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The Victoria Chemical Company.
For Liverpool and Queenstown—John
&atter. Love,,
Pigs for Sale,Hugh Sn
To Owners of Cows—Thomas Adams..
Seed Potatoes—Edward. Cash.
The Blandhard Churn -0. C. Wilson.
• insolveney Notice—Dixie Watson.
Eggs for IECatching—J. Buckly, Clinton.
Farm for Sale in Morris—C. R Cooper.
Boots and Shoes—J. Duncan & Co.
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FRIDAY,- MAY 3, 1872.
The Election for President.
The question of Who is to be next
President is now agitating the
American people. The election will
take place next fall. The candi-
dates have yet to be nominated, the
platforms to be tpromulgated, and
no end of spread-eagle speeches and
polieical buncenab to be got rid of,
so the politicians have a busy sum-
mer befere them. The Republican
Party is divided into• two hostile
• factions. It is difficult for an out-
sider to discern the exact grounds on
which the two wings of the dentin -
ant party disagree, but the principal
"bone of contention seems to be the
re-election 'of General Grant. It is
• generally admitted that Grant *will
be the nominee of the majority of
the Republican Party. The anti -
Grant section dissent from, his nom-
ination, and have called, a Conven-
tion, which is now in seseion
in the city of Cincinnati?, to de-
fine their position, and, possibly, to
nominate their candidate for the
Presidency. The Convention. is pe-
culiar inthat it is not comPoss-d of
delegates elected to Tepresent their
separate constituencies, but. is made'
up of a heterogeneous mass- of self -
constituted representatives, every
-one going who may have so wished.
tech State, however, in order to
prevent the undue influence of those
having the lergest number of delea
• gates, will be allowed to cast only a
number of votes proportionate to its
population. If the malcontent wing
of -the Republicans would join hands
heartily with tile Democrats, a party
might be formed strong enough to
prevent the re-election of President'
Grant, but of this there is little
• prospect, as the bolters are mostly
Republicans of the Itepublicans,
whose political antecedents and per-
sonal character would forbid such. a
• union.
THE HURON iXPOSITOR..
MAY 3 1872.
13eatty and Harrison. If, therefore,
these gentlemen can appear before
their constituents next summer, and
shake before their faces this munifi-
cent Government Grant for local
impro-vements, it will be almost sure
• to sceure their return. This is- the
way the money of the people is
squandered by lour Government in
erder to buy for themselves a con-
tinued lease of office. One section
of the country is taxed and impov-
erished, to enrich and fatten an-
other, to insure the Go-vernment a
supporter. This is the way in which-
: very considerable portion of the.
Kerr ; St. Marys and Stratford,
Rev. S. 'Card and a Supply ; Sea -
forth, Rev. H. B. Palmer; Goderieh,
Rev., M. A. Wright.
Not Correct.
We see it stated that, in our re-
marks of last week on a certain
clause of the report of the London,
Hut -dal and Bruce Provisional Di-
rectc is, i“ sneered at Mr. Scott,
of Bracefield, and Patrick Kelly,
,S of Blytheas men of no influence."
This is not true, and only an idiot
ebuld take such a meaning from our
',remarks. We hold Mr. Scott in the
money which it is proposed to raise' :,!highest esteem, and believe - him to
. . .
by sacrificing to the Americans our '.be.,,,p05sased of as much influence in
magnificent fisheries and ether ter-
ritorial rigrit4 will be spent. How
long will a free, intelligent, and en-
-lightened people tolerate such con-
clu6t, by veting for servile tools,who
will wink at it, merely for the sake
of securing a petty pax ty_ victory, or
in the mistaken belief that by so do-
ttig, they uphold certain principles I
This is a matter which directly
effeets the pocket of every elector,
and every man who has a vote to
cast should, independent of all party
leanings, vote to put a stop to mach
•proceedings.
• -- Where are our Bayfield friends?
They have a harbor which requires
the expenditure of a considerable
sum of money. • If the Government
Preparing for the oElection.
The Dominion Government have
already commenced to trim their
pails preparatory to entering upon
the battle for a second lease of the
Treasury Benches. They_ have con-
trol of the Dominion money hags,
and they, thus early, evince a deter-
mination to make free iise of the
powerful influence which these -frill
exert in certain constituencies. *They
have become, all at once, exceeding-
_ ly generous with the funds of the
people. So much is this the case,.
that they are actually endeavoring
41 force Money upon the people of
particular constituencies • for peblic
iMprovernents, without even being
asked for it, and without the people
having the -slightest idea that Gov -
eminent Grants for such improve-
ments were required. The pity of
Montreal has already had a large
sun placed in the estimates for
local navigation improvements, for
which it Was impossible heretofore
to get even a proinise of one cent.
• A most 0. ener o s offer has als9 been
. ,
are determined to44 ive away a eels,
tain sum of mGey, the Bayfiefd
harbor is es justly entitled to a share
as any -other. 0
his locality as any other man in the
• e .
Township of Tuckersnaith. What
we did say was that it would be im-
possible for Mr. Scott, no matter
how great his influence, to guaran-
tee a bonus on behalf of the munici-
pality which he represented on the
Delegation. More than this, it was
not our intention to direct niore at-
tention to the names of these gentle-
men than to those of any other mem- -
bers of the Delegation, but merely
used their names as the ones which
came most readilyto reeollection, to
show the absurdity of th.e statethent
to tvhich we took eiception.
The Kingston Penitentiary.
By the report of the Penitentiary
Direetors j utlaidebefore Parliament
we learn that in the Kingston Peni-
tentiary, during the past year, there
has been a great falling off in the
number of inmates. There has also
been a marked decrease in the num-
ber ofcommittals, while the number
of recommittals have decreased in
even greater proportion. The Di-
rectors attribute these results to the
increased prosperity of the country
within the past few years, there be-
ing now abundant employment for
all. Notwithstanding the decrease in
the number of inmates of the insti-
tution, however, the expenditure
ha& considerably inereaSed. This is
accOunted for by the increased price
.of upplies And the- increased silo,-
• de of officials, togethert with the
iacft that a much less sum. than form-
• erl has been realized from the labor
ofihe crvicts, owing to the large
deereas1 in numbers over former
years.- A state of affairs such as
that referred to must be highly
gratifying to every wellewisher of
humanity-, and it is sincerely to be
hoped that the report each year may
disclose the, fact of a. continued de-
crease, •until -there is•nOt 'a convict
• left wittiin the walls of this institu-
tion.
Interoolomal Railway Misman-
agement.
As an instanc,e of how the Inter -
colonial Railway affairs are manag-
made torToronto, and for aught we
,• know, to many other places.- A few
_days ago, Mr. Harrison, meniber for
one of the Divisions of Toronto,
telegraphed to the ,Council of that
city, that if they wanted a grant :of
$200,000 placed in the estimates to:
• be expended in iMprovernents on
their, harbor, all they would ha -se to
do to secure it would be to vote art
equal amount of their Own funds for.
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FROM OTTAWA.;
• OTTAwa, April 27, 1872. '
Another week has passed, and the
great measures of the session have
not yet been reached. It must not
be supposed, however, 'that the time
has been wasted. However eager
the senatorial gladiators may be to
-rush into the thickest of the fight,
theee are certain preliminaries which
no wise man will overlook. It in tlet
be reinembered that private mem-
bers of Parliament when they first
meet in session, are at a disadvan-
tage compared with the Govern-
ment The latter are possessed of
all the information bearing upon the
Ineasares to be discussed. The fur-
ther 4now little more than the
general public. Hence, while wait-
ing for Government measures, they
haveqmproved the time by moving
for pipers on a variety of subjects.
We have had motions for papers re-
lating to the Treaty, to the Fenian
Raid Claims, to the Canada Pacilic
Railway, to theintercolonial, to the
• Canal systam, and to a number of
°diet sunjects. Some of these
peper.s have already been prepared
end laid on the table, and are being
quietly worked up by individaal
embers into speeches which* are
et t9 be delivered. Then with the
sameobject in view the. ,Govern-
ment have been called upon.. to
answer a string of questions every
dey, and in some cases in which
Ministers do net care to give infor-
mation, it is a.musing'to watch. the
ingenuity with which they = evade a
direct answer. .
•, THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
Let me run over the week's work
and extract the points likely to be
of in.terest.to your readers. A mo-
tion for papers relative to the North
West boundary of Ontario, elicited ;
from the Premier, the information
that there was a eorrespondence go-
ing: on with the Ontario Govern-
ment on the su.bject, but no conclu-
sion had yet been reached. I am
in e position' tO state that the On-
tario Government Rte having a very
elaborate report on the subject pre-
pared,which will no doubt be sub-
• mitted to the Legislature at its next
session. In general terms, Ontario
inclUdes the whole tract ef country
red by the streams flowing into
es Erie; Ontario, and Huron;
no doubt a more definite divid-
line will be agreed upon. With
ect to the boundary line be-
tween Manitoba and the United
States, it is well known that a differ -
enc . exists. 12, ast session a sum of
nu) ey was voted to pay our por-
tiori of the exPense of a Joint -Com-
mission to be 'appointed by the Im-
.
, per al and Unite,d States authorities,
to ettle the matter. Nothing, how -
eve e appears to have been done;
but the appropriation is to be i e -
voted, and doubtless, if the Treaty is
amicably settled, this 'natter will not
long be allowed to remain in dis-
pute.
THE FISHERIES AT PRESENT.
In answer to a question, Dr.
Tupper, who speaks in the Commons
foP the Minister of Marine and
Fisheries, announced that uneil the
Treaty of WaThington wae ratified
by bur Parliament, the fisheries
, would continue to be protected. It
will_be seen from the published
conispondence that the Imperial
Government at theinstance of the
Washingion Cabinet, urged our
Government to anticipate the action
of Parliament by orening our fish-
eries to the Americans last season.
This our Government resolutely de-
clined to do, and Dr. Tupper was
able to announce that the Imperial
Government would continue to aid
Canada in protecting, the fisheries
until they are opened to American
fishermen by act of our Parliament.
JONE1 AND AGRICULTURE.
• A committee to enquire into the
Ageicultural interests of ' the Do -
Minion, has been appointed at the
instance of ]Ir. Francis Jones, of
South Leeds and Grenville--" Gravi-
tation" Jsnes, as he is styled, *from
having one session undertaken in a
public lecture to overturn the gravi-
tation theory of Sir Isaac Newton.
This Committee will meet, draw up
a list of questions and send them
all over the country. From the
answer, the clerk will compile a re-
port which will be laid on the table
wf the House, and there the matter
will end. Everyone is entitled to
his own opinion on this subject.
Mine is that a committee to enquire
into the physical and mental con-
dition of the Man in. the Moon,
would be productive of as much
practical utility to the country.
A NEW-BRUNSWICKER'S BILL.
Mr, Costigan, of New Brunswick,
has intioduced a Bill to compel
members of; the Local Legislatures
in those Provinces where Dual Re-
presentation is not allowed to resign
before dieting themselves as candi-
dates for the Common. This meas-
ure is actuated by petty jealousy,
rather than a desire to serve the
public intereats. The evil—if evil
there be—lies in a man sitting in
both Legislatures, not in being
a candidate for one while he sits in
the ether. But then some members*
of the Commons feel a little jealous
of their brethren in ' the Local
Houses, and would be glad to throw
•any obstacles in the way of their
rivalry. The present measure is
piompted by just such feelings.
MORE DOMINION NOTES.
Sir Francis Hincles has succeeded
in getting a Bill passed to give him
yet more power in the issue of Do-
minion Notes, Briefly stating, it
amounts to this: ITittder the 137tnk-
- ing Act of last session, he could not
issue more , than $9,000,000 in Do-
• minion Notes, unless he held dollar
for (lento.- in. gold, for any issue
above that amount. By the pres-
ent measure, he proposes to remove
• this check, and to take power to is-
sue an unlimited amount of notes,
holding as security only 20 per cent.
in geld, and the balance in bank de -
:posits. What the effeA of this
may- be, I do not pretend to predict;
but the more cautions financiers in
the House, while admitting that it
may do very well while our present
prosperity continues, hold that it
will be found to be a most unwise
step if a period of depresaion should
set in.
STAMPS AND POSTAGE.
A brief discussion on a bill of Sir
John A. Macdonald's for the avoid-
ance of certain doubts respecting the
larceny of stamps brought out a very
general opinion that the_Stamp tax
was very vexatious, inconvenient,
and open to the practice aforesaid,
and should be abolished, 1 the rev-
enue derived from that source, about
$100,000 a year, being, made up in
some,other way.
A question to the Goyernutent
brought out the announcement that
they do not intend to abolish or even
diminish the poita,,, on n.ewepapers,
as the expenditure o the Post Office
ed, we may state that in the Public
*Aceounts Committee, on Monday,
it was ascertained. that the Commis-
sioners paid the firm. in London,
• England, of which the Hon. John
Rose is .member, cowmission of
one per cent. for advancing the pay-
ment of $91,000 on steel rails, while_
at the same time the money to make
the payment was lying in the Bank
of Montreal, not drawing interest.
Mr. Walsh, one of the Commission-
ers, pleaded as an excuse for this
squandering of so large a sum of the
public money, that "it was one of
those things that was done without
consideration." So the money goes.
Methodist Ep1iscopal Uonference
The Methodist Episcopal Church
• the same putpose. The eToronto
magnates upon receiving this infor-
mation were almost struck durnb
with astonishment, as they hacinever
anticipated such generosity, con-
sidering that the further improve..
ment of their harbor was of purely
local necessity. But human nature
is neyer satisfied; and the "more a
man gets the more he wants." So it
was with the Toronto City Council.
They thought, when the GI-overn-
ment were so .generous as)to make;
of their own free will, so bounteots
an offer, that if a little pressure were
• brought to bear, upon them they
could be induced to double the
ameunt unconditionally. and thus
save the city granting anything at
all. _Accordingly an influential de-
legation was immediately dispatch -
'led to Ottawa, for the purpose of
carrying out this . Object, and we
have little doubt but they will be
successful. .
The cause of all this generosity is
quite evident Toronto is -represent-
ed by tbero subseevient Government,
supporters, in the persons of Alessi-%
•
in Canada is divided into three Con-
ferenCes, viz., thagara, Ontario, and
Bay of Quinte. The Niagara, closed
its season at Lyfiden, on Tuesday,
25th ult. .This Conference em-
braces all the western part Of On-
tario, south of a line drawn from
Hamilton to Goderich, including
both of the places named. The sta-
tistical reports of the Conference
show -The church to be in a very
flourishing condition./ Its Colleges,
printing establishments, missionary
and other enterprises are all doing
well. Forty -semi ago this church
• was left a mere fragmentin Canada
having only about 1,000 members
anil eight or ten preachers., Now
it numbers over 20,000 members
and lver 200 travelling ministers,
and as may local ministers.
In this Conference there are four
Districts, which are filled as follows:
Niagara, Rev. R C. Parson ; Brant-
fot d, Rev. E. Bristel ;,London, Rev.
M. Benson, St. Clair, Rev. J. Mc-
Lean. Appended are a few of the
stations of the ministers for the pres-
ent year: Hamilton, Rev. S. Wit-
-Paulson ; Dundas, Rev. J. B. Cut-
ler; Brantford, Rev. D. Pomeroy;
Ingersol, Rev. 0. G. Colamon ; Lon-
don, Rev..E. 'Louisbury, ; Strathroy,
B.ev. H. Dockham ; Petrolia, Rev.
J. N. Elliott ,- Oil Springs, Rev.
E. A. Elliott ; Bothwell, Rev. S. L:
rights of great value for considera-
tions which are deemed wholly in-
adequate; that, had they known
what was to take place, no member
of the Canadian Government would
have acted on the Joint High Con -
mission; that the cession of the
fisheries without adequate consider-
ation was not necoessary in order to
come to a satisfactory understanding
on the points really atoiSsue between
Britain and the United States ; that
the principle of a, money payment
for the cession of territorial rights
• has ever been most repugnant to the
feelings of the Can,adian people, and
used other equally strong expres-
sions. No w they ask Parliament to
cov
La
but
ing
res
accept this Treaty which they thus
described. What better can the.0p-
.
position do than6 retoet uton them
their own -words; and the only
answer to them is that Canada is
promised an Imnerial guarantee—
equivalent to about 8125,000 a
year—if she accepts. PONTIAC.
1...••••••••••Namon.
The Financial Statement.
Sir Francis Hincks, 'Finance Min-
ister, delivered his Budget Speech
in the House on Tuesday evening
lat. The following is a synopsis of
his remarks and the discussion which
Department is in excess of the rev-
enue. •
THE INSOLVENCY LAW.
The Bill to repeal the Insolvency
Laws has, after three nights' discus-
sion, passed its second reading. It
was a somewhat sudden and extreme
step to .take, arid the Bill will, no
doubt, be thrown out by the Senate.
The long discussion that took place
on -the second reading revealed very
clearly the strong feeling in the
country, especially in the rural dis-
tricts, against the existing law, as
encouraging the fraudulent rather
than protecting the honest trader.
The niercant,il coramunity,howeyer,
according to their representatives in
the House feel the need of some law
on the subject, and an attempt
will again be made to a,mencl the
law—an attempt which more than
one able lawyer has made without
success.
RAILWAY GTJAGES.
A discussion which arose on a
motion of Mr. Bodwell's to adopt
the 4ft. 8in. guage on the Interco-
lonial, was cut iv two by the 'stand-,
ing order of the House. A like mo-
tion last year was defeated by only
two votes, and there is no hope of
its being carried this year. Every
one admits that the narrow guage is
the best but the Grand Trunk
stands in the way. If that was a
strong argumene lest session, it is
much stronger now that a consider-
able portion of the rolling stock of
the Intercolonial has been built.
titled the people to
•
sound prmciple t
only what was requi
the year. Sir A. T.
introduction of the t
the debate and mad
me relief, it being
taise by taxation
for the service of
alt deprecated the -
eaty question. into:
some very forcible
remarks with regard to the result of the
Washington negotiations. Mr. Blake
deprecated in the strongest terms the ir-
regular manner in which the Treaty haa
been brought before the House. He re-
buked. the Premier for putting up the
'Finance Minister to make apologetic ex-
cuses for the Treaty, instead of standing
up manfully and explaining his policy..
He then showed how erroneous were the
calculations of the Minister, and declared
that $150,000 was all the guarantee eouid.
save to Canada, that being subject to
large deductions from the claims of New -
Brunswick arising out of the abolition of
her timber dues and othei causes. He
was followed by Mr. Cartwright in a.
cautionary speech., during which he re -
Marked that the banking measures of
Sir F. Hineks would aggravate a crisis
if it arose. Sir F. Hineks replied at
some length, and the debate was con -
tinned by speeches from Messrs. Young,,
Tilley, and others.
took place thereon:
"He first referred to the comparative
smallness of the public debt, which. he
asserted did not exceed. $80,000,000 and
then -remarked that since confederation
over six millions of money had been ex-
pended on capital account from revenue,
whilst, in the last financial year (1870-
71) the net debt had. actually decreased.
The savings bank deposits now amount-
ed to four and a half -millions, and. there
were held in. London at the present mo-
ment $1,362,000 in Canada bonds, as se-
curity against thee deposits. Instead
of having, as in 1869, six and a half mil-
lions due on exchequer bonds, they had
not one on the first July, 1871. On the
Intercolomal Railway over eight millions
had been expended, and. they had four '
millions to the IntercoloniaI account in
the Bank of Montreal. At the present
time they had three n!iillionslying avail-
able in London for general purposes and.
3
close upon one million as bank deposits.
He then went over the aceoroats
of the revenue and expenditure
for 1870-1, on which he show-
ed a surplus of $3,712,0o0. He added
that on the current year there would be
a surplus of $3,315,000, and on 1872-3,
about one millon •' although in the ab-
sence of full estimates of expenditure,
the last named_ amount was of course un-
certain- He glanced at the different
items from which the ekcess of revenue
had. accrued. He justified his own Mis-
calculations as to the revenue by refer-
ence to the apologies of the British Fi-
na.nce Minister under similar circum-
stances ; and then went on to urge that
the present was the time to undertake
the iraprovenient of buildings for public
service; pointing out that, if their cir-
• cumstances were different, many of the
public works it was proposed to carry
out might be postponed; while, on the
other hand, not a few of them were of a
productive character, and would. add
largely to the revenue when completed.
He noticed. some of the items of expendi-
ture in the estimates, and referred, al-
though as he said with great reluctance,
to the Treaty of Washington. He felt it
to have been exceedingly unfortunate
that the fishery question had been mixed.
up with others of an Imperial nature, and.
deeply regretted the Premier had. been
asked to sit upon the commission; but
he alleged they had no choice, and
urged. that, if we refused. to settle the
matter on the basis approved by the
• British Government, the people of the
mother country might refuse to sanction
t e expense of assisting us in the
. protec-
1
tn of our rights, whilst, our resistance
a ce would have excited. fresh irritation
inthe United States._ He deplored the
result of the negotiations, but had. al-
ways felt there was no way of escape.
After dealing with the argument that
the mode of settlement zproposed. was a
mean and shabby one, he asserted. that
the obtaining of a fresh guarantee from
Great Britain was a surprise to many per-
sons ; and he traced Hon. Mr. Howe's
late speech to a. feeling of disappoint-
ment and. apprehension that Great Brit-
ain would refuse 4-r assistance. He be-
lieved that not onky would they get the
guarantee they asked, but that they
-would be allowecl to transfer the guaran-
tee for fortifications ($11,000,000) to one
for public works. He asserted that we
could not borrow $40,000,000 on our awn
• Security at less than 6 per cent;.but he
calculated, if we hacl the guarantee, we
should get the whele for 4 per -cent., a
saving of $600,000 per annum. That
was much better than going to negotiate
a claim for Fenian raids. He admitted.
that his calculations had been based. on
getting only twenty-five millions for the
CauaAlian .t. aciftc Railway. Of thirty
millions, the charge at 44.per cent.,,and
i per cent. for a sinking fund, 'might
reach $3,000,000 per annum, ' but that
would only accrue in the course , of ten
years, and in the meantine many of the
works would be becoming produdiv-e.
He next touched upon the general com-
• mercial prosperity of the country, illus -
grating his remarks by reference to statis-
tics of exports and imports. He did het
think it prudent to propose anyreduction
of taxation, especially as the United
States were dealing with their tariff, and
it might be necessary, especially if the
duty on tea, from -which we derive near-
ly a million of dollars, were removed
from the American tariff, for us to admit
that article free. He concluded by al-
luding to the great increase in the COM-
merce between Canada and Great Britain,
and rather severly criticised those who
advocated any change in the relations,
• political er commercial, of the two coun-
tries.
Hon. Mr. Mackenzie expressed his gra-
tification at the state of the finances, but
condawned in terms of the high est in-
dignation the humiliating position in
which the huckstering proceedings of the
Ministry had placed the country, and by
this wretched chaffering we might save
at the most $120,000 a year. He refer-
red with great severity to lien. Air.
Howe's freaks, and Mr. McDougall's
late speeches, and deprecated utterly the
idea of adopting a commercial policy
that might discriminate against Great
Britain. He did not agree with the pro-
posal to leave the duties on imports un-
tonclied, considering that the surplus en. -
The Way Out of the Treaty
Complication.
The official correspondence laid
before thd Imperial Parliament on
the Ifith of Apeil shows that the
United States Minister; General
Schenck, consented to the introduc-
tion of the English counter -case, mi
the understanding that by present-
ing this reply the English Govern-
ment tlid not waive its protest
against the indirect claims. General
Schenck telegraphed to Mr. Fishy
and obtained his assent t o this undei-
standing. The rights of 11 either party
were to be twejudiced by the contin-
uauce of the pleadings and the Eng-
lish Government was to have the
privilege of waiting until- the arbi-
tration opens, in June next, for the
withdrawal of the American case.
If by that time matters remain as
they now are, the presumption is that
• the English Government will with-
• draw from the arbitration altogether.
It is said that an informal under-
standing had been arrived at bet veen
Mr. Fish annir Edward Thornton
for the -withdrawal of the Amexican
case, on condition that England will
formally repudiate the liability of
neutrals for consequential damages.
AI* Os
A Great Advertiser and Patent
Medicine Mtn Gone to the
Bow -Wows.
THE EXPECTED BATTLE ON THE
THE TREATY.
We are promised next week a
Bill to give effect to the Treaty of
Washington. The grand contest of
the session will be over this measure,
and the most remarkable feature of
it will be that the Government
themselves have put into the mouths
of their opponents the very strong-
est argument they could use. • In
their despatch to the Imperial Gov-
ernment, of 28th July last, they de-
clared, speaking of the Treaty, that
it has created general dissatisfaction
in the country; that it has not re-
moved the principal cause of differ-
ence between Canada and theUnited
States; that it cedes territorial
*
Seldom hes there been a more
curious history than that of Mr.
Helmbold, the great Nev York
patent medicine man. A j*try few
years ago he was a comparatively
poor man, but he made a lucky hit
-with his preparation, and before
long his name and his physic were
known over the whole of ibis con-
tinent, and, to a great extent, in
Europe also. His business became
colossal, and he was, so far as his re-
ceipts went, a millionaire. The
Ilehubold's factory was a great hive
of industry, and his retail store was
the most gorgeous of its kind, even
in gorgeous New York. Bat it
availed him nothing, for money
turned his brain. Personal extrav-
agance and display bedame a pas-
sion. He literally made an exhibi-
tion of himeeif in the streets that
made people think him* a madman.
The Helmbold turnout was a vast
and elaborately deeorated barouche,
drawn by five horses, the harness of
which was blazing with gold and sil-
ver, and upon -whose backs were
glittering lyre -shaped ornaments
with bells. In other matters, he
was eqaally profuse. Champagne
he distributed like water, on. one oc-
casion actually opening his store at
night and entreating the crowdof
passers-by, ragged and rich alike, to
chink their fill, and this was but one
of his costly eccentricities. Well, the
end could have been easily predicted.
The piles of money were scattered,
• and in their place rose piles of bills
unpaid. Helmbold, the ma:gni&
cent was Helmbold the -impecunious;
The sheriffs stepped over his marble
floors, and like Mr. Mantilini, he is
gone to " the demnition bow -wows."
—Toronto Mail. -
The Laborers' Strike in England
The strike in the .agricultural dis-
tricts of tbe - Midland Counties is
producing the results over the mutt -
try generally which the most sau-
.
guine anticipated from it. The
Lige of Wellesborne, wher the ,re-
bellion -commenced, is almost depop.
ulated, for when the farmers refused
to take any man into their employ
who belonged to the new "Union,"
those on. strike at once gladly accept-
ei offers made to them from the
Tyne districts, and from some of the
colonies,'especially New Zealand, -I
have not learned that any very largo
number have been induceci to try
their fortune in Canada, but the
New Zealand Government seems to
have been most active in securing
immigrants. The contractors for
New Zealand railways base adver-
tised their willingness to give able-
bodied men free passages to •the Au-
tipodes and work when they got
there. If your Intercolonial Rail-
road is really going forward, this is
the policy which should be persued -
by its promotels ; for, when the in-
crease in the wages of the laborers
has become general all over the
country, it NV111 be ten times more
difficult to senre immigrants than
3, 1S7
the agents of your
found heretofore.
•
Tesult has been t
large landed prop
the country have
compelled to raise
zen. This incre
Aspontaneouily, an
be followed gener.
ers. Thus, 14ze
pounced that he
,ers 2s. a weekxi
snerly received, a
them to 'leave an
heretofore on S.
Mr . Seely, in th
• -district in which,
there has leen n
,proposed to hi:,
wages of the lah
.ty should be rais
the landlord to
.tenant one-third
the offer was Ai
concerned. 11
well aware that
• would not have I
-their rebellior
term it; they
power, and be ai
it.• Already thi
far from the c
shire, and meet
-counties which I
untainted with
satisfaction. —
Particulars
in Syria which
toss of life are
It appears tha
• not greate,st in
but -were heavi
the vicinity of
fromioeh,
„of -April, says 4
tant Church vi
*four of the
were killed, bl
rthe fanailies of
.safe. The nu
. in the City o
SOO ; but it
• people in the.
country whev
• .severe,
-were kilkd,
be increased.
people will
the crop pro
supply- of p
moderate.
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Madarn-Anw
vocalist, was
at his reside
„,on Tuesday
had_ been eng
suits, and wa
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