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• 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.
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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,
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