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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-04-27, Page 44 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Crockery nd Glassware—M. Morrison. Abstract Township of McKillop.' Lumber—. Lounsbury & Co. Crockery ml Glassware—The 999. Leather a° d Findings—R. N. Brett. Abstract Town of Seaforth. Rooms to Let—Edward Cash. Notice—N' Mara McConnell. Blind To e —Town Hall, Seaforth. General hi eeting—Mechanics' Institute. New Goo° s—Duncan & Duncan. Watchm king—F. Crake. Spring G a ods—Beatty & Co. New Goo —A Ilan Mitchell. Carpets rad. Oil Cloths—T. Kidd- ftit on txpooitor. SHAFT TH, FRIDAY, APRIL 27: 1877. a Nva occur, and should our people be suddenly raisea from their present state of depression to a cendition of pros, perity, it is to be hoped they will profit by past experience, and not allow the sudden change to overcome their usual good judgment No matter how sudden or how great the change may be, if charge there will be, they should move slowly and cautiously, and rebuild the shatteredetrueture of trade on a more firm and solid basis than• it has ever yet been. If this could. but be done, the se- vere trials which we have come through will have worked largely for our a.dvan- tags. The E stern War and its Effect U'Pon Canada. - The ' astern complications have at length a stinted a, serious turn. The re- sult whi h for some weeks has seemed almost r evitabIe, has at length trans- pired. Var against Turkey has been declared by Russia, the armies of the latter hg ve 'crossed the frontier, and the first sh ts have been exchanged. As yet, ho vever, no real engagement has takea p ace, but under the circumstances an enga ement caanot long' be delayed. H the c nflict can be kept within the bounds of the conflicting pewers, the struggl may be severe, but it cannot be protrac 1 ed. Both parties are terribly in earnest, and will fight witla- desperation, but un ided by other powers neither of them h s the resources to sustain a pro- longed ar. If, therefore, other powers are alto -ed to continue neutral, the out- side ei orld may remain disinterested speetat rs, as neither Russia nor Turkey is dese ving of much sympathy, although were it not for the aggressive propensi- ties of the former, the civilized amid would ot much regret even should the Turks et well drubbed. The barbarous treatrn nt accorded. her Christian sub- jects b Turkey, must effeetually shield her fro sympathy, no matter how se- vere h r punishment may be. The chief source f concern and danger is, there- fore, t � at should victory crown the Rus- sian b nner in her conflict with Turkey, her f3U cess will but whet her desire for renewe triumphs and. increased power, and, cense quently, in order to -keep her ambition in check, it. will be necessary for En land and other equally interested powers to -restrain her from encroaching too far into Turkiah territory, should the forces pf that country not be sufficiently strong to barr her progress. The more event matched, therefore, the contend- ing parrs may prove, the less danger thereill be of a general European war. But s ould England, unfortunately, re- quire to interfere, not so much in behalf _ of Tu key as to save herself from Rus- sian ggression, there is almost a cer- tainty of all the powers becoming in- voiveo in a terrible Europeau struggle. Shaul this come about, none can tell , what he end May be. It is to be hoped, , howe tive may b power Of adian this We t the w fined have stuffs Doing's in Parliament - The time of the House during the past week has been mainly occupied in diseussing the Pacific Railway policy of the Government. Dr. Tupper moved a series of resolutions censuring the Gov- ernment for their Pacific. Railway man- agement. He supported. his.motion by 5, six hours' speech. He was replied to by Mr. Mackenzie in a vigorous speech of about one hour; and. it is the general opinion that the Premier's speech of one 0 • 00 I lists compiled from the assessment rolls of this year, and it behooves Reformers in every part of the County to be on the alert, and see that every man who has a legal right to vote is placed on the voters, lists. Steps have very propeky been taken by the Conservatives to Ijave this duty performed. in their behalf, j.nd if the Reformers -wish an even chance i thisimportaut duty m ust not be f Ita ill not do for one to leaveit t All are equally interested, and man who knows of a 'lame that omitted, or a name that wrongfully inserted, ascertain man of his district and. report ter to him. We would also ti local committees the desir holding frequent meetings for tions and conferences. All t but very little time, the expo which will be abundantly rew -the race rgottero another. et very has been as been he hair - the mat- ge upon bil1y of consulta.- is takes diture of rded. the, Episcopate of Pius IX. They will present a green silk flag with an inscrip- tion, about $30,000 in cash, and many other valuables to the Pope. They will unite with thousands of priests from ever y quarter of the world in making t e ceremony of that day a glittering emory of their church. Every priest i4 St. Peter's on the occasion will feel tlrat this may be the last grand celebra- tion of the present pontificate. SUCCESSFUL PASTAATE. -- Rev. Dr. Jphn Hall, of New York,who is desenved- let esteemed on both sides of the Atlantic has got into hie magnificent new church. When the building was completed a Mort- gage of $150,000 remained on it. This has new been wiped off at one effort, ahd the church stands clear of debt. Robert Bonner, of the New York Ledger, gave $25,000 in addition to former subserip- tions. Dr. Hall came to New York from Dublin ten years ago. It is noteworthy his call was sent him by cable, and that he accepted it in the like mariner, with- out one word having been exchanged as eo salary. He at once commanded poor- 1ar attention and respect, and th-day there is no more deservedly popular and News of the Wee • influential minister of the Gospel i .the THE PoPE'S ILLNESS. —It is now sus- 'United States,whether within or wi hout s g pected the Pope is afflicted ' • hiown conregation. disease. BURNED. —Spencer's spectac Newcastle, N.Y. , was burned o last. Loss, $120,000. . itn ea e f ctory, Sa u rd ay RI GE. — ini. ter at ha en. The lphia, o, was nosi storm aly., The es ecially R . --- A s ock of day morn- , Se thind, Gulic and hoer contained more valuable informa- A GERmA N 0 -J APANES,E MA tion and valuable . facts cencerning this Jushie Sioze Aoki, Japarrese Berlin, has married Misa Von CONS! great public enterprise, than did the IDERABLY BELOW CO '"r. wordy Doctor's six hours' oration. After Globe Hotel building t.t Philad several of the lesser lights had their say' which cost over $200,000 a year a on the question,which was devoid of sold for $3,475. I CROPS 1NJuRED.—A great any particular result other than consurn- is reported in Lonabar"dv' I i- in a good deal of time, a division was crops were severely injured, ta,ken, when the Government was f3US- silk. Loss several millions. tained by the usual majority. The EARTHQuAKE IN ARGYLES Glasgow despatch says a seve Northern Railway Committee have re- earthquake occurred oh Mo ported the fats divulged in the evidence ing at Oban, courty of Argyl AN AGED COUPLE.— Hiram taken tbefore: em - to the ouse. The wife of New Germantown, N report was adopted, and Mr. Cartwright days am) celebrated their 75t has introduceda measure, which 1 . aunivebrsary. The couPle are. ' I will require the Northern Rail- 94 respectively. 1 way to disgorge for the . benefit of A.uoinoN SALE. —The -Mono use of the entire water of Ni the country the various amounts on theArnerican side ef the . whioh it has` been proven have been im- the canal, &c., is to be 'sold a properly extracted from the coffers of Iviat ht. 1 the country to assist in the elections' of AUTHOR -ESS DROWNED. —B. Opposition membn ers. The Committee oney drowned herself in a b . Brooklyn the other day. SI Privileges and Elections have not yet got sick for three years. She wa ,. through with the Anglin matter, and it utor to several periodicals is not definitely known what the result CHANNEL FLEET.—The C ann has been ordered to reinforce he will be. The cases of several other me - m , squadron, in the Mediterre ean hers have been .referred to the Committee. reported that several regiments It is expected. that Parliament will lish troops will embark. be prorogued about the middle of next CHoLERA IN INDIA..—A alc spatch states that a serious week, unless the, Opposition bring for- cholera has occurred in Airy , ward one or two more motions of censure five per cent. of the small Eu upon the trovernment. It is now time ulation died in thirty hours. for an adjournment. 1 The important SUEZ CAN AL.-- It was rumore business of the Session has been got lobby of the House of Commns through with, members are anxious to . Government has resolved to en to the Suez Canal, and that get home, and the public are becoming consfield has visited the Que nauseated 'With .the charges, counter Her Majesty's sanction. ' 6 JOaRNAL OF COMM charges, and bickerings which have been ER BURNED.—The editorial an SQ freely indulged in this Session. Mr. rooms of the Journal of Com Mackenzie, in his speech the other day, ing were burned on Mond announced that next Session he would The building was floe !ed. move for -a special Committee to enquire loss on building, $5,000; sto ._.IIURCH BROKEN UP. — into and investigate the many charges Reformed Dutch Church, in made by Opposition members and the has been broken up, the pas Oppesition press,against his management tion having led to thh withd lic works under his supervision. members of a majonty of t of pub Work Committees ofthe Ch This is the course he should. pursue. His LARGE I:Lima—The State , detractors would then be forced; either ermen made the largest ha the season last Friday. Th the lower bay took two t the gill net near Itolabin's Reef took one thousand, worth from $50 to $60 per hundred. Society for suppressing the bu e of to (led a ,few edding 97,and olyi of the Falls r• with tion on a Pin - tub at d been ntrib- 1 fleet nglish It is f Eng- tta de- utbreak of -`wenty- op an pop - in the hat the a fleet Ea, 1 Bea- n th obtain '' OFFICE composing ner e budd- y °ruing. E timated k, 15;000. r. udlow's- Ne York, or's resigna- awal of the e hristian re . Id rid fish - 1 o shad of drift nets in ousand, and gar riv au • s•an th eh a er, that so lamentable in alterna- , to substantiate; by evidence, their ay be averted, and that the war ! • charges, or confess themselves base confined. within the borders of the s!.anderers. If they can do the former which provoked it. . Mr. Mackenzie has no business to occupy ourse it is only natural for Can - his present position, if they are forced to to enquire as to the result which do the latter they will be made to appear ar may have upon this country. in their proper light before the public. ink that there is little doubt but We have every confidence in predicting r, even although it may be con- -- i that neither Mr. Mackenzie, nor those to the two foreign powers, will who ackaowledged. him as their political n appreciable effect upon bread - 1 ader, have any reason to fear the result - i of all kinds. In fact, it hag al- r ready had the effect of rapidly enhancing I the values of these. No sooner was it I knowia for a certainty that war would be declaied, than the market,took a sudden upwa cl bound, but the in.crease in prices .i has ben too sudden and too great to be sustained. That there • will be an in- creasti' there is no doubt, but the change can searcely be so great as the recent ould indicate. Bute even though t prices be maintained, there is no ct that any marked immediate re - ill be afforded trade. Owing to ilure of the grain crop last year, La is now an importer instead of an rise prase prosp lief the f Cana exporiter, and, consequently, cannot profi much by the rise in prices. In the e ent of a good harvest this season, and continuance of the war, the effect upon the Canadian trade would, be very mar ed, and more especially so if the othe European powers are drawn into the uarrel. Of course it seems heart- less o speculate on or to anticipate pros- peritly to ourselves, when the events whic will bring us that prosperity must of a cessity prove disastrous to thous- ands of our fellow mortals in other perts 'ot ti e world, but while we may not de- sire revival of trade in such a way, and. whiF we may sincerely deplore the mis- fort nes which, while giving us gain, brin to others desolation and ruin, it is not n any way incumbent upon us to re- fuse or thiow away the advantages which thes circumstances must inevitably thrcw into our way. It is not, there- fore loo min either heartless or wrong for us to forwaed to the future, and deter - if we can the result the unfortunate °Yeats which, are now transpiring in Easiltern Europe will have upon our- selv'es. While there is nota doubt but a g nao the is la sec to tim a 46 neral European war ;could have a t reviving and beneficial effect upon trade of Canada, we are sure there • t a single Canadian would. desire to re prosperity at so lamentable a cost ther countries, and would a thousand prefer a revival of our interests in ore ratienal way. But, should sush pf such an enquiry. Reform Meeting. A meeting of the Reformers of South Huron was held at Brucefield on Tuesday last. There was a large attendance, every municipality in the division being well represented. The object of the meeting was to effect such arrangements as will se - pure a thorough organization of the party for the next election. The meeting was most harmonious and enthusiastic, and from the spirit which seemed to pervade those present we have every confidence that when the proper time for action comes, every man will be at his post ready for battle. ,The Ueformers of South Hu- ron have a glorious work before theta. The County is largely Reform, and if the members of the party could. be induced to put forth the proper exertion, and would display the same. energy and de- termination practiced byetheir opponents, the three ridings of Huron would return independent supporters of the present Government at the next election. An ashociation should immediately be formed. in each municipality, and should be kept active and lively until the elections are over. There will not be more than a year at furthest to prepare, and the very best use should be made of that time. To their lei -edit be it said, our opponents have a continuous, living, working organization, and are always ready for action at the first sound of warning from their party leaders, and why should we not be equally as well prepared as they. We have an infinitely more righteous cause to uphold, more honest and trustworthy leaders to sustain, and it is the bounden duty of ;every man, no matter what his personal or social relations may be, to use tbe Let them not go to the great coal fields 10 • TEETOTALISM IN THE WHITE HOU E. — Mr. and Mrs. Hayes the Presidentand 'presidentess: of the 'United States, have ta'aen a very bold and heroic stand apiust what are called the "drinking usages, of pociety." - Yesterday they had a grand etate dinner at the White House, in ref- erence to which the Washington corres- nmdent of the New York Tribune says ., t first Mrs. Hayes refused to have wine at it, but afterwards yielded. the point iu submission to the explanations made by Mr. Everts as to the custom in such mat - Iters in Other countries. In yielding to !others, however,they excepted themselv es ifor no wine glasses were placed before !either Mr, or Mrs. Hayes,and it is etated Ithat hereafter wine will be altogether ex - ;eluded from White House dinners. , Such lan example in the -highest circle in the !Republic cannot fail to affect thelsocial 1 customs of the people in every.graide of society. . CURIOUS FREAK OF A SkaINAMBUI4ST.— him. His iron will and good constitu- tion seem determined to resist to the last. Both astonish his friends and. op- penentsk The wearing effect of late hours is such that few members can stand it any length of time. —The Toronto Telegram, a journal in- dependentin politics, says: The Mail calls upon Premier Mackenzie to hand in his resignation and have the House dis- solved, so that it may be purged, one- tenth of the members, it is said, having, through their acceptanae of Government contracts at one time or ahother, for- feited their -right to sit in the House. Of course Mr. Mackenzie will do nothing of the kind. If any member has forfeited his right to a seat, there are. means at hand by which he can be prevented from occupying it, without compelling others, who have a right to a seat, to go back to their coustituencies. But as a matter of policy, Mr. Mackenzie could do nothing beeter tii)an the Mail asks him to do. Not onlydoes the scent of the Pacific i Scandal cling round. the Conservetive party st'll, but it is revived and intensi- fied by the exposures that have been made of the connection of leading mem- bers o the party with the Northern Railway-. Even Sir John Macdonald would nd some difficulty in winning a race in ihich he was handicapped with the Sec et Service Scandal. And what would the Tory party be without its 0? , A young 'man who lives' on a farnt near ,Bochara, Australia, lately went to sleep on a sofa after a hard clay's work, and. had. been lying there some time when he got up and went outside. His compan- ions observed that he walked with a stag- gering gait, but littlenotice was taken of the matter, as they expected. him to re- join them immediately. The so nam- bulist, for such he was, passed ,through three or four gates, untying and retying the fastenings, which are made of rope, and made his way to the woolshed. There he hung his coat upon a nail, took down a pair of shears he had been using in the daytime, and proceeded to sharpen them: He next caught a sheep and. had just fin- ished. shearing it when he was awakened by the sudden arrival of his friends who had come with a lantern to search fer him. The shock of awakening caused ,him to tremble like a leaf, but he soon regained his equanimity. The sheep was shorn as well as if the work had been perfo med in ,broad daylight, and the night wa by no 1 means a clear one. TOBACCO PnoHIBITION.-- French bacco holding that smoking anarng boys is pernicious to their health, has prepared a petition to be presented to Parliament; asking for a law to pro ibi youtha under sixteen from using he weed in public places. DREA.DFUL DEATH. —A fa buaich, Perthshire, recently met with e fearful death. He was taki!rig rirrie hay to a place where there werel several cati- tle running loose. In ther anxiety to get at the provender the attle jostled. the farmer so violently th he fell and was trampled to death. CROssiN Gl,THE DAN Ma -L Lieutenant Zubovitz, the Austrian officer who rode from Vienna to Paris, has. crossed the Danube at the former city mounted on horse fitted. with a new floating aimaratue which Zubovitz has invented to facilitate cavalry crossing rivers. It took him seven minutes to cross the Danu at its spring level.' HAMPERING GO v ERN M EN The North Carolina illicit lers,upon whom raids were are endeavoring to hamper of justice by causing wtits ber so far of over fifty—to the arrest of the officers w o made the seizures. The latter have been notified by the Inland Revenue Commissioners that they will be protected ROYAL BETROTHAL. —Tb e betrothal f the Princess Charlotte, eldest da,ught r of the Crown Prince and. Princess f Germany, and therefore granddeught r of Queen Victoria, took place at Berlin on Sunday, the let of 'April. The Daily Telegraph correspondent says that it will be a matter of satisfaction to know that her marriage with Prince Brenhardt will be one of mutual inclination. ANOTHER EXPLOSION.—By an explo- sion and inundation on the 1 lth inst., in a colliery at Pontypridd, Wales, nine i[ , me in Glen - e, which WS. OFI ICIALS.-T hiskey distil- ecently made th to )cle progress the nurri- ssued fdr men were imprisoned beb nd a column of coal forty yards thick. ontinumis efforts have since been m de to releatre them, and five of their nu ber wee taken out alive after eigh days' impri onment The other four 1 ad 'wandered to other parts of the mine and are sup- posed to have been lost. r GLASGOW MINERS AND EMIGRATION. —Mr, Macdonald, Al . at. a receet meeting of miners held in Glasgow, ai- vised young men to leave the occupation. There were other fields of labor open to them. If they had a few pounds let them go to the great west of America. fluence he possesses and the ability which of Illinois, Pennsylvania, has been bestowed upon him, to advance diana. There was. no ro there was room in the S the principles he professes and be - and California. where the heves to be right by strengthening the a day in gold. [hands of those whom he has entrusted PILGRImS FOR ROME. with the task of carrying his principles Canadian pilgrim, bou into practical operation. The elec- tions of 1878 will be held on the voters' Ohio, or la- m there, but tes of Neva wages were 4 a A band of d for Rome, sailed from New York on Thursday, to take part there in the cele ration of the 21st of May—the fiftieth anniversary 'of Political Notes. Mr. James Fahey, of Hamilt accepted the editorship of the St _Herald. —Sir John Macdonald recent posed of a property in Kingston Dominion Government, for the $54,000. This does not look as if he were the impecunious individual his friends would wish us to beliere him to be. —Intelligence from South Simcoe is to the effect that Mr. Little will1 retire, and that Sir John Macdonald will be nominated there next year. It is ex- ceedingly doubtful that he will run again in Kingston. It is also stated that should he do so and be defeated, a way will be made for him either in Cardwell or South Simcoe. —The Ottawa correspondent of the .Mail says : "Mr. Blake is quite ill, and is confined to his room. The work of the session has been heavy, that of his department particularly so. His medical men say that he requires imme- diate rest." Mr. Huntington is also suffering from poor health, and is fre- quently confined to his rooms onthis ac- count. —The following reference was made by Mr. Mackenzie, Premier, on the oc- casion of Mr. Norris resigning his seat: I feel I would not be doing justice to an old friend and colleague in the Legisla- ture, in the person of Mr. Norris, if I did not say that from the first to the last of this business to which he has re- ferred, he never had any communication with myself, directly or indirectly, as to the carrying of these rails, not was I aware of the position which the honor- able gentleman occupied in that connec- tion. I consider Mr. Norris to be one of the most conscientious and upright men I ever knew, and one who, above all others, is above doing anything that would be either mean or improper. It is a matter to myself of the greatest pos- sible regret that he i3hould have been placed in the position be is now in by a mere accidental circumstance, over which he undoubtedly appears to have had no control, or at least no personal cognizance. And I em quite sure I re- flect at all events the opinions of a very large majority of the members of this House, who have associated with him, in giving expression to those views regarding his political and personal character. . —Speaking of the frequent illness of prominent politicians on both • sides of the Horise during the present session, an Ottawa correspondent thus refers to the Premier : Mr. Mackenzie, though look- ing someWhat wan and thin, is never out of his seat, even to the latest eating of the House. , His interest never flags for a moment, and often in the small hours, when other Ministers are exhausted, he is wide awake, and not unfrequently dis- posed to enliven the proceedings by a joke or witticism, of which he has a very good store. It is freely acknowledged that no Premier in Canada was ever harder worked, or ever performed his numerous duties so thoroughly and punctually. With the Pacific Railway and other public works, his department is the largest of them all, and the man- agement most onerous; yet he not only attends to everything in it, but fulfils his task as Prime Minister as well. No matter how late the House may sit, he is in his office at 9 o'clock. His numer- ous duties have fregnently of late kept him up in his residence all night, and it is said that there have been several weeks in which he did not get due rest for two or three consecutive nights. Hie engagements are undoubtedly telling on h, has atford y dis- to the um of chief tai The War in the East. ONDON, April 24.—An official dispatch has been received by the English Govern- ment from St. Petersburg announcing thet Russia has declared war against Tur- key. In the House of Lords,•Earl Derby stated that 17,000 Russian troops crossed. the frontier last night. Count Schouva- loif, in communicating the Russian circu- lar to -day, stated that a general order to cross the frontier had been given. 'ST. BETERSBURG, April 24.—The Czar's manifesto to the Russian army and peo- tage ground to a company of Itorse-racers? Shall we debar ourselves from erecting buildings and permanent fences where we choose? Shall we allow all our great interests to be. placed sec- . ondary to a I horse track? No, we should not be doing justice to our- selves, or those that come after us, did we allow it. A year ago the cattle trade with England was an experiment, to -day it is a reality. Now if we provide good per- manent enclosures, plenty of water, &c. in our agricultural grounds we shall have English buyers coming to Seaforth and 'purchasing at our, fairs (which could be - revived. for this purpose), horses, cattle, sheep and. hogs by the thousands to the ' great enrichtnent of the farmers and. the town of-Seaforth. Our agricultural prop- erty is admirably adapted for handling stock—being convenient to the ears, hav- ing good outside fences and abundance of water. Now, had ,we grant,!cl. a lease of this property to the Driving Park Associ- ation they could have dictated their own terms and. conditions; they could have said, "This track is sacred, no permanent fences or buildings shall be placed to in- terfere with our sports, you must go else- where, or put your pens where we tell you." A gentleman, well qualified to judge, informed me that the cattle trade with. England will enhance the value of fat.stock in Canada at least 25 per cent. Surely tbensit will pay the farmer to pro- vide suitable accommodation for the trade. Mr. McLean thinks they were very gen- erous in offering to allow the Agricultur- al Society_ to sell their property after a lapse of five years, and cancel the lease by paying for the improvements. I reply by saying that the Agri- cultural Society has no wish to sell the land, or pay for a miserable horse track at an expense of hundreds] of dol- lars, and perhaps a lawsuit. The object for which the Driving Park Association wished to gain possession of the show ground is shown by the following ex- tracts from Messrs. McLean's and Mc- Naught's letters. Mr. McLean says: ple wai promulgated to -day. The Em- peror declares that in view of the rejec- tion of the protocol and the obstinate re- fusal of the Porte to yield. to the just de- mands of Enrope,the moment has arrived for Ruesia to act independently. A des- patch from Kischeneff annoininces that at the review of troops by the Czar at Tir- uspol yesterday,. his Majesty, addressing the officers, said "I felt grief at sending you into the field of battle, and therefore delayed action as long as possible, hesi- tating to shed your blood, but now that the honor of Russia is attacked I am con- vinced that you will all to the last man know how to tinditate it. May God be with you. I wish you complete success. -Parewell until you return." I BUCHAREST, April 24.—The leo.umanian Government,in reply to the Turkish Grand Vizier's despatch, requesting the Prince to make arrangements to prevent the pass- age of the Russian army, has declared such a step too serious to be determined by the Executive power alone. The Raul- manian C:hamber will be assembled. on the 26th to examine the question. The first Russian detachment consisting of 40 sappers and. an officer,•crossed the Rout- manian frontier yesterday at Bestinak. One thousand men are expected to cross to -day. The Grand Duke Nicholas has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Roumania announcing the passage of the Russian army under his command towards the Danube. Roumania having recieved no preliminary notifications, has declared. that it yields to force, and has directed its troops to fall back to avoid a conflict. LONDON, April 26.—A Bucharest cc4-. respondent says a telegram from the Aus- and had' an axle broken. On being cross- trian consul announces that 12,000 Rus - questioned, however, Mr. McNaught had "We want a place where we would be in. no danger of being, fined tor 'furious driv- ing!" Mr. McNnught says: "We want, a place where we can engage in friendly trials of speed without fear of breaking the laws or running over people's chil- dren." It is evident from tle above quo- tations that these gentlenaen 04.e a pair of- furious driving Jebus,Iveho -fear the polite attentions of the Seaforth police- man, and dread to meet the stern gaze of the Mayor in the halls' of justice—very obvious to every one that these chariot- eers want the grounds for a place in which to hold. their carnivals. Since I have per- used the letters of Messrs. -McT..4ean and McNaught I have. had serious misgivings as to the soundness of my cause in vot- ing to close the grounds against these gentlemen and their satelites. This Sum- mer they will be at large on the streets of Seaforth. Tremble ye mothers! What consternation there will be among the nursery` maids when they behold their fiery steeds approaching, and if some of the little Mary Arms and Williams should get driven over and. killed,how can I meet the reproachful looks of the fond and be- re.aved mammas? But a ray of hope dawns in My mind when I reflect that Mr. Mc- Naught does not mean all he says, and that after all there may not be any cases of clityl murder. At the agricultural meeting Mr. McNaught told two extra- ordinary stories:about me to prove, I sup- pose,that I was a renegade from his party. In one he had a wonderful horse race with me in which he, the famed. Mc- Naught, was defeated signally; in the other, after some driving exploits at a late fair, Igot thrown out of my buggy sians have occupied Galatz and Braila, securing an important railway bridge. the Turks are throwing up vast earth; works at • Rustchuk. There are two lines of defence and one entrenched camp before the town. A Constantinople des- patch reports five Turkish ironclads itt the Danube. A slight engagement is reported in Armenia. A Vienna corres- pondent says a fight is imminent near Barboschi for the railway bridge over the River Sereth. The Turks unaccount- ably missed the opportunity of forestal - ing the Russians in seizing the bridg , and the Russians are now prepared to defend it. Three Turkish gunboats have entered the river to destroy the bridge. The Russians will continue to cross the ;Pruth by four points on bridges, for the next few days. The opinion in military circles in Vienna is that Austria will oc- cupy Bosnia in the second week of May with two divisions,of her army. It is stated that the Turks cross,ed the Danube to -day at several points, and. sent out a flying conps to. destroy the railways be- fore the advance of the Russians. It is announced from Tiflis that the Russian Caucasian army commenced operations to -day by marching in two columns to- ward: Erzroum and Batourn. ;. The Post publishes the following : "We hear that Britith officers on leave have been request- ed to rejoin their regiments.-" Mirr Cresswell on thi3 Agricul- tural Grounds. MR. EDITOR : I have read Messrs. Me - Lean and McNaught's letters in your pa- per of April 13th, and. I cannot see after all their long explanations that they have shown any solid reason why the Driving Park Association should have a lease of the agricultural grounds for ten years. Now let us examine their position. They propose to beautify the grounds,&c. Why is the lease silent on this point, and why do not Messrs, McLean and McNaught 'condescend to giv the particulars and enlighten the pub ic as to the nature of these improvements. All they proposed. doing at the meet -Mg was to make a horse track round the grounds. Now supposing that they laid out the show grounds as we see parks in cities! laid out,adorned with ornamentatiron fences, flowers, shrubbery, fountains, statuary, &c., how could such property be protected on fair days, when there is scarcely standing room—the thing is simply absurd. If a nice piece .01 green grass such as our mutual friend, McNaught, so loves to disport himself upoie is all that is embraced in the word beaatifying, then the Seaforth people have it ha the present show ground, and can play base ball, lacrosse, &c., ,gratis and to their hearts' content. It is evi- dent both from the lease and the explana- tions of Messrs. McLean and McNaught that they did not propose to beautify the useful but ugly board fence that surrounds the property. All then that is left is the proposed trotting track,and this the driv- ing park eompany think will be to them and. the public at large a thing of beaute; and a joy forever. The agricultural inter- est is the greatest in the land,and the far- mers and their friends have purchased a convenient property in Seaforth to be de- voted to agricultural exhibitions. Shall we now, after having surmounted all our difficulties hand this small piece of van - to admit these stories were but " the un- substantial fabrics of a vision," and con- tained not a word of truth. Mr. McNaught does not think it right for a Reeve to be jocular or to talk buncombe Seaforth Town Councillors are, however, I suppose per- mitted to draw the long bow. Our friend. McNaught has some singular ideas in re- gard to the meaning of the word black- mail. He says: "If we were to publish that the admission was to be 25 cents, and after the parties were in the ground to make them pay $1 per head before they could get out that would. be blackmail." No, Mr. McNaught, you would find, to your sorrow, that it would be a case of blackeye instead of blackmail. It surprises me to see that writers like Messrs. Mc- , Lean and McNaught can so pervert my use of the words "speculator"and""black- mail," as to make it appear that I have called them grasping knaves, lire. If the gentlemen willirefer to Worcester's Dic- tionary, they will find the word, "specu- lator, conveys no such meaning. The above quoted authority says of the word,' "blackmail": "Black as denoting the low coin -in which tribute was paid; ?nag alribute or rent paid. to a superior." A moment's reflection will show that my • remark, "That they would blackmail the people every time they entered the grounds," simply meant that the Driving . Park gentlemen would] levy tribute; it cannot have the meaning of hush money, which blackmailing also means. If,how- ever, Messrs. McLean and McNaught wish to suffer cheap martyrdom by re- -viling themselves I shall offer no objec- tion. If the enterprise and prosperity of Seaforth demands a race course, why do not these sportsmen, if sportsmen they be in show, join together, purchase grounds, and make a track and beautify the property. It would certainly be a' more manly and independent course, and if they avoided the rocks on which the last Driving Park gentlemen got wrecked —if they could prevent the directors le - venting with the funds and bungling business generally, they might succeed. The assertion that I said at the meeting that Seaforth could use its grass -grown streets for a driving park is untrue, and indeed Mr. McNaught qualifies his state- ment by saying "nearly so." I have the authority of Messrs. Landsborough,Cam- eron, T. Carnochan, W. Carnochan, and numbers of other gentlemen at the meet- ing for saying that it is a fabrication. I was very much astonished, however, to see in Mr. McNaught's letter the words: "It is bad enough to have our resources crippled and our trade cut off by the new railroad's, &c." Really, Mr. McNaught, this is just as rank treason as saying the grass will grew on the streets. Mr. Mc- Naught,wishes to know by what right I place myself between the six grasping knaves, as he is pleased to term the Driv- ing Park Association, and the innocent public. As a member of the agricultural society, I had a perfect right to vote and act as I saw fit, for ite interests. Messrs. McLean and McNaught had. no right legal or moral to vote as members of the agricul- tural society to sell or lease the property to themselves or a company they repre- sented. Mr. MeNaught will understand. from the above the meaning of the word, "ours", Mr. McNaught seems determined that I shall not have a single crumb of APRIL 27, 1877. comfort for he must needs add a - script to inform the public that th net indebted to me for the new et' which non-members have to pay 2 each time they enter the grounds. lieve Mr. McNaught's feelings, the parentage of the scheme is,. Rol the credit is due probably to son who thinks the people of Seaforth gratuitous favors, and prefer to I centa admittance to 10 cents on plan. I have, I feel, Mr. Editot passed. too much on your -space. only say in elosirtg my remarks hope an intelligint public will th E. CRMil same view of renting the ground intelligent agricultural meeting to ammeneemesimimmotomm • • Pertn Items. , The population of Mitchell is 2 —Complaints are made that th etery at St. Marys is_in a neglect —ler. T. Gough, for some tim dilapidated condition. ister of the Baptist church, St. has withdrawn from that charge s town.—Mr. Alex. Knox, of Mar weighed his bull, a few days age the animal turned the beam at pounds. —Col. Tisdale, of .Sinicoe, is a all elegant mansion in Stratford, is to cost, when finiehexl, from to $20,000. e ---Mr. James Kennedy, Of Str was offered $500 in gold the oth for his colt, but the gold had no- -While stepping but at he • in comparison. door, a woman in St. ltiatye Mrs. -Whitlock slipped_ and fell, la some of her ribs. —Mr: R. F. Barbour, eldest Mr. John Barbour, ,of St. Mar last week, and was buried. on T with Masonic honors. ,---Master Stephen Mungoven, fellow of 12 years of age, distil himself at the recent competitiv inatiotts in North- Easthope. —Some of the Mitchell youtl been disgracing themselves anc ing the Sabbath; byspending fishing in Mt. Holland's race: —The St. Marys spring racee be hel& on the 24thof May. Th to be trotted for will aggrega.4 The purse for the open. trot, $1.7i —Palmerston is preparing bonus of $15,000, to induce th ford. and Huron Railway. Com run the road throngh that town —The County of Perth. School Associatien will hol tenth annual convention in 1 on Tuesday and Wednesday, 3/, —There is to be a eteamboat Stratford on Queen's Birthela and 30th. boats are also to take a voyage canal, as soon as navigation is open on that water way. —Mr. James Battersby, of who was to have taken $10,00 n the new Mitchell foundry, an the financial department of the dropped dead from apoplexy a ago. —Mr. W. G. Hay, of Listow 35,000 ties, 25,000 cedar pos feet of square timber, and 40, hemlock fencing for the Strat Huron Railway between Lis Milverton. —In Mitchell, hotenicePses granted to Messrs. J. T. Hick Kennedy, George Davidson, 't worthy, P. McGrath and D. refused—Messrs. T. Collison, stone and John Watt. —At Stratford, Mr. Sohn - purchased 60 feet of the Robb on the Huron Road., adjoining line, for $35 per foot, upon wh tends erecting a building for hi soda water factory. —At a special meeting of ford school board last week, t ing teachers, holding second cl ficates were appointed Mi rine Reid, Brisbane, Miss Ali -Owen Sound; Miss L. T. W pronto. —The Mina and Wallace epf held in the Agricultural Park, day, 17th inst., was largely The day was particularly fine, were in good order, and the pa good. condition. The society added. to the exhibition a gra moat. —Rev. E. W, Waite; for aterdown, was inducted. by bytery of Stratford into th -charge of St. Andrew's chur town, on Wednesday of lest w services were comMenced. by Stuart, of North Easthope. —Messrs. Jones and Bro 52 head. of fat cattle from, Mi Toronto and Montreal, on Mot inst. They Were fed by M Murphy, of Logan. Tlfei weight was 1,280 ponds, aggregate amount paid for th $3,241 50. This is the cattle fed by any one p Thursday of last We county. —On away occurred more furioue that has been witnessed in Ste years. The horse, ae fine ep m -al, belonging to Mr. Hogg, c took fright at something and raaking a sudden spring to one Iloggewas thrown out on the horse then took to the Eiden which he rushed for Some Zig til he was stopped by cominp with a post Severed person escaped being run oven Manitoba, Note 11110M rR8 FREE IMES). The last carnival of the EV off at the skating rink in W Tuesday. April 10. —Over three thousand. tons been taken out of the river i to cool off sweltering Win* summer. —Pedestrian matches of are to take place in Wined Queen's Birthday, for $50 an respectively., - —A young Mennonite Etre party in the settlement ox -ti and, notwithetanding thore by his friends, has not bee since. --Dr. Bedford returned Nortli last week. He small -pox as -effectually chec present. The Doctor hees go eon. —Buffalo are reported to 1 large number's cure day's jour Battleford. Thirty-seven hun of buffalo meat were brought ford a short time age. •e—The summer time table e ern Paaific went into operat day, April 9th. Trains lea-