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VOLUME III.
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WHAT 18 LIFE?
Ir use rare -alt.
Life ie • para that leads
!lora tome sad earth awry:
Al first, 'breath Bowery meads,
With prospects green, .s1 gay
Thee 51.mb1 many • ragged hstgbt
Over swag. bills, it goes from eight.
Life las I;ttt.Asper,
Pat forth is early spring,
Within the ebelteri•e bower
Is beauty blo..ornieg.
Ere keg some Wei scion* it dies,
0,, la the wiot.r worm, a dies.
Life s • sparking airmen
Te+.tgh plesasst,yastsres led ;
Bet when the .un.t•r'. beam
Fans hod+ ea les bed,
Perchance, before It gams the sea,
10 dries sway esti. suddenly.
Life is aileoder airmen
Like filmy gossamer,
That Boating .verheard,
The slightest breath -may stir.
The ways' bo.glt-th• aotams wind -
Bet mover -sad %be the thread shall bad
Life is a rote to run,
And hearts ebe distant pries ;
fly few th• crown to woe :
For few are truly wi.e.
The things of thus short Ire they chaos. :
The endless life .1 h -refuse
AGRICULTURE.
WORK TO BE DONE.
We proceed to offer a few practical sug-
gestions to our Agricultura! readers to ad-
dition to thus c.eta!neJ in the last number.
The season, contrery to general expecta-
tion a few week; stare, promises to be a
tate one. At the tine we ere writing
(April 18) scarcely •07 of the character..
ties of Brief are visible ; vegetation has
not awakened from its wintry stnmbere, Ind
the severe(rusts ...latch %shave nzperi.nced
for passe ores past, with the Treses drafts of
saes n the wire backward sod elevated
siteatimD,, frays prevented the a't •m1, rtant
operations of the plough. The sudden
freshet experie-,cen in the beginning of the
month tbrougheet this Province has not
Soli done immense damage to bridges,
roads and other putlic and private works ;
bet ID many cases it must have been gee/ally
isjurieus to farmer., who ;w111 harp their
energies tamed to their inmost when the
seism for active nperattons fully arrives.
Before this sheet reaches our readers we
(tope to ettperieoce.a more - genial tempera-
ture, end host the main oaerat,ens of the
farm, fetch lir phoegh:ng and swine will
bate fairly commenced. In such a seson
•e the present, whose the ordinary horse-
power on tweet farms, is very inadequate to
Immediate and pressirg w •M.,—evert
thing relative 1, the preparattoe of the veil
sod sowing the geed, hexing to be derye in
so short a time, what en advantage wa.ld
it be to fart:.ers, of 'any considerable extent
to posses that invaluable and ccusomicul
Implement, the Cultivator. By this we do
sot mean that little CoDyetri,mt implennt
usually termed • horse -due, which is so
admirably adapted for the cultivation of
growing crops planted in rows, but acme -
thing approaehiee the large and heavy
implement known in the old country as
grubbers or Cultivators, rcgniring the draft
of three or four horst". Such an inrple
mint would thoroughly pulverize oven the
heaviest clays, to the depth of tee, Of
twelve {oche., and still deeper if desired,
and several acros could bo gone over in a
single day. Thus a deep land bed night
be readily obtained, which is an important
object in the climate for all kinds of erep.,,
and one that we might ray is essential to
the success of root culture. ifeavy soils
ploughed in the fall, sod so drained or fur•
rowed as bot to allow of the stagnation of
water, are immensely benefited by ex•
posure and hosts, and • good Cultivator
will •ally; bring them into s flee and
dap With for tiprjog, crept, w►t4e.t an
edesa
dttil pout/frig.Light sandy soils
are in general bet little bets filed by fall
ptotgbing, au °peraties tbatmay-he defer-
red, without any serious disadvastage (i11
$pang. •
Wheat that le thll and weakly should
Matteis soon as y,Kstaltoo becomes •ac-
liisr a top.♦gsa.g of Manure ; wood
aides and aeot, with • poetise of gypoem
sre retld7fnmeSded. Potash, soda (Nitratea)
and Goan• ars need is the old toiletries
with gnat advatiil.ge; bit the prep
ed Mess_ artists prim/tido thew gement
abs, at lean fm tie present, ie this eeen-
try. We are o1 opinion, hnwev•t•, that het
we•.eio•al sppticatiss of artalisial eseeuvem
for epeeist perp en{- es when • crop te in
iMeirat• twittlltriN Ort fngrodetnte
eeseptigl f I tt war, p is Caaads,
feq•ag0rpgn W,91111tlk..i hear a profit.
• la tbs..dwtios tahalt4rlinla•. 01 these
Vied of lbaft• Arnetth asparie•ce
X001 ORM -rl ,%¢14ntiflc b8ow
1• taaro agMl a topdreaasq
!a$bto Mtalttllia••a•d slew i• .ewe. •
llladl tilts re a rwmetnl
tfen of the roller.
4*.. with *wawa
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"TN' ORMATM$T POltitt$a GOOD TO TNM °SLAWS? P0881BLS Sta3NMIt."
GODER!CH, COUNTY OF HURON, (C. W.) THURSDAY, %I.Y 9 1990
and care is • beneficial practice, whether
seeds or manure are sown or pot.
The preparation of the land fur Putatoee
and other root crops meal be proceeded
with without delay, s it le of Importance
that most kinds of vegetables should be
sown in gond season. Although the po•
Woe to yet ler from being rcetursd to its
former healthy condition, ad the eats@ of
its themes continuos wrapt id obsesruy ,
still extended observation and aciestiflc in-
vestigation, lute sugeated several valuable
and practical huts to the cultivator of thew
important vegetable. la all countries, and
with all varieties, early•pfaetieg haa bees
found booefictsl ; the late crops hasiog
au/Eared' the most from thin ravages of
d.eeae. We should cuusidem it huard-
ous to recommead to our readers to enter
upon tit extensive cultivahus of t►e very
uncertain plant ; yet by the prudential ob-
ae:raec. of • few simple cooJitiene upon a
comparative .usll scale, a tolerable degree
of success may be. in mon instance., real-
ized. Select healthy tubers, plant early in
a soil that is dry and well cultivated. and
moderately rich is organic substances. -
Strong animal manure* should not be Ip•
plied, st tenet but very •p•rtegly ; hint ur
wood ashes, would be far preferable.
The ground fur Barley reopens' to be of
gond amen) futility, or watt manured, and
should receive 'behest celtirarroo. Drdn
hag the Hod, or ribbing, weal belonnd, ad•
vNHag.ous w,tb this as with most other
kinds of grate. From two and a half to
three bushels of creed to the sere, provided
ft•be clew .rd gaud, will be sufficient, and
should be Awn as early aa' possible, but
not exposed to the risk of irosts.
Such ve,itiea of Indian Cure as are suited
to this aurt.ern climate ought be more ex-
teneitrly cultivated with advantage betb
for gran and fodder. The land for rhes
crop should be dry, warm and rich ; and
the cull tatioa liberal. It to ueeleu to at-
tempt to grow maize, un cold backward
soil. ; but much of our rich, wet land
abound ng to organic matter might if
thuru'tgl.ly drained, be profitably brought
under the culture of this crop. It is an ex-
cellent plan we soon a the leaves bave
Made their ep;.••arance to sprinkle a little
SI InMIating utamuro over the hill, such as
gypsum, s.h:., b:c., w1th a stew to peen
forward ere young plants at thio early stage
beyond the del redatiuns of tssect., and
thereby aloe, eneurieg an earlier hal-vest ;
which is an object to our climate of the
very greatest impertanee.
A. to 'Num", Mange! Wurzel, Carrels,
lac., all that we can now say is, that •o
prudential farmer ought to be without them.
In them matter. wt• recommend s thorough
and liberal euffirativa oa to .mall reale, as
much safer and wore pro5tablo,,tbaa an im-
perfect and slovenly treatment of a large
breadth. One acre in root crops well
managed. will yield a larger produce than
treble that extent, tinier the treatment that
is commonly practiced.
A. Ibo moment Is now lar advanced, those
of our readers who are •nxiuur to secure
a I;►eel store of fool, both in hey ted root
for ckrrytng their stock through the nest
winter, mast nut Ivan a sing!° moment In
ronip:et,ng tho uecesaary preperatton..-
Meadswr ke; t in good cund;tion by liberal
.oedt' R •ud manuring, end eutt.ble soil.
se:oe:et/for nn,t crepe au!jocled to a sys-
tem of title;tat management, will generally
enable the persevering lamer, notwith-
ataeJirg the le• gih and usual ...verity of
our CanaQtn winters, to make ample pro-
risi"a fir cuetmeiog his live •tuck, in •
comfortable and improrong condition. -
Canadian .9.,ricutsral. .
INTERESTING FROX-C111.IFORNiA.
Aeries: of the Steamship Cherokee.- De-
valuates' ire 1.:evador.-.4rrie.t of the
Steamship Tena at f .Rama.-'
Chasers to rein.. -Extraordinary quick
passage of the Cherokee, etc.
The steamship Cherokee, Captain 1Vio
die, has just arrived from Cbegres after a
very quick passage. She brings one month
later news from all parts of the Pac fic.
The advice. from Sao Francisco are to
the tet of klatch.
The news s h:ghly interenine.
The intelligence from California, wee
brought to Panama by the steamship Ten-
neasce, Captain Patterson. She sailed
(rum Sas Francisco os the evening of the
lit of March.
She brought to Panama 862 passengers
and $1,342,602 oo freight, principally in
Gold Dust, .rid at lean $1,000,000 to poa-
sessins of the ('aseegers.
The mails from California of the let
March, received at Panama by the steam-
ship Tennessee together with the Gold,
were brought to charge of Mr. W. A. Bay-
ley, who also brings despatches from Mr.
Van Allen, Chugs des Affaires et Ecuador,
to our Secretary of State, asaousclag a
revolution i• that eesntry.
Os the night of the 21r4 March, a very
destructive Bre oecired at Cliagr.s, b
which more than nae hall of the whole
town was burned to the ground, sod a Targe
•ma•est of property lest . It was s.ppoesd
behave Owes the work of an ineeudlary.
taf tledessengers ly the Tommie@
t.dewAnllitb hum a temp of gold for
,,w►kh he w0►sbitre.f OiMOO. The forte -
sato Roder ifO le Mop had toiled without
eueeese for elvers! reohtla, when he was
thus amply rewarded for hie eserttoas.
The quantity of Geld Dust in the hands
wish* titer* is /We t sett +hey were tek-
tite .dvast.. •f the Itrtpreve,o.et t5
tbe weather, to bring It lows to plan Fran
-
OK*. *. Tbe'wee *, a1NNr.. tt 11 ••-
petted, will brtog larger amounts than hays
yet been rot to the U. 8. ..
It was quite healthy et Sea. Fraset.eo
and Sacramento City, and as the mud was
fol dry;ng op, things war• aesuwtsg a
very eeties .pp.araoce.
The Steamers on the Rivera were doing
• very profitable becomes, the Senator's
passage aid freight list, to and from Sacra -
memo City, amounting at weal to $15,000
aid occupying but two days. Coal was
worth about $30 per ton. Price of peeing°
$15 ; dt.tanc., 130 notes.
Luinber of all kinds was arriving is large
quantities, and prices had materially dech.-
ed is consequence.
(good lumber could be procured at
$45 per M. and forced wales bare Items
made still lower.
UNITED STATES.
Congress is now five months in session,
and • sitlement of the great gnestion tbat
Is now convulsing the country seems as far
from settlement as ever. Stavery ts des-
tined to give the republic a severe shock -a
shock that will rend it in twain. Some
time back we expected an opinion that
tither slavery must be erased hum the
statute book of the nation, or the nation
itself be divided. Events that have mace
tran.prred, and are daily trea.pirtng,
strengthen that opinion. It was supposed
■ t ode lime that the great contending par -
tis wouhletbaust them's!vein and so come
to some smicaLle arnngemeut, but the
very contrary is the case. The strife sell
wages fiercely and obstinately is the capi-
tol. Neither party will yield one jut of its
position. Slarery or diesolutioo is the
watchword of the south. Freedom and
union that of the north. The latter is con-
tending for a great, • sublime principle,
based upon motives the puree% and best. -
The former for • selfi,b and dsbued one,
ariai.g out of moors of personal interest.
The North is contending fur national glory
and oatmeal virtue. TI. South for nauoul
degradation and aation•l immorality. Be-
tween parties boiiug ouch opposite views,
aad eoutending for such opposite principles,
there es ecarcelr be any pests. Propose.
boas for a compromise have been .proposed
ad iweGitsas, but without producingany
good result. No c tmpromise will be
listened to by the South that will debar it
from seeding slaves to Ca 'forma. The
gotd conetry is looked upon by the soot( •
mora as a rich field for slave labor. Were,
o nlold wealth woatd accumlate for there
had they the ptotectton mod genetics of law
in Introducing hordes .f slates to work the
mines. What a wain and extended field fur
the operation of slave Institutions, But
slavery is frowned upon by the Californians.
They have declared that it shall not emit
amongst them. They found the country
free, and its moil, rich in the treasures of
earth, uopolleted by the tread of the slave,
sad as they found so they intend to pre -
move it. In this intention the freemen of
the North determine to uphold them. The
union to cursed sufficiently with having
slavery within its border., without extend
ug ti. Its vaunted axiom -"all men are
fr.e and equal,' costuns'efcient of with-
esing, minim; irony without adding
to its tnteselty. The voice of iedig-
sattoa from united Christendom, and the
piteous wail of bleeding, euflbrtpg benign-
ty, at the terrible system, contains toe munch
truthlulsess and reproach, for may men of
patriotic feelings, nut to incite them to re-
newed ardor in having their country rrilet-
ed from it. The freemen of the North have
n obly come forward to the rescue; they
have "hook off whatever of lethargy and
inactivity, which hitherto too much charac-
terized them; sod they firmly and unitedly
declare, that, if we cannot destroy slavery,
we shall a:rcumscribe it; -we shall serer
eensent to its extension into any tet•nto-
ries under the protection of free laws. -
Great honor to those sable patriots !-
Europe, the world in watching them; thein
is no unimportant struggle; upo■ their de-
termination and wisdom, depend le a num-
sure the unitise. of slavery inetitutiors
on the continent of North Amotica.-
1tni 'atom llerald•
posed to baro and thought to be
amen (roes .burg this forenoon. Two small
vada went out from Vsrmtlllot W peck top
11 y survivors.
Mooday, 9 A. M.
One of the vessels watch west out tu•,li
olffrum the hurricane deck 30 pa.aasgers
6 dead. D. A. Eddy is safe, and has tele-
graphed from Sandusky. The Wayne e■
ploded on her way from Sandusky to this
port. She was owned by Cru. ard,
k Cu., of Detroit, and war running in op
position to the regular tlanduaky line.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN N
YORK.
already been provided fur, and there were
bel .sers for whose clams it was
tees V eb
e wary to make permanent protwon. m
the emit of thenre1:•qui.bing their .me..,
era the Attorney General, the Culuntal I
Beer ,tory sad Registrar of Ikeda, and
the Treasurer. After • bet discusses. tel.
the Assembly tbe supplies were refused,
sed the I.egtels'ure woe thereupon pro -
reeved oo the 26th of Much. W• perceive
by late papers from Prince Edward's island,
that oa the 9th :not. a proclamation was
[Hoed by the Lieutenant -Governor, stating
that " It is expedient, for special reasons,
that a meeting of the Garters! Assembly
should be held on that day (the 25th April)
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TWELVE AND SIX PENCE
aT Tia ant, or Tilt TSAR.
NUMBER XIV
hum the seeress of the frisch',e 1 Have
those wee net direct and person., inter-
est It the well being of Canada, and shall
they be deprived of a some to the co•Jurt
tit the aff.tra tit Canada 1 Thee have t o
right to manage their iuuntetpat affairs, ba,.
hey not an equal right to say what gsaer.I
ars shall govern the municip.Ititee t
Haul ohms changes are brought sheet
here ran be nothing like .tebility in onr
tastituttune. A number of leadhng q tea.
tio0. ball* been dlepeeed of in • manner .,.
unsatisfactory, that the idea of their being
settled is never serlooaty entertained be
limy thinking man. On ibs other heed
eoww questioos which' have been settled
in accordance with the popular will, meet
with the must absurd lied unprtnapled op-
position -as opposition which the enemi.s
01 popular rights would not dare to offer, if
tb• francbt.o were in a state di Lot tiring e
este mxeitessi,R Or T1IR wA.'r1 anD wli014.e
Or MI rmorr.• 05 CawAos.—llromrfu,d
'Jerald
New York. April 19, 6, P. M. ' for the Jespeteh of buetness," and eutnmon-
ing them accordingly. Thyro was, there -
The building adjoining T. P. Barnuni r
Museum, Broadway, and formerly 'tweeted ,lure, so retort to a dissolution, sod rt is
'by -the Chstraical Bauk, fell is this morning, . Preeumrd that Sir 1) ria:d Campbell eta -
AWFUL CATASTROPHE.
Buffalo, April 29, C P. M.
The Steamer Anthony Wayne was blown
up at Cleveland, on Sunday evening. From
Mr. Vora, Clerk, who arrived here to nmght
we leers the following particulars of the
explosion. She left Toledo at 9 o'clock on
Saturday night, with about 29 panasogerh
and took some 40 more at Seodusky, leav-
ing there at 10 o'clock. That made toe
number on bard about 80 or 100. At le
past one this noon, joist below Vermillion,
and 8 miles from shore. the starboard boil-
e rs exploded, throwing them into • perpen
diectar position, tearing away the steerage
cabin, rid shattering the hull badly. She
sunk in 15 minute., going bow forcm4st.-
The y I Was teunebed sad 11 persons
ranched the shore is it. The Me boat halt
•fled on launching, and rested badly, but
6 person got ashore in tier, after 6 hours
efforts. Capt. (}ere, Jams Edg.comb,
*Tit mite, sad Mr. Vora, clerk, are s►eJ.
James Ellmtwef Nn. sod Edward Burchard
second sag sre both lost. Mr. D. A.
grid, of Cleve , was seen after the ex-
platl,ies, bit whether he wee int or sot it
enh.ew•. Tb. esti remit of the Captain,
5.1110 the ete•rege cable was blowo to
piece•. but be was unhurt. When lbs
Vega. west dew% telae was en fire,
and the Swift wire loot hinting mit. The
9ba•e of the accident are cannot stne.-
bailers wire only • year old. and in
i.diW.- Tit hstrisas.d•d lie sip
bur)ine several persons beneath the ruins.
One man has since been taken out dead. -
A portion of the bonded warehouse also fell
in this morning, and berried 10 or 12 fire-
men, who were engaged in removing the
rubbish from the ruins. ,111s not yet known
how many here been killed.
RaTam.crrra r, - In our last week's
issue we had the stufacuoo of giving some
practical proofs of the desire. to meet the
demands of the people on this question, in
the reductions that have taken place in the
Curium -Houses at Quebec and Montreal.
Wei aro glad to state that similar reductions
are being made in the same department at
Kingston: one item of which is the reduc-
tion of the Collector's salary from £I000 to
£600. Ae4 the Exami,.er, whoa, evidence
on such a matter carrries with It extra
authority, states that all salaries over £150
are to be reviewed. The ministry are tak-
ing the sure way of fixing themselves in
the effectione of the people by acceding to
their reasonable demands, and bed defiance
to all combination, of Tories, Leaguers or
Clear -grits. This i. nota mere bagatelle.
Wunder if the Tomes have got sock of
Retrenchment yet 1 -Free Press.
The Gazette, the other day, resuscitated
the question of the Rebellion Losses Act,
in the faint hope, we suppose. that he could
induce his faction to agitate fur its repeal.
We imagine his friends bare suffered quite
enough already from listening to hie advice
to induce them to refrain furrier following
in bis wake. The total disruption of the
Great Conservative party -as the Tones
formerly delighted to .tyle themselves ;-
the utter execration in which they are
held in every part of the country : the with-
drawal of the Seat of Government from
Montreal ; and the maniacal Annexation
cry, hare, been some of rho fruits of the
policy fifths Gazette and other kindredinur-
aae ; and they form sufficient grc,:nda to
induce any reasonable man to refrain from
further trusting in such blind sdviecte.
1Vhether the Gazette approves or rot, he
way rest assured the Rebellion Losses Aet
will stand in full force. He is pleated to
attack the eominiseiuners who arc appoint-
ed to carry out its provision. As the
m•tjnnty of them were appointed by hie
own estrous, aad only continued under the
present Adn,ints: ration we do not feel celled
on to defend their action.. They are guide
cd by the instructions of Mr_ Daly, and we
'magma the remnant of the defunct Cabinet
will scarcely hate the effrontery to repudi-
ate their own instructions --although we
are, perhaps, wrong in this, since they op-
pose the eonaumn.ation of their owe act.
The Gazette quotes the Pilot a. having
" eonfeoeed that all rebels are to be admit'-
ed to payment eider the Act :" as tits as- -
serlioD merely rests on the authority- of the
Gazette, it is perhaps needlces to cetera -
diet it. We eba11 content ourselves with
re-assertirg what e.e hare ever.tated-
that the Act expressly forbids the payment
of rebel. ; that the parties entitled to re-
eet,e eompeneation, and them d,.qualifiod,
are distinctly puimed out in the Act ; that
the instructions to the Commis.toners are
founded on the Act ; and that the Ministry
have no power or authority whatever ie
dectding who shall or who shall not be in-
demnified under the Act -the responsibility
of deciding on the claims submitted resting
entirely deem the Commissioners, the ma-
jority of whom, se already observed, were
the appointment of the tate Adm:outration
Pao'.
pects to come to an amicable arrangement
with the Assembly, at the approuhicg ses-
sion .-Culonist.
THE WANTS OF CANADA.
In our 1st, we think, vie 'hewed satie-
factouly, that, in the present state of the
representation public oploton is not fairly
represented. Our object now is to 'hew,
that even if the representation were in-
creased and equalized, public opinion would
still be unheard through the medium of the
franchise es at preeentexercised. In order
that there may be no muuodegstending
about our views, we begin by saying, that
we give a decided segalire to the principle
of universal suffrage. We cannot go to
the length of advocating an unlimited
franchise, and we will slate *variaeons.-
In the first place we meiataie that until
moral worth acd int•!betual improvement
are more w;dely disseminated, it would be
unwise to mato the experiment. Upon
this depends the permanency of the Ameri-
can Union, where universel suffrage is the
order of the day. If the 'A,atertffcn people
have attained that degree of moral worth
and intell:geuee which are nece.ary to the
welt-bei.g.asd working of republic, their
fbaritotios• will be permament: whether or
tot this be the case. time will tell. With
respect to Canada, we are decidedly of
opinion that s.cb is nut the case. Let the
event3 of the put year teettfy to the truth
of -the assertion, tout there is • aad lack of
moral worth. Every one acquainted with
the state of Nre'couetry, knows, that as to
The legislature of Prince Edward's !s-
tood hawing refused the supplies, the Lieu -
teasel Governor progreeeed the Houses.
on the 26th ult. Air Donald Campbell, in
hie speceb, regrets the tours persued by
the Assembly, fearing that the colony may
refer deep and luting injury from their
proceedings, to 111614111g the supplies, u8
•bandontsg the dscbarge of their legisla-
tive deur, et a tithe white mitten of high
importance, not oaly to the Island, but to
the Begird' North Americas Pro.ieee gene-
rally, were before them. 11 appears that
before greeting aeapossibl. Ge,erswu:
to the islasti, provision ws eegitted to he
made, as to the other colnele*, for the ex
sting eflce-holders, sed that thereepee
the (stews re.esees tpo914 be ..rv.edered
. In the Legislature. the Owe( Issues hed
From rhe Globe.
PRISON DISCIPLINE.
MOM • LRCTC.• IT 050. taown, toq.
Delivered before the Mechanics laseitut. of
7broat°, 1901 April, 1850.
Perhaps thyro is no department of civil
economy which pre.entr so many !.;,Itis of
grace philosophic inquiry, as that whish
treats of the prevention sod punishment of
crime, and the reformation of the cnwioal.
The wise adjustment of the penal code; the
treatment of untried prisoners; this punish-
ment of venial offenders; and the ;molten
teary system for hardened criminals; do alt.
with their numerous ind important pour•
efd.tail, afford wide scope for ioveataga-
tion. And the subject is no less entitled
to the earnest attention of a civilized pito-
tile, from its influence on the public morali-
ty-oo the afe:y of life and property -and
exchequer. 1f we reflect that
county has a gaol, gaolers, constables,
magistrates, judges and criminal courts; and
Upper Canada alone there are twen-
ty eouoie.-fn ail of which this costly
machinery, presumed to be for the limita-
tion of crime, is maintained; it will at enc•
be emit that, even In a pecuniary view, the
treatment of criminals is far from es uni a-
perient question. And if it is further con•
sidered that each of these county gaols has,
at all times, numerous tomatea - that
the Peoitentiary alone has about four
hundred convicts -the powerful ionuence
which our penal system may hate on the
public morals will be obvious to every one.
Rut if it s atilt farther considered that
them many hundreds of offenders at any
one time to be found in our prisons, aro not
the whole criminal poputatioo of the Pro-
vince, but merely the number passing every
few mon:he through the expiatory ordeal to
be swept back to struggle in the stream of
OD 1
enc
magi
that 1
iptelleetual improvement, we ere far be- life; and that each unit of this mase has bis
bind. Secondly we hold, in the Fracas i relative., and friends, arid esoeiatee, over
whom he exercises more or lass influence;
state of Otsego, that since moral worth and
iotct:teepee cannot be made the standard of
quatI4catlos, and since from the want of
them there is denger of those who do not
own property seting despotically towards
those who posses it, property to a greater
or lees degree, must he the standard 01
the mind Mantle aghast at the vest amount
of crime which must exist in our midet-
and • loud call comes home to us as a pen.
ple, to see well that no effurt is lacking on
our part to nun back the surge of rice
which rolls over the land. How fearful is
the thought that by the neglect or indiffe-
rence of a people, the losetutton• which
qualification. Every mea who holJs pro- triey have erected for the expiation of crime
cert ha • direct sod IDtenre interest in I and the reform of the criminal, may 'link
I into nuraeriee of vice, and b'eeeme the moral
the Risking and mautaining of laws which' tomb of all who eater them.
protect p►ieate right., while those who {• Have we in Canada, as s people, meted
have none, (othrr things not being egna!) I wisely in this matterneve we done whet
may, if ower be ,ren to them, iadol a em we migbti to nay the inroads of ermine upas
y, P C g 1 our population? to he feared teat we
acts which would loosen the gond• of rode- have Dot. Time would fad. did we attempt
ty. Ito do more this g`1gh an onllios of our
\Vc are, however, clearly of opinion,. that subject, touching 11BIlbe jfryrsent featurse
the franchise moat be greatly extended.- so, 11 may not be disadvantageous to Com -
which it preempts for disavow; bat in doing
All persons whose named shall appear on bine the practical with the theoretical, and
the assessment rolls bong taxed as house- show hued!, ,o passing, the condition of our
bo!ders for a representative in Parliament. PnSoo gsWo m Canada, and the
weicb Mtgbt be guggeeted fox cae-
.id.r•tion,
During the last 75 years a revolution io
public sentiment has been gradually work-
ing throughout Christendom, a to what
constitute the proper means and end of
penal discipline. Previous to the com-
meneent of that period. the hatter, the
loathsome dungeon, the pillory, the nneks,
and selling the convict into Cotolsisl slave-
ry, were the sole means for the pi•uh-
ment and prevention of crime; sad the 0e:y
end was to inflict suffering and strtketerror.
Howard was the first to arrest public alumi-
nise to the subject, and- show the sin pad
folly of castiag forth all who erred, as irre-
claimable entreat., to wage war with
society -of treating all offenders me dead to
every feeling by which mea are swayed,
but that of fear. The buttery of for taw
oent philanthropist to known to every one.
While is • voyage to Lisbon in 1155, lb*
pacbet in which he sailed was taken by •
French Pr,sreer amd carried in'o Bee's. -
Howard and Ms compost, as became inmates
of the dusgeoes of the Cute of R est, ad
the suffering and misery which they under -
west rnuaed the indignetio..l the philan-
This is the position which we take, and
'iota it be obtained we shall not be attest.
The hardship" of the pretest eleceoo law
may he teen from a few facts. in tutees
and cities tenants holding property of a cer-
tain yearly value have a right to vote,
while in counties the nece.sry qualifica-
tion is a freehold. in Lower Canada also',
"promosre de venter equivalent to a per -
chase, without the execution of a pauest,
confers the right of young. We can see
no reason in equity why there ebould be a
dutincttoe made in riveter cities and towns
or the Lower portion of the Province. in
a village also, • parson ha.ing a convey-
ance for a quarter of an sere, Worth, My
from £15 to £50, has the necessary qualifi-
cation, while, to the townships, persons
having investments worth kern £100 to
£1000, but who have not paid up, are ex -
Chided. to many townships also, or parts
of townships, *li ch are Clergy reserves.
where from the nature of the purchase, a
patent cannot haus for lea years, those IS
possession err foe that term of years exclu-
ded. le the Ilurne tract, for instance, es
the Canada Company's Inds, from the throprt. ted led him to seek to .metlorate
recent arreng.inest• made by tbet Comps• lbs sufferings of bis countrymen te the
ny, a large number of isdu.trious settlers French pen... The work this eomn,.ec-
will for a long period have no voice is the •d, went no; 11,iward 5005 after turned lite
errors of the proffer. Thee. it le obrtous isqutri.I to the c•'ndrtion of Oho ga0k , t
that public opinion a sot bro.ugbt to breva kis own ::°t y.
ted foetid them every -
The member of Ireholdeve been beta small where dens of mtser)• in whicb health wee
peoporllee to the pnt.uINOO., Wb es,. lost and rice strengthened. Is rooted
means of ascertaining eke proportion every large pnsen im Ewplaed al weeny to
-ihroigboet the provm.e. ; but we know that Scotland sod 1,.larvd,-the pond"), s5
is tele, one of the weellbieel and mon Itigh HbarJT of lbs C"'",Be
raf dford
populous parts of the Province the !w.p.m.. ing him much indnenee. 115 was morn.
tion is indeed very .malt. Take the Town monnl before Parliament cud examined as
ship of i)emlrtes, for *sample, with a pnpu- to hie di.cnveriee, and the revolt wes tint
Wrote of 9000 meledteg Parte and Galt, he received the thanks of the heti'', sed
there are writ m thaw 400 fresholdera.- Succeeded in refill two Acta through
The tnw•a►ty of Rrewe:.rd /mrMelt the the l.egal.tur. for .--. am.horat.nn aeon,*
town) bis' pnputahon rat shut Ao00, with of the hardships under winch the pri.eeer
about a like proportion of freeholders. \Val at that tune laboured.
any one be hold enough to severe that thus The Aets this peeved at so early • dab',
is right t Can Iny good ree!on be giver, prowls the swguler seetesees .( tl.werd•o
10, the .Trlernn of se Targe 1 nnrebev of awed sod how fu he was in 'drawee cf the
iode.'risme end intellrgrat landholder*, r limes to wh•rh he lived. Tee Aet tOth
napes the pope:stone of those township*, George 11I. esp. 74, passed in 1778, was
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