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Weekly Mail -The Mail.
Cluinge-Smith k Meore.
Honse to Let -J. Allaison.
Dooming up -Davis & Pay.
Insolvent Act -It. Gibbons.
Stray heifer -7W. Johnston.
Insolvent Act -R. Gibbous.
just Norseworthy.
Voters' List Court -W. A. Morrison.
Peundkeeper's notice, -.T. Wheatley.
Reduced for 1880 -Western Advertiser.
of emigrants into the United Stats,
where land can be procured upon more
reasonable terms.
• It will be observed that seven yews.
are to expire before the completion of
the Pacific Railroad ..to the foot of tl,e
Rocky Mountains. This may certainly
be a saving to the country, but it is di-
rectly Opposite to the professions of the
Conservative leaders in reference, to
keeping faith. with the British Cohne-
bians, They agreed to complete the
road in ten years, seven of which have
already'expired, end becausethe Reform
party would not pomniit itself to the
insane policy of completing the toad iu
ten years, they were charged
awn ntw (grit gthenc,,e of the .count7's inte.teat. • Yet.
• et • e Conservetlyes adopt tile very policy.
OFrIOIAL FAFER OF THE CovNTy, I Which they condemned,.
1879. I Mr. Tilley says they "expect to _el),
THURSDAY, OCT.
ittOltE TAIWY.
• Sir S. L. Tilley reeeetly went en
visit •to New 'York, and other places,
0 for sothe purpose. not yet made Icnown.
While there he was interviewed by a
)reralcl reporter, and from the published
report of the interview, it looks very
much as if be bad been giving the re-.
potter." taffy," (irirslang 'parlance,) or
in other words telling hina what is un-
true. In order that our readers may
judge for themielves of the truthfulness
of bis statements, we make eitracts
therefrom •' . • - • ,
"is it true," attleedthe reporter, "'that th• e
Cabinet intend, to adopt a. modification 'of
Your protective policy'?" .
"No," was Sir Leonard's repli, as far as
we can judge at present therms statements are
merely rumors. The Cabinet will maintain
he policy as itstandk nOW."
the temper of .the Canadian people not
'favorable te such a Modification'?"
"o; tlie people areluell .satisfled ivith its
results thu:s far. Of course in Montreal' and
in the upper .previnees vene'rally. this ..scptiitae-
40U is.moremarked than.in,thelower provinces,
• where:the manufacturing 'interest Is • as yet
'reach sandier; and where capital, which -there
has' been largely iuveited .in shipping, has
, been suffering so greatly that it has thus !far
-tailed to go as exteu8ively-intcrmanufactures-
---andt-Will%"Bitrrgradierthat7WitliitiTtelif
ni,ontlis the good results of our -protective
policy will be as,..marked in the lower pro.-
vinees as they are in•Montreal and.Ontarip."
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.Now We ask any priVrejudiced person
if it is true that "the people -*are well
satisfied with its,reanits 74 The ".upper
• provinces"- is supposed to referto 01147
• rio and Manitoba, and we are not 'aware
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that the people .thereef have manifested
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any particular satisfaction m reference
to the National Policy. •
"In what have these 'results .manifested
themselves se far, Sir. Leonard?" , •••
"Well, oursevere business depresaion. in
Canada is over, and ,an era of great. 'revival
of besitiess.has set in.with us .as with you.
IttlanufaCtures are beginningto feel tire sti-
• mulus which our protectivepiney is giving
• them. •At first, oreourse,' they' do not feel
it in:so marked a dew%) its. they, will by and
by. The full' benehaent effect of our policy,
. will probably not be felt at:tit-next year.." .
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. There are a *goal...many' .persons.:in
business.' who' .1.vou1d. be, glad to ba,ve
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Some., more' reliable • basis than a
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statement.' that. our severe bUsinesS:.def
pression is over,-." eited•ed lieng ae their
•'aiPerience does net show 'them -.that
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...sno4 tl.eeoeee,eit,_wli lebe hard, to cow:,
vine's) • thein of - the:truth' of the :state• 7
.ment. It will also be, observed .'that
Mr. Tilley "puts elf the :time .of, c! full
beneficenteffect" until next year.• . By
referring to his and others Uute-electien.
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speeelresi we are ieforined that the belie-
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fits of . the now policy would bo "fully
• realized' On the accesSion Of Siraohir to
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power:" • , • . • •
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"Wilt the eniigration into the ited River
• region iirerease your powers of produetion." '
•"The. emigration to the Northwest' Terri-
tories will not be confined to:Ontario; whence
it yircineeded last March and April atithe rate
'of 1,000 per. day. There can,be•ne doubt that
during the next five year 'emigration from
Europe will be very large. During the next
,six..or seven years we will complete the Paei
e railway to the foot of the Hooky Mountains,'
openingnp fee settlement,over one hundred
milliim•aeres of good wbeat producing laud,
• ono -twentieth portion' PE *which, when put
under cultivation, vill produce a grain export
e equal in value teelie whole of the exports of
the Dominion •any ' year shwa Confederation.
' ft is not improbable thetwithin tho nog
0114 .yearti our -Noithwest Territories will
h Iva a population equal to that of the Do;
minion' at this time." '
Will the flovernment Intild this Pacific
• 'Hallway ?"
'" Yes, and wit expect to obtain from the
proatedif of the land nearly eulliefent means
to pay for its construction." ,
Itain nearly sufficient fromthe sale of
fends to pay for the,construction of,the
road." It is one thing to expeoe,and
quite another to realize but if previous
transactions' of this nature be a basis.to
judge from; the probibility is that they
will not. realize anything like snflicient
by this means, for the carrying oxf.ef•
the wok. •
. We have given sufficient from the.in-
terview • to Show how much reliance an
be placed in its statements, remain.
ing portion of which, though not quite
as: misleadingis much in the same
strain.
NATtoNm. CILTIIRENCY.
, A Prominent Barrie lawyer, in a let:
ter to a contemporary on this subject,
makes -use of the following suggestive
remarks, which equire no. comment
When we consider how easily the public
fell a prey to the ad Captanduni. cries.of 'A
home market,' 'Canada for the Canadians,' Lte.,
we may well fear lest a second humiliation
may be in store for uiP, more degrading, if pos.
'sible, than the first. Let there be no false
scruples, then, in employing fill the armory of
• reasoning and ridicule against the. pestilent,
-fivanhia1-heresies--whieh--are__craiiniiip
ra,roWd-terTlillifireiiitliiifliiiircWoUeliti? case
is notnaeasured by the logic with which itcan
We supported (for that is a vanishing quantity),
but by the stupidity whiab• is ready to swallow
it and We ail know that stupidity baffles even
gods themselves.'," •
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•.eviici is I'd li,11.1I4E i'
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, Tinder this beadipg, the • Mentreal
Stet9: (Independent). :discusses the situa-
tion in Qttebec in the following manlye
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA,
NOTES.
The Americans are just tindergoing
the agony of State Elections
The second week in November is
spoken 0.1. as about -the tithe the' Govent-
inent will likely set As Thanksgiving
Day.
The exports of Canadian products for
the mouth or August show a fulliug off
of nearly three-quarter'e of a, million on
compared with the some thee last year.
A. g,entleinaa stated the other day,
that where he paid $1 custom's duties,
under Blackenzle, lie now pays 4Fai under
Macdonald. • gitery, Who is it poys
e• du ty 1 •
Wresee that a men down Fest has
been fined for starving his horses. There
at•e-some- in Huroi. County, who shoeld
be (nod fee the sante thing. We are
haftpy to say the lumber is few:
•-• eMeneare et:M.311y_ working in the
phosphate mines; in the 'County' of Ot_
trWa, at the -munificent rate .of 40 cents
a day. -No-doubt- they -have -unlimited_
faith in the eflicaey of the N. Pe to se-
cure high wages. . , .
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The, • Monteeal Star ' (Conservative)
• claims that Mien oly has effected -a clear
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saving of $270,000 'a year to: the Pro-
vince of Quebec, by abolishing. eteetees
•-offices, ' and curtailing expenditure
',generally, and 'dig ie the man the peo-
ple are risked to remove from office.
Mr.• Ouline'•Ciampbell, formerly of
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StanleY, but Amy in Winnipeg, write
-borne to the oftect that the notoriona
• "ani lock" makes alinost everything
•stand ' still in *Manitoba, intending set-
tlere, w ho 'arrive there, goiiig ever "ft`Dtre-
kota by the score. .
, The Mail is now working hard t� con-
vince farmers that agricultural protec-
:tion is a benefit to theist., We fancy. it
Will takea considerable amount of ar-
gu menti, tesuccomPrili':this-rsingift1W-
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experience. -of • the f‘. benefits". having
,donemore to • convince them of the.
rn-
positiozi he were' subject to, than a
year's. argument could to the eontrayy.
" The Gazede poblishea along report of the
speech tuadelby the -Hon. Mr. Ohapleau, at
Sorel. The leader of the Opposition was
Witty withott being logical, and bold withent
being ccoradent. Ile concluded -his speech .by:
challenging Mr. Yoly to appeal to the coentry,
and this chrilleogo' Me. Joly Will no 'doubt
take up. • The very day the Legislature meets,
and Mr. joly is sustained even.by a majority
of one, ' that day the Lieutenant -Governor
should; if possible, be asked for a dissolution.
No consideration about the cost should pre-
vent the appeal to the people, ,for there is too
'much at stake to allow such considerathin.te
• block the way. The liberties of. the people
are at stake Lit id Constitutional governnient
or.the autocracy of a few. • The time is. op-
portune for a popular verdict; and the chal-
lenge of the Hon. Mr. Chapleatt sheuld,•be
Cheerfully accepted. If the people of this
Province rise to the.situation now, the begin.
lain of the end of the Legislative. Council
'should be at hand., The issue before the elect-
-era should-be-distinet-Counail or no Couriont-
the'representatives-of the people or the repre-
sentatives of nothing. Who is to ruler? That
is the question at issueoand it should be fixed
above every hustings in the country. Once'
the electors •decide that the Council must go,
the Home C1oVernment can he petitioned to
earrV the will of the people into effect, and
then the deadlock will -become a .blessing itt
disguise. In the Roman Senate it was max:
lin that "the Will Of ,the:pecfPle should be re-
• epected by ill." • But now7a-days; and this
Province of Quebec, it appears that it is the
will of the few that is to rule over the. will Of
the many, tat an appeal to the Province
• should settle the question, and ' we trust the
appeal will be made."'
The exochts. from Canada. Co the
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North-Wesb inta -net et any tithe been
et the rate of 1,000 a. day, aind bow the
Canadian floveriimeet expecte that tor.*
t•itory to be thickly ',operated, either
from Biirope or eleewhere, eo lotig 5.8
the present. land, regulations, exist, we
cannot understand. • The policy they
at lairsniiig in this refired is having
*the iminechate result of seeding numbers.
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MR. MACKENZIE AT WOODSTOCK.
• The ex-Preinier, . accompanied .by Sir
• Richard Careeeertigh4 and tho Hon. Oliver
Mord, was -the'. recipient of an. address
frOtir the Wocidatock. Reform Assciciation
• on Wednesday. last. These `distingnislied
men were on their way to the Tilscinburg
• demonstration. The irddress presented 'a
. condensed resettle of the blunders of the
_existing Adthithstration.• it has this merit,
that it net only.expresseti the special eie.ws
Of the Reform party, but • :reflects to some
extenttho leteut feeling of the country as
to the demerits of the present Government.
The Principal acts of Sir John Macdonald
and his 'collefigues are sUrnmarily stated
and it is a curious. circemetance that they
are every one .ot thent conapicuousfailures,
Been. thee'? who haye enayerege faculty of
'blundering paay at thin* as if by accident,;
succeed in the preduction of a measure that
will be useful, tat' the estuntryeas• a where,
• and eaeisfeeterY'to all shades of 'opinion,
'For this exceptional. measere have yet'
t� watt. • The National Policy,eiti_the
dress .eit Woodstock, is; characterized as a
gigantic failure . which it is now all but Uni.
_yersallyeadmitted to be. Thqmcde of
a wardingeontracts for ptiblic works is shown
fo loeliysteniatioally used for 'partizan /me-
'poseseetlib . ieWnrd .of sitppoet itt
the public expenseseindfer ationgtherting
their hold on place and power. Then, there
is it referetice to the degradation of. the civil
seryiceliy Lite unlilesliifig adoption of " to
the victors belong the spoils" System. This
is' followed by.a . paragraph. relating to. the
land policy.' in the .nerthsweet; which, had
the prebletu for solunop bythe goverement
been,•" How •to prevent. the speedy eettle-
ment of the. northewest," Would have an-
',swered to a Marvel. The address conoludes.
with what .it calls." the crownipg oft'ence,of
the present government in their entitles§
invasion a.prdiiial rights" in the affeirs
of Quebec. The address, az it w hole. above
that the gOveritment is makingn recurd for
Itself. • We used to hear no end of praises
of,Sir John's brilliant capaaties as a states-
man, .yet since his return to office the conn -
try has only seen one blundersucceed anoth-
er, in which is conspicuously apparent the
fallacy -as short-siehteil oh 11 is base -the
party firet, the country rifterwarde. Tbe
brilliancy of, Sir .Tolin would seem to have
been repliteed by it common place as leaden
is it is mischievous. •
Mr. Mackenzie's reply to the tiddress wits
characteristic. We find elm absence of all
liemblig,, There is ne ettempt to electrify
hi ,andience by mellitleetis nothings, no
appenl to. eelgar an cl 'selfieh prejudicee,. but
.ealni, straightforward, honest, common -
80050 appeal to the intelligence of hia beg -
ors.' .Ho biteflY touched upon the varioes
topics referred to in the neldross in his usual
ninety style 'There tVett an allueien to the
opinion of a prominent Beglislintan Who has
been visiting the country with ebservnet
oyes, 'which will be very distasteful to a kw,
but which is.prophetie in its hopefelnese to
the great body Of the people. Tho gnglish
tourist is going home to tell his eountryinen
that ." the .fariff changes' lately made in
Canada veld last only until: the' fleet gen-
ere' eleetiens". The imptession is not a
faint .thse, that kis a pity it has gift to last
even •so. long. Referring to the Letelliee
• affair, 1%e. Mackeeeie threw out e hint of
wl.et (Mario may expect' at the bends of
• OCTallEet 10, 1.879'
• • - ...;,,,,!!!!!!""rwm•ee el!P•tre-.03eekeweesSe
ene John, when Veutennitt-Oroveroor Mac- , The State elections in Ohio ond Iowa
deinald's terra of office expires,' The astnte• on Tuesday were carded be the Repub.
premier is, no doubt, a very ( ardee man., 1 licank by large majorities.. ,
but we think be has tiot the hardihood. to .
repeat in °uteri() what be has no doubt of- t Large meetings ate being held in.
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tee Vsinfully felt to have been a blunder in I Pi.:itisli •Oolunittia to protest and petition
Qoebee. One thing is eertaia, that should 'against the employ n.ent of Chinese lse•
the .autonotny of. Ontario be tampered with, bar in, constructin _
g the Canada Piteific
the pee* a the west will
of indignation before whielt the boldest in- • Lin,._, _ _ _ ,
l'P°4k ill tones lla10.1,,,. A.L. L. Glen) father of P. W.
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tri11217.r lk"l'illiickiletillasille.. in his short 'apeech at Glen, M.P., of Oshawa, died in Roches -
Woodstock demonstrates what
friends knew long ago, that he places prin-
his manY ttbete,, filou.nliie,,Esonorliltilleest;luttiya,..shiort..szny psaorttlye iotfl,
,elpfe first, mid party triumph nfterward,' 1• 835.
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Ills attitude ought to go fer to aileuce the
lame teflon nometimes cast upon politicians, . , A collision took pl4C0 On tWe Michigetu
that are indifferent to political, and in some Central Rail way on Friday,nearsTackson,
cases, even, to moral prineiPiese 80 looe as which resulted in a sad loss of life to
they can secure a personal or a party snecess„,
Should these imputations indicate the aver.
age line opolitical thonghtit wOold bo a
2U0leprearsssoeulgievi:rfirkailletld'.iio411 ttrligi'.1311 t. • About
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sad outlook for our country and its. instithe Frank Peyard, a young man 'who shot
tions. So long, however, as the rtfortn himself in New York on Teesday, had
.4Perty endorses and aPplands sentiments like nu incoine of 810,000 ' yearly, and was
the following we are yet. a far war nif the connected with the' leading fatuities.
time when the terms PliPeirin and trioke.*.. Tee. areeftee .ieeetteibuted . to ..tiiisipation,,
will be -Synonymeini :- " Although some •
might find fault with him for not having .A 13osttei druggist sold an ounce or
given way a little, he was proud that they landantim to 'a boy who brbught a writ;.
had stuck to correct principles, oven though ten order for tinoteire Of .rhubarb, and
they•bad suffered defeat(cheers). He trust e elle widow of the mini killed'. by the
edthat i t would be long. before the reformers' *blunder has obtained ti: verdiot of $2,508
((or the sake of retaitung office) would sac" A,....s,..,,,n, . . . ...
erifiee the principles they labored -to promote
(applause). Tile party Viet can avow this has A t. a .
uaw"SvbaRquet given to Mr. Paleston,
a ftiture before it," -:-St; Thomas jour?tal. M.P.., of-lhe British A g 1 imiltural Ootn•
• 4 - • II.. • . . mission, in Ilheladelphia lest ItriJay
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......„,_ . gultow..yisms, ...„ . night, he expressed the 'opinion that the,
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• Rev. W. T. Campbell, of Seaforthr trade nation. Bx7Senator. Cameron fol.
reMoves to London. C• • • lowed ,witb•tt strong. protection speech.-
-Mr. W. Allison, of Belgrave, PrdPdsOs .. John.Walter, M. P. for county Berks,
. removing to Algoma, : '. (Eng..,) in orldreasing the 'A.griciattreal
„Exeter is troubled .with persens who - Society leet Thursday night expressed'
desecrate its cemetery. - . • .•• concurrence in the view'which is now
/NeterCouncil gives towards
becothing 'widespread, thet British:farm.-
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then' Mechanics' Instutite. $20 - -
' , ers Could not compete with America, in
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growing wheat; but ...nmst grow . what.
. Mr. 3. HaMilton'llas pnrchased alirdf pays thee best. . , e .
interest -in Rockey's mills 'Wine -ham fee •
$12,000. " - ••• The Ghicaeoand 'A iton train was robbed
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of its expee'sa money at-Gleerlale, fifteen
: Mr."Arther Wanless, of Stanley, hes miles east of .Kanstis city, on Wednesday
disposed of his.steanr thigine and thrash- night. . The train wan'stopeed by twen•
ing. machine.. - . .• : • ty masked men, who kept' up firing
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..Tho Witighatn .r•intes'is goiug -for the while the messenger's safe-. was robbed.
authorities • .11°4because they :Port114 . The inekienger was.knoeked doWn ;$50 -
houses of ill -fume to flourish tbei.e.. e . • 000 is the estimated loss. • -
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-71tireaRIP77461-11171-t°Eir6f-:°-r°1'°ii-t°7-has---rIketliieit-firrit"Witit; according to an
accepted the call tendered him ' by the offichil circular juit iskied by theGov-
.cBorniteseegipit.tien ..
of 'the,. A..leleille ...Clitirch„ erment; hs afuelled out e_geodecleat bet-
ter than was anticipated. Tbeecontin-
Messre.,Cloukeey And Pripet, threshed one 'rains iind cold weather, and in swam
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on the farm of Wm. Kelly, seventh. Con. districts high *wids andheat; have had
Morris, fall wheat, teeming ,out one bee,. an injueions 'effect on the differentcrOns,
......: the ..ebilirt.te",.(eln,-....theo.•.v..li. nla:4.11•7.s. itnati3Ois-un.rch.
Ihreshibg peas is gaihing. viiitlf
A novel but verteffective way- of bebetter.01111-111.'e-tibt-iir'reliiiiIs ll7adTindit
way '
farmers in the surrounding. conntry, President 'Hayes -while enjoying...re
The peas are threshed by 'being ' .enn : rail road journey into Kentucky .the.other
through • a cutting hex; by • which the day, waste subject of Many interest
strawnient very fine, making, teleF.ably• ing -. •berniriente by the, country: peopl,
good seed, while the grain reineme whole. One entbusiastie dare e, after ;shaking
The peas bring a bettee price than those ..hands with hieseicellency, retired a few
threshed •-otberwise,.. as they. • are not steps, and gaziug at him ' admiringly,
broken upas inother nieciesof threshing. obeekved. : . t Well,: thia is the first real
president.' ever:seen, and what .a. hand-
• A: serious . accident occurred at sHaei-: ..
field, last' week; as • Mr. 'Middleton .and some nice•tooking, wan he fee to. be eu ref
M.S. Middleton ande - t;t'andeliild "were In a lettee'eptailished .by .ilir.• Jely he
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driving to Brucefield, their horse . shied point's. mit, as : one cenieguence of the
at a beep of:km(111st,, and backed, into Legislative Council's: conduct, • that the
the ditch,. overturning the buggy, ' : and Government has been prevented enter--
&Pipe .enthe occupants; Mrs. Middleton ing. into a .cmitraet for building . an iron
opeap:d, but Mr. Middletthi and the ehild •railway. bridge:lioness the OttaWaewhibb
Were severely hurt; the, collar holm ofthe a, leading fiern Of bililders' offered to put
little girl -being broken. .„ , ' : . • . . .. .up for;$122,000.e, . Ming. to the recent
On Monday lasts 'a Frenchman .pleencl else in the pried Of•ieon the sane e work
. n -the theteket, Exetkre ;would new cost 1$1.57,,,0,00, had the inice..
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Two Lando ,Tioses of the 8001 ult.
contaiiis an editorial on the. Canadian'
National Policy and the buil-ding of the
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Paci fie 1 t il w ay e-Setbj ects__W hich seem
to be exciting some attention in England,
particulerly since Beeedesettres's
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Aylesbney Speech. „ he Times So
• " As to tho: folly of the protective system
which„, for the pseseat, tmcler the name of
the National Policy, finds favor' Canada,
there ein•-he .no differenceof eviction among
statbsm en \rite rightly apprehend and apply.
the tloctrinesof political ageliciey ; and in the
Dbminion itself there is no want ( Critics as
vigorous 10 attacking the policy a protection
as• Mr:Bright can desire. Happityll e appli-
cation for it outran* to this country.. has
been wisely abandoned. by thembnieistration
of Sr John Maedonald. • lucked, the day
after we reported Mr.. treglit's puegent to -
marks, we were Able to announce that the
• Canadian Government had completed their
arrangementtifoe the constraction of the Pte.
difle Railway, that an .finperial guarantee
formed no part of them."
It will he news td. the petnite or. this
conetry that areangements have been
made to construct the
end if it 18 true that the Government
took the people into its confidence and
let them know the pat tieulnrs of this ar-
ranger:emit. .
aroucLef_barley
itt stillsrunning up. •
•••The idea of paid eacorts for 'ladies to'
'places of Ptiblie resort recently adopted
in New York; is an old' Florentine °us:
• tom, and the story is told et. rforence
• of. a wealthy California lady who 'Wore
breastpin crusted with diamonds, val-
ued at $250.,000. To protect these jew-
els engaend sientlernanlylooking
young man to escort her, armed to the
teeth; to cencelte; balls or the theatres,
and yet, after all, did not pay him.' -
The wife ofn banished French Com-
munist was oyerjoyed at the news of his
pardon, and went.to the eailroad station
with her children' . the:prOper time, to
welcome Dut .110 • had been very
ill for years, and was se much altere• d
in appearance thatshe slid not recognize
him.. She went home in a despoeclent
mood, while he hunted in vain for her
in-thescrowde Al last he found•her 1•e-
sidence-; bitt elfdliad-cdforniffedTaiireide,
after writing a despairine'letter.
which was bought' by -Me. • Willis the
,earink,Frenclimen.display.inegers Well! pee -
pared hample,bage •• On opening at the
warelsonee,• it was discovered that a game
was 'at work, -end 'thi,extunination, every
bag in, the balance of•theload was found
'full ,of a bombinatidnof barley, thistles
deem • and dirt,- His was severely re-
buked, and docked Considerable; in his
General News Item.' .
. • . — .. . • -
R. W. Turner, thedruggist clerk who
was beaten • recently ,in Teronto'lsy it
man natnedsSmyth died in the' hospital
ie that; cityonThursday. f. .. •. '
The past fine. weather has inged vege-
tation on at a. remarkably -rapid growth.
•I Oia. the fartn of•Mr, George Hood, near
,1 Guelpb, it second grewth of barley may
i be ' seen.. The grain, that 'dropped out
1 in roving has.takep' _root,. and. is now
t ivellsheaded Oat, A coil& . of • weeks
[like the pedient would .ripen. it.
'•,.A.' men named g, MeNelly, a Rhode
Island, „while attempting to get On a
freleit train in motion rib' Duffien's
Creek Statibn, by ,'solne nieene missed
his • hold aedefell between. the cars,
.which passed overhim, cutting OTboth'
.legs union° armand badly bruising his
li mid. If° died in .t Wee bon re. ..., .
•
. • Five 'hundred tenant e of the Marquis
! of Sligo and Bail of Limp met near
,i West Piere, enmity Mayo, Connaught;
I ort Monday, and solemnly pledged them.
1 selve.s to pay no relit until ' e reduction
is,granted proportionate to thegreat fall
i of prices:. Noticeri ere pOsted,nt 'W'rtie
nee Point', County . Down, •Ulster, that
any man coming into the county to pit'
more X.1 an acre •for land they bring hie
1 coffin wiiii hint . . .
iThe 'Tivoraoll-Ministerial A ssodatioe
'.bave resolve& that the ministers eannct
I attend funerals eif the Sabbath day un-
.1Iess they' aro satisfied that it is. a matter
1 1, of riecessity, and they woeld effeetion-
ately •counsel all ethic:01.1)0d to snake
their arrangements so ae not to requite.
l their services on the Lord's day, inas-
much 48 it interfore4 With „their immedie
eel thities, le •
• A prabk stOry from theArctic seas
reaches us:throngh the channel of an
AmeriCan whaling
captain. Thepursuit
_of the Walrus' has bon engeged in with
Stich othergy and suecess during recent
yeate, that ill two years tItiit marintemon
• ster will•be unkpown. Miring the pre,
sent seasoneet is estimated that eleven
thousand have been taken, and from
tliirty tit forty t bonsandeleslroyed. But
the deetruction of the Walrus means
death to the native Esquineaux in. some
portions Of the northern regions. Fple
ly onethird of the' popnlation south of
St. Lawrence Bay are reported to have,
• perished during the past winter for want
of 'foodeand Math() natives of of St,
Lawrence Wand died. One village of
twe hundred inhabitants all died, ex--
eept one Man. ,Vothers 'took 'their
Starving Children to the burying grounds,
stripped the clothing trent their mad -
Med bodice, and then either strangled
them or let the intense cold. end their
misery. 'Hs estimeted that' for every
ono hundred Aerates' taken tr family is
starved. An expedition to relieve the
necessities of those innocent nativea
should ben_poPular as one to discover
e the not th pole.
• Mr. Ches. Coed, of' Pottagevilie, who
was badly burned a week ago in trying -
to
save bin buggy wile(' hie stable was
burniug, died on Saturday- eieht after a
o
weeks extreme sufferiu,g.
A. boy pointed a loaderrgun ata little
girl at Somerset, Mit., tht•eatened
shoot. '.&1l right,' she said, confident-
wlesa;s‘kiitficeoatt.hin't little :rite, eause tria soya
if I'm a good girl nothing will hurt .me.'
The boy pulled the trige,er and the
The Loudon Daiia,Neurs is becoming
alarmed over the continued export of
gold to the 'United States, and it sug
gests that some measure be taken in con- -
sort with. Fiance to raise the premitien
upon the precious metal.
The City COI -led Wienipeg is dis-
cussing the Red River bridge trestle -re
11 is contended- that the Mayor has de-
ceived the city in reporting that Sir .
Ohei•les Tupper 'had' -promiSeci tti•biiildm -
the bridge uoder certain conditions, or
that Sir Charles is new breaking faith
with the. city by deeling to'carry out his
• ndent in Dorchester favors
us with the 'following rather singular_
snake story : . It appears that *has.
Hunter 'had killed a chicken prepare. -
tory to _ cooking,. when nem opening
what was. their .horror and serprise to
eee eeme_reine.ene houteel even, inches.- •
es long, make their exit. ftorn their ree
trier 'uncomfertable quarters. The.above
can be Vouched for by a number of our
citizen. They, were of the Milk snake.
8.peBefire,%. Chtri of 1.11; 4th con. of West
'York, 'commenced boring on his farm a
few dap ago for water.' Qn Friday
mornine the • 21 inch . pipe esed had---
reaclieethe depth of 110., feet,- .when a,
gas or petroleirm vein was struck. To
test the'quality .of the gas a match was
applied to it; omitting a bluish blaze,.
which projetted nearly two feet above
the 'mouth. of the pipe. The flame ,
berned brightly during the greater part •
of the day and towards night was easily
extinguiehed by covering the exit.
ROOT OROPS. ••.
. .
•• The undersigned haeing finished the
jetdging of the:root beeps entered for
coinpetieion : connection • with: the..
Sonde Riding of Hump Fell ,ShoW,
ie-
p�rts the following• as the euesessfel
cth..npetitors
ickson
;. 3rd, R. Cernochan.
'31ANGOL,DS:-1St CainioChn'; 2nd, .
Dickson;3. ercleR. °ramie:than._ ...-
04eitaoTS:e-lse,.J. .Dieksen ; And,' IR,'
Carriochan ;, 3rd, .94rnocbap. •
The cultivation:wee ;g904.. LL
golds it 'was estiateted .that. the yield,
• per•aci e, on Carnoolein'S• farm,
would be 65;260 lbs., Which, riven aver-.
rivets a remarkable yield. : • • • •
Gno. Withseat, Trickersmithe
"WM:. MiJnRAY, -TackerStifith. •
• Go. ANDERSON; Sthblev.
The Escape of E.4,rnianni; '
279 the Editor of 'the Clinton „New
' DEAR STR,-7--.r wish you to rectify tho
mistake that you 'made io your. list issue.
Grahams wasarrested by, R, Adams,•-•at.--
Lond,esbero, and bronedtt back to, Blytte „
lock ' up, and Chief Davidson•was tele- .
graphed for -to come, for his man, :but • the
prisoner (Clettlittnil broke mit of the Blyth
Inekup-beforiTIPavfaeOn• got hineeand the
prisoperwee tiot handed over. le Davidson
-at all. '.....Respeetfelly:yeerse: ' . ' • •
•• , • ••• JAMES'DA.vinSON:
Whigharn. Oat. 11,1879. . •
Sale." ItegISter. •
•Farm stock, &c. of Mr. 'rhos.. Brownlee; lot
• 24, 6th -eon, I-Iullett; on the 17th inst. J.
Nao.2
VillagaIftt t.16".3.0; Hayfield:I' o't the:6th .46.1
• 3. ES8011/1rOTtgage,
'Farm stock, at Brownlee's hotely u ,
on the 18th Qe.t. D. Dickinson Inlet., •
Mortgage sale of house and lot, 1No.
lames street, Olinion;oif the lit of Nov.,
Wheatly, mortgagee, D. Dickinson, aut.'
Farm stook,•&e., of Mt, Leo. Petit, lot ee,
•oth eon: Goderich township, on the e4th.
inst. J. Howson, 4nst. •
Parm deck, do., of Mr. W. Garvie, let 1l,•
• 6th con. of Hallett, on theeeend inst. Jas.
• Farm ,a1:et:.
, of W. Hartman, lot 17
ae, 8t1; . • •
bon. of TIoderieh township, on the. 3011t .
hist: '• '
Wagons, wagon material, machinerr,•Vuild-
ings and land, lately beld..13y Whenbam
Cole, at Londeshoie on the 30th-inst. D.•
Dickiusoii,
:BORN.
• •
Devise -In Clinton, on the 10th inst., tho
wife of Aft. Jos, Irwin, asaistant agent -
of a son.
• MARRIED.
rampitEttsoN—CtiATS, -On the 15th Oct„ itt
° the residence of the Inirkee father, by
the Rev. A. Stewart, ALA., D, F. Mac;
•_ pherson, eon of D. M. Maepherson, Esq.,
• • of Fingal,Ont., to Marion, second daugh-
ter of Itobt. Cogs, Esq., Clinton, Ont.
Cbvs-Cook.--LAt 'Woodland Cottitge, Code. •. •
' rich toeveship, on the Stli 'este by tha
• Rev, J. Philp, Mr. T. IL Cole to Annie,,
daughter of tire late H, Cook, 'Esq.
ein.erreet--Ssuen.-011 the eth hist" by Bev.
• J. Sicveright, Norrean Graham,
• Southampton, to Miss Cabharine.Smith,
• doctorial;
SIterete-atonersoes-Oe tbo eeth inst., by
•• Rev. ler.e Golfred Augest Millar, -
Detroit, to dies Aim MerriseteGoderich.
Yoteen-Iferthe.-On the 10th inst,,. by. Rev '
"sqr. Wilkine, at telgravet assisted by the
Iley, Mr, Edwards, of•the,saine place, at
the W.M. Obureb, 10111 on. East We-
• wittiest', Alex. Young, of Ilxbter, Mee of
Manchester, to Sarah 3,, seem& daughter
of :IV . Campbell Hanna, TI Wawancsb,
DIEM'
C.V./Atom'. Clinton, on the 12th inst.,
Jennie, wife of 'Arr. John Callender, Aged
e,7 y6ars,