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* Oue of the profe=sed objects in the aboliâ€" . _ n of the latter « ffice, is to rase the educaâ€" tional standard of Superintendents for each NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Cupture of Governor Macdougaliâ€"â€"3. & H Beandry‘s Patent Saw Mill Machineryâ€"Talâ€" bet & Tousignant, P Metcalls Circuit Board of Public Instruction «â€"J, K. Cousens. °> ChrOttawaCines ~ A meeting of the Privy Council was held y:aterday, at which Mr. Amzzs took his â€" eat tor the first time., â€" * © In the matter ot Tnomas McGazert os. the Bureau of Public Works, the claimant closed his teatimony yesterday. The Government . ~%» For interasting Reaaing Matter see i irst Page; for Ottmea Markets see Fourth We understand that Colonel Eaxatm®orx wi.\ not proceed officially to Red River. W# understand that the Hon. J. C. Arcexs purposes moving his family to town and takâ€" ing a permanent residence here immediately. All the Ministers are expected in the captal within a few days, excepting Mr. Kexut. Mr. Monas arrives toâ€"day. Or® amivices from . Pembroke show Mr. Muzzar io have gained 38 majority in the wwn, and to be 8 behind in the township. There is a tio in Ross, while Westmeath gives 30 for Deacox. As the other towunâ€" ships, not yet heard from, all gave Hrsors a majority there is every prospect of Mr. Mcozâ€" kit‘s success. Mr. Grozoz Stavexs Lerr, of Kingston Post Uffice, where he has given, long and faithful service, has been promotel to be Assisâ€" tant Postmaster at Ottaws, in place of Wm. Cuurr, resigned. _ We dont know the new incumbent, but we understand he is the nephew of our respected City Clerk, and also of the Rev. Doctor Lett, of Toronto. Weé therefore bid him welcome, being of good stock, and hope he may prove himself as good and faithful a public servant as his po Tus Common School Law ol the Province of Ontario is once more undergoing Legislaâ€" tive manipulation, based on the resolutions with which the Reverend Eazrrox RrzRrsox travelled the Province last winter, convening and in general succeeding in having them adopted at such meetings without any con= sideration in some cases, and is all with little more than an hour or two being devoted to the study of that which would give an intelligent educated man thoughtful consiâ€" deration for days if not weeks. This Bill is now in Commiitee, and its leading charas terestics are, the abolition of Local Superin â€" rendents, except where there are more than mxty common schools in a county or union Superintendents by each @gynty Councail, with power to it to appoint a Board of Exâ€" aminers for the examining abd licensing of echools for children from the age of seven to twelve inclusive, their a‘tendance on some such school to be compulsory, with various details which we need not particularise. The Act provides that the County Superâ€" intendents shall be appointed from such certificates of quahfication from a Board of directions of the Council of Public Instrucâ€" tion, "and no one not holding such certificate of qualification shall be eligible to be apâ€" pointed a superintendent." The remunerâ€" ation to be paid to such Superintendent, to be determined by the Board appointing him, and not to be lees than fre dollars per school per annum, besides travelling exâ€" penses, payable by the County Council, with power to the Lieutenant Governor to direct the payment of a like sum of $5 per school, out of the Consolidated Revenue of the Pro vince. The Local Superintendents: to be THUKLSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1869. proposed to done. At present a very large proporticn of the Local Superintendents are many of them men of high literary atiainâ€" ments, graduates of Colleges of England, Ireâ€" land, Scotland, or Canada, whose qualhfications for the office, oo man can doubt, and whose College degree would be a passport to any of the learned professions ; but College degrees are to be deemed worthless to any gentleâ€" man seeking the office of County Superiaâ€" tendent. The proposed Act ignores every College degree. No man can be appoint~ ed withous having passed an examination before some Board of Esaminers to be apâ€" pointed by the Board of Public Instruction, and received a certificate therefrom. The Board of Public Instruction consmusts, we believe, of the Rev. . Eoeztox Rreasox, D. D., L. L. D., Jouz G. Hovems, L. L, B., the President of the U-ivmityColqu-i‘ the President or other headl of each of the Colleges aftiliated to the University of Toâ€" manto ; and amonget the present Local 8uâ€" perintendents may be found many men of as high, if not higher Colleginte attainments as those of the gentlemen who compose this Board, yet graduates of Universities, Docâ€" tors of Law and Divimty, if they seek to fill the office of County Superintendent, must cust oft their Collegiate garb, and go, gqapin nand, belore a Board of Examiners who may be very competent for the purpose, but however competent, are not likely to be more erudite than the College graduates who might stand betore them ; posesibly the ad~ vantage of education might be largely with should be addressed t~ the NMANAGJINY DIRECTOR, But will graduates of colleges submit to , and we shall now see how this is achools to be free to this dollars per anoum for the who‘e time and attention of a man of Sair litergry attainâ€" ments, good business habits, energy and such a degradation? . Most assuredly not. They cannot thus degrade their Alma Mater, and as a natural consequence they will be also precluded from looking for the oflice of County Superintendent, although under the old Act, a graduate of any of cur Universi= tiee was considered eligivle as master of a Grammar School without any examination or certificate whatever. . The rate of remuneration propused also is lar too low to induce any but inferior men to seek tor the office. â€" What is five handred essentially needed by a good County Superâ€" intendent? Among cther objectionahle features of the Bill we cannot pass those of the 20th and 2let sectiones.. . Whaterer excuse there may be for compelling a parent to give educaticn to his ehild, there is no excuse for saying he sahall cn‘iy give him that education at a pubâ€" lic or private school, failing which he may, Magistrate ftor the cffence, which, it provéd, is to be followed by fine with imprisonmen; until paid, each doubling for every subseâ€" quent offence. ‘True, there is a proviso that if the parecrt be too poor to pay the fine, * Detective Mazson" reside at too great a distance from the echool, or the child is being otherwise educeâ€" ted, the Magistrate shall not award the punishment, but report the circuinstance to the Trustees of the Division. It has been saurd that Canad:ians enjoy a greater amount of real liberty than any civilized people, but here is an attempt to introduce a system of domestic espionage from the highest to the lowest, incocsistent with that liberty, and which no man will submit to. It ignores, nay absolutely forbids domestic education, which where practicable is considered by many the best of all. It will not allow Canadians of wealth and res= pectability to secure the services of tutors daughtersâ€"they must not presumeâ€"to be thus exclusiveâ€"to school they must go, there to learn and imbibe what it is hoped in most cases is unknown in the domestic teaching of the better claases, the coarsences of manner, language and habits, which too much characterise the common schools of the country where the corrupting influence destruction of many. § M'Mhanymbdthomtiq‘ of our schoul system cannot fail to have seen the clmdt.ho-ixunilnhoohto‘ be, that whilst the low and vicious seldom rise, iimproved by the contact with the higher and genile scholars, the laiter are too often dragged down and wallow in the mire with the rest.s To thig it is we mainly owe the want of refinement which so often characâ€" terises the present generation of Canadians, a want of which they may not feel conscious, but yet which is often too evident to those who come from the old father land. would be well for those who can afford their children domestic teaching to stir themselves at once and get this very objectionable portion of the Bill modified, so as to prevent any interference with private teashing in the The Gazetie says that Mr. Blake is endeavourâ€" Q':r.b'-hht'lll make the Auditor of Accounats in Ontario independ nt of the Crown, as that officer has been made in Britain. There, like the judges, he is appointed like other officials, during pleasure, but) ig good behaviour. z.nu-tm.nud- feld and his colleagues are comâ€"=â€" mitting a mistake in resisting such a measure, They need not b.'p-r sticklers for the treedom of action of Ministers because they u%fldfl.d the Crown have been in Booner or later the measure must become law, everywhere in Canada, ‘The sooner, the betfer, The Is pleased to learn that Mr. mt‘mw for South Lanark by acclamation. ‘Xhe friends of Mr. Cameron i nhonabniaetarny the volugat the storromy votes e and they therefore advieed him not to enter the feld. n.::!'m.»..-.uu -hlh”aod%fw»n contest. It could only have in defeat. Mr. Morris ‘bas ‘quictly walked over the scourse. This is as it should be. .A better ‘:‘p“nvj:hmuddm secure, ment, it would have been a nb}ecm noyance and regret bad he through any comâ€" bination of forces.lost his seat. in his unopposed return the electors have paid him a high compliment, which he deserred, and Queen‘s advisers here and in â€" I, not mummnmma of the Charch to which McMahon the exercise of clemency in the bebaif, but because it was assumed that the convict had come to understand the nature of his crime, and bad fally repented of it. How utterly mistaken this conclusion was, Ireland had become b'â€"llldec“-hmu allâ€"â€"affected him only in the way of Da him more hardened and defiant than he was before,. So it has been in the case of every discharged Fenian convict in Ireland and in England. The rogues have come out with more venom in their hearts, and fouler treason in their speech than when they were sent to jail. The British Colonist (Victoria, Vancouver‘s Island) says that the needs of this coantry are assuredly both many and great ; but per= have done themselves credit. Mr. Morris will no doubt prove an efficient member of sure establishing perfect religious equality in uolr-'-'m public exhibitions in New York andâ€"elsewhere, immediately u Sin relonse, ooly made e epfarent The fact,that his release, only made to apparent. The fact,that during the period of his incarceration, a mea. haps the greatest of them all is ’op-lluo.. i We may talk about our delightful climate and boundlecs resources till doom‘s day ; but of what possible avail can these be yithout a population to enjoy the one and develope the other 1 At tirst sight, it does appear uaâ€" accountable that a country possessing such advantages and attractions as are jostly elaimed for British Columbia should remain so long unpeopled, and this circumstance may aimost appear to cast a doubt upon the m‘- of the colony, yet we think a » refzction will clear up the matter. Reverting to the early history of the colony, we find no disposition to encourage immiâ€" gration characterising that period. lndeed the very reverse appears to have beon the case, Looking to the dispensation anterior to 1858 we find the wholoe country carefully guard.d against the intrusion of civilized humanity, in the interest of the Hudson Bay Company. It was the policy. of that Comâ€" paoy to keep it as a preserve for furâ€"bearing animals ; and, in pursuance of this policy, the trouble, says that there is nothing in the m«w of the insurgents to indicate that they have any dcsire to bring: about the annezxation of the Territory to the United Btates, The Catholic clergy, by whom they are influenced, will certainly do everyâ€" thing in their power to prevent any such reâ€" “anhuwum*fia a«ttlement, and those who came to it were dissuaded from settling. ‘ The Tele: RARIEKEY. may prove the the part of Fenian sympathizers to reach the by »."q....‘.‘.:.."..'.‘l‘m last news from theâ€" ‘Territory indicates a desire on the part ohhil‘nuh half breeds to join themâ€" selves to English population in the formation of a government. _‘The French cannot control the Territory alove, and the proporal is an incCication of returning moderation of feeling, which will undoubtedly be welcomed by. the rest of the population. When a rapprochement takes place betwsen the two class«s, an opporâ€" waity will bo n:mN for the openiug of negotiations, which will probably lead to the conclasion of peace. It is raid that a very strong prejudice has been excited by Mr. Macâ€" dougall‘s appointment. It remains to be seen whether it can be removed,. We hope that it may, for a change of Governor will be asign of weakness which we should regret ; but no personal considerations ought to stand in the way of a peaceable settlement of the issue which has peen mainly raised by the errors of our G The Hamilion Times cannot but think that the Government co--mcd.filn error in sending Mr. McDougall to Red kiver, through American ferritory and at this unoao( the year. He sbould either have gone at a time when communication could be bad with Winâ€" nepeg over British soil or he should not have gone at all. To send him to a disturbed and inflamed population, at a time and under circumstances which rendered it impossible to back up his ‘authority with anything save submissive appeals, was an act of the gravest folly, The knowledge otf his utter powerlessâ€" ness cannot but have given confidence and audacity to the insurgents, and induced them to make demands which otherwise they would not have thought of. If be has not a jair prospect of conciliating them at once, the mistake should be rectified by withdrawing bim without a day‘s delay. The idea of the T.Mvo of Candada wintering in the Iderness under the protection of the Uniâ€" ted States flag is too humilliating to be thought of for a moment, 1f our ruiers have any self respect, or any for the people of c.-u..my-m-:n'u is not perâ€" mitted. 1f the worst comes to the worst, we can afford to fight; but we cannot afford to be made a laughing=stock of in the person of our representative. _ Let McDougall come back, and wait until he can enter on his dutics with the dignity that becomes his position, and not make bimself and us ridiculouns by hovering around the boundary line of Red River like a huogry boy fiattening his nose against the window panes of a pieâ€"sbhop, or a damaned soul floating round the outskirts of Guilia Grisi the exinent Italian operatist died on Monday in Berlin, aged 57. Mrs. Bowers is playinog at Memphis. Not the widow of the celebrated " Joe." Mr. Kickham is a candidate for Parliament for Mallow, and Mr. Mackay from the county Joe Jefferson did twentyâ€"one thousand Obicago dollars‘ worth of Rip ven Winkie in three weeks. Mra. P. Wales is said to be dying of a broken heart, owing to the festiveness of the critter she is hitched to, Brigham Young, jr. the Mormon doctrines to .up".:m':nuwpm on Sunday evening. * He: was ai such a tool" is the head~ mu.uymmmampw. Such personalities are dirgusting. 6 â€" Brigham â€" Young‘s favorite concubine is Amelia Folsom, of Council Bloffs, lows. She is said to be as handsome as a new boot. A #reuch advertisement ; * A young man about to marty, wishes to meet a man of experience who will dissuade him from the A number of prominent merchants cof Quebec have invited Sir George K. Cartier, to a dinner at the Stadacona Club, carly in the ~ We see by the pampers that Kate ruml # outstripped herself* on Thanksgiving day, at Taunton, Massachusetts, Is there no law against such things up there ? Miss Anthony is hard on her old colleague, George Francis, she speaks “tl:it.e:xum vagrant, that latan, onp.’r.rmmbr Many of the papers have intimated that Carlotta Patti was to be married to Ritter, the pianist, but Patti herself says.that Ritter is not the c@ Ritter" of her choice. Dr. Allen surtendered himselt to the Shoriff in Cornwall ; he was immediately escorted to Toronto to appear before the Judges in Term, to be purged of his contempt. In Marshal Niel‘s will occurs the following ‘ wâ€"«* I recommerd to my dear chil~ \:muthfiund lonoLQd,mw‘y‘ and probity, which have been always tary to our family." % Mrs. of McVeytown, aged one M‘::'hm y-n,hnllodh’u Friday last from that place. to Newton Hamilton, returning next day. She is hale and hearty, and got on and o# the carsâ€" without assistâ€" ance, f _ Theiliness of the Empress of Russia, from which she cannot recover, is the result of a Mrs. Oharles Johnson, of No. 32 Churchâ€" sh, Newark, fs reported to have made an atâ€" tempt to commit suicide, by taking laudanum, .hm Her despondencey grew out of a publication in one of the local papers, re~ fecting upon her character, A party in Tonanozic, Kansas, thus enâ€" courages the editor in his favorite journal :â€" «#Obntinue to pour redâ€"hot thanderbolts right into the teoth of the leeches and sharks that are sucking the lifeâ€"blood from the people." Filling a bloodâ€"sucker‘s tooth with a redâ€"hot thunderbolt must be a neat job in dentistry. Bir George E. Cartier is expected in town The Hamilton Times compares ‘the Macâ€" dougall of Pembina to a damuned soul floating round the outskirts of Paradise. _ SHALL WE RECOGNIZE THE WINâ€" NIPEG BELLIGERENTS!â€"Bufâ€" falo Express. j “:hu’mbv- eo--'oud.d:lr. Wl;k:(}ob story as being the altâ€"absor which is exciting so much luw_n‘t‘l: numerous readers of the Free Press. k An ambitious youth who has been brought up with a sad misspprehension of Tacts, thus pours his soul into verse : * IfI was a lokie editer * Wouldn‘t I have a time ? I woulda‘t print a cussed word KFor lessen a $ a line, A Gail Haymilton las been engaged by the Harpers to write for the Weekly and the Bassar. It is rumored that this house will in future be the publishers of her books. Oxe case of American canton flannel .just opened at Magese & Russell‘s. ‘ «â€"â€"Dr, Wistar‘s Balsam of Wild Cherry is 4 a combipation and a form indeed" for healing and curinog diseases of.the throat, lungs and chest. It cures a cough by loosening and W” THE PRESI Mr. Rophus N. 1. of the Chatham Plane/. LLTERATURE AXD ADT, 1J get my grub and licker free, & tickets to the shows. I would‘t pay for buggy hier, & wouldna‘t I ware good clese ! PERSQONAL IHE OTTAW£A MIJIMES8; DECEMBEK 2. of Moxper, November 29. The following Bills, among others, were read a first time : â€"~ Mr. 8SCOT + (Ottawa)â€"Bill :o incorporate the Gitawa Ladies Coliege. - . Also,â€"Bill to ‘incorporate the Ontario Peat Company. ‘ Also,â€"Bill to incorporate the Mississippi River yining and Navigation Company. crRows LaxDS. ° Mr. LA UDER asked whether the Governâ€" ment intend to introduce, during the present scesivn, a measure to enable the Commisâ€" sioner of Crown Lands to adopt more expeâ€" ditions measures to settle disputes as to ucâ€" patented lands, and to reduce the purchase money, or throw off the interest upon the purchase money of lands, where it appears that the purchasers have a just claim for such reduction or abatement. Mr. RICHARD3 apswered that the Gorâ€" ernment havre no intention of so doing. There was no doubt that there 'euhrr amounts of arrears that have accumulated ia the Crown Lands Office, on account of the frequent changes made in the officers, and from several other causes. So many arrears in fact had arisen, that in 1868 he bad" ap~ pointed an officer specially to that branch to work off the arrears, That gentlieman bad worked off a considerable portion, and he thought he could say that if time were alâ€" lowed the whole of them would: be worked off ; but in what exact time he would not say.. The work in this department was vastly increasing, as might be seen from theâ€"fact that for the last year 16,000 letters had been received, whilst when the Grown Lands D«â€" :fl-clt included the management of lands both Ontario and Qaebec, the number received for the whole department was only 17,000. His intention was, during the comâ€" ing summer, if he still n-hz Commis~ sioner ot Crown Lands, and the arsitration OnTARIO LECQISLATURE. between the Provinces were completed, to attend personally or send some person to represent bim in the different counties and seti‘e all claims. ‘The intention of the Govâ€" erpment at present was not to bring in a measure to alter the price of the lands or measure to altor the price of the lands or to throw of any rn of the price. The greater portion of his time was taken up in attending to these claims and in resisting them. The advantages to be derived from the change were, of course, all on the side of the applicant, and he (Mr. Ricbards) had tound u': be his duty tc;pny no attehtion to the uation «by , outsiders upon the udlu"hmhdm were asked. In some cases, lands were claimed to be only worth 10 cents an acre, where they were afterwards discovered to be worth two dol~ lars. It was the intention of the G~a+vern« ment, as soon as the arbitration was ov.s, to have a reâ€"arrangement of the price of thise lands, but at present nothing would be done, as it was necessary for the Government to see from the result of the arbitration how the fuances of the country stood. â€" . . bounden duty of this House to control the administration of the public finances. 2. That in order to the exercise of an effi~ clent control over the administration of the finances, it is necessary, first, that the grants of public monies made by this House should be by Act of the Legislature specifically apâ€" propriated to the particular services for which â€" th: grants are made ; secondly, that provision should be made to provent the: issue of public monles except to the extent, and for the services to which they have been approâ€" priated ; and thirdly, that provision should be made for an efficient and independent audit of the appropriation of the monies so issued, and also of the amounts of the expenditure thereof ; and for reports to this House in resâ€" pect thereof. â€" \ 3. That in order to accomplish the objects indicated in the preceding resolution, it is pecessary that thers should be a Provincial Auditor. _ f 4. That it ghould be the duty of the Provincial Auditor to authorize on a proper iequisition the issue of Public monies to the Provincial “l‘mb the extent, and for the services to which the same have been appropriated by Act of the Legislature, to audit the appro« priation :th monies so issued, and the amounts u:ndlm thereof, and to report to this House in respect thereof. . 5. That the Provincial Auditor should be msepousible to the Legisiature alone, should hold his office during good behaviour subject to removal on an address of this House, and should not hold any other office at the pleasure of the Crown. + Mr, TROW moved the second reading: of the Assessment Law, and stated that the first amendmentâ€" was to tax the Amounts received from rents as well as that received from After som e discussion‘ the resolations were uppn the proposition of the Atpgruypoml', exemptions which are now made on ministers lands in some cases, and to provide that enly lands attached to a parsonage and the m«ty of the church shall be exempt from on, aad to confine the amount thus exempted in towns and cities to half an acre, and in the country to five ..oln-. The third amendment wad to the repeal section exeimpting governâ€" ment officers trom taxzation. ‘This exemption vlause had been put in last year by the wish uf the representatives of the cities of Ottawa and Toronto, which are more particularly interested. Mr. Scott, ‘of Uttawa, had that day presented a petition trom the citizens of Ottaws praying for the repeal of the clause mentioned. Another amendment was to corâ€" rrct a mistake which had occurred in last year‘s Bill. He intended ‘with the consent uf the House to refer the Bill to a committee, A desultory discGssion arose in respect to different clauses of the Bill, the spemkers all agreeing to its referer.ce to a committee, | . The Bill was then read a sscond time and referred to a special‘ committee, composed of Hon. Mr. Cameron, Mesirs. MeKellar OCurrie Galbraith, Sinclair, Monteith, Scott (Ottawa), allowance to members, ‘The resolations AUDLTOR&NIP. f Mr. BLAKE rose to more the following provide that each member shall receive siz uollars per day. should the session last no longer than thirty days,. But should it be continhed for s longer period, the allowance shall be $450 and no more. Four doliars per day shall be deducted from the allowance toâ€" each member for overy day he doss not appear in his place in the House. Each member shall be allowed a mileage vote of ten cents per mile. The Speaker shall be «llowed the summ of $1,000 for the session. These sums are to be paid to the members on «heir making a > solemn deciaration betore â€"he Clerk of the House as to the attendance to their duties. ‘The resolutions were adopted in Committee of the Whole. without opposiâ€" Gow, Fer Grabam (Hastings), Barber, Peir;. m nym-..(a the mover, I ‘ Attorney General MACDUNALD introâ€" duced a series of resolutions respecting the 1. That it is the undoubted right and Thh new Canada Presbyterian Mission Caurch, corner of Nagareth and Wellingtonâ€" t., Montreal, will be opened this evening. Rev. Arthur R. R. Crawley, Baptist Missionâ€" wy to Burmah, is about to return to his ls. bours. He will take passage in th$ next mail steamer to England. A meeting of the congregation of OChrist‘s Ohurch Cathedral Montreal, is called for the sth of December, to decide upon the taking steps to free the Church from debt, and carry out certain retrenchments. Borx Oyaters by: the pint, quart or Ellon; Try them and save 25 per cent at Buss & Co‘s, 21 Kideau street, 1208.6m Axortuze lot of Cornwall blankets just reâ€" ceived from the factory at Magee & Russell‘s, and marked very low. Piuuss!â€"Dr. J. Briggy‘ unrivalled Pile Remeâ€" dy is mild, soothing and reliable for Internal, External, Bleeding and Itching Piles, It afâ€" m-l‘h.“..nllet “"ttbu,o r enacleg most chses, exce requiring surgical operation. . All such cases are beneâ€" lited by the use of the Remedy. Thousands upon thonsands have suffcred from this disâ€" tressing disease, in its various forms, All such mwwln&;fia:{y‘ using Dr. J. Briggp‘ Pile Remeey. Druggists and Country Merchants. 12192 50a ASAESSMEEST LAiW. RELIGIUVUS. To the Editor of THE TLMES. Bia,â€"â€"I was a spectator of the fire last oveâ€". ning, from the arrival otf the first enfine till the conflagration was subdued.. â€" . €â€"C‘ At first a small quantity of smoke was cozing trom the eaves of the roof ; there was no more light in the building than would be produced by atallow candle. I was.:told aparks could be seen. through the fioor of the first story. The door had been opened but a short time when the appearance of the south east window jndicated that the fire was intreasiMg ; a ladder was torced aguinst the centre window at the west end ot the middle story, and the window broke in, through which a fireman, who had mounted, inserted a branch pipe and played into the burning room ; but in consequence of the draft, th;cnél-m now rushing through the south last"window, and after a time the fire showed itself at the next window, and soon broke through ; but, evidently, there was not enough ventilation to supply the two windows with a flame, for the smoke soon conqueréd the fire at this window, and for a time only sparks were‘ seen ; presently burning embers f«li through the floor, and the necessary ventilation being supplied by the aperture, the whole of the first floor was soon in flam.s. *The firemen worked industriously ; but less energy and more judgment woulid have saved the boild~ ing, as the above wili plainly evince to any person possessed of the slightest scientific information. s <I am, Sir, & Your most obedt. servt., ©â€" HOVWY THE BANK a0TE PLATES ARE & KEPT. . To the EKditor of THE TIMES. Dear Siz, â€"There is an error in your 4eport of the fire on our premises last night, which for the information of parties interested, I wish to correct. All bank note and otber engraved plates are kept in ‘a fire proof vault, and ‘any in use through the day, ase returned to this vault at nightâ€"and if _c.fio whole premises had been A fine sample ot Dominion coal is on exhi. bition in rear of the Merchants‘ Exchange, Montreal. ~‘The Customs :evenue at Montreal last week was one hundred and thirty thousand one hundred and twentyâ€"two dollars. There are 7,000 distilleries in Prussia, and in 1868 they consumed 6,750,000 bushels of grain and 38,000,000 bushels of potatoes, Two merchant steamers of 2,400 tons burâ€" den hbave safely pass:d through the Suezs Canal. ‘The success of the caunal seems no longer doubtfal. .. The hay crop in Maine is oneâ€"fourth less in 1869 than in 1868 ; and hay is higher on the Kennebec than for years, selling loose at $18 to $19 per ton U, 8. curreney. and commenced the shipment of seventy.five thousand dollars ot. silver coin, dissount has fallen trom three to two and three~cights per cent in Montreal. upwards of two thousand dollars for October as compared with the corsesponding month o way in New Brunswick show a decrease of Locomotive Company is building seven locoâ€" motives for the Grand Tronk Railway,and that it has received a contract to build six or seven more, : _ The New York correspondent of the Bostod that profound anxiety pervades our business community in regard to the o;:‘hc year. ‘Thelong predicted.shrinkage ‘which has been «o often falsely prophesied | that the people have come bmm ".nlll ever mnhc,h mmo at length to a 7 a. ~‘The pri of commodities have nd:lgdll. begun to fall, Currency is steadily but slowly appreâ€" clating, and the result, us was expected, is a temporaty llnck:eu and ‘ dullness in almost all branches of business. / tw . This is the way the new pnenmatic express Traveller remarks;â€"* I think I never saw a gloomier feeling among the merchants, im« porters, jobbers and commission bouses than now. Last week several prominent houses concluded to withdraw entirelyâ€"and are now gettling up. Commission houses are unwillâ€" ing to advance. The ownc of imported goodsâ€"scattered all over the city and in the bonded warchouses in Brooklyn is immense. The New York Times thinks there can be no use in disguising the fact, even fll;oqfio, Ortawa, December 1st, 1869. in Chicago from the ulnu‘ph.onu to the chamber of commerce, 135 feet, is operated : Messages are placed in a leather cup, of the shape of a dice box, and made to fit the tube. By means of an ordinary bellows placed in thoornung room, the cup can be forced over into the Board of Trade hall with a great rapidity by the pressure of air. The suction of the bellows brings the cup back. ‘The tube is supported by a tightly stretched cable of galvanized wire, which extends between the roofs otf the two buildings, and from which Iron guys are attached to the tube to keep it in its place. j The New York World thinks that in conseâ€" quence of the depresseid state of trade in that city hard times are coming. Peter Cooper Broadway and other down town streets are unoccupied; several small firms have been * wiped out" by the heary bouse and extrava~ gant business expenses, and only about half the pumber of last year‘s travelling agents are how employed. H.B.Clafiin & Co. think business, although not active, is not as dull as ‘54 or ‘58, and this firm is cautious in giving credit. Arpold, Constable & Co., Lord & Taylor, James McCreery & Co., think the present condition «of the dry goods business very bad, and a general stats of inactivity prevails, particularly â€"among the jobbing The people of mczo;umd the towns north of it bad the sat on on Wednesday of seeing the first train pass over the Piscataquis road to Dover and Foxcroft. © ‘The road is not completed, but the ralls having been laid, the directors invited : the city authorities to pass over the way, and partake of the hospitalities of their Piscataquis neighbours, The road is one extending almost due north from the city ubout 50 miles, though in somewbat circuaular course, so as to accommodate the iron mines of the Katabdin works and the many slate quarries in Brownville and neighboring towns. Connection in business is also secured with the thriving towns of Dover, Foxcroft. Sebec, Milo, and places between, ftrom all which a successful~ business is anticipated. The amount of freight already offered is highly encouraging. Preparationsarealready on foot to extend the road still further on,and & charter is expected from the coming legislaâ€" ture to go to Abbott and onward in that diâ€" rectionâ€"indefinitely. ‘The end to be reached ultimately is Richmond, Canada, to connect with the Grand Trunk from Montreal and Quebec, giving a through â€"direct route from those great cities at the one end, and St. Jobn and Nalif:x at the other. « Bince Mr. Weir returned from the West, The Eoropein and North American road is now ruoniog its cars regularly, in connection with the Maine Central, as far as Mattawamâ€" keag, so that passengers from Baston pass at once «~ ‘o that place without delay on their arrirs‘ " ere, making the whole distance durâ€" ing : day, both ways. At the other end, car . :s running regularly from the border to 8t. Juua, and thence ouward towards Halifax. The shurt interven‘ng space between Mattaâ€" wau.kcag and the borcer is growing comstantâ€" ly shorter, ang the connection will be made before many,. months, ‘These different railâ€" The traffic receipts of the E. & N. A. Railâ€" road enterprises are baving a very decided effect on the business of that portion of the State, and give every encouragement to all whose attention has been awok= iy the proâ€" gress going on around them. The Portland Argus says that the Portland TRADE AND MANUFACTURE. We také the following interesting item UYORRESPONDENCEâ€" THE LATH VIRE. Your obt. servt. ‘ _ W.C. BMILLIE, President,. would have jPort Hopo has adopted the cearly closing »ystem, 2 The Ontario Legisiators have awarded themseives a sessional allowance of $4.50. A fifth Judge, Mr. U. Beaudry, one of the Confederation C:)nml-lom, is to be named ‘The house of Major Dougall, of Windsor, was recently broken into by thieves, who car. ried off a gun and overcoat and other articles valued at about $20. * * The Madoc Mercury of the 27th says : «* Four wolverines were shot in the nortbâ€" western part of Madoc township a few days since by Mr. Howland Mack.* His Honout, Judge hnmn, has finaliy given gxdgment in the Gould extratition oase. He held that the evidence would, acâ€" cording to the law of Ontario, justify the prisoner‘s committat for trial on a charge of forgery, and, therefore, that he came within the scope ofthe Extradition ‘Treaty. Gould, therefore, stands committed for extradition accordingly. Yesterday the new Act, compelling teamsâ€" ters to harness their horses in such a way as to make the regular] doubleâ€"sleigh track in the snow, such as we have in Ontario, took effect in the counties of Huntinedon, Beauâ€" barnois, Chateauguay, Laprairie, Napiervilie, St. Johne, Mississiquoi, Iberville, Shefford, Bm-b:, Stanstead and Compton, Province ot Quebec. . F10 AZCUCCmTout, wNC AWoOrsRe] Cucini. yuilkg absent, it is supposed, collecting fresh eviâ€" The Standard learns that it is probable the office of American Consul at,. Pictou, will be filled by Frank Norton, Esq , son of the late incumbent. } + A black lead manufactory has been estab~ lished in St. John, N.B., capable of turning out five tons a day, ‘The polish is made from the product of the "Split Rock Plumbago Mino," £ _ The St. John, N.B., Freeman says:â€"A lad named Francis H. Atherton, formerly belongâ€" Munroc‘s trial has been poaponed till the "th December ; the Attorney General being Pleasant, Halifax. â€" ‘The European and North American Rail way between the Rivers St. Jobhn and st. Croix, and: the Fredericton Railway between the Junction ut Hatrt‘s Milis and Fredericton, was opened for traffic yesterday, ing to Fredericton, was accidentally shot by one of his companions, in the woods at Point The 8t. John, N.B., Freeman says:â€"On the Pictou, N. 8., Railroad an embankment was washed away by the late floods ; a train went off the track in consequence, and the engine driver, James AMcCarron, was killed. At Wolfville a man named Hiltsz was killed by the falling of a bank in a gravel pit. . Complete returns from Newfoundland show that nine Confederates and twentyâ€"one Antiâ€" Confederates have been returned. The At~ torney General and his colleague, Evans, bave so small a majority in Barin that it is expected their opponents will endemvour to unseat them. Arromtxuexrteâ€"Provincial Secretary‘s Office, Halitax, 23rd November, 1869.â€"His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, by the advice of the m“:'af':."'om‘""fi:"&"u.';' pleased to make following te : in the County d‘_mQ be a Comâ€" missioner for conveying logs and lumber down the Port Medway River, and for removing obstructions from said stream : Alder Waterâ€" man in the place of Alder Carder, resigned. In the County ot Kingsâ€"To be a Commis« sioner of sewers for the Phillis â€"Dykeat Avon~ Very large numbers of deer carcases have place of Peter Cruickshank, deceased. In the County of Camberlandâ€"To be a cors oner : Clinton J. Morse, M. D. en. passing eastward, per Grand Trunk, du.t:o past few days en route for lontml,’ d N&w York. â€" The annexation of 8t, Domingo will cost the United States two million dollars. Chicago had a surplus of $110,992 receipts cver expenses of the water department for the last year. A hint for Ottaws, â€" Massachusetts, trying to Iyto. The ny thny beiong t o sorpe of ho huudred missionaties seut by Brigham Young to States having more women than men. At Connerville, Ind., the building in which Forepaugh‘s -ouprl'o was "wintering, was partly burued a few mtldm,omln‘ the animals loose and ag a healthy row. The chieflion was finally driven into a corner by two sheep, and captured. Ayoung Newark lady, residing in Colden strget is reported in one of the local papers: to have rescued a drowning man from the canal on Sunday night. Sb:fn said to have saved the lives of two persons who had fallen into the canal . before her last exploit. Her name is not given. _ ; f . Bome of the Boston ':rnhld that the State should be reésponsible for the damages incurred by the Messrs. Shauley by the recent inundation of the Hoosac tunnel, and fix it ith the damage also incurred, through the ;gocuu,on the adjacent railway at $32,. sylvania, arrived at 8t. Louis with a young womsan | from Rollia, Missouri, Thursday trale, aud a might spont at n hotsl, descried and a 8 & her, robbing her of over one hundred dol» lars and a gold wateh,. Johnson is supposed to have gone east. yes FOREIGN. Europs pays $50,000,000 °& year to her sfi hare td ow »0 f The ship Hawk, belonging to the telegraph mhhhnppu:awm Bues Canal. She will lay a tédiegraph cable from Port Said to Bues on the bottom of the canal. Bome noteworthy remarks were made in the Prussian Cabinet, a short time since, on Herr Virchow‘s motion for a general disarm~ ament, . Herr Lowe, the Radical member, Mm tlu‘t though the nyl::d done great things in 1866, experience shown Mhm,mmamqm expenses which it entails, " No nation in Europe," he added, " is in so unsatisfactory & position, financially, as ours. A reduction of the military expenditure is indispensable." Herr Lasker, the " National â€" Liberal,"> said he would vote against the motion, {ncun if Prussia proposed a disarmament," she * would be compelled to batray her plans for Cabinet of the Taf Nflw net of leries, thus the danger of a war." *I( Baden," ho added, " were willing to enter ‘the North German Bund, that would alter the case ; but tiil this hrp-o\vo must wait, and abitain from doing anything which might lead to the belief that our conntr{ renounces its mission in Ge many." < Fivally, Uerr Virchow, the proposer . of the motion, said the army is an ins trument of.absolatism, and that "there is one thing only that threatens Europe with war, and all nations with ruinâ€"the system of permanent armies." * Oomnm.-az‘.hohv-uy Mlo‘éhncutol this ‘preparai rendered it a general hvo‘l:l'u. The Civie Seavios Gazerrs reâ€" marks :â€""The singular success which %.. ?p‘mby&hmmm cocom ‘has never been. surpassed by any experimentalist.. By a thorough kno#wledge of the natural laws whith govern the operaâ€" tions of digestion‘ and nutrition, and by a ll-nI:g':d “lr“.lh.hu pnnd:: bapies cocos, Mr. Epps o:mm‘rlthndcuahly fiavourâ€" beversge which may save us many doctors‘ bills." Made simply with m water‘or milk. Sold by the trade only in }1b slb and 1ib firmw Jaixts Kers & Co., hic Ohemists, A man named Charles Johnson, from Penn« Basagrast.â€"Eppa‘s COCOA.â€"(GrAaATEFCL AxD MARITIME PROVINCES UNITED STATES. trave 11388 W en The Chicago Legal News istedited by a lady. Bunday Morning is the name of a new paper at Philadelphia, The Emperor of China himself acts as censor over the Pekin Gazetie. London has a literary gnd illustrated week!ly called the Graphic. s The Woman‘s World is the name of a paper soon to be published in the interests of Women‘s Rights. ' A new paper called " The Altar and the Throne" is about to be started in Montreal in the interests of the Orange Aassociation. quarter ending Oct. 2, were as followe ; Reâ€" publican, $56,000 ; Democrat, 36,000 ; Times, $26,000; Westliche Post, $17,000. Both the papers in Somerset County, Pencâ€" sylvania, are owned by two partners of different politics. Each edits the paper in whose prinâ€" ciples he believes, and the profits ar« divided. It has been noticed that.all the " jrreconciâ€" able " papers in Paris commence with the letâ€" ter R, viz: Reveille, Rappel,Reforme, Radical and Republigque. Let R rip. w MRTTME TVR IU-‘-HULIC’ ARWACENC, RITG® EB courages the editor of his favourits journal * Continue to pour red=hot thunderbolts right into the tecth of the leeches and sharks that are sucking the lifâ€"blood from the people." The managing editor of the New York Times is now George Shepard, formeriy ofâ€"St. Louis ; and his chief assistants are Louis Jennings, late of the Luondon Times, and husâ€" band of Miss Hentiques, the actress ; Geo Pond, formerly of the Army and Navy Journal and Henry Bedley, formerly of the Round Table. Mr.Jones, the publisher, acts as ediâ€" torâ€"inâ€"chicf. Miss Nellie Mackay Hutchinson, a spright~ Iy, , witty, and _ decidedly â€" intelligent young lady, dashing and piquante in her style, and very winsome in her manner, did the excellent reports of the Cleveland Woman‘s Rights Convention for the New York Tribune. â€" She has talent and ability of ahigh order as a writer, ‘and will, not long hence, rank among the first. The Hamilton Literary Monthlg is responsi~ ble for the following : "A number of young ladies visited the laboratory of Profesgor A. W. Bonner, during his " extra " chemist days. Their cheeks were evidently tinted with rouge,. The profeesor was making*some sulphurated hydrogen=â€"gas. He knew that bromine was one of the ingredients of rouge and that 8. H. would turn it black. . Accordingly he acciâ€" dcnhllyg) let a quantity of gas into the room, on thera was a commotion. ‘One lady discovered that the oather‘s face was black â€"the discovery became mutual. ‘The result need not be described. Moral : Ladies who paint should steer clear of a laboratory." Tus War or tus Worinpn.â€"Mr. George Francis Train has experienced the bitterest exercise of ingratitude, After inditing for the World newspaper one bundred and two (102) solid columns of printed matter of various kinds â€" principally letters from * British Bastiles"â€"and all by special arrangement with the editor of that paper, there now ap pears some difficulty on the part.of Mr. Train to collect the amount due, namely : $2,650, this being the sum resuiting from Mr. Train‘s labors at twenty»~five (25) dollars acolumn, in addition to.one hundred and fifty (150) dollars cash paid for foreign postâ€" age and cable despatches, All these ungrateâ€" ful facts are fully set forth in the little due bill which Mr. Train publishes in the papers. It ssems clear that Mr. ‘Train‘s bill is a just one, and it would be difficult to understand the World‘s objection to liquidating it, espeâ€" cially as George Francis avers that he furâ€" nished the maiter under special arrangement with the editor. For a man of the world, as Mr. Train undoubtedly is, he has exhibited in this matter, as the result would seem to prove, but little knowledge of the ways of the World. * 7A The Democrat has the following pleasant notice of a lat> journalistic meeting in New weele â€" OWP s m’_-""'-we;‘ two bhundred guests, who met to know other better, and to initiate a movement to make editors and writers (better acquanited with each other, . _ o 4# And in this the dinner was a perfect suctess. Jt was not intended as a meeting of all the best writers in the city or country, for all could not be accommodated by the The receipts of the St. Louis papers for the beyond their strength to fill the meverâ€" ending call for " copy"‘ which will interest the public and bring pence to their reâ€" spective papers, editors have less time than any other people to form acquintance with each other. ~« During business hours each editor must be in his own office He must be there to readâ€"to writeâ€"to watch other papers, and his own, as a General watches contendiug forâ€" ces, or the battalions coming up to his aid as he moves to the aid of vthersâ€"to answer qn-dou{dlnot editorials, order in or order out articlesâ€"and watch with eagle eye the A man in Tonganoxie, Kansar, thus en makeâ€"up of his columns, day after day and night after night, * And when the labor of the day be ended, the weary brained editor or writer is generally too tired to visit or make many social calls, "‘There were present the other night an hundred or more editors and writers we never before saw, though long acquainted with them by the pen. There were editors who sit weeks in offices not a stone‘s throw away, yet we never saw them nor had an idea of their looks. . We saw there for the first time, the venerable Oliver Johnson of the Indepenâ€" dent, likewise ‘Theodore Tilton of thke same paper. Also James Parton and Faunny Fern, And for _ the _ first .time â€" Phebe Cary, whose besutiful poems havre been read in millions of homes; Kleanor Kirk Ames, one of the. most intellectual looking ladies present ; Madame Demorest, the celebrated muiuy;wmm-»um some beautiful things; Mrs. Burleigh, a woman of rich intellectual gifts, and very many others whose writings have often atâ€" tracted our attention. Andvayno'm lqoked as we thought they judging mm. Many there were surprised to see with their own eyes that we were not an old man, a drunkard, or a devil with horns, hoof and tail, so often had we thus been pictured. And we were somewhat surprised to see so many ing the stamp of study upon intellect. ‘%\oPm'Ohbd&a'Mho success. Among its members are many who ::l‘. wmum“”':dlm.dvohopd have the pleasure of witnessing many more such pleasanot and"profitable gatherings. of a daughter. In Hell Vil Wednesday the 24th ult,, the wife Mr. l‘.n.n'u"filun. Lamber Merchent, Afew more gentlemen can be accommodated TALBOT & TOUSBLGKAXT, $ Advocates, Quebes. General Agent for the United States, GEO H HOLT, Req, No 4, Gold street, New York. 1221d «"‘The dinner given by the Press Club ot 'm-“ n ,‘i,w, will find rior accommoâ€" :‘:u-bk;l:uyn'fiumm N Bâ€" house is situated in the immediate vicinity of the .Parliament Buildings and the The dinner was a sort of surprise ‘party. #S. DUIGNAN*S, ~ â€" â€" SPARKS STREET, OTTAWaA. LENXTENXTE CORDIALE. JOURNALISTIC: ng people present, hearly all showâ€" BIRTH. , on Wednesday the 24th ult,, of every AT THE VARIETY HALL. A GRAXD VOCAL ANKD INSTIUII"“, CONCERT, E2 0OPR OO CE TE Fl-lil.l WARSMADCHIE OE “ ~ and its environs have kindly plased their ve1), able services et the disporal dP t7e Committee this cosamsion. â€" ind his Worship the Mayor, John M:l;’ 1':"5“;“3' th; Boe-ot.yl' fiurn.!. A. Macdonsi¢ . 0. B., Hon. Josepn Howe, Hon. John L. g> and flu'. Malooim Cameron . id The musisal arrangements will be underqg, direction of ROBERT STEVENSON, Esquire, OMD of St. Alb;nl': Church. oors open at 7:15 ; concert to commense 8 o‘slock precisely, o & PE Â¥or further particulars see programme, TICKETS 50 CENPS. ADDRFSSI‘s Will be delivered in the course of the Gallery, 25 conts each ; can*be had at Botts‘ Fruit Store and Curtis, Mairâ€"4ressmg Saloon, Rideau Btreet; Miles: Hairâ€"dressing Saloon, Russeli Hoase Block; Michuol‘s Tobaceo Blote ; Young and KRadford‘s and Pace‘s Jeweiry Btores, Centre Town ; Champness‘ Hotel, Spark Btreet ; Mall‘s Confec:iorary and Hallandale‘s Saloon, Wellington Street; Proderick‘s Confectionery, Bartlett‘s Confectionery and Huckel!s Ploar Etore Busser Etreet; K. Gilpin‘s Hotel, Little Sussex Street ; Saimon‘s Hotel, York Btreet ; J, Bray, New flhhni;ototny-inda. JOURNEY TO THE XORTHâ€"WESr. The Governor haviog himself with GOOD H ulways be bad at Corner of Ridcau and Moegrove «trects * > oTTAWA. his harness gave way, and he has lailed 10 reach lhhd.dfo..‘m fallen into the hands of the half breeds, Such is the consequence of the fily olnthvhln’nvmduun with good harmes from s before leasing. All you leaving for the northwest for Jumbering operations this winter call at Borbricge‘s tor your harness, and save yourselves from the ovil comsâ€" quences of breaking down on your journey, wi being uhnrlnun- by the mountains of smm on your way to the shanties, and when there unable to work, and have to come bukvfl,â€":* in vyour mouth not having done halfa wiste* The consequence has beon that when pursued his harness gave way, and he has failed to reach work for want of good harness. _ LOOK AT TBE FouLowixa:© _ | > We offer for sale at the lowest prices < any‘ $ " . house in Canada, the following immense assortâ€" ment of harness, viz : CHRISTMAS FUND, Will be given in Her Majesty‘s To 2mllflld BEAVY ; TRACE WÂ¥ BER HARKRNESS Eeveral of th. ncinal amateurs of n‘e& .nnm.- LF.L- i' i'-.al?-nl:.: al.!.k_.“ We also o€er for sale the following immam | assortment of all M“dlflhâ€"l 6 *A 50 50 2() The above all made out of the best of 0K ‘Tanned Loathor, and superior workmansbip. 100 2() 9 F1 s 2 ‘ Of all desoriptions and sizes, at various priott s warranted not to gauld. Call and see our immense stock of Sundries, vit: T. GEORGE‘*s soci®rry. Ottawa, December 2, 1869. "'ii‘:T.& GOD SAVE THE QUEEX. 1,000 BERSINGLESB, ot all L180 1,000 _ Horse Clothing of ail descriptions and 4@# heap Horse Biankets from $1.25 per p4‘® ie ni will «it ho To mo ugiithws _ _ Can be accommodated with frst clast and BOARD. Apply to Mr. K. RO MMO&U“M C Pork, Fiour, Fish, Salt, Beans, Poss and Bags, Blankets, &c., &0., on consigninent 50 5o 50 APTURE GovERNOR McDCUGaLL "Alll BLACXKBURN, . c . â€" 3 _ HHep,â€" COMMISSION, . FORWARDER E _ Batk ! What a0o , AGENT, neert? AND GENERAL AGOEN RHewe listen to 11 Oltawa, November 1, 18 6#. +8. & 11. BORBRIDGE‘8, Remember the piace. _ 500 500 Es Biece trimmings TUESDAY EVEXINXG NEXT, December Tth, 1869. 800 5) i8s SBKTT o ine BLACK J APANKRD do SLLVER PLATED_OAL do SHORTTUO® h & d&o LONG TRACE deo & IX A1D OF 4HE PAIR of POLE STRAPS, dite SETT of DOUBLE RELIXS PAIR of SINGLE RELNS PALR of FLAT BINGLK ® UALTZRS, of all descriptions By order oN El4 SILVER PLATED 4g0 J ... HEAYVY TLALX HAREES J ; * "~"Feee for Lambering Purposes weadinge. A MEDIUM _ ds de CART or TRALN HARXES BRASS PLATED d&o e â€"«â€"~~â€"~ es \Conreven BRASS do do +4 | BLACK DOUBLE CARR} T %=>~ 4o Sn Atrmat nj BLACK J a PA KK ED Buavh J aA F A N 8 8P > l COARSErINE HaRNEss | _ . treal, and (we , | _ oy outreserve. | SILVER PLAFED do . , o# BORBRLDGE, Te l e Rose, Ridess mres, | $ ( 89 Omdts ofp,, of FOLDED MAZKNL BORBRLDGE, Saxp Ppomt, TheRtre, op " â€" yAmuBe Of 1 bvfllhm saw quite a ; Dou‘t G@o" recei foggy and rainy *“'.“‘ Cept that it was ; rounded by the to be struck in night at the Bte, P1 our readers to sale of dry go o‘clock at the Tus Late 1 notice of the as such, not Major early HAaotel, Y ork prnful ace letting a }4 served out to very vich cap, A Bin A Luas abors