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t U H Â¥} tid 1 4 t Uttawa is not the only place in Canada where ritualistic practices in the Church of England have led to difficulties beâ€" tween pastor and people, and we notice from the Bellevilie papers, that there these differences of opinion have culmiâ€" nated in an open breach. ‘ A couple of communications which appear in a recent number of the Infelligencer give the whole case in a nutshell. The first in order is the copy of a letter addressed by the Rev. Mr. Forneri to Mr. James Dunâ€" net, one of the members of his church, informing him that he must signify in the prescribed way that he is " ready and deâ€" sirous of being confirmed," otherwise the privilege of full membership could not be continued to him. Mr. Dunnet was also requested to sever his connection with the Sunday School, because ‘his " unaltered feeling of opposition ‘ to his pastor made it impossible for them to work barmoniously together, and preâ€" vented the said pastor from having any comfort or confidence in the presence or services of _ his parishioners while acting _ in _ that _ capacity. Mr. Formeri â€" cannot _ be charged . .with hiding his motives or his purposes. He makes no secret of it that he is attemptâ€" ing to wreak vengeance upon bis personal enemy by the exercise of his clericalpowers â€"powers, we presume, which were conâ€" ferred upon him for no such end. There may be other clergy men who abuse their sacred otfices in the same way, but we have heard of none who do it so openly: and avowedly. in reply, Mr. Duunet re minds his apiritual adviser that tor the long period of eleven years he has been a full member of the Church of England, partaking of the Holy Sacrament regularâ€" ly all the time, and no one objecting â€" not even the zeaious Mr. Forneriâ€" al: though the fact of Contirmation not having been administered was not only well known, but the subject of frequent couâ€" versation. Indeed, instead of objecting to Mr, Duanet on account of his having failed | to be contirmed, the rev. gentleman awdmitted that there were . many in _ the _ Chureh in _ a > similar predicament, _ and _ the _ certificate necessary to give Mr. Dunuet a right to sit in the Ontario Synod as lay delegateâ€" to which position he had been electedâ€" was given without ascruple. Mr. Dunnet mentions having previously been & lay delegate to the Toronto Synod while a resident of that diocese. Mr. Forneri alleges as another reason for objecting to Mr, Dunnet‘s countinued enjoyment of church privileges thats he has refused to " perform one of the first duties of memâ€" bership, viz., to contribute to the supâ€" port of the church according to his means." ‘I‘o this Mr. Dunnet replies that We lave appotmted Mir. 5. .\. Cuvrcn, of Port Hope, Ontario, Sole Agent in the Dominion of Canada, for Tas Tss and Tus Desares or Parâ€" LIAÂ¥ENT, Orders and Subscriptions for “f;l‘ he is authorized to receive on our o lalt Mr. Bergne, his assistant at the Commisâ€" sion, and they both arrived at the Foreign Uffice, London, on Monday, the 22nd ult,, having been much pleased with their visit to Canada. We hbave no doubt Mercbant Tailors and Gentiemen‘s DULNbE Sparks Street, Ottawa. porr Puse lrish Friees always in stock OUtlawa, Nov. 3, 1875. 1006 that the many friends they made in Uttaws will be glad to learn of, their safe arrival. the charge is falseâ€"unless, indeed, My Forneri considers himself the church. He Tweed Suits=Ch«s, Bryson:; â€" Local Noticeâ€"Baok of Ottawa. Loca} Noticeâ€"British Anwewlean Presbyterian Change of Timeâ€"St. Lawrence & (ttgwa Rail 6th W lUth ult. in the Cunard steamer ScyfAic, and artived at Liverpool on Saturday, the 2Uth ult., after a rapid, but very stormy, passage. Mr. Ford was accompanied by WO GLD ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTBD IX flm[ LIST. | Kâ€"&>lI Ist. We keep » T weeds. ¢th A‘he Tiines. OTFAWA. WEDXESDAY, DEC. 8, 187 The Hon. Joseph E. Couchon was yesâ€" terday sworn in President of the Privy Council, His Excellency being present on the occasion, in person. The new Minisâ€" ter lef: for Quebec in the evening. Lhe following visitors have registered their names at the London Agency of the Canadiau Government : Mr. Charles J. Townshend, Amberst, N.3 ; Mr. James Domville, M.P., New Brunswick ; Mr. J. D. Crawford, Montreal ; Mr. Jas. 8. Evans, Montreal ; Mr. J. Kirkpatrick, M.D. To: ronto ; Cuapt. Anderson, R.E. We have been informed by the Marine Department that Mr. Ford, who recently visited Ottawa as Her Majesty‘s agent of the Fishery Commission, which will shorts ly meet at Halifax, left New York on the Foot and mouth disease having broken out amony cattle in the fine agricultural couuty of Middlesex, the Department of Agriculture has been notified and immeâ€" diate steps will be taken to prevent the epidemic from spreading. ‘mee more our contemporary the Cifiâ€" zen has discovered that the Hon. Mr. Huntington has resigned. The wish is no doubt father to the thought. Should it ever happen that the hon. gentieman does resign, " I told you :o will come in so neatly ‘ ECCLESIASTICAL DISSEN810NS, Notice to the Public. g1¢ W W W. Kenny & Sons, /e caerge a fau price an 4 expect to succeed. PLEASE OBSEKBVF. LacLEAN, ROGER & Co mrantee a Mrs Clae Eit Mterary Aducrtisements. guerifice our goods or pretend om at less than they enet, c n fawr price for a good artle e "irst Class Catter, First Class Workmet xt Class stoek of C eriainmentâ€"Ledies Aid Gentiemen‘s OutfMers, Mar. S ‘still contributes, he solemnly asserts, to | the schemes of the church according to | his means, but frankly admite that while | Mr. Fommeri persists in his ritualistic Ipncv,ioonâ€"-inoutiom he calls themâ€"he must _ decline â€" to _ confribute _ to lhin support, and then Mr. Dunnet, | exhibiting â€" somewhat of the same ifnnkueu with which his _ pastor has treated him, retorts effectually in the Efollowing pointed sentences ;â€"‘" Are we | @ now to understand that they who seek i“ the ‘water of life‘ must come wifk | " money and with price ? Do the Apostles, ! in whose line of suceession you boast | # yourself to be, instruct you to refuse a | # yourself to be, instruct you to refuse a ; .‘ participation in the memdrials of our | | Lord‘s dying love to those who do notT | « pay for it ?" | | _ ‘Tbe list of Mr. Dunnet‘s grievances, we | | we are bound to say, is not after all nf | very startling thing, comparatively speakâ€" ‘ ing. He has ouly a few small crosses, ; ‘ new furniture ofa peculiar kind in the ; chancel ; and some little makers of a | similar kind to complain about. For all | there is to fight about, the quarrel appears l to be an exceedingly bitter one. Both purties, doubtless, have. their sympaâ€" thizers. _ Mv. Dunnet, however, has morally the best cause. ‘Teghnically the . pastor bus no source of information as to | his parishioners‘ means, and the mere | consciousness he might have that the latâ€" ter has not been coutributing to the church "mccording to his means, is no justiâ€" fication of the course purgued." The 1 would also call your sttention to the imiportance of correcting an evil that, if pormitted to continue, will probably lead to great trouble in our land before the close of the nineteenth sentury. It is the accumulation of vast amounts of unâ€" taxed church property. In 1850, 1 beâ€" lieve, the church property of the United Siates which {::)d no taz, amounted to about $83,000,000 ; in 1573: it was about $1,000,000,000, and by |1900, without some check, it is ‘safe to say, this property will reach asum exceeding $3,000,000,000. There is scarcely a limit to the wealth that may be acquired by orporations, religious or otherwise, if allowed to retain real jestate without taxation. The contcirplation of so vast a property without taxation may lead to sequestration without constitutional auâ€" thority, and through blood. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally,whether church| or corporation, exempting only the last ‘resting place of the £.d, and posgibly |with proper reâ€" strictiona on church edifi¢es. POREIGN RucariONs. ’ Our relations. mfiltno.t of the Foreign Powers continue oh a satisfactory and school funds or school takes, either by legislative, municipal, or r authority for the benetit of any other object of any pature or kind whatever,. | We are a Republic whereof one man is as good as another before the law. Under such a form of Government it is of the greatest importance that all should be possessed of education and intelligence enough to cast a vote with a right underâ€" standing of its meaning, hence the educaâ€" tion of the masses becomes of the first necessity for the pxeurn'im of our insti tiou®, and they are worth ‘preserving. I suggest for your earnest consideration, and most earnestly recotmmend that a constitutional amendment be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States for ratification, making it the duty of each of the several States to establish, and forâ€" ever maintain free public schools, adeâ€" quate to the education of all the children irrespective of sex, colour, birthplace, or religion ; forbidding the hing in said schools of rolriog;loul, atheistic/or Pagan doc trines and prohibiting the granting of any at home and abroad in a manner most flattering to their national pride, and but for the extrmordinary genids and ability of our mechanics, the achievements of our agriculturists, manufkcturers, and tnnTorten throughout / the country would have been impossible of attainâ€" ment. The progress of the miner has also been great. Of coal, maay miliions of tons are mined annually ; and so with iron ; and we are how producing more than the world consumed at the beginning of our national existence. Lead, zinc, and copper, from being arti cles of import, we miay expéct soon to be exported. The development of gold and silver ‘mines has been retmarkable, and has has had a large influence upon the business of all commercial nations. . Our merchants have established a reputation for euterprise, sagacity, progress, and integrity, unsurpassed by people of older natiqnalities. _ With _ équal _ pride, we can point to ‘our progress in all of the learned profeauou- friendly footms‘ Increaged intercourse, the extension of commerte and cultivaâ€" fact _ has _ not _ been : established with ‘ sufficient clearness to excuse Mr. Dunnet‘s excommunication. Besides, it is rather an extraordinary thing to make an objection to the validity of Mr. Dunâ€" net‘s membership after the technicality upon which it is based had been passed over for eleven years without objection. During those years this gentleman apâ€" pears to have been & more than ordinarily active, energetic, and popular churcbman, for he has been a Sundsy St¢hool teacher all the time, and Sunday School superinâ€" tendent for a large portion of it As we are now about to mtei upon our second Centennial, it is well to look back upou the past and study what will be best to preserve and advance our future. improved our ‘with the large ialorty of the Teware of we world, rer dering practicable the peaceful solution of all questions Mfrdnhfimotou::. mand extended or particular notice. : :p‘neulul‘e to recur to‘the advancement that bhas been made from one burdred yeurs ago, We were then & goople numâ€" bering only 3,000,000 souls, but now we number more than 40,000,000. Then industries were conlined @lmost excluâ€" eively to the tillage of the soil; now m inutactories nbsor%‘ much of the labour of the country ; ‘our liberties _ re main _ unimpaired ; _ the bondsmen have been freed from slavery ; we have become possessed of the respect,if notithe friendship, of all civilized hations. Our progress Ku been great in all the arts, in science, ngrioulzxn, commerce, Ravigaâ€" tion, mining, mechanics, law and mediâ€" cine, and general education, Our thirâ€" teen States have become thirtyâ€"eight and eight territories ; on the South we have extended to the Gulf of Mexico, and in the west from the Mississippi to the Pacific. One bhundred years -fo the cotton gin, the steamâ€" ship, the railroad, the telegraph and numerous Other inventions were enâ€" tirely _ unknown, ,md manufactories scarcely existed. in 1870 more than 2,000,000 of peérsons were employed in manufacturesâ€"producing more than $2,100,000,000 in | amount anâ€" uanlly, uearly equal to | our national debt. _ The _ ingenuity | and _ skill of our mechanics have been demonstrated tion of mutual interestsâ€" have steadily Wasniscron, Dec. 7.â€"The following is the text of the President‘s Message ;â€" K the Senate and House of Representaâ€" lives :â€" lu submitting my seventh annual Mesâ€" sago in this Centennial year of our naâ€" tional existence, it affords me great PRESIOtNT GRANT‘S ‘MESSAGL UNTAXED CHURCH PROPERTY EDCCATION OF THE PEOPLB THE NATION‘s PROGRESA | _ Chili has made reparation in the case of the whalo ship Good Refurn, seized | without sufficient cause upwards of forty , years ago. f ; TREATY OF RECIPROCITY WITH THE HAWIIAN I ISLANDS. E A Reciprocity Treaty with the King of | the Hawiian Islands was concluded some months ago. It contains a stipulation l that it shall not take effect till &nmn shall enact the proper legislation for the fiurpose. Copies of the instrument are erewith submitted. ~ ABOLITION OÂ¥ SLAVERY iN THE PoKTUGUESE COLONIES, I am blpp{ to announce the passage of an Act by the General Courts of Portugal for the abolition of servitude in the Portuguese Colounies. LEGISLATION EXTRAORDINARY. _I am of the opinion also that it._,is tion ed in sincere friondchis for ‘ both parties, but were at the time declined by Spain, with the declaration nevertheless that at a future time they would be. indispensiâ€" ble, No intimation has been received that in the opinion of Stptin that time has been reached, the only alterna tive which must sooner or latter . be inâ€" '°hd|fg$dy "pupAA, the I shal imes and as the the equal friendolboth‘g::flu to respond to a . suggestion _ the good offices ‘of th._;‘oUm.&i;d States _ will be acceptable in about a peace honourable to both. Rf Govérumnt of Bpain has recently subâ€" must be judged in every case in view of thoJ particulars attending the facts, unless justified by necéssity. It is always, and justly so, regarded as an unfriendly act, and a gratuituous demon stration of moral support to the rebellion, when the interest and rights of another Government or of its people are so far affected by a pending civil couflict, as to require a definition of its relations to the parties interested, but as this conflict must be one which will be recoguized in the sense of international law as war, I fail to find in the insurrecâ€" tion the existence of such a substantial political organization, real, palpable and manifest to the world, having the forms and capable of the ordinary functions of Government toward the people and other States,. The insurrection has not possessâ€" ed itself of a single seaport whence it may send forth its flag, nor has it any means of oommunioatialg 'xil';h fo?i:;‘; wers, except e mili gt")iur::iversuimld the woordnnm ce of belligerent rights still to be unwise and premature, and at present indefenâ€" sible, as a measure of right. It would give rise to countless vaxatious questions, would ralease the parent Government from mpomibibi:{ for acts done by the Insurgents, and would invest Spain with the right to exercise the supervision recogn zed by the Treaty of 1795 over our commerce on the high seas. During â€" the early days of the contest . the good offices of the United States as a mediator were tenderâ€" duty of the Unit.rod State to provide, by suitable legislation, that no citizen of the United States shall holdfslaves as proâ€" perty in any other country, or be interâ€" ested thorein. The arbitrators in the case of the United States steamer Mont/jo, for the seizure and detention of which the Govâ€" ernment of the United States of Columâ€" bo was held accountable, has decided in favour of the claim. the policy and principles which have heretofore been her sure an i safe, guides in like cases between revolted colonies and ph;ir m?lthor coun tryi A rmplmb:onof independence being, in my 0 imâ€" racticable and mdefemiblg. Withâ€" Eoldm' g the rights of belligerency In March last an arrangement was made through Mr. Cushin% our Minister in Madrid, with the Spanish Government gress of events. Our own civil conflict is too _ recent for us not . to consider the difficulties which surround a Government distracted by a dynastic rebellion at home at the same time that it has to cope with a separate insurrection in a distant colony. Thus far, all the resorts of Spain have proved abortive, and time has marked no imofrovemont in the situation. In contests of this nature, where a considerable body of the people have reached such a point in the occupaâ€" pation of _ territory, in power and _ in _ general or?nnintion, as to _ constitute _ in act _ a _ body po‘itic, having a Government in substance as well as in name, possessed of the eleâ€" ments of stability. and Empn’éd and able to administer justice at home as well as in its dealings with other powers, it is within the province of those other powers to reâ€" cognize its existenne ‘as a new and indeâ€" pendent nation. In such cases, other nations simply deal with an actually exâ€" isting condition of things, and recognize as one of the powers of the earth that body politic which, possessing the neces: sary elements, has in fact become a new power; in a word, the creation of a new State is a fact to establish the condition of tbinrg: essential to the reâ€" cognition of this fact, A power should exist complete in ‘its organiszation, ready to take and be able to maintain its | place among the nations of the earth. hile conscious that the insurrection in Cuba has shown a strength and endurance which make it at least doubtful whether it be in the power of Spain to subdue, it ms unquestionable that no such civil organiâ€" zation exists which m‘aiy _ be _re: cognized as an indo})en ent _ govâ€" ernment, _ capable _ o porformigg its obligations, and entitled to be treate as one of the powers of the earth, A reâ€" oognlxion under such circumstances would be inconsistent with the facts. In my belief the United States should adhere to for the payment by the latter to the United States of the sum of $80,000 in ooin for the purrou of relief of the familâ€" ies or persons of the ships crew .and cerâ€" tain passengers ot the Virginius. This sum was to have been paid in three instalments at two months each. The payments were fully and speedily anticâ€" ipated, and the whole amount was paid within two months from the date of agreement. +1 have directed the distriâ€" bution of the amount among the parties entitled thereto. The past year has furnished no evidence of an nKpmcching cessation of the conflict which has been raging for seven years in the neighbouring island of Cubs.. The same disregard of the laws of civilized warfare and of the just demands of humanity have continued to blacken the sad seene. Desolation, ruin, and pilâ€" lage are pervading the rich fields of one of the most fertile and productive regions of the earth. The protracted continuâ€" ance of the strife seriously affects the interests of all commercial nations, but those of the United States more than others by reason of theclose proximity, larâ€" gor trade and intercourse with Cuba,and the froquent and intimate personal and social relations which have grown ug. between its citizens and those of t Island, Moreover, the property of our citizens in Cuba is large and <is rendered insecure and depreciated in value by the continuance of the strife and unnatural mode of its conduct. ‘The same is itrue, differing only in degree with respect to the interests and people of other nations, and the absence of any reasonable assurâ€" anns of a near termination of the conflict must of uecessity soun compel the Powers thus suffering to consider what the inâ€" terests of Suu' own people and their Juty ioward themselves may demand. I have hoped that Spain would be enabled to establish peace in her colony, and to afford security to the proâ€" perty and interests of our citizens. Beâ€" cause of this hope,and from an extreme reâ€" luotance to interfere in the most remot~ maumner in the affairs of another ma friendly nation, especially of one whose sympathy and friendsaip in the struggling infancy of our own existence must ever be remembered with gratitude, I have patiently and anxiously waited the proâ€" REPARATION PROM CHILI THB CUBAN DIFFIOULTY, Ilik VIRGINIUS APPAIR ARBITRATION THF TIMES OTTAWA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 8, i875. guksE l mitted to our Minister at Madrid certain roposals, which may be found to be the issage gnsin, if not the actual submission, of ris of terms to meet the re(t-gu-emonh of the ide in particular griefs of which this Govern | ment has felt itself entitled to complain. Those proposals have not {“ reached me in their full text, but on their arrival they is the | will be taken into careful examination, tefeTlg‘n communication. _ All lines should bound to give precedence in the transmission of uuo&‘nlmmgu of the governments of the countries beâ€" tween which it may be laid. A power ments, er cumjointly orâ€"separately, as its shores, to fix a limit of i to and will, I hope, lead to a satisfactory adjustment of the guestiom to which they re‘er. It is understood, a‘so, that reâ€" newed efforts are being made to introâ€" duce reforms in the internal administraâ€" tration of the Island. â€"1 shall feel it my duty, should my hopes of a satisfactory adjustment and of the early restoration of peace and the removal of future causes of complaint be dinppointedb: make & further communication to gress at some â€" period, hot far durâ€" ing the prosent session. m messages.. | I shall not oppose the landing of any telegraphic osbluvhiohzooum with and mssents to "the points m-fl-nmbo& will feel it m prevent the landing of any wh j prevent the landing of any which does na_troufil-w&nfint-flm cable soon passed under the control of the cable company connecting Great Britain with this continent, and thus whatever benefit to the public might have ensued from competition was lost. THE DIREOT CABLE. Within a few months past a cable has been laid, known as the United States Direct Cable Co., connecting the United Btates directly with Great Britain. As soon as this cable was reported to be in working order the rates of the then existing consolidatel Company were greatly reduced _ Soon, however, a break was announced in this new cable, and immediately the rates of the other line, which had been reduced, were: again raised. This cable being nonâ€"repaired the rates appear not to be reduced b sitner line from those formerly clu.npn{ by the other company .. No line shoald be allowed to land on the shores of the United States which is not by treaty prohibited from consolidating or amaigaâ€" mating with any other company, or comâ€" bination therewith, for the purpose of wers, with few exceptions, have maniâ€" g;ted their friendly sentiments toward the United States. The interest of the world in our progress is manifested by the steps taken to join | with us in â€" celebrating _ the Centennial _ of the nation, and I strongly recommend that a more national importance be given to this Exhibition by special legislation. The Bureau of Agriculture Jhas | promised much in disseminating useful knowledge to the agriculturists and also ‘introducing new and useful productions adapted to our soil and climate, and it is worthy of the continued encoursgement of the Government. & E‘;I‘ho mpc:;t of . the gomminionon of ucation shows a gratifying progress in educational matters. RELATIONS WITH MEXI0O. The Free Zone established by the Mexican Government in certain of the States of that Republic adjacent to our monopoly feature of the concession be ab.ngod. and that the ri?:mof any cable company to land upon ch terâ€" i-.i:(;-y, and tod oonnoetflvlvlttf the Freuch limes, and enjoy e necessary faoilities or privileges incident to the use thereof, upon as favourable terms as any other com&any, be conceded, : As aresult thereof, the company in question reâ€" nounced the exclusive priv_&op, and the frontier, remains in full operation. It has always been obstructive to honest_ traffic, gave for a long term of yearsâ€"the excluâ€" sive right of telegraphic communication by the submarine cable between the shores of France and the United States. I withheld any assistance to the hn:mof any cable on condition that the ex ve defrauding our revenue and Checking honest commercial enterprise and encouâ€" raging depredations of bands from Mexico against the people of Texas. They freâ€" quently mm the murder of quigt and The electrictelegraph has become an essential and indispensable agent in the transmission of business and social mes: sages. . Its operation on land, and within the limit of particular States, is necesâ€" sarily under the control of the jurisdicâ€" :‘l:h'i"g?m which it operates. The lines on seas, however, are not subject to the control of any one Governnient. In 1869 m concession was granted by the French Govyernment to a company, which promoo lay a cable from the shores of to the United States. I was desirous that the proposed connection should be made, but certain provisions of this concession were deemed by me peaceul.e disposed and in some instances even the Gnitod States officers and mail communications have been atâ€" tacked. Renewed remonstrances upon this subject have been addressed to the Government of that Republic, but withâ€" out much Apfi&ent effect. The proceedâ€" ings of the Joint Commission under the convention between the United States and Mexico of the 4th July, 1868, on the subject of claims, will be brought to a close, and the result of the deliberations of those Commissioners will then be comâ€" municated to Congress, | CONCESSIONS BY VENBZULA. Thech:;ommont of Venezula have, upon further consideration, tically g_E:pdqngd the objection t9;_w to the objectionable, particularly the one which claims have been presented, of which six hundred and ei;gty-two had been disâ€" posed of at the date of the report. I am informed that one hundred and seventy cises were decided during the month of November ; arrangements are being made and decisions | given in the remaining casos with all dimh consistent with the proper: consideration of: the quesâ€" tions submitted ; but as it has been reâ€" presented to me that it would be imprac~ ticable for the Court to finally dispose of suthm beme::d'“th.:nlw. limit speci recomm egislation wmhmsy be deemed proper to enable the Court to complete the work before it. ‘OLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATRS, I recommend that some suitable proâ€" visionnlbomado l;)y t:foommhionm phe of a special court, or by _ the necesâ€" jurisdiction upon: some riate :irb’mijul for the oonsidmfim% mination of the claims against the Govâ€" ernment of tie United States, | excluding all clains barred by the treaty provisions or otherwise, as it has been found imposâ€" sible to give proper consideration to these claims by the resp stive, departâ€" ments of the Government. Such & triâ€" bunal would afford an op ity to aliens other thin British subjects to present their claims on account of acts committed against their persons or proâ€" perty during the rebeliion, as also to those subjects of Great Britain, whose claims having arisen subsequent to the 9th day of April, 1865, could not be preâ€" sented to the late Commission. United States that share of its revenue which some time since it alloted towards the extinguishment of the claims of foreigners generally. The ratification of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Belgium, and of conventions with the American Republic for the further extension of the Joint Commission, and respecting claims with the Hawiian Islands for commercial reciprocity. ALABAMA OLALIMS COMMISSIONERS. The Court of Commissioners of Alaâ€" bama Claims has prosecuted its important duties very assiduously and very satisfacâ€" torily. Thirteen huniud and eightyâ€"two In reference to the question of expatriaâ€" EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. THB ATLANTIC CABLB, nd maintaining the cost of communication. . All lines EXPATRIATION, As this will be the last annual message which I shall have â€"the honour of © trans» gn!tfingwlczlnlrw bofmnvnn..“h.' is chosen, np.tornm:hu questions which I deem of imports moowhioh-bonldboh.hhudwud d morke To adiged the o 8 e patuflyhl.ml&d& cation to every child within their limits . Zngd. [No sectarian :tencts shall ever be hwinw-obod-md in whole or in part by the State or by the tion, it is but justice to all bone fide citiâ€" zens that no doubt should rest on such questions. That Con?rea should deterâ€" mine b]yl e::ctment lo law how em tion wi accomplished, and a of citizenship be u&blhhd. * THB TREASURY. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows the receipts from cusâ€" toms for the fiscal year ending June 30, crease for the last fiscal year of $5,936,â€" 111.34 ; receipts from internal revenue for the year ending 30th June, 1874, were Observations while visiting the terriâ€" tories of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, during the past autumn, cosvinced me that existing laws regulating the disposiâ€" tion of public lands, timber, &c., are yery defective and should be . carefully amended. The timber on most of the territories is principally confined to the mountain regions, whioz are held for en :3 in small quantities only, and as mineâ€" lands, 310 timber .is the property of t.;ethnitod Sutu;df:: the disposal of whi ere is now no uate provisions. The settler must become a consumer of this timber whether he lives u:l.pon the plains or engages in working mines, P eeet Hapel, o Snmmeqyy Apetooge passer hi or win a patron: trespassers. I noonmn-fl' that a :com> mittee of the two Houses of Congress be Td cemrhinies agring the ondnearoie terri session such laws or amendments as may be deemed necessary. ‘ toms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, to have been _'16%»10335396?..-.99- $192,340,294.90. Regarding specie resumption, I ho Congress may momduood at the earhel:: Congress n:z be induced at the eariiest day practicableé to‘insure the consummaâ€" tion of the act of the last Congress to bring about specie resumption on and after the 1st day of January, 1879, at the furthest. It would be a great blessing if this could be consummated even at an earlier day. Nothing seems to me more certain â€" than that a full, healthy and permanent reaction cannot take place in favour of the industries and financial welfare of the country until we return to a measure of values feotnfmud throughout the civilized world. It will be a source of great gratification to be able to approv;‘ of u}y men:v:;o of Con:â€" gress looking effectively tow 1 m'f:t’:luot Unht;.:utfd mflnuon‘eo::fi ro y bring al specie yments gzore speedily than any 5:;1!1!8:0 look:â€" ing to the redemption of legal tenders in coin, but it would be at the expense of honour. I suggest that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to tedeen? say not to exceed $2,000,000 monthly, of legal tender notes by issuing in their stead a long bond, bearing interâ€" est at the rate of 3 65â€"100 per cent, This would;in time reduce the legal terder notes to & volume that could be kept afioat without demanding redemption on large sums luddonli, that additional me:wonldgivotot e Socrohgcf the r:zhme' to accumulate gold for the fihal mption, either by increasing the revenue, curtailing expenses or both. On the measure for increasing the revenue, and the only one I think of, is the restor+ ation of the I These duties would add probably k uis Ulkeradren ceiv r imports. All duty paid u articles entering into mnugop;m d directly to the cost of the article when manufactured here, and_must be paid for I have asked for definite I:wm,,n correct it. That polygamy exist in a free country without the power to prevent it seems preposterous,. No less an evil is the importation of ; but few of whom are brought to our ports to pursue honwurable or useful occupaâ€" tions. . & y en invinatont ntvditiemistiind Aboriiac. uy ds art. Acaadiite: by the consumers, the duties not only come from the consumers at home bnt} protection to foreign manufacturers 0/ the same completed articles in our own and distant markets. | The report of the Commissioner of Education shows a gratifying progress in educational matters. POLYGAMY AND CHINESE woMB®. In reference to the condition of affairs ‘the necessity of making $300,000 of the @ppropriation for the Subsistence De; ‘partment‘ available before the b:fiz.mmq ; of the next fiscal year, Without this pro< ivision, troops at points distant from sup; plies must either go without food or m existing law must be violated. g:: evord occur between the United tes and any maritime power, ?odou will be among, if not the most effective and the cheapest auxiliary for the defence Commission to make a proper and creditâ€" able display, n â€"4 tim=!t operations for the past year. To some of g.m I invite special attention. ‘ First The method for the treatment of the Indians at the beginning of my first term has been szduotm of evident improveâ€" ment in condition of that race, and will be continued with only such modifiâ€" cations as further experience may justify. ARMY OPERATIONS. The ufon of the Secre! of. W gives a detailed account ot?:’tluam of our harbours, and also in aggressive operations that we can have a permanent organization for the signal service corps, THB POSTAL SERVICH, [ In a country of so vast an area as the United States it must be expected that :.lh:posm s&rvioowillbofwmmorhu & w u o Treas many years. The wmy_of. 0120'9“5‘! per annum given to vessels of the United States for carryâ€" ing the mails between New York and Rio de Janiero having ceased, I recomâ€" mend the authorization of a renewal of thiat contract, and also that the service may be increased from month to semi: monthly trips. The commercial advanâ€" tages to be gained by & direct line of American m to the Sot::h Ameri« can States outweigh expense of the service. } Hills, a portion of the Sioux Reservation, has had the effect to induce a large miâ€" gration of mf‘ixn:; to that pohz.of% iations relinquishmen m ;ieldo having fafl.;d. It will be neocesâ€" saryâ€" for Congress to some measurés to relieve the emb.n-lzl:ent. t tennial Board for the noomsré:ddit.ioml appropriations to enable the Government The report oi the General Land Office Je o ip apaae io last yéar. More than one half of this decrease was in lands disposed of under the homestead and‘timber oculture laws. 'fil;hb.um ofinfihi&‘. decrease â€" of ~supply is and the dearth whiom-o extenâ€" sively in some of the trontier States. @EOLOGICAL SURYETs. The geological explorations have been prosecuted with energy during the. year rosecuted with during the. year fi the 'l‘orrituiu?ghndo. Utah . and New Mexico, developing the agricultural and mineral resources of: that region. I commend the estimates of the Cen The discovery of gold in the Black DUTY ON TEA AND COFFEE. n SPECIB RESUMPTION, RBECAPITULATION, CHINBSE WOMEN, STATB BLACK HILLS, EDUOATION, proceeds of any tax levied upon any community make education oot'x:&llnory so far as to deprive all persons canâ€" not read and write from becoming voters after the year 1890, disfranchising none, however, on the ground of illiteracy who may be voters at the time this amend ment take effect. 3rd. Declare Church Maiket Provper ;fié*fif mss es and State for ever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and _ that _ all _ church _ property shall bear its own proportion of on mope potosep son ins on ity, such as y, and the imâ€" portation of women ffifegitimte purâ€" poses. 5th. Enact such laws as will insure & sgoody\retum to & sound curâ€" rency, such as will command the respect of the world. Believing that these views will commend themselves to the great majority of the right thinking and patriotic citizens of the United States, I submit the rest to President. Executive Mansion, Dec. 7, 1875. PIANOâ€"FORTE, _MIRRORS, GASALIERS, Om%AT&&GLAfl AND C KERY WARE Black Wainut and Mahogany Household Furniture, DECEMBER NEXT. The sebscriber is favoured with instructions from JQ N THOMPSON, Baq., to sell at his residence, Rideau street, over nis store, all his Household Furniture, comprising in part, one Chickering 7â€"octave rosewood case piano, Yery fine mahogany centre. card »nd sofa tables, large gilt mirrors and marble stands, sofas, On Tuesday and Wednesday, Tthand 8th in green and lace, with gilt ples, richly gilt n‘mqls:owrn. 4 g;m:' room exâ€" table, board, %bookm and & very havndsome dinner ot ware, 100 pieces, with breakiast an* evening china, white and gold. a large variety of cut flan. cutlery, &c. Reveral bedrooms ml‘liy furpish d with mahogany, black walnut a:d oak setis taing, all liampé, floor oil cloth, and bra=s rods. MImrp.'depu‘\mont is complete Mdevmfllu required in a wellâ€"reg u= lated house. _ _ _ â€" _ _ _ 0_ Bale each day at 10:30 A.l':a without reserve, as Mr. Thompson has moved to the residence METCALFES Wholesale READY MADE@ CLOTHING Estab o SPARKSISTREET. Toâ€"day, at 2 o‘clock and 7 o‘ciock, p.m. â€" ROWE & ERRATT, FU“!WI!!I’UIS! Made up in Jackets, Caps, &o., Ar Are m:f General Grooafina Wines And Liquors unusually LOW. PRICES, to i make room for their Spring Stock, n:lb.. ol’lolnrl‘d‘l'.&:r.luwuwmn Ibe. of Spwards‘ n rognchon on o. t iabrador flnflu. or No, 2 Ln.brndo'r. % reduce in incge bage Fine Sail, 25 1on. bor bap. wood Astrachan, . South Sea Seal and Beaver South Sea Seal Jackets, Woness Aopenand Ontopt aito on taneee ) 10840008, PF.CKLES, BALL BLUE Hlatters & KFurriers. STARCH,. RIOE, BRAISINS, UURBRANTS, NUTS, CIGAES, PAILS and BROOMS, also, Ottawa, MPORTANT AUOTION SALE Ottawa, Nov. 20, 1875. H. HODGE S . Baskerville & Bros., No. 36, Rideau St., Ottawa, JUST RECEIVED ALL THE NEW STYLES FOR 1876, TRADE â€" SALE. 56 SPARKSâ€"ST., Opposite the British Lion Hotel. AUCTIONEERS REAT CLEARING _ Baltic Seal Jackets, By Howe & kEirratt, EVLIN‘S FUR DEPOT. OUSEKEEPERS, Ancliton Sates. $60 T0 $300. *$830 1T0:â€"$#45. R. J. DEVLIN CGroceries, &t. Nov, 80, 1875. ron bedsteads, spring and hair f Coluor borle, bailvg Sarpels, Sure (Signed), Remember.the‘ saile CONCLUSION, 1c bERiINGHAM, on n mss neule ol oF U. 8. Graxt, 38 Rideau Street. t Oitaws, for the WELLINGTON STREET : e rs us + s ’A First Class Family and Commercial Hotel, , 4007 ‘Falland Winter, 1875. ;,ooxmupg) | OTTAWA MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. The Ottawa Agricultural Insurance Company Incorporated, 18 74. Capital, $1,000,000.00 The . Royal Exchange Hotel, . See Bryson‘s Tweed Suits, well stock of Mant in American, Italian. and Coloure2 Marble Séqm BBA'rlsm-mnoa:-.ucus«MWu p‘ain or mounted. i _ June, 18, 1874. THE HON. JAMES SKEAD PRES/DENT 'x’.Zi'Et?..g Lindsay, 1/A g.%m on oo ieon on nmoa en a l Chief Agent for Nova New Brunswick, and Prince MM Ollfm Aflhw for tertitory not yet taken up. Apply for muh_n‘ Ottawa, or any of the Branches. bave decided to continue & Braoch @ffice in this City aud have leased the large and com» Enioaeerennt ts orride nont ts ratgerer a Het couRR es RIML ive lovyl:lwolnhd General Agents for the Ottawa Branch * "Sdiamie Nov: 1 fafe, "**** Ottawa Branch â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" 38 Sparks Street. CLUFF & MILL, GENERAL AGENTS. â€" BPECIAL NOTICE. here! to our patrons and the public generally in the Ottawa di that {this Oott« ;"I Ez"'!“!‘:!fl"gm'fl‘ ...&T Office in 'hl{.m! aud have lotm- large and come BRANDIES, PORT & SHERRY WINE, GIN, PORTER, &¢., W. M. SOMERVILL sole Canadian has taken an extra prize for g%m%fimmmmmw.“w by First Prize for MARBLE MANT . __ CANADA | | Agricultural Insurance Coy. lwmm;m pints and quarts, put up to oider, loa Cases CLARET, Jas, Vioiets, apecial order, very fine. fiso-nnmrmr.r.mm,mm “MM Fine ALES, pints and quarts, per order. f larmmoumln!. 10 years old, direct order, J () Ds FmeQid PORT WINE, unrivalled in quality, some 20 year o‘d, difterent priber Teasâ€"Black, the finest imported ; Green, do. Coffeeâ€"Very superior, fresh roasied and ground daily, Syrupsâ€"Meple, Amber, Golden, &0., very fine. â€" Sugarsâ€"All grades, for preserving very {rong. * A large and well selected slock af fancy groceries too nuinerous to detall always on haud. Glasgow Peas Mcal, Mackenzsic‘s Digestive Biscuits, and Angastorn Bitters, â€" The Canadian Meat Canning Co.‘s Fresh Goods, $ This Company covers Loss by Lightning, ® If Horses or Cattle are Killed .on the Owner‘s GCrounds. Farmers will find it to their ad ran‘age to Insure Opposite BATE & CO‘S WELLILNGTION STREEE, REMOYVED TWO DOORY UP FRoM OLD STAND. PS @urney‘s New Wood Cook," ac., &6, Also, Box Btoves, Pariour Frankiing, Ooal Hods, oflmg&:":&l W::-'u‘:?m. __ BUTTERWORTH & CO., Deposited with Government for the Protection of Policyâ€"holders : £$50,000.00. Insures against Loss or Damage by Fire. and Lightning. LOGNASâ€"Ham, Obicken avd T wigue; bath s Brunswick, etc. U Pacdictaly Horwn Porets idnas Soun Brtpland Romile: ofe. a4e ESTABLISHED 1854. C"â€"Oxâ€"tail, Howh Potch, Kidney Soup, Boup and Boullie, etc., eto. GOODSâ€"Koyal Cambridge, Boozhu; nol ned, spiced, seasined and Ve smmnum ll;"i.oolrhoop!rqn-q,.(u mâ€"',"fl_-.fi Purysrom ro His Exonuzzwor rus Kazrt or Dorren®, Govenwon Guaxunar. Direct Importations from the Pr>ducers "I4 France, England, Holland and Spain. 1875â€"PROVINCIAL EXHIBITIONâ€"187b. We are now showi complete live of _ HALTDSPARLO COOKILN io y en e sn cos XNTLUOLLNEIREIE a new and Denulifu Hai THOS. PATTERSON STONVES. W. M. SOMERVILLE, MARBLE &â€" GRANITE WORKS, LUNCH, BREAKFASTS and SUPPERS. CAPITAL, â€" $1,000,000. > COL. A. C. D‘L HARWOOD, EDWARD A. GOFF President. Man WILLIAM ANGUS, _ 3 JAMES A. SMITEH PURE AND JNANULTERALED, for Fam{ly use and Medicinal Purposes. The Largest and Eesiâ€"ssiected assortment of Monuments, Headstones, Obelisks WHOLESALE & RETALL. Inspector for Province of Quebec. #13.75 WORTH $#18.50. ARGAND, S NOW : OPEN. ARBLE MANT Pra PFracto o fduitrar meapsro for BTONE 8 kinds and varieties at half the prices of Imporied #~ods, and much Eresher. rtment in the city, A call is solicitel to examine Prices und Qus ities at P. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor. IN TH E 66 oTEA W A." R@~186 & 188 RIDEAU STREET. e Marble CMorks. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. Viceâ€"President. Zite Assurance. (ESTABLISHED 1860.] BRANCH OFFICES : UNRIVALLED FoR WERE TAKEN BY . CHAS. BRYSON, R. BLACKBURN, ESQ., M.P. for STONE SEWERAGE PIP £" TW . J“.lela-. . RADIANT LIGHT, 110 Sparks Street. BAERFrERY baalfingo TRAPB THOS. PATTERSON‘8, No.0, Ridean St. Ottewa. â€"_ STOVES, OTTAWA 1875 MAGEE RANGE, &0.â€" Vil 2 4* Teol§ y W% Mnbl had ever even the see he has don‘t write to Svight, out c ol egere she looked in up an nones! shame the de «Bpoke lik Marton, with and when I n ie endof end of gare of his and if he «xnpposed to J‘] oure him, «YÂ¥ ou know h he sighed ; t stool ; then 1 At the mullin nearer into «© And ere & The jaws of " Who has Ahe, in ‘a voice for my did not «Jt was as, when I "Yes, # forgive me Night viper 1" GQ m' and with *Â¥ ot to bu