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MARIO LEGISLATURE.
Mounsr, Feb..13.--The Speaker took the
tliair at 3 o'clock. •
The.following petitiOias were presented:
McLaughlin—Of the Grand Division
Sons of Temperance, for the introduction
of ecientific temperance text books into the
common schools.- Also—Of the Grand
Diviaion Sons of Tbmperance, for certain
Amendments to the License Act.
My. Dryden—Of the County Council
Ontario for the clisendowinent of Up
Canada College. • -
Mr. Tooley—Of the Council of London
West, for the passage of the London,Junc-
tion Railway
• Mr. Crooks presented ° a message from
the Lieutenant.Governor transmitting the
'Estimates for the year. • - •
On motion of Mr. Wood the Estimates
were referred to Committee of Supply.
Mr. Pardee presented the third report of
the Committee on Railways, which was.
received.
following private Bills were read a
- second time:
Respectingthe I'rince Edward County
Railway Company.
To incorporate the Manitoulin Island
Railway Company.
To enable the corpora.tion of the town of
Port Hope to incur liability for the,hon-,
•structiou a,nd extension of waterworks and
lor other phrposes. ' •
On motion of 'Mr. Wood the House
resolved itself into Committee, of the Whole
JDn the Bill respecting the sale of lands in
Algoma for Governmentstaxes.
Olathe general:Purport of theBill,
Mr. Meredith said that it was not fair
• that, while 'some had paid their taxes,
others who had not paid should hag° them
remitted. He would like if all were placed
on the same footing; and -have those
amounts already paid refunded. -
Mr Wood said it was almost impossible
to do strict juetiee in all cases, and the
• Government had AO intention of refunding
taxes already paid.
Mr. Meredith thoughtthat the distinction
aravvri was most unfair. ,
• Mr. Pardee asked if it would ndtbe better
to pass a Bill making them all pay. ;
• Mr. Meredith said he would be satisfied
with that. - • ,
Mr. Wood reminded the House that if
the principle of the hon. gentleman was
sseknowledged they would have to refund
taxes to the settlers in all the laack town-
ships.
The Bill woe psi:seed without amend-
ment and the committee rose and
reported.
Mr. Crooks ,moved the adjournment of the
House.
•
The House adjourned at 3.50.
TUESDAY, Feb. 14.—The Speaker took the
chair at 3 o'clock.
TIIE 33UDGET.
Mr. Wood; on rising to move the HOUSO
into Committee of Supply, was received
with loud applause.' He said: Mr. Speaker,
this is the fifth tinae I have had -the honor
as Treasurerl to sabmit the annual financial
statement, and shall not attempt to do
otherwise than to lay before this House as
plainly as it is in my power to do so the
statement of receipts and expenditure of
the year 1881, the, statement of assets
and liabilities as at the 1st of January,
• 1882, and to submit for the 'Consideration
• of hon. members the anticipated receipts
and expenditure for the current year. The
RECEIPTS, EGIt THE 'YEAR 1881
hive; been as follows :•
Subsidy • $1,116,872 80
Specific grant • 80,000 00
Interest, special funds 136,696.62
$1,331,569 42
Crown lands revenue, 992,504 01
Public institutions revenue ,. • 98,782 01
Miscellaneous. ,•
• On account of oduCation revenue... - 31,450 42
Interest on investments..„: 82,156 49
On account of licenses •' 91,604 01
" law stamps • n P7,302'10
Algoma taxes •• 16,25s 56
• assessment 9,053 27
ssimico'farna , • 025.65
" fiord • 51434•
Casual revenue .. . . . . . . .,32,752 50
.. . ..... 82 746 772-98
I may here refer to our receipts from.
the Dominion GovernMent It was under-
stood andagreed at the time of Confedera-
tion that we mere to receive at the rate. of
80 cents Per head 'of the popu'littion, and
that Quebec was to receive a like en:lomat.
A subsequent grant wee • made 'to • this
Province' .of 1680,000,, and to Quebec of
$70,000, the :results being. :that both
Provinces were'paiO-at the rate of 86 cents
per head. Upon what. rule .or, principle
that rate was fixed Ldo not know._ . One
would have supposed that in 'making the
• apportionment the Dominion ,Govern-
ment would have had regard to the popu-,
lotion at tile end'. of every ten years, but
such has net been the case. The result
has been' unsatisfaUtciry to us. We have
inCreasied more rapidly in pepplation than
Quebec, and although we Started ' At
•Confederation with.86 CelIta per head' we
do not occupy the same position. new. We
are now being paid only at the rate of 62
cents per head, although receiVing, a' larger
amount of mohey ; while Quebec is being
paid at- the ..rate of .70 cents per head.
Nova Scotia gets 1378,630 of Derninion
aubsidy, or 86 cente Per head. .
Mr. Meredith -:-On what ceneus are those
figures bowed ?. ' • • •. •:
• Mr. Wood—Onthe ceneus of 1881. New
Brunswick gets $428,009, or 6133 per head;
Manitoba receives 105,653, or 162.13 per
head; British Columbia, incluclingIndians;
gets $208,086, Or $3.46 perbead Prince Ed-
ward Ialand recei'Ves 0154,341, or. $1.41 per.
head. So that so' far as t•he subsidy from
the Dominion Government is concerned, it
would appear that it is workingsanfairlyto
the Province of Ontario. I may say there are
special circumstances -connected with the
. smaller Provinces why they should receive
larger grants, and. tether extent I adniit
that perhaps I ought •riot torefer to the
matter now. "
The assets of the Provhsce are 165,240,988'
and the liabilities $/31,396, leaving a sins;
plus of $4,509,591. • The reeeipte. ,for 1882
are estimated at • $2,848,960, leaving a
surplus over expenditure -of 16'520,515.
',Mr; -Meredith's Oriticismsol the speech
was slargely devoted losthes Treasurer's
reference to the Boundary Award matter..
He accused Mr. Wood of having departed
from hie 'usual scuatom by introducing
politics into his sBudgets Speech, and
repeated the Opposition argaments on thit
subject:Referring to the resolutions passed
during a former ,Seeeiell, in which the
Opposition-hadconcurredelie pleaded that
the.Situation was changedeincethe Parlia-
ment of , Canada; , of ite
undoubted right," decided that they could
not approve of the award. The charges of
" stirring Up, civil Vi,f31' were repeated ;
in fact, SO 1 ar as' the first portion of hi
speech was concerted, it woe little more
than it repetition of hiss utterances during
the earlydays of the session. 'Coming down
to financial hard pan, he olojected tO the
Treasuter's comparisons between the'
situation of Ontario and the other Pro-
vinces, affected island atthe inereasing ex-'
penditares of the Pro,vince, credited the late
-e•S'Sr
Sandfield Macdonald's Government with
the isetabliehment of charitable institutions,
and argued that in order to get a true State-
ment of Ontario's liabilities the annual
payments due to railways ehould be
capitalized. He declared that the OpPoei-
tion was ready for an appeal to the country
and amid frantic applause 'from the Left
defied the Ministry to test public opinion
by advising His Honor to dissolve the
House forthwith..( •.
Hon. Mr. Illosvat showed the inconsis-
tency of the Opposition in the matter of
the Boundary Award and contrasted their
former attitude GS' embodied in the unani-'
-mous resolution of the House to maintain
the " just claims of' the Province" with
:their present readiness, to sacrifice the
interests of the Province at the ;bidding of
their Ottav,va friends: ,Reverting tosthe
Eatimates, he,held.it-sas proof Of the emi-
nently satisfactory inarra.gernent of the
affairs' of the province, that the Opposi-
tion, after it careful Scrutiny of all the,
items ,of expenditure, were Only able
to seiggeet1 a few insignificant details in
which it was poseible to effect any saving,
amountingin all to a feW hundred dollars.
. Mr. Creighton .deprecated the selling of
the timber limits, and tried to make a
grievance out -of the -distribution "of the
charitable, grats which,he asserted, all
went to the cities, while the riiral districts
were neglected. -
Mr. Young enlarged on the increase ' of
prosperity •indicated by the augmented
revenue, and .denied that the 'N. P. had
been anything but a drawback to the lum-
ber. and agricultural industries. .
The report bf the -Agricultural :Commis-
sion was Warialy commended- by Mr.
Waters, who urged an ingreased,distribu-
tion to Meet the pressing demand for it.'
• The House Went. `into Committee of
Supply and a few items were paseedS •
WED.NEIZAY, Feb. 15.—The -Speaker look
the chair at 3 o'clock.- • s:
The following petitions were 'presented
Mr. Blezard—Of the County. Council of
Teterboro', in reference to, agricaltural in-
struction in schools. .
Also—Of the same muniCipalitY, praying
that the income.of Upper Canada College
may be diverted and divided. • ,
Mr. Cook—Of • the Municipality of
Gravenhurst, praying that municipalities
may be enapowered to raise ,useneY for the
purchase of fire • apparatus. .
• 'Also—Of the village of Bracebridge to
the same effect.
Mr. PatteMon—Of the' City, Council, of
• Hamilton, praying that an Act may pose to
incorporate the Northern ,4.4: 'Northwestern
Junction Railway Conapany. -
' Also—Of the NorthernRailway-Company
and the Hamilton & 'Northwestern . Rail-
way Conapany to the same effect.
• Mr: Pardee presented the ',fourth report
of the Committee on Railways. •"
. Mr. Fraser presented the sixth -report of
the Committee on Private Bills.
• Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) moved • for a
return showing the' number of times in
which, -under the Liquor.License Act,the
powers of County Judges :have been eater:.
cised-in, the -matter , Of • (a) revocatien of
licenses inaproperly obtained, and (b) the
investigation of negligeneepf- inspectors.. '-
Mr. Hardy explained the. circumstance
connected: With one single - complaint
received itgaiest an inspector. • •' •
• The motion was carried after discussion.
Mr. Chisholm moved for a return show-
• ing the various kinds of wheat, experi-
mented on at the Agricultural College,
and the countries from which it came. A
small expenditure of money,•the Mover
• said- to be invested in determining the best
quality -of wheat would,e thought, be
well spent. He suggested. .he sending of an
expert to Northern Europe to cellect sam-
ples of the best•spring and falrwheat.
Mr. Graligra concurred.in the remarks of .
the member for Peel, and thought that if
the Government coind 'd.evise some means
f giving a new species of wheat to the•Pro
. .
vince it would be beneficial to the. country
Mr:Creighton moved the second reading
•of it Bill to amend the.Municipal Act. The.
:object of the Bill was, he explamed,to leave
the fixing of the salaries of jailers to the
.County CoanCils Without being subjected to
the revision by the Inspect* of Prisons, as,
•provided at present:in, the Act. 'He read a
letter from the Inspector of 'Prisons to the
Council of Hastings,ponitiii-gThat that the
remuneration given the •jailer- was insuffi-
Merit to retain it oompetent Man, and requir-
ing them to provide a better salary.', ,He
held that • the Councils' should fix the
salaries finally and without interference. "
•, Mr. Wood said he had . as high a respec1..
for tha powersewhich shauld be left in the,
hands of the •C.ouncils• se the hon. mem-
ber. Still', though • net by an of that
Government, that Chamber rest d those
powers in other directions much, re strin-
• gentlysthan 'in thecae of the jailers. He'had
only to refer to school a and •registry offices,
th "show the :fallacy of the position taken
slay the member for North Grey..Regarding
the administration of justice the Govern-
ment were peculiarlY. responsible. Not
only had the Province given 166,000 to each
of the 'jails,/ buttne jail itself could not be
used as suchuntil sanctioned by the.- Croy-
.ernor in Council. In Owen Sound they
paid 16700, and the same BUM in several
• other towns, and it was not too much toesk
the wealthy county of Hastings to give 600.
, (Appla,use.) ' • • - ••
.The discussion was centinued,by Messrs.
Hardy, Merrick, Waters, Morris tt/Iti Bro.
der,When it diviaion was hod on the -motion,
resulting in a party Vote of 21 -yeasa to 50
nays. ' The motion was declared lost.
- Mr. Lyon, in moving the second reading
of the Bill to incorporate the Manitoulin
Island Railway Company; said it would be
•of vast 'benefit ±0 9,000 or 10,000 people on
the island and open up .a rich but unde-
veloped country., ;By the route the Pacific
Railway Company had latterly adopted
that, road would do little' 6owardi3 Settling
-the Wild lands of Algoma.: . •
The I3ill was read a Second time.
• The following Bills wereyassed through
• Committee and reported: „ '
'• Respecting the Wesleyan -Female College
:of Hamilton, Ontario.
. Respecting a certain assessment for local •
inaprovenaents hi the Town of Strathroy.
• Respecting the debenture: debt of the
city of -Guelph. .
.• To amend the Acts relating to the Can-
ada Landed Credit Company. / ,
To separate the township.of East Lather
from the County of • Wellington,, and to
annex the same to the County ef Dufferin.
To enable the Corporation Of the town of
Port Rope. to incur liability for the Can -
&traction and extenSion of waterworks and
flax' other purposes.
The following Bilis •were rood a second
time:'• '
• To amend the Acts relating to the St.
Catharines. Street Railway Company. .
• To amend- the Act' incorporating the
Weetern Univ.ersity of London, Ontario:
. lltr. Fraser, in moving the second read-
ing of the Bill to provide for the crossing of
railways by streets and Online, 'explained
briefly its provisions and scope. It was
made, he t4ahl, as the Railway CrOssinge A.Ct
'�f last aessionha,d been, to apply also to
roads called Dominion reads -if they had
jurisdiction over -them in this matter, but
• not otherwise. This would prevent the
Act from being declared ultra vires. The
Act— gives authority to municipalities. 1 suui tw vv asLungion. '
to pass by-laws for " establielaing, opening,
making, preserving, improving, maintain-
ing, altering, .or ,stopping up, vsithm the
limits of the Municipality, any highway
or public drain through, over, acmes, uncle's,,
along, or „upon the railway and lands of
any railway cempany, and for entering
upon, breaking tips taking or using arty.rland
in any way -neeessory or convenient for the
said purposes; but, Subject to such ternas
and restrictions as are in this Act con-
tained, and provided: always that such
highwayor diaM is, under the provisions of
the Municipal Act, within the jurisdiction
of such Council. • • • ,- 1
-
Mr. Meredith . said that:the 13ill-was no -
doubt very ranch' required in the public
interest. After Some friendly • discussion
on some of the clauses,the-Bill was read a
Be.egd:tiomu'es'e adjourned a
The Ht 5.45.
• Trivasossr, Feb. 16.—The Speaker took
the chair at 3 o'clock: •
The following petitions were pre -Seated':
' Mr. Gibson '(Hainilton)-L,.1 'the' St..
Catharines,' Thorold '& Macadamized Road
Conapa,nyspraying that the Bill respecting
the Niagara Fella Reclamation and Ina,
proven:lent Company may not paps.
Also—Of William Russell and others, .to
the same effect. ' •
. Mr. Patterson—Of. E. :E. Phillips and
others, of Haldimand, praying for, certain
amendments to the Act for the Soleraniza-.
tion of Marriages.
• Alse—Of N..Wardeil.and.others, to the
same effect. • . • •
The following Bills were ,read a third
thise and passed,: ' „ '•
• Respecting the Hawkey° Gold & Silver
Mining Company. •'
Respecting it certain -assessment for -local
• improvements in the -WWII of Strathroy.• ,
' .Respecting the,debenture debt of -the' city
of Guelph. •-•. • •
To enable the COrPOration:of the toWnef
'Port Hope to . incur liability, for the eon -
et -metiers and extension of watervvorke; and
for 'other pitipasee. '
WieoO•movedthe secand reading of,
the -Bill to amend. the .Agriculturitl, and
'Arts Act.- In doing so .he referred to the
'past historyPf the asSociationand to the
recent agitation far its sektinetion. " He
thought •.thosic whe fairer -its extinction
were either dissatisfied with its financial
success or of . opinion that its usefulness
was gene. Itt .tis they seemed t . have
'overlooked the very important Work done
•lay..the association in . the past. 2 The,his-
tory. et the association was very largely
the' history of the 'inaprOvement of agriculs,
tine in the Province. NO , other asSocia-
tiorrhaO approached the position, oceupied.
by the 'Agricultural and Arts 'Association
in advancing the agricultural intereets ,of
the Province. Since 'itsformation - 35'
-exhibitions have 'beep held -under its
auspicesthroughout' the 'Province, and it
had always kept abreast of the tinaes.-
Fr.ont the expenditure of 51,100 ii,t thebegins
nii3g, in prizembneY,tbe anlount had gone up
to 515;000in 1.8-76-g-arei3;000 in 1881. Many
did not consider, the -important work .done
by theassociation outside of holding an
annual show. .This year the Gevernnaent.
had:sins:ply pla.oed the $10000 grant it the
-estimates. -There had been .no ,consultation
as to hOw this sum • was tO • ,.exPended.
. ,
.The diredtors of the aseaciatien 'hacl
aastimed, some -what an indePendent.posi,
tion in. regard to the grant in 'the past,:
although he did not. find faultwith, that.
The Government proposed, however,. 1 or
the future that • the association shall in.
each ,DeCember . inforM. 'the - :Government
vvhat sum of money they, wantedeancl.: all
the details: The Government w�uldthen.
assume the responsibility of the vote,. and
would be ,prepared to justify the grant:
• , . ,
• Mr. Meredith regretted that. the Arit had
not been passed- upon by the Agricultural
Corrinaisaion. He. believed "'that' ;the
measure was only a half-waYone -at . tres-
ent. If the grant .was to be 'continued he
• thought that now that Toronto had refused
the shovv, it should go- to .the eastern part
of the Proyince. . •.
• -.Mr. Wood said it witelikely that the fair'
.ssiould.go to Kings:ton-next
• Mr. Meredith was glad to hear it; He
thought that the: House should have control ,
. "of the expenditure of the. association.: He.
approved generally of 'the Act. • , • .,
Mr. Young first referredstostlia• financial
,poSition.of "the. association. 'He dated the
'feeling against the. association • from,
the': time . when. • it was intended: to
naake the. exhibitions at Toronto and some
-other places the , grealt"-eihibitions- of 'the
Province.'. 'COnsildering the geed 'done in
thapaet :many would ,-regret 11 -the Provin-
Cial.Exhibition was going to be done away
The 'motion for the second 'reading WO
• then earriecl.. • , • „•
' .
WOod•inoveO, :the, House into 'Com-
mittee of Supply. • '1.- "
Mr; Meredith Suggested 'delaying' gOng
' into Supply until the Public Accounts, Were
laid on the table. • ,
,Mr. Wood said -they might pass 'some of
the itenas to -day, and he 'had' the' Assurance
-'of the 'printer 'that the Publics. Accounts
Would be ready by 3 o'clock to-mOrrovs:
, Mr, Meredith again objeeted: '
• Mr. Weed withdrew the motion.
-Mr. 'Frasersiii:Moving the second reading
• . „ .
of the Bill to amend the, law of newspaper
libel, eXplained that the Bill as really it
-transcript of the „English Act. The . Bill
,proyided that when an acetirateand fair
report of a publicmeeting was .pnbliehed
by a newspaper without malice 'the report
would be privileged,, proVidingalwayethat.
.the poper opened-. its columns . 'any
explanatory ' letter .frent, the party semis
eetted:---The criminal libel law- of England •
was, now:very much in . favorefthe news
,paper proprietor: '• ' ,
Mr. Meredith approved :of the Bill, it
was well 16 Make the law , What- wits new
the practice. s He .Suggested ..a By -stens' of
registration of the Ownership of newspapers,
M that it 'wetild,be known whoWessrespon-
sible for, the statements appearing. .
, Mr. Fraser.said that that had been.con-
siclered, but it Was tnought,that the trouble
woiild• be far toctgreat to impose upon the
newspapers. • - '
Mr. Morris was infav.Or of the Bill, but
hethought there Was a good • deal of force
in the suggestions of the hon. reeniber for
• London.. When the special charters were
given the . Globe . and .11101, provision was
gia,de for :some person' being responsible,
and if it was necessary in these cases how
rrineh more SO. in the case of the,Provinaial
press.?. There was such'a.proYisionin tbe
'Quebec law to, which he hoped the Ontario
•lavv.would 'be assimilated.".
The Bill was then read O Second time.
, Mr. Mowat movedthe second reading of .
; the Bill farthe retrieval' of certain defects
. in, the law of evidence. `.•
Mr. Meredith asked whether,Air cases
where objection was made to, taking the
oath; counsel' could eianaine as • to the.
ground 61 objection.. '
• Mr. Mowat Saidthere Were Cases:in Which
a man would tell the ttutli—While under
oath, while he would notif ,merely allowed
otoah, rthfai
caTrrhea. arntio.n for the secondrettcling then
ic
•- 'The House adjourned at 5.50..
/1 is rumored that the French ambae-
addr at Athens, Count de Mouy, will be
PERILS BY SEA.
NEW YORE, Feb. 13'.—The stearnerNeder-
land, from New York • for Antwerp,while
passing Ventnor, Islarof. Wight, yesterday,
signalled that , she had spoken, the Allan
Line steamer Sardinian in a disabled e012-
ditton in lat. 49 0 , long. 280 . A telegram.
was sent to Portsmouth for assistance.
The, barque Scatland,. which arrived
to -day frouPLitterpobl,,, reports a 'loss' over-
board of two seamen, Peter J. Hill, of Nova
Scotia and James 314:Laughlin of England
and the de,ath.of another, John A. Webb,
&Nova -Scotia; from apoplexy duringethe
passage. The ship experienced it stormy
voyage. . , . .
• The barque 0Ocean -Pearl, of ,Portland,
Me., on her 'voyage frOna-Matan.zae to this
port wee fifteen days in ,makingthe.passage,
ha-iiing bad weather all the. way: On the
4t1 she encountered a terrific gale from
the east-Pouthes,st, which, as it increased in
fury, hauled round to west-northwest. The'
Sea ran ' so. unusually high. that Captain
Henley 'could 'do, nothing but heave his
vespel te, and for 'three dayeelie remained.
in .this .1.condition, the . seas • constantly
sweeping oversIlie decks amdcarrying every- .
thingleose away. Worse still, the cargo
shifted -and the fury of the gale split the
sails in all:directions... : ' .
The brig Sno. H,,Crandon arrived yes,ter-
day, thirteen -days otit from Havana. Capt.,
Pierce repertstliat in latitude 32, longitude
• 77.30, ,on ,February, 4th, she met with a'
hea,VY gale bloysing'frOns the seutheaet with
the.force of it hlIrricalle,. For -forty-eight
hours:it...continued to blow with Unabated
vialence; but the brig beh,aved admirably
and sustained no serious damage, ' . •
- The White Star steamer Celtic, Capt..
Cdeadell; reached lierdeck yesterday 'nettl-
ing after a very rough paseage. Leaking
Queenstown 'Feb. 2nd, , he encountered• ,
high seas on, the Std. and. 4th; and on the:
following da' strongwinds with a ,heavy
sea.The weather continued to grow Worse
until 7:o'clook,. when . it purminated:' in a.
iitiOng gale.: frans-sySeat-northisvest, Which'
continued throughout the whole of the next
-dayOn the 7ththe Celtic made only 181
mile's, and she :hOd a continua/ace of bad
weather,. strong' 'winds -arid high head:setts'
up to the tinie of: her arrival 'off Sandy
Hook on Saturday night. ,
• New YouX, .Feb. 13. -The British steamer
Embleton,. of 1,3,30 ,tons,,Captain Jackson,
arrived -in the • Erie Basin :at. 11 ,o'clock
yesterday morning after a terapestuous
voyage" of twenty-two i3ayS from Newport,
Wales. :She is built of iron, and brings -a
-cargo of iron.- . Chief officer- Ba,rck relates
his experience on the voyage; as follows:
" We.left Newport on the 1911 ofJanuary,
and had fair weather up.' to the 25th.
Then the -wind freshetied.ind soon': blew a
heavsr gale from the. northwest.- - Bad
weather continued until the .29th; when it
• blew a perfect hurricane. Previous tothis
no damage • had been, received :beyond
minor mishaps. On the'. morning' of that
day it blew a -hurricane" Lroria . the South-
west which-, as the. day ,ore. on,. worked
rciund to the northwest. s Seise- constantly
broke over the vessel both Sfora and aft,
and soon after mid,clay. a trerisendeus. 'sea.
came over the ,bots carrying aWay the rails
of the bridge, unshipping the corepasseand
hurling the neon on duty back against the
heneoop on deck, badly, bruising hire, but
fortunately no bones were broken. I -have
been to sea neW a good many- years, but
never was afloat on it vessel. When. so ranch
water came aboard. The gale was right in
Our. teeth 'and the seas.' came . pouting. over •
her fOrward, and as she sonhin the trough
. of .'the sea a perfect , deluge would' coma
• aboard over the Stern.. One tremendous sea
.-made a complete wreck of the -steering ap-
paratus Aft, the 'ham 'stanchions . snapping
off like tinderwood, And the:iron bolts being
tern out' of the deck. In trying to .clear
away the wreck Of the steering gear.twoof
the sailors (Kellyand Anderson) were badly
injured, .the former :having his . head. 'cut
open, and sustained severe' internal iujuries;
He is lying helpless in his :berth' awaiting
the doctor's arrival,anO has,wefear, lost the.
, use of his lower -limbs. seacarried
the wheel right_aWay, end -started the deck
:and cabin. 'The water poured down the.
Companion and floOded everything itt the.'
place.' Laddersand, rails on deck were
'Smashed tip and ',harried away,,and two 'of
theboate were stove in. andsr,endered use-.
less, and—f-&—istinse solierce.wite: the gale
and so tremendous the peas we shipped
that it was ' impassible. to do •. anything
toward . getting',matters ship-shape. As
-soon 95 possible we got gear 'rigged. on to
the amidshipp, ;during :the roma/Ander
of the .voyage• steeredsfibra the rem:eine of ,
the . bridge. Thasstlie -30.tlthe • weather.
cleared.a little,. the gale eubeided; and we
made fair progress; 'u to the' 5th of this
nacanth,.when.-we encountered More ,
but IGSB dangerous than those we„had ,gono
threitgli. On the 6t1 we ma.de, only 15
miles; but after that the- weather again.
moderated, and' We finished: our v'oyage ,
Without further Mishap. • -
Itilltionaires al a. Piscottat.
' The gossips say that although the Van•
derbilts sent out 500 invitations tes their
"‘house-tvarming" in New York the other
"day, which ought to lassie brought 1,500
people, only about 150 were present. Nine
policemen eutside and two detectives inside
the hots° were present to keep of
the guests whom the owners of the palace
honored with their invitation. Perhasis' it
WaS this delicate compliment to 'their
respectability that kept people away. The
fact is, however, the Vanderbilte are not
•yet in " society," whatever that' may,
be, and are not yet cordially
" recogeized " by the Asters and othere, who
aresupposed to hav,e got the smells of the
skins ancl paltry, by which old Astor made
his foliate, ,quite, out of the family man-
sionewhila the odor of the oyster sloop in
which old Cornelius Vanderbilt used to sail
along the Cominunipaw Flats still clings
to the garments of his descenda,nte.
Another.generation will probably deodorize
the family, for' while it is declared that the
present Vanderbilt' cannot talk anything
but bueiness,„.and that when he has
exhausted railroads the stock marketsand
touched on 'politics, he runsehort of con.
versational material, iti_ admitted. that
his eons, Cornelins and W. K.,"have
cultivated tastes and naove itt. "the first
circ."
Sir William Henry Drake, K. C. B. late
I:greeter of Supplise and Transport :a% the
English War Office, is dead, Sir Williain
was born in 1812, and 'entered the War
Office in 1831. From 1838 to 1848 he held
the post of Colonial Treasurer 'in Western
• Australia. He was oprieinted «Aaslstant
COmmissary-Creneral in. 1845, a,nd four
years later was advanced to the post of
Commissary -General. In this capacity he
served in variona Colonies, as well esin the
(Jrimea, and at'Kertch he also bad charge
of the Tarhish contingent. • In 1867 he was
appointed Comptroller for Irelan d, and two
years afterward Comptroller , for Great
Britain. In the War Office from 1871. to
1877 he held the office of 'Director of Sup.
'plies and Transport. He Was nominatild a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in
1856, after the conclusion of the Russian
war, and was made a Knight Commander
of that Order in 1871.
THE MORMON CREED.
4 -
Defence by the Polygamous Representative
of Utah.
THE MANY -WIFE DOCTRINE UPHELD.
WASHES TON, Feb. 9.—Mr. Cannon had a
hearing on the Utah contested election
case before the House Judiciary Coreinittee
yesterday. The euestiong put to him
enabled the committee to get at the full,
scope of the indecency of his polygamous.
creed. Some of the replies are wholly
unfit for publication. Mfr. Cannon staled
that in many cases young married couples
opposed pelygamy, sometime s because the
first wife objected that ter hatband did
not' feel equal • to the support of two
wives. But he believed the- general
tendency of the present -outcry was
to solidify sentiment in Utah , in
favor of polygamy, as it was believed to be
it revelation from God. He frankly avowed
such to be his opinion, and that eventually
the principles of the Mormon Church
would epread over the whole earth, because
they were true. Cannon said, with some
qualifibation, the practice was for the first
wife to take subsequent- wives'by the
hand in the ,endowment . house and for-
mally give -thisnisstosher husband,' Cannon
deplored the Bill to prevent all poly-.
• gamins IrOna toting or holOing office
ought 'to be made general anl amended
to include alt illicit intercourse between
Robinson asked' whether these offences
or even incest was crime under the laws
passed by Utah. "• ,
Cannon hesitatedestammered and finally
said he did not know. He thought before
Congress undertook to regulate morality in
Utah there were matters nearer home
whish required attention. He ltd read in
the Washington newspapers"OfThabes left
to die., in corner lots. He thought there_
was a condition of affairs in the District of
'Col'umbia which required the attention, ef
the Committee on Judiciatyreore than
steed sharply replied': " Yes ; but we die -
not defend ,placing babes in corner lotsr
and thereAs a law against it."
"Accept Our Gratitude.'
DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. : Dear
Sir—Your " Golde.n Medical Discovery"
has cured by boy of it fever sore of two
years' standing. Please acceptour grati-
tude,—Yours truly, • 1,
Huxres WHITING, Boston, Mass.
'Mr. George S. Climie, J. Ps license
inspector for the County of Perth:, died
at Listowel On., Saturdaynight. Rehad
.been ailing for several . months, • and
gradually succumbed to injuries' received
about a year ago by being thrown .out of
a buggy. .• •
Dr: Pierce's " Favorite Prescription" is
• not extolled as it "oure-all," but admirably
.falfilsthe singleness of purpose, being a
,most/lpothet specifie in those chronic Weak-
._ „•
, eases So peculiar to women. • Particulars
inDr. Pierce's painphlet-treatise " Dis-
eases
.
erises Peculiar to Women," .96 pages, sent
fo,r three stamps. • A.cldrees W,ontsa's Dos-
. PHISSASY -MILDICAL,ASSedtAI;ION, ,Buffalo, NY.
: .8'year old bey died la,st week at.Peint
'-St... Charles !from the excessive use of
• liquor, ,and .thecoroner's':jury has brought
in 'a verdict of wilfhl murder againat same.
'person or .persone unknown. An effort is
now, to be macle to.find the persons who.
• gave -the boy liquor. •
, T
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. Dr. . Pierce s , e ate —little liverspi s
(sugar-ceated)--.-parify the:.blood, speedily
correct all disorders of the liver, .stoinach
'arid 'newels. By: druggists:
• Rey. Dr. Usher, of .Montreal, isabout to
proceed "to England to .be consecrated as
Bishop of the Retermed EpiscopalsChuips;
. •
EUMATIS
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of 6•Chost,"
• Gout, Quinsy S'ore
ings and Sprain, • and
Scalds, General LiL,6,1y •
Tooth, Ear and Hetukcly, FrGstecf
FeetaUd Ears„ ,.711 other
pains .and s. • ,
. No ,Preparatien on earth equals ST. J'Acons Ca, .
o,94 safe„ sihiple" aild cheap External-
.E;ornody. A- trial entails but .the comparativilly
trilling outlay of 50 Cents, and every one Brifferinp
with pain can have' camp and .posilive proof of juo•
• Diredtions in Eleven Tririgilages. ,
8OLD BY ALL DRITGGISTE AND,DELI,x:
IN 'MEDICINE.
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• Profespore Otennor and ,Lyons, of the
Detroit Medical College, say "We haVe
used Dr, Wheeler's Compound Elixir ef
'Phosphates and Calisayit with great satis-'
faction and thiuk 1± aocomplish that
for which it is reconsteended. We have
exhibited_ it to our Academy of Medicine,
and, in other ways have brought it to the
notice of a large number of physicians.
It being a good. thiug we are pleased to 40
more 'than is our custom to learn its vir- '
tues' and exhibit them to others." -
The man whnexrecte ta'fesijuat the rope
around Goiteau's eeek is earned Robert
Strong He has 1.1.,a enough •practice to
make him proficient. He says --that,
although Guiteau seems brave LIOW, ha
expects to see hina die like it
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(Friona BRA.74:L.)
• The New Conzporwd, its W017-4
derful _af.finity- to tko 1)1gestive
Apparerfus and -the Liver, increas-
ing the dissolving juices, reliey-
_zngalmost instantly t.he dreadful
results of D,y,spePsia., Indigestion,
and the TORPID 2,ITrf_71°Z, makes
,
Zopesa 'a,zz. evc.ry- daynecessityizt
very house. - •
It acts gently and speedfl7 In
Biliousness, Costivenoss Head-
ache, Sick Headache, Distress af-
1
ter Eating,Winci on tize k.3tomack,,
• Heartburn, Pains in the Side and
Back, Want of Appetite. Want
Energy, Low Spirits, Foul Stain',
ach:Itinvigorate.s the 1,1ver; car-
• ries off all surplus 'bile, regulates
• the Bowels, and gives tone to the
whole system. --
Cut this out and take it to youl
Druggist anirg.et a10 cent Sample,
or a° large bottle for' 75 cents, and
tell4'ourneighborbbbutjt..
,
WATT .% CO; ...A,tteate,liiiti1,941
GicAyl s_skjElt; a Ifs 1 C Dill CINt
TRADE MARK' The Great. •Eng: i RADE 'MARK.
, = Usti -Remedy. —...
an nnfailinsetare -
for senaina.1 weak -
ness,..Spermator. ,
sand'prihfimppio3teaansceys
that follow its' a
seiliienaeof-Self-•
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Pain iii, the Back, Ditenoiis ot%Vision, ,Premeitura
Old Age, and many •other. diseasei that lead in • ,
Ineatity or Consumption' and it premature skive
tar FUll,particulars•-in our pamphlet, which'ite
desire to send fkoe by mail to•every. one. THU'
pacific Medicine ie all-kiruggists'ett St
or paolutge, or. six ptiokage for $5 ,or will; he.
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