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1 {tune}: mm L: r. Manufactured I}; FA N '1‘, e., Dunnville, Ont. auble‘d in Size and an. hat, and is now , Cheapest and Best; Circulating Weekly or in Ahuny, Value Ic-nts, as well as in atiu:~.s, and having I nâ€"wixh tens of thou; ers in both Town and is the 216211. I, Literary, Famiii 1', combinedâ€" making $70, of this Famoni all [he characteristici #and Literary Subjects ! says (A it that "TB. leg mt‘ y Printed, AM! CUlaied and ileaml s a whole, which no ”It“ Prnpxe.” l'.\!:T‘N-..\'T, latch intro; INDISPENSABEE. m I AND FAMILY 351m; FAVORITE! lSt 'l‘aIent in the Land Ednnrs ahd Hundtea hrs and Correspondents D'sviedged a nhority 05 J O H N S ON I '15. LHWER VILLAGE; l, H“ .-\M. ting Newspaperé ._-_i rertisements intend d roach this office bI 1.5 1 “ El)\ESl)AY M03313“: "respondencefi'om dip“, if'EiC‘M ' Minus, to e Ltisfaetory, ment 3 without spec!" " ed until forbid, and Ch“. ,. in editorial columnfigm‘ Istooromotetbe 1’9““:th meets oi individnah, _ ' 'ertisements and CW Fruits, Flowers, Vega" I a 311m” scale, (in City; |,) while to Farmers, yurists, Stock Breeders; :‘ixymen. You'nry Fan: B AND EN'I‘ERTAlNi UR ALL. The Ram)! ) C RU P REPORTS 16‘. 1' df‘kd, being A‘)‘, i 8Ld Printed in EX!!! 1 to Country, Viilage and _t_he ginger ior Yoursglif; 3, 20 Us. a year éxtra; age. Subacflhe and Ch” uch-nts to Club Agéntfl ll‘t’d Valuable Premium iron: 2! to £600! Speei? ists, Show-Buds, c., oeutl " O. . - - I who do not gneexprcn hltrflrv at“? 90118368186"... as}? itw'fi'nm a montbli but a Large and Beauti- ekiy,’â€"and, though donblé '° line for first insertion; hsubseq uentinsefliou thdvertising‘ ‘ Fl‘ F ten .mes and under; ’0’ | H" ines in an advertisefilfll‘ W by lhgamountof 8p! “_ AA-“ . each .\u mber com {elluarto Pages, (of 2Q . attention ‘0 bani public patronage, V 1m 1y I” xsuutcd, and Bl 0k Paper. ; in (. ubs often ‘drhore, as. lhxrir subscriptiofio. ..- surdcrxhe discontinuané Is, the publisher may sen rarszue paid,subsctibéri tr ail manners Séfit. , " '5 “9:390! or refuse t6 in}. )m the Mike to whichthe’. » y are bold responsibl‘o [I'll/361.1“ Bill, ano orderéa tn he distonti‘nqed. 5* r’L-tvk. or [rating them“ ’! syn-h. nntice of diswfl’ sin [hi-column as me”! id hrvvier. arrangements made ‘ uthe rs advertising by 3 highly regarded, in 'eHam-uus Departjneqt} ., (1h? heart of aiallhed growing réaiifn fiberéiq Lditors and Contribufitfl ls psinripal Publication New York, all letter! I S?”'h- Izntzce OJ utaov â€" Law 11mm) es. r8 rem-1w? to othef‘ murmino‘ the publtskfi‘ als are sent to the {61. ..e held 1esponsiblé. .3 always baiied Tron} {ERA}. PAYS Rochester, N. CHRONICLE .ISHBD EVERY .y it” W113 Chute; Imcriy editur of th‘ d to >. T. MOORE 1 Park Row New Yuk; .rs'mxnn "CHEAPEST. New-Yorke! Tailor 1870, vyjll _be publishgfl moons, LE, TERMS, .szc‘; d Job Printing .. ITS CLASS ! Stubscriptiou Price to: ; Mornings Besimafi town; 0 § In White £5 J ohuson.Publishers ProprietorsJ U 0 D )tn's WHOLE X0. 201.] f}:a'[oin '2‘ and most. approved J. F. Halsted, M. 5., HYSICHN, 3p1.(‘h.0\ (.,1()'VEP. Town, 1)“th * .11, «Untaxin ' 017% H 1 311 3 '1. xl‘l'JLbuL 1»; -.v -- , " tqtumish Carriages, Cutters, Wag- goq‘“5ud: Sleighs, manufactured from the hast‘,’ 33538, at the cheapest poi-Bible rates. All wm‘k warranted. Shag», Opposite Mi" (.‘Arsou’sstore, Lower Town. Durham. .1 RRIST U! ‘Mpomms 0's DRY GOODS xrocerhs. and G A 53 I) metal W holesulo Waggcn at U0 HATE \VdE’ib 1‘ [IRAN I R - desmiption can be bad as «be: and as got d as at. anv other establishm in the cCoanty. All work warranted. Wareroom, One Door \orth ot the s of the big chair. w and as 20 Kerr, Brown MnKenzie, l \'\‘ ‘fliiiiam Buchanan, 'FRU 31 G LASG W - Scntiaud, Book- Binder SuHivan Post V‘Jilliam Barrett H'i‘ Li R. A'H‘O 1:.\' m1: D stand; (1:: 3'. ..". 3.3!": Luau-u . ...... Ail work is ma‘ufzu-inred under my own Superfisfon, and 31mm but the very best smck used. JxIBI-H‘XG doze prompt‘:y and in the véry best stvle, at the lowest living vaies. (ff? Partkmlarattention paid to‘ Eavg-Trmtzhing. ‘A large stock __ot' Stove-Pipes, Elbows, T Pipes and' Ridge Plates, always on haLnd, CHEAP ;F8R CASHR 0 TRADE. (TO-y.) VWW~ TINSEE’HTH. GARAFRélYA STREET, DLRIIAJI. xt omptlv attended to. k TOREY I5 workmunsmp, 3* urges are the ru- DEfiTtSTRv. “If 3.113, day 131103 brick store-a stcie Durham 5:. Carriage Shep. :{m' H NOW Pmamgpzh L, Sum. a .\' Dswxsr. -â€"- ice, -â€"()ue dom' North of mar V iiiage, Dull: um. 1’6?!) eneral ia Colle mnh of IF YOU WANT FL'RXITL'RE CD To HUGH 3‘33 S E. Cabinétfiare and Chair Factory, OPPOSITE ORANGE HALL DfiRflAM, ‘ “are. "‘ at “1‘" gLA-t W Lower or mg meripfinh of meare con- "- 3 and mar‘e to order. (II‘. x; .I‘l 9 next. to '9, Lower .l‘ the art 01"]. Biacksmith, oppcsitc "S 8901. and Si)!“ 21' Town, Durham.â€" 2tctmflity and moder :5 at. this Smithy. AND GREY ht prom ’; a a muersleh mmxuwxa Of l-lv. OF THE BRIDGE GP. . R. McKenzie’s Viilage. 1844f; 'oronto (kc.â€" egraph RAD :vie TIT.“ . RClIAllDVlL-LE, JAMES BELL, O I’xmrmx-z'roa. Having leased the above premisee, lately occupied by Mr. J. Hart, Lam prepared to offer first-class ac- commmlalion :0 travellers and the public generaily. Good Wines, Liquors and Ci- gars always on hand. Superior Stahling and an attentive Hustler. Stages call daily. RC'HARDVILLE. This 11 .Juse has re- cmtly hveu wfittefi and furnished in‘ 1‘; st. class style, _.with a. flew to the comfort and accommodation of the travelling public. Wims, Liquors and Cigars of the. choicest bands (CW-3158 on hand. Good Stabling and an Mtnmive hustler. Stages call daily.â€" Churgcs moderate. sion Argyle Hotel, ' UGH MACKAY, PROPRIETOR, Durham. (3:? The whscri'ner is Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. cum-mm HOTEL, Durham, J A M 1“. S E LL_I O T T , Proprietor. I' The >ubscribcr'fliankfui for past favors wish-310 inform his old friends and the puiiiic generally, that he has again com. mmwed businfis in the above Hotel and hnpes by strict attention to ‘1119 comfort of his aunts t0 merit a. fair share of pubiic .25 VGZmfim 5 am. 3.1:. :3: 5: m2. Cidâ€"O :uvl as nt produczd. .P [-1st filmsam. M and; 110m 1' Jud re the! land, C_._ B. , WATC II 3': A K ER. AN D J 1i\\' Sbld‘l AGENT FOR THE SALE THEY ASSIST THE SIGHT MOST muLLmNTLY, HpLF-WAY HOUSE, without requiring tu l are the CHEAPEST, PEBFEBTED SPEETACLES HGT“: fififififi. 2:23:35 é’g QQE’EFQEE ' LAZARUS, MORRIS CO, CORNISH’S HOTEL, The undersigned is prepa'red to effect Loan in sums of $200 and upwards on up pmval Farm and Village security,,for from two to twenty yeaxs, on the moss favorable 181 ms. *5--- .14. H E‘ . E3. LAST A G R residentâ€"Lam l e "0.3- President-â€" cretarva 01m There is no 1105310111: from this Company eve suddenly or unexpected debt. . The borrower has, if i: to pej off the loan ient ; privilege of liberating 1) mortgage by giving 6 an The imrmwer is allc compound interest, for a $100 he pays before isqb WIFRBVEMENT 6F THE EYES, A31) There is no possibiiity of the borrower from this Company ever being called on suddenly or unexpectedly to pay off his debt. } The borrower has, if he desires, 23 years if the loan lent. ; he has always the f liberating his estate from the mortgage by giving 6 months notice. ' The imrruwer is allowed 6 per cent, for any even sum above COmpom.d interest, _ 3100 he pays before it becomes due.~ No fines to pay. No shares req’uired to No commission charged. No to pa}; 0 privilege o I am réceivipg app! AH business connected promptly transacted. ' ' A W cause a continuous and abiding lid .)ll(l-l U'l‘l;\. ad, «3. 1;. ; EBB. Win. Acmasm, M. P. 5 3- US’WWHP. BSq.; S. Spreuil, 13551.3 mutt W.Smith, Esq., .D. C. L. ANKERSâ€"Bank of Commerce, Toronto good Livery in connection ENSES of wlxizb are GRUL‘NU vm material manufactured ezefieci-~ OPTIC purposes. It is near ACHROMATIC as can be OUR CELEI \ ) RATE 5 Advantages to Borrowers. lentâ€"Laws Moran, ES'Q. L’residcntâ€" JOHN MACDOXALD, ESQ. taryâ€"Jonx SYMU‘SS, ESQ. DIRECTORS : ON THE WEAP EVER l FACTF RED AT THE Meat Market.” ‘ , . . Efl‘afi gym. ‘ 1:, AND Jlih'FJLER, August limb, 1870. {EAT MANY YEARS COXFER C I! MI LES LIMIV. MONTREAL. 3b are GROUND flications' for Loans. 1 therewith “win be (1'9 sums w". P.‘ How- . The steamship Colorado, of Williamsl Si. Guion’s line, met iriih fiesterly winds‘ from the moment she left Liverpodl.â€" ;: About three hundred miles west of‘ 5 Cape Clear the vehemency of the gales increased, and large numbers of tired birds, exhausted wlth beating against t ; the Wind came on board. Amongthcse ‘ was a large flock of Irish crows, which l1 stayed for (some 'time to recruit and:1 then left. One, however, remained.â€"- , He had crept down stairs and had kill- ed a rat. Liking the flavor, he refused I to leave. There was considerable caw- ing among his sable brethren before they spread their Wings, and they ap- peared, according to the Captain, to he remonstrating and urging him to flight. But he would not quit the ship, and ar- rived in New York thegother day, fresh I as possible and quite fat from perpetual ' feasting on,rats. ,The American conti- J uent has not tempted him, and he re- mains faithfully on board the Colorado . roosting at night in the rigging and de- . scending between the decks for his meals. Crouched on a beam, he watches . for the ‘passage of a rat, and then de- scends with noiseleis rapidity, splitting the victim’s skull with a single blow of k“ his powerful beak. An Irish CroW’s Visit to New York. 1844f. Capt. Freeman has given orders thntl the bird shall not be molested, andl therefore no atlempts have been made to capture him. lle keeps aloof from the human bipeds; and seems to] consider himself as a passenger wh)‘ pays his {are by hisftulents in rat-catch- .ng, and who hoards himself. It is pro- bable that when the Colorado ap- proaches the Irish coast on her next. trip, he will return to his friends and be received by them with the dignity due Me a crow who has seen the world.â€" The rather [0 THE ieoiz or THE PERIOD. ' . A lady walking along Canal astrceti was attracted by the bright eyes and blonde curles of a little urchin seated on the curbing. She ‘npproa-ched énd ' asked him if he ivas a newsboy. , ‘No,' Mu’am; I ain’t nothing.’ ‘llave you a mother?’ ‘No l’ ‘ Wouldn’t you like one ?’ ‘You bet.’ .. ‘You should not epeali: so idly, my son. But come, how would you like to have me for a mother 3’ The litll: lelcw scanned her from 3 head to foot for a moment and then in- tcluircd: . I ‘Would you lick me ?’ 'zm. ‘Not unless you were bad.’ ‘What do you mean by bad ?’ ‘Wouldn’t you let me cuss ?’ ‘No.’ ‘Chaw tobacco?’ ‘No.’ ‘Smoke?’ ¢O.N ’ ‘Then go along with you; you don t. know anything. I reckon next. you ’d say a fellow shouldn’t. cross his legs and sing ‘Come Along Josey.’ End the littleâ€" fellow’s face glowed with ineflable Contempt. A JOURNALIST.â€"A man who sur-‘i renders his independence and manhood 5 as a respectable journalist to become a ‘ dabbler in muddy pools of politics he- l1 trays a wan1 of good judgment which.1 should 11c extremely rare in such cases. Journalism, properly understood, is a profession far more lofty than that of‘ politics, take it in almost any shape. â€"! 'lhe journalist s field of operations, hisl opportunities to le1efit mankind, his‘ to wencral usefulness, his power to expose! vice and corruption and to sustain v1r- l tue, and his ability to do gogd in hun ‘dreds of ways are entirely unknown in the sphere of the politician. Better be 1 a good journalist respected by a con stituency whose influenée is universal, than to hold any public oflicc that has to be reached by political trickery and ' chicanery, whether that office he a .5 poundkeeper or the President of the ' United States; Ax AWFUL WAimrNo. â€"Hushaudsi ought to keep out of the kitchen. A! husband who did not, writes thus on the consequences :â€" ‘I found fault some time ago with Maria Ann’s custard pie: and tried to tell her how my mother made custard pie. Maria made the pie after my receipt. It lasted longer then any other pie We ever had. Maria set » it. on the table every day for diuuer, sud you See I could, not but it because I for- got to telIher to put in any eggs or, shortening. It was economical, but. in a fit of generosity I stole it nnd gave it ,to a poni- little bny in the neigbb'ofhood. The boy’s funeral was largely attended by his former playmates. I did not go {ID-5561f.” ‘Girl of the Period’ having had more than her share‘ogfhpgtice, 39 Pretty Good .yâ€"oâ€"40voâ€"J DURHAM, COUNTY To the Editor qf {he (' ’nomcle. DEAR 'S111, -â€"-In your issue of the 24th ult., you give us the ultimatum of the Board of Directors of the Toronto,! Grey and Bruce Railway Company, 1111I the form of a By- -law. Let the elec- * tors 1mpart1ally View the said By-la“ 1 and see what are its prm 1~1ons befme. voting on it. In the first enactingl clause it provides that the Munici .1p11li l ties mentioned therein “ aid and assis stl the To1onto, Giey and Bruce Compan) i by giving thereto the sum of $100 000,- , ‘by way of bonus.’ ” In the repo1t com I piled by G Laidlaw, in 1867, it 1115i said that “the railroads are to be huil l‘ l to cost not more than about $151,000 per mile, of which the Municipalities into:â€" ested are required to subsc1ibe 11 bonus of $5, 000 per mile,” leaning :1 balance {to the Company of $10 000 pe1 mile. â€"-â€" But, Sir, the present By- law 1 equites :1 ibonus of $9, 99-9 pet mile 111 the County iof Grey, leaving to the Company a bal I 3once of only $5, 910 per mile, making i the Municipalities pay neatly two thirds ’e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents, «pd only give them publimty for the infor- mation they contain. of the Railway; and the Company littlcl more than one- -tl1i1d, and to recei.e call the profits. Some may say the benefits accruing will 111010 than compensate forl the cost. Let us therefoxe view the cost and see if we are saw of the inten- ‘ ded line, even when the amount would l he paid. The Bv law shows that “ 1t w1ll‘ iequire the sum of $44, 000 to be 1aisedi annually for twenty years, by special! rate, on the ratcahle real and pcxsonal'j prope1ty of the said Municipalities, Sac. ” which makes the sum of c‘1880 030 to which add? .‘pcr cent. {01 collection, and 2:17 for 'l1easure1 s fees, and for in- cidental expenses, say$, 3,000, in all one million dollars. “Freeholder” may well say it is a large amen-1t to ply for l experimenting in Railways. amatutwo years; and alsom'puy l $5,000 per month for each and every month that the Railway is not complet- ed and running from two years after the delivery of the debentures. But, Mr. Editor, 1 have carefully perused the the Byline, and the proceedings of the Council thereon, and can find no guar- 'antee or provision of safety for voting a bonus to such a By-law. I, tie-know. ledge there was a semblance of a guar- antee for the Stations, in the first six clauses of the paper marked A. to ‘ the petition of the Reeves and Deput§y Reeves interested. Yes, Mr. Editor, I say only a semblahce of a guarantee, for the petition was laid before the County Council, and a Committee appointed to drafta By-latv in accordance with the petition. Sir, you justly say we have the By-law as the “ultimatum ;” for, as by the petitioners accepting the By-law t I CORRESPONDENCE. in Council, they thereby acknowledge it 1 to be drafted by the Committee in ac- cordance with the, petition, and there- fore ignore their former proceedings-l- In the third clause of the preamble, the . petition is mentioned with intent to the enabling the granting the bonus. In the first‘enacting clause after “ bonus,” ‘ had the following been inserted (in ae-l cordance with the hereinbefore men- ' tioned petition,) there might have been some guarantee, but Sir, as the By-law is drafted, I challenge any person to show a guarantee for the due peform- anee of the work. If the majority votes . favorable for the By-law it will ensure l the Comnany the long looked for bonus l from Grey. it. is rumoged thin. the Company As the-By-laiv is only for securing! ! the bonus, without one protecting clause . for the donor, let the elector think \i‘ell l before voting away his hard earned‘ money, and see if he {till receive an| equivalent or not, and also if he can‘ faithfully rely on a Company (without: security) whose mouthpiece at Wil-l liamsford advised the petitioners to pile into other Municipalities at the annual equalization of the Rolls, and thereby violate their own solemn declaration of ofii ce. It would appear by the second clause in the Bv-law’s preamble that the bonus is to be applied in the construction of the Railway. If I rightly recollect the charter provides that. the Railway is to come to Mount Forest '0: Durham,; and from thence to Lake Huron in the County of Bruce, with a branch from Mount Forest or Durham to Owen Sound. If the bonus is to be applied in the construction of the Railway, I Wonder how the branch is to be built from Mount Forest or Durham to Owen {Sound -I am not an antvi1railway man ; I be- liei‘re 'a. Railway, properly conducted, would be a great. benefit te this section of country, but I am of the opinio’n of many others, that. the present. bonus is too large and the security too little. I remain yours. truly. ' AN Ewc'ron. , Glenelg, Nov. 29, 1870‘.“ MAINTIEN LE DROIT- OT? GREY, ONTARIO, DEC. 8, 1870. are now ignorant: JONATHAN MAKES F FORTUNE om: OF CANADIAN METAL- LIC TREASUREBâ€"MILLIONS UPON MlLLlONS WORTH OF THE REAL ARTICLE. VU The Duluth flfimzesotz'an tells about}to an “island of silver” near the north 1‘ shore of Lake Superior, just below Thunder Cape, and some fifteen miles . beyond Fort William. It is Canadian 13 territory, and was formerly owned by w: the Montreal Mining Company, from ,whom it was purchased by Capt. \Vilo 50‘ iliam B. Frew, of Portage Lake, for an 1:; iAmerican company. The Island is at ;small, only about 100 feet by 40, and i . . . sl the most of it IS submerged at high l i an water ; a small part at one end 15.933011t if- c leight feet above the lake level. It was I“ :entered by the Montreal Mining Com- lpany, as a part of a tract embraelng t108,000 acres. The Montreal Com- , pany first made the discovery that the 1; lisland contained silver, and by their ‘ lagents sunk a shaft on the island; but 'lthese know little or nothing about min- 1 -'ing, and the irater coming in upon them, C :tfnrther working of the mine was aban- t l l t: S! F sldoned as useless. It was only this last 3 summer that Capt. l“. and his company 1 completed their bargain with the M on- i s , treal Company for the island, and se- r cured it by paying, or agreeing to pay, ‘ e $250,000 for the entire 108,000 acres. ‘ 1- Since then the American company has d been at work, and already 123 barrels ll of native silver, estimated to be worth dlover 375,000, have been shipped. A il l royalty of one-twentieth has to he paid .111 to the English (or the Canadian) Gov- ,” 'ernment. _ _. _ ' g g . to Eye-Witnesses of intelligence, judg- n, xnent, and experience, report that Capt. 0- Prev; will probably take out of silver,1 ill up to the opening of navigation next 3y Spring, from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 '01. in money value! Other rich mines of silver are reported as having been found .m on the main north shore, and it need not 37R; {nth mo’tfieFBounam-y of'fliebasin ofithe great lakes turn out rich in metal- lic tl‘casuces beyond all anticipation. Mr. Trevelyau, a member of the Bri- |: tish Parliament, recently made a speech in Edinburgh in favor of the abolition of the system of selling Commissions in the British army. The British officers he said, compare nnfavorahly with those of the German army. The latter can;- not obtain promotion, or even retain a, COIDnllSSiOIl without a thorough hnoivl- edge Of the military profession, While in ,the English army a wealthy man can lpurehase a commission over the head of- ‘superior men who are so unfortunate as y to be troubled with impecuniosty. Mr. ' i'l‘revelyan stated in his speech that it' iwould not require over three millions isterling to buy up all the commissions, and that the interest of. this sum, to- gether with an adequate increase ef'the paylof officers, could easily he derived 'i'rom what would he sa‘aed by the emis- sion of certain useless items of eigpense of the 1present military system. In the items of expense which could be saved, he mentioned the half-pay list, amountj ing to £350,000; the £70,000 paid to Generals irrespective of employment; the £160,000 paid to the holders of ‘ honorary sineeure Colonelcies; the 1 £180,000 given away in pensions, and T the £40,000 allowed to the army agents ‘ for managing the transactions connected with the purchasing system. Mr. Trevelyan also suggested the adoption ,of short periods of service, found to be lso satisfactory in the German army.â€" l l-Ie contended that by adopting the re- forms he pointed out, that £2,000,000 lstcrling ‘could be saved annually, whilel the army would be greatly improved in‘ its efficiency. The English papers have, lseiz'ed upon Mr. Trevelyan’s views, and lthey are being so strongly pressed upon public attention, that they will be car- tried into'efi‘eet at the next Session of lthe Imperial l’arliament. A21 Island of Silver. An old lady out West, who sells eggs, has 0%01- her door, “New laid eggs every morning, by Betty Briggs.” The project of admitting Women to the Medical School at Edinburgh has received the express disapproval of the Queen; The Mississippi supreme Court has decided that. railroads are liable for damages for carrying passengers beyond their destination. Someidea of the i-ailvkay iravel into and out of 14611600 may/ be had from the fact that the total number of {ruinecnl i'efing and leaving the city in one def is fifty-four per hour, or very nearly one per minute during the whole of the twenty-four hears of the day; and this immense business is conducted with a. freedom {rem aecildent’ that is almost 1 exemption .' Army Reform. HIS BENTINCK, Nov. .QSth', 1870. 1"0 the Editbr of the Chronicle. MR. ED1TOR,â€"SlB,â€"-In last week’s Chronicle I see “‘Rate'payer” of Bentinck has another letter._ In that lgttcrihe says he believes there b.2213 Been some misapplication of the township funds; he also feels much anno5ed that the Council does not. see fit, as a Council, to answer some or all of his statements. I would just say ifpthis “Ratepayei’ has Tl any real grievance, or any any other sm ratepayer has any grievance with the“t Council, in my opinion the proper way ' would be to meet with the Council at some of theirmeetings, (according tom: previous statements made by ‘Ratepayer’ nr these are neither few nor far between,) to land then ask for information on town- tl ship business. So Tar as I know the ‘ Council would willingly grant all in- E P formation required. I also notice “Batepaycr” adds a note to his iast let- a ter, and there says: “the Deputy-Beers ; should make a clean breast of any ” manipulation of the township funds.” c My dear Mr. Editor, I wish “ liate- h payer” to understand, and every other ratepayer of the township, that I never I handle a dollar 0f the township money I excepting what is paid me as remunera- tion for time given while on township . business. As I live at quite a distance from where the books and records of l i the township are kept, I am not in a l ‘ position to say positively what state the ’ finances are in at the present time; however, I might say, that I asked the S Collector sometime ago, how much he I S had to collect on the Roll in his hands; the answer given was, that he had be- d tween $2,230 and $2,300 then to col- “ lce't.‘ Itelt satisfied that sum would ' pay all die the County and most of the Contracts then; on hand; so you will 1. _ ,- . 3 perceive I had not the remotest Idea :3: l 303' 0f the qudSEhgad been misapplied. at It does seem to me that “ Ratepayerif’ )0 is trying hard to work up a case against’ the Council, and as 1 think with a view f 0 to getting a seat for himself at the . d 3‘ Council board. If he is afraid he can- .ot . -1. “05 my the Reeve out, he (that is U ( l i 1 X his strength against me at the next election. as I intend seeking re-eleetion when that time comes. I am not one of those who think the to wnship could not get along without me, it was a township before I came to it and will be after I leave. I feel quite satisfied the present Council can elicit a straightfor- ward account of their business. SAMUEL DICKSON', DeputY-Beeire. A woman 1n Nichol has been deliver- cd of her seventeenth child. A farmer gathers {viiat he sews, while a seamstress sews what she gathers. A friend at a pinchâ€"One who shares his snuff-box with you. There are various stations in life, but the least desirable is a police station. The man who shot and killed a boy in his melon patch, when called to ec- count for the deed, said he did it in mercy to the boy, who otherwise might have died a paiun ‘ui death fiom cholera morbus. A clergymeu being much pressed by a lady of his acquaintance to preach a {sermon the first Sunday after her mar- riage, complied, and chose ,ltheufollowibg passage in the Psalms as his text :â€" “And there shall be abundaucc of peace -â€"-while the moon enduteth. A fossil fedtber bao been annd by Dr. Hayden in Wyoming territory, and is said to be the first specimen on re coxd. Scientific men have not. decided whether It belongs to a tool bird or to some link between bird and leptiie. Gen. Grant, since his election to the Presidency, has found comfortable berths for his father, his son, his brother, his father-in-law, eight brothers in-law, fiber of his own cousins, a brother-in- law’s third cousin, his mother-intlafi’s second housin, his cousin’s husband, and [his mother-in-lavt’s second cousinâ€"‘22 Canaangdineous and martial relations in all. One consin fire times removed, who isa “rough diamond”_ and was for. merly a cattle drover in Oregon, has not yet been provided for; but this is the only unhappy eiccption in the family-~3- Altogether it is estimated that. the President and his relations draw nearly $400,000 per annum out of the public ' chest, besides the stealings, and they are very naturally desirous that Ulysses Should be re-elected in 1872. An intriguing in dy, viixo’ Was seeretly engaged, insisting on having her lover’ s portrait; he remcnstrated on the absur- dity, alleging it would amount to the proclaiming of their engagement. ‘Oh I’ said she; " ‘bnt to prevent n 1115001161 J, it shall not be drawn like you.’ It costs only $5, 000 to tar and feather a man in Lagrange, Ind. COUNTY ADVERTESER. (me (.710 Leader.) ‘ r Is there any member of the Local Legislature, possessing the ability toé deal fully and fairly \tith the sui:ieet, 1 who will undertake to lead an attack: upon the imprOper and unjust exemptions ; in the matter of municipfal assessmentl which now disgrncetthc statute hook ? i There :is a'grand opportunity here fort some rising politician. Who will seize ‘ lit? presence of such an argumenq as this, _._... Yet, the submit, it is not for this man or the other, for this legislature or that, (From the Leader.) . . h f th Local ‘ to base a claim for speetal favors for ,, 0 c . a . . Han 1° there any morn 9110 EH t any particular church or church praise!» . .Q S: i. r 0 ' , . . o Jegnlature, 11088.9 hmg t m l I i 3 ti; upon any dogmatic assertion of this leal fully and fairly With the SUUJGCi, 1 :character. \Ve may venture even to Irho will undertake to lead an attack; . Exemptions from Taxation. #‘m-â€"â€" ' , :say that there is good reason to, doubt. Won the improper and unyust exetnpttchf that Jehovah takes delight in the Ba- “ the matter 0f municipal assessment {hel of confusion and controversy which which now disgracetthc Shi‘ite bOOk ? lis created in the multiplicity of There {is a'grand opportunity here tor l, churches, each claiming to he the right some rising politician. \\ ho Will seize church and .11, others necessarily wrong. it? 1 In the transaction of wordly matters it Clergy!!!“ and government Olhelhls ‘ is not for any man or body of men to are new highly privileged persons. Uh“ l step in and decide as hetweeumihc hos: like the 1‘05t 0f the 0011111113!“er ,lhe)’ are l, tile ecclesiastiesand the various sects “ht required: to contribute to municipal: which, if they have not established, taxes. They are permitted to halitel‘lthcy are the interested means of perv their political rights for a poor mess Ol l petuating. To some persons this may ,pottage; and the majority Of them are lsound like strange language. It may lb“ too glad to avail themselves 0f the he new to many. But, we venture to privilege Wh.lCh the law allows them. 1‘ ‘say, it is true, and indicates the 0351} F-Oihld be difficult to hhd any; Shhhd 0“ l, course of reasoning by which a rational sinhst-antial T011500 for the Cif-Ch-Jljthhmiconclusion can he come to on this sub; made in the 0880 Of these particular ljectâ€"and that conclusion is, that, in classes- Those ,3th advocate them ’ the administration of secular afiairs no have noargumcnt to of‘er. Their 3P account should he taken of religious de- Peel ‘e one ‘3." forum pauperisâ€"nothu‘tg i nominations, no matter under what more. Government officialsare: as alnante they may go. Church prepcrty class, but poorly paid; and the same islshould he treated like other property.â€" truc of clergymen. We are not sure 3 By this means an eiguitahle assessment that this is the fact. Indeed we doubt would he had, and the struggling poor very much that it is. There are 131“”)? would to some extent. be relieved of the 0f people who do infinitely more work unequal burden which ecclesiastical. who are {701333 mid .than‘ the; officers 0f pampering now throws upon them. the government or clergymeu either.â€"â€" We fear there is not much good in Take many a man who labors hard from appealing to the present Legislature to seven O’ClOCk in the morning until the i right this glaring andoutragcous wrong. same hour at. night, at some commercial ‘ \lihen M r. Tr w, with a manliness employment; he is surely as hf“ a BM" which does him credit, stood up last ject for legislative commisseration .as a year in the House to more an amend 1 departmental oflicer who has infinitely ment having in view the taxation or e better hours and certainly quite asgoold property he had difficulty m finding“ , l pay. But if the government ofiicla s secondcr. The 1109813qu has by,“ and clergyman are reduced to the neces- trained to run in, the cld. groove, am sity of urging their comparative poverty does not yet see its way clear to gettin; l I a as a reason for their exemption from taiati‘o'n, it ig’f‘or the government and those who require the sefiices of clergy- men to see that whatever force may he 1 in this argument is removed. The ob-1 jection to them exemptions lies deeper than a more? comparison of mgiggwgfia. “45 u 'osfi;~ a ";§“d?d---and!_ehm way of regard- ing the question. They ‘are .wrong in principle._ They .3"? i'zfroag, inasmuch as they give legisi'zi'tive sanction to class distinctions: and because, so far as clefgymen are concerned, they perpetu- ate a connexion between the State and the Church which public Opinion has long since condemned in this country. In a. money point of View the loss to st municipal treasuries from these exemp- tions is something. _It is small, how- ever, when compared with that which is occasionedby the exclusion of all church. property from the work of the 0 assessor. The recent action of the Que- c bec City Council ought to shame us in- to something better than our present e legislative enactment if there were no l t. inherent sense of its injustice in the t lLegislaturc. It is a serious question in t such cities as Quebec and Montreal, ~ _i where the dominant religious denomina- t tion owns so much t'aluahle propertyys that it should he exempted from tests it to which every kind of commercial ven- [j ture has to contribute. It is much to 1 the credit of the ,six Roman Catholic . 1 members of the Quebec Council who , voted for the removal of the existing 1 eiemptions' in that Province that they . did not permit themselves to be deter- red from taking a course which eom- . mended itself to their judgtiient as right , and just. Letgthere be an equitablel assesstnent'in the Province of Quehee,l and the people will be much better ofil there than they are. We can look near l home, however, and readily see thatE there is occasion for action here as well 1 as there. _Takc Toronto. Ecclesiastic- algcorporations of one kind or alto-her 1 are laying their tight grasp upon some of the best prepcrties in the city. The Roman Catholic church, with that worldly .shrewdness whichhas always marked its prelates and missionaries,arc obtaining most valuable tracts of land and buildings. Only a day or two ago ,’ the old Bank of Upper Can ada building 1- was added to itsapossesSions. a The Weslej'an body have picked upl asquare in the very heart of the city, which, if it had been converted into ‘ building lots; would have brought in al very considerable revenue to the city.= And all the other denominations are! adding to their worldly stock so far asl :their funds will permit and their neces- 1 since; require. Why should all this valuable. property be, ciemptcd from taxation? If church corporations are so very well off they can at least con- tribute dollar for dollar upon the value of their property with the poor shop- keeper who is struggling fer an exist- ence, or the hardeork’cd clerk who has tOftCO not the second sixpence wherewith to bless himself. The whole thing is wrongâ€"radically, thoroughly wrongâ€"5 and must be swept clean away, if not l now at some future day. . But, it i5 aoméfimcs urged, it is 110‘th l f h' b "d ‘ f, k , . right to tag churches, because they are ‘ M: 2:91:25} $3022” :Zntbeoneggg dedicated to the “t"we‘ 0f GOd- We 1 had sometime before stolen one {fan}: B speak with all due reverence in the rclative.~ V We fear there is not much good in appealing to the present Legislature to right this glaring and'outrageous wrong. When Mr. Trot? , with a .man'liuess which does him credit, stood up last year in the House to more an amend- ment having in view the taxation of property he had difficulty in finding a seeonder. The Legislature has heed itrained to run in the C18. groove, and does not yet 500 its way clear to getting out of it. The day of better things cannot be far 011', however. There is a wholesome spirit abroad which will over- turn and utterly destroy legislative pro- tection of seetari‘gn aggrandizemeut. â€"â€" Let the churches take care of them- ;“1etth08e who them pay for their support. Thatfi: the just and proper plan. The existihg exemptions are unfair to the masses; they are whole ly wrong in principle ; and he who will lead a crusade against them in the Leg- islature will, we feel confident, receive, as he will well deserve, the gratitude of the great majority of the population of Ontario, ls there any one ready to step into the breach ? The London Lancet, in an editorial on the supply of tobacco to the-wound- ed soldiers in the French and German armies, asserts that the inhabitants of every nation, as well as soldiers, desire to seek the solace of tobacco, and to ob- tain some substance the use of which will stimulate the nervous system. The Lancet argues that their is no depriva- Ition which the habitual but not execs- !sivc smoker fuels so touch as the loss of tobacco. Napnlcau I, it is stated, on- joined strictly that his soldiers should. be kept supplied with tobacco, and his ' troops found the use of it to be of the greatest advantage in the hardships of the winter’s retreat from Moscow. The Lancet says that the soldier, wearied with long marches and uncertain rest, obtaining his food now and when he can, with his nervous system always in l a state of tension from danger or excite- . meat, finds that his cigar or pipe en- l ables him to sustain hunger and fatigue with equanimity. For the wounded, its .* is believed that tobacco has u might i‘aaodone and narcotic property, which enables the sufferer to sustain. pain bet- ter during the day, and to sleep better 3§during the night. [VOLUME 4, NO. 43. . A .311ch CANADIAN.â€"A California correspondent of the Toronto Telegraph {says :--I give an instance of what can be got here. I was present when a Ca- nadian from the neighborhood of i Cuelph purchased a farm here of 4,000 arcs in the most beautiful part of the. country, about 30 miles from Sacramen- to, and 2' milrs from a railway station. .He has five acres of vineyard, Zflacrea of orchard, with fruittrecs 0f_.all kinds, 500 acres under slough Cr bottorn land, iand any amount of woodland and pas- ture, three houses and furniture, all the farming implements-reapers, mowers, 5 c., 300 head of horses, 160 head of l . 000, including the stock, etc. I don’t . think you could make a better bargain in Canada. The party’ 3 reason for sell- ing was that he owned several other (farms, and wished to go cast for a while. 5 We understand that the gentleman herein referred to is Mr. Jacob Hel- s peler, of Hespeler, who has purcha [$1.50 per A‘finum. the above estate for his sons. An uncle left in his will eleven silver spoons to his nephew, adding, “ If I have not left him the dozen he knows the reason.” The tact was the eepjaeq, Tobacco. £4 4..“