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The Offlral Paper of the County.
DECEMBER, 17th. 1869
'THE PRES.DENT'S MESOAGE.
This ajnnual illeclaration of Policy
which,ha. been looked for with a good
deal ora xiety; has at length. appeared
-
with the istral. punctuality . President
aiante t ough not endowed with the
gift of sp ecb is by no means deficient
iu that v sdom requisite to frame con-
cisely an clearly his views, on matters
of public intereet.
• As the dccument is too lengthy both
for copiot s extract or comme.t.t, we will
firSt Mince to two or three points.
The eu ogiums which he passes upon
the Unit, :d States must indeed be ve: y
satiefactoay to Americans. Be says :
" Wit,1 a territory ,uusurpassed in
fertility f alt area, equal to the abun-
daut eup[ ertrof five hundred millions Of
people, a el abounding in every variety
of useful mineral las quantity sufficient
to euppl the world. for generations ;
with ekti ierant crops ; with a variety
of climat adapted to the production of
every sp cies of earth's riches, it Ild euit-
• ei to tl e- habits, tastes and require-
ments of very living thing.; with a poP
•ulatien o* forty millions of free people,
all speaking one language ; with &Lill-
tieS for every mortal to acquire an edu-
-esstron ; with institntions closing to
none the avenues of fame, or any bless-
ing of f?rtune that may be coveted ;
with freedom of the pulpit, the press,
and thel school, and with a revenue
• flowing Oito the national treasery be-
yond th requiremciAts of the Govern-
ment."
it is a so most gratifying to the lovers
000,000 is almost wonderful. True,
taxation in certain quarters presses
heavily upon the people, but still, it is
c tearftuly accepted, and were it only
p )ssibie now to return to specie payment
and remove. the danger of speculating
i i Public funds, it would add very natu-
rally to their prosperity, and contribute
largely to the security of business men.
The message settles this point, with the
a-gsurance that so soon as circumstances
will permit, all chances of speculation
in gold will be forever settled.
In regard to the very vexing Alaba-
ma question, we have the assurance of
a new effort at settlement. It did not
suffiCiently sustain the national dignity.
Any new arrangements is to have in
view the settlement of the question, on
such broad principles as te remove all
possibility of difficulties of this' kind.
In regard to Reciprocity, the me?4sage
'is most ,emphatie. No arrangements
can be entered into at Present with
Canada. Though ,this is, in a certain
sense, that i.art.of the "speech from the
throne" most affecting ourselves, still
we can afford to read it quite compla-
cently. So long as the people of t,Le
U . S. use $30,000,000 of our produce
while .we only use $19,000,000 of theirs
we have the balance`Of trade in our fa-
vour, and consequently ate' not so much
the losers as Americans themselves by
the present commercial- arrangement ;
though we readilly admit, and even at -
firm, that Reciprocity is metually ad -
van tageous:
We must heartily congratulate our
citizens across the border on the con-
tinued prospetity with which, they are,
favoured. We rejoice to know that a'
nation which has done so much to am-
eliorate the condition of the world, and
advance the interest of humanity, isnot;
to be permanently torn by iaternal dis-
tractions or civil ttirmbil. We each
partake in the-geeseral prosperity of the
other nations of the world, and particu-
lary affected by those in our immediate
vicinityIn this respect the prosperity
Of our neigthbeurs to the south, most
powerfully reacts on our prospects of at-
taining to national pre-eminence.
•lie For the cheapest Boots in Sea-
leotrttil,y1rsa.ccording to _quality go to Cov-
87-tf.
meeeseemees.e..
THE
people of London are very much
excited over the proposed branch of the
-G. W. R. fibril Glencoe to Buffalo.
They look elven it as ruinous to Lon-
don, aud berate Mr. Carling,', the Mem-
.
ber for the City, with mole than ordi-
nary - violence. - It is supposed that
Commodore Vanderbilt and others have,
their hands in the pie," and that they
have been buying up some Canadian
Statesmen in order to get a Cnarter for
the proposed road.
PARLIAMENTARY.
(Condensed from the Globe.)
• THURSDAY.
A report -was presented commending
the construction of wooden ;railways in
the back*oods districts. •response
to the lete resolution of the House,
Atty.. 0-en.l‘lacdonald brought ill) a re-
port from the Committee on Railways,
stating that no evidence had been tak-
en on the Erie and Niagara Extensio-n
Bill. The Hon. Mr. Richards in a
speech strongly directed against the
Committee, moved that the Bil be
placed on the Order of the Day, with
a view to its being discussed and refer-
red to a Committee of the Whule
House. Mc. McKellar supported Mr.
Richards, and also charged the Corinnit-
tee. with great, unfairness. Mr. Rykert
defended the Committee, and other
members took partin a discussion of
of natio al unity to know that the se-
ceded States are returning to their al-
legiance. Seven out of the eleyen have
already l)een rebeived into the Union,
and united their wisdom with that of
their mere loyal brethren, to consoli-
date an • nerpetnate that great Repub-
tio, whi h has already exerted such a
ioaverfn influence upon' the world. It
earpe.tly to he hoped that nothing
will eve occur in the future adminis-
tration of their affairs to mar that great
confeele ay of which they now form. a
pat
In th
is mos
matter offittances. the report
gratifying. *A revenue of
$370,00Q,000 giviug a surplus of
agr- Lf you want. good value for your
money in Boots and Shoes go to T.
Coventry's.' 87-tf
News of the Week.
ges. The Attye-Gen. regarded this
measure as unnecessary after the adoP-
den by the House of the Bill ,9±. the
Governmentrelating to Judges' salar-
ies during the present session. Mr.
Boyd, however, pressed for a division
and after a few 'wordsfrom Mr. Blake
in support and Mr. Lount -in opposition
to the Bill. a vete was taken and the
• Atty. Gen's. amendment (three months
hoist) curried by 42 yeas to 17 nays.
The discusseon on the second reading
of the Ontario Medical Act to which,
ou a former evening, Dr. McGillhad
moved the six naonth's hoist 'w then
resumed, and after a brief discussion,
the amendment was defeated on a div-
ision-, and the Bill read a second time,
and referred to a Select Committee.
_setter recess the House went into Com-
mittee on the School Bill, the discuss-
ion of several amendenents to which
eneasure occupied the entire evening.
TuEsDAY.
a highly personal character, aybieh oc-
Mr. Blake's vigilance was exercised
envied the House until recess. Previous Preventing the diseussion proceeding on
• n amendment proposed oy
t
-wo Bills—Law Reform amendment
to rising, a
•
the Attorney General was agreed- to, in and County Colirts amenument—on the
place of Mr. Richards' resolution, to grannd that printed copiee, had not tin -
the effect that the Bill be referred back !til that moment been distributed. The
to the Committee, for them to consider , Attorney -General with some irritation
its chtuses on the merits the preamble of manner assented to both standing
being taken was proved. . A petition over, and then •went, on to state the
was read frOm Civil Service officials at course the Government were prepared
Otta-va against Mr. Trow's proposal to pursue en relation to the Common
to abolish their exemptions from assess- School Bill. The hongentleman in a
ment, and. ordered to be printed. The somewhat melancholy and deprecatory
Bill to enable the Primitive Methodist fashion, declared that, after the treat -
Connexion to transfer property with ment the Bill had received at the hands
out going to the Court of Chancery,
passed through Committee ; Mr. Blake
however, objecting to partial • legisla-
tion in such a matter. The Hon. Mr.
McMurrich moved the second reading
of the Ontario Medical Bill, and Dr.
McGill moving the ,six months' hoist,
the debate was a,d,jourued. After some
unimportant business had been disposed
of, the House took up Mr. Clarke's
. Law of Evidence Bill and the Govern-
ment- again opposing it, weYe beaten on
a division by .34 to 26 votes. The. kt-.
Mr. Wood, Ontario Treasurer, made
his statement on Friday. Our invested
surplus is $2,500,000; surplus accrue-
ing thie year, • estimates for
•this year, $2,022,550; estimated re-
ceipts, $3,002,185.
•.slie Murray took -his seat for North
Renfiew. •
Serious revolutions in Mexico.:
Prince Albert's elder brother, Duke
of Saxe-Cobourg Gotha is • dyieg.
Prince Alfi-ed will be his successor.
Portugal is again threatened with rev
olution.
Chinese Government have ratified
treaties with the United. States and
Great Britain; -
Fort Garry is still occupied by _65
men, but mattersi g quieting down in
the North •Wast.! .
• '(Ecuireenical Council at Rorne has
adjourned until after Epiphany. The
dogma of the Pope's infallibility will
cause much diecussion. *
Anti -Papal domicil at Naples a dead
tailure.
By 129 to 42 Congress voted against
Reciprecity.
One b undred millipn francs ie,ceived
by Holy See in .lasten years for _Pe-
ter's pence. •
• -Binderliest in Cheistmas cattle, in
LcSndon. -
Fearful Fenian atrocities in Dublin.
Two gtuishops sacked, and one proprie-
tor shot and the other fired at.
55-1Cardina1s, 111 Patriarchs, 927
-
of mime the eeeds of social rotteness is
deeply sown. The man that violates
the law is a criminal, end is a
scoundrel of whom we should •get rill
of in the •inwit available , way, and 4t11
StiCh ehould be shunned ley •every res-:
pectable permon.
No honiQ expreseion of et, no
extenuating plea tan rquovt ark
and
and infernal sZ ig,111.4 that inuet ferever
attach to crime. Tee !vet eine for a
repentent enurdeeer es a piett Of rope
judiCiOubly applied to his neek. if
our lsesel chemists applied this remedy a
little'oftenee than they do, our deepein-
idoes t be a little more careful in
ueieg Ere arme clubs, or axce.
For Overshoes and Felt work, go o
Coventry's
411-1P-
0011ntY COUlielP
(Concluded from, last week.)
TnunsDAY, Dec. 9, 1869,
t, Council met pursuant to adjournment
The Warden introduced Mr. G 33 Canton, a
aentieman authorized to lecture in 'aid of a
Sdhool for the Blind of Ontario, who address-
ed the Couneil. Farrnn moved and
Mr. Young, sec. that a grant of $25.00 be
made Mr Canton to defray his and other ex-
penses m that behalf , the Conncil having
already memoralisee. the Legislature,—Car-
uied-
Sundiy acconnts were referred. to Finance
Committee.
Letter from President of Northern Gravel
road referred to Connnittee, -
Letter from Mr. Grace was read and or-
dered to be returned as the Council could not
of t'lle House, the Government would interfere in the matter
not proceed with it, this decisioes be- It was resolved to memorialise the Legis-
lature to alter Act. 22 Vic Cap 121 so th-t
in„a in meet dance with the wish of "the
Public amounts 'payable by the Council
-venerable Chier'—on whose labour and might be audited by a Committee of the
Council instead. of the maaietiates in session.
zeal in the cause of education he passed
le ,_ .'.:,
a -warm euloay. The order for proceed- Rev MroPwiri,csheivirpasolap.lpiocrileid.opL Sitiofp8,acehooisf
for the T . . e 0
ing with the Common School Bill being
Rev Mr Hayhurst ,resigned.
then discharged, the Attorney -General The Engineer was instructed to furnish a
made a similar statement with reapect statement of Contracts let for ,repairs to
to the Grammar School Bill. One or tGhreaAveslhiiillactisRo;adal;so also
oe tehoonootrsytforpriecpeafio4
two other members having spokenea
to the Roads Seaforth and Wroxeter, Olin -
division was taken on the Attorney- ton and. winghara, Bayfield and seafortn,
General's motion, but it was carried Usborne and London. road to Clinton for
tot ney-General gave notice of a resoln- by 69 yeas to 7 nays—the Hon. Mr.
time, to sit on Saturdays, in or der to ex- Cameron having first stated in reply
pedite business. to Mr. Boyd, that b airls would in fn -
FRIDAY. ture receive the benefits of the Gram-
mar School system Severed measures
The Hon. Mr. Wood, on the mo- ' '
were advanced - a stage, and one Mr.
tion to go into Committee of Supply,
presented his annual financial statement Coyne's "Election of Members" Bill
„.
wthe House. He began by conwas read a third time and passed
eratu-
iating the Legislature on the fact that in The House in Committee of supply
A rcbibishops , and Abbots, 22 mitred rd- f h• •
y the elairse in 'the LSupply Bill of gedly enforced, and where a moral le- maAndinjourthueetaibsteoncine eoeftthaet NVGaoratrni.ol
Abbots, and 29 Generals of Religious , al
Ureters at (Ecume_uical Council. 1869, 'elating to the payment of Jud-. prosy fails to attend the perpetrators Tuesday in January 1870, fourtle
•then took up the estinettea several
the short period which had elapsed since -)
s,d to
votes being, -after some discussion,
thepresent form of Government had
')een estaolisbed, and notwithstanding abree
b.
all the outgoings incidental to thefirst
WEDNESAY
commencement of the Provincial Ad-
ministration, they had already an in --
vested 'surplus of $2,500,000. In 1868
he had calculated on a surplus of 8145.
000, and it had amounted to $176,000.
For the present year he had reckoned
on a surplus of $500,000, -whereas - it
really .would amount to not less than
$890,000., He explained at length the
v Miens items in the Estimates, elready
pdoliehed, and remarked that although
the reveuue appeared a large one, A was
under certain beads, a failing one, in-
staticing the gradual decrease of Crown
Timber and Lands in proof of this. He
reviewed the progress of Canada from
1339 to the establish Menu of.Confederat-
tion, in order to shew that notwith-
standing the grievances which existed
ender the old TJnion of the Provinces,
the couutry had thriven marvellously
and be expressed his doubts whether
the same results would fohow upon the
new order of things. • The estimated
expenditure for the coving year would
be $1,022,650eand the receipts $3,002,
185 ; and he anticipated that, allowing
for the lapse of some $385,000 after
spending all the eetimates for the cur-
rent year, there would oe an accumu-
lated surplus of $3,000,000 at the end
of the coming year. The hon. gentle-
man then went at some length into mat-
ters of detsil, to which the lateness of
the hour at which he spoke prevents us
from further alluding. He made ,no
change in the incidences of taxation,
and concluded by.a...fonnal Motion to
go into 0ommittee.•
-
• MONDAY.
The Legislature agreed to the At -
torn ey-General's proposal that, in order
to expedite business, tIe House should
sit on Saturdays during the remainder
of the Session. M.r. McKellar moved
for a Select Committee to enquire into
the claims of Mr. Cat roll, former-
ly a Crown Lands' Agent, who alleges
1867, 1868 and 1869.
• _Resolved that the Council nteraorialise
Legislature that the Municipal Act be
amended by adding to the 135 Sec after the
words 41-Tead of the Council' the following„,
and that the Warden be considered an D..-
ficer of the Council.'
•Sundry Reports and accounts received.
• Engineer was instructed to have the fences
on each side of the embankment between the
two Bridges in Egraondville repanecleo as to
keep the snow on the road during the winter
Resolved that the By-law for the collec-
tion of Tolls remain as at present;
Moved that the Cot:Inca grant the Volun-
teers on the Gunboat 25c per Mall per day
,or their time of service.—Lost. -
A discussion arose on Mr. Scott's
(Grey) motion respecting the Colling
-
wood toll, it, being objected that this
was a matter for the Dominion and not
the .Provincial Government.''' Several
ether measures were proceeded-
To Mr. Ferguson's Tavern and Shop
License Bill. Mr. Oliver moved the
six months hoist, but his amendment
was defeated, yeas, 29, nays 42 and the
Bill waS read a second time.
• Foil Homemade Shoepacks go
Coventry's.
Capital Punishment.
To the Editor of the Expositor. • -
to
last week's issue you advo-
cated the abolishing of Capital Punish-
ment, you seem to think the death pen-
alty too •awful a punishment for the
crime of paricide. Murder is the most
revoltirg crime in Vic) decalogue. There
is reparation for almost every other of-
fence, but the murderer takes away
that which is not in the power of man
to return. For his bloody deed there
C211 be no reparation no palliation ;
• regret or remorse will not restore tne
life ruthlessly rtm.hed into eternity by
his blood stained hands. The founda-
tion of society, its peace,' security and
welfare depends upon a most rigid en-
forcement of the law. If we allow
deeds of violence, bloodshed and murder,
not to say paricide, to be conunitted, if
men embi the!. hands in a fellow -be-
ing's blood, be shielded and. protect -
e# in it, or if We allow the plea of self
detente for every act of lawlessness
that occurs, the country will soon be
in a most deplorable condition per-
sons and property will be unsafe, life
will be in continual jeopardy, and an
imfamous repute abroad will be the ine-
• vitable result. •
The object of law is to administer
Resolved that before letting the Tollgates
the Eiegineer state to the lessee that the
teams engaged in the perform.anee of --)ta.tute
Labour pass Toll free,
Adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Friday
mornmg,
• Finlike- 10 Dec. 1869
• Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Warden being tillable to preside, Mr
Girvin occupied the chair. •
Report of special Committee on Assess-
,-
ment act was read and a.dopted.
Resolved that the time of payment of the
County rates be extended to lst Febua.ry
next.
Sundry account referred to Finance Com-
mittee.
• Report of Finance Conmaittee read and
.aAlopted. .
• Resolved—That the Engineer „have the
County Gravel Roads laid off into conveni-
-exit sections and that the contract for repairs
be let accoicling to these !sections ; that all
estimates or accounts given or certified by
the Engineer be made separately for each
section, and that the Treasurer in his ac-
counts designate the section on which the
payments are made; so that Reeves mid
others may see from the public accounts the ‘-
cost of each section.
Anjourned to meet at 7 p -m.
that he is unable eo obtain payment of justice, regulate the •du' ties and rela-
certain sums outstanding between him- tionsi of citizens towards the govern -
self and the Governments. The At-
torney -General opposed the motion, On
the ground that it implied a censure on
the Administelation, and contended
that, before granting a Committee, the
House should be satisfied that a real
act of injustice had been committed.
The Hon. Mr. Richards gave some ex-
ment, and between themselves, and fife-
servel.the peace and good order of the
community eenerally. °Such being the
ends for 4 hie% law isipstituted we should
render the most cheerful obedience, re-
lying in the fstrong arm of the govern-
ment for protection of person and pro.
perty, and -compel others to do the same-
plandtions of the circumstancese of the: If we take the law intoourhands, so -
data, and Mr. McKellar consented to -clay will become demoralized. Every
leave the matter in the hands of the man *being*the judge of his c-wn case
Government. The Election Law and the at of his own wrongs, Izmir- be given to the Municipality' of Clinton for
the free use ef the Hall.
AmendmentAet having passed thrceggli der, rapine and violence will be a. daily Resolved. that the thanks of the Council
Committee, MreBoyd moved the senond Occurrence. We cannot have a well be given to Charles Girvin, Esq., for his
Council met pursuant to7ael°;e01:reiekm. epn.tm.
,Sundry'accounts referred. to Finance Com-
mittee.
reRadepaonitd aodfopRteort and Bridge Connedttee
• Report of School Committee read and
adopted. -
day
dmjoourrneinegd. to meet at 9 o'clock on Satur-
..
• Saturday 1 lth December 1869.
Engineer's statement of cost of repairs to
Gravel Roads for the year 1867, 1868. and
1869 was read.
Resolved that it be returned to the En-
gineer for correction as it and the pubhc ac-
counts do not correspond, and- to report at
January meeting,—
Resolved that the Clerk aAlvertise fortende
ern for County Printing lip to first day of.
January Meeting of Council, and send trY
each of the Printers of the County a blank
schedule to fill up, so that the tenders may
be uniiorm
Resolved, ---That the Engineer be instruct?.
ed not to expend any inOley on the gravel
load, extensions, such as Ashlield, 13elmere
•arid Winglaam Roadie het such Roads should
be kept IT by the municipalities in the earns
manlier as the Itayfielci and Huron Roads.
The naines were called. for. There voted foe
the motion,- Morrow, McLean, Ilan.Aah.,
Doyle, Shannon, McCaughey, Snell, Fraser,
-
Young Patton, Shepperd, Greenway, Cale
rick, Simpson, Castle, Grant, Bishop, Brown,
Mallough and -Sprout. Against, Kelly,
Mlieall:ettyAfjoV)treamid'otioPnerlkOi.'ns*and Fa.rflU,
Resolved that the thanks of the Council'
be given to the Press of the County for at=
tention received during the session.
Resolved that the thanks of the Council.'
duct as chair-
, re. ing o is Bill to repeal trneondition- ordered society unless the law -is ri gentlemanly an impartial con
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