The Huron Expositor, 1873-05-23, Page 4HE
MAY 23, 1872.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Clothing Emporium -Wm. Cam,pbell.
Another Arrival -A. G. McDougall.
Ameribau Girl Horse Poke -W. Robert-
son & Co.
Notice-- Peter Adanison.
Lots in Wroxeter -R Fraliok.
Boy Wanted -S. Kennedy.
Grey Auditors' Report.
Novelty Worksa-John M. Martin.
Old Country Goods -Logan & Jamieson.
Seed Potatoes --Strong & Fairley.
niton. txpooitor.
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FRIDAY, MA.Y 23, 1873.'
The Reason 'Why.
It will be remembered that Mr.
F. W. Cumberland, the manager of
the Northern Railway, was one of
the most prominent members of the
Interoceanic . Railway Company;
formed by Senator Macphersoa for
the purpose of tendering: for the
construction of the Canadian -Paci-
fic Railway. .The Government de-
sired to effeet an amalgamation be-
tween this company and the com-
pany of Sir Rugh Allan. The In-
teroceanic Company, however, re-
fused pointedly to have any connec,
tion with Sir Hugh or his Company,
op the groundsthat he was in league
with certain American capitalists
who cherished no good will toward
Canada on the Canadian Pacific. At
the time the In terocean ic Com pa ny'
so refused, Mr. Cumberland was a
member, and was a Consenting party
to therefusal.. But a sudden Change
came over Mr. Cumberland's pat-
riotisre, and his dislike to Sir Hugh
and his American, friendi seemed all
at once to have subsided.' Ile. bolt-
ed from Senator Maaph rson's Conet
• pany and joined that of Sir Hugh.
Allan, which he bad previously
bitterly denounced. The cause of
this sudden conversion was for some
time a matter of much conjecture.
But the mystery has at length been
solved. As we hi -five already said,
Mr. -Cumberland isdruanager of, and
largefy interested in, the Northein
Railway.• The inde bted 'less of this
Pompany to the Dominion, amounts
.to nearly three millions of dollars.
A few days ago, Sir John Macdonald
introduced ae'bill into the Dominion
Parliament, proPosing to accept as
payment in full*from the Company
the sum of $500,000, thus making
it a present of about $2,500,000.
• Our leaders will now perceive "the
reason why" Mr. F. W.. Cumber-
land abandoned the Cern pony of Mr.
Macpherson, and gave the prestige of
his name and influence to that of
Sir Hugh Allan, which was at the
Same time the Company the Gov-
ernment were endeavoring a to fan
..
into life, ifi order that they might
bestow upon them the charter to
• construet the }tail way. One good
turn, of course, 'deserves another.
Mr. Cum beiland lent his assistance
to Sir John to aid him in engineer-
ing the Allan Company into exist-
enae, and now for this assistance,
and as a. reward for his traitorous
conduct toward his own Company,
Mr. Cunaberlan&s railway is rec-
ommended by Sir John for a gift of
$2,500,000.
create3 sympathy for himself and
his colleagues in the country. But,
by his policy of obstruction. he has
aroused the suspicions ef the peo-
ple, and to ilatisfactorily establish
his innocence, the proof of it Will
have to be very plain and convinc-`
inae Nomatter how favorable to
the Government the iefiorit of the
Committee may be, if thee be ob-
servable in their proceedings the
slightest attempt to shield the ac-
cused, and prevent the truth from
Jibeccuaing known, the peegie wilL
have no hesitation in retidering theii.
own verdict, and that Iverdiet will
most assuredly rhe G-uilty, despite
the CoMmittee's report to the con-
trary.
The'Pacifie Railway Scandal.
The Canadian Monthly, a publi-
cation which is ably conducted, and
which, • although it professes to be
independent in politics, lias a strong.
leaning toward the governing party
in he Dominion, remarks upon the
• Pacific Railway scandal as follows :
We regard with mixed feelings the
• inquiry which has been instituted in con --
sequence of the motion -of Mr. Hunting-
• ton, and for the gravity of, which the
character and position of the author of
that motion are a sufficient auarantee.
The Prime' Minister erred, as we con-
ceive, even strategically, in. affecting to
treat Mr. Huntin$ton s motion for in-
quiry as a motion Of want of confidence,
voting it down and then bringing it in
himself. A bana.fide motion for inquiry,
as this unquestionably was, cannot be a
motion of want of confidence, since .a
motion of want of confidence must be
founded on facts ptoved or alleged to be
• proved. By the course which' he took
the Prime Minister made it easy for his
• opponents to assert, and difficult for his
friends to deny, that he wanted to butke
the inquiry, hut fennel that his party
• was frightened aid would not stand by
him in the attempt. He should' have
seconded Mr. Huntington's motion. That
was the most politic, as well as the most
• gallant coarse. ' -
Just so. Had: Sir John felt in
his heart that his Government were
innocent of the serious charge made
• against them -kty Mr. Huntington,
• bewouldnaturally have done every-
thing in his power to hasten an en-
quiry and have the suspicion removed
• that even the remotest semblance of
guilt attached to their skirts. But,
instead of pursuing this' courSe,-
, the course of an_innocent man, -he
• has systematically obstructed in
every possible way, a speedy en-
quiry. if the Government be not
guilty of the • -charges preferred
against them, the conduct of Sir
John is not by any means calculated
to inspire in the public mind a be-
lief in their innocence. If his Gov-
.
ernment be annocent, as he says they
, areby pursuing a course similar to
that indicated in the above quota-
tion, he would have completely dis-
armed his opponents, and would have I
. Readjustment of the Debt.
The scheme proposed by the DO-
,
minion Government, li‘nd which has
by this time, no dmibt, received the
sanction of Parliament. for the re-
adjustment of the financial basis of
the Union, is so manifestly unjust to
• the Province. of Outwit), and opens
a precedent fraught with sc much
clanger to uhe entire Dominion, that
it is utterly astonishing that any
patriotic Canadian can for. a mo-
ment give it• favorable consideration.
• It is proposed'that the Dominion
shall relieve the Provinces of On-
tario and Quebec of the share of pub-
lic debt - imposed upon them at the
time of confederation, and on which
these Provinces have since been pay-
ing,interest to the Dominion. And
in order to recompense the other
Proyinces for the assumption of
this debt by the Dominion, it is
further proposed to 'grant them siid-
ditional subsidies. This measure is
brought forward as a scheme foi, af-
fording relief to all the Provinces.
But how it will afford that relief the
founders of it have as yet been unable
to show. So far as Ontario is con-
cerned, she will be in a much worrse
position than she was before. Al-
though she will • be relieved from
paying directly a certain amount of
interest annually, she - will have to
pay an equal or greater aaiount indi-
rectly into the Dominion Treasury.
It is in reality patina into the
one pocket to take oat of other.
But, unfortunately, even more will
have to be taken out than is put in.
The smaller Provinces are to re-
ceive additional subsidies, so that
Ontario will have to pay back, not
only, what she receives, but her
share of the additional subsidies
granted to the other Provinces.
This, in the case of Ontario', at
least, is strange relief. •
Let us now ,see how the other
Provinces will be affected. They,
oA: course, will receive a subsidy,
which will aft.* them temporary
relief. • But in ebtainircg this sub-
• sidy, they increase the indebtedness
of the Dominiob, rildd to their own
• taxation, and, in a much greater de-
gree, enhance I rile burdens of On-
tario. • So this miserable make-
shift scheme, instead of being a ben:
efit to any of the Provinces, will be
a positive injury to all, anda gross
injustice to Ontario,
• Had Ontario, the Province which
will be most injuriously affected by
the change, been consulted and her
consent solicited before making it,
the injustice might not be so insult-
ing and galling to the feelings of the
people of this Province. But our
Government has been entirely ig-
nored. The -management of our
own affairs has been snatehe4, out of
our hands by the Government -of the
Dominion,and the injustice perpe-,
• try.ted without even giving us an
opportunity to defend our interests
-The scheme to defraud ns is brought
• forward by the Government, and by
a comlinatiou of the smaller Prov-
inces our rights are legislated away
in spite of us. When thie has been
done now, what protection may we
expect in the fu t u re ? What guar-
antee have we that, so soon as the
subsidy now granted to these Prov-
inces is exhausted, and they again
become needy, thea will not again
• combine to rob us
The present Scheme, instead of
being devised for the benefit of all
the members of the Confederation,
was concocted solely to afford tem-
porary relief to the smaller Provin-
ces, which, owing to their extrava-
gant system of local 'government,
cannot raise by way of local taxation
sufficient to meet their pressing
necessities. •'Their representatives
have placed themselves in the mar-
ket, -they have been purchased by
the Government, and the scheme
under consideration is • the means
devised to raise the purchase money.
At the commencement of the pres-
ent session, it was unsafe to specu,
late as to which political party
would receive the support of the re-
presentatives from New Brunswick,
British Columbia. and Manitoba.
They were willing to go with ,the
party which would concede their
demands. The GoVernment were
not long in striking a bargain with
them. They were prom" ed "bet-
ter terms," and in return agave their
slavish support. This increased in-
demnity, at the expense of Ontario,
• constitutes the better terms"
promised. they have sold them -
selves, they have • receive& their
price, and Ontario fix -As the bill.
But, unfortunately, there is no prob-
ability that they will stay sold. In
a year 'or so, they will return
hungry and needy as ever, and will
again. place themselves in the mar-
ket, and will again be bought, and
Ontario will be again compelled to
furnish the purchase money, -and
so on to the euct of the chapter.
• THE GOVERNMENT MEASURE, pro-
viding for the inspection of grains
and butter, a synopsis of which we
published . last week, has been car-
ried by the House, after having un-
dergone some slight amendments in
Committee. . As the measure now
stands, any city,- town, or village
that applies to the Government may
have a butter Inspector appointed,
and in that case the inspection of all
packages over 50 pounds is compul-
sory. It is a pity that smaller
quantities than 50 pounds are not
covered by the measure. • As it is,
the proposed inspection will be of
but little service in rural districts,
as the evasion of compulsory inspec-
tion, by selliing itr smaller packages
than that specified, will be re-
-sorted to.
TUE SELECT COMMITTEE of the
House of Commons appointed to try
the North Perth controverted elec-
tion case, have deCided that the sit-
ting member; Mr. Daly, is entitled
to retain his seat. This decision
was not arrived at after due consid-
eration of evidence adduced,for the
committee settled the case at the
•first sitting, without waiting to bear
evidence. The petition was thrown
overboard on the 'flimsy pretext of
informality, in so much as the words
"The last\ election of a member to
represent the said electoral district,
in the 'present Parliament of Can -
were held not to be sufficient,
though- the wording of the petition
in this respect followed the English
form and was similar to that in Ca-
nadian petitions heretofore ieeeived
as coned. This shows what a farce
the proceedings and decisions of the
committees are, when the seat of a
suppoiter of the Government is at
stake.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
From, Our Own Correspondent.
• OTTAWA, May 21, 1873.
• DANIA GING DIVLOSIX RES.
• The Pacific lt4a.i1way scandal has had
another overhauling in the .House.
When the discussion on the proposal to
allow the Committee to adjourn until
July was in progress, a week or so ago,
Sir John took occasion to abuse Mr.
Huntington in no very mild manner, for
having preferred the charge, without giv-
ing the reasons and eyidence upon
'which his charge was based. Well, a
few days ago, Mr. Huntington found it
necessary to ask the Muse to summon
the Committee to meet immediately, in
order that certain documents held by a
trustee might be impounded, so as to
prevent their being put out of the way
by interested parties, that they might
not be brought forward in evidence. In
order to slibw the House the importance
of securing these documents, and also to
• satisfy members that his statements' re-
garding them Were well founded, he pro-
ceeded to quote extracts from copies of
the document. In this proceeding, how-
ever, he was soon stopped by ti a Speak-
er. It was found, from the extiacts be-
ing_ read, that statements most damag-
ing to the Goverement were contained in
the documents, and the Speaker, who at
all times uses his position to shield the
Government as much as possible, inter-
fered. Sir John also earnestly protested
aoainst Mr. Huntington being allowed
to read extraets from the documents.
and thus substantiate his demand for the
impounding of 'the evidence. Mr. Hun-
tington was, therefore, prevented, at the
instance of the leader of the Govern-
ment, from doing the very thing that
gentleman bad a few days previously
abused him for not doing. Verily, Cir-
cumstances alter cases. • But, although
the Speaker conic( prevent Mr. Hun-
tington from reading extracts from these
important documents, he • could not
close his mouth, nor prevent him from
• telling the House the substance of them.
As appeared from, Mr. Huntington's
statement, these documents are in the
shape of letters from Mr. Hugh Allan
to his American associates, which show
that Sir Ilugh had represented to them
that he had secured from the Govern-
ment, for certain -monetary considerae
tions, the grant to him of the Canadian:
Pacific Railway, that he expected withia.
•a few days the contract would be signed,
and he repi esented also that he had al-
• ready expended at one time $200,000,
and at othyr times sums amounting. with
the one already named, in the aggregate
to $360,000, to be expended in the elec-
tion of Ministers and their friends. It
will be seen from this that the Govern-
ment had the best of reasons for re-
fusing to have these letters read to Par-
liament and reported to the world.
They will all yet be made public, how-
ever, as by their obstructive policy the
Government are merely staving_ off the
evil clay which must assuredly come.
At the conclusion of Mr. Huntington's re-
• marks, a resolution was carriecl summon-
ing the Committee to meet, on the fol-
lowing day. The Committee according-
ly met, and the trustee of the documents
a Mr. Starnes, of Montreal, delivered
'them over to the custody of the Chair-
man of the Committee, who sealed them
in a package, wrote, his signature across
the seal, and returned the package to
Mr. Starnes to be kept by him till called.
for by the Cdinmittre. •
PRINCE EDW.IIRD'S ISLAND.
. •
The terms of admission of Prince Ed-
ward's Island into the Union, have at
length been agieed upon between the
Dominion Government and. the represen-
tatives of the Island. The following is
a brief synopsis of the conditions which
have been submitted to the House' for
its approval: Canada is to be liable for
the debts and. liabilitiesof the Island at
rthe time of the union. In censideration
of the large expenditure of Canada in
railways. anti canals, and the prospective
readjustment ofe public debt of the
Dominion, the Isl nol is to be allowed a
debt equal to .$59 jer head ef its popula-
tion, amounting in the ag regate to
s Island
$4,701,050. Prince Edwa
not having incurred debt equal to the
foregoing amount is be entitled to receive
a sum equal to five per cent. per annum
on the difference bet,a4en the aforesaid
amount and the actual amount of its
indebtedness. As the Island- has no
re vepue from public lands, it is to receive
$45,000 for the maintenance of public
works, less a sum of five per cent. per
annum upon any sum, not exceeding
$800,000, which the Dominion may ad.-
vance to the Island Government for the
purchase of lands held by large pro-
prietors. • In lieu of its right to levy
taxation which the Island now transfera
to the Dominion, Prince Edward's is to
receive $30,000 per annum, and a grant
equal to 80 cents per head of its popula-
tion, as shown by the census returns of
1871 -namely, 94,021 -in half -yearly in-
stahnents, the per capita payments to be
augMented at each decennial census, un-
til the population attains to 400,000.
The charges for Lieutenant -Governor's
salary, Judges; Customs. Post -Office
Fisheries, Protection, Militia, Light-
houses and other coast services, Geologi-
cal Survey and Penitentiaries, are to be
borne by Canada. The Dominion also
• undertakes to establish regular steam
mail communication between the Island
and the mainland of the Dominion at all
seasons of the year. The Dominion also
agreekto establish telegraphic communi-
cation \with. the Island) • The Dominion
agrees to purchase the railways in the Is-
land in course of constrection and uncle'
contract. • The Dominion assumes posses-
sion of the Provincial buildings, with the
surrounding ground, for which it is to pay
$69,000. The Dominion is to buy the
steam dredge in (course of construction
by • the .Island. Government for $22,-
000. The steam ferry -boat i% to re-
main the property of the Island.
• The Island pepulatien having increased
since 1861 by 15,000, is to be entitled to
six members in the House of Commons,
subject to decennial readjustment under
the provision of the Confederation act.
Prince Edward's retains its present form
of Local Government, to settle its own
electoral districts, and is to be admitted
at such date as Her Majesty, by orders
in Council on addresses from the Domin-
ion Parliament and Prince Edward's Is-
• land Legislature, may direct.
ISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.
A ditgraceful scene occurred in the
House a few evenings ago. and in con-
nection with which the partizantSpeaker
cut a very discreditable figure. When
Mr. Anglin rose to address the House
his voice was completely drowned bl
the most discordant sounds from the Gov-
ernment side of the House. The honor-
able gentlemen and other members of the
House appealed to the Speaker to main
tain order, but that functionary did not
seem inclined to do so, but rather, if any-
thing, encouraged the disturbance. After
considerable wrangling he was prevailed
upon by m3mbers of the Opposition to
usahis prorogative and quell the disturb-
ance, when Mr. Anglin was allowed to
proceed with his address. . I have no
doubt but yo,ur readers will think, that
when things haveiconee to such a pass as
this, in the Dominion Parliament, it is
high time the session was being brought
to a close.
NEW BRUNSWICK BETTER TERMS.
The measure of the Government read-
justing the financial position of the Pro-
vinces has been passed by the Rouee.
This measure the Government also car-
ried by sheer force of numbers, as they
were utterly unable to produce any ar-
gumeats or reasons for so unjust and un-
called for a violation of the basis of union
between the Provinces. It was denounc-
ed by the Opposition, and justly so, as a
scheme whereby the Government could
pay the representatives of the _lonelier
Provinces for their unswerving support,
by giving them better terms at the ex-
pense of Ontario.
THE PRINTING CONTRACT.
On the Printing Committee bringing
forward their report' for the final ratifica-
tion of the House the large advance rec-
commended • to the contractor was
strenuously opposed by the Oppo-
sition. The Government strongly
urged the House to accept the proposi-
tion of the Committee, but letters were
read by members of the Committee from
otherairominent printers offering to take
the work at Mr. Taylor's prices. These
offers rather awed certain members who
are in the habit of voting with the Gov-
ernineut, and they accordingly expressed
their iotention to oppose the motion
adopting the report. The Government
perceiving that their scheme to reward
the contractor was likely to be frustrat-
ed, put ftrward Mr. Daly, of •North
-Perth, to move an amendment to the
effect that the rates of the contractor be
advanced only 27 per cent. This amend-
ment was carried by a majority of one.
All those who favored the adoption of
the report finding it impossible to carry
it, supported Mr. Daly's motion.
THE ADJOURNMENT.
The show is now about over. The
House will adjourn to -night until Friday,
when it will again meet for adjoernment
until August. • DEXTER.
•
Iowa Farm News.
A_ gentleman now livin*g in Iowa writes
• to a relative in this County as follows:
Joseph Walker, a neighbor of mine,
sold the other day to Wilcox & Goodrich
100 fat steers from his farm, which
brought him the neat tura of $6.300, or
$63 per head. These steers Mr. Walker
purahased of farmers about him at an
• average cost about a year before of $27
and $28 per head. He thinks he has
made some money out of them. He has
hogs to follow, which fattened with the
cattle, that he estimates at $1,500. •He
has 125 stock steers, which he will feed
strong until grass gets good, then give
them the benefit of that for the season,
then feed them corn through next fall
and - winter and have another big lot of
noble fat fellows to sell again. He feeds
not only all the corn he can grow on
three of four hundred acres of land, but
buys thousands of bushels besides. Some
of his steers have made a net gain during
the year of 700 pounds, and lots of them
600 to 700 pounds each. Those which.
were snug and smooth and in good flesh
•a year ago have averaged about double
the net gain of those large, bony steers
that were thin in flesh. This is the re-
verse of -what we would have supposed.
Mr. Walker makes stock growing and
feeding a study, and learns something
new in each lot he handles."
Death cif Sir George E. Cartier.
Sir George Cartier died in London)
England, at 6:15 on Tuesday morning
last. On Tuesday previous an unfavor-
able change took place in his disease,
which confined him to his bed Dropsy,
with which he was afflicted, which for
some time had been checked, re -appear-
ed and reached his chest, producing con-
siderable swelling in that region, ou Sat-
urday. Latterly he suffered much, and
died on Tuesday morning surrounded by
-his family, after receiving the last rites
of his Church. His body will be brought
to. Quebec by the steamer of the 29th, by
which he had imanded to sail.
• George Etienne Cartier was born on
the fith of September, 1814, at St. An-
toine, on. the Chambly, in the County of
Vercheres, Lower Canada. • He claimed
his descent from one of the nephews of
Jacques Cartier, the French 'discoverer
of the St Lawrence, and founder of
Montreal. Sir George's grandfatliter was
one of the first representatives of the
County of Vercheres under the Constitu-
• tional act of 1791, and was an enterpris-
ing and successful merchant. • The youth
received the usual education • of the
more wealthy French Canadians during
eight years' residence, at the College of
St. Sulpiee in the city of Montreal.He
studied law afterwards in the office of Mr.
Rodier, and in 1835 commenced practice
in Montreal, being then in his twenty-
first year. Sir George early became a
politician, and earnestly followed Mr.
Papineau in his agitation against the
then existing govenunent, which practi-
cally gave to the Governor and the -Leg-
islative Council, nominated by the Crown,
complete control over the Legislative
Assembly, which alone represented the
feelings of the people. • Under these cir-
cumstances, the Frencli of Lower Cana-
da, who formed five -sixths of tne whole
population, were excludecl from office,
and felt all the hardship by being ruled
by the less numerous though more enter-
prising and wealthy section of the popu-
• lation. Mr. Papineau's agitation cul-
minated in the year 1837 in the outbreak
of a rebellion, in which Sir George Car-
tier, young, vigorous, and enterprising,
took an active part. A. reward of £500
was offered for his - arrest, and for some
time he became an exile in the United
States. • He returned to Canada after the
affair had blown over, and resumed the
practice of his profession. The introduc-
tion of responsibk government in 1841 gave
to the French Canadians their due share
in the management of public affairs, and
Sir George Cartier afterwards showed that
it was not any .clesp-seated dislike of
British institutions or of the British race
which had causecl his juvenile outbreak.
into rebellion. It is a remarkable fact
that so many -men who afterwards proved
themselves shrewd and moderate in after
• life, 41 part in the rebellion both in
Upper and Lower Canada. Something
was due, doubtless, in their case, to the
Exuberance of youth, but it is clear that
the state of affairs in both Provinces
•was sufficiently bad when such men were
found in attned resistance to it.
In the year 1848 Mr. Cartier entered
Parliament for his native County of
Vercheres. Mr. Lafontaine then led. the
French section of the House, which had.
jilet concluded its long struggle'in. con-
cert with the Liberals of Upper Canada,
against the misrule of Lord Metcalfe.
The Baldwin - Lafontaine Governmeit
took office immediately after the meeting
of the House under Lord. Elgin, the new
Governor-General, and Mr. Cartier soon
took an active part ia the House as one
of their suppoeters. In 1851 the leaders
of the Government retired into private
life, Mr. Hincks beeame Premier; and
Mr. Cartier was reported to have been
offered office in the Cabinet but to have
declined. In 1854 the McNabb -Morin
Ministry was formed, but it was not un-
til 1856, when Mr. Morin took a seat on
the Bench, that Mr. Cartier was appoint-
• ed to a Ministerial office -becoming Pro-
vincial Secretary in the McNabb -Tache
Ministry. A few months afterwards he
succeeded Mr. Drummond as A ttorney-
• General for Lower Canada on the forma-
tion of the Tache -Macdonald Ministry.
In November, 1857, he became nominel,
as Well as actual, leader of the Lower
Canadian section of the Government, Mr.
John A. Macdonald becoming Premier,
and the Ministry under its new phase
being known as the Macdonald -Cartier,
ancl afterwards for a • time the Cartier -
Macdonald Ministry. From that time,
with varying fortunes, Sir George Car-
tier has led. the Lower Canadian ma-
jority.
Defeated in 1862 he returned to office
in 1864 ; took an active part in the Con-
federation work ' • and until his defeat in
Montreal, at lastelection, was the main-
stay of of the' Government, of Which he
formed part. •
Sir George Cartier's career presents
several remarkable phases of character
well worthy of remark. Throughout his
-
whole career we find. him always distin-
guished as an enthusiastic supporter of
the special claims of his French Canadian
countrymen. The love of his own race
was, next to his personal ambition, pro-
bably the strongest characteristic of his
career. He displayed it in the part
which he took III the rebellion, and 1
afterwards in the desperate struggle
which he made in opposition to the
claims of Upper Canada for representa-
tion by population ; ancl there is no rea-
son to doubt that in entering into Con-
federation he fully believed what he told
his countrymen, that theY -would possess
the same commanding position in the
New Deminion which they had held in
old Canada. More far-seeing men than
Sir George Cartier thought differently ;
• and it is alleged that the defeat of his
• party in. Lower Canada at la.st election.
was largely due to the feeling of his fellow
COUntrymen that their position toieards
other Provinces was changed, and that
new combinations and arrangements
were necessary to maintain a share of
former influence. It is possible that,
even if Sir George Cartier could have
foreseen- the future, be would not have
hesitated as to his couree in reference to
Confederation, He had resisted all con-
stitutional changeuntil further resistance
was impossible, and no better bargain
could have been made for Lower Canada
than that which gave it the entire con-
trol of its local affairs free from the in-
terference of the central power. Wt
else was to follow from. Confederation
he was probably liberal enough to trust
to the peeple of thewhole Dominion. In
truth, while Sir George Cartier steadily
contended for his own race, it cannot be
said that his mind was essentially of a
naircet cast. • He always managed to se-
cure the support of a considerable por-
tion of the British inhabitants of Lower
.Canada, and was unwilling to push to an
extreme the power, with which he was
endowed. by the treachery of Upper Can-
ada. Not possessed of great mental
powers, and in oratorical gifts below the
average of public men, he had greet
policy and in his public utterances gave
tenacity tygr eaantdadvantagecourage,
woliviecrhthboo seth Ihiinea
him. -He feared no rival in'his own par.
ty. He always dealt with his followers
withfrankrespect
denifi
htafnorivarocnedsesn,ce7t
co
never submitted to dictation,. The same
candor marked his intercourse with his
colleagues, and his word was alwaya
bereliGlurrend
Sir oartier was free from some
prejudices which animate large sections
of his French. fellow -countrymen. While
devoted to their interests he was ex.
trernely fond of English inetitutions and
of English people. We 'believe that he
lookea forward to spending the evening
of his days in the British capital under
mom favorable circumstances than those
which marred, the fulfillment of hisevisle
His attachment to the empire *as not
therefore the result of selfish considera-
tions, bat sprang from_personal feeling,
and although many of the measures to
which he gave his countenance were tar
from beneficial to the Dominion of Cana-
da and its connection with the British
Empire, there is no -doubt that he heart-
ily desired the welfare of both.
Sir George Cartier leaves no son to in-
herit his title. His widow and two
daughters survive him. His private for.
tune was probably not great For
many years in the receipt of a large in- -
comehe was liberal in his expenditure
and generous,in his hospitality almost to
a fault. He will probably be chiefly re-
membered. in Lower Canada by the part
which he took in the' abolition of the
seignorial tenure, and by what' he him-
self considered. his crowning Work, the
codification of the laW of- that Province.
In Upper Canada he will be remembered,
if not as friend, at least as a not un -
and straightfmwardness it ums possible
to retain a large amount of respect.
genet foe, with whom it- was neces-
sary to contend, but for whose eourage
The Humors of Moving.
The first Sunday in the new house is a
notable day. ?here is an entire absence
of oM landmarks, and. a strange weird
newness on everything, and you can't
find your shaving soap.. You start for a
scuttle of coal,but you don't see the
Scuttle. It is in the bottom tof a band
in the aarret. You take the dripping.
panWhen you change your shirt, you
look for it first. It is in one of the
'bureau drawers, which are pihel one .
upon another in the parlor and you find
yov have got to lift a heti-ton of carpets
and feather beds before you can get
down to the drawers. After you have
lifted them through, it is remembered by
your -wife that the desired gement is in
one of the barrels -the one in the shed
• she thinks, although it may be the one ie
the garret, and yet it would be just like
the stupid carman to have carried that
barrel down cellar. • You think so, too
You attack one of those barrels, and at.
surprised at the result A bed-quil,
conies out first, then a pie -tin., next a ,
piece of cold ham, neatly done up in your
vest and packed away in the missing
scuttle. Below is an assortment of iron-
ware and a length .of stovepipe, a half
loaf of bread, a couple of towels, and a
rolling pin, You begin to expect you
• will eventually come 'upon •a coal mine,
and perhaps some dead friend. Then you
go .down in that barrel again, and. come
up, with a pleasing,assortment of stock-
ings and hill emptied medicine bottles.
The way you come up this time leads
you to consider the barrel itself; It has
caught in the back of your vest, and
made the cloth let go, it took off one-
half of one skeve, and created a sensa-
tion on the backof your hand as if a bon. -
fire had raged there. It was quite evi-
dent the cooper who ,built that barrel
was calleclaway before he commenced to
• clinch the nails. You involuntarily grasp
the rolling pin and look around as if you
hacl expected to see him. • Then you
call the girl to repack the barrel, and
start. up stairs to look after something
that is easier to find, but finally change
your mind., and pass the rest of the day
in digging carpet tacks and worthless
wood from the palms of STOUT feet, and
concocting lies about the wealth of your
uncle, and the moon looks through the
window at night, and touches up with a
• glow of burnished silver several lengths
of stove -pipes, a half dozen odd chairs, a
sheet of dingy :tine, and a barrel with
bbeeidlgullvtetcs.
sfoaming over the top.
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7
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141:0SuBisiEt "
•
Goods, s
-A Cincinnati boy, after gazing long
and meditatively upon a painting rep-
resenting the Biblical decline of pork, -
where the drove of devil -possessed swine
were rushing down the hill into the sea,
-and being told the story, remarked,
" bet the old man 'd found some way
to pack them hogs, and sell them for
prime mess, without wasting a harm"
BIRTHS.
PERICINS.-In Gorrie, on May 5, the wife
of Mr. James Perkins, of a daughter.
IITLI.S.-InHibbert, on May 13, the 'wife
of Mr. David Hills, of a son, still born.
Fosaen..-In Seaforth, on May 14, the
wife of Mr. Thomas Foster, of a son.
SMITIL-At Exeter, on May 18, the wife
of Mr. Smith, of a son.
ir•
• MARRIAGES..
WESTCOTT--WOOLWAY.-kt Exeter; on
May 12, by Rev. 11. Kenner, Hannah,
widow of the late John Westcott, to
Mr. John Woolway, of London town-
ship. •
-
• G-Beasoen-McAu ret -e. --At Ba.yfield, on
May 21, by Rev. E. Davis, Incumbent _
of Trinity Church, Mr. Alexander
Grainger, to Miss Annie McAuley,
both of Bayfield.
• DEATHS.
McKillop, at the residence
of his father, William. Willis, thud son
of Solomon Willis, Esq., late of Tuck-
ersmitb, ,aged SO years.
CALDER. -In Grey, on May 9, of heart
disease, Elizabeth Calder, daughter of
Thomas and Ann Calder, and grand-
child of John and Catherine Cowan,
• McKillop, aged 5 years.
MehPilireE,IL'3S:Not.1-anAdt. •BaY6eld' on May 13,
Peter McPherson, a native of Perth -
s .
LONG. -In Stephen, on May 10, the wife
of Mr. Robert Long.
IIISLOP.-At Roclgerville on May 17,
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas Hitt
CA.10elaPs...-eIn Hey, OD May 17, of tonsunir.
time Rhoden Case, son of Mr, William
FANSON.-In Usborne, on May 19, Atm
son,
aogne, dda1u9gyhetearriof Mr. Robert Fan-
AND
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inAgeo fnosri:earra.4,bleanadmoollunrt Opafbutter
hwati'l
that the quality; under the iDS'
- system, is eta.stly- improved.
a,loinda-nt and rather low. Wesprin'et
°°;a481eat-t.*--
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1.1 1000
VOIX:30
es;e03.- 430 r19
2
Sait
Potatoes, per bushel ,00 Aro
25
CLMITON, tittly
eoi
' . Va :0 It. a aaaa 040
Barley.- ... 0 SO
Peas... .. 0 55,
5ay, per - . . 12 00
LONDO2sT, May 22,1
-Fali wbea,t per bushel., $1. 15 t
red fall wheat, $1 20, spring wi
la tell 20; barley, 50c ; peae;
86c ; oats, 40e •;" butter (rolieit
18o, tallow,--qc to 7c, potatoes
60e ; eggs, 1)e to 12c.
•
• TORONTO, May -
Foll wheat, per bushel, $1. 2
5, epilog wheat, $1' 25 to $1 .
ley, 600, oats, 43c, peas, 67e;
butter (pound. rolls), 17c to 180
(large rolls), 14c tol6c ; eggs, It
BliFFAIP LIVE STOCK M.;1
•Boman, M
The following shows the me
.shipments of live stock at East
for the week thus far, beginni
Smiday
• Receipts,
Catile, Sheep„ ati
head. head.
,Sunday., 1;275 1,206 4,1
Menday.......t1A53 2,600 1
Tuesday. . 2,278 1,400
Wednesday- 1,530 800 1,1
Total.. 8,936 6,000 14,
.Same time last
week 6,239 5,e:03.4,
SUnday
'Tuesday..
Wednesday .
Shipments.
Cattle, Sheep, 1343
head. head. he
425 500
.. 612 1,000 4,1
1,020 1,400
.. 2,975 2,000
• Total....... 5,032 5,000 15
:Same thnelast
week.... - 4,250 5,600 14,
CaTrEE .-The market WAS m
There wa,s a large attendance e
buyers. The regular buyers
Eastern markets hauled out of
ket, believing there was
margin for them to gl
money back. Sales compti
1,31)0 head. Transactions we
lows :
No. of • Average
Head. Weight, lbs.
62 Illinois steers, 1,235
18 tt •4 1,033
19 " 1,025
17 44 1,.126
18 " 14 1,136
32 1,304
436 " 1,206
81 s ,272
46 Indiana, " • e1,354
47 " 1,248
18 Mich. stockers, 933
63 Canada " 897
29 44 835
And 21 other saks.
•ASD LAMBS. ---
was active. We note t
sales:•
To. of Averagt
Head.. Weight, lb
-221 Ohio eheep, dipped 99'
221 44 44 44 -97
100 I1bnos " "
100 ,4 44 4 so
Ohio bucks, - 143
And 7 other sales.
Hocs.--The market is
life. Not sufficient sales up,
Inake •a. quota -We market. E
-ers indifferent and refusing
-SI 75. Prices nominal itt$1
LITTLE FALLS DAIRY
Ma)
The market this week is
-se last 'week-, and the deli)
but prices are without' =tab
About 800 boxes of farm clai• J
livered, and were sold at frr
a few extra lots going at
farm dairy cheese is improvl
quality, but is still badly ekt
keeringe from factories are
-
be in the aggregate about
aed the top price was 151c.
was only reached by only t
We give the leading transa
lowe Cold Brook,t150 ; N
Brockete & Feeter, 13c;
Spring, 14c; Herkimer,
114e, Newport, i&, M. 8.1
eorge Ladire, 15e ; Shellt