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The Expositor, 1869-01-08, Page 22 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. [esv Advertisements ,must ria give, m by N edneaaay noon. `.hancres- of Advettisements, whirl are spe dally arranged for weekly "eh. , es, by 1 Tuesday.noon. - Changes of Advertisements, whi►h are, not specially arranged for weeltl changes, by Saturddirrught. . Wo cannot guarantee insertion above be complied with.' iBusr rr j'No.rteE,—All acco vertising and Jobbing must posits clod Quarterly,' on the 15th .days «rune, September and -December,. • nless the s for ad- ely be set - of March, txpoit L E1UDAY, IJANUARY 1869. SIE "S AFO RTIV, NEW BPENSION 6BIUDGE:£ TOESnow . p Stas ensib1l• Bridge; v�hh he N a � ara ;Bi:�ver a si$s= spans t � Short Ce , elo the Niagara.' Falls, .was tan.b" :Open, to thepu l c pn tan;. 2nd. .Fo'ur � is es and teams loaded with everything Polish --dress, laws ran - ,wage, and religion, are prohibi d sin- der the severest pains and penal Coming .meal er home, we find much that is interesting :The people of .0he United States have certainly passed - through a troublesome, year. The. in1- peaclnment of Andrew one time seemed likely rohnson, that at ;to develop into' open rupture, passed over quietly. The election for President -- resident. 'involving as it did so much political and financial in- terest, has also been favorable to that: great Republic. Incleed,•.we .nay saffe- lyregard itasa guaranteeithat slavery —the cause of the late 'ar—will ne's er be able to exertany more influence in TO OUR PATRO S. , the U. S. Congress.. The initial No. of the: " xPesrT©R" for 1869 appears in a new for-., con tainitg forty columns instes; of thirty- . two €4s h.etetofo e.. The , dvantages •ganed are twofold, firstly to our ad ver- , t secs, as advertisements are more con- spicuous. being cointigpotrs to reading matte , and secondly to of readers, so mach extra space - being den Cited to rea- ding matter; Though this rrangement entails considerable extra xpense, we trust that in the 'long run it will bene- fit us likewise, 1b induc' rg, 'in ceased. � y advertising patronage and at th' .same time enlarging ou circulat on. - As regards Canada, there is -but little to chronicle. The tidingsf of the as sination of Thos. D'Arcy McGee w the most startling recorded during the -1868 EIGHTEEN hundred, - a1 sixty-eight with all its hopesand fe rs, its joys and woes now lies sepulchred in the wonderful archives of Time.. W hat were the Blessings it conferred on hu - inanity, the aspirations it ensndered, the niches which it filled in the temple. of fame, history will record: ,-= Our pus= pose is but to glance, and th't briefly, at some of the more important events -which it has been; our dui y to -chronicle., :h1,Fly in the past. year, tidings. were -wafted to England; that several of her sribjects were held in bondage by Theo- dore King of. Abyssinia.. ; With a Mag- nanimity w narialiinnity, of thy of sod great a na tion,the i of .rescuingthen, was at once.'' adopted, and in a few months, .by gen=: eralship, not even ex.cellecl byNapoleon, 'Napier an:ivied• at M.agdala, and an • a manner . not t o be misunderstood, ti.utight: a despo rc chief : to aspect the .British flag an British subjects. Politically, ` Briltain has also made noble 1i ogres � `l'he passage-eof a Re- 3 £ot•ri. Bill, by'whieli the Granchise has leen extended to jtlie -working clas es, 'the :bus t` sure ph of the Reform s a,ncl� tri., glo � . 1.. Party at the last election, tis ll mask an epoeh. ;;r Bligiisli.liistoiy not' even to be excelledin importance by the repeitl of tile Corn Laws, or the b .: lliaut legisla- tion of '43. Not only -has . the claim of the cc bone and. sinew'" been acknow- lodgecl, but also the equally important principle that the 'disestablishment 'sof the Irish: Church as a 'politic's/2 as well • as. a snored necessity. From the present aspect Of affairs we have • eery reason . to hope that another year will see ., jus- tice done to Ireland, and the • loyalty - that is now so questionable, .turnedto a feeling '.Of ardent attachment to 'the British Crown.. SOU HU'..ON• e ivenlbefore the Com=. In the evident g , i uttee of the House in the South -.Miss on election case, .object‘ was taken: tos the right , •of Mr :. Carl{iug's taking 1 i seat while Under -bonds 'itO'Her Majesty, which -were then and syliioh we believe are still un. ance led: '03.e he Sinal says, c 1 9 , that it. is the op.iliion, of the most ` emti. nent Conservative`La,wyers that ori this account_ Mr.: Carling hs rendered him- self liable to a penalty of $200'for every clay he- occupies' a. seat iii=the House.' Accordingly Mr, Sinclair 'has issued a writ. out. of tl.$0 Court of .Queen's Bench which has aireadys • been served upo'i. hire. We -sincerely trust that the mat- ter will - not be 'allowed to drop' until justice is -fairly meted put to` a man, who as- I`regardless of' all common honesty, work - ere ed • his way: to, a. position which he' is neither qualified by head of heart to fill. ',Let justice be done though the heavens should fall." TILE NEW SCItOOL BILL: past year,. name, aim, carry of its • to the foule• purpose, an ish spirit, Statesman, the ri.dst of being that try. In politic little excite nomination been settles Voluntary*i grand rail Churches. cut off, the ferent dead. exercise, !� axe , Fenianism—detestable - in and operatFions—afraid •• to •designs publicly, reser ted means to accomplish its as a victim to' its $en dy the accomplished Orator, cl Poet was cut down in his years—his only er im.e e loved his- adopted coun- • al natters we hai e had ent. The question of AId Grants to Colleges , and we believe right].) but' De- has too. m'is henceforth to be "the mg cry of our Christian Once the State support is latent resources of the dif mivations will be called pito.- cl that spirit which sustain- ed. Presbyterianism during the Disrup- tion of 1843, -will, we trust, sustain the Churches of the present day. During the past year, as a new Do reunion, we have made great material progress , `j Tlie distracting war cry has aiot been heard in our borders. ' The olive'br•anch of. Peace has proudly flour:- ishecl on' our, Canadian soil, the Horn of Plenty has poured out richly its ;spores of food. Let usrPjoice with thank- fulness iu our abundance, keeping be- fore our minds the duties imposed upon lis as members of society, .ancl citizens of Canada,. and as Longfellow beauti fully says.: • . - .Let us all be rip and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing - Learn to labor and to wait. . CENTRE WELLINGTO • The anew School Bill introduced` by Hon.- Mr. Cameron, and which has had •l World -4,268 feet. • ortilIONS Theme-►.� having 1 the;: 1`hoy.: presses our _..i- Sn.�o�.fin lie passed over : it. In: the comp c- changed ham stone don of this work: much interest was local The bridge is; -su §. felt. in the y, ended at ashei t of 190., feet above P e of:. the river ; the depth; of the surface the anchor piles below the- surface # of the. round ie 18 feet ; and the tenth' "cl or chains under the groun€l, jmnct is now of the ani Luxiozr,`. ge .; s 30- feet. The anchors aro set in solid able e :herr rock' on the .Canada side.. The W1 th theses ;6{ aces sent of the roadway` between the parapets xieut is ten feet,; depth; of side truss 6 feet ; O " A chert ser an Stratbroy A and will run fir aloes. 114! graph; , Brotlier xr our than heafoli and height of 'parapet : above floor 4 feet.. The bridge is supported by tWo +cables, ,composed, of sevell wire ropes, which containsi espeCtively 133 each. which No. 9wires. , The aggregate breaking strain of the cables being 1,680•. ton's net -=snaking .; the- total supporting strep 4 tv of the cables and stays 3,000 tons.. It is 'the largest span in the its first reading; embodies the principal suggestions made by the, ,.Chief Super- intendant of education before the Parlia- mentary Committee, ' The changes con- templated tem lated are very important; and in order that the, public -nay understand the character of these changes, we make a, synopsis sof the Bill. - The office of Locals Superintendent of School. in townships, cities, towns and village , is to be . abolished. In each County or Union of Counties, there shall be a Superintenclant, and in case of such Counties having more than one hundred Common Schools, a second Superiritendant may be appointed each -City shall be• a County. The Superintendent is to be nominated by the City and .Comity Councils, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council is to snake the appointment. The salary of the Superintendent is not -to be less than $000 - nor. more than $1,200 three .hundred dollars of the salary is to be taken from the Consolidated :hevenue Fund, and the remainder to be provided by the City and County Councils. The County -Superintendent sba1l authority to decide upon the . aaeq t in theI. and suitableness of school accoinod. e tom oath Huron. The ma and if Schools do not Provide such oe who would use money as .Mr. Carlin conodationwi'thin twelve months after sworehe did; will take care to reimbi xs notified otifiecl by .the 4 Superintericten• himself in some shape for the cash ex such Schools will not be entitled to a pended in purchasing the co share _ in, the Legislative - Scliool grant., Not ninny years ago, a can County and City Councils are to ap- • man purchased a seat in pointatwo persons, who, with the Su- but a short time afterwards perintendent, shall form ;a Board of ed a goad offer to sell out, Examiners. Their qualifications fare to iiagly sold out. After the lie iii:scribed by the Council of :Public his constituents was upbrai ins Scotty Instruction. •fling thein.. " Hoot toot, man," After: this law comes unto effect, Trus- for se b s replied that astute "what's tees will be obliged to pay male teach - the use o' your bier ; k £ 1 Didna ears a salary of not less than: $300, and buy ye, and liav ht o' sells female teachers a salary not less than iii, ye „ The e1e 4 d away, $200 ; and no teacher who has been silenced if .not heti ►�_ ; Car - silenced employed in one school for six months, limig sells South 1I' � • :bought can ,be dismissed witliout the written concurrence. of /the .County Superinten- it, will the alae f right to deist, complain ¶ : Municipal ;Councils of' Townships may establish • Boari'ts of Trustees at D ATs OF W. M. the request of the majority of the School regret to learn Section of the Townships. Shaw Bari`ast - All the Common Schools shall be- South Lanark compulsory syste has been establish ;d by this. Act, and as this is -Perth, on an important feature in thernew ' Bili, about a week' we give the clauses relating to thein en- traded on flr tire - . Every child' from the age of seven to G. TR irlwa twelve years, inclusive, shall have the' from T =u -'right to attend some school for six was. • -months in each year ,• and any parent ,,.,;s. or guardian who doesnot provide -that `"munit each child under his care shall' attend y :some school, as'thus of right. declared, vacancy - shall acancyshall' he subject to the penalties herein- South. Riding after provided by this Act "; Provided Legislature.always, that the absolute right of selec- ting eithera prblie or private school for the attendance of any child; shall be with the: parent dr guardians- of Buell child:. 1 • . - Trustees have the• -same-authority to provide a residence for a school teacher, that they now have to provide sabot accommodation. AT the late Reform Convents `n,.lield in Centre Wellington, to hoes , .a suc- cessor to the late Dr. - Pa ker, George Brown was unanimnoitsly elect - d, but as -he declined the Honor, of ser can- clidate-has been sought and f+.und in the -person sof MX James R • ss, who some years ago represented, -a hat was then, the North Priding of We list ;ton. It is a very coninon. chalg. of the Pairty=who so long=.opposed Mi.. Brown in political circles, that lie ` naclly ambitious to hold a seat in th Legisla- dire of Canada. That such is not the case. is quite evident "filoin. his efusal to accept tree unanimous nomina ion of a Con•=ention, representing the Reform icterets of this large constituency. We know that at the: present time there is ample scope for that financial talent Mr. Brown so largely pos- sesses. . The extrava ance'. oonnected with the' Overlie -tent, and the very le rntersi d be very: orou ghly But as his is rot ut rather entry, he d in' the xert that so much that the g will - be 1 •not be r offers Qf ty is the ive of the :Spain has undergo -nye a. great R.evo1'u- tion.—a revolution. by Which the cause 'of Civil and Religious Liberty have been materially enhanced., 'It is cex_-• taiuly ►encouraging to the advocates of lntman progress to find a nation. once, 'a "hie'` ce eaf Mes 3 n Stratbroy. . �. The publish -perieneed.n tor ivi fior Atari! ' .r W ho1 aptability which it BOARD OE AGRICULTURE. TIE Globe says:Some time ago Mr. _ San dfieldM' colonald ordered an inqu iiy - to the accounts of the to be made into Board: of Agr�icvilture, by Mr.. T. White, of the Hamilton- Spectator.- The re- port has not yet been made, but it is thought it -maybe ready • to lay before Parliament when it re -assembles after the. Christmas vacation. Comnsiss ons of inquiry are among : Sandfield's hob: bits, but we know of none that ever did much good beyond depleting the Treasury. Sandfield's notions of econo- my are, that it is a sound principle to expend .$10,000 in. an effort to stop: a leak of ` $10 a year.. • He is undoubted- ly the greatest `economist of the age. W e should not be surprised= were he to appoint a commission to inquire whether the clerks in the departments use envel- opes lves opes to enclose letters or not. Mn;CARLI The St. _Cath trines d AND SOUTH HURON.—:- 1 TnaoN.— 1 (Ministers- t the 1Leacle Tai Breit that this Jc being now of th Lone= d 1 necte 1 wj i t hr t1 Lira -t n,' tie lite publisher- of pape cher introiluctor+y a state that ey mend to; 2...e't an e ergebc aid lively` newsg faire deur know ilge of one of. the: the f :your blecharacter we ha the . ther, *re Link they will sue bsert ' now ig 'the oandor Ge «i pill 'on 11 matters, see- pre e late the dove notice. • S. Y - (0 . o' . 14s1I lie �c , will pro e ace* end wishes. •13asrhang; has t by Iesars. 'a`o lro nave ha& ns business. V �;an e in the na ilease the peal:le •.. has done • we. ii�rr lids chap on, . forinerl g now the p �lil ble, energetic doubt tut t e their guid• n: 4.ce fully. war an title of -the p- EXPOSITOR. ; It•A' 0_ as recently an Tec? ed by Mr.. 'raver ars aarte Strat oy; t E :SCE CONFER trenrb of the Corr :,lie settle n eit of the Easje ty d as bf fo:h 1ed for the ¢ t io meet al Paris and:to 'of AinbOsa4or's from. -the iter eau, Tlatuns, presided ne v For ii gr I mister ofrt' • 4t�iet� ''Sh uld the i` able ttl scttlehe critic. I .sia i1lask the otli in • dere', 14eaause she i th t the G cians, if I able to Cpel the Tuf4. le Turisii asst ` G•lecla 11 palpa' le tnisi'nan ngeuient • of coloni• 1 , ailway scheme, cou eas` posed by a mail t pestecl in matters of this kin the mistress of php, seas and the rloneer"• if to show -his traducers that • of the fetter of absolutiism, . by -: which she wa long enthralled, and. Wang her leg timate : position ' anleng; the other natio s of Europe. Tn other °Continental- countries but. • of discovery a d exploration, shaking alt ` am ition to hold office, lttlje ohmage :peceptible. ` France •iissia Yet in attitude ;o.f nomi a.d" I'z aI 3 nal q tietucle. Still 14xeniburg. diffi- cultic e ay :be any day 'revived,., and a pitted•against: `l� Crl)oci�iri ill < tis+++."rck , each other iu cl�ear dly Conflict._ r nig 1e .loos]. as ' 1854, lius'•ia is e nig J y the territory of the Pasha.. r .,Did' ai \Y,. r: gull rel exist : ex, rcFas�c.iiable pretext ...or a a 0 t et Ci innS A. war; would, •enaft (re the s.,tt.:litic)n. of c i iirepci.., In Poland wi?0rc lilies tv v lro User to• oppress is calls • i vrx it of justice -.0.11 an ambition' to benefit his c is willing • to wait his time, _ a position of a journalist; !o -power Which . his opponents dread.. We trust lkowever, Representative of . that Ridi a in ,n - chose integrity- ewi •shaken- by• Party—influences, political promotion.. Hone first requisite in a representa Le - people..: WiuLEN's GAsi-has been fore the Coturt. of:Error' �Er•ror an' d Monday last. The judges ..11eN <hei- Chis i 1• r, gl .tT - heard bei ppeal on ave with - 2nd inst.- eforc the SHAW, ESQ. W e iam 31:eNairn. L. ,a.., fo is residence ii .' orning, after disease con ing ear on the etu•ning -horn Christmas. B life, and his's' ed the whole e -ere,' n a w.. TszERE is yet great distress 4in the Red River Settlement From a letter_ .by. the Rev.. J. Black to Mr Buckings,„ ham,. of the Beacon, we learn that 2,243 persons standin need : of immediate help.,! We trust that the generosity of Canadians will not permit the people of this Colony to suffer during the inclem- ency of .a northern. winter.. IT appearsthat the "Mrs. who died the other day at Chicago-, an over -close of niorphiie, was not Dickens proper. It was supposed many that ipoverty had driven her suicide, and fearful denunciations 0 Charles Dickens appeared in the Cliff cago papers. We, now hear from a ret soual fried of Mr; Chases _Dicke that the liady in question:strati not 4 brother's wi fe; that the tter. is n living in England supp d, by hi The so-called wife hi Ch go 'was .in indigent circumstance, . and. did commit suicide.. rg rid ill ible' 3