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The Huron Expositor, 1870-02-11, Page 44 THE - • Feb. 11, 1870. ftitton Oxpeoitor.. The Oficial Paper of the county. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, I1th 1870. M;t: 1cDOUGALL'S POSITION. The position occupied by the Hon. Wil- liam McDougall, at the present time, is calr- tainlg anything -but a plat one Through the bungling and mismanagement of his late colleagues he has lost all chance of luxuriating in the " green pastures" of the North West country ; and on account of the shabby manner in which he has been treated by these same colleagues in connec- tion with this North West business, in ord- er -to rder'-to preserve his dignity, he has had to dis- solve partnership with them, and thereby abandon they bountiful share of loaves and fishes which were wont, in times not long gone by, to fall to his lot. This, to him, mist be a terrible blow. Taking all things into consideration, we believe him to be a grievously injured man, and we trust he may learn from his late taperience that "honesty is the best policy." Had he re niained true to his principles, and to his party, he would not now be compelled to bewail 'the treachery of assumed friends, std instead of being an outcast and alone, might beprominent man in a strong.par- ty, ,..where his great. abilities would be properly appreciated, sand where he would be surroundedbywarm.friends who would never deceive` or betray him. However, we have no doubt that he now sees the fol - 1:7 of his past course, and would gladly re- turn to the fold from which he has wander- ed. But it is too late. He has now, by his tergiversation and time -serving propen- sities, clearly demonstrated that his sole aim is personal agrandizement, and that he is willing ht any moment to sell his birth- right fora mess of, pottage. Principle, with him, is entirely a secondary consider- ation when set side by side with place and power. Such a man need never hope to ob- tain a lodgement in the Reform ranks, and the sooner he makes up his mind to again w }eel into line with his late associates, the better will it be for himself, as he may as • well profit by the plunder for which he has already sacrificed so much,- as let his share fall to some other person, who has, perhaps, not done so much to earn it. •At the time Mr. McDougall received, or pretended to receive, his appointment as Lieutenant* Governor of the North West Territory, we condemned the appointment on the grounds of his Unfitness to occupy such a position. ir We still hold the same views as we then held, but, in justice to would ave kept hint=fipm the troublesot e, necessity of facing, his constituents once:: every five yews and ren.dering, to them an account of his stewardship, which, in his case, ie sel4orn a very pleasant or profitable undertaking. The best selected Stock of Boob and'Shoes in Seaforth, at Coventry's, him, we must say i that he has performed his part tau o,.bider than those of his col- leagues, whom be left behind, performed theirs. The manner in which' Mr. Mc- dou 11 has been treated' by the i uthonties at taws, is most outrageous. If Mr. McDougall were the only sufferer we would have :little to say in the matter, but the hesitating, dilly-dallying course which has been pursued, by John A. & Co., will be the means of retarding the opening up- and. settlement of the Red River country for a considerable time, and that too, when not a moment should be Post.. It is pleaded that the authorities were not aware of the feel- ing which existed ..in tlii e 'country. This, however, is no excuse at all. They had plenty of time, and theyshould have made it their business to; cquaint themselves with the exact state of affairs. This insur- rectionary organization was not the work of a week or a month, but must have , been agitated and planned for months previous to the departure from Canada of the half - fledged Lieutenant Governor. Thus, had the Government been alive to the duty of the hour, and been in possession of the in- formation which they undoubtedly should have had, and promptly closed the bargain between themselves and the Hudson's Bay Company, so that theycould have armed their Litutenant Governor with proper authority, and backed him up with a suffici- ent force to' put that authority` into execu- tion, Mr. McDougall would to -day have had -his head -quarters at Fort. Garry, and would have all his arrangements completed intime to commence opening up and set- tling that vast and fertile 'territory, as soon as spring would open, and the country would be in a prosperous and flourishing condition. As matters now stand, however, the country is in a state of ana1chy, trade and agricultural pursuits are at a stand still, emigration has been checked for an in- definite period, an antagonistic paryt has arisen, and is continually gaining strength, and to s haus which 'will in all probability require 'the expenditure of life, money, and valuable time, and , last, thoughleast, the Hon.. William McDougall has been cheater out of a high and lucrative office, which THE OURRENOY. The inconvenience and loss to the com- munity, from the large quantity of silver in, circulation, seem -to call for some change in the present system. Many remedies have been proposed, and some of them tried ; but none have met the difficulty, except by sub- jecting the country to a logs as great as that which was sought to be removed. Mr. Weir's scheme. for sending it out of the country, has never .met with our ap- proval. The United States have not yet adopted specie payments, and .:onsequently there is no particular demand for it there. The sales made, are in a manner forced, and consequently made at too low a rate to make it profitable to Canada. We are'de- cidedly opposed to sending it out of the country at all, except in the regular course of business. We consider it a valuable commodity, and if we dispose of any of it we should be careful to get a full equi- valent. But what is to be done with this surplus silver t Our idea is that it should be de- positedin the vaults of the Banks, and pa- per money to the value of it issued. This money would circulate and the silver re- main until it was needed. If the Ameri- cans resume specie payments shortly, some of it would find its way back, without any person making a speculation of it, or the pub - lic losing -by it. We have no objection to the silver be- cause it is American. If it is of the proper standard of purity and weight, the image and superscription does not make it in reality more or less valuable ; although it furnishes a hold which monopolist corpor- ations can work to their advantage. We have read the circular lately issued by our new Finance Minister, and certainly in ' our opinion Trost of the proposals set forth in it are ridiculous in 'the extreme. For instance] his proposal to buy three mil- lions at a discount of five and a half per cent, for the 'purpose of being recoined. Who is going to sell to him, at that rate and when it is recoined will it be a more fitting medium of remittance, than as it is.? will it not be as clumsy and heavy ? Per- haps not. The toll charged fot recoining it will make it sensibly lighter. His proposal to fix by law, the price of American half - dollars at forty cents is a silly idea. He might as well try to fix the price of wheat by a statute. Who would consider it a boon to know that he could compel his creditor to accept half -dollars in payment of a debt at forty cents, . each 1 The assertion is sometimes made that the American half- aollar is only worth forty-eight cents. We shall be obliged if anyone will show us how they make this out. We favour Mr. Hinck° proposal to issue a certain amount of fractional currency, but more readibly convertable into Bankable funds than he proposes. ' Postage and Bill stamps are our only available resources to make up balances in remitting money by registered letters. These are not very suit able;' they are apt to stick together, often not easily . to be got, and are not . always easily convertible by the receiver. What a calamity it would be to Canada if some prying and observing farmer were to discover some rich •silver mine on his land, or any of our Geologists to make the same discovery on our wild lands. We should be' completely at our wits' end what to do, ire few' millions of silver dollars annoy us so much as to require means to be taken to drive it out of the country. Iu the face of all his expensive absurdities Mr. Hincks professes to guard the "labour- ing classes." How will he exempt them from furnishing their share of the expense necessary to carry out his schemes 1 The 5i per cent on three millions to be recoined; the expense of coinage, the discount, com- mission and freight charges on what is ex- ported will fall in due proportion on them as well as on others. We heartily wish to see something done to remedy the loss and inconvenience caused by the disproportionate quantity of silver to our other currency, but if Mr. Hincks' scheme be a specimen of his finan- cial ability, the right man is not in the right place yet. What Canada wants is, not less silver, but more bills ; at the same time, be it un- deistood, we havo no objections to gold. STAIRLING,IF Z'RUaI. a The following give charge ispreferred against Sir Geo. E. Cartier, by the Ottawa Evening, Mail--- " The rascally conspiracy of which it (the rebellion) was the -direst fruit, has yet to be exposed: Sir Geo. E. Cartier was the heart and soul of the rebellion at Red River, and we distinctly charge him with having caus- ed the whole trouble, by setting an under- hand current to work, for the purpose of es- tablishing a purely ' French ,government at Winnipeg. Mr. McDougall, in his &I- monte speech, vaguely referred to this fact, but had not sufficient courage to tell the whole truth. Long before any idea was ceived of opposition being offered to the entrance of the Lieutenant Governor into the territory, Sir Geo. E. Cartier, through his emissaries, had set the ball of disaffection rolling, and diligently circulated those ab- surd stories which he knew would rouse the jealous passions of a simple people who were entirely devoted to that peculiar class of men to whose support the Honorable (1) Baronet is indebted for his - position and power. The conduct of Sir Geo. wal4 was repre- hensible in the extreme":; but as it' only formed a part of his scheme far ousting Sir John A. McDonald and getting the su- preme control into his own hands, we 'do • not wonder at him going to 'almost any lengths to secure his object." Meanly as we think of the gallant (9) lit- tle Knight, of frog -eating propensities, we can scarcely bring ourselves "to believe that he has become so thoroughly degraded, and so lost to all sense of honor as to' be guilty of committing so foul an act as he is charg- ed with by our Ottawa ccntemporary. The chargs should be thoroughly investigated, and if ascertained to be well founded, we sincerly trust that, for the credit and safety of the country, every true Canadian, be he Reform or Conservative, will unite in an effort to banish for ever front a position of honour and trust, a man who, in order to advance his own personal interests, would be guilty 9f inflicting so great an injury up- on the country', the welfare of which he has sworn to do all in his power to advance and encourage. If the accusation is un- founded, which we hope it is, we trust Mr. Cartier will at once come forward and sa- tisfactorily prove its falsity. England, from Capt. Cochrane, of the Royal Navy, commanding the Petrel, stationed on African coast. He reports that Dr. David Livingstone had been burnt as a wizard by a chief in the interior. In consequence of the frequent : rumours of the Pope's ill health, the public mind is busy with, the names of candidates for the succession. The election of Archbishop Manning ia- strongly advocated in England. Reiffenstein was committed for trial on Saturday on the Hamilton, Westminster and Wilmot chargbs. A new, charge aria- ing out -of the distribution of the Hamilton fund for 1867'has been instituted. THE s1OUNTY PRINTING. To accept the unqualified " say" eflaat Week's Goderich papers, on the " County Printing," wouldbe, to determine that, the proprietor of the EXPOSITOR is a defrauder of the deepest dye, and the County Coucillors and County Clerk consum- ate fools• • While the Signal onlysaysthia in a cov- ert way, the Star with more honesty of expres- sion, though less discretion, gives it in the plain eat :English. The first wilful blunder of the Signal is that contained in the statement that " the Printing Committee concluded, on the basis of the previous years' requirements, that the amount of the Signal tender was $462.10 and that of the EXPOSITOR $316.92." That part of the report which alludes to this reads as follows, " uPon the basis upon which the committee' have nia. their calculations." Now we have it, upon the authority of more than one member of the Printing Committee that the quantities of work constituting the "basis" of their Calculation, were assumed approxima- tions, and not at all, therefore; necessarily the actual quantities required. So that for the Sig- nal to conclude that had it done the printing for 1869,`'t it would only have cost $462.10, is some- thing outside the range of both mathematical and logical proof. The real, and only conclusion that the Printing Committee, did, or could arrive at, was that, as $316.92 is td $462 10, so is the amount of the tender of the EXPosrroa, ` to the 'amount of the tender of the Signal. So from our understanding of the principles of deduction, we pronounce it absurd, for the Editor of the Signal, or any other man, to determine from the data furnished, by the report of the Printing Committee, the amount of any tender for the County Printing. The Signal calls upon Reeves and Deputy" Reeves to follow it patiently while it itemizes our account. We ask a similar favour while we review what it says. Firstly, it ' takes in hind the Schedule of convictions, for March and by a method, more cunning than honorable, shows that it contained 674 lines. But, 'herein comes the discrepencv, in measuring for -us the Signal very shrewdly (?) and contrary to usuagecalculetes on the length of a line of our ordinary news meas- ure, perfectly regardless of the actual number of columns in one of those schedules, which, by the way, is nine, whereas our generous (?) friend makes it four and • one-fourth: To any person sufficiently interested, a verylittle calculation will suffice to show how much of an overcharge was made by this method of ' reckoning. This explanation applies, substan4ially, to all the other schedules. We presume that we have made thematter-sufficiently plain for all to un- derstand ; but least the Editor of the Signal cannot, we will measure our cor' with his -bushel, which will in all probabilty, have the desired effect, if nothing else will. According to his cal- culations it is shown that we should have receiv- ed $39,434 for the publication of the . four sched- ules of the year. Now our tender was one cent per line ; the.previous year the Signal's tender wasfive cents per line, then it follows that, the Signal should have received for the same work five times the amount it allows us,—$197.174 for the year, or a quarterly average of $49.29. 'But what did it actually receive! About $90per'quarter, ,We submit that this in conclusive proof, that while the Signal questions the mode of calculation, adopted by us, it most certainly did the same thing, which, method we maintain to be strictly in accordance with all printing rules. Evidently the Editor of the Signal is one of those men who buy by one measure and sell by another, and this is he that, according to his own vaunting lan- guage, " is accustomed to honorably carry out. his contracts.". For the next item -The minutes. The Signal has it, that, on account of the large type used, they measured one-fifth more than those of form- er years. Notwithstanding this assertion, strange and all as it may appear, it being speci- fied in the blank tender received from the County Clerk that the type was to be the same as we used last year, (which by the way, says some- thing in its favor,) the tender of the Signal was higher than it was last year, and only one-eighth less than ours of the same time. If there were one-fifth difference, in favor of this year's type it is certainly strange that the tender was not at least, as low as that of last year ! , Here again the Signal will not bear to be measured by his own standard.. While we are speaking of the minutes, we might ;he excused for suggesting, that the quality of paper and workmanship em- ployed on those of 1869, as compared with that on those of previous years, rendered them, at least, one-third more costly to the printer ; so that even granting, for the sake of the argument that they, cost the County Council one-fifth mere, (which in reality they did not), it is very evident that we did not get them up in the manner we did because the most money was to be made by doing. RED RIVER It would appear from the most recent intelligence that the statement as to the arrest of Riel was unfounded ; that -he was not only at large, but that he still possesses considerable influence. At the same time, matters have got beyond the condition of lawlessnesss. A public meeting had been held, which lasted five hours, the ther- mometer marking 20° below zero, at which Mr. Donald Smith announced himself as a commissloner from Canada to enquire as to the wishes of the people. Letters were also read from the Governor-General, and a tele gram from Earl Granville, giving assur- ance of fair treatment. These were re- ceived with acclamations, after which a committee consisting of twenty English and twenty French settlers was named to con- sider what itwas best to do for general in- terests. This committee was to meet' on the 25th of January, and in a few days more the result of its deliberations will be known. During the frozen term, which will extend well into April, any amount of blustering may be indulged, but after that Riel and his abbetors will find that lawlessness is not a ruling element for long. The era of public meetings is only a prelude to the final extinctiop of Riel. ammeeememeweeeteei No. 1, Homemade Kips, for four , dollars at Coventry's. Cowhide boots at $3.50. NEWS neither of them any work for the current year, save at specified rates—about 'she -seventh: of their last year's charges. The Council save that Lad either of them all the printing and versising to do, at unrestricterates, it would cost; not leas than $4A)00 per year. The Stdr, very ungenerously, draws a long breath at the cost of arintin and advertising for the past year ; it however, forgets to admit that the E tordid not receive two-thirdsotthe whole amount, for, at least nine -tenths of the whole work. But since the County Council have put an effectual check upon a repetition of that, this year, we can afford to await the result of the printing accounts - of 1870 for a just award on our fidelity. Entertaining a perfeet hatred for newspaper squabbles, we assure the Signal and Star that the above is our first and our last on this matter, We *requite willing to have our accounts inves- tigated by the proper authorities, at any time, holding ourselves responsible for the same, but to fight on technicalities through the coluaans of our paper, is what we positively object to ;; we have too much regard for the good sense of our readers, to thus impose upon them. We hold, oursielves responsible to the County Council for the due and faithful completion of our County Printing Contracts, but to the Signal and Star never I NOTICE TO BUILDERS. The subscriber has at his Kiln, Con. 5, Lot 4, Tuckersmith, H. It. S., a large quantity of first- class brick, which he offers cheap for Cash. JAMES PICKARD. Tuckersmith, Feb. 11, 1870. 1l4 -tins. OF THE WEEK "'Advertising sale of lands for taxes, also cornea Iin for an overhauling, by this green-eyed genius. :Measured by the Signal's versatile rule we have • BRITANNIA- LODGE, A. F. & A. M. No. 170 G. R. C. THE First Regular Communication, ers MONDAY, Evening Feb. 21st. M. R. COUNTER, Secretary. Money to Lend. 4'ONEY to Lend on Faro. Lands at 8 per cent. Gen. Wyndham died on Wednesday, 2nd made a clean shave out of the County°.of $25.58. inst. . Here again, it- falls upon the Signal. Before the The Countyof Prince Edward has carried County Treasurer made out the charges against each parcel of land to be advertised, he sent us a the Dunkin Bill, specimen of the tax sale : advertisement, clipped from the Signal of the previous year, asking us the cost of advertising each lot, at our r contract rates.' We made a close estimate. in accordance with the copy furnished, at which rates we charg- ed in our account. However, it appears that in setting the type the compositors did -not spread it quite so much as had been done _ in the Signal, hence the desparity, which was purely a matter of convenience, . and not of speculation a& any in- dividaul, notover-flowingwith jealousy, will easily understand., We aopted the Signal ad- vertisement as the data for our caleulations be- cause no other was available, at the time that our estimate had to be made. The EXPOSITOR charged for sheets of the Schedules of Convictions,' - says the ,Signal, in holy indignation. Well supposing we did, and granting that the Signal •• never stooped to make a charge for them, for the last '21 years," we are still at a loss to know wherein= the wrong is. For work faithfully performed, we shall charge, if we think proper to do so without ever giving a thought as to what the Signal would do in a like case ; or if at any time we choose to make a gratuity, we shallnot consider the Signal bound by ourprecedent. The Signal appears to be la- boring under the egotistic delusion that, because it has done " so and so," others must. That we have been most exorbitent - in our chargee for work outside our tender,- the Signal and Star assure their readers is certain. This surmise, at least, comes with but very ill grace from either of those papers, in consideration of the fact that, for similiar work performed by us and them, they invariably charged from eight to ten times our price, each ; and it was in conse- quence of the extortion practiced by both of those offices that the Council gave orders to give Apply to P. F. WALKER, Solicitor, Goderich. Goderich, Feb. 11, 1870. t/14-Sins, No less than seven members of the Ocu- menical ,Council have died since its sittings commenced. On Tuesday evening, at Owen Sound, a boy was drowned while skating on the River. Henry Shubkegel, a cattle buyer, was found. dead at the Forks Road, three miles from Dunnville. His friends live in Buf falo. On Sunday last, two young men named Newton and Peterkin, were drowned in the ~Toronto Bay, by skating into an air hole. Their bodies were recovered. Francis McCusker died at Streetsville, at the advanced age of 105 years. He was ill only two days, and retained his faculties to the last. A young unmarried man, named Freder- hoppiick Schleup, from Buffalo, employed in chop- ping ng wood in Cross Bush, near . Port Col- borne, was instantly killed, on Saturday, by a tree falling on his head. Dr. Phiiton, of Ottawa, admintstered a dose of acetate of morphia in mistake for quinine, to a child, from the effects of which it died. The father of the child has charg- ed For the Cheapest Boots and Shoes in Seaforth the Doctor with manslaughter. according to quality. go to Coventry's. A letter has been received in- London, 9 ' TO CAPITALISTS. J' OR, SALE in the flourishing Village - of 'Sea - forth, a two Storey Brick House,,• together with barn, out -houses, and -all the conveniences attached , a good garden, young orchard, and �. village lots within a few rods of the G. T. Rail -,- way, and in a good situation for the establish -- merit of salt works, near to where there is at, present a well being sunk- Fart of the purchase money may remain unpaid for four or five years. For further particulars apply to, G T. JARVIS, Seaforth. Or to EDGAR J. JARVIS, Toronto. Seaforth, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-4ins. Notice of Guardianship. AT OTICE is hereby giventhat at the eipiration j of twenty-one days from date,' will apply to be appointed Guardian, to the persons and estates of George Burton, aged 20ears ; jonath- ..n Burton; aged'10 years, and- Joseph Burton, aged 8 years, infant children, of Thomas Burton deceased, late of the Township of Tuckersmith, in the County of Huron. ANN- BURTON, Widow of deceased Thomas Burton, b McCAUGHEY & HOMSTEAD, - her Attornies. Seaforth, Feb. 11, 1870. 3 -ins. House and Lot for este OR TO RENT. IN " GMONDYI LLE, undersigned has for sale or to rent THE reasonable terms, a good Frame House, with wood shed, cistern, puny amend good yard in con-- nection. The above premises were lately occupied I.)! Dr. Vercoe. For particulars apply to JOHN- F. WEILAND, Hotel Keeper, Egniondvile. Egmondville, Feb. 11, 1870, 114-4ine. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. CCARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentist , Extracts teeth without pain by the use of the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' store, Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc- ial Hotel, on the following ' Thursdays and Fridays. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to coil, if at Seaforth and Clinton,' on the first days of attendance. Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracted by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's -offices, New York. Stratford, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-tf.` LUMBER! LUMBER! THE undersigned have on hand at their Mills, half a mile North from the Village of Ain- leyville, 500,000 feet of Good DRY PINE LUMBER, of the following different kinds; viz - -inch, inch and a half, and two inch, clear. A large lot, (over 100,000,) inch and a quarter, and inch and a half flooring, both dressed and under- dressed ; half inch siding, common boards -and plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Board and strip LATH, all of which will be sold at reduced prices. Theyhave lately added a first-class planning machine, to their other machinery, and intend keeping dressed lumber of all kinds constantly an hand. The public may rely upon being able toprocure any of the above articles of Lumber at their Mills. so long as it is here adve-tiled. ; Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible terms. M. & T. SMITH. Ainleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-t£ Feb. 1 womitimio DIS LAST w; N*sh mea whereby, A Mcs, Reri ons Mr, inti.Mnt hi xsoa Thursday members l of their 0] Mn: e a book en Naple ." oditiou `h' and it pro nal worki places. Acct Inge met stepping was ext! Under th and McN. be hoped Aecw while the: Con.. Tuc fence—;sab save hersi arm stbcsYi to the -RATIX bridge, - t ahoemake He loosed, utas being tempted t4 and comp eyes out, TI£a a', lock have and part boring. 1 next week ally eaten understan iynmediate' Tna An' in Win` be he. Ply, on tion appo` Messrs. meeting ai Soule of ti he present -a anB� nection wi the Tem. Feb. 16t' the Re oral othe Doors open Admiasiar CIIERS have been, -callings to-muorra' con"idertai tory in that the r+ interest 'i a l ood-att 1x anot1 meat of Moore' s .l and best b in the Un topics rely it pes; :aahr in each iii the advert Acz our reapee ing lien obi irZg of thea ciby fru collision inflicting i rsalf tri Ien was called underetat In aksMthlyhCount thetthird-' on. die ltli Inst. large nidal evening=b Temperan Staffs, for of Seafort 300 lieepl dress, wh attention. Lodge of I by Messr of Mitche o, 27th alt, says that iifty ear place," done at aI] far Seafori loads, ,: Li were sent. quite villi but then with Seaf - produce ,s RNaw_ A Ross, I most pro Monday the Logs el g and cutter double Coppin h stay their Mr. Macli the sleigh threw it x was aattac1 es, sleigh 1 and those Mi:M We are escaped . badly bre: rite,