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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
MARCH i2,175..
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NEW ADVEMSEMENTS.
Horses for Sale -Robert Scott.
Tenders Wanted-eJames Fulton.
Cows arid Heifers for Sale -J. Cahill.
Farm Haucl Wanted -J.
Ma80118 Wented-F. Patterson.
Estray Heifer -D. B. Steak.
Brucefield Cheese Factory Meeting.
Farm for Sale -Wm. Phillips.
House and Lot tor Sale -B. Eden.
Farm for Sale -John Murdock:
New Spring Goods -W. Hill.
Hardware -Johnson Brothers
Abstract -Township of Tuckersmith.
SpeciaI Bargains- Thomas Kidd.
Mr. Cressevehts Fine,Art Lottery.
Seaforth Carriage Works -Pillman & Co.
Public Notice -U.. C. Willson.
Extensive Miction Sale -John McNeil.
Beedle's Swiss Bell Ringers.
Jewelry -E. Hickson & Co.
Valuable Farm for Sale.
Seed Peas for Sale -R. Brock.
Stallion for Sale -John McIver.
Seed, Seeds -Strong. & Fairley.
Saw Min and Farm for Sale.
Seaforth Decampment, L O. 0: F.
non expooitor.
not Allow legislation to pass which would
deprive it of its existence.a8 such, evens
though that legislation had received the
sanction of the people'e representatives.
This is the only reason we can conceive
why the nominee members ,should be re-
ta.ined.-7 -They should be ferced to stancl
their chances with the others, and if
their abilities were not such as would se-
cure them the pesitiou in a pi•oper way,
let them sink into obscurity, antrailow
better Men to occupy :the room which
they- are unworthy to fill. If, its Mr,
Milis sas, the present mode of cousti-
tilting the Senate is inconsistent with
the federal principle of our system of
goveameent, it must be equally niconsist-
ent to continue 'that system; even in
part, and, ooesequeutly, We cannot see
how he can reconcile his position to al-
. haw the present life. members to retain
Itheir seats, with the principle for which
• lie is contendingrelz., a purely elective
Ibody. We trust that, before he submits
his resolutions for the consideration or
, approval of. Parliament, he will
entitled to, and if the Government, which
is supported by the majority, refuses to
grant them their rights, it should be
forced .to.do so.
Political. .
-The Senators are evidently disgusted
with the Comnioni for interfering with
its manner of construction, and in order
to punish them have excluded the mem-
bers from the Senatorial refreshment bar.
, This is --a severe reprisal, as our legisla-
tors generally are a dry lot, but the Sen-
atorial caterer says that- Senators have
get to bibulate more frequently or he will
11 ve to shut up; as without the patron-
;,
a e of the Commons, the expenditure by
Senators will not pet, Waiters' wages.
We have no doubt the Senate will rise
equal to the emergency.
--In taking his seat in the House, Dr.
Orton, the enember for Centre. Welling-
ton, neglected the very essential form of
taking the usual declaration, and clung
to his seat and exercised his right of
voting after beiug made cognizant of his
- error. According to precedent he Should
-have beeu ignominiously expelled -from
the .House; but the Premier took a mer-
ciful view of his case, and made allowance
for his youthful simplicity by introducing
a special -act, legaliziug the Doctor's ac -
amend them in this particular, and. se- tion, so that the latter will still have an
SEAFORTH,. FRIDAY, March 12, 105 cure. the entire and. complete' overthrow opporttunty of worrying the members
with his vagaries on the subject of agri-
, of the present effete system. cultu re. - -
-The writ for a new election in Pio-
vencher, to fill the vacancy caused by
the 'expulsion of Louis Riel, has . been
despatched to the returniugoffieer of that
district. The emnination will take place
on March 31, and the polling on April 7.
it is said that Mr. Cha,pleeu, of Montreal,
will run for that constituency. i
-e-Mr. DeCosmos wants the Govern-
ment to buy a piece of Alaska for $1,000,-
000; and people are puzzling their brains
trying to find Out. '-ghat he wants to do
with it. .
---The election of :Mr. John McGowan,
of North Wellington, has again been pro-
tested, end it is altogether likely he will.
be sent back again. - - , •
- i -And now the Hail has discovered a
real, live grievance against the " Grit "
Government at Ottawa:- It is that they
-havetoo large a "following" inthe House!
" If this," remarks the Hamilton Times,
"is not a crime sufficient to overwhelm
the Premier and. crush his Administra-
tion we should like to know what great-
er eeormity he could .be guilty of. We
f
•hav heard of great crimihals, but such
as t iese are scarce. Wouldn't Sir John
like ,to be 'guilty, too ?" •
.---The•St. Thomas Home Journal puts
the case very neatly when it says " The
Liberal- newspapers of Ontario occasion-
ally differ in opinion, and when they do,
Tory newspapers take it as an infallible
sign that Mr. Mackenzds Governmentis
breaking up. Most sensible people would
see in itea sign thatthe editors -of Liber -
Al newspapers are independent enough to
think for themselves and honest enough'
to write and publish what they think."
, -In the House on Monday lash Mr.
Thomas Greeowny, M. P. for South
Huron, asked ef the Government whether
in view of the recent great reduction in
postage rates, it is the intention of the
Government to increase the allowance to
postmasters. The Postmaster -General
replied that it was not the intention to
increase the salaries of postmasters.
-The Hamilton ,Times one of the
staunchest Reform journals in the Pro-
vince says : "The (Jobe has made a save
age, indiscreet and wholly uncalled for
attack on Mr..Mills and the 76 Reform-
ers that voted with him on his motiou to
reconstruct the Senate. It is hot the
hist tinie the GIbbe has put its foot in it
to the detriment of the Reform party,
but on this occasion, we are inclined ti
think it has reckoned without its host,
and that the bolt will revert to its own
ru-111•I'c-
om a reply made by Hon. Mr.
Fourniertin the 'House on Monday, it ap-
pears that where the judges, who try el-
ection cases, report individuals gailty of
corrupt practices, the law is_that suits to
exact the penalty provided must. be
brought within 12.months aftel the com-
mission of the offence. Where the case is
not brought to trial until more than a
year has elapsed from the date of elec-
tion, no penalty, it is to be Assumed; can
be exacted, Unless such as the judge pre-
siding at the election may inflict:,
.-When waited upon by a deputation
from Manitoba a few days ago,to urge
the construction of the Pacific Railway
nearer to Fort Garry, the Premier, Mr.
Mackenzie, very promptly called their
attention to the fact that the Railway is •
to be built by the money of the whole
Dominion, and that consequently it would
. be unjust to create a heavy additional ex-
peuditure, "which, while temporarily ben-
-eating a locality, would be injurious to
-the route. it is enough to-- have it held.
by British Columbia that the Dominion
must indulge in ruinous expenditure fOr
its sake, withuut having the whole rail-
way injured, and taken 30 unnecessary
miles out of its way for the sake of Man-
itoba. . , g '
-e-A contemporary very correctly re-
marks : "The Opposition journals are
engaged in a difficult and assuredly not
very patriotic!' game. While seeking to
arouse a bitter feeling on the peat of the
(tt-angemen because ttiel is to be condi-
tionally amnestied, they at the same time
,
:seek to excite the Irish Roman Catholics
:because O'Donohue is not to be armies-
'
An Elective Senate.
Mr. Mi1Ts, the member for Bothwell,
has at length succeeded in securing A
ernejority in the House of Commons in
'favor of the principle of an elective Sen-
ate. When Mr. Mills first broughtthis
matter forward fin the consideratien•of
Parliament his proposition was very
coldly ;received. He has contirmed to
persevere, however, and he has at length
been rewarded by gaining a favorable
vote for the prineiple which he has so
persistently and. so ably advocated. The
resolution, which was carried by a ma-
jority of the House, and which we pub-
lished in our Parliamentary sumnaary
last week, simply condemned. the prin.
eiple upon which the Senate is now con-
. stituted, and. affirmed the correctness of
the elective .hystena. This is the first
step in the. direction of abolishing
the only haesponsible legislative. body
in this country. This step has been
gained, too, in the face of the most bit -
tee and strenuous oppos-ition; an -d, al-
though that opposition may continue,
the thin edge of the Iteforra wedge has
been firmly placed in .the old stump, Ir-
respoesible Goverment, and it will now
. only require a few vigorous knocks to
drive it honae; and shiver the rotten hulk
to atoms.
Having gained this much, Mr. Mills
net sat -hi* to rest here. He has
now placed .before the House and the
country his Scheme for t he reconstruction
of the Seeatel as ea elective, instead of
an appointechlbody. He proposes, M the
first place, to allow life members or -all
who now hold seats iij. she Senate to re-
tain them, anti as thesedrop. off to fill
their places by elected members. These
members are to be elected by the several
Provincial Legislatures,, and the several
Provinces are to be represented by e
mlect-
ed. embers in the following proportions:
Ontario, 12; Quebec, 12; Nova Scotia,
5 ; Prince Edward, 2; Manitoba, 2;
Britieli Columbia, 2, -making a total of -1
40. becond, that _Senators be elected
for a perioa oft- eight years, and that
three be eleeted each alternate yeer in
the Provinces of (tilted°. and Quebec,
and in like manner, according to num-
bers, in the other Provinces. Third,
a candidate for the position of Senator
ranet be of the full age of 30 years, and
possessed of real property, ta his own
nae, to the value of at least $4,000.
These are the main features of Nr..salient°. He does not desire, how-
ever, to bring his resolutions before the
House for discussion, or to ask its de-
cision on them, at the present session.
In securing the assent of the House to
the correctness of the prineiple upaa
which they aro based, he has obtained
all he desires at the present thee. He
new puts his resolutions forward merely :
for public consideration: and criticism,
and next session he et -ill probably ask
the _House to assent to them, and take
suck steps as will secure the .completioa
rhi.
os scheme, and thms infuse into the
Senatenew life and energy, and at the
same time bring it at least partially un-
der the coetrol of popular opinion.
While we are willing to aucept „tire
Mills' proposed scheme for the re -eon -
&traction of the Senate as a step in the
right direction, we do not :think that it
goes far enough.- We cannot see the .
necm
essity of a second chamber, and
should like if it were entirely abolished.
It is a etualmous and. expeneive, and. we
might add,' useless appendage to the
legislative machinery of the country, and
we are euro that, did Mr. Mills propose
its entire abolition., his course. woulde
meet the approval of a, majority of the
people of 0 -uteri°, at least. But, if theimposition must be endured, it is wen
thet it ehould exist in the least offensive
form possible, and should Mr. Mills suc-
ceed., he will render it at leastein so -
mo t
measure ameaable to the will of the peo-
ple_ We are Nvilling to accept even cif
small favors ia this direction. We can-
not but think, however, that when Mr.
had his hand in, he should have
gone further than he now proposes. He
should have struck at the root of the
evil. The entire body should be turned
n
out, and all should be placed o. an equal
footing. Why those who have already
received tippointments . to the Senate
should, be allowed to retain their appoint
-
menti during life, we are at a loss to
know, unless it may be that Mr. Mills
as afraid the irrerponsible body would
The NewBrunswick . School
Law..
Mr. Costigan has. again unearthed the
New Brunswick school question, and
this time seeks redress 1 in a dif-
ferent form. His contentiontformorly
was, that the . New Beunswiek School
, Law has beee passed. in violation of
the constitution. This position has been
destroyed by the receet decision of -the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,
-to whom the Matter had been referred.
This, the highest legal Authority in the
realm, has decided that the btu, is not at
tariance with the constitution. Mr. Cos tie
1 gan has now moved. a resolution asking
the Dominion. Parliament to Petition the
i Rome Government to cause an Act to be
1 paseed amending the British North 'AM-
, erican Actaby -Providing that the Ro-
man Catholic inhabitants of New Bruns-
wick; who are in a minority in that
Proeince, shall have the same rights,
privileges and advantages with respect
to 'Separate or Dissentient Schools, a,ud
, the sre exemptions from taxation for
the support of Public - or Common
Schoolt, as are now respectively enjoyed
and possessed by the Roman Catholic
minority of Ontario and the Protestant
minority of Quebec.
This question has caused in the Prov-
ince of New Brunswick an immense .deal
of trouble and ill -feeling between the
majority and minority of that Province.
Itseems that prior to ,And a; the time of
i
Confederato, n the school law. of New
}
Brunswick. Was -something similar to that
nowlexisting in Ontario. The Catholics,
who are in the minority in that Prov-
ince, were allowed to establish separate
schools, and to participate 111- the public
grant allowed for the maintenance of
sehools, and ia sections where such sep-
arate sellouts existed. those patronizing
and supporting them were relieved from
their share of support of the public
schools- in 1871, however, the Local
Legislature of New .Brunswick amended
the school law, by striking out the clause
permitting the establishment of sepaeate.
schools, and at the saine time making all
the public schools non-sectarian. The.
Catholics of New Bruihswiek, therefore,
now complain that their religious con-
victions will not allow them to send their
children to sehools where religious in-
struction is net imparted, and. that, con-
sequently,_ they are unable to use the
public schools, towards the support . of
which they are forced to centribute ;
and in addition to 'being compelled to
contribute to the support of tbe public
or non-sectarian schools, they have, in
order. to secure the , educatiou of their
childrea, to establish schools of their
own, and support them wholly at their
own expeuse. - They consider this an int;
justice. They wish to he relieved from
the necessity of supporting, the public
schools; which they do not use, and de-
,
sire the power to establish separate
schools for their own use, -ea, privilege
the minorities of Ontario and -Quebec
ROW enjoy. The Local Legislature re-
fuses to grant this privilege, lithme the
appeal of Mr. Costigatu to the Dominion
Parliament. Iti oppoAition to Mr. Costi-
.
'garn's motion, it is in d that the. Con-
stitution (rives the sole and entire con-
!
tied of the school system to the several
Ptovinees, and that the Dominion Par-
liament has no right to interfere in the
clifierences existing between sections in
any of the Provinces. It is not denied, !
1 however, that the minority ia New
Brunswick is being harshly treated by ;
the majority. Although under ordinary
eireurnstancee the DominionParliament
would _net be justified in interfering with
the legielation of the local parliaments
3 et in A cusp vhere it was clearly shown
lithat an injustice was being inflicted upon I
the minority of a Prenince by a majority, •
We think the Parliament of the Dominion-
.
as the highest legrslative authority,
would be justified in. asking to have the
constitution eo amended that 7 just*
•.
might be done that minority. Th.
is
all thet Mr. Costigan asks. Consequent-
.
ly, if lle can show satisfactorily that the
minority in New Brunswick is being
arbitrarily and- unjustly dealt with by
the majority, the Dominion Parliament
should take euch steps as will - retult itt
compelling the majority to do what is
fair and just. We do not think that 1
the minority in Neer Brunswick ask 1
more than they are justly and rightfully
•
•
•tied. Of course a party with such a con,
tradictory line of policy lemst be seame-
fully dishonest; but it may perhaps calm
their anxiety about O'Donohue to know
that he would not give a diwe for a ton
of amnesties. He is a citizen of the Un-
ited States,- and as indifferent to his
standing uuder the British•Thee as tohis
relations to the Government of the Moon.
The. Conservative tears for O'Donohue are
a waste of fluid that teey may better pre-
serve for their own woes."
en -The clause in the new Postal Bill,
providing for tlie detention ofletters con-
tamine remittances obtained frattdulent
ly, has been struck out. It seemed re-
pueuant to the general feeling of the
House that any one should have author-
ity to open letters and say whether the
money therein was obtained by fraud or
not. :If people are foolish triougll to send
money to lotteries and other swindles
they may fairly lie allowed to bear the
• loss themselves, and not ask the Govern-
ment,. at the risk of destroying the confi-
dence in our- postal system, • to protect
-We believe it is the intention of the
Gov -eminent to have the House prorog-
ed by Good Friday, and the House will •
psobably sit on Saturdaye during the
-
remainder of the 8e81ROil.
NEWS 017 -THE WEEK.
TILE CoLn.—TheSmitbsonian Insti ute
records, kept in St. Paul. Minn., sl ow
themean temperature this vvintei to
have been 2° colder than that of thy
previous record in 42 years.
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.-- Fifty th us -
and dollars in fines have been co lecte in
Maine during the last year under the
workings of the prohibitory law, ind
crime has decreased. nearly 20 per ce t.
AFFAIRS LN FRANCE.. -Bonapartist in-
trigues in 'France are said to be -Mei as-
ing. 'There are rumors of an extenAive
conspiracy, and the tone of the Impellial-
ist organs is becoming more and moreide-
tient, Le" Pays of Paris openly refer ing
to the son of the late Emperor, the Pr nee
Imperial, as they continue to call him as
the future -leader and hope of the par y.
*TEAMER. WRECKED. - The steamer
Gottenburg .has been wrecked on one of
the Fourneaux Islands, in Bass Strait8,
between Van Dieman's Land and Aus-
tralia. She had on board 85 passeneriers-
and a crew of 35: Of these only flour
persons are known to be saved. TlIree
boats filled with passengers and crew
yet to be heard from.. 'Me steamer
a large cargo, including 3,000 ounce
gold. •
- AN AWKWARD MistreaSL-The people
at a railroad depot in Boston were ast n-
ished by the sight of a man getting off
the cars with his mouth wide opee, nd
kept so dietendedlo its utmost cape ity
in what looked like- a permanent ya. .n.
He had, while gaping, thrown his jaw ut
of joint, and was on his way to a hosp tal
to get it repaired.
Boss TWEED. -Boss Tweed is still in
prison, and the city of New York is ah ut
making another effort to obtain the $ 1,-
000,000 he OWea her. Tweed thigks
there is more pleasure in holding m to
the nioney ahd living in gaol than iniv-
ing up the money and going to the p or .
house. This is where human net ire
shows itself.
OterNous.-The Englishman newspa-
per says it is rumored that orders h ve
been received by the Indian Goverrim nt
from England, to have all the regime its
in India in immediate readiness for ac ive
service. The Englishman supposes t nit
such orders point to the possibility of a
war on a large scale, not in India bu • in
Europe. • .
EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT --
Several persons in hngland have g ne
mad -as a result of the -religious exc te-
ment being fostered. by the revitali ts,
Moody and Sankey.
Ice ON LAKE MICHIGAN. -Lake Mi hi
gan " has been frozen over during he -
present month beyond the power of
ion to to discover the open water. lhis
immense field of ice has prevented he
fruit region along the lake shote ree v-
ing any benefit from water protect on,
hence the low temperature, which as
not been paralleled in forty years. Si ice
the thaw it is proved that all the pe ch
and sweet cherry buds iu that region are
killed. The other fruits are all righ .
Tar. " CLAIMANT " AAI. -1t is ru-
mored that A motion has been made for
a new trial of the claimant of the T ch -
borne estate, on the stren,gth of evid nce
lately collected- in Australia, whic is
said to present his case in quite ano her
complexion.
A NOVEL VOYAGE. -Mr. Nathaniel H.
Bishop, who is making a canoe voyage
from the River St. Lawren.ce to the buff
• of Mexico, by -the inland water courses
of the Atlantic coast, reached the iimah-
borhood of Savannah last week. After
spending a few daysie
A -Bust! Retritoe-D.--The Erie P i
that city he a After
set out for the gulf.
way, one of the longest lines of railr ad i. ,
4.
ted
lay
in
be-
t -
ons
he - •
are
ad
of
•
in the evcield, employs 15,500 person
various occupati3DS. It is estim
thet there is scarcely an hour of the
-or night when there are not 100 traiu
, actual riuming.along its line.
SHIPMENTS OP HONEY.-E0ney is
ing sent from San Francisco. to the
lautic by the ear -load, some 150
having already been shipped east .by
Pacific railroad last fall. • •
• PROEIBIThD EXPOILTATION1- ES.
-The Emperor William has issue 1 a
decree prohibiting the exportAtio of
horses from the Empire. The Ocea 10n
of this was a report that the French Gov-
ernment Was about to buy ten thous( nd
cavalry horses in Germany.
A. RIVAL FOR THE TIMES. "-I is
said that the London, Times, which. as
held undisputed sway over English ne s-
paperdom for so many years, is abou to
tied a formidable competitor. This '--i11
be a new paper started with abund int
capital And intended to rival the Ti ues
in its own particular fields. The ei gi-
neers of this vett enterprise include .,1r.
James Gordon Bennett and Mr. Edmi nd.
Yates, and it is hinted that.the nam of
the new journal will be The Planet.
ARCHBISHOP AIANNIN • -Arelibis op
Manning hae received a summons fr nn.
the Pope to come to Rome. It is an h.
oritively stated that he is to be mad a
cardinal. •
FAST GIRLS. -The girls attendint a °
seminary in Illinois set two ' chick us f
fighting M their room last Sunday: B ts
on the result ran high, and at the cone u- 1
sion of the contest the winning mai( en
was " better " by a gold watch, a pair of
silk stockings, a French corset, two.r
ton required consideration, and hoped
it would receive it at the hands of the
Committee.
PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGli.
On Thursday, the discussion of the
new postal arrangements was taken up.
Mr. t well said at the bill seemed to
him to have been well and carefully pre-
pared, but it could not be doubted that
it was inadvisable to place so severe a
tax on country newspaper proprietors as
compelling teeth to prepay their news
papers. He held that it would lie im-
possible for proprietors to raise theft
rates in order to cover this payment, and
that the imposition of the tax on the
newspaper publisher would be a serious
matter to him, especially as the weight
of the papers would be increased by the
wetting process through which it had to
pass. before being printed, the absorption
of water being about 10 per cent. He
then went on ask if the Government
had token any steps to refund to coun-
try postmasters the newspaper payments
at their offices, which were usually ac-
corded. If not it were better to have
free postage of newspapers at once. As
to the free delivery of letters, he urged
that it it were possible to deliver letters
free in some towns, it was equally just
to deliver lettere free in other and small-
er towns. - He hoped the Postmaster -
General would hesitate before imposing
so heavy a tax upon every newspaper
publisher in the country. lie had fad
ed to fiud a single newspaper support-
ing the resolution of which he complain-
ed. Hou. Mr. Mackenzie said that the
proposed change was one that prevailed
in other laws, and was a reduction
amounting to nearly three-feurths of
what it formerly was. It was in reality
shifting the tax from the people to the
publisher. There was practically no
revenue in the matter, as it required
nearly the whole amount collected to
carry the papers. They surely could not
call it a tax when it was merely a slight
charge for services rendered. Hon. Mr.
Tupper agreed with the statements of
the Premier, but he thought the Govern-
ment should go a step further and re-
move postage on newspapers altogether.
(Hear, hear.) For the amount of revenue
it produced there was no. single charge
imposed by the Goverement which was
more vexatious than that imposed for
the carriage of newspapers. The bill
brought in by the Postmaster -General
was one yery creditable to him and to
the Goyernment, but he thought the
countrylwould, sustain them if tney re-
moved altogether the tax upon periodi-
cals. No country in the world required
a fosteringof its periodicalpress morethan
Canada did. Mr. Young stud the press did.
notobject to the reduction made,but to the
very fact that they had almost abolished
the tax altogether. He had. received
several telegrams intimating that the
Press Association of Canada intended
agent, the latter should be niede to bear
the costs, was adopted.
TUE rAciFic RAILWA.Y.
On Friday the House went into Com-
mittee of Supply, andon the Pacific
Railway item coming up, the Premier
took the opportunity to lay before the
members the present condition of this
great national work, and the future plans
of the Government in regard. to it. Mr.
Maakenzie stated that tire Government
are determined to push the work for.;
ward as rapidly as the circumstences
the country will allow. They are deter-
' mined, however, not to commence work
until they are thoroughly lamellar with
the country thiough which the road will
piss and its probable cost, and are per-
fectly satisfied that their proposed
course is in the general interests of the
whole Dominion. While ttrilling to serve
all interests of a local nature as far as
possible, the Government have not lost
sight of the fact that the work is a na-
tional one, and that Federal interests
must take precedence over Provincial
oues. They are determined to utilize
the water stretcheFebetween this Prov-
.
iace and Manitoba, and between Mani-
toba and the Rocky Mountains, but not
1-fertatinemeet forgetting that they are
ultbnately to build a railway through
these districts. They have agreed to
build the road to Lake Superior from the
-Pacific by the year 1890, being nine
years more than the time within which
Sir John Macdonald's Government fool-
ishly bound themselves to complete the
work -a work which, at the same time,
they had no positive information as to
the magnitude of. They have also agreed
to expead two millions of dollars per
year in British Columbia until the work
is finished. The entire route hat been
surveyed, and the eugineers are busy k
completing their reports, and by next
session the Government will be prepared
to Submit for the appoval of the House
the entire scheme, its probable cost, and
the' proposed /mite, after which tenders
will be invited. A portion of the Do -
minima Pacific Telegraph has already
been constructed, anti the work is now
being pushed. forward. The costis 8180
per mile for the prairie, and $480 for the
wooded regions. Fifty thousand tons of
steel rails have been contracted for, to
be delivered at Montreah at an average
price of $54 per ton. These are the
most favorable terms upon which steel
rails were ever puthhased. The sum
asked by the Government to com-
mence the work is six and a quarter mil-
lions.
THE 'NEW BRUNSWICK SCHOOL QUESTION.
asicutg the Government -to forego thatt
portion of their measere which imposed
a charge upon the publisher. It could
pot certainly be regarded as a tax, but
that was really not the question before
the House. The Government had them-
selves undertaken to throw off a large
portion of the postage on newspapers,
and the, question _was whether publish -
era should pay the small amount which
was now to be collected, which was per-
haps not more than about $10,000. He
(Mr. Young) held that they should. not,
but that the very fact that they had
nearly abolished the newspaper postage
was a strong argument in favor of their
doing awaywith it altogether. The ef-
fect would be to throw the whole burden'
upon the shoulders of the country news-
papers. The change was introduced he
believed to simplify the duties of some
persons in the post office department by
throwing the task of collecting the post-
age upon the publisher. It was a very
small matter to the public to have to pay
twenty or twenty-five cents a year, but
to the publisher of a coantry newspaper
$100 or $150 was no incopsiderable sum,
even if the Governinent would not con-
sent to forego this provision e -but they
must admit that it would be very unjust
to bring the law into effect at came. as
the publisher had in most cases made the
. contracts- with his subscribers, And the
result would. be that double postage
would be collected. The result of trie
abolition of newspaper: postage Would,
he believed, be a: general- im-proyement
in the press of the country and a cense-
- queut benefit to classes. Mr. Oliver
• believed that from the expression maui-
fested in the House and country,' it was
the almott nnanimons feeling that post-
age on newspapers should. be removed.
It was stated by the Postmaster -General
that it would take $45,000 a year to de-
- liver letters in cities free of eharge, but
he ventured to say: that it would be
fouud to be a great deal more with res-
pect to the free delivery ot pablic doeu-
inente in the Provincee. Its cost was
net a_ cent less than $20,000, being a
total of $65,000. If this could :be
thrown aside, why could eot the postage
f newspapers be done away with, and
or a dee§ of people who were less able
epay for it than the ones he had
ndidatted as being specially favored ? He
held that the prepaymeet of postage
you'd be a serious impost upon the pun-
hshers, who would not be eble to Charge
any. higher rates than they do at this time.
Some further discussion ensued on
this subject, and on the prepaymmit of
postage on letters, in the ceurse Of which
Mr. D. Macdonald said it wae the inten-
tion not to send any letters that were
net stamped before beine posted, they
being retained in the post office, but in.
case of insufficient stamping they woulti
be sent along -And the extra charge de- 1
manded before delivering. - • 1
The House then went inteConneittee,
when Mr. Young moved, seconded by
Mr. Roes, in amendment, that the folea
-lowing be .substiteted in place of sub-
section 22 " That all newspapers and r•
periodicals, published not lees frequent- 1
13- than once a month, and sent from the 1
office of 'publication Or news .agenciesto
regular subscribers, shall be carried ftee
of postage." After sonic farther discus-
, shin, the amendthent was lost On a di i-
81011, and the resolutions having been
passed, the Coniniittee rose.
Tarnow oirraii lime -nous.
Hee. hie. Fournice moved the Halite
into -Committee on the bill to amend the
ets respecting eontroverted elections,
-hen -Mr. Blake moved the folio:whet'
mendment : Whenever it eppears f-.
Ils
of false hair, a patent bustle, and a be, u-
tiful book -mark with "Christ Our Guir e"
worked on it -in colored silk.
Law At; AIN -ST KIDNA PPING. 2- The L ri-
islature of Pennsylvania, has just passe( a
law subjecting those guilty -of kidneppi
children to a penalty of lo years imp!
-onment in the penitentiary and a fine of
$10,000.- This extra.ordinary law his ts
origin undoubtedly in the Charley Er
abduction case.
BluellAM YOuNet.--Brighem Young
owns $600,000 of the first -mortgage boids
of the Utah Centrel Railroad, which 1 -
though only 38 miles long, does a bu 1.-
ness of $100,000 per month. I3righiri's
favorite son John controls the Ut,hh
Western Railroad. -
......samessee.t.,.„...
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
In the House on Tateiday, a nember of
petitions for prohibitimi Were presented.
, The greater portion of theitt.i
s___,11(r was
taken up in considering items ot? sup -
Pith
8 ea ORO Ere -Chattanooga, Ten neeeee,
is 1 t entu-1ysubiriergcd.hy the oter-
flow of the TC1111.0880e River, and a steam I
ferry -boat ie plying in the etreets.
TILE WELLAND (*ANAL
a
On Wednesday the subject of the e
deepening of the Welland Canal, was a
brought up, Mr. Mackenzie stating thet t
the work would be pushed 00 with
d Why 88 possible.
netasios a01-8 CIRCCLATION.
Air. Wilkes inoved for the appoir
meat of a Select Committee. to report
. .
the question of the Dominion not cite
lotion generally, and as to whether t
continuance of such currency in circula-
tion is in the public interest. He co 1-
sidered that th
c whole monetary qu s-
1;-
1-
10
he Court or .Judge that the respoedent's
resence at the trial Di necessary, the
rial 8111111 not be commenced during any
ession of -Parliament, and in the eine-
utation of any delay allowed in the
roceedings in respect of euelt trial, the
ime occupied by a.op such session shall
ot be reckoned," The amendment was
dopted. An amendment providing that
1 cases where the election of a member
'as annulled throngh the nate of an
On Monda.y, Mr. Costigan submitted a
resolution providing that an address be
submitted to Her Majesty praying her to
cause an aet to be passed amending the
British North America Act, by providing
that the Itornan Catholic inhabitants Of
New Brunswick, who are in a minority
M that Province, shall have the same- .
rights, privileges and advantages with
respect to Separate Schools as are now
respectively eujoyed by the Roman Cath-
olic minority of Ontario, and the Prot-
estant minority of Quebec. He strongly
urged the claims of the Cathohcs of NeW
Brunswick for Separate Schools, and
stated that it was only by the inetitution
of such a system that harmony in educa-
tional matters in that province could be
secured. He referred. on the injustice of
taxing Catholics for the support of schools
to which they could not couscientionsly
send their children, and saw no insuper-
able obstacle to the granting of the legis-
lation asked for. Several members•took
part in the discussion, which was kept up
till the House adjourned.
alio COSTIOAN RESOLUTION,
The House on Wedneeda,yewas occu-
piei during the entire sitting by the
discussion on Mr. Costigan's eesolutinn.
The resolution was defeated on a divi-
sion by ahnajority of 114 to IS.
AUCTION SALES.
..Mouday, March 15, on Lot Il, Con. 7,
Stanley, Farm Stock and implements.
Wm. Redmond, proprietor; John Mack,
auctioneer.
Monday, March 15, on Lot 11, Con. 12,
Hallett,' Farm Stock and Implements.
Angus Campbell, proprietor; J. 1?. Brine,
auctioneer.
Wednesday, March 17, on Lot 17, C011.
9, McKillop, Farm Stock and Imple-
ments. George Payne, proprietor ; J. P.
Brine, auctioneer.
Thursday, March 18, on Let 23, Con.
11, Brownson Line, Stanley, Farm Stock -
and Implements. Sarah Gorman, pro-
prietor ; E. Bossenberry, a-uetioneer.
Saturday, March 20; in Seaforth, Ag-
ricaltural Implements Musital Intiu-
ments &c.. 0. C. Willson, proprietor;
J. P. Brine, auctioneer.
Monday, March 22, on Lot 5, Con. 10,
„NIe-Killop, Farm Stock and Implements._
Danieljn oAeleirtxi
.ley, proprietor; John Bullard,
au
Tuesday, March 23, on Lot 6, Con, 17,
Grey, Farm, Farm Stock- and Imple-
ments. John McNeil, proprietor ; J. P.
Brine, auctioneer.
IVednesday; March 31, at the Com-
mercial Hotel, Seaforth, a Valuable Farm,
being -Let 25, Con. 4, H. It. 8. Tucker -
smith. Wm. ,,McConnell and George
Sproat, executors; J. P. Brine, auction-
eer.
BIRTHS.
AAloch.----At Walton, on March.
the wife of Mr. Thomas St. Amour, o,
a daughter.
McMoRRAY. --In Morris, on March 2,
the wife of Mr. Peter Mehlurtay, of a
son.
MoNten.-In 8eaforth, on March 1, the
wife of Mr. Wm. McNish, of a daugh-
ter.
TUckersmith, on Feb.
26, the wife of Mr. John Workman of
a son.
CUTIITLL.- 'Aleli.illop, on Feb. 18, the
wife of Mr. John Cuthill, of a son.
TVIINBULL. --In Grey, on March 9, the
wife of Mr. 'Walter Turnbull, of a
daughter,
DEATHS.
Hocheat-At the resideece of his son,
*Grey, on March 0, John Hogan, aged
76 ycars.
Morrisbank, on March 6,
Henry, infant son of Mr. James Mills,
aged 13 months.
KEFFER.-111 Grey, on March 4, the wife
of Mr. John Keller, aged 38 years.
Hullett, on March 8, Ag-
nes Broadfoot, beloved- wife of Mr.
James Martin, Sr., aged 77 years.
McGReoon.----In Hay, on March 7, John
only son of Mr. Malcolm McGregor,
aged 27 years.
11 ovrznouu.—In Howick, on March 8,
\V illiani, son of Mr. John Holtzhour,
aged 9 years.
A
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ARcu 12, 1875.
MARRIAGES. i
BM-ALIA/EN -SMITII.-At the r
"the bride's p4rents„ by Bev, t
Mr. George; Smallden, tot
po6fernatiathil let; fboth cf (e- rtLD —A
of
t
Pc
Itelr.. John Itoss, .Mr. Thos.
teacher, to Jennie, eldest
Mr. Hugh McDonald, all
• ,
m1L
Dosrts"iottt-- Teeitoit. -At • the
Parsonage, fieeforth, on F
Rev. Chat* Lavell,
vid Dobson,Inf Brussels, to -
Taylor, ef.
THEALA P Fr
-N._ a
SEAMITIL, '‘1"”r
During the past week the a
_business done bn the inarket
much inereased. Produce of
is coming in more 'freely, mee
a ready sale. '` There has beci
decline in what, oats and bar
peas have advanced a couile
Hay has also declined slightly,
ing large quantities eoming
quote ;
Fan Wheat (new) .
-Spring Wheat, per bushel.
Oats (11eli1) per bushel.- .._-
Peas (new) per bushel, -
Barley (new) per
Butter, No. I, Loose...
Butter iu tubs-
Flour . - . - 0 t
Ilan new.- . -10
Hides. 0 t
Sheep skins ........ ...
Salt (retail) per barrel,
Salt (w)iolesale) per barrel,
Potatoes, per bushel) new. - t
Oatmeal .
wooa. „
Beef 4
Pork.. . . - .... a a IP sa
Man
Fall Wheat, per t
Spring Wheat, per busheL.-..._. 0
Oats, per bushel, -•
Barley, per bushel.
Peas, per bushel. .
Batt -el. ------------.0
Potatoes,
Eggs-
Pork,.
LoNnox, March
-White WI wheat, Diehl
$1 130; Treadwa, $1 40 to a,
winter, .81 30 to $1 air; sin
. to $1 50, eats, $1 20 to $1
$1 1.8 to $1 ; barletr, $1 :51
eggs, store lots, per doz.,
farmers', 22c to 25c; butter,
th 20c ; rolis, 22c to 25c ; fir
20c; pork, $7 60 to $8.
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TORONTO" March
There were in today about
„of wheat, at 06c ter white, !
for Treadweli, and 88e ler eet
• bush. of berley at 82e to 8
of peas .at 75c to '70c; and
-of oats at 44c to 45e. Hay
to $22. Hogs brought $8 to
ter Wort at 26c to 30e for p
Eggs were lower, seiThbg at
focfresh.
TORONTO CATTLE M
TORONTO, March
Bnavns-The receipts
more abuedant during the
than previously, but were
though about sufficient to m
isting demand. Prices may
at $4.25 to $5 for first elas
$4.50 for second class, and $3
for third class.
SHEEP-ReCeiptS Iilnited
load, which sold nt$te25.
Leeinsa.-There were two
to dress 50 lbs sold at $6, an
cleess55 Ms, at $6.50.
.---,. ----. _............_
BUFFALO LIVE STOCK '
B1717.x LA March
Chtatrea.---Receipts to-dayI
making the total supply fet
thus far, 6,596 head, or 388 ;
5,168 head or 304 ears for
last week, and 3,808 head Or
the same time last year_ ;
opened slow, with but et
few offerings, at an advancet
all grades. Canada steers i
1
$4 86.
SHEEP AND LAMIIS.-ReC
6,200 head, Buyers have 11
off and demanding a decline
i
closing eirices of last wee
made thus far to -day are at.
demanded,. News from thel
the markets there to be -OW'
trade comequently an.
Hoc'I.-Receipts to -day
_
Supply about ea nal to 4
quote to -day : Yorkers at .9,r
heavy hogs holding at $71
But few offering and &man
leesseseaneenteeeeetemeeatate7
SEAFORTH ENCAA
. I
No. 27,
NATILL hold' A 'Regular _Meeting!
MARCII 18, at 7:801). M.
877 4.;E0I46.11Tfl
SEED PEAS FOR
i
THE dersignea bas on ]iti:
-I- SEED PEAS for sale, warou
obnoxious seeds.
117044 'Con. 4, )11111I
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ABSTRA
(IP the TITASUTeri$ accoultt
"-/ tv oi Tuckermith Iron 1
lst .1\1arch, 1875.
To 'balance on iranafrOnl last
Tavern and shop licence. -
Balance of taxes for 11373.
Clergy reserve fund..
Boundary line appropriati
Luniller
County taxes -
Collected over County rate.
Trnstoes' school taxes.....
Township tax,
Loss taxes unitia,.......-
AlWan of taxes for 1S713. ,
•
thipaid
By efit▪ li paid tor ierds iin1 b
Belief of poor...-.
Miseellaneous.. ...
4 County taxes- ..
' Interest 011
Trustes' school tax.
,..krrears of taxes_ _
To balance in hands a Treas.
tnpaid taxes.
Au.aitea the Treastfrees hoe
eeelma found cornet.
ABOITD. D
d'AMES 1)
nclitromith, Ilarth 8, 11)7