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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW .A_DVEBTISEMENTS.
Spring Goods—Duncan & Duncan.
Grand Opening—Hoffxnan Brothers.
The Ontario House—Smith & West.
Seeds—Hickkon & Bleasdell.
A Good Artiele—Laidlew & FairIey.
Spring Goods—Wm. Hill & Co.
New Store—Wm. Hill & Co.
Dairymen Attention—Mrs. Whitney.
Caution—Myrtle Navy Tobacco.
ImpIements—Wm. J. Grieve.
Boy Wanted—Thomas Kid.d.
Store to Rent—Mas. Whitney.
For Sale—A. G. VanEgmoncl.
Dressmaking—Miss Burgess.
Money Found—Sharp'e Hotel.
Tenders Wanted—M. McQuade.
Teacher Wanted—Wm. Ballantyne.
Tenders Wanted—D. D. Wilson:
To Contractors—George Sproat.
geed Wheat—Andrew Govenlock.
Baby Carriages—Harry Mitchell.
Groceries—A. G. Ault.
Abstract --Town of Seatorth.
Farm for Sale—A. Strong. law.
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I. the use of these less hurtful, such as
I beer, light wines, &c., there would be
- very much greater chance ef its accom-
plishing good. There ie a prospect that
such a law could be enforced. It would,
. at least, meet_ with -Very Much lest' op-
position than one of so sweeping e na-
ture as that proposed. After duly test-
ing such a law, and if it were foundetc-
ceptable to the people, and that it could
be enforced, it might be wise again to
take another short step, and in this
manner gradually eduCate the people to
the. acceptance of an ultra prohibitive
meaeure. It is only by such means that
a total prohibitory law can ever he
made successful, or even that any
appreciable reform in the drinking ens -
toms of kale country can be accom-
plished through the inediam of the
4r Urn txprottor,
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MAYO:BTU, APRIL 5, 187a.
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The Eastern Questioia..
There is very little ebange to note in
regard to affairs in the East. England ,
au& Russia do not seem much nearer
a settlement of. their. difficulties, than
they were a week ago. Austria, seems ,
more favorable to England, and it
would appear that Russia has abandon-
ed all hope of securing her neutrslity in
case of war. Rnssia, has also been
throwing out bribes to Turkey to sectire '
neutradity, end failing in that she has
commenced to bully and threaten her
fallen foe. If we are to believe the re-
ports all the Powers, except Germany;
sympathize with England. If this prove
true-, it may yet heve the effect of bring-
ing the Sultan to reasonable ternis, and
a war may be averted. A very few
days now, at most, must decide the is-
sue, and. whatever it may be all will feel
relieved when the suspense is over.
The New Temperance Act.
In order to meet as nearly Its possible
the demands of the various temperance
organizations throughout the country,
the, Gavernment has submitted for the
consideration of Parliament a pereais-
sive prohibitory measure something
of the nature of the Dunkin. Act,
but with. very much improved machin-
ery for its inception and eperation, and
somewhat more stringent. This meas-
ure, the provisions cif which. have been
fully explained in these colunmsas now
being discuseed in the Senate. but has
not yet been subnaitted to the populer
branch of the Legialature. As will be
seen by the report from Ottawapublish-
ad to -day, Senator Vida has moved
two amendments to the bill, which
would very meterially increa.se its strin-
gency. The first of theee seems so con-
trery to the general tenor of the whole
act, viz.,. the requiring of the consent of
e majority` of the whole people, obtained
npon this question entirely aside from
other Sectionel or political consider-
ations, that it is not likely to la)
adopted. The second amendment pro-
posed,although arbitrary inthe extreme,
naight aid materially in securing the
strict enforcement of the law. How-
ever, it is not our object just now to dis-
miss either of th.ese, amendments. We
refer to the subject mainly to point out
once more as, we have previously done,
the danger of advancing too rau-
ef legisleting too far in advance of
public sentiment. In fact, we fear that
in the preparatien of this measure the
Government have allowed themselves to
he unduly influenced by tae temporary
sry so lustily raised by some for total
prohibition, and have thus been led. to
make their measure unwisely strin-
gent. The new act, wherever it may
be brought into force, will be to all in-
tents and purposes prohibitory. This
is the point wherein its weakness lies.
For, even if we admit tale justice of a
prohibitory law, which under existing
eircumsta,nces,we are not ba anymea,ns
prepared to dos vse deny most_ empaat-
ically that snob a law would at the
present time even tend to inculcate mor-
ality and sobriety, for the simple eeason
that it is too ultra and radical to meet- the
habite and customs of the people. The
change which it would aim at effecting
would be so sudden and so great as to
be impossible. NO They, no matter how
stringent or how rigidly it may be at-
tempted to be enforced, can change the
habits, customs and eppetites . of a peo-
ple in a day or a year. The change can
only be brought aaout bygradaal means,
and t6 attempt tolorce au impossibility
is only injuring the cause which is sought
to be benefitted. caller to effect any
radical change there must bo a gradual
process of ceniversion, brought about by
a gradatal tightening or drawing of the
forces used; and;in no case, is this raore
necessary than when a change is sought
to be made in the habits and appetites
of men. By such a process we believe
that prohibition could ultimately be
nutde acceptable to the whelk people,
and consequently practicable. The meas-
ure proposed, however, entirely ignores
the necessity of this gradual process of
conversant, and aims at making drunk-
ards Lieber aud moderate drinkers haters
of intoxicants iu a day. If our, legisla-
tors would provide for, the removal of
the evil in installments, their efforts at
moral reform would be very much more
effective. if the present law provided.
for the prevention of the sale and use
of the strenger beveragee and permitted
. Terrible Entirely.
If the essay delivered by Mr. P
ter, at the Brucefield convention, and
waich is printed Wens° in the Exeter
to " shed. lustre " on their Municipal
Council? -lin Porter, we believe, has
been a resident of the township of Us -
borne for twenty years, and still the
people of that toweship, who are al-
ways `Shrewd enough to secure their
best men to manage their public affaire,
have never thought it worth their while
to even attempt to unearth him from
his obscurity. Why have they for years
contented themselves with such unpre-
tentious and unpresuming men as
Archibald Bishop,. George Willis, Leon-
ard Minter and David. Millar, to rule
over them, when they had within their
borders such a burning, shining light as
Mr. Porter? These are a few of the
questions which our contemporary might
, answer with profit and the answers to
I which would be of much greater inter-
est to the electors of South Huron, than
its high toned diction, inspired by a
string Of empty mouthings which colt-
er- tele neither truth nor argument.
Times, is a specimen of What he intends
inflicting upon the electors -of the Sonth
Riding during the coming campaign,
we deeply sympathize' with the electors.
If any man in Huron cau beat the fol-
lowing for a " high falutin " peroration,
we would like to see the man :
'` Gentlemen, I have alreedy detain-
ed you longer, perhaps, than. I should,
and I will not, therefore, enter upon a
discussion of the grossly corrupt acts of
the preseut Governmerit. I will leave
to otheis the Steel Reels, the Goderich
lierbor, the Kamiuistiquia Land Job,
the Anglin Inadvertency, the Foster
contracts, and many others, which fill
a &irk and shameful page in our his-
tory. But these men have inflicted
greater injuries upon eur country, than
the loss of the many millions they have
squendered: They have struck a
deadly blow at public virtue and in-
tegrity. They have presented to our
astonished geze the demoealizing spec-
tacle of men openly renouncing the
Solemn professions they had made so
often. end so loud. and associating with
themselves in the Government of the
country those whom they bitterly de-
nounced for their misdeeds. They have
teught us to mistrust the trnthfulness
and suspect the disinterestedness of the
servants of the Crown. They have
taught politicians that the only avenue
to preferment and promotion, is through
the foul and. mirysloughs of unblushing
falsehood. end the basest treachery.
They have teught Canadians that poli-
tics is not an experimental science that
has for its object the greatest happiness
of the greatest inunbor of one fellow
men, but tor it is a mixed game of
chance and skill, in which the lucky
player wins the opportunity to thrust
his empty, greedy hand into the public
ch.est and withdraw it, rich with plun-
der. They hane taught us that loyelty
is a vain sentiment, lingering on the
lips but having no abiding place in the
heart, that patriotism is a, farce, and
that it is only stupid to be honest. 13et
their -weak and wicked conduct will be
their own undoing. They have perpe-
trated r many indefensible jobs that
leanest rand intelligent men are alien-
ated in their affeatious ena stand aloof
from those whom theY h e hitherto
so waxmly supaortede en all ex-
perience proves.. that th career of
hat Governmeat must soon terminate'
hat is rotten at the heart and palsiea
n its limbs."
Eloquence, like cholera, being con
agious, the Times has been smit
en, end cliscourseth, editorially, as fol
lows :
t To a great mana men Mr. Porter is
known personally; to a great enana he
is known by nepntation Ouly, nnd to a
very few hesis unknowns In him the
ConservatOe parta have seeured a man
to bear alatt theils banner whose abili-
ties would sited l'ustre on the ablest de-
liberative Assembly in the world, and
whom any constituency in , Canade
might he proud to claim as thefr repre-
sentative. He has trandscendent ebili-
_ ties, and only needs the opportunity of
shewing and further developing them,
to 'make his name ns familiar and 'es
honored as the ate lameeted Thomas
D'Arcy Magee's in every household in
the wide Dominion. - Before him Mr.
Greenway will shrink, as. it were, into
nothingness. His speech at Brucefield
was a perfect model of elegant and pure
diction and lucid argument The id.eas
with which it abonnds. are clothed in
the richest and meat beantiful words in
the Euglish language,. and delivered in
the easy, graceful and fluent style
characteristic of the finished orator,
,at one time indulging his vein. of
pleesantry, at another making the bare
walls ring with the full, resonant tones'
of his voice, as he pointed out and de-
uounced the -hollow pretensions of the
Government, and again, scaling the
heights of Parnassus, or winging his
way into the most magnificent flights of
feevid and imPassioned oratory, it held
his hearers in spell-boluad rapture, and.
made upon them a deep and lasting im-
pressien."
" Dunder an' Blitzen," what an out-
hurst Ye free and independent of
South Heron.! uncover your heads,
stretch forth your arm s,hold your breath,
stand and gaze when this modern De-
mosthenes, who, with loedly mien. and
the strides of an elephentpasseth eleng
your concessions and sideroads solicit-
ing your votes. Was ever such a man
known ill South Huron before ? Sure-
ly, surely,: the wicked Grits will never
dare attempt to impede the tiiunaphal
nutrch of such an intellectual giant. No,
never. With a wail of despair, they
will flee from his presence as wolves
from a sheep.
But. to come down from the heighte
of Parnassus," wherever that . is, and
abandoning our most magnificent
" flights of fervid and impassioned ore-
" tory,a we would. ask why it is that
this peculiarly gifted man hes remain-
ed so long in the back ground? alow
is it that those who ought to know'him
best, the people of his own tosv'inship,
hese not.long ere this sought him out,
and secueed his " transcendent ability "
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Doings at Ottawa. .
MEMBERS ON THEIR MUSCLE.
Last Friday night a mest remarkable
aed extraordinary scene occurred in one
of the Committee rooms in the Come,
mons' wing of Parliament. After recess
the Hone() went into Cominittee on the
Manitoba Homestead Act, and Messrs.
Phimb and _Buns* made speeches.
Mr. Bunster was particularly moved to
do so from the fact that several lady and
gentlemen acquaintances. of his were
-seated in. the Speakerai --gallery. He,
therefcire, was anxious to acquit him-
self -with More then usual credit. He .
„was preceded by Mr. Plumb w,ho had
knot been speaking long before some mein -
her began to interrupt him by blowing
up a kind of toy whistle which has a
thin rubber ball on one end. When in-
flated with air, and allowed to exhaust
itself the toy makes a noise resembling
the drone of n bagpipe. This u as used
half a dozen times, and Mr. Plumb,
seeing he was laughed at, Gut short his
remarks, and sat down. Mr. Bunster,
bursting wita self importance, thenroee
and with one eye on the gallery, began .
to address the chair. In a few minutes .
the whistle enaitted a most unearthly
squeak, which set the House in a roar.
Mr. Bunster went on, however, but was
again interampted by the infernal me-.
chine, which - imitated th.e cryine of a
baby, and the squalling of a cat. -When
the treraendoas laughter in which the
crowded galleries joined, had subaided
_Mr. Bunster called on the Chairman to
keep order, when Mr. Young asked. the
paember not to offend against the rules.
of the House. . Mr. Bunster then in
quiet proceeded with his remarksavhich
were about as stupid as possible. Just
-eteryboda thought the whistle had
subsided the phamber rang with a dole-
• ful and long. continued squeal, which
provoked. shouts of laughter. Mr. Bun-
ster then daied the member to Meet
him after his:speech was done. either in
the lobby or, in Room 13, where the
Beitish Columbia members congregate.
challeneed. him to send. ,his card
ecross the froor of the Housennel almost
instantly a page ran up and laid. one on
the desk at which Mr. Buneter stood.
He seized it, and glencing at it, saw it
was blank on both sides and cast it
aside. He went on complaining about
the insuitto him, but 'finally sat down.
He then left the Chamber and went to
the Speaker's gallery and spent few
moments *ith his friends, who seemed
heartily ashaaned. of him. He soon left
and went to his room where be wrote a
the following epistle, . which your
correspondent obtained, and sends ver-
batim
OTTANYA, May 28, 1878:
Oheval,—Sir you having sent me a blank and 1
think lackquard,blackguard card I would like you, to
meet me in room 13 Immediately and explain year
meaning Why yin did not signe your mune to it
and the insult You: meant while I was speaking
awaiting yonr answer I am Sir—
. Signed .4. 33 MISTER.
The above note, besides the bad spell-
ing, had not a single punctuation point
in it, which speaks volumes for " B. A.
of Trin. Coll., Dub.," as he elainis to be.
The result of the challenge wes that
MreCbeval left the *Chamber end alone
to beard the lion.in his den. He found
Mr. Bunster in the room and asked
him what he nieent by sending him such
a note. He wes asked in return why he
sent him a blauk -card. Mr. Cheval dee
nicil he had teut the card., and was told -
he lied. Mr. Cheval said he did not lie,
end talca Mr. 13unster to send foi the
page who had delivered it. Mr. Bun-
ster then charged Mr. Cheval with hav-
ing blown a bugle in order to annoy him
while he was speeking: Mr. Cheval also
promptly denied, it, and wae ca,lled a
liar. He 'said. that he was not a liar,
but that he punster) was a liar.' Upon.
this Me. Bunster struck violently at Mr.
Cheval, who parried the blew, and hit
ais assailant under the chin. Several
heavy blows then passed, Mr. Cheval
being struck on the left. cheek, and Mr.
Bunster in the face and on the side ef
the head. Neither of them were mark-
ed, aut Mr. Ch oval fastened his left hand
in Mr. Bunstera beard and made a, sav-
age jerk, bringing away onouali heir to
fill one of his vest pockets. The par-
ties were sepereted, and the Sergeant -
at -Arms sent for: He had just left the
Chamber, and was in the snioking-room.
. so that the messenget did not find him.
until the row was over. .11ad he been
early enough to make au arrest he, would
have -been entitled -to ,R5, but he was too
late if he had any desire to benefit by
the " little unpleasantness." News of
the fight soon reached the- Chaniber,
which in a few minutes was almost emp-
tied. The lobbies were thronged, and
Mr. Cheval, who remained near the
scene was surrounded by excited crowds
Of -Senators, M.P.'s. He laughingly told
his story over and overt again in English
and French, and showed the pellet of
hair which he had in his pocket. He
- was clapped ou the back by his friends,
who said he haa behaved seen, seeing he
was .an older and much smaller man
than Mr. Bun.ster. .The greatest excite-
ment prevailed,su.ch DM encounter never
before haying happened here, and the
lobbies Fang with the news for hours.
Mr. Bunster sought his seat in -the
1 HOusp, -where he seemea to feel very
mean, having to hide the left side of his
shaggy face from which the handful of
hair was plucked. After Mr. Minster
retired. to his liotel at night, he wee so
onaccount of the excitement that
-two doctors were sent for to attendhim.
He appeared in the House on the fol-
lowing day with ablack eye. The people
of British Columbia would act wise-
ly if they would at the next election re-
turn another representative in his stead.
The member who interrupted Mr. pun-
ster sat near Mr. Cheval, and as the,
latter in the past has had a faculty of
bothering obstreperous end long-winded.
speakers with jew's-harps, rattles and
other machines, he was suspected of
having been the offending party in this
instance also.
MEMBERS MD.
Dr. Tupper was for several days very
ill, and was confined to his room. He
is, however, able to attend to business
again, and has.resumed his accustomed.
place in the House. Hon. Mr. Laurier
is also indisposed and confined to his
hotel. The late hours rendered a.bso-
lutely necessary by the factious Opposi-
tion axe having a very ill effect and. a
number of members are a,bsent. Messrs: -
Mackenzie and Cartwright are never for
one moment out of their seats, andel:lust
have iron constitutions to beer the ter-
rible- strain to which they must sub-
mit.
MOT CREDITED. •
The press telegram published a few
days ago stating that British agents
were buying up 15,000 horses in the
States to be shipped via Canada to Eng-
land for cavalry serviee is not credited
in the departments at Ottawa.
A SENSATION.
A well-dressed lady a few evenings
ano in the crowded Speaker's Gallery,
caused a good deal of sensation by bring-
ing her knitting with her and menaly
making the needles play the evening long.
The young beauties present were horri-
fied at this innovation.
LADIES' PETITIONS.
A lot of petitions have been presented
from ladies in the Maritime Provinces,
praying for the 'introduction of the Dun-
kin Act, and yet Senator Miller say.?
the New Brunswick Temperance law is
the best in the world.
AMENDMENTS TO THE TEMPERANCE BILL.
Senator Vidal has given notice that
when the Senate is moved into Commit-
tee of the Whole on the Temperance
Bill, he will move a series of amend-
ments. The most important one is as
follows
The Legislature of any Province of the Domin-
ion, may by address to the Governor -General -in -
Council drily certified. and transmitted by the
Lieutenaut-Governor„Ask that the second part of
this Act may be brought into force in that Prey:
ince, and the Governor-General-in-Couneil, on re
airing such addrekses, shall, -by Order4n-Council.,
Publish in the " Canada Gazette" and in' the "0111
dal Gazette " of the Province, doclara that the
Becoud part of the Act shall come into force and
take effect in such Province at such date as may be
consistent with the, Provisions of the ninety-third
section of this Act, in the case of a city or county
with respect to existing annual licenees for the sale
of spirituous'liquors.
The second amendment is that when
the law takes effect in a whole province
on nigh Order -in -Council, it shall not
bp revoked within twoyears unless pe-
titioned for by the -Legislature. Anoth
er amendment proviaes for the arrest
and detention of any person found in a
state of intoxication and compelling
him on conviction to disclose Where the
liquor was obtained.
DUTY ON MALT.
The Act respecting the duty on malt
haa been printed. It provides that the
present import duty shall be repealed ;
that whenever malt is imported it shall
be immediately bonded and become sub-
ject to excise regulations, and when
not so bonded, it shall be liable to be
forfeited.
_ THE KAMINISTIQUIA. COMMITTEE.
The Senate Kaministiquia Commit-,
tee, being nearly run out of material, is
about closing up. During the past
week. several steamboat captains have
been before the Committee, testifyiug
as to the relative merits of the harbor
selected by the Goverrunent as the rail-
way terminus, and that at Prince -Ar-
thur's Landing. On this point there
seems to be as great a diversity of opin-
ion among the lake captaans as among
politicians. - The universal testithony of
all was, however, that the Kaminista.
quia is equal in every respect as a har-
bor to that furnished by the river at
Chicago, and that with veey slight im-
provements the river will make one of the
safest and most easily accessible harbors
on Lake Superior, end as a harbor of
refuge superior to Prince Arthur's Land-
ing, while the expense will be very mueh
less. Although this Committee has
been in session for nearly a month, and
a large number of witnessea have been
cloeely examined by Senators hostile to
the Governraept, not one tittle of eni-
dence to convict the Government of
wrong doing has been elicited ; but, on
the contrary, the whole evidence went
to show that the -Government in locat-
ing the terminus where they did, were
influenced solely by a desire to couserve
the public interests. After the eloping
of this Committee, from which so much
was expeeted by the Opposition, it is
not likely we will hear much more of
the so-ealled " Kaministiquia Land
Job." It will be dropped as the " God.-
erich Harbor Job " has been. What
the next will be, this deponent eannot
conjecture.
THE MOYLAN ACCOUNTS. !
tWh.at has now become popularly
known as the " Moylan Accounts "
transaction, has occupied a considerable
share of the attention of the Public Ac-
counts Committee during the past week.
When the present Government came
into power, it was found that Sir John
had in an irregular way ordered the pay-
ment of various SUMS, amounting in all
to 42,500, io Ma. Moyle'', formerly pro-
prietor of the Toronto' Freemap, and
that no value for these amounts had.
been given, and that moreover, entries
of them were never made in the books
of the department by the accountant,
nutil after the late ministry had resign-
ed. Both Mr. Moylan and Sir john.
have been examined before the ' Com-
mittee, but their statements as to the
matter differ widely. The former claim-
ed. that the money was paid in liquida-
tion of an old claim for printing -done
during the time of the old Parliament
of Canada, while the latter affirmed
that the payments were made to meet
Mr. Mo3da,n's financial necessities, and.
to enable him to keep his paper afloat,
and that he was afterwards to do print-
ing for the several departments in liqui-
dation of the advance. The printing,
however, it is unnecessary to say, was
never done. It is clear, from th evi-
dence, that Mr. Moylanis paper AN as of
considerable service to the Government
party of those days, and that its pro-
prietor, being hungry for pelf and. not
easily satisfied, Sir John had either to
comply with his demands to give, give,
or lose his support, and, not having
money of his own to spare, he did give
out of the public funds. Sir John stat-
ed before the Committee that the rea-
son he gave these amounts to Moylan
was, that during the Fenian raid, and
after the a.ssassination of D'Arcy Mc-
Gee, he feared Moylan might be assassi-
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on and blasphemonslanguage on the street.
in- He was warned to desist, and be more
guarded ia his !expressions, but the
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nated also, and in order to remove hi
from d.anger-he sent him on a missi
to Ireland, and that Moylan being i
pecunious, this money was given him
to make up -for the loss his absen
would occasion to his paper. This pr
twice of Sir John's that Moylan w
forced to leave Canada to save hi
from the vengeance of the Feniens, w
eminently absurd. In the first plac
he did not leate for, Dublin until .b
tween three and four years after th
Fenian raid, and in the next place, th
ideaeif sending a man to Ireland to Itee
him out of reach of Fenian sympatleizg
was so utterly ridiculpus, that it a
ried its own refutation with it. It w
jumping him out of the frying pan in
the fire with a vengeance. The on
redeemingfeature about the whole tram
action is, that the amount yeas not ver
large, and if Moylan had. not got it ve
likely some other " feller" would hav
been on hand who did not need it nes
ly so bad. It gives a pretty good ide
however, of how business was conduc
ed in those days, and how the Gover
ment secured- the good will of the pees
Moylan's experience was, no doubt, th
experience of hundreds of other news-
paper men. It must have been a nice
business running a Conservative paper
in those palmy days. But there is yet
another instance on record of Sir John's
boundless generosity ta the public press,
and which has just been brought to the
surface. The public accounta for 1874
contain an item of $1,200 paid to Des -
berets, of the Canadian. Illustrated News,
for which it cannot be shown that any
valuewas reneived in the way of print-
ing or advertising for the Government,
There were two payments of $600 each;
one injuly, 1872, the other in Septem-
ber, 1874. About the dates inentioned;
there appeared in the Canadian Illus-
trated News portraits of Lord and Lady
Dufferin, and of Sir John and his Cab-
inet colleagues. The $1,200 was, no
doubt, given to the proprietor of the
Illmtrated News to pay for the vanity of,
Sir John and his colleagues, who de-
sired to see their handsome faces in
print accompanied by glowing autobiOg-
raphies, which an admiring countrar
doubt supposed was a tribute from the
pen of some independent jOurnalist.
How many poor newspaper men have
gone hungry to bed since Sir John left
office, it would be difficult to say. It
might be well, perhaps, for the very ac-
tive and energetic body, the Senate, to
appoint a Committee of Enquiry, so
the public may be enlightened on this
point. Where is the Senator of " pre-
datory inetincts ?"
A GOOD MOVEMENT.
Mr. Conrier has given notice of the
following resolution : That whereas
there are at the present time large num
bees of the population of our cities who
while willing te work, have for many.
months been out of employment, and
whose means haye become utterly ex-
hausted; and they are still unable to
find work ; and' whereas they have ap-
pealed to the Government for assistance
to enable them to remove to Manitoba
with a view to settle upon Crown lands,
therefore, in the opinion of this House,
it is expedient that 'the Department of
Agriculture shonld be a,uthorized to ex-
pend a portion of the moneys voted for
immigration purposes in aiding persons
out of employment to reMove to other
portions of the Dominion for the per-
lpaonsdes.of settling upon vacant Crowr
MR. MITCHELL SNUBBED.
•
Mr. -Mitchell, as a cow and bull nuis-
ince was " sat apon" by the house a
ew nights ago. Mr. Mackenzie was
romoting Billie the Honse, to which
air. Peter tried to tack en an a.mencl-
nent securing to his -constituents who
ost live stock on the Intercolonial Reit-
vay an easy means of harrassing the
Government for payment of damage',
o matter how unfounded their claims
reight be. Mr. Mackenzie, in a very
easona,ble way, showed the plan was
holly unnecessary. Mr. Mitchell an-
icipated that, but when Dr. Tupper
leo refused to support his amendment
nd advised him to drop it, he was
ompletely upset. The Manse would.
ot accept his motion, and. as he prese
ed. it, it was got rid of by being decke-
d lost on a division. After which, he
eft the Chamber mild spent the evening
n sulkhag about the lobbies. He has,
een much more becoming in his be4
aviour ever since, and it is hoped the
nubbing may have a salutory effect.
RETURNS.
A return has been brought down
howing the quantity and value of,
eats, green, dried, eured and. potted,
mported from the *United States and
ntered for consumption in the Domine
n ; also the "„amount of duty collect -
d thereon from 1st January, 1877, to.
st January, 1878 : Total value inaport-
d, a1,822,495 ; entered for consump.
on, $962,468. Another return gives
he number and value of all horses,
orned cattle, sheep and swine import-.
into and exported from each Pro-.
ince of the Dominion from. February
st, 1877 to Febraary 1st, 1878 : Im-
orted.—quantity, 10,908; value, $20,564.
xported— quantity, 235,011 ;
News of the Week.
DEATH OF A GENERAL,—Grand Mar-
shal Lafuente, the highest officer in the
Peruvian army, died lately.
RECONCILED.—The New York . Thad
retiorts a ru.mor that Tilton and -wife
will seam re -unite and go abroad.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—The Murphy
temp-erance movernent has 100,000 sig
natures in New England since ,Decem-
ber 1.
BANU ROBBERY.—, South Pueblo,
Colorado, bank was entered on Friday
and. robbed of $3,000. The cashier was
gagged by the burglars.
SALE OF TROTTERS.—At the greatliel-
logg sale of trottine stock on Wednesday
last at New York,''fifty animals sold for
$28,000. Kentucky Prince brought $10,-
700.
CLOSED Fon e Menem—The Lowell
print works shut down on Saturday for.
a month, throwing 300 peesons out of
employment. Overstocked with man-
ufactured goods.
SALE OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF PAINTINGS.—Eighty-three:
paintings belonging tp Hon. Milton S.*
Latham, of San Francisco, sold the
other night for over $10,000.
MISMANAGEMENT.—Investigations into. ,
the Civil Service of Jamaica have re-
vealed extraordinary mismanagement.:
In one dePartment, where no books
were kept, $250,000 a year was Jeapend-
ed.
PROSpERITY OF MONTANA.— montane
has a population of, 500,000, aura not
one businees feilure has occurred during
the past year. This prosperous shone; -
-ing is due, we take it, to the fact that,
when a mail is on the verge of bank-
ruptcy his accommodating neighbors
take him out and. hang *him • to a tree.
Thus is business integrity encouraged
and. thrift induced.
DEATH OF MILLIONAIRE.—ISDAC Ad -
ems, the manufacturer of the printine
press bearing his -name, ctied. at Sand!
wich; New Hampahire, en the 20th.
He was worth from 44,000,000 to $6 000,-
(400,
!:k1
X ASSISTANCE FOR THE Sioun.—The U.
S. Secretary of theInterior recommends
an appropriation of 1250,000 topurchase
-cattle, farming implements, &c., for the
Sibux Indians lately reinoved to the Mis-
souri River reeerve.
DIED.—Bev. Father Grant, rector of
'the Scottish College, and. organizer of
of the Scottish itiererch3a, proclaimed. a
few clays ago is dead. Me bequeathed
his private fortune te the Catholic
- Church in Scotland. - -
; ROWING 11.4.TCH.—Edward Trickett,
the Austialian oarsman has consented
to row C. E. Courtney, dUnion Springs,
in America, for a thousand. pounds a
side, the Australian being allowed three
, hundred. pounds for expenses.
Anoetren WALKING afneons—sAnother
international welking match takes place
in London, England, on iiprill3th'adis-
tancefifty miles. Among the competi-
, 'tors will be Olnery, of Chicago-; Rich-
ard.son, of Massachusetts, and noted
English pedestraans.
Sunapee -LA 'notorious _abortionist,
named Madame Restill, committed sui-
Cide in. New York, on the mormng of
. April 1st. She resided. in en elegant
mension on Fifth Avenue, ant has left
upwards of $300,000 to her heirs. Fear
of an impending trial, which was to
come off on that day, is supposed to
have led. to the fatal deed.
REMARKABLE DREAM.—M.FS. Klinger -
stein, of New York, dreamed on Satur-
day night last that a burglar had rob-
bed. her apartments, and. her dreani
proved true. While_she was entering a
complaint to the police, a well-known
- thief was brought to the station, and
was immediately recognized by hen as
the burglar she sew in her dream. A
search revealed som.e of her stolen pro-
.
perty in the prisoner's possession.
Ceanoincs aem PABLIAltElkITARY DAC-
TIO*3.—A Rome special soya: The
Commissioli of Cardinals appointed to
contider the position of Catholics with
reference to Perliamentary elections, -
have reported that it is the duty of
Catholics to participate in elections,
and accept seats . in Parliament if
elected, taking their usual oaths to
King, and Parliament, but pledging
themselves not to offend against the
laws of the °Arch.
-DESTITUTION IN GERMANY.—The Am-
erican Consul at Nuremburg, Germany,
describing the distress in the spinning
and weaving districts, says the weavers
are glad to get 15 to 25 cents per day
for hand work, without board. The
falling off in the American and. Orien-
tal trade is regarded as the cause of the
depression, from which thousands are
suffering. Germa,n. Americans are wan-
dering about Germany in seerch of
means to return to the United. States
$672,065.
PROGRESS ON THE CANADA PACIFIC.
Mr. Whitehead, of the firm of White-
head & Co., contractors for the Mani-
toba section of the Canada Pacific Rail-
way, who is now in Ottawa, state§ that
over 75 miles of track has been laid
north and east from Winnipeg and that
the work is pregressing favorably, the
track being graded toward Rat Portage.
On. their sections they have employed
some 1,200 men at $2 a day, and em-
ployment could be given to 2,000 more.
Board is 54 and $4 50 per week. A
large number of the men in the employ
e oae up
land, fearing that the best of it will be
taken up by immigrants coming M, but
these return. iramecliately after locating.
About 15 or 20 miles from Winnipeg, on
the 1Me of the railwae , the wooded sec-
tion of the country is struck, and this
extends right through eastwerd to Thun-
der Bay. The. timber is good, especi-
ally east of Rainy Lake. The soil of the
wooded section in North Manitoba is
equally rich to that of any otherportion.
Mr. Whitehead considers it the finest
country that the sun shines upon.
melee:N.
The session must soon come to a close
and the legislation which the Govern- !
ment is pushing through is of a charac-,
ter to have a lasting effect on the coun-
try in placing the control of the public
funds in such a shape that it -will be
unpossible for any future Administra-
tion or Govermnent to use them for pri-
vate or party purposes.
—A young man in Stratford named.
James Connelly was last week fined
Huron Notes.
Brussels races will come off on the
1st and 2d of July.
—A strawberry garden on a large
scale, is about being started in the vi-
cinity of Clinton.
—P. Kelly; of Blyth, sold an ox last
week to James Clegg, of Brussels, for
$77 50. The ex weighed. 2,150 lbs.
—Mr. James Mills, of the James-
town-laotel, has a hen which brought
out a brood of chickens on St. Patrick's
Day. •
—Mr. Thos. Hall, who went to the
Old. Country from. Brussels last year,
intending to remain there, is coming.
back to Canada in. May.
—Mr. J. S. Brendon, of Morris, fell-
ed. a soft elm tree the other day, which
measured 7 feet 6 inches acroes the butt
end:
—Mr. John Hanna, merchant, East
1Nawanosh, sold on Saturday, the
23rd inst.,. 1,000 dozen of eggs, be-
ing the third eale he has made this
spring.
--The spring show of the Turnberry
Agricultural Society, will be held on
Friday, April 12th, at Wingham, when
prizes for thoroughbred bulls and entire
horses will be offered.
—The contract for the erection of the
Methodist parsonage, Londesboro, has
been awarded to Messrs. R. Hay-
wood, and Cooper ct McKenzie, of Olin:
ton, the price being $2,000.
' —MreW. L. Ferguson, of Colborne,
has sold his splendid. stallion' Lord Duf-
ferin, -which. took a medal at the Cen-
tennial, to_ a gentleman near Walkerton,
for the sum of $2,000.
—A petition is in circulation, asking
the Stephen Council to pass a by-law
to prevent driving On sidewalks in the
various villages in the township, and.
•
Arm, 5, 1878.
within a certain distance of inecapetee
ed and other villages in the townstiv
This is a good idea, as it will preveei
accidents and other inconveniences.
On the sidewalk south of Exeter, tiler,
have been several narrow escapes here
being run over.
—A number of gentlemen tibotes
have organized an association for the
sale of farm sto6k. The first sale vie
held at Ferquhar on Friday, ana nos
fairly succeesful.
—Three ewes belonging to Mr. Wee
Norman, concession 11, East %is.
nosh, have breught forth three hunts
each, only one of which died, and the
eight are all doing well. They are non
about a, month old.
__me T. W. Smithson, of the Pee
Press, London, and formerly of Ben
forth, started per Canada Southern en
Tuesday for the Western prairies, en
St. -Louis, having secured a three
months' leave of absence on account se
ill -health.
—Mr. Earner, of Grey, completed,his
hundredth year on tlae 16th ult. The
old gentleman looks hale end he
being able to take equestrian ate
cise, also do any light teaming almost
as well as his more juvenile neighbors.
—The usual public quarterly exaan.
illation of the school in section No, 4,
Grey, will be held. on Thursday, April
18th, when, prizes to the ainount of over
$20 will be awarded to the pupils who
have attended the said school during
the quarter.
—Mr. Thomas King, of barronbrook,
very nearly met with a serious accident
Blyth, some days ago. He was pro.
ceeding from the station tp the village
after dark, when he got his foot into &
hole in the sidewalk, and had it pretty
badly bruised before he could extricate
it. The corporation came very near
having to pay for a broken leg. -
—The infant left on Mr. Brook's door-
step in Brussels, has been adopted by
Mr. A. Cousins, cooper. Mr. ceinfins
has been very -unfortunate, his three
children having died in early infancy.
About a fortnight ago he buried his last,
and the handsome little waif has been.
adepted by him aud. his wife to take its
place.
—An offer of 40 cents in the dollar
was made on the 12th. March, by Messrs.
Stanley & jermyn, of Exeter, to their
creditors. This was refused ; second
offer was made to pay 50 cents, but this
was also declined. ,An attachment has
been ordered to issue against them, their
creditors being exasperated by the great
discrepancy between the showing they
now make and their statemeet of affairs
18 naonths ago. -
—The total assessment of the town-
ship of Stanley for 1877, was $1,744,195.
On this amount there was colleetea
$12,843 02. From this sum the follow-
ing amounts have been Paid : Connty
rates, $3,538 37 ; schools, -$5,167 ; reads,
$245 87 ; printing, 09 ; salaries,
$564 00 ; sundries, $1,051 91 ; balance
on March 30th, $2,186 12.
—The-iollowing property changes are
announced from Goderich township:
Mr. Wm. McDonald has sold. his hem
on the 3rd. concession, containing 120
acres, to Mr. Orr, of the same conces-
sion for the sum of $5,500. Mr. A.
Chisholm has purchased the 78 -acre
farm lately occupied. by Mr. Campaigns,
on the 3ed concession, for $8,650. The
farm was sold. at auction by order of
the court of Chancery -
—On St Patrick's eve two youths of
the township of Ashfield met at the vil-
lage store, in Amberley, and being un-
der the impression the 17th of Ireland
had to be celebrated. upon the- same
basis as Easter Sunday, they resolved.
upon a novel but disgusting entertain-
ment, which was the sucking of a quan-
tity of raw eggs; the agreement being
that the OIle who could stomach fewest
eggs, would have to pay for the eggs de-
molished. At the conclusion of the
feast One of the parties had swallowed
21, and had broken the end of tlie 22nd,
but was forced. to cry " enough." The
other youth sickened on his 20th egg,
thus making a goose of himself, and
loping the heat by la eggs. We under-
stand that both of these " spirited"
young men were in a critical condition
for some time after from the effects Of
their rashness, but by repeated applies -
tams of hot bran poultices in the region
of the stomach, they are both out of im-
mediate danger.
Miscellaneous Ne-ws Items.
Mr. Thomas •Ballantyne, M. P. P.,
has left for England, on his usual an-
nual trip, to look into dairy matters on
the other side of the water.
—Rev. P. Ma. McLeod, of the Pres-
byterian church, Stratford, leotured
before the Christian Temperance Union,
in that town on Saturday night last.
The house was crowded. -The address
was th.e most practical deliverance on
the tenaperanee question ever delivered
•
in Stratford.
—A man namea Hugh McCue, of the
township of Elma, has been conamitted
for trial, charged with stealing the sum
of $85 from Richard Graham, of Ehns
Centre Hotel. The money was taken.
from the pocket of a, coat hanging in the
hall of the hotel.
—Lieutenant-Colonel 3. 0. W. Daly,
the most prominent and oldest inhabi-
tant of the Huron tract, fell on his door.
step at his residence at Stratford, on
Fridey evening last and died froin the
effects of the fad on Sunday evening. .
aged- 82 years.
' —At the last meeting of the Ontario
Veterinary College, held. oin Taursday
evening, the students presented Prof.
Smith with a handsome riding whip -
Prof. Duncan, demonstrator of anatoray,
of Goderich, was also made the recip.i-
ent of a, case containing a hypodermic
syringe. Both gentlenaen replied in a
few appropriate words. ‘.
111.1.1111111111.110..MINIMMINIE
Auction Sales.
On Monday, April 15, on Lot 33, Con.
18, McKillop, Farm Stock, Implements
and. Household Furniture. Adam Arra-
strong, proprietor ; J. P. Brine, auc-
tioneer.
On Tuesday, April 23, at the manse,
Thames Road, Usborne, Household. Fur -
ranee, Buggies, Cutter, &c. Rev. IL
Gracey, proprietor ; A. Bishop, auc-
tioneer.
Spring Shows.
Shows for the exhibition of Entire Stockwilibe
held this season as follows :
South Huron, at Brucefield, on Friday, Apri119.
West Huron, at Smith's Hill, on Wethaesday,
April 17.
East Huron, at Wroxeter, on weancesay, Alan
10.
Stephen and Ushorne, at Exeter, on Fridair
April 12.
• Hibbert, at Spring wire on Tuesday April 10.
Grey, at Brussels, on Tuesday, April 9.
Morris, at Blyth, on Tuesday,April 16.
Iltdiett, at Clinton, on Friday, April 12.
Turnberry, at Wingham, on Friday, April 12.
4.£1
.4
APRIL 51 1878.
gmmu."'""i"..."'"Births.
Bos,wifE...—. Ina ::::a.,chittesbo:
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„310an.ditu
LMynn'3r48, fans Mrsredaughhte25;.1
..Scli:p11.-111HuBulle,etttt,,oann
- Mr. -3-anzes Snell, of denghte
j.:73froY-7.—}:113:71,c31):)1;0,peioaatignr,Murelacabateasur.24,0
Manniages
IliEnn--Scm.-Emnrs.—In. Zurich,:
the residence of the bride,
Nunzinger, Mr. Valentine D
to Mrs, Martha Schneider, of.
catNOCTIAN—CAPY.---At the
bride's father, near Tulare,
Robert Carnochan, to Miss V,
of the Ba4210 plaee.
CLATDON --;--ERVSE. —In r,k
March 28, by Rev- Mr. Camp
Claydon, of McKillop, to Al
daughter of Mr. Nicholas IL
PECK—CLARK.—At the residen
father, on Aura. 20. bv Bel
Mr. Henry Peck, to Miss En
-est daughter of Wm. Clark, E
-SNELL—BELDEN.—At the
age, Brussels, on Mareh
Stafford, Mr. Edward Snell,
' town, to Miss Ellen C. Belden
SCOWN—G,A.RRETT,—In Ethel
by Rev, S. Jones, Daniel Seoa
vett, both of grey.
'TAYLOR—BE.LL.—At the resid
mother, Manchester; on Ma -
MeLean Mr. jsanes Taylor,
Miss Malry Agnes, daughter
Bell.
l'OUNG--YOUNG—At the resid
father, Mr. John Young, on
A. ileliean, Mr. William E
Martha Young, both of Mill
CURBY—HATOITRTT.—At the
gam, on Pierch 27 by Rev,
Jeseph Curry, of Win
Ifatchett, of Aslilleld.
MoCLI'MONT—GOLLEY.—At
the bride's father, on Mare
' Rural Dean Davis, Mr. The
'Winghana,-to Miss annie4
of Mr, Xoseph 4olley, Morris;
. Deaths. E,
McCL0AITuGisFiEs.„ Jourt.ThInt.dliatigulliletettl,..4)ont il
Caughey, aged. 2,3 years. !
12VILLIAMS.—At Stapleton, en
Williams, aged 65 years. 1
- .arasBc,aTetSF-evBeri, ETmill14kriliEva,t313-61
Mr. Wm. Gibbings, aged 2 ,
and 4 days. ' •
LAWRENCE. --- In Tuelthi-streifl
Zebu Lawrenee, aged 67 ye
4
SMIT31.---At the Primitive Me
Winghean, on March 22,
ter of Rev. William Smith, a
MON7:1E:Tt11118:—In Usborne, on I
!.
MoCARTI1Y.—In Stephen, on
Tinaothy McCarthy, aged 6b
daughter of Mr. Charles
MoCARTHY.—In Stephen, on
years.
lifcCarthy, aged 71 -years,
THE MAIM-
.
SE—AFOBT1
riPalitingWhWeahte;;i1Viie',-Pt;;
.Spring Wheat,Red Chaff,perb
- °stager
Peas per bushel— ..........
Barley per bushel.....
Butter, No. 1, Loose, irade...,
Butter No.1., Loose, cash
.Clover 'Seed, per
Timothy seed., per husbel,
VVV
Flour, pox barrel...
Hay V .. .........4p......4
Hides, per 11;„ . .
Hides per Inc
Fallen Hides, per1-60
Sheep skins— -
13alt fretail)per
Salt (wholesale) per barrel.....;
Potatoes, per bushel-
-Oatmeal
Wool, per „
'Tallow, per lb....
Dressed Rogs, per 100 lbs
Beef, in quartera, per 100 lbs„
OrartTen
Fall Wheat, per bushel -
Spring Wheat, perbushel
Oats, per bushel. --
Barley, per
Peas, per
.Clover Seed, per bushet . . .
'Timothy -Seed, per
Butter .
Pork. ...
. . . .
Hay,per
. •
TelIONTO, April 7.—Fa
to al 24 ; spring, $1 05
37c to 380; barley, 52c to
'68 -to ; dressed bogs,per 1
6612i; beeahindquartere
fore quarters, $3 to ; -
$6 50 ; better rolls, 18
rolls, 10c to 13e ; beet
to 17c; store -packed, 5c .7
en, 12c to 13c,
Live_ Stock M.
Toneerro, April 4.—C
have been tending upw
ranged from. $4 75 to a5
eragnag not less than
some of lighter weight h
from -14 25 to 14 50. Sec
sold ,fairly well for tbe '
but Ahem have been. e
prices are easy at a3 50 tf
class ha,ve been quiet an
$2 75 to as3. There have
two cars of steers, avera
at $51 ; about 50 -head of
ing 1,350 lbs., and 80 b
1,375 lbs., at asi 75 per
--First-close have ranged
17 50 per head, or $4 5i
Second-class, including 3
been steady at $7 -75 to
54 .50 per cental, the latt
yearlings only. Third-cla.
There have been sales of
head, to average 180 Ibs,
livery for export, at $4 ;
a ear of yearlings, dsess
$5 40 ; and lot of 41 y
hag 60 lbs, at $6. Lanai)
ities have ranged. from $:
/Werke- animals haye gon
$2, and are not likely to
alais figure if pressed. on 13
13Yreeno, April 4.—
sales. Steers. $4 40 to
Market deiniant ; few
trade. Heavy, a3 90 a
sale of Yorkers, with' b
market. Sheep— no iitt
CONTRACTORS.—Sealed!
r.eceived by the undf•rsignc
School Board., tip to the first ,of,
erection of a Briek School If(
Coneeesion of Tueker‘mith. P•
cations can be aeen at the sltba
or .a. similar- building eln be Fe
11. Se.id building to be fini,ilte,
August next. GEORGE SV
Tuckeramith S"hool Board.'
Tender " on the envelope,
VALUABLE Fint
west half of Lot 27, efAL£
laining arreg.. known as the 1!
farm is situated' within one ruil,.1
Seaforth. The eine is of tla-
There is a handsoxne residenee
ing,e. The farm is well pleattel
namental trees, is in exeelle
fenced. It is win:drably suited
tleroan, a dairy -man, or naarket
Thi.; property nmst be a
to A. STiZONCT, ticaforth.
.£7