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Notiee-P. Adamson.
Stray Ram- -F. hiellweu, •
Stook Takieg-j. (1. Gilroy.
la Stray Valyee-Nee- Etta
}Terse Wanted- -Mrs. J. llansforcl,-
Ayer'e Hair Vigor -Dr. J. C. Ayer.
Ayer' s Cherry Pectoral --Dr. .1. C. Ayer.,
Dissoletiou-Cunningharne. Aikenhead.
Before Stock Taking -Fisher, Oraib & Co. I
Mathew, the Come lianeelfodgins & Pay. '
00Viae al Go-day'ti New ERA ivay be met at trte SoOk
Store Qt mosso. Jae. A. Num nue w.u.naue-
fortl, Albert Streets, Price 5lIezittivrir copy.
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Canton WIT Om.
OFFICIAL PAFEIE OE THE CiatTeeter.
• • 'le .•
'PH I /AY, of AN. • 23,17tL.ee
•
DIM VRANION's
Vrevions the -late.- leleetiOtes the
lIttekenzle goveruthent
deuenneedby. their" Oepintentsfor the
efforts they had eta 'forth iti briugi•ng
. .
emigrants tW- this comitiy, aseerting
that there Were more; laborers.. in' this
country than could .find ern-:
ploymeitt, and that., bistieid .of 'bringing
laborers .bei -e• they. sheet' find or create'
label:16T stricliriTaireetrorely-iterce•
T -hat cry, thettgli 'false and liyi."eeritical,
seryed its purOeso, itud ..is. at Tree- cast
• aside, for :seineof the very.pitrties that
used it art. adyeeating: the "opposite.
The tramilton. ,tipectater, ona of the.
foremost in ate ad,,rocaey: of thentitioeitt
THE, CLINTON NEW ERA,
clueing areas, there is no necessity for
any one .being in a pesition of idleness
and pauperism- all should be compelled
to forage honestly for the means for
their own support, ,
coNvimiTtoof IT liz1o4c3.,
•
A largemeeting of deleg'ates, selected
feoni all the municipalities' in the South
1,1iding of Huron, witTiITirellT61ifo
Godeiich township, which was unrepre.
onted; most likely in consequence of
the great difficulty in moving about
from, the euperabmulanee of so*, met
on Friday last,,ift Renee% for the 'Air-
poscrof nominating a Member fin. tlie
0 ta rio Legislatitre. • Mr. Geo; Walker,
of Tuckersinith, waS voted to the.Pchair,
Secretary..
fter the meeting woe' perfectly orga-
nized the chairman briefly Stated the,
object of.their gatherine,,, and urgoil the
THE "At, 1'02
AsItfield farmer sends the follow-
ing letter tu the Signal of this week.
Tho subjeet, while one that has 1>een
freely dismissed, is beginning to oats?
those who were to be so greatly hone-
.
fitted by it fariner-considerable
uneasiness, 814 they are awaking to the
fientethatif they_ Jneetemiet__,,boen-elee
litimbugged, their credulity hae been
woefully imposed upbn, The Writer
says
-
,It is with great reldetance that I lift
my pen, hut+, being in. Goderieli a few
days ago; tomy greet I surprise, •I'• was
informed that wheat had Wham in price,
end that fat dressed' pigs were only
brinooino $3,00 per cwt Now it rwas
.
expected, as soon as Sir John get the
reins of. power,that the sun beams of
market pitesperit t” o -from-- iteee--blie ire -worth erloit-let-u-ott
tYANUAR).- -1.87t,
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KR GIBSON'S SPEECH ).R.EvIors to the eleeiions the Witt- POliti.C63. and PersOnal Notes,
real Star \Vile 0110 of the most staunch
Conservative ppm, but it has evidently
lost faith in that party since then, for it
oceasionally gives utterance to senti-
ments that Conservatives CM not en -
&no. Speaking of the debate on the'
Address, wherein • the members of the
Opposition endeavored to make capital
out0 t a " Salary grab," it aihninistere
the following sharp rebuke to its own
•-• .
In connection with the debate on the
Address, on Monday last, the member for
East Huron le reported as follow
Gil3SON said the objection', urged
by the Opposition, like the addresse8.
themselves, were of the usual stereotyped
character ; bot he thonght, on the whole,
the .Governieent had, done well. The
statements with reference tes the depression
in trade were undolibtedly true. One
gentleman had said that no country woull
be greet unless it •wria a manufacturing
country, But we could not manufacture if
nature denied us the materials. No coup-
.f•-rie"nidts• not a little disgri• teeful that • try could be great inanefacturing country
unless it had qoal and iron in closed pros.
.
men who voted for the increased session-
imity, plenty of capital and a suitable
al allowance should place themselves irk climate. If•we had noneof these•tiiin s
the position that
we could not help it. He expressed sates:.
the„Oppoeition are noky
occupying. ,if the country was *lied faction with be extension of the trede itt
they joined in 60- idan, tiieT-g.11111'edettasikrenibnianrIltc i ntgtiot
hat hon.
the plunder, ttliey. forseoth,
farmois
fect.to pity their victims. All ti now as they please,butWiti frhe tinio of
e par -
voting came- L110.31110. geeriftlemen weold
tioe to the arab were in the highest de- call.the farmers the*back•beee and. Sinew
-et-ltIve-corntry: -7(1-tear-hear-,)•-"Flo-eon.
eho Goverment credit for the settlement
.pf*the provincial award qiiestioe. With
rospecteto eduCation he • advoeated the
piecing 'of (1, check in elle hands of Menial.:
pal Councils upon the experiditure of
School_Bearcie.The tax exemption oneek
tion was reform...L.1'os:: by one (0, • two eon.
gentlemen oppoSite as an oldepiestioti, but
.nothing t1418 heard of it hi the country.... It
consideretion, anele.this being tito oase, was solely a city mestion, an& the agttation
they should sin'elyelfave heen... 'allowed with regmrd to it was o;!ing teralie.exti'avee
the Atlantic to the Pacillee ITO wages
of the Workingman would rise, and in:
stead of t steno, there would bo broad.
And so the.farmer would.be* protected •
sition assume for the purposes of the ap-
proechieg elections, a virttie Which they
ti no way possess, Both parties should
on the 'ocOaSion of the elections, stand
'Selection of the man whom they thought against all . foreign' inipoetation under on their respective meeits ; this preteud-
_._ _ . .
avould beet look afterahe affides of the the m'orliptory ,-blaze • of " My Nat iunar ed death..bed repentaece is irtrille too
.1",..) ' • • • • • Policy?' Now Sir '4-ohn.:: hs,tr,....be,on in thin. This salary -reduction is one which
pros:hem The' Drawing neminittious ,
power over three months, Mut instead of the 'Government have leng. had 'under,
then were inacle:-:---A.Bishop,„... the- pre- a rise in prices,. with Sir. •.1 olm's rise 1
.seiltritentbee;40.'&.Greeti-waY.,
Lean, S. U.,1i1oflatighey and Dr,. zap:
bell.. They then briefly Addressed the
.delegates itt ithe -re.Orse order in, whigh
they' are plaeed alieve; the ,two hist 'with-
drawing. :Emit. of the oOnihrees .spoke
to the , point • and with gOod' Jiidg nem t,
and Wordattentively lietened to Witll
, .
r Er-n-4'0ra'.
all night te bo present, teurptily reached
lieosa..11.1it a late hour of the hitting,.
'and was, therefote; ladle nofitted to
,
knocked:the bottom out of .
The -nTai4t,i1iUiJ3apparently traftha`e,
the ship of State 'Alto the slough of des-
pond with a vengeance, If this N. P,
is to be Of so much beneut,X4 the coon -
:try,. why is it that the hone°, is so long
in ineetiog to carry .ent its fiktitful.
cy for the 'starving, comninnity atlarge;
antl railere them ont of tlieir poverty
and disteeeeS,onil by se, dbiog_then. we
11-rct t 01, OPIT ; lea oen
born etatesinan, but Wiitqiish man takes
the reins ef powerhy throwing .out.-sug;,,
gostions • or mtentiorially to jiroduce
•fitlse impression ,upon Ole Minds of.4o
ro0)l0,. jest, reminds me ef a, distsrted
dress Ilre assembly at an), 'met,' refleetion ellen alt ttne.vert mifter, or.
• -A. 1,13110t WaS thee • 1 aketlj large nazi- _like a num 15.11ing us hook with truth,
. • for the linrposo. to 'deceive or mislead
joi•ity being! Caet fee:. Mr. Bishop, winch. •, • • e • : rrii • • • • '
' ttiose wart peign t ne exert ments
• P°1h3.57, it 110W .enteneed en pa Wishing. by resolution, .wits rued& unanimous.
articles upoil the 'beauties and'ativan- •.
-• • . eine ...110see .seoacet.
. •
tages. of' this country for emigrants, and . .„ • • . • .
actually calling fru uuuuhhjoui of • WII.EK wo
Wrists. it is .eertaiply true. that. this
IS it:gOod-e-ounteyefe'r int:m(117r-, a-0'RP
to-conre tu, errieltrlent
of room for thillioes; but, the. action ef
•
the ' Spettreorthrty'sitrrwrattra
• t,elling falsehoods previous' to tthe elec-
tions, and that it is new, Pot- workin,g.
for the interests* of laborers or ageicul-
Wrists.; but solely for mainitiettirers; as'
they went cheap labor and agricultural hard Work Mid Perseeerenco„ and it Will
products. and mr• inareased number, of
exeollent • speech.. made .by the Member
ter-thinos.•Ridiin the-Lboal-Honse3:Aee
. . .
M. •Ross,•Esq7Whetreiri, he'foreibly deals.
with Senator Mitephereim's pamphlet,
showina the iliaceititimy .ef,. tile figures,'
iiid . general, unreliable -5768s' Of liii'
Statements... •Tho 'West:Riding of Horen
has reason' to be . proed that they • haVe
-such a representatie in the Irooste 0110
'who has made himself whett'..he is by
.consurners for :inannfactered „articles.
..Before tho electiOns.the ery Was,: pretec•-•
" tien to inanufactores to create an. home.
market, now it 18,'.stionthile onigritiii
that there oiay bo an.. h ciih'jt fey;
• -.Ont. peotected manufacturete, for •they,
will not get te foreign One... •
e_ • . .
• The Hemilton Board of Trade,. coii
posed entirely • ef ; maniffacteeeeti and
business mon, at their lest meetitig,'•pas-:
sed a resolutiOn urging the 'Dominion,
4.; governthent te act more- .vigoroosly in,
the Way of bringiog,.• emigrants to this
. .
country to Settle upon 0u enoecupied:
lands. Of • course, they are: eXpeCting.
an increased duty. on mapilfaCtures,.and
they want to secure more. enetouters at
.onee, so thit they will have Made, •their
fortunes before.oth&s will be" atde' to
build factories.and 'enter into: competi-
tion with them.11'they honestlyl wish
togetthe country settled. by; emigrants"
let them oppose increased. diities to•maiin,
factures and other:necessaries to settlers,
, for, to aid them, we shoUldlighlen7their
• burdens as much as possible:'
'Farmers know well enough Abet pee-
. tendon .Will not benefit them in ,the
slightest degree, butpretectioti to ma-
nufactures. will increascl. their cost. of
•
living, .and. it is Only farmers -that
wanted in this conetry at present:
Some Of ihe trede ithionsin'.England
are 'beginning .to :diecern•the fact that,
the'enly way of relieVitig-theinselves..is
by emigration, end they.are offering in-
ducements to. tlu'iir members' to de se.
. .
One in Wales °Were .;fif to Theo who
wishto go to Ainerica, • and 114, to
those Ong to Australia. This. is sen-
sible, all the unions,had so used
their accumulated funds, there would.
have been a vast amount Of: pod done,
and thousands. of people %Om 'aro now
suffering all thetdire effects of poverty,
would have ben iiirt position to make
a good living; if not to have become rich.
So long as the world poisesses
nnoc-
atipied tdrritery, that can,. be cOnverted
iito prodettiVi fruaftil vinyards
and orange groves, and other fti&d Pro-
be'seen •brit peruSal. orhis .ipecch that
he loi'S applied these qualities- to'the. dis.
section'of.,Senator Macplierson's
let. • The. London Adv. doe's Mr...
EdSS th'e- honor 01-66p5;ink hiS- Speech.
The special derrespofidont of- the-alop-•
treal Witne,35-glies this tribitte,of,Praise•
:to 11.1r.'Epes On his speech fl tbe hsnse
Some v.aluablo
principally of Mr, MePhersoo's
let, was given -in a,*speech by Mr: A: M.
cenebruing thio ..N. P.. appearClark:
.soine, donletiful to other's, Mid eletie but
to the 11 11111,i0e:,efc the lUiligeis 011,.tifld
the •aettited.' wheise- a'cbs now.
Will lie el t1, watched. by the. people Of
,
the Dominion. • .
I -toss. Mr. RoSs Cauld di Ate better'
than almost any Other Meniber. As 'a
successful artd clearheaded banker and
busipess men, .fie is well able to .deal
with actiounts.. As a• hard wolIer :on
the...Public Amour -its' Committee for
years past,:' he. is specially acquainted
with the Anincial affairs of the province.
Although,,Mr. McPherson's tables..had
only been in his hands for:two days he
gave theae who have rather stood by
them; of whom Mr. Bethune is to seine
extent One, rather difficult work if they.
ate to justify the opinions which they
have put •forward..„so far. Besides, be
eprommed something further, - when Ile
had devoted more time to them.
Ehiewheroon this page will be found
a speech of Mr, Gibson, M. 'P. P. East
Huron, made on the same matter, at the
same time touching open other points
of importance:: FriireAliese speeches, it
will be.seee that the members for Huron
are not unmindful ortheir ceestittionts'
'
interests. . •
• '
tiNTArt/d LIECilLISLAtUKE.:
' 'rid. following, teem the Lendon .itccita-
,
Ai, requires fiS-1tttlttlemii--7eiouient,
further . than to ,say. \v'e agree: with .: its
expressions •,---- - _
"Tho Iiaibilto:tt Spectator sneeringly
oppteetunityeeto-ehrintrutree-tlito-e-pole
•Withourbeing forestalled, the very Open-
ing day of the sesslen, by a • proposal
wi7ose•••.only.-'-siiicepity-Wagme-flesire to
catch votes among the Adectorate. • minion property be taxectfor the•building
'of railweys throughout the PreVince which'
the people:, could build • Mr. themselithit
• • IN.A.•NoTtuit.ectixtrilli. Will 1.fe founcl., AO
ant wepeoiliture in cities te wee, Of
the 'debt, etty Tor -MIT iiiiluig
t0.11b011t Si& , aboiirefour nilhions
Was 'expended'on bonuses to reit way,e,.and-
he w ater-wp gt, sh eulttPro v in cial and Do -
. . .. , . ' • I -le thought that if charters were given -to
• •
'article ' from the Ottawa., ..P.'ece nws, the cities with 4 few limitations, that would,'
ree e ,, _ • . _,.... ..) eve -,,, .4). 4.1. be the inieins of , correcting tlitC difficulty;
upott rne i i °spew, IN l..: 01 l. unto I, . .. :.
..... ......,.. .,.. ,—......„. ,--,— --- ,........,..-- ,U,V,,:w.as.414_0,11_4441.0)nat 4inotth.t ..W.,e,s to
r mite .for co 1 n in ever; from ill a ulto-bit to . be see..iibari ford rain a ge_ pu rposes,-and he
. . •
444Ra. bo the slightest doubt • but '.Wliat Mixt:alit:Med. to the 'rime:.
hIngbuid by way of I:Nelson llaY. There be inardtilf:r-A
thoug.ptioroold:be, well for proyisioo to
eitinage with:other material
4u. pt part .0t,..• tqle. coirtiDereo: be,: tion o simples.; pointing otet the Moon-
.eistencYlef hen.' gentlemen opposite in the
-
twee]) Enehutd and-alanitoba will he ••way they had cienit with it; Whatever
_
our surplus might e, mit financial condi-
twee that. ienite 'for altheueli it. is said
• to was differeut from that or the Pro--
, •
toe :3:my 1.9 nut', open More than NW Villa Of Quebec,. Whore the JItly Govern -
ment.found a debt of thirteen -or fourteeu.
niontlfg'ifl the year,. the distance- is so
Rev. B. Bayly, head master Lention
High School, died, suddenly last week;
Mr. R. Helm, of SeafUrth Consolidated
Bank, was entertained ,at eompliinentary
supper, on Wednesday.
Rev, A. B. McKay, of Brighton, Eng„
has received e call to the Crescent street
Presbyterian chureh, 1VIontreal.
notch lees than by ether retites,' that
freights will he ennelielower. The us.
tencei• 'from Wienipeeto .J1eiveiiiopi is
bet it fewin-iles More than froM•tew
Yotk•to Liverpool. It :will; thus be
'Seen wleif D.:*eat.;.future is before ou'r
•Nor:11 West territory,. and what' ilat-
ternig..1 indutemente-there am -fay -our
youug. people .to • 91pkgrate there,' The
strides ofprogresS: that 'areheing made'
itt.Mttititoba *are wonderful; Twenty-
five years ago the imple Ont there. •i'verd
oniY-favored With atttail mkt a year;
4
new they are getting one every day; and
the facilities Tot' traVel are' rvidly.
preying. . ,
eefOrse to the .Hon Olzvel 1‘loWtit . as
ir:the ' 'The apella.7„
den is 'net new, but it is exceedingly,
vulgar, and we are surprised to•find it -
iii :the welbonclacted colunins of the.
Spectator.• • . The term wpold appear to,.
imply, flot oelyhat to be. a 'christian
is t� be Worthy of contempt, but that to
.be 11 elniStimi a'ad it 'the sanie• time ee
fiblitician, is • something so extremely'
rareethat MOVvit •-mistri'S'"worthY of
•
remark, '' -:Woliepe that therearo more
. .
-christians Umrione, actively engaged in
-Gait a di ail- 'polit ids, th Meade w :ewer -some-
times inclioecl todoubt ie'! • •
• •
r.Unim'i ha's-been epoeiderible conten-
tiou by theeOppesition :the Ontario
Le&islature as to the' date en •which ,it.•
•expires by.. the offierdon of fiine, they
plziebig•it on t1)o.:2odeoLVebroary, but •
the 'oreyernment say !. that .it will exist
'till tlie 14th of August net, .tho date
of the:ratter:1i Of Algenia; th..0-.11fai1, even,
A.4houg1i the .Legislature has been
sitting two weeks 'it has not yet got
through debating on the address, ap-
parently as - if .inetubers determined to
.lengthen opt the seSsion. beyond the
thirty days so as to get their $800 iii-
deinnity, and not46 per day Which they.
would neeiVe if the session was shorter
than that: On Tuesday a vete was ta•
ken 011 the- want of confidence 'motion;
and the government was sustained by
45 to 31, several members having Pair -
ea off; and two government supporters
unavoidably absent. • The. tone of' all
the speeches on the government side are
in favor.of tho. steictest econeniy, and
Nve lose no d-oubt h'ut wha%a bill; will
bp introduced. to inwer 'the indemnity
fo members. •
. • „
admitting that the letter Of the law is
with Mr: lyieWal. The anettet is *not
worth contending.nbout, for3here is no
doubt but whale:Mr. Mowat wilt ooiisult
the eenvenience. of the eleetOrate .rather
than -tire -wishes of pOliticians, and' issue
the writs' for a: period between' seed dine
aiitl harveat'-probably ;the latter' end of
May -,or the beginning of. ,Tune.. This
• • -
differeoce of a oouple.. of.. naliths or so,
can be Well Oniple-Yed by the electors in
digesting the acts of their representatives
•
and givdtheni ample time to ehoopci tlfe
best neee; „ • ; • •
CORRESPONDENCE.
We Nv,ish it to betustieetly understood that Ivo do no
' hold ourselves xesponsiblo . tor tho oplutone o
-7-4res,sed ,onr so:o,rrespondonts.
The expenses of Hon. J. R. Cartwright,
in the Ceetre Huron _election, were over
*1,000; those of Mr. Platt, .$671-,
It is nnderetood that after the meeting
of Parliament there will be a round of fes- „
tivities on an imposing seale at Rideau
Mr. Creighton, familiarly known as
" the almanac man" hae.been re -nominat-
ed by the Conservatives of North Grey,
for the Local.
Lord 01 -legato late Lord Chancellor of
Ireland, who has inherited throtigh his
wife the largo Townley estates in Lanca-
shire, was mere a, reporter.
0---Caouneu.
suggested the increase of Ministers: sala-
ries, and -unlike his successor in tho lead,
ershipe-•he always defended the increase
like a MAT]. : .
At the Dominion Teinperence Alliance
_con vention_at Toren to,. on _Wednesday
afternoon, a Provincial branch of the Alli -
mice was formed, with Rev. E. H. ^Deseart
as President, „
7 Al. cleepatch from Halifax contirms*the
tumor thet the Dram of Edinburgh is te
bike • cont mend of tho
*squadron. . The Haligonihns expect • the
presence of the Duke ripd Duchess to cep*
. Ald. Kenny .Fitepetrick, the senior Ale
derman Of Hamilton, who has been a mem-
ber of the Board for 17 years, died sudden-
ly on Friday evening in the Council Cliam-
Innee The deceased •-•-rtr, a resident in the
eitY for ever 40 yews and i'iras highly re-
specter]. ' . .
kt- Leminarrire-Satercla?
51oredit1), M. P. P, .received Ft grand re-
ception at the hands ef his.friends, a torch-
light procesaion escorting•hini to the Libe-
ral Coneervativd.Roorns, Where. addresses •
were delivered by himself anti otliors. •
th Ontario eontrevorted election
ease ' Was decided by Judge Galt on iYlon,
day, Who statectthat the charges of bribery
and corruption riertinst Mr. F: W. Glen
(Refoem) were mit proven and he, there -
million dollars, built up.by the Moods ef ,fore,. .gave. judgment in his favor. Mr. .
bon. gentleman opposite,. . ( Hear, hear.) - Gibbs has tili boar thoecosts -of elle; teiat: . ••
. .
With regard, to the' motion or • Ple•• hen. . The Princess Louise, Tuesday laSt Tday nig,ht,
' • .
thember-for.Sonth Sirocoe,,he -thought he ntiterteined the Sunday school Scholar', of ' -
S. Bartholomew at Riaeeu Hall. -Her.
Royal Higheess : and the- :Ladies of: the
-Viceregal:horeaeholdeeservethlieetimpttioui.
supper upeto the little ones, :the regolar .
servants; being diermithed_wifh The_efau.: '
dren had a delightful time, . ... .
could peteeioe the .voice of Jacobebehind,
the hand of Esau. (Hear, bean_ and- laugh;
ten), There' must have„*.' .1" een, -.Something,
like mutiny' in -the •reol(a .When ..the •hon
. .
member' for London Was obliged .to strike'
a tragic attitudinlinither night, an en
to his friondeesaying, "Stand by moor I
dje.'._'.....(Che.arilatal.latigh.ter.) • Elfe
ea this was not .a. nenyeinent .of -the
and file, but emanated_ frernetireeieeclers
thereselyea. -It was e .v.eryeenfair.tnOtiOn'.
He bitd alsveyS taken 'thstatid that otto
side was respen Bible ' for the.mcreasn in the.
indemnity as well as the other; and hiewas
perfectly ,w11fing,te allele,' the bin me ifer • it,
if there Was any. ••• The compact, among.the
.members was 4011' in force:. :What ivaa the
histery Of that Matte:y.1 ' The first attempt
ta ineke poliiical capitittout of it wasanade
• byelefe ..organ !o.f • the -bon... inehiber :for
Mr: MEREDITH -4 have no
Mr. CHBS.ON 11441 it •Wattlferorgan-12.4.
the Cons,erVatiVeparty in London; and the
ehon. member for Londonshould have ve-.
-tdeel-st,MIT:tiendelicirtfoo, Whielreverrticetn,.
ber of this. IleuSe knew 110 be 'thoeoughly
entree. (Hear, hear,) Instead of that,
however,. it wee allow.ed be copied ink,
the'alial without any attempt -at cerrectan.
The hon-MenaherIer-lienclon, m)reover,
had, at al -Baring ih bus own . city -1 taken
the positiontelhat the indemnity phobld
be reduced, and thatehe would.: move the
Motion for"the redtietion: He • (Mr. 'Gib:.
.• -
•son) would..not be:•tlre thank,. take secha
stand -if he had written the leteer that was
read in the Houk tbe other night. If Mr.
Careeren hied.brien still in his place in 'the
•,Houseeahey would •have been :spired the
sorry spectacle' of members debating •,for
six days -over their own indeninity. '
• Mr. 'LA.UDER-Why, do you . speak
about it thenq, • . . •
Mr. GIBSON Said • that the 'topic bad
been of general discessibio aod he: had as
rimeheright te (llamas it Arethe hon. mem-
ber for East Grey, In: 1877 -Mr. 'Crooks
brought clown a motion in Committee to
have the indemnity redneed;. end the re,
suit of tho vete waS to keep it at the' same
figure, • Who Was it that gavo the llfdit the
name's of those Who, had veted, and the
.way in which they had voi ed•te Vie were e
Member on that side ofthe Houseilet hon.
gentlemen oppesito narne him. Doing tes-
tirriontes and death -bed confessions were
always tespicionse Ho would telate a lit-;
tie story for the benefit of hen.fgentlenian
.oppesitee A oroor negro it his last mo-
ments was risked by the clergynian whether
'he had foegiveu one who had done him
grievous injury. The negrO•replied, "If ,
I dieI del if I live, let that,niggeeetake
Care." (Laughter) In regard to the clur-'
ation of Parliamenent, he, was.. 'perfectly
willieg:toleave the cohstitutional aspect of
the geestion to the AttorneyeGeneral and
the hole' member for Stormont. It was
saidbeehoe, gentlemen opposite that the
liitY was being violated in the spirit, it not
. the letter.. lion. gentleman opposite
vote exttemely a %ions to teemed to think
that the nearer -to the P7tli of September
the better for them. If IM (Mr. Gibson)
had bee* devout believer in the Nation-
al Policy, he would have wislied t allow
that grand scheme dine to bting forth tho
fruit it had laeenptepheeiedit oti1d. , On
the amendment to the amendinent he was
going to vote with the Government. He
thought hon, gentlemen opposite were pre-
paring rerecord, forethemeolves that they
week' not Snd to their advantage when
they again *Mit to the country, Thceince
tion made by the hon. rnerribet fot Somcoe,
though pethaps made with the most.laud,.
able motives,did riot tine even to the level
of parish politics. (Ileer, hear.)
44 •• ,
X t•n,noticeable fact that there am
pore, sudden deaths this winter; thanfor
years past iu Cannati: .
To the'Edjii0e../. the Onion ...nu' Era. .
'Deem the /3russds Pod
•gnottition froth 00 NEW!' ERA', tlipli
"People in and. aeousittl BrusSels ;seem
to go•to laW.morethan any other place;
as it, gives. the 1attes6 return of corivio,
dons." The returns from Brosels 'Were'
43.; • 'The reason that so many cases'are
tried in :pp. -teach,. is because the people
come so many miles to .get law,„ Only.
12 of those cases arose inerefnear 1,3rns-
sele ;.. 25..'eeses arose between: • 3 and '5
•.miles from Brossels; 5 .:cases arose 1.0
,miles.from brusiels and 1 case 13 Miles
from Brussels. The Whole of the town-.
ship of Grey, and part of McKillop rind
Morris come to Brussels tor law. So
yeti' will see, Mr. 'Editor, that the Brus-.
sole people are not such great law'
btottk-
ers 110 yon inuig,ined they were. If peo-•
pie come' to Brussels from' a Imp
euit �f.conotier, to get law, there 'is..no
reason ewhy they 'should not eget their
ends accomplished, as they Will likely
oat Ai Inbch justice here- as.any ether.
place in the county., Yours, a., •
Wm. HAnate.
BRUS2g00.10.ti, 22,1872. • • • • •
W..,0. HitigstOu has been elected'
President of the Ease Biding. Agricul-
tural Society ; John Ctiming, Vice -Pees.;
and A. Vorsyth1•2ral.Vicee
" At . least a tnillioneof people have
gene • westward from Xew. Fneland in
e
the last feu; years, and taken' farms in
tho xieW WestOn States and territories.
The Bosten journal sAya the 'great sure
Phis of labor has thus been in 'a measure
relieved, and !Ale coininunity which buys
manufactured goods enlarged. There.
has been more activity, in the eastern
fa. ctories; and fewer people are seeking
employment there."
We clip the above paragraph from.
the, Maii, which thus, endorses the.fact
that the only °valet for the snrplus labor
of a country is egricultore.' If there
had been no hotbed stimulus ihi the
shape of protection to manufactures in
the Clnitod Sates, this millien of peo-
ple Would not have gathered in menu-
factiiritig, centres, and afterwards been
eoinpolled by distress through leek Of
binployment to emigrate West- in large
bodies, there would hayo boo it gradual
(*bane westWard, an there was previous
to the era of proteotion.
Mn. John Watt, 1iifs461-it1tif
in Morris,. south reit of lot 4, con. 5,
containing 100 acres, ,to Mr, Robert B.
Milne, of Aiorris, foe the, stim of $3,900.
The West End Cheese Pactory, Tack-
ersinith, declared a 12 percent. dividend.
on the paid up stock eg Op company,
• We regretfully make the announcement
of the deeth of the Hon. Dontild,MoDonald.
He died at his lateresidence in Toronto
on 1VIonday afternoon at 4 o'clock, The
deceased gentleman was a Senator of the,
Dominion of Canada.Undee the old st-
gimd ho represented tli'd Electoral Division
of Tecumseh; which comprised the eounties
of Huron arid 'Perth. He was elected to
this position about thirty, years ago de
defeating the late Thomas Mercer jones,
By virtue of the arrangereent niade at the
time of Confederation he became esi life
Senator., lie was tereewealthy, owning
largely in real estate id the district Which
he represented, also in various other parts
of the Province and Dominion. Ho was a
far Boom man, posseseed of thorough
business quelifloations and indomitable
energy,. -.Ile was a, brother-in•law of Mr.
Joseph Whitehead, of Clinton.
As the train conveying Sir E,..Thetuten.i_
British Minister at Washington; and party .
to Niagara Valls was crossing the Twenty -
'Mile Creek; near Jordan, on the , •
onWedrieSclay, a rod tin the 'engine became.,
detached apcV threw the engine from the
track.' • No one was injured, and the 'train,
'after a 'brief delay, proceeded On its way.
A letter received from the Bishop Of
Heron, states theprobat ility that he .will
leve England at an earlier date than that
recently given. .He purposes sailing en
tho.30th'init.; front Liverpool on liai"iee
torn to Canada, and to his Diocese,'This.
intimatiottayill be received with tntieh sat.,
Istaepion byrf.lie Clergy and . Laity of the -
DiOdese, 7 • • • •
There died aelris residente in St, Mary'e,
last weelreenercif- the oldest -ministers in.
the•Dornieion, the Rev.' Joseph Messmore.
'
Mr. Mossaiore was 83 years of age, and.
enteredthe ministry of the Methodist__
'Church in the year 1828, and contintied.in
the, aetife Work mita 1808... Since that
Mine- he resided. iii !the town, of Simeon,:
until two yeecre ago when he removed to .
St: Marfa. Miellieaemore in his day was
mei.° than an ordinary -preacher, and his
name will- be reyered by those who -have
enjoyed his zninietrations.• inalb parts of .
It appears that H: R. IL the Princess
Louise has •sent wind to England that she
likes her Canadian 'home and is charmed,
with the prospect of spending the seminar,
ab Halifex, the house there which is intend:,
ed for het futuraeresiderico, and that of •
the Governbr-General being stiited to their • •
tastes and wishes it ,every essential. The ,
sentries whieh aro posted On„dtity in the
Governer,Gansral's residence at Ottawa
being, toll, R. Highness' mind agreeable
:associations tO.reMeitibrances of the
urn -farm of the l'opt Ottards•belonging
to the Ileusehold Brigade which mount •
guard in the neighborhood' of Duckingliain
Pelace, Windsor Cagle, ana nearly alt
pieces where lier Majesty resides at trete .
turie-to time. • •
11101111111111.
BORN.
Worieonerteme.--In Clinton, on thd 21s11 inst.,
' the wife of A. Worthington, M. Al of
daughter. • • •.
Meltee.-=-At the manse, Cranbrook, on New
Yeav's-Day, theavife of Rev: I). 13. Me-
- Rao, of a daughter
MARRIED..
• Prine-Josiee.--At Stratford, on Thursday,
. the 10th inst., by the Rev, P. McLeod,
Mr, Rehinsen Pirie, of Clinton, son of,
the late G. 1\1. Pirie of Derides, to Mae-
gie, daughter of J. Jtoslie, Eve, Varna.
STIRLING-lictiourIAL.6.--In Clinton, on the
14th MA., by the Rev. A. Stewart, M. A..,
Mr. Wm. Stirling to Maggio, third (laugh-
ter of 'Mr, J. McDougall, all of Goderich
Township.
DIED.
tereae,-In Letulon, on the 2Ist inst., 'Win.
Smart, of Olhaton, aged 515 yeas and
'eight months,'
The remains of cleeeased were interred Item)
yesterday. .110 had been a toirloilt of tide
town for mane yeato, and ocenpied 110 t t at ,
the °burled boerd tot some time,
STODDAIVT.-At Egniondvillo, ou the 20th
fest., Catharine Stoddart, aged V years,
Qmotev.-in liellett, oo the 17th inst., Pat-
rick Quigley, aged 72 years., •
Goderiele on the 14th if1111.,
gecko 'Brough, formerly jaded of the
County Nutt of.the Com* of flareif; •
aged 06 years. - .