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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
411,
TINE 241 1870.
Griatyls.f'o-srai.dthteliDatomthine iaornb,itSraerartos.7:1131°alleaphMerr-..
u -
son and Judge Day, for Ontario and Q e
bec—turived at a decision respecting the
mode of dividing the debt of the late -Prov-
incionnepiaorfioCaanndadQaubebetewc.een the Provinces of
The Ited River expedition: is quietly
working its way forward. All the troops at
the Sault have left for Thunder Bay, and a
company of the 90 Rifles, with boats ated
vcyageurs, have left the latter place for
Lake Shebandowan. The Algoma left the
.
ur av m • 1 g o-
Sault Sat d mai n with st les for
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Prince .Arthur La,nding. . ,
.
The Irish Times, printed at Dublin says
Dickens left a fortune of 480,000
sterling • six monthly parts .of "The Mystery
E 1 D d" finished,• and the re t
of c win roo was a s
of the story is so outlined as to leave is
Ft' easy It is understood the
comp e ion. . /
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Tams says, that Wilkie Collins will under -
take the task of completing. the story.
0 inmons- Mon -
In the Impezial House of o . ,.
day evening, Mr. Charles Buxton in a lone
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speech, moved tbe appointinefit of a com-
mission to revise the present translation of
the
the Bible. Mr. Gladstone did not see tne
n.ecessity for such a revision and thought
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'tics
the question should be left. for ecclesias
to deal with. The naotion was therefore
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withdra,wn. _ • -
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The latest news frcm Japan is of a start-
,.- ,
ting cnaracter. The quiet people of those
. islands have been disturbed by earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions, a volcano whichhad
been dormant for hundreds. of years havina
b
become rebellious. ' Some two hundred
Miles from Yokohama, a sea captein. has
seen the „crater of a new volcano, ensitting
steam and smoke, and boiling the water
around.
The Wheat OutloOk.
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ADVERTISERS .„--
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ann respectftilly informed, that to insure "inser.
tion in the following issue/ changes of Advertise
meats must be at the office by SATURDAY NOON, •
and New Advertiseraents by WEi•VESDAY Noon,
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gallant Knight in . reference to the request
which he made.
This matter would have received our at-
tention ere this, but we indulged the hope
, .
that a miseake had been committed,—that
the letter to the Militia. department hadf
neer been received by the Heads .and that
the letter from the *department lied been
written a,nd dispatched without his author.
hat
or knoveleclge. We certainlY thoiight t ,
when Mr. Cartier would be -made aware of
the fact through public prints, he would
. . / .
'instantly set the matter .right, by satisfac-
•
tory explanation and apology to. the ag-
grieved parties. In this, however, it would
seem, we have been mistaken; Three weeks
have now passed sines) the subject was dis•
cussed in the Conference. and the discussion
ta
thereon, published in thenewspapers of ne
_country, so that, through this ehannel, even
ifhas
through no other, Mr. Cartier has had
ample opportunity of becoming aware that
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an insult had been offered to an influential
Christian body even. had he not pre-vious-
)
le been cogniza,nt of the fact. He has al-
so had sufficient time, th have, ere this,
placed in thehandsof the President, of the
Conferen.ce, a letter of explanation and apo-
logy for the base insult which has been of-
fered. Tills he has failed to do. We are
therefore justified in -concluding, that . the
insult was premeditated and authorized by
the • head of the Military depa-rtment of
Canada. .. .
• Of the Volunteers who have gone to Red
. River, at least nine -tenths of those from On-
tario are Protestants ; and one-half of those
. large majority o
from. Quebec. For this lar•'f
Protestants there has been. only, one Protes-
tant Clergyrnan appointed,' and that one be -
denoMinatior which is less nu -
longs to a s
represented than either the Wes-
merous ,
le an Methodist or Presbyterian. For the
Catholics, although theydo not number nea,r
one-half of the- whole a CatholieClergyman
nas been appointed. Notwithstandieg this
exceedingly unequal apportionment, *hen a
re resented
rotestant body which is largely ep
PJune
m the expedition, applied to have one of their
•
clergymen accompany it, -entirely at their
own expense, ( although the expenses
of the Clergyman of the 'minority' are
• 1 b the countr 1 Sir Geor 3 E the
peaC y yn ' g n
generous • mate cannot find it in his
r o gran e , epp lea ion. e
hea t t ' - t the 1. t. Indeed, h
not only refuses. the request, but treats those
''' d "t • h. - - t
who have ma e i wit scoin andcontemp s
It was not enough for Mr Cartiet to grant
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to the French Catholic Clergy of the Red
iver thrritory special rig ts anc privi -
It• . • ' • h 1 ' .1
Peres b f ' th h P 1. t t he
e, . , y orcmg long ar iamen
Manitoba Bill, which conceded to Father
b ld
Bichot and his French btethren,all the o
and exhorbitant demands which they chose
.,.
to make • butrhe'must now use his official
• • ' ' • ' ' 1 • h 1 • k t b
position,—a position in, w lic le es ep y_
the grace of thepeopleof Ontario,—to in-
lt d set at defiance respectable Protes-
su , an
aPts•
We are not of those who desire to kindle
the fire of national and reliaious strife. We
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are willing and satisfied to allow eveiy man
to enjoy, unmolested, his own religious
views, but, we are among those who . e-
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heve that even handed justice should be
• • •
meted out. to all denominations, and the
f all t• ' n• b those who
people o a n.a lona i ies, y ose are
• -authority'This, we demand- •• lit
in . is, we. _as a ug ,
Which. we mut and shall have. Fevourit-
. ' d partiality will not be long toter -
ism an
ted by a free and independent people -like
a - I - • -
those of Canada, and the sooner Sir George
learns this fact and Maket up his mind to
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act upon the noble prin4ple of fair play, and
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favoutitism the better will it be for
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e s a e muc misted en in tee 0-
W h ll b h • li • 1 M
thodist , if they o sot when the pro-
'' . d
- - ' pro-
per ime _comes, com me e les n , is -
' t• b• t ' • e t tit' in
salt, and show Mr. Cartierthat they do pos-
sess a power and influence:, na the country,
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which it is unsafe for even him to set at
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NEWS OF THE
WEEK.
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!t school for
"The Mystery
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Louis Napo -
sold the furnie
.
ho
up s p.
is to be establish-
Mail has been seiz-
id t
will e so nex
.11 b
11 re-.
will
..at 8' per cent
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it _is• said, will
effects of sea air at,
very enterprising,
to establish
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over £400 to the
placed on active
. . .
Ottawa has received
and now contains-
3,Iacnamara, _is to
at Sher-
,
laborers have been
foundations of the
at Stratford.
• approves of
Bill, but hopes
compulsory.
killed and from
,
injuied by ,a disas-
Railway in En-
s
champions of
.
made Cardinals and
, .
to the 6th of
become the e.
It is said he
by acclas
.
of her eyes knock-
by some mischiev-
t Q b th
s, ue ec, on e
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Donnely and Turner,
each other during
•
few miles north of
sent by the Prus-
the gold mines
Africa, reports they
.
Gazette of the 18th
the English money
'7 1 " ' '
by the iecent
_ ,
has. been made
Parliament un-
of _
then to meet for
.
has been sent to
passing advertise-
real sta,mps. issued
-
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jail, who had
years penal Servi-
ange , ninset ,
h d 1. . 'f
•
to bolster up his
in which
and denounces, in
River difficulties.
Gleaner has
11. h ' •
a t e pnntuag ma-
believed that the
b some rowlin
.iy,. p g
•
coin, chiefly
.
pieces, is circulating
well executed\ coun-
twenty -cent piece is
are suffering greatly
continuous warm
in. There is great
which, it is fear-
.entered
of Vancouv-er Is-
that the people of
have responsible go-
advantages con-
-
reported intendsf
,
in the personnel ef
that there may be
and a- spirit
his own desires.
News, says the Hon.
who is char 1
gec with
to the House Gov-
•
feeling in Canada on
is on the
atOttawa are
the Superannuatien
. . - .
On the 1st of July
cent deductions
to establish the Civil
Fund. e
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Dickens was plain
only by mem-
• * •
ultimate friends
H • el •
e was interre in
Westminister Abbey .
d was read by Dean
- F
Mara, was drowned
the 8th inst. . He
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Beaverton and con-
to cross the Talbot
• • d
111 -crossmg an
bank, . h.
w en the. raft
la. '
tepped from
as e. s _ .
water. Mr.' Gilchrist'
. " and well known• -
an we in
—
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The past week has been signalized by
, . . _ ,
heav lams extending all over the northern,
portion of this contin,ent,, and these haver
imrnensly to the prospects
added, of course, .
the harvest.. -Unfortunately, in many
cases, as in dry; sandy soils, the rain came a,
couple of weeks too late to . restore
.
growing crops. to a good condition. On
InaDV lands crops -are coming u very thin5
- e- • - P
and farnaers are predicting a yield ratherun-
the aveiage. So far as Canada is eon-
cerned there is reason to believe, as far as.
• n reached thate breadth
information has reacl us, the
•
of -wheat sown. this year is a considerable leas
than. la,st. Still this is to a great extent
• . It • l• d btf 1
contectme. is aao on u whether-
• considerable s ' the
thee are . any stock In
handsof farmers. - The recent advance in
.
rrobab deff f
134a the ect o draw-
P • l' - . • . , .
ing forth a large quantity, and it appears
there are about eight millions of bushels
now on the road to the eastern seaboard
f fro all parts of the wes+ or in store under
r , . ..,
orders for shipment to Liverpool. The fact
h t ' fl enc . "ces
does, not appear, owever, o in u e pri. •
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other side, where the rise has been.
gradual and steady, but decided. It is said.
dual
the French harvest will commence in a few.
days probably the first week in sTuly, but.
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it -will be the raontli: of August bef9re the
new wheat is in the market, and arrivals arer
, , . .
not ofthe most promising character from
that - country ' Unde"r all the circumstances
fall,wecannot see any ground for predicting a
p o a emporary c ar-
in inices exce t f t h
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acten The tendency is evidentally the oth-
v The crops throngh the northern
er was, .
section of Onta rio, indeedall over the pen-
,
in ,.
sales have been m.uch retreshed by thtS
late rains and a continuance of good weath-
, ,
er will work wonders, hut we must not ex -
pect a heavy harvest except tn. particularly.
_ favoured districts. Accounts from the Pe-
terborough section, and along the eastern
Granel -Trunk are rether gloomy, represent-
ing the growing crops. as much. thinned. and,
d to iated b the early drouelit —Journal
e 1 , . y , •
of Commerce.
Garibaldi is no.w teaching
girls in Italy.
Wilkie Collins is to finish
of Edwin. Drood."
The health 4 •
leon has improved the Emperor
- The Toledo Fenians have
tare of their hall, and, shut
Two cent letter pogtage
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ed in the United States.
The Ottawa Evening
d b - d• d
.e y its ere itors, an
week.
On the lst of Government
. . . . July,
ceive American silver only
discount
Sit. John -A. IViacdonald,
shortly try the beneficial
Pertland.
Montreal is getting
having organized a company
-steam omnibusese
Brockville has voted
two companies of that place
service during the raid.
• The Patent Office at
the Nova Scotia models,
nearly four thonsand models.
.
The Fenian. General,
have a preliminary examination
brooke before Judge Coursol.
A large number f -of
set . at work for the
Grand Trunk workshops
The Bishop of Manchester
Mr, Gla.dstene's Education
education will be made
• t ' -e
Tim- een persons wet
thirty to forty badly
ter on the Great Northern
gland. ••
.
. Fifteen of the most „zealous
• • • • .-
Infallibility ale to be
the debate will be postponed
July. • ,
o. 1. upper s to
Hon e
' D • T •
dent of the Privy Council.
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will be re-elected for Cumberland
mation •
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A young lady had one
' - •wife
ed out by a stone thrown
le s ree
ous urchin in tl t
17th inst. '
Two rowdies named
-,
have been pummeling
eighty-seven rotinds, a
Mobile Ala. .
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.Herr Hubner who was
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sian Government to inspect
in the southern part of
are worthless. •
' The London Shipptng
, inst., is confident that
market will be undisturbee.
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advance in grain.
The usual a,nnouncement
of the further prorogation
- til the first of August—not
-
the despatch of business.
A woman in Montreal
gaol for three weeks for
ment shinplasters as the
*bY t he Finance Minister
A prisoner in the London
beeen sentenced to five
- t 1 - f . • h e t 1.
tic e, oi ors- s ea mg,
. with 4 towel, on Sunctay.
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Riel is endeavouring
courage by issuing proclamations,
he explains, apologises
connexion with the Red
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The office of the Huntingdon
een urne own, an.
. been b d d d
destroyed. It is
bui g
•ldin was set on fire
Fenian. . •
A large amount of spurious
half and quaiter dollar
.in Hamilton. A very
terfeit of our Canadian
also afloat. .
The peeple of Franc
in consequence of th
weather and want of r•
anxiety respecting the erops,
ed, wilbe de tl•oyed
The British Colonist,
an, energetically insiSts
British Columbia shall
vernment, and all the other
ferred on theManitobians.
- President Grant, it is
to effect an entire change
of his Cabinet, in 'order
more vigor in the departments,
more inbac•cordance with
The London Daily
Alexander Campbell,
• • •
i emesentations
ernment respecting the
•
the sub -met of Fenian raids
errand.
The heads of depart ments
preparing to carry out
.
Act passed last session.
will commence the 4 per
from all salaries, in or
Service Life Insurance
. The funeral of Charles
and quiet and was attended
ers o e ami y an some
b f th. f '1 d
f the 1.
o e great nove ist.
the Poets' Corner of
The service f h d
or t e ea
Stanley.
M ' '
r. D. Felchrist, of
in the Talbot River on
was goina home from
structed a temporary raft
at its Mouth.*IIsucceeded
- e
threw his boots on the
sli ed awa f h.
. pp y .rom un
at and he fell into the
80 f
was over years o age
that *
at section.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Teacher wanted.—A. Bishen.
Farm for sale. ----John, Sparring.
Planing- mill.—Broaclfoot & -GraY. -ity
Insolvent act.—J. B. Gordo.n. " •
Haying and Harvest. —Win. Robertson & Co.der
lir t it •
VP- Olt 11
- v...)nv la t X.•4i' k+
-Charles
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The OfElcial Paper of the County. '
FRIDAY, jTJNE 21th, 1870.-
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SALT STRUCK IN SEAFORTH !
ENTERPRISE REWARDED.
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SEVENTEEN FEET OF SOLID SALT.
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GLOWING PROSPECTS.
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UNPRECEDENTED DRILLING.
—
LOG 01' TETE WELD. '
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Anatisr IO o'clock, 4.. M., on Wednesday,
last, our village went into ecstacies by the
report, " SALT" STRUCK IN THE SEAFORTH
: WELL." Hundreds hurried to the denick,
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only to be reassured of the truth ef the
. .
statement, by' finding that the tOols ,were
then working in solid salt _rock,. to the depth.
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of ten feet. The enterprising proprietors,
1
Dr's. Colenian and Gouinlock, were con-
• -
ted on every hand on their hand-
gratula , _ ,
some reward, and glowing prospects ; eveiy
bit of bunting . was set floating from the lof-
tiest pinnacles ; the printing- . prets was.' put
in motion to herald forth the news; and the
. -
magnetic ;wires -were urged to accelerate
.1
• -suburb
-their speed to communicate to the entire
country, the glad tidings, ,
'It is saicl that the dtillina is unprececlentt
• . ts
ed, in the ertnals of this system of min-
' hag both foespeed and absence of brea,k-
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ages and other' mishaps. Actual drilling
'- ' '
commenced on the -110th of March and as
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will be seen. by the annexed log, a. 'depth
of 1 042 feet was attained on the evening
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of the 22nd inst., when a stiatuns of s licl
. , o
salt was penetrated, to the depth of seven-
'
teen feet, and that without the occurance of
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it smgle acciclertt, save a slightinjury to the
walking -beam, which only occasioned a de-
lay of some twenty-four hours h . 0 t • 1
our ours. er ana y,
this speaks volumeS for the miens d it'll
eY all 1
s
of the contractor, 1VIr. Peter McEivan. The
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following is - -
.
' THE LOG OF THE WELL :
25 feet, surface soil, limestone' a,nd an -
gr
ite boulders • '
._ ,_. 400 feet, stratified.' grey and .
ciark coloured limestone, 200 feet, strati-
..
fied limestone and flinty -sileci • 110 feet,
, / .. , MS,
crystaline and flinty limestone • 250 feet,
5
blue clay, shelf) and limestone, and slat e
a,nclanica, in sinall quantities • .5,0 feet bl
-1 1 ''' 1 1 -le
• •
n
clay, , and shale co taming salt I; 17 feet,
• rock salt,
Drilling is still continued, in the salt
s atum, and will be kept up till some other
is reached. The proprietors contemplate'
erecting salt blocks, inamediatel d if 11
y, an , a
goes well, the Seaforth Salt Works Will beterial
•
.1n. full blast, by the lst of September next.
Amen! and &men ! ! .
The best selected. stock of Boots and Shoes -in
Seaforth, at Coventry's.
Death of Jerome Na,poleon Bonaparte.
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- t' eiome it apoleon Bonaparte died on Fri -
, , . . . .
17 at his residence in Baltimore.
flaY/ 1
He was born in England, .at Camberwell, a
of the English metropolis, en the 7th
e ore a -
ay o u y, , and _ ,.
d fJ 1 18(15 1 has, ther f It
most completed !his sixty-fifth year. He
was tne son or Jeronae Bonaparte, the
the son
brothet , b •
ycungest brot et. of Napoleon I., y his
.
• - • e daughter of Wilham
Elizabeth,
Patterson -of B timore. As is well known
• / .
the iron will of t te Emperor was a law to
his family. VI ien the father of Itia,poleon
III was compelled to marry Hortense,
e
- phine, though neer
the daughter of Josith
-were disposed for the match. In the tsanae
•
way, when Jerome, who had departed in
1803 for New York in command of a French
7
frigate, brought back two years la ter a
charming Baltimore belle of eighteen as his
'fe -the Emperor steadfastly refused to
wi , ..
countenance the match, and even refused
the lady his permission to land in France.
. •
Her hueband had meanwhile moceeded to
Paris to eedeavor to molify his brother, but
ti._
the vessel that brought her having procee .
, . ..
ed to Amsterdam she soon guessed how ill
his mission had sped, by being refused to
land even there. The Continent being
1 d t h h ' • "1 d f E 1 d a d
c .ose o er, s e saa e or ng an , n
shortly after her arrival there gave birth th
the snbject of the present sketch. Her hus-
band yielded, after some time, to the inex-
orable will Of his Imperial brother and mar-
ried the Princess Frederica Catherine of
ur ena eig. . me a eison, as eiorne
W t b • M ' P. tt • J •
Napoleon's mother was styled in Europe,
•
only saw her hnsband once agam. It was
.
when a Bourbon was once more on the
throne of France diet his thst -wife encoun-
tered Jerome Bonaparte with his Princess
in the gallery of the Pitt Palace in Flor-
' ' '
enctt Jerome started aside, and was over-
heard to say to the Princess. " That ladv
Is y -
• m former wife," In the estimation of
Pope Pius VII., " that lady" remained al -
way his wife, for the Pontiff, - thouah he
b
had done the areat Emperor the unexampl-
6
ed honor of coming to Paris to cn. rowhhn
mi
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stubbornly refused his reiterated request to
declare the marriage' of Jerome null and
void.
Jerome Napoleon returned to +he United
States with his mother when still young,
and spent his boyhood in Baltimore. He
Harvard 0 i1ege and graduated
from that institution in 1826. He studied
for the Bar, but finding himself in easy- cir-
eumstances abstained sfrom the profestion.
'When about twenty-five years of age he naar-
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ried Miss Susan Mary Williams dan.Cihtt-
., t , , . b
er o i lams, o
Benjamin••w•ir - e Roxbury,
Mas. The addition of Oat lady's fortune
to his own made him one of the wealthiest
citizens of Baltimore. His 1 ' I '
• root ier-m- aw
Mrs. Williams, who has resided with him
for Some time, died two hours after biins
life
The of MS Bonaparte has been varied
only by several visits to Europe—one be-
ing dating the reian of Louis Phillippe d
j an
one
one along with his son Jerome to the Court
of Louis Napoleon, by invitation of the Ern-
peror. The remainder of his time has been
•
spent in the management of a large estate,'
,
and in agricultural pursuits'H."
. is resem-
bl first •
ance to the rst Napoleon was said to be
even more strikina than f the E
b any o e mper-
'
or s own brothers, and on. his travels this
singular likeness attracted much attentionthere
,..
He was entirely devoid off th ' la•
• * • • any o i am e 1.-
ton of hie, family. He was on terms of in-
•
timacy with his father, while the latter wasf
till li dh k .•..
s as ve, an whom e new was violent-
ly opposed tie the assertion of any clai ms
based on the ana.malou • • ofhis f •
s position o is ann-
ly. Neither his son nor grandson • who •
o is
. at present an officer in theF h
. rem army,
were ever recognized b y the elder Jerome
under any other name than that of Patter-
son. -
' What destiny the future may have in
. • V
store for the younge • Jerom h • 1
. . . ., i e, w o is now
thirty-eight.years of age willgreatly depend
. 1
upon the plans of the present Emperor of
the French.' -
,
For the cheapest boots and shoes in Seaforth
.4) pi a y go to Coventr s
accordinglit . Y -
A Drunken Man Sent up in a Balloon
, , I lancl ( ) 3" )
(if rm.?, the Rock s fit. AivIts, - tale 9
Thbll • lastvn.. d
- -. e a on aseensione e mg cause
d of eople to a,ssemble in the
a.large crow .1) ,
vicinity of the Open lot adjoinirtg the ap-
• that sat • -
tist church. One of the poles e am
ed the ballon broke before the perfoi mance
, . -
beaar and a new -sole had to be sabstitu-
b 7 _ . .
ted This delayed the ascension until sun -
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hot air to the
down. A furnace to convey ,
balloon had been built, `and a great wood
, . .
h
fire was roarmg unc1 eneat Th r . e b a . 11 oon
11 and Soon. rounded itself into
began to fi ,
an immense oval. A dish of alcohol was
timek
P1 urid. erneath and smo e . burned
P
out -and everything was ready to "let go. "
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h.ednis affair of hemp
The balloon was a pate . .
linen, and the ba,sket, little larger than a
.
market hand basket, was faetened to it. by-
thine. was ready a
smallropes. When every ,
bustlin tall thin man with a blonde
g/ / , . ._
as the proprietor of the
inoustache, who ve .,
learned and who was stiper-
balloon, as we ,
e affair walked to the back of
vieing the . ,
d said " Com.e on Bill -"
the kt an , . ,
d a wretched, blear -e ed drunken man
an 3'
/
came staggering up, his hair and garments
dripping -with the water that had been dash-
•
• ' hie t por
ed .upon him to waken. him from or
d he mechanically came forward as
an lone 1-
whose ideas were confused, and -Eta ering
w . gg
up tO the basket, put one foot in, The word
was even, the ropes were loosened, the
1 toles dropped, and the balloon shot into
the air and the drunken man standing up
/ /
and. clinging to the ropes, waved his hand -
kerchief to the lessenuag world below. .A.e
it was a hot air balloon'of snaall dimensiona
it took its own course, and came down any
where as soon as ;the hot air that upheld it
was cooled and. exhaustedetc
. Everybody •
• t ired
I iected him to drop in the river, Isn it esa
over and beyond it, .and -when he reaehed
the 'Davenport bluff- it began to descend
quite rapidly, just grazing the roof of Otto
King's house. When over Mr. Clausen's
premises, .Western avenue and Seventh
street, the Isallooiaist who was hanging to
the netting, let go . and fell a •3istance of 3C
feet, in his fall breakina through the roof of
e .
Mr., Gleason's summer -house and badly in-
-
j urmg himself, No bones were broken, but
he was hurt internally, and may possibly
die of the injuries received •
--
.
..
AN UNP0-0•RTEOUS.KNIGHT.
' SIR Gnonon CARTIER, the gentleman who
for the time beings, rules the destiny of this
Dominion of ours, has never been noted -for
his reliaious or political Ib 11 .
b i em..1 y ; or for
biscourteous bearing tow el •
. „„ al s those who
should, perchance, differ from him upon re-
lig:ious or political qaestions. Bdi those
- ,
who -know him best a cl 'h ! •
, n wi o ale most
conversant with his failings, would scarcely.
have believed that his bigotry• • . -
and illiberal-
ity would lead him to-
commis4-so suicidal
an action as to offer a direct 1. 1 1 —
, nci. g aring in-
suit to one of the most numerous
. . and infta-
. ential religions bodies in the country. Such
has been the ease, however, as has been
shown by diselosures made i
at the late meet -
ina of the Wesleyan Methodist"0
,_, Conference.:
As sstated by Mr. Punshon, President of
that body, it seems that after it had bfool's
"• become
known that an Episcopalard Roman Ca-
tholic Clerayrnan.had been a_ppo-'
b inted by the
Government - to ace=
, pany the military
forces to Red River, and that no provision
had been Made for the s * •tt
piii ual wants of the
solliers who did not belong to either Of these
denominations, the Rev. Mr. Punshon / on
behalf of the Wesleyan Methodists applied"
,ed
to the Minister of Militia. for permission to
send with the expedition .a Wesleyan Clet-
gyman, at the same time, -agreeing to pay all
•
expenses whieh might be incurred by said
minister, - so that no ad "
. dittonal expense
would thereby be entailed upon the Govern-
ment. Thus, all that Government " would
. .
be
be required to do in. the in
. , atter would mere-
ly-lee, to authorize and sanction such an ap-.
pointinent. To this Very reasonable request,
.. Pmshore for some tune, received no
rerilyt 'After waiting patiently, several
. , .
weeks,. a reply came, stating that ,the
iater had " been...duly received9 " and noth-
.,
ingemore ; and from that day to -this, Mr.
Puushon has heard nothing further from the
,
Latest From Fort Garry.
ST PAUL Minn, . June f8th.—The New
Nation of June 3rd has been received. It
• contains no news of importa.nce. Every-
' -
thing was quiet in the Settlement. No
• • ' • ' •
military movern6ts -were goutg on except
that a_ small force were dulling near Fort
Garry. The people have evidently concise-
ded that a free amnesty will be -granted to
" Riel and his followers and supporters. The
N69.0 Nation quotes Minister Thornton's de-
• •
elm -Eaton to the United States Ctovernntent 3
that the Canadian expedition was 'a peace-
fal one, to support the belief that no hoStili-
ty is intended against any pottion of the
persions in the Red .River country. The
follewina is an extract froni a lona editori-
, at 'the6/V /V • 0 ' '4" . •
i m ew awn : " ar action as Brie
'•
tish subjects has been such as will, with
the caimin downf • I 1 'making•
g o preeuc ice and excite-
me ' 1 • • • '
nt, with coot investigation prove to the
world 'we are worthy of the name of Bri-
tons. Base insinuations have been thrown
out by 0 t rs"a Joni• a1s, that out real b-
ject wastnnexri. t atio h • cl States'
o e TJ t nite.
Thi h * ' • .
This we t row back in their faces with the
scorn and contempt it deserves and we can
' '
well do so as after investigation will prove
' .
The New Nation, speakina of the expect,-
- • '
arrival in a few days of the delegates
- ' ' .
from Ottawa, says that upon their return
something official will h b 1 • 1 b f
t en e aic e ore
the. people as to what Canadah d
as granted
us, •but it will remain forus tc decide wheth-
er to accept; and we believe they are such
, 11 bring•
as will about a ha v and peaceful
settlement • PP- ' . . .
of all our difficulties and a brit-
Haut futuiT. of 't for '
prospen. y our country.
14"°• 1 homemade kip boots for $4 -: cow hide,
do, $3.50, at Coveutr s.
Canada Pr sbyterian Church
s
The folloveina statistics in reference- to
the position of the Presbyttrian Church in
Canada,takenf - he R t f th
are - rom t epor o_ e
-
0onmi•ttee on Finance and Statistics, re-
cently presented at the meeting of the Gen-
eral Assembl ' T 1
y in .. Toronto Th . i e total num-
- '
ber of communicants now number 47 152
5 1
b ' ' 1 ' f 1 596
emg, an increase over last year o , s
The Sabbath Schools numbered 30,126 -
Pu-
fits, being an increase of More than 2,000
over the previous year. In bible -classes
ere are , eing an increase o
8 606 pupils, being • • f
' sd' . .
71 r a over the precee ing year. This gave a
total of 39,032 .1 • h h to th
pupi s, wit _ thac ers e
number o , . e average s ipene.paa
3 199 The t. ' 'd
to nnnisters was $691, being a decided in -
' .
crease over the average' of la-st year. There
' - •
were altogether 140 manses of which. 36 have
b b '1 ' ' The
been m t during the past two years. e
• • = -
amount contributed during last year for all
A few da • R Wright,• °4'-
days since,, Rev J. T. of
Newbury, was presented with a handsome
testimonial -by his parisboners of Wards-
ville, Newbury and Gleneoe consistin of
, g
an address a silver -cake
7 -cake basket, anda purse
of money, on the occassion of his leaving.
that mission for that of Mary's,St.:*'
purposes was $416,115.15, as follows :--
Forstrictly Congregationalpurposes, $359,
-Mr
687.84 • for schemes if the Church, $42,-
e
g an mcrease over as year o
304.49 : bein ' • ' 1 t f
$2 8
3,5.32.8_ , The next General Asseinbly
ofthe Church will meet .in. Quebec on the
e'
evenin of the Wednesday after the firs4
g .
Stalcantit af XIITIA_ 1$471_
14,
June 24,
DISTR
SEt Wm.
ment in this issu
sam also tilif ono ot oft yvwt°fsi itreo
ii
r thc
\Di.potatoY
eTroacnihed
June he had ne-4
We understand
second trop this
joimiNALISTIC,
considerably en]
est coditry news
-"insift;s-ertsouriiaPP
and.it
Observer is, truly
Fnox the stea
heart, replacing
that organ- 'dein
FELLOW'S COMP°,
is known to ex0
muscles of the he
50. Sold by apotld
wholesale agents;
tBLementsennts
in any way, to
-'were posted_ t
week, reflecting -
spected citizens,
to find 'utter=
the lowest and
hunted up, and
provides they
mg public decen
Excuusiox,-=
deterinined to 'eel
airy Of Confeder
200 prizes will h
2,000 school c
the 33rd Batt. Bs
ebildren of thetne
vited.-. The
train that day-,
Steamers will gi.-4•
CATTLE FAIR
fair, held in thi'
well patronized, ,
the Ameiican ni
were very good.;
we _can make
about $1,700, 11
about thirty offe
to $46.50 ; they
In fat cattle the ti
sold. for $56, a he
-,50, and four other:
-of horses were
offi
The next fait wilt
CATTLE 'STEAL
this week,- 4 couj
farmer living rior.
en, by the thiev',
were bought by
After completing'
picious circupast
entertain roiRgivf
the cows. He fl
of whom he boui
with another pd
themselves. Con4
:sliming rather al,
and have not sk
brought'the
lug that perhapii
of their owuer,
-grain had been
to be -on" the lq
much credit for :
TT3
5
ScHooL ExAMI
of the pupils of 8
took place OA J
room, being decol
a very beautiftd.1
a large number o
noticed several
_ Educationally_ _tI
under the s
its present -teach
answered the IN
propounded, in al
showed a thorouj
which they wen
seen. in -the gre_
amination was 1)1
in order that pre
exhi'ntion in the'
pupils began thc'l
thirty select dia
crowded. house,
Tibb dcserv
cess of the wholi
that his future I
section, will coi
appreciation win
tended their stoi
stockxst 1.4arTgioex_7:ii
A
torn away their
a large woolertin
THE STAGE14
sold -out the
Wroxeter, to t
Armstrong.
FOUNDRY.—
foundry rapidly
frame structure
and. about 60x14
employin'int to
A GOOD ,N1-01
MOITOW, to takc
.
t'y of raising a sl
sisting :Messrs.
Mill. They are,
well worthy the.
ESTERPRISE.--:'
-ed the steam mil
this place. now
mediately put tli
-chine, planer, s
circular saW, for
BASE BALL. --i
played.
Club,C1111Sa
Club,
o bf' Wt:fri:Ao
ter, club.r,wielar,esAnil
AINLEYVIL13
W. Coulthard,
Fj81211.1513B1V18:111:101VnSirlW.:g21,,h1
W.
R. ilamilton,
enTStewart,
,
°Parq'
J
Total,
Geo, R. Ross;