The Huron Expositor, 1873-05-09, Page 4}
NEW 4I}VERTISERENTS.
Apprentiee Wanted—Walter Scott.
Stanley Court of Revision.
Brussels Court of Revision.
Private Sale of Fuiniture.
Tenders Wanted—S. Scarlet,
Tenders Wanted—E. Cash.
Tenders Wanted for Bankrupt Stock.
Insolvency Notice—ltrixie Watson.
To Debtors—Dixie Watson.
Dry Goodt—Dttrican & Duncan.
Cheap Groceries—J. (1 Laidlaw:
Dress Goods—Logan & Jamieson.
List of Letters—S. Dickison P. M.
Grain -Buyer Wanted—Kendall & Co.
To Cheese Manufacturers—J. M. -Martin.
Eggs for Hatching—A Smitle
Balls and Bats—R. Lumsden.
*mu -tipooitot
The Pacific Railway Scandal.
The conduct of the 'Dominion
Gevernment in connection with tile
iasuing of the charter for the con-
struction of the Pacific Railway has
been threughout most suspicious.
So sof that even pol-
ftiends and supporters of the
men GOW at the head of affairs in the
Derninion, make'nctatbempt to hide
Our readers will not yet have fo
eotten that, some weeks ago, Mr.
Efuntington, an able and influen-
tial repteeentative from the Prov-
ince of Qttebecel pmferred certain
charges againste the Government,
and asked , for a committee of the
House to investigate the charges,
and give him an opportunity of sub-:-
stantiating them. It will also be
remem bered that the Govern men t
rallied their supporters, and forced
them to vote down _this reasonable
request, withoet a word of defence
or. explanation. _Feeling that they
had gone a little tOo far, the Gov-
ernment, at the urie.nt solicitation
-,ttf many of their supporters, retrac- -
ed their steps, aud the Premier
moved for the Conamittee which he
had the previous day -caused his sup-
porters' to refuse.' The motion was
accordingly geanted, and the Com-
-, mittee appctinted *by the House.
At the fitst meeting of the Commit-
tee it was found necessary to have a
measure passed, 'empowering them
to take evidence under oath. This
the Government seemed not to like,
and when a motion was made in the
; it was at first oppoeed by Sir John
Macdonald. Bet, finding that he
could not control the HCinse in this
matter—that the House. was deter -
lined the Committee should have
every necessary facility to enable
git to proue the charge to the core
and -get at the trath—he gave way,
withdrew his objections and allowed
the bill to pass through ell its stages
in the CommOns, at Ae sitting.
The had, however, to come be-
fore the, Senate, for the approval of
that body. Knowing that the Com-
mittee could not proceed with the
- investigation until this measure be-
came law, and being desirous of pre-
venting a report being made during
preneni smite), yet not daring
to stay the progress of the measure. country. With regard to the first
in the Commons, Sir John set such
machinery in motien as would
retard it in the Senate. A. large
majority of ,this body, of Imbeciles
owe their, positionstas Senators to
the Premier, and aie, consequently-,
much more tractable than the mem-
here of the CoMID011§! who are re-
sponsible to the pee* for their ac-
-r- Ponseq tient] ye th is chant-
- ber he 'could carry out -his plans
without fear -of -rebuff oe defeat.
The bill which the Government re-
fused to father in the _Commons,
was cheerfully adopted by them in
the Senate. It was presente,d to
the Senate, and taken charge Of,' in
that chatitber by _Postmaster -General
Campbell. Although passed through
the Commons at one sittingt it was,
on one pretense and another, kept
et:dawdling before the Senate'for over
two weeks. Why it !was not so'
speedily passed oy the Senate as by
-the embalm's, can only he account-
. ed for on the supposition we have
already mentioned, that the Govern-
ment -desired to etave off its passage
as lone as possible, in order to pre-
vent °the Committee from reporting
this session. This supposition is_
streegthened by the fact that it -was -
members of , the Government and
their friends who were the sole cause
-of the various delays in the Senate.
Well, the biliewas ultimately pass -
•ed by the Senate, when another de-
lay of over a week took place:in
gaining for it the asseut of the Gov-.
.ernor - General. Thus, five weeks
were consumed in obtaining the pas-
sage of a measure which might eas-,
next. The Comrnittee,tas every one
.knows, was composed of thiee pli-
ant tools of the Ministry and two
Oppositioniste. No sooner had Sir
John concluded his demend for ad-
journment, than -the' most servile
and unprincipled Government tool
in the House oit country, James 111.c -
Donald, of Nova Scotia, whie un-
fortunately for justice, had been
placed .on the Committee, produced
a resolution, written befoi.e the
Committee opened, recommending
to the House that the Committee
adjourn. . Mr. Huntington, the
prosecutor, of coarse, strongly' ob-
jected to this courSe, a‘s did also
Messrs. Blake and Dbrion, but
without avail; The fiat had gone
forth from the gteat chieftain, and
his subordinates Nv.ere forced to
obey. The resolation of McDonald
was put to the Committee, slid car-
ried by the casting vote of the
•chairman. Butt Sir John, not satis.
fied. with having the enqiiiry post-
poned, desired t,o have the proceed--
ings of the Committee conducted in
chased henchman, -McDonald, pulled
from his pocket another written res-
olution, deciarinw that the delioer-
ations and proceedings of 'the COM-
inittee be hereafter cOndneted in
private. This resolution was also
carried by the casting vote of the
chairman, and the Committee ad -
On Tuesday, Mr. Billyard Cam-
erOn. Chnirman of the Committee,.
ilnbved in the House that the ap:
pltcation of the Committee for leave
to 'adjourn July be granted.
The adjonrnment was strongly op-
posed ,by the leading Opposition
members of the House, as well HS
by the, prosecutor, Mr. Hunting-
ton. But; Sir John gave forth his
command, and hie followers id the'
House, as in the Committee, ooey-
ed, and the consent of the House to
adjourn the inoceedings of the Com-
mittee for two months was obtained..
It was noticeable, however, that, el --
though the 'followers of the Govern-
ment inlhe House vOted obediently
.to the command to alloYe the ad:
journment of the Committee, not
one of tbens, with the ekoption of
'Sir John himself, had a single word
to say in defence of the extraordin-
they could not and dare ilot attempt
to justify the course proposed by
their leader, and were forced to give
.a'silent vote.
It will be seen that from the very
clay on which these damaging charges
were preferred againit the Govern-
.ment, they continued persistently to
p ace every possible obstacle in the
way of the Comruittee to prevent
them proceeding, 'and when all other
dodges faded,, the Committee had to
be adjourned for two months. And
what think you, is the excuse given
for this adjdurnment First, that
the Cominittee would DOW be un-
able to Complete the enquiry this
session, and second, that Sir Hugh
Allan and Mr. John Abbot, two
parties charged in connection with
the Government, are absent from the
ilv have been made law in three;
,days. All this time the Committee
were 7aiting, unable to proceed, or
take the evidence of even one wit-
ness. As soon as the measure be-
came law, the Committee made ar-
rangements to proceed with' their
Work, and on Monday last they.
met for tye purpose of taking sworn
No sooner was the first witness
.ealled on Monday, than, Sir John
Macdonald came before the Commit- .
-tee7 and demanded that all further
excuse offeredt if the Government
had not placed' obstructions in the
way of the Committee, and had al-
-lowed them to prozeed 'with the en-
_quiry five weeks ago, as they might
have done, the enquiry could have
1.43en completed by this time, and
the vehole thing settled 'before the
close Of the session. - Now for the sec-
ond exeuse. Is it just to the country
that such .an -important enquiry
should be obstructed, and probably
stifled, in order to, suit the conveni-
ence of two individuals ? More than
this, no mention has hitherna been
made by the Government that it
was desirable to have these gentle-
men present at the enquiry. It was
only at the last moment, when every
other- apology for delay was cut off,
that this last was brought forward.
.Elad the Government been able to
kill the bill empowering the Com-
mittee Le take evidence under oath,
the necessity of having Sir. Hugh
Allan and 'Mr. Abbot present
would never have been heard of, and
the CoMmittee wonld have been al-
lowed to proceed with their labors.
But when it was ascertained that
,proceedin„as- were likely to _become
serious, the whole investigating ma-
thinery had to be stopped, in order
that the' Government naight have an
opportunity of manipaleting wit-
neeses, and using Pacific Railway
money to induce troublesome fellows
to get out of the road. , This is the
cause of the delay, and if through
this delay the enquiry be not -a
sham, it will be ho fault of the- Gov -
Had the Gevermment been inno
centof the serious charge preferred
against them, they would hatre court-
ed the full est en qu irte' inst ead of using
every _means -at their command to
stifle investigation. That they are
guilty, no unprejudiced person, in
view of their eonduet, need -have any
donbt. If they -are not proved
guilty by the evidence produced be-
fore the committee of enquiry, when
it meets, it will be because, aided by
their' roajority in the House, they
have stifled enquiry, and checked
the inveetigatiOn, at the . very time
when evidence to prove their guilt
before country was procurable by
the genteman who assumed the
grave responsibility of prefet ring the
charge, •
There is one gratifying feature
in the proceedings Which we' have
yet to relate. Although the leader
of the Gevernment succeeded in in-
duci4 a majority. of the committee
to consent to having the inVestiga-
tion conducted privately, he was
efraid to atternpt to compel his fol-
lowers in the House to sanction such
a course. The adjOurnment of the
them to 'swallow at one time, and
the " star chamber " proposition had
to be' abandoned. Obeequioue as
the folkevers of the Government- in
the Hotise are, it is gratifying to
know that their sabserviency has -a,
limit. , Ittis a pity, for their owe
crEdit, es well as for the honor of
the -country, thA this limit is"not
wore closely drawn.
the views of the people, in ordet ta:t
save an unscrupulous Mintster from
just censure.
From, Our Otpu Correkeondent.
OTTAWA, May 7, 1873.
...n.OST, IF NOT ALL, Of tlie Cheese
Factories in this neigjiborhoocl have
now commenced operations for the
season. We are glad to notice that
this branch of industry is graduellY
increasing in our County. Past ex-
perience in the4*(:lairying bnsiness by
many •farmers, hes proved to their
satisfaction that it is by far the most
profitable mode of farming. Grain -
growing was vivey good so long as
ehe soil was in its virgin condition.
But now tl:at it has become redaced
by con ti n 11 OUS cropping, grain -
growing must by degretehl give place
to sonie o'ther lade of husbandry
which will be less trying to the soil.
As a consequence, dairying, not
only in, this County, but in many
utlters, is rapidly being substituted
for it. -It is more certain, and
affords a larger yield, with less la-
bor. This revolution, . which is
gradually taking place in the mode
of farming, will be productive of
good, not only to, the farmer;_out
to the tra eaman as well. If the
farmer th ives, the tradesman is
prosperoup in a corresponding ratio.
The inereased certeinty, therefore,
of an adequate yearly reward -to the
farmer for his labor, must have a
stimulating. effect upoa trade, and
prevent, to a great extent, the ever
recurring cry. of hard timee. _. We
trust the farmers of Huroh nuitr con -
tinge tO increase -their dairies, Year
by year, as their ciecemstances will
permit, and great good to all classes
will be the inevitable result.
:ATE NOTICE by reports. from Otta-
wa that upon Mr. Apglin rising to
address the ,Honee, during the ale -
bate on Mr. CarneroW4 motion to al-
low the Pacific Railway committee
to adjourn till July, he Was received
by the friends of the Government
with groans and- hisses. • Notwith-
standing this ex.hibition of ,extreme
vtilgarity and rowdyism on -the part
of his opponents, Mr. Anglin in-
sisted on beinfe heard, and order was
restored. In order, _however, to
still further show how keenly they
felt the castigation he administered
to them recently through his paper,
when they could not put ,him down
by hissing, they left the house in -a -
witness the childish exhibitions Of
eipleen indulged in toward ML
Anglin by meMbers of the Govern-
ment party. :Not long ago Mr.
Cunningham, member for' Mar-
quette, IVIanitoba, attempted in a
speech in the House, to justify Louis
and still the friends of the _Govern-
ment pat him on- the back and call
him a good fellow. But, because
Mr. Anglin saw fit to tell -a few
unvarniihed truths through the me-
diu el of his paper, they affect to treat
him with centempt, and enibrace
every ppportunity of insulting him.
Mr. Ciinningliam, Riel's apologist', is
an uncompromising Govetnrnent
supporter, while Mr. Anglin is in
the cold shades of Opposition. This
makes all the difference in the world
to some people.
MANY OF THE people of this Coun-
try will be somewhat surprised tb
hear that a majority of their repre-
sentatives in Parliament voted on
Monday night ,last to ,negative a
resolution, proposed by My. Blake,
to the effect that heieafter Canada
should be consulted before her terri-
totial possessions should be negotiat-
ed away by the Horne Government.
Such a vote is tantamount to saying,/
that the Home Government have a
perfect right to cede our territor'y to
foreian nation. without askine
our leave or consent, and that
should tlie,y• do so, Canadians would
be perfectly satisfied. If, in this
instance, Parliment correctly rep-
resented the sentiments of their
constituents, wp may well conclude
that we are a degenerated race, en-
tirely without that spirit of indepen-
dence which sliculd characterize
eVery free people. We do not be-
lieve this is the case. We believe
that, by its action in this matter,
MORE LIVELY.
As the session draws to a close pro-
ceedings here are becoming considerably
more lively. The fire is commencing to
burn, and honorable gentlemen on both
Sides -have suddenly become combative.
The past week has been one of considerable
excitement. The more prominent gees.
tions whieb received attention, and gave
iise to animated discussions, were first,
THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY.
In the Public Accounts Committee
Mr. Macheezie instituted an enquiry
whieh establithed the fact, on the au-
thority of the Chief Engineer, that the
Government have overpaid. the contrac-
tors on Section Five of the Intercolonial
Railway,. to the amount of $65,000
without ever submitting the matter to
the .consideration of the House, or in any
way acting as if they were 'a responsible
body. The case was brought up in the
house by Mr. Mackenzie in one of the
most able and logical speeches of the
session. ' Not a member of the Gsvern-
ment attempted to deny the charge, but,
notwithstanding this, a majority of the
kenzie's motion censuring sach proceed-
ings. 113y this vote the House affirmed
that the Government a re perfectly ju
in violating a solemn contract, and
of their own free will, entirely indepen-
dent of their respousibility to. Parlia-
ment, paying out money to a favorite
contractor, which had not been earned:
The -next discussion of importance was
with reference to the
TREATY OF WASHINGTON.
Mr. Blake Moved a resolution, declar-
ing in substance, that in future the ter-
ritorial rights of Q,anada r.hould not be
parted with withont the consent of Parlia-
ment, as in the case of the freenavigation
of the St. Lawrence. This -was certainly a.
reasonable proposition. But should such
a resolution be carried, it would, to some
extent, be a censure of Sir johe 3fite4lon4.
ald es Joint. High Commissioner, and
also of the Govennnent, in allowing our
territorial rights to he saterificed without
the consent of the people. The resolu-
tion was, consequently, strongly oppos-
ed by the entire ,Government phalanx,
and Sir John, in a long speech, pleaded
with- his supporters to vote it down. The
reply of Mr. Blake to Sir John was a
masterly effort, and was regarded by all
as the most able speech delivered during
this Parliament. He fairly skinned hie
antagonist, who, self.possessed as he can
appeae to be, sensibly cowered under the
terrible ontlaught In terms of the most
withering sarcasm. Mr. Blake exposed.
the Premier's sham loyalty, and. the hu:
miliating concessions made by him •at
traveters being subjected; to this annoy -
awe. The bill provides that when a
passenger train ts overdue a quarter of
an hour or more et any station, it ehall
be the duty of the station master to post
up in some conspicuous place • on the
platform a notice, stating the statiou lad
passed, and the time when the train
be expected—such notice to be
inhaYitged
I rives. The ne 'loot of this duty will
eubject the station master to a penalty
liot exceeding CA), which may be recov-
ered upon conviction before any justice
'of the peace, and which shall:he payable
to the enmplainant. Any shit brought
under this act must be begun withiu one
month after the commission of the
offence. -
THE NORTH HURON PETITION'.
Sir John Maedonald has at length'suc-
ceeded in staving off all enquiry in the
Pacific Railway charges this session. • On
Mo,uclay when the Committee met and
Sir Francis Ilincks was called. to give
evidence, Sir John rose and made appli'-
cation on behalf of the Gevernment for
adjournment of the Committee- till July
en the ground of absence of Abbott and
Sir Hugh Allan. He intimated that Par-
liament would only be adjouened now,
and would meet again in August tit re-
ceive reports of Committees. Mr. Mc-
Donald, of Pictou, then movecl the ad-
journment till the second Wednesday in
July. Mr. Dorion moved imamendment
that the evidence of Sir Francis Hincks
be taken. After diecussion Mr. Mc--
Donaldhumotion was carried by the cast-
ina vote of the Chairman. It was decid-
ecrthat the ineetings of the Committee
be held secretly. When the House met on
Tuesday Mr. Cameron, Chairmen of the
ieg the adjodrnment of the Committee as
recommended. The motion was ag,reed
to. Mr. Cm -heron also announced, amid
the cheers of the Opposition, that the
members of the Committee who -had yet -
ed to makethe meetings of the Conmfit-
meetings would not be held. It is state
ed here that the Committee were mom -
molded to abandon this part of the pro-
gramme by the Government who had
first vecammendecl them to adopt it. The
reason for this is that leant, of the Minis-
terial supporters threatened - to vote
a ainst the whole thing and- defeat the
p ns of the G-overnment if the proposi- jectpes and some of its twarra friends. ,
tion eo have secret meetings was not At first weevere given to understand that
abandoned. The Government were thus the Great Western Itailway would build
forced to give way to their supportera. the road, and I am - creditably in -
THE PUBLIC;ACCOU yrs ,COMMITTEE. formed that on this supposition some
This Committee seems to he a most townships voted their bonusea It after -
useful appendage to -the legislative ma- wards turned out, however, that the
chinery. Seyeral Government, tricks Great Western were only to run the road.
have been discovered this session, and Again we *ere positively assured that
revealed to the world through the agency the Great Western toozdd agree to run
of this Committee, which, had it not the road, but now appearances seem to
been for it, would never have come to indicate that this also was a hollow pre -
light. Besides the irregularity on the teuse. To cap the climex, the Directors,
Intercolonial above referred to, it hae feeling unable to meet the very e-eason-
been ascertained that eery grave irregu- able. demands of some of the townsliip
larities have occurred in the department Councils for tuitable security that the
of Militia. The officers of this depart- money if voted would be properly ex-
ment seem to be in a very demoralized peiaded, before they would consent to
state.—eaeli working on his own hook, sebmit the by-laws, applied. to Part
and for his own interests. The result is
that gross frauds have been perpetrated
on the denertrnent and on the coun-
try by officers and members of the force.
The expenses of the department have
rapidly risen to an almost fabuloutly
targe sum, and the efficiency and useful-
ness of the ferce is gradually becoming
less. The raking over which matters
have recently received i.e. the Public Ac-
counts Committee will, no doubt, have a
beneficial effeet, and the officials of the
departnaent will rrobably take care here-
after to conduct their affairs more order-
ly and economically.
THE CENTAL SYSTEAL
A bill on weights and measures has
been introduced hy Dr. Tupper, and
will be passed, which provides that after
the first of January next, the system of
buyth.g and selling cereals by the bushel
is to be abolishedtren1 that the cental
sYstem is to be substituted instead.
After the above date, therefore, cereals
of all sorts must be bought and sold. bt,
the 100 pounds or parts thereof.
GOOD NEWS FOR RAIL'WAY TRAVELERS.
All persons who have traveled. by rail
mnst have experienced annoyance and
inconvenience on account of being un-
able to gain any information from rail-
way employees as to the exact time of
the arrival of everduo trains. A bill
has been passed which will in futhre
The Committee appointed to try the
North Huron Eleetion Petition 'net on
Tuesday, and adjourned until September
next. .Dheeren.
The London,ThtUuron and Bruce
To the Editor of the fruibu Repositor.
DEAR Silt : By reading the last issue
of your. Clinton contemporary, one would
be almost led to believe that the pre-
liminary afittngements for the construc-
tion of the 'London, Huron and Bruce
Reilway had been completed, and that
tho only obstacle now remaining the
way of a final accomplishment ot that ,ob-
ject is the stubboreness of the town-
ships of Tuckersmith and Stanley in 're-
fusing to grant the- bonuies irked. It
seems to assume that the agreement vvith
the Great Western Company has been
ratified by the English shareholders,
a,nd. that all things—with the exception
of the obstacles above mentioned—are in
a lovely -and satisfactory- condition.
Well, such may be the case. I would be
sorry to believe that your conteraporary
would endeavor to mislead the public on
this important question. But, after a
careful perusal of the report of the last
half yearly meeting of the shareholdere
of the Great Western, as published in the
Weekly Globe, I am half inclined to
think, that your Clinton , confrere is
either very far astray himselt or that he
is tryingto fool us. I admit that the ar-
raugement between the Companies was
referred to in the report, and also by the
chairman, and that the following resolu-
tion sanctioeing the report was adopted:
" That the report and accounts for the
half year -ending the 31st of January,
1873; this day submitted, be received,
and that a dividend on the prefeience
stock at the rate of 5.per cent. per an-
num, and on the ordinary at the rate of
6 per cent per annum, be now declared,
payable in London ou April the 22d."
You will observe, Mr. Editor, by the
above resolution, that no reference is
made to the agreement .with the London
Company. Time, it was recomnaended in
the report, end the report was adopted.
But I find. that other things_were also
recommended in the report, and that
separate and distinct resolutions -Assent-
ing to such recommendations were passed.
For instaece, it was recommended in the
report that the track be doubled from
Glencoe to Windsor ; also that the cap-
ital Attic of the Company be increased
by. g100,000. For the adoptiOn of both
of these recommendations, with others,
it required tile passage of seperate and
distinct tesolutious. But there was nd There were several nerrow etcapes. A
resolution.Proposed adopting the recom- young married. couple hid jutt before the
rnendation to sanction the arraneement accidetit providentially got up and gone
With the London Company. W1137, Sir, to,look out, when on their reture the
it appeared to me, upon reading the re-
port, and 1 atn still of the same opinion,
that, after the determined opposition
offered by many of the shareholders to
assuming the control of any more branch
lines, the chairman. concluded to drop
to throw 80131,1 light on the. agreement
"Object, I beg to subscribe my awe&
TUMEWMITII, May 5, 1873,
•
[With reference to the request of out,
corresponden,t, we are sorry we eannot
enlighten him much, After careful'
reading tlie pfiblished iee.ort of the pee
the Great Western Railway at theirUst
meeting,. we came to pretty natal tta
same conclusion as he ditl. It seemed
to us that the Chairman was exceeele
ly anxious to -close the meeting as ep
ily as possible, in order that he '
not longer be subjected to the unspan4
lash of dissatisfied and disappointed
B areholtiers, We also concluded, al-
though we may be wrong, that iu order
facilitaie his object, the Chairman
qttietly dropped the recommendatien to
sanction. an agreement with the London
Company, and that no agreement was
sanctioned by the shareholders,
dpinion has been strengthened by the
fact thet the London, Ont.,) papers, is
any mention they have made ef the
meeting, have not referred either direct.
ly or indirectly to the proposed agree.
ment. ',fled the agreement been ratified,
one woultima,tarally suppose that so fin.
portant an event would. not be allowed
to pass unnoticed,—ED. EXPOSITOR.]
,A.ccictent on the Grand Truuk.
Three Passenger Can Roll- Down, an Em.
'banlbinzent Thirty Feet IBA — Over
Thirty Permits Injured.
About 5:30 last Fridey morning as tie
Portland express train on the Grand
Trunk Railwa,y was passing the 27th
mile post near Soixante, the three last
cars—one of -them a Pullman—left the -
track by meane of a defective rail, he -
came detached from the refit ofehe train,
and rolled down an embankment' fotty
feet high. The passengers within neee.s-
sarily 'sustained -dreadful injuries ;
thirty-two injured persons were taken to
Montreal by the poriion of ,the.train, lab
on the track ; some woe left at St.
Hyacinthe, and more &Ica Most of .
the passengere teemed. to be Americans.
STATEMENT oF THE PULLMAN CAR CON.
About 5:30 I was inithe wash -room
the train then gOing about twenty-five I
miles an hour. Was handing a towel
otit to' a lady when I felt the car go
• bump," " bump." I sang out "We're
off the track. ma'am," and in a 'second
the car rolled. over and over, I grabbed
the curtaidrods above and hung on. At
last the car stopped rolling and ,canie
right side up. I sprang out, not much
hurt but dizzy. The passengers were all
tangled up inside. I helped them out.
One man was hurt badly. The accident
was eausecivl think, by a freight train
going along before, a,nd by some means
cutting off the lxdtsin the fish ties ; the
rails then spread. The first-class car
nearest the Pullman -wasn't broken up
much, and lay.on its side ; the other ivas
a total smash/ and lay in two pieces ; the
people zrowded oue of the windows
bruised and. bloody. We stopped about
un hour to get them bandaged up, and
comfortable, and left for the city. We
rolled dowe a bank overthirtY feet high,
and it was the biggest tuitablinx I ever'
got.
FORTM ATE ESCAPES:
fottnd that .the rail had gone throug
their bed. _Another man -by having gone
'into the smoking, car escaped the acci.
dent. Mr. G. Greeley, of Boston,
had a narrow escape from being burped.
to death, the stove fell upon him.and
the Loedon arrangement and say no set his clot es on fire, fie seruggled des.
more about it. Perhaps, Mr. Editor, perately, however, and cleared himself,
youl may be able to give us some light on- afterwards being buried,under the zoals,
the subject lt is . itnporta,nt thing &e. Getting through a whisk)* he res- -
for thepeople te know definitely aed cer- cued some tittle children who -were with-
tainly whether the agreement between in the car. The condition of some of
the Compenies has really been ratified the passengers was pitiable, one lad.y- in
by the Englith shareholders or not For delicate health suffering much.
it Halett, 'On April 29,
vriva:_atreslarataltro, folaertAre. 28, the
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wife of Mr. W. Neerman, of a, daugh- off, the
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my part, lefeel convinced that it hes not, MARVELOUS ESCAPE FROM TOTAL DES -
and until I see very satistaetory proof to ' . TRUCTIoN. ' .
the contrary, I cannot help but continue- °
Had the -accident happened a -little
in that belief, notwithstanding the very -
later all would have likely perished, all
sanauine expressions of your Clinton
0 there was a bridge 'aver a cieek into
contemporary. . Which the train would have been precip-
I may say, Mr. Editor, that I would itated.
be veiy sorry to say one word which
• THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
would injure the prospects of the London
The dreadful accident was eansed by a
Coinpany, but I do want to -get at the
truth. Although I have been a friend .rail being displaced by a portion of a
end would freight train getting off the -hack.
tit
of the enterprise ell alont,
vete for our township giving a reasonable- CULPABLE CONDUCT Or eatreo-Yess.
bonus to assist it, if I saw suitable se- The men who had charge of the freight
curity offered foi-vour money, I must con- train, who preceded. the ill-fated Port -
fess I have been sernewhat disgusted land exprdes, appear , to have acted in a
with the vascillating conduct of its pro- culpable manner., From near Soixante
to within a short distance of -St. Hilaire,
the marke of the broken truck, or what-
ever wis out of place, are discernable
along the ties close to the north rail.
It is alleged the train men remedied the
defect, and tiever made the affair known
in St. Hilaire, so as to enable the section
men. east of that Eta Inspect -the track and
see if repairs were needed. It is remark-
ed as extraordinary that though thetrack-
men on the section in question were re-
patring the line no one thought it worth
while either to telegraph oe stop the ex-
press or to send a man up the track to
signal it. The conclucter of the wreck-
ed. train Mr. Desmarias, went back to
Soixante' and telegraphed to Richmond,
but if is &aid uo intimation was received
'lament for power to coerce the Councils
. at Bonaventure station. This was a
to act contrary to their judgments. grave oversight and one that should not
power, to the disgrace of our Legislature,
This be lightly passed over. Of ecurse, when
the train with the injured persons arnv-
was granted. Taking all these quirks
and manceuvres into consideration, I
have come to the conclusion that there is
" something rotten in the state of Den-
mark," and that the Directors are not as
honest and straight forward as they wish
us to believe they are. In view of these
facts it would be well for us to keep our
eyee open, and take care that we vote no
bonus until we see everything plain and
square before us in -black and. white.
We shpuld also uphold our Council from
whom their just rights have been so
cruelly and cowerdly wrenched. They
in the by-law to the effect that our de-
bentures be allowed. to remain in the
hands of our esteem.ed Treasurer _until
the road is built. If, therefore, the Com-
pany should force our Council to submit
a by-law without this condition, as I
hear they intend doing, the farmers of
our township should. end I hope will,
unite as one man to vote it down, let the
result be what it may. I believe that
out Council have hitherto acted prudent7
ly in this matter, and that the demand
they made of the Company was reason-
able and just, and they should be sus-
tained and Supported in their action by
the ratepayers: Craving your paedon,
if the provisions are enforced, prevent
Mr. Editor, for occupying so much of
our space, and trusting you ma be ble
ed there were no preparations foe then
proper reception.
LOSS TO THE COMPANy.
The two ordinary cars are ;completely
smashed, and the Pullinan is very much
damaged. The Pullman car was worth.
.$30,000, and will have to be replaced by
the Grand Trunk Railway.
thought that -the truck of the
freight teain, which was -off the track,
must have been what is known as a "siX
wheeled truck," and the fact of it being
partly off the track could not have been'
known to the conductor. The train must
have been heavily loadedeas Portland
trains always are. The marks of the
eleels 'on the sleepers were visible for
several miles, and_ the bolt heads are
said. to have been planed off as by a Ma'
chine.
comlin
emone
great
have s
yet re
took
THE MARKETS.
. BEAFORTH, May 8, 1878,
Barley– .1..: . , .. , ..7...„.......... 0 50 to 0 55
FsapnriZeglwrleatea....i: .......... 7 ...........nh,,,r0 1,4
Buttgtets.: ............. is. it.e;(;: ..ii..:,.., ......, ..:,...,.... x ......,.......:. i 6 6
: 14ro. 2i. . . '..... .... —.. 0 00 to .001140 t e
e 12
BUFF,ALO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BUFFALO, &
- The follawing shows the receipts and
shipments_ of live stock at East Buffalo
.for the week thus far, beginning with
Sunday :
Cattle, .8heep, -Hogs, Horsa.
head. head. heed. head.
Sunday.— t 901 2,000 7,300 205
Monday. 3,298 2,000 7,100 32
Wednesday— 680 3,800 1,200 96
- :Sunday
- Mondays,
ANNIIM
IMPORTANT NOTICE."
-L. and. Table use can find all the best kinds, fola
*at low prices at -
The Chequered Store and Tea Depute # '
Also, the best varieties of •
TURNIP and. CABBOT SEEDS at the Chequered
Store and Tea Depot.
JAMES MURPHY.
-6,698 8,400 1U00
Cattle, SheePt
head. head.
142. 1,200
1,870 1,800
2,616 1,800
bee
Bev, aortas.
heati. heed.
3,500 80
6,700 192 I
4,390 '64
et0-90 .96
,8 aTacettimai..,e.i.;i 4,94.7 0,000 16,400 - •
sateisArartor.y----irrilloetw'131aithrsteintdinwug vaerylalrgem-
n-umberef eattle were sold. The
buyers as a . general. thing held al
fearing to make purchases at the prices
.elemaided by owners_ ind holders on
Transactions were as follokvs : .'
No. of
18 Illinois steers, 1,101
6 25
5 70
5 85
14 Missouri " 1,023 6 374-
21 Can, steekersi 862 6 371 1
And. 28 other sales. 0 25
-opened active, We note tthe followine
saiSense:ee, AND LAMS. -- The market 1
No. of Average
.209 Ohio sheep,elipped 80 'St DO
s 1191 Illinois tt wooled t05 0 62
35 I C CC 75
. 3A2n9dI4ndoitanl:r -e:leSs " 91 -' 6-
6 75
was rather drag
beilin°gGfsc:r—sTelhec_e__e:/oatrsk. et
LITTLE FALLS DAIRY tetABKET.
The naarket this week is a little dull, -
though prices generally -have been pretty
well sustained,. The -failure .of the rail- '
road toecleliver last week's shipments in
, due season, doubtless had some influence ,
on this week'e sales, causing a slight ;
falling off in prices, and rendering trade '
less brisk than last week- The delivery;
. owyeacfxieetrsf arIneitT rile ifleta:1 t10,6_ ,s: :Col oialbi rthio:08:tclogutahogn hailtn2 if'14e.b7c, omatileirerywei n s. ceIttxt;Nnertt, ecs eegl I ni a uvi ::
going at pc. The top price for factor'
quotations of leading transactions as fob
tarel1; ;Fair"'
larger than last week and is estimated to
. re:00arvOthsi 11 a: ube 0 t on t b2 e, 2., 00 Of v bo oo rX ecisu.aliFtya,rmariddaisarLes:
NeT7eillefaktories
than 200. The shipnaents of -cheese
selling clme-se at th
market last year nutobered about
This year the Est .will embrane te_