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FRED,__Y, oor 27, 1871.
Me. M C. Cameron in Huron vs.
Mr M. C. Cameron at Ottawa.
It is an old saying that one side
of a story well told holds good un-
til the other side it heard. _This
adage applies with much force to
the address delivered by Mr. M. C.
Cameron two weeks ago, before tbe
Reform Association of the South
Riding of Huron_ and which we
published in our issue of last week.
We have 'repeatedly, on former
occasions, charged Mr. Cameron" with
direliction of duty as the Reform
representative of South. Huron.-
Wehave also accused him of desert-
ing his party, time and again, in the
hour of need, by absenting himself
from divisions upon importantpublic
questious. These charges we made,
against Mr. Cameron, feeling • con-
vinced that theywere title, from
our recollection of published re-
ports of the pruceedings of Parlia-
ment whicia we- had from time. to
time perused, Itt his addtess, how -
:ever, Me. Cameron denied- these
-charges, and mentioned se-veral in
• portant measures which he averred
he had supported in common with
other members of the Reform Party,
as proof of hie fidelity to the party
which he was elected to represent.
In further refutation of the charges
',lade against .11413; Mr. Cameron
elated that after an examination cf
the journals of the House, he found
that with the exception of Mr. Me -
Kenzie, the leader of the opposition,
and a few members of the Govern-
.
o went, he had been as regular in his
attendance as any other member. If
these statements were correct, then
Mr. Cameron would have convicted
.
us of falsely maligning and slander-
ing him. This being the case, it be-
comes a duty which we owe to our-
selves and the public, to show by
the journals of the Houseaphether
Cameron or we are cditrect. At
the time we heard Mr. Cameron
utter thee assertions we felt con-
vinced that they were false but not
then being in possession of the
proper authority, we were not in a
position to refute them upon the
spot. Since Ur. OMB (won's utter-
ences were made, however, We haye
had an opportunity of perusing the
journals of the House, t which, by
the way, he appealed so confidently,
and shall now proceed to compare
bis statements with the official evi-
taence there to be found, and will
then leave it to the public to decide
whether Mr. Callgeron or We have,
been guilty of perverting the truth.
In his speech of • insti tica tion 'Mr.
Cameron made special reference fo
three distinct points, viz:: The In-
dependence of Parliament Measure;
The Manitoba Question, and his
general attendance upoa his Parlia-
mentary d t ties. On the firth point,
thee, he says: -_
• " On the Independence of Parliament
•measures also, he did his best co secure
• the defeat, of the government, who saw
it to have 44 out of the 1-8 members in
• their nay, that ereatures like the Colonel
Greys and the Atkuila aishes might
Uraw their $5,000 and $6,000 and become
government voting ma',ellines. Against
this iniquity he • used all- his influence.
In this reapect he Was satisfied be had
tepresented the views of his constituT
salts."
If Mr. Cameron used. all lus iri
guence aaainst this iniquity, th it
influence" certainly did not extend
• - so f tr as to record his vote agaiust it,
for in the various divisions which
took place upon this west important
questiou, the name of Mr Cameron
is nut °nee to be found. This qUes
eiatte wes filet brought forward durt
iog, the session of 1867-8. Dur-
ing this session, there was but one
titeieiote taken. niston. the question,
and that was, upon, aii amenOmetit
int wea by Ma Ptlake, an seconded
Iy Hrtu. M. II0bEGX14 to the- effect
that the Bid: be re-cousinitted to a
(ominittee ofthe, whole [louse, with
instruotious So to amend the same
as to render ineligible for the Hcuee
of Coll) ilOu.s, Sheriffs, Pa-gis t rs,
Prothouotaries and a 11 other persoes
holdiug any enaplotyment of ptofit
-wider the. Crown in Canada, or ally
ef• the Provinces other thaii the
atembers of she Government of (Ja-
nada. Mr. CaUlerOrl'S 1111111E appears I
eeitherefon nor. against the ameed-
utent. Tke aufendeent w•ase Iut
ef the. Government. wee
eat
red;. " eraree like the
• Colonel .0G •eyi3 and
Walihesh ere left a
laity. to " i•aw the
$6,000, an ihecome
ing machin s." Thi
came up in the sessi n of 871, dur-
ing, which r. Blak met, deiecond-
ed by Mr. 'Holton, three separate
amendment having tile settee object
in view as het mo ed b him in
1867. • Up n. each of hie amend-
ments he w s defeat d, an
of Mr. N. gamer n do
pear in eith r of the Oleo
Is this doing " his o st to genre the
defeat of qe Guyer tut 9" if it
be, it is "vi ept his best" does not
amount to. iuch. iittice also
that durin this §e siOn of 1871,
Mr. Blake noved a d IMr. Holton
ssConded a Bill • " se u ana. the in-
,
dependence ot t, the e at ." This
Bill was efeated. he name of
Mr. QtUrler ndoes nt 4ppar in the
divisioneneithe oted for the
amendment Smith) he indepeta
t, tor for the
th Aquila
othe opportu-
r ,000 and
over mewvot-
ques ion again
the name
s not 'tip -
divisions.
denee of Parliame
Bill secute g the
the Senate, et he ha
to publicly fate the
best ta secu e the de
ernment" III on these
is either pposed
measures, o afraid t
self_ in favol .of them
them. As -actions
than words, he is evi
to them. ,
"represent
stituents?"
On the seoond poi
speaks as fo flows :
oes he, i
the vie
• 'The Manitoba ques
two. * * * 'TheGos
on which he yard like
forward a series of reso
in iniquity and based in
lation of the territory,
dians, was 12,000, a lar
French half -b
mixed Britis
traced out a
size of Onta
only settleme
pure blood, n
gave the Fre
acoes within
•c1eperdence of
tbeefft on tery
he "did his
a of the Gov-
easures. He
o both these
clare him•
by voting for
s eak louder
e tlY opt ()Led
his res )ect,
s of his con-
t Mr, Cameron
io was an
to say a wo
eriiment bro
uttons conce
ain. The 1
xeluive o
e pro orti
ither
rd or
ught
ived
opu-
In-
n of
eeds and ewer till o un -
blood. The! 'G vern ent
rovince not one sixtl the
se- excluded ir m it the
t of British s bjec s of
mely Portage 1 Pr irie,
eh half-breeds 1,40 ,000
he 'Provitcei th t, In tans
large reserVezaland the Scotch h lf-b eds
nothing; giviig everything, iti fac , to
those entirel " unfittedto build • pt a
great nation.
was aroused
now to pay. a
tive represe
who united
the Liberal
unholy mea,sur
'resistance was
amend their re olutions and introdu
new bill, whiez was at least a 1
better than th old. In thit respec
thought he re resented' the views of
11
A storm of inalign, don
in Ontario. Ile de ired
ublic tribute to Oonse vaa
tatives from Ont rio,
hnost to 4 man v4h
Party in, t esisting thi,s
The coasequeuce of the
hat Go veirnment ha to
e a
ttle
, he
his
constitutents." '
artily agt;ee with e
Mr. emperor' ut
t. tr. see holt, his tit
his constituents at,ree
with his actions in ParliaMent. The
itlanieoha Bill' was introduced ikito
ring the session- of
were thirteen amend -
o this Bill. Four of
lite were proposed by
• the others by Messrs
, Oliver; Itre Cart -
n each,
ivision
ameron
a Sin-
. Mr.
We can h
word which
above ; but 1
ances before
ery
ers
er-
Parliament d
187a. There
merits moved
'these arnendm
Mr. McKenzie
Mills, Bo&wel
wright and. F rguson. Up
amendment there was a
taken, but the name of Mr.
does not appeal in the het of
.
ele one of hese • division
,Cameron says kuly that the .e were
"many Conseil eaves "who United
almost to a tri' n: with the Liberal
perty in resis, pg this 'unholy inea.-
sure." We 4nd Conservatives i of
the strictese'!' sea, such as. Mr.
Bowell of Ha.Stings,,,Mr. Metcalf' of
•Toronto and Mr. Ross of Dumb's,
corning forward,manfully and nobly,
and nailing With the Liberal , patty
• .against their own pat ty and pai ty
leaders, that they might " resist this
unholy. measure." Yet Mr.,. Cam-
eron evidentlyi lacked the courage to
vote eveneonce with his own party,
and show that he, too, was desirous
of resisting thi ' unholy measure."
In this resect did he represent the
views of his d AS --aieritst?
We have now readied the last
point which we shall touch upon at
, this ante, naT ely, his etteedanIce,
Mr. 'Cameron aid :- "He had look-
ed over the joiernals of the House,
• and found_ that, with -the _exception
of Air. McKenzie, who it 'eider of
the Opposition, was bound to be
present, and s few members ! of the
'Government; e had been as regular
,
- in hi a attendance as: anyl other
member."
We have lo
of the House
Mr. Calllerou
rect, .as the
allow :
ked over the learn: ls
also, and 4ind what
says to be f incur -
Rowing table will
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§
• '4 '4
ev.• °
ij
SESSION or • ;•-••
1867 0 17
1869. ... . . „.. 42 21
1870 42
1871 55 31
4 sc a
Psi
g2,si2 a,s-
aa 42-1
C CD
g ''' .. 0 ...
C.
•
• • •
-42 43 42
40 t.) 29
60 17 54
231 44 44
--
193 169
- Total., . .21 111 170
it will be sen from the above
table that during the firat eession ¶f
Mr. Cameron's parti:i Mentary caree
there. were 50 diviaiona /18w s
present and voted on 17, whereas Mk
Bown voted .on .42, Mr. Youeg 4: ,
Mr. Redford 42. In the secamd
year there were 42 divisiOns ; M
Cameron voted On 21 Of these, M
Beaten on 29, Mr. Yopett on 3,
-and RedfOrd On 40. In the'
THE HURON
t ird session, there were 11 divisions,
• aind Mr. Cameron voted on 42, Mr.
own - on 54, Mr. Yonng on 67,
and Mr. Redford on 60. In the
fourth and last session there were 55
divisions, on 31 of which Mr. Cam-
eron voted; Mr. Bown voted im
4, Mr. Yeung on 44, aud Mr. Red -
f rd on 28. It will also be seen
t at theretwere 218 divisions durit g
t e four sessions, and that Mr. Oarn-
et on only voted tsp a very few over
58 divisioris less than Mr. Bown,
t ie half of them. He also voted on
t le lowest of those quoted above.
'he three gentlemen we have taken
f1w comparison, were not selected be-
e tuse they stood the highest, but were
i lerely taken at random on account of
t ieir names being more funiliar to us
t an most others. Mr. Bown,
e pecially, h not noted for his strict
attention to Parliamentary duties,
lalut Mr. Cameron comes mtich lower
than even he. _ ..
There are wany other important
&visions in which Mr. Cameron's
n une does not appear besides those
a hich we have given, but we think
t tat what we have given is sufficient
t justify evely -charge we have
n ade against him. _ In conclusion,
e may say that, if the Reformers of
South Huron are satisfied to allow
t eir representative to pursue such
a course unchecked, then we must
c nfess that they are not hard to
pease.
In order that Mr, Cameron may
not again require to plead lack of
opt ortunity of replying to charges
made against him, we tender him
the.free use of our columns when-
ever he chooses to me them for such
a purpose. .
fir
de
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‘te
Insurance., -
The extraordinary prevalence of
es this season f.tucl the enormous
struction of property which they
tail teach two lessons. _First, they
ch the advisability of extreme
ea Men in the use of thedestroying
el ment , second, the itupetative
dtity of insuring. • Not only should
...
every -property owner be insured,
but he should exercise censiderable
judgement in selectig the Company
in which- he effects a policy. We
refer lour readets to the seventh page
of this paper, wheie they will find a
description of the prompt and
thorough . manner in which the
Beaver Mutual insurance Company
met their immence losses by the
Ottawa fires last year. A good deal
11'34 been said against -the Mutual
Syatern of insuring, but for isolated
farm property, and even for sonte
descriptions of town property, ue
candidly say we would give it the
pr ference to any .other. The con -
du t uf the Beaver Mutual, in re-
spect to the Ottawa fires is certainly
ample guarantee of its soundness,
and the square and honorable way
in -1,vhich it meets its liabilities.
• RailwaT,,, Matters.
Ir. Cordon, President of the
Toionto. Grey and Bruce Railway
Co leany, visited Seafortb on. Fri-
ck, last. When here Mi. Gordon
stated that the e amalgamation ar-
rangement between his Company
and the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway Company had been broken
up. He also stated it to be the
preisent intention of his Company
to ren their road from Mount Forest
to Wroxeter, .and from thence
through the township uf Culross, to
Teeswater, and there to - terufinate
fot a time, The course from Tees -
water has not yet been deoided upon.
The terminus, however, will be
either Kincardine or Southampton.
• The route by way of_Winghate. .has
thria been abandoned.
• We notice that the McGillivray
By-law'granting- a bonus of $15,000
to the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway has been withdrawn, by
ord r of the Secretary ofthe Coin-
•pany. The reason given for the
wilidrawal of the By-law is that an
informality occui4.ed in the date ap-
pointed for the -By-law to come into
effect. The By-law was to have
been votedupon. on the 24th of
October,. and to come into effect oft
the 1st of February,_ whereas ia
shoUld -come into effect within six
weeks after being voted upon. It
is rith er strange that a rale:take of
thi ;kind should occur, especially as
the Solicitor of the Couipany.•draft-
i
ed Ity-law.
'With regiud to the Southern Ex-
,
_tension of the Wellington, Grey and
_BruCe Rail way, the Listowel Barbee/ -
of the 19th inst.. remarks "At a
meeting, last week, of the Board of
Dirawrs of the Wellington, Grey
and Bruce Railway it was. resolved
flirt the Company take upon theni-
selv s the responsibility of securing
the Government bonus, and that the
work of constructing, the Southern
Mania be immediately proeeeded
With - This obviates the necessity
of deputations; from these munici-
palities going to Toronto to inter-
vieve the Goveru toent on the subject
of the bonue„ Engineers were dis-
patched. from Hamilton on Mondev,
and on Tuesday 4r. Ridout and his
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EXPOSITOR.
chief assistant were inthis village,
taking a preliminar, survey Of the
locality and Burro ndiugs. 'From
tc
here they went the ugh Elma and
Grey to Ainleyville A full staff
of working surveyorS will be on the
route in a day or two, and probably
within a week the contract of 'con-
structing the road will be entered
into. It is expected that the line
will cross the Wallace gravel road
a short distance north of the village,
and that the station will probe bly
be located somewhere near Main
street, i4etw6en the Wallace and
Elma gravel road."
NOTES FROM RED RIVER.
The Firta Agricultural Show — Time
Fenian JRaid—Going to the lUrout—
Beira Cheeky Offer.
Correspondence of the _Huron Expositor.
WINNIPEG, Oct. 11, 1871 -
Since I last wrote you, we have
had eventfOl times. We have had
an Agrcultural fairt--•the first in the
Province. We ba.ve had our Fenian
raid, and we have had another in-
stance of the blundering policy of
the Dominion Government in ap-
pointing Archibald as Lieutenant -
Governor of this Province.
With regard to the Agricultural
fair,:it was both a failure and a suc-
cess. The excitement attending a
threatened invasion bursting on our
community a day or two before it
came off, spoiled it to a great ex-
tent. Still the show on the whole
was a good ono, and reflects great
credit on the gentlemen who origin-
ated it, viz., Messrs. Spencer; Brown
and !Lynch. If the people had re-
sponded to their call with as much
earnestness as they dict their work,
the thing would have been a success.
As it was they succeeded in estab
'jelling a Provincial Fair for Mani-
toba, and that is a peat step in ad-
vance. With regard to Some of the
at shown, ..the sp •ing wheat was
equal to anything 1 ever saw in On-.
tario. Vegetables ofall descriptions
were first-class. Mr. MeKenzie, a
Portage La Prairie, showed some
very good imported ?tittle. In the
manufacturing and tmplement de-
partment, there wasi ot much to be
een. Messrs. J. & G. McVick•
being about the only competitors
n .that line. They showed some
•ttapers and mowers, 4, fanning mill,
Otraw and root cuttor, also a very
nice .cutter. In the ladies depart-
inent things looked better. The old
County of Huron got its share of
priees. Mrs. Thomas Laing, late of
the township of Hay, Wilk a num-
ber of prizes, Miss Louisa Miller,
4 little girlof thirteen years of age,
$ook a prize for hcme-made bread.
[low is that for, Huron? Mr.
•,t.i.ng took the prize for brood -mare
nd foal, and for the team of general
urpose horses. Taking the exhibi-
ion as a whole, it was very good
✓ a first; attempt,
The O'Dotohues and O'Neils
• ave made' their raid and burst up '
n the first day or. October.. The
e•utenant-Governor, acting on in-
• t•ma tion from Mr. McM ioken, is -
led a proclamation calling on all
er _Majesty's loyal subjects to
Ily round the old flag. The result
as as. follows: On the following
toruing. the Gazetted Company
nder Captain Kennedy were in the
ort under Bans. The aHudson
ay Company had a Company of 55
en, their own employees, under.
itptain D. A. Smith. Another
ompany of the same strength
tder Captain Bain, and last though
• t least were Captain Mulvey's
ambs, over 100 -strong. During
I e day a detachment of the gazetted
ompany from Mapletot, Captain
eton, arrived also some from St.
ndreWS, but nary a Frenchman
out St. Bouittce. On the sixth of
ctoletw, Capt. Mulvey's Company
aeived their arms at half -past two
• the afternoon, with orders to
; rade for the front at four. Well,
e were there, 73 of us, ready to do
ntuch fighting or running away
any Company under arms. We
oat .c1 the Assiniboine at suntet
d formed on the bank waiting the
ossine of the baggage, and about 8
lock in the morning szkit the order
rward, which was received with a
eer, though the boys by this time
.re wet to the skin. ;We marched
e miles that night and put ap our
ts. Well, _E have I eta out in
ue dark nights, but :I never saw
ything to beat OA. sa man
dking alongside of a Wagon could
t discern the horses ahead of him.
nder the existing state of affairs
u can imagine what kind of a
) tent pitching was. However,
aything went merrY as a mar-
ge bell, and we lay down, not to
ep, but to find out where the dry
Is were. At six next morning
., bugle sounded and we were
•ved out with a good :breakfast of
tea aud bread and some hai d
4. After breakfast,i the fall -in
i tided and away we went singing
d cuesing Red River mud at
eat rate. This brought us to
inking Riv'e', the residence of the
totiaus Fat her Rich ot. We
ayed there till afeernoou waiting
• news from the hone We were
nett by a. party of. scouts,. well
,
/
,
mounted, and well armed under the
command • of Captt Villiers, of the
police force, and composed of sonic
of the first men of the place 1We
'again started mid camped for the
night about four miles hit ther on.
Whulo at Stinking River a 1 aughable
occurrence took place. A fellow
drove up with a cart load of vege-
tables and butter, dec., which be pro-
ceeded to sell to the -boys ata big
advance on cost. They thonght it
was pretty rough on them, so they
trot him coaxed down into the heart
of the camp, and then they, dumped
his load on the ground, picked it up
and sent him home a sadder and
wiser man. Next day we marched
to within four .• or five miles of
Scratching River, when information
was brought that the Finnigans
were non est 2: Ineltha, having been
gobbled up by Uncie Sam. So, to
our 13.0 STlJaIl diS;ZUSt, our noses were
turned homeward, where we arrived
the next day, tired, hungry and dis-
gusted with 4the Finnigans. Rev.
George Young, Wesleyan Methodist
Minister, accompanied us on the ex-
pedition, and performed Divine ser-
vice on-Suuday in camp. He is the
same gentleman who attended Scott
at his last -moments, and in conse-
quence, the buys all go their pile on
Mtn.
While we were away to the front,
who should make his appearance in
St. Boniface, but Louis Riel, at the
head of about one hunir men,
offering service to the Governmeet
and asking for arms. This waii
when everything was over, and his
honor'Goveinor Archibald, as in
duty bound, dressed the river and
after shaking hands with the arch -
rebel, thanked him for his offei. and.
said that if there was any necessity
• for reinforcements tliey should get
the chance. Such are the thanks
that the Canadians here get after
responding to his call for help in the
manner they did. The motuent
their backs weie turned, GOYertlOr
Archibald fraternizes with their op-
ponents, who never showed their
faces till all danger of a collision
was over. Such is his policy, and
the result is that there is not a Ca-
nadian in the Country, outside of
those actuated by selfish motives or
through their connections with the
GOTWIlment, but feels the* greatest
contempt for the man who rules
over us, and the murmuring at his
continuance inoffice is becoming
both loud and deep. I think that
if John A. has any regard for his
honor's safety, he had better remove
him, or else tell him to change his
taetiCf3.
1 ani glad to say that Mr. Luxton,
has recovered from his recent illness,
nd ia round amongst us again.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The investigation of the Tammany
frauds, in New York, has been
wholly given to Charles O'Conor,
who, with his assistants will thor-
oughly probe the matter to the
bottom, and at the proper time take
such action in the name of the At-
torney -General as may be deemed
most expedient to serve the ends of
justice. There will be no criminal
arrests. The suits brought by Mr.
O'Conot• will be civil ones, and will
come either before- the Supreme
Court or the Court of Common
Pleas.
The cardinals have held a meeting
at Rome, and advised the Pope to
quit the city and preeeevehis spiritu-
al independence. The Pope, it is
said, has almost made up his mind
to depart at the time of the convoca-
tion of the Italian Parliament.
The Tinglieh papers announce a
strike of all' bands in the woollen
trade, nnalberipg, 14,500, for an ad-
vance of 10 to 15 per cent. in wages.
An early settlement of the dispute
WitS, however, •probable.
Te high winds of last week, re-
• stilted ill 4, number of disastefe on
the lakes. A dispatch from South-
hampton says 200 barrels of flour
were washed ashore in this vicinity.
Four steamers took refuge in our
harbor and rode out the gale safely.
The Lafette, of Huron, was towed
into the. harbor yesterday- waterlog-
ged. She had lost nearly all her
canvas and only her main mast was
standing: A alarm was washed
ashore yesterday along with what
seemed to be part of the upper deck
of a steamer. I have just heard that
the tug Doty is scuttled inside the
main station.
Thirteen young men, ministers of
the Wesleyan Methodist Chnrch,
CAME out in the Austrian, to Had- rli
fax, this week, to be located in the • th
Lower Provinces.
New York subscription8 for Chi-
cago, relief footed up to $3,000,000
on the 19th. The Forest Fire Fated,
as it is called, for the relief of the
people of the devastated lumber re-
gions in Michigan and Wisconsin is.also being'beavily subscribed to.
Latest advices from Veneznela
state that the revolution continues
theta in full vigor. The rebels re-
tain possession of the seaport of Ciu
dad Bolivar, and have imposed a
contribution of $100,000 on the in-
habitants. kirom that place they
,
OCT. 27 J71.
ere marching on Barcelona. Presi:-
d nt Guzman Blanco was actively
r ising forces.- to quell the revolt,
a id had gone eo Valencia to organ-
' treops. His -war steamers were
a. sem.; ing at Puerto Cabello, and
I. rge armaments were , in course of
t'•eparatiou.- It is anticipated that
at,
e •campaign -thus opened will be-
li tal and close the struggle. The
p isons are •crowded with political
p isoners, and it is stated that the -
Government is disposed to rule with
irPn• barity,
Haggarty
murderer Curtin,
and who wits sentenced last week to -
years in the Provincial Peni-
tentiary, and wile to have been tak-
e to Kingston on Monday, com-
m1itt!e
ed suicide in his cell on Sunday-
,
night. - by strapgling himself with
a sheet of hibed, which he hell
twisted in the shape of a rope. The
gaol surgeon says he was perfectly
sane. .
The communi4s are bolding an
I ternational colt., en tion at Geneva,
hit• it is insignificant in attendance.
e,
rhaps in view of the resolution of
the German Emperoes to crueli_ the
organization, it la not thought de-
• sirable to attract much notice.
• A Madrid jout tilt1 announcethe
fa lure of the attempt to form' a
alition Miniety composed Of Sa-
• aasfa and Zorilla with theii adher
ei ts. The present - Government is.
v ry • weak evidently,. and another
• cr sis may Ile expected before long.
The forest fires in the neighbor-
od of Chatham and Watford have
h en unusually destructive, owing
to a drought exiend'ug`over a period,
.of fallY two months. The latter
pi ce had a desperate struggle on_
8 turday night a -id • &limey with.
th all-devottring flames, witich
w re finally beaten off. The dis-
.0trf .cwtatbeer.
twean Chatham and • Lake
E ie is suffering severely for want
The Ottawa Times of the 24tn
sa• s: 'Fourteen days from Coiling-
.
W eod to, Fort Garry, by the Dawson
ro d, is the time assigned by experts-
fo the passage of the military expe-
di ion. If they pass thiough in that
1-9 it will be conclusive evidence.
of he excellence of the Much abused
wson route. A day or twornt lit be allowed for bad weather,
alt lough the prbSpect at present is
th
t the time will be oracle.
righata is sorely tried in his old
tvz He has been again brought in-
-to onrt to answer the chat ees pre-
fer: ed against him by one who was
on e of the faithful, but Who is now
an " apostate" in his estimation. It;
ap ears that some yeare ago a :con-
sid rable sum of money was placed
in he Great Polygamist's safe keep.
Mg for the benefit of Mrs. Cook,
an with his contempt for . woman's.
rig te and loose ideas of mine and
thi e, be used the capital •for his -
ow benefit. Action is now taken.
to• ake him disgeige. The ease ex--
cit general interest in Mormondowe
as i s resulte may induce Mrs. Brig -
ha No One to -tante into court as:
pro ecutor of her husband fel: adult-
ery. She would be further strength-
ene I in such a • course by the fact
tint the women of Utah have pre -
sen ed a petition fifty feet long to. 'W
Pre ent Grant calling upon him.
to• emove polygamy. This f)lio-ws,
tha they, too, ore determined to.
ass'. t in the removal of the blot
upo the fair name of the Western
Sta. es.
wen Sound is exerting itself' lohav new WA.ter works, as au_preSent
it i ebnost defenseless against
larg fire.
I is Lordship the Bishop of Hur-
on eld a Confirmatica Service in
Tils nburgh en Tuesday _Morning
last, when. thirty-four persous pre-
8ent d themselves to receive the.
Rit among whom were a number ,
of mateied persons
De it of Charles Babbage, the,
• Mathematician
A cable telegram annonuces the
deat at the age of seventy-eeventf-
Cha les Babbage, the illustrious
mat ematician and philosophical
Med anist, whose lamors in these
dep rtmente of science have been of
grea value, and have wade his name.
cele rated. Babbage was educated
et inity College, Cambridge, axat
findi g in the course of bis studies
that the logarithmic tables then in
use ere extremerv defective, be de-
term'ned to impreete and, if possiblee
mak them yeifect. For this pur-
pose he spent a gmat deal of time in
vuri us plaees OD. the Continent,
ell as in England. celebrated Threel hie labor, in. oder to ascertain
ea mechanie:31 for uncei tain in-
.i_ossibility of substituting un-
rrintelle •tual processes -in the prepara-
tion of logarithutic table's. After
man years' work the machine was
part] constructed, and was found to
Work s itisfactorily. •A table of
logar thins, from 1 to 108,000, was
at on e prepared, and was well re-
ceived in all parts of Europe: From
1828 to 1839 Mr. Babbage OCCUpied
the o lair at Mathernatica.1 Pt ofeseor
at C mbridge, once filled by Sir
Isaac • Newton. He wrote more -
than .qghty works on inathematicalt
andl echanical.eubjects.,
ett
1,
• Opening the iqortht
tecent editorial in ti:
eives 7some -figaree indu
that dr r et
4 it
progress
erican enterpriseeattV Vol
a4fic Railroad. 'Ou the 1
1870, the. cow/en-1Y
through .an unbroken
west of Lake Superiot.
fertile lands wetc of, the
have been retched" The_
eompleted to ttliez Red 1
three bailee of irikk per eV
put down' by the traek-fai
Novernl.er the ears e
ning 250 miles aeross
Minnesota. • A eontract,
(rinsed for the ,comp!etion
• between the Red River
Missouri, 200 miles, ln
July next.- The opening.
vision is e.xpected to give
the nainieg business ef
which alt-eely., remote a
duces a greater amount
ailver than 7,1 V -0 ther Stal
tory in the Unien. thin
on• the -eastern alope are I
ed ferwerd. Mean tinh,,
vac slope 65 miles is
etruetion„ upon whicht
lain Lid. It is ,expeett-0
in two _years from the
the work„—that
1872 -the ,eorporaCitni
•1'0111Dieted irt all no -leee
Inil,es of railway:
The great results at ntl
terprise aims, it is haa-Il•yi
:tell our readers. Vast
-kountry, -of great and ea4
ere to he opened ; a. new
tinental route is to he
for which a gain of fit;
• miles in dietance, comp
rivals, is claimed '• and
is to be establisliect itt
tween the old Orient an
Occident. The vigoi •
the, work is being pus
coramensurate with• the
and -difficulty Of the nudi
• breat Wesv..rn.
Upon the annonn.eu
made ill the Stock E
London that the Grett
Railway Company woni
dividend at the rate ,of
per atitanne the ate& ii
. advanced to 120 5e.
Western 'stock is X20 1
ithastcuchedpae within
• The gradual advance of
• the secerities of the coin
• to the increasing traffic,
• mixable condition of the
way, and the activity an
mess of the nian4gemen
since the stoele.as
from siney to seventy. c
dollar. The adoption
gauge, 4 feet Si incbea
5 feet 6 inches, thus e
VATS of the New York
14.1r=te Roads to pass ove
Wfstern rails,, was
point in the eemnierce
the company. 'We con,
management upon the c
atitn<lizfcr the hie
the new Oiler of -th
must be as gratifying to
as it will be to the
The road hicS this sum
been_ placed ire the in
order ; new des ha
where needed throrghoi
AllA about seveky
English steel rails have
upon the heavy grades.
plenty on every Seed
worn tails ; and activt
and complet organizatt
every portiou Of the et
fairs from t4 Manag
the humblest einpl oye..
a record, the 1Canadil
eud leading o*ials ha
P.A. lands,hle idegree
we feei sure tinict the p
• glad to recognite: so sa
exhibit as is shiown to
-don, Free Pres81
Ireland ie nqt act nal
hat would like to he.
a, was retli,ined to
from Limerick, withou
• 4;fs anativocate for the
Mr. Oladstone met th
his; speech at Aberdee
that he should 'be hPi
the matter with :Ain
• House, but that, wba
• ments mightb, the
tt, fixed fact, and code
unshed. It in#st and
served. So
•A hist a. foregone co
Nationalist pat;ers are
• in de/lot-m.6114r f this "
war against flatland,"
Nays says 7.
• " A Seota attdien
• first to hear from M
lips the declarations
him as the enemy of
Ireland. Bitter, u
mall:ions, his speeeh
as a certain indication
at least, the people of
look neither for sym
tee, and 'that the BOO
UV their minds t tiro,Ta
• less opponent the be
we accept the c.nid
upon us, and the
Ylot ebrink from the
• entails. Fr= this
