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THE DAILY WITNESS, ° COMMERCIAL REVIEW & FAMILY NEWSPAPER.Vor.II, No.57.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1861.Price ONE HALF-PENNY.For Sale and to Let.TO LET, at St.Catharine\u2019s, a Cottage opposite the | Ts water run, within 25 minutes walk of the city.Apply IF to nu H.ENNIS, No.71 McGill Street.March 7th, 1861.6-d 2 s.w 1-w rss TO LET ON A LEASE OF THREE YEARS, [Fi] OR FOR SALE, THE COTTAGE residence and KE, Grounds occupied by the Subscribers in Summer, situate on the summit ofthe Mountain, adjorning BIr.Davidson of the Bank of Montreal, and next to Mr.Ross\u2019 property.The view has been repeatedly acknowledged the finest in the Island, and everything about the Cottage is complete for a country gentleman.Terms for sale would be very liberal.For Lease $200 per annum.JOHN LEEMING & CO.March G.hE, FOR SALE, a most desirable detached family resi- | dence recently erccted on McGill College propery.\u2014 Wil The House is substantially built, newly papered and painted, and in first rate order throughout; has excellent Stables and Outbuildings, and a never failing well of water.Yor terms and further particulars apply to LAWFORD & NELSON, Architects, Corner Place d\u2019Armes and Notre Dame Street.March 6, 1864.\u2019 1 \u2018 > FOR SALE,\u2014The TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, No.2 Brunswick Street.The Lot is MSA, 55 feet front, by £8 feet deep, and now occupied by James Hutton, Esq.Terms easy.C.TUGGEY.Apply to March 5.\u2018 y hE TO RENT, IN GREAT ST.JAMES ST., hi the Dwelling over the Store No.66, now undergoing (SH.alterations, well adapted for Offices, having a spacious entrance from Great St.James Street.Also, TWO ROOMS in adjoining Building, one of them having a very large Sky-Light, well adapted for a Daguer- rean Artist And FOUR SMALL DWELLINGS in Alexander Street, \u2014from 4 to 5 minutes\u2019 walk from the Post Oflice,\u2014buiit last summer.Out-Houses, &c., &c., to each.Also,the Upper Flat of a Dwelling in Busby Lane, off Craig Street.Apply to PROWSE & McFARLANE, No.66 Great St.James Street.March 4.1md.=.TO RENT.\u2014That comfortable Two STORY BRICK DWELLING, No 74 St.Charles Baromme Street, pa- A pered and painted throughout, attic and basement nished ; Rent £40 and taxes.Apply to .JOHN J.ARNTON, Auctioneer.March 1st.TO RENT, for a term of years to a suitable tenant, i the ground Story, floor and Basement, if required, GY for a Shop or Public Offices, No.83 Great St.James Street.The plans for shop front and all other information can be obtained by making early application to H.MUNRO.d.t-f.bi i February 26, 1861.HOUSES TO LET,\u2014Nos.1 and 3 METCALFE TERRACE, with Gardens and good Stabling.H.JOSEPH & Co.\u201cFebruary 23.fis TO LET, at POINT ST.CHARLES a Large HOUSE, containing 16 Rooms and Kitchen, with Cellars, iN iii Sheds, Stables, and Garden\u2014well adapted for a respectable Boarding House.' \u2014ALSO\u2014 Several neat COTTAGES, with GARDENS, and a CORNER BUSINESS STAND, with Shop and Gas Fixtures complete.HE Apply to FRANCIS MULLINS 79% McGill Street, -mo Febuary 21.; VALUABLE WHARF PROPERTY FOR Qu SALE.Those well known premises, the STEAM SE, BOAT WHARF at BROCKVILLE, C.W., withnew STONE WAREHOUSE thereon, admirably adapted for Shipping or Wholesale Produce Business.Possession given first of April.Terms reasonable.Title indisputable.For particulars, address, (by letter post-paid,) : 7 \u2018 SHERWOOD & STEELE, Cr Brockville ; C.T.PALSGRAVE, St: Helen 'St., Montreal ; WwW.J.MACDONELL, Tor Or onto February 21, 1861.fs WAREHOUSE TO LET, From the First of Ma i ff next, that Commodious THREE-STORY STON MU, WAREHOUSE, No.20 Grey Nun Street, belonging to the Estate of the late Wm.Lyman.Applyto = JOHN CARTER.Montreal, Feb.16, 1861.30-d.4 TO LET, the Residence, No.1 VICTORIA TER- |.iii RACE, Sherbrooke Street, at present occupied by UNSSN.Mrs.Cormack.A at No.2, or to EPH N.HALL & CO., Corner of St.Gabriel and St.Paul Streets.Feb.7, 1861._ tfb TO LET, TWO Two-Story BRICK HOUSES in Poplar Place, Mountain Street, with water and Gas.Rent low.Possession on first May next.APPLY to C.TUGGLY.Montreal, Feb.5, 1861.TO LET, that first-class DWELLING HOUSE, No.3 Benny\u2019s Buildings, now occupied by H.Mathie- son, Esq.: WALTER BENNY.January 28, 1861.: d.tfb STORE TO LET\u2014Specially suitable for the Wholesale Dry Goods business, with early possession if re quired.Apply at 272 ST.PAUL STREET.IR Fer SALE,\u2014Three First Class Building Lots.No purchase-money required, but seven per cent interest.Enquire at this Office.Property commuted.January 7.3m-d FOR SALE OR TO LET.r HE LARGE YARD on Craig and George Streets, and Fortification Lane, now in possession of the Richelieu Steamboat Company.Possession given on the 1st May next.Apply to C.TUGGEY.Montreal, Jan, 28, 1861.d 3-t-w.Oe STAND.\u2014Corner of Craig Street and Hay Mar- J Kket&quare.The Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he is the sole Agent in Canada for the sale of FISK\u2019S PATENT METALLIC BURIAL CASES.Air Tight, and Indestructible, for Protecting and Preserving the Dead, suitable for Vaults, Transportation, Ordinary Interment, or Future Removal.\u2019 Always on hand, SQUARE, OCTAGON and BRONZED PATTERN CASES highly polished and finished in the most superior style.rders from a distance promptly attended to.Also counected with this Establishment A Superior first class HEARSE, CHILD\u2019S HEARSE, CRAPES, GLOVES, &e., &e.\"GEORGE ARMSTRONG.Dec.22.3-t-w-d-s-w,3m BEIwWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES.\u2014 COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, and INFLUENZA, IRRITATION, SORENESS, or any affection of the Throat CURED, the HACKING COUGH in CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING COUGH, ASTHMA, CATARRH, relieved by BROWN\u2019S BRONCHIAL THROCHES, or CouGH LOZENGES.A simple and elegant combination for COUGHS, &e.Dr.G.F.BIGELOW, Boston.\u201c Have proved extremely serviceable for HOARSENESS.\u201d Rev.HENRY WARD BEECHER.\u201cI recommend their use to PUBLIC SPEAKERS.\u201d .Rev.E.H.CHAPIN, New York.ts Effectual in removing Hoarseness and Irritation of the Throat, so common with SPEAKERS and SINGERS,\u201d Prof.M.STACY JOHNSON, LaGrange, Ga.Teacher of Music, Southern Female College, \u201c Two or three times I have been attacked by BRONCHITIS, 80 as t0 make me fear that I should be compelled to desist from ministerial labor, through disorder of the Throat.But from a moderate use of the \u2018\u201c Zroches\u201d I now.find myself able to preach nightly, for weeks together, without the slightest inconvenience.\u201d Rev, E.B.RYCKMAN, A.B., Montreal, Wesleyan Minister.Sold by S.J.LYMAN & Co., LYMAN, CLARE & Co., J oun GARDNER, and all Druggists in Canada, at 25 cents per box, Montreal, Feb.18, 1861.3mo.d 3mo.s.w 3mo.w.Cleaning, Preserving, and Beautifying the TEETH | For recommendations from Dignitaries of the Church, the Bar, M\u2019s.P.P., M.D.\u2019s, and Dentists, see wrapper.Take FrirorTs DENTIFRICE, the best mn use for AND only Elliott\u2019s Dentifrice, with the signature.For sale by all the Druggists.February.5.d\u2014t.f.MOCHRIE\u2019S CONFECTIONERY, 130 NOTRE DAME STREET.FE the Young Folks, a rich assortment of packages of Sweets, and other fine things ; and, to meet the demand of the most moderate, a full supply of CANDIES IN WRAPPERS, assorted, viz.: Almond, Fig, Raisins, Cocoa Nut, Honey, Cream, &c., &e.1s.3d.PER POUND, which has been a saleable article all the year round.That the social circle might enjoy themselves, A VAREITY OF ORNAMENTED CAKES, Plumb, Citron, Sultana, Sponge, Norwich and Scotch Bunn, Short Bread and Fancy Cakes, with a variety of Fruits.Montreal, Feb.23, 1861.2m.d Carpeting.- JAMES BAYLIS, 74 GREAT ST.JAMES STREET, IMPORTER.OF CARPETING, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, MATS, &C., &C., Offers to purchasers of the above, advantages unsurpassed by any House in the Province.- .WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, MONTREAL : 74 Great St.James Street.TORONTO : 2 Commercial Buildings, Yonge Street.February 19, 1861.c ARPETING.\u2014-The Subscriber has on hand and is constantly receiving large\u2019 supplies of NEW DESIGNS from the MOST CELEBRATED Manufacturers.' J.BAYLIS.February 19, 1861.F-ooz OIL CLOTHS of superior style and qualities cut to any dimensions.- J.BAYLIS.February 19, 1861.TO LET, One of those First Class Two-Story CUT : STON E HOUSES, No, 4 Portland Place, With every fal conveniénce \u2018 272 St.Paul Street, On 26th t, 1859, M.L.dled, aged 49, having effected an Assurance on his Life, in 1840, for.£400 2% Angst \u2019 \"by Company.from £he PIOMES.cv eeerseerrassrerrosssarsnsrsorees 720 G.DICKSON, 19 Great St.James Street, : NOTICE, NOTICE 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.| aw EFERRING to the above, the Undersigned have this day entered into PARTNERSHIP, and will continue to carry on the business of DRY GOODS MERCHAN TS, 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.CO AR TNE RSI.\u2014 WE, the undersigned, have entered into Co-partnership as Manufacturing Chemists under the name and style of \u2018\u201c BURNS, COWAN & CO.\u201d : JOHN BURNS, R.L.COWAN.WE reference to the above, the Subscribers 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 Street.Montreal, Dec.28.Coal, Coal Oil, &c.Coax OIL LAMPS, &C.\u2014-Very cheap.JAMES FAIRIE.Genuine Coal Oil & Lamp Depot, 55 8t.Francois Xavier Street, a few doors below Notre Dame Street.d-1-mo, Montreal, Feb.21.OAL! COAL! COAL !\u2014J.G.BEARD & CO., dealers in ALL KINDS OF COAL.\u2014YARDS\u2014Corner .of Me- Gill and Wellington Streets and Grey Nun Street.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 supcrior quality, which they offer for sale at Low PRICES.J.G.BEARD & CO.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 ack ages.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 Oil in barrels Paraffine Candles in cases \u2014AND,\u2014 À large assortment of Kerosene Oil 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.Montreal, Jan.14, 1860.d-1-yr.OTICE.\u2014The Subscriber does not pretend to sell his COAL OIL LAMPS for Cost Price, nor yet at an IMMENSE REDUCTION, but he is selling them at present cheaper than any other house in the city.Also, Chimneys, Wicks, &c., &c., &c.W.MCCONNELL, PEOPLE\u2019S COAL OIL AND LAMP DEPOT, 24 Great St.James Street.February 27th, 1861.d-t.f.b THE COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.ESTABLISAED 1846\u2014CONSTITUTED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.EDINBURGH (HEAD OFFICE) 5 GEORGE STREET; LONDON, 81 LOMBARD ST.BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN MONTREAL.R.S.Lyle Esa, Merchant.H.H.Whitney, Esq., M.P.P.D.Davidson, Esq., Cashier of \u2018\u2018 Bank vf Montreal.\u201d s.\u2026.George W.Campbell, M.D.James Gilchrist Dickson.+.William Miller Ramsay.UNCONDITIONAL ASSURANCE.NO RESTRICTIONAS TO RESIDENCE.HE Directors of the Colonial Life Assurance Company bein T opened in British North America, to place a restriction on the residence of persons assure and have no intention of proceeding to an unhealthy Slimate, are prepared to issue Policies without the usual Cones.The Colonial Company lately introduced this system into Life Assurance practice in Great Britain, and have now the satisfied that it is unnecessary, in the case of Policies who are settled in life, The form of the policy ofthe Company has also been altered in other important respects, so as to make the Contract of Cases from the Books showing the Benefits of Life Assurance : On 4th March, 1860, A.B., aged 35, died, having effected an Assurance \u2018of his life, on 26th December, 1856, for £500, ut Only four Premiums were pad : ed 32, died, having affected an Assurance on his Life, on 24th March, 1858, for £300, at an An- remium of £7 11s.9d.He paid only one Premium to the Company.on The following cases will illustrate the benefits of Assurance, in reference more particularly to Participation in the d to the Company., 60, having effected an Assurance on his Life, in 1849, for.£1000 o 0 \u2018And there was added by the Company, from the Profitg.\u2026.\u2026.1% 00; Making the sum paîd.\u2026.\u2026.neresessensensan sonne sacs ec cccou 0001205 8 Q.0 3 m\u2014\u2014 Making the sum pald.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026csesccnecececensaceeves ra drec0 te £420 0 0 more such exa uples might be quoted, but the above cases are sufficient to illustrate the perfect and sstisfastory Man nature of an Assurance Provision from the date.of the Policy being eff PUNE \"By Order of the Direstors.oy being .JAMES \u2018 À fx Pa LE bat : February 28.4 °° LL» 4} © Manager for Canada.AR \u2018Ny if: Reon in aaa oy 232 THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.Marcu 8, 1861.The Miscellany.A MARVELOUS ESCAPE.Nearly eighty years ago two Moravian missionaries, who were stationed in Labrador, at a place called Nain, set out on a journey in a sledge, over the ice, to one of their settlements farther north.They started early in the morning.The weather was all that could be wished to favor their journey.In those northern regions the air is clear and biting, to an extent never known in more temperate climates, The members of the party were each wrapped up warmly, and anticipated a pleasant drive.Their sledge was drawn by dogs driven by an Esquimaux Indian.Another sledge followed, in which were other natives who were friends of the missionaries, and among them was a woman and her child.The whole party were in high spirits.They had one hundred znd fifty miles to go, which they expected to accomplish in about two days, as most of the way was over the frozen sea, and the sledges ran with ease, and the dogs were fresh and in full vigor.After they had journeyed some hours and were a long distance from the shore, upon the clear, glistening ocean, they met a sledge containing some strange Esquimaux Indians.These natives were hastening for the land as rapidly as possible.They barely stopped a moment, and advised the missionaries to return at once to the shore.They gave no reasons for their advice, and as the missionaries could see no cause for returning, it was not heeded by them.The weather was fair.Herdly a cloud was seen in the sky, The frozen ocean, as far as the eye could reach, was as motionless as though the treacherous waves beneath were chained forever.Not many moments passed, however, before their driver thought he perceived what is called a ground swell, under the ice.He jumped from his sledge.Lying down, he placed his ear upon the frozen \u2018surface.He then distintly heard a hollow grating and roaring noise that seemed as if ascending from the abyss beneath.The travellers now quickened the pace of their dogs.Soon the motion of the sea under the ice was more perceptible.The drivers turned for the shore, and urged their dogs to their utmost speed.The wind soon began to blow, and dark clouds seemed to rise up as if by magie from the horizon.The ice began to break, It opened here and there, in fissure and cracks one or two feet wide.These were rapidly crossed by the frightened company, and still they urged forward their dogs on their perilous way.But now the warning signs increased.As the sun descended towards the west, the wind rose to a storm.The snow upon the rocks and mountainous ledges of the .coast, was violently driven up by occasional gusts, and filled the atmosphere.The ground-swell increased so much, that the vast body of ice, upreared by a troubled ocean beneath, heaved fearfully in many places, and rose slowly like gathering waves.The sledges no longer moved swiftly and smoothly along, -but could, with difficulty, be preserved from overturning.Loud noises, too, were heard in the distance, resembling discharges of cannon, occasioned by the breaking up of the ice.The Esquimaux eagerly strove to gain the shore ; but it soon appeared evident that the ice would burst midway between them and the land.As they neared the coast the prospect before them was truly terrific.The ice was grinding and breaking into a thousand pieces against the precipices, with a tremendous noise, which, added to the raging of the wind, and the snow storms driving about in the air, utterly prevented their hearing or seeing anything distinctly.It was with the utmost difficulty the terrified dogs could be urged onward, amid the rising and the falling of the icy sea.The drivers paused a few seconds, in a sort of mute despair.Then, seizing the critical moment when the trembling mass dashed wildly to the level of the coast, they drove their sledges furiously along it, and succeeded in their hazardous attempt.They had hardly time to look around them after gaining the land, when that part of the ice from which they had just made their escape, burst asunder, and the water forced itself from below.In an instant, the whole frozen mass, in the wildest imaginable ruin, broke loose.The vast surface, as far as the eye could reach, was crumbling, crushing, piling, and tossing itself madly, amidst a clamor utterly indescribable, and through which the braying of a thousand trum- About two o\u2019clock in the morning he perceived salt water dvopping from the snow roof.He was just about to give the alarm when a tremendous serf broke close to the hut, and carried away the slab of snow placed before the entrance.He instantly awoke the sleepers.One of the Esquimaux, with his knife, cut a passage through the side of the house; and each of the others, seizing a part of the baggage, rushed out.The poor woman with her child fled in terror to a neighboring eminence, whither they all followed, and took shelter behind a rock, which they had scarcely done when a second wave swept away the snow-hut.Cutting holes in the snow they tried to find a partial covert, but during the remainder of the night they suffered much on account of the wind, sleet, and snow.As soon as the miserable hours of darkness were passed, they gazed around, and saw not a vestige of ice remaining.All before them was open sea.As soon as possible the Esquimaux built a second hut, eight feet square, and six feet high; but now another terrible calamity pressed upon them.Famine, a fiercer enemy than cold, came on apace; their slender stock of provisions, they doled out in pittances, could not possibly last long, and there was no prospect of their being able soon to quit this dreary place, and reach the home they had left.Only two ways were left for escape ; either to attempt the passage \u2018over the wild and unfrequented mountain, Kiglapeit, or wait for the sea to freeze again; a biscuit and a half a day was the allowance for each.The poor natives were soon so sorely pinched with hunger that they devoured an old sack made of fish-skins.While they were at this strange meal, they kept singing, in a low tone,\u2014* You were a sack but a little while ago, and now you are food for us.\u201d Their spirits, too began to sink, but happily, they found refuge from their miseries in sleep, as they possess the convenient faculty of being able to go to rest whenever they please, and can, if necessary, sleep for days and nights together.Meanwhile, the Moravians kept sad and anxious watch, looking forth wistfully from their snowy shelter, over the wide waste around.The poor dogs had now fasted four days; and another source of disquiet was occasioned by the mildness of the air, which thawed the roof so that their clothes were thoroughly soaked, and they had not a dry place to lie on.At length after remaining six days in this miserable place, they resolved to attempt to return to Nain.There was no way to effect this but one; and their Esquimaux driver ran forward as a sort of pioneer to find the track.The brethren followed with their sledge.It was a weary, fearful journey.They made alast meal of the remainder of their provisions, and by dint of boldness and skill arrived at Nain, to the great joy of the whole settlement, and especially of their own famillies, who had been reduced almost to despair of ever beholding them again.This is but one of the numerous perils and escapes of which the Moravians speak in the simple annals of their mission to Labrador.BRICK AND DRAIN TILE.(To the Editor of the Montreal Gazette.) SIR,\u2014Among the improvements that I have witnessed on the banks of the Ottawa, none will render greater service to Canada than the introduction of drain tiles.On coming down the Ottawa recently, I observed a drain tile machine sent by Messrs.Foxley & Son, of Ottawa City, to be put in operation immediately.These gentlemen are large contractors for making bricks, &e., for Government buildings, and have their steam engine in operation for that purpose.Mr.Foxley, sen.visited Treadwell last week, and found a superior article of clay there, and immediately sent down bis drain tile machine, and he expects to supply two inch tiles at a much lower rate than they can be imported, (we are told at about one-third less,) delivered on the banks of the Ottawa, with water communication to any part of Canada.This is a pleasing feature, considering that it has been the great expense of obtaining tiles that has prevented their general introduction into Canadian agriculture long since.It is needless to enumerate any of the advantages arising from their use, to those who have already availed themselves of the benefit of them ; but to others entirely unacquainted with them, it may not be uninteresting to say something in their favor.They, permit to the farmer sowing and planting two months earlier in the spring, and to plough two weeks later in the fall; in fact giving to the farmer considerably more time for his farming operations in spring, summer and autumn, during which season he pets could no more have been heard than the [may plough all the time, except prevented by the puny voice of a child.The missionaries were overwhelmed with amazement at their marvelous esqape, and even the pagan Hsquimaux expressed gratitude to God on account of their deliverance.Their first care was to build a snow-house about thirty paces from the beach, and very glad were they to creep into its shelter, thanking God for this place of refuge from the stormy wind and cold, which were so violent as to deprive them.almost of breath and vital warmth, Haying su a hymn, the whole party lay down and compose themeelves to rest.The natives were all \u2018sobn\u2019 .asleep, but the missionary Liebisch could not ve- pose, owing in part to the dreadful roaring and At tumult of the elements without, and be also suf- % fered sovert pain from sore-throat.His wakeful- Hr § ses saved the party from death, in another form, ar a ; | - À hard frost.It is an admitted fact that two fields adjoining the other not, that\u2019 the: under-drained field could produce about double of the other, and it is confidently asserted that the under-draining of the land will allow of the farmer growing fall wheat, without its being destroyed by the frosts in spring.\u2018And it has been.ascertained by Scotch farmers that our farms would be worth double their present vdlue if Fall: wheat ould be produced in this section of Canada.\u2019 ~~ °° It renders summer fallows unnecessary, as the root crop cleans the ground; and gives a good érop each year in every field; Without one field\u2019 lying idle and \u2018unsown, and requiring at the same time, a large amount ofdabor.The introduction of the drain tile machine is not the onlÿ improvement each other of the same soi), one under-drained and | lerprising proprietor is certainly entitled to the encouragement he merits.OTTAWA.\u201c DRAINAGE DEEPENS THE SoiL.\u201d\"\u2014A Western New-York farmer had a wet soil thoroughly under-drained with tile\u2014a field of forty acres.It had always been very hard and difficult to plow in summer, taking a strong force of teams, and wearing out the plows very rapidly, and still the work was done in a very imperfect manner.After draining he concluded to plow it once after harvest for wheat, as it bad lain for some time in clover.He went on it with his triple teams and large plows, but found that a single team could turn a furrow ten inches deep with perfect ease.The land plowed up as mellow as any loam, where, previous to draining, at that season it would have broken up in lumps as large as the heads of his horses.To drainage he attributed the change, and we have no doubt that the deep mellow state of the soil resulted entirely from \u2018\u201c\u201clowering the line of standing water ;\u201d from af fording it opportunity for filtering rapidly through the soil, instead of rising slowly as evaporated by the heat of summer.Disease PropUCED sy PHosrHorUs.\u2014The evil results which attend a prolonged continuance in establishments for the manufacture of phosphorus matches are so general, that but few of the operatives thus employed enjoy unimpaired health.An affection ensues which is so insidious in its nature that it is at first supposed to be common toothache, and a most serious disease of the jaw is produced before the patient is fully aware of his condition.The disease gradually creeps on until the sufferer becomes a miserable and loathsome object.It appears from a work published in Germany on this subject, that out of sixty-eight cases to which attention had been called, fifteen deaths had oceur- red, fifteen had recovered\u2014some, however, with the loss of the jaw-bone, fifteen remained under treatment, and the issue of the remaining cases was unknown.It \u2018is stated that the diseased bone has a spongy, cellular appearance, with excrescences of a similar character adhering to it; that the teeth generally continue to be sound and white, while the jaw which contains them is altered in texture, dead and discolored.The disease spares neither age nor sex, nor does it require any very long exposure to produce its effects, for these have been developed in a marked form in cases where the persons did not touch the matches, but were engaged in adjoining rooms preparing the wood or making the boxes.AN Evin ConsciENCE.-\u2014When Professor Webster was awaiting his trial, he brought against his fellow-prisoners the charge of insulting him through the walls of his cell, and screaming lo him, \u201cYou are a bloody man!\u201d On examination it was found that the charge was wholly groundless, and that these accusing voices were science.If such things can be done in earth\u2019s prisons, what are sinners to look for in a future world?O, what taunts and curses shall pierce the ears of those who lie down in hell! Conscience will have a terrific power of starting such accusations, and then ah ear of keen sensibility to receive the echoes as they roll back upon the soul.What an occupation for eternity! What inconceivable agonysto be shut up with the ghostly memories of past sin, and to hear, through long centuries of gloom and despair, only the uttered and echoed curses which sin brings down upon the soul! OQ, for that grace which sprinkles our hearts from an evil conscience |\u2014 Presbyterian.No EscAPE FROM PUNISHMENT.\u2014À corres- -pondent of the Portland Argus writing from Wisconsin, at the residence of Gen.Jones who acted as second in the Cilley duel, says, \u201c learning I was from Maine, the Gen.alluded to the affair, expressed admiration for Mr.Cilley, and deep regret for the unhappy termination of the issue.It may not be generally known that the latter portion of the life of the murderer was unhappy in the extreme.Graves died the victim to regrets and the most horrible of horrors.Two years he passed in sleepless nights, with rooms lighted and with watching friends, whom he was unwilling to have from him a moment leave his presence.He consumed the hours of night in walking to and fro, in, frightful starts, in moans and groans and tears, and in wild exclamations.At length, worn out with mental anguish, grief un- miligated, and wasting watchfulness, the unhappy man expired.Thus I had it from the lips of a clergyman, his neighbor and thus was the manes-of the- murdered Cilley.\u201d (From the N.Y.Tribune.) As the telegraph has already announced, the bills organizing the Territories of Colorado, Nevada, and Dakota have passed both Houses of Congress, and have been signed by the President.This increases the number of the Territories of the United States to seven, including the Jreviously existing ones of Washington; Nebraska, Utah, and New-Mexico.The Bret of these Territories, Colorado, includes parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Eastern Utah.Its boundaries run as follows: Beginning at a point where the 102d degree of West longitude from Greenwich crosses the 37th parallel of North latitude, thence north\u2019 algng said 102d parallel to where it intersects the 4lst' dégtee' of North latitude, thence west along eaid line to the 109th degree of West that we have noticed at Treadwell, and the en- imaginary, being but the echo of a guilty con-|d COLORADO \u2014-NEVADA\u2014DAKOTA.1 longitude, thence south along said line to the 37th degree of North latitude, thence east along the 37th degree of North latitude, to the place of beginning.The Territory contains about 100,000 square miles, and at this time a population of some 25,000 persons.The Rocky Mountains divide the Territory into two parts, westward from them flowing a large number of rivers, tributary to the Colorado, and eastward others equally numerous and large, tributary to the Arkansas and South Fork Platte Rivers.It includes the famous mining region, Pike\u2019s Peak, rich in gold and other metals, cut off by deserts from the more fertile Western States, but destined to be the home of advancing civilization, and to give up its treasures at the summons of enlightened toil.Nevada is taken from Western Utah and California.Its boundaries are as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the 42d degree of North latitude with the 39th degree of longitude West from Washington ; thence running south on the line of this 116th degree West longitude, until it intersects the northern boundary of the Territory of New-Mexico; thence due west to the dividing ridge separating the waters of Carson Valley from those that flow into the Pacific ; thence on this dividing ridge northwardly to the 41st degree North latitude ; thence due north to the southern boundary line of the State of Oregon ; thence due east to the place of beginning.That por- of the Territory within the present limits of the State of California is not to be included within Nevada, until the State of California shall assent to the same by an act irrevocable without the consent of the United States.The Territory includes the lovely Carson Valley, the memory of whose beauty lingers with the traveller in his journey through arid plains and over rugged mountains, and whose wondrous fertility, even under the rudest cultivation, shows what may be expected there when intelligent industry has free course.Great mineral wealth, especially of silver, in which it is richer than any other part of the world, and unlimited capacity for the raising of agricultural products, will combine at an early day to transform this region into a rich and populous State.In general terms, Dakota lies between lat, 42° 30\u2019 and 49\u2019 north, and long.96 © 30\" and 103° west.It is bounded on the north by British America, east by the States of Minnesota and Iowa, south and west by Nebraska.Its length from north to south is 450 miles, its average breadth is almost 200 miles, and it has an area of 70,000 square miles.It was formerly a part of the territory of Minnesota, but was detached when that became a State.The Indians belonging to the Yankton, Sissiton, and Sioux tribes are numerous, and live chiefly by the chase.The territory includes open, grassy plains, high-rolling prairies, a great number of lakes and ponds, and very numerous valuable rivers.The climate of the south is mild; that of the north severe, though less so than might be expected from its high latitude.The land is well timbered, and the valleys are highly productive.Coal abounds in some parts, and other minerals add wealth to the region.The game is plentiful, and of great value for its furs.The eager thirst for the precious metals, which has opened these far Western regions to the white man, already modified by the discovery that the labor necessary to obtain the metal will yield more satisfactory returns when expended in tilling the soil and developing the natural resources of the country, will soon exert only its proper influence ; then the natural vigor of free labor, assisted by the intelligently fostering care of an enlightened Government, will soon redeem these noble territories from their wildness, and legitimately extend by so much the real area of Free om.ACTION OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.\u20acSpecial Dispatch to the N.Y.Tribune.) Monraomery, March 3, 1861.\u2014 The Congress of the Confederate States now in session here comprises the ablest and most conservative men of the Cotton States.It is seldom that men of such character and such calibre are found at the head of a revolution.The prevailing sentiment is an earnest desire for peace with the United States, and for an amicable adjustment of all questions relating to fortifications, custom-houses, mints, and all other national property, upon principles of justice, and with entire regard to the obligations of national good faith.At the same time there is a fixed and immovable determination to maintain the permanency of the Confederation at all hazards, at whatever cost, and without sticking at any extremity to which circumstances may render it necessary to go for that purpose.The propositions of the Washington Peace Congress will not even be taken into consideration here ; and in no event will the rule of Lincoln be submitted to.The permanent Constitution of the Confederacy is now being elaborated, in order to be submitted to the Congress and to the States.I am enabled, in advance, to state some of its more important features.It will provide that South of Kansas and Utah slavery shall be established beyond the power of Congress or of the Northern States ever to abolish it, or in any way interfere with the rights it confers: The idea which has prevailed to some extent in South Carolina, that only Slave States will be admitted to the Confederacy, is repudiated by the controlling men, and by the majority of the Congress.The Constitution will provide for the admission of Free States, of course with suitable guarantees.\u2019 Full powers will be given to Congress to levy du: ties on imports and exports.The tariff recently enacted will immediately be amended, and will -proba- bly be made to impose an export duty of.one per cent.on cotton, tobacco and rice.\u2018The duties on most imports will be fixed at ten per cent., and these rates will be made tq take effect on January 1, 1861.Meats, breadstüffs, tea, coffee and jewelry will be admitted free.\u2018 .\u2014 A Church of England mission to Italians; resi dent in the\u2019 metiopolis \u2018has been opéned; \"with the sanction and approval of the Bishop of Londo, who has nominated the Rev.P.Leonini to conduct it.It is stated that there are 20,000 Italians Tésident it the metropolis.~ An effort will ba hady to secure\u2019ore of the City churches for the \u2018use of the mission, byt - TRES The \u2018\u201c MONTREAL WITNESS\u201d is printed sud mje Street.Moun \u2018of Drummond 8 Mo : vEpRe 0 .by Jouxn DougALL, Prdprietor; at Grea La Sin A = : EA no atréngements have yet béén completed; ¥en pablisned 7 it: Jams, nt B de ne mr 3 BQUE \u201ceA ~~ vi "]