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oFFIOLAL APER OF THE.00UNTY.
TFITIRSDAY, AUGUST 21, .1879..
al,varoNme' - **Waal/IV:I*: •
4..few:ttf the newspaPeei of the l)o-
minion, are ganclually :extending. their
efforts in striving to• convert our people
ti; beeente believers in the beneficiiii-ef-
feats of "a. NationiFiiFFiedeeinabri-Efir;
litho. No objectioa can be taken to
the, disoussima of the 'question, if done,
in a fair and honorable ananner; but
wimp :falaellood and distortion of facts:
are resorted toi-the genoral :Who
arena supposed to be thoroughly posted
in all things, find great difficulty in
obtaining truth Or a fair understanding
of the subject: The Lendon Free ?rem,
which hie' now hecome an, advocate of
an irredeemable corrency, said, a few
• daya'agot,that the Dominion had only
$8,000,060 -of-paper curieney-in -dron• e -
lotion, when it knew well enougrb,'as it
published the statement, that it • had
•
within a fraction. of $12;000,000. •_As
• :the paper circulation of tho Dominion
is only about $25;poo,000, it will be
• seen, that the .governmerit issees nearly
one-half Of it already, for which the
• country -is responsible.;
A -044 falleci that.pervades the
Jii-ass is' the ideTf. that iNtirtiolierrninint
Makes money plenty,- goad times,- or in•
• other words, nbonclance of the neces-
saries Of- life, will 'certainly « fellow
can.betnere false, foi it would
• most nertainly liaVe the .Oppoeite effect, •
,fts it would: cause inflation, extrava-
gance. and vehintary idleness for it short
time, •"to he .f.011owed by contraction,
• scarcity and enforced .idlenese en the
part Of leathers and machaitics. ' • -
• In the United States the people: have
• experienced the injurious effects Of an
over issue of irredeemable ourreney, and
they. .are now beginning to enjoy the
beneficial .offents Of a retleintitiOn ia spe..
•The following extract of a letter
It does thiS,• it is a...tenefit to the come
munitv.' To iocrease the volume of it
• beyond the demands of this system ef
barter would not, in the sliehtest
t'
gree; contribute to the material com-
forts of, the community. A'not'her ex•
trattt 'from the same -paper will show
our readers what .silly and erroneous
ideas a writer may give utterance • to,
who is more intent upon giving flatter-.
Wig. and pleasing illustrations than of
promulgating sound sense and truth
• "Every farmer who owns a farm worth
say four or tivi„,t thousand dollars, find Who
has it mortgaed for say $2,000 at eight per
cent, is really little better than the slave of
tile mortgagee. After he gets his living,
pays taxes and insurance, and the interest
on bis debt, lie has very seldom anything
loft. Thus his own $2,000," which he has
invested in the farm, is totally umennatier
ative. The farnt only affords him a living,
hich Iie cotild earn as readilyilhe bad no
$2,00O invested. • 13uirif hehadthis money
ut. two et three per cent, as there is no Tea,.
son why" he should, not have, were a national
currency isieued, 'what a mere bagatelle
-would he his annual interest, and hiasurpl us
could go to wiping off the debt. • in this
way thousands of homei would 'be made
he -1 , that are noiv'the abodes of misery
an wedreliaffe-ss, on accoutit-of-tloriffeta-
burthenince rates of interest, that have to
he
•If a. faun is worth 45,000 the oWner
would' rather work it •himself ..than rent
it •for from $100 to $1.5o a
is thointerest at. two or :aired pot' coot.
, . . _ ..... _
When a person buys a fartn iie dpos not
intend to 'pay More than it is worth,
and its worth ' is estbriated cm the basis
of what it will produce, „If a farm
yield 300 or 400 bushels of wheat over
and above the expense .o.f working it, it
cart be sold or -rented "at a Valuation of
k4;00 -0 -or -f0-0-0-,. wztliiix or eight
per eent interest attached to any •un-
paid prineipal. It Would makono re‘til
difference as to..the ainotint of rent or.'
interest paid, even if paper 'itioneY Was
•
en times as abundant As it now is e the
Value of, a bushel of 'wheat orally other.
grain, oran.ox; hei,se 'or sheep wonld
be the :standard • and if it took ton dbl.:
lars to :buY a 'bushel of- wheat, the rent
'or interest would be advitriCed iti the'
..
same ratio; • • .".. •
'.•
.AS it is vrtrlikely 'the electoratewill
Oen be called upOn to. give their
sion Upon this question; it is..important
that everyone shouldbe well.Posted upoa
it, which can easily be done by exeroisino•
any °wintery degree. of "common .hens.e
and Obtaining the Opinion of parties; ac-
quaiatedo. with fina _noes..
WANTED: '
We eordially endorse the following
from the Montreal:Star, except compul-
sbry voting and the formation -Of a per:-
•
manent military establishment. We
cannot Understand Ort -what grounds tho
front Col...Ro'bt. Inger. soil ie very" 'finch, •. • •"
: . • -
e • • pendent " for it" is not an. atom. more
'Weare told that 'the Governinent Can a ' •
tar arrogat6s to itself the term: " inde
• to the point on this corm •ncy
•question
create_theney. • This I deny, 'The indepelidelit jO
. .erances than we
US. ute 1
• tnent produces nothing,; i raisesto.wheat,•
no corn.; it digs. no gold, no eilver. ,It is.
not •a producer, it is a ()enamor.' The
Governtnent is. a peapetual pauper that hail
• to be supported by •the poop e.
is constantly passin g the contribution plate.
The:man__Whe passes it I adimit has a
ket withlina,• but at the same time the
or any " other of the reform papers of
theprovince are, which only labor for the
stintereatitt the entintrY
•
". There are a,great many reforms wanted
in Canada. There Are reforms' political,
reforms soma', reforms commercial, and re.
--Government as supported by-thead- colitria7,-forins-menicipal. Otreforms pcilitnl we
buttons. Yon cannot live upon the pro- want More Independence itkprelitics ; repre-
raises of your own Government any Mora
• than You could live upon the' notes of your
hired man -any more than yeti could Jive
upon Et bond issued by occupants of the
County poorhouse.° -,You cannotlive upon
• that which you have to. seppozt.?!
sentation of minorities; competitive exami-
nations in the Civil Service;:. compulsory
voting; a small permanent military estab-
lishment; the payment of M. PA say $5 a
day, instead of $1,000 foe the session; the
prolibition of bankrupt M. P. 'd` from ' tak
,• „mg their seats in:Parliament untult twelve
The Parkhill Gozetirintly be saict to Lbsafter they get their discharge; the
be the champion of this national cnr°-
rency question, as it deviates oearly
Its energies 'in support of it, but, union-
tirnately, it is "" going it blind," its it will
be seen by the -following extract ;-- . -
"A national clammy Would set thou
• sands and Pins of thousands of idle heads
and handwat work, In this way our pro.
daction would be muoh greater, while con-
• sutnption would but slightly increase: The
consequence would bo that our exports
would exeeed our imports, and we should
• 1:ecotne rich and,prosperous."
This'is mere asstimption and absurd
,nonserisee Where are the." thousands and'
tens of' tbousonds of idle heads. and
• hands," and if idle whx. do they not go to.
work now, as v+k, at rettaenable wages,
• is offered both by contractors on rait.
• roads and farmers throughout the coun-
try? It is perfectly absurd to talk of
. people being sot to work with the offer
• of pieces of paper with the words pro'
3Dise to pay" upon them, bet whieh pro-
mise is never te be. fulfilled,. or *only at
„
some reinote.date, A. paper (toiler is
nothing. more or less than It • dile bill,
• which, by general acceptance, mere
.thoroughly facilitates bertgr, andfmalres
• trading irtorp4onvenient, and,, so far As
payment et Al. .P. P,'s, say $4 a day, in
stead of $600 for the scission; an. educa-
tional, test for the Traaciaise, and other re-
forms of ininor nature. Of refortnecorn-
'Meatier, we want hithestiraders protected,
.,and dishcinest ones: pent to the portiteo.
tiary: Wewant the' laws of extradition
made more etringent,,00mniertalal agencies
jealously lit:aired after,. the credit aystem:
made less general, the protection' of
forests; our gaine and.our fish from ruth-
less destruction, as well as the cultivation
o iteeritirnent which 'will inducepeople to
understood that two and • two po sitively
make the arithinetioal numbOr.-four."
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TRADE DIVICIIThin. arEFoitat 1)61110e1S_T_ItATIOla AT IIIALT.
" °Wing to the growth. trade bet weep On Thureclay eveuing last very largely at -
totaled demonstration was beld at Galt, the
occasion being the preeentatioo of portaits ta
Messrs, Mackenzie and Blake, and silver ser-
vice to Mr. James Young, M. P. P. The pre.
sentations to the two former were from the
workmen- of Galt, and were acknowledged as
the Eastern and Westero States, the pror
seat line of steamers between Oallingwood
and Chicago' is, found tote Ily ivadeqeate
to carry the 'stuff, and" a$ a conscenenea:
two additional steamers are to be •Moat -
diately pot on this route." ,
Wo copy the abovii-erxtrael, from a
westeru paper, which .does not appear
to ha aware that this trade is only 8, di-
version from the Welland eitt.al. Last
year the Not•thern TranOortation Qom-
pany's propellers carried this trade
through the Welland canal, pay nig abent •
A.1."GUST 21, 1870
follows t-
alr: N.,oijnzxs said he received the address
aud the portrait as the represeutative and ex,"
ponent of Got views, which having been carried
oat, had placed the workmen in theirspresent
proud position. He certainly stood before hie
hearera a defeated man, though he had saved
Its own personal election, but be was defeatea
because so many good men, eupperters of ha,
did not occupy eeats in parliament, which fact
$ l ,000 a week th order to th e Govern men t. , he attributed to his belief that a considerable
number of workmen had been persuaded to.
They have since fothad that 0103 be done turn their backs on the Reform party:- Re was
°helper by the way of Coiling wood end etizautboeurisolluepaptoorttlinedg tshoemotionnyslevrovralitnevell awitt oS ehpatd-
•,
'reroute, as there is a great saline'.6in for centi"1" 114Pb tha werkinen in the hens°
tite e and ittsu en rico, It is: plainly e v I- loaf wbs°,4:11:tgle:v11vol"lbboakcletr ubpioenctettetthnemastctunulinitataot
dent by this that tho shipping Inteities. s partake iit the political right i of the presenter
through ttivr_weilin.a. onsuti is on the any other generation. Stilt, there. was, in hie
• pinion, a complete reaction- againet-the- gove
•
decli" •ernment, evide.uos of which was to be found in
neand tl ' •
, . lat •
its 1 noreaSe, eVen ItY • the matt It of the late load °louden, in that
pated, We believe that it inkind•naviga-
Lelie P-Irlallet give,n in 1878. The people had beim led
or to the general Donduion election to be -
ties there wee a complete reversal of the
the enlargement, need not he antici- ele°
tio.n, fue, . • -tie, 1) kir?? sea: _of -t. , re. nano'iiina" itibetvtedbell>areb atliteo‘:NwaoTidliariltrisuttlitehYd It'Weltiltied of tibl..°Mvle:
• , ,
frei,glif is dooiad, as the cost ofeonstrue- stocks, increase the rate of wages, and give the
• .... . • farmers'better prizes for their"produce i-Sret
in
-,,tion anTruung-tirlitfiroirdrrulYlire590 ----otib of blihruFepromiseet-liail-heeueaatitie_,"1 ^ilk
&ready redueed of late years that tit The dePreesien elwq the introduction •af ' the
b - ' , ' - ' 83' "N. P.-9 had becorhe more severe -than ever,
can, carrynearly. as oheitp, and a °Teat
ie. •
. , . •
deal coicker and safer,than veSsels can.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The.Mainto.ba papers are vigorously
denOtineing tho. policy of the Dominion
Government in 1ocking.up the lands as
they liavis, intending ethigraails being
cempelled to fOrsa,ke*Manitoba and set-
tle in .Dakota.. • .
•
The Mai/ will gain nothing, by its
persistent abuse and untruthful repre-
sentatimis;of,Dr. McLellan, Public
School -Inspector. • We know Conserva-
tive teachers who are disgusted at its
Minduet: • ' •
• As an instance of the economy (l,), or
the present Government, it my' ,be
Mentioned that Mr. Charles. Ilonow,,
. .
•
w hen• inepector, of Weights -aml- .:Ate
sures Tee this. district,- received a salary
of -.$O-', year,: - .extras-.-.. rale
the, new not, Mr. Hayward, •of.B.Iyib,
reiceivea•$1,200 a maribesides travelling
expenses and eXtras. The latter, though,
has' more territori under'his control. ,
. , .
Sii
jOhn's propheny that ." bank stocks
would go up". ,on his ;return to -power,
hae,Contrary to his premises., gone in
tlie opPosite..directior4 the following table
of prices of bank stocks showing how the.
N. "P: 'lifts affected monetary. i estitn ions
shade its inttuouration • ' •
. a.ta.
1878. •
-Sept. 24." ,• Allg.
• ' 133
85. . 571
, 75 'Stnpended. •
081. . .
Bank. of 'Montreal -
'Ontario Bank: .
ConsolidatedTank
.7derehants' Boni- •-"
Bank of Toronto
Canadian Dank of Commerce •115 105
Montreal Telegraph. . ..117 • 80
Exchange.Banic .. . .. Suspended
Bank du. Pouple' ' *
80 . .... . . 44
Ville Marie • suspendeci. .
Political and Personal' Notes.,
Mr.. Thos. Greenway, of' Centralia;
South Huroo, has auitionn-
cedhiMself as a Candidate .for the 'cell.;
atittiency of Motiritaiii, Province erka-
• nitoba„ Ile has two Opponents. •
••
A levee conamittee has been struck in.
,
Montreal to raise a. testitnonial ti, M.
Letellier. It is .proPosed to raise
op() or 450;000, .and it is stated, that
Ontario will furnish More. than half the,_
le amount. . •
A.• well kuoWn Ottawa , Conservative
M. P. ,was heard lamenting oyer the ill-.
fortune Which had befallen the Conser-
vative party; he claimed that Mr. Tilley's
financial poliey . Was not only reining the
futulai Of • the 'Conservative party, .but
the present of the country. He also
condemned Sir .John for having claimed
in his Ottawa speech last fall that since
the change 'of Government bank stocks
have risen, because 'to' be consistent now
the ..Goverinnent: must he bleated for
the depreciation and the suspension,
of
banks: ; ' •
• On. Thiirsday Sie Jelth Macdenard,
Title is`the way tho New York Ikea' icl
viawa tho Letellier matter •
Ono side holds that Mr. Letellier lia,d iio
constitutional right to dismiss his Tory •Mie-
istry, the other insists that tho Governor-,
General's' action is an arbitrary- and ittioonsti-
tutional interference with the exercise of
responsible government in a provincelb is
easy to see that the two sides to this centre -
*Grey are divided by the political party linee.
It is Tory against Liberal. The Tory party
has grown itt power hrough the distress
prevailing among the Dominion people and
the desire female sort ef a change to relieve
the eXiitier depression. The remedy of a
high tariff ig, however, in a fair wayto ex.
plocle, and the Erodes, whose principlea in
ordinary times de not Meet with popular en-
dorsetnent, will die out with the failure of
their obsolete nostrnins. The Liberal side,
therefore, start& the best chance of prevailing
hi the end, and it probably would not grieve
Lord Lome if the opportunity should Ohe day
alien- to restore Mr. Letellierto the position
frotewhich he has now been removed.'
waaisummoned lo Osborne-II-louse•and
sworn as a meknber of the Que0O's PLInt: -which orclorajm might say that it would, if fob
the wages have been less, stocks have halide in
yalue, Tanks have failed, the price of precinct:,
'hits not become better, and an era of taxation
has been iittroaueed, In all this there was no
benefit to the piddle, all of, which shoWedthat
there Was nchroyel road to Wealth. The Whole
the-rgoVernraent was an Attempt to
i
restrict our ippoilatiene. This could not be
done without decreasing our,exportations;end
to deerease our exportations was to.rednee our
commerce with other eduutrieS, 'and . donee,
auently oortmaltb. He regretted that Canada,
iu adopting a protectionist policy, had broken
away from the traditions of tho. mother corm,
try; and expressed the belief that. in the mime
of a few years, when the present commercial
depression had passed away, the people gen.
erallyWould understand,' not merely the prin.
oinks of legiilation in resPeet to: einumereial
,affairs, but also more .fully thnn before how
vain, ,how absurd:a tbing it.was to put trust
• in political. men who were not-statehmen, and
•wher were tnerely tricky politicians, and elm
: aid not hesitate to ruatce false promises. in order
to' gain e temporary triumph. The mistake
which the eountry has made:W.041d however,
• be in die entra lasting benefit, as the people
,Woula knew howto avoid .such mistaaeti in the •
future. There. Worereesona why the iresent
government ahouldbe objected to other than.
the. fact that its members were protectigniets.
,Jt had dismissed gentlemen, many of whom
Were present on the .plafferinceireplyabeeanae_
lieywere Wag:0 lieitiforni, but the niest
unjustifiable dismissal:eft/it was that of Lien-
tetiatiMeiverpoe.Letolliet• ,Thittgovernor hat•
exercised azconstitatidtallight in putting out
of !office men who were leading .their cOnntry
to rein, atcI his justification was fennel in the
tweeptattee Mr...Toly of the. tespeneibility
for that act, and' the asuppert which Mr..Jola
subsequently received from.' the electiare, but
beyond thatwes the rejection -by parliament
of the molten introduced bY•Sir Jelin arac;
aotakria.1-878,•statiag,that the governor hail.
acted unwisely. The rejection of the Motion
*as anitoproper. •Why, ifthe goVernMent ab•
Obtawit•wasto eit in judgment;oir, eeery gov-
ether, end to say _whether he had acted wisely
Or net, there was an epd to provincial indepela,:
dence, and provincial rights were a sliam: The
Dominion. government, under sueha doctrine,
might order 9ur Lteuteitantaaoverimi:to wear
a white Neat andblue necktie, marl dismiss firm
if lie retitled on the ground that he had noted
unWisely. He -Kr. Mackenzie) believed 'Sir
*John knew he had made a Mistake in intro.
ducitg. that Motion,- and howas also sure -that..
the premier regrettedit,:particularly tast ries--
Sion, When Itlessre. MOusseau and 0 nireet stood
like Herodias' .daughter,: Who dertrancled. this •
head of John the Baptiat,:Waiting for the heed
cd the Lieutenant -Governer.. Sit John. Mae-.
lonald had been in the habit of. rielculing the
legislation Of the late government, but Melo-.
guilation had only consisted' of ,consolidating
SOW and adding ai few'clauses, changing the
titles Of gertainofficers to form an- exenee
their.c:Iielnissal, and passing a fewathimportiiiit
•measares. Howeverpoor thetegislatiVe Shill-.
.fiee Of the government were, their administra-
tiVecaPacitieswere certainly wender4i.4. as wait
•showt by theway, hi which they had -provided'
for their friends, Immediately they took office,
athey-had-ortletetlathtrprinfing---ortreatatogiae-
aarth-d-libraryartparlianteittarriblieetatutherity,
and at high prices.- • They had paid Mr. Wal-
• lace, M, P., 'for servicee, remunerations •for
which Mr. Wallace hadnot eakedwhen the
latagoverument was in:office. They paid some'
accounts inoonnection with the Chathare 'post
Office, e pier • in New Brunewick„ and other
places which he Mackenzie) had refused
to pay, and:they had: paid -$101,000 to Murray
btz Co. not ears thousand of which was :due
thein. Besides this, they licia mismanaged the
giving oet of :olattrapts in: A and -D.0 the Pa -
elk railway. They had, increased the Publie
debt by aboht twenty millious this year, 'and
titer walla continue to increaseit by that
aunetuat annually if 'they dantibited their proseat eXtraordinery.mode of managing. the con.
Streetion of the Pacific railway. • ' In the' dis-
cession Ofilie policy regarding that enterprise,
they had auporessed the order •• in council,
• which they had passed setting titian the selec,
HMI of the Burrard Inlet route, concernire.
quarters, not•enited so good as that which Sir
Diehard Curia right rai..-,et1 a ample of years •
°erre:731,41re, in replyiugt•compliniented the
previous speakers on their poeitions as pelt-
aticians, awl remarked that he was sorry he
Oduld not eat' hie preeout a bandsome eue.
At. least it could not he hatulsome if it was
anything like the original. (Laughter). He
hthertan iattessterurtuatheeatittabl:lartil ef80i passing,t utigc It:00i earl Ike 1 111 egent,hhilaa:t
its teudency had been to put the workmen and
csaltslt,ecroBul°414.11401w1 equal
their: Strength with
a view to peouring platers. Strikep could be
obviated, and arbitration could bo reaorted to.
Still the positionof the workmen could be im-
proved, end he thought a great cleat could be
Edouri;aipt Nre:f!ratitdeeoni.dpter.adoelieteerded • at o flu- ex ooleewr ititaetantsltayie:
eteenirtati hu pP01;tYi on of the net plefite of the es:
tablieh meet. ( Applause). A decent wage for
a workmen ought•to be suLt-leicitit„ta maintain
him, and to enable him to put away sufficient
for old age. There was .no workhouse here as
She aaca Of the workmen, He would, therefore,
advise his hearers to strive to. save, remember-
ing that after they had got'ever their first
bnudred dollars the back of their poverty was
.broken. • He condemned all reetrictiene'ort
.tradeand hoe] hiereeSed-'stited that thongh,
the prices of articles might be. inereased by
because there was a tendency all over the
dctuahtni:e4wacis ,a thel9:r :at". wages,ei f ohigherdwfor•agwages time, imidcl rffit be retained at a high rate,
or
world to equalize ward.- If,. for instal:hie,.
ehirkiiien 'from •other countries would . eeMe
here, and the result woeld be a competition
• which *ccidt 11,7Tkehewraegstersicatisoni?whehfeelrte,,oaosula
not last. -Iriirifritlia**iirtvtliat--4ree-Ara
winch wag the harbinger et peaoe, n.ational
harmony, and naterial and. moral prosperity'
and advancement; • He rejoiced at the exten-
'sloe of the fratchise se far, ancleuggested that
it elmeld be extended to those who could stand
the test of citizenship atn1.1htelligen00, and to
those -:--and he .did not call this compulsory
voting -those whovould show that they valued
their franchise by exercising it. He then al-
luded to the other reforms lie had advocated,
and -stated it; reply to his critics that thd4rea-'
son he hal riot pushed them in parliament,
though he had advocated them ought of doors,
• was that he thought the tinee,tme not ripe for
them, that public °Pinion -bail not been ant.
tleiently instructed regarding thorn, and that
a premature bringing forward of these quee.
Cone in parliameut would kill 'tient. It was
only the adversaries of these n:ieasures who
wished them to be brought forward at too early
• a date, and he declined to take the advice of
'his opponents, Another. peiot was that itt
bringing forward. finch imputes, he would be
aseuiningthe:positioa of a leed.er, and lie 'wee
reluctant to assume any -position otleadership,
-and. his desire had heeri, and still was,to re..
maidin the position of an humble adherent of
.the cause of liberty and pro,gres 4. Ile thanked
•his hearers foe the allusions iu, the addreaeto
Melia° public career.. • He had been seventeen
sessions iii parliament, end had ken three
Ministerial crised,' and ire had thought -that -he
-
• Lad welheartied.a repose from riolitieallabers.
-latinitgaltie-pabliacareer helad-heen-ex-poeed-
toliiisreproventation and to.mere pelt -dui mis,,
• constraction. He had solne0JnoS wished that
• the veil Might beremoved, .anctif it had been,
he Was etre some Of that • mi'erepresentatioe
would' not, have .roceu rro,1. ' He. would 'admit.
that career hail been mailted by Quota and
faults,.hutf these hohad rAietted.', It had
been char46(1 that hie object ..in political' life
• was the highest .judicial.eflic, hut that had
leen offered to. him; and he had declined'iL
It. had been iiieinuated that It. wanted high
diatinction and 'honors,' hut sach hachbeen of.•,•
fered to him and declined • by him. • It had
leen stated that his desire was to..obtain high
political distinction, but as every one knew ho.
had accepted office with the greatest possible
reluctance, and heresigned it with •the great"-
eet alacrity; At the close of his political ca-
oer, perhaps forever,' but -at all 'events for a
period, he thought hoeciuld claim that that pri-
mer heel notbeen darkened with the particularbleatshes charged against it, and. that his oh-
jeet and` aintritien had been only to do Sotne
good in the:world,and to leave it a little bet-
. terahati he found it.. The addeehe kindly. ex
pressed a whit' for his return' to: parlianient.
ItWas not his desire to return, a,nd he wished
tosay publicly that he discountenanced alto-
gether the idea of an arrangemeut, by which
seine Liberal should rent!, and provide a con-
stitnency for him: it • was Popelhle that at
opportunity for him to contest a sat Might
•,ocettrin another Way; but eyen it it should, he
tvenia net pledge himself to take advantage of
,it,, ...Still, adopting, the'WOrda of the ;laureate,
•while: he felt luepreseut reet was a Ittil
:he heard ti'veice which was bidding the dreSiner
leave his dreams•and turn to • the stern neces-
sities of the times: • (Cheers).• :
There is...slid-teL-be no.;-Ltrath io-the
rumor • that the 'Pringess Louise will
visit En(Aanit in7Oetoher next: •Ii
• understood that Her 'Royal' Highness'
had invited a notnber of English fripods
to spend, the winter atilideau•Hall, and
that arrangements are habit?' Made' for
an exceptionally.gay season.•
. The ingenuity .of the Goiiernthent rn
• rewarding-ita friends.. in. the public de-
partments is:weli worthy of being betH
ter • employed. Under- tho Mackenzie
Adminietration those;clerks.in tho dei
parttients whowore. acquainted: -with
both -the' French and English languages,
and' were .entpleyed oceasionally ,daring.
Office hours on translation work, patur-
ally. did not receive extra pay,-; ns their
timewas the Governnients. .• • Now,
however, all is'elianged. In -several Of
the • departments translation .Work
given oat of Ofilee hours .to Conserva-
tives, and paid for ale extra wolk itt .0
liberel rate..
•
• . Pope, 'Minister of Agriettlture;
IlaFi directed Mr. Dyke, the Government
agent at Livernool, to place himself' in
eommunieation with tenant • ,fitriners iii
various parts of the ...United Kingdom,
quid in Case where a liuml;er of agricul-
turists are fonmi to • a56ertain the idea
of otnigiation and aro able to setisfy.
him that they aro posseSsecF of qt. fakr
• amount of capital heis authorized to
'send Out to Canada Any one •'Whoin they
may .sclect to report upon. the Character
Of the country, the terms upoto which
improvedfstrins init,y be • itequired, and
other matters of value. The expenses
of the delegates will be defrayed • by the
Votninion, and every faoility will be,
Offered therii itt Canada for acquiring..
'information .of it reliable Character:Mid
communication with those Whore tlrey
repres,ent,
gout -tell.' joint was appointed .a lowed up by the selection of the But Inlet
inethber ef. the 'Privy Connell in Itily •retite, adil immense burdens on tho people di
Canada, De•hirding the pOsition of the Reform
party, lie tnight say that it still had ite work.
to dr, There were those who thought it had
no reforms -to make, end were canons es to:its
Were, There was, indeed, hi German, a. pro,
fermi, and politician who thought it was con,
1872. The bon: gentlethau was intria,
duce(' to -her Majesty and leading mem-
bers of the GOvernutent NOM werein
attendance, by Sir Mithael: Hielcaleach„
Secretary 'of State' for the Colonies, and
after the ceremony lie had an intervtoW ithitent in him as a Liberal arid free t d
haigand to Ale it Tory Tut Protectiotinicsii•iitin
at d'sb '
with the Queen, and subsequently dined' 'Canada, as iipopsiiitniociples could be changed by
erne lionee with her Majesty. ' ,grehoagtraPhy, ,.,.1.1, end elireatic inflitel a
. itt'-tho Quebec Legislature, gentleman s Ideas were incorreet • I.' e'o'
on Toes- -Itiiiiberalatarty had still much to reforni Illil
day, :Mr. Shohyn, elected as a 611Pperter 55.
eownehot rest:. really Liberals should strimaotrt
.o_f_lVI.r. eT:olyi voted agginsb that • gentle- if. •tcriboisuolinmtest soon. arise was*
ooro vie LI. s -me titig, of the eleoturs the constitutionofThat body -had
et 1110 On Thursday to ex- no. doubt done some..goodasee..r -'
eeged on by the tallest, if na timicgi4rebautob 1")IYI
pires. a the?; inctrgb ion at the action of °note inlet only as an instrument 8otifmvot'
itt
i:epresentative, j. Sheltyn, .111,P,P„ iigtihaiiniticeslehoapilronna,ogouvargainst thialiberal party,
(1,1 . . voting against,the party be was elect • -
rost until metric change Was jlaartlicocer°oetnalipalcisgved",
idente auppora An addreas to thatgen- 'Whereby that 'body was mules
liostan WAS draWn op, showistagtistat odr )tuttricts option, mere reliable as•au eixnpeeri
orialscion,otiore wise in US gerterationn, tv:ide sresent -were thoroughly
tlionlinfail Riled their promises, Red ask- ilitilellir'gto,,,,o00, to tho
die avd,y tho present AchniniStras to vvhieh he °Ier,feeir nrolintsj.ittilbtlwacrceleinr*.
i ig bus' reasOtia for voting ,against the oa Shat thongh 15 Nem naecYa loan, 101/1:0°Fttrada:
Government.
relative to the rates of interest payrit.e in Other
• lilLTRON ITEMS.
A son of Mr. G. Ross, It odgerville,last
week fell and broke his leg.
J. McCasey, of Sunshine, /BMA badly
swollen hand, the result of a potato bug
bite.
Mr. A. Dewar, Public School Inspee•
tor for North Huron, was. in, Sarnii, on
• esda y
Seafortlt Council will submit a by-law -
to raise $11,000 for fire protection on
the Wu tuella or. Holly system.
J•• E Smith merchant Brussels has
. I $ .
purchased the Lynn farm, on the 5th
co'n. of Gray, ou private terms.
Mr. S. • Welsh, of Gerrie, obtained
the contract carrying the Mail from
Gerrie to Seaforth. The priCe is $590.
Sir R. 3. Cartwright contributed the
sum of $40 towards the erection of' a
new Mt E. Church, in. Brussels.
• Mr, A. Wanless thrashed on 'the
,farrn or A. Mitchell, one, mile west of
Varna,- 860 -bushels of fall wiaeat in ten
Ma' Ward, who lives in Stanley, near
• Varna, out two acres of spring wheat
in one hour by the •watch.„ The mit. •
chine used was a Maiwell-reaper., .
Mr. 3. Butt has rontecl the farm of
Mr. 3: Sellers 'on the 3rd con,, 14. $,,
-ookeraffrithr]for-ftve-years yearly,
rental of $300: The farm contains 100
act.,es.
•‚r. Ronald, of Brussels has sold a
steam fire engine to new Hamburg, and'
the city Of Hamilton lulls ordered two,
In all prebability six steamers will be
manufaotured as' fastr -as they can be
• turned out. ••
• R. MeNeughton, while visiting with
his mother on •the farm of -11r. 3.
Broacifoot, • Morris, received a severe
kick from a colt, inflicting a feightful.
and painful gashjust below the temple.
Occorred an inch higher, death .
woeld, hare ensued.
Mr. J. • Hayward, of Myth, has re-
ceivecLthe appointment- of Chief Inspec-
tor of,N,Veights end Measures, for the
Windsoe Distriet. The -salary is $1,-
200 Per annuity independeat of ernolu-
manta attending 'travelling and such -
like eltiOnses. •
•
Mr. ,Alsworth thrashed for "Mr. A.
Walper .of Hay, six hundredyeshels of
-Wheat and SiXty-bliihele f Oatil' Re ,
•„says -he. could have -thrashed- two- hutrer._
dred bushels more, had not thd h'eat • of .
the day prevented the metefroin work.
Mr.. \Yelper cut one hundred and thirty
tons of timothy hay this season,..
emenreemermieriwO
• • • .
7511 con.; ou• the; Gth
. Wallaee, of a son,
. . . •
WIARRIED.i. •
'C1ip50/1, OW the
135h inst. , by the May. D. Thomas, Mr.
J. T. Netvinarch to bliss Jennie Skinner, •
ell of Cheton.
Ileur-7Brayoon.--At' St, George's Church,
• Gode,rich, on the 13bh inst., by the Eby.
Isaac Middleton, B. A. brother -in law of
the bride, Philip Holt, Esq,,. Barrister at
• Law, of Osgeode 'Hall, to Itebecea, the
youngest 'daughter of the Venerable Arch.:
• .deacon 'Elwood, A: 111., of, the Iteetory,.i.
Cloderich, .
•' ADIED.H.
nes,-4n Llintini, on the lith inst., Santo,
E. Webb, daughter of Mr. Samuel Webb,
' aged 21 years, and 6. months. .
. .
McKse.-On- the 1st con., Goderich •Town-
, ship on the Ihth inst Elizabeth, relict• •
• Of:the late, Corneliu's McKee,. aged 64 • ••
Ginaroint -In Btaeley, on the 165h
Susannah, infant daughter of Mr. Hugh
Gilmour, aged). year and 6 months.
Itosa.-40 Londesborough, eit tho 10th inst.,
• ' Stanley D, youngest fon of Dr..Dose,
aged 1 year, 4.thonth8, and IS days. •
LINES ADDILE-SSED TO on. AD MRS. nosz.,.mt
'ME nEATIf OF THEO, BELOVED STAN-
' LEY ILIUM”; MY TifErit SYUEATIIIETNG rtnexe,
• • JAMES &SWELL. •
The silent nitre.
We had e harp- -a tarp of gold-
• Of silver strings aila•licaventy mould;
'Twas sent by:Iteaven, to give us joy-,
'Our beautiful, beloved boy. '
'8weet and rich tones to it were given,
Like to the angel harps i of Heaven ;
.. And oft our heerts with joy were thrilled,
• As our deaf home its innate filled.. ' •• .
• Aiid filled, We foedly hoped 'Would be, .
• • With the nate rapturons melody,
• And,grow spore sweet, with richer toile;
. • When many a pasSing year had town.
But al? i ,that harp is jlent now- •
' Look on bur darling's marble brow,
And know his tongne, the silver string,
- Blinn never more with music -ring.
* Dear Stanley, can it-oan it he ? ` • - ..:
'.r.hy merry laugh and ehildish glee
• Shall never more our hearts delight?
Thy form be hidtlea from out &Hit:
Slialfwe no more at morn rejoic9**o
To hear thy widens merry voiee ? ,
Nor winning pranks, nor prattling gay
Bring to a plebsant close the day,-
.
,
0 gable harp of 'matchless tound,
• Can there no mortal hand he found,
' To touch•thy strings. and ono -again
• Dring beck the dear;hlepartal strain,
Ah, no 1 it cannot, will not bo; •
Hushed eVer here tby melody. •
Our tweet) is still, dread enema brcode,
As lit lotto natare's aolitutles.
But hark! we hear abtve in heaven,
The harp that to our home was given; _ *
It's sileot chords again aro strung •
- Aini joie in It celeatial song.
0,..yes;\ve hear the darling three
Join it hotivet'S glorious tninstre!ey.
Piney and jenny greet our boy,
IAnd fool a gush 01 PeWfotind joy.
How Heti the moloily,how grancV-L.
• Worthy of that illustrions' land,
Aud 'of that palace home, where we,
With our dear children, helm to be.
themineee, Atte, 12t5,"1870. ,
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