The Huron Expositor, 1872-02-09, Page 4p
HURON EXPOSITOR.
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FRIDAY F• EI3 .6 18/2
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The .A.rbitration Likely to be a
Failure.
From the Eueopeara dispatches Of
th -past Week, it would appear that.
there is an extreme probability that
the Joint High COmrnission..A.rbitra-
tion, now in session - at Geneva, to
adjpst.the 'difficulties between Great.
Britaie.and the United States will
be -broken.up, It appears that the
United States .Government haspia
in claims for indirect damages re-
.
seltingfroin sailing of Confederate
croisers, the declaration ,of • belli-
ergency, and so forth. ' _Thus, they
claim the War .with the SoUth was
pro'emeed a year or two, by the ac-
tion of Great Iiritain in these mat-
ters, and they aceordingly put down
in their little' bill of costs the ex-
pense of cariyin'i on the . war for
that time, and .present it: to the
Arbitrat;on. The EnglishiGovern-
ment holds, ora the other iband, as
they have set forth in the'. Qaeen's
Speech at the. smarting of. Parlia-
o naent, that .the claims .presented by.
the -United'States .were not under-
stood to be within the province of
- the Arbitration, end have communi-
cated this opiniOn to the Govern-
ment -a Washingten. -President
Grant, it is asserted, Will insist' that
all,claitns already entered ,shall be
maiptabied,sand that it must rest
with the Arbitration to . decide
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whether, these cleims are valid oi
not. The expressions of the Press.
on either side are extremely violent,
_and if they are to be taken. as a
eriterion, of the feeling of the peoples
they represent, an agreement or
compleimise can hardly be arrived at
-
seems now -exceedingly -.likely
that the labors of:the risuch-eelebrat-
-ed Joint' High 'Commission will.
through this want of &Leal; ander-
standing as to the limit of the
- claims,- result only in a •blurider,.andi
that_ the " out -standing difficulties')
will remain as thei were..
Iron and Hardware. .
We learn that considerable dis-
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satisfaction exists.among fermers on
eaccount a the attempt which is now
being made by the Blacksmiths and
Wagon -makers of this Ceti:eV to.
form an amalgamation, and make a
general raise in. 'prices. As a rule
we do not apprioe of amalgamations
of this -kind, awe believe -that a
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fair and healthy 'competition 18the
life of trade. But under certain
_ „-
circumstances, and at certain times,
wheni competition gains such a pitch.
as to'endatiger she interests of trade.
it is necessary that it should, for
time at least, be restrained. The
case in point is certainly one which
comes under this head. Heretofore,
our -Blacksmiths and Wagon -makers,
owing to the amount of competition
existing were corepelled to do . work
at the very lowest living advance on.
cost. Recently, however, a very
material advance has taken Place In
the priee of thel raw 'material, FIO
that these mechanics could not de
work at the sameprices as formerly,
;without doing it at a loss. They
deemed it necessary therefore, in
raising their prices- to'a remunera-
tive _figure, to have a uniform. scale
of eherges, and the only mode to
obtain this was to form anarnalga-
'mation speh as that which is antiei-
pates'. If the tariff of eliarges.,hgreed
upon were exorbitant, then farmers
and the. general public would have
just' caise for complaint; but as it
can., easily be • proven- that,. lowing
to the advance price oftli!e raw
material, the proflats Under the new
tariff will not be greeter than under
the old, we cannot see that, there is
any just cause for coniplaint In
erder to give our ;readers sortie idea
of the real advance in prices of iron
1 and hardware 'which has recently
taken place, esc pelslish below an
extract from a •trade circular fur-
nished by one of the* principal(
wholesale houses in Montreal to an -
iron and hardware dealer of this
place. This circular say •
`` Since our last repv cable messages
k have reached_ Montr6a1 announcineban-
other advance of 20s. per ton on. alldes-
Criptiorts of manufactured Iron in -Eng-
land with a probability of • Still higher
rates ere long, as the ma -kers were Crowd-
ed with. orders,.. sufficient to keep them
fully odcupied for six months ahead. •:
"These continued advances ha,ve at
length produced similar results here, and
importers have been forced to mark up
prices on almost all descriptioni of _Iron
and. „heavy' hardware. It is now dis-
covered that Stocks are lighter than an-
ticipated, and the demand beieglarger
than liana some anxiety is being felt as
to the future. la view- of this state of
our market, no reduetions need be look-
ed for during the next six months. .Busi-
ness meu are very hopeful and the pros7
pects for the future are most encouraging.
"It is to be hoped. prices will not be
forced up any highd in England, lest
the future prospects ofthe Iron Trade be
imperilled thereby, and foreign conapetie
tion spring up, thus producing a new
element of discord Within. fourpnonths
the price of Ordinary quality ofeBar Iron
has adkanced over 50 per cent, and all
other staples in proPortion. Therefore,
great caution ought to charaOterize, ope-
rations, as it is a well established fact
that high pr oes Always decrease con-
sumption, an increase production."
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Novels.
Ever sirpe the publication o
Samuel Ri hardsoia's Pamela, th
mother ofTn6derkt Novels, the de
.rnend for ihat eiciting, species o
literature . has steadily increased.
The arrouti of mental pabulum i
the shape of lkovels now devoure
by that -hydra-headed monSter, th
reading public, is almost beyond hon
ception. •'Gieat -as ihe demand is,
1
the supplyi
' s fully equal tte it, and it
almest makes one' s- head dizzy to
think of tli ten thousand - brilliant
pensconstantly employed in cover-
ing acres of.paper with the affecting,
harrowing or amusing narratives
that tickle the heartstrings of the
hovel -reader. Stories of every name
and class come itrooping from the
Presa in endless profusion, often in
pairs, or dotible vanities, like the
feoMf. Noah's. ark. Stori
Of love; 'murder, war, religiou
'cOnneercial, -professional . stories
Itories of t e street, -the sea, th
farm stor es of •: 'clergymen, of
thieves, of 1 idians, bear stories,do
stoti-es, fish atoriek ; stones
biograp icai, politieaf; stories
to -44, rrow, and forever, un-
til, giving u, the hopeless task of
enumratthg them, we exclaim "of
•th e making of these books there is
no end," •
The cam of the prevalence Of
noyel-rea,die f is easily foimd. L The
loveofnarr ttave is •inherent in hu-
man nature;and aniong. the earliest.
effi4ts of th ' intellect 'Of man CIS
the inventi0n of stories. °The pos-
session of this facalty, together with
the diffusion of learning and the
marvelous cheapness of modern
bookenakieg, is quite sufficient to
accou:nt for the rapid spkead of light
literature' in this century The
Novels therefore, is quite nattlyai in
its origin, an0,_ considered abstractly,
it is by no means a product of hu -
Mart depravity, as many persons
Seethite think. Without doubt, it
is :Am made an instrument of evil,
but that is no proof that it is .essen-
tialli, bo in itaelf. The Novel ia
in nieny cesesa powerful instrument
for good, and we believe it has done
mitck in the hands of good men to
elevate the tone of 'society, Since
Divine truth was imparted in the
form of parables or stories, the -same.
method has been oresorted to by
many wise and true men, who Ile -
sired to imfirove mankind as well as
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to please them., The story is espee-
ially pseftil i. conununicating in -
stiction to the young, and implant-.
leg in their Minds a taste for read-
ing; -Even the dry facts of science,
to saY nothing of history. and biog.
replay, when presented in the form
of a story, sprinkled -with the spice of
edventure, may be made quite ac-
cePtahleto the Youthful appetite.
COmmencing With materiel so pre-
pared, childre%.mey be led on until
they can. sit dowreto the perusal of a
book ,of solid information with ap-
preeiative interest; whereas, if such
had been presented to them at first;
they would have turned from- it in
disgust: •
But, unfortunately, thereis a class
Of -Novels in wide eirculation, about
which nothing good can be said. Ai
great many of the kind to which we
refer appear as serial stories in oar
_periodicals, which are scattered' so
proftisely.arnong the people- th‘t if
is scarcely possible to keep thea
fromethe hands of the young. The
reeding of these abominable produc-
tions; which have been. called "the
bad tobacco -of the mind," we testard
as- a rnuiai diiSease, more contagions
than: 'Asiatic cholera„ and more dead-
ly to the mind than the. worst form
of small-poxlis to the body. These
stocies fill . the imaginations of the
ybling with "uncleanly apprelien-
sions,'. which stiek to them like
vampires, and areuse -unholy desires
which' barn I lie coals -of fire.
. _Let, us ana yze the effect of sach
re'iding on a outhful character: We
shall -auppoS that a welt -meaning
fatherpurcha es such a book through
ignorance 01 thoughtlessness, and
places' it witl in reach of his dangh-:
• ter, just ope ing into wipmaiahood.
The painted over or high-sounding
-title attracts ier eye.' She opens it
•and is soOn absorbed in its contents.
Becoraine identified with the "hero-
ine" of die stbry, she experiences in
imagination 11thetrials and teinp-
tationa of t questionable person,
age, and, if the book is of the worst
:character, sh is introduced into the
society of f• seinating and aecorn-
.s, and dragged,. by the
f the writer, through
very species of moral
In imagination she
scenes of self-aban-
plished villai
ganiuS
the mire of
degradation.
participates i
donment a,nd debauchery which her
fatherlwould shudder even to name
in her hearin Can it be believed
that she ris ,s from the perusal of
that book the same pure -minded vir-
tuous girl sh was before? Can it
be denied th t she has suffered an
injury that c' n never be repaid ?—
that she has Jost that virgin tufty.
i -
of min which
charm of the
which,. ike the
flower, nce los
stored? True,
yet _bee i. done
a,gined but it
that ba deeds,.
ment of bad th,o
have beensow
favorable( oppor
• in the 4orni of b
girl sh ald, by
duct bring the
• cheek f her f
Ems& to blam
parent vho ha
• the tei der mer
ch ea p o v el s.
• . Som person
the writing ef
ground that th
as it ea4v e
• quentii, instru
that th artist
the filt 1 of low
deserve to be c
Wens • 'nd-- de,
over t ese deg
tharee pose th
and es )ecially
young nd ipie
who h ve ttrIn
of Belitl at the
olenee hould
as to what thei
cept when inf
for a specific
clans, t ey sho
on th human
their u
Bat
pure al
fbre th
not be
mit the
Who at
one of
The sa.,
'do Mlle
ple. I
tever,ion.b '
not me
.burned,
• case undei. con
effect o
• express
" Vice i
That to
But seen
We -first '
woTrshat
t
in false
as the f
- of Muc
ple wh9
them e
• ewivethtdh
rya
in meg nation
circles f society
the N velist, s
that th
on this
are un
forms the peculiar
virtuous maid, and
downy gloss of the
can.• never be re -
°thing wicked has
y -merely im-
ust be remembered
ye but a develop -
1014, and the seeds
which, on the alit
unity, will spring up
ctual vice. If that
er su.bsequent con
lush of shame to the
ther, he will have
, for woe be to the
S'over his child to
ies of the writer of
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attempt to justify
such boplas on the
y depict human life
ists, and are, eonse-
tiye. We answer
vlio searches among
life' for, his subjects
ndemned.. The vir-
ires to skew a veil
-aded scenes, rather
m to pablic• view,
o the view of the
perienced. Persons
x with the children
all of duty or benev-
eep their lips sealed
- eyes have seen, ex-
,
rniation is required
bj'ect. Like physi-
Id preserve silence.
frailty exposed to
willing eaze.
t has been said that "to the
things re pure," and there-
readin of 'such books can -
injurious. We readily ad -
troth o the adage, but ask,
e the p re Certainly, not
s enclants of Adam.
ed has been made to
-vice by foolish peo-
elv a fallacy, how -
on a false assump-
proveeb "-You can -
fire without being
applicable to the
ideration and the
inhale y with evil are well
d in the well-known lines:
a monst of such horrid mien
e dreade , needs but to be seen,
too eft, f miller with. its face,
• ndure,th n pity,then embrace."
large el ss' of novels whose
an is bat they depict life
olors ti ough not so baneful
regoing are yet productive
mischi f. The young peo-
are so u fortunate as to read
tensivel become dissatisfied
plain nvarnished, facts of
life. hey have so often
oved in the highest
Bedell- created by
excessively refined
ir origi als cannot be found
ide of t e moon—that they
t to ass ciate with mortals
the d
ing q
bad
is
itig b• se
he old
die wit
'is Mor
oI
se
If
1
made of common, clay. So frequent -
ave they in fancy been the
happy possessors of enormous wealth,
great personal attractions and bril-
liant intellect tiat it is no wonder
they become disgusted with the
meagre gifts which nature, more
sparing thin' the novel -writer, has
endowed them with. The company
of young pers'ons whose characters
have been *thus distorted is a severe
infliction to people of common sense.
Their ignorance of real life, and
their silly, tl,va.ddle about the last
novel...show them to be artificial
, .
'fools of the most hopeless kind. The
society of natural-born idiots is re•-
reshing in comparison.
The Lo don,' Huron and Bruce
. It i • now so long since we
have roe, or written about the Lon- ,
don, 11 iron and Bruce Railway;
that we have almost forgotten that
such a s'leeme had at one time agi-
tated th public mind. The subject
has agai been brought under notice
p ragraph which appeared in
one oft i e Loud n papers a few'days
ago, de lying a report which had
gained 6 menu n some parts, to the
eat Western Rail -
effect th tt the -G
• Way Company
arrangements to
and carry :it th
first heard this
hopes that it wo
and were much d
from the paragra
the,Dir ctors of
woijijd c nsent
m eia L fe NV
the new. reache
• lington, Gtey an
had carried the
North, and had t
the -London. Con pany out of that
teiiitoi'j, we we e honest enough to
state inly to ur readers that the.
London read, i rider the circum -
hen exi
'
0ere about makitg
ake the scheme. up
'eagle,. When we
umor we were in
eld prove correct,
sappeinted to learn
referred to, that
lie London scheete
• no isuch arrrnge-
Onths ago,' when
us that the :Wel- I
Bruce Company
r bonuses in the I.
us practicahy shut
stance tint,' could not be
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built. e alsoave figures co back
upthisj osition. For making this
stateine1 t we w re soundly abused
by many friends of the scheme who
were more sanguine than we were,
although, perhap they had not de-
voted to the sul ject the study and
thought which ve had., We ere
willing now, to let circumstances
which h ve sins arisea in connec-
tion wit1i that enterprise, determine
ho -vi near we were right in the
statement which we then made.
ISnifice it on this point to say, that
several of those who, at thalt time
were most severe upon us, have had
the honesty and fairness to come
forward and frankly ack rid wledge
that they now see they wer� wrong,
gaid we were right.
The opinion we then. held, we
still hold. We believe; that the
London; Huron and Bruce Railway
Company, unaided • by a- power
stronger than themselves, can never
carry out their scheme to successful
completion. Indeed, we doebt much
if they can even make a commence-
ment. The only way in which it
can be made a success, is to allow -
the Great Western Company to take
it in hand. Let that Company take
the bonuses which have already- been
granted, and which would hereafter
be granted, build the road? and run
it as a branch of their own, as they
now_ do the Wellington, Grey and
Bruce road. lf an arrangement Of
this kind could be effected, it would
ensure the permanent success of tie
Scheme, and would give the people
along the route of the road infinite-
ly superior advantages t� what
could possibly be offered by
an independent, • but • weak
and crippled company,. such
as the • London, Huron' and
Bruce Company could scarcely avoid
being, let their prospects be ever so
good. We understand that certain
officials of the Great -Western have
unofficially signified their willing-
ness to enter into • an arrangement
of this kind, and we are sorry to
learn, from the paragraph already
referred to, that all advances vsith
such an object in view have been re-
jected by the London Directora.
arrangement -of the kind indicat-
ed would not perhaps so well grati-
fy the ambition and flatter the 1 anity
of some of the Loudon people, as
the other, if it could be carried out,
• but it would certainly better serve
the rural municipalities, who, after
all, are required to contribute the
bulk of the funds. So far 25 the
people of London are concerned it
will ultimately be "Hobson's choice"
with them. They will either have
to htunble their pride, and come
under the wing of the Great West-
ern, or entirely and forever abandon
their scheme. If they agree to the
former, wehave no hesitation in
predicting for their enterprise *suc-
cess. • We cannot, therefore, help
feeling that it is a pity—a great
pity—that an midertaking which
would be of such immense lienefit to
the country, should be obstructed
and defeated through the stubborn-
ness of a few individuals.
The Financial Statement
On Wednesday night last, Mr.
Mackenzie, Provincial Treasurer, de-
livered his statement of the position
of the finances of the Province, and
iso submitted for the consideiation
and approval of the House the esti-
mates for the cm-reat year. It is
almost needless to say that the
statement, was made in a most able
and explicit menner. The following
is a statement of the, estimated pub-
lic revenue of the Province for thp
current Year. We have-not time
this Week to refer to the
estimated expenditure, but will
do so at anther acne : "The
cash balance - in. the Treasury
on the 31st December, 1871,
amounted to 8172,935 84, The in-
terest on investments is calculated
as likely to reach $206,235. • The
Crown Lands Department i. expect-
ed to yield • $906,817 04. „i From
the Municipalities. Fund 840,000
•may be anticipated, and $59,000
from tavern. licenses. Then the
items constituting casual revenue
should yield 20,200,8the _Algoma
Land Tax, $Q000; Law Stamps,
$78,000; the Education Office, $46,-
000 ; Public Institutions, $25,00O,
the Subsidy, less interest on the
debt, 8905,206 14; Interest on
Special Funds from_ the Dominion
Government, $149,694 27, Mar-
ria.sre Licenses, 35,000,$Common
Scriool Lands Fund, 877,343 70;
and Municipalities Fund, $70,5G-7.-
70: making a total of$2,796,999.69.
AIM
London Railway Debentures.
Some time ago" the city of Ifonddn
granted a bonus of $100,000 to aid
in the construction of the LOndon,
Huron. and Bruce Railway. .1)t.lring
the late railway campaign through-
out this County, it was alleged that
the London debentureagnaranteeing
this amount would sell at from 85
cents to 90 cents on the dollar. It
now turiis out, however, that they
cannot be sold at all.- • It seems that
the indebtedness of the city to the
Municipal Loser Fund is so great
that the Government objects to
further liabilities being incurred, un-
til some of this indebtedness is wiped
out. An order was therefore issued
by the Government forbidding the
corporation placing these debentures
in the market. But in order to
overconae this difficulty, we notice
that Mr. Carlin& has introduced a
•
Bill into the Ontario Legislatere
empovoring the Corporation to issue
these debentures. . Whether or not
this Bill will be granted by the
LegiSlature we cannot say. We
should think, however, that under
tqe circumatances, it is rather doubt-
ful. When , the Government con-
sidered it prudent to restrain the
issue of the debentures, owing to the
existing liabilities of the city, it is
• settacely probable that they will al-
low the House to conap.el them to
reverse their decision. It would
seem by this revelation, that the
ambition of the city is considerably
ittidvance of its ability.
.innewww,••••
- Another Railway for Huron.
As will be seen from the mention
• made itt other columna of the rail-
way meeting held here on Wednes-
day night last, there is anoti‘r. rail-
way scheme on the carpet for Huron.
'Owing to so mach of our space
ing taken taken up with other matter this
weekr_we have no room to refer to
this scheme at length. We trust,
however; that those who have taken
it up will push it forward, and if put
on a proper basis it will receive our
hearty support. If such a scheme
can be carried out, and tbe Great
Western can be induced to take hold -
.of it, there is no doubt but it will
be of the greatest ativatage to the
country through which it will pass,
and will, ,we feel confident, receive
hearty support and encouragement
from the people. Any slime
which will lead to active carrying
competition between two such !pow-
erful railway institutions as the
G -rand Trunk and *Great Western
cannot but be of untold benefit to
the countiy concerned.
FROM TORONTO.
• FrOM Our Own Correspondent.
Tonarro, Feb. Sth, 1872.
Mr M 0 Cameron seems bound
to make good his declaration of ad-
miration Of the old Family Com-
pact. ,When Mr. Blake's bill to
further secure the •independence of
Parliament was before the House,
that gentleman made a proposition
which startled even his Tory friends.
and made some people doubt if -they
really did live in the nineteenth
century. Mr. Blake had moved to
limit the number of Executive
-Councillors to six. The Confedera-
tion Act gives the Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor power to call to his Council as
many advisers as he. pleased. Both
Sides of the -House including Mr.
Cameron,' admitted that. • The ob-
jection. Mr. Cameron took was that
the Lieutenant -Governor had in-
creased the number of the Council
upon the advice of Mr. Blake alone.
Mr. Blake met this objection by
stating that 'His Excellency made
the increase upon.. the advice .of •a
full Council, as the order in Council
would show., But this was not the
point upon which Mr. Cameron.
took his stand. He. moved. an
amendment to- Mr. Blake's Motion
that the Lieutenant -Governor be
not linaited as to the number of his
Council, but that if he at one time
called. to Ms Council gentleinen in
addition to the five that held depart-
ments under the Confederation Act,
• such gentlemen should not hold
seats in the Legislature. • In other
words, His Excellency might be ad-
vised by any number of persons who
-not only do not hold seats but who
could not possibly hold seats in
the Legislature, and therefore
would be responsible to 'nobody.
Mr. Cameron in his speech went
even further, and declar9-I it, might
be useful under certain eireu m stances
for His Excellency to Call to his
Council persona hostile to his
Cabinet who must of necessity be
supported by a majority of the !peo-
ple's representatives. This was a-
direct- proposition to return t� ir-
responsible government, , and of
course was scouted by both sides of
the House. •Even Mr. Laudeli could
not stand it ; nor Mr. Tom Fergu-
son ; nor Mr. Cumberland. - 'Mr.
Cameron, however, persisted in his
motion, and the House dividin upon
he found only four memb;r4 tc
support. him. The distingeished
Five who voted for a return tie irre-
sponsible government, -were Cam.er-
on, H. S. Macdonald, Carling, Cal-
vin and Monteith.
It was expected that Mr. _Jac
kenzie would make his fina ciai
statement on Tuesday evening, but
there being a delay in the pri rtng
of the estimates he postponed i • till
Wednesday evening. PONTIAC.
1111111:11MMI
NEWS OF THE "WEEK
The Prince of Wales was able to
attend church on Sunday.
The trains on the Pacific Railway
are still snowed up. •Some passe:11w
ers have now been about twenty
days on the route, and provisions
with them are getting scarce.
• Mayor Hall has been indicted by
the Grand Jury of New York for
signing warrants for the payment of
fraudulent bill's. •
An unsuccessful attempt was
made, on Monday night, to assassi-
nate Thiers. • He was fired at, but
-ishe ball missed -him, and the would -
ib. ce priaset as srts, that
inai at ensl c::: f li...1,e10. ipn. ) ,
!e8ptearretl°ft0F;a7etea
Germany. half a . milliard — over
$100,000, 000—of the war in i emei.
ty,,, which. i&due on the lst of May.
The report of the Chicago Relief
Committee shows that the total re-
ceipts from Canada were about
$175,000, - The :total amo'unt ex..
pended up to the 9th of January
was $1,573,639; the amount receiv-
ed from all'sourcesis not stated.
The number of persons now reedy -
i 1 gaid 18 a ,I 9n '895 .
The 0ada
Southern. Railway
hisve now a; Bill before the Ontario
Parliament asking for power to the
company to build a branch line from,
some point in the township of
Enniskillen to some point en the
St. Clair River in the • township of
Sarnia, and. from some point in Coma-
ty of Kent to Chatham, and from
sonae point hi the County of Elg,ie
to London, and from some point in
the County of Norfolk to Wood..
stock,
3ar.
Daniel McLachlan, fermerly
a member of she old Canadian Legis-
lature, died at his residence at
Arnprior on Monday morning. Be
was an extensive lumber merchant,
and a director of the Ottawa and
Vrescott Railway Company, and
Vice -Chairman of the Ottawa. As-
soeiation of Lumber Manufacturers.
He represented Ottawa, then By -
town, in the old: Legislature frora
1851 to 1854, and - in 1861 wA
eleCted for South Renfrew over Mr.
It it'SitThe.Amlanhitoba, GoVernment,: after
resenting in high bindignationLthe
proposition of the ontarJo egisla-
tire that steps should be taken to
bring the murdererof Thomas
Scott to justice, have, upon reflec-
tion, seen fit' to make some move irt '.
the matter themselvea. One of their
supporters, Me„ Donald A'. Smith, :
moved, on Monday last, a resolution
setting for th ,. that the .• Impend
autheritie,s alone had criminsl juris-
diction in the North-west prior to
the uniOn with Canada, and propos-
ing to ask them what they had done
or intended to do itt reference to
the vindication- of justice in- those
territories before that time. Both --
sides of the House supported' the re-
solution and it was accordingly car-
ried unanimously..
/ ,41118.
Opening of Parliament and the
Queen's Speech. '
The ,session of Parlia0enti iras
opened on Tuesday, 6th inst ehe
Royal speech begins with thaiak1 to -
.God for the'recovery of the P ce
of Wales, and gratitude for, he
Eympathy of the people. The re-
lations with foreign. Powers re
friendly, and . in all respects satis-
factory. A. bill will be presort ed.
to check the slave trade in Polyne-
sia, which is severely • denoun ecl.
The efforts to secure the continua
of the commercialtreaty
France, have So far not succeeded, ,
but negotiationsare still pending.",
The following reference is made
with regarrd to the Alabama claims: t
"The Arbitrators appointed 'fur -
silent to the Treaty,- of Washing n,
for the purpose of amicably settl g
the Alabama claims'have held t eir
first meeting at Geneva. 1Jase0
were laid before the Arbitrators OIL
behalf of each party to the rt -e ty.-
Iri the case so subnaitted by Ara ri-
ce large claims were included whfreh
• were understood en'ray part not to
be within the province of the A hi-
trators. On this subject 1 h Ve
caused a friendly communication to
be made to the, Government of he
United States." Nothing filet ter
is said in regard...to the Alaba na
claims, but in regard to - ot ier
• provisions of theTr&ity-of Was 's
ton, it is stated that the Emperoi of
Germany has accepted the arbitra or -
ship of dispute in regard to the 4aa
Jaen. boundary, and cases are n vi
pieparing for' vreeentation1 he
mixed Commission:appointed under
the Treaty -is also ila session. 0110
portion of the Treaty yet requires
the consent of the Canadian Parlia-
ment. The -condition of Ireland *
improving, morally and materi4y.
Crime and pauperism{ in. Great
Britain is decreasing Estimates
will soon be laid befoie the Com-
mons, which Her Majesty hojes
will prove favorable and indic te
the prosperous condition of he
Kingdom. The Speiech enuniera es
the measures to be submitted or
parliamentary action, among th Mt
bills -Tor education in Scotland, e ta- ,
blishing the license. system, impr vs
ing the haw of procedures, provid 14
for voting by ballot, and prevent ng
and punishing bribery.
FROM MANITOBA;
The iMalaitoba Wittier — Patestht
Price of Live 'Stock.
Correvondenee of tie l Huron Expo
PALESTIST, Manitoba,
, Jan. lOth,1872.
_
The winter set in about the 21st of a o-
vember. There was a slight fall of sn W
;.
before the 21st, but did not last 10g. .
December and January are generally he
most severe of the winter months in
Manitoba, and this -winter, the natiies
tell us, has been the coldest there hes
been for a number of yea.rs, - in fact, in
their experience -the thermometer -
Isomess
ng ha'
forte,' 3
NOV
•
for 1.11(
got -44
threnee
that I
• genial
• --than
:season;
• rived 22
• genera/
of theJ
pearant
-climate,
seapes,
soil ren
• that can
tremelk
the XI
• frost et.)
• four or t
• the sun
long. NA
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=dial),• A
though
1
and see• n
tants., vi
notwith• e
Alanitole
pleasant
• Palest
niiIIes w4
-eroesii
soil of Al
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Ntre31. cah
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tries in t
and eattl
-which
the sumi
• The p
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accOrdin
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each. •8_
so high
• large qu
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and
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Friday,
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of the Di
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MILIeettmad
Mr. A.
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