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The Huron Expositor, 1870-01-28, Page 4T EX{SI XfOi The Official Paper of the Oc itor z untre FRIDAY, JANUARY 28th. 1870. A RAiLW ;.'Y T iRoticia 'fit a /4(:),.'0- THERN TOWW NSHIPS.r A matter on which we should h: en last week, but frontan extreme other business, is the laudable move the Northern Townships of this Coi the adjoining ones in Bruce, to railway. - The present scheme is an arrangement with the Toronto " narrow gauge" to run from Harriston through Howick Ford- wich, near Leachville and Wroxe r, and along the valley of the Maitland b ` Blue - vale, Wingham, and Lucknow,- and thence to Kincardine. It is claimed, and we be- lieve justly too, by the promoters of this scheme, that it would develops a lamer and more prolific section of country, than a road can by 'any other route in the north country. No more fertile land exist in the Province, we believe, than those to ips, and at present though large produce in an agricultural way, being situated so f from market—in some cases over forty es-__ -the value of those products are so much reduced as to offer but little s:tim us to exertion. And, undoubtedly, the llrL€ itland offers water privileges, for manuflfieuring purposes, unsurpassed in Canada. : f ,the sanguine hopes of the people of that section of country are realized, we arc sure . that some of the villages, above named, must be- come important towns, and the- c ntral marts of wealthy districts. Enthusiastic meetings have been h Id in WiLgham, -. Bluevale, Lucknow, arid ther Places and everywhere there. are wa t- able symptoms of liberal bonuses lug awarded. In reducing the distributional f the proposed bonuses to calculations, it has been shown that ten dollars per year to each -farmer owning one hundred a res, would be more than the adjustment. is being the case, we are not amazed that the farmers along, and near), the proposed r ute should be so earnest in their efforts - to se- rure a railway. We said above, that the scheme was an extension of the "narrow gauge." In justice to the good sense of thisle however, we must say that they have not selected it as preferable to the ordinary " wide gauge"- road, but, as they belive, an only alternative. Furthermore we, think that had they the remotest prospects of bb- taining the latter, they would be will to shoulder still heavier responsibilities, g , in the way of larger bonuses. Notwithsta d- ing the sophistical arguments of the "Queen City," they still' know "what's wh." But going on the principle that "a half -1 af is better than no bread," they want the "narrow gauge," believing that - it will answer present purposes, and probablye the prelude to something bent g er--certain it is a good common sense view. ve spok- prees of ment of my and secure RE y: PAYMTT OF CRIMINAL WIT- NESSEg. -. How often does it happen a th' PPe errmrna,I court is detained in its proceedings, wait' the arrival of witnesses 1 A case in. poi was that which occured at the York Ass' last week. His :Lordship, the Judge, g a d Hon. J. H. Cameron discussed. the inco venience of witnesses beingabsent ' fr 4 c uentl -so ' y `;when they, are wanted: In tl#0 course of convey cation, both of thoseexave entle- men g g' pression to the idea that;. were payment of witnesses, in crimin 1 cases, adopted, no doubt, but that it ,woul. in .a great .measure alleviate this anno ante. We most certainly believe in the r - marks of the above named learnedentl men. But to .the :expediencyg of such rule we would add the justice. We kxo there is an argument current that, wher '- as theinterest of criminal cases is a pubs lic one, the public -should sustain the ex amination into thesame, and each person being a part'of the public he or sh �tidually bound to devote � e is indir. any amount of at- tention and labor to such a matter, with- out any reward, -more than sharing -in the common benefit- accrueing to the conmuni ty, .by the punishment,and suppression, o crime. Now we most readily adroit tha part of the proposition, which declares that the public should sustain the criminal courts, but we take most decided exception, to the extension that is sought to be made, by im- posing any amount of this suppol t upon single individuals. Because an individual happens to be so cirTmatanced as to be better evidence on a particular case, than - other members of eoctety, wehold itto be manifestly absurd. thiiit,he. should be com- pelled to make a grata ty of the time and labour. necessary in ``saki. his de 'tio . g posy n. b Ifa ij is grunted, it is conducive to the public interestto detect criue, then we say, let the public, not only pay the roes, but pay it in equity, which is not the case• as• the law now stands. The principle woiild{ only differ in degree, were it' enacted that all court officers should be made no allowance fcr the time occupied . in dealing with those same cases. W itnee ses e just u much ee- sentials in the securing of justice, in our carts, as the Judge on the bench ; then, in common fairness we ask, why not remu- nerate the one as well as the other It is already. provided, that, in civil cases, witnesses shall be paid. This is, we suppose, because they serve individual interests. Well supposing they do, in the other they serve public interests ; but according to the practice, we should be bound to infer that the one paid for,must be of the greater im- portance. It bears no other rendering, ri- diculous snd all as it may appear in the pres- ent case. If a person is to .be paid for serv- ing one indiyidual, why not pay him for serving that greatindividuality, the Public 1 Payment of witnesses in criminal cases, is a question :that we hope to see legislated on at an early, day,{ believing that it would tend to make criminal law more efficient, and ceitain that it would render it more just. NEWS OF THE WEEK. CANADA. Edward Stonehouse, Attorney, has en- tered an action, against the Strathroy Dis- patch, for libel -Damages $4,000. Fire was discovered on Wednesday night in the building known as Hespeler's Mills, Hespeler. It was first seen through -one of the lower story windows, near the main entrance, ° and only fifteen minutes after the watchman rung the bell for eight. In a few minutes after the Hespeler Fire Bri- gade were on the ground with their engine, but were not able to subdue the .fames. In a short time the building was one mass of flames. A telegram was sent - to Preston and Galt for engines. The - Preston . bri- gade was on the ground in a short time, followed soon after by a Galt company, but were only able to keep the fire confined to the one building. The flouring mills and dye house were only saved by . the almost superhuman exertions of the inhabitants. The distillery, which was several times on fire, was saved by keeping the roof flooded with water. Everything in the factory was burned. save 150 pieces of tweed, which were somewhat damaged while . being got out of the clath-room. The loss is estimat- ed at $1:00,(00 'and only partially covered by. insurance. The Montreal Rolling Mills Company pay. 10 per cent for the past year. - The following are the Directors :—T. Morland, E. H. King, George Stephen, W. Markland Molson, and Peter Redpath. The Hon; G. J. Goodhue's - will was proved on Monday last. The property in the greeter bulk is left •• to his children, charged with an a-nnuity to Mrs. Good- hue, and an annuity of $400 to a relative in the United States. The testator be- queathed $2,500 to the Huron Suistentation Fund, and $2,5000 to Huron College. The personality was sworn under $420,000. This sum is however, exclusive of that of $120,- 000 which he left to his grand children under trust deed, a few weeks before his death. A terrible powder accident is recorded by the Lindsay Warder. It appears that Mr. Donald Siuclair, of Digby, who keeps a store, had some fifteen pounds of gunpowd- er up stairs, where his three. children, aged - respectively, six. four and two years, were s playing at the time of the accident. One of the children, finding the powder, got out a handful, placed it on the floor, and applied *a lighted match, which ignited the train to the Barrel, exploding the whole, and killing one of the children, four 'years of age, burning the clothes off the other two, and shattering the house to pieces. The report presented at the first annual meeting of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Montreal, shows that a considerable number of parties were prosecuted -under its provisions during, the past year, but that it is difficult to get witnesses - to- come forward The funds show a deficit, but expenses were necessari- ly large in the first year. Near Stratford, on Friday evening, a farmer from Nissouri while driving home, mistook the railroad `track for the road, .and the team andel sleigh went through the bridge. In extricating them James Brown yardsman at the station, was dangerously wounded. The Doctorshavehopes of his recovery.. The farmer was injured slightly, but the horses were badly cut up. On Thursday forenoon, a frame building on Richmond Street, opposite the _City Hall London, was totally destroyed by fire.• A woman and three children were burn- ed to death in a house at West Point, Prince Edward Island, on the 12th inst. The city of London Horticultural and Agricultural Society has a balance in the bank of over $1,;542, and numbers 222 members, The South Norwich Agricultural So- ciety show a surplus of $149. t, The gate money at last Show amounted to $118. The Secretary receives $30 as remunera- tion for services. The Rev Mr. Punshon opened a new Wesleyan church at Fergus on the - 13th instant. On the following -day a meeting was held at which the whole receipts were estimated at Axton • The .Masonic fraternity' of $ellaville lieve purchased the property known old Wesleyan Church, 9n Pinnacle for a few years past occupied' as an. and drill shed; The property pu includes the house occupied as a par The thaw and . ram ' of Monday raised the water in the Thames a neighbouring creeks to an alarming Several streets in Chatham . were with water, and one bridge was away. - Up to Wednesday night t preaches to the town were impassabl farmers in many places prevents coming to market. On the 13th and 16th inst, a new 'church was dedicated at Orono, bu the Bible Christians.' The village of is part of the . Bowmanyille circuit. church just dedicated is the third church erected by this denomination Bowmanville.circuit within two yea the fifth within five years at a c about $10,000. The traffic receipts on the Grand for the week ending the 18th of Dec amounted for the conveyance of 25,08 sengers to £7,632 ; for mails, cite, 233 ; and for live stock and the ca of 23,189 tons of freight to £21,227— £30 092 ;. and for the corresponding in 1868 to $27,95.8, showing and inc of £2,134. The total receipt from th of July to date amounted to £758,441 for the same .period last year £728 Showing an increase of £30,426. - The Mount Forest cattle fair held Thursday was very successful, a larg tendance being present.. A yoke of s old by Mr. Wallace, of Egremont, w ng over 3,000 lbs, fetched. $120 ; whil M. Sinclair, of the same place dispose fat steers for $180. The ruling pric he fair were, yoke oxen, $60 to $100 oke; milch cows, $18 to $60 to $100 oke ; milch cows $18 to $30 ; h 12 tc} 18 ; and steers per yoke, $45 to They barn of Mr. Donald Currie, on. Egremont, was burnt, with all ntents, on Saturday 8th inst, by the dental upsetting of a lantern. The supposed to be about $400. The friends of the Rev. Mr. Andre esleyan Minister at Mount Pleasant e number of 150, called at the new nage on the 12th inst., and spreading bles, presented him with $50 and an ess. A farmer residing in Guelph Towns meed Alexander McDonald, forced a horses, drawing. a couple of sleighs, hind the other to leap over a gate at trance to his farm and succeeded caking his leg. During the recent freshet on the Gra ver at Bridgeport, the water rose so r y that the people had barely time pe, and in a very short time the stre re four feet under water, and traffic w pletely suspended. - The Fergus monthly cattle fair held 1 ursd&y was an unusually large. one, sales -were very numerous. Steers av d about $55 a yoke ; oxen about $80 e, and witch cows from $18 to 30. Se two and three year heifers were so he rate at $5 per cwt live weight. n attrociousattempt at murder is r ted by the St. Catharines Times to ha n made on' Thursday morning last n Riley, a scow doctor residing in t end of that town, on the person of h . The circumstances of the case see e these : Mrs. Riley was sleeping wit daughter when she heard some one room, and on lighting the candle sh it was her husband, and at once aske if anything was the matter and wha wanted, to which he.replied in an eves manner, . and coming close to her h ck her several times with a hatche h -he held in his hand inflicting severs nds on her head and body, and break her arm, and only for the interferent e daughter would no doubt have sue ed in his diabolical attempt. Th ched man then tried to commit suicid tting his throat, but only inflicted t gash', and did not succeed in doing so as been arrested, and is at present i ockup. . Mrs. Riley is in a`very criti 'tuatioa. very melancholy accident occurred at ohn's, N. B., on the 26th ult�, by Mr. Weston Cartier, son of the A t - v -General, lost his life. He was ing with two ladies on Square Hill, half a mile out of St. John's when served two young ,girls fall through e into a. pond bear -by. He imme- y rrtshed. to their rescue, but, before ched them, also broke through and drowned.—The young girls whose were Brien and Marten, were r•lso ed. as the street, armory rchased nonage. week ndthe height. covered carried heap? e and d from. brick ilt by Orono The 'brick on the rs, and ost of Trunk ember 9 pas - to £1,- rriage total week rease e 1st , and ,015, last e at- teers eigh- e Mr d of es at per per eifers, 70. 7th its ac - ,loss ws, , to par - the ad - hip team one the in nd ap- to ets as est and er- a v - Id e- ve b s i 3 y $ c co Cl is W th SO to dr na of be en br Ri idl esca we COM Th the age yok eral at t A por bee Joh east wife to b her the saw him he ive stru whic wou ing of th ceed wret, by cu sligh He h the1 cal si A St. J which tome wal k abut he ob the is diatel he rea was names drown he is m in e d t e. 1 e e e a n Two young men, named" Cole and Taylor quarreled- at Turner's Woollen Mills, Springfield, and went into a private room to settle the dispute. While Taylor was in the act of taking off his coat, Cole threw him down and kicked him severe- ly in the face. ' Taylor drew a knife and stabbed Cole in the- breast, the blade en- tering about an inch above his heart. Tay- lor has been arrested. Cole is likely to re - cc ver. Cause jealousy. Two hundred dollars, was sent by Labatt, of Prescott, to his agent at Ottawa, some 'three months ago, through the .post -office, ,and supposed to have been abstracted, and laid to the charge of Mr. Wm. Cluff, De- puty Postmaster, at Ottawa. The letter containing the money was placed in the box ,of the. Ottawa Citizen, as the agent is connected with the Citizen printing office, and brought with other letters by a lad, who *found the lost letter the other day in- side the lining . of his coat pocket. All parties are. rejoiced at the recovery of the money, especially -Mr. Cluff and Postmaster POOR COPY Mr. George Fish, of Woodstock, while at his father's residence, in.Burford, fell down suddenly and died, ,on the 6th. inst.. A clerk employed in the Great Western Freight Depot named John Leitch; 28 years of age, was found dead in his bed at American Hotel at Clifton, Wednesday evening. A small package of morphine was found on the table near his bed, UNITED STATES. The Union and Central Pacific Railroads have been free from snow blockades, with a single exception; th' .. winter. The trains are running on timeand all connections are made promptly. Mexican advices by way of Mazatlan re- present -the country in an unsettled condi- tion, and that revolutions are impending in several States. The hatred of Mexicans to- wards foreigners is manifested in numerous' instances. Lasada has raised an independ- ent standard at Topic, and called a conven- tion for the 15th of January to frame gen- eral laws for the government of the State. The Mexican steamer brings $343,000 in treasurefrom Mazatlan. The steam whistle at Cape Elizabeth blows a blast'that is audible six miles out. The steamer Prussian was enabled in her last passage to Portland to reach that port a day sooner by the help of the whistle. Small pox is frightening theNew Yorkers The fund for the benefit of Edwin M. Stanton's family has reached one hundred thousand dollars. 'Wm. Kriel was hanged at Louisville on the 22nd inst., Fully ten - thousand "per- sons witnessed the execution'. - George D. Prentice, the veteran editor, is in a dying condition. Reduced rates of travel by the Pacific railroad were introduced on the first of the year, first class through passage. from. San Francisco to Omaha, or reverse, coming down to $100 with $I8 added for Chicago and $40 for New York. econd-class cars are hereafter to accompany the'express train the fare.in which will be $80 between Omaha and San. Francisco, and $110, or only $30 less than first class cars between New York and San Francisco. With these prices $25 are added for a ticket by the weekly through Pullman special express train; and of course the charges fcr sleep– ing cars and meals are also extra. rhe past few days halve been a severe test of the availabilty of the Union Pacific Railroad in winter. A terriblesnow storm has raged in the mountains ; but the sheds erected to protect the road have proved to be entirely able to resist the. wind and snow. The train which left San Francisco on the 13th inst. arrived in` Omaha on Monday last, only half arbour behind time The passengers state that no more discom– fort/was met with than is usual on a winter jotirney on the Northern.Atlantc roads. BRITAIN. One English county furnished more than one hundred tons of mistletoes last Christ- mas. s Gold has been discovered in - Craggie, in the Parish of Daviot, near Inverness. The prospects are about as favourable as at Kil- donan, in Sutherland. Advices - have been received from , Col. Baker's expedition of Discovery up to the lst January. At that time they were at the- head water of the -Nile. All were well. A barque, the Edna; of Quebec, on Thursday having struck 9n the rocks near the Old Head of Kinsale, sank, and the Captain his wife, and seven sailors per- ished., Mr. Joseph Smith, a veteran Tyne- pilot, and superintendent of the Tyne lifeboats for 25 years, has during that time gone off to 207 wrecked vessels and assisted in rescuing 1,001 lives. At the Devon assizes, Samuel Sparks, a labourer, was sentenced to five year's penal servitude for attempting to murder -a game- keeper in the employ of one of Sir Stueley's tenants at Bideford. A fearful disaster has happened in the island of Clare. 'Some of the islanders, hav- ing picked up a cask of oil at sea, me+ at a house at Cape Clear a few nights ago to di- vide the spoil. By some unexplained means the oil ignited and set the house on fire. Three persons. including a child lying in a cradle, were burnt to death, and the house was completely' destroyed. Of the 18 per- sons in the building at the time of the ac- cident, only three escaped uninjured. FRANCE. A new cable, in the interest of the French Company, to connect England and Brest, has been suecessfully laid. The shore end, at Salcornbe, England, was com- pleted last night. The Ministry has declared its intention of proposing that all offences of the press shall be tried uefore a jury ; hilt as this pro- position cannot for some time become' law, Rochefort will not have the privilege, of - a jury. The radical journals charge the Gov- ernment with pressing his arraignment to avoid the operation in his case of the pro posed law. Paris, Jan. 21,. evening.—The strike of the operatives a t Le Creuzotr still continues and is making aprofound sensation though - out the country on account of the large numbers - of workmen concernd in it. -It is feared by the ,Government that the the -ex- ample of the strikers have set will be follow- ed elsewhere, andthis isnot all as it was sup- posed that the strike was brought about by revolutionary agents ; and this idea .is strengthened from the fact that their num- bers dare increaaiin0. -TM Jan. 28. 1870. I E J RWER. R. (Froin Globe Correspondence) PEMBINA,. Jan. 10, ilia St. -Cloud, Minn. 21st. I arrived at Pembina at 5 o'clock. the. mail closes in half an hour. Twelve miles from here I met Mr. Snow and party, consisting of J A. Snow, Otta- wa ; J. F. Snow, Mr. Mulkins, ,, Mr. Nim- mons, Mr. Grant, an 1 Mr. Hamilton,' eta route for Canada. - Messrs. Mulkins, Hamilton .and Nim- mons were prisoners the latter escaped- -Twelve more prisoners. are on their way from Fort Garry ; the twelve have already been released. . The gunpowder piot turns out false ; the only things in the store were the arm of those assembled. James Ross has taken the oath of allegi- ance to the new government. Coldwell has sold out to Stultzman, who has started_ the New Nation. The following is the. declaration of the - insurgents :—" Something as to our policy - will be expected from us in `this number, and we proceed briefly to define our post tion in common with the majority of this. Settlement. " We regard the Hudson Bay Company's- -government as obsolete and never to be re- - suscitated. The Dominion Government, by its criminal blunders and- gross injustice to this people, have forever alienated them, and, by its forfeiture of all right to our re- spect, will prevent us in future from either. seeking or permitting its 'protection. The Imperial Government, we consider to'be too far distant intelligently to administer our affairs. The question arises, then, what form of Government is best adapted_for the develop- ment of this country 1 and we reply, unhesi- tatingly, that the United States Republic offers to -day that system of Government . which would best promote 'order and -pro- gress in our midst, and open up rapidir a country of magnificent resources ; but in our present dependent position we cannot obtain what we need in thaw direction, and hence we hold it to be our duty to advocate - independence for the people of Red River - as a present cure for public ills. Our An- nexation to the States will follow in tinie and bring with it the advantages this land' so much requires." The Sioux Indians, to the number of fif- ty, came to Fort Garry on January lst; the- Riel gave them ten minutes to think about. whether they would start or not. They thought about it, took some presents, and went home. The prisoners we met 'are loud in their - denunciation of the conduct of the English Scotch half -greeds. ST. PAUL, MINN, Jan. 22nd. essrs. Snow, Mulkins, Nimmons, Grant:. Hamilton leave St. Paul for Canada- - ay. Messrs. Mulkins and Hamilton. liberated from Fort Garry on January on condition of quitting the country. Nimmons and five others came in from ing on the Government road early in ember, and were arrested and imprison - They and twenty-five other prisoners confined in °a room 10 by 20 feet,. ce.ls along the sides, into which the - crowded to sleep at night. Riel sup - them with sugar and tea of the poor- quality. Mr. Nimmons escaped on the of January second, by jumping from - ond story window and climbing over tockade whilst the gua Ods were absent,, ter much suffering readied Pembina. nd his friends were offered their liber they would swear allegiance to the in- nt government, but all refused and- , returnedto prison. Snow and his son of been prisoners. _Kiel had, subject 1 any time, dismissed his troops, with - ception of fifty who are on guard duty. General Thiebault is at t! a residence hop Tache, and isyet so ewh at nn-- - rveillance. DeSalaberryis at liberty lowed to g o wherever he Teases. Pembina letter -says the Indians who marching towards - Fort Garry were by Riel and other insurgents five miles he Fort, where they had a talk, and receiving some tobacco and provisions, radians returned home. They said - derstood ,the French and' Americans waging war against the British Go- nt, . and they came down to see if as true, and if it was, they would hem. ,The Indians are not altogeth sfed. and intimated they would pro - soon be back again. ST. PAUL, MINN., Jan. 25. ng letter appears in to -day's Pioneer, Fort Garry, January 6th, contradict - many sensational Red River stories ed in St. Paul from time to time in to the alledged gunpowder plot.. He ere�.was not a keg of ',rimier in --Dr z house when the anadians were ar- One of the par wishing to save olver and carbine hid them in a stove - an unoccupied room, and afterwards, some accident might happen if left he told his captors where to find the No powder was hid in the stove, h, there being a fire in each of the and M and to -d were 6th, Mr. work Dec ed. were with men plied est night a sec the s and of He a ty if surge were had n to cal the ex Vicar of Bis der su and al A were met from t after the I they un were. vernme this w fight t er sati babiy A lo dated ing the publish regard says: "Th Schutt' rested. his rev pipe in fearing there, arms. or heart stoves." He says further : "I do not know what authority Thiebault or DeSalaberry are. clothed with ;, but whatever it may be, the influence -of . Grand Vicar Thiebault will be productive of a vast amount of good. He enjoys the unbounded confidence of tho- half-breeds; and itis believed here his visit . .41 • • DI is tDI For the accordg lav Mui. Sharp'=s Ha Admission N adop place, fe souse _seve BIBLE So Seaforth an will be bel Church Sea at half past] REMOVAL in his -card, -1 4`o1d Post C. messages r THE Bo one side, ani day, going home,srnce Bibles in till TnE Cars on Monday characters, t masquarades The number ing everyth'. .ant evening Bis' Al -elebrate at dinner. t Son at the ard and merry CotuTTY ea - 3met in the CU There are o On the first was -an report of pro FREE FAIR1 e fort is now -- Monthly Cat _often conten stitution, benefit to th posed to bol notice will CAUTION worth's came by being run Robertson's, 10 for a `gide."'. head, but, for He was taken wounds attend SEVERAL CO during the pas several horsey to be wondere consequences streets cannot them. F AT the Anna Huron Agrie \ dnesday, I elected Bre dent : dames, Robert Gavel 'Treasurer; M Fowler, J. J. C, Lacy, W. C McMichael an Robson, and R FIRE IN M Monday Jan. McDonald's gt destroyed the -drug store,. je's 'i'.elegraoh Offi4 pprovisnon store .1ePharen ani Thos. 'Skate's music rooms,!) Messrs, Bronn John Aikens' a.ld McIntyre's tinsmith shop, partially destr! :.Nelson Brisbo Pause of the fir ( biome COUNest, Sial, neighborhood. - ,and Council for municipality a pockets of two are two Hotel; dating them. -1111 The newly el notified by the ▪ Seafarth, on MC following gentle of :qualification Statute, viz HannaDeh; p Horan, and Th Reeve having tap nel Hannah, se John Elliott be ;t then appointed., Move& by John Murray : That ., the Office of To, McGregor be it or for the 3cu Samuel Hannah, That this Count at Mr. Chamber ---Carried: Soath Hurons, The annual m s20t insutural t. SocieQty ui were present, '1 a Pinancial ceived without 4 the Directors SUS I'As far as Age we are progress branch societies, There is only onp a branch, and 1 fished there in