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Te ders Wanted—L. 11. and B. R.
Sal sman Wanted—Logan & Jamieson.
Hoses Impounded—B. Snowden.
Ho se Strayed—Wm. King. '
H rse Strayed—David Hamilton.
-Ca ary -Birds Wanted.
A ents Wanted—.f. Latham a.- Co. :
IN Ihite Lead,. Paints, &c. —John son Bros.
✓ II Goods--Hoftinan Bros.
O carper than Ever—James Murphy.
ArrivaIs—Logafl & Jarnieeon...
Hardware—W. Robertson & Co.
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eil10$X101.-•ized as township property, and at
' the same time have the of
H .HURON EXPOSTTOM
porated, the benefiteot the two- ths
reduction and the 1 low town hip
rate also, which iNicOd b abs rd.
The fact of Brusselilbein a n wly
incorporated village, and .iot ha -ing
an assessment roll1of its o n,Sb. uld
not entitle it to a lower e ualiz • tion
than other vilih!ge mut icipalities
which have assessment rolls, or than
it Would have had, had it not een
I incorporated. . But our c tres ond-
I ent seems to think that it s ould
have the advantage of being 'equal- 1
th
st
hi own sign
1.pl8 well
railway autl
thie fact tha
the initiativ
If the truth
d ubt but a
t e losses of
ays could
employe s bin ing them to ab-
Itn from t e use of intoxicating
bora, and has healdod each list with
ture.I This is an ex-
'orthy of emulation by
oritie generally ; and
Mr. Spicer bas taken
speakwell for him.
yere known, there is no
eryl ge proportion of
life s frequent on rail -
e traced, if not directly,
least ind'rectl .to in
the part of the employees. In
dition to t iis. the employees them-
lves and t eir farnilies would be im-
rensely be efited,lby following the
xcellent e ample set them by Mr.
picer. A an ddditioual induce-
nent t� the men u der his charge to
oin the t e:nper nee organization
.incl adhere co their pledge, Mr,
Spicer pro eises that total abstainers
will have t re pre. erence as regaads
promo non.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1873.
. The Equalization Againried: out village incorporatioh'N QUM
be
profitable thing.
We print this week a well -writ- a.;
1 With other statements of ou cor-
ten communication under the sig -1 "
respondent we shall not at present
the reduction due an incorporated
village. If this principle Wer car-
liature of" Beeehnut," on the subjett interfere, but will leave theini to ue
f the County Equalization. There dealt with by those who are more
directly referred to,. In the ihiean-:
s Muelt in this communication with
hich we cannot coincide, yet we
puWicity, as we
subject is one
more thoroughly
iscussed* and bet er understood by
be public than i is. Too often,
unicipal represe tatives, and even
atepayers themselIves, are more anx-
11 re glad to give it
elieve that the
jwhich should be
ous to have their resPective munici-
palities: rated as low as possible, than
to have even-handed justice done to
all. Each mum 'pality should be
willing and anxious to- bear its fair
and equitable share of the County
expenditure. But, instead- of this,
each is anxious to get off as easily as
possible, without any regard as to
whether justice is done its neighbor
or not. If the question' were more
rnprofitable and uripop
thoroughly discussed and better re"-
derstood by the people, there would gans of the ,Ottawa
time we cordially invite d scussion.
of this subject through our °litmus,
no matter whether the s intiments
of the writers agree with ouIs or not.
It is only by havitia
thoroughly discussed
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course can be arrived at.
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:A.s WILL BE SE ql• by Mr. 'Hunt-
ington's let er to the ChairMan
b ith sides the Royal Comn
the roper
as it publish els where
is
pear before that, probable thy different
at a vcj,
that for-
charges, aid prefers adopting the
xtyear be l
'truly const tutiongd course of allowe
1e the i
Parliament to deal with his ac-:
revi usly. cusations. What' the Commission
will do under the circumstances is
use.a matter of some speculation.'
trisinc, There are wo coarses before theina
!
o They can ither report to His Ex-
he 20th inst., to load 400,000'13 h-
ls of grain, mainly for the Uni ed
ingdom, but part to the Conlin nt.
r.lituntingtdn Declines to p:=
pear before the Ooranaisio
The following is the letter sent b the
Chairman of the, Royal Commissio to
Mr. Huntington, requesting him to aP-
peen before the Commission,and Mr.
Huntington's reply thereto:
Ortawa, Aug. 21, 18 3.
.To the .Hon. Luclus Seth Hantingt n, of
the, city of Afontreal, in the Prooi ce of
Quebec
Sia: I have the honor• to enclose here-
with a printed copy of the Royal Coni -
mission appointing the Oomniission rs to
enquire into and report upon the s veral
matters stated in the resolution oved
hy yoti in the House of Cominons o the
second day of April last, relating o the
Canada Pacific _Railway, and to i orrn
you 1ha.t the Commissioners t erein
name( will meet in the City of 0 tawa,
in the
the 4
for th
ta,kin
tions
ly set
reque
missi
igenc
ission, which we'
he declines to ap-1
bod with his:
system of equalization f
rnerly in vogue may n
attempted, it is well t
whole subject discussed
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A New Target fo A
Having become tired. o
McMullen, or probably fin
:elicit a line of argum nt
bialy danger -OS, butlik ly t
be less desire on the part of repre- iaow turn their atten
senta.tiyes to grab all they can, and 11 imtington. By One
a greater endea.vor to do justice. 1,13:1 \an annexationist
So long as a Reeve is made to feel
: y another he is accu
that his trump ,card With his con-
stituents is his ability to show that discreditably connecte
he has succeeded in gaining a reduca, railway enterprise in
pievented his municipality from ' I
-6f Quebec. This may
tion for his municipality, or that he
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though we mut say tl,
ibeidg rated as high as it should be,
the people Would not, merely for the
B1.4, if flimsy foundation. B it, e
base their ace, usation
posing Mr. Hunting
we need not expect to have a fair
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and equitable equalization.
sake of persdnal gain, encourage and McMullen ai,ei as bad
applaud such proceedings, and if -ponents would, have u
wickedliess does not i
they would' assert a determination
., , .;
iug that cellency M ...Huntington's decisi n
was not and declin to proceed with the in
;
vestigation in the absence of h
o e very
prosecutor • or they can prac e
the or -
with the t bout a prosedutor
, we should think,
urSe. The proly
r, that Chey1 wilil
Go 'ernmept The forme
ion t� Mr. be the pr
1 he ie :rid to I bility is,
Itake the l
nd disloyal.
ed being II
wi
he
all
at ti
and willingneSs to pay their fair degree lessen ' the en
share of the public expenditure by
discouraging any action of their rep-
resentative which would have a
contrary effect, there would be less
cause to so frequently compiam of
unjust equalization.
With regard to the points raised
[by our correspondent there are but
Ithree which conflict with the posi-
crime charged 'against
is not Huntinton a
that are on their tria
Minion Government.
gentlemen ha Vie corn
which- render 'them
public credenCe, or
make them- amenable
the land, by a1 mea
promptly pun Shed..
andhave therciii thbro
cus . p
gated, and if the
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fifth as strong :agains
tion we took oil this question some
era ut thei eller
weeks ago, and which now require
our attention. In the first place,
our correspondent disputes that the
1County Council are more competent
to make a just equalization than the
1 Ccunty Judge, and, in support of
t I his position, shows, from our state -
merit, that the Council eqaalized the
villages 25 per cent. too high, while -Until the friends of t
1 the Judge equalized them 15 per are prepared to make
cent too low, that the decision of Viinst ,Mesars. H
the Judge was, of the two, 10 per MoMullen, and take
-cent. the nearer to being correctthem punished for..
This is very well put, and to a they conside0 -then
superfieial observer would Seem con-
clusive that the " one man" system
has proved in. this instance to be
evidence against the
ernment, they1 will
sympathizers, Much le
the ranks of the
011
as
beli
the
r lad
Min
d 111
but
If t'
itte
1111
whic
to th
s ha
Let t
es
ghl
iden
the
h Ia small
Province
eleo, al-
, t
Ie 'organs
1.
very
en sup-
ad- Mr.
1. •
Jew °p-
i
Ve, their
sligh test
5/II of
sters. It
the I)o-
e forme"'
1 crime§
o thy of
would
lawa o
e: th
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9
om
find
sapo
dm
I
e Go
for
nta
step
heir
au
1'
ti
eir ac
shape
invest'
el is on
as th
i n Go
ut fe‘
gists, i
part
flan.] e
ton an
• to have
ernes, if
th
L. is. mean
aracter of
re' pared to
se chardes
- I
t 0 Urnal
ile Sh
The *can
pWard th
erent fro
us toward
me forwar
and stated
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conin4
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H 'staked b
c man upon h
charge
iota fro
But t
should hold theirpe- ce;
-ana cowardly to an
ate charges a ainst t
the more accurate. Our correspon-any man unless they
denevidently forgets, -
however, substantiae and pro
t
that the Council bad to work their and we are astonish
equalization from the rough.-Wh ere- professing to, e es
as, the JUdge had the work of the
duct- oi Mr.
Goverament
the COildllet
boldly befor
his eharges,;fuld ask
ture for himself, as the Council had tee of inves iga.tion.
to do, it is more than probable be
reputation 8 publ
l
would have been mth
much furer abilityto siibstantia
and he has, noCflinc
the poSition. he first
organs seek to dest oy his charact
by inuendo and slat'. er. ,In ho
ever, they will fail, and .hey m
as well save: theme
.r( -ace by continuin
is .not aboat the c
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akin
re C
are
e th
d th-
-ecta
-
-t o such, mean ess.
untin ton
was -Very di
f their org
ntingt n ca
en
d f
Council, aS well as his own judge-
' ment and the evidence, to guide
him. When, with this advantage,.
he made a mistake of 15 per. cent.,
we may safely conclude that,. had
he beetu lat to build lin the struo-
11
astray than they were.
In the second place, our corms-
' poudent says, " Your -deductions are.
1 " drawn from data that require
" proof. It is not a patent fact that
the townships are equalized at
"one-half their actual value neither
"is it proven that Seaford" is assess-
Huhtington and Mit MCM
" ed at one-third its arable, copse- he ,),tiblie are now noern
11
ial wit
would
per co
oweve
tter.
NEW OF HE WEEK.
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The Waehingtoili Bureau of Edric,
tion is in receipt lof advices from V
enna respecting I over twenty fi
piizes awaried to th lj United Stat
exhibitors in 'group 26 for Educatio
Teaching, and Instr btion. In' th
group, out of 30 rand diplomas
rize, Arneric
•cbange betwe
and Newfoun
iated upon ti
same terms asth ith the Donii
ion of Ca ada: I i
An American cbr .eSpondent wr t -
I. Q
ing from Valencia, Spain, whi
place was surrendered to the Spa
ish Gover ment troops after Si.X dae s'
s the shells of t re
with great pre-
sion, doing terrible executioh ,
twelve women • nd children wtre,
killed by them,
destroyed. Bits
, blood are seen on
I Volunteers fough
outnumbered. ,
' - Another dread
-aster has:taken p
States. On Satu
er " General Wo
1 Francis Island,
' River, killing 12
1 ly wounding 15
i
I s given for the
..
I Who witnessed t.i
shore state that t
of timber were
the air. Most
tiers on board es
The Dublin ifrishnian, publilbes
the new piogr
Rule party. I
lishment of a n
called the Ram
the official jour
an agitation fo'• the abolition of
name and office of Lord Lieuten
, and the substitutionof a Suzer
s
s to be _elected by universal alff
honor, th
Exhibit°
A posta
the 'Unit
land has
highelt
gain feu
card inte
d Stites
een ne o
Parliament House, on Thui sday,
h day of September next, at noon,
purpose of malting enquiry- and
evidence etmeerniag the allege -
obtained in the resolution and ful-
forth in the Commission, You are
ted to furnish to the Come
tiers witb all convenient dil- ,
a list of the witnesses w om you
wish th examine, in order that they may
ly summoned to appear on the day,
t the place above specified; and
e requested then and there to pro,
ith your evidence in the premises.
e the honor to be, sir, your obedi-
rvant,
. CHARLES D. DAY, Chairmanl,
marine disasters are reported.
square rigged vessels are ashore
wrecked at Richibucto. Two v
were driven ashore in I inmic
hi
with several schooners. Bridges were
carilied away. Communication was stop-
ped both by mai". couriers and telegraph.
Reports froin various other points of
both Provinces go to show that the
storm was general,
even
and
ssels
liver
be d
and
youd.
cee
I ha
ent
(Sign..,,Plase acknowledge receipt.—C.
MONTREAL, Aug. 26, 187:1.
To the Ron. Charles D. Day, 'Chairman,
0 ttawa :
Stu : I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 2Ist of
August inst., enclosing a copy of ;the
Royal Commission appointing Conaraise
sioners to enquire into and report upon
the several matters stated in the resolu-
tion moved by me in the House of Com-
mons on the second day of April last,
and requesting me to furnish to the Com-
missioners a list of witnesses I might
wish to examine, in order that they
, may lee duly summonecl to appear, and
to proceed with my evidence.
I have to call your attention to the
fact apparent on theeface of the Com-
mission, that it was as a member of the
House of Commons, and from my place
in Parliament, that I Preferrecl these
char es against Ministers of the Crown
embers of that Honee, which on
11 day of April last entertained the
es determined to investigate them
....-101110-410
AUGUST 29, 1873
proper 'inquiry into the Pacific Scandal.
that an oath cannot . be imposed bi
- ----that
_ P a r 1 i a m e n t a r y C oorfin7Cfmraconiqftatticedleeaonn;r:irblyttnl,misuaeaptedouienr et, etthan
,ee
be before a Royal Commission, and that
hence a Royal Commitaion is the. only
bsoodiyownehiocfhthcea8ne jeonuqrnmaties hiuo.ztoyettliveetietet:
Setahtadael 11 itt:Pn:lacireSal ints-tiat' an Parliament
Iee0sphnitiaoadi an oathbefore. any of
its Committees in three different ways;
Firet, it can call in a magistrate to ad.
minister the oath, second, it can ease
an
United States. .
tx:eamamhbersiisotfer any
Mark Twain will do up 'retail and
. Cwoemrinnigitttehee an
Lete'cifie:11)°
Cmoismsimonitetiesefomr atyhebpeucrrpeao.steeddRaodyrnaliniesz
Sc-o—tleenttehiseuf ahllu'udred. and twentylthree
oath; third, A may address the Crone,
asking that one or mote members of any
losaethu.ndoNuobteodneft.evtesn, taunr(esi to t it
is.
inpugteth
- asserted, with tiresome iteration, that
the oath cannot be. administered
Parliamentary Committee. Anythi
escape free enquiry before 'a Comm
dogs are now licenced to carry on busi-
ness in this city, says the ,Indianapolis
Sentinel. ,
—A Boston gentleman, who dislikes
formalities, offered a lady $5,000 if she
wmild marry him without the usual pre-
liminaries of courtship.
--A. man at Lewiston, Pa.'recently
received. a letter from his nephei,v, Which
had. been written. at Falmouth, Va., in
of the representatives of the people! and
1863, and had taken ten years to reach
. • under. the supervision of the er
that body l Anything to get the cue he. .
hole ot
its destination.
—A:negro stole the carpet from a Ten-
nessee ,church, and cut it up into horse- fore the intimate personal friends of Sit
ni.
ment of Governments for the last thirty
John A. Macdonald, the special inetru-
blankets, and the congregation al went
over thiroadRiver, to see him irn ersed.
min- disnnssal has been. -petitioned- forte_
or forty yea,rs, and a Quebec judge whose
From !some unaccountable accident, he
wae held under the water just one
tre ty.fo long.
the 8
char
s itself, and appointed a Select Committee
f to inquire into and report upon them;
and to the further fact apparent on the
journals of the House, th-at to t
_
Comniittee I handed a list'of some
n principal witnes.ses whose eviden
lieve4 could establish- my charges
have ftlways been ready to proceed to
the proof thereof before the tribunal, con- ,
stituted by the House for theninvettiga-
tion. The determination of the Com-
mons' to investigate these charges re-
mainunaltered, and I deem it incon-
sistent with my •duty as a member of
Parhainent, and a breach of the undoubt-
ed peivileges of the House, to recognize
any inferior or exceptional tribunal creat-
ed te enquire into charges 'still pending
ntially
Y
is! to
ttee
111
bombardn ent, say
latter were fired
e tilos
ed one
took.
ves further d
Inc at empt. t
aracte s of A- r.
llen that
d. TheIse
of al:/?:ochhaarig, es: renderin
succeela ifl. sr b-
es,iall the eta se
ascert in 'are disc
and t e The Pri
Preside'
Corsica,
Princ
anS in ry bestow
uniPss bat if he .In acce
nd it it made to ed an a
-ges: were trier ly mendin
age, pollitical p_ con"fined
e attemlingt is
ry -wili be ani rly
him .te evert. st-
ut ',OLIO word of
1
onents.
nid many hou
f 'flesh and hum'
eVery hand.
bhut w
iravelv,
. me te justify weithe which I have spoken
t on the floor of the Commons, and for
'
es
11
he
re
e said
of the
O I be!
and I
Globe.
--he Nashville Union'. and Alnerican,
says: "Near'FortNegleY may be seen a
Bavarian. Beer.
garden spot inclosed by a paling !fence,
the palings of which are made entirely The Way they tlse Beer. in, Gerniany_
of tail boards of deceased -ends 4,f gov- Who Drink, it aed Hew .1/uch they ,
ern.ment wagons, which gured: 'during
the late impleasantness." • Take.
—Scene in a Port Wayne dr. goods It is difficult to pas' s a day in Monich
Without striking upon anew phase M the
store . Lady—Hove much for this print?
Gentlemanly and
tLoblidy—NMgingeteen cents ! ° clerke-Nine ,
eer question, and. A is equally d*cult
cens, mum. a
I'll give you eighteen.' Cleik --7.t.line to write a letter without takthg it is a
text for at least one of the chaPters.
cents,. mum, you inisimd.erstoed tue.
Lady-I—Oh ! nine centst I'll gi e YOu There is a probably not a human
eight
from the infant in the cradle to the old
.:
man or wortiou. tottering to the grave,
—the St. Paul papers assert thet there
!
is a gigantic pine land ring in IV1innesothat does not drink at least one litreof
-
beer per diem. which is equal to font full
0601a,00nd.80,0lat feyeetaor,f:ivtiitrabholeirt
glasses, independent of the froth. Mosttira'inow?Iithcellpsuobldli
men and women drink two litree, and
the State receiving any benefit thereof .
—The pehtical campaign intirairtia smile fear, five or eix, and it must be
is already well opened. They know how understood that each titre., independent
to make a liirely canvas in the Old Do- of the froth, represents a full solid quart of
minion. The political meetings are beer. There are, besides the saloons and
triode intensely interestiug by the prac- ristaure fan forty-three ke tiers or brew-
tice of _the speakers of the opposing par- eriesein Munich, Where the people aeaem-
ties to meet each other on the stunt
ble as, in mass meeting'a-nd drink' thee
They divide time, and when " old huge titres of beer. At these places
war. horses" are at work,' it is ex- there are no 'waiters, everybody, being
tremety exciting to listen to the trial of compelled to wash their litre and wait
wit and strife of argument.
before the Commons, ancl so ess
the privilegen dignity and indep ndence
of Parliament. I believe that t is a
breach of those privileges that a Royal
Commission, issued without the special
sanction of the House, should tae any
cognizance of or should assume to call on
steanaboat is- which I am responsible to them, land to
mi ace in the Uniiied them! only. I feel that I should' do no.
act hich May be construed itith an ac-.
m- quie cence in the attempt to rem ve from
1
St, the Tommons the conduct:, and c ntrol of
as the enquiry. I believe that the reation
of a Oommission involves a breach of that
li'lee- fundamental principle of the denstitu-
cm 6°n:which preserves to the Commons the
cieess right and duty of initiating and central -
that it involves also a breach of that
nag enquiries into high political ffences ;
, fundamental principle of justice which
prevents the accused from crealting the
tribunal and controlling :the procedure
for their trial ; and that it is a Coin -
mission without precedent, unknown to
day last the stel
If" blew up at,
on the Arka
persons and se,v
thers. No rea
x plosion. Par
e disaster from
e bcidies and pi
lown 60 feet ipto
f the lady pasden-
aped uninjured.
mme of the H me
includes the es ab -
w paper in Du lin
h a Batiagh, to be meanors cognizable to theXo
censequently illegal and void: Enter-
al of the party, n1
tai ing these views, you will not expeet
the, Common Law, unsanctione
Statute Law 'providing by -an e
the pterogative for an enquiry
ordinary course of justice in
by the
ercise of
ut of the
o misde-
rts and
upon themselves. At these kelli,rs all
—A young gentleman, telegraph op- classes of people, with their Wives,
erator in Hartford, after repeated calls daughters and sons, young men with
for a young lady operator in another of- their sweethearts,- and children in; arms,
fice, at last got a response, and then tele- are among the visitors. It is part of the
ara,phed. back to her ; `t I have been try- daily food of every one, and is drank at
ing to get you for the last half hour it the breweries and. gardens became it is
In a moment the following *spicy reply always cold and fresh there. At all
came tripping back to him over the wires of these places a barrel is emptied every
from the telegraphic Maiden : "That's few minutes -from sunrise to suneet, and
nothing. There is a young man here stale beer is consequently an impbssibil-
been trying to dO the same thing for the ity. When drank at home they sencl
last ttvo years andhe hasa't got me yet." their servants with their glasses to the
—The Chicago Tribune, in a well -con- ; kellere, and have it always fresh and
sidered article on. the forcible prorogation good.
of the Canadian Parliament, sa,ys : "No Neither whisley, brandy, gm nor any
Britith Minister at this day would dare other iutoxicating liquor is known in
defy public opinion by proroguing Par- Munich. Brandy can only be had, at the
liament in order to defeat an investiga- apothecary shape- 011 a physiciaaf,s pre
tion into the alleged bribery of the Min- ecription. If brandy orwhiskywae called
istry ! or of any Minieter. In fact, no for at any of the restaurants, ther4 would
Britieh Minister would be tolerated, in be as much sueprise as if laud -annul had
Officei one hourttho objected to ariv•scru- been demanded. Beer is part of the
tiny (if his offiCial acten and especially of daily food, and it is called for said drank
a cherge of corruption. An attempt to do- with as much innocence of a.titt t.dea of
in England what ha, been done -in Canada intoxication, as if a cup of tea e or coffee
would produce a, 1 -evolution. The whole was being partaken. Sometimes! a Mall
English
tones"peo1e would resent it in sten- who has drank. too much beer Will fall
asleep, but intoxication is entirely un
--In a three column article the Wash - known. The workiegmen drinka hire
-
.
ington Chronicle argnes ithat President of beer at dinner -time, and another at
Grant should -be elected for another supper; but seldom go beyond -this,. e
terma-
t
- cept on Sunday, when they ha.ve nothing
—Tee New York World, in a column else to do. Being accustomed to it, the
leader, denounces the invitation from effect on them may produce drowsiness,
the Liberal Republican to the Democratic but never drunkenness.
State Executive Committee* to call a We were called upon last evening by
united State Convention as a piece of Professor Rothmund, of Munich, who
"effrontery and impudence," adding desired as to accompany him to one of
that "The Liberal _Republicansnever kellein in the western section of the city,
existed in this State as an organiL ation to see Munich life as it really is. We
except on paper, or in very fertile imag- reached there about 8 o'clock, and al-
inations. There' could be no surer' way though there were seats tini tables for
to disgust and disorganiie the Democracy fully two thousand persons, it was with
of New York than by listening to such a difficulty we could find room in any part
proposal as this." of the grounds. .It was in a section of
the city where laboring people reside al
Suckers Going for their Last most exclusively. Nothingtemild behad
e••ese-
Chance. - . here but beer, bread, cheese and radishes,
A number of old hacks, broken -wind- and all that vast mass of people were
ed, knee -sprung and foot -sore, are here ' sitting toaether, with their wives and
a
against the Govern-tochildren, partaking of this simple food,
pressing their claims
ment. TOM Ferguson, Charley Rykert the great majority of whoni it was
prominent among those_ who to -day have
, their only supper. We I remained until
nearly 10 o'clock, at which time the corn -
Rolland McDonald and Judge. Price are
poWn ea of something, but who are feapany had thinned down more than one
hortul -
is no better evidence ,required of the said at one table so loud as to be hear
half, and during d spokenthe two hnor urs We heard
o •
doubts and fears that agitate the great at anotherEverybody ha
not -wor, anything
of what a day may brieg forth. There ot a lou
onservative heart than the fiudiug, at d
such a critical time, of these old sta.gers e had to wait up
C -
on themselves, and wash their mugs,
They are scarcely complimentary to their a
and sonietimes the throng at the win-
dows of the tap room. was -five or six
heie, taking as it were, their last chance.
in for substantial favors, when they long, eep.
The tables were closely pack -
manifest such urgent fears that he has so ea 1
ed togethei , each beieg about sixteen feet
with plain wooden benches of the
po *tical leader, to whom they are look-
;
me length, and just room left betWeen
to pass in or out. All classes Of people
feet praying him to provide for them be- observed at some of the tabl
were here intermixed together, and, we
0-3 PeOle
'foie he is kicked. out. They certainly who bore all the outer evidence of being
Sit John is done for, and. they -are m
are not the End of visitors to cheer up e • - to
of the very best class in Munich. There
the spirits of the closely cornered.Prethi- were a number of carriages wtriting to
eie Mr. Tom. Fergueop is after that Col- take home parties who had ceme here
lingwood collectorship, but John A. wince.
spend. the evemno. -We eot into conver-
hint, and that he can do him no harm, sation with a G -Z -man lady at the table at
could speak some Enghsh. She was both
we were sitting, who We found
the
knows he can be of no further service to ,. i
thocked anl. surprised at (me of
s-
quently a conclusion drawn from
" such 'assertions must be received
" with caution." To this we have
only to say, thaa we 'rave, the state-
ment of the Assessor of the. town-
ship of Tuckersmith t� the effect
that that township. is equalized at
fully half its value, and we have
also the statement of the Assessor
of Seaforth, that this village was
assessed at one-third its a.ctual value,
sol that we were perfectly correct in
taking these tvio municipalities as a
basis, notwithstanding the doubts of
our correspondent.
In the third place our correspond-
ent proceeds to show that Brussels
was equalized at 54 per tent . higher
than, it should be, and deducts from
this the conclusion that all the
vil-
lages and the town of GoderiCh
were eqaally tuijustly dealt with.
But it would seem he desires Brne-
sels to hat e a double advantage. I -Te
wants it equalized on the Fame baSis
as alonis and Grey, and to nave the
benefit of - the two-fifths reduction
also. , This would give Brussels,
merely on account Of its being incor-
and to lave he nominal titl
king, for a trie nial Parliament
for a la\ orizing the con
tion of t re est tes of absentees.
Advic s fro Carthaaena, S
state th t th
authorities
Adminis ratio
their r spec
• come to eau
a numb r
and w unded on I both s
ate seldiers in Caithe.
uraged, and in favor o
to the Government f
Napoleon has been el
•
the. ine to act otherwise than in c
ut, with them, and you will be sat
ne by; my non -appearance before
nformity
fied that
he Com-
mission, I intend no disrespe to the
age ' Commissioners, but am moo d by tbe
of same sense of public duty whic
and strain me in the earliest pract cable mo-
ment to renew the efforts tvli ch I have
sca-
been making since A,pril last to bring
te trial before the COMMOnS f Canada
am, ethe men whom haye impeac ed as pub -
civil and military lic criminals. I have the ho or to be,
Sir, your obedient servant,
f .the, Comm Dist
had quarreled, and *1 Cs'gned.,) • L. S. Hon INGTON.
ve partizans had Great Storm in -Nov
I conflict, in w
men. were k
gentlemen liave na e gra
against the Gover merit,
concern 0f Lhe pub ic t
the truth or falsity
If Mt. Huntingt9n
stantiating his char
the Government or
upon 'hint Will be h.
shall fail tu do so
appear that the cha
truraped up to da
ponents; the disgra
failure and diseov
sufficient to consie
ing dishonor wit%
abuse from his opi
•
•
MR. W. J. SP1
intendent of the G
way, has issued a
and eonductors, re
co-operate with h
temperance suciet
of _ Grand' Trunk
Spicer has furthe
agent a and condu
to which to secure
•
ER, Lobel
I . .
-and Trunk Pe
ircular to ate
ues in
mill
to be compo
• furnished
tors with pled
the siginatures
i)
them
orinin
er-
• ts
to
a
ed
r. 40,000 and 45,000 barrels 9f flour
he end 1,5 0,000 bushels of wheat, and
es yet, foll wing close upon -this; there
of was roo engaged at New York-, on
interest.
A col
rporninc
Rail w a_
liam; b
llives we
injured.
The
erman
ich
lled
des.
and New Bruns
FROM NOVA ScOTIA.
A heavy thunder storm p
ena the city of Halifax, Nova Sect
suie , urday night last. All night t
Scotia
ck.
ssed over
on Sat-
e thunder
far
1:10
of
compromised, himself- that they can -
afford. any longer to, risk the chances
his political existence. -They think.
rces. ' iliealtd and the lightning flash e.1 with ter- therefore, T is by no means sure of
om ladies of our party refusing to drink beer,
to Matters of departrn am, from a browhsheb;iesna.wmhuger,
1
vividness. Ram p ured down the collectorship. He is interested also
, cted 1 fl fYing
la torrents. Sunday morn ng looked in some Welland. Canal contracts, which and laughed heartily as
i e c eating ue,°wax noon rain he is trying to have arranged with a .
which was the only drinking vessel that
drinking water
t of r1he Council General (a '
1 k 1 ' but t I
by a majority of 30 N:otes. 4ommenced aeon) and the wind from view of being able thereby to turn an we could find. She said, that she and
tt e north - easCrecreasedto a
'eerie. The' gale raged all her husband made a practice of vis g
' ifin
'that
ting he position be de iver-
dress to the Council; r com- 1, L . 1 , - this keller every clear eveniug,; ant' ,
that its proceeding, be uring many Years.. In th it was precieely as we foinid it,, and
tion
rfect bur- honest penny, Judge Priee, of Welland,
night. It wishes to retire on an allowance. Rol-
ienced here land AlcDonalcl has been after a judge-:
city the ship for the last twenty years, and, now,1
to window, he thinks, he will reachthe,goal of his
ops, fences Ambition. if. Price can only be got out of
ing. in port the way. It may be suppo.eed that
rode it out. Charley Rykert is helping his neighbors,
as lane of t heaviest expel
equally thronged. The only' ques
,
nd Ay of its beer. All were served alike
enquired as to a place was as to the qua
I"
hut
go was mostly done
ers, skylights, chimney
rees. Most of the; ship
on the Great Northern A numberesenall yachts wei e swamped only, however, as a meane to the end of ofEcers in attendance, and none woe re-
am' treated alike. There were no pollee
lad prepared for the gale and
uired. Both this lady and her husband
isioni occurred on Sati relay i
e loet rind several persons r°'ll • . , g
nd drifte( down as far as t e Ordnance to I rice s place and then to help himself sus o e
?he proved., to be a clergyman
at Retforcl. near Notting -1, 11,11(1,smashed, at their anch rage. The helping himself. Charley has more to
ants of Great Britain and reeareine beer as :m essential end nece:i
tion in America, both of them nereis in
t • t th Chief Justice of Ba.varia),
the beer
aed she the
whiclf, it is reported, 20
her anchorane off (tuna d's wharf, to his retirin allowance to help Rolland quo-
'ttited States frigate Powhat al -k dragged do than Rolland, for he has to help Price •
'hag, where she eves secured So far as to Rolland's, whith is the solicitorship made many e .
nquiries as to - -
earned the damage in and ab ut the 'city of the Welland Canal. The comfort
'11 be bad news from the gantry and and the welcome the would. receive than
art!ecle of folo(1.11 ,Thhtehye
that it Was also healthy, much
s not extensive, but it is ared there these disinterested patriots give John more eio,
in the line of breadatuffs
been e ceeded. _ The cable reports light's gale, all the telearapl wires east c/ence. of the Globe. that somecoftep'earusilon: riped them3 aJWU
selvesstbh:
driekine too much of it, they persi
seem to be almost without rece-
ea eoast. On account of t thunder "fto'in him, were he to speak his mind,
dent rtainty, they bave inever torm on Saturday night a d Sunday may be imagined. —Ottawa Correspon-
Olat th imports into G-reat Britain that they should be classed among
rid west were prostrated.
s,
-...e-on.-•----- gluttons, who were still more
and Ire and last week were between numeroutoo
1 FR OM ..S'EW B R I:NW The Question of the Oath. and injured their health by eatine
A furious gale of easterly ) Ministerial journalists give a great much. To drink. beer to persenal iNjurY
anied with heavy, rain, co deal of prominence at the present mo- they regarded as a long and atduout lot
'hathara, New Brunswick,ment to the subject of the witness' oath dertakin,o- in
requira so much time an,"
before Parliamentary Committees. They to much beer that few ever succeeded in
argue that the oath is necessary to a it.—Extract front a Tourist's Letter -
(.K.
ma, accom-
menced at
on Sunday
iorning,1 andlraged, with e.-treme vio-
)
mice until Monday morni g, Great
ruijsT
,,AITOTIQN
oumeSixilifiturociap,y,Fba'rmept. -s2(t)o, .co; ra,ontal. j„Trip'cin(t_
.nitinaa, .1Sfeintosii, proprietor ;
.1' v1'. esdBria7 Saellpett.i°1'2:,re3eo'n :Lot 25; ftoutiie
) Con. 6, Morris, Paten Stock andj
janahonents. James Bri-)adfoot, propri-'etor,
= J. P. Brme, anetiorher.
-liarsday, Sept, IS, on fLot 27. Con,.
ifallett, Thoroughbred. (tattle, Sheep and
llogs, 11. Snell, proprietor. -
/30)Tilino7s..—At Varna, ii Aug. 24, tine
ivife of J. Boutin -)n, of • (htugh-i
ter.
Yogrwift:41.0e.W7.0,--;11, ocrtk\ ;:isilmoi ;int n A, ounngu. Ant2u,6g,.oftoi
the wife of Mr. Yellow, ef a son.
Seaf
Ilibbett, on Aug 20,
Biasetn_vvifine Afe_lirc.:noain\icenlIrnrth,237etfhaen
g.
wife of Mr. John , of a, daughter;
oGG.—Itt
Alen 25, 114
livife of Mr. 3 arms Hdgg, of :daughter.
-
MARRIea:.l1GE,S-
-et-
361°13s(--r°l-k iSaf
orth, or
Au.2;,bIITh0ma (ol s
Ge0rgsIer:i17hLo
totnoeMiala,Le' ofl
aughthicrke(i'ei
smith.
Aug. 27, byRev Sea
. (eilpfl°ilsrtnahfi
tl:;:
Mr. Joshua, Hainner, of Stratford, ti
Miss Mary Chambere, of Clinton.
IC..-;7gffrres,,boyf.11111,,oneniv:az.,;to.h.--:Ina4e.a.ctiitt,•thil,liotnkANni
Thomas Knott, to Miss Itaehel -1,1011
Egmondville, on Saturtlai
Aug. 23 Albert Edward, youngest ee
af kin, aged two' years.
Tuck-erSmitle on Aug.
1, Mr. James Walk-er, aged 51. years.
MOTR.-11.1. Ueborne, alter lpng
illnes
of -consumption, on Aug. 10, Andre
Moir, school feacher, aged 24 years.
— TA -El -1,\IAItt KITS.
SEAPOP.T11,, Aug. 28, 3.878.
. There is but little chane to note:
the Sea -forth markets this vy-cek. Bu
nem, however, is improving, and duri
-the past week a considerable amount
wheat has come forward. Mr. Aril
tage, one of our most enterprising de
ors, to -day shipped a ear -load of new 1 -
wheat. -This is the fitet car load of n
gra-in shipped from thii statiOn this s
son.. liay is still scarCe, and is
coming in good demand, and is re-adi
bought at _quoted prices. Batter,
though no rise in price has yet tale
place, is very scarce. ancl good quality
scarcely to be had. Roll lmtter for lo
consumption is in great demand.
pies are now becominemore pleutit
but still command good 1» -ices.
quote:
PallWheat.. ... .... 15 to
1.
. . 1
Barley. " ,fit)
Oats.. ---------------1.0 85 to
Peas 4) 55 to
Butter, No.1, Loom 4
No.11
No. . . ..
No. 4.... , .. .. ,!..
Butter, tennets, 16-e, 11k„ Te.
Egg 00 to
Flour
.1 0 00 to 41
Hay. . .14 00 to 10
Hides. . ........ . .. . . . .. .. ....—. 0 40 to 45
Lamb 8- lthns,.. . 1. 85 to
cPaeultss,kietutesh. (.;e.n.iip.e.r. 1.1). ::4.,:...... 2,!i to
Murrain Hides ....... — . .. 0 08 to
,.., 0 Ot to
Salt (retail) pc.,r barml, ,.
Salt (-wholesale) per barrel, — ... I -
PToatnatoBeas'riln:w) per bushel. 0 45 to
OiLood‘
ttaottlVe brl.__
__ -,.., , _ ... _ t: liti tto
wo
Spring Wheat
OFaatllsW . ,
..-., - - ---
Ili) to
, . 1
Butter heat. — . . . _ . _............ 1 1.4 ifl
. + CLIrONiA:00452118
1 4 0
Peas.BRara31.ei.e.v.t.o.u.s...... j.,. .. I. ..... . i... . tO -t, 1
—...,..,.....,., ,... . ., .. .
Eggs,- — - — ....,
.
— - • ,-,,,..-- .'-',1
STRATFORD CHEESE MA'S
e13,a Tylegrapb, to the' Expo$;tor per
- tfeal ,Lilh%
STE ATI- oRD, Aug. 28, 18
Buyers present in force. Sale
still &moralized frOui rise of last in
si.:::aiii,:estpoohseo\liat.o soellifleiritipl;e5i0itorab
z
boxes
t Ii
, 9a0bo:teeits.
siiat ' 101 ' cents,
an
L°
White fall 'w--+heNatj)°(:1'dAli'
) pper1ait
28sia
to Si 03; white -fall wheat (new
to $1, 90, red fall wheat (nevn) $1
-Sill 210 ;; oat (nee.).3
rsingwheat
i.(e7344; $
I
0li
ton, $115 to $7; butter (roTh
pound, 23o to 24e; butter (keg)
20c, cheese, Ole to 10c, tallow
tifike to
7e
o 60c 7c, potatoes
eggs, jaepes(
r dozen,1e1Vi) ilr e:3 e
0
4
.ToRDNTo, ..kug. 28, I
Pall wheat per 'bushel, :t1 25 t,o-
spring wheat, $1 18, barley,
43c; butter, pound rolls, per pou
to 24c, butter, large rolls, 150
butter, tub dairy, 10e to 1 -Se -
fresh. per dozen, 14e to 1,e; -eggs
ed, lie to 12e. i
'
_eon.
TOROTO' ST-OeK MARX
linevean -The ecceipts dui-ing
week were tonsiderably larger t
several weeks prIeyious, but ther
. good local and thippieg &BM
PreVious PrieeSwere fully nr'ii
some advance even being ebtaine
or two instances- We quote
, =34 to 4 50, 'coed class, :74:3 50 b-
aud third class- $3 to $3-25.
the reported. sf.ie8 are the f
One car of Dnri am steers and
averaging 1,040 bs., at S40 ;
grade cattle, average 1,200 lbs.,
two cars mixed, average 1,320.
'32 eath ; on'e ear of fat cows
-1,IM lbs., at $31) per head.
SHEEP. —The supply during
W118 large, and the tendency we.
krotet prices, although we halal
Olange to note in quotations,
S5 tor first-class, $4 for second -o
$3 to $3 2Z for third-class.
loan3s,---The arrivals have b