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a eg A ---------------- ee er-------- rn -- Attempted Assassination. THE QUEEN! i with Oshawa he (Mr. G.) was not no matter where he went, to say t! | lived in Oshawa, as it was a place k | far and near as a tial haa Yesterday (Thursday) afterncon | ring and business spot. While | by ) oahu a boos mid cn] - alf-past five o'clock, while the Queen +:- | wea driving on Constitution Hill, a man | with a continuation of the eutefprise px: soamed O'Connor, a Fenian, ran to the : Nibited in tho past, a bright futace can of 'the arbitration we we Sy, Ahat Wo verdfih of ! the Geneva Tribunal proved unfavorable in ite the Americans. Cannot we who have "+ Wide of her carriage, and presenting a pis- | #0F® for us. a %ol within a foot of her head demanded bet to sign a paper granting sn anmesty 49 the Eenian prisoners, or die. Prince Arthur knocked the scoundrel down, and he wal then immediately seised by the attendants, and safely secured. Great excitement prevails. : We stop the press to make this an- oun , E tly further particulars. ok z give COMFLIMENTARY BANQUET IN HONOR OF Jas. Carmichael, Esq. James Carmichael, Eoq., long and favor- known in Oshawa and surrounding conatry, being about to remove from the | -~ place to emgage in a new sphere of busi- ness, was by his fellow-townsmen en- tertained at 3 public banquet on Wednes- day night Ixas, 35th inst., at Black's Com- mereial Hotel. The gathering was a highly rosy ctabl one, and i luded near- ly all the leading busi and profeesional _ | He paid a fitting tribute to the worth of | | individually experienced little disappoint- i W. F. Cowan, Deputy Reeve; sisoac-: and Goations alighly. imagine. | knowlenged the honor done the Council 'the overwhelming mortification which the by the hearty manmer in which the toast | American people will feel 1 And Jo ard had been received; and joined with other ! all aware of the spirit of resentment and { speakers in complimentary remarks to Mr. | vengeance to which the feeling of mortill. | Carmichael. catim gives place. Under such circum. ' The Manufacturing" Interests" next st could it possibly surprise us if the | met with a hearty reception, and was re- Americans at once declared war, acting ! sponded to by several gentlemen. upon their first impulses I Would it not | Mr. F. W, Glon was called upon first. | rather surprise us if they did not 7 We have always anticipated that the { Mr. Carmichael aa a citizen, and wished | Treaty will prove abortive. ' Bo long as | him success int e new sphero of labor { men are as they now are, a peaceful which he was about to b gaged. | solution of such questions can ly be He then refered to the manufacturing in- hoped for. Such visionary milleniums are terests of the place, and urged the build- | like the millenium of Josh Billings: the ing of manufactories instead of railways, | lion and the lamb may lie down together, as of greater benefit to this place. Hege- | but when they comd to got up the lamb ferred io the rapid increase of local man- | will be missing. ' ufacturing business, which this year reach- Philosophers and moralists ase contin 104i hoped 'that with the establishment of other | justico must prevail ; but 'in 'order' that enterprises. now fully expected, that sani | such should be the case, the Washington would be trebled in a very fow years. "| Treaty must prove a failurk: Tor greater { © T. N. Gibbs, Beq., M. P., related inci: | injustice could scaréely be "inflicted upon | cidents illustrative of the groat difeultios | a free aiid #iritéd people than the earsy- geatloman of the ighburhoud ; taat, as the a citisen, Mr. Carmichael enjoyed idk and est of all cl denominations and partivs: The *' spread" v § interests. | experienced by those who, years ago, were | ing out, of the terms of the Treaty in se | | engaged in mercantile and manufacturing | far as Canada is concerned. Canaflitn i He hoped that the difficulties | rivers and fisheries are to be turned over j experienced with the establishment of | to that impersonifiestion of ingratitude, was an excelleat one, and reflected great | fact in Oshawa were now over- | the American Republic, we fecciving no "ed the large sum of about $1,000,000; and | Gally telfing us the * sternal truth" 'that eredit on " mine host" Black, making as come, and that no mere failures i: that | equivalent therefor. Canadian blood and some Iman jo i called on, My Pretty Jute. White Glows with sobgeibe cffch of which. wrs sjielied by a nered:youths in the baek part t style. | & Canznox is henceforti to be "Ss Maculate Matthew. ® wants to keep Lauder" In the , $0 show him asa shodking exam- ' bject. Ms; A good subjec Eg} ' Warrek Foca is oferinghis prop- ; Kua Street for dale. * Bey. adver- nN of the hall, who kept up a continual noise. Mr. Larke was théw called on, but, o L+to_the lateness of the hour; _made very {ew remarks. Tha Wind ir Oshinwa; and theyoung indies and gentlemen. who managed the affdir) deserve the highest praise for the excellent tea and programme provided: The married ladies laurels. number of the young folks attended the second social and spent a happy evening. The amount realized from Tuesday sight's proceedings was $46.50, which was added to the building fund of the Division. -------- The Joseph Hall Manufacturing "We 'quite' anintentioddlly "omitted to notice in our last issue the annual meeti of "the" Joseph Hall Mantfacturing Com- 'pany, which was held in' the compaiy's office In"this Village, on the 14th alt. were all' present, and consist of the fol- lowing gentlemen, of the Do wd ghe Bfrthe most jovial gatherings it has been but plenstre to at- | The stéckhbiders---- who are ll Directors -- | and | | ' | ; ' {oe MT JoxaTHAS S¥xrures, of Darlington | Offers for sale a lot of aii agles of wll kinds. | See Ad Htiseiitent. AsoU three hiipdied of Roil's French , suppurtera haye pledged him and Lepine | their support shuld dng agtewpt be made | to arrest either of tHerd. : | A NEW omxisus, dfiven snd owned by of the Division will have to look to their | Rich Thontds, coumpnented to run #0 and | from the station on Tresday last. The On Wednesday ovening quite a large | friends of Rich will be glsil td seé him on { the *'bus " once more. | | suction, on Lot No. 16, 1st evn. of East Tho Experimental fam. 4 H haw the exciternent caused by our MeniSer's extiaorilinary conduct in railway matters moderated wien there comes like » thunder-glbp the sweeping of Mx. Cafling's unfortenate soloction at Mimiod' of € sité for the proposed Agricul- tural Oullege and Experimental Farm. With the view pf ascertaining whether ! there was any truth in th: unfavorable re- | porte current respecting the site, before | Boi toa , ne Afr the Hon. A. McEflar, Commissioner of Agriculture and Plibiic Works, requested the Council of the Agri- culluril sad Arts Association, last week foport on the site. Thu unanimous report of the Committee condeiiins the site as an- pleasantly situated in a repuisive and ma- Jarious neighborhood ; the soil is bad, ing chiefly wet aud sandy, with a subsil Mr W. C. Martin will sell by public | of hard Mus clay; there is no limestone on buildings and fi are | the soil; | Whitby, on Thursday next, Tth inst., » valueness; Canada thistles all over the land | quantity of farm stock, implements, ete. Sale to commefice at one o'dlock. David Bishop, auctioneer. {Tue Grand Duke Alexis has arrived at | Havana, He'has a buffalo's "edd with { him, to exhibit as an evidence of his | prowess. However, western journals in- | sia that General Custar held' the buffalo | by, the tail while Alexis shot it. Dr. B. Parr H of Bo ille, is prepared to take out and cure all kinds of United' States: Hon, John Simpeh, of Bowmanvifle, Frothingham shd Work: W. H: Briggs, of Richectdr, N'Y. DP: man, and Alfred Brown, of Montreal, Dr. | cancers and tumors without ths ue of the { knife. Any partie suffering from these ! diseases, will do well to consult with the doctor. See card in another column. thetd is no living water on the farm; there is little or no church accomodation in the neighborhood, a defect that many parouts world consider serious; in brief, the site is utterly unsuitable in every reppect. . _. This repoft was adopted unanimously. Port Buckland alone ventured to advance a word in favor of the site, The Professor said that having the farm so mest the nie- tropolis it would be casy and inexpensive for 'Toronto professors fo come out and teach; and that by having a poer farm it might be shown what c.uld be done on bad land! This reasoning will not do, If we need an Agricultural College at ail, we condemnation expenditsre for, porma- | meeting in Toronto, to visit, examine, and | a te isorable ' of in- x ve ood the lo Sie their Idw to attemy was en- tion of the Goverment to allow the mo- tion to pass, and accept the report in tuat way. Sir. Bjake did not understand the hon. gentleman, : Mr. Cameron asked if the Goverarfiint intended to allow the House to pass the uu tion without oppusitiva or taking any other course. Mr. Blake said he intended to fetife from the House when the question was voted, as h: was interested in the nistter. Mt. Cmaeron pointed owt the diffutence betwen his' notion and the wotion as | amend d, and said the matter had been | taken out of his hands by the adeptiun of | the amendment. He eonteaded that his | motion was in accordance with Parliament | ary practice. He s1id be had deen asked | to grve evidence before the coimmittee and f bed why the committee had not pro- cveded with the investigation. He cowm- | plained that the commitwwe had bien s: tis | bed with) the sumple denial of Mr. Blake | od Mr, Woot, and had wot asked them {any questions or ca led for further evi- dence. He wis not satisfied with the in- "vestigation al still believed his charge, | and he believed his word was as good in | the comuunify as the word of the Paesi- | dent of the Council. : | Mr. Dlake said that the member for { East Toroute had mi | charge in his motion. He read the origi- nal motion, Sik) the motion as amended, and showed the charge, as against { himself and the late Troasurer, remained | unchanged. The Hon. gentleman refused | tv charge any other micmber of the Gov | €F t and the charge against any other need professors exclusively attached to it; therefore struck out. The | oF ' member was from a London paper :--¢ A lady -- met with an accident by which a consid. erable portich bf skin aud flesh an {of an inch thick were F¥iioved from her leg, the doctot of the locality having fail ed to make a cure soggested that a por. tion of the skin of some inferior animal might be used, and the patient readily consented. A rat about two-thirds grotm was caught, killed, and quickly skinned, after which the doctor ut off a piece pf the required size, trimmed it fv suit the ex; osed surfdse, clapped it on; and fasten- ed it with strife of adhesive plaster, aftef which the #hile surface was euvered with a cuating of tollog!vh. The experiment snoceeded beyond his' most sanguin ea: peetation, and in ten days the éude Fie complete. The surface of the wound covéted with a fine growth of hair, the rat skin seems to answer every pur: pose. Thé only inconvenience to which thd lady is subject is on account of thé cats. On several occasions, while sisting down reading, she had been put to go little alarm and some inconvenienéd by hating the eat spring on her, sind faften its teeth in that portion of lief dr¥ss #ich iminediate'y covers the transplanted raf skin. . The terriers ales sniff suspiciously at her when slfe valli in the sfrects Tux insurrection in India bas been suppressed. : j 'Adam's nativity has at las' been discov- germ-man. Tux fashionible color fof dress where Dr. Livingston is, is buff; in winter time ered. He was, according to Darwin, a il i i i 1 and show | notion as to himself was in the very words | they wear bare skins. irects i : : ; A . It will be seen by referring to our ad. | and if we need an experimental | ery it did as ome of the best dinners ever serv- | direction might be met with. Oshawa is treasure, expended in driving American od in this part of the country. = The tables | known far and wide, because her manu- wore tastefully laid vat, with soats for 75 | factures compete succeesfully with those gentleman --aud there was scurcely a {of any other glace. Not only are the vacant chair. Dr McGill very eilicieutiy | manufactures colebrated, but the $ | murderers from our soil, and the great | damage to us inflicted by those murderers, ! the framers of the Treaty refused to take {into consideration; Could, then, this au | { Abad aod - performed the dutive of chairman, while | tion .and standing of the business men of, She vico-chairs were flied by Rev. Dr. Qehawa is unsurpassed by these of any Thoraton aud F. W. Glen, Esq. The | other jlace inn the country. Althotigh chairman was supported on his right Ly | having genarally been ranged in opposi- the Guest of the evening and W. H, Gibbs, | tion to Mr. Carmichael conceriing public Esq, Reeve; and on his left by W.F. | natters, still he (Mr. Gibbs 'slways found Cowan, Esq, Deputy Reeve. After au | the guest of thy evening a genial friend. ample and 'full di ion' of the substan- | Messrs. John Cowan, Rogerson aud Sisle and delicacies with which the tabics | Warren also fesponded-- the lati r paging were loaded, about three hours were spent | a high tribute tp the worth of Mr. Carui- in pocial intercourse and speechifying. ! chael a+ a friend and citisen. chairman upon rising remarked * The Commercial Iutercsts " wes next that the first part of the programme--the | proposed. Responded fo by Messrs, sapper--Liad recived aunplo justice. He | Hodder, Barnard, Chisholin, Dickie and f just thing prosper | In attempting to | { please the spoiled Americon 1saty, the | British Government now finds itself to McGill, and F. W, Glen, of Oshawa. Mr. Glén was re-elected President, Treasurer, and Managing Director, sud Mr R Woon Secretary. The capital stock was increased from $200,000 to §300,000--the extra £100,000 being taken up by the old stock-holders. The great success attending this estab- { have assumed a hopeless task. They | attempted to build their temple of Peace | | upon a false foundation, and alfeady they | seo their half-finished structure sinking and shakiug, while the nations of Earupe | ancer at the architects. The Treaty as it | "stands should never have been ratified. ! forget that evil may come. Strong in our right, wo fear not the evil, but can unly pray '"'Let justice be done thongh the was pleased to see such a large and re- spectable assent lage convened, compused of all parties and denominations, which showed that despite little disagreements on certain topics, yet there was a kindly feeling in the community, one for the other. Before ing the d part of the programme, as placed in his hands, he believed the Secrvtary, Dr. oburn, had a duty tv perform. Secretary having been called upon, d kindly nutes of apology from Messrs. Ratcliff, C. Walsh, A. Farewell, M - P., Rev. W. Scott, Rov, W. Belt, snd W. McCabe, who were unavoidably prevented from being present to do houor to the guest of the evening. During the cvening a note of apology was handed in from Mr. Geo. Thompson. i Fowke. Mr. Chisholm sang *' Maggie by my side," in a happy style. * Law, Physic, and the Press," . next proposed. CONTRAST THEM. | Messrs. R. McGeo and J. E. Farewell | In its issue of this week the Fiadicalor, | answered for the law ; Mr. W. T. Atkin- { commenting on the result of Mr. Camer- | son, Dr. Rae, and Dr. Coburn for the | on's of enquiry with 140 Mr. | physic ; and J. 8. Larke and W. R. Climie | Wood's resignation, says : ior the press. " Hon. Mr. Blake, while pretending to "The Agricultural interests " was re Sow La fuvenigution, would fot ot r. Cameron's motion . Shunied so by Metsie J. Gould, 1), Coat, amended it te suit his own and D. Lick, and J. Fox. then appointed a commi tvs, the large ** The Ladies." Messrs. R. C. Steele, | majority of who. were his own support- and J. H. McClellan acknowledged the | ers." honor sought to be conferred by the toast. Now, the members of the committee ! Mr. Baker, Principal of the High School, | were chosen from each side of the House | heavens should fall." . ------ were ots lishment during the pwst ten years is mainly due to the indefatigable exertions | tisement of the Machine Made Hat Com.- | | vertising coluinns, thet Mr. Geo. Stephen- | won haa purchased the butcher's business | | quality to all who may favor him with | sheir patronage. Meat sent to all parts of | the town. | CoNTRACTORS Will please note the adver- | farm at all, we need one that will be a { motel in regard to soil, cultivation, and i | variety. W farm that will | of Mr. Henry, and is now prepared to | Yoriety We do not want a t will | | supply meats of all kinds aid of the best | be distanced every year a: tha Provincial i Exhibition. The object of the College | and Farm is to show incidentally, we ad- | mit, how to make the most of very poor | 1and; but it is chiefly to show how to bring of the Managing-Director, Mr. Glen, who | pany, in another column, asking for ten- | show practically how to keep good land has been the means, to a great extent, in making it one of the most extensive {ders for the ervctimi of a f.ctory, other buildings in this town. and The main | from degenerating; and to make experi- | ments of various kinds for the benefit of establishinci:te of the Kind om this Con- building is to hw) a frontags of about | the whole Province. A record of the pro- tineat. I But while hoping for the best we must'not | py, Printing Presses manufactured by ! storey's high. this Company are meeting with a large sale. are equal to any of the kind we have ever seen, In the manufacture of Agricultural Im- plements, and machinery of all kinds the company is ahead of auything in the Do- | minion, the reputation they have gained speaking more for theni than is in our power tg do. Wo wish tho Company every success; | and may it go> on and prosper ia the future as it has iz the past. IN vur last issue we had werely roms to say that the C. P. Church tea held on the 22nd ult, was good. 'We now add, that in 'point of attendance, she gathering Two of them ih use al this Mee | 1300 feet by 50 feet deep, and to be two ! Oven seventy, women and. girls are now { at work at the Hat Factory in this place, | the majority of them earning good wages, i and doing mice, clean, light work. Young women wishing good employment, and good wages would do well to apply at this { establishment. i |} ya | DUNBARTON. A social was held by the members and { friends of Erkskine Presbyterian Charch | near Dunbarton, on the eveting of Tues- | day, 20th wlt., for the jurpose of raising { funds to drain the burial ground in con. { nection with tho Church. Fr. Peattie, ! the Pastor of the congregation, occupied | the chair with tact and ability. Instructive i ; in fow eloquent reniarks referred to the | equally, and this the Windicalor we'l | eclipsed anythirg of the kind in connec. | 30d Pleafing addresses were delivered by high and ennobliig benefits conferred by | knew, thérefore its statement is a delib- | tion with the sungrogition for some years | Dr. Thicker, Revds, Messas. Ross, Bain, | education upon any community ; and held | erate falichood. As regards the alteration | past. The tea reflocted great credit upon | Coruleli and Kennedy, and T. P.:White, born Englishman," by Mr. Geo. Stephen. | that. the entertai that without education no person or na- The chairman then propesed the staud: tion could stiaib tc tre ; Jeaets; row The riod or 'Auld Lang Syne" was thén sung by 5 pany, . : fy Buri ™ | the company, and the happy assemblage singing 'Gud save the Queen. The | 0 ased Prince and Princess of Wales, and reat of | © Fo the Royal fauily." Song, *'The True- | 2.4: We may ti n, with on, t was on " The Governor-General of the Do. | tetnperance principles almost exclusively. Sunte | of Mr. Cameron's motion, we publish be- | low, in parallel columns, the original | motion as moved by Mr. Cameron, and | the motion as amended by Hon. Mr. | Blake : i AS PROPOSED BY CAM- That a select com- {mittee th enquire H whether any.and r corrupt induce. mer of | interspersed by appropiate music by the « 4 - the ladies; being of that sumptuous cha- | £9 Music was furnished by 'a large after which 'has ds our Presbyterian | choir of young ladies, inder the leadership ition dv of proverbial for spreading ont | of Mr. Barnard, assisted by Messrs. Greig, the good things of this hy The after | Buchan, Purvis, Holmes and Burkholder- part was well sustalsicd by speeches frou | Jit Scott presided at the harmonium. Rev. Measrs. Konner, Ballantyne, Dryl Paper bags containing a large variety ; of Topp, Edmondson, Fletcher, 'and Scott, | first-class cakes wera served arcund during | | the evening. . The préceeds, taken at the chair. "The chair was ably filled by the | door, amounted to about 850. A very ! ducts of the farm will be kept, and, as one of the Committeo said, *" it would be too bad if this record--the record of the model with the records of ordinary farms in Eu- rope. If it did it would 'not tend to em- courage immigration to this country. The choice of a site for the Agricultural College and Experimental Farm will now rest with the Legislature. We hope they Province of Ontario.--London Advertiser. er -- © ~<A ---- ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. . Tuursovay, Feb. 22nd. Several petitions were preseuted, and | Bill read a third time. | Mr. Blake moved that the House go | to committee on the railway resolutions. The debate on railways continued up to siz o'clock, when the House rose. After recess; the following Bill--with | a few others --was read a third time. "To enable the trustees of the several | | congregations in Oatario of the Wesleyan | Methodist Church in Canada in conmec- tion with the English Conference, to place | the lands held by thew respectively vivede tho directions snd provisions of the 'Model Deed' of the said Church; and | for other pur, Wig | The debate on the railway resolutions | was again proceeded with, and conmmued Farivar. --Mr. Farewell presented a into thy highest and most profitable state the average good land of the Province; to | farm of Ontario--compared unfavorably | will make a choice worthy of the banner | till midnight, when the House ljourned. | | of the original motion. The Hon. gentle- { min refuscd tb name his committee, and the Govern proposed a committee, to whish the Hch. gentleman made no objec- tion; He had before the cum- mittee, had denied the charge, and sub- itted. himself for examinrtion, but the ! committee did not choose to examine Lim. | The observations made by the wember for East Toronto were cruel in their charact A SouTHERY paper speaks of the death of several citizens from throat disease, superinduced by razors." A country editor, describing a recent .copious rain, says : any longer, and down it came." " Subsériptions to wipe out the German and unworthy of tho position he occupied, but not of himself. It was con tothe first principles of courtesy and decency | that he should refer to the-proceedings of another copunittee; but he chosen to do so; and the House would judge of his action. The member for East Toronto had not pursied the course any other gen- tleman would have followed. He (Mr. Blake) denied the aecuracy of the charge. The member for East Toronto held that his suspicions should be equivalent to his | (Mr. Blake's) word; that the country was | to believe him guilty because the member for East Toronto believed it. The mem- ber for East Toronto had buen offered the opportunity to prove his charge, but in- | stead of doing so slunk away, and then complained that he (Mr. Blake) was guilty although he had denied the charge and of- fered to submit himself to whatever ex- | amination the -ommittee thought fit to | adopt. The member for East Toronto | had made him the subject of a most pain- { ful experience. He had thought that she { member for East Toronto would have had | more generosity-- would have had more regard for his position--than to pursue the | course he had pursued. He had hoped that the conduct of the member for East { Toranto would have rendered it possible to bridge the gulf that that mewber himself had created. He had hoped that the man who first charged him with a base crime, | then challenged a denial, then refused to accept the denial, and again refused the | opportunity of proving his charge, wouid | have stopped there. But what was to be [ snid of tho man wh, in spite of all these | things, rose up to-day and repeated not merely that hea Mr. Blake) was guilty of | that base crime, but added to it a deliber- ate falsehood? (Loud cheers.) i Other members took part iu the debate, | which was continuel up till midnight, when tho mation was put and carried by | & vote of 48 to 18. war iad ity continue to pour into Paris from all parts of th) conutry. The fund' has now reachéd 23,000,000 francs. Tar Midland Mais iaciaz 2 nosay, Port Hope, have contracted to supply ome hundred of the platform cars requized by the Intercolomial Railway. : A despatth from Bombay states that the cxpedit'on against the rebellious Looshois has been - entirely - successful, and the conntry is now quiet. Tug Dublin Mail snnounces that Mr. Butt, Q. C., the "Home Rule for Ire- land advocate, has been offered a jude- ship in India at a salary of £8,000. = Will he accept it ? ~ Lovaeviry.-~In the 'burying groand { adjoining the Scotch Church, in Scazboro', | there is a headstone, just as you enter by the small gate, inscribed to the memory of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, aged 110 years. Vermont paper that its last issue called Alexis * the noble Kuss; " he had written it *' the noble Russ," and the fault was | with the priater. A veteran coloured man of Mobile was married lately at th) aga of eighty-three, and took occusion to remark during the ceremony that he had been married thir- teen times already, but never got out a license before. sad row the other Sunday, in 'their place: of worship in Siwvannah. The minister, it ppears, was unpopular, and she flock flung hymn-books at him,and contribution boxes, and even bibles. IT was not tha fault of the editor of & A coLorED congregation kicked up & - "It couldnt stay up nient or offer was made minion." Suiig, "A fine ould Irish | piscyy sTATEMENT CONNECTED WITH ABOVE, | Te or wht made | petition frow the Town Council of Whitby, | ' Tuespav.--The Bill to make further { Gintiewssn," by Mr. Chisholm. "The |, = = Ne. Bi i> Army sud Navy." ite | Printihg Circulars oO % Printing Tickets Postage on circulars wailed, Eavelopes, 7 ceuts each The toast of the evening, "Our Guest," was next proposed by the chai , who referred 10 the active interest which the guest had taken in the welfare of the sown for the past 15 ur 16 years. Mr. Carmichael upon rising tv respond was reccived with a round of applause. He exp d the grati ion experienced packages, 5 No. of guests present, 70. No. who rece.ved sompli- mentary tickets. ... 5. Amount realized on 65, a $1.50each............ Deficit a member of this § House to induce him W 4 8< hy fh gs ¥ N ii F st meeting 80 many of his fellow-citizens ; sad notwithwtanding differences of opinion st times, he could now heartily extend the right hand of fellowship to all present, ---- without distinction of creel or party. | Ix view of the difficulties mhich have After detailing the circumstances con. Already arisen agamnst a peaceful settle- nected with his settlement in Oshawa, he {ment of the troubles between Great reviewed the progress which had buen | Britain and the United States, it mey made in business 'matters in the Village, | Well be asked : Will the Washington snd: instanced local manufacturing estab- | Treaty prove % success? To such a ques- lishin nts as preof of the finportance of tion we are inclined to anawer in the noga- the place and the enterprise of leading . tive. The public journals of the day, in ritizeus. Although he was nox about to di the tion, seem to argue L + hira, and hither his thoughts would always | American Government ean be induced te turn when home was Juneutionsd. The | drop their claims for constructive d fel B. | of cash realized was in: excess of all pre- | *6iTE comunittee, eencluded with hearty * 1 yious years. - | operations on Monday morning towards eg. - Pastor. Rev. Dr. Thornton. Ths amount | pleasant evening, eroditatle to the man- | thanks to all couterned in the matter. -- i {| 'Taz sanmidl seeing of the Canada | Saw Mni Bouaxzp.--On Saturday | Bible Society wis held here on Friday morning - last, about tem o'clock, the saw | @ ening, 23rd ult.; and we regret to say | mill belonging to Mr. John Barry, Clare- | that the Attendanes was not so large as it | y | mont, was discovered to be on fire, and | ought to have been. John Parker, Ea, ! { in.a short 'time the building was entirely | (he President of the Society, presided. | consumed. - The. conflagration originated | The minutes of Inst ting were read | | by-a tire being put in the wheel hous to [and sustained, after which Rev. Mr. | | thaw out the ice. By the exertions of the Manley delivered his excellent lect=:re on | neighbors tho lumber was allsaved. Loss |." The Bible and the World," 'which wae about §1,500. Mr. Barry commenced | [istened to with great attention and inter- It was' resolved to Qivide the pro- the i liste erection of another mill. | | | A permsal of the abové'at once mskes | manifest the utter hollowness of the Vin- | dieator's izsinuations of weair play on the i part of Mr. Blake. | Mr. Cameron's nam» as the author of the lucational advantages of the presont day | all trouble will be at an ond, because it is were compared with those which existed | this very plea for constructive d | charges ; and secoundly, the exclusion of the words " or any other member of the ia this part of the country a few years ago, | which has so unaviwously roused into bo [prove tie great progress which had | opposition the people of tho British Em- Been made in that direction; aud the | pire. rapid growth of religous iustitations in | | Gov -- Mr. Camervun. having ex- | pressly refused to name any other Mi - , Yer as bring implicated in the alleged cor. | rupt transactions, an 4" i] . The only alterations leave Oshawa, it would always be-woxe to ' from the common standpoint that if the made were: First- the introduction of recti | ceeds, amounting to about $45, between Ho purposes putting in a Turbine Wheel | the. Canadisn Branch and the British and this tis e, which will do away with the. | Foreign, vine-third to the former and two- necessity of thawing the ice. The new | {hirds to the Istter, to be devoted to the mill is expected to be in running order in | interests of Italy and Spain. After the Jess than eight weeks. appointuient of officers for the ensuing year, and a short speech by the Rev. Mr. Tine 1s Moxzy. --In Mr. Cowan's letter Kennedy, tha meiing clneed. Cox. {to the Vindicator I see that every trade pir { and profession is fo derive benefit from | our futare prospects, but, nat, the'poue § | jowellers, notwithstanding they help to 4 | pry for the improvements. I would ad- | a Jab. on the. wow Batti Coren | vise all, before they vote for the by-law, | in thié place Sunday, Mth ines, till the | | to go to Taylor's and secure a firs' -class | Monday night 'following. I feel it a pleasant | Russell watch, to make sure that you will | 44% 40 do eo. i Osuawa, Feb. 3th, 1872. To the Editor af the Ontario Reformer ; | Dear Sin, --f am now enabied to furnish your | Com. . {| ML id effect ; also a number of petitious for the | | praying against the Billi to amend the charter of the Put Whitby aud Port Perry Railway; aso from J. H. T. Mec- iHan and others, of Whitny, to the sane establishment of an inebriaio asylum, aad for certain restrictions on the sale of spirituous liquors. ve of #bsence was granted to Mr. Pardee, and Mr. Farewell was appointed to take his (Mr. Pardee's) place on the Préton investigation comunttee. The Bill mmunding the Act to incorpor- ate the Purt Whitby and Port Perry Railway Company, and a few other Bilis were read a third thine and passid. The debate on the railway rosolutions was again taken up and continued tili re: cess. After recom, a few private Bills were read a third time and passed, when | | the debate on the railway aid was resum- ed, and continued till midnight. Sarvrpay.--Mr. Blake moved that till the close of She Seativn there be two sit- i of the House daily. Agreed to: Mr. Blake moved the reception of the report of the committee on the resolutions respecting aid to railways. Carried. Wr. e introduced a Bill founded on the resolutions. Read first time. Mr. Blake moved the reception of the report of the committee on the Bf to render members of tho House of Com- mons ineligible as members of the Legis- lative Assembly of Ontario. ceived. On motion of Mr.. Mackenzie the House went into committee of supply on the supplementary estimates. o different items were adopted. Report re- | She place was also uoticed. | A eiremin But there is one fact which appears to | I -- i: an | The folle the amounts : ~ be in time to vote for the by-law. mail i= . the smartest people in the country. aniace laving acs, tarough beoare.. | meat, wich necusaituied the Weakling wp oy L [of his home, ie wouaii. jew pad foo old Friends, bat still Lo vould - Oshawa as ais how, ai lait resting place of his tw vi the western Lak hes | nor boaaids th 1 pince. ~wween Mr Carmichael and himeelf, and the | States agreed to allow the matter to be ditliculties experisnced in the establish- settled by arb tretion (if possible), relying ment. of sfacturing, establishments upon the justhess of their canse, and the uthis place, He considered, Oshawa | the best place in the world, and that her | trators to bs appointed. In view of these citisens, in propurtion to population, were | facts, let us suppose (whitdl 18 not impro- bable) that the decision of the arbitrators * The Village Council" was next pro- | will be unfavorable to: the United Btates. posed, sad responded toby the Reeve, | What then would be'the resilt i The W. H. Gibbs, Esq. He was pleased to | egregious folly of the American Govern- be present $0 do honor to one whom he es- | ment in making" its 'enormous demands teemed; and that although differences may | has led the American penple to feel sure have existed, yet he always considered uf receiving from England $30,000,000 or Mr. Carmichael the best-uatured mau he $40,000,000 at the lowést," and has dawn wr mot--one who was always ready, upon thous the aftemtion of the whole shar te Datile was (agit, 10 50s co utp aimitsed world ; whine -the 'stokéereeer of gs : - sound senso sud impartiality of the srbi. | have Lue: lost 'sight of. The Bwitish | The Social of the Season. Government hus ever protested againet he plow that it was. responsible for the damage wilted by the Confederate 5% cuisers, sid has evir held that during fhe | the avai war it (tise GovefLment "of Great if shoud be | Bian) scied in tbe most {runily waci- of the civek tu Nortuern Sistos, and He Gusted tha ail poessas would | reacrved the strictost possible inet rality look beyoud the prescist, and that we aii | towards both coanbatunts ; and that such would muet in a veiter world beyond the | is 'the case we think few uu; rejudiced wrave. Ho retatued sincere thauks for | persons will be inclined to deny. The Sue hoaor conferred upon him on this ve- | most wnineat lawyers of Eugland have casion. ; | scouted the idea that she is responsible Rev Ur Thornton expresso] the grabtie ' for the acts of the privateers. * A¢ the cation it gave him to be present to de 'time the' Tremty was being framed, the honor io Mr Canaichasl, who was worthy | Americin Commissioners offered to settle in every respect the compliment paid him the whole affair by Great Britain paying by the assemblage. He also reviewed ' to the United States thesmm of $30,000, - the rise and progress of Oshawa, and re- 000; but this proposition the British lated a portion of his experience in con- | Commissioners negatived. The British mection with the educational institutions | Government, while in no ways admitting of the place. - | the justudas of the Awerican demands, in McA. 8. Whitinglreforrad to the friendly 'whole or iu part, simply because they ralstions which had for years existed be- | wished to be at peace with the United ! Buch was the social on Tuesday evening Inst. It was got up by the married ladies, and well | they succeeded. | Tea was served in the i lower part of the Hall, which was fitted up |] : { with tables for the occasion. | hundred sat down: to one of the best teas over served in town, with a lot of attentive | waiters to supply their wants. After all | heel been satisfied with the good things set before them, they removed np stairs to listen to'tle programme prepared for the occasion. The chair was efficiently filled } by Mr. R. C. Steelo. After a few remarks by the chairman, Miss White and com- pany sang a temperance song, after which Mr. Cameron made » few remarks. Miss White was then called on, and sang "The Merriest girl that's out," followed by Miss Tuttle, who sang "Phe Harp." Mt. Thorton was then called on to read the minutes of the last sociat, which he cid, in good style. The minutes insted of a got up by th eyoung ladies of | the Division, who tried to surpass the one ! About two Tas Oshawa High and Common Schools were inspected yesterday by Provincial In- | spector McClellan... We have been unable to obtain particulars, but understand that the lnspestor complimented Mr. Baker and the other teaghers very highly on the efficiency of the school, and congratulated able: building. Full account next week. A Micmixist and Blackssmith's Union, in counection with the International Union of North Amorica, was organized in this place on Monday the 19th ult, with 22 charter members. It will be | kmown as No. 3 of Ontario. It is a purely for their use over Simpson's store, in Hyland's block. Meetings every Monday night, at 7:30 sharp. Tur Joseph Hall Masufasturing Co's ia getting a world-wide reputation for th excellency of their machinery. Last weck a No. 3 Gordon Printing Press was finish- ed up ready for shipment to ome of the piece of poetry all abeut the monstrous haggis which figared-so eonspicuously, and icaused so much amusement 'at tho last social. The poetry was just abort as scotchy as the haggis it:elf, and took much * Never Court but one"-<very good advice to all who are imonialy inclitied' Tho Rev. Mr. Scott was then called un, and mds a few humorous and appropiate' rc- siiarks, after which a large four story eke, in whieh wai & gold ring, was eut and sold at tes cents per pibce. Mira Graham was --_ Wo breky om 10 get Ne pite Somtaning. 18) AN a at nan, FT 1a largest printing establishments in Edin- burgh. Push and perseverence must and will have. their reward. Serax of the (shawa b.Diardists have j challenged a like nuniber from Whitby better. After the minutes Mad been read:| 0 PY & friendly game of billiards in this sad approved, Miss Tach sang the song' | place: -the losers to pay fur the oysters. We have not heard whether the challenge has been acrepted. 1" Mzsses. F. W. Gey, and T. N. Gises have purchased the old McGregor property from Mr. Conant ; and Mr. Glen is offep- ing for sale jwelve of the Tots, with great inducsiuents to parties who will purchase them on having such a neat and comfort. | Benefit society. A hall has been fitted up | Nett proceeds of soiree Monday I 2coyening.... dh :...ii..0o0 ii d { | Palntents and pleliges on Monday | { Total amount raishd . ... id | This with the afiount farmarly paid or pledged | will fully freo oul church from debt. And in | making tLie statepent, I would; in the name of | our buildi mittee and church, return my | heartfelt thanks t| our many friends in Oshawa | { and neighborhood] of all religious denomi: nations, | for their great i have built 20 as ty and kihdness. If we | merit, in a goodly degree, their approval, produce the conviction that we have expe their money, rad our own well. we shall fhel truly gad. 3 To oun WonkMEN---the May Brothers in | Dickie & Henry Gay in wood word: Mr. Brewer n painting ani glaizing: Hatch & Co,, and the Luke we would here express our sin- cere thanks, What enchances the likerality of Oshawa, and for a place of the size, makes it Lis the fact that our new church is the fourth church freed from debt dvring the last few weeks in this town, . ' May alltbe sanctuaries holding Christ as their Divine Head and Rodoemer, be fiduch prospered in their great work of saving souls. Sincerely yours, : W. 8S, PATTERSON, \ Pustor Baptist Church. A migister took for his text--*' The flesh, 'he world, and the devil," and in- formed his astonished audience 'that he would dwell briefly on the' flesh, rap- idly aver the world, and hasten a fast as he could to the devil. A Dr. Cammings, whoin years Past has terrified 0 many of his fellow beings with the solid: proof that the world would end Th a feW months, has gone to the other oud of the controversy now, and announces the world will never come to an end masonry aud bricklaying; Messts Robt. & J. y The House then went into Committee of Ways and Means, and adopted a mo- tion by Mr. Mackenzie; granting £2,392, 072 as a supply to Her Majesty. Committee then rose and : Moxvar.--The usaal number of peti- tions were ted. Several Bills were read a third time ; and others advanced a » ly to Mr. Scott, (North Grey) Mr. Bike said there was no boundary line between this Province and Manitoba. ! The line was between this Province and the North- West, and Manitobe lay furthe: to the west. Steps had been taken to obtain a definition of the North-west boundarv of tho Province, and a com- missioner had becn appointed for the pur- e. . It was supposed that the Commis- sioner would shortly make his report, and then further steps could be taken. In reply to Mr. Clarke, (Wellington) Mr. Blake said the Government had no intention of preparing a measure during 'y te Adis restrictions upon the sale of intoxicating uors. . Robimson moved for an address for the regulations in respect of the returns to be made to the Treasurer by the Issu- ors of Tavern and Shop Licer and of the moneys received: them| for such licenses ; and statement shewing for the year 1871 the date of each return, and the amount of each paymént from eich issuer, and the date and final statement for the year ending 31st of December, 1871. Mr. Mackenzie said thie House was bound to do anything it could to stop the prevalance of drunk in the try. Mr. Farewell hoped that before next session of Parliament the temperatice mon of Omtario wonld maturs sume plan to deal with the liquor traffic. Mr. E. B. Wood thought the present law was far in advance of i ini bgp i breathe 'Gam. | provision in aid of railways, was read a second time and ordered to bo raf 'reed to commitfee at ano her sitfing, Mr. 0; moved the lord reading of the Bil to rewder mambers of the House of Commons: ineligible as miamb. #; of tho Legisla ive Assemb y of Glutario, A long dcbat: tobk place oh this mo- tion, and scveral amendments were, pro- posed thereto, but all were lest «na di- vision. The fiotion was earried by a vote of 45 to 19. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjovriied. After recess, the Bill respecting the Law | Suciety of Oatario was debated at great | length, in the course of which Mesats. { and Wood to Lander in scathing i terms ; but n thing more than he deserved. and others advanced a stage, and th "House adjourned. Weovespav.--The greatsr part of that day was taken up in discussing the Rail- way Bill, which was read a thir time and pasfed, amid loud applause. ) After some discussion on the Agiicul- tural 'arm, Indian Lands, etc., a few Bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned. : | Tue Conservative journals affect to find { fault #it¥r Mr. Blake's railway aid folicy ; but the worst they can say of i is that it is. an extension of John Sandfield Mac- donald's policy 'on the same subject, and fhat they laad to the skies. The policy inaugurated by Shndfield could not be re- pudiated, because the good faith and hon- or of the Legislature iad been pledged to more--he has provided that that podiey shall be carried out only by the consent of the Legislature to each 'specific appropri- at on for railway purposes. He has put it beyond the power of any Minister of the Crown to promise aid to any railway undertaking, because it must be left to the the recommendstion of the Government, that an appropriation be granted to any enterprise, shall be carried intv effect or not. An order in Council may be issyad, but it must remain insperative, till ne- the original scheme for aiding rail: ays, that of appropriating $100,000 ahaually for railway aid, which, to the companies, will amount to €2,020,000, while it will cost the Government, owing to the man- ner in which it is done, only about $1,10)- 000. _So admirable a s;heme never euter - ed the marrow mind of John Sandfield Macdonald .-- Hamilton Times. Last September a man d Th Scveral Bills were read a third time, | carry it out; but Mr. Blake has done people's representatives to say wh the? tioned by the Legislature. But Mr. Blake has aildad anothar important feature to INGERSOLL is excited over a "mystery." AQUATIC, --A prir-oared race between the Biglin Brothers, of New York city, and Coulter and Cabot, of Pittsburg, is arranged to fake place on the Schuylkill. Distance, five miles. The stakes, which are had by Jolva Morzisay, are $2,00). that on- Saturday resolutions were passed by the Produce Exchange opposing. the projected Niagara Ship Canal, and a com- _ mittee was appointed to proceed to Albany to endeavor to defeat the canal Bill now pinding in thy Legislature. GEmiaNY is tightening her grasp on the conquered provinces. The Ufficical | Gazette of Berlin announces the extension to Alsace and Lorraine of the clauses of the Gleritan Constitution relating to the ilitary | system, including those on the obligation to military service. Ix Scotland, recently, a prise fight B& tween a woman and a man was broken up by the police. The woman had just got the poor man's head in chancery, and tierce manipulations, when the myrmidens | entered the ring. ! Tus Paris journals are joking Trochw with the word " tortie." One cf thew | says the General got out of a railway | eatriage and was going to leave by the | wiong gate, when on official respectfully: remarked, " This way, G. for the sortie," upon which the ingui soldier, horrified at the reminiscences of Paris, jumped into the carriage again and sped on his way. ' No or no woman is safe who has once' formed the Mbit of lookin} to drink for sos lace, or cheerfulness, or comfort. While the world goes Wel¥they will likly be tem- perats ; biit the habit is built, the railroad is cut ready for use, the rails are laid down, the station-house erccted, and.the train id" on the line waiting only for the locomotive; it comes to us it grapples us, and away we go in a moment down the line we have been for years constructing, like a flash of lightning to destruction. A max, while walking in Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, on Saturday evening last, was' jostled by a stranger, and after proceeding a fow yards felt in his pocket in vain for' his watch. He hastened back, overidok the thief, and pointing his revolver, sternly demarded, 'Give me that watch." The stranger surrendered it without » word, and hurried away. On reaching home the gentleman was slartled in the middle of his narrative of his deperate .| Becord mysteriously ~ disappaare J, and despite every enquiry has not since been pieces of twing are attached thereto itis pond. Whether any connection eXists Lbetween the two. &ifcuilistatices is. the Lo - - quiet town. heard of. ~ A fev days since the remains of a man's hand were found lying near the edge of King's mill-pond, and as thought it may have been sunk in the the Ingemollisns to '» degree probably ter with a highwayman by an ine terruption from his wifex ' Why, John, you left your watch on the bureau this Svaeajug, and I have been wearing if of y-" BIRTHS, - In Oshiwa, on the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. Geo. Hodder of s dsaghter.| MARRIED. At the B: C. Oshawa, on the 21st ait, By the Rev. J. Keuner, Mz. Wx. Jewnpncs, of Oshawa, to Mazy Jaxp Sviapy, of the of Darlington. A telegram from New York informs us E 5 JAVING i CHER my forme c