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The Huron Expositor, 1874-08-14, Page 44 Apprentice Wanted—Wm. Gras ie. Card of T anks--Janies Mitchell Dye Stuff —John S. Roberts. Farm for 'ale in. HulletE—Itugh ell. \Just Rece ved—...Roffman Brother. Medical C ard—N. Munro. Notice-- . B. Moodie. Public- Meeting—Saturday, Sept 5. Tenders f r Grading—F. Braun. on expoot • OV . SEAFOR , FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 1874. :The East Elgin Election. . The ele tion in East Elgin to fill the vacancy aused by the death pf *. Harvey de latemember, has resulted itt the ret un of Mr. McDougall, the 134 - form can lidate, by a majority of 210. More th n ordinary interest attach- ed to th s election, as it was jhe first condnete under the new Dominion Election aw, and the first politieal eke= tion by b llot in Canada. As will be seen fro the interesting letter of . our oorrespen lent "E," the new system has worked wst satisfactorily:. ITtie su- cessful working of the syetem o voting, e en on its first trial, gratifyin to those who have lo ., earnestly advocated it, and it is equally i gratifyin to see those who have persi4- ently oppesed its introdnetion - i to this country, tad. who only gave it }a tacit_ assent wli -n they found public oi-iinio i so strongl in its favor as to ren er finis ther oppo. itiou useless, now bein ferced to admit ies advaiitages and bene ts. In East Mein the total number •of'a cepted ballots ae e 3,6I. The number of rel. jected bt llots was . 60. The fiumber marked o voter a who were 1111 ble to "read or w le coeld not see was 121. The number o spoiled ballot papers was 8. The total number Of vote e cast, inciud. ing =cep ed and rejected ballots, wt 3,321. T ite•,.: were- 329 votes less pollt than at th previous election in Jantraee. last. Thimay be accounted for part) by the bu.y semen of the year amoni t 1 farmers i which the election wj held) and partly by the fact that the n w law strictly fo -bids the hiring of te. ms for conveying voters to the polls. it is well known th „t many will not vote imles they are c nyeyed. to the polls, and it is frequently impossible to - secure = a sari eient num .er of volunteer conveyanoes in which 0 bring up careless and indif lerent votere. So that, under the cir- cumstance ', the wonder is that there was not a greater disparity in the -num- ber of vot s cast at_the two elections. It will be no iced that there were kit very few spolleo ballot papers. 1 The number r of rejectec ballots, however, seems un- duly large. Sixty rejected rotes ;might very mate ially affect an election. =In i this respect, for a time at least, until the the system is better kinder - 1 ilot adVisa.ble to adhere too the letter of the Jaw.,, , lf a marked that the Returning secret st be cr and. working o stood, it i strictly to ballot is s Officer ea party cast vote shod cause easily distinguish ve ng it intended to v4te f not be cast aside sim voter did mot adhere o the r, the ly be- trietly to the lett r of the lawin. markieg his ballot No matter = how simple tile sys- tem. adop ed. may be, it cannot be ex-- pected the - all will understand its prac- tice there ighly o11 the first or second trial. It akes eotne peoPe a long time to learn, a id it would be folly te 'expect that all we uld know just how to vote correctly, s the lawi provides, by ballot, the first or second time the rote is taken. • On this ac should be case of a should. be , letter of ti ed to in th thoroughly might be d date who r of a major* another, f minority o °ant, therefore, some latitude allowed, awl, unless in the very flagraut error, the vote Rowed. to steed good. If the e law were too strictly adlier-' s eespect, before all come to understand it, groat in, untice : ne by throwing over a medi- ally possessed the cain (knee by of the people, aed electing r whom, in reality, crilk a the votes had been given. The rasshopper Plagur. The int Ifigence froth Manitoba that the first re orts of the general destruc- tion of the crops by. grasshoppers wale greatly exa,ggerated will be receive with great pleas re. It is, now stated' en xe faith, rity that at least half a crop *ill be har -ested over the whole = 'Prey - face. Whn we consider that "half a crop" in M nitoba means 20 bushels of wheat te tl e acre, 40 of oata, 100 of po- tatoes, andj:so on, we need not fear that the people of the new Province will be in danger of suffering from lack of = tbe necessaries of life during = the coming winter. = f co=urse, the visitation of grasshopp rs will bear more severely in some cases than in others. In sjuie ef the =ucw settlements there are, no doubt, instances = == here farmers have been = left -entirely c estitute. Such,. it is to be hoped, w = = either be furnished employ- ment, by rhich they can earn *ages, or will be s = pplied with provision S and seed, to en ble them to tide over antil.a better seas n. The condition of persons and section of country thus leit destitute should, an doubtless will be, made the concern of he local and general Govern- ments. The dam go to crape by gra.sshoppers has of late ears = greatly increased. This, year exte a sive districts in Minnesota, Iowa and other Western States have been devastated, as well as in Manitoba In Ontario, plaints, bu Province t there have idea been corn. the damage done in this is year has been less than' last year: The g assho pars which trou.- ble the Ontario fa mer eede to be a dif- ferent species fro those which ravage the West, andNorth' st, or, at Jeast, - have different habits and work dif- ferently from thenli. 1, ith .us the grass- hoppers seem to be mo t numerous and destructive in dryi weal er. • Wet weatb- er, apparently, does not agree with them. ' Then, sueh as we lave -cern to be native with, ourselves, -.-tlo live and die and lay the eggs for the prop gation of their young on the same fi lds which they ravage. Although they may move from fielcl to field and from fern' to farm, we believe they nevet rise inkhe air and fly eereat distances. In M nitoba and Min- nesota the = grasshoppe usually come from the west. 1They fly at a great height and in such vas = numbers that the sky is darkened an the sun obscur- ed. When they alight ,heir progress is i compared to the advan e of an army upon the enemy, ancl ev iy green thing in their way comois dowi before them. While parsuing their col rse of clevasta- i time they deposit ieggs vhich hatch Out , next springinto tnplions of yo•ung grass- hoppers, More deetruct ve, if possible, than their progenitors. Many theories have been proPoulnded relative - to the odgin and habits -of the rasshopper, and many remedies have bee i suggested for the eradiction of the pes It is thoaght by some that the grass iopper has his - home in the sande plains of Colorado, and thence yearly- Makes descents upon the fertile ,countey to the eastward. Some believe they vvve a regular unite in their invasions, flab g in -east, th.en northeast and nort it unt 1 they are lost ' in the wilds and waters of the Hudson Bay region. Anoteer t eory respecting' them is that they are no more prevalent of late years tha4i for iedy, only the country which the were aceustomed to frequent was ther ano cupiecr, but in the last four oi• fivel years it has been set- tled, so from this it iwould appear that the settlers, not =the irassh ppers, are the invaders. = Whern,thegr sshoppers come in _clouds, as ins the N rthwest, there does not seem to be any ossible remedy. Some have endeavored b burning straw, .1 'grass, &c., to turn he aperoaching army in another directioi , but with very lim- ited euccess. Aftei the fasshopper has -developed from th3 egg to the inset there seems to be no use fighting him. Deep plowing for the des ruction of the eggstseemsto lie the only effettual meas- ure against the grasshop er pest which has. yet been dis overe le Of course, this would be of lit le us in Manitoba , or the Western St tes, b it in Ontario, where we, have o yo r own native grasshoppers to contend vith, it might be practiced more extensi rely and gen- erally than it is, witih ill most favorable results. The Beecher frair. At the present writin r the Beecher investigatinu coMmittee loes not seem to be. much nearer a close sf thkr labors than last week,. They iave had- the evidence of Tilton, azifl of Mrs. Tilton,. and of several .others, nd a partia statement, inc1t1din a c enial of the charges, has beeki in de be Mr. Beeche himself, a persen namel Moultiin, a confidant of both perties and the cus todian of the Beecher, leiteis, has also made a statement, the ten r of which is not, = as yet,- deliMtely kn wn. A fiaa Istatement from gr. each c • is promised. The matter now Stan s abe it as follows ElThe only evidence of any a count against Mr. Beecher is contained'ini his own let ters. = = The -raving ae usati ns cif Tiltoi are = received by = the = iotell gent who really form the 4iry it this remark- able ease, with no more res )ect ,hau the chattering of .an idiot. .4 i Jecohei's letters are his only accuser . Are these lettere genuine, or r re th y forgeries? rhe follenving are a few pssages from this correspendeuce o Mr. 'eeelser : "I even w kit that I were lead. die before any one bdt my elf shall be liucidpated./' wa ati is ity th ts anxiceisfy f 118. What v o be hoped, and humani matter ma e'en -Let -ft' HURON EXPOSITOR. Mr. Beeoher'e explan- n- ma.y be the result, it - ir the interests of. moral - that the discussion of on be ended. T e Count ngineer And Mr. itchell. e lad weel , ublished, a letter from Mr James Mit 1 ell, of Grey, comment- ing in rather s fere terms on the con - du t of the Cm i ty Engineer in letting cer in bridge ntracts. A few days ag we received e following letter from. Me srs. Garrow Walker, of Goderich : GENTLEMEN Mr. Bay., County En- gin•er, instruct - us to bring actions ag, "list Mr. Mit tell and the newspapers pul lishing.a lett r of his which original- ly z ppeared in e Brussels Post. We hae e already iss a a writ against Mr. M.i. ehelli but a tli the newspapers we bel eve Mr. Bay vill not at present pro - coo 1.. or will not proceed at all. if they refiain from f rther publications of sin ilar import, . He desires us to say that the stateme ts made by Mr. Mitch- ell are untrue ' id malficionst in every sen e, and we t refore, for tile present, , if a legal est came, caution you not publish w at may do Mr Bay, a profe. 1011 al MEM, it calculable inj try, and wh yei could not est iblieh. Yonk truly, ( AR ROW & WALKER." - Gunmen, Aug. 1,1874. • edging • from the above- Mr. 'Bay me ad det ch, we hat ns business, pted;,if, folio mine the rges preferrec re coneernet e committed liehina the wh ch we -ehoulc sui Mr. Bay • if, n his official ed iimself liable be ell, pu Ba inc do can brought aga we could n licity, at the an opportnii med to do 's e and this lie stances, we s MI the course. he has red- out, will speedily uth or falsity of the. against him. So far as we cannot see that We .any breach of law, in etter referred = to, for be Menaced by a libel a Comity official, and he has render - o each cherges am have net him. by Mr.' Mitch - refute to give = theni ame time allowing egr.- y ofreplying, i( he felt . This is all we have ch, under similar cir- weld do again. HE QUIEREC 1 OVER NMENT have got the 'iselves into rouble, and the result w' likely be fa al to their official' ex- ist nce., It see s that the Province owi ed a valuable block of land in. the Cit of Montreal. Certain political sup- per ers of the. Ge %ferment conceived a des re to become iossessed of this Prov - Mc al land. Th y; therefore, brought a, s rong pressure o bear upon the Gov- . ern reit to induc them to exchange this val 'able block fo another worth about one third as mue =The Government at len yielded, a'(1. made the trade on eve terms, hus defrauding the Prev- . Inc = out of the d' ertince in values, and pia ing it' in !th pockets of their sup- ers. = As soo as the transaction be- es. e public, then was a big row raised, and the Go' erne ent were so severely con lenmed, both y politic'al friends and sup sorters, that ie of their number has air- ady = resigned, and ,it is probable tha the lemalnlnL members will be fore- ed- .o follow suit s soon as the Legisht- fur- meets. • TIE DOMINION ctll for to le Pembina =1 Pac'fic Ilailway. _ fro Cit - Gotteettereser have is- ders for the -gradthg Inch of the Canadian. This branch extends nal boundary- to the The plans = and sur - lave been. completed, olerably easy of con- inieried*On to Com- ae possible. = This t = 'with.= the Americau 'It was the original Vernment not to pro - with. the wo on their branch until Americans ha begun operations oie s ubt, the present de ff. pressed -state of indtked the Go earlier start than furi ish cmploymafirs in. Manitoba haS e eiment to make an t ey intended,. so as to e fee. settlers who may p *destroyed. the Iuternatir of Winnipe: . vey -.of the road 1 and as it will be : str etioa, it will : et ion :as ., speed row. is t� comic. 7 No .thern int iition of our ceet the thei rs, but, no Pacific - beer had their c» 1 . " ro.keep serene as if I w s net alarm- ed or disturbed ; to b cite erfut at home and atuowe friends when I N kiS fitlifering the tormentof the dean eds.; to pass leepless nights often, and 'et to come ip fresh and fair for elinuTys-kall this -nay be talked about, .itet th real thing anent be understood rom the outside, nor itsevearing and. gr "Win on the ner- irons system." - ItIf my destructioniwoulph ce him •INfr. Tilton) all right,' th, t sl all. not stand in the way.- L am wilI1ingto step lown and out. .No one can offer more ha -ii that. That. I, de effe .. 'acrifice me without hesitation if You caik clearly see -your way to his[safety ai d happiness thereby. . In 01.1.0 pOiHt of view, I could desire the sacritiee on my pain Nothing can possibly be so bad. as the power of great darkness in which I spend much Of my time. I look upon. death. as laweeter far than any friend.I have in the world. II, I fe would, be pleasant if I eduld.'see that rebuilt which is .shat tared. But to live on thesharp and. ra,agett edge, of anxiety, remorse, fear, despair, ancl yet to put on -an Appearance of serenity and happiness, • cannot be endured much longer." ... '-Corild any trifling offence er indiscre- , tion impel a man to make Use of such enpressions as these?. The only enplane- ._ ti n yet given for the existence of the lejtters from which the a !eve are extracts, is that 3.1r. 13eecher advised. Mrs. Tilton ltr ated her, and. -afterw rds became con- e t leave her husband, b 'cause he had ill- vinced he had made a m stake in his ad- vice, hence the corresp iidelice. If the letters are genuine, som better ekplana- tien of them than this nust be made, to clear their author of uspic on, The w ole world, or at least i1I that Part of it ,whose opinion is. worthy of respect, 1 1 Tile cantnat of (lot- len," a sk etc] the • rst page of t abl exadeple of w 11 e late "Lord. Gordon f which we print on • paper, is a remark - t unlimited " cheek" can accomplish, a N ell as of the extreme ,gull bility of eve" t ie sharpest and most cap aienced = busi c•s 'men. Here was n oneyless ade en -tier obtaining ex - ten ive credit, bu i g thousands of acres - of land, obtainii g control .of railways and frightening ra ay rna,gnates, simply by he power of p nsion. On the oth- er hand, Gordon' e m-lancholy suicide is onle another ill -us ra .ion of the " sudden des ruction" whic • Verta,kes the, trans- gres-or, even thot gh he may prosper for a se son. NEWS 0 HE WEE E.. e e T ie British etc. left New York on was lost offGalley Irel nd,' together ere were saved. IP RLIAMENT P NOR )013E1). --Parliament was prorogeed on Ai g. 7. The Queen's Spe .ch, referring � he pro.posed Reci pro iity Treaty, sa s : • Negotiations hay been undert kei for the renewal of the Reciprocity ri re. ty formerly exist- ing between Cai ad and. the United States. The ne °tit tions which were enced by th == fl sire and -inthe in- ts of Canada4 h, ve been temperer- ispended by the djournment of the rican Senate. 1 T ley will be revived , andd-I hope frill lead to an increasemmercial ints re ni.se between the metrics." tlat ers in. Spain are loned as folio s "1 deeply lament ondition el 5 ain ; and, whilst earn - desiring the re toration of = peace order in th t c untry, I consider terference a m st couducive there- RITIAN. : m hip Corinth, which- ' f 1 Ji ly 15, for England, H ad, County of Cork, it = the cargo. The na tere ily s Am soo of c two men the esti and non - to." The Speech concludes by ,congratu- lating Parliament upon its work, 8,nd expresses pleasure because of the reduc- tion in. taxation; at the passage of the Factory act, by which the health of woman and children Will be, promoted; at •the passage of the act reforming church patronage in Scotland, which will conduce to the religious = welfare of the people, because it removes the cause of controversy; and at the passage. of the Public. Worship Regulation bill, which will settle the form of worship of the Established Church. 11t . GOVERNMENT CO NCESSIONS. —The Gov- ernment as promised the Permanent Committee of the National Assembly that theywill communicate to it im- mediately ihe details of any foreign ques- tion that n ay arise during the legislative recess. FRANCE = ND THE CA R Listrs. --It is as- serted that the Duke de Cazes, Minister of l'oreiga ffairs,has sent a note to the Gpvernmen at Madrid containing a for- mal denial •f the reports that France has favored the Carlists. , ; ESCAPE 0 E BAZATNE. —11.1ars1ia1 Bazaine escape(1 fro n his confinement iu the Isl- and of Sainte Marguerite, (II = Sunday night last. 1 The following paitieulars of Iii s escape itre interesting : The apart- ments occu )ied. by the'Marshal opened. on a terrace, which was built upon a lofty and. )recipitous cliff- overhanging the sea. A sentinel was. posted. on the terrace, wi h orders to watch the prison.. era every 1 ovement. • Oe Sunday even- ing the M -shel walked up* the ter- race with 0.1. Villette, his auleide-camp. At 10 o'clo k he retired. as natal, appar- ently to sl ep ; but before daybreak be --had e.ffecte his escape. He must have crossed the terrace in the deal of night, • and, eludii g tile sentinel, gained the edge of the recipicet Thence], = by means of a knott a rope, he descended to the sea. He e ridently slipped. during the descent, an = tore ins hands, , s the rope was found o be stained withl blood in several pia es. Under the 4liff, in a* hired boat were Ba,zaine's 1wife and cousin. T ey received him a he reach- ect the wate ., and Madame Be, eine,- tak- ing the oar herself, rowed di ectly to a strange ste, mer, 'which had 1 een -lying off the lsla, (1 since the previo. Is evening. They reach d the vessel in sa ety, were taken on . b aid; and . the ste mer then pat to sea. It is thought that they have landed at G noa, as the steame proceed- ed in that d rection. - Great ex itement = prevails in Paris, and it is sail the Governmen -will act prOinptly ai d energetically in Punishing all who com iVed athis escape. kercrunE TO SPAIN.—The a 'titude of the Spanish representative at. V�rsailles is most eon iliatory, and the ifficulties with Spain , re ended.. - Senor astelar is expected at ersailles, charge& with the mission of gotiating for ,the r cognition of the Repul lic of Spain. . SPAIN. - GER MAN NTE RFERENC E. ----Rtirnors are rife of the _ intended interfelrence of -Prussia in .S anish affairs. A. orrespon- dent of one ef the London pape s says he has reliable authority for statis g that a secret cenve ition was conchu ed = three months ago, between the = Em eror and Marshal Se Tam, by which Germany agreed if ne essary to aid = in ithe = sup- pression of the . Carlist = insiirrection, either with oney or, by means o armed. intervention and to undertake ) secrife the recogaiti n of the Spanish epublic , by her allies. Serrano in returi = pledged . Spain to an trid de- _ vent of ' forma .alliance; offensive feneive, with Germany, in = the win' with Fr; nee. Italy was t third party t the alliance. --Another rumor prevailed. t i it Ger plumy was ne otiating With pa'n for the cession of th = town pf Santona. If Which it was proposed to make a sec ad Gib- raltar, but this has been contra( icted. Itereevita WITH i Don _Cai tos.—A corresponden - of the New York Herald has in tenvie vcd Don :Carlos. In. ,the course of the conversation Carl s said : " I have no f eteof German inteil'eotton. Germany is a Var0 that a foreign r throw- ing, hithself fi to the Midst. of :in 1uteine- cine conflict i exposed, to its risks and perils. Span arils strengly dish e ietere ferenee in t lair a,ffairs. In te ..vention would result n my favor." Doi Carlos professed tab. very Sanguine of . the suc- cess of his cat se, declaring that -Lis pros- peb == are fa rorable,j end givie g good reasons there or. • I. nano seeans. FAST TIME. :Al the Buffalo n des last week ..Goldsm th Maid trotted a nu e in two miuutes Ind. 15t .seconds. - This is the fastest tin e ever made in An erica. 0 oiNG I3.4.0 .--T.Wo thousand steerage pastengers sa led from :New = oi•k on _Saturday for airopee== . Nneno Rao r In Tnneteseen. = -A dis- patch = = from onierville, 'Un = says : " We are in ti e midst of a rin . Two men were kill - d about 1 o'clock, ind the negroes are intelling into the to ei from the stirroundit g country. Send us 300 armed. men." Portions of two mi i ia companies, an a oum bero f voluat 'ers-left by ;especial tr. in for Semerville. ' :I (num:. axe DISOR OER IN Alll ANSAS. —The city of aistin, Texas, is in a state of great CxcitElmenL on account f riots betweea the it Tines and whites The trouble was ea, *led by a man pained Dr. Smith, who w s attacked by 1), uegro in the, streets of 4ustin, and fired a • him.; theshot misset the negrq and ste ck and. killed a little negro girl. This efeasper- ated the negroes so that they collected a mob, and took Dr. Smith to the woods to hang him, Which they wont( have done but for he - entreaties of Mayor Wocdson and. the chador's wife, The negroes surrounding Austin were it =feed on thasouth, on Tuesday mornie . by a body of mounted whites, who kil d four or five and captured 20. The blacks number about 1700 ; the white e have about 200. Both parties are etei ectieg reinforcements.1 At present the1 whites have the best Of the fight. The negro hands on the plantations opposite, on the Arkansas side, 'tre arming. and marching on Austin in lazfge numbers. qualities, was much resp influential in the county, fore, a very strong local c will now be an opportum tors of Frontenae to decl ence for good- governme of the personal consid might = have influenced t another way had their pr tative been willing to sta time —The St. Thomas ef trnal of last week says that "those 1 Conservativee who, at the recent St. Th mas meeting, came to the rescue of Mr. Charles Rykert, and. howled down. Hon. Mr. Mc- Kellar, pretended to be very anxious for the =pFoofs of the darn:aging charges brought against their lead n =No doubt they thought the ruse resorted. to a very clever .one —while calling lustily == for proofs to cry down the sp ker. We in- tend to gretify those partie . = Next week we will place the evidenc4 before their eyes, and they can read aid. digest it at their leisure. This eviclenee will, no doubt, prove interesting r ading matter, and in due couree we will ive our read- .ers an opportunity of seein what it is. ate and very and was, tbere-1 ndidate. There y for the elec- re their prefer - t, independent rations which - en. to vote in sent represen- d for re.elec- THE BALLOT IN EAS ELGIN. The Ballot on its Trial— t !Works 14 a C harm —V unnyBI un de ri of Ittli ected Voters—A. Change in S. = honum, &e. Correspondence of the Int '072. Expositor. ST. THOMAS As considerable interes the late election contest in the first held under Mr. law,—a few words on the Ballot may be acceptable readers. As this letter is the Returning Officer has taxation required' by la*, proximate the effects of the But enough is known to saying that to =ecure th fluenced opinion of the elec finitely superior to the ol only wayin which bribery i der its stringent provisio candidate nity bribe it vot „ . home, so that compulsory my opinion, the only thin niake Mr. Doriou's la,w per :The = most apparent, an best, features of I the eke quiet, orderly manner in voting was carried on. U old. law a polling, booth NI miniature, — noisy alterea sine fp% non, fighting very disorder everywhere preva stranger might haye walked Thomas on -Thursday blissfi that an election was itt pr yote'r = goes into the pollin time; = he is handed a ball the Deputy = Returning 0 then ushered into a comp, arated by a screen from th are the, Deputy Returning Poll Clerk and the agents dates; he makes (or should opposite the name of the c whom he wishes to vote, --a, marked off in his ballot for tl at purpose; n envelope, turning Of - ballot box. Aug. 10, 1874. attaches to est Elgin,— orion's new (irking of the m your any )eneed before iade the dec- can only ap- ew measure. arrant me ' free, unin- ors, it is in- law. The possibleun- s is, that a r to stay at voting is, in wanting to ed. elle of the ion- was the which the der the old s Babel in ion was- a ' repent, and ea. But a through St. ily ignorant tress. One booth at a. t paper by cer, led is rtment sep- t in which Ofrieeit, the the candi- ake) a cross ndidate for space being 9 11 he then seals up the paper in hands it to = the Deputy R ticer, who drops it into th The voter pasees out by anoti er cloor-and goes about his busieess. Of com•se, any mark left on = a paper by wh ch =a -.voter can be identified " kills " th vote. .So far as I can learna-eand of S . Thomas I can speak with certainty,— he number • of rejected ballot papers = is very email. Small as the number is, h wever, one eau = searcelee credit that s =eh stupid. blunders could be committe 1, when the proper way to vote hit so plain] r indicated. Some put the cross before in tead of af- ter the candidate's name, th�i = a space is left for the ourpote in the p o r place. Others lost their votes by w iting their names where they should 1 ave put a cross, and. one "free and. iu ependent " elector I beard of, = to Mak assurance doubly sure, etroked out = e name Cif the candidate for -iv not wish to vote. Of course of negative voting, as well as blunders I have mentioned, ed. incounting the votes. I may here advert to one heard.. uttered against the b, 9 tirely the mil he did this = style ALT GU aT 14, • hua: 1 )13rtA nttht - alipaprerisaroanii,ceOsslietr i&oatiaos(slo. flirt frIfIrrni lyphreetshenetr Cameron & McMichael, and Messra Brown don't seem. to care about follow - their services will be required, as Mr, ohl letc 1,.:11'1 currency to our 1874. statements. It is 40 w eight days since journalistiwilhg attheevemraowtf tirr the threat was madeeyet we have n -Aber been arrested nor received a -writ -or Q,ny other fain:lotion that an netien ha:3 hem instituted agaipt ue_ His card is a mere empty menace intended to silence the press and possibly extV,.. an apo10 ftricosmwimilifenooft 'bet-levee:1k Njic.,1111 ''t.\\71'e are neither to be bullied, coerCed nor bribed into silence. As to our statements we know them to be tree and capable of proof, and will tand or fall by them He knows them to be true, IIe knee% that we know they are trIle. We defy him to carry his threat into executiene Let him sue or prosecute ne if be wishes to oes stand (el aka otifleewciions7.selx)':ixiatel:liit.i.olliiild-tehrga.7 will wring from his own lipe the reluc- tant confession of his immorality, In no event shall we retrecs or apologize for a word that we have writ÷, -11. 1,Ve have truth and right on our side, and have no fear for the result." - 3/lethIt oba. - The Grasshoppers 77-0i ?e,.) Bad After Ail— lluif a Crop, The Winnipeg .Peee of Aug. 1, says : "It affords cease for conrs tion that later intelligence from different parts of the province upon the extent of the grasshopperdispel ra:1-izethiti, ogfl.iatelati;perete. henSions entertained a dee or two since. The reports were, in the first pinee, ex aggerated in many meteeces, as, for ob- vious reasons, a regular preeie had taken possession of the people,. At an earlier stage there were reasons for believing that the entire crop of the- season had been, or was beleg. destieved: We now learn that the reraathoppei•s moved over the settlemente much mere rapidly than they usually, do, and many sections are now entirely clear.- They ate thinning Oat in other places, and, in a few days, at the present rate; the Province will he entirely clear of the peets. We have been sufficiently informed to -warrant us in believing that the country, as awhole, will yield a full half C1 'I• Thew are, however, some settlements nearly cleaned out, and these arein the main, the most ill-prepared to stand -it, being - the newest in the country. In their be- half, at any rate, it is necessary that the Government come to the aid by public exPehlieaV dituerre; Tetitor says that after care- fully sifting the reports brought in from all parts of the Province *relative to the - ravages of the grasshoppers, we are pleased to find that we can hold. a more cheerful opinion of the prospect than seems to be now eenerally entertained,. Should these destruettive insects continue to travel onwards as rapidly as they have been doing, we venture to prediet that q hau i rt veaestesdulficitoaeuelittplr tiofwheat will be l)letl emend. 411.4111110- The Southern L- Extenicn—Ru mors and Conjectures. From the Listowel Banner., Several of the official; ineludieg the the = Engineer of the Great Western Rail- way and the Secretary of the Welling. ton, = Grey = and Bruce- Railway, passed over the Extension to Kincardine and returned last week. = The principal cause of dispute between the two Companies appears to be that the Great Western maintain that the read is not sufficiently . ballasted, While the contractor says it is now ae good as the main line. Mr. Mc- Culloch, the Secretary, says is the ' tention of the Wellingtoe, Grey and Bruce Company to wait a few days long- er to-aseertain the decision of' the Great Western Railway Directors, and if the road is not soon assumed by that Com- pany, the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway Company will -endeavor to make arrangements for running the road them- eelvesa or in connection with some other company. = Mr. Hendrie's train and gang of men arrived at Lietowel on Tuesday evening, and, we understand, intend to . . - ere reject - Make some repairs and keep possession the other of the-roaduntil an aerangement is made. - ibjection I HO t, before it wasetried, that is, that it vae a very slow method of taking votes. This is a mistake ; fifty votes can be = ast in an hour without any difficulty, end if the system were = once • familiatieed by the electors a. mach larger numbe • eould be recorded. The agents of .the' candida es who are allowed -in the booth with t 10 Deputy Returning Officer, are sworn n = t to reveval the names of those = who hav voted or to indicate in any way to th ir friends outside the- llanieS of such as have not cast their votes. The plan at pted here to keep = traelt of those . who have not voted was for one or mete frie ids of each candidate = to ,stand = outside fed check off the names of voters as t ley passed out and in. Soule were afraic that un- der asystan of secret voting t le final re- sult would not be learned so uieldy as by au- open vote. I an convi iced that as soon as the ballot gets fairl working, the result will be known just s.quickly, and with equal certainty, as eider the old system. As it was; = her was little difference iia point of time; the result was given to read rs of the morning papers, and of the E-toerron for instance, the day 'Ifollottring , e There eems to be little use of us shut - 87 - _Fr 9a the 3J ivghaves I ;nu's. ft tinour eyes to the fact that the pros e pects for opeumg the Southern Extension. inside of a mouth are very poor indeed. We understand now that Mr. Hendrie's claims have been settled, bilt that Col. McGiverin iris ptesented a claim of sonic $28,000 for inmdentals and what not, which is all that is at present in the way, though after that difficulty has been dis- posed. of, the Home Board of the Great . Westein Railway Company must have their say in the matter. We can °ray characterize the whole business as "a - -mantic. swindle," intended to deceive , from the first_ That, the road will be ultimately opened, the -re. is no doubt, ,but we have information that leads us to believ.e that a eolieiderable revolution en -in matter, or a change in the whole proprietoishij? of the road, must take place first. tt e learn that the Raile . way act has beea violattal, in moving freight from Listowel and Brussels, and that, if proper steps be taken, the Com- pany can be compelled to continue the running of trains. Our only resource is to call meetings and. 'urge the matter upon the attention of the Governinent and. agitate the building of the narrow guage branch. We have been held upon - the "raged edge of anxiety" iong ••• pronounce decidedly !upon the operation " enough. ; es be up al) (1 doing ami. Though it would' hardly b safe to a,fainst f the new law from one e ection, know tile worst. :NI e(f ssrs. regory and o, • - may safely be predicted. that li tie modi- fication will be required to m ke it one of the best measuree on the Canadian statute book. Of the success f the bal- lot I have no doubt, ; both pa tics here have to admit that it is jus What is wanted. Here in St. Thomas, Vah en 1 e eain, after '` hobiner The atmosph re of London int icates the possibility taat Major Walkeil. may be. unseated as the representative ojf that city, in the corning trial = beforp the Judges. Shoulc that occur,' it w]1 not • be on the gronad of persmfal br bery, it worked a ehanee which ha Tories studying the law of can fect very closely. The tow election gave the Coneervative == a majority of 113 ; on Thursd, gave the Conservative. candid .jority of 18.- I leaves your r help the Tories in solving the p and he will enter the Cot test gain. The Brown' Mande o w ever, set the tor traffic shortly niter the 13th inst. It is believed. that' the English Board of Directors, win) meet on. the 15th, will give their = consent to the agreement by which the Great Western -will run the road. hope," have commeueed tea,mina their flour to .Clinton, having lest lst all 'faith in ,, the dilly-dallying concern. ihe .11onilion Pinzert It is now said in railway circles that the southern branch of the Wellington, Grey and Brace Railway will be openad Mr. -Meredith is spoken of to ppose hire and the. Reformers are c niideut of their ability to ellect Walker by 300 ma- jority. —The Kingsten -Yews announces .of- flcially that Mr.l Calvin, M. P. P., will not again be a caPdidate for the suffrages of the electors of Fronteuac. Mr. i Gal- vin was not a very brilliaut representa- tive, in fact, he 'vas an munitigatedibore, but he had a great many = high social e and ef- at last amlidate y last it te a ma- aders to oblem. E. • In reply to the card of Mi George • Brown, which ,appeared in the Olobp of 4 the lst Met., awl which we ublished , last week, the Toronto Xationc 1 has the , i following: T-- = • = =I (1 " On seeing the itaiel of Mr. rown an- 1 flouncing his intention = to pros cute us I, for libel, we at once retained fo = the de- • fence the eminent legal firms of Messrs. ,4 41 -90 - Early Settlers. An interesting • family.gathering teok place on Tuesday, Jely 28, -at the resi- dence of Mr. Abrabem Van:Norman, ill Soitth Norwich, the object being to ce.l- ebrate the Sixty-first nnniversary of his wedding, both he and his partner in hie being still ii ing and in the enjoyment of a good measure of = health. = About ninety people, yeung aud old, were pir- eut, over eighty- of whom were fain* connections, and these were only about one-sixth part of the living members aed AUGUST IA- ... ----.-------------- connections of the fa,ri about five hundred alto is the increase of but f all having = sprung from, selves to the &seen& VanNorman's father. , resent were Mr. Isaac 1 elson, ninety ytars ol 17anNorman, of Tilsoula ty, and Mr. A. Vaii.No more innaediate object i gathedng, who is eigli' past was served in a after -which several spec and some very interesth riences related. Mr. . himself is a veteran of t' .of 181243. He was be the Allegbany mouutai from any neighbor. Virainfleet in Upper Can, -was at the battle of Qu ,Aniong other items of - the difficulties of tilos mentioned that he eangl zahnon in Lake Ontario wanting to ture them fo 110 -Lan to look about for pose. There were salt 1 Creek, to which he wen bush.el, dipped hot mit . for this he had to pay t _Ingersoll C12roni4k. CRAWFORD.—At Wrox, the wife =of James Cra Seafortli, wife of Jr. Edward. KELLY. —In BM:size:4s,, or the wife of Mr. Jai daughter. STEWAIM th-ey, the wife of Mr. Ale, of a $4731- Mairai .EN. Wanent inst., the wife of .Nfr a daughter. Grey:o'n t wife of Mr. Wan. Bial SMITH. —ill BrUSSebt, ion wife of The Walter Si ter. - , INTARRIA4: GALLIVAN Kippen. on jely 97, eron, t‘In John Oa nfaraae et Keercher, h aastataetentee.e=te...-__77,1ti THE MAR SEAVOTt- There is no Change thi tions for grain, and. the] any acconnt oifering. new fan wheat was Ihn A. Armitage on NVe(hti. A Leys, of -arey, for $i;. It was en exeellent same) almost reached famine In article can scarcely ho money. Cheese also sc the factories in this vide, iy cleaned out, so that ai Thursday there was no; sells as high, proportion Eggs have Advanced a- e and are searee in the mg are busy, and trade ge dull. We quote : Vali.Wheut, per , 'Spring t, per bushel...... Oats, per bushel,— Peas, per Butter, Xe. 1, Loose.... — • Butter in tubs.— Eggs Flour Hay, new. Hides. Veal calf_ per pound. Lanlb . Sheep pelt - Salt (retuil) per be rret Salt (wholesale) per barrel. Potatoes, per I/IL-Awl, new... Oatmeal Tr Beef. Tan i• C.T.XxT.1 Pall Wilent,, per bushel, Spin* \Vilest, per bushel...,.. Oats, per Inushel..... • per Peas, /so: bushel , Potatoes:. — 8ggs Hay, per ton,. Tonore, A There vy in ==to -day -oats at 38e, and of new; said to be very light -4 reported to have hr brewery at -9.5e. Tomato ing at ee4 per bushel, NI: noted at 80e to Ihle. B, 28e tit .30c for 'pound reltl- aintictois0. ing worth 2,3c to 24e. E TORONTO LIVE STOt BEr-VES —The market - supplied (lariat; the past was a good deemed bi butchers and from ehipt had, if aeythine, We quote first-eraes $ elass $4 25 to $4 .50 ..$3 50 to ft3 75- Slit:ex.—There has 1)e0 during the. past week, an ing been insufficient vanced., ealee having 4 ranging iron) et4 to ft(i. LA TA Bs. —There bas he tArt UMI&Walla receipts, and = prices 14- 110W tilloted. at from $3 to — LITTLE FAI,LS Inmen Faun, N. T11e. market dull and =s -delivery of , farm dairie only 200 tree_ awl sales from ih to 121c, the about 1. 3.:rge nue men were pre*.ntin the ing, 111 the aggregate, si Transactious did not tenti ter 5 o'clock P. M., the at 12.11e, rising slowly tn We give quotations of ai follows : Elbridge, 1,51i Black f 'reek, C4 lixs at Ives, 104 Ian at top; ir 121c ; II-rot:kw:1y, 412 le nnen ; Carlyle, 149 bxs at etter, SO Incs = at factorjs are reported 13c. Only a feu- pits 4 been delivered. to -day, 4 been made at from 213e tei, Letterfrom England week in July say the hea hsh cheese. American, Ink to hand, wasin tine e ditutn, the supplies being meet buyers liberally, an home use.