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NEW ADVE TISEMENT S.
Seeds—Hickson & 3leasdeU.
Groceries and Previsions—A. G. Ault.
Credit Sale of Thoroughbred. Stock.
Milliner Opening -4 -Hoffman Brothers.
Dissoluiion—Armitage, Beattie & Co.
Bulls for Sale—N. T. Adams.
Bull Calves for Sale—Samuel Scarlett.
Millinery—Win. Hill & Co.
Musical Instruments—Scott Bros.
To Farmers—Roderick Gray.
House to Rent— ex..Davidson.
Nopper's Chilled Pow.
For Manitoba—Th Inas Greenway.
Flax—John Beatti
Seed Peas—D. Mc ennan.
Stock for Sale—Joan Pearen.
'Dog Lost --Job n C wan.
Varna Cheese Fact ry--,-,Iohn Mash.
Property for Sale James Beattie.
Curling Club Meet g—M. R. Counter.
kinton
xproitor.
SiAFORTH, 11IL 4, 1879.
Dominion
The National Po
• well. Our legisla
wearied of discussin
the debate drags o
are not tired of it,
side public are.
couple of unimpo
bills have been
and referred to -
mittees for consid
may be said ofa ho
while two of these
in the second rea
is likely to share
One of the was a b
for the repression o
1
arliartient.
cy discussion lasts
rs have not yet
it. Day after day
, and if members
e are sure the out -
ince last week a
ant. Government
dvanced a stage
he ,proper coin;
ration. The same,
t of private bills,
eve been strangled
ing and a third
the same fate.
11 amending the act
betting and gamb-
of the finances of ,this Province; and
we feel all the ore indebted to hi
on this account be ause of the fact th t
in both of these p oductions he, unwit-
tingly we are sure, sadly misrepresents
this management. We can also assure
our friend. that h is as far astray in
-his estimate'of ou opinion of the pub-
lic documents, as e is in many of the
arithmetical calm ations .and ground-
less assertions cont ined in said pam-
phlet. We place t e most unbounded
confidence in the p Ws documents,and
invariably take thein
as our guide and
authority when de ling with such pro-
ductions as his p taphlet _and the let-
ter now under cons deratiou. Further -
mere, we wish to s lernnly assure him,
that he is not the uly person who has
access to those pu lic documents, ad
n
1
judging from the use he has thus far
made of them it is ell for the country
that he is not. It .11 be noticed that
Mr: Jackson does -not find any fault
with our conapariso s of the increases
in the public expen iture under the dif-
ferent rules, except that, as he says, we
compare the gros expenditure of our
opponents with the current expenditure
of our friends. Ha •.we done this our
comparison would be as unfair and
deceptive as is the comparison in the
pamphlet, which w condemned. But
we have not don so, as Mr. Jackson
might have seen hai be compared tour
figures with those it the public accounts.
We made a preeiseijy similar conapari-
son between the two parties, and
chided the whole exipenditure from
to 1877 inclusive, e cept ' statutory
penditure. We mean by statutory
penditure that made under authorit
a specified statute, such as Munic
Loan Fund Distrib tion, Railway Aid,
and Drainage De entures. To show
that precisely sireil r items were taken
for our friends as fo our opponents, we
give here the title a of those taken, so
that any person don ting can refer to
the public accounts •and compare the
sums under each he d with those given
n our tables. Th following are the
eadings : Civil Gc yernment, Contin-
euciee, Miscellaneo s, Legislation, Ad-
inistration of J stice, Education,
sylums and Pulbli. Institution's Man-
eaance, Inamigra ion, Agriculture,
rts, Literary and Scientific Institia
lona*, Hospitals an Charities, Public
orks and.Buil. ings, Colonization
oads,Crown Lands d apenclitureXuni-
ipalities Fund, L ud Improvement
und. These are he headings of ex-
eedituaes, which ar not statutory, as
iven idthe public a counts, and in our
omparison we gave like for both par-
es, so that Mr. Ja kson's conaplaiht,
hich is in reality tap whole basis of
is grievance, is gro ndless and would
ot have been made had he examined
to the facts, and used those public
ocuments which h talks so much
bout.
in -
1868
ex- based upon Mr. Jackson's own figure
ex- that the average annual increase unde
y of Mr. Mowat was $40,503 as compare
ipal with an average ,annual increase. undo
John Sandfield of $61,229. This is
somewhat different showing from tha
given by him, and we leave our reader
to judge for themselves as to which i
the fair mode of comparison, tha
adopted by him or the one adopted b
us. We fancy they will not have muc
difficulty in deciding.
Mr. ,Jackson makes some further ver
bold charges against the Government
besides the increase in the public ex
penditure. We shall now refer to thes
as briefly as possible. First, he 'accuse
them of having increased the salary o
officials and civil servants. • We are no
prepared to say whether oraiot this in
crease was justifiable., because we d
not know, but we do say that objection
to it com-e with very bad grace from
Mr. Jackson,.in view of the fact that
his political leaders not only supported
the increase in Parliament, but most
strenuously urged it upon the Govern-
ment. We also think that when the
leaders of both political parties, being
gentlemen of the standing and integrity
of Hon. M. C. Cameron and Hon.
Stephen Richards on the one side, and
Hon. Oliver Mowat and Hon. Adam.
Crooks on the other, unite in the ad-
vocacy of an increase in the expenses of
any department in the service, we are
tolerably safe in Concluding that such
increase is necessary and in the public
interests. Second, that "by bad man-
." agement, the maintenance of public
"institutions has beeu increased over
"$i00,000." If Mr. Jackson were the
"qinprejudiced person" he professes to
be, he would not make a bold 'charge of
bad Management without first investi-
gating as to whether or not he could es-
tablish it, This, we assume, he, has
not done, else he would be fair-minded
enough to tell his readers that while the
expenses have increased, the number
of patients to be cared for has increased
in, at least, equal proportion. -For in-
stance, in 1871 there were in the asy-
lums 1,366 inmates;:in 1877, there were
2,027 ;" in the Blind Institute there were
11 inmates in 1871, while in 1877 there
were 130; in the Deaf and Dumb In-
stitute there were 124, as against 230;
Provincial Reformatory, 155 to 203,
while in 1871 the Central Prison was
not in existence, but in 1877 343 in-
mates had to be provided for. Mr.
Jackson has apparently, not noticed
these increases, but he has spied the
increase iu the expenditure for their
maintenance. sThird charge; That the
expenses of the Immigration Depart-
ment had increased $100,000 in 1874.
Of course, Mr. Jackson is very guileless.
We have an excellent sample of his -in-
nocence here. While in all his other
comparisons he takes the years 1871 and.
1877 or '78, in this instance he takes the
years '71 and '74, and why does he take
these years, think you, gentle reader?
Because, while the increase between '71
and '77 was only $16,000, that between
'71 and '74 was 100,000;$and with his
usual forgetfulness he fails to tell
what it is that occasioned that increase.
He might have told, and would have
told were he the " unprejudiced person"
he professes to be, that in the year of
this large increase new agencies were
opened. in Europe at a cost of 2,475;$3
that the system of defraying the ocean
passages of emigrants and giving them a
bounty was adopted at a cost of $81,064,
and that new emigrant sheds were
erected at a cost of $782, making a total
expenditure of $114,321 which had nev-
er to be incurred before. Deduct this
amount from the total expenditure
$134,640, and we have an ordinary ex,
penditure of $20,319, as against the ox-
dmary expenditure of Sandfield in 1871
of $29,712. We do not think Mr. Jack-
son, or any person else, will make much
Capital out of this item. The extra ex-
penditure was incurred with the almost
ammous consent of Parliament.
Fourth -charge': That the Crown Lands
Department expenditure increased $50,-
000 in 1874. Here, again, he departs
from his ordinary mode of comparison,
and 'adopts '74 instead of '77, because
he finds that while the increase between
e '71 as'comparecl with '74 was $37,215,
not $50,000 as stated, the increase be-
tween '71 and '77 was only $8,480. But,
while he was sharp enough to discover
this difference and. place the worst side
foremost, he has, evidently, not yet dig -
covered the reason of this rapid increase
in 1874. Well, we will tell him. In
that year the free grant system with
Crown Lands was adopted. This,
while'creating a decrease in receipts
from Crown Lands, caused an increase
in work, and, consequently, an -increase
in cost, as the following figures will
show: In 1871 there were 1,113 set-
tlers located on Government lands,
While in 1877 there were 1,914. There
T E HURON EXPOSITOR.
larger than his increased expenditu e
amounts to. But the, incorrectness f
Mr. Jackson's comparison we shi 11
show from his own figures, which c
adopt here below .
Expenditure in 1869 .$ 982,830
" 1870 1,042,610
Increase between '69 and '70.. $59,7
-Exppditnre in 1870 $1,042,616
"1871 1,105,288 -
Increase between 70 and '91..
Total increase $122,4,8
62,6 2
•
Annual average increase $61,2
Now for the other side of the Hous
Expenditure in 1873 $1,765,419
44 " 1874, 1,678,573
DEM:UKASE between'73 and'74 . .
Expenditure in 1874 $1,678,573
14 IS 1875 1,601,797
1
Increase between '74 and '751 •
Expenditure in 1875 $1,701,797
44
s , " 1876 i 1,795, 25
Inc ase between, '75 and '76
Expenditure in 1876 $1,795,125
ti " 1877 1,906,757
$86,
$23,2
$93,3
Increase between '76 and '77.. $111,
Expenditnre in 1877 $1,906,757
(C " 1878 1,968,133
Increase between '77 and '78
Total increases
Decrease between '73 and'74
Actgal increase
2
61,3 6
$289,6
86,8-6
$202,7 4
Average annual increase • $40,5
It will be seen from the above table
ling,. The amend men ts sought to be made i
WoOd entirely rtullif the:bill and legalize g
h
betting and pool s 1E4. Both sides na
*ere Filrn' ost tnaanim us.in its condem-
nation. The. secon was one by Mr. At
McCarthy to amen and consolidate t
the Controverted Ele tions Act,and was W
withdrawn at the suggestion of the R
Governm.ent. The hird has elicited '0
considerable discuss n, and its fate has p
not, yet been decide , although the re-. g
suit is fully anticipa ed. This is a bill °
by Mr. Casey, to a1rnen.d the Act re- ti
specting the election if members to the li
House of Common It proposes to n
make the law much nore stringent, es- in
peetally in the matte of treating. This a
does not agree with he views of some
honorable gentleme , and on next
Priiate Bills' day t will receive its
quietus) for this sessio . During the de-
bate on the Natio al Policy, among
others who spoke w s Mr. M. C. Cam-
eron, of •South Huron, avho delivered
himself of one of his best efforts. We
'have now heard from the members for
South and -Centre Hi rola, but the rep- ,
resentative for the North has been
silent thus far. We ould like to hear
what he thinks of th: National Policy,
and we are sure his c nstituents would
also.
Interesting E periraents.
From experiments conducted at the
Ontario Model Far. with various
kinds of wheat during the past season,
it has been ascertEdue that the several
varieties named yield f flouamiddlings
and bran the followig; quantities per
Mr. Jilnderstand the mode in which
ia,clisort seemsi to think that we
do not
the indemnity to embers is given..
Well, perhaps we do pot, but we would
long remain in. ignor uee if we had to
depend. on such expl ations as he gives
for enlightenment. We understand
_this matter sufficie tly, however, to
knoW that the sum appear in the
public accounts ex ctly BS we gave
them, and. that to co pare the expen-
diture as shown ther in for this item
for the year 1868, v z.: $61,800, with
that for 1870, viz.: 5,400, and argue
that because the ex enditure for 1870
was so small and tha for 1868 so large,
the Government we e recklessly ex-
travagant in the latte year, is palpably
absurd. Mr. Jackson by his explana-
tion, admits this himself, and still that
is the .very mode of cotnparision he
adopts between Mr. aadonald and Mr.
Mowat. But we are Iso glad to notice
that Mr. Jackson is - etting some new
light. He now admi s that his com-
parison was uujust, b t pleads in ex -
se that to make a p oper comparison
uld make his pomp A let too vcilumin-
s. The poverty of his plea will be
dent to everyone in view of the fact
at we hist week ma e a comparison
bracing the whole xpenditure from
8 to 1878, and it (lid not occupy
ich more space on paper than did.
t made by Mr. ackson. Having
andoned his first be, ding, and it not
adopt our corn-
ecessity compile
1 sake, however,
d not stick to the
accept ours, for
deeper he gets
lees hope there
ble to extricate
n by his tables,
expenditure for
on wards. His
quite correctly
ounts show, as
s the total ex-'
eing $3,740,627,
counts for that
0,627; and his
3,117,413, while
counts are $3,-
the Public Ac-
wever, in view.
tements of our
1 not complain
ancies, and we
'them out ha&
nection accused
figures. Now,
if he will take
wu the correct
each year and
enditure,which
ed -to, he will
yen by us are
lentil part of a
a loss to know
this -table of
sh,ow our inac-
ced us to expos
CU
ViO
bushel of 60 pounds, v -z.: Lost Nation, .ou
In lbs. fine flour; 24, lbs. middlings; evi
th
211 lbs. bran ;- 17* b shels per acre. em
' White Fife, 71 lbs. fin flour; 241 lbs. 186
middlings; 28 lbs, bra ; 12bushe1s per nal
acre. Russian, 11.* 1b. fine flour; 241 -tta
lbs. middlings.; 24 is. bran; 16 and. 'a
2-Sths bushels per acr . Russian Bal-
tic, 8 lbs. fine flour; 2. llbs. middlings;
271 lbs. bran; 12g b she's per acre.
Egyptian, 1 lb. fine flour ; 25i lbs.
middlings ; 331 lbs. ran .a 8 bushels
per acre. Aurnetka or ussian Siberian,
31 lbs. fine flour; 24 lbs naiddlings ;
321 lbs. bran; 13* b shels per acre.
Club, 14 lbs. fine flou ; :24 lbs. Mid.-
: -
dlings ; 211 lbs. bran ;17 bushels per
acre. Gordon, 71 lbs. fine flour; 241
lbs. middlings; 271 Its. bran; 8*
bushels, per acre. Champion, 71 lbs.
fine flour; 36 lbs. riaddlinos ; 22? lbs.
-bran; 8* bushels per Iacrea Defiance,
_11 tbs. fine flour; 24ib. middlings, 25
lbs. bran.; 3i bushels !pea, acre. Mc -
Carling, • 11* lbs. fine fldur ; 25 lbs:
middlings ;23. lbs. bran; 12* bushels
per acre. Golden Dr p, 10 lbs. fine •
flour; 25 lbs. middlings ; 25 lbs. bran;
. 8* bushels per acre. Rio Grande, 114 -
lbs. fine flour; 30l lbs` middlings; 18
lbs. bran; 15i bushels per acre. Rice
or Goose, 1 lb. fine flour; 22 lbs. mid-
. dlings ; 37 lbs. bran; 7-* bushels per
acre.
Mr. Jackson's Reply.
'We publish in another column a let-
ter from Mr. G. E. Jackson_ in reply to
the first instalment of our eritioism on
' his campaign pamphlet, and which ap-
peared in our last issue': We would.
have preferred had. Mr. Jackson defer-
red his reply until we got through with
our review of his pamphlet, but as he
is not like minded, we piiblish his let-
ter now, ancl delay the review for a
week itt order to replyto the letter.
We adopt this course because we wish
suiting his purpose to
parison, he must of
another. For his ow
we are sorry that he d
old one if he would no
the further he goes th
into the mire, and the
seems for his being
himself. As will be pe
he first gives the total
each year frqm 186(
figures here are , not
given, as the public ac
for instance, he quot
penditure for 1876 as
whereas th e- Public A
year give it at $3,1
figures for 1877 are
those in. the Public A
112,904. We presume
counts are correct. 1-1(
of some of the otherSt
correspondeut, we sha
of these trifling discre
would not have pointe
he not in the same co
us of giving the wroui
as to this accusation,
the trouble to place
totals of expenditure fo
deduct the statutory ex
we have already refer
find that the amounts
correct, even to the mil
cent. While we are at
why Mr. Jackson. gav
figures, unless it was to
curacy,while it only fo
0$bus
h
un
e aye no trouble in debiding hisrea-
sons for giving the one ollowiug; it. In
this table, after deducti g Various iteins
of expenditure, he gives what he calls
"the ordinary current ,xpencliture" for
each_ year from '69 011W rds. He adds
up the expenditure thu given in Mr.
Macdonald's time and hat as given in
the average an -
sell, and then
the ether, be
ith much ap-
as Mowat's an -
he "admirers Of
ny tenable ex-
hile he
Mr. Mowat's time, finds
nual expenditure for
deducting the one fro
exhibits the product 's
parent joy and exultatio
to abstain even from the appearance of nual
" Mr
doing him'injustice. Mr. Jackson coin-
mences his letter by thanking THE Ex- 'thus
POSITOR for directing attention to -his
pamphlet. For this service, we can
assure him, he is not under any greater
obligation to us than we are to him for
the opportunity which his pamphlet, as
well as his present letter, affords us of
placing before our readers -a fair and
accurate statement of the management
increase,and defies
. Mowat to offer
e" for this incre
shows out what is pet fo ward as
Mowat's annual increaseMin neglects
entirely to show the nclea,se under
Sandfield. Were his co nparison fairly
made, it would not be dfficult to show
wherein the increase jvas made, as
Mr. Mowat under his rile returned to
the people in increased school grants,
asylum maintenance, 41 other items
of a similar nature, which we shall give
on a future occasion, a s am very much
has increased much more rapidly than
the caper cliture.
We have now answered the salient
points in Mr. Jackson's letter. We
have done it as mildly and as courteous-
ly as we know how. If we have bit
him harder than he likes, he has oely
himself to blame. We place his ver-
sion before the public, with it we place
ours. Wedeave the public to judge be-
tween us. For the kindly advice he ten-
ders Reformers generally, as well as our-
selves particularly, we thank him, but
at the same time we must express it as
our opinion that Reformers, at least,
when they, waut counsel or instruction,
will seek it from a more disinterested
source, notwithstanding the fact that
that source claims, how consistently we
say not, kith() " unprejudiced."
=1, Notes.
—A correspondent from Howick in-
forms us that Mr. Thomas Gibson, M.
P. P. for East Huron, has commenced
his canvas§. Be held a meeting in that
townshipin school section No. 10, at
which t ere was a good attendance.
He ha died Senator Macpherson,
pamplil t and all, without gloves, and
showed conclusively that the Mowat
Administration had ruled the Province
wisely and well. At the close of Mr.
Gibson's address a vote of thanks was
tendered him, amid loud applause.
Howick will give a good. solid Reform
vote at the coming election, aqathere
is not a shadow of doubt-bilt\--Mr.
Gibson will be elected by a large ma-
jority.
—An irate correspondent writes to
the Goderich Staralenouncing Mr. Thos.
Gibson, and advising his fellow -electors
to vote against him, because in pur-
suing his canvass he drives an Indian
pony, instead of biring a flashy rig from
a Wroxeter livery stable. These are
strong reasons, and no doubt the elec-
tors will carefully consider them and
vote accordingly. The same cone-
spoudent also condemns Mr. Gibson be-
cause he voted against affording the -
Orange Association a special act for in-
corpofation. It is needless to say that
this correspondent writes from Howick,
and this part, at least, is intended
mainly for Howick readers. If Mr:
Gibson's opponents are wise they will
not harp too loudly on that string, es-
pecially in public. It is a dangerous
tune to play. The Indian pony can be
handled with much less danger.
News of the Week.
DERID.—New Orleans is considerably
startled at the insecurity of life in its
-midst, having had nine murders in one
week.
Hatiwase—Hanla,n is considerably
better, but until the carbuncle im-
proves be will hardly ventare on rowing
exercise.
Dziacious NEWS.—Indications are
that the ensuing peach crop will be
the heaviest known for some year in
New Zersey.
BIG FIRE.—Nearly the entire busi-
nees portion of the to -Wu of Seneca,
Illinois, was burned last Saturday night.
Lose, 450,000.
ENGLISH CRICkETERS. —A. team - of
English professional cricketers, under
the leadership of Richmond, are about
to go to America, early iu August.
BOYNTON.—Capt. Boynton arrived at
Owensboro, Ky., on Monday, suffering
severely from sunburn. It is doubt-
ful if he will reach the end of his jour-
ney.
1,KoweN'S RIGHTS.—The Massachu-
setts Senate on Friday, by a *vote
of 24 to 11, passed a bill granting wo-
men the right to vote for school com-
mittees.
PECULIAR LEGACY.—The will of Theo-
dore March, of Passaic, N. Y., leaves
$300 per annum for the support of three
favorite horses, and. $2,500 for the erec-
tion of a stable.
I .
Mmen'S STRIKE.—Four hundrea strik-
ing miners at Pomeroy, Ohio, on Thurs-
day of last week, forced the miners of a
few mines to join them in a, strike for
higher wages.
FORCED FRIENDSIIIP.—ALL effort is to
be made in England to assist Timkey
out of her financial troubles. The Brit-
ish Government are becoming alarmed
at the situation.
A MONEY -MAKING BuSINESS.—It is
stated that Rowell, the pedestrian,
delays his return to England because
he receives $2,000 per night to give
running exhibitions throughout the
country.
Luna ABOUT IT.—The Business Men's
Society of Moderation is growing rapid-
ly in New York. The members pledge
themselves not to drink during busi-
ness hours, and not to treat other busi-
ness men.
BAD FuN.—At Wilkinson, Pennsyl-
•
vania, one day last week, John Wilkin-
son for fun kicked a chair from under
an old man named John Hammel, who
was standing upon it. Hammel fell and
was fatally hurt.
ROYAL DEMISE.—Prinee Waldemar,
fifth child and. third son of Prince
Frederick William, Crown Prince of
Gernamay, and grandson of Queen Vic-
Ioria, died suddenly of heart disease on
Thursday morning last week.
ZULULAND.—)31-iti8h reinforcements
"...lave arrived at Oape Town, and will
proceed immediately to the relief of
3kowe. The king has not sent over-
tures desiring peace, the reports con-
cerning which proVe to be false.
Tur CENsrna.-a-Dilke's motion of
censure in connection with the Zulu
war was rejected by the English House
of Commons on a vote, the figures
standing 306 against, and 246 for ---a
inajority of only 60 for the G-overn-
inent. •
PRAIRIE FIRES.—Reports from South-
ern Dacotah gives terrible accounts of
suffering from prairie fires. Farm
houses haVe been destroyed in great
numbers and the settlers have lost
Everything. The damage is said to be
beyond description.
AUSTRALIA.—Austrahan advices dated
February 27th, report the harvest pros-
pects excellent. At Queensland the
trike of the seamen against Chinamen
ontinues. There was a fire damp ex-
losion in a Kaiteagina coal mine, near
Qtega, New Zealand, on February 24th.
Thirty men were killed—all that were
n the mine
i
were located in 1871 153,105 acres, and
in 1877 2,627. Of colonization roads, C
which come under the same depart-
ment, there were 40 miles built and 120 ' a
repaired in 1871, while in 1877 there d
were 100 miles built and 194 repaired._ V
A similar comparison might be con- • p
tinued throughout the entire work corn- a
ing under the supervision of this depart- I c
mei* but we have given enough to I c
show -that the work of the department s
NEGRO SUPERSTITION.—At New Kent
ourt House Virginia on Friday, at
midnight, after the hanging of Smith
nd Christian for the murder on Tues -
ay, the negroes held a ball, at which
on Don, a negress, appeared selling
ieces of rope with which the crimin-
ls were hanged, and which she had
armed. Thelnegroes fought to pur-
ase the amulets, and then started. to
cure the clothes in which the crimin-
TIGHT BINDING
als bad been buried, to cutthem up also
for charms. They were frightened. off
by two resurrectionists wham they mis-
took for.Smith and Christian, the ne-
groes declaring that both had escaped.
from their graves. _
EQCENTRICITIES. — TWO eccentric
brpthers have recently died in Maine,
of whom .it is related that they together
occupied one room of their house for
years. In it they cooked, ate and
slept, and upon its smoke -begrimed
walls they kept their accounts and their
diary of events, which ran back to 1840.
One of them left $15,000 far school pur-
poses.
Pam, Fin.—A fire broke out in the
Tremont House, Claremont, New
Hampshire, at 10 o'clock on Saturday
morning, it is supposed froin a defective
chimney. About forty pereons were m
the house. Most of the inmates escap-
ed from the windows and roof. Not-
withstaudingtstrenuous efforts five per-
sons perished. The cries for help,were
heart-rending. The hotel was four
stories, a wooden structure. and was
totally -destroyed with - three frame
buildings.
HORRIBLE AFPAIR.—A pine box, 12x14,
containing small fragments of human
remains, each piece wrapped in coarse
brown paper, was fished from the
Thames, at London, England, recently, a
and has been recognized as those of !'
Mrs. Thomas, who lived alone near 1,
Richmond. Catherine Webb, alias
Lawlor, has been arrested. She was
Mrs. Thomas' servant. It is believ-
ed she murdered her mistress and
made away with the identifiable y
parts, and then sold the contents of the
house at her leisure, and Went home
Ireland.
ers and. water c
compensates t
there is little d
the, ieade has
financial diffle
sent a portion
lery to be m
Treasury.
riers to -accept it and
m for their loss. Thus
nger of disturbance, but
not at all lessened the
lties. The Sultan has
f his plate and jewel-
lted for the use 'of the
Mr., ja kson's Reply.
To the Editor 0 the Huron Expositor.
must feel obliged to Tne Ex-
rosiaon for di r cting the attention of
its numerous r aders to my pamphlet.
I only hope it -11 be the means of se-
curing for ita careful perusal. I can
assure your pa rons that that pamphlet
was not comp led for the purpose of
misleading or t convey a fah3e impres-
sion, but is a p .ain recital of hard facts,
and the sourc of my authority for
them is the public accounts. You,
however, seem o think that the public
documents are ot a safe criterion to
form our it'd ments by; but surely
they are more reliable than to draw
upon our imagi slims or the editorials
of partizan n wspapers, such as the
Globe, Mail, or ven the Seaforth Ex-
POSITOR. I freel admit, as you do, that
the gross expen • iture of a Government
in a particular ear is no basis to form
an aceusaeion • f extravagance upon, as
he extra expe • diture may Le caused
n an unusual o tlay for necessary pub-
ic buildings, r ilways or other public
works. Forth t reason, in my state-
ment, al have mitted to charge Mr.
Mowat with th se items, whereas, in
our editorial, while you give your
lien& Mr. Mo at, every credit for ea--
raordinary exp nditure, you fail to do
o with poor S afield McDonald; for
nstance, the Ipublic accounts. stand.
NO HARM IN TRYING le.1—A Janes-
ville, Wis., man claims to have found a t
sure cure for potato bugs, and, by ten
years' experiment in Colorado, to have
demonstrated that it is samethiug.
which every farmer ought to know.
His plan is simply to plant one or two
flax seeds in each hill of potatoes. He
says that the bugs will shiin it every
time, and that for ten years hehas been
thus successful in raising potatoes,
while others have failed. The proposed.
remedy is simple, and it cests almost
nothing to try it.
-
i
THE DEPRESSION 'IN Et GLAND.—In
the House of Commons on riday, Ear
Beaconsfield acknowledgedhat the de-
pression of the aebricultural,interest was
unprecedented, but the de ression was
anticipated. Public wealth had dimin-
ished £80,006,000, and the area of land
under cultivation had dimiihished by a
million acres. English in ustry and
commerce, however, kept well on a
level with those of foreign}e t -
They suffered only from low prices, CI
cause of which was partly tile deprecia-
tion of silver. He believed. he enquiry
suggested would be without emits, but
possibly an enquiry as to th change in
the value of precious met Is and As
effect on English industry ight here-
after be desirable.
AFGUANISTAN.—News from Afghani
tan states that the British Keeps wer
attacked by 2,000 natives, a d, after
desperate fight, the British were vie
torianis, killina°145 and. los ng only 2
A Tashkend, Turkestan, s ecial say
General Kauffman declares ategorical
ly that, as regards any plans that ma
have been entertained by R ssia in re
spect of Afghanistan, they re for .th
time given up. Afghanistan is totally
abandoned to the English, who are free,
not only to take the passs. but even
Herat if so they please, Aid without
any danger from Russian ii rferente.
General Kauffman is con mced the
Afghans are quite powerlest to effect
anything' for themselves u e : ided and
that the ultimate -success o the Eng-
lish is only a question of time and
money. -
THE ZULU WAR.—In t e British
House of Commons, on Frid y, the de
. -
bate on Col. Mure's amendm nt to Sir
Charles Dilke's motion cen uring the
Government for its Zulu war eolicy wa
resumed. Mr. Hanbury de ended th
Government and Sir Bar le Frere
Hon. Robert Lowe commenced by urg
Mg the recall of Sir Bartle rere, but
having lost his notes brpke # own. Sir
Robert Peel, Conservative, at acked Sir
Bartle Frere, and declared th blood of
the soldiers spilled in the Zul war was
upon the head of Lord Che e sford un-
til he should be acquitted b a court-
martial. Sir Henry Russell, onserva-
tive, condemned the retenti n of Sir
Bartle Frere. Lord Colin Campbell
said the Government waste precious
weeks before they censured Sir Bartle
Frere, and were responsible for the war,
for which they sought to blame the lat-
ter. The Government contemplated
originally only defensive action. He
held Lord Chelmsford was iii,no way
responsible for the Isanlula diaster.
ENGLAND'S FOREIGN RELATIONS.—Ill
addition to the wars in Afghanistan and.
Zululand, the Government appears like-
ly to become involved in a conflict with
Burmah, while the correspondence with
Russia concerning the executibn of the
Treaty of Berlin is anything but pacific
in its nature. Iu his despatch to Lord
Loftus, which the latter was directed to
read to the Russian Prime Minister,
Lord. Salisbury charges that the Rus-
sian agents in Eastern Rounaelia are
permitted. to lead the people there to
believe that an insurrection, against
Turkey will secure their inde endence
and union with Bulgaria. Th Russian
reply is by no means conciliatory, and.
the situation is extremely strained. To
add to the gravity of the situ tion the
it
latest advices from Afghanista indicate
that much more fighting at a eery laage
cost will be necessary. There are 8,000
English troops in Afghanistan, many of
Whom are daily boconeing invalided by
the climate. The quarrel with Bur -
hus : Gross ex enditure, 1871, $1,816,-
866; gross exp nditure, 1877, $3,117,-
enditure, 1871, 11,105,-
enditure, 1877, 11,906, -
vested in public works
distribution is includ-
ed in the eunirent , expenditure, but
simply the con reliable outlay of the
Government fr no. year to year. But
oriel, have unwitting -
t intentionally, adopted
statement the unfair
paring the gross ex -
r• opponent with the
titre of your friends,
e error of one Mil 1i011
413; current ex
288; current ex
756. No sum i
or in the surplu
you, in yohr edi
ly, I am sure n
all through yoa
method of co
penditure of y
current expen
being an avera
one hundred and seventy-seven thou. -
sand two hundred and nine dollars in
each year. It must be adnaitted avery
serious difference and one which you
is
ought to correct. You mitintaiu A
absur. d to select &particular year made
one rule and eompare it with one yea
under a differe t regime; but to d
make tny work to
fore chose the year o
Sandfield McDonald
otherwise would
5-
s, chides • travellin
item $61,800 app
the payment for
while the item
lengthy. I then
1871, :ender Mr:
the last and highest year, and 1877,
an average year ender Mr, MowatI; but
I will undertake to prove that every
year under his a ministration shows an
equally extrava ant increase. Your
reference to the- ndemnity to members
is unfortunate. It appears to me you
have not studied this subject sufficient-
ly. It is not a yearly allowance the
members receive but an indemnity for
each sessional ttendance, which ' in -
expenses. Now the
aring in 1868, includes
short session in 1867,
,480 in 1870 is the
expense incurredl for a portion of the
session held hi t at year and. contimied
in 1871. With jthis explanation the
difference in eaii year is but trifling
under Mr. S. - IcDonald. But mark
the increase under Mr. MoWat's ad-
ministration, wh ch so many of my Re-
form friends see so anxious to retain
itt power, for no eoner was he firmly
seated than fclrtv thousand dollars
were added to this item alone.
I herewith gis e the expenditure of
each year exactly as it is laid down. in
the Public Records, except the year of
1868, which is ai exceptional one, the
departments wer@ not regularly organ-
ized, the Public Accounts making no
distinction betwe n 1867 and 1868. The
in each year was as
follows, and qui.t4 different from what
you make them 14a your editorial:
• total expenditure
mah will require at least 50,00D troops,
and 15,000 men are now eitheren South
Africa or on the way thither.
BANKRUPT TURKEY. — A correspon-
dent at Constantinople says the Turk-
ish Cabinet is anxious to diminish the
expenditure by reducing the aiuiy. But
even this cannot be effected without
ready money to pay the troops. Minis -
.al circles
express great surprise and
disappointment at the slowness of Eur-
opean financiers and. Governments, and
say :—" If Europe intends to help us,
she ehoulc1 do so immediately, other-
wise it will be too late." Perhaps it is
even too late already. The Imperial
irade declaring that henceforth the
Government will pay in coin and accept
only one-fifth of the taxes itt paper had
the effect of almost completely expell-
ing paper from circulation. Only huck-
sters will accept it all, and theu reluc-
tantly at a tenth of its nominal value.
Merchants and shop keepers utterly re-
fuse it. The Government compels bale -
•
Total amount for
84 14
41 ti
1869 , ..$ 1,444,608
1870........1,580,663
1871 ...... 1,81fi,866
Grand Total dnjrin.g three
years of San field Gov-
ernment .$ 4,842,137
The year of 187 being under the lead-
ership of Blake a d Mackenzie, it is not t
necessary to give.
Total amount for 1873.......$ 2,940,803
1874 3,871,649
1875. 3,604,524
18763,740,627
877 3,117,413
1878 2,408,500
ea by a sum in the neighborhood of
quarter of a Million. Of dollars, )3T
management the maintenance of pei3,,
41iicoioirotilottiatiyoenasr.havTehbeeeinmitun cigrreaustiedon046.eor
partment, with a less number of Rale
cgrreanastesd.bfn°111g8h7t4 ibuyt°thilleeseu°InunetfrY$7100411A.
The Crown Lands Department expea;
diture increased $50,000 hi 1874—lejia
diminished receipts and a less mew*
of acres sold or located. Iii fact, an lea
prejudiced person who makes an epee,.
tigation as I have done, win fine jo
every department the same nnwareattr,
tehairlis aliplaursetnifitaibnlethinaterpeaoeretiorai3;vit
accounts which the pubhc can have
a.
cess to for inspection, what are we to
expect in those branches of the public
works which are altogether under the
management of officials? I have la
doubt that a majority of nay aautiag
opponents believe their opinions areal
accordance with the best interests at
bthere. tbe nu_
c°11,nwtorYuldY°bne' Svir;rea-inso°rnryg,
to attribute your misstatements to ,
worthy motives,but rather to a, mietaliee
zeal for a class of public men who pro:
fessed, when not in power, to be honest
champions of economy and retrench.
ment—most valuable qualities for a meet
in Canadian public life to possess -4a. r -
we must remember that the inhabiter*
hardships and privations of pioneer Ilk
Thankiug you for the use of pee
of this land are but em,Ger.ing. :colinisoNt.he
columns, I am, yours, respectfully,
a
.Agricultural Showe3 and Seed,
Wheat,
To the Editor of the.11uron Expositor.
SIB ; In my last letter showed the
necessity for farmers and dealers tryieg
to improve the quality of grain axe pea
duce. Ag,ricultural shows are deubtless
intended to accomplish that end, het
they are beginning to lose th.eir neve
and are not worth half the money spent
on them. It appears to me it would lie
much- better for the country if the 'Gov-
ernment would apply about half the
money in furnishing really good seea
grain of all, kinds, at cost, to these SQ.
cieties. Farmers know that spring
wheat, oats and barley are continually
running out, and require to be changed.;
How much better weillY3 it be, then, to
get seed in this way, than to he imposed
on by every stranger that comes along?
Last winter an 'honest farmer from
Dumfries sold Lapire or Red Fern. at
$10 per bushel. Unfortunately, it prov-
ed both fraud and a failure. It
however, _good milling wheat. Tliis
vvinter Russian Siberian, .Aurnethe
Goose or Rice wheat, is being sold, that
does notdeservethe name of wheat.
It -yields poorly, and is very subject to
both rust and weevil; besides, the
devil himself could not grind it, if he
did, it would be meal instead. of flour,
My advice is not to sow it, as millere
will not buy it, and if buyers were to 410
so, and mix A with other wheata*
would fairly ruin the character of 4.
our wheat and depreciate the value Of
it, which would. fall entirely on the
farmers. The only real good 'wheat fer
milling I know Of, is the Lost Nation.
Itis almost as good as Fife. If this
wheat cannot be got, far better to Bois
oats than introduce Russian Siberian
and even sonae of the other varieties el
bastard spring wheat the countryweuld
be well rid of. Yours, dm.,
SAV:ts Panseee.
Huron Notes.
, —Hon.- Vice -Chancellor Blake is
deliver a lecture in St. George's Chum
Goderich, on Monday evening next.
Subject, "Charles Dickens.”
—The Hon. Mr. Cartwright has pre-
sented to the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Goderich a check for $100, to
assist in defraying the debt now on the
ch_urTchh.e
temperance people of Usborne
are canvassing for the signatures ne-
cessary to secure the submission of the
Canada Temperance Act to the elec-
tors of the county, and so far are quite
su_cceTshsfeupl.
arties
from Iltillett who left
for Manitoba couple of weeks ago,
have been detained set Emerson, on ad -
count of the breaking up of the lee it -
the rivers and the over -flowing of the
em---allThstereStainaffsa. Hotel at Sluing- Hilt,
Hibbert township, has changed hands.
Mie Jahn Etty, of the Carlingford He-
el, Fullarton, succeeds Mr- Page, the
latter removing to Dublin, where he
takes possession of the Railway Hetet -
--hie. Edwin Kent died very sta.
denly at Wingham on Sunday -morning.
Re was around and as well as usual on
Saturday afternoon, but taken BO-
denly ill in the evening with congestion
of the lungs, and died before morning. "
--On Saturday, 15th March, J. 0.e
Currie, of Goclerich, sold by auction
the Runciman property, Ashfield, to J.
T. Garrow, Esq., for $5,000 eaeh. on
Saturday, 266h March, Mr. Currie sold
lot 30, concession 4, God:exich township,
80 acres, to Mr. Wm. Elliott, of the
same township, for $3,025-
-At the County Judges' Criminal
Court held in Goderich on Tuesday, bge
fere judge Squire, Dr. Hall and Kean,
of St. Mary's, came up for trial for set-
ting fire to the bending factory in Exe-
ter about a month ago. The ease had
been adjourned the time before at the
instance of the CTOWD, and the Crown
officer asked for another adjouniment,e
.which was refused, and a verdict of DCA
guilty was entered.
• —The following fence -viewers have ;
been appointed in West Wawanoshe
Hugh Morland; James Gibson, John
Plunkett, John Cameron, John Hams
lin, Joseph Radcliff, Richard Wilson,
Alexander Pentland, John McLean,
uncan McPherson, George Weather-. -
ead and James Cumming. Also the
llan°77, ainolgin13°Rtiollbde-rktesoenP,erWe :mj..11Wure. pjhre'ackY:
lelex. Cameron, John Hunter, John
ales, and games Bruce.
—On Tuesday afternoon of last week
Constable Gill, of Exeter, on a warrants
proceeded to the residence of Mr. T.
O'Reorke, in Stephen, and arrested
hina on a charge of knowingly receiving
stolen goods. A short time ago a man
-
in Scotland. village, near Brantford, lost
a horse, and a search was made
through Stephen, where the eviler sup-
posed. the horse was, but was unable te
find his property. It is alleged that
O'Roorke, hearing of this, and having
obtained. possession of the stolen pro-
perty, proceeded to London, where he
traded the horse. Mr. Roswell, the
°:7d.eor
nh°1 Pah': way horse, was
ssi
asp.otseselegraoPnflie
telegraphed ti,
a
oven horse in London- The ma,tter
- 84 18
44 tt
44
11 . 44
44 44
Grand. Total duri
of Mr. Mowat
After deduct
monies expended
pal Loan Fund
public works and
zation roads, w
charged to capita
the estimates for
ary current expen
lows:
Current expense f
Total current e
three years tin
field Macdoiaal
Current expense f
tt
44 44
44 14
4.1 tt
g six years
. $19,683,516
g from each year
on railroads, Munici-
debentures, refunds,
buildings, and coloni-
ich are the items
account as given in
ach year., the ordin-
• tare stands as fol. -
Or 1869 . . .1 982,830
1870.... 1,042,616
1871- ... 1,105,288
Total current e
for six years u
Mowat •
ense for
er Sand-
$ 3,180,734
r 1873....$ 1,765,419
1874.... 1,678,573
1875..... 1,701,797
1876 . . 1,795,125
1877, 1,906,757
1878.... 1,968,133
$_penditure •
nder Mr.
-fo
.$10,815,804 333
Showing a yearly average expenditure -
under Mr. Mowat of 11,802,634, and an J
,average yearly expenditure under Sand -
field. Macdonald of $1,043,578, or a
I yearly increase of $700,000, for which
' the most ardent admirers of Mr. Mowat
can offer no tenab e excuse. It is true
, additional iiastitut oils have to be rnain-
tained, but aclraitt ng that these cost a
further outlay, as ou put it, of $80,000,
it leaves a very, very large margin to be
[accounted for. Y ti admit a very large
'increase in the pu lic expenditure, but
you say 1 neglecte to inform my read-
ers what occasione it. If I have not
done so in mypara hlet, which I doubt,
I' will not fail to do so in the present
instance. itt two ears after M. Mow-
at came into office, the salaries of
officials and. civil sla-vants were increas-
•
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