The daily witness, 13 septembre 1878, vendredi 13 septembre 1878

[" Vol xra~No.210.LAST EDITION.MONTREAL, FRIDAY, SIII\u2019TKMBKR 1 s 1878.\tLAST EDITION.I\u2019ku k Onk C\u2019knt.,»*rruw» ««UHLIoltt e cell#.He appeared before the Recorder thia morning, and the evidena» showing that Muudty ha«l been be fora convicted on different charges, he w as suit down to jail for six mouth* at hard labor.M ONTREAL WEST.MASS MEITINH.The Ir.cmls anil su[ porters of Mr.WILLI AM DARLING' Liberal ChuiIi Inti*, will asscinU \u2022 011 CbaboiUei Square, un SATURDAY EVENING, at 3 o\u2019clock, when a»lürc»»i » w ill be ileliven il by prominent speaker#.rpilE I\u2019KIZE MEETING OF THE X GRAND TRUNK UIFLK ASSOClATIOE Will take place at Point fit.Charles, on SATl KBAY, I I1I1 InwlBiii.Firing to begin alt* a.111.Open Match at2.3üp.m,\t____ r ISIMPSON WALKER, B.C.L., ADVOCATE, ISM Kit OF MARRIAOE LICENSES, Odices i^f Messrs.Hutchison A Walkct.Advocutes, 112 Sr.Fua.ncois Xavikr stkp.kt, Montreal.1 no Ca SPECIAL NOTICES.- The Honorable H.lî.July will address the elector# at the meeting of Mr.Darling# Http* rters, on the corner of St.Lawrence and St.\u2019atharine street#, to-night.\u2014 From the list of cntrii-a, we can |>romi#e all lover# of athletic# a rare treat to-morrow afternoon.Henrt Morgan k Co.take Jileaaure in announcing t their friends and customer# that they have added a costume and ilrensmaking deiiartment to their other branches, and have engaged Mi*# 1'elham, of New Y«>r\u2019 .to take charge ofthe entting and fitting.Mr.Raeburn, who has iiad 12 year# experienca in London, will Lave general supervision of the mantle and coetume department.®hc failli Sti\u2019itnc 00.FRIDAY AFTERNOON.SEPT.13.The Storms Raging in the We#t have affected the telegraph wires to such an extent that up to the time of going to press we have not received our usual afternoon's telegraphic reports.ELECTION SCANDAL AT LACH INK.A LITTER SIGNED \u201c W.PREVOST,\" AND HOW IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR.The Gazette and Jf tneree nptjeared yesterday wit!) a fac limik of a letter in French, of which the following i# the translation : LacHIME,28th Aug., 1378.To the Non, A.Chauicau, So/intor-Genernt My Dear Sir,\u2014Try and manage to send immediately to Dr.Lefebvre, of Lachine.an order intimating to the Longue Pointe Asylum to receive the t'ereon of Simeon St.Aubin,of Lachine (idiot).It should 1 1414hine ns'iuickly n* jsiasiblf.a# the whoh1 thing i#in interest of the election of our friend Lnflamtne.Re good enough not to forget us.\tYours always, W.Provost.Of eourse ns the *' whole thing\" was \"in the interred of onr frh-ml Laflamme,'* it was not un-naturtil to exj>e^t there should l»e some explanation given the country to show why it# interest waa not consulted a# well, and an explanation ha# apfiearcd to the eilect that the letter was net written by Mr.Prévost, but by Dr.1,4 More, who waa authorized by the former to n#e hi# n«nie.Mr.Prevent, in a letter to the Herald, emphatically rienm# being the author ot the letter, and threaten# the Minerrt and Gazette with an actir.n for libel.Dr.Lefebvre niakt » a statement of how he came to use Mr.Prevent'a name #o freely.It would appear that during a conversation about the admission of St.Aubin to a Lunatic Asylum, when it was #ng-gruted that the alllicteU man should la- supported in a Lunatic Asylum by private means, Mr.Prévost, according to the doctor's statement, in presence of several ta-rson#, without secrecy or evasion, said to me that it was useless, in hi# opinion, to adopt that mode : that it wa* much more simple, instead of applying to pri vate rv-s< nues, to secure his (Aubin\u2019s) admission to a Lunatic Asylum by means of a letter, which should simply be addnused to the Hon.Alexandre Cbauveutt, the one of the Provincial Ministzr# who had the ailministration of Lunatic Asylum».\t.\u2022\u2022 Trusting in the motive of my acUsn ue authorized me, on account of hi# occupations, to use his name and signature, and tenefit of the Hon.Mr.Ladamme to see our intention put into execution, only expre#*ed my conviction that ahgal act done in the interest of humanity would produce a feeling of gratitude on the part of Mr.Lafiamme\u2019s friend*.\u201c Finally, I take upon myaelf all the responsibility, and I jiarticularly declare that I never wisbt d to It ad any one astray, nor to avail myself of this authorization as a political engine, to the detrim» nt of the intereats of the opponent of the Honorable It.I^Pamme.\" THE OCCIDENTAL RAILWAY UKOGLIO.EM HAVING REVENGE.AN ATTIMJT TO STAB A POLICEMAN.About half-past twelve o\u2019clock yesterday after-nocu a desperate attempt waa made by a noto-ricus thief and ruflian, named Patrick Alaniiay, to stab mb-C'cnstable Auger.The attempt wa# made cut of revenge, as Munday bad been '\t\u201c\t-\t-\t\u2014 -J convicted on a _ Auger ami at the corner THE I.THAI\tPROCEEDING# \u2014 .tntYGF iOHN#\"N MAINTAINS THE U HU c: INJUNCTION, kND BECLAHE8 ENGINEER PETERSON IN CONTEMPT OP COURT.This morning, in th4> Suiierior Court Chambers, Mr.Justice Johnson dis|M>n4id of thti mo-(Ion made by the plaintiff, Duncan Macdonald, to have BherifT Chauveau and P.A.Peterson, Engineer, declared iu contempt uf Court fur having acted in disregard of the writ of injunction issued by Mr.Justice Rainville ;'and, also, of the mo^jon made by the defendant# b* i|U;v#h the writ of injunction.The latter motion wa* taken a# traversing the rule for contempt, and formed one question wilh the motion of the plaintiff.The motion of the def4'ndant# de-maniM the quashing of the writ, on the priori» pie that it ws# a nullity on its fare, but no question of priK-etlnre was r#is«l.The defendants contend that it wa# a nullity, liecattso there existed a law.Statut** of 184)1*, Chapter 15, which enablt#! the Lieut.-Governor in Council to tut Buute p'urtKsiun of certain public works belonging to the Province of (Juebec.The answer to this contention is that the work of which the plaintitf was threatened to l*e 4ti*poe#e#se»l woe NOT A PROVINCIAL WORK, that it had Wen created a Federal road by Ad of Dominion Parliament which had never been alter.il ; and finding that the law is us averred by the phiintilf, I must dismiss the motion made t quash the writ.(*11 the question of contempt the Sheriff and Mr.Peterson have separately answered the motion, ami I consider that the Sheriff has validly travi-raed the motion for contempt, inasmuch a# h« made out, by hi* oath to that effect, that the existence >f the writ of injunction was notified to him only after he had proceeded) to execute the warrant issued by the Lieut.-Governor, and for this rea»on the plaintiff will take nothing by the motion a# far a* regard# the Khi-ritl, but without coats.The answer of Mr.Peterson to the motion is wholly baser! upon the warrant issued by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and, a* I have already intimated that the Lieutenant-Governor could only a*-sume j-oeseesion of Provincial work* hy such an instrument, and that the railway wx# not a Provincial work, I find that Mr.Peterson ha# made no answer to th*' motion for contempt, and I am bound to declare him in contempt of Court.However, a* he actr-d tinder the advice of cour,sol, th^r- is some mitiga lion of ids contempt.He is judged guilty f contempt, the penalty to be pronounced here after, and in the meantime he shall be pound in his own recognizances for ÎL'^Hf t\u201d appear before this Court and receive iwnten* e after twenty-four hour# noticr-, and that he pay the costs \"f these proceetiing# against him.AIM'EAIm Mr.Carter, Q.C\u201e\u2014Ytmr Honor will allow me to fyle an exception to your Honor's rulit g\u2014 Him Honor No! I will not do any such thing.There is no appeal in a case of contempt.(Testily.) If I cannot have autharity to rule in h case of contempt tn thi# Court, I will not sit in the Court.Mr.CaHTEH attempted to make some remark, whin the Judge stopped him short, hy saying in .determined tone, \" Mr.Carter.1 will hate no di> cussi\u2018>n at all.I will accept no such motion.\u2019\u2019 Mr.Carter explained : 1 complied with the judgement for contempt, but my motion wa* dii' Ctnl against the writ of injunction.I take ixiiption to your Honor\u2019# ruling upon that motion, and appeal from it.Hi# Honor said that hi# motion, it wa* true, was made against the writ, but in answer to the motion for contempt.He would, however, accept the exception, which Mr.Carter accordingly sent up.PROCir.MM.R IlT THE I'ONTRAiTOR TO REGAIN 1*0*8 EK8ION, Mr.DouTRE, tj.C., then submitted a motion matle by him on the !*th inat., to add to|his petition, that since the service of the writ of injunction the defendant# have, by force of arms, dis|#>»s*ssed the plaintiff of the railway, rolling stock, plant, furniture, Ac., to thion f the oarne under authority of this Court.Mr.Ca hint, Cj.C., in answer to thi# motion, objected to joining a manetamiin to the injunction.zV tnniidamut wa* subject to a particular rule of proceetling, and ixmld not incidentally l>e engrafted, as it were, upon an injunction.Mr.DouTRE replied that the injunction wa* a negative mandamui.and that, whether a person is requeated to do or not to do, the proceeding* are the sarn- in eithfr case.Hi* Honor took the motion tn deUbtrt.LATEST TELEGRAMS.amekicajl good NEWS from AT.LOCIS.St.Louis,Sept.13.Such heavy frost in thi 1 vicinity, no danger of fever now.TORNADO.Richmond, Va., Sept.13.-A terrible U-rna lo has i^wied through North Carolina and \\ ir-ginia.It struck Goldsboro, N.C., early yesterday A number of le-rw.n* were killed an ' wounded, and the crop# badly damaged.FOREUH ADO WINGS.Washington, Sent.13.\u2014The Cizntrolier of Currency, in his forthcoming report, will oppose the abolition of the National Hank.New Yobk, -Sept 13.\u2014The TnKvnt't WTa*h-iegton special says that Secretary Hherman *ay* the effect of the gr.-enback agitation will be to interrupt all plans for resumption.THE \"QUAKER CITY.\u201d The T\u2019lflifi say# in the case of the tag \" Quaker City,\" that the Asuutant-He- retary of 1'reaanry decide# she in an American vessel and her transfer to a Rritisb subject waa illegal and void.Her release waa ordered.FROST PREDICTED.i he Signal Service preduta fr.-*t hereabout* within two or thri-c day#.ihi' Atlantic A 1\u2019acilo Telegraph *'\"Oipany dec 1 artd a dividend of .j per «euh, the first t ever made.?- CANADIAN.OTTAWA.( Spent! / to the Wane**, St ft.1 » ) Burnt ,ti> Death, A young child of Mr.John i'ameron, of N\"rth Khnsley, beta, eu Pike I alls and Smith # Pali#, wa* burned t*» ileath through it# clothe* taking tire, while He mother w.t# momentaiily alwrut on Tuemlay nyentng.The little .nffen r ling» red tn agony from seven o\u2019cltM k that tventug till the next Bu rning at fvur o\u2019clock.The O0K#BRvaTIVfH are circulating in the Ct nnty of (farleton a letter nur|v>rting to come from lion.K.W.Bcotl, to Mr, J.A.tirant, the Reform candidate, asking him to withdraw >u iavor of Rev.John Mav, on tha ground that the latti r, if eh'cteil, would give an independent sup|>oit to the Govrrnmant.The Aiattt t i ti kai FxiiintriON met wnlh m oe rainy wtather to-day.It ha* i>ean deriil-4-1 to c ntinui' thi' exhibition to morrow, lion.!»».Skead, th* Priwident, deliveri-d his Annual .-iddr.M thia .vfti rn*»on.Alleged (\u2019ouManrEiTERM.Doyle and Thi'ti.a» t 'hi-i kley, charged wilh iMuing ceuint* r-fi-it money,were further remandedf.irone week, to-day.?\u2014 TORONTO.(Bpei'ial to the Wiintil.Sept, 13 ) The Toronto Lai Rosat: 4\u2019lub have arrangivl a match to take plai e on Wednewlay next, in aid of the yellow fever sufferer#.The KiUREHOLDERAnf the North Sim \u2022»» Rail» way have authorized the taaue of IwmN lor eon ¦(ruction purpose#.ACONEKfiENCE or ClIRtfiTtANN i# to tw held in this city, from the 21st to 'JMh of Octolver, (or the iliacuaaiona of various topic* bi-aring en Christian work anil practice.Amoag th'i#*- to take j>art are Rev, l*r.llmok#, of Mt I s'uis, llev, W.H.Raiii»ford, Re*, ('xnou liaidwiu, i f Montreal, and other prominent clergymen.A RrMARKAitE Story.The MoU ha* a telrgram (nun Washington stating that a ler-son named Forayth, said t l»e employed in the post > (lice drpartrmnt at < *ttawa, la there, it is rumored, a# emi»sary of the Mackenzie Gov-zrnment, rr.mmisaioned t raise money through free trade and manufacturera\u2019 oaooi tâtions to assi»t in larrying the Government policy f fn-e trade in t'anada, the money »»» sulwcrilieil to form a corruption fund.I'orsyth is said to be the confidential agent of the Hon.Mr.Huntington.Mil Kohamono, of Almonte, puhlishe# a denial that be ha# done anything more than ro.rely advise hi* |>eople to vote for camUilat** anp)e ; Prince F.dwnrd.James Smith, Belleville; Kt.I.awrence, Chas.J.H.Forbes, Farr ms Point; Ottawa, J.W.Pickup, Pakeuhaur.HAMILTON.Mkiuoal Assih\u2019Iation : The meeting of the Medical Association closed on Thursday- evening after a most successful meeting.The next gestion is to be in London.The following are the officers elected for the year :\u2014President, Dr.J.D Macdonald; General Secretary, Dr.A.H.David, re-elected; Treasurer, Dr.K.Kohillard, re-elected ; Vice-Presidents\u2014For Ontario, Dr.Buck ;for Quebec, Dr.H.P Howard ; for Nova Scotia, Dr.Kern ; for New Brunswick, Dr.* G Hamilton.Local Secretvries\u2014 For Ontario, Dr.Burgess : for Quebec, Dr.Osier ; for Nova Scotia, Dr.Lawson ; for New Brunswick, Dr.Alison The members were entertained at dinner on Thursday evening by the Hamilton Medical Society.GUELPH, ONT.Hao Acctpent.\u2014Miss Barber, daughter of Mr.Samuel Barber, of this town, met with a terrible ami ultimately.fatal accident on Wednesday afternoon.Ita| js-ars she accidentally upset a ten gallon can cf coal oil, some of which spread over an old mat, which she undertook to throw in the atove, and got a quantity of the liquid on her clothis.The whole caught tire suddenly from the blsr.e ef the stove, which enveloped her in Harms and burned her lower limbs in a frightful manner.She suffered till death relieved her at midnight.The young lady was very highly respect* d.Live Stock Sali.\u2014The annual tale of live ¦took at the Agricultural School of Ont trio t >ok place on Thursday, Owing to wet weather, there were not so many buyers as expected.The price* realized, however, were satisfactory.KINGSVILLE.Suppoatn Soicin».\u2014A farmer named Hubert Strutt was found ehot in the head ; «upjvned suicide, a* he had a gun in his hand when found.No cause assigned at nreeent for the act.He leave* a wife and five children.QUEBEC.Lcitl) Dukkehin has been presented by Dr.Grunt, of Ottawa, with the farewell addres* to His Excellency of the Ontario College of Phy-hb iaiin and .Surgeons, to which he lias sent an interesting and learned reply.Hi* Excellency on ThurmTay evening attended the farewell concert given in the Music Hall in his honor by the HU Jean Bapti-te .Society.The President of the Society presented His Excellency with a farewell adiireMs in French, to which His Kxcellemy replied in huitabie terinn.A Mam Namiii Trupki.was slightly stabbtel in three pliu eech, while referring to the act* of what he called \" Tbs incapabls, corrupt and unconstitutional Government of Mackenzie \u201d to the twenty five hundred mouth* from which that gentleman \u201ctook the loaf of bread, when he closed Hedpath's sugar refinery,\" and when he dilated on the very serious losses sustained by the aiiple women and cabbage vendor* by the loss of so many of their customers, all because '* Mackenzie closed the sugar refiuery,\u201d his words fell insipid on the great majority of his hearers, for they had nfteu heard Joe go over the same sad tale.Mir John like Sir Joe is very witty, and fur-nislud his hearers considerable mirth when he related a dialogue between the parson and the intrading dog, or repeated a portion of the hymn Iwginniug with '* Ilark, from the tomb* a doleful sound.\" There is another feature of stroug resemblance in the sa>iugs o' these honorable men of dishonorable actions\u2014that is^ th-dr disregard for truth.I distinctly heard Sir John say on Satii.ilay evening that there was \" not one mile of the Canada Pacific Railway laid yet.\" and, on another occasion, that \"Mackenzie's blundering in thu steel-rail business alone has cost the country two mill! >n dollars per annum,\u201d also \" that the Mackenzie Government could not do any good for the country if they would, and would not do it if they could.\" It would puzzle even Sir Joe to invent stories which would draw more largely on the credulity or patience of his hearers than the above statements, with many others made by Sir John.I know that he wa* generally conaidsred to he a great man while Premier of the Dominion, but any mau of common sense might act like a great man while in prosperity ; none hut the truly great can always act nobly when in adversity.The five year* in opposition, has served to show the true nature of Sir John A.Macdonald, and, at the tame t ine, confirm tho suspicion* previously held by many.If this is the man whom the ( nEHervative candidates delight to honor, thu n oral, not to say religious electors through nit the Dominion should think, before voting for inch candidates, what effect their conduct will have on the cause of truth and morality.While Sir John wa* going over the first part of his address regarding the short-coming* of the Mackenzie Government, and the great doings of th* former Administration, hi* remarks elicited very little applause from his hearers ; occasionally a feeble attempt wa« made to cheer, but very few joined in it ; but when he began to speak almut protection his audience became enthusiastic, and cheer after cheer rent the air.The bloated land-hol 1 r chimed in with the ragged tramp, and wen-also joined by many respectable looking workmen, so that their united chums could be distinctly heard at the furthest part of the city.Towards the c\u2019mu of Sir John's addrea* many in the large crowd began to exhibit rowdyish symptoms, and as I did not care to wait and beer the lesser magnates, nor encage in the row which was brewing, I started for home to reflect over whit I had already seen and hcanL I asked myself the question : Why has the word \u201c protection \u201d tnch an apparnut charm for a Montreal audience Î So palpable is this fact that every one of the candidates for Parliamentary honors, be he Conservative, I.ilieral, or Independent, utter* this HMiie shibboleth as if they believed tin* talismanic word commanded the services of some powerful genius, like he of Aladdin's Lamp, who will at a word create any amount of preciou* treasures.A i>eraou living in Montreal during the last two mouth* would be ready to think that We have already too much protection given us by the volunteers, extra police and Mayor Beaudry\u2019s five hundred wheel-spokers.As I reflected over these matter*, I thought I ¦aw selfishness at the bottom f all this noise and hulabnloc.There are several classe* of |>ersons who exjiect t » make a larger or smaller pile by this country adopting a protective |>olicy, and since many of these persons are already poMcssed of considerable means as well a* energy, th-y consider it fair and legitimate butine.** t » p*y newspapers and Conservative orators to fo il the common l»eople into acquiescence with their schemes.The moHt interested parties are the manufacturera at present engaged in making the kinds of goods on which the increased tariff U proposed.These men will doubtless make a good thing out of the increased prices on their produce for several have the (tart in this race will l>e certain of making a good haul.The next class of men who will gain by protection are the trader*, from the wholesale merchant, down to the street peddler.To all thi-se I'Mtcrpii-oiig individual*, an increase in the tariff ini-ans just so much increased value on all the goods they may have on band at promt as well as larger profit* for some time to come ; fur generally when the price o' good* are high, higher profit* are Hecured by «hop-keepers.The next clan* i« com po4*d of reales tate owner* and laud speculator*, whose property 1» In the cities and town* where manufactories will bo cHtahlûhed, and also the farmer* living within a few miles of such towns and cities.All this real ¦ state will be increased in value by the adoption of a national policy of protection, but not nearly to so great an extent a* tho présent owners expect.\tThere is no use in deny- ing the fact tti&L the above classes of persons «ill lai largely benefited by protection,and when they ehout lustily for Sir \u2022lobu Macdonald and protection they are doing it in order to fill their own pockets.But there are mauy other person* v/ho hope to \" lawfully procure and further their wealth and outwaril eatate \u201d by voting for Sir John and the National Policy, Tiie largest class in this branch of sireculatora are tin- mechanics, factory hands ami day laborer.*.There is no doubt nut that work will increase for these classes, but how much higher will wages advance before the thousands of person* who are at present unsuccessfully seeking employment in the United States will crowd over here and glut the labor market.The i>oor Canadian workman will find that he got more than he had bargained for bis wages very little higher, while there has been a large increase in the cost of most of the things which he neeils to purchase, and also an unpleasant addition to his house rent.There are also many farmers who hope to profit by an increased prie* received for their corn, bogs, and cattle, but who have made no calculation about the iu creased cost of wearing apparel, house-furnishings, Ac, I need scarcely tell such simple individuals that should protection prevail, they will find their profits at the small end of the horn.There are other classes of i>er*on* who are building castles iu the air with the profits to 1m* made out of protection, but I have only time to mention one species, and that not yet a large one.Every tramp you meet with has a good word for protection and Sir John Macdonald.It i* true some of these gentlemen helped to disturb the meeting on Saturday night, but there is no doubt that they were expecting pay f.>r it, if not already well paid.Since protection is th* prolific parent < f \" tramnism,\" it i* not wonderful if the child has a liking for his daddy, but the great danger to the jioor tramp* is that their number will so increase that repressive laws will have to be made, nml the tramp marched off to jail.Did time (urmit, 1 could show how protection prinluces tramps, hut your readers can prove it themselvee by asking the first tramp they meet the question, \"In what part of the world he l>egau his jwranibulation ?\" Iu nine cas» » out of ten he will answer, if he tells the truth,\u201cIn the United States.\" All your reader* know that a large degree of protection ha* prevailed iu that country of late.1 ap|>cal to every honest farmer, who knows that a bushel of grain will not grow without somebody\u2019s Libor, ami that even a pocket-handkerchief cannot t>e pro duccd spontaneously by all the laws made, or that can be made, by man, without some person's labor, to consider well who has ^o pay for all the piofitn to be secured by the many classes of fersoua I have referred to.All these gentlemen ave no more belief iu spontaneous production of wealth than you have, but they expect to fleece you out of your hard earnings, and, to make the thing worse, they expect you to vote them the power, as they have already the disposition, to do it.I feel confident that an overwhelming majority of farmers and all other honest men will, on tiie 17th instant, recordtheir votes against such protection, and by the largeuefl* ot your numbers, show these tricky gentlemen that you are prepared, if need Ik-, to carry the war into Africa and vote for a reduction on the duty on necessary articles of consumption.Rostiouh.AN INCIDENT OF MANY YEARS AGO A N10IIT IN THE \"iHU SWAMP \" WITH TUB AI.LKUEU HUltDXItKK PAItUEL, It ia now a good many yean since aman named Davis suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from an Irish settlement within some twenty miles of the city of Quebec.A very anxious and diligent search by his numerous relatives and neighbors failed to discover the smallest trace of the missing man, and it wa* not until the melting of the snow in the ensuing spring that his mangled remains were found not far from the spot which afterwards became the outer terminus of the Quebec and Gosford Hail way.The mutilated condition of the body left not a ebadow of doubt that Davii had been foully murdered, and medical testimony went to show that he muit^iave lived for a considerable time after Wing covered up for concealment.Two men named, as well as I can remember, Conway and Farrel, rcsi>ectively, were arrested on suspicion ; but, although the circumstance* against them were strong, they were either acquitted or had to be discharged for want of more dii evidence.Some time afterw&rda Conway shot himself by accident, and it was said that Farrel then declared that except having witnessed the killing of Davit, he (Farrel) had taken no nart therein In accounting for ao brutal a murder the story ran that the two men were engaged iu cutting and carrying away aome valuable timber from the seigniory of Foaaombanlt without per tninaion, whtn Davis coming upon them in th* act, imprudently threatened to inform the owners.An altercation and acutHe took place, in which Davis wa* almo«t hacked to pieces by \u2022-ilhir or both of bis assailants.Pr.vious to the completion of the railway herciu named, 1 had a large number of men working in the wooda a little way beyond its outer terminus.It wa* my custom to visit these men periodically, taking with ms considerable sums of money for payment of wag»», and other nurposea connected with the operations in which they were engaged On one occasion, when the cars were running to a place about four miles from the shanties, I reached that end of the railalate in the evening.By the time iiupi»er was over, and I felt sufficiently recruited to resume my journey the night \u2014a dark one-was petty far advanced.Determined to proceed without further delay, I started to walk the remaining few miles.A part of the first mile was a down-grade of the rail way leading t > and through \" the big swamp,\" a *octi >n of the road with dense bush on either side, and gloomy in the extreme Thecountry there was rough, wild and close to the jHiint where cultivation totally ceased.The Veoide, where there were ]>en of any kind at the time.The ghosts of rome poor fellows killed by an explosion on the track were suppled to Hit around, but having frequently traversed the \u2022ceiie of tliC'disaster iu darkneA* and in daylight without seeing the ghosts, I concluded there were none to res.A rapid pace, and the habit of communing with my own though^*, seemed t > neutralize external inffuencea to an extent not easily undentood by person* of highly strung n«rves; but, u|M>n that occasion, I mu*t ackn >w ledge an unaccountable failure to whistle \" Life let us Cheri«h.\" Having tried the \u201c British Grenadiers\u2019\u2019 with no better aucceaa, I wa* abmt to mentally repeat \" Grey s Elegy,\" when dull and uncertain rounds, as of approaching fo »t rt« j-a.fell upon mine ear.Halting to make quite sure that ectioee of mine own sin les 00,000.From the statistics of crop prospects, which come in from the vicinities of High Bluff, Pop lar Point, Portage la Prairie and other places fields of w heat of from f>0 to 100, and Home of 200 acres, are all awaiting the harvester's hand, with the prospect of a yield as great a* the ground can bring forth, and mother earth here is not behind in yielding those things that go to support the human family- dependent upon her.Tiie bay crop from the prairie grass will b* enormous, at.d considerable money will Ire made by some contraotors to cut and deliver bay at per ton.I hear of one who contracted for 2,000 tons at that figure ; and as a msn can mow ten acres a day, averaging two tons to the acre, and turn it all into well-made hay the next, thi* con tract will yield a fat reward.A very erroneous idea having got abroad that timothy does not grow well in this country, I can contradict it on the very- beet authority, that of the senses\u2014having seen it over five feet high, a* thick and rich as that species of grass can anywhere be grown.The yield of root crops in Manitoba j* something, as Dominie Sampson would say, prodi-gious.Turnip* have yielded a* many as 1,000 bushels to the acre, 500 to 700 being quite common, and i mi ta toes are produced to perfection ; tln-ir mealy quality, snowy whiteness, and farinaceous properties lieing unequalled anywhere A quarter acre patch has panned out 275 Imshcla, equalling the great yield of 1,100 bushels to the acre ; and this Bone of many similar instances of prolific production\u2014th« average yield being -100 to 500 bushels.One of thu market garden.* at St.Johns near Winnipeg is \"a sight for sore eyes.\" It comprises a field of about fifteen acres, ami is owned and worked by a Mr.Loiigbottnui.POLITIC*.Political reapers are alsmt soon to put their sickles into another kind of harvest, and will endeavor to reap where they have not sown\u2014with what r< suits time alone can tell.For this c >un-tv- Hclkiik\u2014the Hon.Donald A.Smith, of the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company, and its present representative in the Dominion House of Commons of Canada, i* to be opposed by ex-Governor Morns, whose friends feel sure of success, THE RAILWAY.A more important subject is the prosjiect of rail communication, aKuit which there i* yet great uncertainty, though the friends of the Government are loud in their assertions that it will ire completed to the boundary before the close of the year, some say before the close of October.The main line of the Canada Pacific Railway is now said to be railed tifty\u2019-live mile* east of Winnipeg, and over one hundred mihs west of Thunder Bay\u2014a line which, if comideted, would now be earning a million of dollars and upwards a year for the Government.We still retain, however, the original Manitoba railroad\u2014the ox-carts; when these disapjiear the romance of the country will |h.« gone.Such is alleged to be the opinion held m very high riuarters at Ottawa.Scandal-mongers, possibly, say also that some pockets will be made lighter.NEW CHURCH.The comer stone for a new Presbyterian church, to be called the Knox Church, was laid hen- last Thurmlay afternoon, the members and clergy of nearly every denomination in the city » eii g nrctent.The Rev.Dr.Black, the pastor, was the pioneer Presbyterian missionary in Mai itoba, having cometifre, in such capacity nu-rly twenty-seven yeara ago.The Rev, gen- tleman\u2019s recital of hi* experience* at the cerej m< ny referred to were full of interest.Sxyj the Free Pres* : \" THK EliiriCX i* to be of the Gothic style of architecture wit) Tudor fetding.It i* to Ibo constructed of stoni and brick with a length of 1(2 feet by 63 feet There is to be a tower at the north-east angle 1».feet square, surmounted by a Igoacbed epire making a total height of 160 feet.The buildingl will be raised considerably above the street level,! and will be terraced all around.The churchl will consist of a central nave, with side aille*,I The walls are to be of cream colored brick, re I lieved by red brick, dis|x>sed in bands, diaper»,! And arch trinnningx.The sills, huttres* capal am! other trimmings are to la- of natitel stone.Galvanized iron is to be used anxr-l ingly in gutters, conductors, gable cooping»! and tiuials.There will be shingled roofs,! painted with appropriate cresting».Tii»! stone basement, twelve feet high, i* to h» I used as a Sunday school room, vestry and I other office» connected with the working of ths I church.The two furnace rooms with the heat-ii>g anpiiratus for the entire huildiug will b«1 placed in the basement, which has three end trances from the street The auditorium will he | 76 feet by 60 feet, and 38 feet in height, with a seating capacity of six hundred on the floor, and three hundred iu the galleries which extend around three sides.The aide galleries are placed in the aisles.The choir at the west end will be raised five feet above the principal floor, immediately in rear of the pulpit and communion I rails.Thu edifice will be thoroughly lighted by twenty four windows iu the aisle* and clerestory, besides three large lancet window* on ths eart front.These will lie fitted with lead- I quarry cathedral tinted glass in the best rtyle.I Thu seats are to be of black ash throughout.| The gallery and choir fronts are to be grained in imitation of oak.The nave columns are to hs surmounted by handsome carved capital* in ?triet keeping with the architectural style of thr building, and are so arranged that the view will not be in the least obstructed.The ceiling is to b* flat, coved, and ribbed and finished in tint*.There are four entrances b» the building, thrw of which communicate with the galleries an; basement.The stairways are amply wide an! handsomely designed, with square landing* without winders.The total cost of the building, including spire, will be alMrut $21,200.\" The people of Winnipeg are strict church-goers, and there are in all eight church-s if \"-a* city ns follows : St.Mary\u2019s Church, Roman Catholic ; Holy Trinity Church, Church of England ; Christ < \u2019huren.Church of England ; Knox Church, Presbyterian; Grace Church, Wesleyan Methodist ; Zion Church, Wesleyan Methodist ; Bethel Church, Episcopal Methodist ; Baptist Church.In the whole Province the total number of churches under their several denominations are a* follows : Church of England, sixteen churches ; Roman Catholic, twelve churches ; Presbyterians, eight churches ; Wesleyan Methodists.seven churches ; Episcopal Methodists, two churches ; Baptist, two churches.The collegiate institutions are St.John\u2019s College.Chnrch of Eng.; St.Boniface do.R C, ; Manitoba College.Wesleyan Institute, a Uni-veraity and Normal Schools for teachers, while there are several religious societies, as the Young Men's Christian Association, St.Jean Baptiste Society, Ac., Ao, I propose in a future letter to give some further particulars of St.John\u2019s College, witli the cathedral and Bishop\u2019s Court, situated about two miles from the city.I .set month\u2019s number of the A\u2019n* Dominion Monthly has attracted much notic ; in the press here from thu excellence of its contents.The Free Prêts lias a two and a half column article iu review of Mr.Whitman\u2019s paper on \" Imjierul Confederation and Colonial Defence,\" with which though it does not agree, yet to which it accords tho praise of a very able treatment of the subject.BOARD OF HEALTH.WEEKLY MEETING.At the regular weekly meeting of the Board of Health yesterday afternoon, there were present : Aids.Childs (Chairman), Kennedy, Martin, and Robert ; Drs.Tasse and Kennedy ; Messrs.Shelton and Weaver, of the Board ; Dr.LaKocque, Medical Officer, and Mr.Rad-fold, Sanitary Inspector.Mr.Thoh.Guerin waited upon the Biarl with a patented drair- trap, which he explained to the Committee and to tne City Surveyor, who v as also present.After a good deal of desultory discussion upon the matter, it was referred to 1 ho Road Committee.MEDICAL OKRICER'S RKI\u2019OKT.Dr.La Rocqi'E presented the following a* hi* weekly report Total number of deaths for the past week, 7»», being 22 les* than previous week and 4 leu* than corresponding week in 1877.Of Catholics C5 died ; Protestants, 11, Death* from imall-pox 13, a decrease of -1 on previous week.The Doctor also referred to the carelessness of s< me members of families, and stated that they neither prevent persons from visiting theni, nither ifo they take any precaution to prevent spreading the contagion when they go abroad, lie rclatid the case of a commercial clerk who worked under the same roof where lav a person sick of small-pox of the worst tyjie.He carried the disease to his own family, and three of hi* children contracted it, and one died.The Doctor visited the honso and neighliorhood, anil i* Jioaitive the family could not have contracted the disease in any other way.Dr.Kennedy stated another instance of how small |>ox is propagated in the community.A certain woman who, a few days ago, had been attending her child, ill with tho small-pox, w.u seen riding iu a street car only two hour* after the child had died, and wearing the same clothing.Mr.Radford, tho Sanitary Inspector, sented his report upon the matter cf tho pro- UNSANITARY CONDITION OF CAR-STANDH, which was brought up at last meeting.He had visited aU tho stands, and hail fouud seven in fair condition, while the remainder were very offensive.' Six hundred and thirty cab license* hail been i*«ued this year.At a moderate calculation there are on an average seven |»er.*on* who have to breathe the offensive odors constantly arising from these places, so that over 4,000 men, besides the casual passers-by,are daily suffering the dangerous effect* of this evil.He bait spoken with a good many people with reference to what remedy could be applied.One pro-iKM-ition was to pave the stauds with stone.The cabmen themselves, however, object strongly to aavement, representing that the stone pavement n winter gets covered with ice and so slippery that the horses\u2019 feet are injured ; they also object to a wooden pavement.Dr.MoEachran lud acknowledged the difficulty in remedying the evil.He would not recommend stone or wood (lavement, but thought brick pavement wa* le.« oliectionable ; but brick would not be durable.The Chairman intimated that the Road Committee might keep the cab-stand* in better condition.I I Kin motion of ALL Tatlob, it was resolved to refer the matter to the Road Committee with an expression of opinion from this Board that the majority of the stands are in a very bad condition, recommending that they be swept and in summer flushed every day with water, and al-*> that they oil be block paved.A letter was read complaining of an open filthy drain connecting with the house* of ilio West-End Building Society and running through other private projierty at the weit« rn end of St.Catharine itreet\u2014 Referred to thv Road Com* mittee.The Board adjourned. I LAST ÜHTIUN Friday, Septeicbi» 13,187ft.THE MONTH EAL DAILY WITNESS.* kv r COTEMrortARY PRESS.UNDERUROUN D MONSTERS.Some time htfo we oojiie-i fr^ru *Vu1arf \u201cf.couut of a my.teri m.un.I«r*rniaij In»tRa tiuu, reu.U au iutere.tiDK doconwnt wMch »ho« that the belief in »uvb a mourtsr U not coolu»«l to Hra/.il, but le «iuued iu bj the people d Nb carat.M.a.Iu the (/«.eta dr AVary f r M jrch 10, IWKi.U a Iook' Utter HU-iied I a >liao M « \u2022 t« n*'K\u2019r \" cuuUluiug a cirouuuUntial 4C*>uot .f an object ja.Meiuimh' much the eame attribute» M the ntlshocao.The Utter U daUd Jiuot^a, Ni-caraicua, Feb.21, 18GC.The writer -Utei th it he went to Concilia ou private bu»ine« when he heard on the 17th o( a .erpeut having taken up ite abode at a place called La Cuchll a, in the jurUdiotion of the villa-e.Along wr.h aome frienda M.Monteuegrowrt.mt on the H h ¦ l#o examine into the fiiuinlati iu ol the report.A ' tradition conceminif »mdi a mouiter ha.i exirted from \u201c time immemorial.\u201d After having travelled on that day abmt two league* nortbeaat from the vilUge, they reached tli \u2022 *,.6 where the inhabiUnU of the ueignb >rh >1 h vt ti-voel bien* and Uaeke which, M.Montenegro atite*, positively prove the existence of such an *r,I'he most detailed acc mut* «U\u2019-ed thnt here, \u2022ort quite an epidemic of crime in Switzerland.Murders, robberies and other outrages are of dolly occurrence.This state of things is believed to be largely due to the abolition of capital punishment.QvttS Em/.aisetm once claimed the sovereignty of Cyprus, contesting the Turkish usurpation \u20141570 3\u2014probably on F j ground of Richard Co ur de Lion\u2019s conquest.The arms of Cyprus are blazoned on her tomb, and her right to the title of Wueen of ( \u2019yprus was recognized by the College of Heralds of her day.An Acoustic Experiuint was mails with the captive balloon in Paris lately.Twenty musicians went up in it and played Bilse's \u201c otonn,\u201d while the other half of the baud res[>onded from y below.The mins of the Tailleries gave back a decided echo, and people in the street were surprised at hearing the \u201c music of the Ipheres\u201d after this fashion.The Heirship to the estate of Sir Andrew Chadwick, of England, which has lieen in chancery for over a century, is said to have been traced to Thomas Chadwick of West Philadel-phis, who is a robust old gentleman of seventy Îears.The trial of the case is to occur at Lon-on in October, and he has been notified to ap- Eesr.The fortune reaches the enormous sum of 17,500,000.There Seems to he no Docbt that an attempt was actually made to t oison Baker Pasha during the retreat of Suleiman's armyin January.He and all his otfioen, save one, were violently attacked by the symtoins caused by an irritant poison after drinking some wine.Colonel Studdy.the officer who escaped, drank no wine.In the hurry of the retreat it was impossible to make any investigation.The Unkocnded Report of Gambetta\u2019» in tended marriage is said to have been set on foot to throw discredit on the Republicans and bring the .D uc d\u2019AudifTret-Pasquier to join anew in a ** Diseolutionlst \" campaign.M Gambetta'* present residence is Balzac\u2019s little villa near the Villa d\u2019Avray.He bought that place, which N >n the slope cf a sunny hill, ami near Versailles, to enjoy a little quiet and freedom from place hunters, busyh Klies, and interviewers.A Costly Wife.\u2014At a London Polioe Court recently a woman was arraigned f >r druiiktiiness who had been convicted of the sam \u2022 nUriiCe every few week* for year*, and h*-r h iv baud, a laborer, h.»d pullout HUH in tine* for hrr.At Uiruiinr ham, a!»o.a mui was fined fur drunkeuiira* who a u»ir-t*d having been convt t ed iu the same court IN) time* f ear*.The French Miutaht Aptiiohitiri hive condemned the shoe »nd gaiter, a^ l favor the adoption of a boot which i* formed of two P'e-\u2019e* of leather, reaches * >me wiv above the ank.e, and open» on the oulsid- of the leg from th - t q> to below the aukle lama Thi* opeiliug l- c >V-ered by a piece of soft leather, and closed by three short leather siring* fastened to tin bo A on one side ami three button*.I ll» pre**ues Upon the instep, anil the tightness of the Upper part round the leg can be regulate l at plea-tirs , during any temporary hait a man can t.irow tin- boot open and allow the air to circulate aro iml ami cool his feet ; it eau U» put on and fastened without trouble in the dark ; it effe :t idly kc't'pH nut wrt and dind.and the\t«I the trouser* can he worn either inside or outside tne boot.Beecher a Grant Man.\u2014\u201cYou are Interested in politics.Mr.Beecher ï\" \u201c I am inter-ested in anything that concerns the welfare of the huoiau race.\u201d \u201c And a Grant man, *\t\" lieve ?\u201d \u2019\u2019 Ves, f am a Grant man, fust, middle ami last.I always have Ic-eu a < Jr mt man.I have never swerved from that faith, 1 llinik him to have the very genius of common rerwe.When called to power, h« m vi» th» mistake* natural to a roan brought up iu the army.f»« undertook to manage the Government a* 'f were an army.Later in