The New Era, 1882-08-24, Page 2August 24, 1882
THE WAR
Turkey in great Rifficulty Benause-trehi is Defending
° thn Religion of the Koran,
1111iTS OF PROBABLE RUPTURE.
Britain Cannot Depend- on *Hearty
Co-operationfrom the SUltem
FIRES BEHIND THE ENEMY.
Critical State of Affairs in the
try- st ri ts
AGENERAL RISING PROBABLE.
40,000 rtimieii Troops in Egypt.o on tim
• Way There;,
TWO LOVING EMPRORS .EMRSAGE.
,
Giaaetones Noble Appeal.
Mr. Gleeletone concluded his able speech
. on the oecaeion of the vote of &edit to,
carry on the Egyptian war in the 'following
eloquent terms I claim for myself liberty,
and I felt the duty of offering .a strong
oppoeitiou to the -foreign policy which I,
etrougly- disapproved, and I hope homgen-
lemen opposite will .0 the same. (Cheers.)
We do not wish them tosupport votes of
which they do not • -approve. If 'they think
these votes.th at we asketre votes to be im-
peached in point of 'policy or right, by -all
means let them refuse ter grant therm' Mr.
Cobden and Mr: Bright, at the time of -the
Crimean aloe di& so, andwho vieot have
thought moire .highly of them if they had
. suffered their- s.entirtientsto lie concealed
within their breasts? (Hear.) 'Let these
gentlemen do ' as Fox, as Burke and Lerd.
Chatham did. • Do ,nothat them lay
down the slavish doctrine that Englishmen
'are blindly, like sheep, to folio* on such an
occasion, and to lend their Votesin silence.
to that whicli they in their hearts bondenane
Let this question be tried on Its rights.
While you claim thatpi:148ot justice and
freedom oi title to judge as in the past, yet
• you feelthere is sonaething beside the peat;
that we must look ,onward e tothe future;
and that.you will give us your Suppert,. RS
at this moment the nation is giving us its
support, because they . believe we have
engaged in an enterprise whioh we 'desire
and mean to follow out with all mit
energies-(Cheers)h-and' in which ib 'May,
be granted-to,us to • labor for .inaintainieg.
the iutereste of the empire-, for promoting
the welfare of the' Eayptiatepeoplee and for
doing honest Work towards the, establish-
ment of peace and order in of the
(Loodechoeted ,.'
• It is stated. that '40,000Britieh, troops are
now eitherein Egypt Or On the' ,Wity there.
• After the Guards had been inspected'
Gen. Adyes formed the officers- into a circle'
•t----and'pointeddeat-thedatiettandhardships ot
campaigning. TEN temind,ed them that
• they must be .preparedlo meet the enemy
in great.strength, and be ceurageotis,fietere
mined and well . arna-ed. He . cautioned
them against being tocesatignine end over-
confident, and to guard • against surprises.
News has ink been received ofa skit- .
mieh to the .westward of Alexandria',
• beypnd Bloke 'Tort.. The sailors • and-
. marines Stationed there drOvea number of
Arabs back with the fire of a small -held
piece. There was no loss on .the Englieh
The foreigners here ate beginning to
grumble and have formed a sodiedled vigi-
lance committee to watoh European:inter-
• ests. The movement will be a source of
• coneiderabie trouble to Per Garnet Woleley
•• unless firical'endealt with: •
A panty from the . &bloat ..Condor went
aahore Sunday. ,aftertioon and 'destroyed
attires of gun eottoin 'eta., beyond Meks
Fort belonging to the enemy.
• Gen. Ahern, -having • written -the comh
mender of the German gunboat Habicht
• that security was now gnaranteed, to Alex-
andria, the German sellers guarding the
Germaa hospital were Withdrawn.. This
removes the 1at of the- foreign. landing
The enemy's main defences appeanto be
finished • " '
•
It is rumored that Arabi Pasha is send-
ing lalitirees away.to avoid the necessity of
feedingthem. • .• '
The Duke of .Connaught has applied to
have the marinee brigadedwith the guards.
• This is taken as a compliment by the
former. . , .
• Lord Charles 'BeresfOide. with 'a -patrol
• party near Fort Melts, hada narrow escape
from being outpdf_hy Bedouins. '
• The British Government has .nurohaiied
a large hotel and a mercantile premises at
Port Saidleer use as an hospital. • •
.The Anglo -Turkish • Military conventeTiri
• gives the. English conmaander in Egypt, a
vete on the movements of the Turkish con-
tingeut only when they are opposed to , the
unity ot military operations, but no Power
• te direct them. '
The Thnes et yeaterdaY says that when
Arabi's army has been dispersed and its
leaders brought to dacco.und for their mis.
deeds we shall have to make sure the diffi.
culty may not recur in a new form - Egypt.
will -be in out lends. ft will not open
to us to retire from the aountry and leave
everite to take their' own 'course. This is
the and when it becomes
necessary tit seek the 'sanction of the other
Powers for the result.the concert of Europe
be iiivok.ed ind e _teepee very e different
from that with which yee-haVe lately been
familiere • . •. • . •
The Europeans regret having to neeet
such an uuworthy foe; as it is believed
many must fall vietime to the Remington
rifles of Arabi's troops,. who are nor
entrenched iii such a strong position. . •
.Cherif Ougierefik, brother of Hussein
Pasha, formerly the Grand Sheruf of Mem,
ea, lately atieeheinated; has reeeived the
decoration: of the Order .of the, Osmanli.
The bestowal of the decciration has caused
seneation..
Arabi Paella is reported be at Geneffeh,
on the Suez Canal, concentrating troops
and entrenching against an English -advance
.frond Suez. . • • . •
A Cionetantinople correiniendent 'reports
the Sultan saying: The • difficulties, aris-
hog out of thedbledohmbetweensArabidand-
the Khedive might easily have been er.
ranged had not the appearatuie of the fleets
• arousdd the native feeling and., desttoyed,
enyp lana for the, recondite -time of 'the op -
peeing factions." The 'Sultan considered
the bombardmeht meat cruel' and unjtist.
He said: "The English say there is no.
jeistiee among us, yet let us- look at Ire:
land. England's Irish subjects are eintlAY
demanding a right which here the tudis
have universally granted to the pepple.
Such troubles as the .Irish Agrarian
Riots, would be iMpossible in Turkey.
England boo-sts of her superior justice,
yet we have what elie does not grant her
Subjects, an equitable laud law under
which the farmers and even the' farm
laborers are protected in their rights. I
am sure that when all the facts are known
in Americo and' other impartial Countriee,
the action of England will be conderged ae
arbitrary and unjust. If England'sobjeet is
to protect herown interests in India, she has
taken a wrong course. . She will never be
allowed. by the other Powers to occupy
Egypt alone. The intention is.eto desire
the Turkish Government to maintain the
sta,tus quo in Egypt.
An Alexandria corresPondent states that
Redid Pasha the other day Eaid Arabi told
him; " I have the moral support of Fkanee
and Jtalyedriendld: lisktieemf DeLegseps
and the Italian Consul andet have "friends
in Baron DeRing and *meinbers of the
Stetnboul Conference. I will fight till the
English or my countryrctep are eater.-
tieinated." -
Mtn iErrimpie for the aeowere.
The imperial douference at Isohl is
_r_egarded as of some importance in England
because, inthe language ot thlr-Strendardi
"We owe is. to the solid and complete
agreement betweea- Germany. and Austria
that there eXiste a reasonable chance that
the great military and diplomatic question
at this moment awaiting solution •will be
localized, and not beconae a spark .of wide-
spread conflagration." The Standard Bays:
"If anyone wands to see the differenee
between a real and straw alliance, let him
compare the subetautial, continuous and
profitable agreement between : the two.
Gernaan powers, and the hollow, ephemeral
and iniechievous alliance of England and
France which we were supposed to
Oultivateeintil, at the first breath of diffi-
culty in Egypt; it vanished." The general
opinion 'seems to be that, "judging from
the tone of the English papers and the
tOne.oLthe offline' papers ofGermany and
Austria, nothing will be done to cripple
-English action, however much the popular
feeling in those countries may seem to . be
antagonietnet'
Lord 'Ettmernrs I.:trent,,Ttact,
,perseverance and secaess-in Constantinople
• are much praised, and compared to those
of the " great Eltchi," Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe, before •the Crimean war. Lord
Dufferin has actually succeeded in compel-
ling the.Torks to violate their own funda-
-mental prinekle of never taking more than
one step at a tithe ley making theintake
two: By declaring that in consequence of
Turkish, delay in_formally accepting the
identical, note the English Government
might consider she had refused it,
he so wrought -upon themfeeling of the
Sublime Porte that the Minister of For-
eign Affairs hurriedly telegraphed to all the
eanbassadorszequestinge them to meet at
two hours' notice, and infornaed those who
were able to attend that he WRB ready to
sign a protocol accepting the identical note
without reservation; also that the Sultan's
preclanaation demanded by Lord Dufferin
would be prepared at once. In addition to
these feats, the English ambassador has
instituted great activity into the Turkish
mind in regard to the military convention -
between England and the Porte, his draft
of which shows that while England aceepts
Turkish co-operation, she is prepared to do
the work with or without its ,assistance.
Lord Dufferin has' been assisted in these
great results by Said l'aslaa and Artin
Effendi, who eupported 'his Policy and
,fought against palace influences..
seteuthern Contert—liWC-M—Itrie Aifit
A. Toronto despatch Bays: A Toronto
gentleman has received_ a letter' from an
eadeiffinerein-thirtonfederate-army. :that a:
otty,alry expedition -is being organizedin the
Southern. States to aid Arabi, and request• -
ing hire to join. The exPeditionis expected
to start for Egypt in a fel* days. ,
• Aritbi'a troops are unusually busy erect-
ing earthworks beyond the Millabajunotion„ .
There is.mueh excitement at :Port Said.
• An outbreak is thought :possible . any
Moment:- 'Thealeips are ready .for action.,
One hundred rounds of ammunition me •
served- nightly. e • • .
The sick list of the British troops, iseued.
before the arrival' of the Guards, Showed
• that Out of ,a total of 5,400, there were 76
hevalide, exclusive of, the wounded. .
The Khedive lias appointed, fifteen of
'his household officers to ect as guides and,
interpreters to the advancing English army.
• It isegenerally believed that the .Indian,
contingent het Egypt will be raised to 10,1200.
• Two deotees a , the Khedive were pro,
.niulgated today. One ,. authorizes ,the
British Admiral and.',Commander of the
Forces to occupy such points on the Suez
Isthmus as: they consider useful for mili.
tary operations againet the rebels,. and
inviting , the Egyptian authorities to
acquaint the, inhabitants, particularly the
canal employees, 'with the decree. The .
other authorizes the •British authorities to
prevent the iraportation,of coal and muni
tions Of year along the ceastehetween Alex-
andria and -Pert Said, and in the event of
a OontraVention tie ordertheseizure.of the
Prohibited artiolee..
'.iepecitiosisession tinrimment.
•
A London eablegrain says: That there
is to, be only a ehortadjournment of Paella.
nient instead Of the usual prorogation 'thews
the expectation of the Goveminent that
within-that-briel-periodevents-ofeconeider-
able gravity may be looked for, but -whether
'in theway of European complications or of
the solving of the Egyptian difficulty Ur:
Gladstone makes no 'sign. -In. the means
time, whatever there is of difficulty, at the,
Conference arises from the dilatory action
of the • Porte and the etactiousness of
thuesia, whose last cause of Offence ig the
British .occupation of Suez. This ia.
interpreted as a, measure implying a
British - oceupation .of the country .and -
something more than the mere policingof
the canal, On the etrength--of Russia's
objection the other Powers represented at
the Conference have isstied a protesting
protocol, Which, however, he the :face of
accomplished finite will be worth tist what
protests ate in- gweeral.
Sultan in a ,Ltilennam.:
The Porte's, delay has recoiled oh iteslf.
Lt has forced the English intervention and
the .subordinatiot of the Turkish troops to
England.• It hate else Put the Sultan in
a dilemma. Either he must be England's
ally against Arabi, a Mohammedan, thereby
exposing himself to the danger of creating
Mussulman -revolt in Arabia against' his
Killiphate, or he must allow England- to do
as ehe pleases in Egypt; as if she said not
he were the Khedive's Suzerain, This
inactivity will bring-aavti Turkish prestige
in the hayed of the Mohammedan world.
This ,has, stirred hip the anger of the
Ulemeis, who have all along seen. and
Understood. he diffioulty, but have been
powerleas so to treat it as to serve their
own- advantage. -TheFiret Amity -Corps hits
now left England. With the Indian con-
tingent en route, or about to embark, there
will soon be chase upon 24,000 men in Egypt,
with a reserve of 10;000 within call of Sir
Gatnet Wolseley. The expense of ' the
.expeditioh will be great, butnot so gireatin
the end -as starving . the , war would have
been. The Second Army Corps Will be
ready in a 'short time. It is hoped their
services will not be required.
The Enemy Strongly Entrenched: .
An Alexandria cablegram some : Arabi
has witladrawu his men frona several points
near Ranaleh, which required a stronger
garrison than he could, spare. His whole
forge is in a better position neve than ever.
Behind him is a broad country with. every
railway :facility and the Malinioudieh
Canal at his aide to supply him with water.
The narrow apit in -front of him flanked by
flakes Mettle -tie and Aboukir ie too marshy
for cavalry to Operate freely upon, or for
guns to be easily brought up by it, while
from his lofty 'position he eau sweep the
wholmof the approaches with his artillery,
while all the ground round ' about is.
firm enough to admit of any move-
ments. He . is now • utilizing this
and °constructing, almost uhinterruptedly,.
a formidable redan, with a thirty feet high
embankment, within 5„000 yards of Ramleh,
The 'Superb is trying, to . rake the works. ton to Egypt to the Khedive, who, it is
-She-firedseveral shell to -day in their dired- .expeotedewill•appoint General-Wog-elem. to
time five of, which burst in,. a,ndone just the command of the united forces.
over theme. Those who were before Plevne, •The official native report Of • the- engage-.
BaYthat Arabi has taken 'a lesson from its merit at :Alexandria is to the following
entrenchments, with his lines so distributed effect seAdmiral Seyrnourliilled. Eight
as to minimize the effect of artillery fire. drop:318,dg sunk, two burnt and four bound
His idea is apparently either to compel an • together to be brought to Cairo. At. Tau -
assault or a siege. 'The former Would mita& -tab the buried Sheik, Said Elbedawi, is
-fearealdneemthelatter, with all the imuntry :repotted to appear every night on the
'open behind Arabi's work, would be Mosque, and-terineitehethe Moslem-fo
Sebastopol e over , again, with the added from Katr.el-Dwar." . --
difficulties of the climate and the rise the •. The 150 men of . the .• Household Cavalry
Nile, which will turn what ts dry at our weer serge tunic'
s white, pith helmets, and
front into naarshy, groundor cover it loose, untanned boots en Egypt -a .very
with water to, the, depth of two or sensible dress for service 'in'that climate.
three feet, in addition to mud, and what The Northern racesesays Mr., "Kinglake,
• is marshy into , a Submerged swamp. like the sound of conflict. They are hearing
The longer the attack is delayed the greater the -sound of it now in England. Every
.will be the difficulty' arising:trona the haun- gale that sweetie from the Etta brings news
dation Of the Nile; and if Arabi' ehould of warlike movements, ,and at home the
suddenly retreat and Out the railways and din of arrasis heard, and the trumpet -call
canals, the whole country behind him will and tramp of armed battalions. 'make the
.untravereable, while , the lines , he has 13111Bie of • the streets. Mr. Gldstone is.
erected at Nifista and Tel-el-Kebr will be finding himself 'once, more in herroonywith
able to hold large garrisons, who Will the warlike feelings of the English people.
threaten . IsmailienZazazig; Benhith, Dam- The sailors on shore at Alexandria were
aiihour and Cairo, to say nothing of the.
' all sent back to their ships on Sunday.
canal itself. Arabi's troops are now knownArabi Pasha's videetee on the AbeTla
to number at least' 40,000 trained men. ,edge have' been drawisin. • •
When the campaign fairly beginairregulere Maier Hebert, of" B" Battery, who is
will ProbalelYpour in and swell his army . off to the -seat of war • in Egypt, eailed for
to 90,000 or 100,000. These last; however,- England -by the Mail steamer on Saturday.,
devilthelle-..hadly--armed-and-notd-tod-bes -Before he_leftlee dined with the Geeernor-
• much dreaded, except as guerillas. The General and .the Princif-erLouusesin the
remilai troops are armed with the Bern- Quebec Citadel'.•
ington xifie, and if they are steady and : Round thelageons of Sae, into :which
-at all goad marksmen, will prOVe formid: • the waters Of the canal empty, the waters
able foes. The Indian forces wilthe able to are shallow- and :the bed. is .composed ..of-
. give a good accountof therwielves. Butthey mud and other refuse of the Ited'Sea-, hence
will havetiome strongly fortified' positions • th-e healer is built some 6,500 feet into the
to attack, One at Gebel' Mulish, between Red Sea, so as to keep the depth hot 26
Suez and 'Cairo, and another. Agoroodd feet, which the canat has. -
, some twenty miles to the northeast of the
• latter -city, to say nothing of the entrench-
ments already alluded to at Nifissa, and
Telel-Kebr.. Ab . parnanhour the only
.
vulnerable point teem K ,
r-el-Dwar Arabi
is'said to have thrown Up another line of
entrenchments and to have gone thence by
rail. within two miles of Ismailia, having
found time meanwhile, it is rumored, to
behead the Governor' of Benhah for fidelity
• to the Khedive. On our side nothing has
been done to interfere with the enemy,.
(swing to whose withdrawal from his Peen-
tionenear Ramleh, the -greater part' of the
Naval Brigade has beenwithdrawn from
'the water side:. The -affiaers. of Engineer's
accompanied by the Mike of Connaught,
a,nde Prinee Louis of l3attenburg, and others,
inspected Arabi's position to -day, •• They
report it very:strong,and at. present -
Tam British Indian Troops. :
•
The suggestion that there will be trouble
in bringing the native Indian troops to par-
ticipate _in ,the war against Egypt, on
account of caste prej-fidiceehas waked up a.
coreesponderit, who _writes : " There are
Hindus and. Hindus. The Madtas SepoYs
•-(who were faithful in • 1857 and were led
against the mutineers) have been repeatedly
put on record as having 'no prejudices, 'ad
least againsdforeign service. The sappers'
and miners in particular, Very' low oast
Men, but big, strong, fellowS, who play
cricket capitally, officered by Royal Eng',
pears, were prominent in Abyssinia, atid
hive forrned'part of the guard at the -con-
viot settlement in .thceAudaman Islands
ever since the assassination of Lord Mayo.'
In Burtiaah and in' China Mediae Sepoes
were.a large pardof the force, and'Rangoon,
and Penang havehbeen garrisoned by them -
for many years. Th=et•xegimentet-
the.widls otAva (in 1837, I think) was the.
tion of the American Consul, who ordered
them at ones aboard the frigate. The
miseionaries, and their families were com-
pelled to sleep on mats on the upper and
lower decleKthe vestiel being without state -
°ems. '
Mr. Maitland, Superintendent of the
Royal Gun Factory at Woolwicih, England,
says that the nature of the productions of
such an establishment necessitates the
turning of very large and heavy masses,
and, therefore, the lathes are remarkable
for magnitude and power. Theyman deal
With weights up to two hundred tons, and
are sufficiently powerful to reduce by six
inches at it single cut the diameter of anlege
foot tube.
It is stated that the Sultan has confided
the chief command of the Turkish expedi-
It hi hoped to form a combination Minis-
try under the leadership of Cherif Paella
and Riaz Pasha, the whole to be under the
presidency of the Khedive. Omar Pasha
Lufli will probably retain the poet of Min-
ister of War, with Gamer Pasha Refki as
cornmanderhiesohief of the army.
Gen Wolseley, with the authority of the
• Khedive, has issued proclamation to the
people of Egypt, representing that the eole
• object of the British is to restore theautho-
rity of the Khedive, and it says that all
peaceful inhabitants will be kindly treated,
the mosque will be respected, and all sup-
plies paid ter. Wolseley adds that he will
be glad to receive all the chiefs disposed to
assist in repressing the rebellion:
Gen. Wolseley held a conference to-clity
with Admiral Seymour and all the generals.
He subeequently visited the • Khedive.
This afternoon he will inspect the Ramleh
positions. A belief in the hopelessness of
the struggle is spreading among the Egyp-
tians. The, Britieh commander at ,Meks
_hes received overtures for the susidender-of
an entire infantry battalion if they can
.obtain favorable terms,
{Negotiation's are prooeeding with, the
Canal Company for the hiring of the wire
from Suez to Port Said. If accomplished
it will complete direct telegraphic cornmuniciation between 'Suez and England.
Alison held a consultation with Wolseley,
the result of which was that the formet
will hold local command of, the British
troops pending the present deliberations of
the conference. Wolseley inspected • the
military positions in Ranaleh and surveyed
the country from the tower of the water-
works. A heavy mirage obscured the
view beyond Arabi's Mat line of entrench.
• The Gaulois states that Prince Ibrahim
Pasha, the fourth eon of the ex -Khedive,
has obtained lettve frono hie father to pro-
ceed to London to solicit permission from
the Duke of Cambridge to serve as a private
in the English army in Egypt. Ile pro-
naises not to remain in Egypt after the
campaign is over.
• The transport Calabria narrowly escaped
wrecking in the harbor, her rudder chain
having broken in orossing the bar.
- The wider supply is sufficient to last
several hours. , • -
The flagship mInconstant has arrived -
inside the bar.
Other War Nome.
It is expeoted that the conference will
probably hold its last sitting on Monday
next, and will then adjourn nominally till
after the Egyptian troubles ate over, but
really not to meet-enable...a_
The Daily blew q' Constantinople corres-
pondent says: The Ruissian representative
in the conference has expressed his. sada.
faction with Lord Dufferin's explanations
in regard to the landing, of the Britieh at
• Dr. Jessup, now in New York, was a pas-
senger upon the English frigate on which
were huddled all the missionaries who had
been laboring in Egypt. They had fled
from Cairo, Ranaleh and from np tho Nile
to Alexandria, where theYsought the pro -
PIONEERING- IN MANsTonA,
The Maiden Operation of the New Settler.
(From the Pilot Mound Signal.) -
Newspaper articles usually have for
their subject matters of Pectiniary interest,
political advantages or grievances, or per
ha.ps more frequently the personal abuse of
some prominent public man. It may not
• be out of place some times to take a new
°cause, and in the present instance deserihe
the formation of a new honie in Manitoba.
At this season Of the year no urtdertaking
could be more interesting. The birds have
all returned and are busy with' their nefith,
• while inthe early morning there is a con-
cert hi every grove. Millions of beautiful
flowers ate epringing frona"the earth which
a short tinae,ago was frozen as hard as a
rock, while the wild fruit trees are :hoar
With-bloesoms. In so new a country, and
inthe wildest part of it, there is incleee
metch to observe and much to admire. The
outIltmcioniiietsmelma_ _yoktheofeeexerr--- and
waggon, is tent, a supply of provish-ed-
and blankets, is plough, a title, with axes,
augers and other tools required in building
a house. Our section is pattly surrounded
by a small river well -stocked with fish, the
beautiful goldeye being one of the species
found. To the north of the farm is an
extensive forest, and on our approach a
small herd of elk Were enjoying themselves
on theamooth level prairie which skirted
the woods. These wild creatures; after
much -jumping, looking and capering, dis-
appeared among the trees. We pitched out
tent beside el beautiful grove of poplar and
,wild cherry, and near a small circular lake
of sweet water, in which a number of ducks
• re repartinge-The-lake-is-remarktibled
as it obtmns its supply of water frOM some
.subterraneous source,, and empties by
several springeinto a ravine on the adjoin-
ing section. The first performance was to
cot logs and draw them with the oxen, then-
- erect the walls of a rude home. As Boon
, as this work was done one person con
linued at the house while the other started
to plotigh. • The grove beside which we are
camped ie well atm:deed with birds, amongst
these the most charming is the thrush; a
whip -Poor -will also interests us in the fine
evenings with itS Tetlfik. The sounds at
night are not always se agreeable, as there
is a den of worees in the neighborhood, and
the young,witelps take frequent opportuni-
ties of making night hideouts. Rabbits
are quite numerous in the grove, and
their attendant enemies, the lynx, are con-
stantly on the war -path during the dusky
hours. Sometimes a pair of these great
.cats meet, and then there is caterwauling
on a large scale. When a pair -of 'cone/non
oats make such a hideous outcry it can
easily be imagined what horrible soundEi
can' be produced by animals which are
many times larger. Soon after our arrival
a orow put ineeurempearance-at-oureiamp,-
and has visited, our quarters every day
Rime. He has now become quite tame,
and will not allow the approach of other
birds about the premises. He picks up
articles of food about the carcip-fire, and
appropriates the oats which the oxen mite
ter when feeding. The other morning our
crow was muoh shocked by the discharge
of a rifle flred at a wolf which was prowl-
ing around. The poor bird evidently
thought he was the victim of misplaced
confidence. . He soon reaovered his com-
posure, however, and in a sherd -time was
as impudent as before.
The charge against Mrs-Clinaie, house
keeper of the Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb, Belleville, was that she was seen by
Mr. Langmuir, aesistant carpenter, to put
some buthtr and sugar into a pitcher and
bag and place the same in a buggy, in which
her sister , was proceeding tp Belleville..
The articles were tecovered in town and
Miss Rose was arrested, but Was liberated
on bail. Mrs. °acne confessed that she
took the articles, but,alleged that they wore
inte4ded-0- be used at a picnic to be
attended by the officials of the institute,
some ofwhom deny'anyknowledge of the
proposed picnic. The evidence taken has
been reported. to the Government.
A jerseyman went to Mauch Chunk, Pa.,
to spend his vactitioneand during the first
night throe old hens, which had gone to
roost on is tree outside his bed -room Win-
dow, were disturbed' by act and ilea/
into -the - apartment. • The jerseyman
awakeetede and slashed 'pillow around
until the bewildered fowls found their way
out The next morning he told his host
that he should COMO there every Hummer;
for during the whole night he had seen but
'three MOSTlit008.—P hiladelphi a -News.
• While bathing dip the Don, tai Tuesday,
neat Wexford, John Dyke, a son of Mr. C.
DO was drowned.
-Sleeping on his arm paralyzed the arm
of a man in Albany, N, Y.
TATO NOICTIHMESTe
Rapid Progress ot Canada Pacidc
Construction.
A Winnipeg (Man.) telegram says
President Stephen, of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and Mr. R. B. 'Angus, leave for
the South this evening in the °Tidal car a
the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail,
way. They will be accompanied by Mr.
Sandford Fleming, C.E. T'he work of
grading and traek-laying.on the Canadian
Paoifio progreeses rapidly. , The graders
are busy between Leopold and Swift Cur-
rent Creek, and uegotiations are now pend-
ing between Langdon, Shepard & Co, and
the sub -contractors of the Northern Pacifism
for the letting of the section between
Swift Current creek and the dress-
ing of the South Saskatchewan.
The Canadian pacific Railway authorities
have now sufficient material in the way of
ties and iron at the front to coustruot a
line to Saelcateheevan. Track -laying still
progresses at a rapid rate, notwithstanding
that a rough section of cpuntry is being
passed through. Last week- seventeen
miles of iron were put down, an average
of about three miles per day. The rail is
now adidoidistanne-of'347--miles trona -
Winnipeg. Telegraphic construction is
also being pushed concurrently with week'
Construction • on the Canada Pa.oifite
north of Lake Superior begins this week
from Prince Arthur's eLanding to Nepigon.
Five or- Bix engineering parties are ex-
ploring along the • north shore of Lake
tiiitionPeroif°rihaendwhaoffeterrottsionf7 f ttohme eN°nesptirguoen"
to Lake Nipissing, will be let early next
year.• °TESS LATE PRAISIE NOTES.
The rumor that small -pox had lerolte-il
out in the Portage is falee. '
Hudson Bay lots :at Rat Portage ,in the
new survey are held at an average of about
$250.
Professor Snell has been appointed
organist of St. Mary's 'Episcopal Church,
Portage
The Preabyterians of Portage la Prairie
"ye dem. e to build manse w ioh witi
probably cost about $3,000.
Thirtysone stores are -in- course of erec-
tion on Main street and Saskatoliewan
avenue in the Portage. The town, it is
said,, will shortly ha,ye a population of
The new elevator and mill erected by the
Portage Milling Company, north of the
railroad track, is fast a.pproaching comple-
tion. It can be seen a distance of seventeen
The hay orop in Woodlands and Meadow
Lea townships is now reported better than
at firet expected. Owing to the fact that this
season has beentiti dr-d-cfa.rmers.ho.ve been
able to put hay in the marshes where the
grates is long.
Abraham Johus, who was stabbed in his.
tent, is dead.
The boarding-house, licenses issued to
bagnimi have been revoked.
• The inland- reve,nue for July at,Emerson
was 0171,000, an increase of $151,000. The
duty tiolleeted 18 nearly $13,200.
A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
The Comic Side of 18-2,000 Polfoi ot
L
•(Frain theLeiviet:priloOl Express.)
At the Manchester assizes recently
Hannah Shorrook, a young woman residing
ab Chorley, sued Wilson Hodkinson for
damages for breach of promise of marriage.
In opening the case Mr.Naeli said this case
behenged to what was called the moral
class of breaoh of .pronaise eases, and that -
from first to last there was nothing that,
could bring a blush even to the sensitive
cheek of a Britielejury. (-Laughter.)-The
plaintiff was a young lady of about 25
yeate, was, as they said, of pleasing
appearance ancl irreproachable charac-
ter. The • defendant was an ex._
ceedingly prosperous and indus-
trious young man, . who travelled, , in
tea, and it appeared that he not only pos-
.seseed thee° fascinating manners Which
were proverbial with the English "com-
mercial," but a fund of high principle and
Unostentatious piety, which was as
creditable to him as it was unhappily rare.
(Laughter.) After eeading through about
2,000 folios of correepondence, with which
he didnotpropose to trouble the jury, he
(Mr. Nash) thought no damages could
compensate the young lady for the severe
lose she had sustained in having _been
engaged to the defendant for something
like seven years, and ,finally lost him for, a
husband. (Laughter.) Both parties were
about 25 years of age, and -resided formerly
in Chorley. In the year 1875 they became e
engaged, and soon afterward the defendant, '
being a young man of good character and
ability, • thought • he could -better
himself by coming -to Manchester.
'In 1876 he came to this city, and since that
time he had been in several lucrative situa-
tions in the tea trade. Itt his letters he
always displayed the warmest affection for
the piaintiff, and in one letter of January,
1876, he wrote • "My dearest Hannah
arrived at home all right, but sorry, sorry
indeed to leave the one I love so well. The
oftener I see you the more I love yen, and
it is always a few days before I get settled
after I see you." That, of course, was
what a young man of 18 would -feel- on -such --
occasions. • (Laughter.) Soon afterward he
went to Hyde, but he did not appear to
have become at home there, for he wrote :
" They are ;Buell horrid people'especially
this old fool 'of is woman." (Laughter.)
That only made him cling more
tenderly than ever to his Hannah,
and in another letter he wrote:
When I think of my mother and then
of you L could not help weeping." He
added that " he would itat beahutup in
-this place all Sunday with the servant "-a
remarkable proof of sincerity, inasmuch as
in the present dayof young men there were
not many who would shudder at beieg left •
all day in the house with the housemaid.
(Laughter.) He gaid also that "her lettere
were as good as a breakfast to him.
(Laughter.) He had stated that his salary
was enlarged from £73 to £83 10a. and
expenses, and then another £20 WELS added.
Communicating this • intelligence to his
intended, he wrote: "When the young
ladies at a tea party got to know that, they
all sang gongs for me and pressed their
attentions on me "---(laughter)---so that
A WinniPteg despatch, dated last (Thurs. the jury would see what an agreeable
day) night, says: Sultry and showery wea- young man the defendant was. Looks of
ther is just ripening the harvest, which ,hair were exchanged, a ring peened, and
now promises- an abundant yield. -Barley he said " he could. hardly wait with
is being out in many places, and weat and patience for -that happy time when
oats will be ready in another week. Haying they could e one in twain." • The
defendant's letters ware voluminous, ,
leuthiehrespelling-waseamt-irrephoachable.
-Cnce-he-wrote-thatle-Polly_hati_beenn
ing the.te.ble *bile I have been wrighting."eb'
So it was te thatpresumed, Polly had
shaken his orthography as well as the table. ,•
(Laughter.) He stated also that "it was
very difficult to be an honest tea -dealer in
Manchester, because I am surrounded with
such a lot of rogues." (Laughter.) About
• the beginning of 1881 he began to grow
colder, and in October of that year he
wrote, stating that he considered the en-
gagement at an end, offeringto return the
plaintiff's letters if she would give him
'back his epistlee and the ring. He refused
to naarrYher, and he (Mr. Natih) asked the ,
jury to give the plaintiff, by their verdict,'
BtantiMapensatiuu fur theltes-she
had sustained. •,
The,plaintiff, ;Hannah Shorrock, mach.
inists Clifford street,-Chorley, was called and
examined by Mr. Nash. She said the pro-
mise was made in 1875, and she fully
expected the defendant would marry her
until last year. She was fond of him and
he was fond of her, (laughter) and she had
always been ready and willing to marry
him. Cross-examined, the plaintiff said
the defendant bad reproached her with
• coldness in consequence of her not visiting
e
•deabout_averabutesther,e_ewas not is heavy •
-crop-thie-year--oneaccount_ Of the late and
• wet spring. ---
Harvesting has commenced in the south-
ern part of Manitoba.
It is said that the Hudson Bay & Nelson
River Railway Company have received
from the Government 6,400 acres of land
per mile along the line at $5 an 'acre.
• A private letter was received by a gen-
tleman in Ottawa from a friend at Battle
-
ford, in which it was stated the crops of
all kinds in that and the surrounding
locality look exceedingly well. Samples of
well filled barley were brought from the
Indian farm recently, and in some •fields
the wheat was heading out.
A drivemillogahelonging to J". R. Suther-
land dc Co., amounting to 6,250,000 feet, is
now in the river a, little above Winnipeg.
The drive of the -Winnipeg Lumbering
Company is just commencing ,to come in.
General Rosser has instituted is Suit
against the Canadian Pacific Railway for
naalioious prosecution, claiming $100,000
damages. • The suit'arisea out of the prose-
cution of Rosser last winter for taking the
plane of the company after he ' had left
their employment, and for which he was
honorably acquitted.
BAIL EXTRAORDINARY.
An Un usual @Morin up North — Severn.,
, • ,
/Inches ot Rail on the Ground.
• The passengers coming .south on • the
Toronto; Grey dc Bruce Railway yesterday
evening were greatly surpriseden reaching
Orangeville to pee the - plattonifief the
tdepoteroofs of the houses, and tile streets
of the town covered with Some "vehitedetbe,
stance, and ere, the train stopped it was a
matter of speculation, what it really could
mean. Mr. George Graham, of Brampton;
Mr. Henry Perrin of the Gormof Toronto-;
-Mr. Brown-denamithesofficials-otre
-the-ady„
and a representative of this paper who was
on the train got off, and made the discovery
that it was hail stones. .„.The storm which
broke over the town at about4.30 had con-
tinued for half an hour.In some places the
hail was to -the depth of 3 inches, and in
others 5 and 6 inches. An old gentleinan
standing on the station platform declared
that ie, his garden. it -was'-fully 6 iiaches.
The crops must have suffered, though .
„fortunately. the storai did not extend over
a very wide radius. The like has never .
been known at this season of the year.
befotein Canada. •
• Daring Burglary at Niagara Ealbt.
On Saturday morning Mr. Jarvis, barris-
ter, on getting up Wes' surprised to see a
man run out of his residence. HeTatonce
gave chase and captured the man and
handed him over to the Chief of Police.
The prisoner gave the IMMO of John
AdamT On being searched, among other
goods fouud on his person was some of Mr.
Janvie' silver stolen from the sideboard.
Officers Wynn. and MoMicking were then
detailed to go over the town and see if
ownerscould be found for the other goods
found on Adams.' They found that the
residence of Ald. J. N. Burns had been
burglarized during the night, and the
property Wasidentified by Mt. Burns as
his. Entrence was effected through the,
drawing -room -windows. Adams, on being-
plaeed in the dock this morning, pleaded
guilty to larceny from Mr. Jarvis' resi-
dence, and, was remanded for eight days
fordselitenee. On the charge of-burglarylie
-was committed Or trial. He is a profes-
sional house thief, a stra,uger in town, and
the police are looking up his record.
A fatal accident occurred about 8 o'clock
last night on the Kingston road railway
croeeiug, Toronto. A. deaf and dumb old
man named Peter Currie, while creasing
the teach, was struck by the tender of is
pilot engine end died in ahout forty minutes. great exoit emer t.
him •
when he n ewas confi nedt tla f o e hous or
Seven weeks by illness. On that occasion
she was looking after her aunt, and could
• not find time to go and see the defendant.
They had a quarrel in July, 1880, but
"made it up again." She hadnener told
him that 'hp would .have to give up bush
nese, in Manchester if he wanted to
-He had -not -improved his
business position during the five years he
had been in -Manchester, -but he vvas now
getting about £3 a week. '
• Mr. Fleming, who did not put the
defendant into. the box, emitended that
there had been a breaking of the, engage- •
-naentitanlymtetle, it - being evident -from
the reproachful tbYtei of the letters_ arthat
time that the defendant had ceased to
think a marnege would ultimately take
place. He asked the jury -to consider that
the defendant was in a humble Position,
and that the plaintiff did not seem to have
had her affections crushed' and blighted as
his learned friend would have them to wish.
The jury, after a short consultation,
returned a' • verdict for the plaintiff -
damages .C25. Execution was at once
grantehds
%VISITE AND COLOBED.
xe!temicat Over it Dedsion Regarding
Marriage.
,
-- A trial of coneiderable interest has just
been coecluded at Detroit, A:colored man
and a white woman who have been married
for seine timeeand have lived together as
Man and wife, both being entirely respect-
able and worthy people, were complained
of under the statute for lewd and lascivious
cohabitation. An old State law makes
marriages between white and colored
people unlawful. Under the charge of the
court the jury convicted. The case affeete
hundreds of . people, there being,a hundred
or more such married couples in the city of
Detroit alone.
Geo. Grant, a Pennsylvania Counti, Va.,
ovsedd-A. Palmer, his father -in -lay, money
and refused to pay. Palmer sent a mes-
sage stating that he „Would kill Grant on
sight if the latter did not pay. Soon after-
ward A. Palmer, Dorsey Palmereand John,
Holey ntet Grant and attacked him
with knives' and clubs. Grant defended
himself with desperate energy, but
was overpowered and out and
beaten nearly to death. Palmer and Holey --
fled. • Eight men started in pundit of the
fugitives, and if the latter are overtaken it
is believed a fearful combat will take phiee.
Grant cannot survive. The affair creates
mereeste