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PARLIAMENTARY.
WEDNESDAY.
In a discussion upon a motion by Mr.
Hutchinson for a return of all persons em-
ployed in the Intereolonial Railway Sur-
vey. Mr. Jones stated that there were now
engagedonthat ,,business 55 engineers at a
g
cost of $86,250 per annum ; draughtsmen
Ail a cost of x$43,430, Commissarist Office,
$27,300 ; making alltogether the modest
trifle of $156,880 per annum. Mr. Savary,,
on a motion: representing international cur-
rency, incidently alluded to .the Currency
Bill as a dropped measure. This called for
some allusion, on the part of ` Mr. Macken-
zie, to the further degradation of the Minis-
try involved in their relinquishing another
measure they had pledged themselves to put
through. Sir F. Hincks contented himself
with remarking that the resolution was still
on the orders, Hon. Mr. Holton, alluding
to his feelings in past tunes of ;respect and
affection for the Finance Minister,exlres
sed his pain at seeing him in his place after
the humiliation to which he land, on two
successive evenings, been subjected by the
Minister of Militia. Ile- said that the Fi-
nan: ce Mi iicter should hold office after what
had occurred in that House was a, thing to
be deplored in the interests of public mor-
ality and the reputation of the honor able
gentleman himself. Sir F. Hincks appre-
ciated Mr. Holton's sympathy, but did not
feel any peculiar degredation. Mr. Mac-
kenzie --"I believe that."The Finance
Miaister said it was of no use going into
the question of degradation then, because
they would probably have another oppor-
tunity of= doing so. ' Mr. Mackenzie again
asked for the 'North-West Commissieners'
reports, and also when the Bill would be
'introsauced. The reports were again prom-
ised' for the following clay --or day after, and
Sir John A. Macdonald repeated the story
of'his labors over the Bill. Ho hinted that
sin agreement had nearly been arrived at,
andit was apparent in a short conversatior.
that followed, that he and Sir G. E. Cartier
Iliad been at variance in relation to this
matter. Upon the tariff debate being re-
sumed, Mr. Cameron (Huron) alluded to
the representations ina.de to the Govern-
ment at the beginning of the session in fa-
vor of the national policy and protection to
native industry. He had approved the tar-
iff as originally brought down, and had
heard the proposal to remit the new coal
and wheat duties, with regret. It was, he
said, a wine and judicious thing to retract
that proposal. Sir F. Hincks wished to ex-
plain his position in -the Government now
and since he accepted office. He allhsided to
his former connexion with the 'Reciprocity
Treaty, "since -abrogated, and to the speech
of Sir John Rose last year,, who expressed I
an opinion that a tittle must soon come !
for the adoption o£ .,a ' " National policy."
Negotiations of ponfidential nature had '
been going on 'w itle:the United States Gov-
ernment almost up to the present time, but
without result , and as it became necessary
for the Government to bring down a meas-
ure, they had . adopted one which they
believed would be for the interest
of the country. He attempted to
shield himself from the charge of -degrada-
tion and humiliation, and said the Govern-
ment would adhere to the original resolu-
tions. Mr. Mackenzie, expressing his as-
tonishment at the statement of the Minister
of Finance, condemned in strong terms the
conduct of the Government in coming down
with a policy they could not defend on its
merits, but merely one that would secure
sufficient votes one way or another to: put
it through the House.. They should, he
said. fix upon a policy and adhere to it, and
if the .House and country to which they
eould appeal did not sustain them, they
should resign office and leave to others the
duty of initiating measures in accordance
with public opinion. How,- he asked,did
the hon. gentleman know the opinion of the
House was against him. Not half a dozen
members had spoken, and only smite dozen
had surrounded him and threatened hint
with expulsion from office if he did not re-
tract. Mr. Maekenzie then criticised the
declaration about a "National Policy" made
by Sir John A. Macdonald on the previous
evening, and showed how contrary to well
understood principles of finance, were the
schemes and imposts of the Government
tariff. He ridiculed the absurd notion of
such a course of action affecting the policy of
the United States. and said only a man
escaped from a lunatic asylum ; would
believe thaf they would be induced
to adopt Reciprocity by so contemptible
an amount of taxation as this measure would
inflict on them. He showed that the coal
duty would not bring Nova Scotia coat to
Ontario, as it could be purchased and carried
so much cheaper from the United . States.
The duty on flour and wheat would not con-
fer protection on the farmers of Ontario, for
they grew more than they required, and the
duty, if it had any effect, -would only destroy
the trade in which many persons were en-
gaged. On the other hand it would inflict
on the people of the Lower Provinces a.grie-
rious injustice. He undertook to say the
farmers of Ontario didnot want the duty.
He repudiated Mr. Malcom Cameron's right.
to speak for the people of Huron and the
adjoining counties, and said that no petitions
had come from thence in favour of the tariff.
He wanted to know if, in deference to great
manufacturing interests, the Minister had
given way in regard to coal, why, he did not
pay equal attention to those who demanded
that no tax should be placed on the bread -of
the poor. He charged the Government that
they were willing to cause disaffection or
any thing else so that they might keep their
places. 'Mr.. Mackenzie then went on to
challenge the Government as to the, state-
. made by Sir F. Hincks in respect to
the Reciprocity negotiations, and complain-
ed of the way in which the House had been
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treated both with regard to that matter and
the North-West papers. They had been
led to believe that negotiations were still
going on, and now were told they had dos-
ed up soon after the commencement of the
session. The hon. gentleman then asked if
the statemen made the other night to the
effect that there would be no deficit were
txue, why did the Finance Minister impose
fresh taxes? Dr. Tupper defended the poli-
cy of the Government, and the attempt to
influency-the United States in the direction
of reprocity by imposing duties -on their pro-
duce. Hon. Mr. Dorion showed by statis-
tics what would be the effect, financially, of
the new arrangements in the Lower Prov-
inces, and that Quebec and New Brunswick
would have to pay $77,000 on flour in or-
der that Nova Scotia might get $46,000 on
coal. ; Mr. Ryan, alluding to his past sup-
port of the Government and the shameful
spectacle ,he House had witnessed on Tues-
day night, said he should oppose the mea-
sures
easures as it now stood. Sir John A. Mac-
donald declared their policy was a plain and
clear one. Being asked by Mr. Macxenzei
which policy he referred to, he said that
whilst the electors of Lambton were very
properly proud of their member, let any
other map seek their suffrages, and they
would support the Government, :i statement
which Mr. Mackenzie emphatically denied,
Sir John then proceeded to refer to his ef-
forts to obtain a treaty of Reciprocity. He
next declared that there were cries from
every part, of the country for a retaliatory
measure, and said theymust have ►i fixed
policy at which the House laughed immode-
rately. The laughter was renewed when
the Minister, who was evidently getting off
his legs, declared that Mi. Mackenzie was
going wholly against the feeling of the peo
ple: of Upper Canada. Sir T. A Gal t, in
responsetto the appeal made to him, offered
a few remarks. He treated with contempt
the proposal to coerce the Americans by put-
ting four cents upon whert, and expressed
his opinion that the Government should
have produced the correspondence' lately
closed on the subject of Reciprocity. A di-
vision was then taken on Mr. McDonald's
amendment to 1place flour and meal on the
free list. The vote was yeas 73, nays 82
Hon. Mr. Holton desired to take a direct
vote on the proposed amendment of the Fi-
nance Minister, and therefore moved the
previous question. After some conversa-
tion a division was taken with the following
result : yeas G4, nays 88. rhe vote of con-
currence stood over, and the House adjourn-
ed at 1$ minutes to 4 o'clock.
THURSDAY.
After "outine business, Sir George E.
Cartier presented the report ofConimission-
er Donald Snaith on the Red River question.
Mr. Mackenzie asked for the other reports,
and :wiser=the promised Bill of the Minister
.of justice,: adding that .if such a measure
w,,11$* "speedily introduced, he would have
tearing down one himself. Sir George E.
Cartier expected to have the other t eports
in his hands in the evening, and that short-
ly such a measure would be introduced as
would give universal satisfaction. When
the tariff resolutions were taken up, Sir Geo.
E. Cartier moved that the words "coal and
coke 50c per ton," and "wheat 4c per bush-
el," be struelt out from the amendments.
Hon. Mr. Holton moved that the words
";coal and coke " be expunged from the mo-
tion in the .amendment, Po that the effect of
the original motion do remain to instruct the
Committee to restore coal and coke to the
free list. A long discussion ensued, and the
amendment was put and lost. Yeas 62,
and nays 90. The original motion was then
carried, and the House went lilt() Commit-
tee and amended the resolutions accord-
ing to instructions. The House again went
into Committee of Ways and Means and
passed certain of the resolutions, and ad-
journed at 1:35 o'clock...
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set that man down as either an ignoramus
or an unprincipled humbug. Or . when a
man professes to have made ii discovery in.
physical science, which, front its nature, can
be only an inference, from a supposition of
his own, he is either a self -deceived indivi-
dual or worse.
Such: an individual it was our misfortune
to encounter about six months .since, who
claimed to have made the discovery that
sound is a substance, which permeates all
bodies, solid,. fluid, or gaseous ; and that in
order tofreethis material which its learned
discoverer called " Sigule," all that is requi-
red is to knock 'on one end of a beam or
wire, and sigule will ooze out of the other
end.: By means of a peculiar apparatus this
charlatan performed an experiment familiar
to all scientists, namely, the reinforcement
of sound, so that a sound too feeble to be
heard ;without reinforcement, is rendered
audible.
This man had succeeded in convincing one
or two dupes that he had nacde a gt•and_dis-
covery, and that he could lay a wire across
the bottom of the Atlantic, and that by
thumping at either end squeeze out "sigule "
at the other, and thus supersede the electric
telegraph, make untold millions of dollars,
and immortalize the names of his patrons.
- How, when we are called -upon .vo answer
for our sins, we shall be able to justify our-
selves.for not giving this fellow a fuisome
puff—as did nacre than one prominent jour-
nal—is a question which; .if we are to be-
lieve him, will resider our -death -bed a'scene
of horror and despair: Of this sort are the
men who profess to be able -to make a pound
'of butter from a quart of milk; who vend
solderiag fluids of uoheard=of virtues., and of
hitherto unknown materials ; who sell re- -
ceipts for -preventing the cracking of steel in
tempering ; who . searTh out some simple-
minded and ignorant gran possessing money
and seek to Convince him' that with the aid
of a few hundred dollars from his purse,
they can produce the long -sought perpetual
motion ; who work upon the ignorance and
avarice of others by professing to di,-scover
by soine chance the place of deposit of hid-
den treasure ; and so on to the end of the
Charlatans and Charlatanism.
chapter.
Many of then profess to have obtained
high honors and degrees from scree --always
remote -institution of learning and by
pompons manner and high-sounding lan-
guage seek to impose: upon the credulous the
seeming of wisdom.
The cheek " of .ome of these fellows is
really little short of the Sublime.' They will
quote you by the hour passages from authors
who never existed, and misquote those who
have ; and we have not n;nfrequently seen
a man of solid attainment ficotnletely brow-
beaten and cowed by one " f these. voluble
scoundrels.
Apart from consummate brass, and the
professed•.desire to benefit the . world by
their great discoveries, their characteristic
is mystery. Whenever you meet a man
with a secret by which he expects and hopes
to bless the world, and wliich no one can
possibly penetrate, beware ! he has design
on your pocket.—Scientific American.
Quackery finds, i its way into . all profes-
sions. Medicine has been popularry believ-
ed to have given birth to more quacks than
any other calling ; and it is certain that the
diseases of mankind, and the intense longing
with which the sick yearn for ,restored
health, afford most favourable opportuni-
ties for the practice of deception by those
who assume knowledge they do not possess.
We have, however, a shrewd. suspicion
that law, theology, art, 'literature, and
science are not very much more free from
pretenders than medicine. We can certain-
ly speak from knowledge as to the great
number of quacks who infest the country,
and live by palming off upon credulous
dupes that they are in possession of some
wonderful secret by which they can make
enormous savings in various processes ;
that -they have made some wonderful me-
chanical discovery or invention, which only
wants money to develop it into a very mine
of gold. -
Our experience has brought us into .con-
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Street
con-
`•►Street Oars.
TUCKERSMITH
COURT OF REVISION,
ACOURT will be held on Friday the 13th day
of May, next, at the hour of 12 o'clock,
noon, in the House of John Daly, village of Eg-
mondville, for the purpose of examining and re-
vising the Assessment of the Municipality of
Tuckersmith for the present year, and for hear-,
ing and determining appeals against the same.
W. MUIR,
Tnckersmith. April 11, 1870. Tp. Clerk.
ONIONS
AND
POTATOES.
Anew motive power for street cars,
which shall be at once, safe, cheap, and
easily managed, is just now engaging the
of tention of inventors. and it is not impro-
bable that, they may yet succeed ie solving
it. The inconvenience of the present sys-
tem, to say nothing of it expensiveness,
render some change desirable, both' on the
part of the public and railway companies ;
and the man who can devise some expedi-
tious way to run cars without either horses,
mules, dummies, drivers, or engineers, has
a fortune waiting him. Such an experi-
ment seems to be on trial in New Orleans.
Mr. Roberts, of that city,has invented a
motive appartus the- principle features of
which is -a .small cylinder for compressed
air, and which bears a pressure of three
hundred pounds to the square inch. Four
of these cylinders are to be placed in each
car, although only three were used on the
trial trip. With these charged to two
hundred and seventy pod: ds to the square
inch, and with twenty-four passengers in
the car, a run of two milts was made before
the cylinders were exhausted., The car
was stopped and started, and turned the
cur\ es as rapidly,. it is said, as if it had
been drawn by horses, while the rate of
speed was more manageable than that se-
cured by whips and check -lines. In the
present case the rate of speed was about ten
miles an hour. Other experiments are to
be made with the same or similar appara-
tus, and we shall doubtless soon know
whether Mr. Roberts is the benefactor for
whom we are waiting, or only a visionary
mechanic. A street car, drawn by pne-
umatic horses, which neither splatter mud,
raise the dust, balk, kick, tire, nor eat oats,
but lie quietly under the seats, is a concep-
tion worthy of a philosopher. Even though
it may never be realized, we shall take a
.tact with many of these charlatans, and we pinch of comfort in believing it can be.
have got to know 'them at sight. They gen-
erally want us to publish in the interest of
science (always in the interest of science)
the -interesting fact, that they have, by ac-
cident, or by long and arduous study, or
have had communicated to them by some
remote savage, the secret of doing something
or other very much better than any one else
ever did it before ; but when asked how
they do it, they decline to give any infor-
mation. They also generally express the
profoundest confidence that their secret is
absolutely unfathomable by any living man
whatever, and that all attempts to learn the
mystery without paying for it,, would be as
absurd as to attempt a voyage to Jupiter,
or to pump melted gold from the crater of
Vesuvius.
Now when a man talks about being able
to practice publicly an art, the secret of
which is impenetrable, to anybody, you may
300 Bushels choice
Potatoes of the following
hinds :
Early Rose,
Early Gode'icli,
Harrison's Red
& Blous.
ONIONS.
Top Onions,
Dutch Setts,
English Potato
Onions,
Large Red Onions,
&c. at
W. SCOTT ROBERTSON'S.
•41410.
AN OLD ENGLISH PATENT. ---It is said
that the following is tho first patent ever
granted in England, for the preservation of
food :—"A. D., 1771, October 7, No. 278,
Porter Thomas, and White John.—A grant
unto them of the sole_use, exercise, and ben -
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preserving by liquors or otherwise all sorts
of flesh, fowls, and fish, and many other
things, either in pieces or in whole bo-
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all clymates, without changing the nature,
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and made use of for any intent and pur-
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into such liquor ; to hold and enjoy the
same for 14 years, according to the sta-
tute." Can any modern patent beat this '
—Scientific American.
SEAPORT a, April 21, 1870.
"NEW YORK HOUSE."
The Subscriber has
JUST OPENED!
to the above House,
A SELECT STOCK
OF FRESH
GROCERIES
WI N'E s it
AND
LIQUORS!
AND
FLOUR 6 FEED
All of which he will sell at the
LOWEST PAYING PRICES
MAY 6, 1870.
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•
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GIVE THEM A CALL.
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THE SIGH OF THE GOLDEN
THE subscriber begs to inform the public that
he has just received a great variety of Sad-
dles and
TRUNKS,
Which he is prepared to sell
At Prices Almost Unpcarelleled.
COLLARS of every description, warrant;_
ed not to hurt the horse's neck.
In the way of Harness
OF ALL KINDS,
He is, as heretofore, in a position to give his
customers as good•value for their money as
any other establishment in Ontario.
Quality of work and material, employed, indis-
putable.
air SHOP OPPOSITE KIDD d
McMULXII 'S.
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FARM PRODUCE
Taken in exchange for Goods at Cash Prices.
(Killoran and Ryan's Old
Stand.
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