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THE CLINTON' N'U'W ERA.
MAll-611. 14, 1878, •
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NEW A DVERTISEMENTS.
Sophie Miles,
Neteee_Iiodgins Pey,
Cow for Sale—H. %gem,
I.Vantecl----Mrs.J.Ransford,
Ceder Posts—J. Braithwaite.
Seed Wheet -ektines MeileTairn,
Publie Meetinge4-W. C. Searle.
To Builders—James Braithwaite.
• Insolvent.Sale E, Robertson.
Retirement—Meneies •& Whiting.
Hareeee, trenks, &c,—J, 0. Miller.
0)pieo of to.day's 4Terf Rau awl tho' Book
114Oru of MORBPS. Jos, A. XIIM, ft114 .j. A. Relies
Albert Street. rriee dents- vor.00m, • • •
• (tiittton tw
9s.FiciAL PARO]? TE 4:313UNTY:
878:
iiTATES SALT TRADE.It would atm* appear that every
interest in the United Stetee was .ma -
paged by shaipers, for there is searee.ly.
any fitinneial olierattonmeetionennhe
.newepepers of that. country. but. we .find
there is a ring coeneCtion with it.
This mode of -doing business has almost'
totally deetroyed buisineee. integrity, and,
it is now rib useloe A. Manta attempt.
to earry ontousiness.witheut he is with-.
in someeharmed , The prineiple
maulers from" tliie 'state. of '.things Are.
-he farmer§ and the'Oet bodyne Opera-
• .ivee and.laborets, And it is no. .,wonder
that they are • a loud mitcry
egeinst the cobriddriatiens e„periele,
ufit
. . •
sing to countereat the injustice. .
New York a moVenient is heing made'
to-bipakthe shackles that .have been
put upon the foreign: salt ' beide, Which
was done for the benefit Of 'a,•feve
lecturers in :the -neighborhood , of Syri-
CU.SO: It appears that they Wer0 not .
s-itisfied with enjoying a protection of
-eigla Cents per 100 lbee but must -get
the Erie Canal Comreissioners •to put
Cid exceptionally' high toll, of $1.85 per
ton on .salt, thus still.. farther. leveeing
if he had the opportunity ef Carrying
out lets policy the Province would have
cause for setisfaction that a change had
been thade."
As it is likety the Howie wilt be dis-
solved almost iinmediately, Arid the dies
position of the whole matter pieced in
the hands of the people, ive see no rea-
son for any one to become excited about
it, and herete the Limit.Governmeet' s
he Lad done someWeems crint6, If
they '04e to attempt to carry en the
governmeut for many months without
an appeal to the people, then there
would be ielason to comelein, end talk
of -impeachment, but as it is, and, the
course that the Lieut. Geyeenor and Ids
, . .
new 'Cabiuet are likely 0.'.pursue„ we
have .no tears bee what the wishes of
the people will*, earried-out, and •that.
respensilele. government iI1 have n�
-violence clone to ie .
• The charge that the Ottawa Govern-
ment have had embething" to do wit
the crisis is pure fiction; for it could dee
I WA gatel,•wiehmit, theelateegoveame
merit had so ulana,ged matters, that they'
had lost the confidence of the people ;
otherwise the interference of the Ottewa
Government (if there had been such)
*mild erilY have created sympathy,
atidthey would have been returned with
a 'bigger majority than they had before:
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TUE EASTERN ,quEsTxoN.
• There. is actually nothing being' done:
at'pre,sent relation to the settleieent
:of:the :Eastern.Qieistion, nor.is it lit all
"likely till the ,forthcomir.e ie Conference
•
Whenleyeeythine'will be brOught before
that body. fee a final, settlement '
•
nrO tO jefer- from the active
operations going on in ,Ek,dand, in. the
wey of preparatiees.fer. war,. we sheuld
not ..eterrie, to, the •e0noluSiOn that the
tiglish government hail much faith
the-poeferenee -to bring 'about 'a -peeve -
Able' settlement 'of -the cliffieulties. •
At present .there ..i.§. nothing' else' to)
he .• done than aeeept • the pacifyiee.
speeches -of the Ozer, ,end wait patientll
for the veidict.el the confeirence; hoping'
that it may .be peaceful one: ..•
4,.. ,
411tLIAIII*NT.
' • • •
•T. he Dominion, Perliament has now
. •
been .o'ver nionth in 'session/ and coin-
peiatively. little. prantioal 'business Iia
ben do, 'nearly the whcife time. liaie
ing been, taken up in .speeeii inakine,
and nearly. the whole • buyclen 'of 'these
speeches has been the .subject •peotec-
time for ' or against. . The eniejoidty.;:eif
the: Conservetives diecuss it as if • there
Were :no Principlee connected. •with it,
lent:was a mere matter ,Of peliticel. ex-
fedience, and now taken Up as a . good
move 'for ,their party. • We would :be
glint if.eVery voter had the opportunity
iideilotrld errileall the iiPeeehe, for the
argernente' of profeethinigts ake,really as,
convincing to any one Who "can 'draw a
lOgiCal conclusiOn of the soutniness of
free trede, or re-venuetakiff, as those.
ef the out and Out free trade. • The dif-
.
noulty meet., people .ise. that they
have not..., schooled themeelVes to. the
practice of folloWing out 'their own lino
of argument, but niake unproven as-
sertion intfa.vor of their own ideas, mid.
think that others should accept it with
ilia same credulity they del -themselves.
In the course pf • the debate Sir John
•
A. Mitedonald moved. the following reso-
laion, which iaptit as the policy
of the 'Opposition; het definitely, .what
'kind 7of poliei it is imposiible to tellform this eonglomerate mess of Untrue
assertions. It is really surprising that
a man :of his position And stendina
thotild pen, seal a- paragraph and permit
it to b.e placed on record to be 'laughed
• et:by every one -of eone mon sense There
is otie good thing about iteand that iti
it is utterly harmless, for if oven hie
:party should come into power the teso-
• lution does riot bind them to any differ-
eittepolieyethen theeeneenoeventicitingt
The movement in New York is not
.prompted from :my desirato favor Wss-
. if:ITT-consumers, but .for the benefit Of
their.Shipping internst, for it wee found,
the English salt _that. was • Used in
the *est avoided 'the Erie .Canal• route;
and consequently wasAent from Liver-
-pool to _either Reeton, PeirtBaltieeees
rnoi e, Philadelphia, ,New e:Or
any °thee pert than Se* ;York, which
would have ,been the 'theapest route if it -
had not been for. the obStructivo. toll
charged for the benefit .cof the Onondaga
salt interest.
It will' ever be'the cage that if lawS
are made for the' especial benefit of any
clues interest, that interest will .be like
the leech, ever crying, ." give, give I"
Lee our peopie.study the principles that
govern trade and eon -melte, and if'
do so, they will op eeverything that
• • would favor one claseatthe eicpcinse of are,
• . • , •
other., .
,
•
IT the dety_sei'salt-'gbing to the Ilia:
od States is removed, which is 'Very
probable, the works here will receive a,
great etimulus and meet likely Worked
to their utmost capacity'. ,
POLIVICAL.CRISIS QUEBE(.1.
Political matters' in the province of
Quebec still occupy a good deal of the
attention of the people pf Ontario,: es.
pecially the Conservative-. newspapers,
although it hi of very 1ittIepiit
to the people of this proyincer Mie
Joly has succeeded' in forming a. minhstry,
several of whom ever'e already members
of the House,, and as they lose their
seats by the acceptance of a portfolio,
they „Meet haye considerable confideriee
in the justice of their position and that
the people would uphold. them in it.
That the late- Government was not
managing the affairs of the provinte in
the interest of the ;people'is fully eel -
dent, as will be, seen from the following
extract, taken from an, article in. the
Montreal Star, nominally Independent,
but with 'conservative kanings
"It may be safely Presumed that
under no conceivable eireurnetinices
could his (3oles) admitistretion bele)
bad and unworthy of iniblic respect as
-that of -Mr, DeBoucherville, while there
are very good reasonsfor thinking that
,*OVI stIFVERING 1NOtIA1tIEV)
Tile expression thet heads this article,
has been made to de such service in
Canada, in the way of aiding politicians,
that persons not • itegimiated with the
feats, or little given to iavestigation,
have begun to look upon it • as: true,
.Foreoter pwn pare we have' never- been
able to see where the industriegeof Ca-
nada have suffered any. more than the
industries Of other countries, pr in_fact
as much, and our. intimate acquaintance
:with Apanyjeacling, manufacturers'
given us opportunities of confirming'
thishOlief. • ,,The prInciple of protection,
bearing 4fireet1y :upon thisepoints is one.
that we kno* would only naake matters
.ecerse,. itietead f hetter„ ifaopted for
this country, the statement of "eitumne.
ing politicians" to the contrary notwith-
standing.
in the. course' of a very able speech.
in' the HeuseeoiFrida7 eveningMr.
Charlton entered . At length into the
matter el protection, • and for the pine
pose of finding but really how. leane-
feature's) stood, be had previonsly issued.
cireitiere to a number of them; asking
forInformation as to their capital, pro-
fits, &e., and the anewers he .reeeivecl
were -very setisliktory indeed: We
make an ext'ract from Ids speech below,
to show the true state of affairs, and it
etele hoped thak. all, be they .cenee.e.
exporting to ,Australin:, Great Britain, and
theUnited Sw
Fatea; anted no more protec,
times Next from e mainditeturer of knit
geode: was holding bis Oro; thought others
in the same hoe in about the same way.
Another agektilteral implemeot ma,nufac,
turer reported trade routhethe Same as in
former years ; seeking to extend it in the
Lower Previiieee.eand eeniptelnesLal diffi-
enity in sending goods and 0 American
competition ; had no•faith in Conservative
protection. The Wee t letter !vas fromJas.
Noxon, of Inuersoll, Pra esident the Nolt.
on Bi•others 00111MY (ag.
riaultural implement%) This gentleman
yeports lest..yeerea.,,nreefit tweeey-eighe
per ient,
• . ,
After the' eea\cling of these letters,
whieleelicitederneesh oheeringeerle_
,MreCh
ton Went On to slay, ••
It might safely be said geherally that
thethrnadian menufecturees- Were as pros-
perous as three) of aey other country in the'
world. To reseme, of. those twenty-one .
establishments -MX reported, diviclende of-
twerity.per Cent. and tipa arda ; IWO:report-
ed ten per crept:: two that tlieir profits
Were scitisfactUry, and tr'oin what he knew
of them lie believed they exceeded twenty
per cent.- One 'reported profits, nmeh the•
same aa in former years, six profits at from-
_fi to 8 per bent,,prO.profits_reducestas cein%,
pared wltlaurtnin; years, aaAviro only no
dividend He had a statement of the busi-
ness of forty eigbt manufacturing firms in
New•--Ruglund-laaVyear; and was happy to
jay that the exhibit of. the Canadian firm&
wai much- More satisfactory, The New
• nglitild firms represented a capitalof ;$52,-
320,000. Sixteen reperteci lost year no
lese-than six per 'eent,, eight
six per canto', and. but 'seven. ten per cent.,
and upWarffs, What a contrast. I The Ca-
nadian manufaCturers were' highlrprosper-
eusoompared with thofie.of New England.
He had furnished suiliCient satisfactory
proof that his aesertien•as to the soperior
con d Woe Of oer manufacturers and'artisans
valise' or Reformer, will be hcinest Was correct.. He repeated, also; thet. the
Orieingli to lay aside any ferthee "" Pre.-
'distress here had been less and, also the
depreesioe than in the United,States, Eteg-
teetion" viewsthey mey enterteite:— .
deed, and Russia:" • '
. .
• PENCIT-L_P.PPIT$.
• , _ • •
•
Tni removal' ef .the Coenty -Sat of
:ninth to "Oiriton -vvoula be a step
the right: clieeetion..--Parkhgt ,Gazeyee
'Your head is level now. •.
- With rewird to the state of ear industries,
he' had some remarks' to Make.' • At this
'moment, and ler the.last four years, there
was less depression and distress iii CU.fia.ffa•
• than in the States, enjoying all the benefits
of proteatiOn. . Lees also'than in England,
.firitt INK that tkepia.and,Paraclise ef-protec-
tie)), "Russia. We 'were singularly forth,
nate in,this respect as compared with the
• neighbering•nations. ' He had correspond-
ed with a great • many .manufacturers in
.Canacia"Hince..the opening of Parliament,
irrespective of their polities, with respect
to- the _condition of Wolfe hide:Aries:- .fle
had received answers froni a' great inieiy,
fortning: a very satisfactory mass . of evi-
dance as to:the .condition of ' our niannfac-:
•turett. Faun one extensive cotton mill in
the West canie inform:1;0cm that last year
it had earned ten per cent. • He had' twe.,
letters on ' this enbject, 'one Of a terra 're-
specting .Which hi* corresPendent stated
that,he Matte no dividend last year. He-
.liact another letter; stating that the firm it
. spoke for.earned ten per cent, but no
dend was deClarod, the. revenue•beingtpass-•
ed to capital secount to Imy, :inaehinery;
and orders w,ere coming in faster than they
could stipply themi", • The next letter Was.
from au extensive maitufaetniy, with a capi-
tal .0t 18O,000.;$grosdprofite last year, , ten
per dont. ; prespeets of present year 'en-
eoniaging, • His next letter was from an
exeenslye fonnder, with a capital 60180,-.
000, who had made no profits °nth° fixed
capital last year in consequence of a great -
many bad debts ; report beide' coinpetition
too keen, and business already overdone ;
1 that the.protectiori-he had enjoyed had ac-
tually stimulated this industry,. which was
therefore. overdone. The nett I lei ws
I
from an exteneiveevioollen mant. actory ;
they reported that the depression had af-
feeted their business unfavorably, and that
there e was no prospect Of immediate -iin-
provement ; profits mi eepital lagt yearsix
per cent. He (Mr. ()beaten) had noticed
the remarkable fact that fhen our menu-
. lecturers earned no higher tha.n a medium
rate Of Interest they thought thsir affairs
in a ruinous condition. A repoyt. fretn a
•
" That the Speaker do leave the ehair,
but that it be resolved that this House
is of opinion that the welfare of Canada
requires the adoption of a national po-
licy which, by a judicious re -adjustment
of-the-tariffe-willeheneat and foster the
agekultural, the mining, thiiiiilfLii
turing, and other interests (if the Do
rainioni That ouch a policy Will retain
in Canada thousands of Mir felloev-coun
trymen now obliged to expatriate theni
selvee in searelt of employment denied
them at bome--will restore proepetity
to our struggling industries, now se
sadly depreased-,-will preveni.t Canada
from being made a saerifice market—
will eneourage and devote') • an :active
inter.,Provincial trade—and moving (as
it ought to do) in, the direction of red-
procity of tariffs with ,Our neighbOrs, SO
far as the varied interests of Canada
may demand will greatly tend to pro,.
cure for this country eventually a reel,
pro:icily, of trade,",
hoisery establishment, in the West,ffeelared
too much home competition and business
overdone; the writer believed a revenue
tariff the true policy ; profits last year six
per cent., very much cut down by bad debts;
proapeeta the present year fair t� god.
managers of all snob enterteininents in.
future, that tlaev send • complimentary
tiekets to this office, if they have a de-
sire to see, a report in the paper. If„we
receive no tickets, we shall, if we think
plioper, write ao report Aleut' such infor-
matien as we may be Able to obtain,
and shall not accept a report from any
person unless we request it. ,
OTTAWA Topics.
—On Saturday last Sir John Macdon-
ald told asepporter of bis that be and
Tupper should certainly be eancli.;
dates for the constitemicies they now
PindertaijT
that at the 'recent Opposttioti 'Milieus, in
• Ottawa,- it, was definitely- deeidedete
•feet, a thaege in the leatte,rshite Ofbhe
party before the generel elections, • - .
ee-Sitysn borrespondOnFiL-4It is quite
evident the Opposition are doing their'
utmost to retard bnsiness. In the Pub-,
lie ..keeounts'ecurrmittee.,-Orr'Tsoncething-
being said that it was thisirable to bring
the,session to a elose as soon as possible,
_Mie,Mitehelleepoltelipecuidesiiid.‘'.Npre
you. don't; you won't have so short a
session as yo e think." 'It' is now stated
that the Opposition ha -v� elecided te
keep Parliament sitting lour menitts,
one of which ended on Thursday."
--eAn Ottavla correspondent writes as
follows :—It is stilted that. Tom Daly
•was. nominated 14 :the Veneervatives
NorthePerth simply.because he told them
-that he would run eilyeetty, mbether, hci
,was chosen -to do so or riot. - Mr. Mon-
teith denies that,lie will:withdraw from
the Ridine. And feels -Very bitter atthe
attempt to throw hine overboard. and
resist it, ' Mr. Daly's baek=clown
in. Centre Torento several years age,
when he Wee brought out by the-Leaf/0
against .John Maecionald, will aot he for-
• gotten, and it is not amlikely he" will,
again proye a fizzle. '
TRE • CODSOrVatiVOS of .Lennox have
selected 'the Hon. W.; Macdougall as
their eandidate to oppose Hon. R. Cart-
wright; tit.the next eleCtien: = The Hon.
• William" has it with so many disap-
pointments in this life, that he will be
somewhat prep:tett .for the 'disaPpoint,'
nient in store ler hire if ICC -Consents to
run in that Constituency: ;
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•
. ConeEeemenENe of the London Free,
makes the following very pertinent ,
retuark, end one Which shotild beeret,9'
in.mind by all.,concernecle---
The next communication was from an ex-
tensive foundry. Trade last year very good;
profits eight per cent. ; did not .anticipate
any great increase, of profit a i'ViEyear,
so frorn,perhaps the most 'extensive seviing
machine teetory in the Dominion. Small
improvement:4 so far in 1878 ; not running
full time '; had"tO be satisfied with interest
on investments.; waut reoiprocity. From
an exten si ve m an u fact 1.1 ter of carriagegoods:
Business fairly remunotoative last year ;
presets of increased business this. year ;
wohld like a duty of twenty per cent.
From the most extensile concern in .the
West : 'Hardly an great profits last year as
might have been realized on capital by
-loaning on notes and mertgages. From an
agricultural implement manuffitturer : re-
ports last ten months' business very good,
exportieg to Great Britain, Germany, Alia-
1r/dirt:an. ,41.Africa,. satewing_machine
manufactuter toeing three -tot -tabs time,
profits last year reduced, want free trade
in brass, iron, and other raw inateeiale.
From a veil, ettetisive iniplernent manufae-
turer iii the West: did a larger and more
profitable buainees than ever before, ex
-
peen: to increase it this year; profits aatist
fatitoeyeevauted no more protection ; dutiea
more proteetive now than in I 809-7071,
and. '72. Prom a large foundry in the
West : business improving ; profits list
year 20 per cent, : too much home eetnpe-
tition. Another letter from an agricultural
implement manufeettiree in the %Vest : ma-
king every year 1,500 reapers, businets'ine
(*easing, profite lad year 23 per cant, ;
move -protection wonld damage buaineale
Another western manufacturer wrote busi-
ness increasing rapidly, exporting 400 Ma-
chines: profits last year 20 per cent, ses
• •
• " It' might not be amiss to suggest
that places dedicated to the worship of
God tire not the most appeopriate for
-
either concerts,. lectures .or total absti-
nence meetings."
ItEeEnnizeet to. Mr. Barthe's new In-
solvent Act, mew before the Howie, the
'Mentreal Star makes" the following. per-
tinent remark
e. The law sbOtild provide that all inset;
vents pay at 'least 75 per 'sent. of their
debts, and that Until they do so it would
be unlawful for. them to enterinto busi-
ness. This would have a salutaryeeffeot
in tnaking tradet's more ealefful.
WE don't expect our Conservative
friends to pay us -for the insertion of the
following advertisement, but Will pub-
lish it for the benefit of that elan of our
readers who are interested in the gath-
ering, and that they may govern -them-
selves accordingly'
A Special Meeting of the Libeeal (Jon-
servative Association of the South Ride
lug pf Huron will he herd in Brueefield,
on Thursday, March 21st., at Twelve
O'Clock, Noon; for the purpose of se-
lecting candidates for the, next elections
for the House of Commons and Legisla-
tive Assembly of Ontario. •
To -day a sovereign rules by the grace
of the people, whose choice he J,. and
by means of the support which the
Throne acquires from the consent of
the governed, as illustrated by the ac-
tion of their parliementary repreeenta-
tins. .e •
•
We clip the above front the London
-Pro Pros, being-- part of an antelt-
on the Quebec ministerial crisis, which
smacks soMewhat of repub1ic:1,111.0o, and
notealtogether in keeping With its pro-
fessed *Conservative principles, We'
think tVe time has arrived when that
paper, at least, should change its Political
cognomen, ,and dub itself a "Democrat,"
and go in, for an electiVe Governor and
upper 'house, and then it woad no long-
er be sailing under false totem.
In publishing the 'report of en enter-
tainment, the Viciter Times of last week
makes the lb -flaring praetical appendura,
sales, 40 on eapttal. Ancither implement and one which will eqUallye apply to
manufacturer expected; to do double the
other plifees:
-'1`lit above report has been handed to
usbY a friend, with a request for its
nitbikation. In thiginstance we cheer-;
fully comply, but would Suggest to the
—Saye' en Ottawa :correspondent :•-•
Notwithstanding the sneers from. the
.organs Atethe -statement-- that -Sir. John
is to' eatiee from 'the ...leadership of the
Conservative, party, the, beliefthet eueb
is the fact is gredmilly gaining gyound,
It is geld on Very good au thoeity that
the private understanding 'o�tweenblrn-
scif and the Other leadeye. is that every
effort shall be maile. 'to restore him .to
'pewee, so 'that he -May be, as it were,
ostensibly rehabilitated as 4o. his politi-
eareheraCter and go to England and, as-
sert his right, after bitter eepentaoate to
be Worn in RS Privy' Cmincillor.
Canadian News Itelnil•
,
Mr. 'Joseph Locke, el Matilda, recent-
ly cat a tree evbielt contained 8,090 feet'
of okay lumber.
Voting en the Dunkin .Act in Hall-
berton, on Saturday, resulted in a ma-
jority of four in favor of the Act
Wharfage has been seoured at itifefi,
1
treal for a new line of sterner § between
diet city and Glasgow,' -
Thirty-six failures wel'e reported in
1$V.:08:::54.01._d_nii,n,.g When:ivy: the.
ties being $3,935,290e. end the, emote,
-During-a party disturbance at Moo-
treal, en Tuesdaynight, fire -arms were
freelyelesedel Severa),. persons, were •
°re or
siees'n.-ireldrel
held d :it Montreal 'on
Tuesday night for the purpose Of pro- •
uniting the emigratioe , of '411011100yea
Warking,ruen to Manitoba,
The Hamilton ,Police Magistrate has
raised the fine for drunkenness to , 1
-hopingehretirieemelinee eh—deerease
number while increasing the city funde.
An Orange and Geeen riot took place
ine-Montreal hist c4untlay night. • Two
men were stabbed,but their wounds
are not dangerous. Three arrests were
melte. , ,
It is stated from Washington . that a
Canadian saw-MillisTuffilling.a eontiedt
on the Canadian Pacific railway.. by . •
means of timber etble from American
soil";
, • -
One night last week. the house Of .Mio..
McGregor-' Kerwood; was entered and
relieved ofa eodeiclerable sum of money,
variouelyHneined from sik to fifteen '
-hundred dollars; ' •
.. Horsemen in Hamilton are *ruled ,
at the seppeare.nce of the epizootic, a
painful and dontagious disease, whirch
made much havoc among the horses in
this country some time, ago: • :
_Mr. T.4; Xfulitete Reeve, of _ITshorne
litte sold bis entire bore,-" Pride ofTlive
ion?' to Messrs. Makin & Fisher, which
theY,Peiekeee tra,volling
Illinois during the corning Seeson,
R. 'McDowell and wife, E. 'McDowell
and wife, a lady friend, and J. Wilson,
a1jof Waivanosli„ :took the etrain frcen
Blyili stStion on Wednesday Morning, • .
direct for Iowa, where they intend to
settler
—It ie not Often thatParliamentary'.
•debateti are relieved by theexhibition of
such. readywit. as that shown a- few
evereinge age At Ottawa, duiug th P. e
..
when Mr. Mitchell was boring the ffouse
withe lone:speech on the subject of the
expenses - of the GoVernot-general in
Beitish Colunibia. Several slier') mi.:
.
countees had aireedy taken 'piece lee-'
tween the speaker and other members,
• and the 'member. for Northumberland
was becoming ,somewhat testy: •After'
one Or several interruptioni he called
"Mit sharply ACIOSS' the floor: Who
Was it that bra) �d and e the atewee,
"It was only an echo," promptly given,
was greeted with a buret of cheers and
laughter, , • • '
business of 1877" this year,wanted no more
protection ; profits on dapital laSt year not
less than twenty por cent. From another
implement manufacturer_in the_Weetebusie
ness twenty pifr cord, greater than over be-
fore, and rapidly inoteasing ; profits good;
—Here is a speeimen of how thiuge
go on 'at Ottawa :—Those of the Oppo-
sition who -were not jumping up and
down to interpose points of order =need
themseivespelting each other with -paper
wads. .A. huge fool's cap made of -color-
ed paper was construoted by another of
the patriots on. the Opposition benches
and planted on the head of Robitailie,
who serenely slept in his seat in. the
Middle -of the War of Words ping on and
the laughter of those who took advan-
tage of his obliviousness to make a guy
ofhitn, and yet these ithinud Antics, and
hoe'ridiculousdisCusiions of . points 'of :
order of the tweedleclune•and tWeedledee
deticription lere• set forth in. the Oppo-
sition organs as the noble, and patriotic
efforts of the patty to resist the "op-
pressions of' a tyrannical majority."
e --Considerable amusement ,is created,
by the joke diet the Conservative party
in Ontario and Quebec is really managed
by the politleal 'editors of the Toronto
Mail and the 11Iontre4 Gazette. When
the committees are in.session and efforts
are being made to fish for, scandals im-
plicating the Government; those gentle-
men sit in the rear dello) room and pull
the wires by sending notes containing
-orderseandeinstruotions to. sueli .celebre,
ties Its Plumb, Dotirville, "Angevin and
Bowe% and these hop up and hob eround
as the working wires are jerked. Tide
was 'particularly made manifest last
Thursolay, when the attempt was made
t� imply Suspicion with regard to Mr,.
Nixon, Purveyor to the Pacific Railway.
No one seemed to have courage enough
to:emelt° a charge, and it was hoped. Mr.
Mackenzie 'would, therefore, refuse an
investigation, 80 that a howl might be
raised that he was afraid of some aloe -
sures and. tOok advantage of. a predict)
that, in this applkation, should have no
more weight than a mere technicality.
When the House f in Session, notes,
Winks and nods are exchanged freely be-
tiveiirlhose who sit on the Conservative
benehes,Including Sir John and the Con-
servative wine of the gallery Where these
editors have atieped to themselves seats
so that they may with more ease overseo.
the' party, . and watch the' executions , of
their ordeta,
.10e.
Recently$2,000, pf book :debts be-
longieg to an insolvent :store .estate 'at •'
Erin were sold for, $75, ft *Guelph man
being the purchaser. .The' sameparty
Wight the book- debts of -a
firm abont $1,000' for less than ten
per cent of them face Value.
Mrs., MeCoY, eflIlerritton; wasfound
dead in the fielkhour :her' houee'on
Tuesday,. • 'She had been,•intaieated
the night before, and was locked in the'
h,ouee by a eieighber to:pre-vent her.gete
tine' more liquor ,•• but thepeor worean " .
broke through %the wilidove, and wee.
found as stated next- morning. ••
'Rev." lir. Fraser, who has spent five
years as a reissionaty in China.'addreste
ed a' large meeting in -St. Andrews • .
church,. London, on Wednesday. Be
eidd that:Able:high the' people, bete, knew
little of the Chinese, they would soon
haveenough of there, as they were end...,
grating in. lerge numbers. •
On Saturday afternoon, white sonie
men -were preparing dynamite, cartridges
for blaeting at 1VIr. John Riordon'e pulp
mills, in. Merritten, twelve ' cartridges e
exploded, killing instantly J. Sammen, ,
foreman of the Mill, .and severelyeand e
probably fatally.wounding a man named
These Madill. o A by Mimed O'Neill
was also. seaortely, injored. Sainniort
was 'a steady, industrions man,
A report comes from Ottawa that
there is a probability' thatthose detect-.
ed Adulterating food; drags; Paris greet),
&c, Wili be prosecuted. It :is also:in-
timated that a Toronto apothecary who: '
has been paying 32 cents per lb. ler
Petrie green by wholesale has been re-
tailing it at 25 cents per lb. -4A, nice
way to make a . peofit.1--backwards ;
butas the pure _article was liberally
adeltereted with an inferiee and cheaper
article, the profits nuty have amounted •
to a handsome sem
-4,
The boiler in lile new saw -mill' be-
lopking to Thomas Robineon, Newbury,
exploded Shortly before eiglit o'clock ore -
Thursday morning With sucli violence
is to shake the earth for niiies irottrid,
shattering the building and ma.thinery
to fragmente. Portions of the mitehin-
ay vac litirltd-a-ilistance -tvfo-h-tifi-
dred yards: There were °illy two men
in the mill at the time of the •exifiosiee,
Alexander'Ring, head stover, and. Geo':
Harris, ,firernan. They were conipletee
ly buried in the debris. When taiga
out they were in a, mangled condition,
and were. thought to be deed, but medi-
cal aid being procured they rallied, but
King had intellect steam 'be such an
ten that that death put an end to his Suffer -
live an hour from the tiine.Of the acei-
dent Harris is gradually improving,
and every hopepf hi reeovery is enter-
tained. Mr. 1-10hinsmi sustains a heavy
loss of $O,000 by the aceident, and hes -
no insurance.
Sale Register.
.Farin`8tock,'&c., of James Dobbl, lot 20, con.
1, East Wawanoeh, de the 25th insa. Jet.
Hatvson, mule
• NW IraellsilsTED1000.13S, at Gra
Ounninglatmeo.