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w1 *# | before it could be extinguished she was burned so badly that she died in a few Tax Moxterat Wirs®ss.â€"The Daily Witness is soon to be enlarged to an eightâ€" page paper. A fine press has been shipped from New York to the Witmess Office which will print 16,000 papers per hour. The Witness is one of the most prosperous papers in the Dominion, and with its imâ€" provements, will no doubt obtain a much larger cireulation. Sow Wirrar.â€"We would advise our farmers to sow as much wheat this year as possibie. The stock on hand is very low this year, and owing to the troubles in Europe, the price is likely to be very high next fall. Barley on the other hand is not in good demand and a very large quantity of last year‘s erop is yet in store. Wheat will therefore be a much safer erop this year than barley. Buryzo to Deatu.â€"A girl named Johnâ€" son 17 years old living near Mount Hope was burned to death on Wednesday. She was boiling turpentine,, when it caught| Priceâ€"20c per number or $2 per year. mation to those studying Phonography. Price $1 per annumâ€"to apprentices 50c. Wz have received a copy of Browns Phorographic Monthly, published by D. L. Seott Brown, 737 Broadway, New York. It is very neatly printed, and conâ€" tains several pages of exercises in short hand and a large quantity of useful inforâ€" Tue Prixter‘s Miscerraxy is the title of a very neatly printed and well edited monthly, printed at St. John, N. B. It is full of useful information to printers, and is well worthy of the support of those engagâ€" throw a stone at their neighbours or to moralize over the degradation of a country that has at last produced, as the very last incarnation of baseness, a Tweed or a Hall, a Hugh Hastings or a Jay Gould. Canaâ€" dian rascality may not be so advanced inâ€" tellectually, but morally it can evidently stand its own with that of the most accomâ€" plished of the fraternity on the other sideâ€" Pharisee, and thanking Heaven that they are not as other men are. Things may not have come to such gigantic dimensions with us, but with the revelations of the past few weeks before us, and the singuâ€" larly "frank" talk of the immalculate Manâ€" ager and exâ€"President of the Northern Railway, it would ill become Canadians to What a glimpse one gets in the confession of the rascality of some legislators, and the wheels within wheels of "lobbying" and «*promoting" of which we all hear so much. There is no use in Canadians playing the A more disgraceful history and a more appropriate ending than that of William Tweed it would be difficult to point out. It cannot be said that the wretched creaâ€" ture goes unwhipt of justice, though it is exceedingly likely that he will escape from the felon‘s motley and the felon‘s cell. . His name will serve something of the same purpose as do the vermin‘s heads nailed up on the stable doors, or the spuriâ€" ous coin fixed to the tradesman‘s counter. Wherever he shall be heard of it will be simply as a moral leper; as a commonâ€" or rather an uncommonâ€"thief. The few years he may have still to live may be spent in external comfort, but at the same time, ba- the world is, in unmeasured contempt. Unless he take refage among those who are theives both in theory and practice he will find few or none to do him honor, and even his family, who have shared his grandour and benefiited by his erimes, will shudder at the impudence of the story he tells, and recoil in disgust | from the story teller. What the State Sonâ€" ators at Albany will think of the revelations, | now that the "Boss" has gone back on | them, we shall not say. No wonder that| they feol comfortable ; and no wonder that | Onkey _ Hall could see clearly that his|# health and comfort imperatively required | a sen voyage. t TWEED AT LAST IN tHur CoNFES SIONAL. Pm en + ed to do Government work, there is no good reason for excluding them from cither Houses of Parliament. m raul _ 1 1. . C "â€" m HOOK n companics, for if that were done it would be impossible to get any man of means to accept a seat in Parliament. Where an in dividual holds a direct contract with the crown, as in the ease of Anglin, the law should be strictly enforced, but where members hold stock in companies which are sometimes employâ€" w 4t Cng O Te oT ) . . â€"â€"*ne6 opposition in the Hovse of Comâ€" mons find that they have made a huge blunder by attacking Mr. Norris for sitting in Parliament whilst owning stock in a steam boat company. It appears that there is a large number of Conservatives in the same position, even Sir John A.Macdonâ€" ald sold property to the Government lately. Those who brought forward the motion against Mr. Norris, are now more anxious to see him acquitted by the Committec than heis himself. Itissaid that there are twentyâ€" seven members in the House who are known to cecupy the same position. It would be most absurd to carry the indeâ€" pendence of Parliament so far as to preâ€" vent members holding stock in companies. â€"The opposition in the mons find that they have blunder by attacking Mr. N in Parliament whilst own ~â€"â€"AlNairs in the cast are assuming a more warlike aspect every day. War has not yet been declared, but both Russia and Turkey are preparing for a conflict. The Russian forces are concentrating near Roumania and are being constantly reinâ€" foreed. It is reported that Russian subâ€" joots will be expelled from Turkey on the outbreak of war. THE GUIDE Sand for saleâ€"K. McAulay, Dundalk. Netice, Dr. Thorburneâ€"Rutherfard FBare es cx ids Hunter, business in Canada. to her clothes and April 19, 1877. ! sioners of that City, has tendered his resignation, on the ground that the Police ‘ Magistrate does not enforqe the law ngnh{.; those who are brought before him for a breach of the License Act. The Government has therefore determined to make a full engquiry into Mr. MeceNab‘s administration of the Police Court. | An investigation has been ordered by the Government into the conduct of Mr. MeNab, Police Magistrate of Toronto, Viceâ€"Chancelâ€" lor Blake, one of the License Commis. On Sunday evoning burglars entered the store of Mr. P. Gallagher, boots and shoes, Pr. Wilson, drugs, and Price & Duukin, grocers, at Simeoe, and carried off a quanâ€" tity of goods. Tramps are suspected of the robberies. The census just taken of Listowel shows a population of 2,807, being an increase over last year of 577. ) _ Sertoor Exaxttxattox.â€"On the 13th inst., )| Mr. Neil Kennedy teacher of the school in {this village, held an examination on | Friday last, a large number of children | were present but not many of the parents. | Among the visitors were the Rev. C Shaw, | Dr. McWillian, Mr. Graham, teacher at | Priceville, Messrs. Geo. Rutherford, Thos. Hanbury, _ S. MeCullogh, Durdalk, S. MeDowell, _ Melancthon, â€" Misses Mary Kennedy and Mary McFadden, Artemesia. After hearing the children in the different studies every one seemed satisfied and were of the opinion that they understood the branches they were taught as far as they had gone. Anopportunity was given for any one to question the school or make any remarks they liked. After some prelimâ€" inary remarks, Rev. C. Shaw made a very appropriate address to the childron. Mr. Rutherford was of the opinion that the school was progressing, he could see & marked improvement especially in arithâ€" metic since his visit last year. â€" He believed the teacher was discharging his duty to | the best of his ability, and he thought he deserved credit for managing such a large sehool so suceessfully, having an average |, attendance of 63 scholars. After the 1 children had sung an appropriate picce,the school was closed by prayer by the Rev. C. Shaw, at about three P. M. 1 Lanmextascs OcourExos.â€"Mr. OR J. Smith, bookkeeper to Messrs. Allen «& Scully has, we regret to say, again gone out of his mind. On a former occasion, on confmencing business for himself the poor gentloman went so far wrong that he had to be taken to the Asylum. After being there some time ho was dismissed cured and has since been employed by Messrs. Allen & Seully. Recently he became worse again, and on Monday last application was. made to the Police Magistrate, George: Spencer, Esq., to have him retained as a dangerons lunatic. Mr. Spencerafter makâ€" ing a long investigation committed him to the care ofthe gaoler till the 19th for his own safety and that of his friends. We trust he will soon recover and return to his friends and occupation again. â€"Ower Sound Advertiser. after after which a pleasant and profitable tixn; was spent by all present. Scaruet Cnartzr.â€"The Royal â€"Arch Searlet Chapter, of the District of Proton, was opened in the Hall of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 797, of Dundalk, at 2 P. M., on the 14th inst. Bro. S. Fleming, D. M. of East Grey and D. M. of Proton, cecupied the chair. A number of the brethern of the District were present. After the Chapter was opened, Brother Geo. Rutherford, A. MeDougall and John Nickle, members of L. 0. L. No. 797, were proposed as fit and proper persons to be advanced to the Royal Arch Scarlet Degree. The proposals were accepted and the brethern initiated, Ox Sunday morning, 8th inst., as the Rev. Mr. Whitworth, Premitive Methodist Minister of Feversham, accompanied by a boy, was going to fill his appointment, his horse took fright a short distance from his house, and ran away. The beast in his madness, upset the cuttor, throwing Mr. Whitworth out on a stone, breaking his thigh bone. The boy wasunhurt. The Rov. gentleman is progressing as favorably as can be expected under the circumstances. ‘ â€"Markdale Expositor. Firz.â€"A frame dwelling house owned by Mr. W. H. and occupied by Mr. Thos. Sleeman, was partly burned down on Saturday night last, nt.Orange- ville. Mr. Sleeman saved his furniture. Loss $400. â€" Insured for 185. T. G. & B. Rartway.â€"The traffic return of the Toronto, G. & B. Railway for the week ending 14th inst. were as folows:â€" Passen ers, $2,765 15 ; treight, $7, 756 67: mails and sundries,§381 20 ; total, $10,908â€" ‘ 02, against a total of $5,437 04 for the same week last year. This is an increase of §5,â€" ‘ 145 78. Pusirc MrzEtixo.â€"A meeting of the Ratepayers of Dundalk will be be held at Reid‘s Hotel, on Friday evening, April 20th at 7 o‘clock, to considor what rate is to be levied on the village for building sidewalks and other improvements. Mx R. F. Lynn, P. L. S., Meaford, had his shoulder dislocated and received other injoustes on Friday week, by being thrown from his waggon. The horse took fright at the railway whistle. Ox Wednesday morning last week, a small frame building in Durham, owned by Mrs, Kelly, and occupied by Mr. Hagerâ€" man as a bakery, was burned down. Mr. Hagerman lost a batch of bread besides a lot of baking utensils, &c. ‘ Pusunc MEETING.â€"A meetino af tha F. McKenzie, formerly of Cedarville, se cured for proficiency in the Galie language a $40 scholarship. Benorarsntr.â€"At the close of the recent session of Knox College, Toronto, Mr. A. Farx Soup.â€"Mr. Thomas Foster, Sr., has sold lots 216 and 217, in the 2nd range of Proton, for $2,000 to John C. Clarke, H. & N. W. R‘v.â€"Work on this road commenced at Cookstown on Monday, before a large concourse of people. Mr. Joshua Modeland, Deputy Reeve of Proton, sold his Thoroughâ€"bred Durham bull, to a gentlieman in Markdale. Eq. Local and Other Items. mam n 203200000 2000 ARUUION Aillacked Wwith it, and two sons, aged 19 and 21 years respectively, have died, Geo. Arnold was convicted of manslaugh, ter at the Walkerton Assizes, for killing Edwin Green, by striking him on the head with a stone. He was sentenced to three months in the common jail. e atrnss 1 _ Mr. John Rankin, a merchant of Dundas, was knocked down and robbed by twomen as he was going home late on Saturday night. His assailants obtained only a little over a dollar. The Small pox is very prevalent in Wesâ€" ton and in the Township priStobicoke. 1t2" N. Best, has had five children attneked 1j PMOP uint uidatnianad siimdbonm i i 145. was carried at Mitchell on Tuesday by 36 to 158. A man named Robt Delormy was killed on the Railway at Napanee on Monday night. He was under tEe influence of inâ€" toxicating drink at the time. A byâ€"law grantin the encouragement Campbell‘s brewory, Collingwos burnt to the ground Tuesday night supposed to have been the work of cendiary, i C2 CRAARCGr TAE [In reference to the notice in question we may add that we got our inf, ormation from Mr. Agnew himself.â€"E».] dence to be misplaced by a lack of â€"even from a grangerâ€"it is my b duty, Mr. Editor, to take issue w as to the correctness of editorial referred to. TLâ€"certainly wish Mr. Agnew every sueâ€" cess commensurate with the value of his animal, which I am told is a splendid beast for the price given but as the cardinal principals of our society is to protect our brother farmers and not allow their confiâ€" dence to be misplaced by a lack of candor â€"even from a grangerâ€"it is my bounden duty, Mr. Editor, to take issue with you‘ w m it s t se W OL BB jected me to so much needless labor and }djsnppoiutmont. Having learned that Mr. Agnew is a prominent figure in his locality and a fellowâ€"granger, I am decided the intelligence must therefore have been obâ€" tained from an uninterested source and hope in future you will stick to your course in the main and give no information on the authority of your creditable and inter. esting sheet that 1s open to doubt. "~| _ BR,â€"A want was long felt by the yeoâ€" ‘* | men of the Country for some kind of comâ€" * | bination amongst themselves to facilitate * | the interchange of ideas and sentiments on agricultural matters which was believed ! | would promote concerted and enlightened + |action in improving their stock raising, ° | cropâ€"growing, and every thing requisite in "| the interests of husbandry. And further, {| the bettor to protect themselves against 1| the humbug, fraud and deception often reâ€" * | sorted to by agents, pedlars and exponents r | of so many crafts. These were the influences » | and necessities that conduced to the formaâ€" i|tion of girrngeism which is netting such t | gratifying results. ‘| _ In the Grange with which I amassociatâ€" |ed a dssire to breed a more valuable class | of horses is very prevalent. To effect this | we have been peering abroad to secure calls from a suitable entire. The Gump® in a |recent issus gave editorial notice that Mr. | John Agnew, of Proton,had just purchased | from Mr. Win. Kirby a stallionâ€""Young Champion"â€"for the sum of $800. Conâ€" vinced that this prico even in better times would secure a very supoerior animal I was deputedâ€"taking advantage of the slack seasonâ€"to inspect and ascertain terms to , a large grange community, After a journey of nearly ten miles, on nearing my intended destination, my enâ€" quiries at a hotel a couple of miles distant, elicited the information that Mr. Agnow had, with some business tact, made a much better investment than the Guin® had in |® structod its renders, having procured the stallion in question, a fine young mare|° and over one hundred dollars for a very inâ€" different, unimproved cightyâ€"acre lot in a | ° remote locality in Osprey, which cost one | + dollar per rere about three years ago. â€" It is needless to say I cut my journey short, C somewhat dissatisfied that the Guide |® should-unintentionully I believeâ€"have subâ€" jected me to so much needless Inha» a.. L# "Honesty is the best Policy." To the Editor of the Guide. I cannot, therefore, risk impairing the sincere esteecm of my numerous friends by further acknowledging this foolish truant whose bad taste would permit him to subâ€" seribe even an assumed name to such imâ€" moral sentiments for the perusal of an inâ€" telligent public, as "a dâ€"â€"d poor presâ€" byterian," and the like. \ f| Sir,â€"About two weeks ago it reached | me that a triffling lad near here whose unwelcome presence is visible on our |streets generally seven days in the week | promoting a scandal or creating a tattle to the disgust of the seriously inclined, was | exhibiting, to the youths of the place who occasionally use him for pasttime in |leisure hours, a seroll,intended for publicaâ€" tion, over the appropriate signature "Joe Cose" in which his inimitable, stale,vulgar prate touching myself, couched in his acâ€"| customed false syntax ornamented every line, and was consigned soon after to the editorial smutâ€"mill where it was expected the orthography would be corrected, gramâ€" mar improved, tautology erased and the more easily detected untruths screened off. But as it appears in last week‘s issue of the Shelburne Free Press in its original garb, I must conclude it was found imâ€" possible to improve its phrasology and leave more of the article remaining than the signatureâ€""Joe Coze" I would like to be spared the annoyance of this repcated twaddleâ€"without point or senseâ€"unless the simple fellow subscribes one of his well understood titles, in which case I offer him license to continue his frothy rubbish withâ€" out reply or comment. To treat with any | minuteness his apparent inventions would be ascribing an importance that no ertature who writes under the influence of dogâ€"days ] merit, however often he may have been J stool pigeon for political mountebanks of | which ever party reached his priceâ€" 5 having served both in turn and neither long at a time. f law granting a lgonu_s of $15,000 for To the Editor of the Dundalk Guide. COMMUNICATIONS Yours very '“flS’: 66 B Artvttsnlixial dui 2 hilck ie 24 of local manufactures Collingwood, was Very truly, night. It is Graxore. es $ 4 . Minpuzrox. notice 7 wp lc 9 _ C2RCCEWOU No found that about six inches of the animal‘s tongue was cut off. As there was no possibility | of recovery the cow was shot. Itisto be hoped that the guilty party will be discovered and meted out a befitting punishment for such a cruel act.â€"Guelph Mercury. One day recently, Mr. John Campbell, Puslinch,commenced boiling sap over a fire kindled near his barn. While the party who was attending to the fire was absent for a few moments the flames spread to the barn, by the time it was discovered had made conisderable headway. The barn was comâ€" pletely destroyed together with some hay and straw. The implements that were stored in the building were got out. The quarterly meeting of the Wellingâ€" ton District Temple, I. 0. G. T., and County Lodge Sons of Temperance, was held in Guelph on Good Friday. ‘There was a large representation of delegates. It was decided to petition the County Council to submit the Dunkin Bill to a vote of the _ ratepayers. Eloquent addresses were delivered by Revs. Dr. Davidson, of Guelph, Cobb, of Elora, Duff, of Speedside, and others, in support of the Dunkin Act. The new hall of the Good Templars was opened by an entertainment in the evening. The Town Council of Guelph have grantâ€" ed $499 towards the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of that town on the 23rd of April. Ahe Lmerosse Club, Elora has been orâ€" ganized for this year, and its officers clectâ€" ed. _ W. N. Beldon, Secâ€"Troas. The London Conference of the Methodist Church, of over three hundred ministers, will meet in Guelph on the first Wednesâ€" day in June. The dwelling house of Mrs Cleary, in the township of Arthur stroyed by fire, recently. The Lacrosse Club. Elorn has The new Masonic IIuii, Guelph, opened with appropriate ceremor the 20th inst. Hay is $18 per ton in Harriston. A young Women‘s Temperance Associ ation has been formed in Drayton. Thirty horses were shipped from Guelph on Saturday, for the English market. Cons. 6 and 7â€"John Page, 17 to 19 Wm Ryan, 20 to 24; Jas Murphy, 25 to 29. Cons. 4 and 5â€"Donali Bell, 6 to 9; James Menzies, 10 to 14; Peter Walker, sr, 15 to 21; John Cronan, 22 to 26; John Davis, 27 to 42. Duncan Melntyre, lots 4 and 5, 4th, and 3 and 5 in 5th con. Cons. 2 and 3â€"James Lytle, 4 to 9; D Ryde, 10 to 14 ; John MceFadyan, 15 to 20 James Buckley, 21 to 27; John Mulhall, 28 to 42. . _ Cons. 6 and 7â€"Dunecan MeKenzie, 1 to 5; A. McePherson, 6 to 9; Alex. Gillies,10 to 16. DIVISION xo. 1. Con. 1â€"Bartholomew O‘Lachlan, lots 4 to 9; John Boyd, 10 to 14; James Doyle, 15 to 19; Francis Kellic, 20 to 25; Daniel Brown, 26 to 42. Thos Cook, one lot on Egremont boundary in the 1st, 2nd, 8rd and 4th concessions. Cons 12 and 18â€"Alex MeEachnie, 1 to 5; Henry Graham, 6 to 10 ; Joseph Me Ardle, 11 to 16; Wim Mills, 17 to 21; A McVicar, 22 to 25. Cons. 6 and 7â€"Dunean MaKanzia 1 i1 K Cons. 10 and 11â€"John Harvey, 1 to 5; Chas. Arnott, 6 to 10; Wim Harvey, 11 to 16; Peter Fottes, 17 to 22; James Ternan, 23 to 25. DIVIsION xo. 2. Cons. 8 and 9â€"Charles Garden, 1 to 5; Joln Dezall, 6 to 11; John G. Peer, 12 to 16; John Dunn, 17 to 22 ; John Gordon, 23 to 30. _ Cons 18 and 19â€"Arch. Ferguson, 1 to 5; John Porter, 6 to 8, 19th, 6 to 10, 18thline; Lemucl Little, 11 to 12, 19th and 11 to 15, 18th line; Alex. McKennall, 17 to 22, 19th, 16 to 22, 18th ; Wim Hodgins, 28, 18th line; Andress Ostrander, lots 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16, 19th con. w DIVISION No. 8. Cons. 14 and 15â€"Robert Kinnell, 1 to 5; Richard Parslow, 6 to 10; Richard Hurd, 11 to 15; Geo Coulter, 16 to 20; George Gohcem,/21 to 25 ; Chas Vanalstine, 26 to 30. Cons. 16 and 17â€"Nelson Boyd, 1 to 5; Win Haw, 6 to 10; Duncan MeMillan, 11 to 15 ; Thos G. Broughton, 16 to 20; Henry Bird, 21 to 25; Win Little, 26 to 29 ; John MeCullough, 80 to 31 on con. 16; James: Nixon, 80 to 81, con. 17. ‘ Cons. 14 and 15â€"Jas Robinson, 31 to 36 also lot 82, 16th con. Cons. 12 and 13â€"Sammel Edgorton, 26 to 30; James Canary, 31 to 85; John Richardson, 86 to 40. Cons. 10 and 11â€"John McQuarrie, 26 to 30; Robert Fraser, 31 to 34 ; Robt Montâ€" gomery, 35 to 42. John Fraser, 86 to 42. 35; Angus McQuarrie, 36 to 42. Range 4â€"Jacob Searl, 190 to 203 also lot 28, con. 18 ; Sammuel Stokes, 204 to 215; Sylvester Redmond, 216 to 229; Wm Rutherford, 240 to 230. Ranges 2 and 3â€"J. J. Duncan, lots 214 to 222; Elias B. Grey, 223 to 220; W. J. Hicks 232 to 240; Peter Whittle, 230 to 231. Range ‘1â€"Wm. H. Duggan, lot 191 to 195; Henry Armstrong, 196 to 205; John Gott, 206 to 215; Alex McAulay, 216 to 225; Skiffinotin Bell, 226 to 240. Range 2â€"Wm Lockhart, lot 191 to 197 ; Thos McQuay, 198 to 205; Wm Acheson, 206 to 218. County of Wellington pointed in the Township of Proton for the current year. ‘The number of both lots mentioned included in cach beat :â€" Cons. 8 and 9â€"James Fraser, 31 to 35; DIVISION NO. 4. Cons. 6 and 7â€"Henry Schenk, lot 80 to some HMall, Guelph, will be appropriate ccremonies on TORONTO of the animal‘s tongue ing is a list of Pathmastersinpâ€" Mrs Micheal NO.. 0. , was doâ€" y _ (2 _ | ) 7 00â€" Overtiroy, aman named Hart fired his revolver into the crowd and fatally wounded Thomas MceKenney. Chamberlain has retired from the struggle for the Governorship of South Carolina, and has published an address censuring the United States Government for withdrawing the troops. Three hundred employees were dischargâ€" ed on Wednesday from the Bureau of Enâ€" graving and Printing at Washington. At least siz hundred further dismissals will K:obsl-ly take place before the middle of ay. Last week by a collision on the Central Pacific Railroad near Cascade,in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, two engineers and two firemen were killed. In a drunken melee at a tavern at Kerâ€" wood, not far from Strathroy, a man named _ On Monday last a young man named Benjamin _ Ryckman, â€" of Louth, _ was sccidently drowned in the 20 Mile creek while fishing. Farm work in the neighbourhood of Belleville is reported as unusually well forâ€" ward, nearly all the barley crop being now in the ground. A brickâ€"yard, a foundry and terian church are to be erecied this summer. A new Union Station is to be built the west end of Torouto. London, April 18. â€"A Constantinople despatch says a rumour is current that an engagement has been fought in the neighâ€" bourhood of Nicsics. Bucharest, April 18. â€"Orders have been prepared with a view to rendering the imâ€" mediate mobilization of the Roumanian army possible. Seventy Krupp guns have reached Rustchuk for the Turks. The Rusâ€" sian consul at Rustchuk has been ordered to prepare to depart. Two more Turkish ironclads, making eight, have arrived at the mouth ofthe Danube. The Montenegrin delogates from Constantinople are expected at Kichenev to have an intorview with the Czar and Prince Gortschakoff. ‘ The Paris correspondent of the Times reports that coumers bearing Russian maniâ€" fostos addressed to the army, to the nation, and to Europe, will start simultancously with the Emperor and arrive at their destiâ€" nations at the same time as his Majesty reaches Kicheney on Monday. On that day or the next the Czar will issue a manifesto to the army, which will be simultancously deliverod to the Powers and to the Russian Charge d Affaires, who, will then quit Constantinople. This is the exact programme given in a letter from St. Petersburg. A Constantinople special says :â€"It is reâ€" ported that the Porte intends to proclaim a state of siege. Greece is preparing, in case of war. to incite an insurrection in the Greek Province of Turkey and in theisland of Crete. The Russian regular standing army is both the largest and most expensive in the world. It numbers 575,000 men, and costs $137,034,025 annually. The Austrian army is maintained at the least expense per man of the armies of the great powers of Europe, and the British army at the ‘greatcst. costing nearly three times as much per man as the Austrian army. Princo Gortschakoffhas issued a cireular to the Powers stating that Russia makes war only to obtain security for the Christians in Turkey, and charges the Porte with forcing the conflict. An interesting item of "war nows" is the arrival in the Bosphorus of a steamor having on board 88,400 rifles,and 4,700,000 motalic cartridgesâ€"the filling out of the first American contract for the war. _ _A St. Petersburg telegram says war is regarded in official circles as inevitable, but Russian military measures do not indicate the immediate opening of the campaign. It is believed that Austria will make an effort at pacification. A telegram from Constantinople states that Abdul Kerim, Turkish Generalissimo, has started for Shumla to assume command of the army of the Danube. : Vienna, April 15.â€"The relations between the Porte and Montenegro are broken off. The Russian Consulâ€"General, M. Jonin, left St. Petersburg toâ€"day with instructions for the Montegrin Government. Persia has notified the porte of her claims to Bagdad. layed until Russia has communicated her intentions to the Powers, but no hope of a peaceful settlement is entertained. Russian subjects in Turkey ave to be placed under the protection of the German Embassy. Constantinople will be declared in a state of siege immediately after the rupture. ‘ A despatch from Constantinople, dated Sunday, says:â€"A Russian yacht arrived toâ€"day to take the members of the Russian Embassy to Odessa the moment they receive orders to quit Constantinople. The Porte believes that the rupture will be de The news of the movement ofthe Russian army causes considerable excitement at Athens. The Government and Opposition agrce that the Greck celement shall not become comphoatad] with the struggle. Affairs in Candia are critical. The Turks have sent two mountain guns and two battalions to provent a meeting of Christians at Amolos. The Government has telegraphâ€". ed for eight battalions. A fleet of Austrian l ironclads is expected at the Pirseus. Foreign diplomatists apprehend the oceupation of Crete by the British. Russian Ambassador, protests against the statement that Russia would immediately enter on a campaign against ‘Turkey. On the contrary, she is not disposed to reject fresh negotiations in case the Powers wished to make further attempts at concillation. woâ€"â€"on uc It is stated in Paris that several Russian Consuls in Turbamh\-e received orders to prepare to leave the country. Count Orloff, propellior "N orfolk," War in the East. and a Presby in Blyth eral Russian Orrawa, April 9. red orders to| _ The debate on Mr. Bowell‘s motion r Count Orloff, | garding the Anglin printing matter, w inst (1e |resumed by Mr. Corsigan, and was conti w ** | ued till a late hour by some of the member immediately | Ag 11.25 the House divided upon M Turkey. On| Bowell‘s amendment, which was H::t by at Mr. Mackenziec contended that it was proper to follow the advice of the financial agents in negotiating the loan, and asserted that the member for Cumberland had done the same. He believed that the transacâ€" tion was the most suecessful one ever n.ado in Canada. He argued that the time was a most unfavorable one for floating the loan, At the prosent time the Credit of Canarda stood higher than it ever stood before ; the last loan was the best that ever was exnctâ€" ed, and the Finance Minister had succeeâ€" ded in reducing the average on the public debt to a lower rate than it ever reached before. A division was then trken on the rosoâ€" | lution with tie following result : Yeas, 60 ;I nays, 111. 1 1 in effect, that the House ro}'zmtwd that the ) Finance Minister had taken so inexpedient a course. . Mr.Cartwright contended that the frcts jastified the loan and the manner in which it was effected. Dr. Tupper criticised at length the Finance lfinister'u arguments. Mr. Mills said that he believed the price of Canadian securities, since the loan had been floated, was conclusive proof that the best terms had been obhmod’., ininm uns 33. _ "a__, 7. 4507 7060 40 «give opinion upon the last loan negotiated in London by the Finance Minister. He believed that it was floated, at a most opportune time, yet owing to the manner in which it was ‘done it involved a conâ€" siderable loss to the country. He moved, in effect, that the House regretted that the Finance Minister had 4u1...0 °_ _ _ _"UT HC The amendment was yeas 60, Oitawa, April 18. On motion to go into Comumittee of Supply. Mr. Gibbs (Siout_h Oontario) rose to give Sir J. A. Macdonald made a very excitâ€" ed appeal in behalf of the exiled Fenian, and strove to excite sectional prejudices by reference to O‘Donoghue‘s nationality, an raid of 1871, O‘Donoghue was the leadâ€" cr of that raid. Mr. Masson spoke in favor of the amendâ€" ment, contending that an ammesty | to O‘Donogh:e was desirable when all ill feel‘ng with regard to these disturbances within the Northwest had subsided. i Luge i ind ne was in favor of a full and complete ammesty for these Northwest troubles. _‘ Mr. Bannatyne said though he believed O‘Donoghue was the chief agent in causâ€" ing the death of Scott, he (Mr. Bannatyne) s en m ow esd i â€" Mr. Power deprecated the course purâ€" sued by the mover of the amendment in continually bringing this question before the House for political purposes. After a further discussion by some of the other members Mr. Ross‘ amendment deâ€" claring that "as the question of jurisdiction had not yet been settled, and the House was not in a position to take action in the matter" was passed by yeas 101, nays 50. ‘ Ottawa, April 12. Mr. Costigan moved a long amendment to the eftect that the partial ammesty grantâ€" ed to Riel and Lepine in connection with the Northâ€"west trouples should be extended to W. B. O‘Donoghue. He repeated his sfieech of last year, importing into it the charge that O'f‘;nnoghuo’s nationality was the cause of his being differantly treated from Reil and Lepine. Mr. Mackenzie said he had for thirty years been strongly in favor of prohibition, and his view of the question now was what it had been for thirty years, but he thought the motion of Mr. Schultz was premature, and on that ground he favored bxe amendâ€" ment of Mr. Ross. Mr, Oliver believed it was necessary to have the ballot in voting on the Dunkin Act. The debate was resumed on Mr. Schultz‘s motion declaring a liquor law the only effectual remedy for intemperance, and that it was the duty of the Government to submit such a measure, and the amendâ€" ament of Nr. Ross. Mr. Christic contended that all l« gislaâ€" tion on this question should be postponed until they hn:i the decision of the Supreme Court on the question of jurisdiction. Mr. Dymond said he believed the Premier was sincere in his profession of sympathy with the temperance movement. He End always shown himsclf willing to advance the movement by every means in his power. Ottawa, April 11. It was resolved that the contracts for the Hansard be given to the same parties next Session. A motion for corresponâ€" dence respecting a special tariff for British Columbia passed. The House then wert into a Committee of Supply and a number of items passed. _ After some further discussion the House divided upon the amendment which was lost by nays 107, yeas 59. _ Mr. Mackenzic said the work was one which had been contemplated long enough before the Pacific Railway was projected, and in his opinion it was a work which was usonti:.fly nocessary to the settlement of the Northâ€"west, unless the Pacific Road was built with unexampled rapidity. He said the work was a success, and that the $150,000 voted by Parliament had been prnp'erly and economically expended. was voted. He moved condemning the matter as unconstitutional and as a violaâ€" fi;m of the Canadian Pacific Railway Act of 1874. Mr. Kirkpatrick rose to refer to a matâ€" ter calculated to incur the censure of the Ministry, the construction of the Fort Francis Lock#, for which in 1872 $150,000 ply. Mr. Casey rose to a question of privilege and to carry out the intention of which he had given notice that afternoon. He moved, "that, the attontion of the House having been called to the reports, returns, and vouckers laid on the table respecting the payment of Yulnlic money to Hon T. W. Aug is, member for Gloucester, for printing and stationery for the Post Office Y)epm- ment, said m be referred to the Select Standing ittee on Privileges and Elections, with instructions to enquire into the facts and report the result of the enâ€" quiry and as to whether Mr. ‘P. W. Anglin has vacated his seat. ‘This motion called forth considerable discussion, and was fmally carried and the House adjourned. Ottawn, April 10. _ On motion to go into Committee of Supâ€" resumed by Mr. Corsigan, and was conti) â€" ued till a late hour by some of the members. At 11.25 the House divided upon Mr. Bowell‘s amendment, which was E;r,t by a vote of 72 to 111. DOMINION PARLIAMENT went into Commitioe lost by m)-'s 105, of ill he must find it difficult mk:;ep his promisc. The royal family, however, did not think it beneath its dignity to respect the seruples of a poor boy who belonged to a race which the laws of the country frowned upon not more than one generation ago. Satisfactory armingements were made by which the young visitor could take his meals with people of his own faith. The young Prince came to Berlin with his humble guest ; they walked the streets together arm in aru, enjoying a friendship which can exist only between minds of the saume order, though society wou!d place the on at the top, the other near the bottom uit scalo. â€"N. Â¥. World Cor. he A few days ago the young Prince Wilâ€" helm, on graduating from his school, sent to his father, the Crown Prince, asking permission to bring home with him during vacation a classmate with whom he had been intimate throughout his course, and who was very desirous of secing Berlin. Wishing to satisfy himself that the boy was a suitable associate for a future Emperor of Germany, the Crown Prince sent to the director of the school which the boys had attended, making enquiries concerning the proposed Court visitor. The director replied that the boy was the first scholar in his class, but d’nt he was a Jew, and moreover so straitened in cireumstances that the state of his wardrobe made his appoarance at Court in Berlin out of the question. Permission was given at onee to the young Prince to bring his classmate with him. But a difliculty now arose on the other side. The {:uug Jew had promised his mother that he would never partake of food which was prohibited by the Jewish laws, and he "fi.-wad fll:&:flne’dumu accept the invitation cmd griodore o un o 7 m reâ€" , was ninr~tuffiahesinitctaimedicak d c c 2c iL 18, 2nd con., Nmuguwey-,. were burned on Tuesday evening, last week, together with four horses, ten head of cattle, a numâ€" ber _ of sheep and pigs, and a quantity of seed grain, and agricultural implements. The fire was due to the carclessness of a hired boy in lighting matches. Loss $2,000; no insurauce. The steamship Leo from Bavannah, for Nassau, was burned on the 13th inst., 80 miles south of Lybee, 80 miles off shore. Three passengersâ€"two ladies and agentloâ€" mamâ€"are missing. Of the crew of 67, J. MeDonnell, chief engineer, and sevenâ€" teen others went in lifeâ€"boats and are supposed to be lost. ‘The rest of the crew were saved. jumes sustained by a fall on an walk in January, A brakesman, named Satch, slipped from a car while in motion, at Brucefield, on Saturday, and was run over and killed. A Mrs. McL.ood, 62 years old, has roâ€" covered $300 damages from the city of Toxpnku. l'ur_l|l_n)_kon leg and other inâ€" On Saturday morning Thos. Bloomficld, a farmer of Mara, was shot through the chost. *We have seenred additions to the Maine ‘awâ€"$1,000 asd three months in jail every timeâ€"and jail until paid. It passed boti» houses wilimd a dissenting vote! Bo you see that public opinion in ;this State must be sound and so it is, never betterâ€"indeed never so well. The Logislature would have put States Prison for a just as readily. ‘ in Maine we are m..hfi'â€"'fln come wh:'. mayâ€"to sweep the State clear of "the gigantic crime of crimes," whatever penâ€" alty may be mccessory to tiat end. The Democratic party dare not now go openly in favor of runâ€"it doesn‘t pay 1" The i barn and It has been asserted by a great many drinking people that the Maine law is a failure, that it has been abandoned, &r.; but the following short paragraph which we clip from Town and Conntry, publish» od at Providence, R.I. puts nt[rfl'rront complexion on affairs, and shows that the enlightoned Eeopl(- of Maine are in enrnest in Singto cep their State clear of the and degrading vice of drunkâ€" enness :â€" there wore 2,034 granges, with a memberâ€" ship of 80,059 and the report for 1876 gives 974 granges, with 42,528 members. lnr the Eastern, and some of the Middle States, where the movement was later in ing, it remained almost at a stand mms. We have no means of knowâ€" ing the condition of the grange in Canada. but it is evident that the order is not as {mpulnr as it was two years ago ; we hear vut little of their movements nowâ€"aâ€"days, and, no doubt, before many years, the order will have completly puwj out of ‘exis» tence. _ From the |mmm:l roport of the National Grange it appears that both in the mumber of granges and members, the order has suffered a serious decline comparing 1876 with 1875. Since the report of 1875 was made, over 9,000 granges have gone out of existence, and the members have fallen off 180,000. The decline is most marked in the Western States where the move» ment had its origin. In Missouri in 1875 there wore 2,034 granges, with a memberâ€" T ds e NP Tok recapitulated the arguments in support of Ithe motion in terms very similar to those in which he had addressed the Committee of Public Accounts. He denied that any in â€" justice was done to Sir John Macdonald by the report of the Committee, but, on the contrary, if it orred a% #» it erred in an entirely different direction. Not a fow members of the House had expressed the opinion that it was far milder in its terms and tone than the conduct of the late Premier deserved. After some further discaussion the motion was carried by the following vote : Yeas 82, nays 60, Mr. Young then, as Chairman of tho Public Accounts Committee, moved tho adoption of the third report, which relates to J:: Becret Service matter, Bir. John Macdonald rose, and reforring to the l:'zmer ::::on in the Houre, when he gave hi explanation of his [::oaednm’ stated that as the report ught down embodied all he had to may on the subject he would leave the maticr in the hands of his friends and ultimate]y to the country. He added that the report did a eruel injustice to himself and the other members of the late Government. He then left the House, Mr. (Elmrlto::. in a very able speech, Mr. Mackenzie moved in amendment the reforence of the case to Committoe.â€" Carried. Mr. Spesker do issue his warrant to t)0 Clerk of the Crown in C-lnncaJ to make out a new writ for the electing of a men. ber to serve in this present Parlisment for the celectoral distmet of the county of Lincoln in the place of James Norris, who gince his election for the said clector) district has entered into a contract for t};0 public service," He went on to quote at some length from the return recently brought down in reference to the allegod Tho Situation in After routine, Mr. Lauricr moved the roference of the case of Kr..(‘«urrier. M.P., involving an alleged violation of the j dopendence of Parliament by participation in a contract or agreement with the Gov. ernment for supplies of lumber, to tho Committee on Privileges and Elections. The motion was enrried without debato, Sir John Macdonald then moved, "Tha¢ Eupply, and a number of itcms Decline of the Grange. stables of W. Elliott, lot , Apwil 14¢), ®, " That it to the to make Lost Dun hereby caut wither by at our « Mela M After that will be ad TERMS 1 First class Jnt Hay Bpring W1 Barley, Oats, Dros Butt Fall Wh W ol« B Melancthon H Dundalk NEW Ar SAND, w Dundalk, Apr M Daw &Y pod RAN T M And sa That t Their r 1 saw t They s A «loig! Housesâ€" Still the In spite KEHN. M Doctor £90 m April 18 Noto:z por uL * Di