The Clinton New Era, 1878-11-07, Page 4„
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fttli gkavvrtiocsnenio Wttlt
Tailoring -(oho smith”
Stray Stear-Itobt, Huck,
Latium -4i, Callender et tto,
Stray Steer-bbn MertheIL
Money O. Lena -4, 3, Potter.
Te Cold $itaP-J, C. Gilroy,
Buffelo Rebes-Jas. Twiteltell.
House to Rent-Nsw Eita.
Horses for Sale -New Fun Mee,
Servant Waned -New Rita Oce,
Pounakeeper's notice -O. 4, Cooper.
Servant wante,4--4,4e..9. W. Renton, •
Copliss of to•da-'s Itinvt ZsA may 1)°,aast at the ;look
Store of blessro,los, 'rain °ad 3,
.Ittbort Strskt, Prloo °oats °or oopv.
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THURSDAY, ,IaTOV,. 7, 1878. "
CENTRE OUittcy.
The. election is this ridiog last Satfir
day has, reeulted,,so far as the -return of.
the candidate in concerned, as vita an
ticipated, by both partiee ; fee, although
the friends and „supporters ',of Mr. 'Platt
sotue of thein.have the impudence
to eesert that it was never etated that
the ditties woUld be 'Made siudiar to
those of the 'United States. They poet
think the t„ readers have wonderfully
short memories, for it is well-known
theadvoeato 44 dollar-fer-dollar,"
When one looks back to the speeches
of Air Joint wherein, he stated tharthis
country was being &tele& with ...4krueri-
eitri 'wheat, furniture, salt, and hosts' et
other articles of Atneriean rnattufaetttre,
to the detriment of Canaditius, they aro
surprised that he hes net. %icon the
first step towards remedying the, met-
teri Some will Say, "give him time.":
Yes, bet in tile meantime cannot the
Americana • rash in till their' surplus.
productrand-compellneeteeseekee•foreigre-
market.. This Witii " the orators"'
told the before tho election, tium,bu
since then "muni bas been the word."
If Sir joina"s " heart Ned for' his conn -
try? so bad as he said it did, the bleed-
ing'inust suddenly have ceased, for be
said that " every molueet of delay only
made things worse," and yet be allows
it to continue. •We have statod that
Chine Lising it never intenddd adopting
ANXIOVehae, and somewhat impatient -
y, the pablic await tile -assembling of
the Hotted of C01111110n8.
'Tnejeouclon Zi'retriiress speaks tife
pacific Scandal as 47! Oda petty affair,"
'What would it consider VitY0
Tor; Hamilton Times ,is trying' to
Ainericanize 'words, It spells " Centre"
Matey. 'rhen " central" should be
ettuterat
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Tito Montreal Pose and Toronto
Irok Canadian., both 'of Awn Conserva-
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tivo, and the representative organs of
the Boman Catholics aro pitching into
Sir jelm becaintele did not give that
body justice in • the choice ,of. the
(labinet,• .
• • DWI LSO the (len bre RiAtiug ' canvass
tho. flonseryative papers had •two re-
pot-ters in the field ---J. 3. Hawkins and
J. Cibsonr-both-of-whem-dikered from
tbe average reporter in -this respect... -
they failed to 011 the truth, and were
nitriValled as stretchers.
WINTLIMAN' living near hsre' has a
VII that is farming ont Soiva, A re -
LU • put forth every effort, aid brought into . eta we kre, if•
anythiug, moste coil.
cent letter from Min states that wheat
the riding inufai more assistanco than-
vined than eater, that it is ". a fraud d is eelling ther6 at frotti tioentyfitte • to
was done for Mr. Cartwright, yet .they
. the first, water." The London 'Fees Pree's f. Ay,. cents per bushel. What would
had no other idea than that they weuld
has' lately' been 'one of the strongest Canadians think of Such prices 1 Yet -
by this means keep down his • majority, •
supPorters of the Tational Policy," .
If those who hod voted for V:‘,. HorfOn .. ...
voted for Ale. Cartwright together WWII •ITti 'low, till it. wonte to reciprocity
with the Ijnited .States, Which it •pre-,
those who voted for the latter at this
tends to think will more' likelY be Se -
election, but did not opine out before,
cured by Sii:- Wolin's Government then
the inajorii y would have been much
• t1at of Maokengie's., ' .
greater. .A noother .-ef Me, Horten'.6, •,..„. . , e_Leeee............,___ ,., .,.....,•
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supporters were carried -away with "the anvecet To, atittentettrnitg.
false- -assertion- that elt• o heel Sold. the . ••
• .•, • . ;fn. eonclueling his recent speeelte at
constituency ; others; that Mr: Cart-
Seafo'rth/•the }pm, , Mr. '•Mackenzie Made
wright was an outsider, and had also. .tho following 4.potarksi . which, • .at the
been rejected by his 0 1y,11. Leen sti tueney i .
•preeentAiniea ere wOrthy . Of considerit-
these ideas, together vith . that of pro- . • . .,
ilea :--•
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tection.-.-grabbing the, Mighty: 'dollar, . • .., . .
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• ‘11 have -one word mere to say. teemy• De-
but who frein they know •not,---.aceneed 1.forinfriends eleially. I: knovi it is quite
.utitnral that efortuers ithonld. divide. • I •
many .to vote, for Mr. Platt, ' quite:,-eut7 knew -that to those wboheild. vidivs as 'to cer-
, side of the question of Couservati'ein: titin questions, it may bo the 'representation
of minorities' or universal.' suffrage it is no,
Tlwinajority Mr. Oartwright-didlet-is vorarthe3rshoulcHividrupon-the'nr-aifd-g
a good one under -the. circuinstances, .off m. differept dtreetions ; . but ipc--. should
'lei& ge so far ae to less. sight of' the main
and one that be can feel,pindof. ,Thet . body to which werare attached, There is no
possible objection, on the ContrarY, there is
he'will show himself. to: be worthy . of p,,elyreison.,te wish.tvw our people Would'
. their confidence • we have 'no doubt, not :go in search of In her principles• and better
• Ititss-c,
only as their representatiVO, but .as ,a Reformers, as such, eimuld seek. to eitablialt
theories oo certain subjects,; but I ••say this
faithful representative of the perainion.. •
to them -you mayor can do that but by tho
We belleire that every one who desire. 'aid of the °Sire hodY. 'And rernernber that
the policy of the ConservatiVe party has 'al;
the welfare. of the .country • should ' be Ways been to keep cotapactly together; thei
never divide by any chance. Good men will
glad that he has been returned, for leave them because they think : their policy
even these who are opposed to his po- fatal te. the country's interests, but as'a body
they eclhere together and endeavor to create
Hey m st• admit. that be Will_ 71-991,ce . a dissensions among Reformers by pill:dishin•g
theorieS well() mit hold, and
good -member to-wetch the.lintredoetion faW) stKift40-
aseribing tolls twaetices of whioh we have
and carrying ont Of the National not been guilty., Let us in fair and open
Policy, if it is ever done; and the whole dieetassion before the people dispoee of ell
those slanders, and let our party now United
- management of the finances:. - The gov- keep -united and ularch to the battle together,
and depend upon it that an army such AS you.
• ernment are. :strong epeugh to carry. any are 'viith.triith and right oit it e eidee nothing
measure they please, regarelleae. 'of the oat: Withstand, that as 'nothing could with -
'stand the roar& of the Liberal party in the
opposition of Mr: Cartwright and leiO Mather Countrtadurieg the tinee of Cobden
and his coadjutors when they • were fighting
party.; but they cannot prevent • Jiisl foeliound commercial principles, se nothing
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from pointing out thett errors and NA;reng will be able to withstand yea: Depend upon
It, that the bitter experience which..we have
proceeding% and lotting the 'country had within the last few days of the wotking
of our electoral aystem under Conservatto
know -what Would be best for its inter, guidauee will be a lessen which our people im
est; and as he was particularly singled the future will Ilec'er forget." . • '
out and denouneed in 7-consegnence .c'f •: :1 le words have the right ring about
his expression of" a 4 en the *beer them and do Mr: Mackeniin as numb
as to the eifeet. government, bad ripen honor as they,reireet credit on a paity--
• the depression, be will be -vigilant in the which. ins•the futrtre, Ma in the past, will
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fulfilment of his _duties. ...., be' *tutted by noble oentimente 'rind
Since the above Was penned the Doi, gnided by sound prineiples, _ 1
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the American bas all the protection be
desires,
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• ST111, of our Personalftiends oceasien-
ellykake. as to- task teca tiie they thinie
we nre tr.* o.at-a.:4(1,44" hi our iii)pcor
Or cendenination a:public Mert otteS-
tions.-A-11 We. can sat" is that we lotve
yet tO bo Shown wheeein 'we have Sill^
fully 'erred.' Wo•Pan Make. thia
that Welnixe never • evreSsed twe. dif;.
ferent' 'opiiiions on any subject, or.
elianged r YieWs .tnet'olY forporty pur-
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poses.; aa toeeinarty of our entemPoraries
have. done, Wo haVe. endeitvored . to
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EIO en prtrImple oll .oiar dialing,s with
public qiiestions or men, and in 'so doing
b ieve we ,teted s lion
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anything saitl.t6 the contrary notwith-
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Wn a very, lttrge amount of
POLITIOAL N011188.
Ifen. liklwerd Blake is expected home
in about ten days.
Mr. T, M. Na,irn has-baffirdeeted .as
the Reform candidate in East in for
the Local House, ,
'Ron. Oliver 1Viowat is held* meet-
ings among his constituents of North
Oxford, tins week.
,It„,ltes been decided to enter a pretest
ft,gainfit tbe election of 'gr. Itochester,
Conservative, for Carlton,
Nova Scotia Conservatives are net,
untiniumesly in favor of the selections
'made for the Cabinet from that ?ravine%
. A petitien has been filed against the
return of Dr. Christie, MX., Reform,
Per Argenteuil, on the ground of bribery
by self and agents.' '
Hon, gr. Crooks has entered suit
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against Me Toronto Jtail for damages'
for- libelloes etatements made agairst
hint connection with the failure of
the Colonial Trust Company.
It is reported trotrt Three Rivers tut
Amt. Mr. Langevin will be strongly op-
posed when lee, presente himself fer elec.
tion, The Liberals in that' Biding are
confident • that they are able te defeat
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On 'Monday live of the new MiniStry
were elected byggclatuation, as follows::
Heti. .,,for. St. johne Hon.
Dr. Ttipper, for Cumberland ; Hon. Jas.
Macdonald, for Pickett ; Hon. Mr. Pope,
for Compton; and Hon.- John O'Connor;
fbr Russelli • - ••, •
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(20:114111POR.A.N.Y VOTRS.
exho S'nw Zzo. does oat itecossatild °adonis) ow^
Wag mooring from time to Um tiu or this hoodtoo,
um opinions Wen atm 40 a matter of nowsj
Now that the new Administration has talc.
-On its seat on the driving -box, firmly grasped
the reins et power, and got the State ombibus
well wider metro/. let it go to wet* onctarive
Its all into the green fields andel:idling valleys
of prosperity without fortbeedelay. Let us
hove tbe long.promised millenium for which
everybody is so atutiousir looking.- Toronto
l'elearant.
eornininyi Of the friends of' the Hon.
• D;ivid Mills met at his residence, Pal,
'myna, on ThursdaY evening, andpresent-
ed him with an,address and a handsome
•gal; Witte] 1. An address accompanied
by a beautiful silver set was .on tbe same
occasion piisented to Mrsz
- Protests; .Cvere tiled on Monday againit
the retorn of F. W• :Glen; for South
Ontario ; Alex. Gunn, Kingitott ; J. 0.
Rykert,- Lincoln ; Rufus Stephenson,
'Kent ;'Alei Shaw, South Biome ; ;John
`White- East Hastings ; Dr. teliin,
Cornwall Thomas A.rkell, East Elgin,
and S. McCuaig, for Prince' Edward.
The petitions against Messrs. •(aleu;
GurateRylrevt,Stophenettneattgiaa
and'White are tiled either in the Queens
Bench Cemmen- Platte, ,and 00$0'
;Against Messrs. Arkell-and McCue,* ie.
the COurt Of Chancery. : Aleo C..
CatneroO, for South Huron 'Patrick:
IItighes fOr Niagat'a.; and Jas. Brown,
for .Wes't Hastings. '
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itanitobtriteins.
Three. pound potato& .are „grown at
naone has almond hands Selkirk. • - . '1 . e
PotereWild dticks are sold'for a' quar
threw+ the ter- Solkirk,
In spite of all' the effort? to defeat Inin, Mr,
Cartwright Wile eleetedlor Centre Heron on
Saturday, with o splendid majority, The
Liberal party have reason to rejoiee in this
speedy viturn Of, IVIr, 'Cartwright to public,
life, and they win /voice still mote when the
ablest mem in the Dominion is*rectored with
him. A seat must be found tor Mr, Blalte.-e-
sa Amos Journal.
The New York 'Herold talo s a deep interest
in t anadian afittire. In a recent 'articia it
"points out that 750,000 English speaking
Catholics ere granted only one representative
in the Dominion 'Cabinet. We may add that
this shciwe one-fifth of tlie population of the
country to have mily one,fourteenth of repre-
sentation in the Government. -Ottitica Tier -
aid Qttltolic.) .
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There is no question that many will be dis-
appointed at the result of the change of Gov7-
ernmont, -Possibly, too much has hemline-
mised by Candidates in their election canvass.
It is unadvisable'end unwise any Govertt-
Meat to greatly change their fiseal poliey, oi
to make too radical changes at one and the
flame thee e and we incline to the opinion that
as few changes should bo made as poseible.-
Slier/mode Oaxette, Conorratire,
The4lootioA of Mr, Cortwrigbt is the 62.'14
-step towards retrieving the' defeat of the 1711t
of September, The Reformers of Centre Hu-
ron have jdven, a signal that will, no doubt,
he respoilded to as soon as opportunity offers
elsewhere. They aro entitled.to the thitalcs
o tbe Country for their publio.spirited Coo.,
duet in turnieg Ont 4 eecond, time at so short
an interval to secure a Heroin) victory, and
Will we are mire, loitglook •bacXon theit; •
day's work with a sense of satiefactiori..-0/obe.
Owing to the depreciation of the prices of
grain --which Sir John Macdonald promised
• to guard the farrners against...41mo is gleent
everywhere. • The farmers upon winim 'the
whole country dependS are aeSpondeot .aiul
ver.earancl well: they day be. The merchants
are not litipottil and the manufacturers. are'
depressed. • Now, if over, there is a splendid
opening for the " National Polley," to do salu-
tary-aud-heinatioient work, If it is what tlie
Consertfatives said 'a was, the storekeepers
would rejoice 'wader it ; the. 'manufacturers
skip with glee tbe artizans liefore whom a
severe viinter Stands in all its terrors; could
-snap their fingord at threatening -want, and
the farmers would be prosperous and laying
away fat balanoes io, cash, If there is any
balm in Gilead let the people have ; if there
is any 'virtue In this," pelicy of liope" id
eoine • without delay; ay'e, if the is.httional
Policy" be a boaven.bera policy and calculat-
ed to aecomplish all that was promised; let
there not be one instant's delay in putting it
into force.-L.frotnilton • .
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The ,tritirephaot eleetime_en Saturday, of
Mr. Cartwright, ni Centre Hama, is a matter
or coegiatulation, not only -because -it -
given a Beetle Parliament to one of the ablest
'members of the Cppoeitimi; but alee beettnie
the largely increased majority that was polled
• Ottawa that the grip on the country taken by'
• Pthe "'LP." on the I71h o September has
Centre Huron electiOo, betshaving been
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m• ade oPon 11 in almost. all lavas of, On -
talk)... In this town the bets'deponded
-upon tile majorities.- Cartwright would
get, and" although :Senle enthusiaStio
Reformers left , by betting.. upon /too
high inajerities, such as 450 and 500,
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we 'belWo they raked hi far, •tlici most
money, • We have, beerel of 'some who
made from ten to twenty different bets,
and have won allbtit one.or two, •
giving bilis item we do not wisit.by any:
means, to be.understobd 'as supetioning
betting, but Garely as it newa' itetn.
Betting is an evil, no matter what shape
it takes, and the sooner it becomes obe
soiete the better it will be for the ccim-
in unity.
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CN' another column will be feitnd an
article upon thesubject of protection,
'Wein the Edintnirgli Scotsman, written
from motives- wholly 'ilistina from the
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question In this country,bub conse-..
(pence of a letter written ,to Mr. (Bol -
• by a 'watchmaker, whose business
'VMS depressed by • tint competition of
foreigners. !t1 'We commend it to the
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espeehd notice of all per trends who
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favor 'the National Policy, us they. will
find it so logioal and reasonable • that •it
will materially lessen their disappoint-
ment when they` fluid that that polity
cannot, nth! Will riot, be carried tint, lf
they' would cut it out and discuss it at
their leisure, free from .prejudice, and
party feeling, they •v.ould find -that its
argitmen4s aro sound, and alma: be
truthfully contradicted. As Itritish
subjects claim to enjoy One of the most
enlightened and •lust, • governments hi
the world, tt behoves them especially to
bo well posted upon all ,queetions- that
relate to the material interbet's ..orthe
continimity,so- that demagoguessliallnot,
When they happen .to get lield of the
reigns of governments carry MO Oise
legislation, ..!ir grant Caeca to one por-
tion of the cointUtinity to the detriment
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or another,
lowing paragraph has been clipped from • elb • DR
the 'Montreal Gazette, which fully en:
dorses our sentiments, itS far as the 110,
cosiity of Mr. Cartwright'S preience
the House is concerned :-
• EDITORIAL NOTES.
aleatitat, election ittet over, nand-
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cipal elections close at hand,. end the
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• Local eleetionaM the near -Idiot
"-Ills presence in I'atliament is room ima .•
portant to Como/vetivers Hail to his owo laeep the public in tho midst of excite -
friends. With soch a majority as that which melee,
stuitaius the Governthent, a vigorous opposi,.
tion is above all things importatit'not only hi •
atlas intereets of the country, but in thd intera I s ntl speakers
onnitvA;
ests of the majority itself. 3/forever the •e repeatedly, assert' th th •
tention. of the newly -elected Par lament, ate °teased expertations and decreased int -
questions which must largely env° tile at.
those whielt specially belong to the Depart- ,
protatiots of the -United States signify
ment of Fineece, and 11 10 a matter of groat
moment that the rollemen "who was chiefly that protection has made our neighbors
years shottld be in Om House of Commons to P°sPe •
ing a • e in -
responsible for t e fiVi3 • roue• There could be no more
defena it, anal° criticise the now policy to transparent nonsense, The increased
be submitted.”
' " • ei )ortations are nearly who wad
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NO RAM X,IATitON NOW. te farm produce, and are , good
• hervests on this tide, happening at the
s
have been somewhat indiscrta in proame time with tad harvests in England
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and the blockadine• of the Russian, ports.
wising too much, are now backing ra-
The decreased importations signify.
•pidly down on the tariff question. A
p.iy ueorettee the puroha,sing power
short time ago the duties were going to of the nation, and this . is •conclusively
be made equal to tho ffii 'levier by the ptoved by the fob, that one of the itemS
Americans, or they
Conservative papers, finding they •,
"Lila be "ea showing the most serious decrease is
higher,' b'it finding that thW style of tho importation of tea. When the na.
talk would not take with all classes, thin ks to cut down its tea -bill $8,-
n
, se ess o o laving upo
the prosperitrengenclered by protectiim. 1
they adopted the more ambiguous one 000,000 it is ul tbl
of " re•adjustment." Since the dee.
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• The Nlauttoba Prec rem says if Sir ;lobo
itt really Sincere in hits pronaises to put the
National Polley in force, there are very sorry
days in titOro for Manitoba, ,
tiers. fifty ineniliers..
A. printing and newspaper office is seen
to be "started.at Etuereon. •
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. The skatiner rink at VvInnipe‘,11_4 to
be convertectint5 a drill shed. • ,
A comic weekly has been issued hi
Winnipeg under the title ef4snigi.
. Spring6,,ald has Jive eandidates, 011 in..
opposition to the Localerninent.
lar;tei. keting ond eurlino rink is
to be built on the Red 'giver
Peg. -
The Clatholice intend erecting' in. the
7 35,00. . _.
1inot,e0,church at.WiUnipeg .16 eost
"-A summer hotel is to be- erected at
NOMO, point on Lake Winnipeg next
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stormier. .
The rails on the Pembina branch 'have
now reached . Nivervilles-twenty-two
miles south from Winnipeg.
• Another steamer &led the White
Swan has been placed on the Red River
route:from Moorehead to 13reekenridge.
Among the Hallowe'en pranks at
• Wii-mipeg a live pig was limited on a
flag -staff at .the residence of Lt. -Gov,
'Cauclion.
•„Thalaereury _marked '27 degrees in
'Winnipeg on the 17th Oct., and the
Jtittsic of the sleigh bells was heard there
on that day.
• Attorney -General Welke e retires from
the candidature .for the city of Winni-
peg, and will now for a email
cfnistitttettey„, .„ . ••
A report front the West says, than
Sitting 13u11 has notified Cientenant-
Goveenor Laird *f Ms intention to visit
him when thersnow falls.
• A party' were detected tryl9 'to
snitio0gle three kegs of whiskey over the
,Canadian Paeific to Orofis Lake, and
'the heads "of the°
.kees were stnitslicd in
and the liquor spilt.
The restaurant of Victor Duchesneatt
on Main street, Winnipeg, was entered
on thenight 'of the 12th tetlf., and 8200
'carried. oft - The preuttaes appear tO
have been left almost open.
The rails are authentically reported
laid to within seven miles of ta boun-
dary line ent the American side. The
express messengers have been. ordered
after this week to travel by rail to'
Pembina, and thence by tage.
111.._ T. #irrison, of Hope Otte has
purcliaseci the Bird property • in toe
pariah of Madill*, and. Will move to
Manitoba in the spring of 18'70, taking
with ,hun •two car leads of stiperiot
stook, consisting of some very dee
horsee, thoroughbred Durham cattle,
Cotswold sheep, and 'Berkshire pigs.,
ltenetl--hr-t
'which virtually wield the balance' of power in
the matter of represeetation. Indeed, all
things considered, •the victory won 'by the'
Liberals may be regarded as an umnietalreable
e-vidence that there exists in the country the
elements of a reaction which, as events Iran-
epire, will, wo doubt not, be intensified and
become more and more irresistible; Mr,
• Cartwrig'ht was an entire strangeein tbe rid.
bag - nobody voted- for him on -personal
grounds. • %The ex.Pipance Minister had to
fight his battle on his merits, and having
done 0010 the teeth of swat unbridled oppo-
sition as he received, and having won, the
victory is ono that may well cheer the De.
form party on to farther conquests when the
opportunity Oket's. The Liberels of Centro
'Huron deserve the warmest thanks of the
party for the noble manner in which they:
have acted .upon tho advice of its leaders in
permittieg Mr, Hortat to retire and in rally-
ing around Mt. Cartwright, and sending him,
an ntter stranger, to OttaWa witko significant
majority at his back. We promise theni they
will be proud yet of their new member, whcl
is also to be congratulated on his success.
Mr. Horton, too, shouldby no Dwane be for-
gottem-liantileon T i e.4. •
Tiovii;Atuott 7, I$73
coriT,RE Oviti)ivo
The following aro the niajoritiOSofth.O. •
different candidates at the several /dame
ht theviUng
. tailorio Cr tvtinerify for
, eta t. Chrtwookt,
C4oclerielt 66 •
33
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Seaforth • . • ,
McKillop • 441'4,144,4.1.., 35
Colborne 01 4 4 • 41,1.
Tu4 16 • 10
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olteramitii. ,
El I 44
,.. • a 148
vrey 4446.1,4441 4%. ,, v0•40, 4404444, 161.
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110
033
116
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Total majority for eartivright..,,,„... 417
This man bet ilia
money On Cart-
Wrig,la W. tile late
election.
One backed, •
up Platt in the
'Centre 'Ritliitg 0100- "
tion.
IVforal,--Don't be on elections if von
want to leeep a pleasing expressien on
Your 'eountenanee.,
• John Ling,a Chinese laundrYietni, out to .
pieces hie Chinese eniplofee at QUincy,,
He confessed “aolin had liquor, and me
Hike him," • •
, .
Wawill not pretend to be pleltsed with the •
-resultin Centee Huron, bet we cannot say
-that we are very Inflow 'surprised tit' greatly
annoyed thereat, the eitiefabing to be tegret,
ted being the bad judgment displayed by nut •
friends in opposing, without any adequate ob-
ject; and in' a hopelessly. R,eforrn Riding, •
man whose election Or •defeat was -of no earth-
ly party iinportance under the 11110115, .
and who -bas moreased l‘fm Hortoo's majority
from, alh to, one or 417. Thai. Cart -
right's defeat could !totbe compassed. wo • •
were toleiably Well assured:, The:habit which '
Messrs. Ilawkfias and Gibson indulge ha of •
sending to the press wild accounts of their
own elocolience aedability ie a pestiferous .
habit: To ask.tis to believe that the speaker , •
upon ooe side invariably overoothes, •roetos,
overthrows and, .anothilates .all theother fel.
lows, is to ask too much, and this overshooteee
'ing of tho mark, far -from gaining a vote, is
very apt te aleniate, vOters.--8trati0rii .
cad, Consdreatic, ' •
financial and -OVAnnitiercial.
Large quentities, of potatoesare being
shipped from Quebec -to the 'United States.
,
Ponare -The' exPortation of American .
pork has made the: keeping of pigs unpro-
fitable in England, and even the 'rush ,
fermiers ore giving up the attempt:
On Monday the Toronto Export Cainpany shipped for England 400 head of fat
cattle,' • The animals, which are in
lent condition, are to be sent by ay of ,
t erand 'Trunk Railway to Montreal,
thence by boat to.Liverpool. The average
weight of the tattle) is 14320 lbs.
Abeet one month sioce Mr. Thos. Utley*. .,
of the Live otaerearket, bouoht and
s ppee ro ngerso i�I, loop, w
gave en4 satiefaction that it is his beton.
tion to .rnalce another shipment of 800
aole1 eo ttsttytilet 'the izdndelne 0eaf urilleatat.wwit EiTeh!. ws
is
• ifl
make a shipment everyponth; ono of hogs
hogs,and one Of sheep. • .
THE WHEAT SuispLY.---The present sup-
ply. of Wheat onithis continent ie simply
enormous. On' October 261he the quanti;
ties of wheat in ' store in Canada and .the •
;United States ref:Cited tbe ecdoesal aggre-
aato ' of 18,024,098 bushels as compered
with 1'2,877,92 bushels nn the' same date,
lask ,year„showing tho large increase of
54147,072 beihels, With Buell it-met:me
stocks waiting. for a market here and the '
ample Supply at present in Gait Britain.
it isnot vevy,probable that the priee-of
wheat and flour will 'go much obey° pro -
Sent valises, whicla it nnist be admitted,
aro remarkably loW, and:pot at-all„remu- -
;lenitive to farmers.' ' • ,
Errocas .4F Iktrar am- Srocire-e
Interesting statistics have been recently
eompiled et Liverpool concerning the quail- „
'titles of meat and live stock received 'at •
that port from Canada and. the United.
States, for the three menthe ending -last
September. Theee ehow a very consider-
able falling off in the supply of dead meats
compared with the previous quarter, but
at tho same time 0, remarkable intrease iu
the arrivals of liVe Atock, Vila state of ,
things is accounted for in a great meager°
by the fact that the period to which the
stetistics refer eomprises the summer
months, an which dim is usually a Emcees- .
sion of calms, and which are therefore fa-
vorable to the transit of live eattleq while
the prevailing beat interferes considerably
Witli :the carriage ef fresh meat, the con-
signments. of which have to be tonsiderably
reduced. The totals for the three months
are as foliates t 29,512 quatteti of beef;
1,427 perm:team 22,129 live cattle„ 25,277. -
sheep, 5,606 pip, and, about 5,000 pack-
ages ova tubs or. fresh better,
ThoLondon Times, of Saturday, in aft ar-
ticle on the elienge of the Canadian Ministry,
after referring to tbe, circumstances of the
victory, ask e what irto be done tow.- Sir
Sohn A. Macdonald Janet deficient in wit,
and would probably be glad to quietly reject
• protection. But that is impossible, A t least
• there Must be a make-believe to de something
to carry out the nonsenee talked no the host,
ings. If anything fa done to mend, make, or
shape a conneereial treaty with .the tnited
States. for 'admitting the products of the
Union on =optionally favorable terms this
will be by reciprocity, Omagh by way afore.
ing the hauls, of the aVeehington Government
higher dialog /nay be tried first. A. clifferen,
tial tariff would thus be contemplatell. muter
whichtenimodities from Peonsylvanie would
eater Canada at lower duties than the same
commodities from Vermany, Vrance, or erett
Britain. Such a treaty could not be negoti,
• ated, Still less ratifiodr without the conseht
of the Crowe. This raises the very delicate
question, how far theRinite ofeeelf-govern-
ment is Canada extend.? , De treaties we hav&
mode with other nation" allow.iis to anther-
ize unequal defies in oar colonies ? .1.1e doubt
as far ret oar halide Inc free we shall concede
ttrOseiada the utmost liberty to fall into error;
•still, we shall uot acqinesea in this result
without. expostalation and remonstrance.
We hare rioter concealed the truth that freer
trade between Canada and the Vnited States
weld be fraught ivitri IDIOMS° advantage
to both countries, but to try to develop an
interchauge of coneneree by first blocking
out the productions of the United States on
the- strength of the arguments and minium -
places of protection is suicidal. If the differ-
ence' between the Mackenzie end Macdonald
Governments is that oho did its beet to Mier -
ate trade between, the States awl the Dentin -
1041 oby inutuel agreement, and that the other
is about to try a hostile tariff, we inuet pro-
m) Mn Mackenzie altogether right and
hia altogether wrotig. The -trtte
polioy of t re inion is to be more attune--
Yr
ad; and to midi) oe trade legislation them..
'selves without wng for theit neighbors to
learn the °temente sound °drew rola' potieee
If they Must lia,v leader let them take
pattern by Switzer which, eanidsteente
tties 'objected to restri tive tariffs, has itself
next to te tari/, and 43 11 standing example
of eommercial and industrial oreeperity,
• litoopc
nisassol—In Clinton. an the 301h Oct., the •
wife of Mr. Debt. Biggard, of a son.
Ifuetora-In Metals; on the ard inst., the
wife of Mr. Jas, 'Helfer:to, of a daughter,
/Iallett, on the 23r4 Oct.,
•-athaeugebvtiefer. aII.
of Mi 4obt. McMichael, of a
StNtS.-Itt Illyth, oft the 30tht Oct., the wite.of
e Mr. Wm, Sites, of the firm. of Slater &
Sims, of la son.
fit/true-alit Vaiughttu .1 'on the 26111 Oet, the
wife Of Mr. IL A. Black, of a daogliter.
IvaARIMED. -
nittassi.sy—Asotssex.--fn Niringitatu at
the residence of Ibo bride's tether, oo the
• 2ard, Mt., Mr, VittleiS A. Billingsley, to
• Agues E., deughtee of Aft. W. Anderson.
Duar,or-rieTxami. - At the residence or
the 'bride's Mether, by Rev. B. It Starr,
Ileotor of (ttic° church, Mr. Regli
• 0, Duttiop, of Goder.ich, to Mary A. detighe
ter of the, late D, Liuettritlello,11.10q., eft lowleti.
o
Reavettn.-On thesetaithind Oen., Goderich
tagewtatisohtp
iyvittaho.tlielcit i&m
nst., Lewis olls