior quality, For Sale, cheap, by JOHN DOUGALL, Commission Merchant, .= off Oct.30, 1860.270 Bt.Paul-street Montreal 5 eden sud rr ES 2 EO Stomp os 3 sir De IE SE a ac = 4 4 h 1 pt i \u2018Ais i ni pen ER A LR Hi 8 H FI ï I Ban À i i F i Ml 3 Hi f KER il iE Hi SH l d ; | | i i nd mt Sor matin AT ae SA Lopes tn pa Te 302 oi SEE The Miscellany.DANESBURY HOUSE.\u2014CHAPTER XVII.(Continued.) A NICE YOUNG MAN.He took the candle from her hand, and followed Robert, who had disappeared up stairs.An open door guided him to the chamber.A cold-looking room it was, as the woman had said, and wretched enough.Robert had thrown himself on the bed, hat on, and was already slumbering.Arthur knew him of old : that he had, naturally, a sullen temper.Perfectly sober, they might try in vain to extract from him particulars of his condition and doings, present and past ; the only plan was to take him now.When semi-intoxicated, Robert was voluble, and would answer what was demanded of him.Arthur roused him up, and he sat on the side of the bed.\u2018 Now, Robert, I have a good deal to ask you, and you must answer me.You had brought sufficient trouble and sorrow upon us, without this last act, which I believe will be the means of shortening your father\u2019s life.I speak of the forgery,\u201d he distinctly added.\u201c Your forging our name, and getting a thousand pounds and squandering it.\u201d Robert burst into tears : a frequent habit of his, when in this state; and howled and sobbed piteously.\u201cThere, that will do.How did you so cleverly imitate your father\u2019s signature ?\u201d \u201c I was at my wits\u2019 end for money,\u201d sobbed Robert, \u201cI was desperate.My father refused me more money, and I did not know what to do.If I could not have got money to meet some bills, just then, I must have shot myself.\u201d Arthur made no remonstrance to this.It would have been useless, in his present maudlin humour.\u201c Are there any more false bills out, purporting to be ours ?\u201d\u2019 \u201cNot one.I swear it.Those three were all.I never intended to rob my father,\u201d he went on, sobbing like a child.\u201cI meant only to use the money in my exigency, and to take up the bills when they were due.I sold out to enable me to take them up.I did, Arthur.\u201d \u201c Then why did you not take them up ?\u201d \u201cOh!\u201d howled Robert, \u201cdon\u2019t ask me.\u201d \u201cBut I do ask you, and I must have an answer.Do you hear, Robert ?\u201d Robert sobbed away.\u201cI went to\u2014a\u2014a place where they play, and I had it in my pocket, and I staked and lost it.I was drunk.\u201d \u2018 As you are now,\u201d Arthur could not help saying, with contempt in his tone.\u201c And, since then, I have been in hiding, afraid of your finding me: and afraid of some others finding me.\u201d \u201c How did you so cleverly contrive to imitate our signature, I asked ?\u201d\u2019 repeated Arthur.¢ Oh, I practised it.I wish I could pay you back, but I never shall.I have not a shilling, Arthur; I have not a shilling or a shillings worth left in the world, and I am next to starving.\u201d Arthur looked round the room.It was devoid of luggage.\u201c Where are your regimentals ?\u201d he enquired.\u201c Sold.\u201d \u2018\u2018 And your boxes?\" \u201cSold.\u201d .And your ordinary clothes ?\u201d \u201c Pawned.\u201d \u201cYour linen, then ?\u201d \u201c Pawned.\u201d \u201c Your watch.Is that gone ?\u201d \u201c Pawned.\u201d \u2018 This is a pretty state of things,\u201d thought Arthur.\u201cI wonder he did not pawn himself.\u201d Robert sniffed and sobbed, and wiped his face with the sheet.\u201c Have you nothing but what you stand upright in?Am I to understand that ?\u201d \u201c That's all.\u201d \u201cYou had a desk\u2014you had many valuables, besides trifling articles : are they all parted with ?\u201d \u2018\u201c Pawned.\u201d \u201cWhere are the pawn tickets ?\u201d \u201c Sold.\u201d \u201cSold !\u201d \u201cEvery one,\u201d sniffed Robert,in danger of choking, \u201cI parted with the last to a fellow today, for half-a-crown.Oh, I hope you will forgive me! I did mean to place the money in Robarts\u2019s, to meet the bills.Ihope you'll ask my father to forgive me! He will do anything you ask him, Arthur.\u201d \u201cYou are without money, without food, without clothes.Had I not come here, what would have become of you ?what should you have done to-morrow ?\u201d \u201c Drowned myself.\u201d Arthur paused.He was deliberating, 14 She's a horrid woman, that one down stairs,\u201d said Robert, beginning to ramble on some domestic grievance.** Her name's Huff.She wouldn\u2019t make my bed, yesterday.\u201d : Arthur went to the top of the stairs and, calling to the woman, requested her to get a cab.\u2018When it came he turned to his brother.\u201c Now, Robert, come down.You are sure you have nothing to remove from here but yourself?\u201d \u201cNo.Where are you going to take me to ?\u201d \u201c Home.\u201d Robert started up.* Home! I won't go home.I won't Arthur.How can you bé s0 cruel ?I will not face my father.\u201d Sef\u201c You would rather o that than face the in- re EE a Ma THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.side of Newgate,\u201d sternly, repeated Arthur.\u201cIt must be one, or the other, By your father's orders.\u201d \u201cThat woman won\u2019t let me go away.She's down stairs.\u201d .\u201c Yes she will ; and be glad to get rid of you\u201d replied Arthur.He put Robert's hat\u201d on his head, and conveyed him down to the cab, Robert resisting as much as he dared.Mrs, Huff officiously lighted them.There was some probability that the public-house had been visited and the sovereign changed, for her face was flushed now, and she smelled of gin.\u2018 Had those \u2018 palaces\u2019 been closed to-night, as other shops are,\u201d thought Arthur to himself, \u2018\u201c she could not have procured it.\u201d \u201c Where to, sir ?\u201d asked the cabman, touching his hat.\u201c Holborn,\u201d he said to the man.\u201cI will direct you further, then.\u201d His present destination was the Queen's Hotel.Arrived there, he was somewhat puzzled : for he did not dare to leave Robert alone in the cab, lest he might attempt to escape.He caused a waiter to be called to him.\u201cIcannot alight,\u201d he said to the man.\u201c Go into my room, put my shaving tackle and other things in the portmanteau and bring it down.And my bill with it.We are in a hurry.\u201d The waiter did as he was told.Arthur settled the bill, and ordered the driver to proceed to the railway station ; and by the first train that started, he and the disgraced Robert were being whirled to Eastboreugh.* So Robert and Lionel Danesbury had returned to their father\u2019s home.Robert's disgraceful crime was not allowed to transpire beyond the fa-, mily; he was supplied with suitable clothes, and it was supposed, by the neighborhood, that he had only come home for a temporary sojourn.But that supposition was gradually dispelled.What was to become of Robert?Who was to support him?Was he to live like a gentleman at home, upon the labours of others ; or was he to go out into the world and starve ?Of course there was but the first alternative.He was unfit for everything; but to keep him from idleness, or something worse, Mr.Danesbury assigned him some light employment in the works.Robert did not for shame object openly: he was conscious of his crime, and of the leniency which had been shown to him: but, when with his choice companions\u2014and he was not long finding such\u2014he complained in a high and lofty strain, of the being forced to meddle with \u201c trade ;\u201d ofthe degradation it was to him, Robert Danesbury, ex-lieutenant, an officer, and a gentleman.(Zo be continued.) CHARACTERISTICS OF ¢ FIFE\u2019 SPRING WHEAT.This variety of wheat has been grown extensively during the last three seasons in the west and northwest, and proves to be so valuable, that I think every wheat cultivator in the United States is, or may be, interested in knowing something more about its habits and qualities, than has yet come under the public notice; at least, so far as I am aware, from considerable agricultural reading.Though to some, its name might so \"| imply, this wheat is not of Scotch origin\u2014does not get its name from the county of Fife, but from the name of its originator, Mr.David Fife, of Otonabee, C.W., who saved a few roots of a winter variety that he obtained from Dantzic, via Scotland, I believe, and subsequently cultivated the produce as a spring wheat.* I will say\u2014 after thirty years\u2019 experience in wheat culture\u2014 that I have seen no variety of spring wheat that contained so many useful qualities, and is therefore so widely adaptable, as the Canada Fife in Wisconsin.It is very hardy, and therefore less liable to rust or mildew and other diseases than other known varieties.It is later than Canada Club, and docs not ripen off so rapidly ; it therefore is more conveniently and economically harvested, particularly as it has the great advantage of \u2018shelling or beating out with difficulty ; the crop, even when dead ripe, being comparatively free from loss, therefore, in cradling, reaping, or other harvesting routine.It grows a few inches taller than Club, about as stiff, which is quite strong in the straw, and consequently stands up well, not lodging except in very rich situations.This Fife wheat threshes easy enough, and is much less cut or broken by the horse machines than Club and Rio Grande.Indeed, my Fife was not broken in threshing, while the Club was to a considerable extent ; and the Rio Grande, in myjvicinity, more so it seems.T'his shows the berry of the Fife to be comparatively and literally compact and very firm, or when dry, even hard, which I infer must give it better keeping or storing qualities than those of more tender varities.A year or two ago, before it was generally known, and when, therefore, its merits were not well understood, its broad.and hardy qualities led the millers to look well to their grinding apparatus, as they found it required edge and grit, and more than common power to flour it well.Hence they gave it a gritty reputation.But Club failed so fast thie last few years on the Wisconsin prairies (which by the by, are within two miles of my house, as fine as any in the U.S.) that Fife rapidly superceded it; so that now.there are probably three acres of Fife to one of Club raised.Now, therefore, the Fife.variety is well known, partioularky:in this State and adjacent wheat dis-, tricts.Its quality, .though not changed, is now pi + oa oo muh better appreciated.Instead of there being more grit in it than in the long known Club, it now turns out that its flour is equally good as the flour of Club itself, in which it approaches, therefore, to within twenty-five or thirty per cent.per barrel, in quality and value to the flour of winter wheat.Our better informed producers, now, therefore, sell Fife and Club at the same prices, and these usually rate only five or six cents per bushel less than Winter wheat commands, or rather formerly sold for; I say formerly, for I have not seen a field of winter wheat this year.I know of many instances, too, in which Fife has yielded three to five bushels per acre more than Club, both this season and last.In all this I am saying nothing in depreciation of the good old Club, where this has shown in symptoms of decline.But in Wisconsin, Club has extensively exhibited a declining tendency in a variety of particulars, which, as they may not have befallen it elsewhere, I need not detail.On the whole, Fife wheat\u2014in consistency with its recent origin from a fall variety, comesso nearin hardness, rpoductiveness,{ and other economical qualties to winter wheat, that in localities where the latter is precarious or uncertain, in any considerable degree, I should prefer to replace it with spring Fife ; the difference in the value of produce being much less, in such circumstances, than the anxieties and losses incident to a precarious crop.Last year the Fife with me yielded 26 bushels per acre ; this year thirty-six.This year is not a criterion, however, the season having been so unusuallly good for wheat.But I have no doubt I can make the Fife yield twenty-four or twenty-five bushels per acre one year with another, and I need therefore say no wore in recommendation of a sort so evidently nearly right.\u2014 Country Gentleman.J.W.CLARKE.Marquette, Wis., Oct.16.*This account of the origin of the Fife wheat does not agree with a statement published in the Co.Gent.vol.13.p.23%, by Mr.George Esson, a neighbor of Mr.Fife's at Otonabee.Mr.Esson says :\u2014 ¢ About the year 1842, Mr.David Fife, of Otonabee, C.W., procured through a friend in Glasgow, Scotland, a quantity of wheat which had been obtained from a cargo direct from Dantzic.As it came to hand just before spring seed time, and not knowing whether it was a fall or spring variety, Mr.Fife concluded to sow a part of it that spring, and wait for the result.\u2014 It proved to be fall wheat, a3 it never ripened, except three ears, which grew apparently from a single grain ; these were preserved, and although sowed the next year under very unfavorable circumstances, being quite ate, and in a shady place, it proved at harvest to be entirely free from rust, when all other wheat in the neighborhood was badly rusted.The produce of this was carefully preserved, and from it sprung the variety of wheat known over Canada and the Northern States, by the different names of Fife, Scotch and Glasgow.\u2014 As the facts occurred in my immediate neighborhood, and being intimately acquainted not only with the in- troducer, but with the circumstances, I can vouch for the correctness of the statements, and if necessary produce incontestible proof.\u201d WHAT 1s MAUVE ?\u2014Many people are asking how the beautiful red and purple colours, now so generally worn, are obtained.The colouring matter is extracted from coal tar.It is called anitine violet, and it is stated to be worth $245 to $326 per pound.Anitine not only produces a great variety of red and purple shades, of great delicacy and brilliancy, but makes them remarkably permanent.\u2014 Professor Marcet, of Geneva, has lately examined a series of meteorological observations from 1800 to 1860 with reference to the influence of the moon on the weather.He finds that its influence on the rain-fall may be regarded as nothing.On the question of changes of weather, he finds by calculation that the average probability of a change of weather on any day is 0 120, that the probability of a change of weather on the day of full moon is 0121, and pew moon 1 125 ; for the day after the full moon 0 143, and for the day after the new moon 0148.Both at new and full moon these changes \u2018have been from foul to fair 106 P times where they have been from fair to foul 77 times.The celebrated rule of Marshall Bugeaud was this : Eleven times out of twelve, the weather during the whole moon follows the weather of the fifth day of the moon, if on.the sixth day it remains as it was on the fifth; and nine times out of twelve it follows the fourth day, if on the sixth day it follows the fourth.Mr.Harrison has long since shown the dissolving action of the moon on the clouds.\u2014 The average strain borne by gun-metal is about 31,000 pounds per square inch ; a new combination of two to four per cent.of phosphorus with copper, forms a material which is found to bear a strain of 48,000 to 50,000 pounds, and which is uniform throughout, which is rarely the cause with gun-metal.NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL.(From N.Y.Independent.) 1 should not be a faithful correspondent did I fail to give you some idea of the effect of the late elec tions, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, upon Washington and the country surrounding it.The changes which ave going on in our midst are almost miraculous.All that we needed was the bugle-note of vic- tory-from the Northern \u2018hills to set us on fire with enthusiasm along the border.Where one year ago when the troops of Virginia were marching to the defense of Harper's Ferry, against poor John Brown, there was one Republican in this district, there are now one bundred.There are not less than one thou- sand able-bodied Republican voters in it to-day, and x NOVEMBER 9, 1880 in less than a year from this time that number will be more than déuble, Men are not so bold on slave soil, as a matter of course, upon.the slavery question, as they :are in the free states, for they have been obliged to be cautious for their personal safety.But the prospect of a new order of things not only creates anti-slavery sentiments, but reveals to the eye a vast deal which heretofore has been covered up.The great non-slave- holding class in the border slave states begins to make itself felt, and nowhere in the Union were the late Republican victories received with more delight and enthusiasm than in Western Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.A gentleman fresh from Western Virginia informs me that it is ripe for emancipation.he non-slaveholders there are restive under the burdens which the slaveholding state government has imposed on them.Slave property, so largely owned in the eastern part of the state is not taxed, while everything the non-slaveholder possesses is levied upon, even to his income.So in Maryland.The tide is turning there, and Republicanism will soon be a strong power in the state.One week ago on Saturday, a singular sight was presented in old Montgomery county.An ovt-door Republican meeting was held\u2014a political mass-meeting on slave soil ! I believe it was the first, outside of Baltimore, ever held in Maryland.The day was à beautiful one, and every way pleasant for such an occurrence.The mild, Indian sammer sunshine\u2014the purple hills and the slumbering forests, which made up a part of the scenery of the occasion, did not constitute a more striking picture of quiet than the meeting itself.There was a large gathering of Republicans and Democrats\u2014the latter outnumbering the former by hundreds, but there was no mob.Eloquent Republican speeches were delivered, but there was no riotous interruptions; in short, the meeting was a perfect success.Set this down as an important fact.Such meetings in Maryland and Virginia will be common enough hereafter, butthey are wonderful events just now.Well may Mr.Yancey open his eyes, and declare the danger of Lincoln\u2019s election to be, that it will create an anti-slavery party in the South.In Washington, the stampede from the ranks of | the old parties to the Republican organization is astonishing.At each weekly meeting of the local Republican Association, one or two hundred new names are recorded upon the books.There were men in the Wide-Awake procession, which marched up the avenue of the White House, a few nights ago, who were a part of the angry mob which, a few years since, surrounded for three successive nights The National Era building, and were prevented by the police from razing it even with the ground.There are men\u2014our most active and radical Republicans now\u2014who chased Capt.Drayton all the way up from the Navy-Yard to the Court- House\u2014a distance of two miles\u2014demanding his life at every step! Do you remember that scene ?Dray- ton was a brave man, and did not fear to die.But the mob was so hideous, and the attempts to take him from the officers and inflict summary vengeance upon him were so bold and violent, that he cried out to the officers at his side, \u2018\u2018 For heaven\u2019s sake, shoot me, and save me from those fiends!\u201d Yet some of \u2018\u2018those fiends\u2019 have, since then, opened their eyes to the truth, and are to-day anti-slavery men.This teaches us not to despair of the Southern people, however violent they may be.Slavery blinds and becrazes its devotees.God's truth will some day tear off the scales and bestow a right mind.The disunion cry is, I think, nearly ended.There is a fresh shriek, however, just now, for effect in the state of New York at the November election.There are men here and all over the South who aver that several slave states will secede in the event of Lincoln\u2019s election, which is now admitted on all sides to be nearly certain.The most of this bluster is for political effect, and it is encouraged by men high in office both from the North and the South.It cannot be denied that Cabinet officers have aided and abetted this theoretical treason.Mr.Buchanan has traitors in office all over the South, and has never removed one of them.Several of his secretaries have patronized the most violent of the disunionists, and Northern men like Mr.Toucey and Mr.Black have winked at the treason, hoping to gain something by it in the elections.That there are some honest disunionists in the South is true.One of these I saw upon the Avenue the other day.He was furious in his determination to prevent the inauguration of Mr.Lincoln next March.The following conversation between him and a prominent Republican here took place on that occasion : Republican.\u2014\u2018 But how can you prevent bis inauguration ?\u201d Disunionist.\u2014* With guns, of course.Virginia alone can spare 25,000 men, all armed for that pur- ose.\u201d Republican.\u2014* Even if you were to attempt so crazy a project, and were at first successful, do you not know that a million of men could be brought against you if they were necessary ?Three-fourths of the able-bodied men of this Union would fight for its perpetuity, or at least to give Mr.Lincoln or any other citizen his Constitutional rights.Do you imagine that a few slave states, made weak by.the pdsses- sion ofa vast slave population, could make ahy'headway against the great mass of thie nation ?\"\u2019 Disunionist.\u2014\u2018 Well, what if South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi go out of the Union, how are you going to get them back again ?\u201d Republican.\u2014\u201c Were I Mr.Lincoln, I would attempt no such thing.Put a man-of-war at Charleston and Mobile, and collect the customs; cut off the post-office facilities from those states, and let them starve into submission.That would be my policy.I would have no fighting in such a case.But if any man or set of men were by force of arms to try to take possession of the Capitol to prevent the inauguration of the legally elecied President, I woiild hang every traitor of them, though Gov.Wise himself were among them.You talk about scaring the people of the United States with the mad pranks of a few slave- holders\u2014I tell you when ten men can conquer a hundred, you will succeed\u2014and not till then !\u201d Disunionist finally admitted that even in his opin- ion\u2014his sober second thought\u2014there would be no practical treason in Washington or at the South, and somewhat sobered by the boldness of Republicans language, he walked away.He was a fair specimen of the most rampant of the Secessionists, * LE .The \u201c MONTREAL WITNESS\u201d is printed and published.prietor, at 88 Great St.James\u2019: | Blo Mouse headband Street, Montreal."]