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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-03-21, Page 4E HURON EXPOSIT:OR. NEW AD' R IPEMENTS. Auction Sale—R issiell J. Ross. Blacksmithing— hemas Mellis. Dwelling House for 'Sale—j. Burgess. Disclosures Next Week—G-. Dent. • Photography—Andrew- Calder. Notice to Debtor—Wm. N. Watson. Thoroughbred. Dhrliana Bull Wanted. Auction Sale—D. I. Wilson. Seaforth Cheese4 abtory—S. Duncan. Millinery—A. G MeDougall & Co. House and Lot f n. nale—A Strotkg. Fame for Sale—james Weir. - The Golden Lioa—R. Jamieson. For Manitoba,—T. Greenway. 111111111111111M1 Turin if7xpoitrir. • SEAFORTH MARCH f 1, 1879. , Dominion Parliament. 1 i The debate on the Letellier difficulty terminated on Thursday night last The motion censuring the conduct of the Lieutenant -Governor of; Quebec in . , dismissing his Gonernment, was car- ried by a large majority. , What the net step will be, on whether the mat- ter will rest here, is ;not yet known. On Friday the Finance Ministee 'delivered his Budget Speech and disclosed to - view the National Policy, more particu- lar reference to which is made else- where. : Mr. Tilley'S • speech was an able effort, but in pOint Of :' argument, , fairness and force, was not by any means equal to that of Mr. Cartwright, which followed it. is generally ad- mitted by friends and opponents, that I . ; -the speech of the ember eor Centre Huron Was one of tljie most ; able that has ever been delivebd in the House of Commons. The new tariff1'as yet to be discussed and passed; . upo , item by item. This discuses:ion, it is I expected 1 • will continue fen several weeks. Until it is over, itis *riot probable that much I 1 other business Will be done. ' It is like- .. ly that there will yet ie some changes made in the tariff before it : is finally I ratified. - It Would seem as if the twil- 1 bles of the Finance Minister in connec- tion with it, are just beginning. Ottawa is now flooded with delegations, repre- senting various interes4, which it is considered are injuriously affected by the new tariff. Tbaj M. Tilley will be 1 able to satisfy all or ny ofi , them, s ecarcely probable.; For -every One he I pleases by makieg s me changes now, he will displease:some one else. Not- ! t withstanding the eff s of these delega- Eon!, it is expecte the Government r will now adhere to what they have i, done, and that the cb.enges which may yet be made will be ant. Mr. Cameron, South Huron, has m speeches this sessim more than &their - w and unimporb- the member for I de; two , excellent 1 , , which , attracted atteIn Mon. One of 1 these was on the iTetellier resolution, 1 I and. the other in refe ence to , proposed 1 amendments in the Jontroveted Elec- tions AA. It is, lil$eiy, also, that we - shall hear from him during the tariff , discussion. . Huron Ivill net suffer in reputation on. accOun of its representa- tives, whatever it ID1a - have to endure pecuniarly on accent of the ;National Policy. If all the ico stituencies in On- tario had stuck to th ir colors as well as. Huron has -done, tlhe country would not now be distugbed by p4ent - nos- trums and jobbing Politicians. I • .1 The National Paley. The long promised nd anxicusly looked for National Polic is :now • be- fore the people. W1iie 1 we Were not disposed to hurry th G vernment in the work of perfeothie the r scheme, we cannot help here re:: ar th g at. the 1 ; fact of HS having taken them six months to work it into presentable i shape, shows that t ehineas on the i subject raust have een1 of the most , crude character when they at , first of- fered it to the country as the one thing i needful to wipe out d pre sion and re- store prosperity. Th t% pr mise made to the electors by the Goyernneent and 'their friends, when seeking 'election, was of a two -fold , c exacter.: In the first place they proni se a Peotective • Tariff, and in the Inman; piece they promised that that policy would speed- ily restore prosperity to the :country. • Contrary to general. expe tations, they have now redeemed the first' part of their promise, but Whetli r or , not the .second part will be re eemede time alone can tell. If it via, sci Mitch the , better for the count]: ; it will not; then so much the wane f r those who , caiginated the scheme aud induced. the people to sanction it. : It has invariably been the case under the rule of Sir Je D. 4.. Macdonald., I that where the iijiter�sts I 'of • On- tario and those of 1ilbe .smaller Pro- , ' vinces came _into conilict, 1 Onterie ' was forced to emerge from._ the small - end. of the horn. The `Nationel Policy" 1 i as shown by the tar scliedules forms no eeceptioia to this General aule. In proof of this statemn t, We need only now refer teethe n anner io which wheat and flour, earn tand oats, isalt and coal are treated. Thl duty on Wheat is hi 1e cents per bushel, lethat 'on flour is 50 cents per barrel. It is sai4 to take four and a half bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, Thus On wheat imported for milling purposes there is • impoiea a duty of On omits , on the quantity required to. melte a barrel of flour, while the our can be imported at a duty cost of 50 cents per : barrel. Pretty much the saine roportion main- tains as regard oats an oatmeal. On- tario is pre-eminently a milling Pro- vince. Large mills. have been erected on our water highways for the pureose of grinding _American wheat and nitts. A. considerable portion of the flour qnd meal from these mills foundeready in the Lower' Provinces. Now, h 'ever, the people of, these Provinces find it cheaPer to purchase flour gro ale w- 111 nd in Atnerica,n mills from American wbeat than similar hoer ground in Cant, mills. As a consequence, our will be closed, while the milling t was formerly done the United States be any loss to th • 16 nor° will be. done • While this will consumers in ian ills at in • ot he Lower Provinces, it will destroy a ery important Ontario industry. Now as regards coal and salt: While the n- tario manufacturer of salt is forced to pay an increased price for his fuel on account of the duty imposed on c the fishermen and dairymeu of he • Lower Provinces are permitted to et their salt duty free, as before. In f ct the "protection afforded salt is simply a,miserable pretence and nab ng more. Bulk salt frem England is aid t-' ted free as before, and there is no duty irn posed on American or English salt jfor fish -curing purpose& English salt in barrels or sacks, e4ept for the fishe 'es is subject to a duty of 12 cents per iO0 pounds. This duty, however, can and will be evaded by importing in b lk- . and sacking .or banielling it at the port of landing. Li thiis way Ontario c u and will be flooded' with English s lt just as before, so that, in reality, all t Protection "this timportant indus ry is to receive is from such as comes irjto Ontario from the United -States only. To show what this -will amount to, we, may state that _acCording to the c s - toms returns there was imported. 1 at year from the United States into t e whole of Canada 18,260 bushels, valued at n34,000. Of that amount only 3;300 bushels, valued at $7,000 were im- ported into Ontarioi So that the salt interest has actually received seoh p o- r tection. as will save it competing anai st $7,000 worth of American salt annu 1- ly. Indeed it is doubtful if it has ev n received this, as it is more than pr able that this small quantity of Arne i- con salt, even if kept out, will be sup r- seded by as much more English sa t, which is admitted free. It has be n very correctly remarked by a contem- porary that" the bone thrown at the salt interest has been utterly stripped of meat." This Will cause • a • ru e awakening from the dreams indulg d in by some who were encouraged y the promises made at the last deck n that if Sir John gotinto power we won d have ships carrying salt into Nova So tie and returning with cargoes of co and. iron, and that thus a large carryiiig trade would be built up, and that on a count of it the whole salt bearing di trict would' be made prosperous arid happy. 11 While in the details of the schen there are many sucli injustices as ano pointed out, and while the whole pi of levying duties is cumbersome inconvenient, we must do the Geyer xnent the justice of saying that the ge eral principle underlying the who seherae is precisely that which th promieed the elector, at least of 0 taxio, at the last eleetion. We belie the scheme would have bean ranch le cumbersome and more acceptable ha there been but one duty on eachttrticl let that duty be specific or ad valore Had this been done the thing woul be much simpler and more easily u derstood, and could. be worked muo more cheaply by those whom it effect For instance, if the duty were mad say on cotton, 25 per cent. on the i voice instead of one cent per aqua yard and ten per cent. on the invoic • However, these are merely matters detail and do not effect the general pri ciple. We believe tbat the result of t policy will be to make the rich :ricb -and the poor poorer, but for this resu the people themselves and. not th • Government are to blame. A ve large majority of the electors asked f a scheme of - protection such as the have now go, and if it results disa trously to their interests, they hay theraselves to blame. It is the farmer end the laboring classes that the pre ent men in power have to thank fo their positions. They put them power, not because they considere them more honest or capable than thei predecessors, but because they promise thein this scheme of protection whic the others would not give. They hay now got what they bargained for, and they receive only the husks while wealthy manufacturers get the coru, they should not complain. -Th only regret ig that the innocen minority must stiffer alike with the ma joritY. Tooneep n ALASEA.—A Victoria British Columbia, despatch says: Th steamer from Alaska brings news the, the Indians are preparing for war. Th British' ship Osprey, and the Unite States 6utter Walcott have reache Alaska: The chiefs received the Ospre cordially, but informed_ the commande that they could take the Walcott when ever th'en chose. The Walcott ha gone to 'iutercept a flotilla, of hostil CaDOSS on their way to destroy the tow of the Sitka. On board. the Walcot are the Osprey's marines and the Os prey's Gatling gun. The Osprey wil remaiu until relieved by an American Man-of-war. The Sitio, chiefs wer given two hours to produce a certain woinam a witness to the Brown murder. • re 11 d_ $ • • • • They pretended that the woman w absent, but in mach less time th brought her in. She confessed to h ing seen Brown's body after he had be shot twice. The body was4hen roll up in blankets and. thrown onerboa The Osprey had not been in port fi reunites before the Indians brought' Brown's gun, axe, books, etc. T .steamer bas thre& witnesses to t murder aboard. 11111111111111117 The National Policy—Its Intl' duction. OTTAWA, March 16, tss Ever since the present Governm attained power the cry of the Oppositi has been to bring on the great natio policy, which is to restore the country its wonted prosperity, and abate t distress which is now existing. T Government was blamed for the del in calling Parliament tog,ether, and af it bad been called. was blamed for t delay in bringing down the financ statement. The ELEPHANT IS NO LONGER REPT IN HIDIN but on Friday stepped out upon t Parliament arena in full proportio The couutry had been anxiously awa ing the deVelopment of the propos national policy ; deputations of man 1- facturers and business men were in dai y commankne with the Finance Miuist r to assist in its preparation, and the r sult is now before the country. T e complaint of delon was after all not a very reasonable one, unless to show t e absurdity of some of the electi n speeches made by the leaders of t e Conservative party before attaini power. Whether or not the new ta, will do all that has been promised ti e will tell, but the G-overnment has di appointed, agreeably or otherwise the ease ma;be, those who predict;d thatthey had no intention of carryi out the promises made to the manufa turers in good faith. The promise o the People of the Maritime Provinc 13 that there was only to be a readjastme t of duties and no increase of taxatiop h s not been so well kept, and "My De r Boyd" will be considerably disappoin ed. It will be seen from the schedu e that THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL ADVANCE all aiong the line. To the farmer h been given a dutY on Wheat of 15' teen s per bushel, and 1,0 cents on other mar is grains, also 50 cents per barrel on flot and 7t cents on corn. Wool, howev is still to be admittecl free, and NI Platt or Mr. Porter oi "any otherman will no longer be able to tell the forme how much they lose on the price of wo in oonsequence of the unfair compet tion with, the Americans. Potatoe tomatoes and vegetables generally ar also placed on the duty list. The dut on animals is increased from 10 to 2 per cent. The manufacturer ought t be satisfied if it is possible to meet hi demand. The Woollen manufacture has a duty of rin cents per pound and 2 per cent. ad valornm on manufacture AV001, and 10 cents per pound and 2 per cent. ad valorem on woollen clot ing, instead ef the present duty of 17 per cent. He also gains where the fa mer loses in having the raw article a mitted free. 'The cotton Inanufacture has the duty on the manufactured. a ticle raised from 1.7i per cent. to on and two cents per yard, and 15 oents a valorem. The sewing -machine mum facturer is to be protected by a specifi duty of two dollars on every mechin imported, with 20 per cent. ad valorem the raanufacturer of agricultural im plements by a 25 per -cent. duty; th manufacturer of clacks, 35 per cent.; the manufacturer of stoves, 25 per cent.; the manufacturer of locomotives 25 pe cent.; the manufacturer of organs by specific duty of from $10 to $40,and an valoreni duty of ten per cent.; while th duty on furniture jumps from 17t pe cent. to 35 per cent., a. fact which mus be very gratifying to the member fo Centre Toronto. Stoves 25 per cent. horse shoes and horse nails 30 pe cent.; nails and spikes, out t cent pe pound and 10 per cent. ad valorem nails, wrought and pressed n cent pe pciund and 10 per cent ad valorem. fact all articles formerly on the 17 list and many others have been increas -ed to an average of from 25 to 30 pe tent. The lumber alone has had noth ing done for it. While - HURON'S WEALTH, SALT, hits received; only a very doubtful hoist as vhll be seen from the following quo Wien from the revised schedule Bolt, for the fisheries Yr Salt, except salt imported from the United • Kingdom, or any British possession, or imported for the uie of the sea or gulf fisheries, which shall be free of 'duty, in bulk 8 cents per 100 I Salt, in bags, barrels, or other :packages le nuts per 100 1 As an offset to the advantages derive by the manufacturers, they are to pa fifty cents per ton ou coal; and tw dollars per ton on pig. iron. Whethe the Nova Scotians will find the dut oncoala sufficient offset for the duty on breadstuffs remains to be seen, and it is more than doubtful if such a duty' is sufficient to 'introduce Neva Scotia coal into Ontario. Tobacco and coal oil remain as before, while the malt duty ie reduced from two cents to one cent per pound, and the duty on whiskey and brandy proportionately increated. The • coos and for about an hour afterward. The effort was a very able one, no mat- ter from what standpoint it may be looked at. He declared that the Gov- ernment had sought in fraraing the tariff to make up for a deficit of $2,400,, 000, and at the same time to afford. en- couragement to the different industries of the country. His speech was largely composed of a review of the present financial position of the country, and of the advocacy of the extension of our trade relations and encouragement of home industries as a means of enabling Canada to take her proper rank among the nations. His points were well put and. his views of the case closely sus- tained. A very large portion of the tirae during which he held the floor was, of course, occupied by explana- tions of the • proposed changes, each fresh announcement being received. with Miuisterial cheers. It was very notice- able throughout his address that he preserved the same gentlemanly de- meanor, and. always spoke courteously of Lis opponents. Mr. Cartwright, the former Finance Minister, replied in one of those masterly efforts for which he has become noted. Of course, he was placed at a great disadvantage in not having any previous intimation of the contents of the Budget speech, and, as a matter of fact, did. not criticise the tariff changes except to object to the duties onsugar, cotton and. woollen goods, the latter of which he said was so framed as to make the coarser grades, such as were commonly worn by the the middle and poorer daises sustain a very much higher duty than the finer grades. The manufacturers, he be- lieved, were pursuing a course which would result disastrously to themselves, as increased .home competition would prove even more injurious than the foreign competition complained of. The whole tariff was characterized as a con- glomeration, and compared to the witches' pot in Macbeth: "Eye of mewt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind worm's sting, For a obtain of powerful trouble; Like a hell -broth boil and bubble. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.', The whole financial difficulty of the country he blamed largely on the Fi- nance Minister for the responsibilities undertaken in 1873; criticised the esti- • mates for this year as, giving a decrease ✓ that was apparent and not real; denied. that artificial legislation could create , prosperity, and denounced the imposi- • tions of burdens on the *hole people for the purpose of sustaining monopo- lies. During the course of his remarks he stated that after the introduction of • this tariff the chances of the Finance Minister being again returned for his 'present seat were, to 'say the least, pre- carious. A Ministerial member shout- ed across the floor, "What about your •own?" alluding to Mr. Cart- wright's defeat in Lennox. He replied: "As to ray own constituency, I am afraid that I paid too much attention to ether people's tionstituencies ; had I directed a few weeks immediately pre- ceding the day of election to ethe task of attending to my own . constituency I would not have had the honor of re- presenting tile noble Riding that I now representnhean, hear), and which, for the information of the hon. gentleman, I may say that I entered an utter stranger, hardly knowing 4 single soul therein, on the 14th of October, and left it in eighteen days, their representative by a majority of over 400. (Loud ap- plause)" DUTIES OF SUGAR have been placed i back to the tariff ef 1868, namely, a.boive No. 14, 1 cent per pound and 35 cents ad valdrem ; above No. 9 and not over No. 14, I cents per pound and 30 per cent. ad valorem, and below No, 9 t cent per pound end 30 per cent. ad valorem. Tea is to bear a duty of ten per cent. on all miming from the TJuited States. The duty on -black tea is to be two cents per pound and ten per cent. ad valorem, and on green and Japen three cents and ten per cent. ad valorem. Coffee -remains as before. Drawbacks are to be &Hewed on the duties paid on goods used in Canada and exported out cf it, new ships being placed in the sanae position, while a system of countervailing duties is also to prevail. Such, briefly, is a general outline of the new tariff. Allinduetries have been considered, but whether the machine Will work smoothly .when set ageing is a problem yet to be solved. The Ministerialists, however, appear to be highly delighted. As might be ex- pected, great 'interest was manifested in the delivery of the Budget speecb, and long before the House opened the LOBBIES WERE CROWDED with people anxiously awaiting admit- tance. Af er the doors were opened Her Royal Highness the Priocess Louise if standing r tem even was at a premium. was also piesent during the afternoon. The Finarice Minister commenced at about 3.40 o'clock speaking until re - • • Hop. Dr. Tupper replied in a lengthy criticism of the manner in which the finances of' the country had been man- aged by the late Finance Minister, who wag aleo charged with having NEGLECTED TO NEGOTIATE A LOIN when money was at 2 per cent. in Lon- don, and compelled the present Minis- ter to visit the Market when money was at 5 or 6 per cent. The policy of the late Government was al 6 held re- sponsible for the distress existing in the cuuntry, and speaking of the policy of the present Government, he repeated. a remark made by the Finance Minis- ter, that they proposed having a recipro- cal policy with the United States, and when the Aniericans saw fit to remove their duties in whole or in part, the Government would be prepared. to meet them. This speech, although well de- livered, was a long way behind either of the preceding ones, both in point of argument and power. It was, in fact, flippant, and savored more of the " stump ration"othan of a statesman's utterances -on such occasions. It might suit the fire-eaters in the House and -country, but to sober, reflecting men it can only be disappointing. Hon. Mr. Mackenzie followed in one of I HIS MOST VIGOROUS SPEECHES, notwithstanding that he had been up almost. the whole of the previous night, and was one of the few to turn up in the morning for committee work. Mr. Mackenzie always finds some "extra- ordinary statements" in the speeches made by his opponents, and es'pecially those of "the great stretcher." Friday night was no exception to the rule, and niuch of his speech was taken up with setting Dr. Tupper right, which he did most effectively. He indicated the course the Opposition intended to pur- sue by defending the poorer classes against the duties on coal, clothing and brea,dstuffs, and also expressed the be- lief that our carrying trade must suffer largely from tb.e tariff proposed. The Ministerialists were hauled over the coals for their inconsistency on the trade question, and condemned for taking ad- -vantage of a depression for partizan purposes. At 2.10 the committee re- ported the resolutions, with the under- standing than the same freedom of dis- cussion ,would be given on concurrence as in conaraittee. The debate will pro- bably continue every Government day for two or three weeks to come. OCCASIONAL. The Game taw. _The sportsmen of the western part of Ontario are indebted to Mr. Meredith, of London, M. P. P., for his exertions during the last session of the Local Legislature to make certain amend- ments to the present stupid game laws. We are sorry to notice he was unable to carry his measure on account of the de- termined opposition of some of the a eastern mem bers, more especially the s member, for Muskoka. We are sorry h that Mr. Meredith was unable to carry his bill through, as we know it was a good. one and a much needed improve- C naent on the law as it now stands. The law for partridge or ruffed grouse as it is now is simply absurd., and the sports- o men of the western ceunties of Ontario n will not be satisfied till the same is a changed. We are deprived of the month of September for shooting them When they are best for the table and. also for the sport they affiud in bring- ing them to ban And we. are allowed. to shoot them in January- when they are worthless for the table and the weather too severe to pursue them. If the sportsmen of Muskoka, and the east want the law to remain ea it is now, we have no objection, but we Want the law to suit this section, and see no way of doing it unless dividing the Province in such way as will suit both sections. The clause in Mr. Meredith's bill we very much approve of, was that prohib- iting the shipping of game oat of the Province. It ma,y not be known to many that American hunters come over to parts of Ontario and slaughter anything and everything that has life. If this is not soon stopped; it will not be long before there is no game left for ourselves. To look ou the game of our country as merchandise isthe greatest of all errors. 11116111NMIIMMI. News of the Week. • Mires BURNT.—J. W. Griffin's mill at Pascogonia, Miss., was burned on Sat- urday, causing a loss of 425,000. Unszewonene.---Several United S bates vessels in foreign waters are so unsea- worthy that they must be sold it foreign ports. NEW Cc:no/ea.—The Jewish residents of -New York are oreaniziag extensive Hebrew colonies to c'be established in the Far West. DESTRUCTIVE Finn.—The village of Vernet, near Vichy, France, containing one hundred houses,has been totally de- stroyed by fire. SOCIALISM.—Placards threatening to assassinate King Humbert of Italy were found. affixed. en the dead,walls of Genoa Maudlin morning. THE FLAG13E.—ACCOULAS from the plague -stricken regions in Russia are *cheerful. The pestilence has almost wholly disappeared, ancl the loss of life has not been nearly so large as first re- ported. AFFAIRS M BURMAH.— A Calcutta despatch says the Chief Comnaissiouer for British Burmah now has a sufficient force to protect British territory, but the position of the Resident and other Europeans at Mandalay is 'critical. FAMINE PREVENTED. --A Lahore, In- siderately leaving him a counterfeit 14 bili on the bank of Commerce. The thief is supposed to have secreted him- self inside during the latter part of the evening, and after committing the rob- bery to have made his exit through a window in the rear. Presbytery of Huron. This Presbytery held a regular meet- ing in Clinton on Tuesday, 18th inst. Me. Leask was appointed. Moderator for the next six months. Mr. Ferguson was invited. to sit as a corresponding member. The deputation appointed. to visit the congregation of Exeter anent certaiu complaints lodged with the Presbytery, read a report setting forth that the deputation visited. said con- gregation, examined witnesses, and found. the charges 'preferred. n not proven." The deputation recommend- ed the following deliverance to the Presbytery, viz.: "Inasmuch as much of the trouble arose from misunder- standing, that the Presbytery take no further action in the, matter, but en- treat all parties concernen to cherish a forgiving spirit and strive to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." The Presbytery then, after a long de- liberation, agreed to the following' find- ing, on motion of Mr. Sieveright, duly seconded: " That the Presbytery adopt the recommendation ef the deputation anent the six charges mentioned In their report, and. furthermore, that the Presbytery, having heard the evidence read, declare the charges to be both frivolous ana vexatious." Thereafter the complaint of Mr. Adam. Whiteford against the Session of Rodgerville was taken up. After parties were heard, the Presbytery agreed as -follows: " That :while sympathizing with the Session of Rodgerville and disapproving of Mr. Whiteford's conduct is savoring of contumacy, the Presbytery intones - mend to the said Session to erant him his certificate of membership." A call in favor of Rev. A. Glendenning from the congregation of Grand Bend. was sustained and forwarded to that gen- tleman. A telegram was received an- nouncing that Mr. McDonald, of Elora„ accepted. the call to Seaforth, where his induction was appointed to take place Oil Monday, April 7, at 11 a. m. Mr. Musgrave to preside in the absence of the moderator and to address the peon-- dia, correspondent telegraphs that suffi- elle, Mr. Cameron to preach, and Dr. cient rain has fallen throughout that Ure to address the minister. Circular province to insure the ninety of the letters, anent the reception of ministers spring harvest, thereby entirely altering of other churches, were read. The the financial and political Situationsupplemented. congregations and rais- A FATAL PLAGUE —A very fatal clis- sion stations were revised. • as to the ease has broken out in Scott county, grants received. Mr. Leask 'was ap- Mississippi, between Hillsboro' and the pointed couvener of the home mission county line, which is pronotinced by the physicians as black naeasles and by the negroes4as the black plegue. It is very contagious and very fatal—not a single case having necovered. SACRED DRAIIA.—The Rev. Dr. Ed- ward Eggleston has dramatized , the second. part of Bunyan.'s Pilgrim's Pro- gress. The play will be presented next week in the Sunday Schoonroom of his church, the Cbristian Endeavor, Brook- lyn, which is fitted with Conveniences for dramatic representation. Tix SEVENTEENTH. — St. Patrick's Day was celebrated throughout the Do- minnan in a quiet manner. In the United States processions took place at different planes, but on a' very much smaller scale than those 'of previous years. In Belfast there wan a disturb- ance between the police atid the pro- cessionists, but it did not - amount to much. MAReR 21, 1879.1. • ly injured. Cause of the fire unknoWn Loss, altogethenabout n200. No insin. awe, —One day last week MteJas.Swener.. ton shipped from Exeter i3tatiorl 48t bushels of clover seed, this being largest shipment that has ever len. Exeter. —On Moi -day morning last, about:40 persons belonging to Thellett, left Innate boro station for Manitoba. Over One hundred people assembled at the station to see them off. - —The barer of Mr. Emerson, lot , concession 12, Wawanosh, was stank by lightning clurine the storm the other Sunday night, ging a °middens% amount of d.ainages • —Mr. C. Campbell, of Stanley, Nene has latele been engaged in teaching, ae. tends leaving for ifanitoba, in a nee nays. He goes with the "Greenway party." Success to you, Colin. —Mr. James Watson, of Hullett, a valuable mare the otherweek It ban been ailing with influenza., and itot down very weak, when it prematurely cast a pair of colts, which caused Its death. —Mr. John Jenkins, of Got14.11 townehipea short time slime, Iet t ae brick house,Messrs. McCa.rtneyeTh0nin. contract for the erection of a, :son & Scott, of Clinton, being the 00e. traiTe torsh. farm formerly belonging to Rev J., Shaw, on the Huron RDA Goderich Township, having been 803.4 0, short time since, to a Mr. Pemberton, omf—l'81°Mi°111ard.laeKsseesxnP)nriweptillgh °1‘bPlecenL°eseo7d13, j'eeaf bth3re hini: concession of Monis, ehopped off a por- tion of one of bis fingers, while cut • turnips for the cattle. Medical assilfi mice was ealled as 800D. ae possible, and the D. Bwas . liatmly teueddea to —is pureha the lot and stable on the corner oppe. site Gilroy's store, in Clinton, paying 11,300 ; he has resold one -corner of it.tee Messrs. Couch & jones for Ma. nte, ICennedy has made It nood. bargain., 71 eanfr. J. Dayment, of Clinton, has purchased a cow fed by Mr. W.. J. Ir s . gins, weighing 1,620 pounds, andt two-year-old. steer which. Ainv4z. simons has been feeding for sOm time, was weighed an* brought the s donee at taPosulltdesi that the Government are going to dredge the mouth -of tlie Goderich harbor, and extend the North Pier out further into the lake, and wit a deviation to the south. The wenn will be commenced at the -earliest rac. tic—a,be—On tasaotrnurediatay, 8th inst., Mr. williiim Mason, of the Base line, Goderich Tann, ship, was so unfortunate as to have his leg broken. He was driving a cow, when it slipped and fill on him, with the re- sult as stated. HeLisyndnoin, of jaw% weestQl1:, ca—nb.kse ellarp.e j_canteles was the other day sawing through * joint of meat, his h.ttle claild, about two years old, came near and placed its hali& under the saw. The little hand was not obsetved by Air. Lynn until a bad ent was inflicted upon one of the fingers., —The Exeter arson. case was -up be- fore Judge . Squire. Mr. Manniahon, Q. C., who is acting with County Atter. ney- Lewis, not being prepared, asked for delay for two weeks, which -was granted. Mr. 'Garrow, of Goderich, and Jones and Moecrip, of St. Marys, a,re acting for th el pruisoiners. prngthe past few days, Xt. Thomas Prier, of Exeter, has had. liis left arm adorned with a sling, a large slice of the skin from his shoulder have ing been taken by Dr. Browning to place in the wound -caused. recently by the removal of a e sneer from Mau. Prier's p breast. _ n. er FuThngton., who es- caped from Goderich jail a short time ago, and was recaptured, made another attempt for, liberty on Sunday night, buti was prevented escaping through the vigilance of the jail officials He will go to Kingston for safe keeping seined- theseaa/s4 —Thrange in the cinity of Molesworth meets monthly for business and the raental improvement of the members. At the last meeting a spinit- ed discussion took place on the necaa sity for farmers to give mere attention. than they do to procuring frequnt changes of seed. In this connection. the Grange has ordered. a supply -of what is known as the black Tartarian oats. • - - —One night lately a cow valued !*,t $80, the property of Mr. Wm. Werry, of the township of Insborne, stuck its head. through the swing door in frontef its stall in the stable where the feed was put in, and filially worked. itself over int the other side altogether, the 'halter be- coming so tight around the animal's • throat that it was almost strangled when Mr. Werry found it. The butcher knife was maraediately tirtnin across $13 animal's throat, and the blood. flowed freely, so that the beef was good, but Mr. Werry's loss -will be nonsiderable, as he will not realize nearly as niel'h for the beef as it would have brought en the Eastern markenwhich the cow vnst being kd for. e - loading grain at Exeter sin- , tion, on Friday of last week, Mr. Reed- ing, of Exeter, was unfortunate enough -to suffer severe injury in a -very strange manner. He was running in the amen cart with its load of grain, with consid- erable speed., when the wheel struele the wall of the car, stopping it sudden- ly. The momentum of the car caused the grain to lurch forward, up-settiug the car, the cross -bar on the handles catching Mr. Harding on the mouths breaking out two teeth and loosening a. number more, and. fastening him. by tile head against the roof of the car. was unable to get free or to speak fir some time, but finally, by pushing the wheel with his foot, succeeded iu making his escape., He is rapidly #- covering. —The tea meeting of the Prirctitini Methodist church, Bronentown, toOk place on Tuesday, the 4th inst., at,4 - was a grand success. Tea was served in the school house,. After paatakuig of the sumptuous repast provided. by the ladies, all retired to the church, where the intellectual part of the enter- tainment took place. Mr. Young, Of Winghana, was .00llea to the aair, discharged the duties of the same fl his usual happy and effieient aaannen Rev. Mr. Bryers, of Wingbaere deliver- ed an -interesting and humorous ad- dress, during which he threw out Bonn good. advice to young men. and WOHISS. Spicy addresses were also delivered_ by the Rev. Z. Smith, the pastor, and IV Messrs. Stillwell and Baker. Music At a very appropriate nature was furnish - HER AMBITION.—A woman naaned Betsey Gridley died at Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday, whose towering ambi- tion it was to be known as the dirti- est woman in America. She lived in a hovel which she never cleaned, and it was Betsy's proud boast that she had not washed herself for fifteen years. And yet she lived to the ripe old age of —One day lately, a ewe belonging to Mr. John Cuming, Efullett, gave birth Seventy-eight. DISGRACEFUL.—A disgraceful scene to a -16i lb. lamb. 7Hullett Separate School, of which took place on Friday in the North Car - Miss R. H. O'Hara is teacher; is well olina Legislature. Turner, from Or- ange, objected to legislation after twelve. The clock was turned back hall an hour. Turner took hip stand. under the clock and defied. any person to turn it back again, threatened to kill the door -keeper who was ordered to ar- rest him, e and. dared the :Speaker to come down and help to do in ReaertrenG ATPGIIANISTAN.:"A corres- poodent at Lahore reports ' that the Viceroy has arrived. High authorities say the natives of India -will not believe in the British success unless the troops advance on Cahill. Beowne's division is concekrating at Jellalaliad, to be in readinessIteo advance if necessary. It is asserted. that the rammer of Yakoob Khan's envoy,, *len coneramaicating with Ntajor Cavagnari, was almost de- fiant. Definite terms have been sent to Yakoole, who has not had ;time yet to reply. lage. MoRE CATTLE SLA.UOHTERED. — Ad.- —A small team of horses, belonging vices from Liverpool under clatn of to Mr. Sohn Avery, of the London March 19 . state: A cargo of cattni ex Road, drew to Fair's mill in Clinton, Brazilian were nlaughterea et Liverpool a few days ago, a log weighing .7,180 yesterday. Thirteen of the number pounds. were found. to be suffering from pleuro- .—Sparling's old business stand in pneumonia of a pronounced' contagious Gorrie, has been sold by the proprietor, type. The animals were purchased Mr. C. Magwood, to Mr. Wm. Dane. mainly in Chicago- naarkets. Another The former -named gentleman is going cargo of cattle ex steamer Ontario -were ' to Manitoba. slaughtered also, and fifteen cases of i` --t-The next account of flowers in pleuro -pneumonia were found. - The bloom at this unseasonable tune is from lungs were seiz id and sent to the Privy Blyth. The other day a daisy M full Council authorities in Lond‘on. Mr. 'bloom was picked in the garden. of bWehele that the cattle were diseased. These townsnip of Grey, has been prostrated. Arex. sibfyofwtahtechsehdip-tohwenesrlsaiughHteeriandginiotns 14r.0gheQunarrunitee,ro! othtatrviatillbagroeo.k, cattle also were purchased in the Chi- witlre severe attack of inilainmatory cago markets. There were no Cana- rheumatism. Although very Iow, we e dian cattle aboard these steamers. Zenn NOTES.—Another mail, with a danger. I are glad to learn there is no imminent week's later news, has arrived at Ma- —The fast horse "Lottie," owned. by dein, from Cape Town. At the latest ' Mr. E. Kent, of Winghara, became too date, February 25th, the Zulus remain- fast one Sunday lately. When driving ed. inactive, and the only fresh fighting ' along tbe Teeswater road, near the reported resulted in the captiire of some brickyard, the bolt came out, letting cattle. British reinforcements having the whiffietree on to the horse's legs. arrived. on the frigate Shab., from St. ; Lottie, always lively, made one bound. Helena, it has been determiued to effect and was off, upsetting the cutter and. he relief of Col. Pearson from his iso- leaving the three occupants—Mr. Kent lated position at Dkowe. A correspon- and his son and a boy named Sher - dent at Cape Town, writing on the 25th man—in the snow. The horse re - February, says reinforcements are ceived. msevere wound in the leg from anxiously awaited. There are symp- I a splinter, and the cutter was badly toms of native hostility in all directions. used up. The powerful • tribe of the Basutos are About 9 o'clock on Thursday morn - showing a rebellious spirit. Volunteers hag last Mreek, the stable owned by Mr. nd th; available .troops 'have been . R. Symends, on Queen street, Blyth, ent to overawe them. Leydenburg is was discovered to be on fire, under such ourly expecting an. attack by Zecoc,oeni. headway, that neither the building nor aresesensmaememeneens its contents could be saved. Mr. Adam —Last Monday morning Mr. George Gloucher had the premises rented, and ook, the proprietor of the Dunburn ! had in the stable at the time a span of Hotencorner of York and Lecke streets, j horses, two sets of harness, about half Hamilton, awakened_ to find that some a ton of hay and various minor articles, ne had entered his bedroom during the all of which were burnd M'r. Spin nght, and from Ins pants pocket stolen onde had his ice packed at one end roll of money amounting te 168, con- of the stable, -which was not material - committee, in place .of Mr. Ferguson who resigned:, and thanks were givetato Mr. Ferguson for the efficient manner in which he discharged the ,duties of said. :office. Mr. ••Stewart, of was appointed. a Commissioner to -the Assembly, in. place of Mr. Ferguson. Rev. Prof. McLaren: was nominated as the moderator of next Assembly. Cotns mittees were appointed to examine the nymn books, and to report at a meeting of Presbytery, to be held in London, during - the meeting of Synod. Mr. Thorasoterean the report of the COM- mittee on -the state • of religions The report was :adopted, and ordered to • be transmitted forthwith to the Synod's committee on the state of religion. On • application made, Mr. McRae was ap- pointed. to moderate in - a tall • in .the congregations of Fordwinh and '•Gorrie. Messrs. Leitch .and Agnew -were ap- pointed members of the Synod's coin- mittee of bills and overtures. The next regular meeting of Presbytery is to be held. in Goderich, on. the second Tues- day of July, at 11 o'clock a. m., in Knox church. Huron Notes. attended and progressing. —Mr. Duncan Walker, of Staulenn who is sintering from the effects of a caner, has not spoken for' three months. —John Leyden was fined n20 and costs by Sqedre Harris, of Brussels, the •other day,for having a loaded.revolver on his person. —A canary bird. belonging to Mr. J-. E. Smith of Brussel, hatched out a •brood of four young birds on. the 10th inst. —Three ladies were baptized by im- mersion at the Baptist Church, Gorrie, a few Sundays ago. There was a large crowd of witnesses. —Gilmour's hotel in Gorrie, has been leased by Mr. James Ross. H. Mc- Intosh, Sr., of Wingh•am, ha,s rented the Maple Leaf hotel in the same vil- two ertel imp li nes 1 NV ag ' .,ed .nar livii , wit . ,itrati . was , of , : fenn, ,hol-n it * eonn get 4„ the i :Dor resol .ruen ,...4 1:L-kett i ehee .,8c A. 4.akiJ the ; Aprirr per 4.143. 14. fat :13tgl< -ttO.t.S4 . g004 ' xaer 31041 ,11 -re 1 jug 1 .0 dtie v184 pure kletk for t -,Gra .;foun *sr Tao whi ny w" and rtber pice. Log rat now arm quit 'CM Scot WI) vain tang leery bein tort town 'iviaie tat a ninth the preee teem b of W iite r With mai of its to th * t pro of th Whit Of a in so taleni !been ing, hour quit • 6 towe prop emb nearl ariv exhi awe qua 1294 barg been St, The men tai up valu be fres a rig after nam gage abou felli klliz in th