The Huron Expositor, 1877-03-30, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tenders Wanted—Dr. Sloan, iBlyth.
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Town Property for Sale—A. elcolm.
The Zurich Mills—William F nwick.
Private School --Miss Wright.
Durham Bull for Sale—George Sproat.
Clairvoyant Physician—T. Wr romroy.
New Reforms --Thomas Kidd.'
House and Lot to'Sell—W. S. Robertson.
New Dry Goods—Duncan- & Duncan.
New Spring Goods—Wm. Hill &- Co.
Property for Sale—A. Strong. ,
Spring Goods—Waddell& Co. -
Prime New Teas—A. W. Spar mg.
Dress Goods --Logan & Jamieson.
Spring Goods --A. G. McDougall & Co.
txpoioitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, BIARCI 30,1877.
The Secret Service Expenditure
of the Late Government.
At the commencement of the -present
session of the DominionParliament it was
for the first time made known publicly
_
that Sir John Macdonald had kept under
Ids control a large sum of public money
for two years after he had ceased to be a
Minister of the Crown, and consequently
after he had ceased to have any legal
right to control such funds. The an-
nouncernent of this fact created consid-
erable shrprise,and much" specuilation was
indulged in as to his reasons f r having
adopted. so extraordinary a pr ceeding.
When the time for making exp anations
arrived, he stated that owing t the pe:
culier nature of the service for w tch this
money had been granted, it wa 'deemed
, advisable to adopt a different ode of
dispensing it from that practice
n pay-
ing out moneys for ordinary service; that
the service rendered for this menu was
of a secret character, that if it, by any
means, became known to whom this
money was paid, many of the recipi-
ents would probably forfeit their lives for
having engaged. in the service. On this
account it was deemed advisable that but
as few as possible should have centrol of
this fund, and should have the responsi-
bility of niaking payments out of' it, and
consequently a Committee of the Privy
Council was appointed to control its ex-
penditure. The whole fund wae, there-
fore, withdrawn from the regular funds
of the &entry and placed at the P‘flisposal
of the members of this Committee as a
special account in the bank. 3y this
means no trace of the manner iz whiah
the money had been expended c uld be
found through the Public Accohn s, and
so there would. be no means of is ertain-
ing who received it except through some
of the members of this Co On tee or
through the bank official& 7 And Sir
John's excusie for contirmingto n pos-
session of the unexkended balance of this
fund for two years after he had left office
was that there were still several' of these
and
secrecy,
hiri sue -
ear were
e was
xplan-
*ends,
oubts
at this
Secret Service claimants to be
that having pledged his word
he was not bound to allow even
cessors in office to know who t
,
or what the nature of the seri i
which had been rendered. Thi
ation seemed to satisfy Sirlohn'i f
but it only served to increase the
of his opponents. It was hinted ti
unexpended balance had been kis!ed by
Sir John and his friends for politizIpur-
.
poses, and that it was only refiln, ed to
the Treasury when it became le'hown to
the present Government that there was an
unexpended balance of the fund Wrien Sir
John left office. This, however, has
turned out to be an incorrect su.ppoeition.
For although Sir John's course through -
oat this transaction has been very Crook-
ed and equally suspicious, it has been
clearly shoe, n that the money was not
used by him for any purpose, but
that it remained in the bank until the
amount, with the exception of six thous-
.'' and six hundred dollars, was returned to
the Treasury. In fact, he could riot have
gained possession of it, even had he wished,
as it was disclosed in evidence before the
Public Accounts Committee that the
bank manager, kno.wing he had no right
ito it, would not give it unless directod to
!do so by the Government, or some person
,
acting in their behalf,and it was only due
to a misunderstanding between the ov-
'ernment auditor and the banker tha Sir
John was permitted to get possessi n of
the six thousand dollars.. But, alth ugh
it has been shown that he has not . used
any portion of this unexpended bal rice,
except it may be -the six thousand dol-
lars, for his own purposes, his lc urse
throughont was -such as a persondn his
position should not pursue. He persis-
tently evaded the leader of the Govern-
raent, and instead of endeavoring!' to se- '
etre his consent to give up the money he
clairaed, his efforts in this direction were
all with Mr. Langton, a subordinate and
Government servant. Both Sir John and
Mr. Langton were, seemingly, anxions to
hide from the Government what -lhey
Wanted to get at until they had accom-
plished their object. The six thousand
dollars were paid to Sir John without
the keowledge or approval of the Gdvern-
tient, and in fact, in driect oppositionto
the express instructions of the Prerhier.
Both Sir John and Mr. Langton have
acted most improperly, and the latter,
by his conduct, must have forfeited he
eonfidence- of his superiors, and sholild
lose his position. ,
' Respecting the expenditure of the
secret service fund by the late Govern-
ment, the less that is said about it the
better for the credit of the gentlemen
- litho composed. that Government. Al-
though a portion of the large sums which
Were from time to tirae voted to the fund
;
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
may have been used for the purpose for•
which the money was designed, there is
little doubt but a very considerable share
was expended in purchasing support for
the Government. If this were not the
case, why has the whole expenditure
been enshrouded in BO much secrecy.
Sir John's pretence that those who
rendered service to the GoVernment and
were paid for this service out of the fund,
might be hardly dealt with if their names
were known to any 'ant the select
few composing the secret service com-
mittee above referred to falls to the
ground in view of his testimony before
the public accounts committee. lie
there testified that the checks and
vouchers which contained the secrets he
would sooner die than disclose were re-
ceived from the bank, not by himself or
any of his colleagues, but by some of
his subordinates, and so careless was
he of these documents which contained
the information he pretends was so
precious, that he does not know what
has brcame of them, whether they have
been destroyed or are still 'in existence.
Surely if a subordinate of the Govern-
ment Could be trusted With all this
precious infonalation, and the custody of
the documents which contained it, their
• successors in office could also be entrust-
ed with it. Had this money been ex-
pended for public instead of party pur-
poses, is it reasonable that Sir John
would object to informing the represen-
tatives of the people or his puccessors in
office as to how it had been spent,
when he could without hesitation or
•question place it in possession of one of
his clerks to ase it as he might deem
meet. The thing is not very probable,
and we have no doubt that the people of
the country, at least those of them -who
are not blinded by prejudice will ere this
have seen through the little dodge. It
is to be hoped that the present investi-
gation and the disclosures which have been
made will teach our legislators a lesson,
and that no such irresponsible manage-
ment of public funds will be peermitted
in future, no :matter what Government
may be in power.
IIIINNIOnsxmoggimsmiiml
The Anglin Printing Contracts.
Mr. Speaker Anglin seems to be one of
•
those patriotic individuals who like ex-
ceedingly well to serve the public, but
who, at the same time, take 'god care to
be well remunerated for their service&
Not content with the very liberal allow-
'ance to which he is entitled, for being
Speaker in the House of Commons, he
Must dabble in public contracts. He is
the chief proprietor of a newspaper in
Halifexl, and the public accounts disclose
the fact that during the past two years
his establishment has been doing work
for the Government to the amount of
some $28,000 or $30,000.; that this work
was paid -for to Mr. Anglin, and that
'Mr. Anglin signed the receipts for the
same. Now it is every way probable that
Mr. Anglin has given full value for
the money he has received, but it is a
very proper principle that' law -makers
should not be law -breakers. There is a
law on the Statute Book whieh prohibits
Members of Parliament engaOng in con-
tracts of this kind, and consequently if
Mr. Anglin wishes to profit by Govern-
ment contracts for printing he should not
'continue a member of the House, and
above all, he Should not 'continue to oc-
cupy the exalted position he now does.
All this printing was perforrped for the
Post Office Department. Mr. Eluntington
and Mr. Anglin must,therefor, , be mainly
responsible for this flagrant violation
of law and Reform principles; and when
the matter is brought before the House,
as it undoubtedly will be this session, no
person will be found to wAste much sym-
pathy upon these gentlemen should they
be severely censured for ' their mis-con-
duct, Prompted, as it was, by greed on
the one side, and lack of sufficient firm-
ness to withstand importuning on the
other. Whatever may be the 'result we
trust the Reform members in the House
will not in any way attempt to Ecreen
these gentlemen from the censure to which
their improper acts entitle them. They
have clearly done wrong and should be
made to suffer. By their ,acts they have
not only done 'an injury to themselves,but
they have done an injury to the political
party to which they belong. Mr. Anglin
may be a ver Y influential main but if his
influence inhehalf of the Government can
only be retained by violating a clear, and
distinct principle of the Reform party as
well as by breaking the laws of the land,
we say a thousand times petter let him
go his way. His influence and his sup-
port, no matter how powerful, are not
worth retaining at such a sacrifice.
While we speak thus plainly respecting
the conduct of our friends in his matter
we need hardlY say we have no sympa-
thy with the hypocritical howls of the
Opposition. 4::!f course the or ans of that
party see in this transaction a good op-
portunity of raking capital a ainst the
Government, and they accordingly de-
nounce it as an outrage, and call the
Government many hard named for per-
mitting it. In these denhnciations,
however, they apparently forget that
their own party leaders when in office
sinned to a very much greater extent in
precisely the dame direction, and dud
instead of CenSuring their friends when
they were gni* of the same evils as they
BOW so loudly eonclemn in their oppon-
ents, they defended and justified them.
Not only this but they are no* defend-
ing transactions of their own party lead-
ers which es worse
are a thousand
than this transgression for which they so
strongly condemn Mr. Anglin and the
Government. We know that two blacks
&knot make one white, and that the fact -of
the Conservative F'eerty while in power
having done wrong is no justification for
the Reform'Party following in their foot-
steps, but it does show verygreat incon-
sistency on the part of the organs of that
party when they loudly eondemn acts
committed by their opponents which
they justified and lauded when ens,cted
by their friends. But such it has ever
been and probably ever will. be. There
is mighty little in.dependence,or honesty
either, among the organs of the Opposi-
tion.'
Dominion Parliament.
The discussion on the Tariff resolutions
was brought to a close on Friday night.
The debate throughout the evening and
night was a marked contrast to some of
its predecessors. The best of humor and
order prevailed, and when the Opposition
saw that the Goverpment was determined
to sit pntil the division was taken, they
gave way, and in rapid succession their'
votes were recorded and the House ad-
journed about 3 - o'clock. Dr. Orton's
amendment was voted down by a Govern-
ment majority of 39. Sir John's athend-
ment ehared the same fate beneath an
adverse vote of 49, while the Finance
Minister's originatmotion to adopt the
first resolution from the Committee of
Ways and Means with reference to the
tax on malt was carried by a majority of
51. This figure would have been in-
creased by three or four had not some of
the members, including Messrs. Rymal
and Skinner been absent from! illness,and
at least one member shirked the vote.
The Government wished to have all the
resolutions reported from the Ways and
Means Committee adopted, but Sir John
said a member of his side had an amend-
ment with reference to the tea duty to
move, and consequently the first resolu-
tion only e as carried. It is not known
what shape the proposed amendment will
take,but it is expected a long debate will
ensue.
THE SECRET 'SERVICE FUND INVEST'
TION.
This matter has been before the Pub
Accounts Committee .on two separ
meetings since our last report, and th
seems to be a determination on the p
of the Committee to have the matter
thoroughly investigated as it can be und
the circumstances. Sir John Macdona
in his evidence before the Committe
said he forgot or never knew what w
done with the vouchers which had be
procured from the Bank, and he also f
gets why he happened to collect tho
vouchers from the bank on the very d
hat Parliament met in 1873. He d
not forget, however, during the whole
he period that elapsed between Neve
ber, 1873, and November, 1875, that
had a claim, as he alleges, upon the fa
or $6,600, and the statement he ma
with regard to his final collection of th
tnoney in his own behalf did not certain
mprove the case as it stood pr
viously against him. Mr. Drummon
tated on a former occasion, in t
most distinct and express term
hat the cheques on the fund were invar
bly signed by two Ministers, except
he case of an emergency, when, by sp
ial request; contained in a letter, h
might have waived the second signatu
ntil it gould be subsequently obtaine
ir John Macdonald, in hiievidence,pr
eased to be ignorant of this arrangemen
nd would have been very much surprise
e says, if any cheque drawn by him ha
en refused payment by the bank. Bu
e does not deny that the control of th
nd wee vested, not in him, but in fou
embersi of the Cabinet in their offici
apacity. It will be recollected that S
ohn Macdonald declared many of th
aymente made on account of the fun
have been of so secret a character tha
e one but himseltwas allowed to kno
heir destination. Yet, now it appears
at the whole of the vouchers represent
g these payments were collected fro
e bank by some person either from hi
wn or the Finance Department,and tha
ey passed into that person's custody
ther for preservation or destruction
ithout coming into his possession at all
he protestation of extraordinary secrec
the one hand, and this ordinary busi
ss -like way of dealing with the cheques
d vouchers on the other, has certainl
air of wonderful inconsistency abou
At a eubsequent meeting of the Com
ittee John Macdonald.'s examination
as resumed by Mr. Blake, and Mr
ackenzip also gave evidence with refer
ce to the communications that had
ssed between those two gentlemen
ring the last session of Parliament in
gard to the Secret Service money. It
evident from Mr. Mackenzie's state-
nt that from the opening of the session
the close he had insisted on the neces-
y that existed for Parliament being
de acqpainted with all the circum-
nces of the case. He was acting,
wever, tinder the impression, natural
ough atthat time that the money was
Id by Sir John under his own personal
ount, end therefore insisted rather
on the fects connected therewith being
closedin the terms of the resolution
the Public Accounts Committee of
y, 1872, than on the amount being
ced at. the disposal of the Govern-
nt. He treated it, in fact, from
information before him, as a trans -
ion whieh, however objectionable, was
eady iconsummated. A painful fea-
e in the evidence was the conflict of
timony between Mr. Langton, the
itor, apd the Premier. The latter
ted that when Mr. Langton informed
in November, 1875, of the fact that
rtain balance of Secret Service money
been repaid to the Treasury, he
. Langton) treated it as a matter of
prise to • himself. He has since ad -
ted that he was aware of the exis-
ce of a balance at the time of the fall
he late Government from a conamuni-
on made to him by Sir John Mad-
ald, and attempted to convey the
ression to the Committee that he had
tioned to the Premier having had
vious knowledge of the fact, but to this
Mackenzie gave most positive and de -
d denial. Sir John Macdonald,by way
xplanation of his conduct, stated that
ious to the resignation of his Gov -
Lent, and when, ,as he said, they
e "setting their house in order," his
agues had authorized him to dis-
ge outstanding claims. He did not
ar to see the inconsistency of his
ion in apsuming the sanction.of his
ea es then, with himself, responsi-
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.two year afterwards, and when only a
private member of Parliament, he had
assumed control of the money without
any authoritY at all. The Committee
will probably not meet until after the
Easter holidays to Consider their report.
NORTHERN RAkLWAY AFFAIRS.
Some very crook0 proceedings on the
part of several prontinent men in connec-
tion with Northern Railway officers are
being brought to bid by the committee.
It has been discovered that the sum of
,500, charged te Parliamentary ex-
penses in 1873 was drawn from the bank
in Ottawa by Mr. J. B. Robinson, Mr.
• Cumberland and others connected with
the road during the time that the com-
pany bad a bill before Parliament arrang-
ing for the liquidation of its debt to the
Government and a Settlement with the
private shareholders: What part this
money played in inducing honorable
members to support this legislation has
probably yet to be divulged. Another
curions item discovered is ansexpenditure
of $380 paid out of the Company's funds
for a presentation of plate to the Manag-
ing Director. No evidence was adduced
on the subject, but tt was whispered in
the lobbies that some pretty large dier
bursements on account of trips to Great
Britain would pessibly form the subject
of inquiry at a future meeting of the com-
mittee. It was elicited from Mr. Cum-
berland, with regard to Mr. Beverley
Robinson's operatic:iris in 1873, that only
one banquet was gilren by that gentle-
man to some twenty persons in connec-
tion with legislative !proceedings, a small
charge, it must b'e admitted, on the
$3,700 debited to Parliamentary dis-
burSements on account of that gentle-
man's drafts upon the Company. Mr.
Cumberland in his evidence distinctly
denied that 'either kr. Edgar or Mr.
Cockburn had in any way participated
in these expenditures .of an equiv_oeal
character, as Mr. Palmer tried, at a- for;
mer meeting to Show they had.
CONDITION OF IMMIGRANTS IN ONTARIO.
In the Immigration Committee, Mr.
Donaldson, Dominion Agent at Toronto,
was examined respecting the Free Grant
settlements in Ontario, the number of
immigrants he had lOcated since Confed-
• eration, their prospects, and the class
which it was desirable to encourage. He
also gave interesting and satisfactory
accounts from personal observations of
the adaPtability of the Free Grant Dis-
tricts open for setitletnent, and also the
settled portiene ; the fertility of the soil,
market facilities, the crops which were
raised most extensieely, the yield per
acre, usual market price, &c. He stated
that agricultural laborers and female do-
mestic servants .could easily procure
steady employment; that the only im-
migrants encouraged y the Department
had been of thoise cla4ses, and that they
were in great demand. He considered.
the soil, climate, and other advantages
conducive to 'successful farming. He
deprecated the prevalent supposition
that many immigrentS who lately arrived
were out of employment. All that were
forwarded to his- agency were promptly
located. Many who had become burden-
some in cities and towns were sent to
those districts and turned out; in some
instances they would be ehiftless and
improvident, and wounotwork if they
had an opportunity. IncHfurther stated
thatan immigrant in possession of $1,000
could purchase in the new settlements a
home with some twenty or thirty Acres
improved, and that a tenant farmer from
Great Britain in possession of £750 or
£1,000 could purchase in the older settle-
ments good cleared faems with comfort-
able and substantial buildings and im-
provements. Many of those who were
anxious to sell had families, and were
desirous of enlarging their limiti for the
interests of their families and of remov-
ing into- the new settlements.
NOVA SCOTIA COAL.
A deputation representing the local
mining interests of Nova Scotia, headed
by Mr. McKay, M. P.,
(Cape Breton), and
'Mr. Carmichael, M. P., waited on the
Premier, and asked for a protective duty
of fifty cents per ton on coal. Mr, Mc-
Kenzie pointed out that the protective
duty of fifty cents per ton asked for would
have the effect of cau mg the people in
the west to pay a muc I igher priee for
coal, whilst no advent e wouldthereby
result to Nova Scoti Mr. McKenzie
stated that the lowes tenders received
by _ the Public Work Department last
autumn for Nova Sco e coal was $5.39,
which coal is now bei delivered in To-
ronto for $3,65, provin . that a duty Of
$1.'74 would be nee :6: ry to equalize
without giving the na !Iv: industry any
Advantage whatever.
he bounty system
to this or any other interest he declared
to be quite inadmi sible. Were the
people of Nova, Scotia o minded, he saw
nothing to prevent th m from controlling
the iron trade of the i9ominjon.
A USEFUL M SURE.
Mr. Trow's Bill to p ovide for greater
convenience and safe1y to travellers on
railways, provides tha tickets shall be
good for the trip mentioned on any day,
except excursion tickets: Passengers
may stay oyer at any station and resume
their journey on the same tickets. Rail-
ways must find seats for passengers, No
extra charge allowed when a passenger
pays on the train. When all the seats
in the regular cars are occupied passen-
gers may take seats in any other carriage,
whether for higher class passengers, di-
rectors or officials. Passengers refusing
to pay their fame can be arrested and
fined fifty dollars or en days imprison-
ment. Passenger cars must have plat-
forms from door to oor and covered
from rain and snow. Government may
• appoint an engineer to inspect rail ways
and their works, and n compel them to
'make repairs on bri ge embankments
when required.
A DISAPPOI TMENT.
It is believed that th Opposition have
'really been anticipatin a dissolution of
the House of Commons after this session.
It is said they expected that Lord Car-
narvon would have written Mie, Macken -
ch with regard to
urs that he would
ify his procedure
e country. But
ving arrived, the
zie such a severe dispa
British Columbia matt
have endeavored to jus
by a direct appeal to t
no such dispatch ha
ground for the hoped for dissolution has
vanished. It is reported that before the
Session began, Sir John offered to bet
that a dissolution would take place, and
it is known that he and Mr, Macdougall
repeatedly stated that such was their
confident belief.
THE "NATIONAL POLICY" IN TELE SENATE.
In the absence of anything else to take
up their time, the Senate entered upon a
discussion of the "National Policy" a few
days ago. The debate was originated by
a motion made by Senator Reid, in favor
either of a reciprocity of trade with the
United States, or a reciprocity of tariffs
in Canada. A debate ;took place and
!which all the well known arguments in
favor of protection were brought forward.
At the hour above named the debate was
adjourned.
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News of the Week.
SEA Limn —A sea lion about six feeb
long was caught! a few days ago in the
harbor of Stonington, Conn.
LINKED IN Onrann—Four brothers,
handcuffed together, and on their ,way
to State Prison for burglary, passed
through Bridgeport, Conn., a, few days
ago.
EXTENSIVE RAILWAY. • — The. 'Paris,
Lyons and Mediterranean Railroad, ex-
tends over 3,195 miles, and the whole
system, when completed, will cover 4,-
423, a greater mileage than any. Ameri-
can road can show.
A DISREPUTABLE HEIRESS. —.Lizzie
Frazer, an _heiress worth $40,000, from
Philadelphia, was arrested in New York
last Saturday for leading a disreputable
life, and sent home.
A !CONSUL POISONED. —Senor De La
Barrera, the Spanish Consul, at New
Orleans, died on the 25th from the effects
of poison, whether taken intentionally or
by mistake is unknown. •
FOR EUROPE.—Five steamers left New
York last Saturday for Europe, carrying
large quantities of corn, hog products,
fresh beef, canned meats, oysters, apples,
&c., also $80,000 in specie.
IMPORTANT DECIsION.—Judge Blotch -
ford/ of.,,New York, has decided that the
interest on bonds of American corpora-
tions payable to foreign owners could not
be taxed by the United States.
BOAT RACE.—The thirty-fourth boat
race between Oxford and Cambridge
Universities came off last Saturday, and
resulted in a dead heat, owing to the
breaking of a rowlock in the Oxford
boat.
• AN ACTRESS 1ViunrinnEre—Tntelligence
has been received that Miss Alice Wren,
a Brooklyn actress who started on a tour
of the !world in a professional capacity,
was killed in Cape Colony, South Africa,
by savages about January first.
HIGH TONED GAMBLEnS.—Four men
named respectively James Thomas, John
Daily, W. R, Parsons and W. T. Gage
have been arrested for keeping magnifi-
cent gambling apartments on Barclay
street, New York. Among the frequent-
ers was Cornelius1J. Vanderbilt.
7 INDIA — THE F.AMINE.---A. Calcutta
despatch states that in the Presidencies
of Bombay and Madras there was an
increase of 2,0E8 in the number employed
on the relief works at Hyderabad. The
distress will be less that at firsfreported,
43,000 being the maximum of natives
likely to be on the relief Works. ,
CHESS TOURNAMENT. —A veorld's chess
tournament will be held in Leipsic, be-
ginning with the 8th of next July, in
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the chess career of Anderson, one of the
greatest living players,' and a veteran
admired by all devotees of the game.
Contestants are expected from all parts
of the world.
• THE FAST SCOTCHMAN.—The fast mail
train from Scotland, known as the "Fly-
ing Scotchman," ran off the rails recent-
ly near Morpeth. The engine, tender,
and forward coaches were dashed to
pieces. Five persons were instantly
killed. Many were injured, ten serious-
ly. Two had their legs amputated.
JAPAN AND HER FIREMEN.—A rumor
is current at the head quarters of the
New York fire department,that the Jap-
anese Government have through their
Consul, applied to the board of fire com-
missioners to be allowed to enlist 200
firemen of New York city for three years.
They wish to take them to Yokohama
and then employ them to instruct the
natives in the art of saving life and pro-
perty from burning buildings.
MANUFACTORY CLOSED. — The Nor-
walk, (Conn.) Mills, which manufacture
cassimere, were closed on Saturday. The
company was organized about fourteen
years ago. The capital stock of $15,000
was all paid in, and the mills were erect-
ed at a cost, including the machinery, of
about $250,000. The indebtedness ofthe company is somewhere between
$320,000 and $330,000, and the assets,
including the grounds, buildings, machin-
ery, stock on hand and bills receivable,
are not far from $412,000, estimating
the mills and machinery at cost.
A 21URCH vs. •A RAILWAY.—The
Fifth aptist church of Washington has
entered suit against the Baltinaore and
Potomac Railway Company for damages,
laid at $20,000, to their property on sD
street, by reason of the defendants hav-
ing ereeted and maintained certain en-
gine Ileums, machine shops, and pro -
polling! engines back and forth on Sab-
baths when not engaged in works of
necessity or charity, the noise necessitat-
ng the closing of the church, which, to-
gether With the smoke and cind,ers inter-
eres with religious worship. '
THE CHICO MASSACRE.—A Chico del
patch says the persons engaged in the
ate massacre of Chinese have been ar-
sted. Two boys named Slaughter, and
hree men named Stainbrook, Conway,
nd Roberts. Conway- was arrested,
harged with sending threatening letters
O citizens working up the case, and
hrough him other names were obtained.
onway and the Slaughter boys wrote
early all the letters. Two other men,
mes and Wright, were ,also arrested .on
charge of arson, presumably in connec-
on with the Chinese trouble. Six of
he arrested parties are reported to be -
ng to the order of Caucasians.
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Tribune says: Tweed has delivered to
• he prosecution a trunk full of cancelled
hecks, showing the distribution of ! the
ammany corruption fund in courts,
ssembly departments, and newspaper
ffices all over the country. \ These in-
olve forty or fifty persons, Mostly liv4ng
nd not previously known to be implicat-
d. Tweed will be released next Thurs-
ay, and testify that Sweeney and Hall
new all about the frauds, and received
eir percentage of the plunder, in bills
stead of checks. The real estate which
11 be transferred to the city by Tweed's
other, sons and others, will probably
alize $1,200,000. The total sum re-
vered from the • Ring thieves will be
ree millions. Sweeney will probably
store half a million.
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EXECUTION OF LEE.—John D. Lee,
e of the parties engaged in the Moen -
n Meadow massacre in 1857, near Salt
ke city, Utah, suffered the penalty of
s crime on Friday morning last. Lee
dressed the parties surrounding him
some length. After tile speech,
rson Stokes, a Methodist, offered a
ayer, commending •the soul of the
demned man to God. Immediately
er this a handkerchief was placed
✓ Lee's eyes. He raised his hands,
ced them to the top of his head, sitting
Fir "
in. Nelson gave the word "
lasted. until 11 o'clock, the course of and exactly at eleven o'clock the five
MARCH 30, 1877.
guns fired, the bullets penetrating the
body in the region of the heart. Lee felt
ssquarely back upon his coffin. Death
was instantaneous.
Huron Notes.
Six holel licences are to be granted
sea, raoderich tovinship,
in
—Mr. ;
. htniontehhiosuye
has a set of china 100 years old.
*—While dressing a cow a few days ago
a Clinton butcher found a ten -cent pees,
in the animal's intestines.
• —Mr. Warren Rock, Q. C.,of London-,
will conduct the Crown business at the
• approaching Huron Assizes.
• —At the close of the revival meeting'
in the Methodist Church, Dungannon, se
persons united with the church.
—Dr. Irving, who has removed from
Exeter to Kirkton, was last week enter-
tained at an oyster supper by his Exeter
friends.
—Mr. W. T. Foley, son of the late
Hon. M. H. Foley, will hereafter non.
duct the law business of W. R. Squierin
Brussels.• !
—Mrs. Ronald McNaughton, of Brus-
sels, slipped and fell to the ground o
Monday of last week, and broke one ofn _
. Goder-
her wrists.
—Mr. John Brigham has retired from
the firm of FSeegmiller & Co.,
ich, and the business will henceforth' be
conducted by Mr. Seegmiller.
--Five cases of assault, growing orit of
a bar -room fight, were tried last week in.
• Lucknow, and $66 in fines and costs were
taken from the guilty parties.
--Grey township finances show an in.
come, for the year ending Feb. 28th lad,
of $16,853.38, and expenditures which
left a balance in band of $278.16.
—Mr. M. C. Cameron, Q. C., of God-
- erich, is acting as Crown prosecutor at
the Middlesex Spring Assize; which
began in London on Monday last.
—On Tuesday morning Edward Marl-
ton, proprietor of the Ocean House, God.
erich, was fined $20 and costs fee per-
mitting gambling in his house. "
—One day last week Mr. Andre* Lees,
of Morris,brought a large load of saltand
meal into Brusssels from Sea.forth. The
'load, sleigh included, weighed 9,905
pounds.
—Mr. Edward Leech, Sr, who for
many years has been a resid.ent of Gorrie
.
and will be remembered as the proprietor
of the flour mills, has decided to remove
to Whitby.
—On Thursday of last week Richard
Craven, Londesborough, was brought to
Goderich jail for incurring debts which
he was not able to pay. He was bailed
out on Friday.
—A. Caven, Collector of the Inland
Revenue, Goderich, on Monday seized an
illicit still and a email quantity of 'whis-
key in the house of John McLennan,Ged.
erich township.
—The contract., for the erection of
Methodist Church at Ethel has been
awarded to Mr. John Milne for $975. The
church will be sittiated on the south-east
corner of Mr. L. Dobson's farm.
—A post office, to be called Turnberry
post office, will shortly be opened at
gill's corner, corner, Teeswater road, arida daily
mail stage is to be Ret on the road be. -
tween Teeswater and Wingham.
—Last week a man named Patrick
Rooney, of Blyth, Was_.brought to Goder-
ich jail foresafe keeping, he being of une
sound mind. Although not violent the
unfortunate man is in a very bad state,.
—A few days ago James Bell, of God-
erich, while oiling his engine at Stratford
put his hand on the rail to enable him to
reach underneath the engine, and the lat-
ter moving forward, three of his fingers
were cut off.
—Mr. Richard Downie of Farquhar,
has purchased a farm of 100 acres from
Mr. Thomas Hunson, of Stephen. The
farm is situated on the Huron Road,near
chased for $4,700.
the Stapleton Salt Works, and was pure
—The farm of • Mr. Craven, near
Londesborough, which was recently put
up by auction, and bid in at $6,490, has
since been sold to Mr. J. Lasham for
$5,500. Why the reduction we know not.
—Mr. J. J. Fisher, of Colborne, has
purchased from a gentleman in Chinguse
cousy, a heavy draft stallion which he
will travel this season in this County.
The animal is a jet black, four years old,
and weighs 2,050 pounds.
—Mr. H. Tewsley, of Clinton has pur-
chased from Mr. H. Snell, of kallett, a
&lir year old Durham heifer, which
weighed in the neighborhood of 2,000
pounds. This is beheved to be the hr -
'gest heifer that was ever slaughtered in
the County.
—Mr. Jas. Strachan, of Goderich, is
exhibiting a'patent method of launching
a life -boat from the hurricane deck of a
• steamer,at the dock, foot of Bates street,
Detroit. By this apparatus one man can
get a boat floating in a wonderfully brief
time.
—As Mr. John Little, of Turnberry,
was driving through Wingham one day
recently, the bolt came out of the neck -
yoke letting the tongue of the sleigh
fall t; the ground. The horses ran one
road .and the sleigh the other. • Both
were stopped before any damage was
done. •
—The friends of the Belraore and Zion
appointments met at the parsonageon the
e:yening of the 19th inst., and made a
present of the sum of $20 to their pastor
Rev. E. Kershaw. Tea was served, and
after spending Avery pleasant evening in
conversation and speaking, the gathering
was brought to a close by prayer.
- —A few days since as a son of Mr.
Moir, of the township of Hay, near Rea-
gan, was driving his team down a hill, the
whiffietrees beAme detached and fell
against the horses heels. They then com-
menced kicking one of them striking,him
fairly in the face, leaving a bad impress
of the shoe, and rendering hira insen-
sible.
—Mr. Duncan McGregor, one of the
oldest residents of the township of Stan-
ley died on the 15th. inst. He was 68
years -of age. Mr. McGregor emigrated
from Perthshire, -Scotland, in 1843,
maining for a short time in Esquesing,
aid then removed to the townshipsef
Stanley, where he resided till his death.
He was a than of sterling worth, unob-
trusive and unassuming,but always ready
to perform his part in these social duties
that go so far towards making a happy
cemmunitye • He leaves behind him to
mourn his departure, & wife, five sons
and two daughters'.
,—The Minister of Marine has received
frim President Grant a -handsome gold
wAtch for presentation to Captain Spence,
of Goderich, of the schooner Nemesis, for
saving the lives of the crew of the neto-
peller New York, in October last. The
watch is a stem-winder, with the follow-
ing inscription: "Presented by the Presi-
dent of the United States to Captain
Spence, of the Canadien schooner Ne-
mesis for his exertions in saving life 012,
the American propellor New York." The
MARCH 30, 18
Captain has been notifi
of the gift, and is realm
this recognition of his b
--A fire occurred. pea
Saturday night about 11
ing the dwelling house of
Mr. Skilly and his wife,
dren, barely escaped, wh
children, aged five, seven
burned. The remains
following morning in' t
loss, about two thousand
surance. '
- —On Tuesd.ay evenin
Mr. J. P. Fisher, of Co
home a fine stallion of t
Glory stock, and bred
known dam Hard Fortun
which was purchased fro
Weston, is Canadia.n bre
• pounds stands 1-6 hands
girts 'ffeet 5 inches, is
lack, and. is valued at $1
• —A return curling mat
Grits and Tories of Wingt
Tuesday of last week. Tl
• rather heavy for their or
score will show Grits—,
-Geo. McKay, Jas. Hay, J
skip, 28. Tories—T. Gre
A. Green, W. J. Hayw
Majority for Grits, 16.
Conservative reaction nom
—Mr. Owen Smith, L
Grey, has a cow whish
four full grown calves on
Sunday, 18th inst., two 1
bulls. The bulk were
heifers red. Two were
two were alive. It will 1
that this same cow befo
calves. The cow is small
Mr. A. J. Rollins has se
standat Centralia to Mr. Ri
$1,400. This is a very hs
considering that this pro,
chased from Mr. Stadden
months. ago for $500.
Rollins greatly improvedl
occupancy, but it shows t
is going up and becoming
in Centralia.
—Mr. Henry Craig, an]
Goderieh township, clie
inst., in the 60th year of
deceased was born in the
Caithness -shire, Scotland,
1816, and emigrated to 0
settling near Toronto,- at
the Huron TraCt in in 185J
sided till his death. Being
bity and possessing good
he was highly esteemed
and neighbor, and many
decease. Be leaves belii
four sons and a daughter. -
—The second. meeting of
Driving Park Association
the 24th and 25th days -of
of $800 will be offered in
lows: FirstDay.—Domini
$100 -1st, 75;$ 2d, $25.
Trot—Purse. $100 -1st,
3rd, $10. Farmers' Run
let, $20; 2n4, $10 - 3rd, $
Trot—Purse, $11 -1st,
3rd, $15. Second Day.-
-Purse, $90 -1st, $50;
$10. Open Run—Purse,
2nd, 45;$3rd, $15. Open
$175 -1st, ; 2nd, $4
Consolation Run—Purse,
2nd; $10.
West Wawan
PATHMASTERS.—The fon
have been apppint'ed Paths i
current year n the town
NVawanosh : Henry Kerr
Watson J. Winclwell, W.
• Nevin, W. Milligan, J.
Hamilton, L. Armstrong,
G. Hill, W. Mills, W.
Downs'D. Radcliff, G.
Scott, W. Glen, T. Watso
:Jones, W. Andrews,J. Bu
J. Moss, J. Feagan J. Fo
son, R. Allan, P. Watson,
Thompson, T. Horn, G.
Wallace, J. Craig, M. W..
nin, E. S. McLean, J. Tay
gow, G. Tisdale, 3. *V
Haynes, S. Alton, 11. Ruth
Somerville,,
P. O'Laughlin,
W. Kinahan, T. Saunders,
• J. Forehein W. Ferrier,
W. Scott, A. McDonald,
W. Ellis, M. O'Laughlin,
11. Fitzsimons, A. Anderso
IL Purdon, 5. Emmerson,
Pattison, 3. Morgan, 5. M
Burns, J. Sheriff, A. A
Sproul and A. _Dey. Mov
nin, seconded! by D. McIlw
grant made last year but
of $15 be supplemented $5,
the donation of $10 by A.
$30, be placed in J. R. M'
• hold acompetitive examinat
month of June in the To
and that Mr. Millar be no
ingly,—Yeas, 11. McIlwaiti,
Girvin ; Nay, E. Gaunt.
W. Kinahan, seconded b
that the following accounts
Liddy for C. O'Brian, char"
Barron, charity, $12.50;
charity, $12.50; J. 'Taylor,
9 Con. line, $20; T. Mite
scraper, 51.30; R. Palmer,- g
Con., $30.—Carried. The
journed till Tuesday, 29th
as a Court of Revision. -and
ness.
• SCHOOL EXAMINATION.—
examination of School Secti
held on the 27th inst. The
examined in all the vario
subjects taught in our publi
their teacher, Mr. James
by Mr. Weir, of Bayfiekl, a
swering was such as to sho
thorough training on the
teacher, and industry and fo
their own part. The pleasa
orderly demeanor of the pu
marked by all, those presen
and teacher may well be.
on the success of the sch
present naanagement.
MR. Emeon—Dear Sir—
ed that a motion was moved.,s
carried by Stanley Council,so
as near as may be in the wo
low, with instructions to the
a copy thereof Should be sen.,
eminent about the time of
Parliament and the engineer
the works, William Kin
This motion, I regret to lea
published with any of the at
of that Council.- nor as yet
its way to the dovernment
nen Will you, therefore,
place to the same in your fi
this is not a copy of the mo
be glad to have it corrected b
with_ any explanation he ma,
give. The motion was
"Whereas the sum voted by
ion Government and sunelem
township of Stanley, for har
Bayfield, has been expende
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