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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-02-10, Page 4HURO • NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Purse Lost—Rev. J. S. Eakin. Cloth Lost—Ae Lehman. Tenders ---Edward Cash. A Card—W. Campbell. Money to Lend,— 'Hugh Love. Stallion for Sale—George Murray. Berkshire Pig—L. A. Van Egmond.‘ Brick Yard to Let—Thoma,s J. Marks. Notice --McCaughey & Hohnested. Dissolution of Partnership--Verity&Ross Salt ! Salt! Salt !--4. Mohr & Co. Billiard Hall—R. W. Collirm Great Auction Sale.—C. Yeo. Going to Remove—W. Robertson lt Co. By -Law --Township of Stephen. won txpeoitor. All Official 'Notices Published. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1871 The Surplus Bill. The long-delayed Government Surplus bill was received -and con- sidered by Committee of the Whole on Tuesday night last. It seems that only a portionof the surplus is to be expended at the present time. That portion ,is to be ° ex- pended in granting aid to new rail- ways to be built in the Province. The entire surplus amounts to $3,.: 645,500; and of this sum, but. $1:- 500,000 is to be expended at pres- ent. The Ulf: of the Attorney. General proposes to distribute this latter named sum as follows : A s grant of $2,000 to $4,000 per mile is to be given to aid in the construc- tion of iailways eliering 01 extend- ing to free giant lands ; also, to rail - e , ways running to inland water, such as Lake Huron, the Georgian By, ' and other Lakes and Rivers in On- tario, excepting Lakes Erie and On- tario. The bill passed throngh Committee of the Whole without amendment, and was to have been voted upon - by the Rouse yester- day. By this •time, tliere is little doubt but that the bill has become law. . - ... Mr. Blake.rnoved an amendment to the effect that, as the money had been raised from the whole people, it should be distributed to each municiPality, equally, according to population, deducting froth the share of each the anaount in which, it is indebted to the Municipal Loan. Fund. This amendment, however, • was voted down by a large majority. • It will be noticed, that the bill (fives to the Governmentthe privilege e of deciding which sections shall re- ceive aid, and how much any , par- ticular section is to have. We think that by passing this . measure, the House has placed in the bands of the Government a most dangerons power; a power which, it is much to be feard, will not , be exercised wisely or for the weal of the coun- • try, but merely to retain: themselves in power. It would be. dangerous at any time, to give any Govern- rnent, the entire °mitred of so large • a sum of the peoples' money, but 1 deubly so at the present time, on [ the eve of a general, lection, and to over -scrupulons as , to the means q a Government whic is not 'at_ all - they use to gain, their. ends. We much fear that this large surplus of which we have beard so much, will be squandered :in purchasing support for the -Government, instead of encouraging ' the , promotion of , beneficial public enteiprises. t nnIIMIEL The Northern Pacific Railroad. There are those who -have doubt- ed, nay, prophesied; that the feat of uniting the Atlantic with the Pa- cific by an iron highway across the *North American Continent would never; be accomplishedIn the com- pletion of the Union Pacific Rail- road; however, two years ago, Mod- ern enterprise and engineering skill have triumphantly aemonsuated how utterly absurd were both these doubts and predictions. The com- merce of Eastern Asia and the isl- ands of the Pacific is aestined to be carried, in great part, to the great European marts through New • Wold commercial channels. Alr • ready has the Union Pacific Rail- road a rival, not only projected but • in actual process • of construction, with almost absolute certainty of being speedily brought to comple- tion. This rival rs called the Northern Pacific Railroad. Duluth, a very enteiprisbag town of recent origin, situated at the western ex- tremity of Lake Superior, is its eastern terminus. • On the Pecific side it has two termini, one at Port- land, Oregon, on the Columbia Riv- er, the other to the north of this, on Puget Sound. Starting at Duluth, it pursues a westward teourse till it crosses Red River, at which point two branches will diveige.from the trunk • line—one extending to S. Paul, the other to Pembina, on the frontier of our Province of Mani- toba. •From Red Rivier it extends westward through Dakota and Mon- tana, following the Yellowetone branch of the Missouri near the boundary of Idaho, whence** the in line will continue to Puget Sound, while a branch will proceed to Portland. The eastern part of this road is already being construct- ed. The Icompletion of this road is to us in the Dominion an object of intereSt. With a line from the trunk to Pembina built, and a line of steamers from, Collingwood to Duluth, we 'should have direct ac- cess to the fertile plains of the Sas- katchewan. The Americans knOw well the value of our possessions in the Northwest, end are deuhtless polize the trade re - e opening up of that years must elapse, anxious to 111 sultine from t country. at thel least estbaate, before there can be railway coinmunication be- tween' Ontario and Red River, through British territory. With a timid, hesitating, .4 -nothing policy at Ottawa., the trade of that vast re- gion can not do otherwise than pass out of qur )iatscls'.• What Will be Done; With It? The long and fierce cointest lwaged Upper ana Lower Canada," to Confederation, will ever occupy sit,' remarkable and intensely interesting chapter in our political history. One of the most promi- nent features characteristic of that time was the open and Undisguised buving, of po betwee . preywu pa ter in poet ru tioi and j pa ed into a of Opole a o it. -W dis inctly, th ers of the con up y the gr an file, agte ing formed the Confedera, was promised, m sure, a ptt ble gLvernme bell ve in Co con laced t by ieans of bec • me grea hap y. But, lige 't observe _con ilusion tha gov:rnment is neit er pure ronaae in the rat overnmen .all 1 kely to gr in t e hands o of 0 tario, th cant at its for ed surrisg giganti the se this p to, e need on of th of th sessi forci • • itical su r. The bbing of proverb. one c -an realm er, too, very t When the two lead - ending parties, backed port for the flagrant cor- that day have The times fford a paral- t body d to a' tr alition ion idea, as the e, cheap, t. W federatio at und t this , prosp very can must the admi as yet, a or cheap. control is large w less. • • of the rank ice, and hav- to carry' out the country ruit of that and equita- • thoroughly . We are r it, anci ountry will rous and id and intel- ome to the isrtation of all events, _ The pat - f the gene - and not at While that • the local government ugh qui e insigniti- atioa is rapidlyi as- proport ons. As to tronage i being put refer to the cases The record the thrse illustrates which the - "Nine Martyrs." 41 - se inembe s durin,,, -»-zt ns of Ptrliament sr the manner in goveinment ob tuns its majorities in ouse. It the prent _ House is no cha ce for Reform. Our is in the next electtion. • But o million and a hal • hands of the gove ape of a Railway f ut to Railways in t ed in the Premier's SurpluS, lone need a the gif • result. the there hope withI in th the s propo on th sesse tell th in her history many railway 'This i emphati of On in the pettiv. $2,00 stitue conte stand to the to the itively this fund for the constituencies. ly to be beaten, Canadian politic when in a tight own political a patren• ge they their c rnmand answer1 in the ne of (fellers ment, in nd, to be e manner resoln tions not s, e po- fore- eriod • so and. era o aid pros - from con - of proph Cy t At no fol. er as our °lint projects on ally the railwa ario. AI1 need mo ey r completion... -Wi h a goyernraent subsidy of to $4,000 per mile, soul cies, haying railw, plated or in prog n a very d ubtful r return of mem be Gcivernine say the y6 e'ther ess, • ust latioe as op osed t. We don't pos- overt:fine t wil use corrupti n o the ut if they are 1 ike- hat the 'I • ave ns ever j hesi ated lace to use for heir vantage wha ver ay hav• ha at The colintry can ative. 1: 10 AT tlhelast me ting of t e erth Count Council, resolu ion was -passed kuthorizup the re- stab ish- inent c4f tolls upon 'Colin y gr yel roads. 1 The reason urged for .this step w, that th: mamte anc • of these r ads was tlo heavy bu den upon tl4e finances of the co nty. DR. RYERSON' famous Sc ool Bill bas not yet become law, and judging from itres nt appe'aranc s it is not likely to, very soon. As vet • it has o ly passed the second r ad - mg in c:mtaitee, and at the t iid reading and fnalpassage, the or eal through which it will likely have to pass wi I be the severest of all. Alttady it has •een cons-derably improve , by hav ng a nu se ber of the objeo tionable c ause -al red, re- modeled and curta led. B t e en yet, ther: is tiucb •riming r3quirs°d. It still cintainjs so e of its ••ost eectiona•le featuie whieh, e s n- cerely t ust may be modised or amended before it s allowe• to come la , if it ever does. •t sti 1 coetains the c ause making t co leilsory for all ; teachers County oard certificates to appe before th " Toronto Ring" or e if • ID amination before t eyean be licensed to teach a public school. This must be entirely expUn ed, or the -bill will come far Sher of giving pub ic satisfaction, Ou legislotors 1.1 not be performing their duty, if th allow a bill to piss Containing in i a provision vvhich. " a deliberate i suit to, and vshi h undoubtedly w 11 inflict a grievou injury upon, ti e oldest and best c mon school teac ers in the pi -ovine *Dairyme • *Association. The fourth an nal convention the Canadian Dairymen's .Associ tion was hel in Ingersoll, Count of Oxford, n Thursday the 2 inst. The att n ance of dairyme !cheese-mai:tufa. turers and farme was much lar er han at any forme convention. 1 hi ,clearly indicates that .the int res taken in dairy farming by A, riclulturists and -busi- ness men is 1 rgekst in the increase. We hope the a iS not '; far dista.nt when the farm rs genera'lly of thi County. will 80 it to Ise to thei intereat'to em kr sfar more largely in dairying a d stiock-r4ising, an to engage far le s in the ruinou business of he tgrowing. Nex Week we shall u iih a, -number o the excellent per es which wer delivered at th c n ention. Amon those present f1ror Ithis section we notice the name f Messrs. W. Scott Robertson aid J. Hickson, o Seaforth and l. resswell, of Tuck:- ersmith. Ther ere, we believe; other gentleme resent from this County, but w h ve been unable to ascertain.the r i aines. ) THE NATIO France will me le • ASSEMBLY • Of It the 15th inst. Their first duty wi 1 he to decide the rndinentous: qnest o of peace or war. ° Doubtless a t -ong party, em. bracing "Redo," so i lists and men of their •,stamp, I strenuously eapplase What he denominate a " shameful pea ' a d advoitte a centinuation of he ar to the bitter end, but the agrlicu t ral population, which conetitute a r at majority of the people,. are t re n.ough of war, and anxious fo e ce, and their re,presentatives ikely support peace mea.stires t la y price. The Assembly Will so have to deter- mine the fu u e Government of France—whethe t shall be Re- publican or Tn rba1. • Where a people -So fickle as the French are eoncerned, it is i le to speculate on results, but at. presLI the recall of the Napoleonic dynasty seems ex- teremely infprobable. Foethe Cheapest Boots and Shoes -in Seaforth aecOrding to quality, go to Co- ventry's. ' THE people of istOWel are mak-- 1 f ing strenuous eff tsito get a railway to their athbifiion little town. The prospects; however, seem to be, rath_ er gloomy., A latcli of the Grand , Trunk frothStratford is spOlien of, b it is not likely le ,for various reaons, the principal to ) pr ve '-'-practica- of Which are that for the erection of 41 Stich a , road the necessarycessary funds could not be raised, and even if built, there is nottraffic enough in the country through which it would run, to keep one train 0, day going three months in the year. They also seem to have a longing eye up- on the Wellington Grey, and:Bruce branch to Kincardine, but the pro - ba b lity { is, that if lout Listowel frie ds do not get a railway 'outlet until they get it through . the Kin arable branch it, will be of but littl difference to the;prent inhab- itan s whether - they get it or not. • 0 OIJR FIRST i'A.GE this week„ we rint a letter f1om C. J. Brydges Esq. Managing irector of the Gra d Trunk Rail ay, in reply to cert in Tresolu tionsj assed by the Do- mini n Board of ll4ade at their late mee;ng. The lett r is worthy of a care ul reading, anld will show how freq ently and hos groundlessly the Gra • d Trunk is assa led by those who lare t nacquainted ith the ifficul- tiet which the man gers of the road have to encounter. Mr. Brydges presents his case ery ably, and prov s himself niulh more than matci for his assai ants. , • No. 1 homemade iip boots for $4; cow l4de for $3 50, a oventry's. • , A attempt is an1out being made to ab lish, the Legislative: Council in Nova Scotia. Th report conies from Ottawa that two English firnas have been awar ed the .contract for supplying steel llaiIs to the Intercolonial. A Ilorse belongin to Mr. Wm. Key, of Richwool to hip of Blenheim, .was poiso • ed wlbile stand- ing under one of th ahed4 in Paris lately. Mr. Fiank Sniits, of Toronto; Hon. E. Perry, of C bourg and Ur. Ezra Ciliurchill, of. nts Port, N.S., are gaZetted Senators. The latter is a prosp rous shipbUil er, and wee a traureem.be of the Nova otia Legiala- EXTSITOR. FEBRUARY 10 1871. NWS OF THE WEEK. The evidow of Abraham Lincoln has tak n upher residence in Eng- land. Mr. ttanies Coleman, Clerk Divi- sion Co rt, St. Marys, has a pair of buff ,Cochin hickens, eight months old, which eigh 2.4 lbs. • Rooster 12i lbs., an hen 10 lbs. The uelph_ Advertiser proposes Mr. Jo n Staid], editor of the Elora Observe as a fit and proper person to repre ent -Centre Wellington in the Ont *Ho Legislature Mr. based 6 Elora, I On the Railway • A tea in Ailsa lona care $l20 ing pole, he othe endrie, the contractor, pure horses in the vicinity of t week, to be put to work rantford and Herrisburg o ran away a few days ago, Craig, and in their head - one of the horses, valued ame in ccntact with a bindt killing it almost instantly. escaped almost unhurt. Harrower and McDougal 11 , Messr cf Lamhpon, have purchased from T�essis Jtohn Elliott tit uted reaper to., to take itory in the s rcy, com ploughs, _River ter The M tion of w4 Co.• Strath- and mower, to the Red pring. ntreal Building Associa- ich Mr. Hugh Allan is President has declared a dividend at 8 percent. for the half: g on the 31st of Decem- the rate o year endi ber. , The sa Davidson,( Esq., at New Aberdeen, county of 'Waterloo, was totally de- -mill belonging -to George stroyed b. Other wi ber and s 'A few was stolen Geo. Hus ton follow him near vent his -c fire on the 25th ult., to - h a small quantity of lum- wlogs. I ays ago, a valuable horse from the stable, of Mr. on, of Ekfrid. Mr. Hus- d up the thief and caught arnia, just in tinie to pie- ossing to the ot er side. The horse was recovered, aiicl the thief arrested. The Ainerican -Ministerto Prussia I M. . Ba,n roft, the historian, now gets $12,0()0 salary, and it is propo- sed in Wa htngton, according to the New York make the with a sale y ot 17,000. The most terrible fire Ivhich has e World correspon, mat, to • . n =a first -el ss one, ever occur on Saturda mencing b o'clock. T struction o d at Oobourg took pia morning, 4th inst., co etween two an4 thr e his fire resulted in the de- eks.on elonk- cCa - the two finest bl the south side of King street, ing, respectively, to Messrs. lum and Jeffrey. Mr. John Rab, a Bavarian livin n Blenheim, county of Oxford, r eived a letter a few days ago fro ermany, in which was the sa hat he had three brotherSkil ore Metz, and another, a su or tall y wo A young tn Foster, f McGilliv eyes a LK+ -time ag st-rik- ingofTagun f an xet A small particle of the cap ot into his eye, and all. efforts to ve the sigh t proved ineffectual. The Americans are loading four ipa at New York with provisions , a. the1.4-id of the suffering people of rance, and Congress has adopted a solution by which the President is hthorized to send one or more Gov- nment ships to New York, to nvey contributionsacross the ocean both the .French and Prussians. ere was a shoit debate in the Sen - e on the ativisability of sending eplies to. Germany, but it was de- ed to make no discrimination. - . The report is in circulation in Ot- wa!that those volunteers of the .d River expedition who wish to tle in Manitoba will be allowed clirgee by the militia authorities. ch 'a course is plainly the duty of • ,Government, and the only one accordance with common sense. Ono day last week, a well-to-do thei sold on the market, at St. ,. 'rys, a load of what appeared to be •d wheat, but when the bags were ptied at the storehouse, each was nd:._ to contain, not money, ae the case when the sons of Ja- emptied their bags, hut a large atity ofpoor wheat, which was, ourse, at the bottom, and a small * intity of good wheat which was ced at the tbp, for the buyers to • ple. The dealer who purchased load, docked 20 cents, per bush- ff the pric% - 00 0 nded betore Par an named Wm. ay, lost one of his o by his comrade cap on the head nes ed b geon, 0. t. se di Si th in fa go • fo as co qu of qu a th el, 11 has go Jes bul irn and ram imp and bite froii ham for shea lam ed B • '4 i. John Miller, of Pickering, lately sold to Mr. .David M nt- ery, of :Collingwood, for Mr. e Estlack, of Colerado, his prize Kos3iusk�, fee. $950 ; also, three • orted Cotswold shearling ewes, one ofihis imported Cotswold for $500. The ewes were rted in the summer of 1870, gained the prize wherever ethi- 1. Mo tgomery also beught Mr. Jame Russel, of Mak- two shear ing Cotswold ewes $300; one pair of Leicester ling ewes! •r $200; some ove s at $45 ea h; and one imprOv- erkshire bo r. A. a large me ting of dairymen, held at West's •ornere, in the court- ty!of Perth, a s ort time ago, Mr. Ballantyne, of Downie, said lie had shipped, last year, 30,000 lbs of cheese to England, where he receiv- ed a ieady market for it. Mr. Geo. •Huston, of 131anshard, advised the fstrmer to give the milk -raising busi- ness a lfair and honest trial, and they would lje sure of success. During the last few months the smallpox has been making dreadful ravages among the inhabitants of the Saskatchewan districe, and it is be- lieved that fully two thousand have fallen tActinis to the fearful disease. Indian encampments have been de- cimated and so mealy have died that the frightened survivors have fled to distant regions for safety. - Mission- aries have caught the infection when engaged in their dangerous and he- roic work and have- succumbed to the fell destroyer. To add to the trials of the Indians the plains have been visited by few buffaloes, and there wil be suffering from want of food. RAILWAY LETTERS. From a Grey Farmer. , To the Editor of the Buron Expositor. ,DEAR SIR,—From the many let- ters you are receiving, you will per- ceiv-e that the people of this and ad- joining townships are much exercis- ed upon railway matters. The far- mers of this township, in common with other rear townships of this county, feel their isolated position in their distance from market. But not so witch distance, lei.4 their de- pending Upon' one market, where cars are not to be had and store- houses fitted ep. When either ot these difficulties exist there is a se- rious loss to the farmer. These drawbacks and the want of competi- tion intim carrying trade are the reasons why farmers desire a railway in the north, and would pay a rea- sonable bonus to secure railway ac - corn .motiation. The merchant who in our villages buys our produce, does not lose if he can sell at a pro• fit, and in purchasing makes allow- ances for such contingencies, hut the tatient plodding farmer must bear hese losses. The people of Ainley- ville are very desirous of securing he London, -Huron and Bruce Rail- vay, but the farmers in this town - hip do not see, in this contemplat- d road. an outlet la the right ditec- ion. :We could not expect such igh prices in Ainleyville for pro- uce as could be given in Seaforth, n a line of railway running in a outherly direction. But from our eographical* position, we think we ughtto have as good a naarket, if e had a road running east. Mer - lents' and farmers' interests in me cases are not identical. If the erchant can purchase produce so to sell at a profit, he will always e successful; but it is of vital fin- ortance to the farmer to get the gliest possible price for his pro - ace. The bonus to .a railway is trifling matter, compared to the vantages accruing from a road lining in a direction securing to a wnship the highest prices. A rail - ay naming north from Seafottla uld not be supposed to have the ect of the farmers of Morris and -ey realizing better prices than uld be current in Seaforth. Low - prices we must expect. A con - nation of the same system which w prevails, no loss to the merchant t ruinous loss to the farmer (con- ning to a certain extent what was ght to be removed by a ritilway) uld follow. Hence we see why 01 merchats of Ainleyville would satisfied With such a railway and ain every nerve to secure the ndon road. What the farmers at in this section of the county is ouipeting line with the Buffalo Lake Huron Railway --a road t will compel that Company, for own prosperity, to keep sufficient leg stock at every station on it , to accommodate the necessities he public, instead of leaving ght to accumulate, by attending larough traffic on its main line. ine that would bring this about Id he a public benefit to the nty of Huron, and should secure unty bonus. The ellington; y and Bruce Railroa Company at present negotiatin to build a 1 cl SO ni as hi a ad ru to NV CO 'eff de wo er tin no bu tin sou wo the be str Lo wat ac and tha its roll line of t • frei to t Al won Cou a Co Gre are branch road through North Huron and South Bruce, from some point on their main line in Wallace or Minto, to Kincardine, and pledge themselves to build the road if the naunicipalities through which itpass give a bonus of $6,000 per mile. 33y the building of this road we could connect at Guelph with ,railways running to all the principal cities south, east and west—the nearest and best route to Eastern and South- ern markets for this section—and we could have as good a market as Seaforth for all kinds of produce. Besides the City of Ilma.ilton, being at the head of navigation on iLake Ontario, we could have the cheapest and best route of transit for this sec- tion of country. But a railway to London could. not, under anycircum- stances, carry goods as expeditious- ly or as cheaply by London as a railway to the East. Besides, mer- chants could take the advantage of Toronto or Hamilton markets to • purchase their stock, by that advan- tage, the farmer would also come in for his share of profits, and the more prosperous the farmer themore other branches of industry will flourish. The farmer is the backbone of the country; by deprivinghim of the best possible markets you dwarf other in- tereste. Individuals may be served by building a road honk Seaforth north, but the interests the com- munity at large must not be sacrific- ed for the benefit of a few individu- als. I write from no hostile motive to anyliparticular guage, but from a farmer's point of view, what would serve this township best in my opin- ion As you are always a friend of the farmer, I trust you will insert - this letter and oblige, yours respect- fully. THOMAS STRACHAN. Grey, Feb. 7, 1871. Figuring on the Bonuses. To the Editor of the London Free Pres& There are some advocates here of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway, and no doubt there would be more did they think there was any probability of its coming in any- . • thing like a reasonable time. A few days ago a delegation went from here to Hamilton, and had an inter- view with the authorities of 1.114 • Wellington, Grey and Bruce Rail- way, and also with some of the inominent men of the Great West- ern Railway. Theyeame back, and their lepo`rt was in some respects satisfactory, and in others note They, the Hamilton gentlemen, cculd do nothing till they had laid the matter before the Board of Di- rectors in England, and if they gave - their sanction all would be right. They would build the road provided a bonus of $6,000 per mile be grant- ed. Now, it seems, the whole mat- ter lies with the Directors in _Eng- land ; if they say yes, the road will be built; if they say no, it Will not be built, and I think the probability is they will say no, judging from what they have done and said in the past. But if they should ap- prove of the scheme, the people here from ,klarriston to Kincardine will have to, raise a bonus of $6,000 per mile, and as it is about 77 miles the total will be $462,000, nearly half a million of dollars, and I can say positively *that I do not think that any such a sum as this can be raised. Howick Tcwnship has already agreed to give $20,000 to ,the main line - running to Southampton and it could licit be expected that ;he would give more than say $25,000 more,. at the outside. Then Turnberry Township, the next through which the road would pass, might give $40,000; then, East and West Wa-- -wanosh might give, say, $20,000 each. Kinloss might give $30,000. Huron Township, say the same— $30,.000. Ashfield Township, as it wouIM not benefit it- as much as the others mentioned, would not give more. than say $15,000. Now all these added -up will only amount to $180,000, and to add as great a mite in favor of this road as possible,. say Kincardine village will give $20,000. This will make only $200,000—not the half of what is • required. You will perceive that have said nothing about the bonuses from the townships of Mor- ris and Grey—two very important townships indeed, which for wealth and improvement, considering the short time they have been settled, • are not surpassed in any part in the Dominion. These two to-wnships are unitedfor the London road. As a proof of this, I refer to the meet- ing held at the village .of Aithey- ville a short time ago. Turnberry Township, as it lies immediately north of the Townships of Grey, Morris and East Wawanosh, and having a frontier length or base line of about fourteen miles, is an impor- tam township, and though many of its inhabitants aae in. favor of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce iLne, - yet they are daily coming to the knowledge and belief that there is no hope at all of us ever getting the _Hamilton road, and I am persuaded fully in my own mind that were a bonus submitted to the vote of the• people to -morrow, it could be easily carried for the London road. There never was a line of roilroad in Canada built, or being built, or proposed to ,be built, that had such prospects of bonuses as the London road from Seaforth to Wingham. 1 have been talking with parties • who live in East Wawanosh, and they say that should the London road not pass through Clinton and Blythe, but through Seaforth and Aitheyville and touch at Wingham, they- as a township will give $20,000. I don't profess.to know much of the minds and intentions of the peo- ple south of Seaforth, but a party living in Tuckersmith, with 'whom I had a conversation the other day, told me that that Township would give a bonus, not because they were too far off from a railway, but mere- ly for the sake of getting an opposi- tion market ; and if this be the mind of the Tuckersmith people, I should think there will be no trou- ble with the others, that much more require railway facilities. But in, 1 FE13RUARY veining north of Seaf the array of bonuses to - Sae:k Se3fortl1 Village, • !vi V(41,1 rrol leerIKYnirebli et' le,tr: ; East Wawanosh, . Total, Now, the distance to .Wingbana, the :we would come bY this r more than 28 miles, t give, per mile, V,607. --- than half of the cost said road. It has been saidemany a time, how e don people bni4d the r as a city, cannot pay th "debtedrieSs. This may. frlse, as the ease may pose it to be trite, the Sa said of other -cities that i as great preteneione. s benefit of those iwho wa how this London road c It is . easily shown. T from London 'to Wing 78 miles ; and Suppose sav $12,000 per mi amount to the round .sue 000. Now., I hs.ve silo% bontses north of Se.afort of 38 miles, will einem 000. And we ;cannot the bonuses south of Set is, between' London and the country is elder, much mere . able - there same rate of cahin'lation, will give $185,()00, 50: give $330,357. Then don bonus, $100,000 ; stock taken by- the e $100,000 )• then the su.bsidy of $2,000 per teil 000 ; and what is to la being obtained from th Huron_ $10G,000 7- I that this amount cotalcl. earded in said Council. Now what have we got several sams Bonuses north of Seaforth, Bonuses south of Seaforth. Bonuses from London. City, . Stock from London. City, Government, ... Bonus from County Huron, . Cost of road at $121,000 per Now, we haste ene spare, and who ,Cati cont. A F.IIIEND or ret Lo 131nevale' Febi, 5, 1871 Iq SITUATION I THE 1PRUS8IANS TO MAU PHAL MARCH THROUGH, The whole arthy of ment will march throe. The houses on either si route; will be cleared habitants and. occupied 5), troops. INTERNAL DISSENSI Gaiabetta is still feveris tinned hostilities,; but his dresses are not Creating enthutiasin now that ti few days ago. *It is fea.re elections will be attende rious difficulties, owing tc ference of opinion bet Governments of Paris deaux. -with reference qualification of Candida exchange of prisoners an ing up of aims. .under t sions of the arthistiee h menced, and Perils will revictualled. 3 TRANQUILITY; P Tranquility has 'prevaile since the close a the The decree closing the• c been rescinded, because gone] open-air .1 -sleeting been held threateited to b buIlernxto. T PEACE, RPLENTLE The Empeior leaves the the close of the armistice, the war he prolonged, it pursued relentlessly. Pri crick Charles, Manteuffel enstein are to be entrusted task of conquering th Moltke will retain euperv a large amount of discretie allowed to the actual cOm TROCIIU DXCLINES.: Trochu declined the can the Assembly in a 'letter he says be only consented the Presidency of the Goi, because it was his duty I with his colleaguethe to sponsibility. He says he to be discharged froni the ey, and his part inuet finish] events which ga.ve it meeting at wlaich: the rad shouted, as with one v • members of the -Govern cowards." AAt 713,inE,SeePItEinRRCALLED gE , e Rein, "Blanche, one of t declared that Fraasce dem Robespierre, and that the alone could save the count sentiment viral; received wit siesta by the audience. T • ties who favor the eoliths war are loudly applau meetings.