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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-07-25, Page 4TSI E HURON. Po TOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MENTS. Valuable; Property ern for Salmi McO coilS hey & Holmested . • Farm for Saler- George McIntosh. Farm to Sal, Cooper. r . e Geor e Goo er. Reaper f r S4e---.Toho Boles. Buggy f r Sale -Thomas Mdl elland. Estray Mare --Isaac Rogerson: etard- 'ss Johnson. aide . .Gamparison Solicited -Strong &g F y Harness J. Ward.. 11111111.1=1 txpooitor.x 0 FRIDg' 1, JULY. 25, 1873,': Stillrther Revelations. t d Two.' weeps agopwe presented r our readers a number of letter writte by Sir Hugh Allan of Moa i t certain American capitalist . t ea it t re f r ing the procurinn•of the chit b b P b ter f the construction „and w of %ing o the Canadian Pacific Ra waw. The dielosu res made by ,;tl r' pul>>llcs,tiol , of these 1 ttel s we I- s ( •`.:n 1 appalling, II a 11 show fhc t su i Y 31 Iver plainly the shamelesslycorm. cor Y ' t T X11 to- at villi, ing J 1CIV1u mean use 1 v Sir` Hugh -A an ` , , - . r -i d, .e oft is is 0 .Ct obta` the charter from the Govetn ..J `.ower-; r I doubt thi le t1» t if t rnent Aq we then strt ted, , H a 1 these 1ettP'ts contained no evidence it PI•eat !It Meg" g •_ lacy n his testiuiony will/ liE v th:!_t the, r 1 directly proving ing C l Governune It had really '- received a It this, however j th „to t 5r the attempt ‘ mo ,e ar consideration" fr nn t_. cls( t. .•.l' (r in•C Alla for the charter; or th4t they character is min, kid r n direct knowledge of the the da f. be is t Y Te n ,al used ` by this inc 1 ldla l to •raacAl these .interestsw i r secure the charter. Thea arrat ve sent Binz .o lie, ho • over he oil y when 1 E♦attempt wI C lvepublish h to -day, s .P' lei 1 rl si nt ttlre of G. W. -1llcMtill• n, conduct of their g he 'become all at once co .11- true character I.1tJerti n's nd. distil -, nt sold the charter to Sir High A 1 an tri d t 1 nd ceived .the a enols of ynotiev; Sic High ' ila`n, t,t: it. 'time when t wits driving a barn in w th than b ti the c llat telt,. the sw e u s nton every inert tier of Itlie E, overnmc nt 1.arthll • • wouldn tt,e e 1 tooutlaw thec, of the charge, nor on vi ce the co>IL -.1 try that they the did rot sell to Sir Hug chartet. the ch stet, ' , If ' the doer 1 :netts_e are forgeries, eries, tZ en it ros s 1 l with the Goverliti nt-tt prove -they to 'b such to the satisk action of the 0 C • tion >eo This is position OSt iniresitigating body must be appoint- ed a d a proper investigation .bust be had, and if there be any constitn- tionaloustacle in the way? it should be removed and the constitution amended to admit of it. Our con- stitution hens- been altered aid `moth more trivial 1►tnencle for r causes, rid. th,erc3 is nojust reason itshould n 0 why- an defects it . Xould w aid " tifling proper enquiry into theseost serious charges. which the Matter titin s. If thele ' N o droven to :ae documents caun be o (a g e . ., e y co id the .0o 1•- . forbe.i les,. `the... t;,h , t on eminent of the fearful i•iuie of ell7 1 • country ru uls, the interests of ' h , fie trr s1th ior tothew. w. • td a • beennut s which .; t i h iia ec lilt ' good• 'i t p 'u lc for : u a`. to t in faith t tl e. l Y 1 .too 'rating ata e- ei t as giysii t to-stt eilgt ocuments There is t%noth8r xt •entely holy e those t of con r l.ttil ;tlrolt the feature il. 1 • •ethe Govern- - rif•c f t who speak _ in beh• to t i tit iltanl S i• tle u 1 t,v which icrh the' ii 1 11 its ill abu •ln< with t, i t e late fan U, The evasi' Men f t t o - by their •o •e' and elgni he Gds :rnn EIl t n. cies lie gens, _ . en_ the `belltet that genuine. 0 last T Ie ofS sol 1 he su • WS QF THE WEEK. uke cif Manchester and his ed atQtac lic c by the steamer non 1,Wlo>e(l,►v: heat in London, England, is `1 r Z'h;e:.t]zPrmotsleter t 85 in the shade On Monday ,HE PACIFIC SCANDAL. 4 .ter fr f ria G. u llt:ntaliesa-The der, OtitR r ti i vented -•As fit' o ry t 1 i 1! 6o c P t Ililt:voigrti. u+ - The Gov'crnnrcnt town at .t!-ffilr. itic !1nII fl' State- I menu 'o, "firmed by Squalor Faster. ' w t letter from Mr. 0-. w. the foll 1 +, vtcMullet appeared in the daily papers on Friday last •t about ( So lune h s been of late said myself, a d y connection with the Pa_ titin Pail a negotiations that I think .it better o 1 y a full statement of my public ub i position i i r Bard to it before the p tlnitnto to iger allow myself to. be placed moo mai y Cylong t situations by those who are necessity o fieri = ester portan f;icts° I have chosen, there -- ca in the fore, to, plat* it in the .form of sn'' iistori bloc Ca th th ved fly great. f ecessit innorant of many of D• e topic ley co and .th caide 1 cal sit had a I equir lirofes i iecess (citrin He at and Speak Sir Jo .EI itic -•cape edge, 1e ai niber 23d, 1871,' 'A were discussed lit inteJ respondence during tl the`prGo ere of 1 delays Goy er t ' ncie s f the eX exigencies b g Y ation. While at first pounced that no money d for each purposes; y .ed to' discover ;that it ry to provide some t d the closing of the arr f ne time annour ce(1 to lit. Sun self that the $8,500, (4 Which_} Y. in one letter, had be n dent n A. Macdonal1 and its Francis ment to my friends m I\Yew li"cirk, and s 'in sums of „4.000 : nk $4,500 leave the matter for them to decide. The Y' 1 had. wu <<- ti 1- word S s tively, •with very god lino v rhe next c that he fat it was never to , e repaid." thought he must dissolve .1.11 fco1n1ection o explained that the I 'et a ice lien- with Americans, in . letter dated Oct. as taking a rest deal t'f interest I replied m a few (lays after, pro•', Matter, and that he hal sounded testi 'g;strongly against such acttett,, and i the extent of hes person a,1 exppe- it1 return received a brief letter, dated reaclieil an ass' ired eon- November 11, in which he stated that he d replied was in entire ignorance of the ti hole :ne, • .ate -pay' tendon of the Government: , perl;e it- In December 1 -got an urgent letteir ught he and. telegram; requesting ole to meet n she him atToronto, July 251 1 872 iiriety oft amount of money would-be excessively sew a 4d large, and when it had rum up to between t+.in r, , $lOO,00O anti 2OU,O00; he became alarm. nhent e- ; ed, and told Cartier that the fli11st atop eir ole i- paying the drafts which,were conning le P 1 the whole Sr lin h so rapidly, unless w o e }xoverr . u1d: e went would sanction the bargain, He g Xevr e Sir ( s that sent ted toto thens nt7t• w Detreasury tl, r rese ed that t i represented pan is exhausted, an(1 that the• the s are being at present paid by 1 o;,ns ;ken from the banks. h u is re• weather in California!1 Tk t,l vet, threatening dam ee Y .,. gnu. exposed in the 1'1 ,ds P,t CS e .i trll hP p •21 'on. •ti.tl tl5rwt Davis, President of rn Confederacy, and hili present in. Sty Cat ter -i his- t c, and that t t d unci.Y ' t' n tr• ,,((g 9 leThe ob II J i hey ..o , v' ' •t n • isail 11 c1 1 e 1 • o little avail. , ij •i lett can make V must fail, as = Iv MctiTal en's too hit , in Lnllscnupt to us and Don men stat of endorsed -..its a Senator iniono togetlu • with the do s appended ;,to Mr. McMull' ruent, ,Troves conclusively ets 1st, that' the Governer► 0 I 't#:it that itis the to expos ¢ last Ithey s that izant o his i l t tis 811J11se l x 4 i>br ties r re - e P: , rilt.e '•otn comes With .vel i,l WI g ) a quarter. f IIc \til et, is a such . a rascal flow is it that', Sir Hugh Al- lan, .i Chs and Sir fan,. Sir Er;nncts. Jelin A Iaodoi a1 ' ave been in for .,oil eiso south are; Z. P1 ilia : of prior m a le 0 p t•. Englsnd, Chows him tol` worth the I t► Merchant N the t tc, , i li the will w York, e y to leaving that city for ' ori(# litindre l millions narrative, embracing the incidents rr • till t cath a pdcr my own knoWlecl„e from time first engaged in the matter ppthe til the granting of the charter by Glivernmenti to its present holders. I visit( Chicago eilargenl t ere me adlin, wto we G nadia tr(ultced vier : to view i o se ( 1` h P P v ystiii( ton, wh sisal na chided t t friends ret a'' view to its serious consid- eration; lE re m , few weeks at a ion. I aY q t er Mr. W rid ngton and Mr. Rersteman visited higago, and the result was, on t err r' pr •septations, that with my !? f>yiencls , ropose(l to organize a coin - .d fell ent ti toi e ttawa in March, 1871, on a the Y• • connected witht l foil co bt canals, and.:while of the c , e late lamented Mr. Alfred ; and 'tr. Win. Kersteman, agitating the subject of a • _ i fi c Railway, and who in. Ise .Matter to my notice, with a. • tobuild the ' nine a company the s ur- at ter looking ni rf roc , " ddin e plorations of : l r. b w s well informed on the phy- ur of the Pacific coast, 1 con- kethe subject before- some To' e pansy wl is would undertk' ke to build a n of;dnllars. id t ring a roxi..:tLtnn those t a n e pp ate Cxov It is sale that some of the enter- Which c art nt rumor repo rtc(1 t th willing - c rnend to Par- t•istt`in Ne v York jout•n tis, being elrnrllen as vthin„ to r© o r► P I We visited New York and lin pliln; shortly aft 'rwarcls, and ix ` weeks later (being early in l Ottawa with -an •i we visited ;"1 1 .proposal, from parties of the respectability for .undertaking irk The only members of the melt we met severe Sir John A. lal and Sir Frlancis Hitncks ; are became apparent to mysel tes that \'h-. Waddington ha ;sanguine in his ideas that th u n;l l t.eto cort•epond came;' the d correspond t; is I. g 1 regi t ernnient to 'AO inn 1111 ha matin gentin ; are',0 cdmi lett: send ,Oisor niz•atioq Several of the I lear, . Goner 'SS10 to send li ament ltttl to e rrioi P Plula ie nts on the 'fi cess, Over- about ' a their .:11 in tffictllty 17V C 1 b ,n s to enlist ;IS•_seamen. 'l iiform ported that th Iberian highest _ w tte X hich the Aipa•ntsh Gov, 0;overn chat Beef to Carthageua c t e. c sed i telling an outbreak there, int epee ail ed and joined the insur- I t}nd as: e od y. At Victoria there ; beets o format. on Republican troops in a rusts state of demoralization I ersati er c ` in 111 m -ea for ionic , 1 , that ea.. ; b tof a company .would be constant ornanahic . 1 u , 1olt bun • p 4After sonic con • f th Government te4c.tv_d QO t ' his hands. hers o p exf sided the purchase money of the elm ter, and 3d, that the . Gov ,rn- me t 'had fill knowledge , of all Al1ltnTs tr tnsactions and inancen res lief re thee granted him the . ch a e'er, b s merit is almost ur,necess :ry. statement of Me. - McMtillen,' the documents -ttie.t endei+i there- ;rleak for themselves. -Part of Mr[ 1ZeMti11en'e statement cor- tubo ,ales the, disclosures made through it Hugh. Allan's. letters. Ce Th an to, • r • the past two e,t b u d htie ' never discovered hislcli Honest Intel a hese the present? Is it li shrewd American cap have entr;isted Y g ely that talists v n rogue nten astheir e ccs he „u(c en e i 1 when tit, lead so uch at s ake l i eve we o hear from them. .Sonne fe Y I uel Charles .14 h tf ter M e municipal officers have been our; 1 rouli mad P clef ekt t, T t ie soldiers.' pauv despatch ` _ n an which tended to make thi which intimated that th nt would wish to incorporat Canadian names iu any corn act int ertaking the work, we left ou i klt o n 1 ith the two ministers, with th film T onclon'•i.nnou addre s a aros d bra. d e the`r tai ne , :tai din that if occaseon fur it m sudden e data of Rev.Sam- tinder Wilberforce, Bishop of Winches= weeks ' "the ter o Friday, by a a roue Smith Chita o who vvLs my colleary is chril-ilctel>i• the g his loifie while Ilrlin at s[ n , e • ste e •l. a d the le , est rd 1 Tlle thi is fall f of ans . s y about Ibetter it ill be for tltelr Own Buse ti' fan stat that Sur I+ran b (1 with Hon., . Hugh: g i appointment HHcI lsc'.Iltllen n 1; e!c-poses fife.,! Kee nn al?k 1- was' Hine wad requested him to c unun t Ml : Glt. s.otie. His nee i pick of. ti r lniastel; w would: u et ' c•Lte tl its in order to effect a ani ,P , of nspeed to thi m tten° received.a letter trent Si h A s i •ta o tit Hine iib Th t t th t have hes d a whist,, e won ev brol ell 1- the fall, and he -died a1' of L. • e ' tl in and American interests • r denobaf tv to t 1 the Government .: ere perfecta 'lass char ter. - Y'tt the rn nue the he sit Des's of the Carllsts 1rX T $ i'('m' Ari ill POA' ion show , 1. mo. t ins • ni; v. awre of the dishonorable and di §. I proceeds I o carr it the pr mise 1 • Sns, u is increasing. The recent honest character of tete mars to 1 made to .Sir John ' Macdonald to 'leap ,pre` o Coll th gems enabled them wh he were eiviue SO creat a make pill theIw Ola transactions, trust, and the ,ltpeirc e documents s ` •' Pie (lltlic. it na r}T, which Was in th Bank s whose names will readily o ~• t 119 1! het upon and abtil Ed as a =mall. which; - a i, h. L ,i n.l,:;o.,,l f ,nm a.nrl that' prove, ` civet th.e stgn attires = of 51 r . P'O h a r iol• themselves , of the -_'L__tChan. .i..., r ..4 ..r ri. mfr,_ whom t b :, b I to ;il?tnr( 1 l d 1 t should,5 r Hugh re eive the ch irtei the Best - portion of the the ci •c Railroad. Company that w to ber' ed. • 1 . e wards found that Sir Fran s , ad visited New York in t, earlyt ofAugust, 1871, and at into ith two prominent 1tailw, y he so ould he tawa and received a telegram from . sir in pro- John A. Macdonald confrinitig ,Jiis se. enaeattls. tion. After this Allan said he proceeded h paying untie he had. advanced $,,58,000 ie in addition to x,10,000, drawn from New o York. 1 promised to,subi it his stat. tatimee, when it clusio . He said Sir Francis iji • abso that this time of life ane a is ment would be preferable to a age o ultimate profits, and -h shoal1 have $50,000, and in a is itiu of \lentretil but irk the 'Pally or t , (.v to went i toYlectl fon. trc, Fthe o al tl of Secretarystating, 'iu salt7 positi his s n, at a salary of not,les. han • 7,- posed,and lead an iiitel' *]lily on I)ee° ? , when' 0, Myreply was that 1 s as lie anu;ounced a finial close o any as. UU 1 Y we w re into the matter, «c tuld h ve rangements with Americans, •v, li an ut- 1 et in some way, such. tmancls•f ter repudiation of any o was 1 1 to u , but that 1 a l wee pecte(2 to proceed, aro pts could not be disburac1d on certa howe 0 mons plem l) Y w point were ch I'Oa noes. As the session spit. 1l •t1u la cls a ie ation made ,' Hugh P r .i P ve t; '2 18172°as y, and on March 28th, , ntary contract was e. 'tiered i lith a Committee of ii ed, Sir Hugh being chit - authorized to provide ft cont act also covered a chat: Sir Hug Y the views, as S u e tot t and, 1 ed, of the C overnnrie > 3 - this Committee to agree to tl duce of $30,000,000 and 50,0 1,000 a of land; exactly the amount 1}e Gov recommended. and eiaetly men. nt he then told us the m a o were c1 rl nap, phis. in to :i re res. p inp UW to ace ominend if we would accept. 'A n $50, 00 was made on the ties April 1st, 1872, and Iplac d to the _credit of Sir 1 tire• $40,000 as follows : r 1 .che k, dated May 2d, 187 Ma 4th, 1872 ; and $25,00C I date 1 May 3d, 1872, and pal 187' . The only explanation 1 ma ' e to me of the expend. i su were the payment of 41,000 to Min rine newspaper, and $3 000 eae three other French papers; r ose n r :; $6, 0 f nr aid finite 'Hine ( f 1872, the Ca and a the Pr barters Alit Corn tea • e s would A lev an uric • am Jl e i-.. h. 1 8 .13, t}01 ,,..and.. by cite di June sJ whic titre of I ca not positively rememb Atte rney-General Ouirnet, der d at Ottawa, and au iv of . $10,000 to' Sir Franci attonded during the session ass'sted in the passage of Pa'tic Railway . Charter ; elo e paid the charges uncle Bil' regulation for the 1, ane the Canada Iniprovem charter which we sag; Hu h and Mr. Abbott, as att ndant on the railroad; le ad ition'to the payments s .Ab ott was authorized to 1 gevin $25,000 to aid 11 La L 1, e n bligatio is he • e cl t a 8 , •and stated e he 1 to them, t > lead utidc. , written to New York to the effect that d ' he could not continue his ar augements, , for 1 ntr lien e e Otl ' k them + t t b X l3 and m ' 1p- protested strongly against sl: to and referred to the contracts P- terod;'into, and • the long as ho feting, as well as the uniform his evinced by our party,. std ch conduct, N, e had ee- rie ation e. - o(1 faith Mg that I,. deer -lied it onli honorable fo 1 ms nt- red list on the original a_:;ree u #tuna ems elf to ret ire h int- i t 1` • When this w Gom !Ll res p Y r -n- the ec- e lien to r - II u , or elle - ro- io ' d p t efused l lona. 'Ot- •Sir Joh11 December o h©urs'. weed hinj cl, sho;ved from Sir as well as letters:to nit, which .onneetioa. 1 _en d o to Out In i.de by 8u• ith the v- 1 all the lead j{e streliu- went had ut that; .if Hate milst g to get' 're. h• h he had u ted himi to he . to allow to be carried nate out, or else to leave .Sir Hug. out of the of i t r Company, s ce we did o Government the 1 b.i not propose to be a stepping ne for MS ane ee Sir ersnal advancement, ( Sir John id. nece $din t the Government arrangemen had one slatioia in Mr. so far that he feared theycdul do ilei er,. en • - • and said that from .Allan s memorial in, anno'i ced my hitentioia of vi taws to lay the matter befoyre A. Macdonald. On the 31st of I had an interYiew of som t ar- duration with Sir John, an( p is a irnht 11l' possession of all the fat , He him the letters which I hed Hugh in regard, to the matt -r, ai 1 the original contracts and - by the New York y .•Lilroad Pr id fence. • nuc r correspondence. Ile with oche p this to Sir John the allegations Hugh as to his agreements Lei ernment, and narrated to hi to ing facts 1 have given here oust denied that' the Got Y been bribed, au& I pointe( not, then our Canadian a be a swindler, in attemptit funded_ nearly $400,000 ti never. laid out. 1 then re do one of two things-ei onr oriental arrangement 'tb' were recently published naes to ren - loan and ada its • answer to th6Mnterece ronuse r. abeut Quebec, on condition his friend- .and. from ms asseitions, ly assistance, _and. Mr. Ab tt reported si°11' they had. supposed 1 is thait he had done so. , • most conclusive evidenc -Allan's own. broken off with us. s nc Company,. -ince the sea -- had elitirely owed. hint the vieiv assocrt directly ing ft. upon b ter, A both, un istin retur 1, left tritl and. 1 is nd it .is believe( We 847 e Government sho lid wove 'inith and myself, and open the, , friends, and the animosit to be ,es oad andeven -with Sir Hugh Allan xvho, be- Trunk Railway people to , Tetwithstanding the re ted Pledges letters -that such was no the ease, and. had received, and t e apparently said. if the Government erel not in his ng position we occult e 1,• both Sir power, as he stated, the oould better. gh and. myself b.ad graa e fears of the afford to take all the risk of his omiesion ult, ia consequence of he position from the Company than't face the Pub - Jan and Sir George • completiou of the corrupt bargain, Posmg and the truthfulness and gennine- MeMuil ness of the whole is ceetified to by jewarieth Ming .to he captured, c, mmarid being in sym-1 In their eading Canadian, art"t:s :ooked sell. I met Sir Jahn A. pat wi h the. insurrectionists I he 'Atlantic, for damage .. a prone heat Canediten St -matte- who make us belleVe, i wi rect,sty ngth- ive -the Government as a proper Mentreal, after: the olose tl 14;1 t 1 i`ii Broo ) figure prominently in the mat - the gentlemen applied to were while on his way to meet at Quebec, and he suggest promising, political suPporterot the ,' gree. Entirely it ,del;endetet o Mb- sengers o accused. 1 Evidence more' corn $lete i 1111tIleri's testitrio, et, has already t is 'true that Sir Frencis Hincks,. Mr. Otumet and the con- 1 ment were foreed du tors e, the French paper haveo exigenctes to gre ' P'ress denying in the moet pointive of Sir" John terms that they eaere bribed, Olt that Ge-Orge Cartier they had received money _from. Sir from Sir High , which have - been expeeted. It is very_ election .purposeL, rarely that a criminal .will acknow-I ately aft r receiv r ledge guilt until he is forced to do charter was gr4 so. But, even supposing the genial of these gentlemea Teo be trill, and, 1 ,e 'ere expended for wipe person's in the former place, a 1 ' mys lf g this monev., the telt). to sir ugh. of whom lArei'd N -yell, last Friday, On' tr ; the , 't. IFtato retp in to buri the dead. Tlie ' we e di ease else preVaifs in other neig )1- : ptiro b 1.ixid t Wrist. Business ii.i -almost.: • !nee tion , whiCh re - lettere :intl. tele- ri over the aigna- iei, /), this point, -in irn- I mi 1 rangements, Sir Francis, on his eems to have' given the address lan had made so many en Mr. Macpherson and try an amalgamation, promis. in the desii.ed object Sir MSsortri vet n - ✓ advices from Louieiana, eay that cholera had abet - s an interview, in Montreal, Abbott, however, both Neal ed but Some fifty persons havie . early' in September, 1871, at which pre- from doing so,, as it woult 1 int the charter..' 1. t since it broke out, je_ axles were settled between Sir Hugh Alla 'tharles M. Smith and myself, by text for the Interoceanic raise the American bugbe er the signatures . • ir Hiigh ,was to receive a larae had been trying to all clt ding .0 le. of the most prominent , wh. cdonald and Sir pets an immense sums sl 'diseaee or by people fleeing froni at Tina is all prove tGuether of McMi 1 • that they have not received money, e'Th e. Only. cpf that doeS, not weaken McMullen's mains iis ere th . testimony -1 It will be noticed . that grams which an parties. c -le only states that Sir In orde lavish expenditure -of money, stated must b .to him th t he had given cettain‘ country tiow der slims to them.;? Sir Hugh acknow- thie queStion de ledges it:L- his litters that be has done torily settled, an so,. and he dare not now deny it, so a fair, honest an that the 1 e rests between the par- , will satisfy th ties themselves and Sir Hugh Allan. must be o co'y If they d& receive the roonev, they be broug t be th By what means matters llittle, In In orqer to ID Hugh° lied to his! American as- investiga ion, a had paid ie`,..- It matteis little to the der oath.. If this cannot 1 , public on 'Which the false.hood is by a committee appointed I Made to rrt. It is in the conduct liament, .et the •be a, R.oya of the Government that the pablic miaSion, ;hut 1 is more immediately interested,. and not be a I sham. not in that of individuale. But, it A committee, t, will also tie aeen that the ,i,Govern- membeesi of whi ment, through their organs,ideny, in either paIrty, wi an evasive manner, the truth of the tion to lie con eviden.ce. Let us see, therefore, what the resell what this, denial is , worth. The ducted i tinder authenticity and correctness of the be, it *Ould n document ' published over the sig; The inIvestigati In naturesebf ,Sir. John and Sir G2orge composed, at le, iS not atte pted to be denied. Off her .of raembei the contra y, a mean attempt is made and 'an indep to ahift the responsibility of them and reliable pe on to their late deceased. colleague, sides this, this i Sir Georee E. Cattier. and to delude must be entirel genuine to get and seat c are lying ing that did not they. did not. If they receive the ,money, Sir • 11 ana his lie when they knew all t e facts, its they iii• Hugh him-, certainly would, if Allan was put in and f the Grand. lacdonald in .allowed to break his sac ed. obligations 1 Government had directe liiin,'and. who ,brd Deifferin dealt unreservedly with him in the -ex- flies; I go to, press belief that be was be chosen rep- ig to write a had the best of reasons or such belief. 'ugh and Mr. more to eneble him to co municate with, 113sua.ded. me i Sur thigh and Mr. "Abbo t. On the 23d of January laSt I again s tw Sir John, at 4;gff0°Itia•dpoilaiyPrteo" which time two of my friends aocein- pained. me: We then went over the whic they ground. again, and. ad cd_ the letters y, and they which appeared: as ad tressed to Mr. usibility with Smith and 'after the i tetview, I gave nt for distribution among person§ Sir John of my failme to ( o las agreed. Sir John, at his reqne t, copies of all e , ccessioinvould be desirable, and I then. went to Chicag ) to 'await de. these 'documents - Sir Hugh Allan's th cash instalmente on such stock velopments • and in July, under date of checks for the $40,000, ud the reeeipts ld e aidvaneed. and earried by other§ the 16th, I' got a lett a from Allan of Mr. Todd for the rivate Bill ex- te est An interview was held by which seemed quite. d seouraging in nenses of the Canada 1 nprovemeut and. • ' tier told him -Canada. Pacific Railroad Conapanies, paid ilealing with by me, which mnst ha e been. strange .)lacpberson's, reading to him when cm pared. with the SU s ma eon the- Cnicago, Rock T.sri id an 1 13a;citic Railway; about q5 les west of Des Moines. A reil s recto ed, .and when , the trein atoiliped," the engineer havi g rbe credit pF 'the nds upon having nothing "short of searching enquiry, • country. There nig up. . Al niust, ,000.!,-/:'emoved ,._ whi.le others ',9 under tanding, Sir HUgh notified 'Mr. would do. 'On the -16t Smith and myself to come, and we three wrote aaam, stating •tha his shall 1) done ,, .18e o settle, as we supposed, the gen- from New York, and t t. , fired ", pont the engine. 'The eal ess carlWas surrounded, and the to I him bal with Sir John A, Macdonald, at tone, as he said G. E. Ca Lawrence Hall, the day before that they never intendet Allan, at which he expressed either our Company or Mr royal Of the Government at the but wciuld form a new on os d. meeting, and requested. me to the control of the Govern h m at Ottawa, after it was ever 11 ugh added that the ele pany, signed by Hugh ini know the result. 1 accord- proaching, and then his Abbott and Loma Beau ent to Ottawa and. explained to would make their power possession. t Sir Hugh had entered into ver- tier must either yield to - Sir John requested. us ugements which would assume a wishes, or else he stood „ Poor chance to irmal shape, and that we had pro- be elected. On Angus 16, he wrote _and Allan in Montrez something satisfactory. or the easy accession of such other again, stating that he ha( brought about gone to New York, aut an aentlemen as would. be of ad- what he wished, as the cioterilment had called -on our friends a 0.- °He seemed quite pleaeed -with been forced to come tho ma and he had oat to be foem- . sons for doubtine 'such eintirely under memorial of the }exec of the slid Canada Pacif e Railroad Com- ien, then ini ?Is to meet Ahbott 1, and; arrange . ihat to do this while there had Sir Rugh had rds in accordance with this 1111 1110' tO kllOW what the N. •vit York friends desisted. from pushing matters against him further than to rocure a settle - assurances, and rge amount of though subsequent °eel rg r :nd c ef :111 ni might be in a shape for an early' money, some $200,000 al -eedy, mid over e strougest rea- ation to Parliament. Shortly $100,000 more still to! be paid, and, want- a- ed tlAse doubts, yet at their- reqae.st 1 ,eeraerile)ea.rr,uhede , ment of my personal 011 lay and los% and 1 oar friends.; that of mY friends that were with me, A This n'arrative einbr ces 311( the lead. , therefore; 41- Allan, and m niiiiillgy,otfhneiyie,effoifirtse 1Naveitoieetihiatosifoeleiciuorufsneta. - these facts would nent. . But Sir F,rench friends felt, and Car- Lbwer Canada th mor f Caned van a it, , nd promised, on communication with Alb n. to set an early day for entering int p eliniinary arrangements with the. Clo's eie ment, in order that the whole ma te secured an agreemen fo 1 e had to advance a it train. leaving securea tneir booty, eta, tures of the scheme. There were Meeting could. not be lie t done it must be: fe Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir ber 15, which was very sie taar and honest the public into the belief that the Dovernmentaw alocuments refer to some other trans- fectly aloof, an action entirely unconnected with the inquity. 'An i Pacific charter: This sort qf thing ed in any othet will not satisfy the public. These be a sham, an forgeries: !If they'are gemiinea-Lif =,plead that the $ir John and Sit 'Georg -ea its mem- en. un - Me • 'was shot in the first\fire. nitemporary says Since Ei(Ei COT Com- 1.1 'eking pl in the village, and. a varieti Of T eful provements have been carried th it in t iCi Way. of new sidewalks end ca avelle( thm referee:" Exeter is sit•• th ted rming ternall urishi that Com 'fission u neWority of the h are- parti ens of f. not Lave ,atisfac- ry Con- uld` be ry, and riO ch austlice satiafy the tecady eh of an equ purn- er sted osedi froni each n as referee. iindependen must st estigatipn stitution allow of aneinee stigation,be ducted in a certain way. ' 111 nd per - the on -luct- would ot to il not ng con - popper amilt ent ou !the centre of a magnificent tu quntry, and having coniiderable -Wealth, cen scarcely .fail becent-, oldistant day, one of the pr in the rrovihce. ehild barely eseapedabeipg th atS, &mitred. on York str he -e n, on Wednesday night thet itl en ac Hincks, Sir G. E. Cartier; and A kens and Chapitis. It was at epee ar nt that they were not fully in ac- . , tong themselves, iu consequence, , P. Hincks informed. me, of Grand ' n1 jealouey of Allanerepreseeted by Sportant personage of Sir George r. The settlement of matters had, re re, to be postponed until the re- ' n cf Sir Hugh Allan from England, sai.ing on Octeber 7th, and returning 1 t of December. Mr. Smith end 1 s of the states of affairs. vvas n hat, we first learned of th visit of ivance Minister which have fore narreted, and it was, lso then it Hugh's first telegram of the pub- er the return. of Sir Hu h Allan England. he telegraphed to Mr. , of Chicago; that Sir -Francis s had called and suggested that the r tenders in order to avoic blarne, have te be Sevostponed fort. several , but suggesting that we have a g in Montreal, and efte4ards in a from the Commercial- Ho, 01,, with his wife on the night fr t. home in bed, On their Ire, Hi th ek et by perceived that the child breathed- t.is eavi y, iand the mother, on examining , so e ire t, found its night clothes satu1r- w ed blood,. Further ipspectiOn w lowed: ts giT4 toe punctured With m t leas n 01111CC of blood was spilt! On it. s clot , besides the quantity extract - from had 1 ony, ae al 11 its toe hy the voracious rodent.: 6 t *hen the P9,rents came hinie p!. completely exhausted f' 6,ea o blood. ie er York, to execute the contra follow our verbal unders mith and. myself a,ccordia (To on December 13th, 1 ,isiting Montreal and. cl sing all Marie's with Allan we went with New York, where- the eontract Aped by all the parties under date 1111/ t which gly left 0 he was to have the cooties:it signed with- i and operatious come ter to go to England ia d raise money. there were numeleine But, as a M teu days,‘' and wanted at once thereat- ' ltail-waY• He stated! his expendlit re to that (late nature relating to ite at $343,000 gold, vei0 „ 13,500 more to ' necessary to detail, un pity, and he urged Brie dy arrangement i sion should arise. Hut for refunding this, r ' 1. • , all tend to confirm Al shortly after the receip to asle him further la ti guidance of our friendla w eilarsi for the herein stated, and they are sech A bf this letter, such prolonged and iportant negotia-. what startled 'at thei agnitude of the tions. Yours, &c., figures, and who protesed. tObave sonic Geo. reasonable explanatioe f how the money P. S. -I append. au had been expended In fo -e. they returned, , of documents which b iabout October 1, en( et the interview of conducting the basi which followed Sir ugh reiterated and explained the statem In's in his later let- : ters. He said Sir C ecrge Cartier had l)eeen very loath to r - ze the fact that !he held the controllin rem uence, the Pacific Charter, b it that after a while Sir George did come to' believe it, and. much against his evil t onsented to yield ,his prejudices, and • le e the:con- about Americans, whici Ivould be more of an apparent than r al objection, and. on the understanding that Sir Hugh should advance money ()laid in the elec- tion- of Government s pporters. After having Sir George sig aa a reement, as. stated. in letter of Ang. 0, h commenced Paying money, but, as „lee t Id me, hav- ing Cartier's order in each c Se and. tak- ing a receipt therefor.. Wr lie making the agreeinent he had no ea that the CARTIER APPLIES Mn. ABBOTT fill' Hugh Allan, I sht11- be oblieee by your supplying the C Coniuni with a further sem of :$20;000, upon ttio same conditions as th amount 1Pwrittet-1 by me at the foot of my letter ',to Sir Hugh Allan of the 20t I P. S. -Please a..11.;) ‘Likl.7"SiCexletlEILA• Macdonald $10,000 iore on the same terms. ' THF COMMUTE) 'S ItECEIP4 Received. Item an Hug- „laps by the hands ol Mr. Abbott, 520;000 for ar on this sobject, rate the manner In the alis nce of general election purp( hereafter, according t letter of Sir George date of the 30th of ses, to be asrang the tormq of the Cartier,1 of the uiv wad in eicoctrd" otoe with the TriTsti{1.1 16::1833:0-1t: Ty: ,:ze). .21k:e.rnAd, laz_ Nasi idtesorli‘cTflt:Ajoeto:..At:Agi:t.at.rssottu: B:or:Nty. ether ten thousand -will be the last tire of calling. I)o not fail me, answer to,. * Immediate, Private. 1 joust have. en4 ABBOTT'S BEM. ATONTBEALt 29th August, 1874, John A. :la: jau,n.p.irlio.irrti.to;A:enT:::tos_ulasuoiurrislayw. At sight pay to my order, at the Me Draw 4nit me tor ten thousand. TORONTo, 26th Angust, 1870. .-cd7311:11apanailtotiy,r.ssgoe''Iffil:a:alltSbnekeeabi'atoeahr jerd_eao.oesilrieNilliVoA.A..efdof.ilem:07AhLaun. eic.etts,f.r-RroilE;ez jannelystens•tohs,Ttles.73, AD'EBARkS'otsittn submit for your pet. usal a statement propose publishing to the people of Caeada as to in? connetee fon with the Pacific Railway. My rea- soa for doing so is that I have been Tilt- jeeted tp the vilest slanders at the hands of the Ministerial press, of which you are , ra• akes it imperative that:I should show: what the real facts wereeand as you elide have had a friendly association on this 7' of 3-1104,t ,of the fact% I ask you to gi me a letter relating thereto, andcantai bag whatever may be within your ewleeti.onIatshitnok teameirient tisfiteaancines 0,5o • you to do this when my character has' beeyno.sa7f received leyaie #.11(1 put me undeil. lasting obligee NYATERLOO, Only 16, 18:13. to look over the stateMent you make in regar(Ito your connection With the t.:03)?; tbe purpose mentioned in your letter e 11 the 15th, and I have this much to sey ' regard. to it With the Arst part of yen history of the matter 1 ana personall unacquainted, as our intercourse did no. begin Until the opening of the session o 1872, when we were introduced by ject of the Pacific Railway previonsi, that time had-beee with Sir .1 -high and. Mr. Abbott, though from the e0in' meneement I had been aware of thejar. rangements made with the Anti)etai sociated during the session. of 1872. viiti Allan, Abbott and yetirielf, stages Of procuring the Charter of Ith Canada Pacific Railway Company, ten. in all the efforts ma,d& to smile to tht .Corapany the contract to build the read and as eonsequenee, was familial. wit many points naturally arising therefrom I dismissed with you my persoyial post tion under the prepesed arrangemente the main features of the legislation prs posed miasma as were deemed neeessat for the Object. As you state, there eve -diffieulties in the way. Of closing matter and I was aware of the agreement Mr. .Langeein, to whith you refer, as was frequently discussed between , and. Mr, Abbott Wes also aware itae the firfst of Sir George Cartier'S .oppo tionto 8h Hugh Alia4, and of themea by which SIT George was forced to fork' lit regard to the -payment of Mon for election imposes If was informed the arrangement with 'Sir George 'Catti and was also shown ai .coniirmaterY gram from Sir John 1A,. Ma„cdona understood the affair to be substantiti as you have related,. and have -real to believe that latge skips ef money W actually expended_ for 'aection pith)o unier the arrangement. -Yours bade B. FOsfai -The Detente. The following statement weal in through the Government organs Of -s Imlay last, and is: no doubt, Intillaec a reply to the abo'veevidenee of W. Mallen " We are authorized bef m bers of the Government referred te the communitations of Mews. MC) len and. ,tostere published in the Go of ' Saturday, to state that, in so fa any of those -communications or of doeu.ments published with them t ,,;hrePGaroPverttnsmteontiTnPalincyataegraeenyinme:r4bil ase or understanding to grant, or to ther the ,grantina of the charter el Canadian Pacitre Railway Coralan the coiatract for the building 'of t way as cotripensatiott for assistanee late.general eleetione, or far pear cOnsideratione of any kind, or upor: ground., or for any feaeon inconst 'with their duty as Mena:herself the, eminent, those communications an uments are either absohltely and e, ly false .or so expressed as tootle absolutely false impression. Thal atrangement referred to by the George Cartier, in, the ' pablished of the 24th of Augast last, Was - rangement personal to himself !an Hugh._allan, independent of, Alla PUbliShea, unknown to the other bers of the Government, and tleat , no reference to the Canad.ian charter 4)r contract, or to the ge, ottari:efEirteiulhaii.dtrieiriEgoiqttilhoeie:: goriatnbtein etiraco ft:. them ; and that at the earliest! 'ectorpteatneiceitstowilrelcbeeivhelittibedefre 49e Ne.vuasTreahaet,ti1N1Vrall:717tlialiiercriippeaa7fel)KeittatenerME4sas ina-deiTheaise some ._of Jen' former elaves serenaded him. T., aS:1hzhnviebelisa:b;:(3,.saeNieavi.litahdietrsettfilo,:ensrteolo:Nikal:nidoeillsrt.;,golitia.e10:11:e:111): 00.ti nI a.; Ofattlic.ti ise.,ra. a itintit t aeitlahte aibtinvnitte it.,11 McArtheir, of Los