The canadian gleaner, 18 mars 1880, jeudi 18 mars 1880

[" SPRING EATS AND CAPS.TO HAND, box of and Feit Hols | arts for que ad joe, Cull early wha ne WALSH, Huntingdon, | NOTICE.ft Louis de Gonzague Cheese Factery for sale T orto lek.Apply to L VACHON, St Louis de Gonsague.ARD.-\u2014The ned will reside at Prejents Hotel, Durbam, until further netics, for the pus- rar tively ai his dispoual for that pur > ntire is or PA communications addressed to him at Orme- town, P.Q, or to George D.Bryson, agent at Howick, vil he \u2019 DAVID BRYSON, Licensed Auctioneer, Ormstewn, Feb.18, '80.RCHD McCORMICK, V.8,, weuld re fully in\u201d A form the public that he hus taken up bis perman- ont residence at Durham, where he is always to be found, excepting Tuesdays, when be will be at his father's, St Louis, and Fridays, when be will be at Moir's Huntingdon.Office : John C.Lockerby's, next door to Hugh Walsh's, Durham.AVID BRYSON, licensed auctioneer, Howick, P.Q., sells in the English snd French languages.Sales of real estate, merchandise, and farm stock respectfully solicited and promptly attended to.FEATHER AND CARPET RENOVATOR HE undersigned will stay in Huntingdon fora shert period to clean and renew feather beds, and all kinds of carpets, matresses, &c., by his patent process, making them good as new.Satisfaction guar- antesd.Shop at Wm, Third & Co.'s old Store, op posite the upper bridge, Z.MANNY & CO.FOR SALE.IRST\u2014200 acres with house, two barnsand stable ou the banks of the Chateauguay river,at Dowitt- ville, where there is a school, cheese factory, grist mill, saw mill, carding mill, csrrisge and blacksmith shop.Second\u2014100 acres in 4th range of Godmanchester, with stone house, barn and stable, and large orchard, Third\u2014100 arpents near St Agnes, Dundee, with house, barn and stables.Fourth-\u2014Brick house and store, in the village of Huntingdon, at present occupied by Samuel Mont- gomory.Apply to ANDREW SOMERVILLE, Registrar.Huntingdon, FAUGH-A-BALLAE.THE TRUTH AGAINST THE WORLD.Sen and assortment of Teas, Coffees, Sugars, Syrups, Spices, Fruits, Fish, and General Groceries fully maintained.The choicest Congoum, Gunpowder, and Japan Teas at the very lowest prices.Don\u2019t give high prices when you can get them at three- fourths the usual cost.À full pound weight of 16 ounces for less money than others sell the same quantity and quality.Don\u2019t be deceived by other concerns who pretend to sell you the same article.If you desire really good, refreshing, nourishing, and cheap Teas, and General Groceries, go to the RELIANCE I HOUSE 8& The highest price paid for Eggs Butter, &c.5 P P ses.GEORGE Q.O'NEILL.Huntingdon, June 19, PAINTS.Al invitation is respectfully extended to the public to call at the Drug Hall opposite the Post Office, where, in addition to the usual class of Goods found in a Drug Store, the following may be procured, vig, : Lyman's, Robertson's, Ramsay's, and other White Leads, Boiled and Raw Linseed Oil, Tanner'e, Neatsfoot, Lard, Olive, Sperm, Salad, Machinery, and Castor Oils, White Zinc, Drop and Lamp Black, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet Paints, {dey or ground in oil) Putty, Shingle Paint, Paint rushes, Black and Brown Japan, Furniture, Carriage and White Varnishes, Glass cut to any vise, Kaleo.mine for Tinting Walls, Perfected Butter Color, Log- wood, Madder, Fustic, Cochineal and Compound, and the celebrated HandyPackage Dyes.J.C.SHANKS, Huntingdon, Aug.4.RCHIBALD & M'CORMICK, Advocates No.112 St.Francois Xavier Street, Montreal.J.8.Archibald, M.A,B.C.L.D.M'Cormick, B.C.L Mr M'Cormick will attend the Courts in Beauharnois, Huntingdon, and Ste.Martine.Accounts for collection may be addressed to the firm, Montreal, or M.S.M\u2019Coy, Hun.tingdon.MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COM - PANY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAUHARNOIS.Insuring only Farm and Itolated property |PRESIDENT\u2014 Archibald Henderson, Esq.Directors George Cros M'farlana, Donald McNaughton, Andrew Olive: John Symons, and John White, Secretary and Tieasurer\u2014Androw Somerville Huntingdon.Agents\u2014Williem Edwards, Franklin ; Robert Middlemiss, Rockburn ; Thomas Clarke, Ste Philoméue; Robert 8maill, Trout River ; P.Clancy, N.P,andJ.A.V, Amirault, N.P., Hemmingford; Malcolm Condle, Howick; William Blackett, Allan's Corners ; John Davidson, Dundee; I.I.Crevier, N.P., St Anicet; Arthur Herdman, Herdman\u2019s Corners ; John B son, Ormstown, and J.C.Bruce, Huntingdon ; William Cameron of Dundee, end E.H.leson, Eeq,, otary Public, of Beaubarnois.John Ferns, Danie.and settle by cash or mote before the lst of April, when all unsettled accounts will be left with a lawyer.Hs settled permanently in Huntingden to that the convenience of having a resident Dentist will secure for him the generous patronage of the public.Eastern Townships, and latterly in Belfast, Ireland.He proposes to use the best materials and to give his services at reasonable fees, ality, artificial teeth of the very best materials, Repairing, &c.NO.744.The Can aim Olenver HUNTINGDON, Q.THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1880.| $1.50 A-YEAR.= NEW SPRING GOODS ! WwW W.DALGLIESH is now receiving a nice as- e sortment of Goods sultahle for Spring and Summer trade, which will be sold at very moderate prices for ready pay.He has decided to give up the LONG CREDIT SYSTEM and go on the ready-pay plan as near as practicable, Those ies who are in arrears are requested to SETTLE UP as soon as possible.B&F Fresh Garden, Field and Clover Seeds just received.Huntingdon, March 11th, 1880.AY UP.\u2014Parties indebted to the undersigned by note or book account are respectfully requested to settle them not later than the lst April, as we are going out of business and leaving the place.After that date the unpaid accounts will be collected by W.8.Maclaren, Esq.HAWS & CHAMBERS, Athelstan, March 9.5 000 DAIRY SKINS WANTED by A, ° & J.MONAIR.Tbe highest Cash price will be paid for good Skins delivered at their Tannery, Trott River Lines, LAND FOR SALE.1 50 ACRES owned by John McKinnon, Dundes Centre, and 100 acres owned by H.McKinnon, one mile from Dundee Centre.Both these farms are in a good state of cultivation, with buildings thereon.For particulars apply on the premises to the parties named.If by mail, address to Dundee Centre P.O.NOTICE, OR SALE OR TO RENT a first-class Dwelling.House, a good Blacksmith Shop and a good site, in which 1 have done a good business for the last 4 years.Aslam going to Manitoba this site will be offered until the 15th of April, 1880.For further particulars apply to F.BETHUNE, Riviere Raisin, Lancaster, Ont.SPEOIAL AND FINAL NOTICE, M2 W.J.HAIRE, of Franklin Centre, wishes to inform all parties still indebted to bim, that he has left instructions that all accounts which are not settled by the 25th Murch must be placed in other bands for collection, and he trusts that no one will incur such unnecessary expenses, .B&F\" The Store is still open and the public can obtain all kinda of Goods as during tho past month, AT COST, AND UNDBE COST, Franklin, March 1, 1880.B HE T H .\u2014For the next 10 days you can geta full Upper or Lower aet of Teeth for $9 at Dr N.E.Foorx's office, Main street, Chateaugay, N.Y.ARM FOR SALB.\u2014The north half of Lot No 31, in the 4th Range of Godmanchester, containing 100 acres of land, with dwelling-house and stable thereon, a good well, 30 acres of clearance, remainder in standing timber of different kinds, a quantity of cedar and ash well adapted for fencing purposes, a first-class second-growth sugar bush.Will be sold in a block or lots to suit purchasers.Possession given immediately.Terms easy.For further particulars apply to HUGH TANNAHILL, Trout River P.O.NOTICE.: WASTED to be built and planted on the Academy grounds, an outhouse, a cedar hedge, and about thirty evergreen trees.The work will be sold at the Aea- demy on Saturday, March 20th, at 1 p.m.Specifications to be seen at the place of the undersigned, or on the\u2019 ground at hour of sale, A.CHALMERS, per ordor,of Com.Huntingdon, March 10.FARM FOR SALE on the ard range of Hin- chinbrook, within 1 mile of Athelstan, containing 70 acres, of which about 30 are under cultivation, the rest being under good bush.There is a house, à large barn, and other outbuildings.For further particulars apply on the premises to Wilson Johnston ; Post-office, eletan.LAST CALL, HE undersigned is giving up business and going T to Colorado, s0 that all indebted to him must call Dwelling and Shop to rent on reasonable terms.DAMASE LARCHE, Athelstan.DENTISTRY.Dr.O.H.Wells, Dentist.(Licentiate Dental Amociation Province Quebec.Dental Licentiate Medical Council, Great Britain and Ireland.) practice Dentistry in all its branches, and hepes Dr Wells was for twelve years established in the BG The preservation of the natura) teeth a speci.Office at Mra Cowan's, near the upper bridge.A\" Parties wishing to insure their property are equested to apply to theagents or Secretary J ' FURNITURE! FURNITURE! TE subscriber has on hand a large stock of Furniture, consisting of Bureaus, Bed- highest price ou be paid by the undersigned.A WANTED, EEF CATTLE, Milch Cows fresh calved, Veal Calves, Fat Sheep or Lambs\u2014for which the dress : P.CAVERS, Ormstown, P.Q.steads, Washstands, Cane and Wood Seat Chairs, Tables, and all other articles found ina first-class assortment.Parties requiring Farniture will find it to their advantage to call and examine our stock as it will be sold cheap, THe undersigned has now on hand at his Warerooms, Huntingdon, a full assort.Tent of Undertakers\u2019 Supplies, includin Caskets and Coffins of ali sizes, styles and Prices.Also, a supply of Burial Robes, Coffin Plates, and other trimmings necessary.Prompt attention paid to ail orders \u201ctèg À.HENDERsON.DENTISTRY.H.W.MERRICK, DENTIST, FORT COVINGTON, N.Y., T bome the first 25 days of each montb, \u2018 until further notice.Artifical teeth Inserted, on the new celluloid base, which ie far superior to rubber in every respect, at Sante] reduced rates.All operations war- _Fort Covington, Nov.13th, 1879.HE price for Auction, Soiree, and other Bills, at the Gleaner Office, is $1.75 for 25, and $2 for 50.Partios at a distance by ouclosing the price with order, will have their Bills sent by return of mail, postage A.HENDERSON.CASERTS AND QOFFINS.\u2014\u2014 Wheelhouse rose to move for \u201ca Select Committee to consider the commernial relations at present existing between England and foreign nations, especially wit regard to the import of manufactured goods from abroad, as well as the effect caused by our one-sided so-called free trade, with a view, if possible, of ameliorating the position o classes of this country.\u201d .The motion was, after a discussion, negatived amidst derisive laughter by a vote of 75 to 6.it is during the period of between midnight and six in the morning that the animal vi is in these times that those who are enfeebled from any cause most frequently die.Physicians often consider these hours as critical, and forewarn anxious friends in respect to them.From time immemorial those who have Leen accustomed to wait and attend on the sick have noted these hours most anxiously, so that they have that caused us gome feelings of alarm been called by one of our old writers \u201cthe ; hours of fate.\u201d In this space of {ime the The first impulse of my companion, upon sauilibri s ju influence of the life-giving sun has been catching the sound, was stop the pro- [able force her toward t giv T rh LT longest withdrawn from nan, and the gress of the dugout, which in a few all at once we heard & heavy object strike, with reference to the ismue of Dominion list sud also periodicals and magazines, if seconds he succeeded in doing ; but by against the stern.At the saine moment hearts that are even the strongest beat | hei duec 5 this time our torch bad shown us that!the bow rose up into the air, and & num- then with subdued tone.Sleep is heaviest | and death is nearest to us all in \u201cthe hours In the House of Commons recently Mr permanently the wage According to Dr Richardson (London), rocesses are at their lowest ebb, It Paid, No abatement made from these prices, of fate.\u201d was the noise of falling water.A FIRE HUNT.AX ides was suggested to my companion in a bunting excursion that promised us plenty of both sport and venison for the next hunt, which was to take place by night.This idea he communicated to me for my approval.I readily gave my consent, as saw in the proposal the chances of enjoying aivery rare sport.That sport was to be a fire-hunt ; but not as usually practiced among backwoodsmen, by carrying a torch through the woods.Our torch was to float upon the water, while we were snugly seated beside it; in other words, we would carry our torch in a canoe, and, floating down stream, would shoot the deer that happened to be upon the banks drinking or cooling their hoofs in the water.I had heard of the plan, but had never practised it, although f was desirous of so doing.Dick had often killed deer in this way, and therefore knew all about it.It was agreed, then, that upon the following night we should try the experiment.During the next day Dick and I proceeded in our preparations without saying anything to any one.It was our design to keep our night-hunt a secret, lest we might be unsuccessful, and get laughed at for our pains, On the other hand, should we succeed in killing a goodly number of long-tails, it would be time enough to let it be Knows how we managed matters.We had little difficulty in keeping our designs to ourselves Every one was busy with his own affairs, and took no heed of our manœuvres.Our chief difficulty lay in procuring a boat ; but for the consideration of a few loads of powder, we at length borrowed an old canoe that belonged to one of the Flathead Indians\u2014a sort of hanger-on of the post.This craft was simply a log of the cotton-wood (Populus candicans), rudely hollowed out by means of an axe, and slightly rounded at the ends to produce the canoe-shape.It was that species of water-craft popularly known throughout Western America as a \u2018dug-out,\u2019 a phrase which explains itself.It was both old and rickety, but after a short inspection, Blue Dick declared it would do \u2018first-rate.\u2019 Our next move was to prepare our torch, For this we had to make an excursion to the neighboring hills, where we found the very article we wanted\u2014the dry knots of the pitch pine tree (Pinus rigida).A large segment of birch-bark was then sought for and obtained, and eur implements were complete.At twilight all was ready, and stepping into our dug-out, we paddled silently down stream.As soon as we had got out of the neighborhood of the post, we lighted our torch.This was placed in a large frying pan out upon the bow, and was in reality a fire of pine knots than a torch.It blazed up brightly, throwing a glare over the surface of the stream, and reflecting in red light every object upon both banks.We, on the other hand, were fairly hidden from view b means of the birch bark screen, whic stood up between us and the torch, As soon as we were fairly under way I yielded up the paddle to Dick, who now assigned to himself the double office of guiding the dug-out and keeping the torch trimmed.I was to look to the shooting ; so placing my trusty rifle across my thighs, I sat alternately scanning both banks as we glided along.\u2018Yonder ' muttered a voice, that roused me from my reverie.It was Dick who spoke ; and in the dark shadow of the birch bark I could see one of his arms extended, and pointing to the right bank.My eyes followed the direction indicated : they soon rested upon two small objects, that from the darker background of the foliage appeared bright and luminous.These objects were round and close to each other; and at a glance I knew them to be the eyes of some animal, reflecting the light of our torch.My companion whispered me that they were the eyes of a deer.I took sight with my rifle, aiming as nearly as I could midway between the luminous spots.I pulled trigger, and my true piece cracked like a i.The report was not loud enough to drown the noises that came back from the shore.There Was à rustling of leaves, followed by a plunge, as of some body falling into the water.Dick turned the head of the dugout, and paddled her up the bank.The torch, blazing brightly, lit up the scene ahead of us, and our eyes were by the sight of a fine buck, that bad fallen dead into the river, gratified He was about being drawn into the eddy of the current, but Dick prevented this, and, seizing him by the antlers, soon deposited him safely in the bottom of the dug-out.I need hardly say that this sport was extremely exciting ; and we had got many miles from the post, without thinking either of the distance or the fact that we should be under the disagreeable necessity of paddling the old Flathead's canoe every inch of the way back again, The first thing that suggested a return to either of us, was the fact that our pine knots had run out : Dick had just piled the last of them in the this moment a noise sounded in our ears g pan.At : it > with a long seach of there was a sharp turning in the river,| ber of the burni smooth below.into the bottom water The cascade, therefore, could not be in our stream, but in some tributary that fell into it near the bend.On seeing this, Dick turned his paddle, and permitted the dug-out once more to float with the current.We could see the fall at à little distance, through the branches of the trees ; and as we swept on, its foaming sheet reflected the light of our torch like shining metal.Woe had scarcely passed this point when ' my attention was attracted by a pair of | fiery orbs that glistened out of some low bushes upon the left bank of the river.I\u2019 saw that they were the eyes of some ani-! mal, but what kind of animal I could not! a deer.Their peculiar scintillation, their lesser size, the wide as between them \u2014all convinced me that they were not deer's eyes.Moreover, they moved at times, as if the head of the animal was carried about in irregular circles.This is never the case with the®eyes of the deer, which either pass hurriedly from point to point, or remain with a fixed and steadfast I knew, therefore, it was no deer ; ut no matter what: it was some wild creature, and all alike are the game of the prairie hunter.I took aim, and pulled trigger.While doing so, I heard the voico of my companion warning me, as I thought, not to fire.I wondered at this admonition, but it was then too late to heed it, for it had been uttered almost simultaneously with the report of my rifle.I firat looked to the bank, to witness the effect of my shot.To my great surprise, the eyes were still there, gleaming from the bushes as brightly as ever! Had I missed my aim?It is true the voice of my companion had somewhat disconcerted me; but I still believed that my bullet must have sped truly, as it had been delivered with a good aim.As I turned to Dick for an explanation, a new sound fell upon my ears that explained all, at the same time causing me no slight feeling of alarm.It was a sound not unlike that sometimes uttered by terrified swine, but still louder and more threatening.I knew it well\u2014I knew it was the snort of a grizzly bear.Of all American animals, the grizzly bear is the most to be dreaded.Armed or unarmed, man is no match for him, and even the courageous hunter of these parts shuns the encounter.This was why my companion had admonished me not to fire.I thought I had missed: it was not so.My bullet had hit and stung the fierce brute to madness ; and a quick cracking among the bushes was immediately followed by a heavy plunge: and the bear was in the water.\u2018Good heavens, he's after us ! cried Dick in accents of alarm, at the same time propelling the dug-out with all his might.It proved true enough that the bear was after us, and the very first plunge had brought his nose almost up to the side of the canoe.However, & few well-directed strokes of the paddle set us in quick motion, and we were soon gliding rapidly down stream, followed by the enraged animal, that every now and then uttered one of his fierce snorts.What rendered our situation a terrible one was, that we could not now see the bear, nor tell how far he might be from us All to the rear of the canoe was of a pitchy darkness, in consequence of the screen of birch-bark.No object could be distinguished in that direction, and it was only by hearing him that we could tell he was still some yards off.The snorts, however, were more or less distinct, as heard amid the varying rear of the waterfall; and sometimes they seemed as if the snout from which they proceeded was close up to our stern.We knew that if he once laid his paw upon the cance, we should either be sunk or compelled to leap out and swim for it.We knew, moreover, that such an event would be certain death to one of us at least.I need hardly affirm that my companion used his paddle with all the energy of despair.1 assisted him as much as was in my power with the butt-end of my gun, which was empty: on account of the hurry and darkness, I had not attempted to reload it.We had shot down stream for a hundred yards or so, and were about congratulating ourselves on the prospect of an escape from the bear, when & new object of dread presented itself to our terrified imaginations.This object was the sound of falling water ; but not as before, coming from some tributary stream.No.It was a fall of the river upon which we were floating, and evidently only a very short distance below us ! e were, in fact, within less than 100 yards of it.Our excitement in consequence of being pursued by the bear, as well as the fact that the sough of the cascade above still filled our ears, prevented us from perceiving this new danger until we had approached it.A shout of terror\u2019and warning from my companion seemed the echo of one I bad myself uttered.Both of us understood the peril of our situation, and both, without speaking another word, set about attempting to stop the boat.We paddled with all our » \u2014he with the oar, while I weed the flat butt of my rifle.We had succeeded in bringing her to à sort of equilibrium, and were in bank, when i ine-knote fell back b anos, They still | Alling continued to blaze ; and their light now object.The bear had seized hold | of the dug-out, and his fierce head and! long curving claws were visible over the | edge.Although the little craft danced about upon the water, and was likely to be turned keel upward, the animal showed no intention of relaxing its hold; but, on the contrary,seemed every moment mounting higher into the canoe.ur peril was now extreme.Weknew it, and the kgowledge half paralysed us, Both of us had started up, and for some towards the stern, showed us aT to ask for whatever of that twenty millions they ay ibin the interest of the country 1e place im circulation, instead of its standing, as now, twenty per cent.on the first nine millions, fifty per cent.on all that is put inciroulstion between the nine and twenty and that guarantee securities : millions, shall be held for twenty-five per cent.thus pub in circulation, fifteen per cent.at least in gold and the other ten per cent in Do- inion guarantee securities.That will be the proposition that the Government will sak the House to support and sustain.hat will enable us, probably with the amount of gold that will be released, and the four will ions in addition to five or six millions we have now on hand, to dispense with any necessity to go into the English market to provide money.It will enable us to make up for whatever the deficiency may be by capitalists of our own Dominion, who bave been secking during the past five months, and have not been able to get it, investments_at such a rate as will be satisfactory to the rest of the country.(Cheers.) The speaker then went moments half sat, half-crouched, uncertain {on to deny that the N.P.had proved an- how to act.Should we use the pad to throw ourselves into the jaws of the bear.On the other hand, we could not remain as we wore, for in a fow seconds we should be drifted over the falls; and how high these were we knew not.We had never heard of them : they might be fifty feet\u2014they might be a hundred.High enough they were, no doubt, to precipitate us into eternity.The \u2018prospect was ap- alling, and our thoughts ran rapidly.Quick action was required.I could think of no othor than to lean sternward, and strike at the bear with my clubbed rifle.At the same time I called upon my companion to paddle for the shore.We pre- erred, under all circumstances, risking the chances of a land-encounter with our grizzly antagonist.I had succeeded in keeping the bear out of the canoe by several well-planted blows upon the snout; and Dick was equally successful in forcing the dug-out nearer to the bank, when a sharp crack reached my ears, followed by a terrified cry from my companion.I glanced suddenly round, to ascertairrthe cause of these demonstrations.Dick held in his hand & short round stick, which I recognized as the shaft of the paddle.The blade had snapped off, and was floating away on the surface, We were now helpless.The manège of the canoe was no longer possible Over the falls she must go! e thought of leaping out, but it was too late.Wo were almost upon the edge, and the black current that bore our craft along would have carried our bodies with like velocity.We could not make a dozen strokes before we should be swept to the brink : it was too late.We both saw this; and neither knew the feelings of the other, for we felt alike.Neither spoke; but, crouching down and holding the gunwales of the canoe, we awaited the awful moment.The bear seemed to have some apprehension as well ; for, instead of continuing his endeavors to climb into the canoe, he contented himself with holding fast to the stern, evidently under some alarm.The torch still blazed, and the canoe was catching fire ; perhaps this it was that alarmed the bear.The last circumstance gave us at the moment but little concern: the greater danger eclipsed the less, We had hardly noticed it, when we felt that we were going over.The canoe shot outward as if propelled by some projectile force; then came a loud crash, as though we had dropped upon a hard rock.Water, and spray, and froth were dashed over our bodies; and the next moment, to our surprise as well as delight, we felt ourselves still alive, and seated in the canoe, which was floating gently in still smooth water.It was quite dark, for the torch had been extinguished ; but even in the darkness we could perceive the bear swimming and floundering near the boat.To our great satisfaction, we saw bim heading for the shore, and widening the distance between himself and us with all the haste he could make.The unexpected precipitation over the falls had cooled his courage, if not his hostility.Dick and I headed the canoe, now half full of water, for the opposite bank, which we contrived to reach by using the rifle and our hands for paddles.DOMINION \u2018PARLIAMENT.WEDNESDAY, 9TH MARCH, SIR L.TILLEY introduced the annual Budget in a very long and exhaustive speech.After dwelling on the heavy un- ertakings to which the country was pledged by their predecessors, namely, the enlargement of the canals and the building of the Pacific railroad, he said the difficulties of the Government were increased by the large and chronic deficits of past years, on which he enlarged at length.Coming to the present date, he stated that the receipts for the year to expire on the 80th of next June he estimated at $24,- 450,000, an increase of about & quarter of a million over last year.The expendituro would reach $25,478,000, or over s million and a half more than he had estimated, which he accounted for chiefly by an error made as to the interest payable on the debt.For the year beginning 1st July he estimated the expenditure would be twenty - five millions and the income twenty-five and a half millions, leaving & surplus of half à million.The increase in revenue would not be brought about by levying new taxes, but by depending on the increase of the revenue from customs owing to the improved state of trade.Some slight changes in the excise duties would probably add 8200,000 a year, The Government propos to submit for the ih .A ; pound.of being, consideration of this House a po en.pour factarers would be placed in the free to extend the authority already +) The Government amount now stand- be issued in gold | notes.(Hear, hea: propose to ask that t beyond whieh note cannot unless re hold deter for dollar dles, tagonistic to British interests, and quoted guess.I knew they were not the eyes of and get the canoe ashore, it would only be from the customs returns for the past six months to show that more goods,were imported from Great Britain and lues from the United States than during the like period in 1878.These figures go to show that while the object designed and the in- ven tion oA the vernment was bot bo egislate direct! aiust an tic country, the offact of the tarif bas been to diminish less the importations from Great Britain than those from foreign countries or the United States.The next objection to the tariff was that it would increase the cost of goods and give no revenue.An bon gentleman opposite, speaking on this point, said that if the policy of the Government succeeds, if an additional impetus is given to the industries of the country, the tariff will not roduce the revenue that is proposed, and fe was good enough to venture the statement on that occasion that the effect of the tariff would be, applying to the imports of the previous year, to increuse the cost of goods to the consumer by six or seven or eight millions, You see, Mr Speaker, that he left something of a margin (laughter), but what the effect has been is quite clear.The returns show that the increase of the whole tariff upon imports has been one-quarter per cent.more than it was before.We have a revenue of twelve millions from the imports, and if you apply one-quarter per cent.additional to that you do not get six, seven, or eight millions.(Hear, hear; But the statement was made that the tariff would enrich the manufacturers and impoverish the country ; that it would enrich the\u2019manufacturers and tax tho wages of the people.Knowing what would be said on the floor of the House, and judging from what has been said in the past, folt it my duty to ascertain from personal observation as far as our manufacturing interests are concerned what the effect of the tariff has really been.And in my intercourse with manufacturers I will not say that there were no objections made to the operations of the tariff.Were I to say so I would be stating what is not true; but what I do assert is this, that on the whole the manufacturers express themselves satisfied with the tariff, and if I had not found some objection to some provisions of it I would bave taken it for granted that it was framed too much ia their interests ; no that the very fact that they objected to some clauses lod me to the comelusion that on the whole, though there might Le some slight amendment to the tariff, we were accomplishing the objects we had in view.(Cheers.) Sir, we will no doubt have it said by gentlemen of the Opposition that the increased cost of artiglos has been caured by the excessive duties upon them, But I have here evidence to show, with reference to the leading manufacturing interests of the country, that beyond the increase in the cost of tha raw material to the manufacturer the people pay nothing more under this tariff than they woul have done under the old.(Applause) I also deny that the change in the tariff bas alienated English sympathy, which has never been more heartily expressed.We, on our part, show by that magnificent vote to the Irish fund that was given so recently by this House that we are not only in a position to give employment to the thousands and tens of thousands of workingmen who cannot find work over the water, but that we have à desire to help them in their adversity.(Applause) 8ir, I think if there is any period at which Canada stood well on the other side of the water that period is to-day.(Cheers) Afirm- ing that the N.P.had been the means of restoring prosperity to the Dominion, he spoke at great length in answer to those who denied his statement, and explained as he best could the exceptional condition of New Brunswick and the increase in insolvents.Coming to the proposed changes in the tariff, he said they were framed rather with the view of removing the difficulties in the working of the tariff than in changes of policy.duty on demijohns would be reduced from 20 per cent.to 10, and the ad valorem duty ob organs and pianos increased from 10 to 13 per cent.The duty on books would be changed from 6 cents per Ib to 15 per cent.ad valorem.Cans containing fish imported from the States would pay 1j cent each.This duty was im in order to counteract the effect of American action in im- posiug à duty of that amount.Chins and Porcelain was increased from 20 to 25 per cent.Cigars would pay 19 per cent.more.The duty on coal would be GO cents ton instead of 50, and long or combing wool would be made to pay 3 conts per A number of articles used by unbound.Sir Richard Cartwright criticised at considerable the Finance Ministers statement, agreed with him that time >, .».i van ME Cail cailé pes ae ras J - pe \u2014 \u2014 EEE pr: \u2014 \u2014 = \u2014 - mr ETES TE Re à = full developro ent of the first dispensation was given A.D.1500 THE RAILWAY PETITIONS.Dundee, and there to make connection | through which its line would pass but ; the tondencios bof the aril bat maintained | by Pope Alexander VI.rgia), to the| PR THE RATEPAYERS PETTTION.with an extension of the Rome & Water- | concerned in the Quebec Frontier Railway that these tendencies would prove increas- King of Portugal.Tux following is the text of the petition town railroad, became public, Mr Hickson Company, which held an act of incor.Le For the aforesaid reasons your petiti ly mischievous instead of beneficial.A } HS Tepudiated the charge that the late ' humbly implores your Honorable House a ra 5 Government was accountable for the en-! ne action regarding the proposed Else FI ormous deficit of 1878-79, and pointed out , bill and allow the various religious bodies ; ! pi : .the dangero d taken by Sir Leon- of the Dominion an opportunity of ox.| ard Tilley in his arguments from recarring pressing their convictions y he Canadian Gleaney, _ deficits such as he might himself have to| The debate on the budget was resumed encounter for years to come.The \u201cheavy engagements\u201d the Finance Minister complained of, his own Government were entirely responsible for, and they were now reaping the fruit of their own sowing.Sir .Tupper, in & two hours\u2019 speech, , replied to Sir Cartwright and denounced | his arrogance, his superciliousness, bis self- conceit, and his instability to principle with a force and plainness that verged on gross personality.Mr Siackenziy dwelt on the proposal to increase the national currency by 8 millions as fraught with danger, and asked for fuller details.WEDNESDAY.; .In reply to a question Sir L.Tilley said arrangements were being made for the issue of $150,000 in silver coinage of five and ten cent denomination.The proportion of twenty-five cents in fractional currency now in circulation amounts to $116,- 940, in the hands of the Receiver-General $44 091, and in the vaults $172,500.A number of private bills took up the attention of the house.The bill regarding inge with a deceased wife's sister was amended, the house holding that while it was its duty to define what constituted & legal marriage it nothing to do wi dhe.form or details of the contract, which appertained to the Legislatures.* THURSDAY.Mr Caron asked whether it is the intention of the Government to allow a large number of the Active Militia to drill this year, and whether they will increase the number of days for the annual drill ?Hon Mr Masson said that 20,000 troops would be drilled for 12 days as last year.Mr Caron asked whether it is the intention of the Government to hold a review of all the troops thatcan be assembled atQue- bec to celebrate the Queen's Birthday onthe 24th May next, and allow all that can attend pay and transport, as in 1878 and 1879 ?Hon Mr Masson said that it was the intention to hold a review.It was not known how many troops would be present, and the allowance for pay and transport would be the same as at Torontv and Montreal.The House went into Committee on Mr McCarthy's Bill to amend the Act to provide that persons charged with Common Assault shall be competent as witnesses.The Bill was amended by making it apply to cases of assault and battery, and was then reported.Mr Girouard (Jacques Cartier) moved the second reading of his Bill to regulate Stock Brokers, and suppress Gambling in Stocks.He said that there were only two Stock Exchanges, viz, one in Montreal and one in Toronto.These two Exchanges dealt almost entirely in Canadian Stocks.The result of these combinations has been great depreciation in hard times, and great inflation in good times.He gave several instances of Bank Stock quotations, to show the difference between the Broker's price and that at which the Directors of the Banks held it.FRIDAY.The following petition from Dr Lewis, Episcopal Bishop of Ontario, was presented against the bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister : Your petitioner prays that the said bill be mot for the following reasons : 1st.That there has been no demand for or petitions in favor of such a bill, and that its existence is prompted by those who, having broken the law, wish for indemnity.2nd.That the Church of England, in Provincial Synod essembled in the year 1877, solemnly re-enacted the tie of affinity which forbids such marriages, and that the Synod was composed of the Bishops and representative clergy and laity from the Province of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.3rd.That Holy Scripture plainly forbids such marriages.In Leviticus, 18, 16, 20, 21 a man is forbidden to marry his brother's wife, and by parity of reasoning & man may not marty his wife's sister, unless it argued that the 10th commandment does not forbid a woman to oovet her neighbor's husband because such prohibition is not stated in so many words.4th.That by the law of Christ a man and his wife become \u201cone,\u201d and that, therefore, the Church for 1,400 years after Christ held that a man's wife's sister becomes his own sister.5th.That an infringement of the table of affinity in the case of iage with \u20ac deceased wife's sister, must inevitably lead to the abolition of the whole Code, so that a man may marry his wife's mother or his wife's daughter.6th.That history proves that relaxation of the prohibited wherein whosoever are related are forbidden in Scriptures and our laws to together, leads to of this dispen- ution as à witaoss Twines] of the macriege ia question.Mor by Mr Mackenzie, who quoted from the returns to show that both Sir L.Tilley and Sir C.Tupper's assertions regardi the deficits and increase of debt during the Reform administration were not borne out.Since the operation of the new tarilf began people had left St John for the United tates, and in Quebec shipbuilding was never in a more depressed condition.He strongly deprecated the hostile language used towards the United States by members of the Government, and the hostile nature of its policy, both of which would only have the effect of raising a retaliatory spirit that could not fail to operate greatly to our disadvantage.Four millions of people could not expect to dictate to forty millions, The United States were but a British colony under a different form of government from ours.They were our natural customers, and it should be our object to cultivate commercial relations with them by conciliatory means, for it was absurd to suppose that defiant measures could be of any avail under the circumstances.MrRykert followed in a partizan speech, after which the debate was adjourned.MONDAY.Out of respect to the memory of Mr Holton, the House adjourned.GODMANCHESTER COUNCIL.AN adjourned special session of this council was held on Saturday the 13th inst.All tho members present, except Coun Massam, who, having received injuries, was unable to attend ; the Mayor presiding.The question as to what course the council should pursue in regard to the 85,800 belonging to this municipality lent to Andrew Somerville, Esq., on mortgage for five years, which time has expired, being brought up at tho special session of this council beld on Monday the first day of March, was, on opinion by the ratepayers at a public meet ing to be beld this day, when at said meeting a resolution was passed authorizing the council to draw said money and relet it on first-class roal ostate mortgages in sums not less than $500, the rate per cent to be fixed by the council.This resolution being laid before the council for consideration, aftor considerable discussion as to the loyal jurisdiction of the council to let out said money on roal estate mortgages, It was moved by Coun Smellie, seconded by Coan Cunningham : That the Secretary- Treasurer be authorized to write to William W.Robertson, advocate, Montreal, for legal advice as to whether this council have legal jurisdiction to loan out said 85,800 on first class real estate mortgages.Carried.Moved by Coun Walker, seconded b Coun Fallon : That the council stand adjourned till Saturday the 20th day of March instant at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the further consideration of the loaning out of said sum of §5.800 and for the consideration of the legal advice.Carried, HUNTINGDON COUNTY COUNCIL.ArT the regular meeting of the County Council held on Wednesday tho 10th inst, all the councillors were present, excepting Marson and Woods.Mr M'farlane was re-elected Warden, and Messrs Edwards and Johnson were appointed Delegates for tho county for the current term of office.Moved by Coun Edwards, seconded by Coun Johnson : That William W, Corbett be reappointed auditor.Carried.Moved by Coun Barr, seconded by Coun Edwards : That the financial statement as submitted by the auditor, W.W, Corbett, Yrom 31st May, 1879, to 31st December, 1879, be received, adopted, and passed, and that it bo published in the Canadian Gleaner.Carried.The Warden reported to the eouncil that in accordance with the resolution [passed by this council, authorizing Coun Ferns and himself to receive the report and specifica tion of John Ross, special superintendent, for the repairing of tho Murray bridge, stated that they had received the specification of John Ross, special superintendent, and bad advertised for tenders for the said repairs and had let the work to John Din- neen for the sum of 8345, he being the lowest tenderer.Moved by Coun Long, seconded by Coun Oliver : That the action of the Warden and Coun Ferns be confirmed and that the See- retary-Treasurer be authorized to Jo for said werk when completed.Carried.Moved by Coun Cameron, seconded by Coun Barr : That Mr Richard Finn be appointed special superintendent to cxamine and report on the state of the Morrison oridge and report to this eouncil at its first quarterly meeting ; if considered dangerous 10 report at once to the Mayors of Elgin and Godmanchester, and in that case the to have authority to ses it put into a fit state for the public travel at once.Carried.Moved by Coun Long, seconded by Coun Ferns : That Angus McMaster, special superintendent over Beaver Creek, be released, and that John Nesbitt be appointed in bis place, and also that James Vass, special superintendent over Spring creek, be released, and that Denis Dinneen be appointed in his place.Carried.A report by the deputation appointed to wait upon Mr Hickson was read, And action taken thereupon as reported in last week's Gleaner.Moved by Coun Long, seconded by Coun Ferns : That the Railroad Committee have wer to © legal counsel if they deem t advisable, Carried.Moved by Coun Ferns, seconded by Coun Barr : That the Committeo be authorized to eommunicate with the Montreal Council, the Board of Trade, and the Corn Exchange, inviting their co- tion in.obtaining i tion of the Montreal and Province Line Railway Company.Carried.A Petition to Parliament was then read, and it was moved by Coun Ferns, seconded by Coun Barr : That the tion now read be adopted ; that it be signed by the Warden and Secretary en behalf\u2019 of the ovwncil mé be trassmitted for.presentation.to be felt\u2014the \u201cslime of the serpent\u2019 as, he graphically described it\u2014thousands of | motion, laid over for an expression of HUNTINGDON, THURSDAY, NARCH 18, 1880.Cr] THE announcement on Monday morning that Mr Holton was dead fell like a thunderbolt on the people of this District, for [no event was more unlooked for.It would \u2018appear that, on Saturday evening, he attended a dinner given by the Hon Mr Bowell, returning to his hotel in apparent health, and going to bed at midnight.An hour after, the night porter was summoned, when he found Mr Holton standing in the lobby, bathed in perspiration and holding his hands over his bowels in apparent agony.He told the porter to get a doctor, but unfortunately there was not one in the hotel and ten minutes clapsed before Dr Grant reached his bedside, by which time he was dead.So sudden did death come, that Mr Burpee was the only one of his friends in the hotel able to reach his bedside while life lingered, and he was then unable to recognize him.The cause of death is conjectured (for the body was not opened) to have been an affection of the heart ; the fatal attack being brought on by indigestion.His feet and ankles were a good deal swollen.It appears that he was aware, for several months past, that his health was seriously threatened, but concealed the fact in order not to alarm Mrs Holton.Two days before he left for Ottawa, while walking in Montreal with Dr Laberge, M.P.P,, he took a weak turn, necessitating his resting for a few minutes in a shop, until the feeling of faintness left him.Dr Laberge warned him that such a symptom was ominous of the existence of serious derangement, but Mr Holton\u2019s only reply was a request that he would not mention the circumstance, The body was conveyed to Montreal on Sunday night, and the funeral took place yesterday afternoon.It is estimated 4000 formed in procession.Over 50 of his late constituents were present, and a position next the mourners was assigned to them.Among others from Chateauguay were Col.McEachren, C.M.G, Thomas Gebbie, Esq., and Dr Laberge, M.P.P.The Unitarian church being small, the use of the American Presbyterian church was kindly granted, and there, the services were conducted by Dr Cordner.The Hon A.Mackenzie and the Hon Ed.Blake were among the pall-bearers.Parliament had suspended its sittings to allow its members to attend.Mr Holton was the son of a farmer in the county of Leeds, Ont.,, where he was born in 1817.While a boy of 9 years of age, the family removed to Montreal, of which city he continued a resident until his death.While a young man he entered the forwarding and commission business, the firm being Hooker, Holton & Co.and laid the basis of a large fortune, Afterwards he became associated with Sir A.T.Galt and Col.Gzowski as contractors in building the Grand Trunk, in which enterprise he made a great deal of money.In 1854 he was elected to Parliament, and, up to his decease, occupied a prominent position in public affairs.In 1863 he first represented Chateauguay.Altho\u2019, by no means, a man of brilliant parts or of ardent convictions, he possessed a solidity of judgment which, coupled with his high personal character, gave him much weight in whatever circle he moved.The regret at his removal is nowhere more deep or sincere than among the electors of Chateauguay.He leaves a widow, and a son and daughter.CJ It is possible that, before this week's paper is printed, we may learn by telegraph as to the fate of the railway bill before the committee.Unless party feeling is imported into the matter, there is a probability that it may become law.The oppasition of the Grand Trunk is fierce and sustained, and, being essentially a Conservative institution, it commands great weight with the present Parliament, The last act of the late Mr Holton was to present the petitions in favor of the bill from St Malachie d\u2019Ormstown on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday he had a long consultation with Mr Soriver as to the means advisable to be adopted to secure its .Ho was very hearty in the matter, and, in a letter to Col.McEachern on the 12th, assured him he meant to give the bill his \u201cvery earnest support.\u201d It is only bare justice to Dr Cameron to state that Mr Davidson's contradiction of his version of Mr Hickson\u2019s words could not be answered on the spot, the rule of the committee forbidding the Doctor speaking a.0000md time.The interview took place in,the presence of Mesars M'farlane and Johneon, and they both unhesitatingly declare that Mr Hickson used the language stated by Dr Cameron, and not as represented by Mr Davidson.The reflection upon the Dostor\u2019s veracity upon a Car- most, essential point was & painful feature Bo procsedings betes committes, which was signed by the ratepayers.Out of 342 resident ratepayers in Godman- chester 314 signed ; in Elgin 172 signed out of 176 ; in Hinchinbrook 314 out of 850 ; in Huntingdon village 110 out of 130 ; in Dundee 107 out of 122.The difference between the figures does not represent refusals, for they formed a very small proportion, but of ratepayers from home and whom there was not time to call upon again.Of refusals there were 7 in Dundee, 2 in Hinchinbrook, 5 in Godmanchester, 2 in Elgin, and 2 in this village.Never in the history of the county was a petition as unanimously and readily signed, as the following\u2014 The Memorial of the Ratepayers of the Municipality of HUMBLY SHEWETH : That the railway proposed to be built by the Montreal and Province Line Com- any from the frontier of the County of untingdon to or opposite the city of Montreal is one of the highest consequence to our prosperity.That we learn with surprise that the only opposition to the granting of the requisite permission for the construction of the said railroad comes from the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company, which holds a charter for the.samo route, with the important exception to us that its line would terminate at Dundee.\u2018 For the following reasons we respectfully submit that the opposition of that Company ought to be disregarded : 1.The Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company gave no notice in their application for amendments to their act of incorporation that they intended to ask for the right to traverse our county ; no petition proceeded from any of us that such right be given, and it was granted not ouly without our consent but without our knowledge.The clause, so extending the powers of the said Company, was inserted when the bill was before your committee, and we, whose interests such a clause so deeply affected, knew nothing of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company having obtained power to traverse our farms and possess our territory to the exclusion of other lines of railroad which, from their connections, we greatly prefer, until the bill had passed Parliament, and, consequently, too late to permit of our making our opposition known.2.We submit that the facts connected with the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company's acquiring thus irregularly the power referred to and its conduct since points to its object having been to frustrate the efforts of other companies to build lines of railroad that would accommodate us and not with the intention of constructing one themselves.The Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company came before Parliament at its last session secking power to do away with the ferry at Caughnawaga and to lift the iron on that portion of the Grand Trunk\u2019s line between that place and St Isidore.While their bill was pending, the agitation connected with the roposed Coteau bridge was at its height.fe.in common with the other residents in the District of Beauharnois, were in favor of its construction, and had petitioned to that effect, and have reason to believe that our representation, that the bridge would give an outlet to an important but hitherto completely isolated section, had due weight.It was at that very juncture, when the representations in question, that, to refuse to sanction the construction of the bridge, was to seriously prejudice a large and thickly-populat- ed district which is entirely destitute of railroad communication, that Mr Hickson, manager of the Grand Trunk railroad, secured the insertion of the clause into the bill of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company giving them the power to extend their line from St Isidore to Dundee.This was in the Spring.The Summer and Fall passed without the slightest effort being made to act upon the powers obtained, the Company not even organizing or holding any communication with the people along the route, and it was not until the approach of November, that a party of Grand Trunk surveyors made a preliminary survey.Their appearance was contemporaneous with the renewed exertions of the opponents of the Coteau bridge to induce the Government to withhold their sanction to its construction.Under these circumstances, we think we are justified in concluding that the insertion of the clause in the bill of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company was done to break the force of our representations that the Coteau bridge was of vital consequence to us, and that the running of the survey was designed to divert us from renewing these representations, After the matter of the Coteau bridge had been finally dis of, communication was held with Mr Hickson as to the terms upon which the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company would uild the line from St Isidore to Dundee, when he replied that the Company would require the municipalities interested to purchase the right of way, grade, bridge, ence, lay the ties and eontribute towards the price of the rails Upon these conditions, the Company would take over the road, complete and operate it.The demanding of such terms convinced your petitioners, more than ever, that the Company had acquired the power to extend their line through the District of Beau- Barnois from ulterior motives, without the remotest regard to the interests of its inhabitants, and without any intention of building the same except on conditions that would involve little or no actual outlay on the part of the Company.forwarded a letter, stating that, apon further consideration, the Montreal & Champlain Railway Company had modified their terms, and would aceept municipal aid to the extent of 3300,000, reserving: their right, however, to seck a further: subsidy from the Quebec Legislature.This was equivalent to 86000 a mile, a sum beyond the power of your petitiouers tojraise.Believing all negotiation with the Montreal & Champlain Junction Company | to be at an end, as having received, in this second ofivr, their ultimatum, a special meeting of our County Council was called to take action in support of the application for an act of incorporation for the Montreal and Province Line Railway Company, when a deputation from the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company waited upon that body, and, assuring the councillors that the terms would Le modified to a satisfactory, degree, urged them to defer action and to send a second deputation to Montreal.Desirous of giving every opportunity to a purely Canadian compahy to undertake the work, the Council acceded to their request, but, upon a second conference with Mr Hickson, it was found that the specified sum of $300,000 in aid was still insisted upon, the only relaxation in terms being that contributions from outside interests, on the procuring of which no dependence could be Lased, would Le allowed to apply.These prolonged and patient attempts upon our part to come to an arrangement with the Company in question, to build their line through our District, have convinced us that we are unable to comply with the only conditions upon which they will do so, and, therefore, we respectfully submit we have valid reasons for believing that they will not avail themselves of the power granted to then at last session to extend their road westward.3.The extension of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company from St Isidore to Dundee would only be a branch, depending for its maintenance solely upon the local traffic of a purely agricultural district, which would be insufficient to operate or maintain it otherwise, than in an unsatisfactory manner.To secure it, such as it would be, a heav sacrifice is demanded off us, for which the Company could not make any adequate return.On the other hand, the Montreal & Province Line Railway Company, for whose incorporation we pray, would build a railroad from opposite Montreal to Dundee, there to connect with an extension of the road from Potsdam, N.Y, forming a new through line from the Far West to the seaboard.The large amount of produce from the Western American States, and from Western Ontario (by way of the International and Suspension bridges) which would pass over the projected road, on its way for shipment from Montreal, would ensure its operation and maintenance for all time as a first-class railway, which is a consideration of weighty moment to your petitioners.i For these reasons, first, that the privilege of extending their line through this District was granted, at last session, to the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company without vur knowledge ; second, that appearances point to its having obtained that power in order to thwart the projects of rival companies to the Grand Trunk ; third, that the sole terms upon which it will build present the alternative to your petitioners of their raising an extortionate subsidy or else risking their ever getting a railroad by depending upon aid from the corporation of the city of Montreal and the Legislature of Quebee \u2014contingencies which it would be imprudent to rely upon ; and, lastly, that, even were its terms compatible with our means, we would not sink our money in a road which would prove so unsatisfactory, we humbly pray that you will not permit the existence of the powers so irregularly obtained by the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company to prevent an act of incorporation being given to the Montreal and Province Lino Railway Company.We would respectfully beg of you to take into consideration the peculiar situation of our District\u2014a narrow wedge bounded by the St Lawrence upon one side and by the United States upon the other, so that for one half of the year we can only maintain communication with the rest of the Dominion with difficulty, and, for our bulkier products, are, during the winter, almost entirely excluded from its markets and forced to depend, against our will, upon the demand from tho ad- Joining American territory.An industrious and enterprising population of fully thirty thousand are thus isolated and compelled to carry on their respective pursuits at a great disadvantage.Atdifferent times we have made earnest efforts to supply our want of an outlet by securing a railway, but, from our disconnected situation a8 regards the rest of the Dominion, have always failed, and, should you now reject the bill that is before you, we feel that our hopes of improving our means of communication will be blasted for many years to come, And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S PETITION, The following is the petition unanimously adopted by the Huntingdon County Council tee The petition of the Municipal Council of the County of Huntingdon, HuMBLY SHEWETH\u2014 .That the Montreal and Champlain Junction Railway Company was granted authority to build their branch from St Isidore to Dundee without our consent or knowledge, they having given no notice in their application of intending to ask such | * That this Council at this Council, as a deeply interested party, feels aggrieved at their © obtaining powers, inasmuch as it not Te.t bald» Tie Kom opposes Biomol Sop presents the greater part of the country poration giving it the powers over the territory which were thus, unknown to us and to our disadvantage, conceded als, to the Montreal & Champlain Junetion Railway Company.That when the said powers were so eon.ceded, the act of incorporation of the Quebec Frontier Railway Company weg intact, and that Company had shown ii good faith in causing à survey to be made : the plans, profiles, aud books of reference of which were then and still are deposited in the Department of Public Works, That the Montreal & Champlain Raj).way Company secured the insertion of the section authorizing their branch io Dundee and made their survey, not on] without the consent of the people along the route but without any invitation whatever from thew.That the said branch would not accommodate the people interested, inasmuch as it would have no connection westward, the Company, in their negotiations with your petitioners, having given only vague promises on that head and decisively refused to guarantee any junction with the American railroad system, even in the event of our consenting to contribute the extortionate aid asked by them.That the Montreal & Champlain June.tion Railway Company has expressly stated that it will not build the branch from St Isidore to Dundee without receiving at least $300,000 in aid; a condition your petitioners see no prospect of fulfilling, and therefore conclude that the Com ny will never avail itself of the authority it has received from your honorable body to build said branch.That the negotiations, conducted by your petitioners with the said Company, convince them that it had no intention of accommodating the people of the country along the route, when it sought power to construct the branch in question, but obtained it with a view to prevent tle extension to Montreal of competing lines to the Grand Trunk south of the St Lawrence, Wherefore, for these reasons, we pray your Honorable House to disregard the representations of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company against An Act to Incorporate the Montreal & Province Line Railway Company, which Company we are assured will supply us with those facilities of communication from want of which we now suffer and to which we are prepared to transfer our interest in the Quebec Frontier Railway Company.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.THE RAILWAY.AT the last meeting of the Huntingdon county council a deputation, comprising the warden, Mr M'farlane, Dr Cameron, MPP, W.B.Johnson, Esq, mayor of Hemminglurd, and R.Sellar, were appointed to go to Ottawa to promote the passing of an act to incorporate the Montreal and Province Line railroad before the Parliamentary committee, which met on Tuesday at Ottawa.There were about 60 members present.The chairman, Hon Mr Langevin, read the petition of the Champlain Junction Company against the bill, and Mr Scriver received permission to read the county council's petition in its favor.MrSeriver explained the proposed route, vhich is from or near a point opposite Montreal, thence westerly to a point in New York State at or near Fort Coving- ton, to connect with a line of railway in the said State to or near the town of Pots- damn, and form an extension of or connec- with the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad.This would be a through route from Montreal to the Niagara River, The company was prepared to go on and build the line.The Montreal & Champlain Company opposed the bill as interfering with rights granted to an existing company.He charged that the Grand Truck, which was really represented in the latter company, had not carried out the assurances given that this line would be built.Last year, in the bill introduced by him, he had, at the solicitation of the Grand Trunk officials, consented, while the bil was before the committee, to the insertion of a section which provided for giving the Montreal & Cham Jain Junction Company power to build a branch from St Isidore to Dundee.At this time ho had no idea that a connection could be obtained with the American Railway system at Dundee.He certainly had expected that the Gran! Trunk would then go on with the work, but up to last autumn nothing had beer done.A meeting of the directors hs been called in January and $100,000 io stock, of which 10 per cent.had been paid in, subscribed.This amount, ho nec hardly say, was entirely insufficient.The company had asked the municipalities more than they could possibly give for the construction of the line from St side to Dundee.He spoke further in favor ¢ the proposed road as being necessary © give the section of the country he repr sented the railroad communication the} were so much in need of.The people x the County of Chateauguay were equally interested with the people of his sous in this bill, and the late Mr Holton hs been in thorough sympathy with him In the matter.For that reason he er especial reasons to regret that he had pich deprived of the valuable assistance Wii\" that hon.gentleman would have give They would all remember the words the leader of the House yesterday, uly that the late Mr Holton was partict ri careful to protect vested rights.Ve i Mr that when he told the committee tai re Holton entirely approved of the bi \" had said something which must have # influence over their minds.In reply to a question, Mr Scriver said that tho was propared to build the ro music 1 aid, Mer r .BL, Was on to address the committee.T new com ab; ad wit Ou \u2014 nm EE ça \u2014 .\u2014 \u2014\u2014 rived charter was ob-|boen made, and probably some thousands of dollars | Miss Morrison of Elgin, who was at: Sublime Porte, the Grand Vislor is no of 8 forgone determination to adhere do|hinm as ou would agains su enem oe bee \u2018Grand frank Company to [Ps pren crane vs mo doubt bat that the M, | tending the Academy, a good deal of longer the influential and important dig.the cruel and unjust policy which they your country.Tho manifesto was elimcy ion to build a line of rail- nitary he once was, the functions formerly had announced.A glance at the House & P.L.Railway, by American conmuctions, would be ' clothing, and Mr Stark suffers heavily.the following members of Parliament : obtain permission | ival to the G.T.R., sud in that way would be of i i in hi ing i of the ffici i k H ° i dore to St Lambert.|s rive + y im The building was owned by Mr Hender- vested in him in the hands was sufficient to show that to press his| Frank Hugh O'Donnell, Jas L.Finnigan, way from St Lai t in the charter, addi-, mens advantage to Montreal.He belicved the par- son, and was insured for \"3400 in the|Minister of the Interior, and the Vizier resolution to a division would be & mere Alex.M.Sullivan, John O'Conor Power Owing to some defec d ties applying for the charter were pre to construct .; , jonal powers were asked lest session.[the line without delay, sad while they bad no formal Mutual.simply filling the comparatively ordinary waste of time and he, therefore, would Justin McCarthy aod When asking those additional powers, arrangements with tbe persons to build ithehsd| ZF In the Superior court judgment, part of a household officer.In the firman | withdraw it This announcement was PARNELL IN M there was a provision added to the charter Tenton la Soilve tlk thy Aumeritans binges has been given in the case of y va announcing these reductions, the Sultan gre ted with ironical cheers from the M March 9 OR EAL to enable the Montreal & Champlain June- | last sesdon that the G.T.R, woud build the line, bat | Sutherland, awarding $140 to, says it is his purpose to cut off ri y Ministerial benches.th emi drove tr F are] and tion Railway Company to construct their had since learned that they would not unless the the former.A re will be given next items of cost whose existence bas bur- « A correspondent In Ireland says :\u2014 Bw Park a end \u20ac i the Mount line from St Isidore through the counties ion 4 be faced.ther, if the new charter 60K: A report of the criminal court has | dened the annual budget, and to rid it as \u201cMen, women and children in some of the BOY P streets, ao- of Chateauguay and Huntingdon to the were granted, the road would be built, also to be deferred.rapidly as possible of all purely ornsmen- famine stricken portions of Ireland are Sunpanied by Mr F.B.McNamee, Presi- .; of the St Patrick's Society, and ine at Dundee.He had no: Senator Brouse said thet, as a question bad arisen| g@F O urda i inst.| expenses, which have hitherto rendered \u2018reduced to the last stages of nakedness \u2019 y Lourdes ying that those privileges wlcthor the new Compuuy would go on with the ag Several Saturday ore pring inet.Turkey a mere monetary football in the and destitution ; families are huddled to- others.In the evening the Pen to work, he could assure them that the Company were prepared to deposit fifty per cent.of the sum necessary to construct the line with the Government if they would allow a reasonable interest on the money, and would pay the draits for the construction of the line as the work went on.Mr Bcrivernsked that John J.Maclaren, Esq, QC, be heard.Mr Thomas White raised the objection that it would be a violation of the arrangement made at the outset.The objection was overruled.Mr Maclaren, in a telling speech, showed that the position of the people along the route was an exceptionally isolated one, and that, even to get to the St Lawrence, they had to cross a wide and difficult swamp.The bad faith of the Grand Trunk was exposed in detail.The people affected, who had the best opportunity of judging,and whose interests were at stake, had decided unsnimously in favor of the company whose bill was before the committee.Mr Hector Cameron said that having chartered a company last session to construct the line, it seemed that the new company should not be chartered unless it could be shown that the Montreal and Champlain Junction company did not intend going on with the work, In answer to a statement of Mr Davidson\u2019s that the Grand Trunk was ready to make connection with the American railway at Dundee, Mr Seriver read corres.pondeuce showing that, to an offer made by the Wat- ertown company to allow the Grand Trunk to build the line on the Canadian side on agreeing to convey their freight to Montreal at pro rata rates, Mr Hickson Mr Parnell took place ia the Royal, which was densely packed by the Irish citizens.The ladies present oecupied the orchestral chairs and private boxes.The stage was occupied by representatives of the Irish nati societies.Mr McNamee introduced Mr Parnell, remarking that he was shortly to leave for Ireland to fight England's greatest tatesmau.Ex-Mayor Beaudry read the address of welcome in & somewhat tedious manner, and Mr Currao read à number of replies to invitations extended to prominent political gentlemen in Quebec and Ottawa, who did not come.Mr Parnell upon rising was received with cheers, which lasted about thirt seconds.He sneered at the New Yor! Herald, which prophesied that he would not go te Mon (Hisses and groans for the New York Herald) He took the crewdod gallerios and magnificent demonstration of the previous evening to give the lie to the New York Herald.(Hisses.) had been asked for and obtained without the knowledge and consent of the counties interested.True, Mr Scriver and the late Mr Holton had consented to the granting of those privileges, and he wished to cast po reflection on these gentlemen for the course they took, as he believed they had acted in good faith, but at the same time these powers were obtained without the knowledge and consent of the people interested.He had reason to believe that the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company did not intend to exercise the powers conferred upon them.At an interview held with officers of that Company, the only terms offered for acceptance to the representatives of the district were that the road should be graded and J made ready for the rails.Mr Hickson endeavored to persuade them to close ât once, on the ground that if they waited, the price of iron might advance, and they would be expected to contribute the amount of the advance over and above ther without fire, food, clothing or bed- ing, either in miserable huts or the former abodes of animals ; thousands and thousands are begging, not bread but the humblest and cheapest food that can be supplied for use, Indian meal ; all this exists, and there is little prospect of much improvement before August.It appears that in some districts the distress is oven greater than it was in the appalling famine of 1847.Shanghai, March 12.\u2014The internal peace of the Chinese Empire, which was until now believed to be more firmly assured than ever, has been in disturbed by the breaking out of a bloody revolution at Pekin.The trouble is supposed to have been incited by certain emissaries from the province of Kuangsi, in which so serious a rebellion was suppressed by the Government in the latter part of last yean Throngs of desperadoes crowd tho streets demanding the redress of grieviinces of which the principal one is said to be the school-house of district No.5, Havelock, exchanges of Europe.He also states that they noticed smoke issuing from the build- the necessity of developing the home industries of the country, and he confidently ing, and, on entering, it was discovered that the floor and one side of the building he has become thoroughl awakened to invites the co-operation of foreign capital- was in a blaze, caused by a box of ashes |1NVIt { .being carelessly left inside.There being |i8t6 in making the experiment.plenty of help at hand it was speedily] London, March 11.\u2014In accordance with | extinguished ; damage to the extent of |his previous announcement, Sir Stafford about $10.Had it been burned down it Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, would have been a serious loss to the submitted the usual budget to the House District, as it is one of their best school-|of Commons to-day.There was a small houses, it having been built only two |attendance, a great many members having years ago at a cost of about $400, + |gone to their homes.The Home Rulers &7 There is a strong likelihood of the wereconspicuously absent from their seats, project to connect Ottawa with the Ameri- (only a sprinkling of the leaders being can railway system, by way of Coteau, present to listen to the dry reading of the being realized.Messrs Balch & Stanton, Chancellor's figures, and to pick out of the if our information be correct, contemplate financial shell such an amount of Opposi- abandoning the idea of building a bridge [tion meat as it might contain.The until permission for a low level one can be Chancellor accompanied his announce- obtained, and until then will connect the ment of various important items of the two ends of the road by a steam ferry budget with a running commentary of re- boat, large enough to take on an entire {marks designed to classify or explain train.Work on the Coteau section has|them.He said that while he regretted to the terms specified.At a subsequent interview some two weeks ago, these térms were not materially modified, only to the extent that they would take $200,000 from Montreal and ask the local Legislature to grant them a subsidy.If Montreal would contribute $200,000 en bloc and the local Legislature $4000 per mile, they would build the road without any further consideration from the municipalities.He (Dr Caineron) had put the ques- tion\u2014*\u201cSuppose Montreal will not grant the $200,000, and the local Legislature efuse also a subsidy, or grant a smaller ubsidy than the one required, will you build the road if thé wunicipalities give Mr Hickson had no hesitation in saying he was not prepared to say so even for the $100,000 from the municipalities.Under these cireumstances he (Dr Cameron) considered no obstacles should be thrown in the way of a company that was prepared to build the road The Montreal and Province Line Railway Company did not ask anything from us in return for supplying thatrailwayservice for which the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway de- you $100,000 ?\u201d on acceptable terms.manded so much.Mr Sellar said a few words.Mr Seriver asked that Col.McEachren be heard, for whom he had sent, seeing that, by the death of Mr Holton, Chateau- guay would otherwise be unrepresented.Col.MeEachren, C.M.G., said the county in which he lived had no confidence in the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway or the Grand Trunk Railway constructing the line for which they were seeking in- He hoped the Bill would be allowed to pass, and that the interests of the counties referred to should not be held corporation.in check by the G.T.R.Charles P.Davidson, Esq., Q.C., of Montreal, appeared against thé bill, which, he affirmed, was an interference with the vested rights of the Champlain Junction Company.The district affected was a narrow one with no special sources of revenue for a railroad.There were no large villages on the route, Huntingdon having only about a thousand inhabitants, and there were no industries worth speaking of beyond that of farming.The people were not so badly situated as had been represented.In summer they had ample communication by the St Lawrence, + .w across the frozen surface of which in winter they reached the stations of the Grand Trunk opposite, and to the south of them they had the Ogdensburg railroad.The inhabitants had not shown enterprise or discretion in trying to improve their means of communication, in proof of which he instanced the falling through of the Frontier Company's plans.The district could not possibly support two railroads, and he asserted that the Champlain Company would supply all its wants, and that it had shown due diligence since it had received its charter, having organized and surveyed the route at great cost.To frant a charter to a parallel road, would © à gross injustice to the company he represented.As to the terms upon which 1t would build the road, he had to contradict the statement made by Dr Cameron that Mr Hickson had definitely declared that the Company would not build the road unless $300,000 were given in aid.He went on with his version of Mr Hick- Son s statement, which gave the lie direct to Dr Cameron's.He was confident the company would go on with the line this summer.Ho believed that the company Was prepared to make good progress during the coming summer.He considered 1t a strong point in favor of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway that it Was in intimate sympathy with the Grand runk, and would thereby secure a direct connection for this section of country with Montreal by the bridge.The real object of the bill Was to securo an all through American route in opposition to the Grant has made no reply.Mr Jones (Leeds) thought the matter should remain in abeyance for another session, and if it could be seen then that the G.T.R.R.did not intend going on with the work, it would be time enough to grant the new company power to proceed with the work.Mr Plumb said the committee was not in a position to como to nn intelligent decision, and he thought that the members should take time to consider the question, Mr Bergeron said the Montreal & Champlain Junction company had obtained a charter 3 years ago, on condition that they should build the road as soon as possible, and they had not yet commenced it.Mr Scriver had not supported this company in its demands for a charter more than any other member of the committee, but had simply consented to it under the impression that the company would carry out its undertaking.(Hear, hear.) Last month he (Mr Ber- geron) had formed one of a deputation of which Messrs Holton and Scriver also formed part, that waited with Mr Hickson on the City Council of Montreal.They bad then stated to the council that they would oppose the Coteau Bridge scheme provided the council would give $200,000 towards the building of this railway.The council refused to make any distinct stqtement either in refusal or accoptance of the proposal, It was not at all probable that Montreal, which could not honor its subscription to the North Shore Railway, and was heavily in debt, would come to the aid of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway Company, not did he believe the municipalities could contribute anything.The clectors of Beauhar- nois were at all events too intelligent to give money without prospects of receiving anything in return.The Montreal & Province Line Railway Company were, on the contrary, prepared to build the road without requiring à cent of contribution from the municipalities.All they required was permission to lay a line thru this territory, and he relied upon the intelligence of this commiitee to accede to their request.He had no faith in Grand Trunk promises, and the people who wanted the road would never get it from the company that now held the charter.Mr Boultbee protested against the Grand Trunk Luing snocred at by members of the committee, He was not of opinion that the company seeking incorporation would be prepared to build the line without aid from the muvicipalities There was no guarantee that once the charter was obtained they would not insist on municipalities contributing aid before they Legan the work.Why, as Mr Davidson had pointed out, was the clause in the bill authorizing the company to accept municipal aid, if they did not intend nsking it ?Mr Scriver said he was prepared to strike that clause out of the bill.Mr Boultbee said that would not alter tho case ; they could still ask for municipal aid.Mr Gault said he would be most happy to consent to granting the charter asked for, did he believe the Grand Truuk Company was not prepared to carry out its engagements, but he saw no reason for thisopinion.Ho was fully informed that they intended carrying out completely their engagements.Therefore, he thought the application for the new charter should be left over for another session.Hon Mr Ferrier said the G.T.company bad given every cvidence of their sincerity to proceed with the matter, and he believed thefr honesty would not be questioned, Mr Mackenzie asked Mr Ferrier definitely to tell the committee the intention of the G.T.R.to go on with the work.Mr Ferrier declared he was surprised at such doubts of the company\u2019s assurance.Mr Mackenzie\u2014I ask the president of the Grand Trunk to state explicitly whether his company has the money to proceed at once to build the branch from St Isidore to Dundee ?Mr Furrier\u2014I am eurprised at such a question, A company that pays out four million dollars a year in wages not have the money ! Mr Mackengie\u2014Never mind your surprise, Lut answer my question.Mr Fertier\u2014Do you mean to say we have not got the money ?Mr Mackenzie-=I do.Mr Ferrier\u2014I am astonished at such an assertion.A company that pays four hundred millions (laughter) in wages and whose credit is the best, not able to provide the money for building this short line ! He wns not going to reveal the business of the Grand Trunk by stating where the money was to be got.The road would be built.Mr Maclenzie-\u2014Do you mean the branch to Dun- dec ?Mr Ferrier said they had surveyed it, and were making arrangements to take the whole road in hand.Several questions followed, but Mr Ferrier avoided giving a direct nnswer, and being tripped up in making a contradictory statement, excused himself by saying he was excited.Mr Scriver said that the G.T, R.or M.& C.J.R.companies had not given any reliable assurunce that they would not go on with the work.Hon D.A.Smith asked Mr Ferrier to stato to the committee whether it was his belief that the old company would proceed with the work dilligently till it was completed.Mr Blake said these appearing in oppotition to the Bill before the committee should give the members a definitive and positive answer, whether the whole line from St Isidore to Dundee would be undertaken at once by them, as such information weuld have à very important influence upon the committee in coming to a conclusion as to what should be done with the new Bill ; but he wanted an assurance that would be un- mistakeable in its character.Mr Ferrier said he positively believed the G.T.R.would on with the work.Mr Scriver\u2014Without aid from the municipalities ?Mt Ferrier declined to answer fleations.This is the been resumed.\u2018#& In order to find space for the report of the proceedings before the railway committee, much interesting local and general news and several advertisements are left out.R&T At the social, in aid of the building fund of the Methodist church, held at Mr Wm.Cunningham's, Plank road, yesterday evening, no less than $50 net were realized.The contractors have begun work on the new church, K The Chateauguay county council passed unanimously a resolution in favor of the Montreal & Province Line Company.Mr Santoire was elected Warden.& It is expected that the writ for a new election in Chateauguay would issue to-day, so that the electors may at once prepare themselves for recording their votes before three weeks expire, Already a number of names of candidates have been suggested, but, despite reports to the contrary, we are not aware of any having openly taken the field.There is a strong feeling in favor of Mr Holton's successor being a resident of the county.Mr Scriver, the Government has consented to allow Captain McKinnon of Dundee $800 indemnity for the loss of his arm by the unfortunate affair near Port Lewis on the return of the Volunteers from Montreal on the 12th July 1878.The late Government was much to blame for not compensating the Captain, and we arc glad the present has done something, however inadequate.\u20ac& The meeting of the Godmanchester ratepayers on Saturday to consider as to the disposal of their seigniorial money was well attended.The feeling was general in favor of loaning it out on mortgage, and a resolution to that effect, that it be so loaned in sums of not less than $500, moved by Mr F.Whyte, was carried.A motion to expend the amount on roads received only 9 votes.At a meeting of the Council, subsequently held, it was resolved to take advice as to its power in dealing with the fund, before carrying out the decision of the meeting.NEWS BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.St Petersburg, March 10.\u2014A great fire occurred on Monday at the weaving works, Moscow.The entire building was destroyed.Twenty-four persons were burned to death and twenty-nine injured.Vienna, March 8.\u20141t is stated here on undeniable authority that Russia is pushing forward the works at Sebastopol.Guns are being remounted and the greatest activity prevails.Deplorable accounts of the condition of the Orthodox Church are published in some of the Russian papers.According to these accounts, which are home made, and not those of prejudiced strangers, eople are in all directions falling away from the Church and lapsing into dissent, and following some new pro doctrines of the most wonderful description.In one Province a prophetess, Zeenic Ivanoff, is preaching the abolition of marriage, and the separation from the the Samobogs is running a wild career.the most extravagant theories.villages, some of which are completely destroyed.Thousands of persons are with- been lost.which seeks to make #7 Thru- the persistent exertions of state that while there would be a deficit of £334,000 on the last year's revenue, a few words would make it plain to the House that this deficit was brought about through an event which was not anticipated when the estimates were submitted to the House one year ago.At that time, no one in the country would have been justified in predicting that a war in South Africa would attain the dimensions which it subsequently reached, nor have involved the treasury in the necessity for so large an outlay.The cost of suppressing the outbreak in Zululand had been £5,138,000.At this point expressions of affected astonishment and dismay were heard from the Opposition benches.Sir Stafford Northcote waited for a moment until the House had become quiet and then with perfect coolness repeated the statement and added, \u201cHon, members cannot regret the idle expenditure or useless loss of money, when such loss occurs, more than myself, but I take occasion to assure the House that, in my opinion, South Africa was worth all and even more than it cost, even when the item of blood, so much more valuable than money, is taken into account.That struggle has settled forever the question of Éritish ascendency in South Africa, & question which was destined sooner or later to be settled in this manner beyond a doubt.We shall have no more serious trouble there.An old bone of contention is finally removed from the debates of Her Majesty's Parliament.It has done even more than this: the result of the war has been to open up to the chants a practically illimitable field for the disposal of their goods'and the expansion of our trade ; moreover, I do not hesitate to affirm my conviction that it has opened the way as no other process could have opened it, for the civilization and evange- lization of the natives of that benighted region, a result for which the British nation should count no sacrifice of tirue, toil, life or treasure too t an offering.\u201d When the Chancellor stated that the Government in its estimates for the com- centralization of power at Pekin and the subordination of the and governors to the will of the Emperor and his advisers.Government is taking radical measures to suppress the disturbance.Chung Haw, late ambassador to Russia and who negotiated the Kuldja treaty with that Government has been beheaded.Mahommed Jan's following is increasing enormously.His agents are recruiting in all directions, Cabul says that advices from twé different sources state that Mahomed Jan and Mir Batcha, chiefs of Kohistani insurgents, havo taufi attitude towards the British.assisted Gencral Roberts with his counsel, enterprise of our manufacturers and mer- rovincial viceroys Candabar, March 11.\u2014Spies report that London, March 11.\u2014A despatch from reed to follow the advice of Mus- \u201cHabibullah Khan regarding their ustaufi Habibullah Khan, who was Finance Minister under both Shere Ali and Yakoob Khan, and who for some time past has was sent with letters to the malcontent leaders telling them that the British Government was disposed to accept as a ruler for Cabul any sirdar, with certain exceptions, which the assembled representatives was dismembered the better.\u201d scribed the land system of Ireland as coequal with Lower Canadian seignoral teu- ure, and held it to be such a millstone to agriculture that it had to be abolished.Proceedin ready sai question, ho was occasionally cheered to t that the Irish Nation saved to tl.people of Ireland $12,000,000 and that without spending.one penny might choose, and inviting them to discuss the matter at the capital of their country.\"There has been a sudden outbreak of fever on Kare Island, near Cape Clear, Ireland.Sixty-three persons aro prostrated and one death has occurred.The population is destitute.Measures for their relief are being taken.THE ELECTIONS, Hartington has issued a manifestq to the Liberal party.He repudiates any desire on the part of the Liberals to alter the imperial character of the realm, or to enfeeble the Colonies by a policy of decomposition.the Home Rulers as impracticable, and considers any concession to them would be mischievous.He deprecates Harl Beacons- ficld\u2019s exaggerated language in treating Home Rule as a danger worse than pesti- ing year did not find it necessary to advise the imposition of any new tax, while at the same time it did not propose to remove any, cheers and counter-cheers followed the announcement.The Liberals having been of opinion that the Chancel lor would be compellad to propose an increase Of income tax or some still more obnoxious method of meeting his deficit, were clearly disappointed by his statement.The Chancellor roceeded to state that his estimates for the past year had been so far within the mark ; that had it not been for the extraordinary cost of the Zulu war, he could have shown & handsome surplus ; as it was, the deficit of £334,000 would be met by temporary bills during the year, and he antieipated that the regular revenues would enable these to be taken up ancl an estimated surplus of £24,000 left at t he end of next het with |year.This surplus, the C, hancellor went on to explain, would be in creased to the sum of £178,000 b: certain outstandin terminable annuities.T'ne statement of Church.In another, the curious sect of the Chancellor of .the Ks:chequer as a whole, is regarded as ext remely favorable.The priests are powerless to stem the tor- Criticisms made upon .rent, and people abandon themselves to|after the Chancellor had .taken his seat, were somewhat acrimon ious, but it is not Vienna, March 9.\u2014The ice in the Vis- believed that the debate upon the Budget tula River, accumulating on the Austro-| will be protracted, nor 1 wsult in any way Russian frontier, near the Dzikow River, |in the weakening of the Chancellor's posi- broke through a dyke and flooded thirty tion.éxtis guishment of xcheq uer bonds and \u2018it in the House London, March 12.\u2014)m the House of to-day, Mr Mlenry Fawcett Commons \u2018 out shelter or food, and many cattle have brought forward the res olution of which he had given notice, dec dar ing that it was Rome, March 9.\u2014Signor Morelli\u2019s Bill, (unjust and injurious for Ei ivorce lawful, was on Indis the cost of the A fghan war.An yesterday referred to a committee.The|excited and important: « lebate followed Ministry is favorable, but proposes modi- Mr Fawcett's remarks tm support of his g of a resolution.Mr Glasstome » supported the land to throw lence or famine.The agitation must be met\u2014not by passionate ex ration\u2014 but by firm resistance, combined with proof that Parliament is willing to grant the just demands of the Irish for equal laws and institutions.Mr Gladstone's address to the electors at Midlothian says : \u201cIn the electioneering address issued by Lord Beaconsfield gu attempt is made to work on your fears by dark allusions to the repeal of the Union and the abandonment of the Colonies.Those who engendered the union with Ireland were a party that maintained their alien Church, an unjust land law, and a franchise inferior to ours.As to the colonies, the Liberal Administration gave them popular responsible government, undertook to defend Canada with the whole strength of the empire and organized a grand scheme for uniting the several settlements of British North America into one Dominion.The present Ministry have neglected home legislation, aggravated distress by continued shocks to confidence and augmented the public expenditure and taxation.Abroad the Ministry have endangered the prorogative by gross misuse, have weakened the Empire by needless wars, dishonored it in the eyes of Europe by filching Cyprus from the Porte under a clandestine treaty, aggrandized Russia, lured Turkey to dismemberment and ruin, and loaded India with the cost of an unjustifiable war.The Ministry have done, nothing to improve our social condition.You are promised the advantages of ascendency in the conncils of Europe.The word \u2018ascendency\u2019 is best known to us by its baneful connection with the history of Ireland.I must insert colonial rights of the independent allied powers, but in the mouth of the present Ministry the claim is ridiculôus.London, March 10\u2014The Marquis of Ho describes the demands of He believed the opposition to his atteropt at the abolition of an ancient feudal syatem to be a good sign of its ultimate success ; and when he came to the name of Queen Victoria hisscs came thick and fast, almost as faut as was tho applause wheu he coun- cluded \u201cthat the sooner the British nation He de- to reitorate what he bad al- elsewhere upon tho Irish land when he claimed Land League had 16 echo, and especiall upon their agitation.The rest of the speech was a rchash of his former speeches as to tho New York Herald.He had been charged with attacking a woman.He attacked Queen Victoria because she wns the symbol of British authority, and if that symbol happened to be a woman was it his (Parnell's) fault.(Laughter and cheers) He charged that the sources of English charity had been dried up by the English press so far as Queen Victoria was concerned.In conclusion, Lio said that whether the Parliament brought about the necessary reforms or not this would be the last famine Ireland would suffer from a result of such renting.He believed Earl Beaconsfield, who had squarely stated the issue as regards Ircland, would be defeated.As intimated, this would probably be his last appearance on the Continent for some time.On motion of Mr Curran, a resolution was passed supporting Mr Parnell's policy.Next day Mr Parnell left for New Yor .when he toid the reporters he had visited sixty-two cition ; $200,000 has been sub- ascribed to his fund, of which $120,000 has been remitted to Ireland.He sailed for England, to take part in the elections.Roturns from nearly 300 points in the West in regard t8'the wheat crop indicate almost uniformly a faverable condition and flattering prospects.New York, March 11,\u2014Eight members of the \u201cSalvation Army\u201d have just arrived at Castle Garden from London; seven of them are plain-looking women, aged about 30, and the other is & man aged 32.One of the women is called captain and the other lieutenants ; the man has the title of commissioner.The women wear Derby hate and the man & cap ; around the crown of each is a silk band, with the words \u201cThe Salvation Army,\u201d in gold letters uipon it.The party is a delegation from tire \u201cSalvation Army\u201d of London, and is to be gin out-of -door religious services in this cou btry, commencing in this city.It ap- ea ra the \u201cSalvation Army\u201d wor.has been successful in London, and is well endorsed in England.\u2018 .T have are about 5,000 Chinsmen in New York and vicinity at present, and it is aie to ve likely that 5,000 more will brought East 40 engage in various occups- tions.BEAUHARNOIS MARKET.0 telagraph to the Gleaner.) Pons, P 70 tbs., Sâc.$ 06 gents.Qata, 3 40th, 360 37c.Barley F Bôtbs., 50c to 55c.Boans, ® 79 Ms 90c @ 81 Batter, pound, 16c @ 18 coma.Eggs, P doz, 120 to Îbe.\u2018 K.N.MoFss, Grain Bayer.VALLBYFLELD MARKETS, (By te À to the Gleanar.Poss, P 0 ac @ 83c.Barley $ 50s, 40c to 50c.Oats 40 Ms, 36c 3Tc.Pork, 1 100 fhe, 96.50 to 80.00.Oatmeal B00.hha 0810 1 $0.00 Oatmeal, \"Topp & NicoLsos.The Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain has issued the following violent manifesto to Home Rule Associstions and innin movement which will a the whole motion in à speech, which lacked nothing system of Italian life.The newspapers of vigor and acrimony ;.he declared the or the greater part oppose it.On motion, the committee adjourned, Mr Phelps was present during the proceedings.&R&\" At 4 o'clock on Sunday morning the runk, which he was assured Parliament would not permit.Mr Oliver asked whether the M.&C.Junction Rail TEACHER WANTED.ATRL TEACHER bolding « firbt-clas Ele- i Imperial Government 1 w ving transferred , soci 5 School Nob God.ton Aca home pili Mow to connect with alarm of fire was raised in this village, the Constantinople, March 11.\u2014A scheme what was merely a local diféculty into an the [Irish people of Great Britain :\u2014 Lord mentary Dp nr alary to be rent te Mr Davidson did not think it was spocifically stated dwelling of Alex.Stark, miller to Mr | of domestic economy, which has been for Imperial one, it should mot shrink from Beaconsfield issued, in guise fa letter ie undersigned before the Let of April.in the charter.Henderson, being in flames.The fire be- {some time under consideration, bas at last the pecuniary r ibis ity of defraying to the Viceroy of Ireland, a declaration of | JAMES LEARMONT, ate Mackensie said thero was no such power In the an in one of the upper chambers, and matured in the issuing of a firman the |its cost by the expedient on throwing the war upon your country snd your friends.2 Brentingdos, Que.Mr Oliver said the petitien from the M.& C.Junc- spread so rapidly that the entire contents Sultan reducing the salary of the Grand whole expr gee upon the : overbur- The Ministry is seeking to obtain & re B SALE, the weet half of Lot No 6 In the th tion Railway stated they had the power, and he of the second flat were lost.Jas Rud-| Visier from 3000 pounds per month to|dened 87g impoverished ; people of India.nowed term of office by sowing sion Range © Hinchinbrook, Apply to ROBER do prove the truth of the cor ail brougiat for dick, who, that night, alone slept in that |200 per month ; the salaries of the other At tb\u2018 close of Mr Glad: tone's eloquent and hatred between Englishmen Irish.JACK, Chateaugusy Busts, P.Q.aiaed in that petition, as one of them was shown to part of the house, es ed by Jumping ministers are reduced in proportion.This |, ror, ark, which created a profound sensa- men, and Become § vicious man il A SOCIAL In paid of che poires send 0 of he false.rom a window.Everything in the lower decided and radical step has created ach.\u2018on in the House, Mr Fas roett arose and directly appeals to the wors : i Mr Davidson said the M.& C.Junction Railway dence of Archibald Headarson, Baq., on fhe eveniog stirring up story was safely carried out.The engine! excitement in official circles, but ig gtne- | said that after the argumen ®».and appeals prejudices for, the purpose of stu of WEDNESDAY the 24th Inst.Tea st 630.Ad- A cout me nn the ma of te cou nee was long in getting to work, but, when it rally approved of as a necessary prefimi.| of his Right Honorable fri end, he felt it Englishmen o pa Irish nutionslit ow he mission 30 cents.All are cordially invited.P Ho mid the object of the M.& P.L.Rellway Company did, a sufficient stream was thrown to inary to an shatement of an extra t | would be useless for him to pursue the| Ministry neither wg Fn untrymen.MoCORMICK, Advocate, of Montreal \"Me Cn American scheme fo lnjuro the GT-R save the stable, which, otherwise, would expenditure, a measure of which the coun- debate.The replies whicls tbe Govern- | relieve our distromed fe Hey has been an e will be at Moir's hotel, Hustiagdon C.Tunis Bat ad een ar + have been lost and with is probably part try stands in pressing need.Under the ment had meade to hime of and to Mr| Benconsfeld'e foreign Fo Vote againet the 36th iastents Mie Darideon replied, thes plane and estimates bad of the lumber end logs in the mill-yard.|poepent arrangement of the Divan of the | Gindetome were really off ain] deciarations iaglorions, dissetrous Te Ld aed pds a LADY MARJORY ST JUST.| CHAPTER VIIL i Sux withdrew into the black shade of the trees as she spoke, and as she stood there mute and motionless, 1 felt that her eyes in their enake-like beauty were fix upon mine, and I trembled half with terror, half with indignation.Was it reasonable to suppose that even a desperate wo- mas would commit so borrid a deed as she hinted at, when it could no la answer the slightest purpose ?Diight not her Kinsmen be wrought upon by motives to which passion e hor deaf 7 Would it be difficult to move even the government to interfere in circumstances involving the life of a grandee of the empire ?Was I called upon, when such matter for my heart, and, setting aside my own feel-' ings, to inflict upon him a blow s0 terrible ?Such were the first reflections that chased each other across my brain ; but by and | better train.My father\u2014my dear father Jove Praised be God, events are not in our own and I received the ised issive, inting the next day for the ratification of Mre Danton's part of the ed contract.I set off to keep the fateful tryst alone, unknown to Basil Edmond- stone, as I had stipulated.I stood on the beach, the waves curling and foaming at my feet, watching the approach of a small skiff which bad put off from a foreign- looking barque in the offing.There were some destitute foreign exiles, victims of revolutionary violence, who had solicited aid in their extremity ; officers of rank were among them, with their wives and | children, perishing of cold and hunger in & strange land ; unable to procure employment, but willing enough to toil at the meanest drudgery could they have found it.White slender hands were outstretched for food ; and fairy feet, once scarce pressing the ground for \u2018very deli- |in t two persons in it, one of them a child.cateness,\u2019 now bare and toil-worn.My heart throbbed to agony, the booming waters hymuing a funeral dirge over my buried love, as clasped the restored boy wildly to length ; dark shadows away, and the funeral dirge was changed to angel-songs of joy ! CHAPTER IX.: Basil knocked, when a young man ; sented himself, whom the visitor rightly |band verging towards patriarchal honors, In a close dingy alley, amid the intrica- inted to a half-open door, at which re- It is easy to look back upon fifteen conjectured to be the individual he sought ; by they were effaced by a different and years, to recall the prominent features for notwithstanding poverty, squalor, and which stand distinctly forward, and to untrimmed moustache and beard of many \u2014seemed to stand before me in that cathe- sum up those thousand trivial occurrences days\u2019 growth, the stamp of \u2018gentleman\u2019 dral gloom, fixing cyes upon his child.Tt was he who had been murdered\u2014not the youthful earl.| He had died of the wound inflicted on his gregate of daily life.But were we de- | sired to retrace our feelings step by step, to record minutely the joys or sorrows surprised and sorrowful ; which, for pleasure or pain, constitute the was still distinguishable, as, gracefully bowing, he ushered Basil into the interior of the miserable apartment.A dirty little child was crawling about character, and had descended broken-| which have changed or warped our hearts, on the floor, while from a bed in one cor- hearted into a dishonored grave.To accomplish what the sacrifice demanded of me was to purchase, he would have given every drop of blood in his body ; and was I, the daughter of that noble spirit, to stand thus coolly calculating chances ?Was it even a real sacrifice that was sought to be extorted ?It would be impossible for me to enjoy a moment's bappiness situated as I should be ; and it was a fallacy, therefore, to say that I abandoned any by complying with Mrs Danton\u2019s terms.Since unhappiness was to be my lot in life, it would be more easily endured with peace of mind ; and better even for Basil to suffer a thousand disappointments than marry à woman whose days would be passed in unavailing remorse, With these reflections there came that sense of guilt to which I have already alluded\u2014the consciousness that I did not deserve the bliss to which I clung; and so fortified, ere the allotted five minutes had elapsed my decision was formed, and I bound myself by a solemn vow never to divulge what had passed, and to adhere to the other condition of the cruel ransom.Oh the wild exulting laugh that rang through the dark pine wood as, in promising to keep the compact, I added, by way, suppose, of retaining some gleam of hope, \u2018Unless absolved by herself ! Basil Edmondstone and 1 were parted for ever in this world, \u2018Farewell, Lady Marjory ! she said, \u2018you will receive due notice of the day when your presence is required at that point of the coast so fatal in your history ; on that strand where the music of the sad sea waves shall chant the dirge of love! Passionately she clasped her hands, as she added, \u2018Ob, fool ! is this your love 7 Me, who would have lost my soul for him, he slighted and rejected ; while you\u2014tame, cold, passionless idiot\u2014he loves ; you, who give him up, for what \u2014for a child's worthless life | Basil Edmonstoue loves you, Marjory St Just, and Inez Danton is revenged !| Farewell! Yet one word more\u2019\u2014she lingered and spoke more softly, \u2018When he demands an explanation of the mystery surrounding you\u2014when your heart yearns tenderly towards him, yet you reject his approaches\u2014then, then remember Inez Danton, and in your own suffering picture hers {\u2014But no; you cannot | bim that you have purchased of mind, and that his love is nothing in comparison with that ! My wrung spirit struggled to be free, and was wonderfully sustained, reply in with a calmness which astonished myself, \u2018You are right, Mrs Danton ; not even Basil Edmonstone\u2019s love may be placed in | competition with that \u2018peace whic th all understanding\u2019'\u2014a conscience lightened of a heavy burden\u2014the \u2018sunshine within\u2019 I was told of when a girl, but which as yet has shed but little illumination on my unhappy life.\u2019 The memory of happy childhood\u2019s hours arose vividly before my excited imagination as I uttered the well remembered words, and I was tra ried back to other days.I heard a voice retreating in the distance exclaim\u2014\"Adieu, Lady Marjory ; \u2018Countess May\u2019 no longer I\u2019 The rocks and woods re-echoed the sound\u2014 \u2018Countess May no longer I' and I stood alone, with tho quiet stars looking down upon me.Was it an illusion of the senses, or had all this really happened t Was a load of care removed from off my heart, even while I was separated by an impassable barrier from him I loved ?Yes, it was reality ; for though bewildered and agitated, genial tears flowed forth, with supplications and t iving to Him who had removed from me a great affliction.I su plicated for prong to bear my a \u2014above praying cornet] Phy for the fulfilment of Mrs Danton\u2019s promise.Yet I loved Basil Ed- mondstone as few in this world bave ever loved ; but he himself had warned me not to trust in my own h, but to y for strength from above\u2014and who ever offered up such petitions in vain ?It were tedious to dwell on subsequent hours and days of s and weariness ; of Basil's wounded heart when I postponed marriage indefinitely, giving no reason, but intresting him not to judge tne harshly, but to wait for comi He saw my restless anxiety, and he ten- intreated me to confide my sorrows ; then, then, Ines Danton, you indeed, as I silently turned faii heart at his feet.i 114 i 2 ig it Is th | éf 1] I th E £3 à \u2018 | f Ag i È the task would less one.I might describe the deli | amazement of e a difficult, nay, hope- | hted answered ; of the painful mystery shrouding the transaction ; and finally, the terrible ending of all, when I told Basil that I never could be his.He never doubted my affection, and I was sustained by that belief : he trusted and believed me when I affirmed it was unchangeable, a fatal barrier interposing to prevent our union.His glance reste on the child ; mine had done so involuntarily : I had no explanation to offer, but I earnestly assured him that, were such in my power, he would not condemn the course had adopted.He divined somewhat very near the truth ; but the exact truth was too wild and startling for imagination to conjure up distinctly ; nor did he consent to the dissolution of our engagement without making strenuous efforts to fathom the mystery of my conduct.The struggles, the tortures I endured during that season of probation are indescribable ; for Basil, noble and excellent in every reapect, was but human, and it was a hard case for him ; and when he complained in bitterness of spirit, I wept in silence and agony.There was a strange, deep love springing up betwixt the child and myself, I could not bear him out of my sight; my eyes literally devoured him ; while he returned my anxious care with a clinging tenderness and docility which made me often wonder how I could ever have hated such a fair and promising creature.No longer fractious or sickly, the sojourn among his Spanish captors had restored bloom to his rounded cheeks and strength to his symmetrical limbs : no longer pampered or spoiled, he was a brave, spirited, ut obedient little fellow.They had truthfully shielded him from evil ; and when I fondled his golden locks, and his bright blue eyes closed in happy slumbers, I bent over the cherub, remembering with a shudder Mrs Danton\u2019s dark threat in the pine wood.At those moments I forgot even Basil Edmondstone\u2019s disappointment.Cecil became a ward in Chancery, tho\u2019 I, as next of kin, continued his natural guardian or \u2018nursing mother.\u2019 I pass over the unnecessary and troublesome details of the law, the identification of the heir, and complication of the affairs, whose settlement afforded much pleasant work for honorable brethren of the long robe.We continued to dwell at Edenside ; but though a short ten miles from Barley Wood, Basil Edmondstone and I were as strangers and pilgrims in the world.We seldom met ; for, loving each other as we did, it was hard to be something more than friends, and less than lovers! Yet Basil, by his superior judgment and well- timed advice, materially assisted in superintending the earl's education and pursuits, while the sweet boy's love for Basil almost rivalled that which he cherished for me.Fifteen years | Yes, there were many tedious weeks and months in those years, despite the dearly purchased peace of mind.To be so near, yet so far apart ! to say cold, conventional \u2018how d\u2019ye do's\u2019 and \u2018good by's; when we were one in heart\u2014the secret between us unexplained ! This state of things perhaps made the lines of time be more deeply traced on Basil's open brow, and the silver threads meander in my brown hair sooner than age demanded.As to dear worthy Mrs Edmondstone, she was puzzled and provoked, and never fully forgave me ; openly declaring, however, that \u2018that wretch, Mrs Danton, was at the bottom of it all\u2019 She endeavored to make Basil's home a cheerful and bappy one, and I doubt whether he would have been better off during those fifteen ears had I been his wife ; at least I once La him so, when he smiled and said, \u201cTis to look back when we have attained the summit of our desires; but a steep road always in prospect makes it|it chance, ner did I.very painful for the weary wayfarer to| He came to Edenside ; he conveyed to ond me Ines Danton's ing message.Ab, I heard from Mrs Edmondstone that Ba- need I add how fu! J sad reely I tendered sil had departed for the metropolis on & my confession, or how gratefully he re-|.hasty summons to attend the sick-bed of ceived it.his former pupil Lord Morley, who was dangerously ill, and not expected to live.A corresporidence and firm friendshiphad continued Between Lord Morley and Basil.Old Lady Motley was dead, ; tred in his mother\u2019s steps \u2014 his public career and private fortune and time being devoted to the amelioration of human misery in all its varied forms.Lord Morley\u2019s recovery was tedious, and Basil hav ing left a competent substitute at Barley ood to discharge his ministerial duties, consented to.remain another week with t her son ig fri thankfully deputed him irs Edmondstone and Ba- ; sil on my return to Edenside with the !Basil that his wife was just confined of dead rgatored to life ; of the questions un-| ner, whose curtains were closed, the faint cry of an infant proceeded.They conversed in French, and the exile informed her second babe (they had only been married three years), and that, owing to privation, her situation was so critical, as to admit of no hope of her rallying from the fever which had attacked and nearly consumed its victim, The gentleman appeared a mild, amiable person, and he assured Basil Edmond- stone that his wife's ravings were frightful in the extreme : he feared that she had some painful secret pressing on her mind, and disturbing her last hours ; and adding that she had been high-spirited and unbending when in health, Basil did not draw an inference favorable to the poor man\u2019s wedded felicity.However, in Lord Morley\u2019s name, Basil requested that nothing might be left undone for the sufferer's immediate relief, so far as human aid could go.He was still speaking, when a shriek issuing from the bed caused him to look round, and he saw the curtains withdrawn violently by the sick woman, who was leaning forward with eyes that shone like stars from out the deathly pallor of her face.She screamed rather than spoke\u2014 \u2018Whose voice is that ?'Tis his I\u2014'tis his ! Basil Edmondstone, come near, or you will be too late! I am dying\u2014come near, or you will be too late ! Basil approached, for even then, in that awful hour, changed, dying, he recognized Inez Danton.Her cheeks were hollow, and the rounded lines of youth were gone ; but the hectic of fever lent an unearthly glow to the countenance, and the large wild eyes flung over the whole a perfect blaze of beauty.The shock of hissudden appearance seemed to have been too much for her feeble reason ; incoherent exclamations succeeded the wanderings of delirium ; but again she was calm, and more faintly ejaculated \u2014\u2018Come near, or it will be too late ! Basil Edmondstone bent over the bed.\u2018Has she kept her covenant with me ?Are you married ?she continued.\u2018I know not what covenant you mean, replied Basil, mildly ; \u2018and I am not married.\u2018Is Lady Marjory St Just married ?\u2018No ; she also remains single,\u201d answered Basil.\u2018Do you still love each other 7 said the dying woman, placing her thin hand on Basil's arm, and fixing her wild eyes on his, \u2018We do; was the low but distinct reply.Her eyes slowly fell, a spasm convulsed her face, and a strange expression struggle ed with the calming power of death.But these were only momentary.She raised her eyes once more ; and while her features ad softened almost into a smile she said\u2014 \u2018Then listen : tell her that she is absolved from her oath ; that I release her ; that she is free to confess all 1 Tell her that Inez Danton died a penitent ; for oh, Basil, darkness is closing around me, and on the deathbed revenge and jealousy are obliterated and forgotten : miercy and forgiveness are all we care for I She never spoke coherently again ; and ere morning light dawned, the once gay and beautiful Inez Danton was no more\u2014 the dead babe sleeping on its mother's bosom.She had run à race of igacy in her native land, until at length a young, handsome, and prosperous man, fascinated and blinded by er allurements, made her his wife.Political reverses were at hand, and, with many others, they were compelled to fly, sesking an asylum in the country which has always proved a haven of refuge for the exile.\u2018Absolved from her oath\u2014free to confess all f These words rang in Basil Edmond.stone's ears, chiming vague promises of hope and joy.An overruling Providence was manifested in leading his steps to that death-chamber : never did he deem When I soon afterwards demurely hinted to Basil that 1 wae too old to think of marrying now n years id since I had first promised to his bride), pointing out to his observation my silver threads, he paid so many flattering and gallant compliments about The line of timeless snow,\u2019 thet in self-defence I was obliged to return them in kind.And in truth mine were not undeserved ; for Basil was one of those men whose appearance is improv- od by years\u2014their figures soquiring only ; y prociai dignity, and their features , from age.About myself 1 to say and conscience slumbered; One of these was to seek out the abode of less ; and yet I will candid} admit that swept the I grew a good deal youn r marriage ; that the Gon years of weariness and mystery ap to have been gradually blotted from my life ; and that therefore my union with Basil can only be reasonably counted from the time I promised to be his.When we did at last grow old, we grew old together, and had therefore no invidious comparisons to draw.Even the young Earl of Mertoun is now a man e prime of life, with a charming countess by his side, and children growing up at their knees.He is beloved in private life, and felt, in the influence of vir- cies of lanes near Leicester Square, Basil tue and intelligence, in the councils of his my breast.I held him at arm's entered a confined tenement, ruinous from country.This doubtless carries forward I contemplated his blooming neglect, and ascending to the garrets, in-| the view through a hope existed, to give up the betrothed of beauty ; the \u2018sunshine within\u2019 chased the quired fer Captain T\u2014\u2014 A woman the reader will consi » Edmondstone, nee St Just, is by this time good many years, and er that Lady Marjory a somewhat elderly dame, and her hus- It may be so.our snowy heads show traces of many a winter frost, our loving hearts retain the \u2018sunshine within,\u2019 which warms and cheers when the departing light of day is fast waning in the west.[THE END.) THE MONTREAL & PROVINCE LINE RAILWAY.THE following are.the more important sections of the bill to incorporate this company : 2.Daniel M\u2019farlane, Esq., John Younie, Esq, W.B.Johnson, Esq, Alexander Cameron, Esq, M.P.P,, Thomas Gebbie, Esq., John Symons, Esq., J.M.Browning, ., J.H.Camp, Tag, G.B.Phelps, Esq., Willis Phelps, Esq., D.D.Warren, Esq., Dexter Van Ostrand, Esq, J.P.Wiser, Esq, M.P, and the Honorable William Henry Brouse, with all such other persons and corporations as shall become shareholders in the Company hereby incorporated, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the \u201cMontreal and Province Line Railway Company,\u201d and the words \u201cThe Company\u201d when used in this Act shall mean the \u201cMontreal and Province Line Railway Company\u201d hereby incorporated.3.The Company, their agents and servants, may lay out, construct, equip, maintain, and work, a continuous double or single track iron or steel railway, of a inches, and also a telegraph line throughout the entire length of such railway, with the proper appurtenances, from or near a point opposite the City of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, and thence westerly to a point on the boundary line between the said Province and the State of New York, one of the United States of America, at or near Fort Coving- ton, in the said State of New York, to connect with a line of railway in the said State to or near the town of Potsdam, in or connection with the \u201cRome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railway Company,\u201d with power to build branch lines connecting with any railway crossing the River St Lawrence at or near the City of Montreal, or at or near Coteau Landing, or at any point between the said City of Montreal and the said boundary line.The Company shall also have power to build, own, and operate steam and other vessels in connection with the said railway, and to maintain and operate a steam or other ferry between the eastern terminus of the railway of the Company and the City of Montreal.4.The capital of the Company shall be one million dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but may be increased from time to time by vote of the majority in value of the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting specially called for the purpose, to an amount not exceeding two million dollars.13.The head office of the Company shall be at the City of Montreal.19.The directors of the Company shall have full power and authority to enter into and conclude any arrangements with any other railway company of Canada or the United States for the purpose of making or acquiring any branch or branches to facilitate a connection between the Company hereby incorporated and such other railway company, or to acquire the corporate property and franchises of such other Company.24.The powers given by this Act shall be exercised by the commencement of the railway within one year after the passing of this Act, and its completion within three years therefrom.CANADA, At Ridgeway a child of John Baxter upset a Jor of vinegar and was suffocated by the fumes of the acid.An East Stanbridge correspondent says : During the time of the Fenian raid in 1866, Dr Daniel Calvey, of the Ridge, purchased, at a discount, a couple of rifles off one of the raiders, and left them for safekeeping at the house of one Collins, across the line.On going for them a few days after, the party in whose charge they were, refused to give them up, with the assertion that they would again be used in fighting Canadian soldiers.No further move was made in the matter until last Monday, when Mr Malvey saw Collins quietly driving along the streets of Bedford, this incident of by-gone days came to the sur- ace.The services of an improvised bailiff were at once procured, and Mr Collins was arrested \u201cin the name of the Queen.\u201d The sum paid for the rifles, together with nearly fourteen years interest, amounting altogether to nineteen dollars, was then de- mauded, and after a little hesitation paid, aad Mr Collins headed his team for the & madder man.The Manitoba Free Press (Feb, 23) says :\u2014Isaac Watson is a dealer in horses, and comes from Leamington, Ont.Last Monday he started for the Boyne on business, and when about fifty miles on his Way was overeome by the storm that All I know is, that altho\u2019 | uage of four feet eight and one-half the said State, and form an extension of Y clared his ability to bribe a Farliamentary \u201cland of the free,\u201d a poorer and doubtless Ex rairie on it impossible to face it, be unhitched his horse, and putting two blankets on the animal and wrapping a buffalo robe about himself, laid down.in the snow.He was just at the point of death when his horse commenced to rub his face and paw him vigorous ,and the faithful animal kept this up all night, thus preventing his master from dropping into his last long nap.When daylight dawned he found himself about two miles from a house, and succeeded in dragging himself to its shelter, where he arrived with his face, ears, and toes considerably frozen.The horse was also pretty wellused up.Mr Watson was properly taken care of, and is now about as good as ever with the exception that he still bears several mementos of his night's exposure.UNITED STATES.The Chateaugay Ore Company are ing to build a forge at Dannemora unction, near Chazy Lake.The forge will be similar to that at Chateaugay Lake, probably of twelve furnaces.One million three hundred and fifty thousand brick are ordered and will be drawn immediately and the work commenced.\u2014 Chateaugay Record.Wm.H.Vanderbilt, C.K.Garrison, Wm.E.Dodge, James Talcott, and others have subscribed $30,000 towards a fund of $100,000 for founding a permanent institution for the New York Christian Home for intemperate men.Bishop McNamara of the Independent Catholic Church, at his first meeting in Boston, gave a sketch of his life.He said that he was the child of devout Roman Catholics, who designed him for the priesthood.He was educated in the \u2018hedge schools, so that nothing repugnant to Catholicism should ever be taught him.Leaving Ireland he came to Boston, studied there awhile, then entered the seminary in St Louis.In the seminary he read the Bible, which was kept as a reference book, and out of that got his first notion of the defects in Catholicism.He wus ordained priest in Brooklyn, where he founded and uilt a church.Visiting once the chapel of the Sailors\u2019 Home, in Cherry street, N.Y., he was so much impressed by the pious exhortations of the chaplain that he threw himself on his knees among the ignorant sailors and was converted.He had already been censured by his ecclesiastical superiors for his liberal views, and now bogan his career as an independent Catholic.A farmer says: \u201cFour years ago my farm was fearfully infected with rats, They were so numerous that I had great fears of my whole crop being destroyed by them after it was housed ; but having two acres of wild peppermint that grew in a field of wheat, cut and bound with the wheat, it drove the rats from my premises.I have not been troubled with them since, while my neighbors have any quantity of them.I feel convinced that any person who is troubled with these pests could easily get rid of them by gathering a good supply of mint and placing it around the walls or base of their barns.\u201d The Litchfield (Ill) Democrat is the authority for saying that a few days ago a young lady of Carlinville sent the following note toa young gentleman of that place :\u2014DEER WILL: Doant kum to see me eny more for a whial any way.Fau- ther has got awfully skeered about burglars, and he sits up every nite till late with a double-barreled shot-gun, watching the back yard.He put moren a pound of lead into Brown's nufoundland dog which was kummin over the fens after a bone last nite.The rose is red, the violet blew, I wouldu\u2019t kum now if I was you.Colonel Reuben Steere, aged 33, height 34 inches, one of the Liliputian trou that has been playing in Rochester, N.Y.was married at Whitcomb House in that city on Saturday morning to Miss Rebecca Meyers, aged 27, height 33 inches, another member of the same troupe.MISCELLANEOUS.DANGEROUS AVOCATIONS.\u2014The ratio of deaths per thousand persons employed is less in coal mining than in the navy by drowning, and is about one-half only of the deaths in the railway service.The number of persons employed in these services is thus given in a recent calculation : In mines, 514,532 ; Royal Navy, 45,000 ; in the merchant service, 193,638 ; and in railways, 270,000\u2014in the latter case the numbers are for five years ago.The deaths in the last year for which figures are procurable are stated\u2014deaths in the mines by accident, 933 ; in the Royal Navy by drowning only, 2270; and on railways, 1000.Adding the number of deaths by accident other than by drowning in the Navy, the deduction is drawn that at the mines the lass of life was 1 to 551 persons employed ; in the merchant service it was by drowning alone, 1 to every 87.503 persons employed ; in the Royal Navy, 1 to every 312 persons employed ; and on railways it is computed as 1 death to every 270 persons employed.In the British House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that Grissell, arrested at last session of Parliament for breach of privilege in having de- Committee, but who was discharged at the expiration of the session, be re-arrested and reprimanded.In consequence of a general feeling in the House that-this would be too mild treatment, the proposal was withdrawn, and a motion unanimously passed that he be arrested and brought to the Bar of the House, Next day ho was brought to the bar, when he read a most humble apology.The Chancellor of the xchequer, amidst cheers, moved his committal to New jail; which was adopted without debate or division.Griseell will be imprisoned during the pleasure of the House of Commons.A shocking case of wife murder occurr- that day.Finding'sged 39, whose husband is an i A \u2014\u2014\u2014 agent and naval pensioner.For twelve months past the woman had been confined to bed with rheumatism, and both she and her husband gave way to drink and led a miserable life.Crow went home in the evening after drinking, and findin his wife was also drunk, he took a bolster and smothered her with it.As he wa ahout to leave, a nurse came in and sto ped him.He admitted the crime, ang | was given into custody.The prisoners son, aged twelve, states that his father placed two pillows over his mother\u2019s : mouth, and then knelt on them until she was dead.Lumbermen have for many years been looking about for a profitable mode of utilizing sawdust.Burning it as fuel for their steam-engines makes no appreciable diminution in the supply, and tho\u2019 varioyg means of turning it to good account have been suggested, their adoption is not a).ways practicable on the spot.Mixing the sawdust with tar or pitch and convertin it into fuel has been found to answer in some cases ; in others the manufacture of fire-lighters, by mixing the sawdust with petroleum or rosin and pressing it into small cakes has been adopted.An ingenious American inventor has recently devised a machine for working up the material into pulp and compressing it into various shapes, such as barrels, brackets, doors, etc.It is said that articles of furniture made in this way are in certain respects preferable to those made of ordinary wood, the pulp becoming perfectly hard and impervious to water\u2014Bulletin.My method with balky horses\u2014and I think it equally good in case of kicking or backing in harness, or running away\u2014has proved very successful with my team, requires but a moment in its execution, and is not, I think, in the least inhuman.I take a strong string (three-ply broom twine is the best) long enough to reach from the horse's neck to the carriage, fasten one end around the horse's neck in a hard knot, so the loop will not slip, bring the throat-latch through the loop to pre- veut the string from working back on the neck.When the horse balks, do not strike or shout at him, but sit quietly in your seat and pull on the string until you choke him, If the horse is very stubborn you may have to choke him severely, but he will be willing to pull before he is choked down.Two or three chokings will render him afraid to balk.I tried this on my team last fall, and have had no trouble with them since.\u2014P.AUCTION SALES.At residence of James M.Leahy, 1st concession of Hinchinbrook, on TUESDAY, 23rd March: horses, cattle, eheep, hogs, implements, &c.13 months credit.ANDREW PHILPS, Auctioneer.At residence of Thomas Grant, La Guerre,on WED- sheep, threshing mill, &c.8 months\u2019 credit.D.SHANKS, Auctioneer.1880.1880.NEW SPRING AND SUMMER IMPORTATIONS.WILLIAM THIRD & CO.BEG to announce that they are now receiving and opening out their New Spring and Summer Importations, and invite inspection by intending purchasers.Hurtingdon, Feb, 19, '80.1880.1880.NEW SPRING GOODS ! AT RAILROAD PRICES IN Brack and Colored Silks, black and colored Satins, black and colored Velvets, black and colored Cashmeres, black and colored Merinoes, black and colored Persian Cords, black and colored Brilliantines and Lustres, black and colored Prints (a great variety to select from), black and colored Buttons (by the thousand), black and colored Shawls in double sod single, black and colored Gloves, Ribbons and Tics (à very large assortment), black and colored Umbrellas for Ladies and Gents, black and colored Hats in wool and fur, also Spring Caps.Our Btock of GROCERIES, including black and uncolored TEAS, will always be found fresh and pure.Our Stock of CLOTHING of a superior quality for aged men, young men and boys will be found unusually large and taking for Spring and Summer and in Suits adapted for all seasons of the year ; also, Rubber Coats in drab, black and Tweed patterns (the Tweed patterns answer for Spring and Fall Overcosts) BOOTS & SHOES and Rubbers for ladies, gents and children ; Hardware, Stone and China Ware ; Gents furnishing Cottons, Linens, Shirtings ; Boye\u2019 Suitings: Cottonades, Tickings, Tablings, Corsets, Carpets, Weaving and Knitting Cottons, Looking-Glasses, Wall Papers, Lace Curtains, Muslins, Cretons,\u2014fresh a0 pure.Clover and Grass Seeds, together with 4 great variety et other Goods will be kept thruout the Season, MoNAUGHTON BROS.March 3rd, 1880.THE CANADIAN GLEANER is published every Thursday at noon.Subscription 1.50 a-year in advance, postage free.ingle copies, four cents each.One dollar pays for cight months'aubscription,twodol lars for & yoarand four months.Advertisements are charged seven cents per line for the first insertion and three cents for each eabsoquen insortion.Advertisements of Farms for Sale if not over 10 lines are inserted three time \u201c LL the direction-Iabel indicate the e figures on the direction-ia wT white subscription is paid, and, there fore, are a valid receipt to the subecriber for pi sent.After remitting, be sure to netico that , figures are changed.All such changes will usus y bo made previous to tho issue of the succceding me ber, except when the subscription has been paid to 7 agent, when a few weeks may elapse.Su ire ft be Hee lle, and send tho oe to renew before time is UP ed on the 17h Feby, at Portsmouth, Eagland.The victim wae a Mrs Crow, SBLLAB, NESDAY, 3lst March: horses, cows, young cattle, ,/ A "]