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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-11-26, Page 3• o, • TARTE. House to a Local Le !let the Dorni4._ ahow that the uOwer w- gis a tire, ion Parliament possesses to grant pnblie money to any- Province for public *or benetitting thy who] A.11.111Nr et- ILI ti4e Clobe. tirrisrm.V. ountr3r, coy- rme htained lew,e to. ip.tro_, Nova s.,ort,i,.,1;ney.i tt.m1.7.srifi,b;irzitibtiaotn,etli:ef . :tend the time for de Ar !grant .. xona1l 1;1%1 -Et v h-mh was nu); be -am t,f Deceinber to ; worlui or g.,nrrirlV 1 i ty (litterN enticeh, After --some other . trout the increane -or the atitiii,,,1 sult,.4idy0 , ,on disp.ise1. of, i‘l,r, ' fol' all tittle tu CotTPA to one Of the i forward - his motion 1ex:ening 1 a rt ies. "- M r. Cain4riet's ergtt, merit of h ROW St'ka ; Wait thrt,ugheut „exhiti`tti the weak, quire it,t2 the mai:rage- ness of the cause he NiTt18. called upon to meld of uppet Canada sumo' t ; for -beyond his prop° 41104-. relations to other ed,t-, that the declaration ieus in the eattutry. -,,,I i,inent was in itself suflie1entt:311., tan repeld fiti, eitarg- t termiue what ex, penditure came inider Itiec-e. Ind' &aye rea,01-ts , the head of expenditure for the y.ohe , ,.... „ , ,,.., on, the ettquity should 'pod, he contented himself deprecatiq . . - r ne r a fra cow mit P. ,t a resolution, the adoption ofwhiah h , J. air of flee House was evidently ieured would involve his cot. i , e •1t. of E /Le re- app0Mt- j, leagues and him.self in cansiderable dif. - mit tee of lag year ;1‘ i fieulty, The arguments of ., smite the uutipished two:andand Mr. Clztttre Isvvae.sreac(ifv,linlitieeelcit • the point it.t whieh ;I:the same cali40 :, i Ji ike -um h.“1 terminated -,-,1, be' them aga '114t tile COITeetne8s of 51r -the one altimatftlY: lilake's po.,,y, ion, or the right winch Oh. , . 1-/tee-je's PH/ tc etreet ! taxi° 'O 5V::(; to peoteet againet tin Act , :loth• a andiiing Ow ' direoLly ;Wetting her inte-rests, and :was titivrt read a fiElf- i whit,h iF a violation of t:a1Tier,:cNos,n2()/0)(Lic,,,ttiinte- i-r(!ai to l. -t- referr:ed to i to wi.iii,11 f.,,Ite elite, ed. „. •i prc„...incial Tee:tsut-er, was theonievfamvientio- .. 1- ber of tm he Go ern erit support - i , , .. !cot tttandinet . ()rdem; Met the prineipql argument advert d - i- their reports, tiOnte f I Ire. Aajd timi, Ile bunself was of opinion - ,teed and „‘,,,, a tirt,t i that ;ate Gimetitution lied been violated . intm,st as vaqi but th: t the quesfien having been put 1.4xri4ed --the }roe a the. law oideeis. of the Crowjl En.- ,,„tiet4 that ou (:,0„ ; I„ael and (weld( d V them In favor 4- 'w.kathl move- resolii- the 3eti011 °f the se.(-Invern men t.7 he had the, skynar aceei&ted their decision 118 final. and The re1n1itt1ng7- deemed it binding On ail others. This ft„1.1( thrott4,b, da, is elearly a, matter of opin_ionThe law eceved the eil-;7ottrn-1041'ell' a the' Crown untLY l'e verY Ahle .f.a3,,, ,r1 to ext)ress a , men, hut th;ise who follow them in office, :ours.w. jukt awn he, I and wh:3 will priobably be equally gifted, it -hough iranortant I are as likelv. as not to cle.clere that the - ve ta be dis'eu4sedr jat*-titm or the Dominion Government' i.utionaa howi - `fIrtica-a"t. ei.y feri' d ap- i I vale Were nettle to t i'e 4 1. . ' Pt--1.ii,In being Cell- ' .' ' ' I . Pri'')'•le 8lnilt of the 1,170:1S, as well as, direct threaten, ings of what Nova Scotia mio-t do ' but the ututuswerAle cllaracter of Mr. 1 , ,..,- , 4imated dieteuesion I ale ke s speech was proved by the weak - Aim of Mr. Lat-nt I ness of those which were Made in reply I- - 1 • to -0 to', investigete ; to it. AtI Lie _small pointe contrary ter i..for .-1. Huren and '. the soirit of the Resolutions were tri - Ik iv- The hon. 0 -en- - enetietetiv dieposed of by Mr. Blake in - .ee j . t - I. ats an exeeettutm : Lis re; 4v, r it_ ': hc tirstnwelve resolUtions were re- -i- of thi:r -seheme, ; -.TeetNI by a ger ernment majority of 42 . assented to`the i to $5e _But the Governmeaktamend- , - ,,, ituat tie. , tett-anteing le I me it to the 13th resolution, which con- _ country-, noth- 1, taillS at1 ilSiSertiOn Of the Inflin principle ' ; e. f tetateey or Lind ; eontenced for by arr. Blake, was de- f'- firmsik, and tha t feated by a vote of 46 to 31, lea ving-the ' I not be bound by Government in a miaority of 15 I The ti-vm-al mewl).- n...saInti,m is as ftillows 1 • . and against the! 13. Titit in the o -pinion of the House air- earl i_ed. .11:,, :the iuterests of the country require such' ' -. , . of the Attorney- j legielation as may remove all colottr , , ), hie eesolutions , from the assiunaition by the Parliament et -meats -with No -r; of Ccinetkia orthe power to distui.b Vee fi- r till to -day. !net:mei:0 relations, established . by the t - Union Aet as- between Canada and the 2(,v„ san 4 sevmet1 1. rovinees. , , . I - v - whole Tlie—a 0 ern men t amendment being s the IncYit tYrilii-; l defeated, the resolution was -voted up- .. delivered in the , on, when Mr. Sandfield Macd„,nald, existeReek He I and three- of his colleagues, got slowly 0 = th 4 to e -7r e -.'• - ' '' 4, T,,n4 tirliweia[ , , , e 4'ie., and 1.- °tee for the motion, u 8,1.) ar as, it cone ; to whieh they lizid ,befare 'moved the six l;.nt of confedt.„; mouthshoist 1 It reas: the meanest act ! ,,,ilbal. in which ! we haVe ever known a Government to Wint-es separate- ; i cam mit wider like, circumstances. To tiaVi; ifitnse'll &MI an additiond math - t t:ttkm of ' ft-etation, of defeat,Mr. - _Mardonald vot- ega de- , ate„ples_iatuAl, eft in dirt,et opposition to,.. his Own 1110-' 1,1:i1zii,;p_ bet ‘44e' It ; t!,,,n, to his course, at Ottawa, and also Be- tile! want of confidence in hisjeaders in the i.,sed Iry the La_ j Dominion Parliament. ' Soule of the - nthirst7,d b.v. the nye ewers were no satisfied to follow r ,ent 1 r:-...vinces, . , the Government in their dodging, and -;,. under wb it. h i t we've voted against the resolution, ' . • agzeed to I be i among them the inartyred McGill NWED.NESDEir v . it.0,0,1,,ent., The adverse vote cf the previong r te eadi, o_ . - or ParFainent, ; eyerling; an Mr Blake's 13th resolution - with the lin- : was foilowed by the motion of Mr. ,L; estahlished . CIarlee— for the second reading of the :eased the sub- ,' Law of Evidence Bill beingcanied and so violitt,, ag;tinst the- Government liv a majority'. -abliehed as a,I . Of ti'li.rteftl, forparee voting for, and 1, the 1„tovinees , tiurty.six agaiest the measure. !" _________ ts not, only the 1 Anna Among The Mormons - Legislature of i ; I A, curions'Wt-tr iS being waged betweeg c.oustitutional Anna Dickinson and the Mormons. livh-is, a direiL't . Anna ha.:1, been. visiting Utah, and of von which ' eourse, Las been lecturing about what :te Dominion- ' she saw there. Site calls the Mormon. ,. .toei of the fi ' ladies “brEtzen faced things," and sundry !Ilv- 1,)"-in-in1on- other -hard and feminine a th• nit the a_1;Vberellpf ill Mormonism turns upon bele ppellatiods, es ; alld; if aud says she is endowed with "brazen 'to all kinds - impudence and a loose tongue;" and it het it is the : -winds up a ion, reproach by telling her 11 1.11 to ad- to. ,,;,,, hoL,_ ue niun l'" I het . ImmeS."-• govern ,-e . a „ ; H-ifi owni-fif`I /- ' - I ' '-- - '''' ; a 'away, rule the house, and give the sirliamentS , ' aIiversarV no oecail reproak sion to spezcotia was fullr"—on'gt ly she must in allied c , first." This is a hard thrust for poor ' e, fuliow Mr. ' Anna. That is where ali the trouble nE;nts-. with is. Anna cannot get netri-ied. She Yiews ;-- theY doee riot eeern to Inive had a chanT eptetehee Of even 1'.11 Utith, where one would thinic i of the s41"1"rtc'rs; a woman eould (Id! di Y ltelP meeting reeo- with a witting swain, evcei though sl'et n en.'.f"ti''')r- - • 1 - Violent liscuptlificatiorlS. i ' ile)s.seieu 1, etryt . 1 .t 11` 4"kr2S W11;;It Anna can be like, it is il-H-R t PI1'g innwine belt we Caneot help. feeling' ' ,. y ,.......r:tii I. , t! 1'" rful kail.1 0 little pity f. r- •1 her. -a DISTRICT MATTERS. ME next Cattle Fair at Listowel wilLbe held on the 10th of December, WE haveto- 'acknowledge, from W. T. frays, Esq., M. P, P., copies of Par: liamentary papers. ' - a • THE SEAFORTHXP E °S.1T OR. • - THE EPISCOPAL =En-101MT SOCIA4 Ali • 11:e7d in the M E. Church. in thii pl4e on_ Wed. e eg. was a success as far as sociality was concerned thou 111 .only speech delivered was by 1)r. „not a succesS in n ti tuber. TI e Campbell, who was iequested by dip Rev.. Mr. Eastman to come forward and give anex tem pore r cowl address, and amidst galls from all- quarters the Di . took the stand and gtive one of :his Ma. G. McPhillirs 1... L. S. will be characteresite humorous speeches, hold - in Seaforth shortly, and will he able in the attention of the audience 'for to ttend to any orders for surveying. about forty In] MI tel./. After another Office °Ili door south of 8liarp's Hotelpiece of music by the excel/ent choir AUCTION. ----Ma Thursday- Dft. 2nd and pronouncing of benediction the 'tiro quantity of stock, household audience dispersed. farritureete.. will be 'sold on tile pre 4.1;lappy to meet, sorry to part, inises of Mr. paV.i.d Tenyson, Seafort.h. 1-Tappy to meet ag,ain." TEMPERANCE. -A Temperance Mee'). •Re -Union. lag,' under the auspiees of, the Seaforth As we intimated in our issue of last ---- , Division Sons ea Tetnperanc:e, will be week, th....t it was the intentien ;,f, the held in the Metnodist Episcopal Onoreh members of 6t Themes Chureh to ini- on I4orday evening, 29t1i inst. A--(1- tiate in this pi am, 'a course cf pu 1)1 ic dresses will be delivered by Revs. E tst" reaoings to col:161111e through- 1 , -inan and Price. .Mr. John -Gray, W. out the winter, our i•eaders, we feel 1 P., will occupy the chair, The pubic is respectfulfy invited.- . i i t 6 united, intelligent and virtuous. He noticed the late brush of England with Abyssinia, expending $16,000,000 for the release of a few prisoners—German and French—for when once British protection is extendod to a peNtea he is safe. Foreign journals misrepresented Britain's object, but how disappeinted they were when Napier paid the last farthing for food, and took nothing away. It snows Britain is in the van - gutted of progi.:ession. The British sol- dier will never more raise a hand for ag. gression, but it is ever ready for pro- tection. Tile speaker maintained that an essential element of SUCCPSS is the love of nationality. He did cot believe in an established church, but as long as people were unaninfous it did no harm, thotigh but little good. The struggh and disruption ofthe Established Chu& cit in Scotland—the voluntary principle —the Papel Aggression Bill—Republi- can and Monarchical forms of govern- ment were elaborately) and eloquenty ret of sure, will be glad to learn that the first of the seeies will take place in Down- ev's Hall on Thursda:a e)vg. Dee. 2nd 1 F. 69. Knowing th at the selec- tions for reeitations, reading, itec.e are .well chesen Lied that the musical portion of the entertainment will be good, we have no hesitation in preelieting with- out fear or hazzard that the promieed THE Sea forth Vol 1111 teers returned from the Prince Alfred on, WeAneschtv .1am% They conaider that they had a, good faine, and they did- not once get into action wieh A. "Fenian Piivateer.' On the.. evening of their return the "brave soger uoys" were eterteined at en oyster supper, got up in Foster's best s yle. ran dled. Republicanism .being t iiglie.st form of ideal goyernme .equires the -highest perfecti,on ntellectual attainMents. Class Legisl ion is the greatest., bane. of al otintry. The Tonnage as well • as the Navigation laVes were examined and toe increase of Briti'shetonnage- and decrease Of; Ainericen, • consequent npon Free Wade on the one hand and .P-otectionon 1queother.. }Te considered the necessity f acquiring a through knowledge of 1 - The economy and a firm belief ir ee truths of Christianity. The .word f God, should be the beide of all Tar. A. man who hears his home lightly poken - of is no true patriot... Bre- ams berberism 7. or 8 centuries ago lade it en easy conquest for tile No • It is custointo.y for blatant en- ters on:the other side of the :line,. speak of us as old- and effete—in suite of' clecadenee and to affect - believe in the picture- of a eertai *- iter, of a NEW Z ii13;der stending c Melon bridge, and finding ate ruins Vestminister Abbey. But the speak( elieved thee Britia Empire_ is one 1-od's means of carrying on eivilizatiot a Livingston is noW eeplaring th wilds of eefrica—the harbinger o‘f th gospel to that benighted peeplae., -An ti uly of the cress will follow him an sown the last hold of error will begone. Britain occupies the twelfth part Of the globe and she rules the fourth part .of Mankitnt, the Australian . Colonies, South- Sea. Is -hinds, a!nd oursele es poss- essing half the American Continent, with • 4,000,000, inhabitants Britain, and her Colonies will become the wond- er of the World,' and We must be as I r rad of our colintry as the Reptiles f old, Britons are as ecapatile ot •Patriotism as. Romans:, The departed glory of Spelt!, her present degradation—eleerease of p pilation J.Pranceincrease of latish population, senuing. her emi- ence -was nut Wycy huge, he aseumed it 1 e,..teuits .to people all met ions, min eie Sr WaS V. try Seieet.. HA -3 bad. not prepared an at.hlressimt. would sneak. extempore aneotely, giVing paint/ amie view Of the uationet and: eo progreee of the vie reunion on Tuesday 'next will be a tie.1 cided success. 'The following is the programme :-- 0 . UsBoTtNE- —One . citiy last week a. Opening Address--2,Reve C. C. JohnSon. Tell while wrestling, thereby- disioceting 1 "Toloe Tosspot,"--4\1r. Potter. Song 1 :venlig men, named George Ai teistrot g leeteu mental music—Mr& Cameron living -on the Thames Reed, Usher -no, • IkIeserSa 'BPI]. & Collins ' Recitation the hip joint. All the medical 'clan Of Exet...r., aziststod by- one from Clinton and iinoth'er fi.ozn Landon. :faileel in re- ducing the 11,I,j111'Y', He was- rtherefere removed to the London diepeneary, . FALLING A day last, on apeount of the. heavy- body snow on Mr. Ross' e Livery Stable, this -.dace the roof fell in A numb -of bugzies were eon:skier:11;1y dam ige and a, couple of cutters entirely ruine A. most. fortunate escape &ern death w; made by ..two boys, who on heterii gio first 0,1.80 got urnter one of e buggies whin?) saved them. ANT.E. now have. most eKcellent sleigh ing. Whether, however, it is as good 011 the mud roads is questionsiAe, though business, the last iew da,ys, looks mo;it encouraging. Our: streets ale ill 1 lad with t fiorenal a. pear:ince, —mil Seaforth looks. itself' rtin. We •anticipete pretty good tileee for a thrill, but we fear that nn - Jess the priees of. gTain go up from 'hat they.bave Otte ter been, .eepecially in view of the slender crops through this pert of the country, that business will not be the beg. SE..AFOR,TH TE A RAT SOLTETY.--ThiS SOi://-liy. is now regulai ly organized. The 0! joct it has in view is to Lied improve- ment On Wednesday nig], te next, 4 • debate &ill' take plaee in ethe Tempel ance Hall, to wiiIi41 the pelilic is re epeetfully invited. Sulaleet of debate liesolve-d that, " Allonarehmal form 0 Goveenmeat preferabie to a Ilepul di can." For the : Hayis leader, St) ppr rted _Cempbell am 'Mr. Blaisdell. Negative : pr. yercoe; lcader, supported by Me8STS. Luxton and Hohnestede Umpire, Dewar Parties etesirous, of joining the §-ociety will please attend this meeting. A (loop OLEARANCE.—Searforth may congreiniate itself' on its clearance of the disreputable Baxter family dliring. the past, week.. On Thursday evening Mrs. Guthrie, had stolen from net. ".1. rerkine" ?Jr. Harris. Dialogue ."Cairolaiens .Au froli oe- stead & HuritCr. Sorig--_.51.1.8. Moodie. Reading-1Lr. Beneon:r Cline. Reaclipg--"11lliza,” by :Darwin—Re . q. 0. J;iiuson. SO11.0 of eliolo,--"Maggie's I Seeret"—Mies M. in • Johnson. Speeel), (origit lid) Air. I-Iollieested. 'Ate .N-ptioted A nthem. Doors open at a:di-pest seven. Com - d - - d: mence at S. Adiaiseiun 10 cents, Child- ren 5 cents, . la . 1 0 ig Mr. MeKenthde's Lecture. As previously anneunced, Mr. Kenzie, M. P., for Lim Au, 14, delivered It adetreea in the Peeebyteriau (.;11111!Ch 1.11 plaCe On .WetlileSCLuy last,. under L11( a uepiees el the Meelleni(!s'Institate. The vresident, Mr. John Gray, occu- pied the chair, wilo said the Alecheuic.s1 ustiuute was J. fixed f;iot —a financial suece,ss. It took its rise from the waren hearth of the ladies. 'Aftir a few perti- Irene rinnarks he introiltteed thi=i speak- er, who weereteived With inuele cheering. • Mr. .Me 1i:teazle -premised hiS lectu re by statiog that her wae not in the helit of occupying• the pulpiteand 'if the Audi - 11 1 - to to 11 ;11 of of 1. 3 • BIRTHS. VERCOE-011 the 12th inst. the wife of Dr. Vercoe, Egmondville, of a &lighter. BELL—On the 25th insi., the !wife of Thos. Bell, of a daughter. DITOAN—On the 241h int, the wife of Julias Dunea Seaforth,of a son. MARRIED. - BROADIPOOT—THORP.-011thel9th Mr. Alex Broadfoot .to Miss Jane Thorp, by the Bev. Mr. Barr at his residence, all of Tuckersmill. — tigr" If you want good value for your roQpey in Boots and Shoes go to T. Coventry's. 87-tf NEW ADVERTISMENTS. New Yorknouse—P. Clapp. Statutes -4) Lizaris. "Mutual 13enefit."—A -McDougall County Courts—P Adamson. Surayed-D Stewart. .; Stray Heifer—I Ingra.hani. 'St -rayed --E Underwood. Property for Sale—I A Jones. Christmas -0 .A rmstrong, Skating Rink—R HOWARD. THE MARKETS. - SEAFORTH, 26,1869. Wb.eat, (Fall) ft" bushel. :80 to Wheat (Spring) V bushel, ):80 to Barley te bushel, 3:40 to Oats V bushel, _ ):28 to Peas tt bushel, :50 to Potatoes ki bushel .• to .00 • to 0: o to q:17 to 0:25 to '7:50 to 6:00 to• 0.40 to 0.12 to 0:25 -to 0.40 to Hay "1:1' ton, . Eggs F dozen, 13u Mer, 1ff lb. Ducks, Pork, Sheen Skins, Chickens, CI et:se; • Turkeys, 0:86 0182 0:45 0:29 0:53 0:10 0:16 0:16 0:20 o :30 9:55 6:60 1:00 0:15 0.30 075 STRAYED. a - (IA 1', EE into the premises of tbe Subscriber on Lot No. 1, Qui. 9th on or about the rd of JUly last. a Yearling Steer. The owner is le oneeted to prove property pay expenses and take it awly: DA VII) STEWART. Ainleyville, Nov, 24th, 1869. STRAY HEIFER. A ME inte the enclosure of the Subscriber- • Lot 22 Con. 14, leKillop, on or about d the let of Octobfr, a red Heitz one year old. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take -the same away. 1;4.A A C INGRAHAM. Ncev., 2:lrd, 1869. 103-4in.- 'her laneueee and religion for the zation and elii istianization of thocloth, - was • eloquently alluded to. The cio- cinefitsmeiker then directed hieremarles to the tixity.ktf the laws to the ineinbers of the Mehanics' ln- , -4 of nature--L--the marvelousue.ss of era- stitute neging them to 8(._if 'imprave- , . . : pee power, nu two faces being alike, ment, to keep pace with the march of f thus eeffoeding a protection to societyscience end general intelligence. _ DifferenCfaCee aid in discriminating be- - Mr. Ifteys of the it. 0, Bank moved ,- Gwen the ,Itist and unjusta—the thief a vote ot hauks to the learned speaker 1 and the lioneA Inan—The different types for his able and ins i;r uetive discourse , • • - • • of families, tribes and nations Were il whichwas enthin-3iabtic4lly carried. . lirter-marriage produces a A more select and in.elligeet audience peculiar- conformation of feces like rhe we have seldom seenand regret 'we can - Jews making anew and distinct peoplenot give more 01a T1 -the barest skeleton The.influx. of' VilriOns ivitionalities now of Mx. 1N1cKenzie's eloquent addre,•s, • (Y0i.10. 01 flit% Southern Ste tes a few which -.was listened to throuehout with ._, 0 breatheless silenee . _...9 - Communication. --81101,1fchse a bonnet -.and a hat, and as circumstances 'pointed to -the . Baxter girls as being the tlncs'es, a Seateobwea:- ralet was got apt. Constable LuSby, • acting upon this authority; foireld the .missing articles en the houseeand. along with thitun another bat, Which -turned opt to be the preperty of Mrs. Glover, S-.'-olere on tlte ione eveninge end in a Chfpit Iii•!el-p found fourteen prates Which they were Seen tekingfrem the door of arse Hickson & Co's. store. "Under those clieurnstauc'es the. Whole family was lirplight before D. L. sills, Eq.;, 4"„ who, -opops the i(lentifieatien of the g-)ocis by tile respective -9 wners, coni mit- ted the girle to jail.: For this time, the " matrin" of' the establishment- was 106 eff, O11 conditiens that ere- three clay:z; --el.epsed she Weald makeherself "scarce" On -S"itin•day, however, Mr. Hill. Udss--: ed a :thinned skit, •hod his saspieions - resting at Mice upon this. same heuse,-. ;mother searai warrant. was get out, and. the conStailleS, thie time,. made 4 .gerer- . al investigation of the preiniseSP where , they found the artivlo, and uesides it, a generel. itesortment of boots and shoes, glovcs.,f hats, ri!nions, and groceries. Th, stOok was x:twined by various rueleehants ie the place, and no less • thal,u &en eeparete•ones their, p.)!,prty "airmg.st. t he d er those eQeerinee.nees Mrs, BaXter, by a. wrung ju-via,ion froth Squire Sills, Weill to -Got!e.-ich to se,- he; "gal.s; aud we hopILt e etay wjjoe pcotraeted one. hundred • years • will peeduce another typeroe snperierity.of the Saxon or T111 ton ib race overthe Mongolian ineliine duo r ate was rinittirel. Tile Norman ade mixture among: the SaiConS in Britain' r tl dam. to its -national ele)Wer. A !Istria as now eenstituted ht eigiVeen distinct nationalities and :nearly aS many lan citL0 icie,s-L.ta eleinent of diworrh Ire - b Lu) (I'S .tae *origin and England's mis- legiattion of that et uhappy eountter,111 the words or John Blight, has led it to tnake oa trioti: -in of its religion. fr'e- lend although a chivalrous country -is a weakness to. the _British Empire rather thaa etrengeh. -The strong individu, elity of the Jews made them the !mink - era of the world. The Poles, decending fret:a the Huns and Teutonic race be- came a warlike nation. The speaker -did net believe that 5,000,000 people could be conquei ed by surrounding com- binations if true to themselves. Noth- • ing but virtue and justice could exalt To the Ezlitor of the Expositor : Sia, -A. Mechanics' Institute was es- tablished in this Village of ours some months ago, chiefly throueli the exertions of a few w obe o 'lee was tO beneut the comnaimity sntellectually and morally. Now one great feature of an hist- hula -hearted laeiee h • 1 t tutioji of thatkindis a series of lectures dur- mg the long . evenings, •and, so far as the Writer: knows, such lectures are eener, 11 tolera,bly' well patronized, • Was .this the -case with us last Wednesda ev ? Th except_ those of them who were , pre- sent, will hardly believe the fact that from b Y y en n g an intelligent and enlighted eommunity—at least. so we esteem ourselves—an audience of scarcely a hundred was obtainod to listen to a most interesting and instructive lecture upon .the alibied of “National and 8ncia1, Progress." Soma may say that the admis- sion fee of twenty-fiVe cents prevented the members from attending. If this be Admit, ted as a fact, it is, to say the least of it, the most scurvy excuse. that can be offered, for a negro two -penny perftermance, or some other suen clap-Grap, will get a very considerable and perpetliate -.a maim: Napoleon audience at tne same figure. Mr MeKenzie had no succeSrr, . his -kingdom NirtA di- gave his time for nothing, .and it is eeriainly videdbetweenhis four gener.ifs. All a poor compliment we pay ourselves- if we - - miiitary governments in LW erinnble to d (1st as soon as the. architect dies. Nations like the Roman •Empire Must crumble for want of imity. Mr.' Mc- Kenzie then spoke of he* the discus- sions in England on the late Greek war became -a manie, ; that Greece wiattra be .:owe the literary maler of the world as of ; yore -Le -might as -well make -a kingdom of 'Huron or Bruce as of Greece. The on' -.e eicrious Greece is -now the haaients ofbenditti and,..pirates where no toariet dare venture. The learned speaker tbe,n showed that the secret of national success was in being cannot pay twlinty-five cents over and above our littie dollar, o promote our own inter- ests. 8-uppose the aumission fee for mem- bers be placed at teat eeints, an audicn e composed of all the ineulbe-s will not pay lecture expenses, ueless La speaker 03.11 be procured who will make a gratuity of both his time and expenses. The highness of the fee can haillly be the real eau e of the failure of Wedntlsdly ; it certainly must be trac- ed to something else. Indeed, whatever it may be, it adds little to our credit, and cer- tainly augers ill for the future,i so far, at least, as the attendance upon lectures is concerned. • Yours, etc., L., Q. Seaforth, Nov, 2 1Most hearaly do We endorse the a-ooye.— En, .Exroeeroi-e] STRAYE.D: • AME onto the premises of the Subscri- ber, on East Lot, IN o. 14, Concession A Howicke on or about the 12th, October; a Steer rising 4 years old, red and 'white; With a tine The owner is requested to prove property, pay expenses and iake it away• • E. UNDERWOOD. llowick, Nov, 29. 103-4M • f 4^r, Th'irjefrrl ))/,„: NOTICE' • , TY.E Council of the, Corporation of the • County of fluron- will meet in the 1:71.11age of Clinton upon Tuesday the 7th day of December next. PETER. ADAMSON. • County Clerk (iunty Clerk'e Office. • Goderich, Noe., 23rd. 1869. 103-2in "\T '11 1::Z, r 7 Si t 17 7. co b. • D1?1L.L SHED SEA.F01?TH. MHE Supseriber having leased the above 1 premises, for skating puiposes, begs to solict the patronage of the Ladies and Gentlemen of ,‘,.e'eaforth and vicinity. • A very comfortable _Room has been fitted up for the exchiiive use of tbe'Larlies, also a Room for the Gentlemen. the proprietor will spare no pains -give his patrons a good and keep everything ordf.xly and comfortable. The Rink will be Well lighted, the Dressing Rooth well heated, and 3vin be opened en a taw days. • •• • RICHARD 110W.AliD Seaforeh, Nov., 29, 103-tf • The Statutes of the 1.st Ses- sion of the Dominion of, Cana- • da are ready for distribution, and on application therefor it my office, they will be deliv- ered to the Public Officers, Jus- tices of the Peace and Coron- ers of .the County qualified and authorized. to receive them. DAN- LIZARS, Clerk of -the Peace Count of II County urop.. Goderich, Nov, 19th, N69. 103-1in ptitat. '*-ntfitto'• OF HARTFORD. S. A. ENSIGN, . . . . .Presidtnl W. IL GILBERT, . . . Secretary. TflS Company issues Certificates of Mem- bership on the popular plan adopted originaliy by a full Division, insui es your life for $5,000. ship, for a man and wife, $14.00. This, in itership_i_87. 00 ; Jpint member - WANTED 48 AGENTS, UNBIASED, 1NTELLIGET, HONEST, FEARLESS MEN, for the Mutual Benefit, • Life Insurance Company. ..They mist be unbiased -enough to be wil- ling to thoroughly investigat its new System ol Life Insurance.-- Intelligent enough to appreciate it. Honest enough to prefer it. and- When (-;olivincet1 - of its superiority,, fearless and able to use its unanswerable ar- guments in crushing all opposition. TO SUCH MEN The Mutual Benefit Company. oiTers first- class inducements. Address, IL Iii'DONALL, General Agent. for Ontario Seaforth., P. O. N. 13 —Persons preferred W110 Call canvass sucoessfully among people who luiow.them. No Misrepresentations .needed. 1Vov. 25th, 1869. 103-tf. igNEW YORK HOWIE." * The subscriber has JUST. -.0PC7 NEDI, , In the above house, A SELECT •STOCK OF FRESH GROCERIES t AND LIQUORS! AND notpt r-gf All of which he at the LOWEST PAYIRG PRICES ED ! The fact that the entire steck from the wholesale markets, should be suf- ficient argument to induce patronage. FARM PRODUCE Taken hi exchange for goods at Cash Prices. rXilloran &,-; Ryan's old stand. PHILIP CIAPP • 103.tf,, Seaforth, Nov. 2:5th. CHRISTMAS IS .0 0 MilNsT G.- I And so is ARAISTROTCG'S NEW CHRISTMAS GOODS Also, :Eta3DE011 FOii SALE, VALUE $70, . At C. ARMSTRONG'S -Booi STORE.. Sea -forth, Nor. 25th, JSG9 34:11 • • ft ?-4 - •-tit Z;. • ' el; • tat. 11 7 14