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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-03-07, Page 4. . NEW ADVEIXtSEMENTS. I. By TelegraPh-este M. Livingstone. New SpritegeGoods—lioffilow Bros. 3,000 Kegs Nails—W. Rebleitson & Co. Spring Clothing ---T, K. Anderson. Anditors' AbstraCt—Towhiship ot llav. •,gale of Lots in Teesw 'ter. Auction Sale—Wrn. Martin.; Auction Sale—Jonatit ti Moore. W., G. and 13. Rai1itey4fotice. Bags Found. ' - Caution—Thomas Holloway. New Harness Shop—Belfry & Ma Anon FRIDAY, M xproit r. itCH 7, P73. The .Aonendmeni to the Elation Law. A bill, introduced by Atta rney- General Mowat, amen- din th law respecting the 'eleetions of Mei bers of the Legislative Assembly as re- ceived its Second reading in" t 6 On- tario Legislature. - Althougl this • bill is a step in. the right %die ction, • and will materially improv ° the present Ontario Eleetion l; w, it contains a few claims Whiith light be very inuah improved. Beets w we quote, .the move important se tions in this hill. Section 61 of _I, act of 1871 is te be repealed an the following substituatl therefor : _ No candidate tor the represea tation of any electoral divren nb shall any other person. ei her Provide i fur- nish drink or other entertainment t the expense of such candidate or oth per - ten, to sky meeting of electors asse a bled or the purpose of promotiug sale - deo- tion, previous to or during such el etion, or pay or promise or, engageete p y for any such drink or other exetkrtam ent, except only that nothing he'rein co tain- ed shall extend to any drink or other entertainment furnished, to any such meeting of Zectors by or at the e pense of any peeson or peraons at his, •et or their usual Place oi residence." Why Mr. M. -owe should ake any exception in. .above e ane we are at ri loss to know. ethe - tice of turnishiee Oilier and I mat- , ing" has ititheiti'b enrcarried • n to a Most degrading tetent at ere tion. contests, and is Ter. j ustly and rop- .erly prohibited by the Ontario lec- tion law. But, if it be wrong for a candidate to " treat" in a p house, or furnish drink .to e tors at any meeting, it es-certainly"e nai- lywrong to cto so at his awn prie 'Tate residence, and, iescead o en- couraging the.pra,ctirice by legal zing it, tehe bill should strictly prohi it it Bela -candidate, or :other person in his behalf, entertaining electo at his eesidence, and 'there furn hing _them with drink,ehe is far. I ore lieely to prejudice them in his avor than were he to entertain them at a public house.* at a rceeting. Be- cause the veryeact of taking thee • to his private residence and enter ain- ing them- is likely to heirs, far greater effect upon their sympa hies than had he so eieterteiteed hem elsewhere, and the Moritl Oyil 1'kely to accrue from the foi-mer Meth( d of. electioneering would be niugh gr ;der than -from theiattter. There are many persone who could not bele-dim d to.. partake of intoxiceting-dtinke in re- public barroomor at a ipublic teet- ing, who, in the priertteVecf'7the. can- didate's dining -room, wchildtnot hes- itate to inddlge even to ex ess. Every persene with any knotel dge • of human natute knoiks this to be a sae - Ugh or the in - the• We hill wat g it ts 1111 a 11 fact. We look upon the above ing clauee as a loop -hole thr which unscrupuloue • candidate election agents can evade law, and continue, as formerly, t fluence a:nd debattell electors b use of intoxicating drinks. trust,- therefore, that before the in question becomes law, Mr. M may see the wiedone of amendi so that •candidates er their - ag may not even be allowed to i flu- -ewe public seetiment by ram s of private entertainments. There i no ,necessity for a candidate, in ele ion • times, entertaining leis friends, much less electors generally, when his do- ing so' is likely to cause suspi ion that undue influence- is being uzed. Every action on the part of a ca di - elate that is likely to have an un ue influence upon electors and cal cu- lated to prevent them- from exe cis- ing the franchise, unbiased by o her --considerations than a, desire to a rve the.bestinterests of their cou • try should be discountenanced by a w in every possible manner. Thiis not being done, so long as candid tes -or their agents are.allowed to enter- tain electors, even -at their own vete residences The bill further provides that the following clause shall be iteldef to the oath or affirmation require by law to be taken • by the assess° , in verification of his assessment ro 1 And I further certify and swear hat I have not entered the name of any a er- son. at 'too low a rate,in order to deprive • such person of a vote, or for any o her reason whatever." This is very •good so far a' goes, goes, but it does not eeo far elem. gh. Every person •who has lad any connection with Parliamen ary -elections knows that but few vi tes • aie lost by too -low assessmeits, whereas thousands are made by as- _ sessing too high; far the yeey ur- • pose of giving -a vote, Whate er the law may be it should be stri tly • Carried out. So long, tle referee as the law provides that a man must he,possessed of property to a certain arnottet' before he can become .an elector, every care should be taken that none do become electorli unless they are'poesessed of this property qualification, consequently Mr. Mowat should deal with the one extreme as well as the other. He should prevent, if possible men from voting who by law have no • right to vote, as well as prevent those who have a right to vote from being dem ived of that right. Thii by his bill he does not do. '` He pro- vides for the latter, but makcs no pi;vision whatever for the foireer. An assessor cannot kill vetes izy as- sessing too. lotv, without rendering himself anienable to itenithment for peijury, but he can, without danger of any, punishment, .menufactere as many -Totes as he chooses, by asses- ing those those Who have no legal right to be- assessed. This* clause of Mr. .Mowat's bill will not at all remencly the evil of unfair assortments. In many niunicipalities the municipal elections are condectedsolely with e view to advance -the interests of cer- tain political parties. Each politi- e 'cal patty strives to hatte a majority of. In_ embers in the municipal Conn- eilein order that they may have an assgssor of their own political stripe appointed. Why is this Simply beceuse it is believed that the As- sessor will rate too low, or too high, catethe case •may • be, in -pi -der to favor the political patty for whose ad- vancement he had, in reality, been appointed: Mr. Mowat's measure will n.at remedy this evil. For if an assessor is, ?revented from de- streying, the votes of hts oppo- nents by • assessing too low, it is very 'easy for him to add to. the strength of his political friends by assessing too hich. • If, however, • he were compelled to make oath that he- had „ neither assessed too low, for the purpose of destroying votes, or. too -high, for the purpose of making votes, the evil complain - of would, to a very great extent, be remedied, as there are few assess- ors, no matter how strorg their pol- itical feelings might he, who weld corntnit perjury even o ad- yance the interests of their part. • The following clause, which is to be added to 4.lie oath a person- offer- ing to vote may be tequired to take, is a g000d one, and will prevent . much bribery. on' the part of elec- tors: "Ana that you have not directly or indirectly paid or promised anything to any person, either -to. induce him to vote or to refrain from voting at this eleetion." This bill also contains the follow— ing provisions : No payment (except in respect of the personal expenses of a candidate), and no advance, loan, or deposit, shall be made by or on behalf of any candidate at an election, before, or during, 'et after such election, otherwise than through an agent or agents whose name and address, or nimes and addyesses, has or have been declared in writing to the Returning Of- ficer on or bef re the day Of nomination; or through au agent or agents to be 'ap- pilinted in 'his or theit place as herein provided; an4l no personshall make any ma payment, advance, loan, or deposit otherwise than through such agent' or agents under penalty of being deemed guilty of misdemeanor." " It shall be the duty of the Returning Officer at the expense of the candidate to publish, on or before the day of nomina- tion the name and address, or the. names and addresses, of the agent or agents ap- pointed in pursuance of the preceding section. . "All persons who have any bills, charges or claims upon any candidate for or in respect of any election, shall send in such bills, charges or claims, within one month from the day ot the declara- tion of the election to such agent or agents as aforesaid : otherwise sueh per- sons shall be barred of their right to re- cover such claims and every or any part thereof." • • "A detailed statement of all election expenses inciirred by or on behalf of any candidate, including such excepted pay- ments as aforesaid, shall, within two • months after the election, be made out and signed by the agent; or, if there be more -than one, by every agent who has paid. the sante (including the candidate in- case of payments made by him), and de- livered, with the bills and vouchers re. lative thereto to the Returning Officer; and the Returning Officer for the time 'being shall, at the expense of the candi- date, within fourteen days, insert or • cause to be inserted an ribstract of such statement, with the signature of the agent thereto, in slime newspaper pub- lished or circulating in the county or , place where the election was held; and - any agent or candidate -who makes de- fault in delivering to the Returning Of- ficer, the statement required by this sec- tion shall incur a penalty net exceecEng twenty-five dollars for every day during which he so makes deault ; and no agent or candidate shall wilfully furnish to the said. Returning Officer an untrue state- ment under penalty of being deemed guilty of a misdemeaner." . "The said Returning Officer shall preserve en sech bills,. mad veUchers, and shall during six monthsiafter they have been delivered to him permit any voter to inspect the same on payment of a fee • of twenty-five cents." The above quoted •provisions, if I carried into law, and rigidly adher- ed to, will be erodUctiee of much good,- and will prevent many cor- rupt practices which can be carried on under the present law. It seems to us, however, that there is .a vast deal more machinery provided for than is really necessary. We can- not see the necessity for the ap- pointment ,of these agents. The only expensea • which a candidate should be allowed to incur are his ana trayelin and printing expenses, and any expenses May require to in- cur for the use of suitable rooms in Which to hold. public meetings. These are, probably, the only legiti, mate expenses conneeted with an election which *devolve upon. a can- didate. • To defray these, it is sure - y not necessery to employ an agenti or agents, • There -is no candidate who could not, and would not cheerfully do se himself, if these were the only expenditures al= lowed. If, it were made a misde- meanoit for any person other than a candidate to spend money either directly or indirectly, foe_ the pur- pose of influencing electors, and can- didates were requited to make oath, before being' declared elected, that • they had not spent_money, either di- rectli or. indirectly,for other pur- poses connected with their election than those we have, named, there, would not be mouth cause for com- plaint on the score of bribery, at elections. Neither 'would time be necessity for agents. This system would certainly be much lass cum- bersome, and would be equally, if I not more effective than that propos- secl,by Mr. II/Iowa t. , Mr. Mowat's bill also containe a number of—clauses simplifying and amending the present mode of •con- testing elections. In this our _read- ers are but little interested, Cones:- quentlys it will be unnecessary to occupy space in referring at length to these proposed amendments. We . may say, however, that if these amendments, as proposed, should ue carried iteo law, they will effect a considereble saving to the candi- dates Who may be so funforturtate as to require an appeal to the judges „ to rectify grie*ances under which • they consider they labor. 1 Mr. E. B Wood to be Mr. Blake's Successor in West Durham, A Convention of the Reformers ot Witst Durham was held in Bow- nianville on Tuesday last, to con- sider matters Connected with the re- Presentletion of the riding in the Dominibn Parliament. Every mu- nicipality in the riding was Illy re presen t ed. .A fter some discussion and full explanations regarding the double return of Hon.. E. Blake, !lamely, for 'West Durham and South Bruce, it was reluctautly de- cided in 1, be interests of the Reform party of the Dominiori that Mr. Blake should sitas the 'representa- tive for South Bruce. • Hon. E. B. Wood, of Brantford, was unanimous- ly nominated as Mr. Blake's succes- sor as a candidate in the 'Reform in- terest. It is stated that Mt. Wird has accepted the nomination of the convention, and will resign his seat in the Local. for Brant. • • Canada Pacific Railway. • By the recent publication of cor- respondence between the projected companies formed for the purpose of constiucting and working the Cana- dian Pacific Railway, the fact has become even Imote apparent than • I ever, that the' whole scheme is a huge swindle, inaugurated and now been earried out solely for the pur- pose of retaining in power the pres- ent Dominion Government. From tliis correspondence we learn that Sir Hugh Allan, of Montreal, at the instance ,of a member of the Do- minion Government, opened nego- tiations with Prominent American capitalist; some of whom were in- timately connected with the North- ern • Pacific Rail way, An] erican road now in course ef- construction, ancr to which the Canadian Peeific will be a strongly competing line,— with the intention Of forming a com- pany foi the construction and work- ing of the Canadain Pacific. Sir Hugh and these American capitalists ultimatelY„ came to an understand- ing, and a provisional company was formed, called'theCanada Company, with Sir 'Hugh as its figure head. Meanwhile another company call- ed the Intereceanic Compaay was formed with ion. D. L. McPher- son, of Toronto, as its president and principal member. Each company applied ta the Government, and stated its readiness to open negotia- tions for_the building and running of the road. The Government re- fused to negotiate with either of these eompabies, but requested them to unite, when negotiations would be opened with the joint company. The Canada Coinpany were quite willing to unite with the Inter - oceanic CoMpany, but the latter re- fused to unite with the former. The grounds for the refusal were that the Canada Company was backed up by American capital, and if the road were built- by that company it would be practically under the- con- trol • of these Ainerican capitalists who were so deeply interested in the rival Northern Pacific Railway. For these reasons, after being re- peatedly urged by the Government, the Interoceanic Company perem- torily refused to unite with the Ca- nada Company, but stated to the Government their willingness to compete With the Canada Company for the construction of the road and their ability to carry out the scheme • if intrusted to them. Instead, how- ever, ot the Government giving the work to the Company that Would do it the cheapest, they MUSH rt third company to be formed. This 1 -third conipany was accordingly formed and HERtlheed the name of the Canada Pacific Coin_ Pany. To this third company • the Government awarded the work The formation of this Company however, seems to have been only a th dodge on the part of e Govern- • meot to get over the offer of the In- tel.dceanic Company, as Sir ['ugh Allan was the President and leading spirit of the old Corapany rind occu- pies the same position totitard the new and successfel Company. It is alleged that this new Company oc- cupies the same position toward the Arnetican capitalists that the •Can- ada Cornpeny did. The Directors of the Conipany are all Canadians, or British subjects, but the largest share of the stock has been absorbed by .American capital. Thus the Di- rectors will be, in reality, the'- tools of • these American capitalists, who will control the construction and working of the Canadian road. Arid, what is still worse, these Arnericdu capitalists are the owners of the rival American road, the Northern Paciftc consequently, they will use , the power they have securei to place the Canadian road in a subservient position to the opposing American one, and this, too, with the consent and approval of the.Dominion.Gov- ernment. Canada will have to foot the lion's share of the bill of costs, aid Sir .Eltigh Allan and the Amer- ican capitalists will reap the profit The Cambia Pacific'• Railway, when charged by the. Interoceanic Company, in a communication from them • to the Dominion Govern- • ment, of being Associated with and backed up by Am- erican stated that— . " The negotiations' (between Sir Hugh Allan land the Americans) terminated when ftir Hugh Allan engaged with • others inethe formation of the Canada Pacific Company, and it ..has never been renewed. And they say the Canadian Pacific never participated in these ttego- tiaTtioonst'h"is the Interoceanic Com- pany, after first avowiug that it was mainly to prevent the Canadian Pacific from falling into the hands of Sr Hugh Allan and his Ameri- can confederates that the Inter - oceanic Company ..,was formed, reply by expressing , stirprise • at the dis- avowal of the Canada Pacific, and go on to say : They have• reason to btlieve the American capitalists with whom Sir Hugh Allan has been negotiating would. be equally surprised if they had commu- nication of it; but the undersigned as - Milne that the Executive Committee only mean it to be understood that the Canada Pacific Company did not autho- rize, by formal resolution of the Direc- tors, any negotiations witheeapitalists in the United States. While accepting the denial mad,e.on behalf of the Canada Pacific Company, the undersigned as- sume, as thee? have already stated, that it is not intended to apply to the acts of their President ; for • the undersigned leern from one of the promoters of the Interoceanic Company, evho has had the opportunity of communicating with gen- tlemen in the United States who were parties to and interested in the arrange- ment made with Sir Ilugh Allan, 'that they consider the same to be still in. fore; but,that owing to the feeling ex- isting in Canada against the Canadian Pacific -Railway being owned by Ameli- gene, they (the Americans) would not in future. be known in the project. The American capitalists had been led to ex- pect that -the amalga.mation of the two Canadian companies would have been. effected in September last. The under- signed are givensto understand, through the same source, that the scheine of the American or Allan combination for con- structing and ' running the railway is to connect at Sault Ste Marie and at Pembina with the Northern Pacific Railway, and to use that ,line when built between the two points named ; that it is intended to send an the traf- fic between the West — including Bri- tish Columbia—and the Atlantic cities by the American lines of Railway via St. Pauli and sending through Canada only the traffic destined I for Europe and the Maritime Provinces. This informa- tion was obtained by the undersigned about the time the meneorandinn of the Committee of the Canada Pacific Com- pany, under consideration, was written (October 12, 18/2.) The undersigned feel bound to -communicate it to the Government. It confirms -in a remark- able manner the opinion expressed to the Government by the Interoceanic Company, and justifies the decision of that Company against. amalgamation. The correspondent to whom the under- signed are indebted for this information, uses the following language in com- menting upon it, in which the under- signed entirely concur : 'If this scheme is carried out, our great national enter- prise, instead of being the successful ri- val of the American Company, compet- ing for the Asiatic trade which is now in its infancy, and building up the Do- minion as no other undertaking will do, will simply be the Ca,nadiau Branch of the Northern "Pacific Railroad, entirely under its control and dictated to by it relentlessly.'" The North Riding ReeastrY Of- fice. • We are glad to notice that the ef- forts of the EXPOSITOR to have the County rid of the expensive nuis- ance .of a second Registry office are now being seconded by other Coun- ty papers. • On the subject the Sig- nal thus remarks : "It is stated that the Government will take the question of Riding Registry try offices up` next session awl deal withit. . Whether this be the case or not our au- -honties should take the necessary pre - liminary steps in time to abate what has been an intolerable nuisance, tend to gave the county the expense of building a second. office at Blyth. Under the Registry act of 1872 the County is a di- rect pecuniary loser to a large extent by the perpetuation of the present division. That act, which came into force on the 1st of jemmy, 1873, provides for the funding • of a certain percentage of the ,fees re- ceived over $2,500. Let us'see how this Affects us. The total fees received last. year were: North Riding.. . $4,100 Soath 2,433 .Had the act been in force last tear, the South Riding Registrar would have been entitled to retiin the gross amonnt received, and the North Riding Regis- trar would have been en'titled to the first $2,500 and to 60 per cent on the re- maining $1,600, i. -e., to $96t}of it, -pay- ing oves to the County the reinaining $540. Were the Ridings united the gross receipts would be $5,533, of which the Registrar Would retain $2,500 and 50 per cent. of the remainder, i. e., $2,- 016 50, paying over the remaining $2,- 016 50 to the County. The difference between $2,016 50 and $640 being 81,- 37C -50, is the anneunt the Cottaty will lose every. year 4upposing the fees to re- main the same) by the contiuuance of the present system. Surely this, with the mconienience experienced, should be sufficient to bring about a reunion of the Ridings, which should never have been separated." Dominion Parliament. • The first session of the second Pailiament of the Dominion of Can- ada was opened on -Wednesday last, by the Governor- General. The ceremony as a somewhat tame af- fair, the grand display being reserv- ed foi the following day. .Cock - burnt the late Speaker, was elected without opposition, when the House adjouined. On Thursday, (yester- day) Exeellencv again attend- & . & 6 ed, and delivered- the Speech froui the Throne. This docurneet is too lengthy for our pace this week, bat contains very_ little after all. There will not likely tie any business of importance transacted the first week, as it will take fully that time to get things working order, A stormy session is anticipated, and if John A. occupies his present posi- tion at its close, he may beithankful. DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE. Pushing On the Work—The Govern - =ens Not Realty—Legislation (01-.• Doctors—The Franchise and Mu- nicipal Bias, &c. From Our OlVit COrreSpOndent. Tomo -tyro, March 5, 1873. During the past week, the House has been somewhat more active in. its Legislation than previously, not that measures have been hurried through without proper considera- tion, but there has certainly been m less trifling with time. There ay • be, perhaps, two reasons for this, one of -which is that members are beginning to grow wearx with hay- ing a large bill of fare to dispose of, • and are anxious to see it finished, and the other that the Governnient have manifested an inclination to defer the consideration of tlie Ma-. • nicipal Loan Fund scheme and Dis- tribution of the Surielue., with other important questions, as long as pos- . sible, while CO ern bers desired to being .them on by disposing of other ques- tions as quickly as possible. Be this as it may, the House has become ex- ceedingly anxious to hear the ex- planations of the Government on these meastires,--e-so much • so, in fact, that the quettion is daily asked • by Mr. M. C. Cameron, if the At- torney -General can . inform the House when the matter will be •brought before it 1 Not ready yet," appears to be the usual reply. We have at last, however, received the promise' that the Loan scheme will be submitted on Thursday. The tact that the Franchise bill has been discharged from the orders has given rise in certain quarters to • the belief that the G-overnnaent have really decided upon abandoning it altogether. • They, however, have no stich, intention, and will introduce it, in connection with the Ballot bill, next session. The number and importance of several of their mease. • tires and the desirability of public opinion 'maturing with reference to 'these important refornis are their ex- cuse for evading- their consideration at the present time. . • The amended medical bill, though it has merely passed its first reading, has given rise to much lobbying by • friends and opponents of the Medi- cal Council, as well ae b -students The most important clauses of the bill are those providing for the pun- ishment of uncidalified men who naay attempt to practice, and those -fixing an annual tax upon the pro- fession or the sustenance ofthe On- tario Medical. Council. The Spe- cial Committee to whom the bill was eutrusted, have had several meetings, and have heard members of the Council, teachers in the naedi- cal schools, students and others upon the merits of the varieus clauses. The filet act of ,the Com- mittee vas 'to expunge all clauses having reference to taXa.tion of the professine, which would of necessity leave the total rece;pts of the Medi- cal Council in future to be furnish- ed by the students whose fees would be regulated by the pountil itself. On Tuesday it was understood that the Committee decided that legisla- don on. the subject is ineiPedieet, a second Committee, wholiy epee . Jakininwaeofellob as the -provisions uonfdtelrezodeasubrye .re their interests. In the event ofthe er the eceal istiiii•otfeisistront.feeTtihYis amountsto its ing thrown out, but it is stated that an effort is to be made to refer it to posed of members favorable to the principle of the bill. The impree, '6.bie°rus, age) dta. rws prevail o gaiinwea Shen legal- brethren, there is too much class legislation propoeed hill failing to carry, it ie undere isItaovoed d etittea:m itnheed Toe dalsu ai cbse atttelhelts selves from the examination', of the Council, which may finally result n, the death of that corporatien, from want of sustenance. Hen. Mr. Pae dee s resolution; granting a sem of money for the establishment of a hospital for the reclamation and cure of habitual drunkards, upon*. _ site selected by the Government, at Hatnitton, gave rise, on both &di and second readings, to an extended discussion, whieh indicated an in- terest among the naembers, scarcely fitoolntsaLieen‘broelevnedexinpecthteirst seThehneie,ciaerd other proposals- bearing mien the liquor traffic, necessarily force them- selves upon the notice of members, froth a growing appreciation of the fact that intemperance is largely on, the increase. In addition to this Government measure, there have been those for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating, liquor; the pre- vention of persons addicted to exces- sive dunking from having control of their property, the appointenent of a committee far the purpose of enquiring into the enbject of the liquor traffic, Ste., each of 'which drew forth a discussion tend- ing to justify the action of the Gov- ernment in its proposed establish- ment of an Inebriate Asylum. It was contended by those faVoiable to - • this scheme that drunkenness was a disease, and that it was to a large extent curable, as proved -by statis- tics from the United States and other places That the country gen. erally approves of this Scheme is evident froni the fact that last ses- sion sotne one thousand petitions were received ,in its favor. The in- tention is that this institution shall accommodate one hundred patient," and that the cost of land and build- ing will be about $100,060. The attempt of Mr. M. C. Cameron to • dispose of the biii4Fiy moving the three naonths' hoist -proved abortive, as the Legislature, by a vote of 38 to 12, expressed its desirefor the establishment of the Asylum in • question. The Municipal bill hada thorough overhauling ; emit° of the clauses being materially altered. The quale ification of voters in cities and towns has been rendeted more liberal, by reducing it froth $500 to WO. Clause 100 Provides for the election. .by the people of Mayors in eities and towns. It is thought that the fact of the Dominion • Parliament opening at Ottawa and public intex est being s for a - time centered there, will lu- fluence members here in speaking less for shove and devoting time more to actual work. My next let- ter will most probably contain ref- erences to the more important Gov - eminent questions which !are to cOme up within the ret few daYs. ARCH seaters render il ,- here, For coral eumnier. 1 kno] this. For the t ere from natur epees an exha • _speculator or b resources for • invalid, the storing retreat We are dis miles, andahou There are sever - that run. in. S� .. be added the, it is said, -tbde accuetomed to. • The soil of eharacter.• So emee, other pol but all well ada As a grass-gre, iy equalled I. 1 stock -raising an it is especially man cottkl ma well. • It is no thousands of every Surnmer / is a very fine ee between this : There is a new , 40 miles throug in - It is well • ful creeks, rive ing with fish., This new regio: for thousand 1 wood that net could be sold a the steainboat , her. Produce e be' readily sol. supply the mien minion Govern °pen this road be settled.. Ti Depaitment, an aetv,„ There is, this end Garde/ and Echo Rims upon some of tl One of these *ad be crazy to go have better la -n• i' The mineral immense. Silv other -valuable 1 ed already to 1 nually. , We have eti the Sault. Mi saw and grils could find a I want a, tin she shop, a bakerj house, a cabine /less shop, a dr, lawyer and gol 500 good Can about to have; and colonizatioi shall soon be a more advanced; Notes from Sault Ste. *aria 0071-espondonce of the HM•on .gxpositer, _ &Him STE. MARIE, Feb. 28, 1873. Having received letters of enquiry re- specting this region, fro* several read- ers of your paper, I beg the favor of in- eertieg this in your columns as a general answer to The position of this place is at the foot of the falls of thee St. Mary's River, said river being the grand outlet of Lake Superior. The falls are about 15 miles from the Lake, and constitute a scene of lively splendor, as they roll down an in• of 20 feet in the distance of one mile. These falls are overcome on the American side by a ship canal which was - opened. on the 1.8th of June, 1865. The amount of tengage dues collected. the first year was $4,374 66, in 1871 it was $33,865 45, and no doubt yeill go on in- creasing at a greater ratio in the future, as the business on Lake Superior is year- ly advancing anderaust swell to inagnifi- --cent proportions as her intern:linable re- sources are developed. The Americaus are very enterprising here as 'asewhere. They are novemaking a second canal and are deepening the old one. The cost of the old one was over a million dollars, awl now they are expending a million and a half more in preparation for the stupendous business enterprises that are opening through this region. When shall we wake up Has the old opiate of Sir Francis Hincles put us. to steep for ever! The necessity for a -canai on the Cana- dian side is becoming imperatiye. We are on the great summer high.way to the North West. • In latitude we are near the 46th parallel. We have it pretty cold sometinies in winter, with about the same amount of snow as you have iu Huron County. This winter the lowest temperaturelias been -32 degrees below zero. When the temperature is low we have almost a dead calm, so that we are scarcely Eiensible of the fact. As whole, thus far, I ha.ve not spent a more pleasant winter since I came to Canada - On the Huron side of the Lakes you have as a rule more stoma, more fierce winds and. deouths than are experience& up here. in fact, I am told such a thing as Itt ot thing to such a degree that the abseU0 Lake Seurpethre- md.riosutzthswise.uputkfrnoomwnthheerfea.ce whole country, and. moisten every living ghtly in heavy dews over the ior fall in Fresh , Cork ieto hi tel, after the --American among the mos' Monaco. , —Twenty tl have been the wedding robe. --A marine about to be l Wales at Dartl , —It has bee -don this wint bitterly compl —Not lest tl now in the -d Glasgow, on 51 —Strauss h calls "'conce nee during the- -Printe A bet accounts, the people of —Gladstone - Court Journal, to a captain in —It is offi Emperor of Vienna Exposi —Bismarck' and rather fi as her hush= —The May gave a ball., in and-gentiemen —Two Rue ceeded. social none in Berlin's eighty years Jives in ashen a suburb of band which Peace Jubilee have obtained. 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