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MWHy~ For interesling rcading mallc@ 86 FKirst Puge. *L There is somethng inexpressibly reâ€" freshing in the cool impuwlence of the Fenian brigand O‘Neill, who after explain ing the causes which led to his failure in May lst, addresses a few words to the (Canadiin people. He tells them tha: being sutisned of their ability to defenc themselves he will never agein attempt to annoy them, and furthermore . assure them that in the event of their desiring t« become annexed to the States, he and hi fellow entthrouts will be delijhted t« welcome them as brothers! The idea 0 annexation was bad enough before, bu the thought of baving such ruflians a these for * brothers" and fellow @citizens‘ renders it stull more unpalatable. Tnrect Importationsâ€"Thos. Patterso: Auction Sale of Horsesâ€"H. McLean. S.wn Woodâ€"John Heney. Catalogue Sale of Booksâ€"A. Kowe. Knox Church Bazaar. Auction Sule of Ho:sesâ€"H. McLean We are quite ready to admit that the Globe is perfectly right in asserting thai we are disappointed in the attituue lately assumed by the member for Lambton Oppose:| as we ever have been to him po litically, we certainly gave him credit for too much good judg.ment and discret} n, «s well as for o much exalte: patriotism, to admit of hss _ ad opting the course which be latel; hag done. â€" Led astray by personal ambi tion, however, and the Aatieries and ca j levies oi the Globe, Mr. Mackensie h wande: ed into the ranks of faction, ans now, like a political Iophiotophhn, the Hon. George Brown laughs exultantly to think that he has managed to drag dow! a well meaning patriotic man from his po sition, and to enroll his name among th« motley band of disappointed and disaftect ed men from all parts of the Dominion whom the chiet leader af Faction is active: ly-'.dhtryingtodrm into a part For Mr. Mackenzie, or for any other man who may oppose the present Government from conscientious .notives, and upon leg‘â€" tim te issues, we iniy enlertain respec! We are quite ready to & Globe is perfectly right in we are disappointed in the assumed by the member ce k. m â€" e y wl en e and esteem.= But when Mr. Muackenzie his good manners corrupted by evil com munications, descends to follow the exam ple of the Gicbe, and to indulge in ali kinds of misrepresentation and trickery with a view of aseceving can no longer respect hi regret that he should temptation. } The Globe says that the Ottaws Tiwzs declared that the Opposition have not made or substantiated a single “mwmwt.m 2 e‘s speech. it m "~Liak Cuemiakl‘s SA systematically bought up, bribed and wawm'mdmflm of Commonsâ€"thus neutralizing their free action and destroying the independence 0f the Legisiature." «4 This is a general charge to which it is impossible to give anything more than « general denial unless we are furnished with a list of the thirty one members wh have been " bribed and muzled," which we now call upon the Globe to give us . As* to Mr. Walsh‘s appointment to the Interâ€" colonial Railway commission to which reterâ€" ence is made, the appointment was espeâ€" cially provided for in the Independence of Parliament Act. _ With regard to the $200 paid by. " the Finance Department, «l me Geanbial PPR iP aous: ts HRPPPVCC CC it then proceeds to Ther Ottawa Cunes. 1 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, is70 pointed Railway Commissmoner or NOW, there was not the slightest danger of Mr Walsh â€" orâ€" Mr. _ Sproat â€" becoming factionists, â€" for both . were well ; tiel and _ avowed . supporters . of the Government ; therefore it is difficult to see how these cases cin be takan as spociâ€" mensoft .e buying up and muzzling process. Meanwhile we await with much intervst ferred to by the Globe. ()‘rmm h”‘m" unfertuâ€" nate and does Mr. MacKenzio a serious injury when he refers to his * direct charge‘" convcerning the expenses of the Dominion Government, lor never was a more disingenuous charge made, and never dida man induige in a more gross and wunton prece of misreprosentation than Mr, MacKenue did in reference to this matter. 'othonmahh: Would our contemporary, or his inspirâ€" ing genios as Uttawa, like to be reminded of anvther «* diredt eh'”?" l’n here .it is from the same speech ; « When the @ UGcvernment was first formed in ‘67â€" 68, u the oftices were Hlled with a great army « of employ ees, but notwithst.nding the i# ent re expenses of the Civil Government, © including the Governor General s salary ©and those of the Lieutenant Governors i were $5904,445 82. What was it now ? MACKEXNZIE AND HI= sSEW ADVRHW! @"nearly $70,Â¥U) in iwo years, in conseâ€" «quence, as be tirmly believed, of the naâ€" =© tur.lly bud system of Government that «: existed under a Coalition." No wonder that Mr. MacKkenume has fallen from his OMcat 38, Oparks #u. 0R The very saime ilems now that @"the Mnt have and furthermore assure: s event of their desiring t« d to the States, he and hi» ats will be delighted ‘t« as brothers! The idea 0 & u .m‘h “Mb\l\ ;” quote the following called, mlr.w- 1661,075 32â€"an hare yielded to Stree «(*HJ A RG ES. NTX public, we matter se In speuking of the entire expentes 0o: 1867â€"68 Mr. Mackenzio gare the ac/ual exâ€" venditure, but in giving those of the. curâ€" rent year ($661,675) he quotes the sum roted in the estimates which he knows verfcetly well is always largely in excess of tie expenditure! In 1867.68 the estimates w ‘re $49,000 in excess of the sum actually expended. For 1869â€"70 it will prob. ably be found that the expenditure was some $70,000 or $80,000 less than the estimates, and no doubt this year there will also be a large margin. Now, We wish to direct the particular at wention _ of the people of _ Cana da to Mr. Mackenzie‘s dishonesty in this muatter, because it is a fair specimen of the aature of the other charges of a more or We certainly must admit that we cannot «o "a direct charge fof the most damr~ :ory nature" here, but on the contrary nost dammatory evidence of that gross inisrepresentatat.on and perversion of the truth which forms the principal stock in wrade of the opposition nigh place in the estimation of men «ho cannot see a "direct charge," and hat of the most damnatory nature, in these incontrovertible proofs of the moral ind political delinquency of the: present Administration. ‘ess indeliniteo chamcter which he has rumped up against the Administration. If he takes the estimates for the current sear, why not take the estimates for 1867 63 ? No, he knows better than to do this ; he is perfectly aware that if he does «o he cannot make out his case ; he canâ€" aot deceire or mislead the people as he is «o earnestly seekirg> to do, and he lescends to this very unfair and dishonest :«ourse in order to inspire the belief that the Government are «"morally and politicâ€" ally delinquent.‘" We think that the people of Canada will be of opinion that the moral and political delinquency is all n the other side, and that any charges, direct‘‘ or otherwise, which he may bring igainst the Gorernment ought to be reâ€" seived with great caution and distrust. , We do not say that the expenses of civil tovernment have not increased since 1867â€" 18, It would be odd indeed if they had : aot. (In the Post Uflice Department wol ind th«t the work in Ontario and Quebec Jone h«s increased 10 per cent, withâ€". ut counting the additional UUsiness: lone in the other Provinces Then the Post Uflice Savings Banks have been established, necessarily involring some adâ€". litional expenditure. The Marine and Eisheries Department has been created, while the business of the Customs and Inâ€" land Revenue Departments have increased wonderfully as every one knows, We we confident that any one who examines the public accounts in a fair and unpartial manner, who deals with facts, and does not like Mr. MacKenzie and the Globe seek to distort and misrepresent them, will com.e to the conclusion that the pubâ€" lio business is performed in an economical «nd straighttorward manner, and that any increase in the working expenses of the Jovernment is certainly not by any means excessive, as compared with the additional «mount of work performed. ARTICLE L. ;\ | Une of the most extensive and imporâ€"â€" tant‘powers vested in the Court, is the jurisdiction given in constitutionl matters, the cl wses relating to which read thus. #47; The Governor in Council may diâ€" ©# rect a special case to be L.id betore the ©Supreme Court sitting in term. in which ©special case there may be set forth any "act passed by the Legislature of any «" Province in the Dominion of Canada, and = thereupon there may be stated for the «" opinion of the said Supreme Court, such " qmestions as to the constitutionality of "© the said act, or of any provision or proâ€" © visions thereof as the Governor in Coun:â€" « oil may order, " hearing counsel~â€"for the Dominion of | "Canade and for the Province whose act "may be in question (if the respective "Governments of the PDominion and the "Province think fit to appear), and also "after ‘hearing Counsel for any ©person or persons .whose interest © may be affected by the said act, and " who may desire to be heard touching "# the questions submitted for the opinion * of the Court, and who shall have obâ€" " tained leare to appear, and be so heard " on application to a Judge of the said # Court in Chambers, certify their opinâ€" " ions upon the said special case to the * Governor in Council." Thus far the first proposed bill ; the presâ€" ent one contains the same with this addiâ€" tion : "©49. It shall be lawful for the © Governor in Council to refer to the Suâ€" " preme Court, for hearing or considersa. © tion, any such other matters whatso¢ver, © as he may think tit, and the Court shall * thereupon hear or consider the same, = and certify their opinions thereon to the «* Governor in Council." The two first clauses vest a power that may be very usefully and beneficially exâ€" ercised. Questions hare already arisen in the yet short history of our Provincial Legislatures where the caud-‘ tutionality of some of their acts was to say the least, extremely doubtful. In such cases the Governor, if the Supreme Uourt expresses an opinion on & question submitted to it, may disallow it within the tume allowed by the Act of Contedoeration. Clause 49 gives power, however, to subâ€" mit 4 for hearing or consideration any such other matter whatsoever,"‘ as the Governer General " may think fit," and the judges of Court are ta certify their opinion. u“' This seems to us rather rague. there may doubtless arise very many questions in which the Governor General may â€" very usefully take the opinion of the Ceurt, and this provision may ;prove a valuable one. Of course, to hare vested any authoâ€" rity in the Court to interfere with provinâ€" cial legislation would have been u tra vires, but under the rather comprehensive phraâ€" seology of "@"other matters whatsoever‘" . unromybowmdth which the Court.can not only rery properly advise, but very beneficially _ act. Questions _ may arise between the Dominion Government and. one of the Local Governments which are not anticipated by the Act of Confeders tion, and provided for in :t, and which a mere expression of opinion on the part of \m.lu.-n-uu insufticient to settle. We may perhaps, howevrer, be raising only .nw dufliculty. ‘The clause, as it stands, vests a valuable privilege, and its THE SUPREME COURT ACT after practical working w.1l have been considerâ€" ed by the framers of the Bill. in criminal cases clause 44 "gives a person conviâ€"ted of treason, felony, or miâ€"demeanor before ony Court of Oyer and Terminer or gaol deâ€" livery, or in the Court of Queen‘s Bench in the Province of Quebec on its Crown side, whose conviction has been affirmed by any Superior Court, or in the Province of Queb:c by the Court of Queen‘s Bench, on its appesl side," being, in effect, all convictions for »such ollences before any superior Court w ich has been affirmed by the respectiive existing Courts having apâ€" pellate jumsdiction,â€"may appeal to the Supreme Court against the affirmation, and the said Court shall make such rule or order therein, &¢., as the justice ot the case requires ; but no such @ppeal is to be allowed where the Court affirming the conviction is unanimous, nor unless notice of appeal in writing has been served on the Attorneyâ€"General, within twenty days after such affirmance. Very evidently much pains and caro have been bestowed with a view of giving to an accused person the utâ€" most protection agrainst any possibility of injustice, and the benefit of any irreguâ€" larity that may have occurred in his conviction. lHe has, however, to claim his right prowptly, and sppeal within twenty days after affirmance of conâ€" viction, and proceed to the fiist term of the Court, which will not much delay the execution of his senâ€" tence, if he proves to have been propâ€" erly tried and convicted. It is desiraâ€" ble that no unnecessary time should be lost beyond what is required for the due protection of the innocent, for in crimâ€" inal matters justice should be swilt as well as certain. THE COMING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ‘The civic elections are at hand, and it is most desirable that the right men should be found in the right place. It is not by any means desirable that any gentleman be required to do double duty for h.s felâ€" lowâ€"citizensâ€"to be an Alderman and a Zchool Trustee, any more than it is quite correct in Mr. George Honey Preston to be ut once the controller and Collector of the public funds. ‘The latter induvidu«l is intellgent in a very high degree, and so was Mr. "Janus Wearhercock," whose history the late Mr. Charles Dickens vyery graphically related. | That unfortunste luxâ€" uriated f»r a long time on the moneys which he obtained from Insurance Comâ€" panies, but came to grief at last. His hisâ€" tory is peculiarly instructive, and may be found in Shelton Mackenzie‘s life of the great novelist. That which is ml important to us, however, is the reâ€" turn to the City Council of men whose worldly circumstances place themn above suspicion. They should certainly nut be under the real or imaginary inâ€" fHuence of an officer of the Corporation and servant of the public, as it is more th in insinuated Mr. Alderman Pratt is. For sught that we know to the contrary Mr. Pratt is a very exemplary man. It is not our business to charge him with wrongâ€" doing, or even of ill intention. It is, howâ€" ‘om,qnhodnrubobmt in a posiâ€" itioatobonlnpufidjfldpwfielnr- George Honey Preston and the City Chamberlain in this recently discovered $2,.300 «* discrepancy‘ business. â€" The Council should be tilled by men, who are neither needy nor dependent, and the electors of Victoria Ward will have httle difficulty in discriminating between Abhe merits of Mr. Cassels, who, it is said, will be requested to offer himself for election and Mr. Pratt, who, it is allegod, is the mere business agent. in the Corporation and out of it, of Mr. Honey Preston. Mr. Cassels is a gentloman of the highest resâ€" pectabuity, and thoroughly independent .n temper and worldly circumstances, well educated, and, commercially speaking, second to no one in the city, while being, at the same time, quite conâ€" versant with public affairs, and being especially cogniznt of our requirements. He is a fit man, and none but fit men should presumse, in the capital of the Do minion, to accept & position, which would ent.tle him to be selected as the Mayor of UOttawa. The matter is in the hands of the citizens themselves. It is for them to say by whom, or in what manner, they desire to be represented in the future, and if it be not in their interest that the vill:ge character of the municipal suthorities should be got rid of, even should it be at the expense of "Hhoo.fliy" and his alterâ€" ego "Rob Roy," a Poited Mortal we Grant, but who, nevertheless, was not ¢xâ€" pected to become the tool of the City Colâ€" lector, and is not sufliciently competent for the task to be of much service to him. "Rob Roy," of all ethers, should surely know th«t those who are "livring in a tangle of falsehoods, as Captain Grant expresses it, in his nove1, now being pub, lished in the Scotftish Americanâ€"see Vol. XIII , No. 44, under the caption of ‘Juden Grabbie‘â€"never know when or whers the danger of discovery lies." More in sorrow than in anger the inforâ€" mation reaches us that there is a " disâ€" crepancy‘‘ between the Collector of the ‘Taxes, also the proprietor of a terrace of housesâ€"Mr. George Honey Prestonâ€"and the hitherto unimpeached City Chamberâ€" lain, Mr. Thompson. 1t is a queer word that «"discrepancy." It has a signilica tion which no lexicon can very well exâ€" much, however, is beyond qguessing. ‘There is a missing sum, in the matter of taxes, amounting to $2,300, which should have been paid to the Chamberlain, which the Chamberiain knows nothing about, which is very distressing to His Worship the Mayor, and which the City Solicitor, Mr. Lewis, is carefully investigating. It is in sorrow, not in anger, that we repest this gossip, for, knowing the exemplary character of Mr. Colletor Preston, it is msuwumuum issue two cheques tor a like sum, payible to the Chamberlain, and yet, by some come to the knowledge of the Chamber dream of placing it at the door of the Chamberlain, 1t is not that gentleman who has been paring the way for this now PRESTONIFIED CHECK FOR $3, There is certainly a fraud which it THER OTTAWA TIMES. DEC. 5, 1870. | The announcement that Miss Woodbury \ was to deliver a lecture in the Bank street ' church brought together a very large auâ€" f dience on Saturday evening in that build ‘ing. Miss Woodbury, though well known ! in the United Btates from whence she | comes, in connection with the temperance ‘\ movement of which she is an ardent and | indefatigable advocate, is comparatively | little known in Canada. Miss Woodbury | is now making a tour through Canada on ’tbo laudable mission of introducing her system of temperance :among young boys and in doing which she has been yery suc cessful in different parts of the United States, even in Chicago. Miss Woodbury is a young woman 0o { happy mien and intelligent countnance. After the usual preliminaries had been gone through the lecturer was introduced, and we give below a synopsis of her lec ture. mischief, but the cunning, shrewd friends of Mr. Honey Preston, the immaculate Collector, under cover of those moral per sonages ‘‘Shooâ€"Fly‘" and "Rob Koy." It has been stated, to use a vyulgar saying, «all along,"‘ that Mr. Preston has had money in his hands that he has not acâ€" counted for, and now the murder is outâ€" Mr. Preston has been making preparation® for something which was to happen. _ He was about to victimize the Chamberlain and chisel the citizens, and had his honâ€" Fly,"" "Rob Roy," and,â€"save the mark !â€" the Corporation. _ He is now in the hands of His Worship the Mayor, the City Soliciâ€" ter, and one of the Aldermen, but, in the name of all that is straightforward, may we not again be permitted: to ask «"Whore is the money * o;ty, wellâ€"known character for probity, and general respectability endorsed by «Shooâ€" ;.;o;lâ€"- o ;l;"'h;;ibo nature should be of ou% upon which‘\qumon could properly and becomngly treat; what subâ€" lects would most become the n«tural moâ€" @ onl /o H on d desty of their character. In her o,;inion- this question was easily disposed of. She thought women should not contiae thom selves to the consideration of mild themes, but that they should have the liberty and cour.ge to treat upon any subject by which | they cuuld render any beneiit to their ( country and fellow people. Any person, . whether man or woman, who undertook . w plead the glorious cause of tamperance ‘ was working to bring upon his or her counâ€" try one of the greatost possible blessings, and the advoocsate in the cause is Jdeserrâ€" img of the mark of a people‘s gratitude und will certainly receive merited reward from Him who rewards all good wor‘:s. Was not the ponwho sm.es women, ch.ldren and men remporal ruin and eternal) damnation employed in a good work,. Some people regarded the subject of temperance as an old hackneyed theme, but the belief was wrong. No doubt years ago temperance had drawn muny able advocates into its ranks, and though they might have exhausted every serviceable argument in its favor, yet it was as fresh as ever toâ€"day, and still c«lled for eloquent advocates to plead »g«: .nst the pemon of drunkness, whose victins filled our prisons and penitentiaries, Uo to the country‘s prisons -::aruiunfinfieo, and within their dark: walls would be The applause which greeted her appear. ance on the platform having subsmded, she said it was « question yet undeciaed found young boys upon whose coun |. tenaece _ should _ be _ visible â€" only 5‘ the glow of youthful innocence; [ young men who had spent years in nc.l acqwring an education, and for whom a | vrilliunt future was predicted as they went to learn some profession or com ploubhm some wmd tho Fn.bom' their deâ€" cause of their ruin wulboumlodn cursed whiskey glass. They set out in life with brillisnt prosâ€" pects before them, they swe! ved: from the path of Temperunce, and now, insensible to every feeiing of shame an 4 every cheerâ€" ] ing bope vanished, they lio immured | within prison walls, while gratefal but aisâ€" '-woinud «nd heart broken ts beâ€" wail the fate of their chilâ€"iren. ’ ‘The weltare and h: ppiness of men, woâ€" men and children, depend upon the nature of the laws by which they are gorerned, :d therefore the hw-.iv?-h-ol & country ve the -I*h- of the ple in their hands. They have it in u;’:)r power to most effectually stem the currert of intemperance, and were they to exert, as Christians should do, that power, they would banish from the land its greatest evil and the greatest obstacle to its prosâ€" | perity and welfare. No longer would the| reader‘s gazo, on tiking up the morning pqnw be _ met by the headings : * Wife Mnrdered by _ a Drunken â€" Husband," _ " A~ Child‘s Brains Smashed out by a Drunken Moâ€" ther." _ "A brunken Man Run Uver by a Truin,‘‘ or by accuunts of all the other inâ€" numerable phases of crime into which the evil leads its victims. ';co;â€"d_in; as the cry of temperance should triumph the ery of "‘do away with CUnurches and Bibles would be no longer _ in every country for years temporance has had its ardent advocates, but the reâ€" sult seemed suill mfm without the acâ€" tive coâ€"operation of tGovernments. _ |. _ . The crime ef drunkenness was on the inâ€" creuse and becoming more fashionible, and some Po'orml remeiy was needed to stem the evil. _ The remedy was in the hinds of the people, and consisted in the election to the Legislature of men who are known to be advocates of temperance. © The lecturer referred to the action of the Chinese Government some time ago in sending a deputation to Englana requestâ€" mg ber to prevent the exportation to China of intoxicating liquers, and considâ€" ered it strange that nations boasting of their civilization should be inferior in simple wisdom to th« uncultivated Chinese. Lecture by Miss Woodbury Beveral & certain county in Ilunois u’r::‘::d in obtaining n’hw prohbibiting the sale or use of liquor within its boundries. For a time the law was strictly observed, and the county was beâ€" uomi'las very garden of Eden, when an induvidual settied down in 1t and opened a whiskey shop. He was remonstrated with but to no purpose, and being brought be. fore the local court a rerdict was rendered against him, but taking the case to a higber court at Quinecy, where he knew there were plox.dnmhn judges, not only had he the verdict annulied, but from each of the good deacons who had prosecuted him he obtained large re. munerations for damages. No long as the rulers of a nation act thus how could the cause of temperance prosper. At the cause of temperance â€" prosper. At the | fiames. ‘The exertions of the tiren an wore, election pole it was as easy to vote for good | therefore, directed to checking the furuher men as for bad men, and under the whole | progress of the flimes to the adjoming mrn.l.\l‘,d the former what would be | vuildings. The shed in the rear of the the result? Churches would be tilled, | Tixzs building belonging to Mr. Nye was would disappear, prisons and totallyfconsumed, but through the praiseâ€" m“' would be almost unneeded, | worthy exertions of the firemen together and charitable societies would become inâ€" | with that of sume of thoJ»meo belonging stitutions of the past. to the Tixes office an adjoining building When the whiskey rendor was dying he | used by Mr. itajotte as a tailoring shop was uested that the license should be placed | with difliculty saved. n‘. h.p4, that when he appeared at the| _ About half past six the blazing wreck of final tribunal to answer for all the souls o_ ‘\a building gave way with a crash, a whose damnation h.mlm the nuoe, 1. ower of sp«rks rose up in the air, and the ecould produce it in ex: tion of his co _ iie was to all inten:s «nd4 purposes at an duct. The lecturer conkr uot understan.. | end. For some time, however, the engines how such a curse could be licensed, and | continued to play upon the glaring embers yet we havre tweniy lisensed dramshops for | until all danger was at an end. C how such a curse clould.: l'mm;i, and we have tweniy licensed dramshops for hy sthool and Shaish in Conata.. * _ .. People .“al!y Ucknowle:f: the evil results 0: permiiting the of liquor «nd of patronizing whiskey shops. But buâ€"imess men say their Mflflo-h\on makes it necesiary for them to indulge in the bhabit of «drinking. They are in bugiâ€" nees and to make themselres " good {alâ€" cu. Pbysicians greatly counteract the temâ€" perance mov.nent by recommending liquor te patients, particularly to those pavients _ whom thry know to have a relish for it. In this case the dose is olten increased, but seldom decreased. The great argument in its favor is that it is a s:imulant, but they deceive themselâ€" ves who velieve it has anything more than a temporary effect. « 6 1 1 W wE Co meovnnmmnnnie in lo"." m.’ mm‘ 44 M-v and Pbysicians greatly counteract codhhizcs ons Shabedamet, Ratsir Gidat C As regards whiskey curing consumption, if the quantity consumed were the criverion by which to judge there should be no such thing as consumption known. It cured consumption effectually by sending them in.o another world. (Laughter). _ The lecturer then enumerated by name several kinds of bitters used as tonics conâ€" demning‘ them all. Une vyery much in fuver was the Red Jacket bitters, the proper name for which was ragge 1 jacket, as thouse who used it were soon reduced to that conâ€" diuion,. (Laughter). Some lawyers could not interpi#t the laws, until they had got about ten glasses of hquer in them. Cl The lqcl.:rer then administered a rebuke to the women, whom she «sccused of counâ€" ten ncing tne evil. _ They had it in their power to cousiderably diminish the babit ot intemperance, and it behooved them much to exert that power. So long as young ladies continued to associate with young men whom they knew to be in the habit of frequenting whiskey saloons they would be acting greatly against their own interest, a yrarnre * o The lecturer then exhibited a series of pictures showing the various phases in the drunkard‘s career. The first picture showed a young boy su«k.ng cider from a barrel with a straw. In the second the same person, now & young m«n, was receiving a gluss of wine from a young lady in the parlor, Many a wrunkard had commenced his career w.th a sovial glass in the parlor. es The thindi showed the young man in & salouon with the whiskey glass to his lips. In Chicago they had . yver 2,500 of those s«â€" loons open on every day of the week, Sunâ€" day included. : n fea o In the furth the same individual was ly ing outside the saloun door in the gut ter, the saloon keeper having obtainea all his money kicked him out. _ _ . _ In the seventh and last his wife and vaughter stand mour:m over his grave. He Legan the drun ‘s career by suckâ€" img cidemout of a barrel, and ended it and his life on the scaftold. > aporen lirium tremens. In the sixth heé is â€"tanding on the scaf. f.lu con iemned to death for murder. o The lecturerresume.d her seat amid loud npfihu-o. r. Ross, G. W. P., was then called upon and delivered a brief and telling ad dress, after which a vote of th:unks wuas tendered to Miss Woodbury and the meetâ€" ing adjourned. About four o‘clock yesterday morning our citizens were suddenly awakened from their pesceful slum‘ers by the startling ery of "Fire.‘~ Then the lugubrious tones of the fire bells rang out through the early morning air, and in an incredibly short space of time a large concourse of persons were collected in Sparks and Welâ€" lington str: ots, watching in helpless amazeâ€" ment the ruddy flames as they towered up higher and higher, brighter and brighter from the rear of the premises occupied by With regard to the origin of the fire it is | 1 gâ€"nerally thought to have commenced in | â€" Mr. Baker‘s vacant stable, in the rear of R ‘Mmr-. Young and Raiford‘s work shop. | ; It seems most probably to have been the work of in imncendiary, though many perâ€" | ! sons believe that it originated in Mr. Higâ€" | ‘ + + C man‘s coppersmith‘s shop, adjoming th.t } . of Young and R«dford. This, however, | : scarcely seems probable, or it would have | : developed itself earlier in the night. > The fire burst out very suddenly. Policeâ€" men hbhad passed down the street about | . fifteen minutes previcus to the flames being seen, and no symptoms of fire were | visible,; They went across the Sappers‘ Briage, and were standing at the corner of I York and Sussex streets when the sudden | outbreak of the fire illuminated the whole | vicimity,. _ The alarm was immediately ;| given by the Police Station bell, and soon after the engines were at the spot. | The fire, admitting that it originated in i the vacant stuble, which is by far the most | probable theory, immediately communiâ€" | â€"| cated to the workshops in the back ) | premises of Messrs. Young & .ihdford and i Mr. Higman‘s, and the shop of the latter || being adjoining the building. on Sparks . | street the flames travelled along it and i | soon the whole north side of Sparks street, " | from Messrs. Chalmer‘s store to Mr. : Rijotte‘s tailoring establishment, was in . | flames. At this time there was some i ! danger of the buildings on the south side %| ol Sparks street catching fire, and it "\|is ‘ believed that they would have q | done so had the wind not been blowing a | in the direction it was. As it was, howâ€" v \ever, part of the cornice of Messrs, Magee t | & Russell‘s store ignited, but a copious t | stream of water having been tarown upon d | it by the Chaudiere engine the fire was . | soon put out. 1t was evident that pothing e | could be done to sare the wooden buildings e | which.were now enveloped in one mss of e | fliames. ‘The exertions of the tiren an wore, d | therefore, directed to checking the furvher s | progress of the flimes to the adjoming e | tuildings. The shed in the rear of the :i Times building belonging to Mr. Nye was totallyfconsumed, but through the praiseâ€" 1, | worthy exertions of the firemen together nâ€" | with that of sume of the ies belonging to the Trues office an -{: Aining building e | used by Mr. sigjotte as a tailoring shop was d | with difliculty saved. 1e | _ About half past six the blazing wreck of Mr., Massey on Sparks street. Clouds of sparks and asbes were thickly mingled with the flakes of snow which was falling heavily ut the time, while with ceaseless rapidity the terrible destroyer held on its way until it seemed as though the whole of Sparks street from Elgin and â€" Metcalf streets would be levelied with the ground. The engines were soon on the spot, but at first no water could be procured, Atlength the "Rideau‘"‘ engine, which was in Wellington street, obtaincd a supply of water from the tanks in the Tss oftice, and commenceJ to play upon the rear of the burning buildings. The "Ottawa"â€" anmdi the «* Chaudiere" engines were on Sparks street, and after some delay proâ€" cured water from a tank on the corner of Metcalfe and Sparks streets, and from a well in Mr. Brown‘s yard. "l‘-l;;wl:li' th showed the drunkard in de The buildings were all of wood and were | not worth much. Most of the stock in trade and furniture was saved. Messrs. Young & Radford‘s valuarble stock was carâ€" ried across to Esmonde Bros,, and little, if anything, was lost, with the oxaxuon of | the contents of the back shop. Mr.. Mas. | sey‘s stock was also saved. though some of Dovlin‘s Fur Depot. THE GREAT FIRE. ««treat‘‘ and be "treatâ€" it was damaged. Mr. Roos‘ stock Oof bigars, pipes, &0., &c., was, for t most part, saved, some of it, howevef, being considerably damaged by wme{ Mr. Sheldon‘s stock of furs, caps, &e., Fras also saved. _ The following is a list of the proâ€" perty destroyed . 3 | Young & Radford, store and workshop belonging to the Malloch estate. | eP CC COs & wy d n c io _ Over Messrs. Young & Radford‘s Mr. Mills resided, and lost a consider@ble por tion of his furniture. sds Th‘: ;:x.twl;“u;rd.i;g, occupied | by Mr. Hignrin as a druggist shop, was owned by BHfam;/Robinson,... â€" _ â€"â€" | : . _ The building occupied . by Mr. R tobacco shop, and by Mr. Sheldon : store, was owned by P. U‘ Donnell. eoo o e e e e it Mng . The several buildings were, we underâ€" stand, pretty nearly core ed by insurence, as were also the goods of the. persons carâ€" rying on business in the . * " EoE UP Tes im xk dn Arene dn Illllb EeE EPRRTEWt ET CCC f We have not heard wi.«=‘ ‘1e tgtal loss is est.mated at, nor the totai um.%nt of in surance on the property, but with respects to the. insurance on iRe goods, we have been informed that Messrs Young & Radford had the contents of their store and shop insured in six differentiin=surance companies for $4.500, and Mr. 1 pos‘ stock was insured for $800.. © _ [ . Mese«rs. Young and Radford‘s large iron safe was opened about halfâ€" pist three o‘cleck yesterday afternoon. and all the valuable contents were found uninjured. The situation of the property jis so valuâ€" able that we presume no time &Ii‘ll be lost by the proprietors in erecting a handsome block of stone buildings, to tike the place of the wooden ones destroyed. | _ _‘ ____ Mr: McDonald, of the Parliament Buil /â€" ings, let on a supply of water which was very opportune. J Almost the tirst exclamation" of every one, as soon as they arrived upon the spot, was "Oh thit we h«d water works."‘ Had a high wind prevailed it is morally certain that some of he finest , buildings in the city must h«re been destroyed. not because there was any want of fite engines, or of good, efficient firemen, but in conseâ€" quence of the scarcity of water. | Throughâ€" out the city the feeling is uniyorul that no further time must be lost., and that energeiic action‘ should at once be taken with a view of providing the people of Otâ€" tawa with the means of protepting their homes, their property, and their lives from the ravages of tire. Water Works we must have, and no further time must be lost in discussion. laa Mr. Slater, Mr. F. Abbott and Mr. Woedâ€" burn are spoken of as cand'idat? for Aldâ€" ermen. All of them are good, honest men, and would prove useful in the Corâ€" poration if elected. Latest by Telegraph Orricez:â€"G. P. Drummond‘s Exchange Oc â€" 19 Svarks Street. _ Briouroy, Dec. 3. A frightful collision occurred three mil+s west of Brighton about 11 o‘clock last night between two freight trains by which thFee lives were lost and the whole train and contents destreyed except one car. ~ The track for two hundréd yards is a confused mass of burning cars, goods and horses. ‘The names of the killed are Thos. Wright, engineer, . Montgomery, cattle buyer, firema;, name unknown. The body of Montgomary was recovered ; the others are still in the debris. An inquest was called and adjourned until Tuesday next. It is impossible to exâ€" plain the cause of the accident at present. It is said if the King accepts the German crown he will assume the title of Kaizer Von Krenssen and Sch.rmhern Von Deut schlana. [ :: >; : | o Loxtox, 3rd.â€"A«telegram to the Teleâ€" groph soys none of the Prussian siege guns velore Paris are yet is position. _ _ The Duke of Meckletburg, makes the following report: Yesterdsy morning a battle commenced nea. Bazoches Le Hâ€"nts. After a hot fight the 13th French army corps was defeated n.:‘ 'L-lgon back to Arthen@uy, and the 16th |ench army corps was driven beyond Loigny. Reveral hun. dred prisoners and eleven guns were taken. The enemy‘s loss isâ€"considerable. Our loss is uoknown, but much smaller than that of the enemy. _ _ 1 > â€"‘Tours, 3rd.1â€"The balloon from Paris on the lut‘; which descended near Lemans, brings the following: _ _ |_ s The French troops kept the position they took in the sertie of the 30th, or were prepared to vigorously prosecutea defensive movement at Venoy on the 3rd, a position greatly in advance of Duciot. The latter was stopped, owing to a sudden rise in the river, brought @bout by the Prussians breaking awny a dam. â€" No acâ€" count of any reâ€"istance by the Prussians. THE WAK, This Morninz‘s Despatches. count ef any reâ€"istance by the Prussians. The Prussians retook Uhlnpigny, but the French again took it. _ | _. _ _ _ . ‘‘The Prussians, and not the French, deâ€" manded a truce to bury their dead. 4. _ Thearmy 0: the Loire made a successful fo: ward movement toâ€"day. . [ _ _ All the railways in this part of the counâ€" try h.ve ceased temporarily |to take pasâ€" sengers, owing to the en us move. ments of troops. j C SS The Government makes the following announcement :â€"The army of the Lowe has discontinued its forward movement, owing to the resistance of the enemy, who has concentrated . large masses of troops between Pithistérs, Arthenay and Ougervilie. The army occupies stron entrenched positions, in which . it wifi remain for the present, tponing its advance until a better opportunity is offerâ€" ed. In the meantime, ot, with the army he led out of Paris, i diunfeged. and will be able to act mote freely not huving before him the masses of the eremy which it was supposed were going to meet him. but which are really d:uinod north of Orleans. | (Signed) | Gaxeertra. The marching of troops through Tours on ther way to the front is i t. ‘The weather is intensely cold. . It is rumored that Ducrot is still near Paris; he has been reinforced and will speedily take the offensive. | _ { ‘The Moniteur publishes .ct:u]n to the great powers, setting forth the cruelties committed during the fight by the invaders. Gambetta has gone to Orleans to consult with the officers of the n.rmm the Loire. The army of the Loire will ive a large reinforcement. | The fighting at Brie was vety severe, the Germans being exposed toja steady fire from the French forts, but at threeo‘clock in the afterroon the French rgtired leaving many prisoners. Brie, tbqu%h abandoned by the French, has not been; occupied: by the Gâ€"rmans. The French w;undod refuse the offer to be sent back to Paris. Germanleadors are losing much of their confidence in consequence of ths recent military movements. | e Prince George, of Saxony, %n a despatch to the Hazon gmg, says Bire and Chamâ€" pigny have been reâ€"captured. ie admits that the S.zon» suffered greviously. _ either side. General So'{nn was wounded and taken prisoner. This checked the advance of the 17th corps, which, how. ever, holds its position. A second attack was made on Autun by the Prussians, and repulsed with considerable loss to the as. The following despatch is from Tours, Friday night: ‘The movement of the army of the Loire continues, and there are treâ€" quent encounters all along the line of the advance without a marked ‘:lnnuge to scident on the Grand T:unk. BRIGHTOK. BY PEOPLB‘S LINE. 003 as & as a fur sailints. ‘The enemy continue their reâ€" treat north. li11*, 4th,â€"The capture of Amiens by the Germansis confirmed. The enemy as they retired blew up the bridge between Albert and Acheux to protect their retreat. Aothing has since been bheard of Manteuel, and there is little doubt that he has abanâ€" doned his march on the north, and his hastening with all his 4orce to Paris. _ . Loxpox®, $rd.â€"A telegram dated Toun‘ says it is officially stated toâ€"pight that one ‘ or two days must yet elapse before the {ruits of the movements now in progress may be fully realized. Up to this time the most complete success attended the sucâ€" cessive steps taken, Every movement brings nearer to each other the armies of the L dre and Paris. New _ York, â€" December _ 5.â€"â€"The Tribunes St. Petersburg special corâ€" respondent telegriphs on Sunday afterâ€" noon.: "Earl Granvilie‘s reply to Gorteach»« koft‘s last note wis delivered yesterday. It insists that Gortschakoft admits by his anâ€" swer that his position is wrong in law. . It consents to a Conference only with the understanding that Russia withdraws the original circular and her pretensions to a right to separate action, and bring the proposition before the Conference anew, to be decided on without previous pledges, otherwise the Embassy will be withdrawn. The English think it a decided victory. The position is still delicate |__ _ o WasixcTo®, Dec. 2â€"The cable despatch announcing that the leading powers of Europe had agieed to hold a concurrence on the Eastern question, is fully contirme~d by official despatches received by <ecreâ€" tiry Fish, saying that all the powe‘s had consented to the proposition with th exâ€" ception of Austria, and that her c ~sent was expected. France will be repres=ated. Naw York, Dec. 2.â€"A private despatch says that out of the vast number of conâ€" fused and contradictory despatches se ceived up to a late hour this morning the fact is undeniable that the French forces yeâ€"terday actually won a victory, as claimed by them, ne«r Orleans, but the Germans certainly repulsed the attack e fore Paris. $ It is not true that the French army of the Loire effected a junction with Trochu, though the Prussian lines were repertedly successfully pierced during the engageâ€" ment. The b«yonet chirge of the French were exceedingly brillint. e This is explained by the statement from cable authorities that the directors of the line have ordered the transmission easterly by the French cable of messages which have been accumulated in Americ. since the recent disister to the English cable. Messages are now going forward rapidly. Late events in France have caused enorâ€" mous increases in the number of messages both way , and the f«cilities of the Tele griph Company having on‘ly one more now instead of three as heretofore, are taxed to their utmost. oo It is likely, however, that the Eastern business will soon be cleared away when despatches will come forward as usual. Meanwhile the Robert Lowe is actively at work rep«iring the English cable, ard the authorities trust that câ€"mmunication will soon be restored in that direction. 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