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'The plugue's ravages still continue 'uuabated. Dr. Ramsey, who went to Memphis with the Washington nurses, has returned and says:â€"“ \Vhen five miles from Memphis the air was laden with fever poison. As we approached ‘the stench was sickening. Dr. Pease and myself went to the Peabody Hotel, 'the only one open, and were shown into a room from which a dead body had just been removed. A vessel of black 'voinit was standing about and the bed- 'clothes were unchanged. The hotel is a perfect pesthouse. Hundreds of poor gigople are going about the streets, es~ pecially coloured women, with hardly anything on. The city is in the hands 'of the coloured police altogether, and while they behave very well, there in mtil! u lurking fear on the part of the wliites-of‘some addifionai evil." :1 ago Adonam. Last week one of the heaviest storms 'that ever visited this continent passed 'over the greater part of the United :States and Canada. It originated in ‘the Gulf of Mexico, where the barome- ‘ter was low on the 6th Sept. During 'the lattm‘qialt of’thnt «tiny ‘there weie high northsenetei'ly Winds 'nnd heavy ‘mins in Florida. The Histm'bance hov- -c:ed over‘Cnba and Southern Florida ‘until the might of'the 310th. It then began to travelin u noxtherly-tiirection and by the morning of the ~12th it was 'over South Carolina, accompanied by flieavy rain. ‘During‘the 12th'ic moved ~ot the rate of over’thirt-y miles an hour ~and by Friday morning wns over the ‘western end of 'Lake Ontario. Quebecâ€"«Opposition, 33; Government, 16; ’17 to hear from. The result of the elections throughout the Dominion, on Tuesday last, so for as heard from, can be briefly summed up as follows : Prince Edward Islautlâ€"(hmositiou mem- bers elected, 6. 'J‘otal¢0pposition, 101; Government, 5|; with Manitoba, hritish Columbia, and 38 otlierconstitnencics to hear from. Allow- ing the Government all the doubtful ones. the Consorvath‘es will still have a good majority. The Globe says Ineret before in the ‘hietory of Toronto Jane ‘the Don 'pre- sented such an‘nppenmnce 'ns itullid on Friday, and at'no'prmiious iime haeiits waters occasioned so ‘much dumege.â€" From early morning 'the msiflentswm its banks observed‘the graduu'l uprising _Qfiits current, but. they did not untioi~ mate any such disastrous hoot] 'ns'thut which in n‘fcw hours coursed between its banks with the speed of a wee home, carrying destruction wherever ‘it went, 'und 'in‘fonr instances mt. leaatgceusing dose of life. At, one time the Mutter had risen eight feet «bow ite‘normel level, a fact which will 'convince those Nova Southâ€"Opposition, 10; Government, 8; and 3 in doubt. New Brunswickâ€"Oppositiqn, 4 ; Govern- ment, 1!; l to hear from. Ontarioâ€"Opposition, 45; Government, 26; 17 to hear from. In our own Riding. North Victoria, Mr. Hector Cameron, Opposition, was elected by a majority of about 140. In the South Rid- ing Mr. A. McQunde. Opposition, was elect- ed by a majority of about 400. The Ox‘xtarios both returned Government supporters, Mr. \Vheler in; the North and' Mr. Glou in the South Riding. acquainted with the when". hanks film the damage occasioned must be great, And it. is great. all. will ukofifty thon- sand dollars to replace the property and may for tho-goods it has destroyed, irn - “method? the bridges, Rive of ‘whiuh Tue swopt uwuy. Lh‘tlne'villago of mmnm a 'mill ““0 foetxlong, and n lniclgo woto rlonlt‘ , ' . .' . . mo'fif‘y. AtSmitln 1H0 It: finds” OPPOSITION MAJORITY 0’ ABOUT mm. ’13:: nommxox ELEOTIONB. W001) VIII/412, SEPT. 19. 1878. THE SOUTHERN PLAGUE. THE GREAT RAINSTORM. 1’10 11mm 1’ ublicm” in have ‘H‘CH‘Y‘M'l’i‘Jd away by the freshet. A great deal of dam-- age wan done on the \Vullnnd Canal and navigation was suspended. At 'Markham two lurgu' bridges crossing the Rouge wore swept away, and a man named Andrew Saul dr0\\'ned.'1‘he ruiIWay embankment on the 'l‘ononlo and Nipissing Railway was also washed out. The damage cannot. be estimated. 0.0 STATUTE LABOR ON OUR COUNTRY ROADS. Under the above caption The I'm-m. er's Advocate for September makes some very sensible remarks, which we heart- ily commend to our readers. This is a. matter which should receive great tits tention in the Township of Eldon. From the effects of the recent rains, the roads in some places are now impassable, and if we have a winter anything like the last it will be impossible for the farmers to get their grain out to market. A good deal of time and labor were spent on the roads throughout the Township this year, but the practice of scraping the sand and clay out of the ditches and piling it on the roads is little more than useless, as the first heavy rain storm leaves it as bad .nshefore. We think if the suggestions thrown out by the Advocate were carried into efiect in this Township it. would provea great saving iag the long run. It says: \Ve would likc'to 'lmm' tlm opinions of some of our farmers on this question, and will gladly insurt any letters from them belting omthe sulijuct. They are to a grmt-cktmib'tlm parties most in~ temtod, und 'ilieir'viewa if made public may help to improve the present state of things. “ This question' is one claiming our serious attention. It affects the inter- est of all. Its importance is felt in the town as well as in the country. The merchant depends on the state of the roads be less than the farmer. Our mud roads are, in some seasons of the year, impassable. The requirements of all demand a free intercourse between farmers and merchants, but a mud blockade prevents all tiaflic. The pro- dncer anxiously aWaits the change of weather that Will enable him to carrv his produce to market, and 'to purchase the necessaries for his family. Last winter our endurance of the evils of impassable mud roads was even worse than it generally is. Bad roads in the country have been one cauSe of the den pression in business. The Monetary Times justly remarks that farmers could have got average prices for their produce if they could only have got it to market which the wet weather and the want of sleighing prevented them from doina. True the mud season pass- edawuy and the produce was finally got to market, but how much better would it be for all parties if this could have been when farmem had the most time to spare and buyers were waiting for the larm products. \Ve have de- pended too much on sleigbing, thinking of byegone years when sleighing was almost as certain to come as haying and harvestinrv. There is however, lesa certainty than in formei’ times ofa good sleighing time. The forests have been cleared away, and the free action of the sun in the later muntlzzz of with ter soon deprives us of the snow. There were great complaints last mater in many parts of the country of the ab- sence of sleigbing, and the state of the roads was a war niug to farmers to de... vine and carry out some means whereby they may be enabled to get to market whenever they may deem it necessary. Statute labor is no doubt careless and inefficient ;but objections to com nmting it into a money payment would proba- bly be thick enmtgh. Could not this labor be better directed and made more c-tiicient'l And if so, might it not be greatly extended? Could not the Ilse of farmers' teams. as well as of men, he got to haul the stone=nt a season of the the year when tberu'is little to do on the farm. ’Until all the principal roads in the country are Well covered with stone, the farmer will be nntler a great disadvantage in not being able to get his produce to 'markot eXoept under favor of the capricious weather which he -cnn 'in no other our Control. In England many martmbtmiued roads have been made in this way; each farmer, according‘to his means, being required to lmul-so'nmny loads- of graVuI or other road-melting material. ‘TtuW persons, in'this conntryfihuve yet venture] to dream of covering all ’the principal roads with stone or gravel, but it is a measure to which enmity-councils should vigOt-ously apply tlmmsdlrcel" '80:": 10 mt: Snunxs.â€"-About one hunfimd and fifty nhanty man woman; m tho'lumbmwoodwon {Fl-id”, on the Midluna. 110m. m: l.’ A'rnnnuz, Paris, August 30, 1878. There is now an air of completeness and prospeiity about the Exhibition thnt is very pleasant to contemplate. Every Sign of preparation has disappear- ed, every rough corner has been truns~ formed, every path is clean swept, and every pM'terre garnished with brilliant blossoms. Never were lawns more per- t'cctly green than the («pix verts that transform the grounds of the Chump de Mars into an oasis, exquisitely fresh in spite of the tdrrid August nun, and from which a pungent scent of turf arises, mixed with the perfume of many flowers. So many things and fashions have been borrowed by western Europeans ‘ from the far East, that it is hardly sur- ‘ prising Parisians should imitate the Japanese in their constant use of the fan, when the sun is blazing down on the city and the temperaturo in the gal- leries of the Champ de Mars in one in which palm trees flourish and oranges ripen readily. Hitherto the fan has been considered eminently a feminine implement. The man who condescendo ed to refresh his heated brow by flat» tering a fan was put down as hopelessly efi‘eminate ; he must support the torâ€" tures of bread-cloth and the close-fitting armor of linen collar without outward evidence of weakness, and the Small minority who dared of late to carry a light bamboo fan in the breast pocket of their cnt~aways, to restore themsel. ves after the fatigues of the I: ois temps and Boston, were pitied by their llltll't' intrepid brethren, and only half forgiven by the most compassionate of the other sex. All such prejudices have been overcome this summer at the Exhibition. The example of the natives of Yeddn and Pekin has been followed laigely. Male visitors have not teared to fan themselves as they wandered at leisure among the wonders of art and industry; exhibitors and their assistants hare sought to cool themselves time during their lengthened attendance at their respective stalls; while even the yellow- collared nurveillante and chairmen might be seen waving fans of dried palm- leaves obtained in the Japanese and Chinese bazaars for a few sous. On one of the Warmest of the late warm days thousands of fans tried vainly to freshen the heavy atmosphere as they were SWaycd impetuou-sly to and fro by suffocating men and women alike. On such a day as that. the fan became an institution worthy of every attention and I very naturally bent my steps to-- wards the department where fans are to be found in every degree of art and excellence. This is beyond the second transcept to the right of Gallery Group IV. in the French Division. There are fans in other parts of the building besides the Japanese and Chinese ; lace fans in the Belgian, and some pretty feather and natural wooden fans in the Austrian. section ; but the Paris makers carry away the palm, and almost every style finds its representative among the twenty cases, or so, wherein they are exhibited. 2mg; gangs [£9301 the hnlp of bob-1 inc. lIn mode a Mayo, flo‘mo flaoeh A few steps onwards take the Visitor from .the fan region to Tunis. The Moorish arcades, bi i'ghtly tinted, over~ shadow a number of small shop, where articles of all sorts are to be bought, from strings of common brown beads with a pungent odor, worth a few sons, to the rich list of embroidered atutl‘a that command a goodly price from ur- tists and amateurs. That they include a large admixture of pseudo~oriental tliingsâ€"Jl‘urkish pipes, from the Boule- vard du Temple, and enamels manufac- tured within the shadow of the Pmte St. Doniaâ€"is, I am Sorry to say, indis- putable. They are, however, well scente- cd with aandalnrooil, and the vendors me of unmistakable oriental origin, though ol curiously varied nationality. But thoae who have travelled in the land» of Moliatnmed are well accustom- ed to a variety ol type, and this is rather a favorable feature than ul.||t!l'\\'l30.â€"-â€"~ (loame stainednulass windows, set in poar~8haped apertures, temper the rays of the sun, and tint the wares with orange and crimson. A perfume of rose is Wal‘tod from the stalls, where oriental sweetmeata are sold among piles ul‘eriap groundqiuta and green bunches of bananas. A similar Constructionâ€"- the Moorish bazaar-~atalnla in its close vicinity, whence, from a room above, come the monotonous tom-a of oriental music, the clutter of call‘vewups, and the‘l‘umca oftlieanilwr-montlied chilmnk An Armenian is making thick coffee in the open air, over a apirit lamp, and another in icing sherbet, while a jolly old Moor site near, chatting, a bit of syringe blonsom stuck in his dingy yel- low cap. There may be a little vul~ garlty about all this, but {here in char.- aotm', too, 0mm»~ tho moot. graceful ‘induuriu illnetrflod in the Process Gallery is that of lace making. Inc. in oftwo kinds : point, Hyde until-(fly with 'tho noodle ; LETTER I‘ROM PARIS. manufacture-l entirely by machinery; but this is not admitted by the “tumours of lace to the love and veneratiou which they lavish upon a yellow piece of an- cient point. The elaborate care, indus- try and taste which went to the coma position of these intricate pieces of needlework, make them as valuable as old pictures. Very good lace is still produced by hand in France, as well as in Belgium. In the latter country it is calculated that five per cent. of the female population are employed in the production of lace. Much of it is made in com‘ents and Beguinages. The fine Brussels lace soon destroys the eyesight ol the workers who make it. It is put together in underground 1001118, for the drier air above would make the finely Spun thread too brittle. A ray of light is directed upon the slave of; fashion as she sits in her cellar. Irish lace and Honiton are the most famous sorts of lace made in the United Kingdom.â€" “ English point” is a noted old variety, but Was chiefly manufactured in Flanâ€" ders. Many kinds of art needle-work are spoken of in ancient records; but of lace proper, the first undoubted mention comes from Venice, for an attempt to give it greater antiquity at Louruine, rests on a forged picture. it has been conjectured that lace was, in its origin, the imitation of a fine lace work pro. duced by a fish still found in the Adri- atic, or that it was a reduction in mini- ature of the accidental knots and cluste. s on the fishcrs' nets. The great captis e balloon in the court ynld of the 'luillelies iszittracting "reat- attention, and no Wonder, iur its size is enormous, and all the arrangements show the (skill of the true engineer, which he. Giflind, the inventor of th it very cmious apparatus, the steam in- jector, assuredly 18. The wire lope, by means of which the steam gmb almws the balloon back to the surface of the earth, has been found capable of u re- sistance of from 25 to 32 tons. The price charged for the ascent is 20fr. and the public is admitted into the conrt~ yard by payment of lfr. It is promsml to make some night ascents with an electric light in the car, which wili cer- tainly produce a curious effect. The balloon rises to the height of nearlv 1000 feet. It 13 filled with pine hyn drogen. LIONEL. Loxnox, SEPT. 12.â€"-â€"The full extent of the mine disaster at Abel-corn is now known. This morning the flooding of the pit coma enced. The tire was with- ins short distance of the shaft. All hope has been abandoned. \Vhen this decision was announced to the relatives of the 251 still in the pit the scene was terrible. Thirteen additional bodies were recoveled before the flooding. The Abercorn collier is the property of the AbberVale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company, one of the largest in South Wales. The pit is three hundred and thirty yards deep, one of the largest and best worked in the district, yielding a thousandtonsof steam coal daily. The machinery was of the best kind in use. The safety lamp law was rightly enforc- ed. The cause of the explosion cannot be surmised. Three detonations were heard. The frame works and castings of the pit were thrown three hundred feet above the mouth ofthe shaft. The codiery employs anIards of a thousand hands. Three hundred and seventy- three, taking their turn, went down at . leven in the morning ;twentyv‘one came up at noon. At twelve o'clock a loud rumbling noise was heard, followed by a flash of flame from the pits month, and a column ofsmokc, dust, and debris ascending. The explosion: damaged the winding gear and destroyed the only means ofconnnunication with the men in the pit. As soon as the gearing was repaired working parties were sent down the shaft, and eightyutwo men and boys working within a few hundred yards of the shaft welc rescued. but it became evident, as attempts were made to ad- vance, that litllle hope could be enter- tained of any one sulviving. About fourhundred yards from the bottom are stables ; here fourteen horses were found dead. Beyond this the explorers could not go on uccmint of the choke damp. Volunteer explorers snceocliedin hring- ing out ten or twelve own very much burnt, and also seven dead bodies. I' is feared another-s can In: for the present got at in consequence of the tire extend- ing, and their remains no reasonahle hips that any further lites w ill be saved. â€"â€"-. ._â€" -.«.â€". o 0‘.._'..-â€".- PREPARATIONS am almost. completed for the extension of the Nipissing Rail- way to Minden. WHILE Mrs. Bruin, wifu of \Villihm Bruin, who lives in the 8th concession of Thomh, Was milking on Wednesday evening. the 4th inst, she mus rather surprised to use four hear: on the road. She immediately gave the alarm, and her husband, with vMm guidance of oomtof 1ho 'noighhours, [nu-sued them to ucwump, «hero they succeeded in shooting all «If whom. Terrible Collier Accident. (From our own ('orreupundoul.) Accums‘r.-â€"A most p \inx'nl mul (Mal ac. cident owurred ou the Mid! unl llnilway. last Friday, 13th inst. ’l‘lic uni! train due hem “1.30 p. m., conductor llichxml Boundy. and engine-driver (him-ave H. liiehnnlu.-â€" through the washing away of a culvert. at a place known as Silver “reek, became a total wreck. The engine detached from the ten- der and Richauls. the (ll'lVUl‘, fell betwoen them and was instantly killed. The de- ceased was a veteran railroal nun being, it is said, the oldest d_rivcr on the road. He was held in high respect and esteem by the Qompany and all the employees, and in every town and village along the line he had made many sincere friends by his genial and kind disposition. l’oor old Dad. Tux tug of war is going on briskly to-dny between the two political parties. Both‘arc sanguine of success. ’l‘o-night will decide the issue. a Tux-z Rev. Mnngo Fraser. of St. Thomas preached morning and evening last Sabbath, in the Presbyterian Church in this town. At both diets of nors‘xip the discounea were gool and well calculated to inspire love for a Crucified lsedcemer. [From The Pat'ltf’lJ 05' Monday all the members of the Orillia and Matchcdash Council took a trip down the Severn River, to obtain some idea of the probability of being able to prevent in some measure the rising of the water in the Spring by the removal of a certain obstruction in tie present course of the ris’er, and by rank. ing an additional outlet They were M00111- panied by their Clerk, Mr. Fowliq l’. L. 8.. by “the Reeve and some other members of the residents of the locality. “71: under- stand that the result of the examination was very satisfactory, and that there. seems no reason to doubt, that by a certain outlay a large additional volume of water would have space to escape, thus keeping the river nearer its usual lore! ; what Would be the amount of that outlay is at present a mat- ter of mere conjecture ;some paties being of that opinion that $1,0J0 would sutfice. while others consider that Something like three times that sum would be required ; it is probably that the latter amount would not be far from the mark. In case the work is undertaken, the expence will be a charge on the lands benctitted, but their seems to be some reason to expect that the goverir ' nus-w our nubmiptlon to Tn: Amw- u‘m. 0“} 8| if paid now, 8L” “and. Tm: 35th Battallion, " The Simcoo For- eaters," went into camp but Monday, for nix days' drill. They are cncamped on the Town Park at Barrie. and are more comfort. able than on any previous occasion of the kind. For this, and also for the advantage of drilling together the present your, the “ Foresters” ane mainly indebted to thofex- ertions of their indefatigable commandant Lieutenant-Colonel Mackenzie. Clothed in their bright new uniforms, the regiment presented a line appearance. The ten coni- panics mustered more than full regulation strength. On Monday Urillia was enlivened by a military display such as we seldom en- joy here. No. 7 Company met their com- rades from l’enetanguishcne and Midland, and the two Companiesâ€"headed by the brass band of the visitorsâ€"marched through th-‘s principal streets They did not march “with the precision of regulars," but did very creditaI-Iy considering the small oppor- tunities many of the recruits had had for acquiring a knowledge oi drill. men: \muhl assist cunsidembly were I really well deliined scheme hid before it. Mr. Stauutuu oi Sparrow Lake placed his little steamer at the service of the inspecting party, which c irried them as far as uavigd- tiou extends at this time. of the yen-find the remaind rof th V0 0 t e e e ynge fru} lgVSLgK" Bridge was accomplished in boats. Bun SiloT.â€"-.~\ bear chase took place you- terday afternoon in .lohnson’n umunp, about a mile and a half from this village. It was followei‘i for a eonsideruhlo distance and wounded by one of his pnrsuers. who were three in number. Mr. Thou. Henderson fin- :u'lly got a shot at hruiu, and Wounded him again haillv, when he mule for Mr. Handcr- 1on, who met the animal with another charge that made it " bite (the dust." It weighed somewhat over 100 1152., which Was light connideringthe size «ff the boar. It is worthy olnote the pmximity to which bears up. proaehwillagestnd larger places this ynr, MR the attention of the‘“ olllcnt inhabitant.) l’ho tin generally suppose" it know the reason why or anything of thielnnd, in .u.‘ coated tothiwt. [From The llcrahl.] BROKE rrs Nxcx.«.\l r. l’ricur’a cow wu fuund dead in the stable \Vuclncmhy mot-no. lug. It was all right when tied in the stall the night before, but not 1min; used to being tied, strove tu get. Icon, and in its exertion! brokc its m-ck. FALL quw.â€"~'l‘hu {le Show under the auspices of tho Emily Agricultural Society will be held in tlw Drill Slictl in this \‘illth on Thursday" and Frill“) , the 26%|: uml 27th uf this month. This will be somewhat oar- licr than usual, but will prevent. interference with utlwr almwn. 0H1 LLIA . u‘ «.9 ’n OM EM EE.