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Prozectifion of Rev. Mr. Voyse
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It is impressible to eiaggerate the i_
portance or universality of the inertS
depending on the result of the prose
tion of Rev. 0. Voysey, 11. .1,, T
prosecution, whichever way it may t
minateinv-olyes issue.s of the utm
consequence to ad. --e-. clergy, liti
ch.urehtnen, Dissenters, ProtestanP4
to all who hold religion to IsOndispe
able to civilisation. Mryovsey ie
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representeeive man. -As a clergyma
he typifies the growing intelligent mi
' mity of eceleeiastics who claimed unf'
teed lie,erty to, publishtheEzince
convictions in order to :become , re
teachers ot the people. As an Engli
protesbent, he ,tekes hie stand on t
bulwark- of civiland religious Iinert
won by our fathers at the Refornietio
-the,right of private judgment. Th
e,tacse ceiebre !may ctecide whether tl
'bulk -,of the clergy are to -len -min nine
longer the unizeled slaves of the Esta
lishment; --whether in ah age of progre
atid 'enlightenment,. _ the eculeeiasti
shall remain in a false p Sition, clenie
the privilege 'of discoveri-ng and enu
_ dating truth granted to the laymen
fettered by creedand artielfs, force
'to be insincere, and to pander to the 1
' norance and prejudice of the congreg
tion he is forbieklen to instract. Th
-existing sy-stero is calculated to brin
the clergy into contempt, to degrad
the ptilpit from in engine of instetic
'den to that original voeution' implie
in the lite -tell mearieg of the wordpe
pm -the 0 ealsed potien of the seig
where the actors recited 'their a,arts
No wonder that earnest clergymen as1
the laity to aid in -freeing them,from
the letter which killeth-the dead let
'ter of formula? routines, - and ecclesias
tical red t,te e -a -the bondege-of worn-ou
ereeds and ffete traditions. '
HOW can- the teacher influence:if he
is not perinitted to ptiblish his sincere
convictions? The clerical DemoSthen
es is expected to confront the terrible
"Dweller on the Threshold," a,nd to be
eloquent; with the sword of Dameeles
impending over his devoted. head, in the
,shape of a prosecution.for opinion.
'Thus; instead of a Boanerges, we beho14
• a dumb dog in. flee pulpit. The preach -
'is gagged by the Thirty-nine 4 1 tides,
Creed, &c, And. the dread of a prosecu-
tion. for heresy, if he soars beyond the
traditional theology of select vestrya
nien. It is as if we clipped the wings
of an eagle, and then a ondered that he
shul3les 'along the ground instead of
mounting towards the skyfhe teach=
•'er m ust beware, lest on the a vwfu I theme
of immortality, in : his eagerness to
ttrouse sinners to a sense of moral re-
. sponsibility to 'God, he utters words
which are not strictly orthodox, and
furnish ground for a eitation to the ec-
clesiastical: Cottrts.• . Imagine the A postle
Paul preaching under similar restrie-
tions, ,declaring the unknown God to
the Athenians, makiug Felix tremble
„and ea., using Agrippa to say, "Almost
thee persuadest ir.e to be a Christian I"
This is why a sermon'which should be
the most stirring of all orations, is'SO,
. oftenan epiate. T4 .r preacher is an
honest, intelligent, good men. Why
: does he fail to intere 7 Becanse we
know beforehand wh t he must say,
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how far he Can go, t e exact' length of
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his orthodox tether. Ife clere(not leave
a suspicion in the mini- of that respect -
Aide .ch urch warden, - or that middle-
aged lady With ,the. enormous chignon,
. triad be'le:heteeodox. He must go on
le dling . out pap for banies, while--aretr.
are perishing for lack of strong meat. •
M. -Voysey is. prosecuted, not for
any 'failing in moral 'conduct, not for
nonconformity to the worship' and rules
of the church fleut foi experesSing his
ho- nest conviction's on doatrinal q ties
-
dons. . A section- of the church which
doe e not approve of Mr. Voysey's-theo,
ology,.instead of manfully trying to re
fute 'him by fair - controversy, finding
• that he ca'aniot be terrified into a time-
server, a hypocrite, or a.mezzled slave,
are putting the laWin force to ruin him
and eritsh7 the Protesuant principle,
right of private judgment, and liberty.
for the clergy of which Mr. Voysey is
the representative. On the .decision
whether Mr. •VoYsey remains or does
not rena,iii a minister of the Establish-
ment will ultimately depend 'whether
the State Church takes out a new lease
of life, becomesvigorous and national,
or ceases to exist. In other words.
-whether religion.' is to be upheld by a
' Church deserving to be called national,.
• numbering among its teachers learned
and good .men of all ahades of theology,
. or broken up into a Multitude of irleig-
Ilifi Cant, intolerant sects, warring with
one another, -frowning down and expel-
ling all originality, genius and indepen-
deorthoright,' .and utterly enable to op-
pose any effectual resistance W n
the e-
c,roachments of Rothe on the one hand,and
:the Assaults of niaterialisrn and avowed
at46:isin on the other. " Di meliora
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THE SEAFORTH EXPOSITORI
Iron -clad Movemeitt.
The Time cerrespondent, who has
Accompanied the • Lords of the Adinir-
airy inie„their crune, devotes mole than
four columns to a description of the
manceuVers of the fleet during the Vey -
age from Gibraltar to •Lisbon. The
more salient facts 'v hich he thinks are
estaolished SQ 'far by the cruise are -
that the efficiency of ,the Channel and
• Mediterranean Squadrons in, steam evo-
lution is 'not at ell Coma-, ensure te with
the cot of their annual practice iu .the
two items' alone of coal Ana wear end
tear ..of machinery,' that the action atilt'
Malence rudder principle, under eertain
• conditions uf 'wind- and sea,, or amount
of helm given, is ‘daogerously defective'
'Arid that the oldest. of oar iren-cladaare
Superior in Sailing to windward ova,
those latest produced.. • The steadiest
hem-olads ships- under steam ot sail in
the two scpetdrons; he says, are the
Agi ncourt, Mieetau a North. um berland
Hereules and Mopareh. The Moet un-
eteadee of all are the Pallas, Royal Oak,
'reledouite Lord Ward.en, and Prince
Porisort, in the order named. The 1iip
having the greatest inclination under'
is the . Inconstai;te but this defect,:
if it is consideredone Of .greut moment.,
c Lit easily be reetified. He also -thinks
theg real su,e1IoIits of t tu rret over
the bi principle in m'aiitteiuing a
eontimmus five in a rolling see, to be
established. The fleet Oiled front Lis-
bon On the .170.. nit., on a four days'
creise, after whieb the ships were to re-
pair to their•reepective stetions.
JOSH BILLINGS ON CATS, I hay
stoddyed cats elussely for yeare, and
hay. found them adikted tew a wild
state. They hunt got no affecebun of
enhy kind ; they will scratch flier hest
friends ; wont ketch mice enless they
are hungry. been sed that they
are good to mal e into sassages, but this
iz a great mit take. i `haw been told. by
a sassage maker that they dont:kora na re
• with dogs. There iz one thing sa t tin.
they' are very anxious tew - live. You
may turn one inside out, and hang up
by the tail, tind az soon az you are out
of sight he will manage to turn a back
sonetreet and cum around awl rite in a
fu days. It iz 'very hard work to leoze
a cat. .If one gets carriedupli in a bag
bi mistake tegrate ways in the krintry,
they vont sta lost only a short time,
but SOOD Appear, to make the faMily
happy with their presence. Old maids
are vety fond of catsefor the reason I
suppose, that cats never marry ef they
hav *ever so good a chance. - There iz
one thing about eats I, dcht like: if you
step on their tails bi acksident they get
mad rite oph, add make a greet fuss
about it. There iz anothtr thing. which
makes theni agood investment for poor
folks.' A pair of cats will yield each
year, without any outlay, something
like 880 per cern:. it iz a veiy singular
fact that cats dont, like a mill -pond ;
and I never kna one tew get drowned
by acksident. • ney creem, but it
seems to '1/4,beagaireat their relidgin tew
hitch sop. Cats and dogs. have never
been able to agree on theenain question
imp both' seem tew want. the affirm atiff
aide tew °fist. I -think: if 1. c:orrld have
my way, there wouldnt be "enny -more
oats born, unless thet, could show a cee-
tificate of good mere' karakter. There
iz one thipg More about cats which seern.
tew me tew bee awl affekshun, and
that is makin such a devilish noise un-
der a feller's winder'Aights, and then
eattit -If 1 wus tew hay mi
cnoice between a cot and a striped
snakel vviiuld take the snahe, bekase 1
could get. rid of the snake by letting
him go There aint no certain way to
kill a cat; if you get one worked up in-
to sassage, and you think you .are awl
rite, jiet as likeliest not they.will cum
to and take oph a lot of sassages with
em. , These at -e my views about cats,
rather hastily hove together ; and if I
'mint said -enough agin them, it is only
bekaus I lack theinformashun.
• A terrible story, reverted from Agen
and attested both by a (Lector and by
the chrectuer des Pon-ipes Funebres.
shows that fears of premature Initial in'
France are not unfuuded in cen.sequence
of the law comuianding interment with-
in twenty-four hours after death. A
young lady of Agen died about a year
'ago, and was buried in the cemetry of
Sainte fol. A few deys since'ller mother
also expired having before- her death
expressed a wish- to repose in, the same
coffin with her daughter. 4 large
coffin was accordingly constructed, to
contain two corpses, and the body of
the young exhumed. It was Chen
diseoired eiat the wincling-sheet had
been torn openand the right hand,
which was disengaged from its folds was
deeply marked with bites. On the lid
of the coffin were some marks made -.with
he erucitia which lay upon her breast,.
nd the whole circumstances of the case
-ft no doubt that the unfortenate lady
ad been a victim to the horrors of pre-
- ••
,atme burial. Intense excitement pre -
ails in the neighborhood. and an oleic-
] inquiry is to bri made upon the su b-
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It
Jittle girl wants to know it fleas ale yr
white --because her uncle coldher that v
Mary had a _laic lamb with fleas as ia
white as snow.
• Closing -Woolwich I/coley/1rd• .
Woolwich Dockyard was virtually
closed on Saturday, the whole' of the
n.echanics. and laborers, amounting to
not nwee than 150, having left the es-
tablishment pursuant, to notice -with
the exception or a few men who remain
for the eurpose of malaing packing -cases
forthe fueoittne of the offieials who
will remove to other localities. Sowe
of the smiths before leaving managed to
hufse a black flag to the top of the
entithy shaft,' on which a groan was
tet up for Messrs. • Gladstone, Childere
and 13right. in the smithy shop a
duturry was streng up to, a representa-
tion of a gallows. The, was Suitt to he
an -effigy of Childers,, tne poor
man's friend.' In diff• -rent parts of the
town black flogs bearing the skull and
cruSs-bones, were to be seen; and an at-
-tempt was made to feral a funeral pro-
cession, beaded by a band playing the
•'Dead March in Saul,' but the rain put,
an end to this denionst.stion. Six of
_the est 'Wished clerks. at Woolwich
have been: transferred to Chatham
lockyard, which will neeessitate the
discharge of 'a corresponding number of
hired writers from the latter estaalish,
went. •
THE HIC4HLANDERS OF SCOTLAND. -
III a very haoasotne volume entitled
:"'The Gaelie Tcpoi,leaphy of S.otland,
and what it pruves, explained, vith
Historical, A utiqutirian, And Descrip-
tive Information." Col. Robertson t
author,who also published a valuable
work a year or two ago, on "Concise
'Historical Proofs on the Highlanders,"
sets_ himeelf to prove " thebti:e High,
ladders of Seotland are the descendants
and repreeentativee of the valiant -Cal-
edonian Gael, who were the first inhab-
itants of the lona of Alban, 110W called
Scotland. -His argument is derived
from the fact that the language of the
H;gblanders iproved to be the same
as the Gaelic typography wherever it
appears, in eitle r the north or south of
cothincl, or in England. As reeards
the latter assertion, Col. Rafertson
• points out that Caesar notes th4 the in-
terior of England was iuhabited by a
race se miugly older than that occupy-
iug -the coast. The former, Col. Robert-
son. maintains, were Gaels; a'al it
proof that the Gael was the primitiv
nliabitant of England as -well As
Scotland, and that therefore he and no
the Welshman, is The original armlet!
Briton, is to be found in the circuit'
sta.ocathat the majerity of the names o
rivers hi England are idEuitic:al to tiles
of Gaelic origin in Scotland. Thus in
.England there are four rivers Avor
There are seveu in Scot1a:J.(1, and th
derivation of the whole is the Gaeli
arded still in use for a river-abhaeina.
The six •St4u1.8 in England have for
their etymology the Gaelic; word ewe,
tneaning rough, uneven. Coe Robert
son brings forward a great- number of
kindr4,1 examples, to prove that the
an den 03ritoni were in reelity the same
race as the Highlanders of to -day, -and
ativen,gradukuly into the oor.e north
eruly parts of the island by the Welsh
or Cynni, in their turn to be driven to
the mountains of the west by the Sax
on."
VON U
COTCH
THE.
OLLAR.
rilHE undersigned begs to inform the farm-
'. ers and others of the County of Huron,
at h3 has opened a first class
ITARNWSS & SADDLERY
IN
1
And bei4 in a position to pay cash for all
*material used at his establishment. he can
and will off.:r superior -inducements to any
other party doing business here.
• UTIS COLLARS particularly, are acknow-
fi ledged by CO:.. petant judges to he su-
perior to any made in the county, and from
his thorough acquaintance with the wants
of the community, he is satisfied that all who
• favour him with theirpatronage wil; have
• no cause to regret doing so.
His personal supervision being given to all
mio±k manufaetured at his shop, places him
in a position to warrant all work sold by
him, and his motto will be "tiFe nimble six-
pence before the slow shilling." Come along
farmers andjudge for yourselves. No charge
for showing goo'cls. •
ilte-Shop opposite the Post Office, Seaforth
WM. H. OLIVER,
he Seaforth, June 18, 1869. 80-tf.
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AN INoiDENT tiF THE FLOOD. -The
rr.iption oftravel on the El -ie R way,
owing to the great storm of Sunday, a
week ago, occasioned a bit ot romance
worth lecording. Mr Irving D.Booth
a resident ofElmira, and iviiss Esther
D' Shaw, of Middletown, N Y', wereo
have been united in wedloctc on Wed-
nesday lest. The eridegroo in accompi n
ied by his friends, started on Titee'day
morning for the wedding. At D4posit,
owing to the daniage.done to the rail-
road track oy the storm, trains could
run nd • further The telegraph 'pima
were oroken down, so that he could not
communicate to.,his beide the .cause of
his detention, and the prospects; of the
track being -repaired for some days was
:anything out encoraging. "Faint heart
never W011 fair lady," he thought„so he
resolved to brava all dangers and (litre
culties, and, push forward as best he,
could, and endeavour to get to Middle-
town in tirne to assume the maritial ob-
ligations At Middletown the bride awl
friends had made all the preparations for elegant wedaling, but when they as-
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certainea that no trains would arrive
from the west, they postponed the cer-
emony. The beidegrooin &Ltd friends;
despite the many obstacles, pushed
bravely on, sometimes on foot, in wreck-
ing trains and on band cars, until they
arrived ac Port Jarvis, wherethey toc I
paeseeger train, and arrived 'almoat in
time tor the wedding, as first announc-
ed. The marriage was duly celebrated
on Thursday last, Rey. Messrs Stouten-
,
burg and. sew,1 rd.etli
The Pacific Railroad commencd carry-
ing emigrants to -California for $70 irom
New York or $42 frcm Omaha on the
1st of Septern bete and the expeinient has
proveu a gratifying success. The num-
ber of emigrants have averaged 100 per
day; they are carried in good ears on
the Express Freight teain, and make the
trip in less than ten day.
GO7DER1CH
COMMERCIAL AND MATHEMATICAL
ACADEMY!
• (Established Oct. 1st, 180.)
Im Conection with ate London Com-
_
inercial College.
The -Course of Sizaiy
Is °Comprehensive,
PR.ACTICAL. A:ND CHEAP.
The tirne necessary to complete the course
is from 4 to 6 months; but one year is al
lowed, so that all can finish it without extra
charge.
TERMS:
For the w!lole course, $20 in advance,
(Books & Stationery not included.)
Please _eiclose stamp for circular which
contains full information, and address
J. A. MeKELLAR,
• Principal,
Goderich, Ont.
August 20th. 1869. • 89-ol0E.
CASH
FOR
ririE subscriber having Ak.,MOVED to
•I the premises lately occupied by E. Hick-
son & Co., is now prepared to pay the high-
est Cash Priee for any quantity of good
Fresh Eggs delivered at his shop, Main
Seaforth. •- •
• DAVID D. WILSON.
Seaforth, April 22. 72-tf.
INSO (SENT ACT °F 1864.
In the Matter of WILLIAM FER-
GUSON
An Insolvent.
N Saturday the sierth day of No
vem her neat, the undersigned wil
apply to the Judge of the County Court
or the County of Huron for a discharge
under the said Act.
WILLIAM FERGUSON,
• By M. C.. CAMERON,
. His Attorney.,
Goderich 20thAu g. A. D. 1669. 91-2
ONTARIO HOUSE,
FALL &WINTER
• STOCICS,
Very Complete, and selling at
greatly ,
Reduced Prices
CLOTHS, FLANNELS,
SHAWLS and HOODS,
In great -variety.
resh raoceries
• And Crockery. •
• EDWARD CASH.
Sesferth. Sept, 29, 1869. 53-17.
FOR SALE.
- r OT No. 20, in the 13th Concession of
•Stephen,. Term., liberal, Title good,
Apply to Messrs Iienson 4 Meyer, Seaforth
or to Messrs Cameron, McMichael, Fitzger-
ald & Hoskin, Solicitors, Toronto,
AGENTS WANTED.
A GENTS wanted to sell one of the best
IA_ paying inventions in the Province.
A liberal discount will be given to travelling
agents. Apply at the Expositor Office,
Seaferth, Sept. 24th IC89- 42-tf.
Sept. 10th, 1869.
SEAFORTH
FURNITUR7 WAREP
1‘1. 1:?,013Pittl'i- k i N't
Importer and mcnufactnrer of all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
•Such as
SOFAS,
LOUNGES.
1 •CENTRE TABLES',
• - •ALATTRA:38
DINING & =BREAKFAST TABLES
• BUREAUS, ),
CHAIRS, and
. BEDSTEADS, A
In Great Vari• ety,
Mr. R. has great confidence in offering hlig,
goods to the public, as thty are made . a
t,;tocid Seasoned Limber; and by First-Clus.
Workmen.
„
CO FF f N MADE To ontER
• On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and bespatult...
Waremonas
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL
- Main Street.
Seiforth. Jan. 6th. 1869. •
GOOD NEWS
T9
Farmers and Others,
rtMnitlffitted out
itnty
in Willett
he is now grinding for every
FIFTEENTH BUSHEL
Or'exchanging -flour for gool what at 41
lbs. to the bushel •
THE RICHEST PRICE IN CASH PAID
FOR.
HEAT".
• ALFRED BREWER.
Roxburgh Mills,
eaforth. June 4,th, 1869. 78-2m.
SEATTER
EXCHANGE • BROKER
And dealer in Pure
DatiCS, CHEMICALSt,& DYE STUFFS.
The Drug Department is under the special
care of an experienced Chen3ist.
it. M. PEAkSON.
January 21st, 1869. •sv--1-Y
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utniture
Ji77:11:.11..Tu REr
& 4.# .;•1'. 41, &o. LL has now on tha
lareest -P,tock in Scaforth, of every des-
cription of Fumiture, from the commonest to
the finest, and al at the lowest prices. Quik
ity of material em.ployed, and workmanship,
guaranteed.
•
tr1\TIDMIRT1'..e5.1-CII\TC3*
In all its departments, attended to in a satie
iactory manner. A Hearse for hire.
T. BELL'S
PATENT SPRING MATTRASS
Kept constantly on hand, and fitted to any:
bedstead. This article is the best and cheap'
est made as attested to by all who have lie
-
ed it Warranted to give tatisfaction.
Ir,r Remember the plaee,
01="1"08.1'TM •
KIDD 81. IWMULKINS..
Seaforth, Aug. 5,,1869. 87-tf.
FARMERS I
Or Get your Homonades Out Out AS
With Economy & Taste
AT
SUTHER LAND B ROA%
• TATLORS,
Goderich, 'Street,
a- so pap px. T 9
And Workmanship Guaranteed.
CHARGES MODERATE
, NEXT DOOR TO
Lumsden's Drug -
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Seaforth, Sept. leth. -
rifts, 1
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