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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-05-02, Page 40 • NEW 'ADVERTISEMENTS, Suite—J. i G roy. Plants—T. Thomas, • Tailoring—S. Croueln, Good News—S. Davis, T, Sewell, Card —Mason & liudsou, Furnishines—T, jackson. e'rVines-eO, Ridout, „. •Ifouse tor • S.ale--ff. ITale, • PAAtare—Stapleton Salt •Works, Reese Furnishing—J. .A. Vnill, ' -a: Vilna yaoie. 011'48 Of E11,41LYN NEW PIA:\ Jimy .bo 11101 vie nook . 801'0Q Wpm's. $as.. A. VAin nita a. A. Nullvg AThert.,Street. Pttoti 0 (1011.1;1)6r eepy. • -..-(41011 OFFICIAL PAPER COUgDir. THURSDAY, MAY. 2, 178 ' :THE EASTERN .QUEOTION. rEaS, 'flies aro pitying on the market Isere this -week, 63 centsper bushel for Peas. Core is qitoted the States at 40 to 45 cents per 'bushel. It can be laid down here for. ebont 61 gents per bush- el, and a 'Mabel of corn will go as far, If net further„forsteesling„purpesee,than a besliel of peas. To sell the one and buy the other is ji:elear gain of 10 cesits per bushel to the fernier. • To foeter the iaterests- of agrigulture the protectionists Siiftliiiew ay ofInakiiig" rn onef iffit be permitted ;.a duty7i;rtust"". be put On corns end thus iweyent its introanction, compelling: the farmer to feed hi, pe.as, or, go without fat bogs br welt fed . beef,' and 41so leas:pipe by eoneiderable ,tiitetint, 6: freight roli.eumiof our 'rail- ways. • We defy any adirooate of protec- tion to show, in any (Mee:articular, any benefit that Nr41(.1 tic!rue to the country through tho adoption of that principle. The more the'subject is ventilated the more it VAR be found that proteetion ir opposed t the hest inteipsts of the eouns trY• and contrary to all establiebed ideas Of oommen Sense. It would tietnally be rt relief feom feeling of suspense. if war was •declared between. Russia end England. :Almost every other day the news comes that. the crisis has reached finch a point that war is inevitable', and that befoie twenty-forir hours' expire frietnal. gestilities commenced, and then follows A i'epArb". :more moderate in.ton. It is true that England is making all the preparations tbdt would be siecessery if she were go • ing to• war, taerwe think we must infer from this that •the English ministry, who aye sepposed:to be :toting:from a thm-ough •knowledge Of all the Circumstances, and \Vial a dile regard to the interestt of the •'country,' see rio hope, of a :settlement of the difficelties but by the arbitrament •of the sword. Itis said that native troops are being sent from. India, and as -they ere Hussulmen wemay expect to see,•if war does.break out,,serne sangtii- nary wot*„ foi the feelings of the_ -Mo. hamcdans f Liditi 1iaa:13, been'. Wren& up to a. bigh state agairpriesans. •'.SrotWithetanding thelening .as- speet of the politica horizon* the East, etilimot'ye't but belieN.e thet. waI.ill • be avoided; .Apparently there i$ n� par- •ticelar reason for it, except the send- .—. 3nent-thab--Iiussit 3Sgainieg MilitittY- • prestige _superior to that of Britain, which the latter, May consider inimical to her intercatsin Bulb, and the former believing bot destiny. to:be the conquor. ors of Tarkey end the possessors ef Con - gentiles*. • Itis to he feared .the ne- ' tieing pride of li-oth will impel, them.for- ward till, at ...tome One or other, a bilisody struggle will be the reStilt;. • Rumors aro afloat 'that preparations me being made in the United °States to fit ont privateers, t� make •seizures o • English vessels. If welt did eomis, and privateers launched open the ocean; they would most eeitainly be deelt, with tte pirates. • NOMINATION Or nit. :OA:UN. -By a brief report in enother colutnn it will be seen that Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, has born nominated to contest the forthcomieg eiectsion, to represent the North Riding of Heron in the House of Commons. • That he will, if elected, be a member evetyway well quelified to iepresent :inch sts. htege rind 'respectable • ssoestituency,: as North Huron we think ne one will deny. An..;eld resident of •the riding, one who has taken an inter- - cst and a part in all that tended • to its • prosperity, for meny years back. A:3 a politician his views are broad and cern- ehetii,ivo, ever keeping in 'view the • proeperityand happiness of the country and people, andhe only identifies self with. the Reform party because • Ito sees that the course advieeited by it is in strict aecordance- with and gocia jedgmeet. It le to be: hoped .that • every one Who desires that the et:lab:11 of the affairs of this comities shall be in. good bands wii give him their sup- port 'and influenee. TIIII Wats.. • ,IN •reply to Mr. Greenvky, a few days since, • Hon. Mr. Huntington stated that,tlamaild would commence being cattiest over the tendons listron and. Bruce from tlie lst of July next, This is as Step that will meet with the approNal"of a1iparties and' partictilarly: itsiitess men. •• PENOIL POINTS • • A ToioNTO - Man, • with 'apparently lot( of time, and littlo brains,: is .going to try. Min walk ,areend the world, the distance 25,000 similes, in two years. Even it he Sucaeeds it vxI1 be no more. good than ib •wonld to train an elephant to Stand upon its head. t• ritiE OLINION. NEW 141,A• I POT irrit i voir; LAT IL, E. CI4-011 411tVIULAII. tIFFTINGS I . ' AA I AA •Frmu tho 1.1.4dEaY PC*. We enieyea the favQ, or receiving I 9013SERVATIVE 0011 A. large meeting of delegates ap,Sern bled at Dungannon, on. Wednesday, for pur- pose of nominating a candidate for the looal House,in the Conservative intaest, for the West Riding of Huron, The following.- gentlemen were prfmotsed; MOsers. B. L, Doyle, F. W. Johnston, 0. Crabb and EL W. Ball, Goderich ; Banl-iddress from each of the nominees w. a wtiloliossit ; Jyity„tJ they alle'etired in favor of the last gentleineti, Mr, Kelly is •thus the Stand:: ard bearei for; thitt riding -Inv the local asset') hiy. He is not . the one ' that would liave been chosen, by any means, irpre sure had not been bre:tight to beat upon the party in the shape of certain cent*, gent respits .tho.‘ycnia &new, inimical to the• interests of the Party; if he° wasi not the nominee. . Under these eircutiF stances theemmination is net flettering' to either party ; 111y. Kelly knowing full well that if they could have deue as well without him 48 with him, his quali- fication and fitness for the poktiOn ,would not: have been recognized for a moment, and the party feeling like a skis youth who hes, got to wallow a bitter pill. It was scarcely wortgrwhile for the delegates to have taken the trotble to assothable, .as. the ,noininee , was a "foreg'one'conoltieicee and Wnfiti Well known to.he Such. : lest Saturday the subjoined circular,aa„ dressed " Canadian l'eat, Lindsay," dila Preceed at once to share it .with the public. The whole production has the real Clee flavah, great, caligraphy, en- velope and oireular showing that it slid notsemunate- sfrsim- an OrditiarY place, Therel ate some notable things in the circular, but it speaks ao well for itself that we reserve comment and givelt forth to the world in its native city. It is an exad copy, even to'the -beld:fiteeiftype by which Special emplut, siS isglen „to a phrate. . Our readers will ...understands that what • in Perna- silent:try reports is called ait. ironical hear,. hear," is, to be said after the ."haPe,". expressed in the concluding Hue, by these means' to achieve a inefority. in Ontario; • ' TWO thonsendcotton operatives die out of work at Pall River - Mass • by the stoppage of:the Border Clity and Sagamme • - Mistake somewhere. Thojlfailinues that under .protection. workingmen never get 'out of eMploytneeI,, but here it annonnee$ there aretwO thousand in (me plade. " *This •is an anomaly; that to• quires considerable ehicidation. ; CoNSeityKrive pepers,. in 'trill:1g to make a point against the free trede poli- cy of the ,c4Overriment; take glieat de- light in stating' thet the • imparti.:14to Canada from' the States amountedto , a certain amount, .and go On to shy that if fiir,•John were in pewer this *mild not be , the. ' CAS°, . _They intentiOnally neglect, boweVer,. tO • tell ibeir „leaders that oue exports to the States, in almost every:eases-greatly exesked -the imperts: • Tim ' Government Engineer; Mr. Kingsford, cannet :Visit the ;barbexs! along the UT/ 'AS be did last , week, in .hie official capacity, wittiota' 'OA' SerVatiVC papersinsinuating that his mission is A. political:ono, Even if son out on such e mission, he IS hardly one that would put foeth• very great efforts on their behalf, as lie was appointed by Sir John A.., and is, ‘‘ye believe, an out:- len:I-out Ceatservatiyo, •. •• , 'Now.,that Mr. D, 1. ii, Rine • has been eletteed of the courts, it is an nounced: as his:- intention to sue al papers for libel thet coinmented un favorably oa his case.We ' have no ilea of his doing this, as to is a news paPee main and sisnows the • difficulty of obtaining a' verdict by the plaintiff. Libel suits 4tgitinst newspapers,, no • matter bywhoin brought And undm what circumstances, rarely amount...to much, wad, indeed, it not unfreqUently turns out that the peaty suing for li. bql leaves court in a woise plight than When lie entered it •• ''s Three • large • intteufacturing capons - tions At Fall River, Massacimeettt, have • come to finaneial wreck through the enormous defalcations of two treastuers. 'We scarcely expect to look at an Amor!. •can paper now -a -days without seeing in • the telegraphie column$ the news of seine President, collier, or treasurer hating "defaulted" to the am nit •of thousands of dollars'and the pluton • prevails that others lmsidos the treasur- ers are to blame. Necessity Will, no doubt, shortly 'Three our • neiglihors to a revolution in therwers and privileges of directors.---Maik •s • As these same directors, corrdptly disbursed a largo ant int . of moneys. itt getting a high proteetiV• tity on for, eignimpettatipta lef,fabripti t t, Would •corepete.viiith.lhe4:104;:it to be wons dered at -that timi :theuld approPriate funtle, belonginilo 'flsecerporittione with Winch they are connected, to their.' Oen use In fact, the syliole eystein of pro. ,teetion;isidensora ising itt itstenclenty, and if ' it; ,iiere ever to gain, tratelt .0444th:in this•counirtsIVAii0glzt OkPeOt to`see similar-defaleatione." , . . ' • UNrrEn EluTntl: drAls, •'rot.iieto, April 17, 1878 f Mr DEAR S1R,-4 woad desire to pull your attention • to the fact that the del° between this este and the 15th Of May will be the mostimportarit in the Election - Campaign, and that many constituencies will be lest or VIrilf; by the memoir, in:which tne voters' list of 1877 will be atteniled to and revised. , Any elector has, until the lfith proxinso, liberty te appeal to, add, alter, or strike off the name of 'any 'voter on the lists of 1877.. • The. form of r.appeal is similar to that used tincrei the Voters' Lists Act, arid • the appeal must be given •tethe clerk of thci 113Unibilifilibk Some' thno before "mid: night on -the 15th day of -May, • .The chairman of Bab -divisions ahould see thata list of all ewe that can, possiblybe appealed is handed in to the •Viee,Pretii,• dent of the township some daya befors that date, as it will require some Utile time to prepare the appeals in legal form. .• Whenever a Gsit tenant has left the mu- nicipality, appeel to have his name' struck • Whenover a Grit oWner of lhnd:,-has sold 'the land and left the: electoral 'division, have his name oft' and that of the presot owner on, if he is a; Censervative• . Whenever you have reason to believe that a Grit is clown as the miner, tenant, 'or ocenpant!,* and that he is pot tip bona 'fide OWner„ tenant, Or ocoupant„ appeal to strtite hint off. . 'Whenever a Grit -is dead have his narec • struck off the list, for their party. have it wa3 of resurrecting, thein at eleetion thnes. Whenever a Grit farmer's son is under age, or was wider. age at the' time of the IRA final -revision of the assessment roll, Or • was absent frotn home for inore than four months out of the twelve preceding the last final revision Of" the roll, strike him off. Whenever A Grit is asseseed.. too high ,ivith the objebt of giving, hint a vote, ap-- :now. 2, 1878, hopefully into tho. work and won:the ses•COTEetra/M/SF A70.m, confidence of hie party, 'their success 1 I it is worthy of noto. that just as all would be ensued. Be had 'sat in the • the ferniera in the. House *owl the Howie with Mr. 'Farrow for twn years, and had tbe opNrtunity of seeing his worth. lie had 10 pezsonal feeling against that gentlemen, but he WAS sa- tisfied that Mr. Farrow—the " Oonser, vative sposter" of North:Huron, as be was valled.•-•-- wss-not' fitted t6 represent se intellieent a constituency. It would be a; disgrace to the Reformers if they - could not defeat him this election. Mr, Cameron referred to. the efforts of the Opposition to injure the Government by :their misrepresentations of the .steel reibf and Robing' hotel. purthaseS, ' the isstrainistiqua harbor and other affairs. In these eflorts they had failed utterly, and only convinced readiug, and gent COnservatives Of thetintegrity °Ube present administration; -The Opposition was ever endeavoring to work up a scan- dal against the Reform Government that would cap the Pacific scandal, but with- ont,success. -Tne 'slime of that shatneftul. affair stuck to 'anti party.still, and new and equally shanieful—in their measure —affairs were coming :to light to evi- donee thescorruption of Sir John and his Government. The Northern Rail- way and Moylan affairswere only items in the velem,e of evidende. . 'REFORM CONVENTION. • On Thursday iast a Reforni -Conven- tion.fer the North Riding of Huron, was held At Winghatn, all the iminicinalities, • in thOxiding sendinsestbeir fell quota of. delegates. The first businest transadted WO the election of offiders, widen resulted in Mis P. Fisher, of Winenein; ben% cho- sen Prwsident ; A. L. %Gibson,. of Wroxeter, first Vrce.-Pree., second Tip- pres., Mr. W. Maliongh, Dungannon, Sec., J. A Morton, Wingliani;. •Treas., rI.Robt..Clurrie EastsWawaitosh.' The Jobe. Leckie; Req..; . C. Cameron ollow ing candidates' were then propeeed: Esq., Q. p.. Dr, $loan.; • Blyth; -Janes Somerville, ?Esq., Of Lueknow,;' .T. Gib- son, Esq., M. P. P.; Biumielos end QA1. ROSS,Eq.., M. P. P., Godericb, • The following brief speeches, Whieh we are indebtetn the !.Vene•i for, Were then .delivered • • '1111.e. 'JOHN 14o1IE said that since the. last .election he 41ad every. reason .:to. believe thAt a•change „Of .sentinicat had fakenir lace itt the constituency,:infever' of the Reforms .Cause. He - had •ex- erected''that be 'tvciuld be neminated,. but for some time past • ho':. hen. • told 'ninny of Ins friends -that ; ho did .not. Wish to stand. He hoped some opt: • else Would be the choiee Of the meet- ing: 'The Conservatives would' ruse everyaneans, to gain, the election, and he ' hoped the ,Refoernera would work. herd. • He would give the candidate liis licarty Rapport, , Dit.SsioaN taidtha i'hen he looked UPon the intelligeet end large gathering nefori3 him he felt that!he was upon his trial. .1-16 had no desire for the nomi- natio() bat would work nerd for sne• cosa, if nominated, or would work equal - le bard for tito candidate whoeVer.hc was. Foe a Short time past his pro- fession had so ()coupled. bis . attention that he could net give the attention to political affairs that heused to ; • but, thongh.not a prejudiced Reformer, :be had all confidence in the present ad- ministration and the leadership of Ron. A. Mackenzie, no saw that the Con- seeVatiVes had brought 'opt the protec- tion bobbY astlieir political cry, • This principle was exploded. When. 'Sir Robert Peel adopted it in England, he did so not as a correct principle or government but to meet am exigency.— In the same way the United States; after the "war, applied the principle to replenish its coffers Mid to meet the pe- .culiar-exigonciet of the times ; and in Canada it had been adopted,...in a limit. ea iviv) for the sante reason,. -Mit, M.. C. OAXEI1ON Wri.3 received with cheere. Ile saki, that when he lohked listen stteh 4' large' gethering of tbe influential yeomen Awl representa- tive Men of the. North Riding, As that be. fore him,' he waseettisfied that the Re- formers would coine out victorious in the coining 'election, He had heard it said that do Pang was thoroaghly Conservative, but jolting by the record in past eiedtions the Conaorvative rna- jority Was decreasing, And the iiscreased popularity of Reform prineiplea was such as to warrant theeinticipation of success. The RefOrtreparty never steed better in the country than it does to -day, and he was surethat any Refoem candidate would poll 200 'per cent more votes thatt 'they would,tive,yearS ago. Every day the liottsetviiS in. session added to the poptiliti ity of the present administration, for -the eettntry aves the more convinced that the RefOrm menthersavere the most lionesi, intelligent and respectable. Itt 1871 the epeaker had been beaten by over 200 *tee, through the, shameful gerrymandering of the Huron constitu- enelee by Sir Min, but in the following yearseby a deterinined effort—they re- versed the verdict and 'carried' the ebn- stitueney by a majority ot 84. If the Iteferemrs went into the contest in North Huron with equal deterinination, and •- • Whenever a Conservative has bought land Or Vented property before the last ft- • nel revision and his name is not down,.ap- peal to have bim an. ' • Whenever- the nanuir of a Conservative farmer's son is left off, appeal to have him on,,if his father is sufficiently aasessed; and the eon is twenty-one years bf age. Whenever the name of a Couservative tenant is omitted appeal, (Whore land is assessed at two hundred dollars, and -is ranted, tbe owner and tenant both have the right to been the FAO • Whenever the name of's, Coniertratitie -voter isincerrectly down, or hie property incorrectly stated, or his holding avroagly twoitioned, appeal to have it rectified. 0,4 -friends who hare been appointed in the various sub -divisions to attend to this all-importatit matter, and 'who neglect to do so, areeuilty of -a gross wrong' to the Party, and`'a gross breach of faith to these who are relying upon thein . . The Leaders of the Party desire me to state that .they are convinced our oppo- nents will take advantrge of. the .ctand appeel, notwithstandiug that the list may previously have been revised aid to the strongest 1.131:MEI urea a -similar course ;upon bur Conseivasive friends. • Nor ahould they omit, while el;selyir& vising the Lista of 1877, to attend to the Assessment of 1878, and see that. the As. glossal' does Us justice, for While the Strong probability is: that tho Elections...will take place upon 'the lists of 1877, it is of course poasible that they may be held back until December,' in which event they „will take place on the lists of 1878. It is by -the iudividual week of the mein - hers of the Party that we can hope to eeliieve a Majority in Ontario—I are, dear sir, Your faithful servant, • JOHN A, 1VIA0bONELL, •' Political Agent Conservative Party.. NOVIL—Secreteries of County •Associa, •tions ere requested to report to' me within ten days, precisely what is being done with regard to,this matter in their constituency:. • We give the above:in full, and hope- • that alt its suggestions and •aclvieo will be adopted, In-Kt:meted npon by members of the Reform party as well as the Con- servative. As Reformers only With that which is tight and just to bo donerthey have no objection whatever that every one entitled.to a vote 'thallhavestheir names placed en the list, mid that all names illegally there Aral be erred. Tits; necessity a a close teratiny �f the Voters' Litte was .shown by the rE- Stiffs attained in Torbnto, Sixty-tiio Conservativee were struck off and four- teen Reformers pift on with three svads in, the citryot to be investigated. This eisposure of the fraudulent meaes taken by the Oonservetives to stuff the lists with, bogus votes should rouse More - I\ ers ti: a, sense of 't duty in colokely serntipizing the tolis when they' coitus befe4the judges tor revision- .'• s •, .Thotospression is gaining ground that the Voininion• elections wili not be held before October or*November, .if ' if the candidate entered heartily and Pols Bass was warmly greeted on coining forward. Ile made but a short speech, owing te :the lateness-- of the .hour. • HO referred. to the scandals :whichwere, being brought to light re- lative to the actions of the late Govern- ment, If the Conservatives , genet ally throughout the Country were better ae, quainted with.the„feets in •these allot-- terS they could not,: conscientiOusljr—r and would, net -'-give support to -their party leaders. He had perfect confi- dence 'in the success of the Reform party in the :coming elections, but he would co:m.461 eyery reformer to do hirs7.duty and work hard to Make that suceess: as brilliant it Ono as possible.. • ThOroUgh organization was desirable, end •wes desirable that advantage should be taken of. the opportunity to baye the. voters' listi of 1877,•,giVenby the:recent act of. the Ontiirio •Legislature, altered and corrected...applications this Pinpose shOuld lbe made on or. before the 15th of ,May,tind as it was probable that the lists of 1877 will be uae4 ,for ate Derninion elections; it Was•very de- sirable that this matter should- be at- tended' to, His ,corineetion with the. West Riding was euehthat he was con-. atritsined. to decline the nominattongiv.en hini by the .cenxenti,on. , .'..,,:"f0has.: Gime; Esq,, s :Warden of County, .and ',Wm. Young, Esq.„medest few reinaiki, after which the ballot was taken, • the result being : Sloan,; .45 ; Leckie; 80 ; -Cameron, 8. On motion the nonanation of Dr, Sloan was 'made Unanimous. • UNI0S1.0.0n Of it duty on Agricultural products, .S0 all the utantifecterera itt the liouse • oppesed th�. impesition of , duty on ecial.---gantilten Moe. :The friends of the Government in North Heron should folio* up their nontination a Dr. .Sloau by Active, wiliest work. Apart :altogether from political reasons, it is it disgrace to 'an intelligent'constituetuneto be represent- ed by it et:peaking nonenity like the pre— 'sent Motebersseskoeciea Advarti,ser. It ie Sad tintt whenMr, .Win. Mos, Dongall OAS anewed to • he -elected for the mare, Conservative eonttitneney South &wee, it was expressly stinulab• - •• ed that he should'seek a teet elsewhere in the general elections, The Seven or asset seeme to be it disceureginrans, AA the only offer lei hag had, to far,'lihs beep the rather unliandteme •one. fon • • Lennox;e-Oetatoa Free Press, . ccosding to a report from the Bureau of Stati*Sie.s.in Washington eovefing the • last sixtY, years there has been a remark - 'able .fallingcif in the 17-nited .States; . merchant marine. Li 1826 the per- — centage of thetrade of that or:entry car: tied on by ts own' vesSeli. was 92.5. Since that date it has been deellp,ing, until ia 1877,i t.amounted to only 26 Canada Canada now ranks among the leading • . nations' of the world for its -marine. ACcording to Conseryativeism •we asked to. adopt .the United States pr tective pi:lacy, and thus bring our mer- chant marine slewn as soon as possible,- ; .- 4oadoit Adverti$er ... As it WAS now Within a few minutes of the...time for .the ;deParture of the southern bound train, Dr. Sloan had ' but a few,tninutes• wherein: to- • address elle meeting. He thenked .the conienCon for' the honor cenferrel en him. If the Reformers of North .Huron gave him the supportthat had been' given their previous candidates, he- avoilld bo stire.of success. He would do: hisbest to -win a victory; and ffsupeesSfalyould give a warm support to tiro present ad, ministration, and .endeavor to' • give satisfaction to his senporters In a few days he •Would Meet some of his friends and inake arrangements for -organizing. for the campaige. • OTTAWA TOPICS. ' A. day or two, ago -Mr. Bow:all:attack- ed the Government fin' printing the Minister's budget speech at the public expense'alleging that he bed searched the pnblic accounts in vain to find that any such practice prevailed during the term of the late Administra- tion. This. furnished a nice text for litical sermons on Reform extravagaim and Conservative economy, Mr. Cart- wrig,lit tamed the tables on Mr. Powell by proving' from the public accounts not only that the Budget speeebes ,tvere printed at, the publicexpense in, Sir ,Tolm's Aline, but that the printing of theta cost " annually rntore theft double whet Al% paid by the present Govern- ment The figures offered a.a sample are : In 1472, reporting budgets speech, printines $2,949,06. In 1,873, repertieg, $100 ; printing, $2,750,46. For 1878, the entire cost of publishing the budget, speech was S1,824, These facts speak for themselves; " Iii conversation on Thursday Lord Dufferin, informed a gentleman that • owing to the unusually early date at wInels fishing begins in the Sagundy dis- trict-, he and his family will leave earl,y in May for Quebec, where they will re. side until October, when they will sail for England. Lord Duffeein sloes not expecksto visit. Ottawa after his depar- ture in May, and is ' therefore saying farewell to his friends. The gale of his private effects takes place on the lOtie inst., when Ritleatt•Hall will be tarried °Yee to the Board of Works to be repaired for the new. occupant. Ilit Excellency informedthe Same gentleman, when Asked, if he knew who his succes- sor would be, that he hail heard front the Weiler Office oft 'Tuesday, and that 110 intintation on thitt point was contain - cd in: the despatch. • Canadians who. arc. not satisfied with' their own country, and mbe--bave t. hankering for titans in the west, .would do well to ponder over the reports'of the (treat storm in Tewa. The storms •are by no Means uncommon, and the story of destruction which has Swept ovee'that State is not an exceptionf.d. one. ;* Some plaees the inhabitants have had , to dig boles- in the ground MutroOf thent Over, for nothing, in the Shape of d house: • or barn or fence could stand the violence of the • wind; In other Places forests. have):Peen Swept down like grain before the reaper, and houses have•been blown fromi their found:Ideals-and berried ' sheds ofsy,ards. Many CanadianS, welt- • to-do farmers, have gone through a bit- ter experience in .thosewesterneetintriea, and thestatement§:they make about the: Violence of the Wind and 4be freaks sit - plays With Man, beasts ands propeety ar 'OnnOt. beyond eredibilIty., ut when so.many witnesses speak to the same point we -are bound -to believe that these Western phenomena are realities; and niarvels Of the 'farces of -nature. llidntreal Ski. We have been told a 'thousand times that a tariff like that , of the States ie •sure to give Workingmenconstant ent- Ployment and good wnges; and -secure for .manufacturers largemarkets , and • good business connections. . To the many extractwe have tdreatlY given from States paperstelling of closed work- shops endicile artzans ave notredd the following extracts front ti' letter in :the: New Ydrk Sun, ,referring to Massachn• sdtts industries ItO :the Fall.Rivernainufitetnrers mtist. conduct their business when they are. compelled to cut tkeleages clad?. workpeopp :year after soar—fifteen' per cent. tiithin the' last three weeks. IE. e'P 'Print cloths, the staple •production of Fall • River, have been a drug in the markets for 'three years, becawie the Makers , • over Now Englandhave been ;trying to out etch ether's throats on a failing .. home market, instead of boldly shipping the goods abroad." Their high tariff deers not make them strong monis to cemnote With oven.' free trade England '• - it only makes them strong -enough to'cut , their woPkingnion's wages ; and eaoh othersthroats.—Hcontillon, Dine*, — . Sale Itetrtsfero Priatttrage of the Clinton Show drou ad 'Clan: pany,..a flat tenbury on the 40 inst„ •isereckiuson, Auct. House and -lot, situate on-Ilattenbriry street-, property of T. Ittch, and House and lot ea Mary 8treet, property of ,L A. Nelles, oif • the l8th inst., at 2 p. in. I), Diskinson, Au* •, ---- Iterams.—itt Clinton, on the 29t1i April, the. wife of Robb, Maws, of the Vitt-, Ett.t, cf • a daughter. Pno• seronin.„—.1n Goderich Township, on the 1,Gth April, We wife of Mr. JON. Prootor, of a Lowe. New Westminister, 13, C., on the 28th March, the wife of W.'ll. Lowe,tsq., of II, 111, Customs, (formerly of Clinton) of it daughter, �iris Lbs teAwriinogwfl‘ ,lIfr. 3. lI ouCon,:,racb ntthre2a6ntth b , • :of a son. MARRIED..• • QVISTOPV....11UrSA,--A.t 'left Lomond, Ilan: fornia, on the 28th March, by the i1e W. • Peck, Mr, P. Quistorf. of Pine Plat,Cale to Miss Maggie Burns, formerly of Clinton. Itssositsox---NleKtvents. — Li Seafortb2en 24t1, at the residence of Mr. M. Y. McLean, by the Rev. C. Stewart, Mr: Alex. Irenderson, of Peterboro, to Annie Metean, Meet (laughter of the hate Mr. IsD.sitte. Kenzie/ of sealnield, Oat, I DIED. fiLleienetere.--tAt f,ondesboro, April 21st., after a severe ilinestis of scarlet feve'r Susannah, third daughter at Clemeets, earriege• s maker, aged 4 years and 4 months, Goderieh, oft 26th April, George: Adam, aged 20 years, •