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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-08-25, Page 44 ., THE HURON EXPOSITOR., NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. New Freeh Teas --Scott Robertson. By-Law—Towns-hip of M ar-ris. Dissolution of Partnership—W. & J, •-Vanst(m. Sowr &Gia — Robert . y Gariill'Cliael. I`intice—Wiliam Graham:. Caution—John Wilson, A. m ith. Cloak. Lost—John Logan. Money to Lend—P. P. Walker. Fares for Sale—William Hammel'. Situation as School Teacher Wanted. *row- 0-.x pair . , FB.[D i Y, AUGUST = 25, 1871. • The Washington Treaty. - Li the Q -teen's Speech proroguing the lin perial Parliament, reference. Wash- ington made to that portion of the Treaty more ilnmecliately fectiu.g the interests of this couu in the £cul l o wi.eg words : "I shall "prize the Pariiu!ncnt of Can " that the provisions which require af- befog e the people of the north, thin try, they lirouki have defeated the Wel= alp- lington, Grey cE Bruce scheme iu ada A•3orris, acid -ver .. srohr(bl r in Grey Yl y y and. Tll •n beet y. But instead of pur- 'uing this course, hey foolishly finis= took the rep.rese ntattions of a few professed friends for t1 of the people, and in de erted, the true fri e n �corr _et ess of the statement contain- ed in the second sentence of the v all)O PqnOta t1Ur • Tin to a eertaaill joint.tite conduct of the'Pr•ovislotial oars! of 1 l�o t Directors of the London Road oaad he , r hes l yeti sl,iriight.f'orwa,r•ci gruel 'honorable, ) it tO_desert t. numerous ( uu, warm -frier_ds, who had stood by them ° through thick and thin— through well as thtougln good report—and .who had spent_ bogs timeand motley in tl e endeavor to further thew interests of their scheme, without one word of «arning, or one substantial reasons fee so. doing, is /either straigFiLforWa d nor -hornor- -rr)ld. We again repeat that had the promoters of the London scheme ate• iered to .the Eastern - route—the rotate which they un1aniumusly de. cided was the blest and most .Ilra eti- cable—and taken the trouble to place the advantages of their scheme. "its consent are, in my view, 11ig "conducive to the interests of ". Dominion:. Osis these provisio �( however, that Parliament will p "independent and filial j udgni n With the first sentence of above quotation we cannot ager and we believe that when -the p per tithe comes, a majority of people's representatives of this minion will be found unwilling; give their assent to the -opini therein expressed. We cann=ot s in what; way it is to conduce tot interests is this 'Dominion to gra to a nulghboririg Powei.. valuab and de .rly-claerishetl rights for mere ldniinal money co.usideratso It may be for the advantage Great Britain for us to do this, b in this instance at least our intei�es hers r. a enol identical. and -h •r .- We are rejoiced to think, ho ever, that we have an authoritati statement from such a quarter, th the portions of tine - Treaty affecting the interests of this Dominion are to be left entirely to the decision of the Parliament of the • Dominion. If the above slecl;aration: be adhered to, we will have none but ourselves to blame if' we are subjected to injus- tice njus- tice under the provisions of the Washington Treaty. Thus fat otir Government have not seen:fit t vouchsafe any indication of th course they propose to pursue. re- garding it. But whatever they may do; we sincerely trust that the rep- resentatives of the people will stand :firm, and give way to no seductive influences which may be brougt to bear upon them. It is not a ques- tion affecting the interests of any particular party, but one which muss; affect the welfare of the whole country. As such it should be view- - ecl by our legislators. Even the de- feat of the Government should not deter honest representatives, no mat- - ter what party they may belong to, from voting- s gainst it, • and thus show that they are prepared to. de- fend and ul)llcld the e -dignity and character of their country at all hazards. lily the r S, aass t.i, the ee, ro- th e Do - to on.. ee he nt le a n. of ut ots w- ve a:t e real feeling L fit cf sulks nds of their scheme, and rashly threw tbetil,selves bocl:ly into,tlne arms of those who had persistently' llnalir,uec1 and op- Utsuing this only jeopard heir scheme, but they have insultednanny of their best and most faithful friends. 't We are certainly o1•ligecl to the promoters of the London scheme for the .."friendly feelings'; which they rds out selves re are proud iuould mitch se with flat- tery and •pureee a manly course, calculated to win for them.respect, instead of acting ihel part of spoiled school children, at the imminent risk of defeating their scheme, and bringing upon themselves the deris- ion:of their opponents. posed - tem. By p course, they have not ized the the success of entertain not only toga fete towards the town. to represent ; but -eve rather they would dispe •Too Solieitoais by Half. "If the Expositor wishes to retain any estige of, its reputation a$ a journal, its will have to pursue a different tual attempts ks. It is a toted aliprov- v Reform course, and not make ineffe to sow dissension inour rat dangerous sign when it is o rngly by the Goderich Star and rl'oronto 0 Telegraph.. That - the • brother of the e editor -of the Expositor 18 Sandfield's organist at Cornwall, is no: reason for Combination proclivities. --,Canton New Era." . 4Te would advise our contempo- rary not to alarm himself about .our The London, Huron & Bruce Railway. " We are happy to say the prospects of this road are now brightening daily. A telegram received from Mr. John illiaurns states that pontis by-laws as t`ollows will be submitted next week: l-, .t Ion ` tis , • � ,(1(j0, East WAK"1l1USl1, 82(),- Clinton ( Hallett, ss , . (U ( • t n o •1 - � U, 000 ; C: odlerich Township, $10,000. The above quotation is from the London A -d vert iser , of Teesday. Iu. farmer times we could generally agree with the remarks of our Lon- °1011 co>._ltennpontries upon railway reputation. His solicitude in our behalf is entirely unnecessary. We do not claim to be infallible, more than our neighbors but,with all our faults and failings} we have _never yet changed our coat upon any public question four times within sic- months, nor have we ever been driven from our County for supporting a traitor to the Re- form cause; nor do we get an occasional nibble°at the rich corn in the i)ub11c crib 'though Tory in-, fluence. Can the editor of the Sew Era say as much? em TRE RALWAY By-tvw was carried in St phen- on -Saturday last by an overwhelming majority, the number , of which is given elsewhere: The township Council of Hay .i n teuC passing their By. -law next week, and at the next meeting of the Tucker - smith Council, the probability is that a resolution wilt be passed to I submit a By-law -law for the ` considera- tion - Y } Gotlsic.d:.tl. tion of the ratepayers ef the town- clop. McKillop wi11.. )l,''obably *come next in order: l • matters, but now since they have received their "new light" they ficcTt r. t.t1 . 1 t say SAM e very absurd things upon this q. railway`z uestion. For our part we cannot see any s:)e(iLcr r,.. l � 1 cattle for gl. srnfiCatlnn overt the stews telegraphed -by Mr. \1Til ! batons. 'While the Directors of the -[Load were under the .inl "ares-' lop that , 1 s 4 • theeast:einroute was _the best, they stet('cl distinctly, that tile;^ -could not build Use road mortis of the Grand Trunk 'alnk to (a certainpoint fol- a less 1 sunt than 98,000 ; now, however, they seem. to be exceedingly' rejoiced that they have s. prospect ---and a. slim one at that of obtaining $G5,00() for the saute distatnue l:y the Central route. They have also admitted, over and over again, that • al the. Eastern route was the most eas- ilv constructed, and would Conse- quently- onse quently- require a less sum. How t the London people can :-reconcile r; these two. positions we are at a loss s to conceive. The Advertiser iser fui titer c says : G e AVE UNDERSTA a dint a meeting of the Provisional Board/cif Direc• d k h, ISSP rs ry c o I. 111 d In o� t- ` 11 tseltit Ivo rats ways .from scale poi:ft in tin( sight, but * such omissions -slave~ be -the " Bation" ear determined to at - come a rule more than an a eeptio�i with our contemporary. )o TUE. llu.ront Signal wr1ch the c:a. SLi. alt iUu W a (: felt cal ,. t).; c .adtl 1 Lill. StGI to it last« howls dismally. It vitt ata nps around, and almost For once, the Signet, in its.de has a spicy, amusing colon. readers are under obli;_ratio for su iplyi ug • a theme. i ditties, in its decadence (a s uncle de ed upor ek • • drill 1 perates , Swears aulei yce, n. Its isteus et the )(1 atlas, we fear, -in its second childhood as well), keep on ; it : pleases feelf, it oheys its masters—the clic d e of lo- cal pc liticians we have • so (s ten re- ferred to- aatnd it amuses us vastly. To one. thing, however, atinc lig the many _misst:tternents (to ripply the , mildeet term) of the decayed Signal, we nattst give ars unqualified contra- diction. That is, that the E liter of this paper either at. tlIC BL tee field or the -Blyth Convention, or any place else, acted; or s poke 'o 7 wrote 1 ,_ in the; interest of any Umar, t Hien or partyof teen as siring t l . , 1 � he, to put forward, a candidate fir Pal liauilentary honors. Eiivaill r we would affectionately warn th editor of the decley=etl ,S *sial to be-. are of personalities. 'Thus far, ill o lr con- , ,. tr et4' 1r.S with theSignal; t � .l � ,S 2CG f , e �}�a ve strenuously avoided person pities. The Signal, ou the contrar hag constantly indulged in person alities of the grossest description. The editor of the Signal having h Id bi t brief experience in connectiot wit i the Press, could hardlybe ex iectei t.o know much of the .Amenities of journalism or of the 'desir•a'.ii1ity of preserving its impersonality, .so this 1 time we will overlook his man dere- lictions in this respect,. but 1f this r , i course be persisted tslsted iu, we may be compelled to . retaliate in a` rr anner that will- be exceeding unpleasant to that gentleman. or nt enot inations collected arnestly • lid dispassionately cans and D mocraLts alike, a d t is a deep -se, tied deter nninati n t fend the nl• n in the exercis of light. Ab ut 10 o'clock tri cr became so n -eat at the i>olic 1 - quarters th. t Judge James rd it to disperl}e, stating that f t did not go quietly to their h Me would ` proceed to appoint !a 1 force of poli,�cemen and take ie -to custody. This had the desired effect, for the crowd at o ce peised. The ,,Baron's second lecture delivered, thanks to the exci em before a ver large audieni!•. leas now left the city. es* et Crowin Land Fraud The Olobea few days ago ed a letter from a Mr. Fryer, if the statenjnents therein co are -correct, tahou1d be the 1e hurling the Ontario Gove from power the moment t teen the t second lecture, if. other rnrr lose than to vile( ical r • right of ltree speech. D.uii afternool of Wedoesda the v de Cemin issued in a ` hancl-b appeal to American ican citizt,i s, r u _ 1 upun theft to come out and hire in the right to speak. time. -in tl e course. of the day A. B. Julies, who is the cont -I owner oil the room notifie Baron tha It he could not hay hall on Wednesday eveniia;r flet, how ver, was known oak few, and holt the hour 0.11110 for the lecture, crowds of Viten ad for the hall, to find it close learn that it would not : lse O for the purpose of the Bazou'e le -e• titre._ Thi announcement lied to the t x gression' of a variety of i. 1 v opinions l as to the ultimate effect of his dt ei- 1 n 5 0 A r it ? t the hour l i olrf or'tl 1 tare Barori (le Catrin app!aired At the entt� ui a of the hall. int was' tatkeri into custody by the police, by the d:iree.ti n of Judge J. Ues, and conveyed t the police heac)tjuartetee '1'lae office s were follow d by a cro�vcl �i•Ll hoots cl and sho=T! ted like a paick of saval(:s. 'i'his crowd l�ngerecl aLl)ont the pollee l�eul(luart- ens till a Iatl�c hour: At a score of points a}�n p> F(trc} street knots and w cto d � '�' 5 tf1`te c n of aril r..lt�log5 faiths 1 d and - e Gis cussed the 1)ror�riety and fl'ect of tire puocee sings which ha( taken place in co rection �vitl thi van's visit £o this city. It ifi lappr�rent to eves°y one t nKt a deep sea,ed feeling exist anlo ProteStasztia hat an outrage lea t leen co millitt upon the right o free speech, nd the opinionis ntertsnerl by e )ubl- here' o de - this owd lead 'red hey s he arae m iI1- ass-_ was ent, He. • himself. True, the picture may be foe no 0 'erdLwn b, Fryer and we await to the tie version of the affair that ilea T the b given by Richards or.Scott. Ttne .Baron tar re against the Government h. w- � b o e el•, is a serious on:e, and -it will n tel Ut o ii v 'W p ss ito et ltlloart searcli- it l a _n �.tllrt deft nd . i g inquiry into a(il the facts of t}le Some cse.: If the fas is are a. c 5 s st�jted; tile JJuk,e guilty ones should be punished, artd •oiling of tlrere is no truth in the report, d the then those to 1,lgame should be ex - e the otlerated.=i oefolk Ile}uriner. • This y byi a- The North West. - u1lLecl An exeursicn cf editorial gentle- start- men chiefly from the Eastern States cl and is at this tulle engaged iii traiversil)g )served the North West country, allies the re:. u l is of their observations are be- ing published in their respective joi;lrnels. Their wanderings a are c e h tied principally to their own THE OG'DENSBURG RIOT. Baron De-Cauuin ou the Lecture Paris—Part eutaur,3 of the Troubie*. Frain the Ogden Barg Joitr)ucl, Aug. 17. During the latter part, '-of week the city was billed b )la by stating that " Baron De Ca would deliver orations on Aur: Confession and Popery, at Lv Hall, on !Tuesday 'and Wedn sday - evenings.! The bills stated th tone of these orations would be deli ered before men only, leaving the r ader to make his own .inference as t ` its subject matter. We are info •med. that Father Mackey of St, Mary's Irish . Catholic ' Church, and aleo Father` Jeannotte of the •Fi,}enchl on! bers ! s to tire, last wards min' cula Ceti Catholic Church, during servic Sunday, loth cautioned the men of their respective congregatio keep away from the Baron's -lec and in every way refrain• from any- thing that should tend. to distu b or interfere with his meeting. About -the honr-for the ops of the iiieeting •ou Tuesday ever. a silght d1Sturhance occurred -or street by a loud discussion bets a couple of :.excited persons. w ended in a little hooting. A - con- siderable number: of persons atthnd- ed the lecture or oration. The meeting was organized by appoin -ing W. L. Thompson chairman. he rs „ _ Baron. had proceeded with his rem • alk• s to nea • r the •clo.• . r se without the 1 a.• e least S .� Of disturbance ' `'• fist] • l cr, or- � (Hs- i tt'• i S� isfa�ctiad, when those who were in- the ball• noticed an . unnsua l noise on the stilt's, and i'ximediatelyafter- ward the door opened and in .wt ik- ed about 30 persons; mens and b vs, who -went forward and took s ats- nearest the stage. _ The speaa ter turn ling ing, the een l ich and asked the chairman if s1iott d proceed, and was told to n. Soon after, • the- speaker 1 isse.. He retorted by sayiangt] e -new : of but •two things .t sots of the London, itlron . an Bruce Railway; and y, t e D -recto of- the Toronto, --Grey anis Drnc Italil�t a(v, together with e numbe of gentlemen from North Huron an Toront I3t.t1_e. was held in yesterday. The object r1f this !nee ing was to oomplete the neces. ai arrangements for a junction of til :North to I[inceidicie. The r�esul of the meeting we iut e not yet been enabled to learn. er�--ss THE (.'lube of Wednesdy host gives long itgeollnt of an'accident which ecently occuired at Kingston Stat- ion on the Grand Trunk. It also he go at 8 I gat n C 1 t Wit lt• e serpent' � , 11( Thompson and 4re( Mr. Jhompson called to rand de�, saying that themeeting nt Subs e disurbed, a nd those K•ho, c ir! 3lo ut 1 lie the 1}temar•l;s roilld roti•`. t.ie tsec n .r.c ofc.on: •tsi Io l . tl '�t(,rn CTs.SUt�c), ei•ntli 1 ;list vas swore to as. coirect, 1 Sent to tine Crown Lands office. eclucntly ]!1r. Fryer ;gas em. ploy( ublish- which, rained :ans. of lament ie new l(-gislature meets. The statteinent of 111r. Fryer, are, in - effect, that he was employed last summer , at $1. per day by 'ne Scott, a Provincial Land Surve or, in surveyi g the lands in the portion of Ont. .io re- cently throw open for settl anent; that subsequ .ntly he agree with slim to go as a second chainmen or. the surveys of the village of Port Calling and the township of Spence, at ,$18 per `month, or fi0 cents per clay, being told that that was 411 the overntnent .allowed, and co sclud- ng, of courser the observati ii ap- )heci to the capacity he was e gaged or. He says that when asked o in n a g pay list for the Port Carling services he was • asked to iign a receip for an amount t the Lt the rate n • � 3 J C t„ln $• 11 € } u(irtCl of GU cents, and that he was e 1)ect- ,d to sign for, the la-.a•ger at unit, at only received the smaalle one, ring. assured it was the cot mon practice ou alliGoverrlment su revs. -fe refused to tigt.1 any false r(: ei st.. :Its -Hanle was then scratched: out nd another person's, :ilia axes sail's, -hose wages w r ' �, e e GO cents, a day, laced opl)osiie_the 75 *taint earl, } f •' lisle his w�i s ; placed o )posstd; the e cents axemau's Wages...Tete al tel • . .ltltoty, of which they give gldwing description, but occasion; they seem to have reached as llol•th as Felt Garry. As ol,Sel•v cel twin ly not prejudiced in .favor rhe country, it is gratifying to kr' that they bear the highest testiuso .to its fruitfulness. Writes oue 'these gentlemen : - Although we fancy that wil]ters must be somewhat tedi on account , of their length, yet, far as the fanner is concerned, th is enough of warm weather for t sure maturing of crops. A ,etre record kept by the officers at F A bet crom b,ie shows that for 15 yea five months of each year have be ausolutely free from. frost. That probably a fair statement for Ma toba as well as Minnesota. nearly as we can learn, it isinot .sa to plant till the latter part of Ap or the 1st of May, that then folio a quack and wondroes growth. Du uth, on the 22nd of July, vel' �e shownfull-grown, .ry £till „rovrn, large-siz potaitoes that were planted about ti 15th of May.. At Fort Garry were shown, on the 1st of Augu some harvested wheat that was sow at the same time. The latter m turity, however, was exceptiona inasmuch as other fiefs of hea.� uni4pened grain still exhibited b little color. There is no doubt b that here lies the future wheat g den of the world. Wheat grow with astonishing vigor and eonpac ness, and heads out full and heavy Corn is an uncertain crop, the night being too cool, but oats and barle and rye can be depended upon Fruits are to be classed among thing to be desired but not to be raised the : inial1er fruits excepted. Straw berries, raspberries, whortlobeiries cranberries, plums, etc., are nativ to the soil. Apples, peaches an: grapes are not cultivated with suc cess, one vineyard in Minneapolis being the only example within our knowledge that would at all conflict with the assertion. Referring to the progress of ina- rnigration. into the Northl-Western States, the same cors• spondent � tires : Between Brainar . and the Red River, this year and bast the immi- grants have been swarming. In the "Otter Tail" country they are' the most 'numerous. Thirty -thousand people found new homes, or. rather places' to make them. last year, here and along the lines of the t. Paul and Pacific Railroad. oa d. Tl1' 1� year a larr steer nonuser is supposed to have come, and the steady tide has every prospect of an increase for the com- ing twelvemonth. On the way as: the lakes the party was joined by one man from Boston who was seek- ing a place to locate 1,000 families— say 5,000 in all—and at Abercrom- I c we met another who represented 1,0 quit in t he t an d whe the #i illy far ers of ow ny of the 0(1S sp ere he fill ot•t- rs en is ni- As fe ril ws At N ed 1e' we i3 t, n a- 1, vy, nt tit ar- s t- Y e. d 33 famines more. Nearly, if not e all, the homestead land with - 11e ten -mile railroad limits will aken up this fall, and pre-emptors land sl)eculaters are busy every - re seeking ese �.1�1 ng for those plaices- that rail -road will benefit the most. I In comparison with not so much apathy as the constant ol,struc- stl thrown v n in the way Of' • (Tants- 11111111- erants into our own Red River_ territory by the Dominion lautltor- .t• Ales, fi t he above state ,of afi�l' even ,,vt,n allowing for possible exaggeration,- offers a striking contrast: Nor should it be without its le • •on for the people, of the Dominion. A 'Magni cent Legacy. The St. Catharines .7'is)te • learns that a legacy worth eighty Millions of dollars has been left to the family of Springers, by the late Chattles C. Springer, great ' grandfather ter of -Moses Sinringer, M. P. P., and Louis its fli st assistant, and kept till. s tion lei notes, for w lltc,ll the Gov ent allowance, is �l per day, as asked to sign the pay list as This al 1. rh , .tshc, refused S 1 to do, and old he ini,iht go to Toronto for Ly. H c then proceeded to Tor and laid his'grievance before .town Lands Coinlnissioner. ichards referred him to a clerk, aid « they knew alJl about tl_ case s and permitted the surveyors ke _a profit on men's wag .` in to make up any defrcie ties er things." He then sue the •nnent and obtained a verdict 31 days' work at the Govgrn- rate of $1 per day. As ail ich the men and boys who had but; w ter,c1 the -hall made a rash, for the acein and thosc v Y • ot,�h 0 11 • , had been - t to 11 S) ote t the speaker. From all ;e oat 1.11 are', the proceedings were m tt. tl�e { sent ca wt s b dy w re - Th (lakes editorial comment on the ollision which took place on the mat 'Western last week, was allow- orary. If the Globe is 'honest and nem its strictures of the Grand runk, and criticises the manage- ent Of thet road unfavorably in le interests of the coentr7, and s mane a it should make no such sidious distinction as we have sove -re erred to. If this instance d bee an exception, it mi ht be favor the Great Western was all over - is dissatisfied.with the (Mange of route. But our contempora.ry must admit that _ the conduct of the London Provisional T - Board has been straightforward thro ugh - out. Not until they were deserted by 111 those who induced them to seleot the trl eastern route did they abandon The le promoters of the London, Huron and it 13ruce Road have the most friendly feel- . ing:5 toward Seaforth, and they feel grate- 11/ ful especially to the Exrosrron for its al friendliness." ha We are sorry to be compelled tie e confess that we cannot admit the of' si nclude that the omission ih co e, and during then the Bar n Mr. R lade. , to tint persons who created the die- ord r ce, we ate told, forsed the in oth w. y iikto the hall. After they went Govet in not ing was said calculated to for 1 irqta or Offend, and there was con- usenit seeue tly not the slightest excuse for tl eir act. The Mayor wai su m ned, and eyery precanti+ maintain peace. A carriage p ocured and the_ Baron con- ed to his boarding-house. There be no doubt the disturbers id the hall for nOproper motive, v should be held responsible r act. 'nterrnption of the meeting the greatest degree of excite- ong the Protestant portion community, and hundreds whci.weuld not otherwise have give ta en w. vet ca ent rr th for the he cr ted of the pert pers we said, this act, if correctly re- d, should suffice to cause e n to lose confidence in the In- tegrity of the Government, and he people's renreeentatives should iliot lose motnent in placing other en in their places. Mr. S..:ott's con ct in the first place was most disie t- able, and that of Mr. Richards as equally so. After having been n- fotmed of • the circumstances, it as his duty to have sifted the matter to the bottom and not simply to no better, apparently, than Sega Spianger, Esq., Reeve of Barton, and that the lawyers are now work- ing the case. It appears that this Charles C. Springer was a native of the State of Delaware, where be had large posseseions. -S;mething over a hundred years ago he leased eight hundrediacres of land to the Epis- copal Church there, for a term of ninety-nine years, after which it was to fall back to his legal heirs. This lard now composes the greater part of the city 'of Wilmington', anti is of very great value. The evay it hap- AUGUST 25, 1871_ 1 nessetsessseeme trust, seeing that the family h aci leen >;CfLt � . t t 1- ed t v t] ne trou Isloxts tidies of the 'Revolution, sortie: of whom, being loyalists, cause to C;, - a g• .� da, illeg�llly soles this estate, ancf J e 't for L ri UlU se. ! h. � chin••• (t Shcer n 1 l lt@- w I> it c C of U and 1 t lLy have ruder- aken to in vesti:gate the matter be - ore the United .States Suprea1e 'ourt. Mormons in: Canada. Strange to sny a community of i 1OrrnOnS exists in -the townships .of loore and Sow brA, and the num oer of adherents is ratite' ci the increase. t tan otherwise. The Sarnia Obser- ver says :.--" Astonielairg as it lnay 8 :eun, it ie nevertheless a fact, that t iis mixture of fanaticism and seri- f; ialisy. has a,nu ID 1 ler of followers itt t le townships ot Moore and Sombra, and that the numbers of its adher- ents is rather OD the increase than otherwise. Those who become in- fatuated by the system are, as a rule, both ignorant and superstitious.; but occas.donally some fall victims to tl e delusion whom we should sup - p se ought to -be sufficiently well inl f irmed to scout tile StO pit! absurdity,_ eSpecially when it is known that it is waning rapid:y at its 1, eAquarters n Salt Lake City, and to all appear -- at ce Will SOOD become a thing of the tast. As an instance of this kind, -w are informed that e voting man nemect -Clark, belonging to the-' I..a,en attending collee with the view of becoming a Baptin minister, has adopted the Mormon creed, and was baptized as a Mormons in the SL Clair, at Mr. Sinclair's residence LO It he va wiaship of Moore, on Sabbath -last. appears he was laboring as it ssionary of the body with whicIti was in connection, during the ation, intending te return to college and prosebute his etudies next winter, and that the people at ong•whorn he was laboring had rai ed by subscription about $70 to ble him to do so. Before thet tin e arrived when he should retuni to .olleee, however, he fell under th infruence of some of the Mora smtaonesdo.,f, Moore, .with the result above - he largest, cheapest and best selected sto k of Boots and Shoe* in Seaforth„ British Te3egraphs. ever a year ago the British Gov- ern nent took- posseesion. of all the tat raphic lines in the country, and has since operated 'them in connec- tio with the Post Office Depart- ment. The rates .were reduced at - altthe ime, and the result has oeen a- municatione. The receipts, for" 'the year ending 31.st of March were X1,068,585, and the expenditure X270,005, showing a net gain of 1793,580. The increase of the ' business was nearly thirty per cent. rind r reduced ratea The total - number of messages sent by the was 2,803,798, against 2,326,93a - for t e corresponding period of the year before; and the revenue for th e s me tnne was £163,636 against X13 ,788, showing an increase of 477 ,59 in the number of messages, and X27,348 in cash receipts. Woe d it not be wise and . sound . econ my for the Canadian Telegraph Com] allies to reduce their present . rates,? It would probably add tts their net gains. Ai THE great Boat Race, on Wed- nes& between the St. John and Tyne' crews, the former came off victmious, making the distance in fe) tv minutes aend eleven seconds. strok . became seriously ill from Over [ xertion, and died in a few - hours afterwards. For heap ladies', gents' and children' P . a Boots of every description, go to T. oventry's. BIRTHS. the 17th inst., the wife of Air Geor'ee. Tuesda3; the 22nd inst., -town Mr. Lumsden, of London, Oat, by t e Rev. Father 'enistel, of Irish - to MIssMoDonald, of McKillop. JAexsolc—WArrs.—On the 24th i at. 8t. Thomas Church. Seaforth, by Rev. R. Starr, Mr. William Jackson, to Bertha Amelia, third daughter of W.. Reed Watts, Esq., both of Clinton. DEATHS. Scorr.----At his residence; in West War- wanosh, on Thursday, the 17th inst., James Scott, Esq., late Township Clerk of West WaWanosh. Swax.---1-At Broom. Hall, BIM cefield, on the 1 lith inst., Miss Betsy .Swan, aunt - of AriO.rew Swan, Esq. aged 77 years. Deceased was a nadve of Roxboro - shire, Scotland. GUTHRT J. - On Monday, the 21st im3t., G rgetown, Mr. R. Guthrie, late of Seaforth, aged 62 years. Deceased was a native of Ellon, Aberdeenshire„ Hibbort on the 18th inst., Mr. i Hugh McCann, a native of Ar- ma.gh, Ireland. Mr, McCann was one of the pioneers of pened to piss into private hands is the roil Tract, havini„, settled in the then wil woods of Canada ia the year as follows The trustees of this 1831 sesosissemenswasumeraesesssaira THE M Z'plifig Wheat Peaci Bta Ler mggs Lamb Ii1c ins aitenition paid to is:1 PCIA Dot; or • •e.nipared with last to 14. Sales eoloprise week TuesdaY (If I .,112.5 $4 7.5 for 'herokees. The receipts for , 'were 327 cars, 9i; earscoi .against 183 ,ear4: for last -Nlveek-. The three days were 1.40 -cars, during the 1-aine Sa .es reported: M in to Doty, 19 lid Reynolds to Itesenat Teulieut to Open 33 Hadley to Woods, Quigenburry to Downs 7 1311 ler B to Post, 85] 1212, private tern's. No sales reported. Ti the ast three' days -A. for the same period ehip ents for the vast th cars, gainst 14 ears for last eek,, Sales 013113ii8e I.,421 head The receipts during t >4ays ere 68 ears, 53 C period last week. The shi past -three -days were el cars kr the same time lastl Sale reported au fono- 434 h UV 280 lbs 115 ln as .2: yvv -t222 02) 826 lb: 113163 bkh(1. 11145346-658 ahhhi av- 107 Ms av 203 Ms 111777.8.: av 152 lbs MINZIMIIIIMICaramouRr-,,===req.„, 'WPM PRESS FOR *S'A: 011 CI1EAP, No Troso&i.o.gcolo 'Con, un .runti e4tillyiefis 14: Assn, r L. lie-q.vbriry W20 Isxpolzi 3.out Alto Address 1)., 1Valten 0„ tiPa Tit ,tarai;2":„.p.-12:1•: ILLIANT Ztrail Augus•t, 1h71. LI! 3- jug or egotiating I. -et -tutu Nt,ttes'.. following 4rawn ‘8,14.1-411:•bhatnil 111464 Dated JOITN Ito thi..3 170441101 4 -LA purbe. gm the tom black v...att " at John CLOAK Nunday, the 20th Align:, and the residenoe of lir n line between rproof Cloak. The finder. Logan's store,, Neaforth, paivAa und charge MONEY,. j pima, to Lend on lin at 8 per cent. per anua4 tents taken oat ruAni