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" MARCH 7, 1878.
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ADVERTISEMENTS. dread the restilt thet they suppose
would teke place in.the interim between
the introduction of a hill in the Home
to annuli it and its becomieg law, fettle
jug that many; Wonld at once make an
assignnaent to veep the benefits of the
act before it is annulled. At'the very
leeeteetleiLitriltIelleelletle_nt of the act is
only staving off the evil day, and cat.
i* cieuses that will make it worse
when it does come.
• Since the above was written a bill to
annul the 'Act has been introduced into
the House,
War—S. Davis.
Lietnese Notice—S. Yates,
Farmfor salee-D. •Erwire, 6
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Notice—H. Wallace 4k; C.
House for Sale—Huber Bros..
„ Wanted:—Mrs. R. M. Racey.
,Taking Stock —Hodgins & Pay.
Copies of to -day's Nue, klua may be ono at the Beek
Store of blessre. dna. A. Yuill NelleS
Albert Street. Ptlee 5 ,enI ler coll.
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oFFicIAL PAPER OP TRE CIOUNTY.
THURSDAY, MAROH 7, 1878.
TOE INSOLVENT &6T.
is eery often the case that what
wee intended for good has, by the per-
versity or the iniquity of mankind, been,
preatituted to the basest of purpeses;
and instead of producing beneficial re-
sultbas capsednething but evil. We
think this is especially the case With re-
spect to the Adt of insolvency. Origin-
ally enacted for the Purpose of relieving
those comparatively few honest traders,
'who by fire, sickness, fraud •ef others, or
other kindted misfortunes, were unable
to pay their, indebtednesa in, full; it
was a great and welcome boon, To
such it offered an opportnnity orsur-.
rendering their whole estate and paying:.
their liabilities as 'far as the •proceeda
would go, andthen. obtaining -a. -eleare
ance, *hereby they could again enter
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into :busiieiee with a fair prespect of
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succosoneekiense protected front those
creditokfl,lio 'Would exact the, last
berthing,even if it did put it out Oftheir
power to carry„..on business. leut the
.act is now only an instrument wherehy.
.dithonest men, who are engaged in busi-
ness, can incur debt by extravagance and
idleriess;and then !shield -themselved from
the penalty of such extravagance, idle
limps and: incompetence, and, also„ -have
another opportunity of going:the:Dm:111.a
similar iniquitous farce.
This opeistion, together' With comprci-
misesehae become so general. and wide-
spread that it is scarcely possible for an_
honest man to carry on, business. His
neighbor, intim same line of business;
fails—often with plenty of money in
his pocket to buy the bankrupt stock
at a heavy diseount: The stockewheth-
er purchased by the former proprietor •
or any other party is of no censequence,
is thrown upon the market at a heavy
discount ; often sold in mud) quantities
by auction, 'at prices much bele*. its
original cost, thus deniortilizinge,trade
and makingit impossible fotethe Man who
has been paying and intends to pay one
hundred cents in the dollar on:his pur-
chases, to sell at all with a profit. His
business is 'wally suspended., though
his expenses are not; they go on eating
up what little profit be may Peevionsly
have made, and if i change for the bet-
ter does not in a brief time take place,
he is compelled to succumb to the 'un-
just transactions of others.
1be compositions that are now being
very frequently made arewrong; he
principle and destructive of sound bind -
nese Lately, a hardware man in On:
tario went to the wholesale house in
Montreal with which he dealt, for the
purpose of trying to obtain a composi-
tion of his indebtedness. Another
hardware dealer in the same town; and
- who dealt with the same house, lite soon
as he ascertained the object ' of the
other's journey, also started for MOn.
, treel and waited upon his, creditors,
enaking the same request as his.fellov.
townsman, but honestly stating that he
was gnite calable of paying twenty.
shillings in the pound, but if his rival
in business, who was much more able to
p ty in full tbun he was, was going to
obtain goods at ft discount, he thought
lie was fully entitled to the. same.
The wholesale house made enquhiee
sad found that 'both were in a Eklund
and solvent condition, the first' appli-
tent being actually the riehee of the two.
We believe the majority oThusinese
men are nnder the impression that:if
the insolvent itct was expunged trona
the statute book the business of 'the
eonn ry weltld b bUfitthti, but they
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TIIE QuEEEL Govutt,onu.ENT
.10,Emult&ED. ;
The Conservatie e ministryof - the
ProVinee of Quebec have either been
dismissed by the Lieut. -Governor or re-
signed, but which cannot he definitely
kion till the Eel:motion of a neiv
mi• istry and explanations given by the
lat one. Mr. 'Joly, a Very prominent
mem'be of the. Honse,. has tualertaken
the taik, but he will be 'hirable to form
any other then„a coalition ministry, its
his party is in the minority. Theis is
no doubt- a dissolution of the Hettee and
ft nett! election -will take place inimedi-
atelye The Conservative pereye not
only in Quebec,. but theoughout -the
Dominion, are greatly excited over the
event, and are handling the Lieut.-
.
Governor in the eoughest menner fvr
his supposed part fit the matter:. We
see no reason for getting excited in the
premites, for if the old iiiinisteieut. ve
the support of the pepple they will be
tigain returned to power ; but if the
people have lost. benfidence in then by
their .couree in reference to the Railway
Act and 'Stamp Act, it, was ' time they.
gave place to men who 'were Aimee .ire
accord With the -feelings of-the-eottntry.
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REFORM G 4THERING.'
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. A large and enthuteastic meeting of
Reform*, from all :parte of the riding,
took place at McLar.en's hotel,. in this
town; on.Friday last, Air 'dm put )(lee of
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a more therough. organit
ization a ade
vaneement of the princip1e:4 Of Get rn-
ment heldiay that -party.--- The -feelings
expressed by Ore:that spoke were- of te
gratifying n:iture, showing that...the ut-
most degree of confidence . was 'entele
tairied by Reformers in the ability and
wisdom of the Govemmeote of the Do-
minion and Ontario, ttinl•an unwavering
suppert'epromised to, the leaders, Hon.
Messrs. Ilfackenzie and Mctwat. '
• Mr.' M. 0. Cameron,: the Tomo.re-
presentative of .the South Riding • in the
Howl's of (Immense was unanimotisly
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selected .as the eandidate for the next
ejection, and. there As little doubt of his
being retorted by a splendid Majority.
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, THE 'EASTERN QUIISTION.
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etes.we suppoeed and. stated would be
the case, 'peace has .been re-establislied
between Russia . and 'TitekeY, and the
excitement in England ocecteioned- by
the probabilities of War, tut subsiding;
and the people are now.' turning their
attention .to the 1ea4ful ityocatione of
.life. • , In the House .of Lords on Mon-
day Lord Derby sitid the • Government
had reeeieed the tern% of peace but in
a rather imperfect atate. Theydo eta
inchade the surrender of the Turkish
and the indemeity' it reduced to
twelve Millions, end 'the Egyptien tri-
bute is not affected, ft is said that
eeEnglitrid ba S ordered the withdrawal of
the -vessels of war from the neighbor-
hood of Constantinople.
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PENCIL POINTS
rirli E. it big advertieement " • rage has
'taken hold of Toionto wholesale mer-
chants. . We clon'e care how soon it -ex-
tends westward. • •
• VEitx soon the railways will emit-
melte° their usual glimmer excureions.
Parties intending to •get married, will
"please take notice, alai • govern them -
Selves aceordingly."
Aa an evidence that other ecru:Alio:4
are still stifferiug from the, depresoion,
ae well as our -own, we give the fol-
lowing para gi repli
" It is mentioned in an Edinburgh
piper of the 1.3th of February that
during the Preceding inouth 406 masons
had enlisted as soldiers ita Glaegove
alone, while a thousand more were en-
tirely out of employment At the
Sail% time 700 carpeleters were idle,
and 300 brieklayers, with no prospect
Of matters improving. ,
Colast'remeenis. activity is manifested
by the different political organizations
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in the. Province, just at present, and.
the erep of Reform: and Oonaervative
candidatea promises_ to' be lerger than
the eequirentents of the country. To
begin and give a list 'of all thee cencli-
elOM vou1d eennke, More pae than is
at or „disposal. Whore thereis the
slightest, possibility of successful oppo-
sition • against Ministerial candidates,
there Conservatives will offer it, and
while they have a 1Derfeot right to de
this, ,we would advise Reformers to be
•equally ,activeand on the alert.
' pePereesay thin Hines
arena bad in the INited. States,. net
worse, then = in can.adu, Consdrvativee
are .p think they are •stretch-
ing a point merely for 'political .effect,
but we believe that none have given -ut-
terance to anything but the truth, • for
ivethave coriVersed with nuinbers %vie
have. been eye-witneres to. the fecte arid
condition of things,. and, they give •a
de-plerable picture Of tile state of trade
arid poverty. If further proof is evente
ed, Imre iewhat Senator .Windoin said
id en Anierietot eity a few days -el -ince,
and Whieh detcribese. a condition of
things no to be„feund in Canada :eee.
"Not only would these expenditures
materially aid the prospects of our trade
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and commerce, brit- they, wouldmateri-
ally decrease the preseut feaefat depres-.
ion, stiAring and oisery bj, yi4iZgwrk
to, .those siarvin0 people, . whose work
thus directed would not only add to the
greatness of the nation, but would also
keep honest' men from, ''starmtion---men
who Ao: often coMe 21020 with tears in their
-ages begging for htoneslabor to save thek
jams and jiiildr-cn,-fioni, sheer starvation
n:.
Let us turoVer a new lettfe-we have
been protected iong-etioughTandayounli-
seethe result in ememercantile marine
being 'swept off the ocean—in ourenanu-
factories being idle and in thousandsof
ir
mecrying out fo'bre d
"Protection''!' is' the cause. -Of all their
trouble, and astheOpeosition declaisit
to be A panacea for the •1:trcl tie 111
Canada, it will be to the people'e hater -
est to•seeethat they has no opportunity
of adopting thesystent, •
A Titteeitie
• In.the mi • tbe limiest the
meieher for Centro Toronto is reported,
iteruliosVei 'aridea he is a prom inet,d.
wholetale teerphane, and proftseed
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dipenden mewour, his remarks' o ugh t,
to carry considerable Verght ;
gr„ Macdonald &aid he wished to• 'point
out.ittene ender:rats :mule hy Mr. .Wallaeo,
Width appeated et hint to be rather para-
doxical., That. genileinad ai firit,hlioned•
the fact ehat. there were a large: number of
unetnployed people te the inixtioil of the
Government, and in Ate mixt 'breath he
had stated that by theiatrodeetienof la,
gorsavibg machines. fotir • men coeld do
what forty die a few years age , hon.
gen Lk in had spoken of . the crueley of
brigging immigrants to this 001111 thy, IUItI
had then gone on to picture the rinsettled
portions of Canada as a perfecteland .uf
Gothen. There were two other statetnents
Which the hori, member had made which
.to his (gr. gacdonithrs) mind did not
seem quite reconcilable: He had first stn.
led that what tho industries of the court -
try need is protection and it. reanjustment
of the tariff ; and later in his ..tioecit that
ell tbese industries regnirediitte that legis.
lation should leave them alone (Hoer, hear,'
and leugliter,) The hon. gentlemen had
tbengene on to declare that he had no con-
fidenee in figures, but he (Mr. Macdonald)
heped to tie able to show that some confi-
dence was to:, be placed in figures after all.
The 'imports into Canada for the lase ten
years mere $998.e000,006. ' * * •
Some Might chum that the torment, of iin-
ports was insufficient for tile wante of the
'coontry,, but he wished to point out that
000,000,000 per . anntim was $17,090,000
over the einpotte. for 1808, 820,000,000
ever thee° for 18,60, $16,000,000 over those
for 1870, hut only $e,000,000 over. ehose-
for 1876. (Hear, heat) The ;eat ,he
wished tontake wag, that in these four
years of excessive importation this 'coon -
try himorted $91,000,000 more thati it re-
goiredor could pay for gromptly and that
mita the taus° of the cliatress from whieh
the Country had not yet fairly recovered.
Anyone, who looket1. at the Matter tliepee-
sienately niusteee that the tette secret of
the derengetuent of trade and the ono-
quent calamities tie ot trig in a groat moo..
sure to the'rects be ha stated. He min -
tended that tho,,debt of$105,000,000 had
left upon every man, 'weenie, and child
iii the country e mortgage of $2650, which
would remain until the entire amtmet was
linuuleted„ The and den intreese in the
circitletioit and diecounta Was e prominent
eituee of the cotnmerciat depressioie- It
indicated that . our nevi° had 'tacit telicling
in a, method bordering on madness, eThe
vuis td*blanie for the. crisis I The' .banks
had a great clear to do with it, as had else
the tuiportera teed the nterthaide. But tiff
would be a dishoneet man if he attempted
to place the reaper:Ability for the degree'.
sicm on the Government. If we lud bad
protection, instead of over -importation we,
would hates over -production, and then in.
;stead of the English merchant bearing hie
there of the lees consequent on the de-
pression Canada would have had to bear
it all herecolf.. (Cheers.) The Canadairat-
nefeeterer had ingloy, with duties...and
thatiii.%, a clear protection of thirty per
cent. againet Great Refiaire . Witt any
more protection desired against a country
'Which had, made Canada what the is I
The proteetion which the revettee to-clity
obtained vit01 ebundant for every man that
had beelinecourege, and character, ,A
large vole me el bustnees wes not . always
an °Valence of. prosperity. It was ,quite
evident that the prosperity of Canada dur-
ing yeere of ietletion was a fancy • prove-
rity, and he held that the true way to awn
cese wee riot the modern plan of malting
haste to be rich, bet to be caltn; slow, tune,
and steadfaete Whet we wanted to -day.
to make. Canada permanently prosperous
were men of eharaoter„ We wanted char,
eater smeng cnr merchants, so that when
difficultresetared them in the facetheir
tiest objeet would be to seeuretheir credi.
tors, and 'nut to Intake plane'for their Own,
eelf,aggre,n,disfunent. 1 -le thonght %the
coolie pursued by the. Government wae
wise and patriotic, and the only cine which
could have beer, adopted under the :Mecum -
Betimes. In eoncluding, he claiieed that
the present revenue tariff was -the best for
•tho Govervinent, the bestk ter the mann-
feetarer,• theeheatfOr the .c.inoeterrier, tted
the beet for e
very one.. (Cheers.).
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44 CONTRAtIll 15.”.
The following letter we copy froin
the ganiteha levee Press, and as it.. re-
fers to that portion of theleitilwity.now
'being built by kr...Whitehead of. Clin-
emi; wiIl be,of intere.it to our readees :
Notteinee no correepondence in your va-
luable pitpr from 'contract 15,,I take ,,the
liberty of settemgeyeeta foxy tteins.• Section
iip4i0ottoLatAllts, .
atenction requires mote. utiergy,,:th ill, . Au d
capital than any other portion of the Q. le.
•Ile • bete:, e'en fledItiVetie and Lako So petit) r. '
Coesiderieg the.difficulties. that lied to be.
surmounted. before beet, the; initiatory ar-
rengemeuts now completed --notably that
of ttensporting pient encl-sepPieit,w'hieh
'was enoimoesly enhanced last outliner by
the enusitel wet weather and the constqueut all but impaisable atato of -the roads,.
:the; progress made on the work iS surpris-
lug; etideeflecte 'witch credit on the energy,
and induinitahle perseveratice.uf the coo -
erecter, eie well ,as on the .eificiency .and
'gond management of these to 'whom -the
Work ik entrosted.• Qn_thovitstiwgzind,cotre
divisions twenty-'twO gangs of men-- are. at.
wdrk.; all the heavy cuts•are well advaiteed.
aud.before.neititntmun,..at the present rate
of progress, a litho rock excavations on these
sectioni withe perhaps, the exception of
the tuntifeJta; the head uf Winilipeg River,
will be conipleted. At the time of Writieg
Ihe.heevy••cutaappretiChing the tunnel -aro
beim; got the:Mini wite at both mole and
the headings 'will •h: started .at. once; At
Ingolf (im' the•weetern die:a:ion) e.ork W'se
only cmninenccd in the beginning 'of Win
-ter. A large foree ii4 o title no and elle,
work. is • beittg pushed, forward .with
Mr. 0...Whitebeadi the energetieanperm-
tendent, is a Man equal to any emergency
.---prompt, active, a lid': alwaya
Where his services tyre mo'st .Tequired.i hie
affability and: geoeral dinAganor have se-
cured him the Confidence and 'geed will of
those over uhriato is placed end • who,
.havQ.00ine line. • The eeee,
most cordiality arid, -tprevinis
' arnoa.gthe owe.; those ttaeetnly ciaarrele
and unbeComitig 'scenes BO COS1111,!iT6
lie ..irorks.' are altotzother • an k n heree
which tu a great extent may; tie attributed
to tliti absence of liquor. The Peoltibltory
Aeteof the Dominton GoVernittent bears
good fi'nit on Contract, 15, and its eillutaii
,ellect- here nt igh t. beneficially be -taken, Hs a
precedeet. iu other .plecee. A. .peregraph
in one of your late ibsnes, relating to scar.
cit,j3 of supplies on. .`!` 15," is tnisleading ;
!thin:110 ail Oa caw pwItavallnd abnialance,
and the stores of .provisionx for mot and
horses at Pat Portage sitid,Darlington, 13iiy,
extitbit 11)) SC.11t4y. Abotit three Weeks
,nito, It dreve tf eyer one Minaret' heail of:
cattle ciinie along tha,,lite 'and elt&area tho
hearts ta the ".hoss".•; another drove IA to
hand this, weolt„to replenish the " meat
stalls." •
A GEI EELTEEAL •encersontrox.
The following appeared in, the Ilutnil.
tort Thites and is well worthy ot pet•usal.
The more fnlly this' subject is examined
the "more fallacious will be found the
seetem of protection •
When Sirs jobri made the incorrect
statement in his pic-tric • speeches that
the price of barley v.vits lciwered in cone
Sequence of the increased tax on malt,
he knew, or itt least ought W have
known, that the price was entieely re
gulitted ley the export pricei. It is
as-
tonishing hew many intelligent melt ac.
ceptedthe Vethark Simply. on the .aesum p -
Lion that it emanated from high author-
ity. When he put the question, 44 Is it
ifnr foi• the American farmer to have
free access to our Market, while ours
have not •the privilege of theirs I" it rnet
With it very general "no," and the
mho, to remedy thie defective tariff ar-
rangement was well received.
\\*bother this defective tariff arrange
relent. can be remedied dr altered to 511-
CfliO money advittitage becomes very
doubtful'the more it is cerefuIly con-
sidered. Put•_a dut • on wheat, but ad-
ult at for export in bond, and no mat-
ter how light and easy the bonds are
made, there must bq a certoin mount of
trouble, annoyance and expenee connect-
ed with them, and DO Visible money ad-
vantage. Put tlie duty on Hone for ex-
port and the game bonding 'difficulty is
reet with. If by keeping it out of our
home 'market the price advances to the
gain .of our fitemera, arid mil/ere, from
Nviidse pockets coma the gain Our
own eonsumers. Where then is the
money gain to the country -I
Put the duty on corn for export, end
the game bonding difficulty arises. Pre-
vent its marline° into consumption, mut
eatthefeedere•are compelled, to feed -our
own Coarse grains, ilefia, hatitTY attd oats,
eavineeto th'e country the mallet' price
paid fee the corn and losing the larger
prices. Qom the export of our C041116
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grains. Where is the money , gained te one about among the ,temporary em -
the country Put the duty on oats, ployees of Parliament, assuring them
aud the Galt oatmeal ziijlle says'" Yea that a new Administretion would be in
stop ney raill." Stop the oattneal power next seesieni, and advising thetn to•
and the home market immediately gets, make friendswith and be very attentive ..
glutted, and down comes prices tette to the leaders OT the Opposition, especi
expent levelIn the itioaptime' some ally Mr, Elanchet, wh2, they say wiJi
farmers have "got higher prices. Who, be the next Speaker, Most of the etn
paid there I Gur own people, as ployeea thus approached are from pelts
consnmers. Where then is the money or the Dominion at h distance from the
gttiee to the cOuntier ? capital, and the design in spreading
• It is unnecessary to enumerate fee- tine idea is to make electioneering.
ther. The same rule will work out agents in a small way of these persons.
with precisely the same results if ap-
plied te horses, cattle, sheep, swine,
perk, cheese, hater, eggs, poultry,
demostrating •Ohe impossibility of a
money gain to the country by protection.
to'farmers. But still the ideal unfair-
ness involved in 'the question remains,
ana the only remedy I can is • to honor
the Americans by . imitating. their
:tariff in •Onerelations with them, oe
forming with thetet t Zollverein treaty.
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OTTAWA 'TOMS.
—It is said that Dr. Tupper ie. just
now ingreat deMand as ea•candidate iii
Ontario. Nearly every Jonstiteency
, where the ConServatiyes: feel they ,ean t
agree upon a strong man isnincioue to
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,-.-.It is attid that Dr. Orton'e '.chences
foe fe;erection
at beet, vety slender, and that. if the
Refoemers unite they eceneasily eject
.Iie itt lila nearly so popular :Ca he
was a year ,ago, as the farrners find Out
that hales •bainboozledthern.. . • ••.
refetence to. the item. about
'IVItjpr" Walker, of Londou, it may be
stated that as- ie disqnalificatioe ceases
with the dissolution of the present -Par-
liament,• he will' be it 'candielete, at the
next election for London. There is
everyprospect of hie. beitig Victerione
7•v43,9Piii,g,enteieetitYe, _ e .
—A. perephlet is."being- compiled' lit
etheDepitetment of •Agrierature showing'
in detail -the. exhiliita exitede by Oiniade
„at the various International Exhibitioee
eirice,and in.cloding .that ateLondon itt
1851. The work -will foetn" a valuable
text honk, as °hewing,' thee • progeess,
'made by the country in it and.'reartu-
facteree during the . time. et- Which • it
.treats. •
—It • will 1/8 l'eniezolf.efed that •Dr,
Fihnitz was paid by Sir .John Vecdonalci„
senee $40,0(i() for alleged losses emetein-
ed 'during the- Red River tcl,ellioui. .[t
itt now stated:that it canbe pterved that
Dr; Shultz elid itot loose One dollatea
worthorpropeety that he had. any right
expect , tl u. ceinet'y tee: teethe ?good, .
and, fut1iir, that the darn:Tee he Sus-
tained weee so ridietilonely• .thitt
they sheula.never:bave. beetienenteoned
at all: • e ,
•lotig.•deltate toe): . place on Mon-
day od. Mr. Christie's motion declaring
de desirable.. and nebeseetry that there
should be An entire;closiek.anq
thin ;of labor: ort Canals, ra•awayx,. and.
other, public Werke under opera of the
Doinin ion Geeernment during the tWen-.,
ty-fone hems bomprising the Lord's
Day. 11 nel Me. 'el cleoligall alloyed
an amenchneet to'the effeetthat-tie fee
os practieftble the obseevanee of the
Lord's Day ulanild be 'carried . put in
.the spirit.of the resplation, .ekfter some.
--A return, moved for by Mr. Young,
has been beet:gilt down; which 'shows
the cost to , the country 'ofethe, Per•litte
trientar,y COMmittees held dueing the
last four years. The. folloWingis. a, re- ,
capitulation of the fees paid- to witness,
es and reporters in octane or the etorinoit- •
tees hi, 1874 ; Northwest 'difficulties, .
$4,407 • Public' Accounts, $1,0'77.; Six
Nati:ell:Indians,. $182; •Inunigration AO •
• Colonization, $6-7; Mercantile A•genciee,
$107TShortest Route to Europe, $254. .
ahe._total,fluin_paid .that year was
767. In, the Northwest .0onunittee
some of the witnessei were paid as ..fele
lows• Langerin $47. Barinatyne
• . •, • $3"0. ,
Father 'Itichot, .$370 ; Eunn, .$390-;
•Gev;.,Archibtild; $475,* and' Archbishop. ,
Tache, $1,075: , The 4:Jettninittee ex- •
.pi3nseein 1876 were 1942, in 1876 the
aiim eves$3,698, the Charlevoix' eleetion .
inyeetigatiere,costinge,$1,-,341-eand--thee
Depression of Trade $1,10.7. In 1877 -
the. experisee.. were$6,125, 'which in-•
chides the folic:twit* &terns : N'ortheetee
Railway Investigation: $972 ; Immigrae •
tion; $4e9 ; :peal Trade,- $,1,38.7
Ministration of Justice 111.ne Judge
Lormager, $1,863 ; Privileges .andElece
;dons, $274 ; Public: 'Accounts, $200,
end Civil .'Service, $234, ----t-Tetal
ek-
pcnti for the tour yeaes, $17,722.
. „
tittaucialt ana (1.D)counterriitt.
N'el'eYBetee-Elittodie.orsne:-eSPeaking---ee.
itt Detroit, -On Tuesday' night, .General
Clary, of Ohio, said. liillven% be- .'
gunetce-tcincheboeteireeyeeiand
that we shall see during the Treece_
mentliA niCire'biiikruptcy. th-att hes been:-
seen'here 1» the 'late two . years." . •
...1.10•0 Pm:10NQ IN THIe‘WEST...--Tha
traCla of Chicago was never so
it has been dining whet is knotert,
as the:" winter seetori", ending' on ,See
turday..Tlie enormeuenumber of 2,370;e7 •
000 hogs. have 'been etie•etp dining. thee
peat. Tour months, exceeding let 'nearly
500,000 •liettd° the '-total number cut
Oineinnati, St, Lenis, and . ;•
Milwankee_,The aggregate for the neer
year is 3;940,000, tts-againse 2,033,846..
foe. the preceding twelve menthe.: . ' • 7 •
• Wrietele[SEVeteer Potiene•iee. rien •
'Enennee-41esers. A: We Ogilirie• tk Co. ,,,
'exhibited on :Change last Week ,it none •
teed it sample; .of •spring 7:W104:grown
ak Prince -Albert ,Settleritene, on the
River Saskateliewane. 500 inifesenort*-
west of . Winnineg. :The 'wheat it One -
of the finest Samples ever .exhibited oui
Thenge, and weighs 70 lbs.' per
l'Ar. Oitvitt inforMed els tied beitley,
'tette tied, ether: graina -are grown.. at
PIilICe Albet•t 'with equal secceee•,' and •
that thenative grass and Iraye Or 4111)m' • .
• lor quality, grewti in. great mutntities.
,„ •
.1 .L.WPTLE TRADE IFITit Esoe,a;10,---
The following letter we copy, front
'rent& papere—I wish to einforme the
.farinere and biseders of stock in Onta-
ferther debitte the amendment was care:ea:ice. that u company of live members of
'prominent Member' frotn British: 'Retailers and Brectlert' AesOdittion,
' ' • meet wealthy end.influentialof the
tr, • , the
•
bus
been organized. with nhirge to•
Attic) to Englatiefite cargo of ' oak and
:beep each, week during the spring and,
sun -twee, The company Purchaeed about •
fOur.thousand ,head of cattle dating the
Past Week Crete farmers, :tint it is' the
Intention of ehe eompany to extend their •
operations if faint*. will emply,tlietn •
with the quality. they esquire, 11
• 1110N1itEAL HOESEMAIMET.—I'lla
de-
inand for horses by American dealeis ie
rapidty.riecreesing; ea Using a .eorrespen cl-
ing advanee in prices, which arc at pee- •
sent from tett to twelve' per cent higher
than . threeweeks ago,. Much smaller
liorsetettre noW pi:eche:eel than swould
formally have Wen hOught. The yard."'
of the American Howie heti' been co-
tinunily of late .by farmers With •
their tenine and home deal* seeking • •
_to make perchases. Althetigli 22.51or-
Columbia, who 'Touted disunion wbert
Lord "Dufferin W11.8 ill that province, was
the other day eitgaged in chatting with
a•friend on the 'Ahem] aide of politics.
The Colurubbni -expressed the opiuion
that air out-and•out protective poliey
was the only thing that could save the
eouiltre'e lie, declared that he would;
follow any mail Who pledged himself to
give Canada a heavy protective tatiff,
If the devil were- to come, up end under-
take to provide such it tariff lie would
say to him 1 "'etre Devil, go ahead ;
you shall have iriy vote any wfty,"
• e
—Me. Muckenzie'e reply to the ques-
tiou etsked by Col. .EI igiebotharn kcal:
cuiated to give great satisfaction to
dettlos iti cattle purebased for expolt
to Eugland. The 13111 lie present before
the Impetiel Parliament is underetood
to be inte.tuled to et:svelte the. impoit
into Great Britnin of cattle from foreign 8°8 111" dtt4:illg iltt" Pa" 'five clays 'been
countries.. The point at issue wits
'shipped from this city to Uncle Sain'e
whether or not Canada was to be class- tltiitiiiee' Yet the etaltleS or the Ameii-
ed AS a foreign country ; if so, then a oln Rowe1 ne'e full,
direct blow ' was aimed at our export
trade. Mr. Mackenzie showed that Al.
though he inta not received the assur-
Alice that Oanade WAR noe included, be
had reason ta believe she WAS tot, and
that the representations lie heti made
would have the desired effeet, e
--In an:le/mete tile charge that the
License Commissioners • appointed by
the Ontario Government act adversely
to Conservative applicants,' the fol -
figures have been presented : Stewart, Mr. A. 'Innis, to Athol
conscralivet Honied to eall licaore....,. i,017 of the late Naliatn Avery, all o
Iteformt ta • '" .„ .. NVS1(6111'-WALTESS --.,Itl White
inst.At tho Rattenbary House, by the
Itev,'It. T. Courtice, Mr, W. J. Wright, of
Rarrow, Esaex Couuty, itteraneatwsMary,tesr'younget daughter of Mr.
of Taufteremith.
efeet-Goon.e- At ledinersten en the. 4th ."
, inst., at the residenoe of the brides mother,
by tho Rev. W. Hayhtirt3t, Mr. R. Hall, of
the .Codstruction departuunt Montreal .,
'Telegiotill Co.,o Mists Sarah ,T,Goocl both
is afforded by the feet, that eartein ‘,/ pefreeestene e
members of Parliament known to be (g)se Getel has been a papa of the oneeen
unfriendly to thd (4overnmetite have 'High elchool for several menthe.)
BORN.'
essaresee-At fe'ytft, 011 the 4tb, mete the
wife of Mr. G.'eenktos, formerly of Holmes
-
vale; of a daughter.
• 'MARRIED.- -
Coff81SIt•-•01ADD0N: Maim, tat the gra
• inst , by the Rev. R. T. Contact), Mr.
Pronely Cornish, of Vsberno, to Miss 14 &a
Ann Glithlon; of Hullett. •• "
INNIS -.A.VKIIY.—At the•.resirlenee of the
britts, oiv,the 2tr Feb., by the ltev, Mr.
Is, daughter
f Stanley,
mi the 6th
efsee fie et can 1,188
These figures are conclusive, tmlees it
be held that the Conftniseionere have
entered into a foul conspiraey to damage
the Conservative party by' giving them
almost a monopoly of the liquoe traffic.
—A specitnen of the peculiar election.-
eming .tactitit in vogue here this session