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~"Voite of properly" selected delegates, who, . gether and properly pr after which be fy i, Bn FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS Are respectfully notified that NEW GOODS Are being received WEEBEKLY AT THE ; Manchester Warehouse Dress Goods, Prints, and Factory Cottons Are being offered at excellent value, A large and beautiful assortment of the newest patterns of Ladies' Bonnets, Trimmed and Untrimmed, A magnificent lot of Parasols--from 3s to 12s 6d each. The attention of Gentlemen is particular- ly requested to the large lot of fashicnably-cut : good-fitting, Cheap Ready-made Clothing. LADIES, femember (Le Great Butter Fair to be held at Manchester, on Tuesday, 4th June-- it is open to all without charge. : ADAM GORDON. Manchester, May 29, 1867. he Ontario Whsee PRINCE ALBERT, MAY, 30 1867. TTT ---- ee -- WHO ARE TO BE THE REFORM CANDIDATES 3 The Parliamentary Elections will be upon us ere long, and according to all ap pearance will find us totally unprepared to meet them with anything like combined effort. Will not the Reformers in the various Townships of North Ontario take action in the matter now and see that the necessary steps are taken to secure, if pos sible, the hearty co-operation of the whole party. Why has the Reform Association been entirely igaored 2 Why has not the officers taken the matter in hand, ought not the President or Secretary to call the Association together so that it may either be put into proper working order, or re- gularly broken up and let go to the wind? If an orgauization is to exist at all let it discharge its duties and act with energy 3 but if it bas only got a name to live, while it is really defunct, let it be buried out of sight. Ia Reform organization is to exist among us--and why should there not ? let us lave one that will do eredit to the cause, and secure the confidence and respect of the party by its energetic ac- tion and disinterested efforts for the fur- tlierance of the noble principles of the Re- form party. But an Association which lias not at least the support of a large ma: jority of the party is only a burlesque, and a fruitful source of the very worst consequences... While Reformers will ua- hesitatingly, and wisely refuse to bow to the decisions of the illigitimate bantling of a clique, or to any bogus Association or Coc- vention, they would most willingly put forth every cflort to sustain and carry out the suggestions of any Association or Con- vention that bas the calm and deliberate sanction and approval of a majority of the Reformers in the Riding. No other de serves tle slightest countenance, nor has the least claim on the support of the party. 'We appeal to the Reformers in the vari- ous townships in this Ricing, and ask them if they are satisfied with matters as they now stand, if they are willing to go into the fight with broken and divided ranks, thereby endangering the success of the party, il not securing. its certain defeat, -- What 'but a sinister motive could induce open selection of candidates by the united acting upon the ddvice of their constitu- ents, shall bring out such candidates as shall deserve the confidence and support of at least a lirge majority of the Reformers of the Riding. It is urged by {hose interested in making things comfort. alle as they now are that no other arrage. ment that-could be made would succeed in uniting the party. No! certainly not! if there be men among us who would rather risk the defeat of the party than dcse a pet candidate, however obnoxious he may be 10 a large number, even a majority of the Reformers, Such men would, of course, not be willing to do any thing except just 50 far as would suit their special purpose, But we appeal to the free and untrammeled Reformers of North Ontario ; those who have no private purposes to serve, no sins ter end in, view to them we appeal and ask them to take the matter in hand, to see that the Reform Association is called to- a fair representation of t eformers of each township may be got together in way of Convention and a fair and honest se- lection of candidates be made of such men as a large majority, at least, of the Re- formers of the Riding may bave confidence in, men of integrity, If (his is done, and done it must be if we wish success--then every Reformer will turn sight in and do bis best to carry the candidates. Or let a majority say whether. they wish a Con vention at all. If they do not wish: it let | 8outleman who had broken one of his ribs Sh ult some other way as likely to proval of the majority, and se- bin (be elections. B Contentions only swindle the party out of their i fail to place un. werthy men a the field; because no man whois worthy of confidence would permit himself to be put forward by a clique, knowing as he must know, that bis whole time would be taken up--should he succeed in carrying the election--in. administering to the special wants of the/few that cun- hingly secured bis seat ; to the detriment and neglect of the best interests of the country, Itis objected by some that only a small number of the party can be got to turn out to a meeting ; if so, that only |! shews that they do not approve of conven. tions, and that they would prefer other means of bringing out Candidates--and it is little wonder, after all, that parties are sick of conventions, they are so seldom conducted fairly, unworthy motives but too frequently succeed in misplacing a man i, e., securing the nomination to an unworthy Candidate. would prefer testing the matter by requisi- tion, some by other means. that whatever plan may meet the approval of the majority, should be adopted. ask once for all, do the reformers of North Ontario mean to sit with folded hands and let matters go as they are ; and thus ensure the certain defest of the party in the com. ing struggle ; A large number Tt is but fair We or will they by a united ef ~~ X big ~ bi 3 badly somewhere in that locality, and has determined to take summary vengeance on all concerned. So that we find him drawing hs sword! No! his pen, and running a muck in-and around the court house, deters minetl 10 write 0 the death, all and sundry that may chance to fall within bis grasp. Our friend goes on 10 say ¢ Here is the last (plagiarism) which has been imposed upon out erudite (7) ( this means don't you be- lieve it) friend of thé Observer" &o. Were imposed 80 that we had been upon by the plagiarism of another it would undoubtedly be bad enough ; but how much worse is it for our truly erudite friend of the Chronicle to deceive himseit 10 such an extent and to work himself up to a towering passion against entirely innocent parties. TO CORRESPONDENTS, Justice your communication is received with thanks ; but it is too scathing , allow us to attend to him, we will see about that $10 matter in time. OUR VOLUNTEERS. The Princo Albert Infanty Company mustered in considerable force at the Drill Shed here on Fiilay 24 inst. The Com- pany was from 50 to 60 strong--they under- iin The County of York charges the Govern- ment with the sum of $3,568 being the am- ount of part of the extra expenses incurred in the late Fenian trials. FUNERAL SERMON, propriate sermon in connedtion with the funeral of the late Samuel Beason, at the Wesleyan Church, their excellent Pastor, tobbs, on Thureday 23rd st. The services commenced by; part of the 44th hymn. , aur hope in years to come &e., by a most impressive prayer, in which the speaker carried his audience to the foot of the cross and left them there. The 15th chap. of 1st Cor. was then read. This was followed by singing a part of the Blst hymn, «Hark! a voice divides the sky, Happy are the faithful dead! &ec." The text was taken from the 1dih verse of the 14th chap. of Job, he live again ? The speaker said, we will offer no remarks by may of introduction § but at once proceed 10 glance at the all im- uestion, contained in the text t ¢ If ie, shall he live again?" This question, he believed, has been | all men, and in all ages ever since man has been upon the earth. doubtless asked the question, and through- out the various generations of men, who have succeeded them, down 10 the present day, it has continued to be asked with more or less solicitude. This question was asked in the utmost earnestness before the flood, If a man die, shall y | The b REFORM MEETING AT BROUKLIN, On Tuesday the 28th inst,, at 3 o'clock P. m., a meeting of Reformers in. the South Riding of the County of Ontario, was held, according to notice, in the Township Hall, | Brooklin, for the purpose of considering what steps would be expedient, to be taken in the premises in reference to the Elec. tions, for the House of Commons 10 Cana- da, and the Legislature of the Provionce of Ontario. The weather being unfavorable the attendance was not large, about fifty persons being present, amongst them we noticed A. Farewell, Jas. Carmichael, W. D. Michael, D. T. Burke, Andrew Annis, Dr. McGill, Samuel Hall, Luther C. Hall, J, E. Farewell, Calvin Campbell, J. M. Thomas, Jobn Campbell, Aaron Campbell, T. P, White, Gaspar Wilson, John Gould, Albert Campbell, Jobn Philips, Timothy Fisher, Jos. and Samuel Holman, Jas. Dryden, Loren Brown, John Dryden, Joseph Burroughs, Z. Blair, D. Holiday, John Ratcliffe and W. Heron, Sen'r. of the meeting was ed by Spveiot ig Jobn-Campbell, Esq, as chairman, and J. E. Farewell, Esq., Sec- retary. After a fewlintroductory remarks from the chairman, and a good deal of disultory conversation, participated in by Jas. Carmichael, Dr. McGill, I.P. White, Calvin Campbell, J. Ratcliffe, A. Fare- went a prely thorough dn!l from their dell fort lend their aid to place men in the field who possess the confidence of at lest a majority of the party, and consequently men upon whom all are morally bound tc unite. are the Reformers satisfied with thins as they are. form association of North Ontario, pre. pared to let the organization go by default, will they either take action promptly or tell us what they mean to do. conceive, is no time for uncertainty, im- portant interests are at stake, and it is at our peril as a arty that we neglect tliem, generally shoots pretty straight, but he has made an awful blunder this time, he has entirely over shot the mark, even succeeded in hitting the target: find an article in the Chronicle of the 23rd mnst., which, to us, seems aliogether unac- countable. ed " The court house lctter-writers," and is supposed to be a reply to a communica- tiou, over the signature, ro bono [Publico, which appeared in the Observer of the 16th inst, Our" confrere, in commenting upon that article, makes a variety of gratuitous charges, all of them rather serious, many of them on pretty slim authority, and, un- fortunately for himself, not a few of them are without the slightest foundation in fact. Our friend of the Chronicle says *¢ there is '"a piece of pldgiarism in the last Prince " Albert Observer " horse laugh. "lico, and although pretending to be written "m North Outarip, emanates in reality " from the Whitby court house," &s., &e. The writer (supposed writers) is charged with literary theft, we think on scarcely sufficient grounds. Literary piltering ought certainly to be visited with chastisement, but the charge ought to be well founded be- fore being preferred. employed by [Pro bono, is doubtless of a style commonly employed in that sort of writing, but we do not believe that the charge of plagiarism ean be brought home to him. The next charge ("although pretending" &e,) while thrown with considerable ve- hemence at the head of Pro bono, was evidently. meant 10 give us a preity bard slap as well, is utterly at varience with fact. mn question was written in 'North Outario, exactly where it 18 pretended to have been written, notwithstanding our confrere's as- sertion to the contrary ; and so far from its emavaling from the * Whitby. court house,"' any coe to offer opposition to a fair and | the gentleman who wrote the commanica- tion is a resident of North Ontario und never was--a- resident of South~Ontario Hor ever | 'had any corfreciiod with that bete nioiy the Whitby court house. met bestowed upon us it was altogether uncalled for. lend ourselves to a party and sanction an assertion which we knew to be false by as- serting that a communication was written in North Ontario, while it was written in South Ontario we should certainly begiving countenance and support to an act of the most despicable meanness and merit the reproach of every lover of truth. not say what our confrere would term an act of that nature, but we would certainly look upon it as an unvarnished falsehood. Our friend takes occasion from his own wut- terly groundless pretext ("that the com- munication emanated from Whitby") to make some very bitter remarks regarding geutlemen connected with court house-- remarks which we feel he will regret having made when he comes to understand that hrs premises were false. Such remarks being entirely unprovoked were quite out of place and only go to show how hard knocks our confrere would like to give if any one should happen to run up against him. We cannot pretend fo possess anything like the intimate knowledge of court house life possessed by our friend of the Chronicle, but we do pretend 10 know that our court house Officials will cempare most favorably an point of talent, industry and aflability with those of any 'othet similiar establishment in the country, suspect however that some of our county Officials must have been treading on onr confrere's corns, or it may be that like the by a fall and was mentioning the ciroum- stance 10 a surgeon who askea him if the injury he sustained was near the veitebim ? 08US | « No, sir," replied the genileman, "it was within a few yards of the court house." Our confrere may not have broken any of his ribs, but he may have stubbed his toes 'We would only ask in conclusion, Are the members of the Re- This, we tl A-- WAKING THE WRONG MAN. Our confrere of the Whitby Chronicle, he las not We The atticle referred to 1s head- that would make a It is signed Pro bono Pub- The phraseology This assertion of our confrere The article As for the compli- Were we mean enough to We can- the Whitby somo fi We rather a 3 last. pretty light fabric. Atnoon a feu de joie was fired and the boys retired, we suspect to have dinner or lunch, structure and will make a eapital place for dnlling volunteers or millitia, if it is prop- erly drained and filled in. believe will compare favorably with any mn the province outof the cilies instructor, Ensign Pound, Major Forman and Captain Billings, also took a hand in pulling them through. The!Company.looked very well, sharp and tidy ; this was their first turn out in their new uniform 3 which by the by, is vastly better than the rig they got on their previous outfit. The pants are wonderful improvemert on those they got The coats are of a fine colour but The shed 15 a first rote This Shed we el -- QUARTERLY FAIR, Our readers will see by the Posters that the next Regular Quarterly Fair will be held in Manchester en Tuesday 4th June. These fairs are now thoroughly established. Stock Breeders and Cattle Dealérs are now aware of the facilities thus afforded for the purchase, Farmers and all concerned in promoting the great interests of Agriculture cannot fail to perceive the great advantages derived from [such fairs ; an opportunity is aflord- ed for buying, selling or exchanging stock, and of converting their surplus stock into cash. Both buyers and sellers ought to take a lively interest in the improvement of these fairs. change the farmer can have--as there he can eell his stock and draw cash every quarter. sale and exchange of stock They are the very best ex- 8 eee FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. It becomes our painful duty to record an- other of these truely distressing occurrences which alas! are but too common on that dear line--the Grand Trunk. tran with three second class passenger cars altached, containing 220 German emigrants on their way from Quebec to Milwaukee, arrived at the Whitby station at half past 1wo on the morning of the 24th inst. man whose duty it was to raise ihe signal light, warning other trains to keep off, ne- glected to do so, that a special freight tran, due 10 minutes after ing up and finding no distance lights hoist- ed, ymagined all was clear and rushed into the station and drove right into the train which was standing, killing three women one man and a child, and wounding other three rather severely, and others slightly. An inquest was held at the Town Hall, Whitby,on Saturday bringing home the ac- cident to the neglect warning (distance light). was switchman at the time and it was tus duty to raise the signal light, but ne- glected fo do so, pad hope the acgident. A freight The The consequence was the above time, came dash- of putting up the Wallace Fraser ¥ After a thorough' examination of a large number of witnesses the jury returned the following verdict :-- " Your jury found, on examination of the evidence that William Parasett, Agustus Parasett, Carolina Lendenberg, Frederica Kleiner and Anna Louisa Sichleg, camo to their deaths by the collision of a special freight train with the merchants' express, which was conveying emigrants, at the Whitby Station of the Grand Tronk Rail- road, on the morning of the 24th of May, 1867--said collision resulting from the ne- glect of the switchman, Wallace Fraser, to raise the semaphore signal, and from nat- tention to the rules of the company by their employers genealiy.h Carson, M. man ; John Blow, J. 8. Phihp, Geo. Con- way, John Woudhouse, Jas. H. Gerrie, Henery Adams, Jr., John Atkinson, Castle Fox, R. Willis and John Ferguson. Wal- lace Fraser has been committed to stand his trial for manslaughter next assizes. (Signed,) G. A » coroner, J. B. Powel, fore- TORONTO. A Man kirLep,--The Globe says that a man named Daly was killed on the 220d inst., while digging a well in the city of Toronto. He stumbled into the well. Whisky Mason 1s off to Washington in order to give evidence against Surrat. Mason having been forbidden to enter the United States on pain of death, was sent for by Seward Secretary of State. 'Mason how- ever refused to go unless he should receive official documents countersigned by the British Minister at Washington, al] of which was complied with, his unmolested return to Canada guaranteed before he started. We hope that his eafe return may not take place very soon. ' 9 IF NOT PROPERLY DONE BETTER LET AvLoNE.--The Assessors for the oily of To- ronto for the present year make the popu- lation of that proud litle city appear to be advancing backward asit only figures up 40,000 whale in 1861 it amounted to 45,000. Sad blundering somewhere. and it has loet nothing of its importance since. There perhaps never was a time in the world's history, when the question by: was asked with equa! earnestness, as it is |) at the present day. And in every instance where bible truth is tampered with, the sacred scriptures assailed, we will find this question pressing itself on the attention of | A, men with increased intereet and lorce. It has been asked by all nations, the savage |: To in and the civilized, the barbarous and the en- Ju lightened. li has not been confined to the careless and the illiterate, but the most ear- | PO neet minds and exalted intelects have | M pressed the question with correspond. ing zeal, with increased anxiety ; and this will ever continue to be tha case down through the various stages of man's present of history: This impertant question will oc- Y P q fiv cupy a prominent place in the mind of man 80 long as reason holds the sway, or judge- ment is seated on her throne. Fhe diverse circumstances in the lot of man, he said, continually suggested the question--tle |p, seeming ease and prosperity of the wicked and the hardships, adversities and apparent calamities which so frequently fall 10 the lot of the righteous pressed liome the ques- tion to every thinking mind. The Royal J. Psalmist when reviewing this, to him unac- countable arrangement, anxiously proposed the question but could find no solution to it an till he went into the temple of the Lod, and there he was led to understand tiie whole matter ; there he saw the end of the seem- ing prosperity of the wicked. It must not | O¢ be imagined however that while this ques- | I'i tion is universally proposed that there is any thing like a uniformity in the manner in which it is asked. The feelings with | of which it is propounded, always correspond to with the character and habits of the person b asking it. The Athiest--that unfortunate |® man--who wishes--and vainly strives to assert that there'is no God, asks the question 10 blank despair, and with gloomy forebod - at ou ings, being without God and there- fore without hope in the world. The 1yrant the mercenary the oppressor of tha poor and needy wedded as they are tothe world and its pleasures, however reluctantly, must propose to them- selves the same question. The murderer the assasemn with hands dripping with the blood of his innocent victim, seeking to | P, hide his guiltand avoid its consequences has the same question staring him in the face in blank amazement and terror. Thus he said, we have this all important question asked in every variety of feeling, reluctant- ly, carelessly, and anxiously ; in doubt, in fear, in terior, in blank dismay, in pleasing in Town, C. Draper, P. B. Jobn Ratcliffe J. O. Annis, for Whitby Township; W. Heron, Sen'r., John Dryden, S. M. Thomas, I. Ratcliffe, and carried. man leave the chair, and that W. Heron, Ben"r., Esq., take the same. well, Aaron Campbell, Jolin Philips, Loren Brown, and D. Holiday, it was moved Dr. McGill, seconded by S.M. Thomas, that this meeting be considered a prelim inary meeting.-- Carried, Moved by T. P. White, seconded by Farewell, and carried that a conven- tion of the Reformers of the riding be held this place on Tuesday the 18th day of ne next at<2 ¢'clock p. m. to be com- sed of two delegates, to be elected on onday the 17th day of June next, in each Sclool Section m 'the Townships, five Delegates for each Ward in the Town of Whitby ; and 12 delegates for the village Oshawa, said elections to be he'd at e o'clock p. m., in the Townships, and 7} o'cfock in the Town of Whitby, and the village of Oshawa. Moved by A. Farewell, seconded by T. Wlite, and carried. That the follow. ing committees be appointed for carrying t the preceeding resolution-- for Whitby 'Whitfield, and H. Greenwood ; Oshawa village, Jas, Carmichael, W. D. Michael ; for Picker- ing T'.P. White, John Philips, John Gould, d Robert Campbell ; for Ist Whitby Guy, Andrew sher, Andrew Owis, Wilham Young. Moved by A. Farewell seconded by Dr. McGill and carried, that the Secretary the meeting be and is hereby authorized procure 500 bills printed, embodying the ove two resolutions, and send them to the several committees for distribution, and that the successful nominees of the conven tion pay the printers bill. Moved by A. Farewell seconded by J. That the chair. J. Campbell left the chair and W. Heron, Sen'r., took the same accordingly. Moved by Mr. Farewell, seconded by T. White, and carried. © That the thanks of this meeting be returned to J. Campbell Esq, for the able and mpartial manner which he has conducted the business of this meeting while in the chair. --Carried. The meeting adjourned.--Communi- CATED, hope 2 Shelstimy font ence, To be or ims a------ A S------------ ins not to be, is the grand question with many. A sonsciousness of a ; wii state of exist | "AVING THE FOUNDATION ance is ingrafted into the very nature of man--il not 80 whence this vehement de- sire, this longing alter immortality ? Like all other questions this too requires an ans- wer, and this answer more or less distinet forces itself on every one. The athiest at- [co tempts a negative reply--ne spirit, no futare no everlasting, no first cause, no God, but all this is gratuitous nssertion, without found- ation, without a shadow of proof; and 1s ouly received by insolated individuals, No M party receives it, no connected body of men receives It, no nation receives it, the world rejects it. Its adoption was attempted by a nation ; but O how fatal, the mistake! France at the commencement of her bloody Revolution attempted to build upon the negative answer; and had her walls pla- to carded -no-God-1- no-herenfter; death-1s-an-|- eterpal Bleep, a reign of bloodshed and 'terror set in ; horror and anarchy overspread the land in their most devastating fury, until the nation was brought to acknowiedge its impious folly, renounce is atheistical assertions and ah forced to declare that there isa God who judges on the earth. There is also "what | may be termed the seculiar answer such as is given by the man of the world, by him who lives chiefly for the world; whose whole attention 15 devoted to the things of time and sense ; the common Yeply of such is that there may or may not a future slale--a tate of endless joy or mirery awaiting every man and woman. Wo have also the affirmative answer and that is by far the most general une ; the vast majority of the human family in all ages of the world's pletory have answered yes ; there is reserved for all an everlasting state of hap- piness or woe beyond the grave. But the answer of the many though "affirmative is often vague and indefinite. The christian and the christian alone can give a decided and decisive answer. He has unwavering | T fidence in a future state of blessed peace for the righteous ; so much so that no danger, no trials no persecutions not even death it- self, in its worst form, can shake his confi- dence or force him to abandon his hope, or relinquish his trust on-a future state of hap- piness beyond the grave. Then followed the 1mprovemunt of the subject and a feel- ing address to the congregation. -------- A --reeee. NARROW ESCAPK FROM BEING DROWNED. ca M fa On Saturday last, a'party went ont boat riding from Port Perry. On their return to Mr. Sextons wharf, Mrs. R. H. Maw, while aitempting to get on a scow from the boat became overbalanced and fell head first into the _ Lake, and after smking and rising the second time, she. was most proy- identialy caught as she was sinking the third--the water being about ten feet deep. The young man belonging to the party de- Tuesday, the 21st inst. foundation stone of a new church. After a very able aud impressive Sermon in the old Church by the Rev. J. S. Douglas, Colonial Jesus Christ." ary Butmpck the conscquynces'y paid ty the people adsembled, (0 ay the foundation stone of the new church, and this being done with the usval formalities, of- fered up 'a most impressive and solemn erly kindness. "Long m: so, abounding in love ai and STONE OF THE NEW BRICK CHURCH IN UXBRIDGE, A very interesting event drew together the Congregation of Scott and Uxbridge in nnection with the Church of Scotlavd on the laying the issionary of the Church of Scotland, on a very appropriate subject, ¢ other foundation n no man lay than that which is laid-- The Rev. Wm. Cleland, inister of the Congregation, after reading letters of apology from several members of the Presbytery of Toronto, who were unable be present, and. making a. few prehmin= tatements, proceeded outside, accom- ayer that the building might not ouly be ccessfully completed, but that within its walls nothing should ever be preazhed but Jesus Chnst and Him crucified," so that when those present, from the oldest to the youngest, had gone to sleep with their fathers inthe silent grave, their children after them might still continue in the same 1th and hops, s0 as to meet again in the General Assembly and Church of the First- born above. The congregation then returned to the church as it was begining to rain, and listen- ed for another hour to very able and inter- esting addresses from the Rev.John Camp. bell, ; Markbam, the Rev. J. S. Douglas and their minister, on subjects of import- ance to the congregation, which all breath. ed a spirit of piety, moderation and charity. he large assembly listened with attention, and satisfaction, as the feelings expressed by the speakers were evidently similar to their own,--to build » house expressive of their regard for religion adapted to their wants and circumstances, und calculated to act as a monitor to the passer by, without embarrassing the congregation witha bur- den of debt, or forgetting that the wor= ship of the of the congregation" was after all the main thing to be desired, so that, at peace among themselves ; they mjght enjoy m peace the ordinances ofthe gospel, and present an Samide of peace and charity to all around them. heart andthe harmony The attendance of the Congregation was creditable to them under the pressing ne- cessity of the season. by a spirit of piety and harmony and broth- All seemed animated ; they continue liberality more more under their able and very ex- serves great credit for his exertions in' res- | °e'lent Pastor, both edified and com orted, coving one life from so sudden; a death. It is 10 be hoped that this will be a fair warn. | ing 0 cthers es lly, to the ladies, upon gelling out and in boats while tied over |A deep water especially.. At least such nar- {of row escapes ns this had onght to.-- Gommu= nicated. - i walkin of the in all the statutes and ordinances blameless. . ios Mr. Cleland paid a marked compliment to . Bagshaw, Esq., a member of the Church kh the. Kind offer of a site on his property for the Building,which though not accepted was highly valued as a proof alike of liberality and Christain charity. At the. close of the sermon a collection in behalf. of ihe Sabbath School Library vas t which realized 8 cousiderabl important object.--Comn Sin,~ Consumedly am | amt ) article which appears in 1 Whitby Chronicle of the 23rd inst., entitled ¢ Tug Court Housk Lerrer- Writers," in which the editor of that pretentious sheet ¢ flound- ers about like a fish out _of water," prefers charges against the ¢ Court Hopse Officials"? of the most preposterous kind ; and makes a vain and futile allempt at criticising a otter of mine which was published in the Onseaver of the, 16th ingly, and signed "Pro Bono PubLico"--a eriticism that baflles every effort at solving it. The editor makes threats and prefers charges, against the "Court House Officials" at Whitby that indicate the intense agony of the writer's soul, and proclaim ~ as plainly ns language can, how deeply the truths that letter contaiiied have pierced his obdurale heart. And in secking to wriggle out the dilemma into which his buffuonery and folly have led lim, he ac- cuses the writer (or wrieis) of that letier which has so distarbed . his liver, with "downright falsehood and misrepresenta- tion" without deigning fo pout cut the falsehood of which he su bitterly complains, or naming the misrepresentations of which he says I am guilty ; but like evely other bad man in a similar situation, he throws dirt at every one who takes him to task for the dishonorable course he is now pursuing ; and amidst the ditt he thus 1aises, he en- deavois to make good his escape. In this he is grossly mistaken ; for no cloud how- ever dense can conceal lus political and mental deformity, With your permission Mr. Editor, I will point to some of the charges the Chronicle makes, and answer them as briefly as possible in the order in which they occur. The first charge is in these words--¢¢ Although pretending to have been writlen (meaning the letter already alluded 10) in North Ontario, emanates from the Whitby Court [ouse." To this I simply reply, that the said letter was not written 10 the Whitby court house ; nor did any man, woman or child, in Whitby or elsewhere, except the writer, know that nt was written, or intended to be written, until it was seen inthe Observer. Will2this' satisfy you Mr. Chronicle? His second charge is, "it (the letter) is taken from a novel newspaper; and may be recognized by some of our readers, who have doubtless come across it befire."" To this [ need only say--that neither the editor of the 2 nor any other person ever saw the letter, or any material, or immaterial part thereof, before it appeared in the Osservei The whole letter, from beginning to end, except the marked quotations, 1s, whatever may be its merits ina literary point of view, my own unaided composition. Tharefore it 1s sot copied from a novel newspaper, nor from any other newpaper, magazine, or book. In both cases the Chronicle has been, and 1s still 'barking up the wrong tiee,' The third charge is--¢ Wiere the stupid fellows leave off copying the novel, the rig- marole is continued thro' a couple columns of badly spelt, and woise written abuse of the Chronicle for opposing Mr. Cameron." In reply to this, I may say: It is as untrue as the other charges. "That there are typo- graphical errors in the letter as published, I do not deny ; but these are of daily oceur- rence, and are not generally attributed to the writers; and nobody but a simpleton would find fault with 'or mention such errors. Bul before the Chronicle rebukes any one else for bad spellifiz, he had better first correct his own orthography ; for the article under consideration is not, by any means, frée from bad spelling, and badly written English. So Mr. Chronicle * those who live in glass houses, shioold not throw stones." Again Mr. Chronicle, © first cast the beam out of thine own eye, then thou shalt see clearly 10 cast the mote out of thy brother's eye." My letter, of which the Chronicle complains in such lachrymose terms, contains the truth, so fu: as it goes, respecting the career of that journal for the last ten years as a political newspaper ; and this every candid reader will verify. ~The editor's parenthetie, interpolations of the ex- tracts he mukes from my leer, are su- premely ridiculous ; because they contain neither sense nor wit, pomt nor effect ; they simply discover the shallowness of the mind of the interpolater. Here is a speci~ men--(" Wonderful--especially the ¢ notion oridea.' "') In this instance the sapient editor would, it appears, have his readers believe that "notion" and + idea" were synonymous terms, and that I had used them without knowing the import of each or either of them. Now for the special benelit of the editor of the Chronicle, I tell him that # notion'? and ""iden" are primarily difierent terms, and are never used as synonymes, except by persons of very limited capacity, and possessing a meagre stock of knowledge. In lature Mr. Chronicle let criticism alone; it is not your forte. You cannot be willy without being impertinent. Yon can- not be sarcastic without being vulgar.-- Pursue whatever course you please ; bat, if you have any regard for "your new patrons, let the electors of North Ontario choose whom they see fit to represent them in Parliament, without any interference on your part. Your recenl «jumping Jim Crow" has capped the climax of your poli- tical iniquity, 'and the Conservatives of North Oatario hotd you in utter abhorrence in consequence of such pesfidy zs you have recently exhibited. ' * 0 shame to the old Chronicle, g Same 3 yy Sontey and thee di fa, nwise in thy course, debased in How Wretched thy portion shall ber Excuse me Mr. Editor for trespassing ro far upon your valuable space, with so trifling a subject, and believe me as ever. Yours very truly, PRO BONO PUBLICO. ee ---- ef ---- To the Editor of the Ontario Observer. Mr. Editor,--Please insert these few lines in your valuable paper,and oblige yours, an old subscriber: At a meeting which was held at Brooklin a short time since, to adopt measures for tke construction of a Railwey from Port Perry, to Lake Ontario; Who attended that meeting ? a few gen- tlemen that expected to be rect); benelt ted by it. Suppose this Railway is made, a by pay for the making of it--the farmers of Reach will principally have to foot the bill. Who will derive the benefit cfit? a few gentlemen at Port Perry, who are largely interested in the lumber businees. If those gentlemen can only carry their points , accomplish their ends they will impose a tax on the ratepayers of Reach that will be a beavy burden to the present neration, and the clildren yet unborn. would say to every ratepayer mn Reach, watch those gentlemen (hey are like snakes in the grass, they will entangle you if they can. A RATEPAYER. Reach, May 1867, \ vith an | Chronicle with his extensive (?) reading, |. THE 34TH AT PORT PERKY, The following were the chief sports of the day HoRsE RACING. ' ly Re 4 F 8 t's Purse, -- $25.-- best three in mn Bane heats.-- Martin Miller's + i : J 6 To Fi, n,"" J, Bowman's eC. Dawes Comberland Mad pr Wman's ----, "Cumberland Muid winner of the race in three straight heats. "In '8 Purse.--$25--best two in three.-- Capt. Cutlers ¢ Dutch Farmer, *' Jas. Phillipo's ¢ Young Grey Eagle y Wal- ter Coulthard's + Gipsy Queen;"'--¢ Dutch Farmer winner. SPORTS, Men ti Race.-- $5-3 _entries-- A. Scott, J. Bowman, M. Miller.--Miller winner, Boys' Foot Race.--$1-- 3 entiies.--M., winner. Sack Race.--$5- 2 entries--T. Ilasel- hurst, L. McLean,--Haselhurst winner. Quoting. -- $2--3eutri's ~ E. Armstrong, B. Fowle, A Watson-- Fowle w.nner. Standing Jump.--$2--3 entries--John Sharp, Justice Ensign and Jos. Shaw.-- Sharp winner, AMERICAN NEWS ' May 28. The ¢ Heralds" special {rem "Troy, ba for another iuvasion of Canada. Gen. Spears to command, May 24. . Mexico. -- Maximilian still holding eut but with no prospect of success. Reports of the prospects of the crops cheering. Winter wheat capital, I migrants pouring into the country. Flour quiet, Wheat declining, Oats dull, L'enian invasion of Canada still on the taps. Arms and munitions of war rapid- ly aceumulating. MExico.--Queretero has fallen by force of aims, It was taken on the 17k of May. Maximillian and ths chiefs of is staff are in the baods of the enemy. EE ------ THE CABLE NEWS, May 22. Flood and Duffy the Fenians convicted al. Dublin have been sentenced to penal servitude for life. The Bioken Atlantic Cable to be repair- ed in two weeks. Internal troubles in Spain are on the in- crease. A political crisis al hand. Liverroos. --Bread-stuffs quiet. Corn declining. | May 23. The Queen's Proclamation has Just Leen issued declaring the union of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotiaand New Brane- wick under one government, to be called the Kingdom of Canada. May 24 Sir A. Allison the historian is dead. Liverrovr.-- Breadstufls quiet and #'ed- dy. Conk.--The Fenian prisoners, McEl- wayne and others are senteaced:to be hanged. Itis stated that the Fenian Burke will surely be hanged. Large and significant Reform Meetings are being held in the chief towns in Eng« land.) The Political Horison looks qua). ly. May 26. It is believed that none of the Fenians will suffer the highest penally of law. Prussia is sitll making" a bluster and not unlikely to get over the fingers a ---- -- MONTREAL NEWS. May 23. The Dominion of Canada, is expected to be proclaimed on Saturday lst pros. Monsieur Cariier's organ the ¢ Minerve' in its uniforn, grabbling style counsels the election of members to fi the double posi- tion of member in both Commons and Local. It is reported that D'arey MoGee is not to have a place mn the new Confederate Government, Flour very dull. ------------ BIRTH, JOLLY.-- i WT Top of A Doo Iv of Jie en i MARRIAGES. STRAITON FRASER.--At the residence of the brides father Byron Street, Whitby, on the 24th ult., by the Revd. J. R. Scott, Ti Straiton, Esq. of Manchester, to Elizabeth daughter of H. T. Fraser, Esq. GIBSON BROWN.--At Port Perry, on the 24th inst, by the Revd, R. S. Forneri, Mr. James Gibson of Scugog to Miss Isabella sn TIOWR Of Renoh. : > DIED, WELLS. --At Greenbank, on {he 20th inst. Mrs. Mary Wells, aged 75 years and 6 months. ELLIOT.--In Reach, at his residence the 22nd inst. Christopher Elliot, aged 29 years. Tin Dovntisemrnts An Emergency. OMMUNICATION of the P. ALF will bo Rony. aout members'is requested. GEO. W. JONES, Secre! Prince Albert, May 80, 1867. Ang JAIL SUPPLIES, iB SEALED TENDERS Wi be Teeeived by the undersigned, untit noon, on Saturday, 8th of June, 4 For supplsing the County Jail with Beef Brent rom 15th oF Se 0 the 18¢ oF Jama Tenders must state th pound f shanks : and per {pein iad for be delivered at the Jail, such quantities, and at such times, as may be req; by the under- JOHN SHIER, i County EnGinerr. Whitby, May 21, 1867" A-aw Perkin, Win. Miller and J, Rose-- Per Kine » 1t that the Fenians are aclively preparing Fi voning half past seven o'clock. dg full Te >