The Canada Southern Road

The Canada Southorn lUilroad Coaipony recoivod froin England last week aboutone thousand tons ot rails whieh havo been l'orwardod in bond froiu Xew York to St. Clair, tho western terminus ot' the northern braneh of the road. Advioes have also boen receiyed of tku ship ■ ïiiciit froiu England of about three thoaB&nd tons more, which will arrive in a few days. These reoeipts are in addition to six. tliousind tons olreody on hand heve. ilr. CouL-tright, tho President of the company, has just returned from Canada and rrports that tho work on the road is going forward rapidly. The first mortgage 7 per cent. gold bonds of the Canada Southern are selling rapidly at 90 and acerued Ínter st thruugh Messrs. Leonard, tJhddoa & ïoster, No. 10 Wall struet. Tho Wyandotte Enterprise, speaking of work being dono on this raiiroad in tho nvigh.borb.ood of Trenton, says : Meisrs. B.ilch & Kinney have the conIrai'.i lur grading tea miles of tho llail:u:m1, running f rom the river to a poiat half a inilo west of Flat Koek. ïhey are ■j.', w uk with a forcé of fifty men. and teams, and have made good h;a:lw:iy sinco their commenceniftnt. Tlie emlüinkment ivcross the bayou, on the west side of SIocuül's Island, is more than h:ili' completed, and. tlie eutlings on each eide of it have been ooEtespondLngly worked. Tlio favorable nature of the soil will permit of rápid advaiieemeni in the euttiii-s. Hiiiiio of the work has buen siib-let to looal contractors, William 'uMuis,. of Flat Rock, having taken two miles, aud T. A. lials.tead 1,100 féot aorosa SIocuiil's Islaad. The clearing on tliis section of toiL milos is. noarly ilni.siied. The Chiuf Kugüiüor, Col. Wood, who is now ronnüig test levéis from Trenton te Dundee, will return in a few duys to lot the ooutracU for tlie timber for tUo bridgo and doeks, ia all about 7ó,000 feot cubio measure. The bridge will bo fourteon feet above tho level of the river.. All the grading on the Canada división has been completed, with the exception of tweuty lulled, Several attempts hive recently been made to set lire to buildings in Alpona. Xhe inceudiarics are supposed to be persons lr.iving grudges against the nctivo partisans of the temperanco cause.