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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-02-25, Page 31h. 25, 1S70. 'ER `E -CT SIGHT. le as perfect sight, and eabtained by using ficulty of procuring s, ()enlists if: O tici-. Manufacturers of the :aeles, have after yearn rectionof coatly ma- , produce that Grand )ectaeles, which have 1 satisfaction. to the ►tes, Prince Edward's Canada., during the Celebrated Perfected eye,, and last many M. R. Counter,: from rocured. MORRIS & CO.,: Montreal. co PEl L RS. S7o. 76-1y. I ACT OF 1864, 1869: In the County Court of the County ►' 4f Huron. .MD:'; W ATLING, An Insolvent. day of February next, forehoon, the undersign ge of the said Court for a Act. - in de County- of Huron A. D., 1570. TIES W ATLING, HAYS & ELWOOD,. His Attelrnies ad 'item_ tee This a salary of $30 per week allow a large commission, i1 inventions. R & Co., Marshall, Mich. Factory. T SEAFORTH, [.,Y OPPOSITE, HOTEL would intimate to the is aforth and surrounding e on hand a large stock of BUGGY STUFF. They ve orders for all kinds. of ., made iv by experieueed latest styles. by a tir-at-class Carriage 'PLY ATTENDED TOE MODERATE. IQSH & IORRISON. at, ISM 111-tf_ 1 THOMPSOH erous customers for their during the last fifteen ill receive its contmnance, el a large assortment of i.eI711oek s Will give satisfaction. ET OF MEI -x PG -It XENERA.L PGI POSES liberal terms. 'Orders; wilt to - d a large assortment of NED ACCOUNTS -attention of his cid e usta- co: their advantage to re- d without legal proceed - 1870.. 84-tf. CF TO MAKERS. Cheese Factory,which. is hip of Hibbert, County of ated m a first-class dairying- rent. airying-rent. Sealed Tenders will 1,5th Feb, next, 12 o'clock l)articulars apply on the N IYREW MALCOLM , - Farquhar, P.a 112_ , 1870. value for your meney ire T.. Coventry's. 87-tf OR &: SON, S, MILLET'. execute binding in ; every residing at a distanceby r at the Signal Book Store, .EXPOSITOR office, Seaforth- rely upon, them being. well LOWEST PRICES. �ned without delay. let, 18570, 80-tf.. Feb. 13, 1870. Cf9 Dr. David Livingstone Fromthe N. Y Tribrne.) , Again we have news of the ;Heath of the celebrated Dr. Livingstone, who, it 'is an- - nounced with apparent authority, has been burned as a wizard by a chief in the inter- ior of Africa._this distinguished traveller. and missionarwas born at Blantyre Works near Glasgow, ;in 1815. His, .father was. employedin the cotters mills 4 that place, and David was pieced at the same trade at the age of 10. During; the period of about 10 years which lie spent at the,!, cotton fac- tory, he spursued in the intervals of daily labor an extended course of se4 instruction, and acquired a knowledge of j Latin and Greek, and of various branchesof . science. Hgoin conceived the idea of to China as g a medical dical missionary, with wb'ch object he attended lectures on medicine no divinit in the University of Glasgow. In 1840 he embarked for Cape Town, from thenc proceeded to the interior of Africa, where h founded missionary stations and labored a his calling. In June, 1849, r. Living stone, in company with two gnglish gen tlemsri, started on his first e4ploring ex pedition, and on August 14 i eb.ched Lak Ngami over the Bakalihai desert, which had for along time presented insuperabl obstacles to persons crossing in that direc tion. He and his companions were th first Europeans who visited this lake. While at Fort Natal -he became acquainte w;yth his countryman, 'the Rev. Rober Moffat, one of the most active of the Afri can missionaries, and eventually married his daughter, who shared in some of hi most perilous journeys. For 16 years, namely, from 1840 till his return. to Eng land at the close of 1856—he labored per severeingly as one of the agents of the London Missionary. Society at Kurnman, Mahodson. and other stations in Sou th Africa. During that time he made seve- ral expeditions into the interior. and twice crossed the entire continent, a little south of the Tropic of Capricorn, £roan the shores of the Indian Ocean to those of the Atlan- tic. The most important of these journeys was entered on in January, 1853, and in May of the same year he reached Linyanti, the principal town of the power uI 111T rkolo tribe, where he was,enthusiasti ally receiv- ed by the chief, Sekeltu, and the entire population. Departing thence in Novem- ber he proceeded up the Lecambye River, and its affluent, the Leeba, to Lake l?ilolo, and thence, with considerable difficulty and peril, across the Congo River to Ango- la, at the capital of which country, Loando, en the western coast of Africa, lie arrived Mar 31, 1854, and was kindly received by the Portuguese authorities stationed there. He left that place in the ensuing Septem- bei, reached Linyanti in Septeniber, 1855, and thence proceeded down the Lecambye and Zambesi rivers, which he found to be identical, to Quilimans on the Indian Ocean, reaching that place May! 20, 1856. He had thus within. a period of about three years explored a portion of the .African continent never previously described by Europeans, and trave] led probably upward of 9;000 miles. From Quilimarte he pro• ceeded to England, where his; wife and family had preceded him' 4 ye*rs before, and he arrived there Dec. 12, 185 6. Ow- ; ng to his long absence from England and his constant intereourse with- .: he savage tribes, his mother tongue had become so unfamiliar to him that at a public meeting givenin his honor he found diffiulty in ex- pressing himself with fluency. In 1857 appeared his " Missionory Travels and Re- searches in South Africa.," and th next year he sailed for. Quilirnane, ss here h had been appointed Consul, and subsequently de- parted on a new explor;ng expedition up the Zambesi River with a party of seienti- fic men. His explorations up to the close of December, 1861, were maim devoted lei to the locality of Lake yassaiI He as- cended this lake for 200 miles, and gave interesting details of its shape, extent, and of the rivers flowing into it. He also ex- erted himself, at considerable peril, to cause a tribe to abandon slave -hunting' Having received a steamer in parts from England, in the Spring of 1862 he had it transported beyond the cataracts, put togdther, and launched upon the river, and -i this he again ascended the lake, and was! involved in some of the native wars. In 11864 he returned to England, and gave detailed ac- counts of his travel, and described the cli- mate and topography of the regioi on the west shore of Lake Nyassa. Dr. Living- stone departed again late in the year 1865, with a simple equipment, furnished'jointly by the British Government Government and the Royal Geographical Society, in the hope of as- cending nearer to the equator, wad explor- ing the Albert and Victoria Nyanza, and ascertaining definitely their ralato each oth- er, to'Lake Tanganyika and to the source of the Nile. In November, 18.6. , letters were received -from hie bearin various dates, between September andecern ber of the previous year. In these cheerful letters he asked for stores and edicines. which were sent to him at UAL He ex- pressed no apprehension of personal danger in any of these communications. is move- ments remained for long periods v ry uncer- tain, but an expedition which had en sent outiY .'search of him, returned in January, 376$` with most satisfactory accou is of his safety. Twit year a communication wa received from" hien by Lord Clarendon, da d from near Lake Bangweolo; South Central Afri ca, July, 1868, in which• he said that from 'h what head seen, together with what he had _learned from intelligent natives, he thought he might safely assert that the chiefsources of the Nile arise between 10 0 and'12 ° South latitude, or nearby position assigned tothem by whose river Rhaptais probably 'theThe receipt of this letter 'seemed in the tolemy, ovuma. dispel THE . HURON EXPOSITOR. - all anxiet s for his safety, -and .his returir to' Englarp at An early date was expected. In''' Tian is'in the interior of Africa,' by James ' Ch pman, ` Eiublisli� d �l'aptt'.year, however, following reference is -made to Dr. Livin'` `y ue's labors, and a clue is given to the causes which have led to his death by the hands of some savage tribe : Of Dr. Livingstone's labors we hear but poor success. Previous to . his last arrival among there, when toldthat he was coming, the first question they asked was, 'What is he coming to do 1—to bring guns'? No_; the Book. Well then, he had bet- ter stay away ; ihis God has killed us.' Se betoane's doctors attribute the chief's death .to the white men coming among them, and whenever Dr. Livingstone preaches in the presence of or visits a chief; the doctors burn something as a charm to protect them from his witchcraft. Bt ing,.,as they find; a doctor, he has also,a reputation of being a wizard. This makes hia, either feared or admired, and gives him a certain influence. They give him credit for being a good dot • tor, and say he has cured nlanv, but killed some, natives. They do not believe in na- tural deaths ; when a man dios,he has been killed. By all accounts the doctor's preach- ing is barely tolerated by the chief, who is at heart highly .dtspleaseu at his doctrine concerning rain and polygamy. The 'peo- ple Say that Dr. Livingstone has promised them -all the good things of the earth—rain, corn, cattle, &c.—if they would believe in God and refrain from polygamy, slavery, and other malpractices ; that they have waited a long time for these good things, and that they would wait another year to see if the Good Man he Milked about helped them nicely." Royal Remains in Westminster Abbey In the new edition (the third) of Dean Stanleys " Memorials of Westminister Abbey," thirty-five pages are devoted to the search after the burial -place of Ring JamesI., the exact position of which had been as much disputed~among antiquaries as that -of his unfortunate son. All doubt about - the latter was long ago cleared up by George IV, and Sir Henry Halford, who found the "Royal Martyr" sleeping his last sleeprside by side with Harry VIII.; just._ as his father's remains have nowkbeen dis- covered- lying, cuckoo -fashion, in the sta.telv monument of Henry VII. and Elizabeth Plantagenet. The first idea *as_that James had been interred' by the side of the mother of his children, but on opening the• vault, alone, in the centre of the wide space, _ lay a long leaden coffin, shaped to the form of the body, on which was a plate of brass with an inscreption, giving at length the style and title.of Anne of Denmark. The length of the leaden chest [6 feet. 7 inches] was interesting, as fully corroborating the account of the Queen's remarkable stature. It was then thought, probable that James' coffin might Save been placed by that of his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, and it was accordingly "determined to make an entry by removing the stones on the south side of the southern aisle of the chapel, amongwhich one was marked 'Way.' This led to an ample flight of stone steps, trending oh- liquely under the Queen of Scots' tomb.— Immediately at the foot of these • steps ap- peared a large vault of brick 12, feet long 7 feet wide, and 6 feet high. A startling, it may almost be said an awful, scene pre- sented itself. , A vast pile of leaden coffins rose from the floor ; some of full stature, the larger number varying in form that of the full-grown child to the merest. infant, confusedly heaped upon the others, whilst several urns of various shapes were tossed about in irregular positions throughout the vault." Amongst the first coffins recog- nised was that of Henry Prime of Wales. The lead of the head was shaped into rude features, the legs and arms indicated, even to the forms of the fingers and toes. On the breast was soldered a leaden ease, evi- dently containing the heart, and below where his initials, with the Prince of Wales's feathers, and the date of his death, 1612. In spite of the grim and deformed aspect, oc•.asioned by the irregular collaps- ing of the lead, there was a life -like ap- pearance, ppearance, which seemed like an endeavor to recall the lamented heir of so much hope. The coffin .of Mary Stuart, over whose history so many battles have ,been, and, continue ta be fought, was found saturated with pitch, and deeply compressed by the weight above, but the lead had not given way. There was no need of verification,- and the Dean remarks that the presence of the fatal coffin 'whichhad receiyed _ the headless corpse at Fotheringay was ` suf- ficiently affecting without endeavoring to penetrate further into its mournfull con- tents. Prince Rupert also, slum'sers in the vault, and Mary of Orange, the mother of William III., and Anne Hyde, the mother of William's wife, rnd Elizabeth, the Queen of Hearts and of Bohemia. Spread above all these were the diminutive coffins of no fewer than eighteen infants of Queen Anne and ten of James II., and amongst. these last that of a hitherto unrecorded "James. Earnley, natural son to King James the Second." Another opened vault was that which contained the bodies of. Mary Tudor and her sister-- There was no disorder or decay, except that the centering wood had fallen over the head .of Elizabeth's coffin, and that the wood. case had crumbled away at the -sides, and had drawn away part of the decaying lid. .No coffin -plate could be discovered, but fortunately the dim light fell on a fragment of the lid slightly carved. This led to a further search, andthe orignial inscriptt- `tion was discovered. There was the,Tudor badge, a full double rose, deeply but simply incised on the middle of the cover ; on_ eaeh side the august. inititals E. It, and below the memorable date 1603. The coffin -lid had been further decorated with narrow moulded pannelling. The coffin case was of inch -elm ; brit the ornamental lid containing the inscription and panelling was of fine oak, half an inch thick, laid on the elm cover. The whole was covered with red silk velvet, of which much remained attached to the wood." The very last vault examined was that which contained the object of which they were in search. In Ben Johnson's. lines on Shakspeare, he says- "I Will not lodge thee by - Chaucer or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further off to make thee room." But James t., or his executors, had no delicacy and the coffina of Henry VII., and his Queen were not only made = to " lie little 'further off," - but stripped of thei wooden cases to pack the closer; and' mak arnore room for that of the Scottish Solomon the issue of the great-grandson Henry Darnley, and their greatgrand-daughter Mary Stuart. Dean Stanley considers that- the hanthe selection of this particular vault arose from a deepdeephistorical instinct which prompted the' founder 'of the Stuart dynasty --" Scotsman and almost foreigner as he was"—to ingraft his family and fate on that of the ancient English stock through :which he derived the title to the crown. Any- how the fact is a curious one, and if it had been publicly known at the time, it would doubtless, have provoked a gold deal of satire and ridicule, an indication of which may be recognised in the amusing, if not significent circumstance of one of the work- men orkmen having left his tobacco pipe behind him in the grave of the author - of the "Counterblast." Dean Stanley banished this little fact to a note but gives his'•larg- est type to what is hardly so interesting :-ej - " While the vault was yet open, there happ ed to be a meetfng of high dignitaries of Church and State, assembled on a. Royal Commission in the Jerusalem Chamber, under the Presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It seemed but fitting that the first visitgr to the tomb of the Royal Scot should have been a Primate from be- yond the Tweed. and it was with a profound in- terest that the first Scotsman who had ever reach- ed the highest office in the English Church bent over the grave of the first Scotsman who had mounted the throne of the English State." The Dean might have made a better paragraph out of his own emotions as a Stanley in gazing on the coffin of .the victor of Bosworth field. Among the collateral discoveries made in the prosecution of this search, . the most interesting, perhaps -was that of the remains of Elizabeth Claypole, Oliver Cromwell's favorite daughter. By some happy acci- dent they escaped what even Johnson calls the " mean revenge ". of the servile sycoph- ants at the Restoration, who, while they dug up and gibbeted the putrefying carcase of the greatest Man of Action, England ever produced, little imagined they had allowed an inscription to remain in which he was described as the Mose Serene and Exalted Prince Oliver, by the Grace of God, of, England, Scotland, and Ireland, Protector" —such being his designation on the coffin - plate of the loved one who so shortly pre- ceded her father to the grave.—" A pud CEdes Harnptomiense."—Inverness Courier. vlb lo The new " London Times" Printing Machine. As the construction of the first steam newspapers machine was due to the enter- prise of the late Mr. Walter, so the con- struction of the last and most improved machine is due in like manner to the enter- prise of his son. The new "Walter ma- chine" is not, like Cowper's and Apple- garth's. and Hoe's, the improvement of an existing arrangement, but an almost en- tirely original invention. Its principal merits are its simplicity, its accurate work- manship, its compactness, its speed, and its econemy. While each of the ten -feeder Hoe machines occupies a large and lofty room, and requires 18 men to feed and works it, the Walter machine occupies a space of about 14 feet by 5, or less than any newspaper machine yet introduced, and only requires three lads to take away, with half the attention of an overseer, who easily superintends two of the machines while at work. ,The Ho'• -,.nachine turns out 7,000 impressions printed on both sides in the hour ; but the Walter machine. turns out 11,000 impressionscompleted in the same time. The new invention does not in the least resemble any existing -printing machine, unless it be the calenderirig machine, which has possibly furnished the type of it. At the printing end it looks litre a collect- ion of small cylinders or rollers. The paper, mounted on a h=uge reel as it comes from the paper mill, goes in at one end in and endless web, 8,300 yards in length, seems to .fly through among the cylinders, and issues `forth at the other in two descend- ing torrents of sheets, accurately cut into lengths. and printed on both - sides. The rapidity wit h which it works may be inferr- ed from the fact that the printing cylinders (around which the stereotyped plates are fixed) while making their impressions on the paper, travel at the surprising speed of 200 revolutions a minute. As the sheet passes inwards, it is first damped on one side by being carried rapid- ly over. a cylinder which revolves. in a trough of cold water ; it then passes on to the first.pair of printing and impression cylinders, where it is printed on the other side, then it passes on to the cutting cylin- ders, which divide the web of now printed paper into the proper lengths. The sheets are rapidly conducted by tapes in a swing frame, which, as it vibrates, delivers them alternately on either side, in two apparent- ly continuous streams of sheets, which are rapidly thrown forward from the frame by arocker, and deposited on the tables at which the lads sit to receive them. . The machine is almost entirely self-act- ing, from the pumping up of the ink into the ink box out of the cistern below stairs, to the registering of the numbers as they are printed, in the manager's room above. Such, in a few words, is -the Vast invent- ion made in connection with newspaper printing, which reflects no little credit on the enterprise of Mr. Walter and the in- ventive skill of the gentlemen 01 the staff— Times for it has been entirely.- designed on the premises—to him he has instrusted- its 'execution. a ' e LUMSDEN Has just received a Fresh Stock of PURE DRUGS AND . CHEMICALS, Toilet and Fancy Soaps, -combs, 'Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes, French, English, and American: , PERFUMERY. GENUINE DYE STUFFS. Guaranteed to be of the best quality. Horse and Cattle Medicines ! Condition Powder. Physicians perscriptions carefully and accur- ately dispensed. R. LUMSDEN, X • CD M 0 inmda Owed moi PNNI X (1::. E ot + RN!) ti -ii o ...i4 O Pee 0 t.i. 5Ow g 0 (Et p... @Oh- - CD te. 0 . aft : 1-; C . O. a gig p ,.-. PA.12 - ....w r a 0.4 Oat •aaojs JII?ApJtfl r• m. 30, STRAW CUTTER. The subscriber desires to intimate to the pub- lic that he is sole agent in "Seaforth for the sale of MAXWELL & WHITELAW'S Celekrted STRAW CUTTER. HORSE AND HAND POWER. Also for Massey's improved GRAIN. CRUSHER. A Stock kept constantly on hand. OLIVER C, WILSON, Market Square. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 192-tf, MONEY LOST Lost somewhere in Seaforth, on Saturday, 23rd Jan., a roll of "Royal Canadian" Bills, amorart- ing to about $38. The finder will be liberally re- warded by leaving it at tBe " EXPOSITOR" OFFICE Seaforth. Seaforth, Jan'y. 28, 1870, 112 FRESH A.RRTVAL OF NEW TEAS! FRESH COFFEESI C -ROCt ,TES, Wines & Liquor -s. • The subscriber begs to infrom the public that he has just received a large stocx of New Teas, crop of 1869, which for quality is unsurpassed - He is satisfied that he can sell Tea by the cattie or in large .. quantities, ten per cent cheaper 'than any house in the County. HIS COFFEES is also cheaper and better than can . be had elsewhere. He has also on hand a large stock of Liquors, consisting of Common Whiskey; Old Rye, Malt, Gins, Wines, Brandies, Kum &v.-, Which for quality cannot be equalled. Hotel iKeepers, Country Merchants and others wishing to make large purchasers are re- quested to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere, as he is satisfied he can do better for them than any house in this section of the country. Remember the place, r> JOHN WALSH, Scott's New Brick Bloc€. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 111-tf. SEAFORTH FURNITURE WAREROONIS 1 M. ROBERTSON Importer and manufacturer of all kinds of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Such as SOFAS,. • LOUNGES, CE 'PRE 'TABLES, MATTI ASSES, DINING & ?BREAKFAST TABLES, BUREAUS, CHAIRS, and BEDSTEADS- , In Great Varity.-. Mr. R. has great con'idence fn offering his goods to the public, as they are made of Good Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class Work-. men. COFFINS MADE TO ORDER. On the Shortest Notice. WOOD TURNING Done with Neatness and Despatch- Warerooms TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL, Main Street. Seaforth, Jan'y 21st, 1870. - 57-tf. ONTARIO HOUSE. FALL & WINTER ST'OCKS_ Very Complete, and selling at greatly :pec used Prices ! ! CLOTHS, FLANNELS, SHAWLS and HOODS, In great variety. Fresh Groceries, And Crockery. EDWARD- CASH. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 53-tf. Money! Money THE subscriber has received another lar ge re- mittance of moneyf for investment on goal farm property, at 8 per :cent' ; or 10 per cent, .tom no charges. JOHN S. PORTER. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 95-tf. 4. ft -