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The Expositor, 1869-02-26, Page 2• ! ROUGE 'TO ADVERTISERS. New Advertisements must. be given inby Wednesday noon. • •3 Changes a Advertisements, _which are spe cially arTang4for weekly changes, by • Tuesda$ noon. • Changes of „Advertisements, which are not • specialty arranged for„ weekly changes, • by Saturday night. We cannot guarantee insertion unless the above be complied with.. . BUSINESS NOTICE..=1-411 accounts for ad- vertising and Jobbing must positively be set- tled Quarterly, on, the l'5th days. of March, June, September and December. NOTICE. Our terms of subscription are $1:50 in advance, all such not paid by the 15th of March will be charged credit rates. Thr Oxprioitq. The Official 'Pair- of the County.. . -FRIDAY, FE RITA.RY 26,1869. THE NEW 09}rooL BILL. IT E New. School Bill on which Dr. Rye -son is expehcling so much'. lauda- ble ort, is 'meeting -with: the: very • general approval of the country. It is all but unanimously iconceded that the proposed change train Local to County Superintendents is -a, -step in the right direction. Any one observant . of the winner in. which schools were generally inspected by the majority- of 'Local Superintendents roust admit, that while there inay be honorable exceptions, of _efficiency, that still; these were but ex- ception' s, and that in the -majority .of instances the men appointed to that „. office were not noted. for the • :ability as educationalists or s officers., It has occurred in more than iee Town- ship, that in the collection. of their salaries they were fai more punctual than in the diicharge th ie duties. . So far as the- Doctor's tour In s yet ex-' teeded, this clause of the S hool Bill has been recaived with great avor and cheerfully adopted. The qualification of the C./ linty Su- perintendent, is to be defiel cl by the Council of Public Instrueti ;. his ap- pointment conics froM t e Cohntv Council, sebject to the.confirreaticn of, the Government. le was feared* .by soma that the sanction of the eGoverne went was given to, these appointments ia order to restrain,. if not entirely pre - •vent till expression. of political predi- lections on the part of County Super- . intendentss In London, Dr. Ryeeson was cross-examined on this 4point, and. explained that its design 'was protec- tive, that is, to'prevent County 0oun- elle, at the -whim of some interested -parties, making a-, change every year. Viewed in this light, the provisions of. tee . aro most 'excellent. While would unhesitatingly: deprecate the • influence of: red ta,peism in controlling the political. opinions, of any -man, we would. at the same time maintain that in order to secure effivient tnen' for this hi 111 re ibl • 2 e should so protect thtm, that except f a (rood and inefficient caii-qp they cou tes . -,--- - not _be. removed from °ace. , 9ause 10,, which rendAred it impo silde for Trustees to discharge a teach a el - after six ninths" service; without consent'of the County .Superintenden , ha i; 6een abandoned, It was found , . , be so enpopular, .thet the Dr. deemed it minecessaay to submit it to the mor rece it conventions: . , Te clause relating to. Free Sehool i is geikerally eccepted. In One or tw ceses ,t ho weveie . it eViaS Tejected. I would certainly be rigliat.in view of th \ r powerful effect of education on th welfare of the masses, that no restric eions whatever etould be lttid in th way of the fullest edlicational facilities And thet man must_ be sordid 'and -nig- , g,irdly, indeei, who would not be -will- ing to contribete towards the , moral and intellectual welfare of his racer by throwing open our common schools to all claeses of society. . The compulsory clanse will also in all probability, receive public sanction. So far, it ' has met with general favor, Should. the Free School clause pass) this onee-e-nonio not be rejected. The . . one ie a; uomplement of the (Auer. If it he. right to ina,ke a Maui pay for the - THE SEAFORTH EXPOSITOR. maintenance of public schools, it is also right to emwifei those for whom he pays 1 his money to attend the, public school. No Government lias a right to take a le •mads- moneY without giving in eqmva- ,lent., And if the equivalent, in this ease is to be the Moral elevation of so:: ciety -then those for :whom the oney is paid, should be compelled to art4ke of its advantages. It is further design- ed to establishReformatories differ- ent parts of the Province, to which those who fail to att9d school, will be sent. Trustees or any other per on can report truants to a .magistrate, wh9se decision -will be final. In Cases when only fines are imposed, the fined hard - ed over to the' 'Treasurer of the sch ol section in which the delinquents resic e. In order to meet the case of these .school sections which are not able to lay the salary mentioned •Act, clause, 10, a,' pecial fund i provided by the Governinent • d 1 which they will be , allowed to raw, a certain amount over and above the regular grant. This, ' it is supposed, will facilitate the operation -of- tl4s clause, and remove all reasons for com- plaint. , i • Another very excellent provision made, whereby teachers can receir • from County Boards, Provinecal Ode ficates. ' Sealed . and valued papers al e to be sent by the Couneil of Public I , . struction to the • County Superinte dents. Aay • teacher obtaining a fir t class certificate in this way, becomes a is valid during good conduct. Secomd Provincial Teacher, and his certifica e , Glass certificates . are •valid during the. , same time • but are legal only in. the County :in which they were obtained. It is designed to put the law ini force on the first day of January -next.' Coin sequently the office of Local •Superin- tendent will expire with the end Of thls year. really in the to be frain • BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. THE peOpla of Ontario are generally agreed that the Election Law, passed last Session of Parliament, be a great benefit to the country. No doubt to hold alltheelections ' at the same time, and to restrict the polling to one day, will prevent a great deal of that bribery which has lately become so coe- spicuous this country. But so long as contested ;eiecticns are left to the adjedication of Parliamentary Commit- tees, there is no certainty, whatever, that justice will be fairly meted out. In any case, th only proper party to administer jnstice, is a pithily disinter-, ested One. So long as judges were •subject to Gov fountains of jus and holiest ine prised of their r rnment control, the ice were corrupted, 'were frequently de - Oats. . In the. same way, to submit te a Committee' compos- ed necessarily oeinterested • parties, a case on whose -e decision a certain amount of their own political power ce- pends, is as unj-04 as it is absurd. d so it is almost u4iversally seen that tfr majoritv. of tine- Committees thus pointed, vmdiaate the caese of the ire n belonging to t1-4 same politicalste4ie is theinsel yes. In England. such anomalies are no v entirely prevented, by submitting- a 1 such cases to the Judges of the Sup rior Courts. And so stringent ha'e t tge election laws become, tha„t e me to be is unsea,ted if itcanbe proved tie t his agents need bribes of any kind, a thei.igli it could be proved that the clid so with,out his sanction. Such a law Would certainly be greet blessing to Canada. Every ele don that takes place is more corrup ing • than the previous one and th NOVA BOOTIA.N AFFAIRS. . THIS province is mere excited on election *Matters, than, at the general election. The ehiction. for Hants has been or- dered for the Uitle prox. In meantime, Mr • Howe is keeping • County hot. • Mr. Goudge, his opi ent, has many platform supporte while Mr. Howe has to fight his bat alone. The Repeal Party are down him. because his action Owarted th wishes, and the Union Party against him, for they say he has suited them, "Repeal" and "litho `appear .t -,o be matters of secondary c sideration, the two parties have coal ced, against a mercenary politician, a the burthen Of their prayers aied e deavors appear to be, "Let princii triumph." Were the election ;uninfluenced "money," Mr. • Howe would suffer awful defeat; - But he has already ma his boasts that, for every dollar • h opponents can command, he has fon and in addition- to that, he says he h a patronage of four or five hundred o flees. •In 4view of the means- whiz John A. employed to bring him. into the position he now holds, nothing is more rational than to suppose, that, ia this matter, Mr. Howe tells the truth; for any man that will buy a Province, we may be sure, will not scruple to bu,y a constitueney. Hence, we may safely conjecture, that despite the liberal feel- ing of the people of Nova Scutia, a suf- ficient amount of influence will be bro't the the .)on- rs, ties oe. eir are in - re) on- es- ncl by an de is r, as f- to bear upon the susceptible, to. con summate John A.'s scheme. We sym- pathize with a people, thus rendered helpless, by the tricks and bribery of a huge Demagogue. If John A. has the opportunity of throwing his arms around "Joseph,!' and calling him in sweet ac- cents "mine," he ma,y perhaps be taking a wasp to his bosom, .for he (Howe) has already declarede that : "In all th6. Governments he had been in, in thelpast, he had made his colleagues und4rstand that he was mas- ter ; and that he intended `doing the earne in the Cabinet of the Dominion." If by this, -we ale to understand that, ne will get all he asks out of the • NEWFOUNDLAND. • Tesn probabilities are strength every day, that Newfoundland lltilI Make a forniial, request at the first ftiOet- ing of the- Dominion Perliament for .ad- mission into the Confederation. 1i rumored twit a delegation from. Ow -na- da will soon be -sent there to negotiiete the terms of admission. It is tits be hoped, however, that no such cowies- sions will be made in her ease, as have already been made to Nova Stotiat If the Provinces are to be mutually bee fitted by a union, why bleed one :for the hake of conciliating other -0 _Caela- da -has paid. dearly for Confederation' , and perhaps- before -we are done wth Newfoundland, Prince Edward's IS144.1. will also be offering herself for sti*: John A: McDonald having served 41: long apprentiCeship in purchasing me, no doubt feels *.himself qualified to est- • - t • periment in the higher „game of pat chasing Proviezdes, and patriotic Cart+ dians, bow 'debt acquiescence, and go' naturedly "pay the piper." • How 104 this will be endured remains to be.' seen. ng occasionally indulges in Aefteafitry, and sometes to the most e dein sarcasm, of the T asury benches, 11 of whom in. /. when 1 plying to one o thei iccUpante -turn ha 0. beeu mule to rit,4 beneath hislash ' till their face lav4 flushed with th sting- his iron infti ts. He S has no e ual bn the Minis erial ;elides ; end eve the Premier, w'th_h thirty, five yea of Parliamentary ex ,erience, often qu is before the y nag cadet of the Opp • sition, and_ acknjo wlei gee him- seltdefe tea by his antag nist.1 It has been no iced by the mil/Aces of the House t let whenever 4 ' Ministerial Bill is in roduced, no ne tter li,y what member f the .Cabinet, t ie fillt -effort he puts f rth is to propitiltte the meini. ber for S uth Bruce. Ti is, in fact, is 'the /tame re which inferim minds Yield to snperi r intellectual p wen Not a single bill is introduced bit it tie ceree fully scan ied by Mr: Blak 3 anti theae is scarce/ an instanee o 1 recOrd in which the Minietry have n t ben com- pelled to s rtke out nutriero le inc ingrui- - t- i ties from tieir most matur d in,een ut-es, and to sub atilt() the -wise nd peaetical suggestion. of the leader ohe Opptisi tion. Ind 4 -ed, the Attor ey-General i himself ha, 'again and agail , in 1 rie-irt, conversati n among his fide ds‘ ned Mitt ed that he was more inde tted to Mr. - Blake in t le perfecting of / is bilis .and measures tilan to all the me ibers of the Hous(,' in lading his colleague., put togetherthis involuntan r testtmony wrueg fro -s an opponent w- o ha, been e a } eo often hi militated beethe eoge it re- asoning an seething eloqn nce f the Opposition leader, is entith.d to more weight elat• theulogies of In B kee, most enthu iastic and adreir ng fr'lendse and it inns _1)e most gratefu inde d to the feelingof the -yoling aid 1 -sing states -Man f Onterio. It 'S to b re- gretted that Mr. Blake has funti no , equal in theministerial rank . no i - ] EDWARD -BLAX.E. . To admirers, of this almost unparall• leleo Canadian statesman of th present day, we commend the reading et the following. pen and ink sketch from the London Advertiser :-- "The distinguished representative -0 the South Riding of Bruce in the Ltel gislative Assembly, who, though his trance, upon the political arena date. hardly two years back, stands confes-1 sedly without an equal in the Legislatii ture of Ontario, and with: few, if anye in the Dominion Parliament. So." juta end well -merited a „compliment wasj never -before earned by any Canadian statesman with only two years of 1Parel liantentary experience. - Mr. .13Iake is a son of 'ex-Chancellori Blake, who occupied a -distinguished' poeition in the :Reform party of Canade before hewas called upon to preside. over the Court of Chancery; which ha did with eminent ability, till compell4 by ill • health to resign the arduous diee ties of the Chancellorship, and seek for rest in. the quiet of retirement. Ed ward Blake, though of Irish parentage is a Canadian by birth. He received leis early education in the Upper Cana da College, and gradua„ted with distils, • , IP nent worth of his powers, leen:us, the best stiinulint to great inte leetn- 1 d- r° t vt-a. ting. Indeed, San -fifth -I more it, th Macdonald ral his collenget are -ittle' han poodles Woul tiff; When Mr. Blake i ofth ai•my Gulliver wit ,rows t• and t 1 While, h •e -ever, we rend e the, h mage juatly due to the tra ism:dent abilities of lr. Biake, we annoti .he blind to the t efects of his m ntal ierment. H occasionally, -wh .n ame,oy- el by the pursistent stupidity and fol f his opponenist and their to - pprciate th pia,inest comm TISe. ifests more te _Dominion chest, we fear the conse- guished honors taking the University s compatabI queiaces ; but if he caily means, that, degree of A. M. After leaving the-- ta,tesintin esh, he will transform tho. present firm of University he entered upon commercial hands of Mr. 4Iake 1 be in the grastt Qf a a.s- the ministerialitte at ack the Herm, ifre iindd, one of Lilliputians •attacking 1 their puny bo s ancil ar- effect is inuchi the same John .A. & Co., into a retinue of body servants, to be dismissed at nleasure, thereby disorganizing the whole "house- hold;" then we say, "Master them Joseph." - The Hants Election has excited so much interest, that the contest in the hot Repealconetituency, Yarmouth, is almost forgotten, The Repealers of Yarmouth have foe 'some tilde .been in a disorganized state, in consequence of the numerous candi- dates who put forth their claims. All were influential men, butnone could command the support of ithe entire • party. was thought by some that the RePealers would be so split up that Mr. Clements, the union • candidate could, by the aid of his railway project, be re-elected. The Repealers have now settled their difficulties a,nd united in a requisition to Mr. Frank Killarn, son sf the late member. who will probably consent to run. He is a young man at b - <rood abilities. The name of Killam has a charm in Yarnaouth. No man eould better unite the discordant ele- Ments -which have entered the Repeal damp. • His success i beyond doubt. COCKBURN wae recently entertained t a public_ dinner by his • political -lends. Particular pine were taken habit of giving and receits „manly ,iving bribe denounce the Globe for - 'has now almost resolved itself int>o nduct in exposing the, political epos - e sine qua non J jcY of their "respected Mrepresentative. t'tr THE OIltreal /1./MerVe gives a runao from a Parisian source, that Sir Geo 4 CCM tier is to remain in London ae Cana dial): Plenipotentiary, and also as an a , tache. of the Colonial Secretary, ant ithat he is to be raised to the Peerage. The Satinty little Frenchman that figur ed so notably in gold lace and gilt but- tons in our Canadian Legislature la„st session., will feel himself still move dig- nified when his old friends will hail 'Lord Cartier, and bow and scrape to receive his smile. What will Sir John 1 A. think of this? 1 '• ere is but little hope that the mil- nium will ever, come so long as Cana- dian constituencies will give their sanc- tion to each degenerate men as Mr. Cockburn. 111"1.11•111••••••=malmmommi BRITISH COLUAIBIA declines joining the Canadian Confederation at present. It is supposed that. this decision was made pending the ' settlement of the lindson's Bay diflc1ty, and that sO Soon as any regular and effective means of ;Communication- is establishbetween the two places, that it will be reversed. life, but finding it ill-suited to his tastesii and his studious habits, he. abandoned it and commenced the study of law. Called to the bar after the usual catu•se; of reading; he commenced the practice of his profession in the Court of Chan- cery, and though he had to contend with Strong, Vankoughnet, Mowat and others, who had already -won a high re- putation as profound and erudite chan- cery lawyers, he soon reached the front rank, and new stands at theellead of his profession in Canada. • He is apparent- ly about thirty-four or five years of age, with a fine physical development, being a,boiat six feet in height, well propor- tioned; and though' slightly stooping in the shouiders. presents a handsome and commanding presence.- He is of the nervo-sanguine temperment, and posses- ses extraordinary- physical as well as mental strength -and activity- His iair is alight brown, eyesblue, features regular, classical, and what smile would call aristocratic. His complexion bor- ders on: the florid ; theraouth is well formed and .indicates great &carless ; the fOrehead is high, broad and massive, giving evidence of a powerful and vigor- ous -brain. His- Whole ape enlace bears testimon to elle foc t ythat h3 is no or- dinary- ma.a, anti any one en tering the legislative hall for the first time would at once select him as the master-spii-it of the House, as he really is. One of the most a,ccornenished scholars in the country, a profound lawyer, he takes broad and comprehensive -views of every subject that comes before the House for consideration and discussion. His fa- culty of generalizing, and of .deducing the .most logical and practical conclu- sions from first principles, is truly as- tonishing. While his intellectual powers are original, far-reaching and comprehensive, he possesses wonderful clearness of penetration, and seems to seize the most abstruse and complicated question with a sort of intuition, and by a direct and simple process of reas- oning at once .renders thern perfectly plain. ancl intelligible to the commonest understanding. His language and dic- tion are elegant, correct and graceful, as one would naturally expect from so cultivated a scholar ; his utterance is fluent, distinct, and not too rapid, and his voice possesses a clear metallic ring peculiarly agreeable. All these quali- ties combined with earnestness, and a certain character of impressiveness, ren- der him a most effective speaker. He ailur n s per than with true dienity. 1 A uld never lose et,mine.nd f his temper, under any pri-vocation, lase it diminish a hie ometimes lower' him in - hers' respect. JT0 is also, ore reserved ii his in - his friends in ti e House - should be: FI ahouid em than ng their portnnie ters not iiis amt e With - &I that a it can - tit these- ost lOst splere• e - en chive- surface- . h, lent. , of eta. debatea be Thence; and, lie own and ess free and ,ercourse wit hail a leade ingle more f -eceuently with ti e has hither done, consult pinions, and mbracing the oi y to impart s (Am It ma Low great m y be, a man's ge lents, he adhomplish Litt ut the co-ope,ationof otheas, operation- niust be solicited ot. always be commanded. -a venial fau ts and are al gist of amid he brilliancy a •r of his no 1 and intelleetua, nts, Like he spots on the the sun, t ey may- (neifl. maot destro the bright arns. • Mr. Blake s private cle cl sincere in oenduct. He tie be just and boldne, , • no less exem racterethan he ii public. and attles what he c mind principles s and unwaveri alley that cfr racterized the triot in the t days ofthat Possessed of dependance; a cter ; great po physical and m rgy and preset y erudition ; gre . lid keen peneti rdinary powers uglily logical in lately acquaint w well verse ctice and the fundamental pr )otanneonwe.alth. arid pecuniary. i MOW eh durance (bot omitable - en tuilshed, scholar hensiveness elect; extra sis, and tho cations ; inti titutional ouncl legislafon ;: boldly cou in the ady-ocac of truth, ere pactical in his sews, and toler the opinions of theirs; a keen a 1. dit debater; fluent impressive a cl 7 con- vincing as a Parliamentary spe Elward Blake stands, as we ha e without a peer in the Local Legisia ture, and with no superior, in th total measure of his ability, in the Do =ion Parliament. He is emphatica]y the coining man to lead the great 1.eform Party of this Country, a position le ea net fail to occupy in a few years Tkl'Ike Lim for alli in all, he is a nian o whom the- Pro ince of Ontark, irret s ctive of party, may feel h rtily proud, and who is destined to w the htire. liasesuthon,ors to which a sta tra eas i lary ilk honest 1 i tied nsiders ith the- •gn- co , 0111till ncierst ersonal ere. Of ntal)i; peel; t coi4.- tion'of of an - all his d with [intlre eipre4, agre01,18:, nentiy; lit- of d rea „„ate ,„/N ct,f•_"•,_'_,_' D I ST RICT- M J-.1)ritteceN tkr„ Os. :ha" et instalment of new Hate. • • THE Amniai. frin* Agri/telt-wed Society, 4on Wethatesday. niiit revs. Full report 11- A Sonaea, git-en. will be held in the age, on ,lionelayevenii lest, 180. • LAqT 'Wfs TCR" ied. more ty ors than tial ,1r ieeniers w 1ievel lo preesed fir time giV-4.1. the iterefe, that whichis our veolit. AINLIA TALE. for the lattli amt.; tail Church, cid 'Wm> •VerY .aver; 40 being towards the lienidatio) the ellea;!.i. {treat crit ladies of ehe coneregat interest they dieTilaye J. D. Grant's, Ai phtee Ltrit Dfqts,. Dvesthirs; etc.. A. la iv on -halal_ Book- Euglish- toel Ameritea eplendid it' -c of Bill and iismn Books. COMMERCiAL COLLIf WM Le found an. "adv,: idi k4_Winnbreitti. Cone*: lare the Prineipal, is whom we have been p fOr Tanury years, Jet, we. know- Min few_ equlik To young: ting a commercial a heartily_recommend th B know it the • Conan 'that place eves burned el peered in the Eieosrla the case, -a-e expect must be Ntill on. this «T In #311 -Ort -the announce peered in this paper to - incorrect. We do made the error. We it was not so. • JUST ABOUT RIGHT. this week a man was i • Very COM:ROD and den of furious driving -on ti he ran into a pile of t • formed his cutter into It shows gross stupidid those who are twist the public thoroughfai • danger the lives of child -whose safe keeping is tame than 'their own: they don't all run' into a BITIIGLAR,Y2I011 the watch and jewellery P. Bull was entered by ized person or person,. et -ver, takes the -precaut his watches and other stock, at night, and th anything left, of suffici convenient enough in risk of detection for, b the tool cabinet, and this the Post Offiee steps Mr. Bull is of ppinien elation was ceinmitted false keys, as no other trance could be disco -Fere RE,LIGIOUS INTELLIG- .e meetings, t ii)nfm.,-nied. that the. .t.re,-wsuIt rora,cted mi carried on by Rev. Mr, the M R Church, on Tuckersmith and church his been int tion of fifty- member, s in of many more, and • ering the whole debt the chinch wes provid new converts. religion that losens a. man eincere. The eircuie, above named Rev. r, .-g • CITU4C1-1 EESAIt- nual Anniversary Serve Church, Seafortle will b an the 7th and - 8t1i • Sertnons On. Sabbath a 6:30 p.ua, 17f/1e Rev. of the Veineeciet Mrs . Hamilton, and at 2:: • John Gray. Collection • each service. The • Monday evening to Revds. Gk. Abbs, Milne, M. Grahan :and A McDonald an The Chair to be occupied of the EXPOSITOR.". MUSi tO be served at 6:30 cents, to be had at es and the post office.