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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1870-01-07, Page 2• titt.t- • THE SEAFORTH EX -"-,owitor* jA.N11 A BY 71ra, 1870: r _e EX*PLATs ATOWin, Doubtless our r riders will be sur- prised at receiving only a half sheet this week, especially in• view of •our promise to eularg In explanation, we have to say tha in reau'ine,ss for th :merit, excepting t reason we have not order was sent • to tune to be filled as tender ordinary circi °Went hacl befallen t err Which -consume in repairing, and as advience of ours had to await -our tur is rot yet. We f€ have' to crave the readers still anothe that, -we hope toepr finest paper ever County of Huron, publish scarcely any, the halt sheet, our e it'Gle reading matte will please undeesta, will be fully allowe we hope to be cens we, and we only, a,r any extent. 1 we have all things prelnised im prove - 25 and the hat is, theugh our he mill in, ample soon as reqeired, testances, sorne ac - part of the ma in- considerable time a ifumber of ordens were unfilled, we NV Ilia, evidently. ar that we shall indulgence of our week, but after sent ,th ern witli the published in the However, as we ,advertisements rnc bscribers lose but . Our advertisers •d that their loss s .. All in all then, a red. by no one, as c th the Government ; and they pro- fess to desire °lily the semi/ freedom which other •parts of the Empire enjoy. GREAT BRITAIN. • The principal event of the year was the disestablisliment of the Irish I Church. The debate on tins question in both Houses--partieularly the Lords - -t-will form one of the lama brilliant passages in the hietory of the deg 'mile° and argumentative ability of British Statesmen, iliac inestimable benefit muet flow front Diseetabliehment, is MOre than manifest. The Fenian egi- tatio;/ in Ireland hasbeen considerably fomented, but the reeolute dealing of the euthorities has done mucht of late at least, in quelling the disturbences. The Alabama matter has been a mat- ter, for much diploinac,y bet ween _Britain and the -United States, aud notwith- standing the threatening • aspects, et one time presented, we have good reason to hope that, fluting -1i the good offices of Minister Mot*, it will ter tuinate peaceably. The Colonial gnu: tion has engaged a largei . slave of at tention, the past year in England than usual. A change of an, important na- ture. in the Colopial relatieus, appears inevitable UNITTD STATES. The -United States are rapidly re- overiug froui the effects of the late war. Since the inauguration . of Presi- ent Gant, the national debt has been argele, diminished, anci a rebel n to pecie payment and a reduction of tax - tion is 'confidently looked for. The ele bra tad Fifteen th A m en din ea t to the onstitution, by which equal rights are • uaranteed to all ci izens, of whatever the real losers to g 186 -70- Enda our last iss passed another leapo the lapse of time. the year 1869 is g entered 'upon the egi m e of her view will impose. The yearjust expi nalized by .events powerfully on the fu world. The following su of the world, for 18 an elaborate review Daily Ems, ednr ot esting to our readers. comment, then, we 1 • ing with t CAN .11-1 Canada 1869 tt peace and ptenty, an perity. The harvest part ;at least, was. cei (Hilary one, andthe have been; and still a ;till all have entail Really the prominen dien history, for the dealing v. fth anticipa se, the si-orld has tent landmark in We mean to say, ne ! and we have duties which the ,claughter, 1870, ed, has _been sig - which mist .tell nre „historyof the mapy-of the doings 9 conep iled from in the, Montreal e hut- very inter - Without further roCeed,- cominenc A. . is be,en a -rime of I of average pros - m this Western tainly- not an or - rices of produce -e, 'enneireny low ; la and to etiere, features of Cana - else yea, alehtbQse non, rather than of innwediatq import- rice. tNew indus- , trice leave been tweet( el, furnishing ad-. dicional employment or our people and for' immigrants. 1 ail way extension ha 's Leu a leading fe ture in the Pi•o-i gress-and legislation , of oue 'country.1 The building of the Inteecolonial has been commenced, a- lumber of Aber , .aeilways, in the.East rn Peoyieces have b%en tioreeelleted, ant the _Legislature has chartered many -other. companies for the consteuction o important lines. The opening tip ofaiJ tbose, cannot fuji, in karte,ely Jeyeloping he resources, and increeeing the wealth of the laud. If wo -descend to the political arena; one race or color, is being ratified by: the several States, and t ere shortly it, may be expected to form a part of the Con- stitution. The. PacifleRa o of the greatest projects of the times -t - has been completed and opened up. Steps have also been taken, at the in- stance of this Government, for the sur- vey of the isthmus 0' Darien, with a, view to counecting the Atlantic and .Pacific Oceans, by a E hip Canal. CUA. In Cuba the insurrection still rages, and &one the conflicting accounts, it is difhcult to surmise when or how it will end. - MEXICO. In 31exice, though there has been. no generel outbreak of lawlessness, • the cunntrv is far from (pia. Juarez Still mi'inages to hold sWay, and we believe that the effeets ;of civilization are be-. giuning to Manifest themselves. SOUTH AMLRIc.,C . in s the South American countries, with the exc•eption of 'Paraguay, ma - tenet progress Is 14 ppa ; 1 roads n , are, being buil, mini ag en tele irises Puelied forwie d, and it is even meta- s ailed to cue th Andes With a ritilveity —convecting the Capital of Per u ,•with the nanieable waters ef the Aenezon. w The ti ou h1s in Peraguay, however, ft .from the nataue of the cirenmetence '"' A may be canned on almost_ indefinitely. ,Across the Atlantic, the Empito of 1Nanee is 5t111 peace. 2-hae countey hes advanced . another stage towards complete lolitical liberty and Tepee- sentati ve Government. Personal gov- ernmeet—the governmt nt of one man is DO More.- The Emperor, on the, re- cent resigbation of hi ministey, has tailed upon M. Olivier, the .leader of the majority in the Corps -Legislatiff, to forte a new ministry that will faith- fully represent that majority, and he pledges himself to work with them ill maintaining order and establishine a - free Constitutional Government T.e completion and successful opera ion of the French leclantic Cable dur- nglhe year have given an impetus to imilar enterprises. of one of the th't-e]ass powers of the world; AUSTRIA. Austeia is quietly but surely recov- eriug from her defeat at Sadowa. The E nperor has introduced sever/el change's in the form .of government calculated to give increased civil and religious liberty to his subjects, and develop the internal resources of the country. The Dalmatian insurrection, which was never very formidable, has been sub- dued, and peace and quiet reign throughout the empire. ITALY. Italy is still disunited. The name of Garibaldi is scarcely ever mention- ed, ancl Victor Emanuel seems to have quietly accepted the situatiou and given up all attempts to make Rome the capi- tal of his kingdom. The meeting of the (Ecumenieal Council in Rome at the call of his Hoiiness the Pope, edit be regarded with detfp _interest by Roman Catholics throughout the world. RUSSIA. Russia is not only extending her ter- ritory eastwaid, but developing her, in- ternal wealth by the building of rail- ways And telegraph lilies. The Czar has granted permission for the laying of a sub -marine cable from some point on the extreme eastern portion of his dominions to Chime and Japan;:and operations have begun for the construc- tion of a.telegraph line from St. Fewes- t/tug away- across the frozen plains of Siberia to the ,Pacific Ocean. The re- cent cruel expulsion of the Jews from the empire, the severe censorship of the press, aed the slaveiy of speech, show that the same despotic spirit +hat crush. ed Poland and -condemned hundreds of innocent victims yearly to the horrors of a Siberia,n exile, is still ail -powerful at, the Court of the Czar. • TURKEY. Early in the year the attempt to ex- pel from Turkish territory certain, Creeks who were threatening the peae of the Empire IT marauding exped tious, led to serious trouble fietvvee Turkey and Greece. War was happil prevented by the mediation of a Con ference of the European powas whic met at Paris. • THE SUEZ CANAL. 'The sucoessful opening of the Suez -Canal is an event rental kable, not oely for the gorgeous cere m on ies e on nee ted - hcrewitn, but for a triumph of eegi neering skill, and of patience and per severance in the face of the 'nose for- midable difficultie,s, to whieh the his, tory of the world furnishes but few pare] leis. • AFRICA. .The contin en t. or fris et' 'furnishes one iatter of in tereet to the whole civihzbd 011d The intrai explorer, Living - nine, is still in the heart .of that east ontinent, ;serving geographical prole nue that have lirtherte baffledathe orld. The last intelligenSe reeeived ean him here date the tt/Ote of May. t that tune he had diecovered Whet he believed eo be the true source of the Nile, and was gaidiailly feishing his wey'oorthward, He sis oxpeeted home some' time in the -coming .year ; the whole of Christendom will joyfully weleome hire batik to civilization,: end rcad with interest the tale of his. won- derful travels. It is hinted by, those whu haee 'good means of knowing; that a knighthood aWaite him: b trik ilkg matter was t le quelling of the discontent of Nova S school of pOlitleiali S A event as one afford pletaslife. We, however, not being of those who can reconcile the buying up of men's principles with any sound eode of ethics, cannot join in the some- what popular glee. - strong attempt was, also, made to g t Newfoundland into the Confederacy, but, so far, that has not come ., W.:en i ue. Mr. Rose's bauking scheme was 4t one-time a mat- • ter for niuch commen , bulitbeing so intensely unpopnl tr,j he forsook his plan, left the countr, and was suc- ,cetided in office by th t notorious, traf- Mug And mercenafr politician, Sir • Fraheis Ifincks; whos1 erection was se - Important aniong the, events of 1869, cured by the 1110St Au stionble means. whiere will cotntua.nd k blace in Cana - diets history, is the adoption of the agreenielitt-61-1-atified iiig parties—Uyevhie tte ees, exuended to the Mouitteins, and an • fertne hold opehed f our a X LI and other co tual eueexation of •dr ben ret• •fern il tar to Wile elll tee the end tett,te tete enti seer conie coutti rang-am/I:tit US ti . thing le very eviden there ,ste et in !Thai din 'tu-clioeity, are wi otia. There ie a e. ho revert to tthie ng them intense e SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Spain has passed through a turbulent year. Though the throne is (still 'vac- ant, the chances are that the Duke of Genoa will be the future Xing. In February the ProsisiOnal Government was dissolved, and received a vote of thanks from the Cortes for their ser- vices, ad Regent Serrano was Author- ized by a vote of 180 to 62, to form a new ministiy. The peace of the coun- try has been seriously disturbed by for- midable Republican demonstrations, at times threatening the ,overthrow of the Government, but General Prim tri- umphed over them, and his ministry not only command a large majority in the Cortes, but they have suCceeded in reventing the country front falling to et state of anarchy, whieh. it was arecl would follow the expulsion of ueen Isabella. The neiehboringt kingdom of Portugal has also been dis- turbed by Republican factions, and fears are entertained of the breaking out of a rebellion. PRUSSIA. Prussia, since her triumphant strug- gle with Austria, has euioyed a,laege are of .prospenty. L ternalimprove- y both Contract- p our Dominion is th Re foot of the ocky tei° normous t't ract' of' • the surplus of utiles. 'he ac- t territory, how- ried by recent. all our readers. of this difficultx, mire. Froea the at reach ,us, one sh ASIA. The ;Iiistoi •e, of Asia feir the year fur- nishes a few points of interest. The material resources of British Ihdia have tieen More largely developed by the construction of railways ; while the ioci•eased attention paid to the educe - tion of the masses cannot fail to pro- mote a higher civilization. The Celes- tial Empire is yielding more and more to Western influence. The Burlingame Embassy have ccnclkded treaties with the United States-, Gevat Britain, and the principal Statue on the continent, some of which have ,been already rati- fied by the Empereie The effect of these treaties will he to place China cn the same footing, with regard to in- ternational interests, as other nations. eeeetteneeeeemenete. For Overshoes and Felt Work, go to Coventry's. • THE GRAND TRUNK.:—At the half - yearly. meeting, Mr. Ritter gave bie expeeiesece of this road, while in Cana- da. HeElbowed conclusively that the Mategernent was doing much for its prosperiey. The inci-ease of trade had been fr, in ten to twenty per eent for the la•st few years. $500,000 had been inveetted in getting up five bundred freight cars. It was also the intentiou to construct some cars with adjustable gauges, to do away with the necessity of shifting freight. Mr. Potter recom mended the adoption of steel rails as that the people ments have been effected, and under fast as possible. In every way he ex - n against -Cana- her enlightened government she is Pressed high hopes for the future of the ling to negotiate rapidly advancing towards the position road. • „e-sefeette POOR COPY Whowgi be Warden for tlee exeunty of Huron for 18709 The Star, of G-oderich, 'has put forth its nominees. If that paper had looked broad, it could very easily have select- ed at least as good men for that position as the mies named. We have no ob jection to the parties named, in feet any of them wonld make a very efficient Warden. We would mention A. Biel) op, Reeve of Usboi•ne, John Lecl:Se. Reevo of Grey, or S. G. McCaughey, Reeve of Seaforth, either of whom would make a most efficient Warden. Let us look ahead and by all means select the bust merit ‘POSTAL.—For some reason, which we are endeavoritg to ascertain from headqnarters, a number of -our mils, for two Weeks past never reached their destination though they were proporly sent from this Post Office. Among the mising ones are Zurich, Wingham, Exeter, Hay and other...... 11111111111, • MONTREAL. • (Franz our own Cor*espondent.) ITS FIRST IMPRESSION UPON STRANGERS, ITS PECULIARITIES—ITS BUiLDING- MATERIAL—I TS CHURCHES—NOTRE • DAllE — JESUIT CHURCH --- QHRIST • CHURCH CATHEDRAL, ETC. -- THE NoRmAL SO1100L—MUSEUM---MUGILL COLLEGE-;--NUNNERIES—CIONVENTs— BANKs—MANUFACTURIES, ETQ.— ITS NARROW STREETS—T'4EIR. PPEAR- 4NCE IN WINTER—AN INCIDENT— JEAN lea PTISTE-11.18 ANTECEDENTS AND PROCLIVITIES—WINTER ''.cRAVEL DIFFICULTIS -- LEGISLATION TECREON—AN UNINTENTIONAL BENE- FIT. • Montrean to a stranger ft om the west, presents many pleasing and attractive, features; m iny of which are without 4 parallel in any other part of the Do- minion. Some are a redit to the city and add materidlly to it wealth and prosperity. Others there are, which cannot be said to eentribute to the well being of the cher, and are neither orra- mental noi tasteful. Among the form- er we may mention the very large nuni- ber of tuassieetnd stately looking stone buildings that ac once attract the notice of visitors. As the mountain, on which part of the city is situated, furnishes ample•meteriid for the erection of etone structures, " all the principal builuings are built of this materiel, which gives the city an endurie g and substantial appearance. The churches of Alontrear deserve special mention. Notre Thuile is much visited by strangers, and greatly admir- ed for its archireetural features. The tewo towers are'each 290 feet high. The north-east tower coataine a •chime of' bells ; while the north-west one. has a bell weighing 24,000 pounds—the larg- al, est in _America. This. church, can ac- na comodate over 8,000 persons apd is re '6 p ,rted to be the larges, on the continent. th lthe Jesuit church, thorigh notsolarge, to is greatly superior to it in architecteral, in display. It ie said to be an iwitationi a h on a small scale, of St. Peter's at Rowe. Besides these theRoman Catholics ban eleven other churches of greater or les note. Those belonging to the Churc of England number in all eight.- Th principal one of which is Christ Churc Cathedral., a magnific-ent building cted in the cruciform style, with tower and epe 224 feet in ?eight There are eight Presbyterian cherches two of which belong to the Chinch o Scotland. The Wesleyan Methodise have five—New Connexion, two—Bap fist, two—Two Jewish Synagogues and A, number of other churches, repie :seating -on of the religious denomina thine of any prominence, in the coun try. -In addition to the churcnes ther *re the McGill College and /storma School, the Illusemet of the Natura History Society, the Drill Shed, Banks Nunneries, Convents, Assurance Offices Manufactories, etc., all of which affurti attractions to the visitor; and enable Irina during bis stay in tne city, to blend the Agreeable with the useful: As to the features peculiar to the Olt whi.'h • I.ICfl snow falls, a rail way train et° ed in the Middle of a long enttiag, • will be seen that it is no easy mat for teams to pass, unless the drivers on good terms with one another T or three incidents occurred laet win when the snow was deep, of the eff of refusing to "share and share alik which resulted,. not only in tapsizi the goods, 'which :happened to be co out in emptying the greater part thena without leave, or licenee, throe t,ilit. aelower windows of the house opi i ' Pa sides the narrow unhealthy stre there is another inetit LiOn r,irro 1r 11 with Montreal, and that is Jean Ba Ex perhaps ueeful in a wa a but by no mens ornaine,ntal, He ,1,1 been connected with the growth an enlargement of Montreal ever eince was an Indian village. Re has we neseed its rapid extension and incrta iug wealth year by year, and yet he identically the same, person thet he w in the days wnen Champlain firs. eaile up u the St. Lareuee. He is conserv tive to the backbone. He hates chang He looks upon new itnproveineets wit suspicion. If they in anyway irate fere with old established usagee he r gents them as sacrilegious ineovatime The cariolls that were introduced b the early settlers, are still in use, an are thought by the French to be tit only vehicle in which a ride in winte can be enjoyed ; but to an Upper -Ca nadian, they convey the idea of goin o sea in a wash tale without the hand Is to hold on by. The traineau, which d re used fbr carrying, freight, are, if pos ible5worse. • They are low and Aloft eiththe shafts attached to the runner close to the ground. The effect of -us i.ng this primitive concern, is that i soon renders the toad all shoet ae 1 allows, and when a thaw -conies, al- most impassable. It takes three each s eighs to bring in a co-i•d of woed. Hay aed grain. are -carried on the slime rude vehicles. Double teams are never used by a thorough ed Frenelfman. There i plenty ot good hard- wood a vew miles north of the city, yet it is im- pessible to bring it in on these miserable a pologies for 'sleighs, and equally int- ossilde for double reams to go out from e city for owing to the condition the roads. During thEi, la.t session of the Quebec arliament an Act was passed provid- g for a better syseem of winter roads, adopting the plan in general use in ntario. it was intended only to ap- y to, the counties where there is large Enelish population, and VMS to nee into force in these coueties on the t ot December of this year. Owing; wever, to some bungliug in the word - o± the Bill, it applied to. all thee iinties in the Ptovince, from the time e Act was passed, with the eNception those to which it ws intended to ep- y. The Aet did notrn eoe into force in ese counties till the time specified: e.effect of this good, but unintention- legislation was, thet it renderea Jean- ptistze highly indignant, tind of couise first thing this seesion was to rescind Act, and allow the old gentleman travel through the country-, preciseiy the Same style as his grand peie, did undred years ago. PP- ter are wo ter ect rig Of gh iO ets up Y, it 213 4 t- 5- is as ire e. r- e - 4., e a s v 1 I) th of iu 0 CO ho it) co th of pi th y, o may be said to be neither tenni teen ta lhor useful, the narrow, crook- ed, dark and dingy streets, of the wholesale business part of the city, at - ti act general notice. These streets, in many places not more than twente feet • wide, are lined with large stone build- ings, four .41 five storiee high. Sun- light with commeridarile perseverance d0e8 find its way to the pavement of these late., but the poor clerks, on the ground 'artier of the houses alongside, see • precious little a it. .As tne snow falls in this part of the city fully as much as anywhere else, although there is small space for it, the streets are soon'covered several feet deep with a layer of snow and ice; and as a narrow track must be kept on each side, to eerve the pur- pose of a side walk, and allow the occu- pants of the ground floor an exit to the outer world, a 'ling iectangular mass of iee is soon formed, rot unliae, when For Homeenade shoepacks go to Cov- entry's IMMIM1111101111ammiNINZMONNIIIIINOW01111111 RED RIVER. The news Irom Red River of late is, of the same mixed character as has been all the intelligence received from there. GOT.. McDougall and part of his suite are on their road_ home to Canada if thtey have not already ar- rived.. It sten appears, that the in- surgents are in arms, and in reality - governing the country, if the 'forcible occupation of Fort Garry, the arrest of a number of its citizens, and the poss- ession of all the olitlets and inlets to the Territory, can be called gov- erning. It is quite clear that Gov. McDougall has not been allowed to set his foot within the Territory. Things look as though all hope of conciliating the halfbreedi is given up. What the next step wilj be it is difficult to guessi but it is clear that nothing can be done till spring. Ina word, it is universally admitted that the Ministerial scheme of inaugurating a government for the Territory, without in any way consult- ing the views of the inhabitants, has Proved a huge blunder, the effects or which will not ea.sily be remedied. GoV. McDougall appears to signify that the trouble will prevent all further official traffic via St. Paul. The very latest intelligence is, that the parties made prisoners were all sen- tenced to banishment excepting Dr. Schultz and three others, who are st IL held, by a Court Martial, and accord- ingly fortvfive prisoners errived in Pembina, the day after Christmas and- er a hey gual.d. The insurgents idea visited the For. Wester office, pied the type and ruined things -generally. • Sir If yon want good value for your - money in Boots and Shoes go to T. oveatry's. 0 • THE anenal eel out the Proviaee day next. DURING vie, have bow reeieee births, 3 marriage ON- Friday i:Ist working on a a log feel Awn., it ent, mole or -Ras. cern animal e Huron Agrice held in Braceel inst. FIRE.—On the brick sho3 road, Tucktmiin tire, Tn annual smith Branch A he held. at She Thursday the •REV,. Mr. who preaehed Charch last ne-aineofficiO • Oee Tuesday ran off the tree.. Harpurbety 10;30 train Dn.a4 to cotnmence. prom. We tinders are already let. •TgE Sons'ofT open meeting -dist church,. 17th inst. For The public are A Paw dAys • Rey. Price, of eetag wood, got 1)v the falling eit •tdreesed the iiii Anotnner. Taekersmitle go -the geunigofa. jam was so eeve to be seipatated -ed the cperatioe. ACIDEIZT. 2, son of Mr. wes watarigg The boy reedy the Lee and lea -treatment t -7f Di gashes are Ilea in Ma. P. Soerli yawing ehe suer() of the best pmil. lect seeing. He ions, for a eui .' Lift of Saint P Mr. Sperling an ON IYESVAY meeting, of the took plAcee wlie dispense with dee was so little pat howevea EXPOSITOR- 0111 el preached in :the ibis place. The d aftereacto et 4401 ssionary Meeting wi eyening the regma SEAFORTE 'Ant Weep. theropos is the duty ofa( • protective Tariff,' ilesday evening ne :several postpone for one reason Ian positively emne ANOTHER 0 Wednesday eve Burton, Huron 'Ttillimedtchts.:dPdBAreqileYws*ats speeted for ft -and •"The funeral wiii late residence, to - Friends are in notice. healvillE • yNnS:VIMS: not end tilt - the wind not hie been a level of s • Sunday night I'D leaped the SI1041 •'feet and made in other S. On very he vy, and tion came off th were eirtharredi 150twithstandine • krowever, the tr •very good' tinae. ing wili doubtl