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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-04-06, Page 44 TI -1 HURON EXPOSITOR. APRIL 6, 1877. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Grand Opening—William Hill & Co. New Hardware—Win. Robertson & Co. Opening Day—Hoffmen Brothers. I. Cedar Poets for Sale—David McNanght. House and Lot for Sale—J. S. Porter.. Manitoba and the Canadian North7Weet. Dress Goods—Hoffman Brothers. IGroceries—Cunningham & Aikenhead. I Hats and Caps—John Rogers. I • Grade Bill for Sale—Samuel Scarlett. Lumber—S. Lounsbury and Co. Seed. Wheat for Sale—John Hannah. Re-Opening—William Campbell. I Post 'Office Store, Walton—R. Pattison. Property for Sale—Jas. II. Benson. liven txproiter. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1,77. i Ontario, Manitoba and tie Western States. I A season of commercia.ldepressio and stringency in any country is sure tc cre- ate a measure of discontent and u easi- ness among the people of that con try. The partial failure of the crops of the , past season, and the consequent dulness of trade inthis Province has had the ef- fect of inducing many of.our people te look around for the purpos.eof ascertaining, if possible, if there -is not another sir on the earth's surface where a larger remun- eration for a certain expenditure of time and labdr can be secured. With this object in view, many are now direting }their attention to the Province of Mani- toba and the . Western States. Almost every other man you meet is more or less affected with the Manitoba fever.; Many -in this section have within the Past few months, purchased lands in that itovince rnthno usniary circumstances. There i ainly for speculation, while others have etermined. to make a personal visit to 1 he Province with e niew of perman- ntly locating there if things suit them. f course it is always well for people to deavor if possible to better their pe - doubt but Manitobaeoffers many advan- ages both to the speculator and the ac- tual settler, but it is not well to become too much enamored with the bright !Ade of any picture. While it has its advan- tages for both the classes alluded to, here is no doubt, but it also has its dis- advantages, and it Would be wisdom for : all to carefully weigh and consider. these before taking a rash etep. Although ponamerce and agriculture &reel:tow in a depressed state in Ontario, they will not be always so. In every estuary and in very clime there are seasons -of adversity la , well as seasons of prosperity. In this espect Ontario is no exception. Although imes are now dull, as the saying goes, here is every prospect that there will oon be a break in the ciou.d. A good rop this season woUld have a wonderful Erect in restoring trade and in improv - ng thethe temper of our people. All hat is required is patience and economy and all things will come right in due time. The people of this Province, even hard as times are, have many comforts and Convenienees which the people of newer lountries clO not possess, and Which those who are now dissatisfied with their lot here would only begin toproperly appre. elate when they had left them behind. We do not wish it to be understood, how - ver, by anything we have said that we ave any desire to depredtate the adven- t ages offered by other sections of the eountry, or to discourage emigration to tlanitoba. We believe there are many who would do better in Manitoba than they can possibly do .here, but we are also convinced that there are many who are dissatisfied with their lot here, who would be, even under the most favorable circumstances, much Worse off there. , Any person possessed of a good farm, a - tlemanerative business, and a comfortable home here would, we think, be foolish to abandon it even for the best that Mani-. ttoba or any other country can offer. But for young men who have not the means of purchasing e comfortable home here, and who are industrious, willing to work and who will be contented to "rough" it for a while, Manitoba offers an excellent opening. The land is cheap, fertile and easily brought into cultivation, and sl fair start in life 'can be made on much less capital there than it is pdssible here. There are also some branches of trade which could be made more remunerative there than here, but these are the excep- tion. For such as we have mentioned there is no doubt but Manitoba offers Shperior advantages to even the bestl of . and easily tilled, the markets are (II t e Western States. The soil is equally f rtile now, and are likely to continue, equally ,g d, taxes are lower, railway and other f ilities will, in a very short time,' be equally accessible, while there is no cern- phrison between the laws by which the tWo countries are governed. While, therefore, we would not advise any who arecertainly think that any who are deter - reasonably well off here to leave, we ined to remove would be consulting t eir best intereSts by giving Manitoba a trial. he Anglin Printing Contracts, In referring to the matter of the glin printing contracts last week, we I id the blame of giving this work to the Speaker of the 'Rouse of Commons and a member of Parliament, entirely upon Mr. Huntington, the present Postmaster - General. In this, however, we are most creditably informed, we were in error. The .arrangement with Mr. Anglin was made by Mr. Huntington's predeceseor, the present Lieutenant -Governor of On- tario, entirely at his own instance and --- without the 143w1Jidge of his colleagues. So noon as Abe Hu tingtOn assumed the . duties of tie pffic , and learned of ' the existence of this c ptraot, he, after 'eon- . sulting th Premier, cancelled- the leen- tract. On thie being deme Mr. Anglin strongly represented that he had secUred a large stock of st.tionerr and other' ma- terial for the purtelme of parrying onthis work, and that if this meterial were left on his han s, he Would thereby be tub- jected to in�u8 bass. Under these cir- cumstance, Mr. Huntington consented I to the renewal of [the contract for three I months. ' t the shad of this time 'Mr. Anglin ha 41 oil hand a considerable I supply of his, material, and was granted two mont s longer time in which to i - work it up. Since tho expiration of I3 this last n med date, Mr Anglin has not received a dollar's arorth of printing from the -Post ffice Departinent. This ex- planation preents the matter in quite a different 1iht in sci far as Mr. Hunting- ton is con erned, and a,beolves him and. the presen members of the Govermnent from all blame in the atter. It does not, howevler, improve i r. Aoglin's po- • sition, vehi e it shows th conduct of the late Postmaster -General o be on a par with his general man gement of the Department when it. as under hi3 charge. In this connection we might mention that the Mail copied the portion of our article which censured Mr. Anglin and Mr. Huntington, but it did not give its I 'readers the benefit of that portion of the ' _same articld which adversely criticised its own conduct and the conduct ot its political friends. Of course, we did -not expect anything better from our con- temporary, and we only eefer to the cir- cumstance now as additional proof of the statement with which that article closed, viz.: "that there is mighty little inde- pendence or honetty among the Opposi- tion journals." Dominion Parliament. As the House adjourned from Thurs- day until Monflay evening last, on ac- count of the Easter holidays, there is not a great deal of ,legislation to report this week. Sin?e +e House met on Monday several 'meesuees have been advanced and passede and a deal of business has been transacted, but there have been no discussions I of interest or importance. The investigations proceeding before the Northern Railway and Public Accounts Committee are still interesting, and seem to keep members and the papers well I supplied with gossip, which for the Op- positionists, at least, is of a rather un- pleasant cheracter. At a recent meeting of the Northern Railway Committee, - some rather startling disclosures have been made. It app ars that in Novem- ber, 1869, during Sir Francis Hincks' contest in North Renfrew, Mr. C. J. Campbell Called on Mr. Cumberland and intinaated that funde would be required to assist the Ministerial candidate in that county! As a result of thet inter- view Sir John Macdonald himself drew twice on Mr. Cumberland, for $500 on each occasion. Mr. ' Cumberland doesn't cast any doubt upou the natural conclu- sion that Sig John Macdonald knew per- fectly well that the money in question was to be driawn from the friends of the Company, to whose relief he had come by legislatiop in the previous year to the extent of an advance of $100,000 out of the public treasury. In 1872 Mr. Campbell, ho, it wiIl be remembered,. is a brother of one of Sir John Mac- donald's late colleagues, was again in communication with Mr. Cumberland, $1 the result 1;ing that a further sum of,000, in to checks of $500 each, was subscribed. In 1869 the money above referred to was charged to Parliamentary expenses, and in 1872 it was first debited to Mr. Cumberland'own account, and then transferred to Parliamentary ex- penses. It willbe further remembered that a year I later, namely, in 1873, the Company was again a suitor for relief at the hands of the Government of the day and the Legislature. The last named amount, it should be mentioned, was ex- clusive of the sum stent in electing Mr. Beverley Bobinson for Algoma. Not pontent with making the Northern Rail- way the milch cow op whieh to draw for -election expenses, -the I Conservative party, it appears,secured a second $1,000 as a contribution to the stock of the Mail newspaper, the letter sum ap- pearing as the contribution' of Mr. Angus Morrison, then one of the Northern Di- rectors and member of the House of Commons. This gentleman also receiv- ed a note for $1,000 in June, 1871, for money spent in promoting legislation in connection ,with the ;Northern and the North Grey and Muskoka Railways. No particulars of this expeediture were given, the amount being dividel into three sums. 'One-third wee charged to Parliamentary expenses, andethe balance divided among the railways above men- tioned. Mr. Morrison was also at this time a member of the 'reuse of Com- mons. On the 9th 4 June, 1869, there is also a draft in Mr. Morrison's favor for $400, charged to Parliamentary ex- penses account, although the Company had no bill before Parliament during that year. Another item! scarcely less" ob- jectionable than the foregoing is one of $500 paid to Mr. Hewitt Bernard, broth- er-in-law of ' Sir John Macdonald and Deputy Minister of Justice, for services as Parliamentary agent in promoting the bill above referred to for the relief of -the Northern Railway Company. - At a sub- sequent sitting of the Committee, Mr. Cumberland was asked a few further questions with regard to the drafts Sir John Macdonald drew on him for elec- tion expense. The drafts were pro- duced, and showed that they were made on Mr. Cumberlandj personally. Wit- ness gave the Cenatrottee to understand that there was, no I agreement as to amoutits bet een him and Sir John, but the latter drev on him as often as he liked, and foe whatever aunts he pleased to put in hie drafts.' Mr. Cumberland had no doubt but that Sir John knew the money to cash them would. come out of the railway. The taking of further testimony was postponed at an early) pr hour, so that the Committee might make ' pa a further examinatio of the books. tl is announced that C. J. Campbell, Angus Morrison, Bev rley Robinson and Sir John Macdonald 111 be recalled as witnesses probably th s week. ANOtHER BASEL SS CHARGE. The Opposition ora' s have lately been trying to make politic 1 capital by insin- uating that Mr. Nom , M. P.,. for Lin- ooln; had need his pea tion as a member of Parliament for the •urpose of obtain- ing from the Governm nt a contract for the transp 'rtation of ailway iron from Montreal ad other points to Fort Wil- liam and Duluth. he insinuation is entirely devoid of tru h. The facts are that Messrs. Cooper, Fairman, & Cp. tendered fee- and rece ved in the usual way the contract for t °marriage of these rails. They communi at d with Messrs. J. E. Jaques h Co., a W 11 -known firm, of Montreal, who ar agents for the Merchant's Lake and River Steamship Line, and arranged w.i h these gentlemen for the transportation y that line of the rails in question. A is well known, this line of steamers is composed of some seventeen or eighteen • oats owned by a 'lumber of gentleme , of whom Mr. Norris is ope, who hav clubbed together for the purposes of la e and river trans- portation without, hu ever, being incor- porated. .Messrs. Ja ues & Co. made the arrangement and s gned the contract with Messrs. Cooper, Fairman, & Co. . as they would for any ther freight ship- ped over the line. Mr. Norris had nothing to do with th bargain in any shape or form further tlhan that he was one of the gentlemen wning the vessels of the Merchants' Line. He had no com- munications either with the Government or with Coeper, Fair. an, & Co. about the naatter from first Lt0 last, and the whole transaction sas one between Messrs. Cooper'Fairman, & Co. on the one hand aid Messrs. Jaques & Co. on the other. When, however, the freight was being collected, as the line is unin- corporated the Government solicitor re- quired as at matter of precaution that Mr. Fairmen should sign the contract on behalf of the line, whic was done accord- ingly. THE MEN/IONITES IN ' HE NORTH WEST. In the It:emigration Committee a few days ago Mr. Jacob J. Shantz, founder of the M ennonite settle en t in Manitobs, was examieed in refer nce to the condi- tion and prospects of- that colony. He stated thatihis people ere well satisfied with their new homes, which were far superior to those they ad left in Russia. The country generally as better for the purposes of 'settlement han any part of Minnesota which he ad seen. There were no les e than 60, Mennonites in Russia at 'Resent who had not the right to emigrate or sell thei homesteads with- out me permission of he Russian Gov- ernment. Mr. Hugh utherland was ex- amined as to the land nd climate of the Saskatchewan Valley, ef both of which he gave a very favorabl account. MR. LANGTON, THE A. DITOR' GENERAL. There is a good deal f talk as to what should be dpne with M. Langton. It is the opiniontof the mai rity of the mem- bers that he should be relieved from his duties, not enly on account of his dis- honest conduct in con ection with the now celebreted Secre -Service money, but for other peculia ities of conduct which show:that he is • ot averse to using his positiori to place the Government whose servant he is, in a disadvantage- ous positioni when oppo tunity offers. It will be remembered tha during the -earli- er meetings of the Publ c Accounts Com- mittee this Ression, Mr Mackenzie had to explain that a numb r of entries were wrong and should hae e been charged under other heads than they had been. The Mail arid other org as of its kidney seized upenthis to acc se the Premier with having duped Par lament into giv- ing him votes of money for certain popu- lar objects, and then diverting it to others for which it wou d not so willing- ly have been granted. Mr. Mackenzie showed the utter falsit ot these charges, which were attributed ts bad book-keep- ing. For this Mr. -Lan ton is responsi- ble, and the impression is that some one more capable should be appointed, for it is pretty hard that foe s ch a person un- deserved blame shoul be placed by malicious writers on t e shoulders of those who de not deser e it. It is not impossible, too, that t a entry against George Brown, as 'to his expenses in Washington, was intentionally put in the d shape, solely e of the Secret John, which ap- he Brown entry there at all, or he did not touch There are other Langton which I f 1 1 wrong place and in a b to take some off the ed Service reftind by Sir peered just ebove it. should not have appeare in the shape it did, for one cent of the rneney. matters with reference t may be mentioned at another time. THE mar, SERVICE EMPLOYES. There has been a good eal of complaint anent the feet that cert in members of the Civil Service have g yen valuable in- formation at times to the Opposition. Several glaring instaoce have been de- tected and proved bey° d a shadow of a doubt. The penalty, hi wever, was only a severe reprimand and hreat of instant dismissal sheuld it has len again ; but some think that was far too lenient deal- ing, especially in one ca e, where a cer- tain documeptprivate f r the time being was furnished to a rabid Tory journal in order that the Governm nt might be at. tacked. It is claimed hat the example of one minieter, who di charged nearly every responsible clerk i his department and replaced them with those he could trust, should have been enerally follow- ed. In the 'morning af er- the vote on Mr. Wood's amendment when the ma- jority was 31, there was :reat excitement displayed by some mem sere of the Ser- vice, who somewhat pre s aturely accept- ed the vote as the dea h knell of the Governmenti and did no hesitate to ex- press their hopes. Subs quent divisions however, have completely changed their tune. Politigal feeling runs high in every branch, notWithstanding the studied re- serve manifeeted in pub c. This shows that some reeonstructio i of the Service is necessary, and it is ho led Mr. Casey's Committee will make a esod report, hav- ing discharged their duti s faithfully. A MUGH NEEDED LEASURE. Mr. Blake has introdu ed a bill for the repression of pool Belli g and betting, provides that any perso c keeping a place for recording bets or sel ng pools on the result of political or mun cipal election, or of any race,or any contes or trial of skill or endurance of man or east, such per- son is guilty pf a misdem anor and liable to be imprisoned in the •ommon jail for a term less than one yea , With or with- out hard labdr, and to a ne not exceed- ing $1,000. This act sh Hoot extend to any person by teason of s is becoming the custodian or proprietor If any money, operty or valuable th gs staked to be id the winner of any la ful race, sport, • game or exercise, or to the owner of any horse engaged in any awful race. THE SECRET SERVICE FUND INVESTIGIA? TIONt The draft report submitted by Mr. Charlton to thePublic Accounts Com- mittee, on Wednesday, on the enquiry into the Secret Service money ei nth- ture was a lengthy document, istin- guiehed as much by Irnoderation in its tone as ability in its coiiiiIation. It sets forth in the firat instance with consider- able minutesness the various feats disclosed during thp enquiry, fol- lowing up these wi h a concise re- capitulation of the uost serious items in the indictment. T ese may be briefly stated to be as follow; That in direct contravention of the terms of the Order in Council under which the disbursements of the Secret Service Funds were regulat- ed, no certificate was ever iseued by any member of the Government for the pay- ment made; that the account rendered in the Public Accounts of the paymente made from the fund was entered by the Auditor•General under verbal instruc- tioneefrom one of the Ministers, and that the sums therein stated never agreed with the bank balances of the 'period; that the sum of $8,398 w s taken illegally from the balance of the late Province of Canada, and Appropriated to secret ser- vice - purposes, in order, as alleged, to avoid coming to Parliament for a fresh vote; that no balances were ever sur- rendered at th& close of the financial year, year, in accordance with British prac- tice ; aud that in 1871 all record of such balance was dropped, the whole amount of the vote being enteeed as money ex- pended, the result being that Parliament and the Public Accounts Committee were deceived and led to understand that on the 1st of July, 1871, the whole fund had been exhausted, whereas, on the 30th of July, 1872,- when the Public Ac- counts Committee passed a resolution providing for an audit of all disburse- ments, some $50,000 still remained to the credit of the Government in the Bank of Montreal; that even after the resolution. referred to was passed no ac- count was kept of theexpenditure, but, on the contrary, imotediately previous to the meeting of Parliament in 1873, every voucher was 'destroyed which would have enabled Parliament to deal with the subject, had the necessity for action arisen, this op peated as regards furtj August of the same y ration being re- er vouchers; in ar • there was no transfer of the fund to the incoming Government, no mentien made to them such a balance was -in existence for two years, and then the balance was disposed of in a manner` with which the public is already. only too familiar. Sir John Macdonald, moreover, evidently evaded or avoided his promised interview with Mr. Mackenzie during the whole of the session of 1876, and as soon after that session had terminated he paid over $6,000 of the money Which he had il- legally obtained to his former colleague, Senator Campbell., T e report closes with the following pro °Bilious :- 1. That the course p rsued and here- inbefore specified wit regard to the Secret Service moneys was highly irregu- lar and a breach of the 'duty of those con- cerned therein. 2. That steps shmild be taken for the recovery into the publie cheat of the said sum of $6,600. 3. That no accounts having been kept, and the cheques and pa ers having been destroyed, a satisfacto y audit of the Secret Service expendit re has been ren- dered impossible. 4. Tbat it was the dity of the Audit- or -General to have in ormed the new Ministry that there tclwas a balance of Secret Service money the credit of the sub -Committee of the Privy Council, and he should have obtained the authority of the Ministry before giving authority for ' the payment of Any sum. 5. -That in case Secret Service moneys should at any time heref fter be vuted by Parliament, it would be proper to provide for statutory safeguards against abuses in the application thereof. The draft report, with the evidence, is to be printed and supplied to each mem- ber of the Committee, in order that the question of its adoption May be fully dis- cussed at a future meeting, Political Ifotds. Hon. A. S. Hardy, the new Provin- cial Secretary, was re-elected, for his old constituency on Thursday of last week by acclamation. —Hon. Mr. Mackenzi 's•lawyers have, it is said, entered action for libel against the Mail of Toronto on nine different counts covering the pilelication of as many different malicioes and injurious slanders against the Prainier. —There is a rumor apout the lobbies of the Ottawa House, to which a good deal of credit is given, to the effect that Mr. ,Langton's services will be dispensed with shortly. Who is te be his successor is not known, but it -is believed he will soon be selected. —A report is current to the effect that some.Conservatives in North Bruce are ascertaining the feeling in that Riding with regard to the norni»ation of Adam Brown next year there f r the Commons. Mr. Gillies, the present elfficient member, however, is so popular 1hat his friends are confident he can beat any comer. It is thought, too, that the onservatives in North Bruce can find a far etronger local man than any man from .4 distance would be. "A fine old rani stood on the track, &c." —Though it is general y asserted that .the Session will last nearly a month longer there is a strong impress on among mem- bers that the middle of 4pril will see the prorogation. Many mem ers declare that they will not stay afterl the 15th, and everybody is anxious to get away. Busi- ness will be hurried forward, and efforts will be made to reach the end of the Ses- sion as soon as possible. The Senate is well forward with public business, and the Government is not wasting one m.o- ment in the Commons. smessememmeeemeee. --2-Mr. James Irvine, of the township of Morris, near Bushfield, died very sud- denly at his residence on the'22nd ult. Deceased was assisting to bring in po- tatoes on that day, and told the person who was assisting him that he felt un- well. The other told him to go into the house. He was in the act of taking off his boots, when he said he was dying. The person who was at the potatoes was called in, and before he could be got to bed life was extinct. Deceased was a fine-looking old gentleman, 75 years of age, a native of the County of Ferman- agh, Ireland. He followed the profes- sion of school teacher, having taught 31 years, rather a lengthened period, and had retired from the field upon a pension. He was considered clever, having _stood examinations at four different boards in in different Counties, and always obtain- ed a first-class certificate. He was also a serjeaut in the revenue police in Ire- land for several years. The very large number which came to sympathize with the sorrowing widow was sufficient proof of the esteem in which he was held. It was supposed there were between 70 and 80 vehicles at the funeral. He was bur- ried by the Orangemen, having been a member of thatarociety for 55 years. moses=memeinessamseess - News of 13.e Week. NAVIGATION. —Hidson River naviga- tion has been fully :resumed, and night boats are now running to Albany and Troy. NEW LINE OF STEAMERS.—A monthly line of steamers to Pernambuco, Brazil, will be run from New York city by an English firm this suenmer. RECTORSHIP. — The majority of the students at the Glasgow University have signed a Declaration that they desire Mr. Gladstone's election to the Rectorship. - STRIKE.—Twenty two spinners struck work in the linen mills, Fall River, on Monday afternoon, c wing, they allege, to an effort to make them work over ten hours. THE CINCINNATI PORK PACKING TRADE. —The annual report of pork packing in the West shows a to al of 5,073,339 hogs packed during the past winter, an in- crease of 192,204 ov r the previous year. DECLINED. — A incinnati carriage manufacturer tende Ed President Hayes an $18,000 carriage He was an old friend of the President, but the gift was declined. The President recently bought a carriage and horses. DISHONEST DETECTIVES.—TWO dishon- est detectives have been arrested in New York oil a charge of stealing $100,000 in .bonds and stocks from a safe in an office On William street, on the 16th of Febru- ary last SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY. —Captain Bogardus, in shooting at his great shoot- ing match at Gilmore's Gardens, New York, broke 1,000 glass balls, one at a time, in the air in 77 minutes and 40 sec- onds. He only mid ed 28 balls out of 1,028. ANOTHER DISGOR EMENT.—The even- ing _Express Says: .4 report comes to us from Albany that a. Senator who put through! the Tweed charter to the tune of $200;000, will refund to keep hie name out of Print, and. there is also a report that anether Senator received $40,000. DISEA.SE IN GARMENTS.—A deputation of tailors in England has pressecl fa p on the attention of the Home Secretary that disease is spread by cloth being given out from clothier's establishments, to bemade into garments, in wretched houses where infectious disorders prevail. A STARVING NOW. — A German noble, Baron Von Schweitzer, an adher- ent of the social Democratic party, was found begging a few days ago under the name of John Weidler, in the Bowery, New York, and committed. to the care of the Commissioners of Charities. ENCOURAGING HOME INDUSTRY.—A Times' special from Berlin says: By order of the Russian -Government, all locomo- tives and rolling stock purchased by Rus- sian railways must henceforth be made in Russia. The Government will allow materials to be imported free, and will pay premiums and subsidies to Russian manufacturers. TAX ON LIQUORS. —The Moffatt Whis- key bill, to collect a tax on whiskey by means of an instrument something like a ear bell punch passed the General As- sembly et Richmond, Va., on March 29. The apparatus will be put up in every bar room. he tax on lager beer per drink is Will a cent, and on alcoholic liquors two and a half cents. RISMARCIC RESIGNED.— Great excite- ment has been caused in Berlin by Bis- marck's resignation of the Imperial Chan- cellorship, owing, it is believed to the re- sult of his recent difficulty with: the head of the Nevy Department. The Emperor declined I to accept the resignation, bid agreed tit give the Chancellor a year leave of 'absence. - THREATENED FAMINE IN CEYLON.— Mail adVices from Ceylon to London say the aspeet of affairs with regard to the threatened scarcity is becoming daily More grave. By the end of March 25,000 laborers will be paid off from the coffee estates, And in a month or two there will be some 60,000 to provide for. In the meantime gangs of starving men, women and children are coming over from India. 'Loss AT SEA.—The schooner Addie Todd arrived at Boston on April 2nd from Surinam, reports that on the 27th ult. she fell ia with the wreck of the brig Roanoke, Wylie, from Philadelphia for Porto Cabello; look off Wm. Maguire, sea- man, who bad been on the wreck nine days. The balance of the crew, eight in number, and three passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Daliett, of New York and a Span- ish gentleman were washed overboard and drowned. EXTENSIVE FLOOD.—A despatch from Chicago/len April 2nd says the rainy and increasing warm weather of the past few days have sent the snow off,rapidly flood- ing the southwestern portion of the city to an extent equal to about seven miles square, the water in some cases rising to the first stories, and driving people from the houses. They are now obliged to make their way about in boats. The damage to property is very great. The water is receding, but it will be several days before it leaves entirely. No lives were lost so far as heard. SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The engineers appointed by the Niagara Suspension Bridge Companies to examine and report upon the state and stability of the suspen- sion Bridge have completed their duty, and reported last Friday evening to the effect that the bridge is entirely safe for the transit of regular trains such as have heretofore used it. The commissioners are Messrs. W. Milner Roberts, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway; T. E. Sickles,chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railway; and W. H. Paine, as- sistant engineer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. A further report from: these gentlemen is promised. in a few days, giving the tests, with drawings, and the reasons in detail for the opinion expressed. RESIGNATION OF BISMARCK.—The Herald's London special of the 3rd inst. says Bismarck notified the Emperor that the resignation of himself or of General Stosch must be accepted. The Emperor took nO action, and at noon. yesterday was surprised to receive Bismarck's re- signation. The Crown Prince and Chan- cellor were snmmoned, and after consid- erable effort the Crown Prince succeeded in obtaining Bismarck's temporary with- drawal of his resignation, and the Prince consented to a year's leave of absence. Baron Camphausen, Vice -President of the Prussian Ministry, temporarily re- places Bismarck as Chancellor, and Baron Von Bulow, Prussian Secretary of State, directs foreign Weirs. Thus two men are required to even nominally sap= ply Bismarck's place. Later advice. state that. Bismarck persists in his re. uest- to be permitted 1 to retire. The mperor has not yet announced his sle. but not so as to debar Bismarck re -enter - Won,' but it is believFeditid.r..hDeLwAxilD1 .c_onNsenewt: rIfiasonufEBtnutydilsellNeaaner!osvefixepoweN.hrNitechEdwilaobnrets$68;90,0000:00c a mit ie roducts of the fishery, forest and mine rom copper and lead.. Many biAnches pf trade not hitherto conducted on the eland have been begun, agriculture p3 being carried on to a promising ex. tent, and there are 120 large fishing yes. Ads on the stocks in anticipation of a gctarnA0sea8olinDINARY FIGHT OVER ' A °RFS& —The Niagara Falls Gazette re. orts a ludicrous affair occurring at the great cataract. An old WOnlan named , Riley was killed On: the Great Weetere Railwaye near Black Bridge, and the ae. eident becoming known, two coroners, two constables and 24 jurymen started tor the scene of the casualty. One set Of officials stopped on theway to take a drink, and the constable for the other - Glynn, of Clifton, unceremoniously lock. id to take the key out of his possession. Who had captured the corpse, Constable The rival parties subsequently met at custody of the remains. The constable ed the remains in a barn, and defied any Words waxed loud and threatening, but coroner took advantage of the o pr Dr. t line.- ' ity to push on and capture the corpse, Stamford, when a dispute arose over the nally matters were compromised by lynn's coroner, Lewis, holding the -41. "minogndhvisillrei,valio the(4aergrtYPoasutodf meDinorrPultemm examination. The fees were thus adjusted, and the quarrel; Settie DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO RoB ME AILS.—The compartment of the postal ear, which was entered by a desperate thief last Monday night on the New York Central Railroad, contained. the through Mail, made hp at New York, for Albany, Syracuse and Rochester. The thief got en the train at Syracuse, and evidently Considered himself safe from intrusion. -Mr. Gallup entered the car accidentally, and seeing some one there, asked, "what . dre you doing there?" The thief threw him down and drove a knife twice into the prostrate clerk's breast. In the breast pocket of Mr. Gallup's coat was a - , small feather account book,and although the force of the blow was sufficient to Penetrate the clothing and book,the knife did not enter the flesh. Involuntarily Gallup threw up his left a.rm as if toward riff the blow, and. the knife, on being ' drawn out, cut through the eleeve of the Coat and made two ugly gashes in his arm. After drawing the knife out the assassin, thinking he bad accomplished his murderous Intentions released his Victim and made for the door. The wounded man sprang up, and drawing his revolver fired at him. The cartridge did not explode, but just as he NM passing through the door Mr. Gallup seized one of his coat tails, and the door slamming to it the time, caught the cloth and held the intruder fast. Without waiting to investigate matters, he cut the coat toil loose 4ncl althouoh the train vias running at the rate of 25 miles an _ hour, without any hesitation jumped ' f in°n ik ntehs the . Platform and was lost in. the dr Perth Items. Mr. J. H. Haynes, Deputy Reeve of Nissouri, has about 20 teams engaged in gravelling the London Road. —The Bill for the release of Mrs. Bates of Mitchell, from her husband has passed both Houses, and now becomes law. ' —Scarlet fever has been very prevalent in Mitchell lately, several deaths having ,occurred among children in the town. —Mrs. Allen, of North Easthope, re- ' cently sold a farm of 9e acres to Mr. B. Schmidt, for the sum of $6,570. —H. A. Switzer, Base Line, near Woodham, has over 20 fine Cotswold laimb's several of them weighing over 50 pounds. —Mr. Walter Patterson, Cott. 2, North Easthope, recently weighed one of -his lambs, newly born, when it turned the icales at 17 pounds. --Mr. Tracey, of St. Marys had his *Het broken in two places whfle assist- ing some men, working at a new building ie that town last week. 1—The trustees of Stratford comtnon schools have employed four second-class teachers to take the place of a like num- ber of third-class teachers in the public c "Peglar'of Woodham, is building oul sr.. a ehed 175 feet long, (the largest on the Bette Line), for the manufacture of tile. Rh will be ready t� supply tile to those who want it by the 1st of July. :—A little boy aged one year and seven menthe, son of Matthew Pool, Con. 6, Wallace, was burned so severely on Wed- Tnsdrasdyin yaofloarsng t 4 tinwweek that athe. died on Thursday , —The Clegg property in Mitchell,com.- prising two brick stores was sold by the Canada. Permanent Building and Sav- ings Society, on Thursday of last week to the Merchants Bank for $2,235, being at least $1,000 less than its value. —Some men, working in a sand pit at Anderson. village last week, had- a narrow escape from death. They had excavated sev-eral feet under the bank, and had just stepped from under when the bank suddenly caved in.. HS/lessee. Porter & Steed*. formerly of St. Marys, are drilling oil well in the vieinity of Petrone. A couple of weeks ago they drilled a well to the depth of .1.0 feet in three days and six hours, using quick ngfivecowk. rdsorocl f wood. This is consi e ,) young Man of the Base Line, elep—ed with a blooming widow of forth the mother of a family of eight or nine children. Besides -the widow he took with him his father's team of horses and sl nett, which he was endeavoring to eel' in the vicinity of Petrolia, so said a tele- grem which was wafted to his father in answer to certain enquiries set afloat. —.A. serious accident occurred, in St Marys on Monday of lest week from the explosion of a can of coal oil. Three men named McKenzie, Dayman and Hutton were badly burned. McKenzie was pour ing some oil from the can on the wood -in the stove of his office, the oil had no sooner touched the hot coals than it hatet in.$o a flame which, shooting up the stove coIimunjcated at once with the oil in the can, causing it to explode. —One day last week as Mr. H. McCul- loch, assistant postmaster, was stamping a number of letters in the Stratford. office. one of them, from some place in the 'United States, exploded with a lond rePort, sending the stamp out of Mr. Mit Ctilloch's hand with considerable force. The paper commenced to burn, and was abOut half destroyed before the fire could be extinguished. Th number of small caps for toy pistols, and as Bide of the pestal gerous missive was ter office. —As Mr. Willie.= Line, near Anderson, 'roofing an old barn from the bnikling to t -tance of about twen sons present at first su but he soon showed consciousness. On e _ found to be severely . -no bones were broken. through medical treat recover. —Mr. Joseph Roger -of Wallace, who, a w, a purse containing ove 'between Listowell and been greatly rejoiced t of his purse once more. in eormeetion with thel money was missing eet found. It ought, hoi some COTISOlati011 .t0 Mr thief was sufficiently leri purse when he took -could as easily have tall ...............1 General Now Collector Caven, oi Wednesday night seize • operation in the house o of WMghana. —A by-law gra-ale bonus of $250,000 to ths Railway was voted on a ronto on Tuesday last. ---On Monday Madan of Levis Province of Qt to triplets, two sons' The mother and. two of are doing well; the tl boys, died shortly after —On Saturday evenit tion took place in hi Bate's brewery, St. Cat two men named Wa Alex. Robertson. ,. Froi to blows, clueing whid aged to get the fore& Tight hand between his off at the first joint. I -committing - this most and has not been seen si The sale of twenty-fi Irving's stock took plao -on Thursday morning. $52, $22, $47; cows— $1M, $145, $140, $42, $ $75, 80;$heifers—$96, -$85, $40, $42; calf --_$Z :$7. 50 to $10 per pair; 1 $8.75 to $13 each - fat p Ms ; lambs—, -$3.25 to $4, —$7.25 to $9.75. Then for horses, but all the i were sold, and on some ol there was keen competil ---At-eighti o'clock ot week, Mrs. Randall, veil Randall, whokresides ab tween Princeton and Dri -prised by the entrance e .seized her by tlae throat her money, threatening the spot if She -did not e.4 wishes at once. Mrs. E the money drawer cont took out $15 which appi the cowardly wretch, for, left. After grs. Randal covered from her fries alaam, but the wretch seen by any one, althouI spent the Most of the da immediate neighborhoods' ---On Tuesday merlin past six, Charles Cleo wright, County of Lamb by his wife a short dist making his way tri, his _head terribly crushed, an from the :wounds. He conscious for a short tim ly sunk -until eleven o'clo pired. A trail of blood had been carrying a rit ground being covered w he had slipped and falle against a spiel' stone ground, the centre of th and crush.]: ig his head manner, as shown by ground and tie. —A lady nanaed Mrs. living in Brockville toge children and a young 1 meeting with a sudden d night last week by suff pears that during the da went out, and after bin to draw well, and also s siderable extent. The thoroughly ignited, and was thought of the oceur morning, when. upon Kearn found the chiadre stupefied, and herself in condition. She raanag gain the door, which she acquainted_ a neighbor e -when Dr. Vaux was sent -dies applied. The fareil of danger, but their - narrow, and almost mir Auction Saturday, April 28, 11 -ture. Win. Newman, p Brine, auctioneer. SPring Sh Shows for the Exhibition o he held irk this Comity this South Huron, at Brut APril1t8H Wesuron, at -Smith's April 11. East Huron, at Wroxeter, ril 18. Seaforth, at Seaforth, on Stephen and Usborne, at April 18. tfullett. at Clinton, on Tn. Grfloeny.,i sa,taBt ruBisYstehiL,OennTThun ra Grand Trunir Trains leave Sealorth Stat Gono WtsT— Iklixed Train,........... . Express. Express flomo EAST— Express Train Express Train , . .... . MixedTrain Great Weste*ft Trains leave Brussels t tatio S s under: GOING NORTH, • Mixed.. ... 2:25 A. M. Act Aeconi.. &55 P. M. neecene — . 9:13 PM. Mix.. DEATH MACKENZIE.—In Exete ult., Charlotte Mac Mr. Murdoch Machete and 4 menthe. 11. A MU Mati. --At Carrie Robert Hamilton, ersmith, Aged 49y GLEN.—in London, on Graham beloved wife Esq., aged 27 years.