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HURON EXPOSITOR.
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JANUARY 13, 1R71.
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
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Trains leave the Seaforth station as
-fellows :—
GOING- EAST. GOINGWEST.
8.05 A. M. 2.25 P. lc
10.50 " " 8.50 " " •
1.35 A
M. 1135 ‘,
5,45" " 8.05 A. M.
Oficial-Paper of the County.
FRIDAY, jA_NlJARY 13 1871.
Russia and the Conference:
It is said that Jules Fevre.t4
head �f the Provisicinal GoveM-
• , •
menu of France, has cleclieed to take
part ire the proposed Conference of
the Great Powers) to be held in
- London, this month. The Absence
• of France from the _Conference,
• &meld Russia's demends not be
agreed to, may affordthat Power. a.
pretext for disreearaine its deci-
sions. There is litae_dout that the
Government of the Czar has al --
ready fatly- resolved that, Confer-
ence Or no Conference; it will no
longer regard -the treaty of 1856.
Just now. with winter 1.1pon their
country, and their troops unable to
move,- it is well enough for the
Russians to temporize with Confer-
ences, but with the cpening of
spring, they will have afieet in the
Euxine, and an army on the banks
of the Danube. For the last fifteen
years Russia has been preparing, si-
lently but surely, for the tirne where
she could regain. what she lost by
the Crimean war. Her system • of
railways seems to have been planned
-expressly to facilitate the movement
of troops and munitions of war frem
the central depots to the southern
and _southwestern frontiers. .She
sees her opportunity now. France
and Prussia -areatlocked in the em-
brace of a deadly struggle. - Austria
is steggering with the internei dis-
sensions ot her varied nationalities.
Russia has England alone to fear.
And why should England -spend her
blood and treasure to prolong Ma-
hommedari rule in Eurape? Is not
the Government and social system
of Turkey a disgrace to the civiliza-
tion of the age? But the balance
of power mustbe eireserved, some
may say. The balance of power has
been rather fluctuating of late. If
• Prussia was permitted to seize the
fairest provinces of Denmark, an-
nex half a. dozen or more German
States, and carry on a 'Afar with
France to wrest from it Alsace and
Lorraine," without a protest from
England -for the sake of the balance
of power, surely Russia may have
a few war ships in the Black Sea,
or even an army in the Turkish
Principalities, and still Great Brit-
ain be, under no obligation to go to
• war about it. We hope far peace.
We believe peace will be main-
tained. Great Britain prospers by
peace, not by war. But, -while all
due efforts should be made to aver&
war, yet, if the national dignity re
-
claire that the sword be unsheathed,
it is the hope' of Britons everywhere
that the Government may not
shrink from its duty. If war must
come, we will make a good -fight, and
victory will attend the right..
- The Crown Lands,
The annual' report of the Cone-
missioner of Crown Lands for the
Province of Ontario for the year
-
ending Dec. 31, 1869; has just been.
issued, and from it we glean the fel-
lowing interesting factand figures:
At the commencement of the year,
there were 3,402,633 acres of sur-
veyed Crown lands unsold, and 183,-
929 acre § were sutveyed during the
year, making in all a total of 3,586,-
562 acres surveyed. Deducting from
this 33,275 acres sold during the
year, and 56,011 acres, disposediof
under the Free Grant. and Home-
stead acts, a balance ef 3,497,276
acres still remain for disposal. The
tetalearnonnt of the sales made dur-
ing the year was $90,061, and the
total sum collected was $181,289.
• Of the Common School- lands, there
were sold during the ; year 6)182
acres, realizing the sum of $20,-,
059. According to the report, -there
are now thirty-six towbships open
for free grant settlers, under the act
of 1868. The locatiors made as
free grants during the year num-
bered 566, covering an area of 50
011 acres.
With reg to Minbag lands,
there weeesiebn
zit
the north shore ofl
Lake Sup *or, 19,161 acres patent-
ed duringl the year. The report is
by no means explicit in this de-
partment, and it is evident that but
little has been done. It is not stated
how many acres of these lands have
been sold during the year ;. the only
information given being that the re-
ceipts for sales amount to $3,170.
It would almbst seem that there are
difficulties besetting this branch of
the Crown Lands Department with
which the Commissioner and his col-
leagues are incompetent to grapple.
This is certainly inua to be regret-
.
see-.
•
ted, as upon die mine
, of the country much,
future1vealth and gr
tlierefc re to b hoped
thoriti s may s eedi ly
to the exigendies p
and ii itiguratel4 libei
prehen ive po1eyIwh
development of th
want o half- ay
we reeid isr-sonuith
erous ant state
i 1
Richards cannot
mast Make way
can. The courit
tis point, andwjl
legislat, on upoiithis
further old -fogy h
In the Woods
f the ,Departme
eived from tim
ents, &e, during
$508,561, and, t1ie
$435,39. The t tat receipts of the
departmen was $83772, of this
630,9(2 s entered as revenue.
Connected with the 1 ods and For-
ests depart nent are flfteen agents in
,
different parts of tlie Province, all
of whom a, -e. paid -by commission on
,receiptsa . .he amounts received by
each agend for commission -var'es
from.$41; 16 to $3,06B 19.
' There are seven free grant agents,
tall of w)lom are paid by salaries, va-
rying from $1,000 to $500 per an-
num. In t te mining districts, there
are two ra nine, inspectors who le-
cl, isive of I Crown I nd,,, Comm re
1
ceive $1,0 0 a. year each. Th re
are sixteen Crowe. 1 imber agen s;
who -are. p "cl salaries varying fr m
$200 to $1,840. Fr nu the gene 'al
statement we find 't at, during t e
year, there" Were .5,3.,217.i acres of
1. d sold by the G vernment, n -
S boo' lands and Ge, nimar -Sch ol
la, ds ; hattthe total araount.of t re
wales was $143,753 3 ) - that t ie
amount ifief the collecti s ns was $41 .-
037 21; and1that the foss disburce-
merits - off the Dep tment wdre
$108.515 07.
The amount expert ed on colon z-
ation rods was $30,589 94, t e
largest portion of -Wliiph appears to
have ben spent in the Mask() a,,,
Disrtict' i with a View, no -doubt, J
eneourage. and assist as _much s
possible the ,immigrants who ha -e
already anti who may hereafter s t-
tle in that district. !
. ;.,,,e,,..
For the Cheapest Boot 6' and Shoes in
Seaforth according to ciliary, go to o-
yentry's.
rat tesbuives
pendalpil its
tness, It is
that the au -
become -alive
the occasion,
al and cora-
regard to the
se lands. We
ea.sure. hat
ng liberal, en-
nlike. If Mr.
a orid \ us this, he
or simee one who.
etermined on
1 not tolerate kny
and slow-paced
quieation.
ndi 11 (*este branch
t th • amount re-
eties, ground
t e year, 'vas
c Ilections Tare
OUR OORRESPON'DEI
1
up a large part of
week, to conmeunicati
matters of public
. ,
railway question j
several different sta
Thomas %/IcIlificliae ,,o
his opini on
fr ns theiNc
Road; a con -whin
increasing ctrculati n
silver in, this localit
cessity of procuring a
urged o ouVillage
• are always glad to av
i t -
•discussio of publi
columns, representi ig
opinion, biit we Wot Id
if "brevi.ty ia the s Fl
of our corresponcl et
much clanger of 1 ei
ingly witty.
t S
. - 1
T.—We gi
space, th
son vario
is
re
n erest. The
ussed from
oints ; Mr.
ullet, gives
them Gravel
made 'of the
of. American
and the ne-
flee engine is
ouncil. We
• flee and full
ters in our
a1 ,shades of
st hint that
of wit," some
are not in
e(overpower-
1.1.1
.WEBS ER'S SPE LT G .BOOK has
long since ceased t b an authority
in the schoollitera m f Canada ;
although many Canad u men and
women, now verging age,
cherish' very distinct r collections ef
having been driflel poii its long
eolumns of polys lla .s in their
'youthful CLIYS. 'l'iiat the era of
the "log chool-hou e aboll's Ar-
ithmetic' the English ader, quill
d
pens anunruled pape . • Old Web-
ster is till largely u in the
States.L•ast year, 1,0 3 000 copies
of it were printed. Dr g the year
succeeding the war, 1,5 6 708 copies
were sold A late W r er estimates
that more than fifty ni Iiions of Am-
erican yoath -have ycceved their in-
tellectual and mo al impressions
from' this little niaiii 1 Its au-
thor, N oah Webster, a a teacher
and began his career i Hartford,
Cone., in. 17794 but 1782 he re-
moved to Goshen, N. .He was
also a vigorous p�litic. rriter, and
attracted the, notice of Hamilton,
Jay, Pickering, and ev n of Wash-
ington hinaself-
•SEAFORTH 140T ONiH
I I
Canadian Almanac is
; .
of extensive ;cmcalatio
considerable matter of
character, together wit
Ontario Tt is of this
a few words to say.1
a rnap, a tean riaturall
eyes first to that portio
represent s the locality we
place of residence may
With the Canadian Al1
before us, we direct 'cu.
gans to the County pf
eradeavor to find. Seaf
we have looked a gbo
have not found it yet, •N
it should be, however, Vf
purbey, but no Seaforth,
frAP.—The
yriblication
containing
statistical
map of
p we have
ooking at
turns his
it which
e his own
situated.
nac map
r inlet or -
Huron, and
rth. Well,
hile but
r where
find Har -
Can it be
•
t
•that the getters -Up of the Canadian
Almanac are not awaee that-- there
is such a place aeSeaforth? Or is
it that a town with one of the largest
. 1 1
grain markets in °amide ,and the
• finest salt wells in the world is not
of sufficient importance for a place
• on the map ? It Certainly is not of
secondary import* ce te Ilarpurhey!
Tile map has ci heri inaccuracies
which cenbe det ceed on the most
cursory examination. The statis-
tical and other matter given my be
)(if :a, very valuable,Icharecter, bet if
it is ndt more a,ccuiate than the map,
w wauld not gilve •much for the
Ahnanac. ' ,
.. 1
For No. 1 home
to Thos Coventry's.
Shoepacks, go
TEMPERANCE d4NVENVON.—[The
'
An*ual Oonventi4i of he Canada
Temperance Unioii will be held in
1
Temperance Hall .jlorono, on Tues-
day, Jan. 17. Del leates to the 'Con-
vention will be cdiveyed by Grand
Trunk Railway to Toronto and back'
at half fare, on pluducine at, the
startink-point a ceitificariefrom the
Secretary of the Unon, ar.
Scott, Napanee, Qt. • Hon. Mal-
colm Cameron, the eterau temper-
ance agitator, is :esiclent- of •this
Association.
THE ONTARIO LiCISLATURE.
CONGRATULATORY iND COMPLIMEN-
1 • TAR
Wednesday, .Jan.
of the GoYernor-General to the con-
geatulatory address of • the House
upon his elevation to the peerage,
was read. His Excellency speaks
highly of the energy of the people
and the rapid progress of this Pro-
vince.
CROWN, CLERGY AND SCHOOL LANDS.
17tursclay, .Jan. , 5.—Hon.
• Richards moved tha, the House go
into committee to co isider the fol-
lowing reSults : Tha in the opinion
of this louse it is expedient that
theLieui -Governor i Council should
have authority; to r duce the iiriee
of any Crown or Clergy Lands sold
peeviously to the lst` of July, 1867,
if it shall I appear that sueh lands
have been sold at prices beyond
their fair value, anci that such prices
remain unpaid ; al o to make •such
abatement of arrea s of interest up-
on unpaid instalmeat of purchase
money of ' any • Crown or Clergy
Lands sold prior to said date, as
may appear equitaisle and just. Anci
also by Order in Council to confer
such authority -upon the Commis-
sioner of Crown. Lands. .,That sach
reductionand abatement should be
confided to cases in w1ich purchas-
ers from the Crown,. or those claim-
,
ing under them, are in occupation
of said lands as trawl settlers and
residents thereon. •on. Mr.' Rich-
ards said that the Government de-
sired that Parliament should give
consent to these reeolutions, --and
teen a hill founded on them would
be in tr od treed. • Ti
rad no party motiee
this matter, but meee
f the settlers. On
be abatement the set
ie favored, and not
4.—The reply
Government
o- subserve i
ly the interest
the matter of
ler only would
be speculator.
e proposed to inclu le hi the oper-
tion of the reeo1u4ns-the Gram-
me School Lands of the Province.
r. Blake egreed, with much that
onerable Com -
raids. He cri-
the Govern -
the settlers,
ad -been said by thel
issioner of Crown L
icised the conduct o
lent in dealing wit
onslemning the isstiel of wholesale
otices that the ate -game of taxes-
ust be elaid or thel settlers' land
vould be sold in clefeult. He was
lad to see the introduction of Grain-
ier School Lands into . the resolu-
Ion, and hought tha the principle
:
ight be applied to tl e case of Corn-,
1 on School Lands. Ille thought i
lause should be introriuced into the
ill, providing that tie Government
should not act, except uPon the re -
1 ort of an inspector Whcl had exam -
i
-I'
n
113
ed the case. He quoted statistics
oving that the resolutier feyould
ly affect one third pf the public
nds, _ two-thirds of them corning
der the head of Co mon School
I nds. He was in fa or of treating
F2 ttlers lit)erally, but -thought that
p re should be takett that the Gov -
e 'nment exercised it power with
npartiality and justi e.—Hon. Mr.
ood, Mr. Lauder, and Mr. Scott,
a proved of the policy of - the Gov-
• nment.—Mr. Olive said it Was
s opinion that the re olutiops were
e ridently a blind, the real object be-
ing to influence the approaching
-elections.--Mr. McKellar said he
ould advocate the extension of the
overnment merteure -to the Com -
on School lands. If the Govern-
ent did not accede td the proposia
ti ns he would divide the House on
t is point. If the Goarernment
w ' hed to avoid the imputation of
b mging forward this measeme for
tibneering purposes, they ..woald
consent that this matter should be
left to a committee who would re -
rt to the House.—Hon. Sandfield
acdonald, replied to Mr. McKellar
sa ring there was no foundation in
ai y act of the Government for the
ch rge that they would use the pow -
11
er they were asking forcorrupt pur-
poses. All the foundation the Op-
position could find to suit the charge
1
Was so e jocular remarks of his own.
—Afte • some further debate, in
which 1Mesrs. Galbraith, Sexton,
Lount and Richards took part, the
motion eissed.
• HE EDUCATION BILL.
Friday, Jan. 6.—Hon. Mr. Cam-
eron moved the second reading of
the .Ed cation bill. He explained
at some length the various details of
the m asure. - The two; radical
schools were, t re making
{/
change introduced with egard to
commo
of. then all free, and introducing the
pHncip e of compulsory attendance.
It was also proposed to introduce
the stilt y of natural. history-, agri-
cultural' chemistry, mechanics and
n
a Cr ricultnre into the schools, and
also to establish industrial schools.
The valious pi.ovisions as to the ap-
poininspectors,
teachers' certificates, schthol sites, &c.,
were referred to, and aIso the chang
0 -
ine of the name of COM mon school to
public school, and grammar school
into high school and in some cases
collegiate institute. it was proposed
to teach Latin rued French in high
schools, but not compulsory. The
,
Governreent was prepared to receive
• amendments froin honorable mem
bers, being only desirous that a good
bill Ehould be passed —Mr. Perry
said that the co-antry had made no
demands • for ' this measure. He
lquestioned the propriety of making
the , schools free.—Dr . McGill
thought the bill a, great improve-
ment on the one of last session. Ile
objected to compulsory inetruction.
—Mr. Secord was in. fevor of mak-
ing onr people as good scholars as
the Prussians.—Mn Sinclair said
that the simpler the process of in-
struction the better it would prove.
He strongly advocated that there be
mor•e Biblical instrut6tion.—Mr.
Thomas Ferguson was 'opposed to
• the abolition of local superintend-
ents.—Mr. Blake made an eloquent
speeck in support of the views of
the opposition. •He agreed with
the aspiration of the country that
schools 2110111d be free. He hoired
the House would give its fidl consid-
eration to the matter.—Hon. Mr.
Cameron replied. The bill • was
then read a second time.
THE EUROPEAN,WAR.
WAS IT A VICTORY OR DEFEAT'?
Saturday, Jan. 7.—The war re-
ports still maintain their contradic-
tory. character. The latest instance
is furnished by the battle of Ba-
paume, which we first heard of as a
decided French victory, and where
Gen. Faidberbe, in his address to
his soldiers, still maintains they
carried everything before them. But
Gen. Von Goeben asserts that. with
his troops he repelled the attack- of
the French, and by prompt and pro-
• per use of his cavalry, changed their
retreat into a route. •Faidherbe has
.retreated; and while praising his sol-
diers. for their valor and. constancy,
promiseq to lead them: forward as
soon as lie could obtain provisions
and a111M1113iii011. The want of these
two very necessary articles may ex-
plain the cause of his retreat admit-
ting that he gained temporary ad-
vantages over tke Prussians.
TTIE BOMI3A1UDMENT AND ITS RESULTS.
11/0Thday, fan. 9.—The .German
batteries to the south of Paris, whase
armament nas been effected - without
interruption by the enemy, to -day
bombarded Forts Issy, Vanvres, and
Montrouge, as well as the French
tren eh in en ts at Villej uif and
Point du Jour, and the French elm
-
boats in the Seine. The boirbIrd-
merit on the north-east frontier of
Paris has also been continued with
great energy, partly from newly
erected batteries. The results thus
far have been most favorable to the
Germans, notwithstanding the pre-
valence of a heavy fog. Paris des-
patches say the damage from the
bombardment has been slight. The
French lbsses thus far have been 20
killed -and 200 wounded.
TWO FORTS SILENCED.
On the 7th the forts lssy and
Vas-&-Ivres were silenced. The
bombardment of the other southern
defences promises to be equally ef-
fective. The German loss from the
return fire of the French to the
present, doe e not exceed- '20.
been wounded. The council of war
has approved of the measures for
athociating National and Mobile
Guardswith the regular army for a
more vigorous defence of the city.
uesday, Dec. I0.—The fire of
the admirable Prussian artillery has
already had considerable effect upon
the bater line of fortifications, The
heavy and continuous bombardment
of the southern forts have, it is be-
• lieveddismounted several of the
Frenckguns, and the fire of the forts
was consequently silenced. On the
eastern side, forts Rosny and Nogent
have undergone a terrible battering,
and have suffered severely. A num-
ber of henses in the city are report-
ed to be on Bre, and the Prussian
guns arenow reported to be in ench
a position, and of such a range, that
they can shell the city. There- was
not much firing on Sunday, but yes-
terday*it 'was resumed, and contin-
ued with unabated vigor. The bar-
racks .of ,Fort Montrouge, on the
south side, were set on fire and de-
stroyed. The same miefortene has
befallen its neighbor, Fort Vanvres.
It is even reported that cannon
shells have fallen into the Gardens
of the Luxembourg), about three
miles from any Pruesian gum The
defenders of the capital evidently
feel that a desPerate struggle must
now follow, aria are nerving them-
selves for the worst' A decree has
been isSued ordering the consolida-
tion of alt the military organizations,
and calling ell the able-bodied men
into the ranks of the regular arioy
for the defence of the city. The
Germans, under Prince Frederick
Charles, have, after desperate fight-
ing, succeeded in dri•eing the French
past Vendome to Nogen-le-Rotrou,
Le Chatre, and other places along
that line.
THE BOMBARDMENT GOING ON.—A
RESISTANCE DETERMINED,
NEWS OF THE WEEK• .
The Roumanian Government has
assured theSublithe Forte of its fidel-
ity to the treaty of 1856.
The Toronto, Simeoe and Musko-
ka. Junction Railway bill passed the
Railway Committee on FridaY1
Meetings expressive. of sy le pa th y
with France have been held at many
places in Englandomder the aus-
pices of the radicals.
A snow -slide •occurred. at Cape
Rouge, P. Q., on Saturday. Three
persons were buried to the depth of
fourteen feet but rescued after half
an hour.
• Hon. Mr. Carling., of London, in-
troduced in the Legislature, on Fri-
day last. a petition praying for an
act to incorporate the London, Hu-
ron and Bruce Railway.Compeny.
Manitoba has been divided into
four electoral distriets, Selkirk, Lis -
gar. Merquette and Provencher.
Selkirk was the foundet of the Prov-
ince, Marquette the traveller and
explorer, and Provencher the first
Bishop.
In the Ontario ;Legislature, on
the 4th, inst., Mr. Blake gave notice
of a motion expressing the sorrow
and indignation of tile House at the
cold-blooded murder of- Thomas
• Scott, the • perpetrators of which
ought to be punished.
The London Observer says the
Conference of the Powers will meet
before the end of Jemmy. The re-
fusal of Favre to attend is riot con-
sidered final, but whether Trance is
represented or not, the Conference
will assemble.
The new Military enlistment
scheme of the Russian. Minister of
War is as follows: Military service
to be for fifteen years; immunity by
FIRE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
SHARP'S LIVERY STAI3LE I3URNED TO
• THE, GROUND.
MURRAY'S BLACKSMITH SIIOP ENTIRE-
, LY CONSUMED.
ROBERTSON'S CAI3INET-1'ACTORY NiA
• WAREROOMS SAVED.
LOSS AI3OUT $2,400.—na INSURANCE'.
On' Saturday night last, 'about 11
o'clock, the -usual quiet of our village
was disturbed by the cry oi fire. In-
a few minutes from the time the first
alarm was given, the streetswere fill-
ed by an eager crowd of men, Warne!),
and children, all running at their -at-
• moet speed to the point where the fire
seemed to be. At first sight many
were led to believe that the doomed
spot was the row of wooden build-
ings on the east side of Main street,
but upon coming into closer proxim-
ity it was ascertained that the Liv-
ery and Sale Stables of R. L. &„ T.
A. Sharp was the place fa om which
the flames were issuing. The fire
had received considerable bead -way
before .it was noticed. but it has E
been ascertained that it originated
in the office, from a coal -oil lamp,
which it is supposed must have ex-
ploded, and thereby ignited the in-
flamablematerialimmediatelyaround
it- Owing to the light Manner in 1
.which the building was built, and I
the nature of its contents, the • fire
spread very rapidly, ana in an al-
most incredible short space of time:
the whole building was enveloped.
in flames. We understand that
there was no person in or about the
premises at the time. ` Mr. Thomas
Sharp had. left for the night, about
8. o'clock, after seeing that all was
then right, and the ostler having one
out, for a short time, and left the
lamp burning on the desk. •Mr.
William Ross was one of the first
who noticed the fire, and with others
immediately proceeded to •remove
-
the horses and as many of the vehic-
les as possible. Aal the horses were,
with difficulty, removed, also the
• sleighs and cutters, and one or two
buggies, but nearly all of the bug-
gies and carriages having been put
away up stairs for the wintereit was
impossible to save them. As soon
as the horses were removed from the
stables, the efforts of those assembled
were devoted towards saving the •ad-
joining- buildine,s,—a blacksmith, -
shop belenging to Mr. John Mur-
ray, and the furniture wareroomi
and dwelling -ho -rise of Mr. Matthew
Robertson. But so rapidly had the
flames spread, that but little could
be done towards saving the black-
smith shop or its contents. All Mr.
Robertson's furniture was speedily
removed from the building, and
through the most • strenuous and
praise -worthy exertions on the part
-yf those present, the building was
saved, not having received much
damage, save the breaking of some
wiln'doolows'
ihss of the Messrs. Sharp is
very . heavy, amounting to $2.100.
The property lost by them is 'ten
buggies, 3 setts of double •harness,
1G setts of single harness, • buffalo
robes, whips, bay, oats, &c., togeth-
er with their books, and book ac-
counts, also the building, and worst
a all, there was not a cent of insur-
ance o -1 the property.
€(1
: Mr. Robertson's loss may be es-
timat d at about $100, and no in-
surance.- What makes the matter
much worse with Mr. Robertson, is
the fact that he has been disa bled for
some weeks from. the effects of the
accident with which he net a short
pnrchase to be abolished, and edu-
cated classes to serve a less term. , b
A crowded meeting 'was held ;et
Liverpool, on the 7th inst., in favor a
of the reorgani&ttion of the ruemy.
It is proposed to 'increase the regi11
-
ments of the English army as fol- A
lows: Cavalry, 1,800; infantry, d
1,200; artillery, 5;000 ; engineer G
corps, 300.
O'Donovan Ros..sa and other Fe-
nians were released at Chatham, on
Saturday, when they proceeded to
Liverpool for the purpose of leaving
the country. The British Govern-
ment, it is said, pays their expenses
to the United States. -
A sharp shock of earthquake was
Imo ago, and on the eight of the
re, he had to be carried upon his
ed to Knox's Hotel, for safety,
Mr. Murray's loss will amount to
bout $200, ,none of which is covered
y.rnsurane. In order, -however,
some measure, to supplement Mr.
furrav's loss, on the following Mon
ay, Messrs. Alex. Stewart and W.
olley, very disinterestedly and hu-
anely interested themselves in his
behalf, and during the day succeed-
ed in raising for him the handsome
sum of $150, which certainly says
much for the generosity of our peo-
pie.
The entire sympathy of the com-
munity is with the sufferers, but we
have all great reason to be thank-
ful that, bad as the conflagration
was, it was not anything to what it
would have been had the wind been
blowing from a different di'rection.
Had the fire occurred a night or two
sooner, when the wind was blowing
strongly from the south, the greater
portion of our thriving village would
undoubtedly to -day be in ashes.
Will we have a Bre engine nowl
• TROCHU PROCLAMATES. fe
ITrochu•, on the 31st December,
issued a proclamation to the citizens
in which he says: Efforts are, tieing
made to destroy the ution and confi-
dence to which Paris owes her pro-
longed defence. Political capital is
being made of disappointments
caused solely by the severity of the
weather. The army has indeed been
sorely trie 1, and requires a brief
rest, which the enemy seeks to pre-
vent by a most violent bombard-
ment, but hat army is preparing to
act' and wi 1 do its duty. There are
no 'dissens" ns among the members
of the G vernment. Reports of
generals c mmanding fortifications
show that slight damage has been
done to the suburban village by
bombardment, and few men have
-
It on Tuesday night in several vil-
• lages along the Ottawa, between
Grenville and Montreal. It was not
felt in Montreal, however, nor in
Ottawa. The shock lasted about
fifteen seconds.
A railway meeting Was held in
Ailsa Craig, on the evening of Wed-
nesday, Dec. 28, and delegates were
appointed to attend the meeting of
the London Board of Trade, whose
duty will be to show that the way
by Ca.rlisle to Ailsa„ Craig, and
thence, through the centre of the
townships, north to Bayfield and
Goderich, is the most desirable route
for the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway. A similar meeting was
held the previous evening in Car-
lisle. These delegates will have a
tough time.
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The revenuelof the Dominion of _
Crimea, for th month ended Dec.
314 1870, was 1,405,730, and the
expenditure $941,412.
Fresh Teas and Coffees at cost at W-
A Shearson & Co.'s.
Fifty barrels of hand-picked Spitzen-
burg Apples, at W. A. Shearson 4
1584 ,
JANUARY 13
LETTERS FRil
The Silw3r N
71) the Editor q' thr h mro,
x -rt-, —Would you be s
mit a few lines in youi
about the great prevale
silver in SeafOxth,
• should be done about it h
and other persons intores;
of this uncurl -Olt moray a
bringing Custom to our
harm in so inany ways -
be at the trouble of repc.
must be -evident to afl
ing silver hem from all 4r1
• and importing it from ti
I have not seen any of
Canadian piper currene„
• about a f4rtn ikt. Hop
the people talking and th
and lead to sonic action i
,1 remain,
A ST
Seaf4)rtk, ,Tan. 10, 1§.71.•
Shall We have a r
To the l_iTt,)r, of Ow. Euro'
was !glad to
Exresrrou a los.dparagi.,
the getting -of alfire-engin
Council *1 mill sure the
would endorse Alem in
expenditure they might
ink, one, r am the toeen
tee wooden houSes you. rd
can't get my stock insur
value, lam in such consti
rng burnt out that I ea
sound -of rnht VOIAM:
EX3gink,
Seaforth, Jan.! 7th, 187t
[The above w.is written,
of Saturday night. We
occurrence wiTh not help
wakefulness. —1-3:Krosrron.'
The 13,a,:ilwayll Mee*
ham.
• To the .ealito;- he Mow/
• DEAR 8311.: FroM your
Railway Meeting at Ainie)
pression is eonveyedthat
utation and 'their friend 41
itistice at the Winghain :Nt
before. As Chairman, 1:
• sueh intention. In con:
• Mr. Anderson before the. j
place, and before eitherof t
arrived, it was tOncludedth
• sion should be kg1, and to
plan to be pursued would b4i
ers on each side to speak
which proposition the Ha
once assented. Mr. Stott,
Reeve of Turnberry, asSe
way Committee„ wrote
gramme. As he commene
rema,rkvd to hnn in writ
leave room for the insertio
don speakers in prk).er,i
Mr. Brate, of Zetland, he,
• London delegatiOtidthat ana
' when, they were
them wished to Speak.' AJ
little mb, and seeing tI
made up their niinds to tha
left, thinking that nothing r
done. The following
Messrs. Scott an:d Brace O
Iiaee
We the mulsirsigned
:
in the HturoN EXPOSITOR, I
don ,deputation stated at
meeting held at 4inleyville,
London deputation m -ere d
speaking at the Wingham
are much surprised as vre,
siliddljna.ta
Brlionto
ce' '''ffersepdeat
a
Wingham meeting, -and we;
• names of the parties whom
Should speak, and the repl
that Mr. Anderson was the"
whose name they wanted.
era -mine and i.ri1 name was,
e,ordingly. if, any other
name had been 'mentioncA
• would: most eertaiinly have I
the programme. ,Signed 12.1
Ltwis J.13iiavz. •
do not wish tlo enter int{,
-versy as to the respective in 41
er the London or Hamilton s
eannot -conclude without e)
tonishinent at the remarkabl
made by the Rev. :111%. :`:‘Infrj
leyville, that the Tesoluthity
Winghain in fairor .of th
86<nm, was :carried through
liefrantl, it was lairly and s
to the meeting, airkl earni
unanimously upon the neg
ailed for, only three or four
held up in favor Di London.
the mover to withdraw that
resolution which refeiTed to
sentations -of the London prei)
declined doing. •He saill$114;
untarily to the nietting, Iota
consequenees.1 If the rest:
been carried the other way
the reverend gentleman wo*
cepted it as a tokenef victors
an outrage upon 8147 a. Iracrgn:
say that it 'could be tricked*
any resolution against their
their judgement. ''Y -ours, tru!
Wroxeter, Jan, ft., 1.811.
A Voice from Sta,
To -Ow Bilitor of the, Hitronk.
DILA it Sr.n, -With regarkl
Railroad we believe that eve
pears to fa,yor a western TO
mencing at LondOn, the (Zreil
Road might be used a few mi
thereby might be avoided, thl
ting in the -eastern district, !
Ailsa Craig, whichiwill very ;
a bonus, also the Townships
Mt.Gillivray would to the
S40,000 of Cash. by !having Ast
one and a quarter miles west,
as that would Bilit the latter
the villages of Crediton
which are in the centre of a 1
cultural country:, and have ad
a village bordering on two or
ships, which 'cannot el* busi
municipalityIf the railros
any where near the centre of
ship of Hay, a bonus of at lea
would be given by that To
would reeommend the west
large marsh which -extends th
and part of Stanley, as thelar
as level as a lake, and theij
would not cost half as much a
near the London Road.
west it would pass through (3
most WOOfk.j part of the co=
is very valuable, on account -
bet- and shingles with which. i
There is also any 'quantity
and wood, in whicii the peopl
Should be interested, whereas
at any considerable distance
these commodities ceuld not he
for love or money, ire the Dios