The daily witness, 15 février 1861, vendredi 15 février 1861

[" THE ei PR DAIL COMMERCIAL REVIEW Vou.II., No.39.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EV For Sale and to Let.TO LET, the NEW STORES in John Street, The STORE in Sacrament Street, occupied by FoR- L ESTER, MOIR & Co.STORES Nos.180 and 184, St.Joseph Suburbs.H.JOSEPH & CO.February 14, 1861.- eh, TO LET,\u2014Two Commodious Brick Houscs, on St.Is Catharine Street, (West) near Drummond Street, MEE, with Hot and Cold Water Pipes, Bath, and W.C.Apply on the premises, No.525.February 14.NOTICE TO BRICK-MAKERS.\u2014The undersigned offers great encouragement to BRICK-MAKERS for the supply of the Ottawa Market or elsewhere, whilst the Public Buildings are in course of erection.\u2014ALSO\u2014 Eh TO RENT, for a term of years, TWO SHOPS in i mA L\u2019Orignal, suitable for Carpenters, Chair Makers, or Jak.Cabinet Makers, together with a Turning Lathe.For further particulars apply to C.P.TREADWELL, Proprietor of the village of Treadwell; or to GREENSHIELDS & JOHNSON, Montreal.Feb 13.3-d&1-m-s-w > FOR SALE, one equal and undivided half of the iii) VILLAGE of TREADWELL, beautifully situated JM.on the South bank of the Ottawa, in North Plantagenet, about 40 miles below the City of Ottawa, to which is attached about 2,700 acres of land, having a front on the Ottawa of more than three miles; also a fine landing on the splendid Basin on the Nation River.There are about 100,000 cords of wood for Steamers on the track, as well as fine Ta- marac for Ship Knees and Ship Building, Lime Stone of the finest quality to any extent, and Clay for making Brick and Tiles by the million.Last year there were 4,000 cords of wood eut there.On the property there are several small Streams, and a Saw Mill, not yet in operation.Mineral Springs have recently been discovered, and the situation points it out as the future site of a fine watering-place.\u2014 There are several presque Isles that offer summer feed for more than one hundred Cows, and an excellent site for a Steam Saw Mill, Tannery and a Cloth Factory: Hemlock Bark is abundant.There arc 150 acres of cleared land ; 300 more partially cleared, with some miles of excellent Cedar Fence.On the property.are eight Dwelling Houses, two fine Wharf, with Store Houses, one of which, when finished, will be the finest on the River for the shipping of cord wood for Steamers or for Market, and Bricks and Tiles by the million.\u2018There are at present at that place two Machines for making T iles, and 4 setts of Brick Plant, which will be offer- cd to practical men on most reasonable terms, and the facilities for shipping are unequalled.The demand for Bricks at Ottawa for the public and other buildings must require a large supply.Grain and Merchandize will be received and delivered at a moderate compensation.There are algo on the property one Merchant-Shop and Post Office, a Blacksmith Shop, two frame Barns, threc log Barns, and eight Stables.This property is most desirable for a Steamboat Company, or any extensive Farmer or Merchant, although on the Ottawa, preparations are making for sinking Artesian Wells for the Brick and Tile Yard, as well as the Barn Yard.Only a portion of the purthase money is required to be paid down, the remainder to remain on the property on mortgage.Property will be divided if required.For further particulars, apply to CHAS.TREADWELL, Esq., proprietor at L\u2019Orignal, or PETER GEORGEN, Post Master, Treadwell, or to GREENSITELDS & JOHNSON, Montreal.Feb.13, 1861.3d,8.w.1mo.TO LET, the undermentioncd PREMISES, be- ue longing to the Heirs of the late Hon.Sir JAMES 45.STUART, Bart :\u2014 v - 18t\u2014That SHOP and DWELLING, Notre Dame Street, forming part of Stuart\u2019s Block, at present occupied by M.Thivierge & Son.2nd\u2014The SHOP and DWELLING on Corner of Notre Dame and St.Lambert Streets, at present occupied by A.Murray, Etationer.3rd\u2014That LARGE STONE HOUSE, Main Street, Quebec Suburbs, with Garden in front and rear, also excellent Ont-houses\u2014formerly the Engiueer\u2019s Office.For size and airy situation it is well suited for a respcetable Boarding House or School.COURT & MACINTOSH.d3-t.wt.£b February 1, 1861.TO LET,\u2014Two-story Brick Dwelling-House, No.74 Bleury Street, very pleasantly situated, with Garden in rear.Rent £60 and civic taxes.HENRY LYMAN, 226 St.Paul Street.d-3 t-w Montreal, Feb.7, 1861.Es TO LET, a Two-story Brick House, opposite No.i 73 St.Constant Street, furnished or unfurnished.\u2014 Birk.Possession given immediately if required.Apply on the Premises.; February 9.6-d.A EXCELLENT INVESTMENT.\u2014Five well built Houses, all rented to good tenants,\u2014rent £265 per annum,\u2014in a most respoctable locality, for sale.\u2014 JOHN LEE Real Estate Agent.Apply to .February 9.DELIGHTFUL VILLA RESIDENCE NEAR THE CITY.THE Subscribers are instructed by AUGUSTUS HE- : WARD, ESQUIRE, to Sell, on favorable terms, HIS das PROPERTY AT COTE DES NEIGES.THE HousE\u2014Was built by the Hon.Judge Day, but, since ocenpied by its present owner, has been very much enlarged and finished with every modern improvement, rendered in every respect the beau ideal of residence of an English Country Gentleman.HE\u2019 RooMs\u2014Are numerous, large and commodious\u2014 handsomely finished in every respect, and the whole ar rangements are completed in the best taste.HE IMMEDIATE GROUNDS\u2014Are drained by Quebec tiles.There is a neverfailing well of the purest water, amost complete ice house, and all the outbuildings are neatly arranged, well-ventilated, and in the best order.THE PROPERTY itself cousists of about TWENTY ACRES, 13 of which are under cultivation, and nearly six of mountain, abounding with the choicest fruit trees, some of the finest butternut, hickory, maple and mountain ash on the Island.The mountain portion commands an uninter- supted view t0 the South, West and North West, and is astefully laid out in walks, &e.The Garden Grounds are fall of the most approved fruit trees, on which great care and expense have been laid out for many years; there are upwards of two miles of gravel walks, a fish pond 130 yards by 40 yards wide, constant stream of running water, rustio bridges, &o.,; and in front of the House a Terrace Walk 13 feet wide and 100 yards long.Winter and Summer roads are always excellent, and being under the control of the Turnpike Trust are equal to the best on the Continent.A more delightful, complete and desirable residence and Property certainly cannot be found within the same distance ou the city ; and the Subscribers confidently invite atten- ._ The terms of payment will permit a large portion to re- : Main at interest at 7 per cent per annum.- The title is unexceptional, and possession may be had on « thelst of May.Earlier for garden purposes if required.For further particulars, apply to the Proprietor, or to | 5 ' JOHN LEEMING & CO., + JAgents for Real Estate &c.+ ne a Montreal, Feb.9, 1961.fr STORE TO LET, the Spacious Premises No.i HH GREAT ST.JAMES STREET\u2014(David\u2019s Block) JAM, with fixtures, all complete.Well adapted for a firs class Wholesale or Retail Business.Enquire on the Prerg ses, Feb.7, 1861.RACE, Sherbrooke Street, at present occupied ) I TO LET, the Residence, No.1 VICTORIA TE Li Mrs.Cormack.Ayply at No.2, or to JOSEPH N.HALL & CO., Corner of St.Gabriel and St, Paul Streets.Feb.7, 1861.til = TO LET, in AQUEDUCT STREET, One or Tw i very neat TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSES, wit Jil.Water, and in good erder.Possession on the firs May.Apply to Montreal, Eeb.5, 1861.C.TUGGEY.Poplar Place, Mountain Street, with water and Ga TO LET, TWO Two-Story BRICK HOUSES i || Rent low.Possession on first May next.Apply1 C.TUGGEY.Montreal, Feb.5, 1861.ps TO LET, One of those First Class Two-Story CU\u2019 Im STONE HOUSES, No.4 Portland Place, with ever JIM, convenience\u2014Water Closet, Bath, hot and col water, &c., Possession on First May next, or sooner if ri quired.Apply to C.TUGGEY.Montreal, Feb.5, 1861.RACE, Mountain Street, at present occupied fv\" Thos.Macduff, sq.Apply to C.TUGGEY.TO LET, The Residence No.1 HAVELOCK TERi i Montreal, Feb.5, 1860.4 FoR SALE,\u2014Three First Class Building Lots.Nô, purchase-money required, but seven per cent interest.Ÿ Property commuted.Enquire at this Office.January 7.3m-d TO LET.\u2014THREE or FOUR FIRST CLASS OFFICES in Union Buildings.Possession on 1st May next.itl Apply to C.TUGGEY Montreal, January 28, 1860.d3-t-w.+5 TO LE'T, that Three-Story Cut-Stone Dwelling- Va House, No.31 St.Jean Baptiste Street, at present oc déieM.cupied by A.Hoffnung, Esq., with Water and Gas complete.Possession 1st May next.Apply to J.& T.BELL, Cathedral Block.February 5, 1861.d.t.£b.1 TO LET, the SHOP & BACK STORE 154 Notre im Dame Street (opposite Herbert\u2019s Music Store), at pre- JY.sent occupied by Mr.D.McIntyre, Grocer.Apply to JOSEPH N.HALL & CO.February 4, 1861 : t£b =; TO LET, that first-class DWELLING HOUSE, [fi No.3 Benny\u2019s Buildings, now occupied by H.Mathie- i Sn son, Esq.WALTER BENNY.January 28, 1861.d.t fh 4 TO LET, from 1st May next, Store No.225 St.Paul Li Strect, at present occupied by Messrs.Tyre, Colquhoun Jie & Co.Apply to THOMAS PECK & Co.Montreal, Jan.12, 1860.t.f.b TO LET, THE SECOND FLAT of that STONE HOUSE in Great St.James Street, situated between light Messrs.Prowse & McFarlane\u2019s and the Mechanics?nstitute.It contains Seven fine Rooms, well adapted for OFFICES.Possessions of five of the Apartments given at once, if required.Apply to - R.CAMPBELL & CO., 31 and 32 St.François Xavier Street.Montreal, Jan.25, 1861 1mo.=> STORE TO LE'T\u2014Specially suitable for the Wholesale Dry Goods business, with early possession if re pall.quired.Apply at 272 ST.PAUL STREET.MONTREAL CARPET WAREHOUSE.31 and 33 St.FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET.A Large Assortment of New Patterns in TAPESTRY CARPETS, \u201cJOHN CROSSLEY & SON'S\" MAKE; \u2014AND ALSO,\u2014 NEW PATERNS IN FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, « John Hare & Co\u2019s\u201d and \u2018\u201c Michael Nairn & Co\u2019s\u201d Makes, Just RECEIVED AT THE MONTREAL CARPET WAREHOUSE, 31 & 33 St.Francois Xavier Street, R.CAMPBELL & Co.Montreal, Nov.15, 1860.t.fb.CARPETING AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Just Received by the last steamers, a Large Addition of New Designs at THE GARRET WAREHOUSE, 74 Great St.James Street, Forming an assortment unsurpassed in the Province, An inspection respectfully invited, James Baylis, MONTREAL : 74 GreAr Sr.Jams STREET, TORONTO : 2 CoMMEROIAL BUILDINGS, YONGE STREET.Montreal, Nov.16, 1860.t.f.b UCKWHEAT.\u2014A Consignment of Superior Buckwheat Flour, for sale by the Subscriber.\"7 JOHN DOUGALL, + COMMISSION MERCHANT a a d L L Texte détérioré ls tit ed Alexanuer al.DEATHS.Quebee\u20147th inst., Emily Jane, daughter of Mr.John Morphy, aged 3 years.Toronto\u2014Edward Blevins, Eaq., barrister at law, aged 44.News by Telegraph.Moxrcomerr, Ala,, Feb.14.\u2014J.Davis, the President of the Southern Confederacy, will leave Jackson, Mis., this evening, for this city.His inanguration takes place on Monday next.Corumeus, Feb.13.\u2014Mr.Lincoln received a despatch at 5 p.m.,from Washington, saying, ¢ the votes have been counted peaceably.You are elected,\u201d He read it with bis usual equanimity.The despatch caused much rejoicing among his friends.Gov.Dennistoun\u2019s reception to-night is a brilliant affair.Mr.Lincoln leaves here about 7 o'clock to-morrow morning.GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY REVELATIONS.(From the Globe.) THE GRAND PROSPECTUS.It is beyond a doubt that the grand amalgamation scheme was the work of Messrs.Galt, Ross, and Jackson.And in very grand style did they proceed with their work! The whole of the roads we have named were amalgamated in one huge company.A magnificent prospectus was got up by Mr.Galt, promising to all who were fortunate enough to obtain stock, eleven and one-half per cent.dividends to start with, and untold wealth in future years! Six Cabinet Ministers of Canada flamed in the list of Directors; six names of highest repute on the London Stock Exchange were proclaimed as composing the English Board ; and Baring, Bros.& Co., and Glyn, Mills & Co., were tempted by large commissions to give their endorsement to the scheme! An official report by Lord Elgin to the Colonial Minister giving a wondrous account of the progress and prosperity of Canada was stitched on to the back of the prospectus; and the great firm of Jackson, Peto, Brassey, and Betts\u2014with their $50,000 per mile contracts in their pockets\u2014did the puffing to admiration in railway circles ! The prospectus declared that the whole road when completed would be 1,112 miles in length; that it was all under contract to the ¢ eminent English contracting firm of Messrs.Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson ;\u201d\u2019 and the Canadian contracting firm of Messrs.C.S.Gzowski & Co.;\u2019\u2019 and that the contracts were for a ¢ first-class single-track railway, with the foundations of all the large structures sufficient for a double line, equal in permanence and stability to any railway in England!\" It was also declared in this famous prospectus, that the whole capital necessary to complete the entire scheme was £9, 500,000 sterling, or in round figures $47,500,000, including six per cent.interest ¢ from the completion of the amalgamation until the entire works are finished\u201d\u2019 and that this sum would certainly secure ¢\u2018the delivery of the whole railway, fully equipped and complete in every respect, and free from any further charges whatever.\u201d What man with a hundred pounds in his pocket could resist the seduction of such a magnificent scheme\u2014so endorsed\u2014so certain of success !.Eleven and a half per cent.dividends\u2014and that merely the commencement! Why there were the figures set down as plain as possible\u2014eleven and one half per cent.\u2014with the imprimatur of ¢ Thomas Baring, M.P.\u201d and \u201cGeorge Carr Glyn, M.P.,\u201d stamped upon them ! Here are the very words of the prospectus :\u2014 «In the Appendix will also be found the data for the following summary of probable revenue :~ ; \u201c On 1,112 Miles, at an average ofabout £25 per mile, per week.£1,479,660 ¢\u2018Deduct working expenses, 40per cent 591,864 \u201cInterest on debenture debt, £4,635,200 270,100 \u201c Rental of Atlantic and St.Lawrence £887,700 | srsssencencresncrcanceu00s 00,000 Rallway eee 335,100 «Thus showing a profit on share capital £4,884, oPneariy 14 per cent £549,600 \u2018Need we say that John Bull was: entirely carried 272 St.Paul Street.away by the magnificent scheme\u2014that his pursé A et di te ESS, >ER.| REE Price ONE HALF-PENNY.1g8 were recklessly cut asunder\u2014and when the » arrived for applications for Grand Trunk stock, less than five times the amount needed was found ave been applied for! We shall presently have ething to say with regard to the mode of dis- ition and its consequences\u2014but meantime pro- : to explain some of the details of the scheme.WHAT MR.GALT MADE BY IT! ae first point we shall notice, is the startling fact with $275,600 of the stock of the St.Lawrence Atlantic Railway Company in his pocket, condi- ally purchased at 70 cents in the dollar, and vn to him to have been only worth fifty cents the hope of amalgamation was excited\u2014Mr, managed to have the entire debts of the Com- » assumed by the Grand Trnnk, and the depreci- stock exchanged at par for stock of the new pany then bearing a premium in the market! more\u2014not only did Mr.Galt have the whole « of the St.Lawrence & Atlantic thus raised to -but he actually got it arranged that {-7- sHARE- ERS SHOULD RECEIVE IN CASH, OUT OF THE GRAND {K FUNDS, BACK DIVIDENDS AT SIX PER CENT.PER \u2018M ON THEIR STOCK, FOR ALL THE YEARS OF THE VS EXISTENCE DURING WHICH NO DIVIDEND HAD EARNED AND NONE PAID ! £7] That is to say, 7 body holding a share nominally of the value of y but in reality worth about $50, not only reid a Grand Trunk share for $100, and worth over \u2018on the Exchange, but $37 50 in hard cash!! oy wig operation Mr.Galt pocketed the following sum :\u2014 2,756 shares Grand Trunk Stock at.#275,600 Bonds in cash, 37% per cent.a+cssenause0 103,350 $378,950 Less paid for 2,760 shares at $70 each.192,920 Clear profit.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.s.#186,030 And not only did Mr.Galt reap this enormous sum of $186,030 by the operation\u2014but he also pocketed a present from the St.Lawrence and Atlantic stockholders for his shrewdness, of $10,312! When Mr.Rhodes was under examination before the Parliamentary Committee of 1854, he was asked by Mr.Brown if he thought there was any special preference shown in the amalgamation agreement towards the Montreal and Portland stockholders\u2014 when he replied : \u2014 \u201cYes, I objected strongly to the incorporation, in the amalgamation scheme, of the Canadian portion of the Montreal and Portland Line, because the road was badly built, and the stock was 30 or 40 below par; I thought it unfair that such a road should be brought in on any equality with other portions of the amalgamated line, which were to be built with iron bridges, and in a very superior manner.\u201d Mr.Forsyth also declared before the Committee : \u2014¢ 1 strongly objected to the St.Lawrence and Atlantic Railway stock being taken at par value instead of the quotation in the market, but was over-ruled.\u2019\u2019 Mr.Galt himself in a letter from London, dated the 4th February, 1853, and published in the proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee of 1857, boasted that the arrangement was {x \u2018\u2018 Very much better than what the Directors [ot the St.Lawrence al Atlantic Company] intimated to me (Mr.Gah) they would be willing to enter into I\u2019 And yet whe Mr.Galt agreed to give terms better than the Directors *¢ were willing to enter into\u201d he was acting in a fiduciary capacity, as Director of the Grand Trunk! He had his reward in the $196,342 which be pocketed by the operation.But this was not the whole of Mr.Galt's profits by the operation.By the terms of the amalgamation the Atlantic and St.Lawrence Company\u2014which might have been bought up for fifty cents in the dol- lar\u2014had all its debts paid off by the Grand Trunk\u2014 its funded debt assumed by the Grand Truhk\u2014and the road leased for 99 years at a rental of six per cent.per annum on the full face value of its shares ! Mr.Galt, by this operation, raised the value of the stock he had bargained to purchase for $350,000 to its nominal value of $500,000, leaving the magnificent profit of $150,000! Nay, more,\u2014Mr.Galt was not satisfied with this\u2014he claimed $50,000 from the stockholders of the road for his services in chiselling so cleverly the English capitalists.They paid him $15,000 on account ; he threatened suit for the balance, and we heard lately that he had succeeded in compelling them to pay it! A more infamous transaction from first to last it were difficult to conceive.[We invite attention to the above extracts, copied from the Globe.The amount there stated to be gained unfairly on his own account, at the expence of the shareholders of the Company, by the gentleman who has now the control of our Canadian finances, is $186, 030 ; and if he did not make as much out of the recent loan operations which he managed in London for this Province, it must bave been on account of an integrity of subsequent growth, for certainly it was not for want of obvious opportunity.These revelations are interesting to a people whose taxes and debt have doubled within a few years, and largely on account of.this victimized Company.\u2014Ep.Wir.] i.crore \u2014H.C.Carr, of Union Springs, N.Y., who has challenged the world for a trial of speed on skates, was at Auburn on Wednesday, and in company with a patty of young gentlemen, gave a specimen of his quality on the lake.The Advertiser speaks of him as follows :\u2014¢\u2018After seeing that gentletusin bn \u2018the ite, \u2018and witnessing some of his treménidous bursts of speed, we are ready to believe that under favorable ¢itedih- stances, with good ice, and a strong, steady wind, he \u2018can do his.mile.in two minutes.His strides \u2018when under fall motion, are about twenty-two feet.\u201d *' ; ; ; SO Ge td ET Sls Sati gl a ke itis Sn ES Sea PCR Le 154 Terms of Advertising in the \u2018\u2018 Daily Witnes: For Advertisements not exceeding 2 lines, 124 cc each insertion.For Advertisements not exceeding 5 lines, 25 ce.each insertion.Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths charged the above terms.The large circulation of the Duily Witness, and small number of advertisements it contains, rende the most valuable advertising medium in this city.N.B.\u2014The proprietor of the Witness reserves to L self the right to decline any advertisement which may deem not in accordance with the character of THE WITNEIS MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB.15.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY, House 354 Lagauchetiere St.to let.\u2014C.G.Geddes.To let, \u2014Two Double Offices.\u2014C.Tuggey.Wanted, À Book-Kceper\u2014 Address box 499, P.O.Board at No.14 and 32 Beaver Hall Terrace.Fresh Oranges, Oysters &e.\u2014S.English & Co.Fresh Goods recently received.\u2014J.A.& H.Mathewson Opening of Green Houses this afternoon.Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Auniversaries.EDITORIAL ITEMS.\u2014 Für telegraphic news see first page.\u2014 Our report of Me, Burritts lecture is deta through want of space.\u2014 At a meeting of the Hurbor Commissioners ye day, Captain A.M.Rudolph was appointed Ha master.\u2014 We call the attention of the police to the con of certain pie-men, ped!ars of tobauco and other thi who encourage boys to toss for their wares.thought gambling was prohibited by our laws ; here it is carried on publicly in the streets, often ir midst of a crowd.We are the more anxious for th.terference of the authorities in this matter, as ma the sufferers are boys who sell the Witness, who thus induced to spend their hard earnings inste: procuring clothing for themselves.\u2014 We hear of many landlords compelling their tenants to pay the special tax on property levied by the City Treasurer, under threats of raising the rent.Many tenants yield to this threat rather than be at the trouble and expense of moving.We think this attempt to shirk a special tax upon property unfair on the part of proprietors, because the tax was rendered necessary to pay interest on money borrowed for the water works, and none benefitted more largely from the abundant and largely extended supply of water than proprietors.They have already saved on their insurance far more than this special tax amounts to.It may be said that tenants bave less insurance to pay, but they have larger water rate, which about balances this saving on insurance.\u2014 The Secession game appears to be about at an end.The formal and legal declaration of the election of A.Lincoln, by Mr.Breckenridge, President of the Senate, and candidate for the Presidency on the Southern interest; the enthusiastic reception wherever he goes, and the unflinching tone of the new President ; the total loss of popularity by the compromisers of the Republican party; the divisions and distractions of the Southern States, all indicate that the Secession and disunion movement must forthwith die out, and its leading men become objects of derision and contempt, The marvel is, that it could have gone so far.The manner in which the Southern States are to be let easily back into the Union, is, the appointment by Congress of a Convention to amend the Constitution of the United States.The Slave-holders will affect 10 believe that this move is to result in the extension of slavery ; but unquestionably, we think, it will be just the other way.The North has long groaned under the constitutional obligation to return fugitive slaves, and when amendments are once begun, this proviso must go as well as some others.The fact is, sucha Convention should bave been cailed long ago.\u2014 A Dr.Van Evrie, of New York, has just published a work on * Negroes and Negro Slavery.The first an inferior race\u2014the latter its normal condition.\u201d In this work he attempts to show that the subordinate position of the negro as always existing in American society, is not a condition of slavery at all, but the natural relation of an inferior to a superior race, and that whatever evils, if any, exist in Southern society, are referable toa failure to strictly embody the natural inferiority of the negro in the civil law.The Rev.S, Seabury, D.D., has also published a work entitled \u201c American Slavery Justified.\u201d The aim of this theologian is to withdraw the question of slavery from its moral, religious and social aspects, and to discuss it on merely economical and political grounds.The trouble to pro-slavery religious men is in the moral and religious aspects of the question, hence the desire to view the curse of slavery apart from these important elements.There is another inferior race which slaveholders should take in hand; a race in many respects inferior to the African, we mean the Indian.There is also a class, morally inferior to very many colored men ; we refer to lazy, intemperate white persons.(f slavery has such moral power over the slave, and such a civilizing Christian influence upon his life, why not extend it to these others who stand so much in need of such influences ?\u2014 The N.Y.Observer says :\u2014* Before God, we believe that religious men, clergymen and editors, have a solemn and tremendous responsibility to bear in the wreck of this great fabric of Western freedom and Christian civilization.\u201d This deliverance may be understood in more ways than one.The Observer's idea is that \u201creligious men, clergymen and editors,\u201d should be silent on the sin of slavery, and make any compromise to preserve the Union of the States.The wreck of the Union may be laid to the charge of such individuals as have given their support to slavery.The Rev, Albert Barnes once said :\u2014\u201c There is nb power out \u2018of the'charch that could sustain slavery.an \u201chour, if it were not sustained in it,\u201d \"igattoway Unirun~No breed, of cattle is batter \"Adéptéd to the: climate of Oanada than the Galloway.Valuable for both-the shambles and the dairy, producing the best of beef and abundance of, the richest of milk, requiring comparatively.little \u2018attention, with hide and hair as.thick as our \u2018Canadian\u2019 ponies, and, therefore.hardier than any other kind, they seed to.combine almost.all.the requisites of which' wg are in want.It is with pleasure, therefore, wé record the fact that, the Directors of the.city Agriciltural Society, at a meeting on Saturday Tast, resolved to imi - port three hbifers and\u2019 bné bull'vf the\u2019 Galloway breed, \u2014 Quebec Chronicle.L.Al rext détériré _J - tron bore xe mer Sig a l'here is somcthicg very touching ia the parting address, which Mr.Lincoln, the President elect of the United States, delivered to an escort of 5,000 citizens, who gathered at the depot in Springfield, to bid their friend farewell.There is a noble simplicity about this utterance, while there is also an evident appreciation of the grave responsibilities of the duties that lie before him.Placing his reliance upon the Almighty,\u201d Mr.Lincoln leaves his quiet home, to enter updh the turmoil of Government, in a crisis of the history of a great nation.The tale reads like the old history of Cincinnatus leaving his plough; and we have great hope that Mr.Lincoln wiil be found equal to the emergency.There is a ring of true metal about his brief farewell.He carries with him the sympathies of every true man, and all friends of freedom will respond to his appeal for prayers on his behalf.Though our destiny in Canada be a different one from that of the States, yet we have many links of sympathy with them, and Canadian sentiment is a unit on the side of freedom.The great danger to the liberties of the States now lies in compromise.Compromises are generally a snare and delusion.First pure, then peaceable, is the true principle of action.But let \u201chonest old Abe,\u201d the upright lawyer, speak for himself: \u2014 \u201cMy Friends,\u2014No ore, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting.To the people I owe all that I am.Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century\u2014here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried.I know not Low soon Ÿ shall see you again.A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any man since the days of Washington.He never would have succeeded but for the aid of Divine assistance, upou which he at all times relied.I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support.I hope you, my friends, will.all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but with which success is certain.Again I bid you all an affectionate farewell.(Loud applause, and cries of \u201cwe will pray for you!\u201d) During the speech Mr.Lincoln betrayed much emotion, and the crowd was affected to tears.\u201d PRAYER FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, (To the Editor of the Witness.) Mg.EpiTor,\u2014The last Thursday in February is the day which, for nearly thirty years, has been observed in the United States as a day of fasting and prayer for colleges and schools.I am glad to see that you are calling attention to this observance.I understand that the mothers of Montreal have continued, on the first week of every month, the prayer-meeting which commenced on the first week in October.I would suggest that the lady to whose care the next mothers\u2019 meeting is entrusted, should consult with others, and take the responsibility of calling the meeting together through the public prints, for that last Thursday of Febraary.Not à praying mother in the United States but will be joined with them there, and surely Canadian schools and colleges need a blessing.Montreal, Feb, 13, 1861.ST.LAWRENCE WARD.(To the Editor of the Montreal Witness.) SIr,\u2014I am glad that the question of proper representation for this Ward, has been mooted in your paper.\u2014 Several days ago I was waited on by a canvasser for Mr.Waugh, who informed me that the Mr.Sharpley in question, \u201c had resigned, in consequence of Mr.Waugh having come forward on the same ticket\u201d At the time this remark was made, I was.not aware that Mr.Sharpley, the candidate for civic honors, and Mr.Sharpley the Saloon-keeper in Notre Dame-street, were the same individual ; consequently, the announcement Qf # harmonious understanding between the two candi- dts, aid not strike me with the significance which it now assumes.In sucha case, the wisdom of Mr.Sharp- ley'd'policy is very apparent, as many would, unsuspect- 'inglyy vote for a baker, who never would dream of gup- porting.& Tavern-keeper, : - : ; If it be true that the contest is to lie between Mr.0 - | Vby enthusiasts.Y WITNESS.FEBRUARY 15, 1861.e, ag the representative of the interests of the com- ty in general, and Mr.Waugh, as the representa- of the Public-house interest, it is right the'electors d know it.As one of those electors, therefore, I ire to agk both these gentlemen to tell us, through aedjum of the public prints, what are their opinions reference to the \u201c Sabbath Liquor Law ?\u201d None 2 man whose conscience makes a coward of him, refuse so reasonable a request.Yours truly, BLEURY STREET.SNOW-SHOEING MORALITY.Ve regret to see that the tee-total zeal of our con- :porary the Witness should have led him to attack : Snow-Shoe Clubs in a manner totally unwarranted facts, and indeed opposed to all facts.The sole use of complaint which the Wilness has against these eful and cheery associations is, that their members e not all tee-totalers ; and, that not being so, some of em make use of their unpledged liberty to take a 7 .gs of ale.This is no more an argument against ow-Shoe Clubs than against human society at large, which the Witness well knows that there are far dre persons who drink intoxicating liquors moderately immoderately, than there are of those who do not.t the Witness does not condemn society.He seeks reform in bis own way, those members of it whom believes to be in error.The same course would be rfectly legitimate with snow-shoers ; but nothing but at aberration of intellect which arises from the too tclusive cogitation of one idea, can make it an \u201cffence to a Snow-Shoe Club, that it does not exclude arsons who are in every way qualified for the most \u2018Spectable associations, and whom the editor of the Vitness himself would have no objection to consort \u201cth in any common occupation, While the churches ) not exclude those who are not tee-totalers, and the 7itness does not contend that they should do so, it is osurd to desire that a Club which has no direct moral dssion, is to wake such exclusion.As to the state- \u2018ent that these Clubs encourage or countenance babits \u201cintemperance, we should hope that the statement is ade in ignorance.Nothing can be more untrue.A ot does not want to walk ona frosty night to Cote des \u2018eiges, when he can indulge his appetite at the next orner.Nor is a person who, when he gets to Cote rp Neiges, shall indulge himself in excessive potations, e sort of man to run home again, atthe pace required.ne Editor of the Witness is supposed to read the Bible, vi among the spiritual lessons to be found there, are 8 great many common sense ones too often overlooked Among the rest he will find that persons who propose to run races have to keep their bodies under a certain subjection, and he may depend upon it that though teetotalism may have grown up since the times of the Isthmian and Olympic games, yet that men\u2019s bodies are very much what they were two tbou- sand years ago; so that as the pretty little hymn of the Snow-Shoers expresses it\u2014 \u201cIf a man has a belly as round as a tub, He does not belong to a snow-shoe Club.\u201d In other words that to be a good snow-shoer a man must keep sober.All the stuff about the disorderly conduct of these Clubs is just as untrue.They are composed of young men and lads, whose langs are well blown out by the stretch vp the Mountain, and who from the moment they take the downward track feel in the rapidity of the descent, the briskness of the atmosphere, and the joyousness of healthy motion, an ex- bilaration which makes them, no doubt, somewhat more noisy than a Quakers\u2019 Meeting.Who would wish them to be otherwise?Do they not go out for physical exercise, manifesting itself in this boisterous but innocent way ?Do they do any great harm, if, for a few moments they rouse the echoes of the mountain's side, as they enter and leave the place where they are to take a well-earned refection\u2014moderate by rule as well as by the nature of things.We are sorry to see so sour & spirit manifested on such a subject, for we well know that no active member of a snow-shoe Club can by possibility be an habitual frequenter of those miserable haunts of nightly dissipation in large towns, where so many fine lads are made shipwreck.The writer has a particular reason for noticing one charge made in the Witness\u2019 bundle, which he has a personal reason for denying.It is insinuated that several of the first members of the original among the existing Clubs have turned out ill.This is the very reverse of the truth.The President of that Club and the writer, who was also a member of it, have gone over all the names they could remember, and there is not one of them who does not now.fill a highly henorable position in the world.Cotld the same be said after ten years, for every society priding itself on the special piety of its members 7\u2014Mon- treal Herald.REMARES.We give, as a matter of course, the defence of the Snow-Shoe Clubs, written, evidently, by a gentleman whose opinion is deserving of consideration, though we must defer remarks on it till to-morrow.We perceive some other attempts of club-men to reply to us, which only confirm the opinion we have of the tendency of such associations to deteriorate the youth of the city.When the ladies of England, with the Duchess of Sutherland at their head, remonstrated with the American ladies against slavery, a reply was sent back by a lady (?) of Virginia, couched in the most vulgar strain of insult, affirming that England treated her laboring population far worse than America treated her slaves.This letter only served more clearly to show the debasing nature of slavery, and a similar mode of reply never fails to indicate that a vulnerable point has been touched.We have correspondence on the other side of the question to publish, which confirms what we have stated generally, and we cannot help again entreating well-meaning young men connected with drinking snow-shoe clubs to be warned in time.AMERICAN ItEMs.\u2014The Senate has passed the Ap- ropriation bill for seven sloops of war.Mr.Green of Missouri made a rambling speech against it,in which he maintained that any State had a right to secede, but admitted that Missouri was for the Union.The Union vote of Virginia and Tennessee, he said, had done mischief, and had spoiled the plan of the Seces: sion States.\u2014The threats of some of the bankers of New-York and Boston, that thay will lend no more money to the Government unless a.compromise is agreed upon, have not helped the cause, of concession at Washington, where it is 'well understood that all the money in the country is not in the hands of the bankers ; and if it wére, their own \u201cinterest would impell them to presatve the éredit of the Government to secure what:they: bave, already invested.\u2014\u2014Mr; McKean of Now Xorkdtas introduced into Congress a resolution instructing the Select Committee of Five ye to inquire whether, by the consent of the Slave States and by compensating the slave holders, it be practi: cable for the General Government to procure the emancipation of the slaves in some or all of the border States, and if so to report a bill for that purpose.Thisis a move in the right direction, and we hope it will be followed up.\u2014\u2014South Carolina is reported to be \u2018restive under the new Confederacy, with J, Davis as President.The business of taking Fort Sumpter will now be adjourned to Montgomery, where it will be vetoed, soon after which South Carolina is expected to secede.\u2014\u2014Our advices from Washington indicate that the most probable solution of the discussions now going on there will be a National Convention, called in a regular and constitutional manner.To such a Convention, properly called and fairly elected, we see no serious objection, though we will not undertake to guarantee that its result will be exactly what its projectors desire and expect.\u2014New York Independent.COMMERCIAL REVIEW.MonTrEAL, Friday, Feb.15, 1861.After a day or two of mild weather, snow bas commenced falling again this morning.Temperature at 73 am.24°.above zero; at noon, 29°.above.At Hochelaga, in course of the night, 21°.above; at 7! a.m., 21°.above ; barometer, 30.40 at same hour.The roads continue in bad condition, and trade with the country is very limited.Waeke BriTAIN Buys HER GRAIN.\u2014A recent city article in the London Times, speaking of the countries whence Great Britain draws her supplies of Breadstuffs, says :\u2014 \u2018The sources of our supply of wheat during the present year present remarkable changes from those of 1859 and 1858, owing to the splendid harvests in Russia and America.In 1858 Prussia took the lead, and Russia is now largely at the head of the list, and Prussia and the United States follow.Last year there was scarcely any importation from the latter country, but we have now drawn from her more than one fifth of our total receipts, while Prussia has contributed exactly the same quantity.The Rusaian arrivals have constituted nearly one-fourth of our entire imports.Although Prussia is no longer at the top, her capacity steadily increases, and her change of place is owing merely to the much more rapid advance of Russia.The United States supplies arc at present likewise increasing, month by month, with great quickness, and the returns for December, which will complete the year, will probably put that country above Prussia, whose place will then be third.France this year exhibits a great falling off, but we have still taken from that country much more than might have been expected from the general accounts of the French harvest.Among the minor sources, Egypt presents the principal falling off.\u201d BreapsTurrs.\u2014All the markets have been unsettled, and Flour and Wheat are quoted lower.At Chicago, on the 91h, No.1 Spring Wheat was at 79}c., and No.2 at 74c.; while Flour was active and gteady at $4.30 for Extra Western, (about equal to Montreal No.1 Superfine).Adding freight to this city at $1.30 per barrel, the price was relatively higher in Chicago than in Montreal, by 20c.to 25c.; Exchange on New York, however, was at 64 to 7 per cent.On the 9th, at Milwaukie, the produce market was dull; No.1 Spring Wheat was down at 76¢., and No.2 at 74c.; Exchange on New York 6 per cent.On the 9th, at Cincinnati, Flour was very dull, at $4.60 to $4.70 for Superfine.The Montreal market for Flour and Wheat has been dull; very little doing either for present or future delivery; prices are easier.A Hoes anp Provisions.\u2014At Chicago, on the 8th, there was good business done jn Dressed Hogs, and a lot of 50, to average 450 lbs., none less than 400 lbs., was boughs up by a Boston house.The highest price was $6.25 per 100 ibs, The Provision market at Cincinnati, on 9th, was quiet and firm ; Mess Pork $17 to $17.25.Our Provision market continues dull; no wholesale transactions.The arrivals of Dressed Hogs are not numerous, and little demand ; some dealers have parcels on hand, which they find difficulty in disposing of; but very choice carcases sell readily enough.The Packing-houses continue busy.Our quotations show the market range for past three days.GrocErIES.\u2014Green Teas remain firm; the supply is light, and demand fair for the season.We ascertain from recent English advices that Blacks are somewhat improved in value.Our quotations show the ruling rates in this market, SuGAr has for several years been held above its real value, by a combination of rich Sugar planters in Cuba, and merchants in Havana and New York, who had a great command of capital.This persevering effort to keep up prices gave way this winter, and failares to a very large amount have been the result.Sugar is now very low in New York, and shipments have been going on for some time to England.In Montreal the price is nominal.Fisu.\u2014The supply of Green Codfish is in excess of demand, and forced sales have been made by auction at $1.50 per barrel.The price in the Fall was $3.50.Herrings, Whitefish, Mackerel and Salmon, maintain their value.The following are the prices bought at auction on Wednesday :\u201490 brls.White's Labrador herrings $5, 5 do do 16s, 10 do do 15s 6d, 55 do do 15s, 30 quintals dry codfish 17s 9d, 10 brls.green do 8s 3d, 10 do do 7s 9d, 50 do do '73 6d, 30 do do \"Ts 3d, 25 bf.- brls.Labrador herrings 13s, 10 bxs.digby herrings 41e, 50 do do 40c.LEATHER continues of glow sale.and Slaughter 21c.to 22¢.Harness, 231c.60c.to T0c.Tee Timer TrADE.\u2014We have been favored with a copy of Messrs.Farnworth & Jardine\u2019s comprehensive annual Review of the Liverpool Timber Trade for 1860, but have not room to-day for an analysis of it.The following is from the Mercantile and Shipping Gazette :\u2014 No.,1 Spanish Calf Skins, \u201c Some months since, whilst alluding to the probable.results that would follow tho present tariff on Foreign and Colonial timber, we intimated that considering the enormous wants of the country generally, it was scarcely possible to assume that Canada would suffer severely from the effects of more direct competition on the part of foreign growers in the home market.We intimated, too, that prices would not give way to the extent predicted, for the all important reason that Canada produces a peculiar kind of wood, which we must import at any cost.Let us see how far we were justi- \u2018fied in arriving at these conclusions.In 1860, 1,668 cargocs of timber, with an aggregate of 565,262 tons, entered the Port of London, against 1,624 cargoes and 568,143 tons in the previous year.\u201d.\u2018 Asngs.\u2014The market is firm and the recent advance in price well sustained.A letter from London of 26th ult, quotes both kinds as scarce and firm in::that market at 31s.The statement of the Montreal Inspectors, for week ending 13th inst, is :\u2014 Cer | ots, Poérls.Receipte;.\u2026.\u2026.119 bris.22 brls.Shipmentsye.53.* we InStore,.2,470 \u201c 1,186 «.FINANCIAL \u2014Bankers\u2019 xchange on Tondon [Was quoted yesterday in New York at 104, dull ang Hears Produce bills of Exchange were at 102 on Monday, atid large orders for gold aie \u2018said to have gone out to Erg land by the # Arabld.\u201d Money\u2019 was plenty, but there was manifest:want of confidence for several days, and ; Dry Goods paper was Hard to discount; there had bean some heavy failures in the trade.Those House, Pf pm bend TL) bd TD Soph bed bf bd bd mh ™ THO Dy HS 7 a = ia hi + % po TT Epa a ~~ Jd, ble a bd #8 Odd df MO £20 bd em og - hd og i ji da FEBRUARY 15, 1861.ES THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.155 which had been pushing business in the South could not be accommodated, without good endorsers.\u2014 We quote the following from Messrs.Taylor Bros.circular of 14th :\u2014 STOCKS.\u2014Bank of Montreal\u2014One amount of this Stock has changed hands since our last at 118, but it did not come on our market in the usual way, and orders are still unfulfilled, although 118 to 118} would readily be pald,\u2014120 is asked.Commercial Bank\u2014Very little doing but steady at 1084 City Bank\u2014Sales at 108, at which there are buyers.La Banque du Peuple\u20141144; Molson\u2019s Bank, 115; Ontario Bank, 1064 ; Bank of Toronto, 1034.Bank of Upper Canada, 65, and very little doing in any of them.In Railway and Mining Shares, there are no transactions.BONDS AND DEBENTURES.\u2014 Government, Debentures\u2014 Nothing doing ; C.M.L.Fund, small sales at par; Montreal City Bonds sold at 924.Montreal Harbour, asked for.EXCHANGE.\u2014Rate at one of the leading Banks sudden] reduced to 107; others, not declared.Private, unsettled.Private on New York 100$.MONTREAL WHOLESALE MARKET.FLour.\u2014Transactions few; we quote nominally :\u2014 Fine, $4 to $4.25; Superfine, No.2, $4.75 to $5; Do, No.1, $5.35 to $5.40; Fancy, $5.60 to $5.70 ; Extra, $6 to $6.25 : Superior Extra, $6.50 to $7.\u2014 There.has been a recent sale.of No.1 Super.for June delivery on p.t., and there is a sale reported at $5.80 for July.; Baa-FLour.\u2014 The range of price is $2.70 to $2.85 ; recent transactions af latter figures.Wgerar.\u2014Dull and lower ; very choice U.C.Spring, has with difficulty brought $1.16, ex cars; in store, $1.15 to $1.17.Peas.\u2014In fair demand ; on the spot, 75c.; for future delivery, 803c., 8lc.and 82c.Asaes.\u2014Firm ; Pots, $5.75 ; Pearls, $6.05 to $6.10.Burren.\u2014 Little variation; 12c.to 14c, for store- packed, according to quality ; 15c.to 16c.for dairy, Tras\u2014Twankays, inferior, 40c; fair ordinary, 44c to 466 ; fine, 47c to 49e.Young Hysons, inferior, 44c ; fair ordinary, 47c to 50e; good to fine, 55e to Gôc.Blacks, ordinary, 37 to 42c; fair, 43c to 47e; good to fine, 50c to 65c.Scaar.\u2014Nominally 63¢ to Tic.1, i Provisions.\u2014No sales ; any quotation is nominal; $17 to $18.50 for Mess Pork.Dresser Hoes.\u2014Market dull for several days; a cop- siderable number offering this morning.The range of prices is more limited than for several weeks past,\u2014 say $6 to $6.40.Alot of 19 small carcases, for market purposes, brought $6.25 ; a much better lot, but very crocked, $6.15; also sales at $6.30 and $6.40, the latter for choice.Furs.\u2014The Trade-sales in London have not been so successful as was anticipated ; we are not yet in receipt of particulars.Meantime we repeat previous quota- tions :\u2014 Musk Rats o $0.10 Red Fox,.$1.25 to $#1.50 ink,.o 2.50 Beaver, per 1b,,.1.00 to 0.00 Martin, .o.e00 to 1.75] Coon,.0.25t0 0.60 Northern do.,.3.00to 6.00 LynX,.150t0 2.00 Fisher,.\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.3.00 to 5.00 .LéATHER.\u2014No change in quotations.JOHN DOUGALL, COMMISSION MERCHANT.NEW YORK MARKETS.\u2014Frs.14.\u2014By Telegraph.Flour\u2014Sales 9000 bbls; State and Western more active, but prices without important change ; super $5 t0 $5.05, and Extra 5.124 to 5.20.Canadian unchanged ; sales 300 bbls at $5.15 to 6.75.-Grain\u2014Wheat dull and heavy; sales trifling; Mil- waukie Club $1.20 and White Kentucky $1.60.Corn quiet and unchanged ; Oats firm, Southern and Jersey 34 to 35c ; Northern and Western 353 to 37.Provisions\u2014Pork dull and heavy; Mess $17.25; Prime $13.Lard dull and heavy at 94c to 10c.Coffee steady; with-sales of 640 bags Rio at 11} to 13.Sugars heavy and dull ; sales at 47 to 53.Molasses inactive ; no sales or change.Stocks better with more doing.Money easy and plentiful at 5 per cent on call.Exchange\u2014dull and heavy 1043 and 105 for best Bankers\u2019 bills.New Advertisements.A TO LET.\u2014From 1st May next, that commodious, -comfortabie and well built Cut Stone House, 35; JHA, Lagauchetiere Street, at present occupied by Signor D\u2019Angelis.For particulars, apply to the undersigned any day between the hours of 2 and 4 P.M.HARLES G.GEDDES.2 Merchants\u2019 Exchange, Montreal, Feb.15.d-tfb.TO LET\u2014In tbe Union Building, Two DOUBLE OFFICES, with Fire Proof Safes, at present occu- Aled, Died by Messrs.Taylor Bros.Possession on First May next.Apply to C.TUGGEY.Montreal, Feb.15, 1861.d-3t-w-t-f b WW ipplieation 15 Bookkeeper for a Retail Dry Goods Store.on Application to be made by letter only, to Box 499, Post ce.Montreal, Feb.15.6d.OARD.\u2014A Gentleman and his wife, or two Gentlemen who will room together, will find Board at No.14 & 32, Beaver Hall Terrace.Montreal, Feb.15.: d.tfb.FRESH ORANGES.\u2014Sweet and in fine order, just re- L' ceived at .S.ENGLISH & CO?S.OXSTERS Yarmouth Bloaters, Table Codfish, Loch- fine Herrings, for sale at 8.ENGLISH & CO\u2019S, Montreal, Feb.15.266 Notre Dame St.RESH GOODS.\u2014RECENTLY RECEIVED.Cream Tartar, in barrels, strictly pure.Languedoc Soft- Shell Almonds, in bales.Candle Wick, in bales.Shoe-threads from Manufacturers.à Souchong Pen hest Young Hyson and Souchong Teas, in chests.su T.À.& H.MATHEWSON, McGill Street.- Montreal, 15, Feb.1861.10-d 4 s-w (\\PENING OF GREENHOUSES.\u2014MONTREAL .HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.\u2014The Greenhouse of James Ferrier, Jr., Esq., St.Alexander Street, will be open to members and their families this afternoon and Saturday rnoon.Admission to non-members, 124c.Proceeds in aid of the funds of the Society.° .J.THAYER, Jr., Rec.-See.The following plants are now in full bloom :\u2014Civararias, Begmias, Camelias, Corizemas, and the Musa Cavendishii, or the Bread Fruit, with the usual variety of Hot-house lants.Montreal » February 15, 1861.WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY AN.YY\u2019 NIVERSARIES \u2014Sermons in connexion with these Mispgionary services will (D.V.) be preached in the three We Jeyan Methodist Churches on Sunday next, 17th inst., at half-past 10 a.m., and half-past 6 p.m.: * The Pablic Missionar Ariniversar il (D.V.will be held 8s follows y Meetings will (D.V.) Monday Evening, 18th inst., in 8t.James Street Church.Tacsday Wvening, 19th inst., in Gabriel St.Church, Griffin- wn.Wednesday Byening, 20th inst., Lagauchetiere St.Church, : mène 0 Suburbs .Ghaif to be taken each evening at 7.0\u2019olock.mepaoions in aid of the Missions made ateach service and Esteemed minisers from a distance and of the cf other frienda: will take part in these Missidii tes with Créldren of the Sunday Echools will be present.to sing at \u201cMontreal, 15th Feb.1861.- \u2018 es Me Auction Sale.Insurance.Partnerships.PRING TRADE SALE OF CANADIAN MANU=- FACTURES.\u2014On THURSDAY, 28th February, will be sold at the Stores of ME.JOHN DOUGALL, No.270 and 272 8t.Paul Street, an assortment of TWEEDS, SATIN- ETS, and other WOOLLEN GOODS, for the Spring and Summer Trade.: \u2014ALSQ~\u2014 COTTON WADDINGS AND BATTINGS.Terms Liberal.Sale at TWO o'clock.BENNING & BARSALOU, Auctioneers.> Parties wishing to send Goods for the above Sale, may do so up to the 25th February.JOHN DOUGALL.OTICE.\u2014We do not pretend to sell Coal Oil Lamps without profit, as a regular thing, but we are selling them at ACTUAL CoST JUST NOW, simply because, in the present state of this market, it appears expedient to us to realise on this portion of our Stock, as soon as possible.INTON Co., 258 Notre Dame Street, Nearly opposite Alexander\u2019s.February 14.12d.Goon ENVELOPES.\u2014Only Ninety Cents a Thousand! Fine Large Letter Envelopes, Stamped and Gumined, only 90 cents a thousand\u2014a Box of 500 for 45 cents.Good Note Paper, Large Size, Ruled, 99 cents a ream.Letter Paper, Ruled, only $1 à ream.19 GKEAT ST.JAMES STREET.© J.A,GRAHAM.EAUTIFUL STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS.\u2014Only Ninety Cents a Dozen.Interesting Groups, &c., $1.25 a Dozen ; Coloured and Illuminated Views at equally Low Prices.Views in Canada, $3 a Dozen.Stereoscopes, from 50 cents upwards.19 GREAT ST.JAMES STREET.J.A.GRAHAM.Montreal, Feb.14.4 t-w-for 10 ins.Fox SALE, 100 Puncheons heavy-bodied Muscovado Molasses.THOMAS GORDON, ) No.9 William Street.February 13, 1861.6-d OAL! COAL! COAL !\u2014J.G.BEARD & CO., dealers in ALL KINDS OF COAL.\u2014YARDS\u2014Corner of Me- Gill and Wellington Streets and Grey Nun Strect.The subscribers beg to inform the Public that they have now on hand, at their Coal yards, a full supply of LEHIGH, SCRANTON, and LACKAWANNA COAL, of all sizes.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 A large quantity of GRATE COAL, of a very superior quality, which they offer for sale at Low PRICES.J.G.BEARD & CO.LLIOTT'S DENTIFRICE, the best m use for Cleaning, Preserving, and Beautifying the TEETH AND GUMS, For recommendations from Dignitaries of the Church, the Bar, M\u2019s.P.P., M.D.\u2019s, and Dentists, See wrapper.Take only Elliott\u2019s Dentifrice, with the signature.For sale by all the Druggists.February 5.d\u2014tef.EST END RAISINS.\u2014JUST RECEIVED, per S.S.¢ Nova Scotian,\u2019 Finest Layer Raigins, put up for West End London Trade.Sultana Raisins, English Candied Peels.Mixed Spice.S.ENGLISH & CO.FRESH OYSTERS, in kegs ; Finnan Haddies, at S.ENGLISH & CO.266 Notre Dame Street.December 14, d.t-f-t.OMMISSION BUSINESS.\u2014The Subscriber has on hand, and is constantly receiving Fresh Consignments ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, \u2018Which he offers for sale at Current rates.of \u2014ALSO,\u2014 HERRINGS.\u2014The Finest Labrador, in Barrels and Half- Barrels.The Finest Canso, s e WHITEFISH, of excellent quality, Fall Catch, in Barrels and Half-Barrels.MESS PORK.\u2014The Subscriber has several consignments of Mess Pork, (Montreal Inspection, ) for Sale, at market prices.JOHN DOU y Commission Merchant, Wanted.BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY.INCORPORATED 1833, CAPITAL $400,000, with a large surplud invested in the Province.Bufldings, Stock, Household Furniture, and Factories, insured by this Company, under the most favorable terms.M.H.GAULT, Agent, WM.TURNER, Inspector.February 7.1 FIRE INSURANCE.SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY.PUIS NOTICE is hereby given, that the.Scottish Provincial Assurance Company has obtained from the Minister of Finance of this Province a LICENSE to car on Business under the Provincial Statute 23 Vie., Chap.33, and has complicd with all the requirements of said Act.A.DAVIDSON PARKER, Secretary, Canada, OFFICE, No.9 Great St.James Street, Montreal; 16th January, 1861.d-2-m ÆTNA INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, INCORPORATED 1819, PAID UP CAPITAL, $1,500,000.CASH VALUE OF ASSETS, $2,265,000.HIS old and well-known Company is now Licensed by the Government of Canada, under 23rd Vie.Chap.33.Proprietors of Real Estate will find it to their advantage to apply for Insurance to ROBERT WOOD, Agent.Montreal, Jan.22, 1861.dim IRDS: BIRDS !!\u2014Just arrived from Germany, 200 Singing Canaries, 50 Goldfinches, Linnets, Larks, Blackbirds, Thrushes ; a general assortment of European and other Birds, Parrots, &c.; Fancy Metallic Cages of all patterns.In this lot are some of the best Singing Birds ever imported into Canada, and must be disposed of in a short time at prices which defy competition, at the old staud, 46 Great St.James Street.: GEO.HOWLETT.-lm Montreal, January 25, 1861.ERMS AND PRICES.\u2014The TERMS at the CLOTH HALL are\u2014CASH, AND ONE PRICE.The charge for a pair of good Black Pants to order, is $4.The entire suit of Tweed or Black Cloth, to order, is $12 to $18.A full stock of Upper Canada Tweeds, West of England Cloths, Doeskins, and Cassimercs.Flannel Shirts, Pants, Vests, Lined Kid Mitts, Scarfs, Collars, Braces.Gents\u2019 Cloth Boots, for 6s.3d., 6s.9d., and 7s.CLOTH HALL, 202 Notre Dame Street, West January 7.0 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND BREEDERS.\u2014For sale, the following choice Stock, imported from one of the first breeders in England : 1 Pure Durham Bull, 4 years.1% Ayrshire « 4 « 1 « So « 1year.14 Durham and Ayrshire Cows and Heifers.Imported Leicestershire Sheep.Apply to JAMES HEMPSTEAD, St.Francois Xavier St.Jan.28.(GEORGE BRUSH-\u2014Has on hand and is manufacturin Steam Engines, Steam Boilers, Steam and Han Pumps, Water Wheels, Bark Mills.Improved Packing Presses, Improved Hoisting Machines.Soap Boilers and Curbs, cast or wrought.ill, Machine, and Architectural Castings, Forgings, Brass Castings and Machine Work generally, all at low prices and warranted.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 Best Fire Clay, Fire Bricks, Charcoal and Sea Coal Facings, at the EAGLE FOUNDRY, Office : 12 King Street.Montreal, February 1, 1861.d-s-w 2) MPORTANT TO CATTLE DEALERS.\u2014THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY will be able to supply, at a low rate, a few tons weekly of INDIAN CORN CAKE, à most suitable article for Cattle Feed.Apply to ALEX.WALKER, St.Peter St.dsw\u2014t£b PORE.Far Western and Canada Mess, Thin Mess, Rump, Prime Mess and Prime Pork.GILMOUR & CO., ; 43 St.Peter Street, Montreal, Jan, 3, 1861.dsw Te BEST STARCH in the world, is the ¢ Silver Gloss Starch,\u201d made by the Canada Starch Company, at Edwardsburgh, C.W., to be had of all respectable Montreal, Oct.24, 1860.TOCers.d-t.f.BF juries from Burns or Frost, Chapped Hands and Face, Roughness of Skin, relieved immediately by the use of 8.J.LYMAN & Co.\u2019s Winter Cream of Roses.Montreal, January 26 ELIEF FOR COUGHS AND HOARSENESS.\u2014 Fletcher\u2019s Hoarhound Candy and Ipecacuanha Lozen- es, manufactured at G.MOCHRIE\u2019S Confectionery, 130 otre Dame St., nearly opposite the Court House.Montreal, Nov.23.4 mo d.ANTED,\u2014A large room, or a back-store, stable or barn, that can be converted into a large room.\u2014 Apply to , .> 81 St.Francois Xavier Street.February 13.-d.WANTED.À Farm Servant to work a small farm.Apply at the Witness Office.Montreal, Feb.7, 1861.d-tfb Woot thorsaeh Gardener.No one need a RY who is not thoroughly competent.JOH OUNG.Montreal, Feb.5, 1861.d-tfb.POARDING.\u2014 À few gentlemen can be accommodated with Board and Lodging at Mrs.HALI°s, No.71 St.Antoine Street.Oct.8.\u2014d-t£ OARD FOR GENTLEMEN.\u2014A Widow Lady wishes to obtain two or three Gentlemen to Board in a first class family house.References given and required.Apply at this office.February 6.Im-d&s-w.Educational.DUCATION.\u2014Another Evening Class, to commence at 4 every afternoon, will be opened at Durham House Pro retary College on Monday next.Writing, Arithmetic, Book-keeping, the English and French Languages, and the Classics, will be taught, superintended by the Head Master, Bev.Alfred Stone.Terms: $10 per quarter, payable in vance, Montreal, Feb.5.12d Y OUNG LADIES\u2019 INSTITUTE.\u2014MRS.LAY\u2019S - CLASSES will re-assemble for the Spring and Summer Term, on Wednesday, February 13th.33 BEAVER HALL, 10d\u20146sw.\u2018 INNAN HADDIES! FINNAN HADDIES!!\u2014 McEwaws Celebrated FINNAN HADDIES daily receiving and for Sale, Wholesale and Retail.ALEX.McGIBBON, Montreal, Jan.30, 1861.Sole Agent.PRAIRIE CHICKENS & QUAILS.\u2014Fresh Consignments just received, and for Sale low.ALEX.McGIBBON.Montreal, Jan.30, 1861.d.tfb CEE ADVANCES.\u2014The Undersigned are prepared to make liberal CASH ADVANCES to Canadian Shippers on Consignments of FLOUR, GRAIN and other Produce to their friends in Liverpool, London and Glasgow.PAGE, RICHARDSON & Co., Proprietors Merchants\u2019 Line Packet Ships, \u2019 114 State Street, Boston.For all information apply to F.W.HENSHAW, No.?St.Sacrament Street, Montreal.° to January 23, 1861.d-1-m E\u2018Egre & CASTLE, Manufacturers of Black and Colored Morocco, Fancy Leather, Colored Sheep Skins, &c., Corner of Shaw and Dorchester Streets, Montreal, C.E.Book-binders\u2019 Trunk and Pocket-book Makers\u2019 Stock manufactured to order.Jan.3, 1861.d3m C'EY MUFFIN BAKER.\u2014Try Watson\u2019s Celebrated English Muffins.Orders received at Alexander\u2019s Confectionery Store, to be delivered at any part of the city.Orders must be left before 3 o\u2019cloek, to be delivered that evening.Tea parties supplied at moderate prices.Stores supplied wholesale.Montreal, Dec.24, 1860.VV HITE FISH.\u2014Barrels and Half Barrels, of very superior quality._., ; JOHN DOUGALL, _ \u2018 COMMISSION MERCHANT, : 270 St: Paul Street.February 9, 1861.Montreal, Feb.8th, 1861.387H THOUSAND DANES JURY HOUSE\u20141s 6d- by Mail, post paid, 1s ;' Fne Edition, Bound, 3s, ; BOOK AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE 36 Great St.James Street, opposite the Wesleyan Church.5 0 COMMERCIAL BUFF ENVELOPES, for { V7.28 6d, at the BOOK AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, 26 Great St.James 8 , Opposite Wesleyan Church.ALLOW \u201475 casks of Prime Beef Tallow for sale by : JoHN DOUGALL, - xr OMMISS HAN fe -270 St Paul Stree : LEATHER.Heavy and Light, Spanish Sole, and Calt: i 2 , = \u2026 dos TL eo 5, \u201c A a LÀ for Sale by JOHN DOUGALL, Commission: Merstiant Ta Sent De of evarything relating to O-PARTNERSHIP.\u2014 WE, the undersigned, have entered into Co-partnershi as Manufacturin Chemists, under the name and style of \u201c BURNS, COWAN & CO.\u201d \u201c JOHN BURNS, RB.L.COWAN.Wik reference to the above, the Subseribers intimate that the Montreal Branch of their Works, corner of William and Thomas Streets, will bein active operation early in January.BURNS, COWAN & CO.CANADA CHEMICAL WORKS.) Office 27, Lemoine Strect.Montreal, Dec.28.NOTICE, NE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between the undersigned in Montreal, under the firm of CLARK, WINKS Co., has this day been dissolved by limitation.; All Debts due by or to the said firm will be settled by James P.Clark, at his office, on the premises occupied by the late firm.Boyer\u2019s Block, ; No.1, Custom House Square.Montreal, Jan.18th.JAMES P.CLARK, GEORGE WINKS.a w REFERRING to the above, the Undersigned have this day entered into PARTNERSHIP, and will continue to carry on the business of DRY GOODS MERCHANTS, under the style and firm of GEORGE WINKS & Co., in the premises occupied by the late firm of CLARK, WINKS & Co.GEORGE WINKS, WILLIAM MACDOUGALL.Montreal, Jan.18, 1861.d&sw.7 \u2014CROCKERY AT REDUCED PRICES\u201473 The Subscribers will sell their well assorted Stock of China, Glass and Earthenware, which comprises every article suitable for domestic use, at greatly Reduced Prices.Algo, a nice assortment of Kerosene Lamps, very cheap; Chimnies, Wicks, &c.J.PATTON & Co., 73 Great St.James Street.January 30.1 mo.a GENCY PORTLAND KEROSENE OIL.\u2014The Subscribers (sole Agents in Canada for the Company) continue to receive the above Oil in 5, 20 and 40 gallon packages.This Oil is admitted by all who have used it to be superior to any other Coal Oil in use.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 A few hhds Superior Rape Lubricating Oil And a quantity of Rosin Qil in barrels Paraffine Candles in cases \u2014AND,\u2014 A large assortment of Kerosene Qil Lamps COAL.Newcastle-Wallsend House Coal, (warranted the best quality imported) Wallsend Blacksmiths\u2019 Nut Coal Scotch and English Steam Coal Sydney House Coal ; A small quantity very fine Kendal Coal And 200 to 300 tons Chestnut sized Lehigh Coals for Railway Coal Burners English and American Fireclay Ramsay and Grangemouth Firebricks JANES & Co., 236 St.Paul Street.d-1-yr.CANADA CORN STARCH.\u2014-THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY are now prepared to execute orders for the different qualities of STARCH at LOWER PRICES than they can be imported.They also GUARANTEE the qualities equal to anything made on this Continent.Sole Agent, - ALEX.WALKER, St.Peter Street.d-t.f.b.Montreal, Jan.14, 1860.Montreal, Jan.12, 1860.PYE-STTFES.\u2014Logwood, Redwood, Fustic Cam- wood, Madder, Extract of Logwood, Terra Japonica, and all kinds of Dye-Stuffs,\u2014for sale by ) S.J.LYMAN & CO., Place d\u2019Armes.- January 17.HRISTMAS !\u2014GRAPES, ORANGES, EXTRA RAISINS, Fresh Figs, Fresh Prunes, Fresh Nuts, Fresh Bottl Fruits, assorted for Pies, Fresh Tomatoes, Green Pease, Truffles, Mushrooms, Stilton Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, Fresh Salmon, Fresh Lobsters, English Jams and Jellies, assorted, Fresh Preserves, East India Preserves, Sultana Raisins, Extra Currants.A Special Roasting for Christmas of the Finest kinds of Coffees at j S.ENGLISH & CO.\u2019S, Montreal, Dec.21.266 Notre Dame St.NEW YEAR !:\u2014Mocha, Jaya, Maricaibo, Coffees, (fresh B Roasted or Now Joarls Day.) ssence of Coffee aspberry Vinegar, S 8, Grapes Oranges, Crystalized Fruits, Ke.for Sale a5 \u2019 pes, S.ENGLISH & CO.S, 266 Notre Dame Street.RAGE.\u2014JAMES FAIRIE'S GREAT COAL OIL LAMPS, AND GENUINE COAL OILS, Give the most Brilliant Light of any, and are surpassed y none.LL THE A EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE THEM.GENUINE COAL OIL §¢ LAMP DEPOT, 66 ST.FRANCIS XAVIER STREET, (A few doors below Notre Dame Street.) QULPHATE OF AMMONIA,\u2014The best Fertilizer for Plants, keeping thém free from insects.For sale by S.J.LYMAN & CO.SULPHATE OF LIME,\u2014For preventing fermentation of Cider, &¢.,récommended by Prof.Horsford.For sale by or S.J.LYMAN & CO.Prize BISCUITS.\u2014For sale by the Subscriber, to close consigninents, a few Boxes Nasmith\u2019s Prize Bis cuits, in Prince of Wales, Abernethy, Elgin, Wine, Fancy, Soda and Pic-Nic Brands, at unusually low rates.DOU L, Commission Merchant, Dec.10 270 St.Paul-street, Montreal.Goor MIXED TEA at 2s.6d.per lb., for sale, by : ; E.Ë.SHELTON.MR.J.DUNLOP, ADVOCATE, No.46, LITTLE ST.JAMES STREET.DR.W.E.BOWMAN, MOGILL STREET, MONTREAL.o Gly HE CIRCULAR.published by the Undersigned on every Friday, for the English Steamer, is obtainable at their Offices : .ot : 4 ments are made for the printing of the names of Merchants on such number of Circulars as may be specially 4nd in quantity subscribed for.: Co \u2019 : TAYLOR BROS., Brokèrs.Aug.13, 1860.ev : Pere MANVAL ANADIAN MERCHANTS\u2019 OF BOOK-KEEPING.\u2014Double En adapted to the requirements of the Canadian store-kée od oi and merchant, by Edward Miall, Jr.Price, 2s.6d.J sale, wholesale and retail; at the: 7 Con BOOK AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, s : 36 Great St.James Street, opposite Wesleyan Church.Montreal, Nov.27, 1860.Co OUNTRY LIFN:\u2014A - Hanû Bock (of.Agricolttré C Hortletilture and ; Landscape Gardening, ~R.M, Gope- land.Every Farmérand Garden shogld Have this valuable and Garden- Sent by mail post-paid, on receipt.of price of Book sépscore 270 8t.Paul Street, * BOOK BYATIONERY WAREHOUS 200 Gest Br.Jaune Brakes, Ho No ed 8 a EE mt £ TTR Te R J Qc Frames - = n eee ee em REE EEE pre rare Siero SES De = = Dr tre ri ra EEE DEEE ETES ETE SS cw hs BT [ESI 156 THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.FEBRUARY 15, 1861.The Miscellany.[For the * Montreal Witness.\u201d MEN OF GENIUS.Let progress always be your noblest aim, For perseverance commonly prevails ; Columbus once was poor without a name, And Abraham Lincoln lived by splitting rails.The grandest epic in the English tongue Was written by a poor but honest man ; Elihu Burritt oft\u2019 the hammer swung, And Miller in the quarries life began.Watt was a blacksmith, Stephenson as well, And Franklin as a printer earned his bread ; And what was Washington, and what was Tell, And many more now numbered with the dead ?1talia owes her liberty to one Who labors in Caprera\u2019s lonely isle ; May be complete the work he has begun, And heaven o'er his noble efforts smile.Montreal, Feb.14, 1861.P.V.THE HISTORY OF THE SHAWL.Seventy years ago, the word \u201cshawl\u201d held no place in the language.The thing itself, the warm, convenient, comfortable, durable, and\u2014 worn by one who knows how to wear it\u2014most graceful of feminine wrappers, was unknown in the realm of fashion when the grand-mothers of the present generation moved therein.It is true, that the negociators sent by Tippoo Sahib to the French government, when he was meditating that onslaught on the English which ended in his discomfiture and death, left behind them a few Cashmere shawls as parting gifts to their Parisian acquaintances ; but they were regarded as costu- mary curiosities, and put not to their right use, but made to do duty as dressing-gowns and carpets! The ladies are indebted to the Emperor Bonaparte for the beautiful addition to their toilet.His famous Egyptian expedition was the means of introducing the Indian loom into European Society.No sooner had the shawl been adopted by Madame Emile Gaudin, the reigning Parisian beauty, than it became the rage.Two and three thousand francs were cheerfully paid for second-hand cashmeres, that had seen service as turbans on the heads of the Mogul soldiery, girded the supple waists of Bayaderes, or robed the persons of pagan priests ; but then the excellence of the fabric, and the durability of the dyes, allowed them to be cleaned with impunity.\u2014 However, as soon as the shawl was fairly established in popularity, the Levant traders took care there should be no lack of new ones and a large trade soon opened with India.The shawl manufacture is supposed to have originated in the valley of Cashmere, but at what date is unknown ; but cver since the first British factories were established in India, Cashmere shawls have constituted one of the most valuable branches of commerce.In the time of the Mogul empire, thirty thousand looms were kept busily occupied in Cashmere ; under the Afghans, the number fell to eighteen thousand ; and at the present time six thousand looms are adequate to support the demand for these beautiful products.The material used in this important manufacture is the wool of the common goat (Caprea hir- cus,) reared at an elevation of fourteen thousand feet above the level of the sea ; the cold dry tableland of Tibet being the only babitat in which the goat yields the peculiar soft wool required.Each goat yields annually about two pounds of woolly hair, half of which is kemp or coarse hair, used for counterpanes and carpets, the remainder being a beautiful rich and soft down, which after being carefully separated from the kemp, fibre by fibre (an operation of such delicacy that one man or woman is occupied twelve hours in preparing one ounce of wool,) is washed in rice-starch, and sold at the rate of three rupees\u2019 weight for one rupee.There are two colors\u2014one, ashy gray, which is usually woven in its natural line ; the other, white, which of course is easily dyed\u2014a process jealously guarded by the Hindoos, who desire to keep to themselves the secret of the harmonious bues which have baffled all imitators.There have long been established at Delhi and Lahore shaw] manufactories under the direction of Cash- merians but they have not succeeded in equaling the productions at head-quarters, especially in the fineness of the fabric, which the natives attribute to the quality of the water with which the vale of Cashmere is irrigated.The gold and silver thread used in the embroidery, is chiefly made at Borbampoor, in the Deccan.A piece of the purest ore, is beaten into a oylinderical form about the circumference of a thick eed ; this is again beaten out in length till it will pass though a hole one-eighth of an inch in diameter ; it 1s then drawn through gradually diminishing orifices, till it is reduced to the thickness of bobbin-thread, and then wound on reels working on pivots, the ends being passed through still finer holes, and affized to a large reel, which, being set in rapid motion, attenuates the threads still more.steel anvil, and, by an ingenious process, cover a silk thread with the beaten-out metal, which thus forms a wire that will not tarnish.It is said that if a lump of silver be gilded before being drawn into wire, it will undergo the hammering, winding and drawing out, and yet retain its gilding intact.be Indian looms are of the rudest and most primitive description, the warp being supplied by two sticks, and the woof entirely worked in by hand\u2014a slow and tedious process, but one that The next process is to flatten it on a admits of an exactness and neatness of finish setting the rivalry of machinery at defiance.The weaver's wages are from three to four cents a day \u2014wages to make one wonder at the value set upon Cashmere shawls, if we did not remember that as many ag thirty, or even forty men will expend two years\u2019 labor upon a single shawl, and that before it reaches the purchaser, its price has been augmented fifty per cent by taxation.The borders are made in several pieces, sometimes as many as twenty, and afterwards sewn together, so as to form the pattern.Every stitch being worked by hand, is distinct in itself, and may be pulled out without disturbing the remainder\u2014 an infallible test of the genuine Indian produe- tion.Shawls are made of various textures, sizes and forms, adapted to the several markets, the softest and most delicate being saved for export to Turkey.They are commonly made in two sizes, long and square, the first named measuring one hundred and twenty-six inches by forty-four; the latter being from sixty-threc to seventy-two inches square.From Cashmere alone there is exported annually an average value of 1,800,000 rupees.Of late years, the patterns have become more intricate and richer than ever.China crape shawls are made entirely of silk, the ground or foundation being manufactured at Nankin, and then forwarded to Canton, to have the pattern embroidered.This is done by two needlemen working together; one passes the silk downwards, while the other from below passes it up, a third workman changing the silk for them when necessary; but how the fastening on and off is performed, is a trade mystery yet preserved by the Chinese.SAVED! As I was sitting one day near a window that looked out upon a pond of water, reading a book, I ceased reading for a moment, and allowed my gaze to rest upon the water in a dreamy, listless manner.Presently, I saw a tiny fly, from some mishap, fall into the water, very near where I sat.Not a breath of air was stirring.The water was placid and unruffled.Thelittle fellow struggled bravely ; but what could he do ?Far from the shore, and with no friendly power to assist him, he seemed destined to perish.Yet still he struggled ; but only to involve himself deeper and deeper in trouble.Just then a slight breath of air passed by, and gently stirred the overhanging trees.À leaf, as if sent on a special errand of mercy, (and who shall say it was not ?) detached itself quietly from the branch, on which it had bunz pendant formany days, and descended with an undulating motion, striking the water right by the side of the struggling fly.The little fellow quickly availed himself of the refuge, and climbed upon the leaf, from which, after removing the water from his wings, and preparing himself for his flight, he buzzed away in the air, and I saw him no more.How much like the little fly is the case of all those boys and girls who have not given their hearts to Jesus! They are struggling in the dark waters of sin, and the more effort they make, in their own strength, the deeper they sink.Buta breeze of mercy has caused to fall by their very side a leaf from the tree of life.\u2018Twas planted by infinite love, From the hills everlasting it came : Truth eternal, they call it above; But Bible, on earth, is its name.\u201d And now, my young friends, let me ask you if you will climb quickly upon this Rock of Ages, which the Bible points out to you?Once there, and you are safe.Once there, and you may plume your wings for a flight to that \u2018 Happy land, far, far away.\u201d \u2014C.W.W.in Sunday-School Banner.Kings AND SCAVENGERS.\u2014It sounds strange to hear that the most healthy class of men are the scavengers, but such is the fact; and itis assumed that the power of ashes to absorb noxious emanations of all kinds is at the bottom of the striking immunity which the scavenger exhibits from all febrile complaints.Of the upper classes, the clergyman lives longest\u2014the physician next\u2014the lawyer next.The gentry may be reckoned as long-lived as the clergy; but the higher aristocracy are below the learned professions ; and the members of Royal Houses, again, average three years\u2019 less existence than even the aristocracy, Hodge, under his hedge, has a chance of thirteen years\u2019 longer life than a Bourbon or a Guelph, on the authority of those lesrned in vital statistics ; so that we have contrasts to ponder on in modern life which our ancestors never dreamt of.\u2014Cur- tosities of Civilisation, NAILs.\u2014 Disease not only withers and emaciates the human frame, but, after its departure, leaves thereon a minute record of its action, very intelligible to the experienced and observant eye.Few invalids are aware that they bear about with them\u2014in fact at their finger\u2019s ends\u2014an accurate register of their past sufferings; but such is the case.In some of the Prussian hospitals the surgeons customarily scrutinise narrowly the fingernails of patients newly admitted, for the purpose of gleaning therefrom more correct information as to the past progress of their diseases than could, perhaps, otherwise have been acquired; and so often to astonish the unconscious bearers of the strange record.Allowing a certain average daily growth for the nails, it has been found, on examining those of a person who had, four months previously, had an attack of typhus, that, towards the centre of the nails, which had at that time been their root a deep and well-defined transverse furrow remained, coinciding with that accidental interruption to their nutrition and growth.The depth of the depression will always be exactly proportionate to the severity of the illness, and any subsequent relapses, they would be found successively indicated at proper intervals, like the notices on à tally-stick.THE STATE OF EUROPE.(From the Liverpool Courier.) There is scarcely a spot in Europe in which the sparks of an incipient conflagration are not visible, like the corruscations of a train before the great explosion.The Emperor of Franee\u2014 that man of peace\u2014fills the railway trains with tresses on the German frontiers of France.He proposes an extraordinary levy of 150,000 men for this year, and directs that all recruits should immediately join their respective divisions.It is no exaggeration to say that on the first of March next the Emperor will have 700,000 men in line, \u201c to meet possible contingencies,\u201d as his own phraseology expresses it.From reliable sources, it appears that France, or rather the Emperor, was never so well prepared for war, for the difficulties of the Bank of France have not arisen from mercantile speculation, but from the proceedings of the Emperor, in order to insure three or four millions of \u201c cash\u201d ready for his military enterprises.Prussia, too, is on the alert ; and it would appear that there is much truth in the rumour of an Austrian and Prussian alliance.Both havea common ground in the unity of Germany, and both feel they have 2a common enemy to oppose.The King of Prussia sees clearly into the future, and does not hesitate to declare his forebodings openly.Addressing the generals of his army, he Says : % The aspect of the times is very;serious, and menaces great dangers.There is a distinct prospect of struggles in which I shall need the entire devotion of your hearts.We shall want the whole of our strength in order to stand our ground.Do not allow yourselves to be subject to any self-delusion respect ing magnitude of coming struggles.If I do not succeed in obviating war, the war will be one in which we shall have either to conquer, or be lost to our position in the world.\" There is but one interpretation of this manly speech possible.The King sees that France covets a further rectification of frontiers, and that the Rhenish provinces are to be assailed.But he is not unprepared ; for the army of Prussia is so placed as to be capable of rapid movement in a few hours upon any threatened point.And further north old Denmark summons out her sailors and arms her fleets.yWe are allied in feeling and blood with Denmark.The Danes are the descendants of the old Norse kings, who have left such traces amongst us, and they first led us on in the path of glory over the sea.It is very strange, but nevertheless true, that our Cabinet is pursuing towards Denmark a policy directly the reverse of that which it pursues at home.Lord John Russell lectures Denmark, and counsels her to give an independent constitution to Schleswig-Holstein, to allow the Duchies to range themselves under the German Confederation, and to be content with the mere receipt of such.taxes as the Duchies may please to impose upon themselves.Decentralisation is the motto of the English Cabinet abroad, while centralisation is carried to extremes at home, and it is with unanswerable logic the Ultramontanes taunt Lord John with advocating one policy for Schleswig and the reverse of it for Ireland.Of Austria we need not speak.Her armies are still ready in the Quadrilateral, and in Hungary she has a force of 25,000 Germans.Having offered all that she can offer, she waits in expectation ready to act, and determined this time to fight to the last.On her frontier, even the Sultan collects his 50,000 men, and places the long-tried and experienced Omar Pasha at their head.Prince Couza reviews his mercenaries in the Principalities, and Sardinia supplies him secretly with arms.Outside all hangs Russia like a cloud, ready to seize her opportunity, and to profit by the dissensions of other powers.The Poles are in agitation, Croatia is discontented, Dalmatia rebels, Montenegro takes the field.All over Europe there are countless legions looking into the air for the signal which is to set the world on fire.And Italy is not yet pacified.We find that the troops sent so conveniently from Gaeta to Rome have been well armed there, and sent across the Roman frontier in such force as to drive before them the Piedmontese troops.They have been defeated, it is true, in a second engagement ; but what can honest men think of the faith of France?France occupies Rome ostensibly to prevent Piedmont from entering the Roman territory, but, really to render the Roman provinees an arsenal against Piedmont, from which troops may issue at any moment with impunity, From all that has transpired, we believe that the armistice was made merely to enable Francis II.to complete his arrangements for a reactionary acourate are the conclusions thence drawn, as very + movement on à grand scale.- breadth to its duration ; while, if there had been rifled cannon and ammunition for his strong for- | By the withdrawal of his fleet from Gaeta, the Emperor of the French abandons his designs upon Italy for a while.The Storm King must be present where the tempest is brewing.\u2018It is to the northward, and towards the Rhine, that the faces of his troops are turned.He has engaged to defend Denmark, while England supports Schleswig- Holstein.Is the new alliance to be formed of England, Austria, and Prussia, against France, Russia, and Piedmont; or are we to stand aloof upon our guard, lecturing other nations, but not sharing in the inevitable combat ?General Turr\u2019s mission to Caprera is said to have so far succeeded, that Garibaldi has promised to give up the idea of a spring campaign in Vene- tia, provided the Parliament of United Italy will release him from the necessity of carrying out his pledge to the world.Count Cavour will doubtless manage this matter with the aid of a workable majority, and thus the seat of war may more readily be changed from Southern to Northern Europe, and so much nearer our own doors.WHAT DO WE COMPROMISE FOR?(From N.F, Tribune.) What do we gain by compromising ?We retain a portion of the Slave States in the Union ; perhaps we retain them all.We preserve an undivided nationality before the world, by succumbing before the world to the dictation of the Slaveholders.We nominally preserve the Union.This is what we gain by compromising.But what do we lose by it?The answer is plain, clear, and comprehensive.If we compromise we have neither a Government, nor à Union, nor a Republican party.The Government will have been demoralized by having been defied, insulted, and humiliated with impunity.Its flag has been fired upon, its revenue vessels seized, the contents of its arsenals appropriated, its fortifications captured, its coin robbed, its Custom-Houses, Mints, Post-Offices, and other public buildings cleared of their lawful occupants, and taken by revolutionary mobs.For the Government to yield to these outrages without punishing an offender, without striking a blow in defense of its authority or its honor, is to abdicate its functions and voluntarily submit to disgrace.To adopt a line of public policy with a view of avoiding the duty of action in such an emergency, is to show to the world that we have no Government deserving anybody\u2019s respect or confidence.It isto demoralize humiliate, abase, and destroy all public authority.It is the resource and suggestion of cowardice alone, showing, by its recommendations, its total unfitness for rule.A Government that refuses even to struggle for the preservation of its legitimate authority, but ingloriously compounds with those who defy it, and trample upon it, deserves only the contempt of mankind, But, for a Constitutional Government, based on the will of the people, whose administrators are but their servants, to act thus is to encourage insubordination, stimulate rebellion, and let loose the wildest anarchy.But what is that Union worth which is preserved by the sacrifice demanded by the Slave States ?Yield, and you may restore it.But what is it when restored ?A mere rope of sand, a voluntary league, from which any member is at liberty to retire and then dictate the terms on which it will come back.Talk of saving the Union by placing it on such a basis as that?Is such a Union worth asking for, or worth having ?The Union is broken.States have seceded.You compromise under a state of alarm, caused by the secession.You exert no authority.They dictate terms.You accept them and they come back.You have bought a re-union, but at whata price! At the cost of the demoralization and humiliation of the Government, and the admission that your boasted and cherished Union is no Union at all, but a wretched sham, a poor pretense of a nation, which any member may destroy at its pleasure, and with impunity.Do the recovered States promise to secede no more?Oh,no! They may secede tomorrow, next year, ten years hence.And they will do it, whenever they wish to secure a cherished object, or to defy the national authority.And itis for such a Union, for such worse than worthless results, that a compromise is advocated ! But the proposed compromise not only destroys the Government, and destroys the Union, it destroys the Republican.party.On this point we will use but few words.Did no Republican leader or leaders betray it for their own purposes, the Republican party would stand a unit, powerful and unconquerable.The masses of any great movement are always to be trusted.They cannot betray, and they will not debauch themselves, Unfaithful leaders may do both.To compromise according to the programme we have been considering, is to ruin the Republican party, for it is to rend it asunder.For with or without leaders its masses will rush in devoted and determined crowds, like the unled soldiery of Inkermann, to the support of their well known and beloved banner of impartial Freedom, regardless of who is absent, or who is present, to lead, to guide, to counsel, or to betray.The masses of the party may for an instant be confused, or be thrown into disorder, but never, never, can they be made to desert their standard.Let the leaders stand firm, and we shall have no demoralization, no confusion, no division.The party will remain a harmonious and triumphant band, ready for conflict, expectant of a long career of unbroken triumph ; but whether broken or unbroken, not fear ing defeat, and knowing, in the providence of God; that ultimate and enduring success must crown their: efforts.The vital question for the Republican party js, will Abraham Lincoln stand firmin this trying hour ?We answer, He will! Other men whom the people have trusted may falter and flee from danger, equally to be pitied whether cowards or traitors ; but we are sure that Lincoln will stand firm.Co \u2014 A young man, who, two years ago, inherited $70,000, is now posting bills at Chicago.Highl talented, and a first class accountant, rum has ruine Im.i } : The *\u201c MONTREAL WITNESS\u201d is printed and published.by JOHN DoUGALL, Proprietor, at 86 Great St.Jamëst Street.House head of Drummond Street, Montreal.A .» À i 1 bi ji => | = oy [= = < fe |.» f=h | 2e Bled.| mh | RE | EN "]