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4 t 0 â€" :’ 4y lak t p "l,» 6 !3*' ;i t§o 00 m 1t 1j 31 i1 I U 44 +4 44 # f‘pyb'uifyh.hhi--dhhm and cannot fail to be amusing to the majority of the Canadian public, who of course are too well informed to believe any such stories. % The desperate condition of affairs in Uttawa!l Why should things be in a desâ€" perate condition here! Because the Doâ€" The subscriber‘ respectfully lnvites an inâ€" spetion. _ L Ti es o Lawrence & Ottawa RR. Act. Howe to Letâ€"L. B. Tackaberry. Kow Hair Dressing Parlorâ€"Venafice Charâ€" than they ever were, He knows that all the abuse and misrepresentation of which ho was the author during the past five years has been thrown away, and that asâ€" a natural consequence of the wise and prudent administration of public affiirs since Confederation, the people of Canada have learned tophoonoomfldnoothwcin&r John Macdonald and his colleagues. Mr. Brown is quite aware of all this, and yet he seeks to deceive himself and the Grits by talking about the desperate condition of afairs in Ottawa. We have not the slightest objection to his doing so if he likes. If he can manage to infuse & hittle courage into the minds of that strange mediey of individuals which conâ€" stitutes the Upposition by ridiculous state ments of this nature, by all means let Mr. Brown indulge his propensity for misrepâ€" resentation to his heart‘s content. It minion Government are able to show a large surplus in the Treasury, and can point to it as one of the results of their five years‘ stewardship ? Because, in spite of all the efforts that have been made to prove the members of the administration corrupt and dishonest, their worst enemies w,usum of our Dol minion have been enlarged, until now they extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific shores. The people of British Colâ€" “hnhnvflhgnunbum with us, and in their own journals they tell us why they have been not only content, but glad to do so. Because they have seen that thoge to whom was entrusted the guldâ€" ance of public affairs here, were men who have proved their ability to rise above the petty jealousies and disputes of by gone times, and to deal in a broad and enlightâ€" ened manner with the living questions of toâ€"day. Large public works have been energetically pushed forward, despite the efforts of those who for party purposes have from time to time sought to impede their progress." The Imperial Government haye been constrained publicly to acknowâ€" lxige the wisdom, prudence, and states manlike ability displayed by the Dominion Government in dealing, with a question which catlied for the exercise of more than ordinary sagacity. | With such a record as this to point to, does the Globe® or the honorable gentleman, who controls it, imâ€" agine that the Ottaws Cabinet have anyâ€" thing to fear? We do not believe that they do. As we said before, all this talk about a fast approaching * breaking up," © crumbling away," and * universal «mash up," is simply a transparent little trick of Mr. Brown‘s, whereby he hopes to . be able to keep up the courage of ‘his folâ€" lowers. yHe may continue to rave about “omlnL' * as wildly as eyer, but no sane man, unless hopelessly bigotted, will preâ€" tend to say that an alliance formed beâ€" tween men, who, bhowever they have difâ€" fered upon questions forever settled are ‘mnow agreed upon every important quesâ€" tion, is not a far more natural one than that unholy compact which Mr." Brown seeks to bring about. It is politicians like himself who have reason to stand in fear of a general @"smash up" at the next elections. It is men like him self and Mr. Blake, men who have tried : to play © battledore and shuttlecock ‘ with the feelings and religious prejudices of the people, who have good reason to dread an ignominious exposure. They have deâ€" ceived and misrepresented too long, and the public generally are beginning to apâ€" preciate this fact. ‘The Protor outrage has opened the eyes of the people of Unâ€" turio to what the political morality of the Grit leaders is worth. Nor can anything which they or their organs can say, hare much weight against the record of pracâ€" tical legislation and administrativp ability which the Dominion Government héve to DECORATIYE PAPERS, OAK & MARbLuE hare been unable to bring home a single _ charge of _ wrong â€" doing ? We hars had no Proton outrages perpsetrated _ in‘. Ottawa by the Dominion (Government! We have had no "bunkum ‘‘ resolutions introduced by them, but on the other hand a vast amount of practical legislation during the past tive years, Not only have contentâ€" ment and prosperity prevailed throughout those provinces,which in 1867 were united _A large assortment of newest pattetns just arrived by Arsat steamers, insluding a variety iug Service, Uppor: ol iaAwronog®£, Braun. Notice to Land Surveyorsâ€"J. C. Aikins. Notice of application to amend the S #Now that things are geiting into a desperate condition in Ottaws." . > Toronto Globe. We believe it was Bob Acres who was in the habit of whistling to keep up his courage. A feeling akin to his evidently inspires the Grit organ. Mr. Brown knows perfectly well in his own mind that the Dominion Government are stronger toâ€"day The pafge. WHISTLING: To KEEP UP THEIR COURAGE. th'ucity;opmido for the due celebraâ€" tion of the National holiday on tLe 15th of _ ‘The Tichborne case is at an end, and the claimant has been provided with quiet lod sings in the Uid Bailey. } Che Ottatorr Cimes. April R:ilway, is in town. Fo:inm.ieufium see first Mr. Thompson, ot the Niagara and Idpposite the Post Office, Otta® Ottows,. March 15, 1871 1628 y8 We hope that steps will NEW ADVERTISEMENT® aAPER HANGING®, tC rHI R3DAY, MARCH 7, 187 es as low as aay house in the city H. MATTUEWMAN, _ Ir. (Â¥Connor‘s Pamphilet , Upper St. Lawrenceâ€"F, «66e $ «Alfmmmemmmm > c i According to the census just taken the | total population of New Zealand is 286,393. . This number which is exolusive of aboriâ€" g’-u-.ea-imonao.m-b-lm; 037 females. The live stock returns show head of cattle, 81,028 horses, 151, 460 pigs, and 872174 head of pouitry. Yhe daury produce $f the yer: ««« 5.199 072 pounds of butter, and 2 5417. 407 nounds of cheese. the Queen. wohq‘»h-rthls,li-i- lar one will be struck in Canada. In no part of the Empire has there been a more general feeling of gratitude experienced than ‘in this country, and something to commemorate the Prince‘s restoration to health would be universally acceptable. We never thought very much of those " household spirits * who, upon being inâ€" voked, confine their efforts to turning tables and upsetting chairs and other arâ€" ticles of furniture. We have always held that dwellers in the mystic land are proâ€" vided with more useful and more noble employment ; and for this reason, more than any other, we have been disposed to regard incredulously alf tableâ€"turning and spiritâ€"rapping performances. We are glad to learn, however, that Mr. Home, the celebrated med:um, has succeeded in enâ€" listing the services of a spirit which appears to have no objection to make itself usefu} in a gentleman‘s family. Instea of throwâ€" ing the turniture about the room, this more quiet and peaceably disposed denizen of the spirit world, mun sewing machine and we are told, "Funs it quickly and well.‘" All that has to be done, according to the reports which have been published, i4 to place the calico upon the machine, then Mr, Home goes through his calabalistic exâ€" ercises, the sewing machine commences to We understand that : meda! in commemâ€" oration of the recovery of H. K. H. the Prince of Wales is to be struck in Engâ€" land under the a»~oction otf Her Majesty are no bounds to the wondertul results to which we may look forward, always supâ€" posing that this, unlike Mr. tiowe‘s former spiritualistic exhibitions, is not a gross piece of imposture Perhaps we shall have newspapers set up by spirituil comâ€" positors, who, unseei by us, will manipuâ€" 1.to the type as deftly as Benjamin Franklin himself. Inasmuch as they are ablse to dispense with clothing and food, spiritual l:ibourers will be able to frln ly out of the field, who will y be starved.into becoming spirits themselves ! The London Echo in referring to the subâ€" jeot says :â€" work, and continues to do so until the piece of calico, cloth, or whatever it may be, is stitched along its entire length. If Mr. Home car. really accomplish results of this kind and calivup spirits of this useful domestic turn of mini, his services are likely to be in great request. . Possibly in this way the secret of perpetual motion may be obtained, and sewing machines and other labour saving implements, may â€" be kept running all the time by the aid of spiritual agency. There In the course of a very entertaining paper on "Stage Banquets," which we have lately seen, we notice that mention is made of a poor old veteran actor, who always expressed the utmost disgust for the "sham wine par ties" of Macbeth and others He said trat hoâ€" l.nl--p”odh for wooden apples and «* property‘‘ comestibles.. Hefwas in every sense a poor player, and had often been a very hungry one. honohcqnad)lu- sure in remembering the entertainments dhmtv&hz“;:{ performance, or regard rooted ficn,hvolvdunntfinlo(nddibh food before the actors, At the same time borculyhnuudth limited number of dramas in which these precious opporâ€" tunities occurred. nare meilomn mnd af amiing bulore is mdndmui' and tea, and whether they condescend to dine inâ€" the houseâ€" keeper‘s room T‘ > A steaming hot Wb: of lamb and turnips may be ‘descri as quite the leading character in this entertainment. Without this appe! addition thoeny has never been re Thare is a story, however, which one can only bn is incorrect, of an impresario of Orien origin, who lupsly'-._tln necessary meal, yet mh.t“ y fined his hms’ all Lined ts desiray serinte of thh propertins bi to destroy certain of t & of the theatre." Un Momday afterncon, with a gale of wind, Mr, Aaron Inzi;,of the ice boat Hail, resolved to enter into a race with the C oxpn-mhwhichl-ml’ooxh ;fir New York at 4:45 pm. Acâ€" cordingly be got suil up and shook out all but one reet in mainsail and jib, lashed his colors to the mast, and started: with four persons to stand on the runner planks «nd keep the craft down to her work Arriving at the wharf he beat oif and on A New Ycrkmchd‘uthbflov. ing account of what was decidedly a novel ance, as when it the mentionâ€" oditbn-dorhlr-hd-y.".: pult of amoke and the sharp clang of the engi bell told him his rival was at hand. m boat was not a hun.ired feet from the train, and the iaces of the passeungers filled the -indon.‘uudy&l:t: of the Hail was put down, it promptly as she wore away. m ed one of the finest races @/ar witnessed, While the Hail w.s getting in position the train shot some distange ahead, but the Was aweary of the Barmecide banquets BARMECIDE BANQUEIS. USEFUL SPIRICS. A NOVEL RACE. victory of the iron horse was but of short durhtion. The ice boat gained and g ined Every cord was taut, and the were crowded with wind. Sha swept the ice like a tornado. The last car of the train was reached, then the next, -d‘\'::.xt, until the boat wis abreast the train. On the cars windows where shoved up, handkerchiets and hats were waved, and though the train did no more than hold its own, the engineer liftted the whistle valve and sent forth a thi ill scream of defiance. â€" At that moment a tremenâ€" dous How of wind struck the ice boat. She lifted and reeled and stâ€"ggered like a drunken man; but it was only for a second, for as soon as the torward runners struck the ice again the lail passed c r , after car on the train then lapped the engine, and despite the powers ‘of the locomotive dashed abert of the ontiro‘ train, the men on the runner planks wayâ€" | ing their hats with one hand and holdintfi on to the shrow‘s with death flp wi ' the other. two miles did the winged | racer lead, n she was put about on ::.b-t n‘uuntnhp-odun‘ pagsengers cheered from the car windo#s and were cheered at by the ice boatmen, while the locomotive gava a sulky whistle and the great race was over. Some weeks since we heard of the dread ful calam:ty which had occurred on the River Plate where one hundred persons had been drowned or burnt to death. A Buenos Ayres paper furnishes full particuâ€" lars of the affair | > THE LATE DREADFUL DISASTER 1N THE RIVER PLATE. Mr. Viale, who gave his two lifeâ€"belts to his and Madame Marco del Pont, y sacrificing his own life. Larraâ€" zabal and his wife went down locked in each other‘s arms. Mr. Ackerley saved his. wife with the most superbumin exer. tions, but lost his three childrea. Mr. Arocena was fearfully burnt in trying to save himself and his meces. It is n rrated of Madame Marco del Pont, thit she sus fater aud mUhe ‘gradualiy atipprd from water, as bhe gr y ali rom hr'rur she sti dnmdum. and held by the bair of his head even after he was dead, for she said she could not bear the idea of even surrendering his corpse. The fighting tor planks was most inbhumin; it was a lite and death struggle,â€" in which brute strength alone availed ; no considerâ€" ation for age or sex. One fellow was seen to stab a woman and tear off her lifeâ€"belt He met a speedy justice, however, being too weak to put it on, he sank to the bot The steamer America, which left Buenos Ayres on &tn::’ay the 23rd inst., with from 200 to 220 passengers, for Monte Video, took fire at halfâ€"past one on the following morning, about twelve miles trom that city, and seven from the shore. It appears that the fire originated from a steam pipe which burst on board the steamer, and was thought at first could be readily omfibd. All attempts, however, proved fruitless, and the dread â€" ful reality broke on the sleeping * gers. The boats were uumpm the disasteris, that nearly all the women anod children perished, which is explained by the crew running away with the only boat. Numbers of Eopz struggling in the water tried to hold to the sides of this boat, but the occupants struck at them and forced them to l:uo sao&'ncn held on by the wheels chains till their mw.flh was in many cases exhausted, ishly trying to keep half their body out of water, whereas the strain wou!l t have been much less if they kept only their face above water; some gavo way from tboovorpoworinLhutof the fAime= above, others after the skin hid peeled off their hands, one held on by his teeth tor some time, but . went down about ten minutes before the boats eunon&.. Mr. Rohl, who succeeded in -vh1 wife and children, displayed great coolness and pmofmmj‘ . He put a belt on his wife and one on each of the child then forced his way l.hm;hlanom smoke to the ship‘s side ; he ordered his oldntn-wh:&ofl‘flnl. then followed and caught his as she fell, and then each of the little ones. After three hours a boat L»:bduphh wife and children ; he was 20 minutes longer, being one of the last picked up. Some touching episodes are mentioned, especially that of gers. The boats were attempted to be lowered, but, according to the statement of the officers, theâ€"crew, as well as the ngers, became quite uncontrollabl ‘l of the crew, with 16 passengers, esc in one of the boats, which was capsized, and only 22 reached the shore. When the Villsa del Saito arrived ontbomm‘ she succeeded hfikhg;;)“. All the: remainder of the or 'rongeu‘ on board m Ami’ it is ed have perished, ough it was thought that some might haut- saved in n. French vessel near the scene. From the accounts by eyeâ€"witnesses we take the following :â€" Everyone crowded upon deck in their un\luoloth.l:,, but Borsi told them he had anchored, that there was no danger and that it was only a tube had burst. Upon this many returned to their cabins. In a moment more the fire came crackâ€" lln;::. Bossi cried * Sicramento !‘ and 35 Sro bell was Fang," o irertoring of tns no fire bell was rung, no of the -an,':flcn. 1t was noth‘ng but every man himself, _ Life bll.:’l were snatched from frightened ies, and bloaly encounters took place among the tom. Mr. Rohl and family‘s escape was the most miraculous of all. Un one little 13 years old, he stra two buo :‘i,t"-h’rpbqo(hrd’mmtokn his feet down. More still, as the nfl ling tables in certain towns in France, and even M. Thiers is representel as not wholly averse to this plan for coaxing foreigners to spend their money in the read around, he: had to keep bobbing :Lirbo-hnndcrtbo water to save them from the fire. > * A nu-boroldm:fiu are said to be tavourable to the idea of permitting gambâ€" The inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine have addressed numerous petitions to the German Government mmm the term of their exemption * itary service might be extended as long as possible. The subject has received much considera« tion in the Chancelior‘s office, but the result is not very favourable ; and it is exâ€" that some recruits, though not any number, will be called upon to serve as early as cext autumn. An eloquent but terribly long winded speaker was recently .cut short most adroitly at a meeting in South London. He had discoursed for an hour or more, re= treshing himself as he went by reference to volumibous notes. At last he accidentâ€" ally dropped a quire or so of the notes down among the reporters, one of whom was about to hand them up, when another more sagioious seized the precious manuâ€" script, with the observation that by its aid the speaker would go on for ever. Diâ€"c»v erigg his }»ss, but un :b e to account for it, the orator bâ€"sitated, #! undered, and ultimâ€" ately came to an untizely end, and sat down. Th<n the sagacious reporter politely handed him the missing notes with serpne unconsciousmess of their value, and with an air as ll.u&’mld have induced him to have done it before lest it might bave juterrupted the speaker. THE OTTAWA TIMES,;,MARCH 71 i1872 | BY TELEGR ; | â€"_Tososto? Mmc 6. Kitrison‘s conce‘t liut evening . was a decided success. ¢ * L. (H. Blike delivere! a lecture dast evening before ths Young Men‘s (Christian As«s ciation on Infidelity. Loy«1 Orange Lodge N . 219, subscribed $10 to the Orphan‘s Hom*, Mr, Carr, the Tennysoniin readcr, agpâ€" pe irs| to morrow night agiin in the Music Hal. |© A Literary entertiinment was beld last night in the Zion Church .‘ I‘r. May lectured at the La Sqlle Instiâ€" tute last evening. * _A lodge of the EKnights of Pythias has been organized in the city, and officers were elected last night. _ _A clerk named Henry Elliptt, was ce‘ tected last ni:ht in carrying off a roll of tweed from Petley & Dineer, his employâ€" ers, and arrested. He was sentenced this morning to eight days imprisonment. A private meeting of the master print. ers was held this ‘afternoon for the purâ€" pose of considering a proposition of the employers to adopt the 9 hour movement, but it is understood that the request has been refused, and that the men will strike at the end of the week. | Moxterzar, March 6. Indignation meetings :egarding the cutting of trees on the Mountain continues, and the proprietors have in effect given way. * The steamship Atlantic from New York, u‘;rin‘g at Quoou:w';‘ yesterday fi:)l: New York, reports spoken to City of W“hi.nm on Sunday evening at 7 o‘clock, :in lat. 50, deg. 30, long. 23. The City . of Washington had broken her main shaft and was making for Queensâ€" town under sail, all on board were well. FRANCE. Paris, March 5.â€"There are nmo that two fi‘n“ of the line, w have m.‘ p.n“i:tduodoneiu have been ty. The I%of Finance toâ€"day signed a decree for 830,000,000 francs in part payâ€" ment of anticipatory instalments of the war indemnity to Germany. _ _ _ A meeting in favor of the uine hours movement w.s held â€"last night. . The workmen are gathering stiength and the question is becoming important. . Weather stormy and cold. nLod to Blew‘to. R ’v:ToN. h 6. â€" The steamship City London and Anglia from New York have arrived. % The city census plices the city proper without eavirons at 118,000. William Lowther, : Eul of Loasdale, formerly ‘Postmaster General and Prosiâ€" dent of GxConncil, died tcâ€"lay, in the eightyâ€"fifth year of his age. _ _‘ . _ The Committee of the Assembly reportâ€" ed in favor of confirming the election of Rouher to the Assembly, and censuring the conduct of the local authorities of h‘s disâ€" trict. | |\ _ GREAT BRITAIN. * R wl:xnoil, luc:..’:.â€"'fl:o ol:x;’mmt in the i case summoned a meetin of hm. & #ir Charles Mordaunt has applied for the intment of a medical practitioner tooml; into the sanity of Lady Morâ€" daunt. â€" | * J »hn Bright has written a lot-?r to the Antiâ€"lnoome ‘Tax Association, in which he declares that only in the reduction of Govâ€" ernment expenditure can he see a chance for the abolition of this odious tax. He despairs of the creation of a real econâ€" omical party, and advises the withholding of comfidence from a Government which cannot govern without taking £70,00),000 annually from the nition. In the House of Commons, toâ€"night, there was a long debite on a resolution introduced by Mr. Muntz, to . remedy defects in the Education Bill. Mr. Forster offered:â€"an amendment to the effect that the law had not yet had a fair trial: _ The amendment wis adopted by a vote ot 333 to 38. sel for the claimant of the Tichborae esâ€" tate announced that their client had decided, in view of the action of the jury on Monday, in saying that they bad heard sufficient evidence whereon to base a verâ€" dict to withdraw his case before the court. After this announcement of the counsel tor nfldntifl, counsel for the defence asked Lord Chief Justice Boville to issue a warâ€" rant for the arrest of the claimant on a charge o(rrjury,md to fix his bail at £50,000, | The petition was granted, and a bench warrant was ‘issued. ‘The claimant was not present at the session of the Court this mor-hganditi- believed he had fled from the city, _ _ > E.hm&‘-dfl‘ho claimant fl: the 'l‘ichbor:l: tate not as was t su thi morning leave London hmoMupon his decision to withdraw his case. Sbonly after the issuance of the warrant for his arrest by Lord Chief Justice Bovill he was taken into custody by the police and conâ€" veyed to Newgate. . _ _ n Feb. Ctl;.'-;l‘x oolobnt:zn T.iz:bome case to a su most nnoxmod termination this morning. Upon the dpening of tha court the counâ€" «Mr. Blener, the new member from Kaz,”i:uodnood a Bill providing for the pu , by the Government of the railâ€" ways m lreland. â€" > A movenjent is on foot for the organizaâ€" tion of a new Conservative party, the main object of which will be the liberation of French mmemcm and the f, of a Ministry thereto, all constitutional ques u:’booholv until tl-tendiubgunplhh- cd. s stlh PRUS4 A, > Buriis, 5¢h.â€"The Emperor, on Saturâ€" mwflwmm&m 10 ~distinguished their serâ€" vices in tbo! lata war.,© "The Duke D‘Braglie has informed the Minister of Foreign Affairs that there is little hope of an unders with the English nt in to a Comâ€" :::S:inl ty between France snd Engâ€" Latesitvable Telersa ns ‘ INDIA. Carcurti, 5th.â€"â€"General Brownlow teleâ€" graphs, under date of the 2th ultimo, that the northern chiets have submitted, binding thrmselves to with the mmlontmnnd eum:‘:nd all the captives haye been recovered . ¢: Tt grie h grang revaption oo the Japt pight gave a to ap i no“o &baby at the M'Ibmo. Naut ® Citv, March 6tb,â€" situaâ€" tion on Union Pacfic ““ufi is dis. couraging. | Heavy snows are rapidly thawâ€" ing, and c:toh and water courses are 1isâ€" ing and have already ewept away the tucku.nvnl points. What t’th snow and floods: the roud â€"is likely to remain a the object of the society, :’."' and d',;i“hr assooiations throughout the Uniyn ere garnestly reâ€" quested. | New Y March 5th.â€"A society his been org» in this city to oat:in fu ds to liquidate the French war debt, with Mdile on, who, during the late wer, wus so active in securing foud and clotbing for the French soldiers, as the leading spirit. Addresses to the ladies of Ameriâ€" closed some time. No one knows when tbrlto.d be clear, and the authorities will not t * * Laiest |Ame:ican Telegrams V in Dommion Line, UNITED STATES, MONTREAL bi/hON C# r*Tâ€".rr m * guf ; .‘ 2 S# ,_'h.\!n.u cce« â€" â€"â€" [ §GWERH 1 Besid ‘Tha ma How many of us are like the old Quaker | in the following? How many of us, proâ€" fessing to restrain our vindictiveness, are glad, nevertheless, to see others pummel our enemies? A certain Quaker was riding through the Western country, and in the course of his travels he found himâ€" self obliged to pass over a road which was f ly bad. The surface wis rough and treacherous. Gullics had been filled up with old logs from which recent rain had washed the covering of earth ; and at many points the mud was deep and clingy. The Quaker‘s horse struggled on, at times upon his knees on .the rough corduroy, and anon up to his haunches in the mud. Our Friend was a hero; but â€"this ithing tried his patience wofully, He shut his teeth tightly, and grunted his dissatisfac»=. tion _ At length he overtook a sailor who was trying to n vâ€"g:ite a mule through the treacherous sJoughs of the wretched hifih- way. And the sailor was swearing lustily. The paths, ‘round and full, drorped frormi his lips with gréat. point and vigour. He cursed the road, and he cursed the men who made it, and he cursed the rascals who had allowed it to become so awfully b.d The Quiker listened, and his face brightened. Finally the sailor turned his head, and beheld the travcller close beâ€" hind him, and recognising the garb as de noting a man of peace, he hushed his fane invectives. ~*Friend,‘ cried the gr:kor, after a few m»ments eof silence, ‘tlet not my presence restrain thee in these vigorous expressions of thy just indignaâ€" tion. 1t ra ker doeth me good to he‘r thee swear P *> «es ." IX MEXMONA v. j To Mrs. D. X. B , on the death of her infant. I saw sweet roses Llooming Beside a limpid stream, f The morning breezes woo‘d them â€" | ‘SoWeasuteous did they seem ; Une tiny bu l besice them Unfolding to the morn, A gentle maiden githered Her bower to adorn. hesit \ _A medical officer writes to the Punjaub I VTimes that during a long pvohuioufox: Commission. It was decided thait a pr;'a;é facie case had been proved upon which to recommend legal proceedings against the ‘The Gaulois states a society is being formed at Madrid tq demand the surrenâ€" der of Gibraltar. "OQur relations with the natives ‘continue to improve. The policy of conciliation has triumphed over the jealousy of races, Hundreds of natives are now working for Government wages who, three years ago, were burning our vill:su and murdering our outâ€"settlers almost without resistance." The New York Times announces that no efforts of corruption are to be spared to work ?on the Legislature of the State of Ne# York so as to avert the threatened extinction of the EKrie Ring. _ . Mr. dolder, a merchant of English origin at Rheims, has subscribed 1,000,000f. tows ards p.flng of the war indemnity. Four other inhabitants of Rheims have subâ€" scribed 100,O060f, * 3 Mr: Wintherbotham, M.P. for Stroud, and Under Secretary of State ‘for the Home Department, has declined the office Jjust vacated by Mr. Fitzjames Stephen of Lofl Adviser to the Supreme Council of India. The post is worth £10,000 a year. Some time ago the wife of an Aberdeen farmer died, leaving a yonn&:nd numerâ€" ous family. The minister of parish naâ€" turally called to administer some words of comfort to him in his bereavement. "This has been a sad blow to you, my friend," he said, "a sudden and sore visitation !". "It has been all that,". was the reply, "I have had nothin’fi like it since the death of the old horse it ig % A jubilee is to be celebrated in Russia this year in honour of Peter the Great. 1t is stated that the use of steam for the protection of power to propel street loco â€" motives is to be superseded .by ammonia. Dr. Lamm, ‘of New Orleans, has succeeded in driving a street car for seven miles by the use of ammoniacal vapour. _ The charge of drunkeness against the Vicee of Loamninggh was sgain bglore ihe whose fate at OUpotiki, in the B2y of Plenty, six years ago, excited so much regret. A Jetter from Wellington says :â€" From New Zealand we bear of the capâ€" ture of Kereopa, the murderer of pocr Volkner, the New Zealand missionary, * The Prince and Princess of ‘Teck and family return to Kensington Palace towâ€" ards the close of this month from passing the winter in Germany. â€" Ts‘ ‘The Glasgow ironfounders have agreed to concede to their workmen the limit of fifty.one hours.per week â€"to commence on the 1st of April next. _ > i Mr. Spurgeon (the Nom‘gomid says) tells the following story of conversion of a servant girl. When she was asked « Are you converted ?" . she ~replied, «f hope so, sir," "Whait makes you think that vou are really a child of God ?" that you are really a child of God ?" 44 Wol{ sir, there is a great change in me from what there used to be." "What is the change ?" "I don‘tknow, sir; but theie is a change in all things; but there is one thing, L always sweep under the mats now |~ * Mr. Pope Hofinou{, who was lately apâ€" mud Governor of the Bahamas, has offered and has accepted the post of Gevernor and (bmnderm-Chnof:f‘ the West Affican Settiements, including Sierra Leone, Gambis, the Gold Coast, and lLagos ; and is now â€" at the Hague, where he has assisted in the negociatiuns conâ€" nected with the cession to Great Britain of the Dutch Colonies on the Gold Coast. Lately the «Marriage of Figaro‘ was at the Royal House tae nerine i m iigeatime ans inger a in s These mmh.no long been rivals, and thoms:‘udrhl:u noweone&.:;hic.w'rho battle mohdoa use increased in fierceness from actq:o act ; and @t last it became impossible to carry {n‘curing.cuo of snake bite b’.im.r '--‘;m mm'"""”]wuly-u, o tndfiiertedcmrntondrc®ixk -Ci-tâ€"&--é&-g '-i_‘g on rnbestad bearch omm w ie uiesnneint o s ganl 4e ind | Pn oompectalineniint on projecr mmflm-lhqudtho the saud Railway to the :sa.m.‘m,,hmmu writer s the entire extirpation of the for other purposes. | Toronto, Feb 29, 1872 1913 1#Â¥ anakes as tho only meabs of reducing Ottawa, 4th March 187 19163aw2m ] on t.::rdcâ€"nn Madame Lucca then stepped forward to the footlights and rated the public highly ; while her rival, Madame Mallinger, sought relief in tears. Outside the opera house the disturbance was very great, and the Emperor, who was passing at the time, had to give orders to the Exlioo to clear the streets. Herr von uelson, the superintendant of theroyal theatre, has since received the resignation of both ladies. The movement commenced some time since, at Portsmouth, for the establish, ment of some memorial of the late Charles PDickens in his native town has, we underâ€" stacd, been almost afailure. ‘The amount of subscriptions received has been extremeâ€" ly small ; and it is now pretty certain that pesience in India, he has never succeeded in curing a case of snake bite by either the cubra or kerait. All the remedies reâ€" result from the recent appeal. _ A remarkable -mfl: occurred near Rotherham.. A boy named _ Frederick Polpun, nnnymofqo,;n‘g b‘;:n sent rom a neighboring village town of Rotherham for some E’meriu. Returnâ€" ing, he met another boy on the bndigo which crosses the river Rother, just outside the town, aud to him he had said ha lost his satchel containing his parcels, and that his mother woull be «ure to beat him, and th.t he should drown himself. The Thus are there roses Llooming Un thé sunny shores of life. Youth‘s morning zephyrs bless thetn With dewy sweetness rife ; R And opening buds grow nigh them, Nurs‘d by love‘s vernal showers That angel hands upgathe? To grace celestial bowers. Rideau Bank, March 5th, 1872. SWEARING BY PROXY GENERAL NUTEs worthy of its object will W | _ General M s :A is‘expected i * e@ route to 1 |" nd some .. Khedive. looci ll!r. liftle Calyin, <C" | avils which r * | taid him how 227 | hid met a ge B¢! | cigar inthis r "* | tHrow it aw: l.nd 64 My [ imâ€" l T 17 d n,‘"‘ an ;’:; 'h vin tried met to led F. * Rar mortality of nearly 20,000 lives a year which they inflict npon India,. _ [The latest on dit at the clubs, and one which Iâ€"have excellent reason to consider as well founded, is that Earl Granvilie, in his! private capacity, offered tosubsnle £1000 towar.ds the Livingstone Exploration F if Captain Burton wou‘d consent to unglertake the canmand of it, It is to be regretted that the famou trayeller, whose experience would have teen invaluable, co lg not be induced to accéept the comâ€" he other day one of the urchins who wal furnished with astock of pencils acâ€" c wted a young naval officer in the suburbs of| london, and asked him} to buy. In ort‘er to silence the boy‘s importunity the ollicer said jestingly, © I/cant write." The pencil boy. at once ha ed a passing iceman with, ©Hi, bobly, take this gantleman off to school to heddicated ; h& can‘t write." eneral Moltke, the P ian strategist, islexpected in Naples in a f¢w days‘ time en route to Egypt, where 1» is going to «nend some week: as a guest of the edive. ood Mr. Enerike had n talking to liktle Calyin, in Sunday I, about the evils which result from us tobacco, and d him how when he was $ little boy, he hid met a gentleman in the street with a cigar irithis mouth, and asked him to throw it away; and how the gentleman d, " My PBoy, you have taught me a 1 Bson,‘" and never-mokeduPin. Bo little ‘&lvin tried it. He asked the first man he met to "please throw ayway that nasty ."_ But all he said was, " I‘ll teach ygu manners, you little fool you ;‘ and e cuffed little Calvin‘s earg until his nose bled. Bo little Calvin‘ thigks things are changed since Mr, Eneake young. |In driving serews into hard wood it is dvisable first to grease the threads. If the wood is soft, or the screws are likely work loqse, warm them, dip them into solved glue, and put « few drops of glue is the hole. If you wish to pnt a new w into an old place, first insert a office until noon of Friday, 5th April xt, for the maintenance of an efficient lipe of Tug HSteamers for towing vessels étween the u;iferentnnoe of the Lachine nal and the Port of Kingston, and viceâ€" v for a term of three or five years from 1 ‘.01872, at the option of the Minisâ€" of Public Works. Tug line to consist of not less than ne (9) powerful steamers, and the rates be paid by the vessels towed are to be tl p same as those of the of 1871. (Persons tendering for performance 0 : this service will state amount of a nual bonus they will accept from the »vernment in addition to the rates to be pjid by the vessels towed, and also. the ?o'in'tuo;'neir Por:so du Pot:’t,fntbo'l h/2 *:> : a ‘rovince ?‘b“" 5 or Dear ‘ ;s hereby gi t lication will be he Town of Pembroke, in the Province of | maj, lt'tg'::xtlh-:lu;l;p of the Legislaâ€" )ntario, with mfld extensiOn | gure of Canada for an Act to incorporate a rom the said of mm’.h“"mpflywmm-&fln ffx the oiut.on Lake Nippissing, French River, or | Cnp of Fyronto to the City of OttaWa with FGive us only one trial," iay the quack reers to invalids. "Walk into my lour only once,‘" said the spider to the ‘I have turned many a woman‘s head," ted a young noblemin of France. e:," replied Talleyrand, "away from soldier being askel if‘he met with ch hospitality in Ireland, replied that | was in, the hospital nearly al?the time was there. f uglas Jerrold, in an rgumert, deâ€" red, with his fine ironica incerity, that "did not like to meet good poog!::i y were too much in the ‘right, and fine salient points of ridicule about em, bhe rrefefred foolsâ€"they were so using."‘ d @I saw an excellent thing in your pamâ€" let," said Daniel O‘Connell to a young ‘iter. "Eh? what sir?""‘ was the eager joinder. "A.penny bun, my friend.‘" | ‘‘You would be voryp tty, indeed," id a coxcomb patronisingly. to a young dy, "if your eyes were onlya little larger," My eyes may be very small sir," she re~ Eid. "but such people as you don‘t fill ery attention and treated with civility, All kinds of perfumery at very low ices * Observe the address : | _ Palme,‘s Store, 29 Sussex Street. | < VENANCE CHARRON ‘amphlet in reply to Rev. Wm. phenson‘s sermon, ©" Why I am a Proâ€" ant," is for sale at all the principal Stores in the city. ; ‘Price TEN CENTsS. | ‘Ottawa, March 7, 1872 | 1916 10â€" The subscriber begs to inform his ends and the public m, that he s opened a new Hair g Parlor in r. Palmer‘s Store, 29 Sussex stréet. Customers may depend on receiving e HOUHE TO _ LET. â€" aA BRICK HOUSE situate _on the South side of Maria t, CentreTown, between Metcalfe and Connor Streets, wnhinil‘:!(.o.'Puhnr, ining Room and Kitchen, also four large »sdrooms. Good onthous;d attached ia.ud ater on the gzmm ossession given ) the first of May. Apply to the underâ€" | on the sl:::nuu or at his Auction York t, Lower Town. â€" 1. B. ABERRY, Auctioneer. ittawa, March 7, 1872. ; 1916 JG SERV:CE, UPPER ST. La WRENCE. | J who may desire employment in anitoba during the ° ing season, are vited to communicate by the 21st inst., ith this Department, ibing the inâ€" rument they use |._â€" | _____ 3 HE REV. DR. O°‘CONNOR‘8 (EALED Tenders will be received at this Uttawa, March 7, tawa, 20d March, 18 72. { 1916 6eod tawa EW HAIR DRESSING PARLOR ressed to the i and endorsâ€" *Tenders for Tug " and a e to tain the signatures of (2) responsiâ€" parties who are willing to become urity for the due of the tract. KOTICK TO LAND SURVEYORS en plug with glue. and make a new ULY Commissioned Land .durveyors JOKES A.\‘B‘JE‘TE Proprietor, 1916 im ©The lith of March falling on SUNDAY this year, St. Patrick‘s Day will, be celeâ€" brated in Ottawa on MUNDAY, the 18th inst. ‘There will be Divine Service and a Sermon in the Cathedral in the morning. a Procession with Flags, Banners and Bands ot Music in the afternoon, and~ § In the eveniig in the RINK MUSIC I{ALLL under the auspices of the St. Patrick‘s Literary Association of Uttawa, ia which the first Amateur Talent ot the city will take part. All Irishmen and their descendants in Ottawa and vicinity are cordially invited to take part in the celebration. By order, _ Ottawh, March 6, 1862 New Prints! Priots! 400 PIECESNEW PRINTS, comprising all the latest novelties. PLA[N Finy . n4 Figured Lu t es. pRNTEO CAMBRIC de Franccis. B1ACK LUSTRES and Alpace. J ADIFS Emoroidered Skirts. With leave to call at Queenstown or M« ville. S_PRING STREET Costumes. CH[LDREN'S Embroidered _ Pique Triracsos . wEEXLY stEAN ConlOnication W4 .88 fura BAHSTE Trimmed Blue and Purple Costumes. PR(NT Morning Wrappers. CBILD“N'S Muslin & Holland Pina faras. f "a. : t * MABL LUSTR®S. from LIVERPOOL for QUEBEC and MON TREAL on t *4 DULIX VARDEN Cashemire Dressing â€"Anwna & Or other of the above named first class Steamers, is intended to be despaiched +~~ SATURDAY, l13 APHIL .___ (T‘o be followed Weekly) Carrying goods at through rates to the Inâ€" land Canadian Towns, and Cities in the "p of freight 1 or terms ight or passage apply in Liverpool to Dunkeriey & Mâ€"mfi.fl Into in Rerinnpedaiiing fpont unter 4 ge Buildings. Agent in Montreal. ‘ f «_ ___. ~.DaAVID SHAW. March 4. 1871 «. _ I914 Im. Black or Natural Brown, and ’1'\: the hair Cuzax, Sort and BEAUTIFUL Genuine w« l‘\y A. lf.rcuswu'l. ho by all drugâ€" w”,o Bond Â¥treet, ~e x Ottawa, January #th, 1872 .o 'm,- pgotiswe*s ui 0V REGENT HOUSE! LIVERPOOL & MONTRE ‘MBROIDERED Poplinetie Costumes. lr" ¢7° .l,-â€"- = ' PATR[.(,K S DA‘ A CGCrand Concert Ottawa, March 4, 1871 ATISTE de Francois CASES Ladies Underclothing ofâ€" every description. > LIVERPOOL, QUEBE AND MOXNTRRAL, OLLY VARDENS, new designs. ADIES Twilled Flannel Dressing Gowns HILDREN‘S Embroidered Batiste OURSIMETTE STRIPE YBSTER Celebrated Grey Cotton, very Cheap. MBROIDERED Pique Costumes. OMAN STRIPE ORROCKSES Long Cloths in all numâ€" 6+ N Y A TY Z A ." JUS T CPENED OUT STEAMSHIP LINXE. The First‘ Class Steamship DR ES §$. SINCLAIR, STITT & CO. rch 5, 1872 1914 AT THE JOHN CASEY, . Nec. &t. P. L. Ass‘n. POTOMAC, NYANZA, TIBER, TRENT. 1915a | PNRST We make a speciahty of 1 imade Bedsteads, and import Hotels, Convents, Hospitaly can be sup?jie«l with any y or small. â€" Parties regqu rilag ¢ early spring delivery would order at once.â€" WROUGHTP 3 "ft. 6in., 3ft., 3f1. wide, all differ terns . o Bird Cages Bird Cages and 4 large stock of and other articles suitable for the farmer berman or hotel=. â€" Tinware â€"as usual tail. 43 + nt of the 1), * 1984 im Will and Testament of the late N McConnell, deceased, will &rl.. Mr. McConnell‘s late residence in ,.' broke, on THURSDAY, the 1ig, Mars, 1872, at 9 o‘cllt))ck a.m {unles N disposed of by private sale farms in the County of Rn.&..':": tuate & the Township of Rolph ang known as " the Point Alexander Pm » and the other in the Towmfi’ O Nay. meath, 4 valuable timber limite, Butbiey 248,249 and 250 on‘ Chalk lhv.'~ ing 40 miles, and (No. 48 on the um Rver, containing 12 miles : slsn 1 * * and Deep Rivers, Price 75 Thousund Dollars. Ottawa, March lst, 1872 golts tnlsrtis 4B esntc s I Stone Masons, Carpenters, J.= men and lLaborers in general, â€" them on Ten Day‘s Notice. Corp agencies are now .being establ through the Dominion, in order the demand in O¢taws. rhita nina â€". 17 TB 2 3000 standard white pine -bu 8 during â€" present lumbering 202000 o above limits and which are now on Chay River ; also boom timber for said saw bg . also shr‘engunnmyo( chattel propes; ® of every kind andâ€"description includigg ’ shanty and timber rigging. Intentd, C CCTY: omm Lo a%% E_‘ ’ CHmni alnlll LINDOCF figg, en purchasers will obtdnwt?& ufi upon application to the DEACON & 74:; p.._,; __,__ , , Wlititors for executors. OR |SALE â€"Fie Limits on nmil Finamn in wl s B‘OR BALE.â€" Real Estate n.lrg hthoCit{).onGoodm- ape gulators. "t try anywhere withs beeing the subsoriber. _ t ad a. caonpRR® Real Estate Agmi Ottawa, March Ist, 1872 * (reneral Age f Opposite the m Ottawa, March Ist, 1872 ‘A. GAGNIER, Real Estate Agery Ottawa, March lst, 1872 bwon SALE.â€"That valuable j known as "Ashfield‘s H on. the corner of Uregon and Streets, Chaudiere, very conveniat mills; mnd easily rented f:a Anoual ?nhlJ $4715. For lars y to JAMES 1 en saia BERRY, Auctioneer, _ _ _ >, The STO 59 Sparks Street, sent oooufi?dn'u a Fruit Storé. i JAMES NG. * Westerly through such pass Mountains in Canadian found practicable to Bute other point on the sea board ilcean in the Province of (with power to extend to Vi other point in Vancouver f advisable) ; together .with lmwhhunlcmh the Woods, and Fort nipeg aforesaid to Pembina or point orfi. on the boundary vince of itoba, as may with the railway system of States . : 3%¢% Unbohlfof'-ho x | 4 7 WILLILAM Representative of the late DIXGTON; l * Maczis: _0 â€" WeW (CAaNaDa PaCiIFIC nn.'fp moderate, â€" Apply to Notice is hereby given, that @ fionwillbomdobunn= Canada at its next Session for an lnoorponfi;uz.&ndl Company, for mdg.ornk’in‘snl{wayh; sing or some other point in of Ontario oonnocun&"mlh system of Canada to Fort * TO LEi. ‘VANTED-to know all those who as $ aooommod.uBoudq:. , mand now for good Private & Annsas. descripti wWork Pnlb'flrw ext::, and !a T U rregpsrient 0090 the TA gIDPEAU c ritrehA. _ ie We hereby forbid :yâ€"pcl-"n from hiring or hl.-ba::‘- 4 Tosaph Bource, Augostin in Octave King, â€" CC or any of them, they having employment at different times their contract of hiring and serv®®®® ed into with us, 6 C And we hereby give notice thal‘ prosecute any and every person i# bartoring auy of the PERLEY & Ottaw~, March 4, 1872 The executors ABOR AGENCY.â€"â€"All those who un *4 in need of Nalasmen, Book keama. Pembroke, March 1, 1872, Ottawa, March 1, 1872 Nov. 21, 1871 Ottawa, Feb. 23rd, 1872. Olivier Bourke, John Putrick Clarey, y Donald Duckaney, Xevier William Hays, __ John h Oitawa, March 1, 1872 UCTION SAue HOUSEKEEPIXG Fob. 13. 1872 ) 148 SS 3 B N2 C L 1 1. MB SA BELL HANCERS, & ervr descrintion of Wok in Good lots.; ready money for them. __= _A Ga08EK posits the fomitiis _ Opposite the s Hle ANTEDâ€"Houses in sll parts @ & city for letting purposes, ARNXING. &PRING & m‘mf\\ COOKAEXG Bird Bird Baths IROX BEp3 1. 6in., 4ft. . TRQ3, PAT1ERâ€"OH, y The Water Works . DWELLINXG, with 1 , &o. on Daly Strecd, ' rpio LET, usual, wholesale 0d y i H.., ME 4D0Ws f 35 &â€":& nt and trusteas nt of the i..;‘ .!h PiAG ('rgm'. & , and the very bes â€" . A, GAGNIER, STOVE3 *hoal Bs ipg ‘n, J“*' *a n qn~| s voll‘fld do : ll]“l.' .u city Nh 26 Blican #n#. * _ and Ald. Featherston __ . 2E _ M â€"â€" ustion, which was 200 All the members of spoke, expressing ; th e ie d_m.r-é'. Store. their regret at hil re first reuglh ta these utter H\ P EAbe from 0 j 1913 w 1914 af dollars, and from C. dollars in aid of the General Protestant 1 Board. They â€" were that the city was to bhas usefuines in‘ another confident that his excel be utilized to great adv O Water Works Cemn A wote A thanks w Ald. Featherston v« ferring to the cause of thanking the Council J Woeod, Rockiand ; N Congrave, Rer D Y Jlnnha. Toronto ; R ton ; L Noel, Quebec Lake City. individually _the had _ always ,.zuldw questions and : somet o ef as be did & Council his c a awil to militate with t whip. in matters of g tunce they all worked watly ; in little ward a maen had his constur EKdwards, Rookland ; N ACK 4OWLEDGEMEN®, â€" «f John Graham, Esq , Dorie Lodge, Ko. 58. 0 extent thaet it W‘OW * Nz. . o oroostects mon School Trustees Poriogs CoUETâ€".~ * * dar yeeterday was a b shortly resume xzMo**" For SaLE*"""" Une tire bender and moulenet !< w ”P‘ at sparks S,, Ott h) u. o ots Eigin Streets New Hau® D4 ron announces eotumn that D Pressing Pario® da.esex street management of these ample guarantee 0. a to night. l mede the usual decis #1 Irtstees in presen the UV hald on ed to with great alten We m“n‘. nor‘s pamphblet in an '“.‘ ealling upon the Albions, to allow | ue o ¢ the Albiot, To allow hi ated, as Alderman for ;n liew of Ald. Feather the Water Works Com C.xapia® |xsmrcre. Canagian Institute â€" }« well attended, ani the rlly interestingâ€" â€" A N 10 call a Mr. Stephenson‘s ag@! The KHev. Dris. eloque so well.known that eve pect to see in the pam iqd .;Qunfive arg Present:â€"J. W. Wessrs, Kelly, O‘Cor David and Finley . The minutes of the *840 and adopted. l-u--_ Brothe ‘Reagan, teacher, we main & bon., Moved by Mr. 0‘ .':‘*v“‘hl sations just read be :"""l’hmn _ He alluded to a ce Council, uw-:: w(nua- vinc y, showing th =~.:-t:m Ti ag Me Council,saad sat ¢ , The Council then a at+ Parmior‘s Rueam re «dings in St. Petrick voâ€"niht, and we are in sellent programme h The energy hitherto a«#108¢, that Mesers together with the n m&m Ottawa, March Arnmvals _ at â€" THE®E w-" Conno® » buok his seat at PM“'A.\' Un motion the ALDERMANKIC. Doll y Varden Moved by Mr BUARD OF SEPA ALLAN, M‘KJNXAO MorTIxER LOCAL Tuesday afiert ; ”blic meel of raizing T8 ALEX ANDE meeting estingâ€" A 1t very instruct ’No RoaDps K L. Ottawa Also an a CITY OUut L&xt pressit 6 s io the he has i1 IOL Hosrita! of ‘the Uttawa r, ecom for grin‘ Ride« work in 10 the P‘rimt me of 187 alr M § A q