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try between Coblentz and Mayence is en-
tirely cut up in this faShion.
Despatches from Saarbruck report that no
operations of importance 'occurred along the
entire line yestetday. .
A fierce attack- by the French waa repuls:
ed vigorously by the Prussians to-dAv.
A large body of French troops has Moved
on Forbach.
This new system of defence requireset new
mode of attack,hence the delay of the French
advance. A Prussian corps has been station
ed as a a curtain to the Black Forest. The
enincipal forces are concentrated in the tri-
angulai section of the country formed by
the rivers Rhine, Moselle and Saar; the last
two rivers form the line . of defence. The
left of the army rests on the Rhine, near
Landall, and the right stretches out to the
Moselle, near Treves. A reward ,of 500
thelers has been offered for the capthre of a
French mitrailleur. It is l)elievell that
Prussia will raise her army to &million and
a quarter of soldiers, and advance on France.
The dav after the declaration of war Gen.
on Moltke said if Napoleon had not
Marched to the Rhine by the 21st be would
never cross above Mayence. Saerlouis has
been recently fortified, -and serves as the cen-
'ire. In case of necessity, the Prussians can
fall back on Mayence and Coblentz, which
protect thepassage over the Rhine, and be-
hind which they have a formidable corps in
reserve. -
Paris, July 31. -Le Pattie says Austria,
is making formidable -military preparations
as she fears infringements on her neutrality
by Bismarck. The command cf the Atis-
trian army of observation will be given to the
• • Archduke Albrecht, whose sympathy for
_France is well knbwn. The Hugarian
corpswillalso be organized, the Ohallibers
at Perth having voted an extraordinary cre-
• dit for that purpose.
Sweden 'understands the situation, and
also is arming. The sympathies of her pe -
pie are with Denmark, and the Swedish
Government -will act as Denmark does.
Had France 0owed Prussia to have her
way, these states would not be free to -day.
The Dtike of Cadore is now in Stockholm,
on special mission from the French Gov-
ernment. -
Paris; Aug. 1. -The French GovoinIllent
has received from Italy anaple assurances of
the observance of the convention for the
withdrawal of the French trOops from the
Roman states. It asserted that the Pope
has been advised by some to go to Malta,
and by others to remain in Rome, end- it
seems thathe has (melded to stay. The Ro-
man police seized a quantity of arms which
were secreted in the city. • •
- Berlin, August 1. -King William left
for the frontier at six last evening. The
Queen attended him to the railway station,
whem multitudes of enthusiastic people had
collected, and there were flags and flowers
wi th t end. •
Fifteen ships, laden with stone, are moor-
ed in the Elne, belew Hamburg, ready to be
sunk on the approach of the French fleet.
Louden, July 31. ----The special corres-
pondent of the Ti-i/run'eat Saarbrtice writes
Wednesday 27t1i that the French and Prussians are within sight Of each other. Pass-
ing Kreutzenaele he ft;und the English 're-,
sidents had fled from fear of the French, re-
presentatives of the British Government re
fusing to give protection. The French at
Forbarlt are -15,000 strong.. The Prussian
force at Saarbruck is not stated. There is
no probability of severe. fighting imatediate2
ly The French are not ready; Actual
-oegan on the 21st, a fusileer hav-
ing shot the -first French Mail: There has
been continual skirmiing since -Saturday.
A Prussian patrtdwent some distance be
the border finding no enemy, but on
the same day some French cavalry were re-
pulsed, losing an officer and thirteen nten.
The Prussian forces are partly armed with
a new and lighter gun, having -a shorter
barrel, wing a smaller bullet, but with some
needle arrangement. The Bavarians tried
the Chassepot two years ago, .1:tut preferred
the needle gun, During the' te6entr skir-
mishes the Prussians were able to fire quick-
er than the French. Their cavalry is splen-
didly mounted. The same correspondent
writes on the 28th that the destruction of
• the railway at Bitch° was extremely impor-
tant. The line liens fromForbach and Sar-
reguemines to Hagentott‘aittd thence to Stras-
bourg. The order to destroy it was giree
on die 18tle to prevent the sudden. concen-
tration_of the Frencli from the south. _A c-
cordingly, a small number of picked men of
the 4.th -Uldalas started in corrimand - of
Lieut. Van Voigh for Zweibrucken, the
nearest German town to the French viaduct.
At Z\Veibrueken an engineer with miners
and workmen awaited the Cavalry, and On
Tuesday sent off the Nth cavalry men, with
miners and carts carrying the necessary ma-
terial, but on -this night, Also on ehe follow-
ing one the French outposts were too t-w-
tive fo;them and they had to retire un-
succsssful._ Now follows the characteristic
part of the expedition : They made up their
minds that theheavy things that encumbered
them must be reduced to the smallest possi-
ble compass, and that every in)an that took
part in the expedition must be mounted.
The next two days were therefore given' to
-
riding lessons. After two days' instruction,
the miners and work -men were able to-lieep
th_emsele'es °a horses, and on Saturday night
the whole body- crossed the French frontier.
The mounted miners and workmen were
charged to push 6n with all haste to the
viaduct, while the 111lians engaged the
Freneh outposts, who were surprised. They
accomplished their task with intelligence,
and successfully. The country around was
aroused from sleep by. an explosion which
sent the greatviaduct into the air. The
mtners rushed out again on the railway
from the spot, whither they had retreated
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after lighting the end of the train, and sue- in the Foreign Office here. These proposi-
ceedeclem tearing- and blowing up , some
lenith of-then:no on both sides of the via-
duct. They then returned safely into the
Bavaria territorY. The heaviest skihnish-
ing that has taken place in this, district is
reported on the morning of the 28th. A
party of French infatitilt had crossed binto
Prussian territory abotit half' _way between
Saarbruck and- Saarlouis. Forty men of
the garrison Of the latter place belonging to
the infantry Of '69 went .out to meet, them
and were corning up with them between the
villages of Ladeveiller and Gerserlapterm,
about 6 miles west of. Saarbruck, when a
squadron of French cavalry suddenly ap-
peared. The Prussians fired away as. fast
as they eould at the cavalry with needle
-guns, and disposed of them befoye the infan-
try could eome up. nen an infantry fight
followed, which ended in the French throw-
ing off their kits and running away, leaving
one officer and eight men dead on the field.
Three Prussians° were sevetely wounded.
According to report no less than three
French companies of infantry were engag-
ed. The Prussian and Bavarian troops are
said to be mustering in great strength in
this &Strict. Neuenkirehen is spoken of as
the headquarters, it is supposed that if
the French army does not enter Germany
within this -1/4e or four days the war will be
carried into France. Neuenkirchen is ad-
mirably situated for the concentration of
1
forces from every point of Getenany. The but they were never seriortely entertained
country about here would be very rough by Prussia. For the sake of peace, however,
for fightink, but if the armies could push
forward a little way over the frontier they
would be protected on the right by the'for-
tress of Saarlonis. end on the left by the
Vosges, A cavalry regiment is expected at
Saarbruck to -morrow. There has been a
good deal of firing to -day between therrus-
sian and -French outposts. One of the Pros-
sian me' ad his horse shot under him, and
adventurous civilians have consequently
been impressed with the good1shooting of
the chassepot at 1;250 or 1,50.0yards. The
correspOndent of the Tribztn telegraphs
from Berlin that the Prussian bleed -quarters
t
will leave there on Sunday.
Lon'clon, August 2.-Evidenee hourly ac-
cumulate' s of the superiority of the neeile
gun over the chassepot, and the fact creates
,
deep concern in France.
' tionaare as follows .-First---Should a Con-
• (Tress, of Powertf asssetnble, Italy to have
'Venetia and Prusela, the Duchies. Second
-Should the Congress copy an alliance
offerittive aria defensive will be made be-
tween France and Prussia. Third-Pros-
eia to Open hostilities against Austria with-
in ten days after the dissolution of the Con-
gress. -Fourth-Should no Congress meet,
Prussie to attack Austria within thirty days
after the signature of the present treaty.
Fifth -Napoleon to begin hostilities against
Austria as soon as Prussia begins despatch-
ing 300,000 -men during the first month
across the Rhine. Sixth -No • separate
treaty to be -made by either Poner with
Austria when a joint treaty is Made, with
the following to be the conditions: -1 Ve-
netia to go to Italy. 2 Prussia to select
German territory at will for annexation,
the num oer of inhabitants not to exceed
eight million ef souls ; the territory thueetic-
quired to become part of the kingdom of
Prussia without Fedral lights. 3 France
to have a liberal share, of the Rhine Prov-
inces. 4 Military and maritime alliance to
be made between France and Prussia, to
which Italy may be a party should she so
desire. This programme, the circular states,
was rejected in June, 1866. In spite of the
threetening urgency of France, proposals
were incessantly renewed with modification,
sacrificing Belgium and South Germany ;
'1\1
it was thonght best to lea,ve Napolean to his
delusion. No word implying approval was
returned. Time was counted on to revolu-
tionize France and extineuish the scheme,*
hence the long delay and silence The at-
tempt againet Luxemburg failing, France
repeated her formeryproposition making
specificeations clear in tregard to the
don of Belgium by. Fiance) and South Ger-
many - by Prussia. The last propositioes
were fermulate.d by Count Benedetti him-
self, •and it is improbable that he wrote them
without the authoritye of the Emperor, as
these are the same which, under the threat
of war, were made the alternative of the re-
fusal seine time ago. • Any one acquainted
with these antecedents must have known
that had PrUssia acquiesced in the seizure ot
Beleitun, France would have soon fouled
The Pall Hall Gazette estimates that the another Belgiuna in Prussiati terrtiory
Prussian army on the frontier now musters
half a million ofmen. "
Russia indignantly repudiates the design
with which she is charged of taking advan-
tage- of the War in Europe to invade the
Dahubiaa Principalities.
The German journals -are terribly exaspe-
rated against 'England because she still con-
tinues to furnish supplies to France.
The war expenses of Prussia ale 25,000,-
000 franc's a day.
- The Emperor, since he has been with the
army, has kept one telegraph wire constant-
ly busy with his correspondence with the
Empress.
Paris (Evening), August 2. -An official
despatch from Metz announces that to -day
at leven o'clock_in the moraine the French
had' a serious engagement with the Prus-
sians. Our army took the offensive, cross-'
cd the frontier, and invaded the 'territory
of Prussia, spite of numbers and Position of
the.euemy. Few of the battalions are suf-
ficient to carry the heights which overlook
Saerbruck, and our al 41leey was not slow
to de_ive the enemy from the town. The
clan of our troops ,was so great that our
losses were slight. The ellgakeinellt COM-
menced at 11 o'clock and ended at 1.
BERLIN, August 2, noon. -No news of
any movement or engagement of importance
has been received from the scene of war,
but advices thow skirmishes are -becoming
more frequent, though so far they are of in-
significant character-.
The scene on the departure of King
William for the seat of war on 1VIonday
evening was extraordinary. The Kieg,
rode from the palace to the railway' station
in .an- open carriage with the Queen. He
wore a short military cloak, and hishelmet
was placed on -the Peat by his Side. The
carriage was surrounded, followed, and fre-
quentlystopped by the immense multitude,
wild with emotion, shouting farewells. The
houses were hung with flags and festooned'
with flowers. At th.e railway station_ arch-
es were erected and patriotic inscriptions
displayed-. The Queen, weeping, parted
from the :King with repeated ern braces. -
When His Majesty, from the _platform of
the railway car, finally saleted the, crowd,
the :scene was indescribitble, the people
were frenzied with enthusiasm. The entire
Ootirt ladies and all mingled with the
crowd, aud participating in its emotion,
surrounded the old soldier, and bid him
good-bye with every demonstration of loyal-
ty and devotion:, Count von -Bismarck and
Generals Moltke and Von Room were pre-
sent, and were repeatedly cheered.
Ho • et -
The Franco-Prussian Treaty.
BERLIN, July 31. --The Attzeiger pub-
lishes a circular addressed by Count Bis-
marck on the 26th ult.,to the -representa-
tives of Prussia at the Courts of the neutral
Powers. Thedocument gives the following
expose of the secret negotiations between
Prance and Prussia: -"Before the Danish
war," says Count Bisniatek, "the French
Legation at Berlin urgeci an alliance be-
tween France and Prussia for the 'pt-trpose
of mutual aggrandizement. France antici-
pating Ni(4.1::„Z Austria as a consequenc
me
of the Da: war, made overtures relative
to the restoratiorit of the , Luxemburg
frontier Of 1814. the acquisition of Saar -
burg and Landau, while a broad settlement
of the.botuadary question on the basis of
language, was not to be excluded. These
instances in May, 1866, took the form of a
proposition for an alliance offensive and de-
fensive, the original manuscript of which is
s•goi.
A. new steamboat of two Eunclrod tons
burden is now being constructed at Fort
• berconibie, to be inn as a freight and pas-
senger pack et he t w een George to w arid
Winueneg, on he Red River of the North,
and which, when • completed, .will shorten
the distanCe between- Fort Garry and Sti
.Pa u I, to four and half days. . '
CORRESPONDENCE
( We wish it to be distinctly understood that We do
not hold ourselves in any way responsible for the
opinzons expressed by our Correspondents.)
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor:
DEAR ever there was a persistent, de-
termined attempt made in this world to create a
tempest in a teapot, or make a mountain out of a
mole -hill, I wish you would hunt it up, arid give
us the jtems-I would like to compare it with the
efforts;- in that line, of Mr. Robt. McMordie, amYL
Some half dozen others in the neighbourhood of
Kippen :-if their sayings and opinions, as por-
trayed by Mr. McMordie's graphic pen, im don-
n ection with the Reaping and Mowing Society,
and the S. IL 'Agricultural Society, does not beat
your best specimen,- . then, I for one, have read.
history in vain, and my. experience of mankind
has hitherto been but foolishness. .Who would
• have thought that my calm tempered reply to
Mr. MCMordie's first epistle, could have called
out such a bitter personal tirade as appears in
your last issue over' his signature ?-11e in the
same breath saying “that in his opinion, there
was nothing so distasteful to the -public as person-
al abuse in a public paper. 011obert ! Robert!
thou hast certainly forgotten that consistency is
a jewel ! His review of my letter is a curiosity
in its way. Those of your readers who have read
the correspondence so far, will readily conclude
with me, 1 think, that there is fifteen times more
of Lore in his last letter, than might have been,
and very little of either common sense, faith, or
charity. Let it be My business now to review
this feviewer who dares to insinuate that I either
intentionally or unintentionally falsified the re-
cord 'beit mine now, since I am forced, by per-
sonal abuse, fromn my first position of peace, and
neutrality, to prove by facts incontest-
able, that this second Daniel, who has come to .
sit in judgement on our agricultural affairs in the
• County of Huron, and his few coajutors, are blit-
ing representatives and followers of the ever fa-
mous three tailors, who in the great city of
London, got on a spree in a tavern, and as tailors
al -Ways will do, started to discuss politics -con-
cluding, of course, unanimously, that the consti-
tution of England was radically wrong, started
out into Pally Street,- on their way to the King,
to have everything set to 'rights for ever, bat
madetoo mach noise on their way, were caught by
the. police and ignomeniously consigned to a .cold
lock-up. But I aril not going to review McMor-
die as McMordie reviewed Love, seriatlem. No !
not by any means !-Like Willie Watt's wife, I
have a way ot my own, which is : It appe:irs to
me that there are two leading ideas which. per-
vade MeMordie's last letter. 1st. -I believe this
is about the head and tail of my offending ; nd
the unpardonable sin I committed, which had to
be recited with so inuch wrath, that I was such a
novice as to treat Mr. McMordie in my last let-
ter, as a private individual, and not as Secretary
Of a society, the Directors of which had instrtict-
ed him and ordered him, to write so & so. Well.
I plead guilty to *this ! True, I saw "Secretary,"
under Mr. McMordie's signature, but I certainly
thought it was only a lark -it never entered my
• head for a single moment that he was Secretay
of the old Huron Farmer' s Association. Please,
Mr. MeMordie, do tell us when, and where you
were appointed. Secretary of the said Association?
Section 4 of the Constitution of the said Associ-
ation, provides "that the members shall meet
annually for the election of office bearers, to serve
for the ensuing year,. not later than April in each
and every year." The last annual meeting that
I, as a member of the said Association, ever
heard of, for the elect on of officers, was held at
Kippen, on the 15th day of Jany. A. D., 1868.
At that meeting; the following officers were ap-
pointed, viz. : Robt. McMordie. President ; Chas.
McLeod, Vice Pres. ; John Copeland, Secretary;
Wm. Edgar, Treas., and Thos. Wilson, James
CoOper, and Hugh Love, Senr., Directors. Were
meetings for the election of officers held in the
years 1869-70? If so, I never heard of them. I
wonder' if the four Branch Agricultural Societies
which gave $5 each, to the H. F. Association,
-
ever got notice of much meetings, or even.heard
of them? I trow not Surely they had a right
to be heard as to the disposal of funds, the aggre-
gate of which their contributions helped to swell
until it assumed the ballance Mr. McMordie
boasts was so easy to collect. In view of the
above facts, could_ I do otherwise than ignore Mr.
-McMordie's existence as Secretary of the old So-
ciety ? But further, under this head, I take the
ground that there is no such thing in oxiatence
at the present moment as the H. F. Association --
it committed suicide and buried itself with its
own hands, on the 18th day of April, A. D. 1868,
and can , only be resuscitated by its Members
meeting and, electinc., officers, 168 provided by the
constitution; and feontend that Mr. John Cope-
land, the last duly elected Secretary, is the only
tangible live representative of the old Society.
andwhereinonly lives a medium to brink about
a resurrection. Nc-henever in his opinion, a. suffici-
ent number of members requests him to call a
public meeting to reorganize. As proof that the
• position I have taken is a correct and sound one,
I appeal to the following extract oftbe minutes of
the proceedings of tne last two meetings of th.e
late H. F. Association: "At a meeting of the
members of the H. F. Association, held in Kippen
on the first day ofApril, A. D. 1868, it was unani-
mously resolved thgt an effort should be made to
get this Society merged with t
Society, and that an offer sh
them, of all the funds on hand,
c S. R. of II A.
d be made to
hey would hold
the annual matches in the neigh ourhood of Kip -
pen, and to hand the funds back again whenever
they ceased to hold said matches,' and that Jas.
Anderson and Robe7t McMordie, be a delegation
to go to the next meeting of the Directors of the
said Ag. Society , said meeting to take place at
BrUcefield. on the 15th ''inst." Again at a meet -
ting of the members of the-saidH. F. Association
held at Kippers on the 18th clay of said month. of
April, the abcfre mentioned delegates reported :
"" That they had attended the meeting of the' Di-
rectors of the S H A. Society, who met at Bruce -
field on the 15th ; that the said., Society had ac-
cepted their offer to take hold of the. 11. F. Asso-
ciation, and that three of their Directors, viz, :
Ged. Sproat, Win. Wilson, and Geo. Anderson,
had been appointed to carry out, and make ar-
rangements fotholding a- Reaping a-nd Mowing
match. in the year A: D. 1868. • It was then:
unanimously resolved that the Sec. and Treas.
turn over all funds, books, etc., belonging to the
Society, to the proper officers of the S. H. Ag.
Society." "It was then concluded, that for the
present, the TI. F. Association; is disolved," and
the meeting broke up. Now, Mr. Editor, what
do you think of these Self -elected, self -existent,
Directors of the so called Kippcn Reaping and
Mowing Society, and their bogus Secretary? Was
I wrong, in assorting them with the Fully Street
tailors, or \Till I yet be far Wrong in applying to
them the epithets of grievance -mongers, and dis-
turbers of the peace? If they have not ambition
enough to swallow a camel, they have at least de-
monstrated, I think, that they have not ability
sufficient -to protect themseli,es from chocking at
a gnat: The next salient, Or prevailing, idea in
Mr. McMordie's last letter, is that a "mistake
has been made in recording. "Who is to blame,
of course, but the Secretary ?-Not sure if inten-
tional or not, but doubtful!' There is surely
something very small and pitiable in this backing
down from a grand attack upon the Directors of
the S. H. Ag. Society, to a virulent personal on-
slaught upon their humble Secretary, simply be-
cause I, as a private individual, or A member of
the defunct H.P. Association'. if -you will, or as a
farmer in the County, ,f it will suit better, stat-
ed. • 'that from mystandpoint, 1 cord dnotpositively
find fault with the Directors for leaving the
matches in abeyance for the year A D. 1870."
Straightway, Mr. McMordie, very cowardly, it
appears to me, throws up his hat, and, with
school boy glee, in - effect, sbys, hurrah.
boys ! now we have it ! I knew it was uphill
work to fight these nine, substantial, farmers,
who compose that board ot. Directors, but the
Secretary -that's it ! pile on the agony!: If this
.course of action on the; part of Mr. MeMordic,
had been original, it might at least have been
peculiar, bitt he is only a paltry imitator. W.
'C. Cox, Esq., Editor of the Huron Signed, beats
him all to pieces at that sort of thing. A few
weeks ago the Directors- of the S. H. Ag: 8.,
paid a prize to Mr. James Patterson, which he,
Patterson, won xt a ploughing match in the fall
of of 1868. Mr. Cox had offered the said prize,
and. should have paid it 20 months ago. One
would have thought that amongst honorable,
men, there could be no possible excuse for such
a flagrant breach of promise, as Mr. Cox has
been guilty of ; but there was. In reviewing
the action of the Directors in this matter, in
his 'paper not long since, he first, in hopes to
screen himself a litf:e, raises a cloud of dust, by
saying, that no one who know what he had
done for the cause -of agriculture during the past
years, would think that he could he guilty of do-
ing anything mean for a paltry dollar, and that
his candid obinion was that the whole affair rose
out of a Lone ,for Luxton." So that Mr. McMor-
die is quite behind his leader -to come square
up to the mark, he must assign a motive -that
for a consideration, in some shape or form, Lore
falsified the record. I hope I am prepared for
all such double shufilers, and though Mr. Cox ig-
nored my appeal to be beard through the columns
of his paper, yet even he, cannot stamp out the
truth always. As for Mr. McMordi c, I will now
proceed to prove, first, by the records of the Ag.
Society, and secondly, by •calling -upon living wit-
nesses, who were present, that there was no mis-
take made by entries in the books. And
moreover, I will try to show that the 8. H. A-.
Society, accepted. of the funds of the H. F.
Association, upon the only terms and conditi-
ons it was ppssible, under the circumstances,
and consistent with reason, for them to agree
to. But I must claim a rest, and. will wait an-
other opportunity, and I dare say those of your
readers who get this far, will say, Amen! to
the conclusion I have came to. 1 tank I can
claim your sympathies,' Mr; Editor, for you
must have some idea of how hard it is to car-
ry the supposed sins of a whole Ag. Society,
more especially so with me at present, seeing that
you prostrated me so badly in your valuable pa-
per last week. by sunstroke. I am happy to say
that I was not struck at all, neither by the sun
or any other *Ay, and that 1 am in average
health, and cheerful, and hope to be able to pol-
ish off Mr. McMordie, next week, without either
sand -paper or holly -stone. In the meantime, I
remain,
Yours very truly, '
ii. LOVE, 1,3ENR.
HILLS GREEN, July 30th 1870.
EDITOR'S NOTE. -Whatever may be our opin-
ion on the "Mowing and Reaping Match" busi-
ness, we think- we shall not materially differ from
the vast majority of our readers, in saying, this
discussion has been continued far enough.
To the Editor of the Iluron Expositor
- DEAR SIR,- 1 wrote you a short communicati-
on last week, anent the contemplated. By -Law,
for $4,000, to be voted on, on the 8th inst. -S-Ton
kindly published it. This week I ask a little
moie indulgence respecting it and other matters.
1st : A drain was made on Main Street, at a
good deal of expense. Those participating in the
benefits of that drain for cellerage, were taxed,
annually 15cts per foot frontage, or say $9 per
_lot of 60 feet, which would give an income of
about $200 a year to the Corporation from Main
Street alone, Has this income been collected ?
No. Last year only $18 was paid to the Munici-
pal Treasurer. Is it right, is it just, that the
funds of the Corporation should be expended for
the speoial advantage of a few. believing they
were to pay a percentage on the outlay in the
form of interest and principal, and. the Corpora-
tion authorities should neglect or hoodwink the
AUGUST 5, 1870.
enforcement of that duty?
We s
That
will tirfewhoyneladra,saayndnwote.,
bedcraalilnedwiliplIonperiagsjiain to replaee it, with an-
other issue of Corporation debentures, Is it not
a known fact, that if damage occurred to proper-
ty in cellars, that the proprietor of the property
can collect damages against the Corporation?
Yes ! the Corporation dug the drain and gave an,
outlet for the water of their cellar, but neglect
now to collect the tax, and we are called upon
to vote $4,000 more' (perhaps $3,000, as $1,
is intended to raise grave stones over the dep
ed ratepayers) to be expended principally in that
same street. It is grossly injust to the other iri-
habitanU of the village who have deg drains in
their own cellars, to be called upon to construct
drains for our rich merchants. Their should be
sufficient nerve shown'that By -Laws once enact-
ed, should be rigidly, honestly, and -heartily en-
forced.
Any amount of money spent m the streets
will be of little avail to their permanency and
usefullness, unless said streets areproperly water -
tabled, and who, that will look along Main St.,
and perceive the system adopted .= it, where
every owner and occupant does as he pleases with
the approach to his own door frontage, but will
acknowledge that in no other village or town is
there More stagnant pools of water, more slush
and filth, and solely .ensuing fiorn this cause,
than in our village. 'There should be no torpidi-
ty in doing justice to all, making the streets _
cleanand preventing them beinAsillecked froxn
irregularly laid gravel and mud, and those neat
cross -ways put before each individuals doore who
takes the trouble to make one. Every house
along the principal streets for which there are
public drains, should be compelled. to sinkthe
eve water into those drains or properly construct7
ed water tables. Much d our muddiness arises
from this cause also. Until there is a system
adopted, there is no use of expending money.
Our By -Laws enact that the water -table shall
commence at a short distance fom the 'sidewalk.
There are some laid:this:week six feet nine high-
er than the centre of the road, and sixteen from
its sUe,-now, indeed,vote your thousands to
spend on the streets, and afterwards let every
man do as he pleases -in six months there will be
plenty of slush and mud. It is the opinion- of
many intelligent men and engineers,, that the
centre of the street has sufficient gravel, and if
the sides were properly. Water -tabled to allow the
surface water to drain off. (and that would not
cost $200) we would'save Much money, and pre-
sent a much neater appearance. Indeed. the mem-
bers of the Corporation think so themselves, as
they construct traps for the sinking of the water,
but for some reason lack the propensity to com-
pel water table construction. We do not want
$4,000 in debentures, when $200 and a httle.
courageous vim' would do as well.
• 3rd. For three years there have not been $30
spent in the centre of Gederigh Street, notwith-
standing the young men contribute statute labor
tax, and the merchants and business men proxi-
mate to it, contribute their quota of tax, asSwell
as others. In other improvements, there was a
little side -walk patching and a gravel Walk made
to the west, which cost $1.10 per rod, whereas
the side -walk smith to the market, for planking
it, alone, cost $2.68 per rod, and will soon decay;
and $50 or 560 could be expended in making a
sidewalk for -the benefit of persons livina outside
;the limits of the Municipality, but sufficiently
near it to participate in its business advantages
without paying their share of the borrowed money
m- current taxation
4th. A habit prevails of reportnig side -walks
bad, unfit for use. They are pulled -up. A re-
quest is made by some property_ holder, to lay
them down again in some other part of the
lage, it is granted. Cartage, labor, nails., is lost
and expended again, and this:upon a condemned
sidewalk, yet we must be mortgaged $1,000) to
mal e up for those shortcomings,
5th. .As our annual income ia over $2,000, it
should show a respectable amount of improve-
ment, but if about $400 of it goes to pay day
laborers, we can not have so much. Is the good
old system of letting by tender. or private con-
tract, no longer applicable to the Corporation?
If about ons fifth of the income is spent in daily
labour, we should,have a, rod deal of iimnigrarit
labour to spend (in two months) one fifth of
$4,000, viz. : $800.
6th. As our income is over $2,000, and as it
will require over 51,100 to pay off oar annual
debt, • it necessarily follows, we will have less
than 51,000 to expend on annual improvements,
from our annual resources (direct taxation). It
would be very suicidal for the ratepayers to vote
for any such loan of 54.000 for fifteen years'.
• Yours truly,
Seatorth, August3, 1370. X.
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Carriage Factory.
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
AND NEARLY OPPOSITE,
SHARPS HOTEL
plIE undersigned would intimate to the in-
habitants of Sealorth and surrounding
country, that they have on hand a large stock of
first-class HICKORY BUGGY STUFF They
are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of
Buggies, Carriages 4-c., made up by experienced
Workmen, in the very latest styles.
Old Work repainted by a' first-class Carriage
Painter.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
CHARGES MODERATE.
GIVE THEM A CALL.
McINTOSH & MORRISON.
Seaforth, Jan'y 21st. 1870. 111-th
•
GRAIN STORE -HOUSE
'FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
MHE Subscriber offers for Sale, or to Let, a
LARGE NEW GRAIN STORE -HOUSE, -
Capacity about 40,000 bushels, with horse gram
Elevator. The buihling, is situated on the Grand
Trunk Switch, on the South side of the railway
at Seaforth.
JULIUS DU1N.TCAN.
SEAPORTII, August 5th, 1870.
139 --
HORSES STRAYED.
TRAYED from Lot 20, 9th Concession nib-
bert, on the 26th. July, one BAY MARE,
about 14 hands highand shod on right front
foot ; also one SORktL MARE, with wlite strip
on the face, nigh hind foot -white, and a spavin
on the off hind. leg. Any information as to their
whereabouts, -will be thankfully received. by the
owner, and suitably rewarded.
WM. J. 'DEVLIN, Staffa. P. O.
STAFFA, August 3rd, 1870.
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East of the Met1
Seaforth, Dec.
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of Market and 11
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lience--Main,str
Seaforth, Dec.
CAMPBELL
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Houses and Lots f
Seaforth, Dec,. r
DENSON & ME-
AD at Law, Solici-
ency, Convzyaneer-
▪ fices,-Seaforth ant
'Trust and. Loan Co.
Colonial Securities
Money at 8 per ten
TA& ZENSON,
Seaforth, Dec.
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ficial
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tender teeth. Tee
Rooms over Collier'
Saeforth. Dee. 14,
OMMERCIAL
Laird, - propriet(
Modation for the Um• ,
and bar are always ,
.markets afford.- Exti
Ainleyville, April:i
ONX'S HOT EL
clersigned begs
liberal patronage aw.
in the hotel business
that he has again res
stand, where he wr
from old friends, and1
Seaforth,- May
R. ROSS, Propri
el
libegs to inform t
thetravelling commu.
first-class acconunoda
by travellers, - A goo
always on hand, Re
every necessary atten
Seaforth, Feb. 8th,-,
TIDRITISH EXCIL
Olgr„, J. CAL
WILLIA.ms, (late of
Y.) Manager, This
ly furnished, Andrea
one of the 1310# cnn-if
the Province.: Good
cial Travellers. Te
Goclerich, April 14,,
HARP'S LIVER,
SE.A.FORTIL Firs
always on hand at rea
SeafOrth, May 5th, 18
MAILL -1 & -CROOK ,
and Specificatioi
ter's, P4sterer'sand
and valued, Office -
store, Court-Honse Sql1
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& W. McPIIILLI
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of -Conveyancing done
G. McPhillips, Commi
Next door south of Sh
Seaforth; Dec, 14,18
injen:.t8ss.lamadPe°apilesirl.toEniniltoo: nsfuSeignrsaf°11
Insurance agent. De
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Ilaxelware Store.
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the 'County
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Stock. Bann Stock SI
Tern's. Goods Appr*
Landlord's 'Warrants
First Division Court for
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