The Huron Expositor, 1878-05-17, Page 4THE
NEW AD VBRTISEMEN S.
Summer Dry Goods—Hoffman Bros.
White Piques --•Wm. Hill & Co.
Medical Hall—Hickson & Bleu sdell.
than they were two months ago, and
what the ultimate result e it is
impossible at present to for lle • In
the mean time the suspense e used by
Dry Goods—W. Hill & Co., Brucelielduncertainty is having a mostedepress-
i; Groceries, &c—S. Stark. • lila effect upon trade and bus ness of
Seed Store—R. Logan & Co.
' every kind in Britain.
Mortgage Salm-Harris Magee & Co.
Engine for Sale—Charlesworth & Co.
Pasture—Stapleton Salt Works.
Auctioneer's Card—F. G. Lane.
Court of Ilevision—Wm. Elliott.
Farm for E-ade—Cha,rles -McCrea,.
Groceries—A."€+. Ault.
Second Fenn se. Chief—C. F. Dale.
Gray's Alterative—E. Varco.
Auction Sale—L. Weber.
Insolvency Notice—T. D. Ryan.
• Hard on the Nerve
Hypochondriacs who ratl er like
.something to worry about, and 'nervous
people who have a penchant fo night-
mares -do not lank for means of ,exciting
their imaginations these time Were
we to believe all we read we Wft uld see
. both Russian and Britisher drie;
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SEA.FORTH, Mg!" 7, 1878.
_
• gains for war ships and m
o itur
• and in the immediate future a
ng bar-
' -goes,
P I
Au glo-
Russian war, evitle the air o almost
. -
every other country in the ivilizea
and semi -civilized world dangly im-
pregnated with saltpetre. la en the
Panfuls axe holding • secret qeetings,
and O'Donovan Bosse soberly riroposes
thet Montreal and. Quebec be blown up
with dynamite, while the rest f them
want to blow" up the a -hole of the
British Empire., English d motives
are dogging tae steps of Rassi am and
Irishmen in 'America, and 0. nadian
officers grow weary wetehing th ;border,
for emissaries of the Feniaiistjare- in:
every city of the Dominion. wenty-
thousand-dollar Frazer is to lecture in
every town and village in °uteri° ; the
Goderich Star predicts the election Of
Pat Kelley in West Huron, and the
Mail and London Herald are sere Sir
John Macdonald will be Prime ' Minis -
ser of Conada next' year. Add to all
The Close of the Session:
; The Session of the Dominion Paella:
ment which (dosed ma Friday was
marked. by a scene alike discreditable
to the principal ectok and the country.
On the previous evening in the course
of the debate teethe bill providing for
the leasing of the PeMbina branch of
the Canada Pacific Railway, Sir Joan
Macdonald stated that the Government
proposed the lease for the rturpoie of
' rewarding Mr. D. A. Smith; of Selkirk,
Manitoba, for his reenlancy to Sir John
atthe time ef the -defeat of -his Govern-
(
meat and his subsequent support of the
present Government. Mr. Smith was
not in the House at the time this state-
ment was made. On the afilleiving
day. when the House opened, Mr.
Smith rose to a questima of privilege,
and denied in the plainest and mostlex-
plieit terms that the present Govern-
ment were under arty obligation to him
for thepolitical support be had given
them, or that he had ever been recreant
to promises made the late Government.
At tine point Sir John Macdonald and
Dr. Tupper 1 persisted in interrupting
and. contradicting Mr. Smith, and one
tieing led to another until the latter
commenced to repeat the overtures
made to him by Sir John to support his
Government when Parliament met after
the Paeifie .Scandal disclosures. The
probing of these old. sores enraged the
Oppoeition-leaders, fLua the most disor-
derly - and disgro.ceful scene that has
ever transpired in any Parliament en-
• sued. Mr. Smithpersisted. in proceed-
ing with his, to the apposition, unpala-
• table story, when. Sir -John and Dr.
Tupper stood up in their places and
shouted, hurling at him the most
feithy epithets, of which “ liar," "scoum
drel," coward," -villain," and. a mur-
derer " were among the most mild. - So
fierce did the battle rage between these
three, and so imminent was the danger
ef there being a personal conflict on the
floor el Parliament, that the Speaker
left the chair and ordered the Sergeant -
at -arms to arrest the disorderly mem-
bers. Before this official could. sum-
mon courage to make the arrests, the
irate leaders of the Opposition were
quieted down by their friends, and
peaCe WAS restored! Although we do
not for one moilaent justify the conduct
of Mr. Smith, 4 introduaing &t suck a
time a subject Which it was not neces-
sary for him to refer to in order to deer
, himself of the impotations cast upon
him on tho previous evening, yet no
provocation should be sufficient t� jus-
tify the Opposition leaders in disgracing
themselves and inuniliating the countaY
,ay such unseeinly conduct and language.
A contemporary on. this subject very.
pointedly and. . truthfully reinarks
"Tho spectacle was at once a disgrace-
"ful end humiliating oue, end only des-
perate meu would permit themselves
"to act such a part in the eyes of the
“ world. It is well, however, that tae
- "-people. of Canada should know the
'tactual character of the men who for
"the past four years b.ave ben making
"such desperate efforts to get the
cs Government of the country mice more
" into their own hands. The Pacific
“ Scandal was a great era:nee-the plun-
"-daring of the Northern Railway treas-
ury, the misa.ppropriation of Secret
“ Service fonds, the taxing el cogs on
"'Ordinance Land tenants, and the gifts
"to impeatudious' Moylan wore ur-
"spardOnahlo acts,—but if Mr. Macken-
zie was fated to Coal/nit oue or all of
these we would sooner overlook the
"transgressioa than atrocious behavieur
" such as the- Opposition leaders were
"guilty of on Friday afternoon. What
"would Canadiaos say were Mr. Mac-
" keuzie, Mr. Cartwright and Mr. Mills
to demean themselves towards a yen-
" arable political opponent (as, Sir John
"Macdonald and Dr. Tupper did
"wards Donald A. Smith on the floor f
"the House of Commons last Friday?
“ How many representatives could • e
'selected to support elicit leaders? The
ts electors cannot ponder these questionS
"too seriously. Their verdict on politi-
's cal issues is all that could be asked
"for under ordinary circuthstances, but
"after the painful eabibitions that have
been witnessed in the House dmiing
"'the session just aimed they cannot
" shut their eyes to the fact that there
"aro also issues of honor and of morals:"
THE EASTER'S Question still "drags
its weary length along," without any
perceptible change in the position of af-
fairs. The contending powers do not
seem to be any nearer a definite issue
these threatened calamities the aangers
to the Towing crops and the fruit trees
from the recent heavy rains and: severe
frosts, and. who will say that evea hope-
ful people have no cause for ithiana ' re-
specting the future of this c luntry ?
It's Mighty trying on the nerves :at any
rate.
A Year's Record.
Although we sometimes think we
have good grounds for the cons aint of
hard times in Canada, yet when iehear
from our Deighbors in the Unite States
we cannot but conclude that thre are
others vealey much worse off tian we
are. Th 6 Springfield Republica) says
ss Business has patted little ot iothfng
"in volurne with the advance of 'spring.
a The bankruptcy courts have be n very
and the aggregate of allures
"for the past month is enerthousa
Duriag the past week three largelmenu-
factories in the manufacturing e ntre of
Fall River have closed up, each having
liabilities exceeding a million of oilers.
Besides this we notice in the b isiness
columns of a New York paper, he an-
nouncements of the failure of s me 15
manufacturing fines, and over 1 0 mer-
chants andc, other business men, larinci-
pally in New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, and Buffalo. This is 1. e re-
cord only of one week, and from com-
paratively small section of the c entry.
Thank goodness, With all our co plain -
legs, -we. erre a long way from behig as
bad as this in Canada yet.
1.'he Late Session.
Th.e Cornwall Freeholder, the 1 organ
;. •
of the late John S.andfield.Macdonlald, in
reviewing the recent session of Perline
meat says: - •
„
,
4. The 'shadow of the approaChing
electoral campeign with its resul0 was
manifestly upon both Houses of parlia-
ment throughout the whole of 4e Ses-
sion. • We say upon both Howes of
Parliament because although th Sen-
ate caenot be directly affected by any
expression of popular opinion, it betrays
an intense interest in party struggles
and their issue, and throtea,hoat the
whole of the lengthy Session just closed
-tslie Coeservative majority of tba, body
:11
labored inost assiduously to ma ufa,c-
time political clap trap for the use of
their friends in the House of Commons
with which to deceive the elector, when,
brought face to face with them. ''' -• s,
* a We are quite satis-
fied that the Opposition from t1u very
opemug of the Session lost anc1 ontin-
tied te lose ground;*and what was
lost on one side was as-
suredly gadited on the otheri, In
upon
o say
f the
order to. justify congratulations
thia prespect it is not necessary
a word in favor of the record
Mackenzie Administration. It ia 1 quite
sufficient to cite the record, t o de-
plorable record of the Censer ative
party. There is a vast amount ef un- -
-impeachable evidence, from the I acific
SetuidardoPai to the least of the many
minor scandals which- have siuce- been
,uueartaal, which proves that the Con-
peped
and
been
, and
nded
erva-
servative A.duiinistration was
in corrtipaon. Those corrupt
thorouglely dishonest acts have al
accepted -by the petty as their ow
have one and all received a pret
justification.So loag as the Con
tive party coutinue capable of bol and
defiant denial of wrong -doing un 1. the
wkomadoing is proven, and then of an
equally bold and defiant acknm ledg-
ment and justification of the facts Ihen
they are no longer in concealnte' t or
capable of denial, so long, we true , will
they be deemed incapable of bolo en-
trusted with the Government o
country."
The Freeholder is by no means
tizan journal. It is as independe
politica as it is possible for a jou
be, an ou this account its utte
are all the more -valuable. But,
altogether from its reliability as
thority, no peram who has car
watched the course of the Senate
the pat session, and the proce
of thp respective political p
for the jpast few years, but know
feels in his heart that every word
above juotation is true to the
There nay be some, who from in
ed motives, and others through
iprtiiiess
t in
al to
par -
aside
t
au-
fulla
unng
dings ,
ies
and
f the
tter.
est-
lind-
neemeaused by extreme partizan bigot-
ry, will refuse to belie -re its correctness,
but we do most unhesitatingly say that
none can successfully prove its un-
truthfulness, because it is true, every
word of it.
The Re-Constraiction' of the
• Senate.
With the following remarks from the
London .Advertiser we heartily concur
and at the same tithe expressthe hope
ethat. other influentialjournals will speed-
ily gain courage to • speak out 'boldly oe
this all important subject.:
"It is high time the Senate was re-
constructed on the basis of responsibil-
ity to some one, and the sooner the bet-
ter: The conduct of that Chamber this
lest session has .clone more to 'hasten
tae aecomplishsnent of this end than •
. any amouut of agitation outside Paxlia-
mente It is . indeed,. grave question,
; • .
I whether there is any necessity foes, Sen-
ate at all. It occupies -neither the posi-
tion. of the House of Lords in England,
nor of the Senate in the Meted States,
end there is no probability nor possibil-
ity that it ever will. The only objects
for which. it can be said to exist are to
furnish a legislative asylum. for politi-
cians and others notlikely to be elected
by the people, and to serve as a check
on hasty legislation. The entire aboli-
tion of the Senate would save . a very
laege annual outlay; while at the same
time all possible good. that it ,could ac-
complish by its existence might be se-
cured in some otherway.. At all events
one thing is certain. It cannot min tiu u e
in its presentshape— interfering when-
ever it chooses with the will of the peo-
ple as expressed.by their chosen repre-
sentatives,. mid- responsible to nobody
far its eccentricities and its misdeeds." •
THE Oen Fenian scare is again re-
vived. It is said the Fenian oreaniza-
tions in the border towns 'and cities in
the United States are being regalvan-
ized into life. Large companies of men
axe forming and secretly drilling, with
a view, it is said, Of a raid being made
upoie Canada,. Montreal Is the covet-
ed. spot of which they just now wish to
become possessed. Information has
reached the 6-oVernnient at Ottawa of
a nature to induce them to instruct the
various volunteer organizations to hold
themselves.in readiness for active ser-
vice, and the ..several companies have
been. furnished with ammuintion. It
is not at all probable, however, . thai
there .will be any raid. attempted, al-
though it is well to be prepared.. to give
the marauders • e fitting recePtion
should they attempt to desecrate Can-
adian soil.
THE GitpAT Rowing match between
Iranian and Plaistecl, the former a Can-
adian maltlee latter an American, took
place on the Bay at Toronto on Wednes-
day lest. The race occasioned much
interest throughout Canada and the
United States, as the contestants are
both noted oarsmen; The city was
crowded, and it is estimated. that over
forty thousand people :witnessed the
race. The course was a straight two
miles. The Canadia,n was an easy vic-
tor, winning the lace by about fay°
boat lengths, in 14 minutes and ten t
'seconds.
HURON EX16SITOR.
pea'red in a dark -blue chaplain's uni-
form, but omitted the shoulder-strape
and gilt -buttons.• He preached from
the text, "Wherefore take unto you the
whole armor of God, that he may he
able to stand. in -the evil day, and hav-
ing done all to stand."
Th
LEVEN - JidGHTEENTHS. .
Rowe, a New York insolvent, failed.
three years agmavith liabilities amount-
ing to $294,5541. The -estate has just
been wound up. It paid eleven
eighteenths of Ono cent on the [dollar;
one creditor received four centsmnother
nine.
-...DEATHS.—The three following note
bles died. on Monday, 13th inst. : Prof.
Henry, of the Smithsoniau Institute;
Washington; the wife of the Right
Hon. John Bright, M.P., died of apo-
plexy at Rochdale; Mr. Edington Ful-
ton, recently managmg ditor of the
Balthnore American, age sixty.
MEMORIAL TO 3111. R SSELL.--The
'total sum subscribed. to mrds a me-
morial to the late Mr. Russell editor of
the Edinburgh Scotsman, amounts to a
little more then 22,000. It has, there
fore; been resolved. to erect in the cern
1 etermatEdinburga; where he is buried
an obelisk of red granite, 35 feet eigh
inches in height.
• CHARLES MCKAY'S NEW WORK.—Dr-
ing mill of Ross Bros. & Taylor- would
have stood. a poor show of being saved.
The , house occupied by Mr. Newton
south; of the building which was burn-
ed was badly scorched. The house WAS
insured for a200.
The Senate's Bumptiousne
and what. the Premier
Thinks of It.
In the House of Commons, on Thu
...day of last week, Hon. Mr. Lailain
moved that the amendments by t
Senate to the 'Supreme Court Bill -
_, not concurred in, explaining that al
law. They had deliberately set them-
selves to work to injure at any cost the
Government and deprive .the Province
of railway commimication. The Senate
had entered upon a course which ,was
most dangerous to the constitution of
the country. It hif.d entered tipple a
course which every member of the
Ss House was bound, for considerations of
national safety in a perliamentary sense,
to resent and resist; 'and it had entered
rs- , upon a course which avould be dangerous
me to the constitution of that Chamber as
he it exists, by initiatihg agitation in the
be country which could only result in dis-
ey agreement between the great authori-
r- ties of the State; anel there would. be a
necessity for changes which' every one
ng of them could have wished would not
er have been necessary. (Cheers.)
Huron ;Assizes.
(Concluded from La.st Week.)
Weslop vs. Brown.—Actien on prom-
. virtually destroyed. the measure.—Ca
; ried.
! Hon. Mr. Laflamme, while protesti
agadest the interference of the Upp
Chamber in certain clauses of the
dependence of Parliament Bill, mov
concurrence in this measure on the
principle that half a loaf was better -
than no bread. After a brief discus -
is issuer note. This came up in another
sion, in which the leader of the Oppos
tion championed the , rights of t
- Senate the motion was carried.
_ Hon. Mr. Mackenzie said,. in movin
e that the House adjourn until In
t o'clock to-naorrowl desire to sa,y
few words with reference to one of: ti
measures which were introduced th
session. It will be recollected that
1- few weeks. ago I introduced a Bill t
amend the Pacific Railway Act, i
which it was provided that the Geyer'
I Ment might lease the branch railway t
some company or companies, or mak
such other arrangements fdr the wor
ing of that line as might be, in. th
Opinion of the Governmeat, suitabl
and proper, and that before the leas
was made it should be subjected. to th
approval of the House of Common
This Bill was sent to the other bream
he shape last year. W. Q. Wilsomby whom
the note was elven, being charged with
g forgery and acquitted. Promissory note
v9 was dated Nov. 20th, 1,876, and was en -
a dorsal by Robert Brown, the defendant
le in favor of Weslop, payable in two years.
is When the note was presented to Wes -
a lop that person objected to the period
O of payment, wishing to yam° it made
11 : payable in 12 months, which change
1- Wilson made -there and. then. It was
O given in testimony that Weslop had con-
e versed with Brown about the note, and
k- the latter hadamen show it one day in
e the post office by the hol er. The case
e occupied the greater part of Tuesday and.
O when- suamitted. to the jury they int -
e medititely' brou,e,ht in a verdict for the
8- plaintiff. His Honor -gave judgment
h in the plaintiff's favor for $486.56. M.
Charles Mclaa,y's new work on " The
Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of
Western Europe, and more especially of
the English ,8 andal
i'
of their Slang, Cant, and _
toea lady milliner lloquial
Dialects," is about to be issued, in the -
first instance, to the subscribers, and
afterwards to the public.
$31E:GGLING.—The Custom
thorities at Boston have seized a qualm
tity of geode valued at $6,000, belonging
t- CoH
aLo thewlLowland.
Se
l
city.
al-
leged the geode were bought in Paris,
and smuggled through the port by the
party implicated, who is said to have
smuggled large quantities of similar
goods in the pest two years.
COAL AND LUMBER Tneeric.—A late
number of the San Francisco News
Letter says: The coal and lumber traf-
fic of Vancouver Island. and Berrard In-
let, seems to be steadily increpaini.
Twi; or more ships have been chartered
this week at 43 25, to proceed. to Na-
naimo and return with coal, the bulk of
which is taken by the Pacific Mail
Steam' ship Company.
All'TEMPTED ASSASSINATI04.—Last Sat-
urday an attempt was made to assassin-
ate the Emperor William of Germany.
As he was returning from it drive with
the Grand Duchess of Baden, several
shots from a revolver were fired. at him
in the avenue linter der Linden. No-
body was hurt. The person who fired
the shots has been arrested.
PHILANTHROPIC LADY.=11frs. Schwabe,
has sueceeded in establishing an im-
mense free school at Naples. . Out of a
vast, bat ruinous building, granted her
by the Government of Italy, she, with
her own private fortune, has made a
oomfortable and ` commodious school
room, in which may now be fouled about
250 pupils. She has also founded. a
Kindergarten in the same city.
TENIANS.—A despatch from Syracuse,
N. Y., states that there is some basis
for the reported Fenian movement in
that, locality. Probably 250 then are
engaged in it, claiming connection with
the general movement along the fron-
tier. Sorne.money has been raised, and
men armed with pistols. They say
they await eiders from O'Neil. The
better class of high citizens give no
sympathy to the movement.
PRINCE OF WALES RE-ELECTED. GRAND
Meseen.—The Prince.of Wales was a.
few days ago re-elected Grand. Master
of the English Free Masons at _the
meeting of the Grand Lodge, and. in re-
tuning thanks, regretted that causes
ver which he had no control had pre-
vented his attendance at Grand Lodge
or some years, and said the brethren
might be sure he did his best to up-
hold their interests, which lay near his
cart.
CO-OPERA.TIVE DRESS REF01111.--A
co-
operative company, for the supply of
aches' dress, was recently' formed in
London, England. Members of the
ristocracy are freely taking up shares.
The cost of ladies' dresses, ahd, pre-
umably, the profits of the London
ressrnakers, had become so enormous
hat the co-operative principle is to be
ried for the purpose of keeping fashion-
ble female clra,pery within reasonable
(muds as to cost.
News of the Week.
A WHALE AT SANDY HOOK.—A whale,
forty feet long; was captured. by Sandy
Hook fishermen last Saturday, after a h
lona struggle.
OFIT.kBLE.—An American publishing
compani Inis paid Mark Twain $150,000.
as his share on the sale of the books
a
beering his mane.'
.Immass or TEE'POPIL—The Pope is s
suffering from infiemneation of the d
liver. Has removal from the Vatican
has been advised.
- PRINCE NAPOLEON DRAFTED.—Prince
a
Louis Nimoleou was drawn for service
in the French army. He obtained ex-
emption as the son of a, widow. .
APPOINTMENT • FOlt. BRET Mum t
Bret Harte has been promiiete, oteler
commercialagency al Crefed
Many, worth $3,000.per annum.
Damn OP CATHERINE BEECIDIR.—
Miss Catherine E. Beecher, .sister of ;
Bev. Henry Ward Beecher, died on -`
Sunday, aged. 78, at Elmira, N. Y. - r
BRITISH DEGI:NrENTS.—All-the British °
regiments in the Mediterranean are to
be made up to a thousand men. Rein-
forcements ere.rea,dy to leave England
for -this purpose.
WITHDRAWN,—Bishop McCoskrey has
kaithdrewn his :resignation from the
!Diocese . of _tali ch i gan, al' I (1 annonn c es
that he holds himself ready to meet
nay
s.clefinite- charges by responsible par-
-CUNNING. PERSONATION.—A convicted
hief in New Mexico aroused taein-
eates of the -jail by loud cries. He was
ound lying on the floor of his cell, pro-
essedly unableito move. He said that
ie had fallen -from his ,bed and injured
lie spine. During the ensuing month
ie pretended taboin constant and ter-
ible pain; and ou his being carried. to
ourt for sentence, the sympathetic
judge imposed the lightest possible
penalty.; Afterward it was discover-
ed. that -the' thief had not . been 'hurt
at all.
Sine Bumeene-The Allan Line mail
steamship Sardinian, from .Liverpool to
Quebec, took fire froln an explosiort of
generated gas in, the forehold, on iFri-
day lest, She had. -460 passengers on
board, chiefly German and Italian, but
there were also some English and
Scotch emigrants. Several of the steer-
age passengers on board were burned.
abeet the head and face, mid some had
their arms and. legs broken. Three
of the. injured are reported. hopeless.
Two bodies belonging to the crew have
been recovered. -Some passengers are
reported missing. Among the pass -
engers are forty orphan' children,
destined for domestic service ai Am-
erica. The Fire Baigad.e- from Derry
went to the vessel, but their efforts were
unavailing.
TEXAS CATTLE D' RM.—MC Texas
cattle drive this season will reach fully
three hundred. thouhaud head of cattle
in good condition, and will reach its
destination mach earlier. than last
year. •
BETROTILAL.—The Emperor of Ger-
Many and the fiance have notified the
Que'en of their consent to the betrothal
of the Duke of •_Connaught to Princess
Louise, youngest daughter of Prince
Frederick Charles, of Mensal-
- ANOTHER 'FENIAN BUBBLE B ST.—
A prominent Irish Nationalist in Cleve-
land reports only about 150 Fenians iu
that dity. He laughs at Mulliga.n's
stories about it Cleveland' contribution
of $25,000 to purchase arms. .
FIREARMS ON THE STAGE.—A per-
former at Evansville,- Indiana, in at-
tempting to shoot an apple from the
heed of a wOman missed his aim, and
th.e ball passing through the canvass
killed a boy playing outside.
Trie E D IT 0 S CHAIR.—Th e Scots ma n
States that Dr. Carruthers has just
completed the 50th year of Ins editor-
ship of the Inverness Courier, a -length
of " tenure of office probably unparal-
leled in the history- of the newspaper
press.
REGIMENT CHA.PLAIX.—ReV. Henry
Ward Beecher, who Was made chaplain
of the 13th Regiment lately, preached.
his first annual sennon to his regiment
at Plymouth Church, on Sunday night.
The pew holders resigned their pews for
the occasion, and the regimetit marched
in in fall uniform. Mr. Beecher ap-
•
—The residence of Mr. Samuel Oke
in Exeter Was completely destroyed by
fire on Thursday morning of last week.
About half past two o'clock Mrs. J.
Bawclen noticed. flames issuing from
the building, ancl inimethately went to
the house and, awoke the iumates, who
were wrapped in slumber, unconscious
of the great danger they were exposed.
• to. When Mr. Oke awoke. he was as-
tonished to find himselfin the midst of
the devouring element. With the as-
sistance of those who had arrived Mr.
Oke succeeded in saving some furniture.
Fire Corapany N. 2 were promptly on
the spot and deal good service, although
they were prevented from getting at
avOrk immediately on their arrival by
some brick having been :piled on the
tank which they drew water from. The
wind was in a favorable direction, not
blowing in the direction of the adjoin-
ing buildings. Had the wind been
blowing from the south east, the_ plan -
of the Legislature, and by that bran°
amended so as to require that any sue
lease should. be made subject also t
the approval of the Senate, as well a
of the House of Commons. I moved.
disagreement from that. amendment o
the ground that the Senate Wer
usurping the rights of the popular
branch of the Legislature, and on th
ground that all matters of that kin
should have the approval of the mem
bers of the House of Commons, who ar
elected by the people—(hear, hear)—an
I asserted in my motion that this wa
the meiform practice in England, a
well as the uniform practice in thi
country, _There can be no harm, o
course, if any Administration please, in
sending certain measures to the ta,b1
da the Senate, but that the Senat
should require that this House should
agree to the submission of contracts to
the Upper House for approval is, in m
opinion, a clear subversion of the prin
ciples of the Constitution. (Loud. cries
of "Hear, hear I") And to assert it is
on their part a usurpation of the eights
end privileges of this House. The
Senate, however, have informed this
House that they adhere to their
amendments, and they claim the right,
in the message which they sent down
to this House, to. exercise co-ordinate
powers in ali these matters with this
House. Now, sir, I caamot, either as
the lnader of this House, or its it mem-
ber of this House, accede to this extra-
ordinary end unprecedented demand.
(Hear, hear.) And I am sure, sir, this
Hbuse will not do it. (Hear, hear.)
I regret exceedingly that the Senate
have acted in this way, as I am one of
those who advocated onaena,lly, when
the terms of our Constitution were un-
der discussien, that that Chamber
should be constituted as it now is, not
because I was wedded to a nominated
Chamber, but because I feel the force
of the argument that it was desirable,
if an Upper Chamber existed at all,
that it should have a different constitu-
tion from that of the Lower House; be-
cause I feel it desirable, if there was to
be a review of the proceedings of th
Lower House, it should be by a body
constituted in a somewhat different
manner from the other branch. I con-
fess,- after my. experience of ten or
twelve years, that my opinions have
beeri greatly modified in that time.
(Hear, hear.) Now I regret exceedingly,
as one of those who took that part in
the origami,' discussion, that I should be
compelled to make these statements at
the present moment, but my regard for
our parliamentery system, for parlia-
mentary government as well, compells
me to make these statements and resist
this intended encroachment on the
rights and privileges of the popular
branch. (Hear, hear.) - And, sire for
these reasons I must adhere to myedis-
agreethent, and. throw on the Senate
the responsibility of defeating a measure
which the Government deemed neces-
sary in order to obtain earl
1 C. Cameron, forplaiutiff ; J. T.Garrow,
11 for defendant.
O Cleghorn et al. vs. Clark—Action on
s proinissory note and a.ccoant. Verdict
a for plaintiff for a517.85, and order for
11 immediate execution granted. C. Sea -
e ger for plaintiff.
Scott vs. Jackson—The plaintiff re -
e sides in. Wawanosh, and the defendant
a' has taken up his residence in the States
- since this suit was brought. It was al-
e leged. that the parties had rad at a par-
a. ty, and though never having been very
sj familiar, the defendant' escorted Miss
8 Scott home and. before leaving her sue-
s °ceded in sedueing her. -Verdict forplain-
f tiff of 4100. M. C. Cameron for plain-
tiff C. Seager for defendant.
O ' On Wednesday the first casetried was
e an action on contract 'styled Mason vs.
,
Burroughs et al. It occupied the great-
er part of the day, and His Lordship re -
Y I served. judgment.
-. McDoug ll vs. McNabb—Ejectment
• snit, verdict for plaintiff. G. S. Jones,
St. Marys, for plaantiff ; I. T. Garrew,
for defendant.
' Queen vs.,, James Laird—The Grand.
Jury brought in a true bill against defend-
ant for obstructing and assaalting an of-
ficer in the discharge of his. duty in
. Brussels last year. 'Verdict of not gullty, and His Lordship, in dismissing the
case, said it -should neveri have come
before the court. B. L. Doyle for de-
fence.
y raliway
communicatiou with the city of the
Northwest, which is the -centre of im-
migration for those districts which we
hope will be populated some day, and
which are at present so difficult of ac-
. .1 have onlyo say, sin in re-
sponse to the action of the Senate, that
it will be the duty of the Adininistra,-
tion, having the approval of the House
of Commons in their policy, to consider
What mean, if any, caMbe adopted in
making runnine
•
g s
with -
roads joining that road, and to see what
can. be done in this matter itt. order to
reach the object which. the Government
had primarily in view, namely, the se-
curing of that early Oominunication with
the. centre of mar Western Province.
Whether this may be done or not I am
not at this moment prepared to say, but
I think that it is probable that the
Government may find means of
accorn-
plishingto some extent—if not to the
extent that seemed desirable under th
powers given. by that Act, in an aher
manner—se desirable an object at the
opening up of that country for settle-
ment, an object which never can be at-
tained until we have railway communi-
cation into its heart. I have nothing
more to say further than again to ex-
press rny deep regret that I should be
compelled to take the course I have
taken, and express the hope, also, that
at another session the Senate will find
some reason for receding from its pre-
sent untenable and unconstitutional
course. (Hear, hear, and. cteerse -
Sir John Macdonald. termed the
speech of the Peemier it fitting wind-up
to the professions and acts of the
Government since it became a Govern -,1
m.ent. He contended that the . Senate
had. by no °means exceeded its privi-
leges, but had acted in a perfectly con- 1
stitutional manner. The threat the
hon. the First Minister had thrown, out
would be:despised by both branches of
Parliament.
Rola. Mr. Mackenzie pointed but that :
the members for Cumberland and
Kingston had misstated parliam.entary
•••••,...,•:-=.- • • ..•••••••ra•••••.-
Queen via Silas J.' Andrews.—This
case was tried. on Friday, defendant be-
ing charged. with attempting to defraud.
- Post Office Department. The partici],
lars of the case eve have already report-
ed. Andrews -who lives in Clinton
was charged. wih, having made efforts
to procure dies and plates from -the
printers of ConadiampoStage stamps in
Boston. A Detective of the Post Office
Department, ieforrnation having been
given in that quarter of the effort to se-
cure the dies, replied to the letters from
Audrews and offering. to procure the ar-
ticles, worked up the case until he se-
cured thearrest of Andrews. -Three wit -
eases were 1-`,-iedrall for the prose -
on, the
cu sedge charged the jury to
e find verdi t of not guilty, evhich they
N did. 'the rising. He said that de-
fendan ad, no doubt, intended to de- !
fraud the Post Office Department, bat
he escaped through a technical objec-
tion. Defendant was charged under .a
clause defining it as illegal to solicit any,
one to make plates or dies in imitation
of those belonging to the Post Office De-
partment, but in this case he had only
solicited the person, who answered his
his letters to procure him these plates,
but not to cut, carve or construct them.
He was fortunate in being detected be-
fore he had. gone further, as he evident-
ly would have done. 'M. C. Cameron
appeared for defendant.
Queen vs. Tackaberry.----- Defendant
was charged with perjury. S. T. Gamow
Esq.an the absence of Mr. VanNorman,
conducted the case for the Crown. Sev-
en 'witnesses were. examined, the testi-
mony being very conflicting, the camas
well-known, growing out of it dispute be-
etween Messrs. Polley and Stoutts about
the ownership tif a saddle. One Hines
. borrowed a fiaddle ill town, iind took it
to Clinton, where he left it to be re-
' tamed to Goderich. He had forgotten
the name of the owe er, and knowing that t
one Sturdy was a liverylteeperin Goder-
ich, and. believing there were only two c
in town, he inquired who the other liv- 1
ery keeper was, and. was told it was Pol-
ley. To him he shipped the saddle by
freight._ Stott's hearing that Polley had.
received the saddle,called it the latter's
stable, and said. he believed. Polley had
MAY 17, 1878.
went on his way. After his departure,
Forsyth found. thathis watch, which 44
the house lie(plahitiff) went to theboase
the house, and when he foundno mii.)se
and after [conversing for a_ short time,
who were at work in wttihoenbatornt,hter aebnoeever
was seen by the latter s,nd Ins fatale, •
e he Lad. reason to
mC..CCeanTimrtheeerfiponrsen,tefoacraesn
row for
rri plaintiff; J. H. Benson and
er.
ubeffpeeeetiontl..hefteHilnaeitashwehiohrfoeeurithmsesaa,
believe that Sellars stole the Watch, Ws
gphlettianOtifft 11,a6dev6e eof.ceba4niesdi eernand:gteas brought.Jo. ain : pGV:e::
Saturday at 9:30 a.
as missingthere- .
vs. Herr. This was an actian to gar.
nishee moneys in the hands of the defend..
ant, for payment of certain legal code
iGnhacunriiseilvsi.nothGeraaarbyi.tramtir7Dseu3irlte woeasliteo.
beneficial plaintiff. a O'Grady was the
unsuccessful person in the arbitration
and-made his p.toperty over, or sold a
to Mr. Herr. Mr. Doyle wished to gar-
nisbee moneys in Mr. Herr's possessioo
which he considered. was a balance of a
reasonable consideration for the prop.
erty bought. eTudgment reserved. John
Davidson, for defendant, J. T. Gamow,:
folalsaLinotriffds.hip thereuponleftthe bench
and His Honor judge Sqiner presided,
in his stead. After hearing two ca,aes,,
and adjourning them, the Court was eae
journed until 9:30 it. m., on. Tuesday.
—
Signal.
'News From Manitoba. ik
[From the Winnipeg FREE PRESS of May tre
Ballasting on the Pembina Branch
has CT°111neinMerhia/1. ery- for Bauer's grismill t_
has arrived e at EA rinehershiosnh.0 he
leaves for the Eastern Provinces next
week.
—Spring wheat was showing itself
above the ground -at South St. Andrews
on_thTeh4ethresoifalile:tys . f
South St. Andreas
held a meeting lately to arrange for a
school festival on the Qaeen's Births
day.
—The saw mill which Mr. Joseph
near the station, will shortly be in oper-
:hoint.elmad is erecting at St. Bonifaee,
—With the accommodation now at
the disposal of the immigrant agent at
Winnipeg, fully 1,400 people can be tem-
porarily supplied with shelter.
—Framfari, the Icelandic paper pub-
lished at Gimli, Keewatin, has already
a circulation of 600, although it has had.
an existenee of eight months only.
—Lake Winnipeg was clear of ice on
the 9th of April, except for about 20
miles at the south end. On the 23rd,
however, the lake was . entirely clear of
ice.
—A considerable quantity of wheat
is being shipped from Scratching River
by Mr. W. F. Alloway, for Ogilvie, of
Montreal, nearly every outgoing boat -
taking a cargo.
a—Daniel Bell, who was murdered. in
Winnipeg a few weeks ago, was the
youngest of the late Daaiel Bell, for
many years principal of the Barrie,
Ont. high school.
—Higgins & Young bagged, tied., ad-
dressed. and shipped on aaiel the Sel-
kirk 2,100 bushels of wheat consigned to
the Old Country. The whole work WILS
done between 4 o'clock Tuesday after-
noon and 10 'o'clock Wednesday morn.
ing.
—On Sunday last, a large-sized. terra-
pin was captured. on the:banks of the
Assiniboine by Mr. Stuart McDonald.
It -measured about three feet in length
and was a heavy turtle. Although small
terrapins.are_not unfrequently seen in
the Assiniboine, those of the size cap-
tured on Sunday are rare indeed.
—An effort is being made to provide
e western part of the Province with
telegraphic communication by utilizing
the charter granted. some years ago, un-
der which a company was formed and
$25,000 stock subscribed. The line of -
tele,graph will probalely follow the
Great Highway to the Portage, and
thence to Palestine,
memmeeemeeeneemeanee
Perth Items.
Rev. Father McGrath has been ap-
pointed Parish Priest of Bothwell, by
his Lordship Bishop Walsh. ,
—Mr. Davidson's blood 'stallion got
one of his legs severely hurt going over
crossway in the township of Morning -
ton.
- —The Mitchel]. Rine Total Abstine• nce
Clubheld a very successful re_onoert the
other evening. All local taleat,..and
highly appreciated.
—Messrs. T. Matheson, emmayor,
and Josiah Murphy, Esq., Logan, sail
on Saturday by steather •Cireassian,.en
route to the Paris Exhibition.
—An effort is being -made by his .con-
gregatiou to retain Rev. Mr. Hooper, •
Bible Christian minister in Mitchell, itt.
his present charge for another year.
—Mr. D. D.- Hay, M.P. P., hasmade
he town of Listowel an offer of a free
Trent of three acres of land, near the
entre of .the town, to be used as apub-
ic—PSale.km. e Listoi- boys have been. be-
fore his worship the Mayor for. rafting
and sailing on the. river on :Sabbath.
After this the names of the culprits
ound. trespassing are to be published.
—A Gemmel lady named . Mrs. Skel-
on, lectured last week in Listowel, itt
oth the English and German latonaetes.
got has saddle. The latter denied it,
and told. Stotts to look through the sta- t
ble and satisfy himself. He (Ea s0,- but b
id not find :the saddle. Stotts I
than entered a suit against Polley intim t
Division Cort to recover the value of t
the saddle, and Judge Tones, before
whom. the case wag heard gave jedg-
ment in favor of Stotts. On thafocca-
sion the defendant, Tackaberry, swore
that when the paddle was received he
and Polley were in tbe stable alonemnd.
the latter directed defendant to put the
sad.dle away, stating that he believed. it
belonged to Stotts but he would. cheat
him. (Stet* out of it. Mr.Polley brought
two witnesses to Prove that they had
been present when the saddle was re-
ceived, and 11.4ard no sueli words used.
by Polley as Tackaberry'alleged, The
Jury, afteran absence of twenty Min-
utes, returned a verdict of not guilty,and
His Lordship sliolid sharply to . certain
of the witnesses, he evidently being sat-
isfied that there were certain circum-
stances connected with the cage yet "be-
hind.the scenes," which fully justified.
the verdict.
Sellars vs. Forsyths—The Plaintiff is
... a fish pedler of Bayfield, and the -defend-
ant a farmer living in TuckerSmith. On
January 27th last the latter laid an in-
formation. in SeafOrth against the plain,
tiff, to the effect that he had stolen a
-watch trona him., The plaintiff called
at defendant's honk to sell fish and
-ler subject was "Our Girls." The lee-
ure is said to have been able and M-
in en eolding their first Exhihitiell
estin g.
—The Stratford Horticultural Soeiety
the 1st of July. Prizes will be given.
to the amount of about $100, and early
fruits and vegetables wilIbeiticluded. as -
well as flowers.
----A school on the lairelergartin sys-
tem is about to be established in
tahsetoe
laxly possessing excellent testimonials
Strat-
ford. by Mrs. Hannah, an a,ccomplished.
'Strut-
arcaalitifioneaotfioilsiladrnedn.e)Terienee rn
—Mr. Jones, of Hammond, bought
and had delivered at Newry, dn.the 1st
of May, the following fat- cattle: Prom
W. Burnett, five head. at $43 per bead;
Wm. Keith, two head at $93 ; A. Ander-
eon, eix head 6,912 pounds, at -5,V6 -Pa
hundred; G. W. Poulston, one cow 40;
G. Danbrook, one cow $30; A. Lona,
one cow in calf $26; A. Anderson sold
the same day two head, to Ain Blain for
357.50.
—A alornington correspondent writ-
ing to the Beacon says: There ought
to be some provision in the law to com-
pel county councillors to travel over the
bad roads—more especially the Morn-
ington,road• When. the people th-ink of
0,000 whichlt cost the town of
MAY
10611
seeaaford
disgracel
Cotuicil
decent gtat.-
ampa.ssa.ble.
_Miss E
has been ea
Deeartnama
School, in
siguect TI
cass certifi
--The
St. AfarYs
_e,neeations
siorninocui
.eau, which,
$90o apas,1
B eeenti -00141
g ranted. - 4
- —The cti
Stratford rc
Ile tunately re
happou
`tie revolver,
.et, and in
accitlentala
The result a
—One da
ef Mit
zangerons
Bora- & Co -
suiting in t
little above
jury was so
now doing
BEI:ELL-1n!
ytr. Thos.
ter.
Mr. MAIO
DICSSON.—I
of Mr. Job
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Wyo. Seot1
enrAVES.-1
Mr. 311=6
ROGERSON-
-the bride'
ATr. )1
daughter 1
PISHB11-11
bride's rue
Henry
Colborne.
WOOD—LEW
parents,
sanmel
of 1
1.1eLEAN—I'M
bride's fat
Day,. .T.G;,
roa)th,
au-V-11,1AN
bride's fat
15, Mr. AI
daughter,
Baal aa
ENTJTSON,--;
leve(1
Fa1iWhe&t.
Spring Wheat
Spring Whetkti
Ostsper bualta
Peas per bus.
Barley per bus
Butter, No. 19
liutter, No.
Clover Seed, p
Timothy searN
Flour, per bal
Hides, per Th
Grubby Hides]
Pall= Hides,
Sheep skins...:;
Wool.— ... .;1
Salt (retail) ii
Salt (wholesal
Potatoes, per
Oatmeal brl
'Wool, per lb..
Tallow) per lb
Beef, in quart
Teit0=0,:
class have
45 for steeri
-eraging aoti
of lighter
$4.75. $e
abundant in
er, the gene
al to $4.3
.scarce, but
been slack
prices, hem
$3.25 to 1,k3 -
of a lot oft
lbs., at $48;
.ers, averagil
steers, avtira
of ten mixt
-$.58-50; ac
lbs, itt 056.5
.eraging Abel,
four steers,
a car of mix
Sheep.—Fir
to 160 lbs, 1
„$8, or 5e -
been less fir
quoted at fi
being fora
class are m
of 29 head
-$5 per
19 head as
Lambs -en;
from 21 to
be firm at a
qualities an
$2 to
wanted. -
Ci
'Nor mom
tories (dere
of May mall
factories pix
their make,
half of Ma
ent, Liver'
lines repre
Boston, al a
pr pou
Wooi)srlx
Clay Way% wc;
ers and selb
tered 1m25
-make, No
the cheese
shipment.
to he very a
Liva
MmeaREA:
arowded wi
of good. tone
any extent ;
in larger al
price, Thi.!
3e tjtic pe]
the Britieh
rates, P.
sold. 20 steel;
$68 each
Oltourk ale
155 or about
tratford,
1,440 lbs, at
shipment
Marathon w
the 18th ins