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T Manchester Warehouse ! Apo mike room for Fall and Winter Stock, 'a great reduction has been made in the "price of Dry Goods at the Manchester Ware- house, to cash purchasers, or in exchange Parties in want of Good Bar- A first-rate lot of Harvesting Implements on The very top price paid for Butter and Eggs, and goods for produce. gains will please make an early call. band, and for sale cheap. given in exchange at cash prices. A fine lot of Coton Yarn, in a great variety of colors, and of excellent quality. ADAM GORDON. Manchester; 20th July, 1868. he Port Prrvy Studi AND NORTH ONTARIO ADVERTISER. PORT PERRY, AUG. 18, 1868. Volume III. No. One. With this issue. we commence the third volume of the Sraxparp. In commencing another, we sec no ne- cessily, as far as we are concerned, for a review of the year that is pst. Tt has been somewhat eventfyl, both to the Province and County, butts issues are too fresh in the niemory of all to need recapitulation. In anything we lave handled, our course has been dictated by the strongest convictions of right, and with a desire to promote the public weal impartially. That we have erred in judgment is more than prob- uble; and that we have fuiled to please everybody is quite as possib'e; but no one gould have expected us 10 exist without these consequences, which appear to be natural attendants upon fallen humanity. That we have some enemies we regret exceedingly; and that we have many friends, is very encouraging. The latter we mean to incresse:-~the former we hope to regain. As local journalists we have endea- vored to foster and promote the well: being of the community ; but at the same time we have not forgotten or | trespassed upon the rigs of our | neighbors. As in the past, so in the future, we shall endeavor to secure " the gi¥at- est possible good to the greatest pos. sible number," associating with all our actions the firm convicdon that 'right keeps the purpose etrong." We return our hearty thanks for the many. favors received; and in o TITTeusty tos : patronage, we beg to assure oar friends that every legitimate effort will be made on our part to merit the well-wishes and confidence of the community, Mr. Gordon's Position. 'We desire to say but a few words ou the extraordinary position taken by Mr. Adam Gordon, on the by-law now before the people of Reach, to grant a bonus to the Whitby and Port Perry Railway. At the Railway meeting held at Manchester in April lust, Mr. Gordon said, "He frankly admitted that if the Toronto and Nipissing Road went on, it would seriously hurt the trade of Reach." Again:-- If the Nipissing Road went on it would do Reach a very serious injury." ; In Mr. Gorcdon's letter of the 4 inst., he says--*' That the only way by which the Toronto and Nipissing Railway can be frustrated is by holding out such encouragement to the people of Uxbridge us will induce them to wihtdraw their support from be. Toronto -and Nipissing Railway and give it in favor of a road to Port Whitby." Hefe we dave two distinct posi- tions. First--that the Nipissing road would serions!y 1njure Reach; and, Secondly-- That to enlist the sympathies of the Uxbridge people, the Uxbridge branch must be built. Uuder these circumstances, it may naturally be assumed that every friend of Reach, would vote .for the by-law and thus secure the Lranch. To pass the. hy-law secures the branch. By securing the branch, we not only keep our present trade, but draw-other trade also. While Mr. Gordon takes these positions hie does all be can to defeat the by-law, and thus help the Nipissing road. Indo- ing thie is Mr. Gordon acting as the friend of Reach? Is he not doing ex- tly what the greatest enemy of Reach would desire him (o do? Then, if Mr, Gordon's position is correct, our true course is, 10 support the by-law, and thus secur: the Railway, the Branch, and consolidate the trade Great Bargains 214 dr: [de The Railway By-law. 'Doubtless sufficient bas been said and writgen upon this subject to con- vince every mind open to conviction, that the contemplated Railway will be, if-constracted, a profitable invest- ment to all_concerned; and, as any farther remarks would be entirely superfluous, we shall, therefore, con- tent ourselves by making this one remark and then await tlie resalt, The township of Bexly passed a By-law, on the Ist inst., granting $15,000 to aid in the construction of {ha Toronto and Nipissing Railway; and on the Gth inst., the township of Laxton approved of a By-law grant- a bonus of $25,000 to the same road. Lindsay to the north and Port Hope to the east of us, are anxiously watching and waiting for the result in Reach next Wednesday, in the in terests of the Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway; whilst Toronto, on the west of us,is just as solici'ous mm the interest of the Torouta and Nipissing road. Ifour by-law is de- feated They will hearuly rejoice over it; inasmuch as we shall have al- lowed to pass, unimproved, the only opportunity we had of crippling their designs and defeating their objects. Once more; then, we ask the clec- tors of Reach to lay aside their pre- judices and vote for the by-law, OG Nova Scotia. The following is the esnelusion #arvived at by the Anti-Union Conven- tion which met in Halifax,on the 8th inst, to confer with Messrs. Macedo: ald, Cartier and Kenney) " Whereas (h's convention have fully considered the reply of the Brit- ish Government to the address of the representatives of the people of Nova Scotia to her Mu praying for a repeal of the Act uniting Canada, Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick, and the course which it is ex- of the public affairs of the Province, Be it therefore Resoly:d --* Tt is the opinion of the Convention, that it is necessary to use every means to ¢x- tricate the people of Nova Scotia from a Confederation that has been forced upon them without their con- sent, aud against thair will." We may, therefore, look for further uneasiness, and probably more deter- mined effort to secure a repeal of the Union. Reach Council. . The above Council met in tle Town Ilall, at Manchester, on Fii- day, Tth inst. Members all present. The Reeve in the chair. subsequent meetings were read aud approved, Communications were received and from the County Clerk, in- oe ehh re ANVIL ewe required for County Purposes from this township, this year, is $3952 97; From the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands, Toronto, informing the Board that W. E, Yarnold had been instructed to survey and plant monuments at the front and rear an- | gles of Jot 16, in the 6th Con. | The sureties offered by Messrs. Nott and Murta, as Collectors, were acs | cepted; and a Bylaw was passed | confirming their appointment, Tn | said By-law it is set forth that, unless | the taxes are all collected and re- | turned by the 14th of December, they | shall forfeit all claim they may have [to any remuneration for their ser- vices. Mr. Steel moved that the account of John Nott, amounting to §11, for burying an indigent person, be paid. Lost on a division, Ycas--Stecland St. John, Nays--Gordon and Shaw. The Reeve voted nay. Council adjourned for one hour. Council resumed. Mr. 8t, John moved that $50 be ex pended upon the 14th Con., between lots 6 and 7,--Lost. On motion of Mr, Gordon, Messrs. St. Jobn and Dure were appointed Commissioners to repair the bridge over the big marsh in the 12th Con., and are to report at a [ature sitting of Council. Mr. Steel presented the petition of S. Burkholder and others, praying for aid on the 6th Con, opposite lot 112. Mr. Gordon moved that the Clerk be instructed to grant his order on the Treasorer in favor of T. D. Croxal, for $10.50; R, D. Ewin for $4 50; W Hart for £9.10; John Harriss for $8; and T. McCounel for $6 --the said sums being for sheep killed by dogs, and that they be charged to the dog fund.--Carried. Mr. Steel moved that E. Williams rand F. Rain be appointed Commis- sioners to plank the bridge on the Tth Con., lot 9,--plank to be 14 feet long and 3 inches thick, and not to cost over 88 per M ----and paid at a future sitting of Council.--Carried. Mr. St. John moved that the sum of $200 be granted on Tomlinson' hill, on the 12th Con. The yeas and nays being demanded Mr. 8t. John voted yea. Nays,~Messrs. Gordon, Shaw and Steel. Mr. Steel moved that tlie petition of 8. Burkholder and others be an- swered by expending $100 on the | tear of the 8th and front of the 9th Couns. on the Gentre Road, and that T. Love and I. Crhig be Commission- ers to expend the same. | The yeas and nays being demand- ed, Messrs. Steel .and Gordon voted Messrs, St, Jobn aud Shaw voted nay. The Reeve voted with '|the nays, and declared the motion lost. fe ibd # i Gordon moved that the Clergy 'Reserve money, at the credit of this Township for thé current year, be equally divided for school purposes to the several divisions of this town- , and that the representatives of several divisions be authorized xpend the same in giving an equal sum to each school section within the limits of the division which they re- present. ----Carried, ty the Queen, pedient to pursae in the present crisis | Minutes of last regular and the two | tion just carried be rescinded --Car- vied, : Mr. Steel moved that the clergy reserve fund of the present year be equally divided between the schoo! sections, and, the Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the same on (he order of the Trastecs of the different school sections. --Carried, . Mr. Gordon moved that the sum of 850 be expended on the portion of the centre road, 10 the rear of the 8:h con, and that T. Love and 1. Craig be appointed commissioners t expend the same -- Curried Mr. Steel moves that G, Kilpat- rick and N. Dyer be hereby appointed commissioners with full authority to pat the bridge between 'the 2nd and 3rd concessions between Simcoe street and the Nonquon Road in a proper state of repair, and the Trea- surer js hereby aunthorized to pay the o:der of said commissioners.--Car- ried. On motion of Mr. Gordon a by-law was introduced and passed to appro- priate and divide the clergy reserve mouey at the credit of this corpora for the present year, Mr. Shaw moved that Jas. Gilroy and 0. Wilson be appointed commis: sioners to expend the sum of $20 between lots 12 and 13 in the first 'con --Canied. Nir, Steel moved that John Nott receive the sum of $8 for the burial of N, Bradly, and that the Clerk grant his order on the Treasurer for the same. ~--Cariied. Mr. Shaw moved that John Bently and Chae. Edgar be appointed com- missioners to expend $50 opposite lots 1, 2 and 8, between the 3rd and 4th concessions, provided other inter: ested parties snbscribe an equal lamount to be expended in the m= | provement of said road.-- Carried. | Mr.'Gordon moved that no further { appropriations be made on roads fin this year, unless to repair dilapidated bridges.--Carricd : Mr, Gordon moved that the Clerk {grant his order on the Treasurer in | favor of Messrs Baird & Parsons, for {the sum of $103 in payment of ac- {count rendered for printing. --Car- vied, Mr. Shaw moved that the Clerk | cause notices to be put up for closing tthe allowance between lots 6 and 7 lin the 2nd Con, and vesting the | same to John Brown wiio is owner lof the land lying adjacent thereto, | provided the said J. Brown pay all {expenses connected therewith. --Car- tried, |" Mr. Gordon moved 1hat this Coun | cil petition hix Excellency the Lient. | Governor to have the castern limit tof lot 6 in the 9th con,, and the west- lern limit of lot 15 in the 10th con surveyed under the instruction of the | Commissioner of Crown Lands, and "that W. B. Yarnold, P. L. S., bo re- {commended to do the same. [On motion of Mr. Steel the account of Mr. Yarnold, for the surveying oi | the western boundary line was order- | ed to be paid. Xo A by-law was introdaced and | passed, authorizing the Clerk to en- [er the following amounts upon the Collectors' rolls, to be levied and col | lected for school purposes: -- School Sec. Amonpt. Rate on $100, Ta um £93 4, 0.61 5. 0.42 6. 3 7. 8. 1000.32 10. 301 90 il. 241.15 12. 13. 4 16. 237.48 17. 142 73 18, 235.80 1.10 A by law was introdnced and pass- ed to assess the township in the sum of $291.73 for the poor. A by-law was also introduced and | passed to assess the township in the {sum of $875.20, for general purposes The rates are as follows-- County Rates 42¢. on the 8100. Township do. 9c. do. Poor do. 3c. do. The Council adjourned till the 10th of December. LRT NE, Fire in Uxbridge.---We regiet having to "state that the barn and con- tents of Jas, Arbuckle, who resides in the 6th con. of Uxbridge, were totally destroyed by fire on the afternoon of Friday, the Tth inst. All hie wheat --about 600 bushels--several tons of hay, and other valuables were 12 the barn at the time. Nothing was saved. His loss is estimated at $1000, and no insurance. | The Railway Tax. Mr. Ewers and {several other opponents of the railway i {if the present Bylaw is passed, the Railway Tax will Le levied and col- lected this year. It so happens, how: ever, that the rates to le levied and collected from the township, in 1868, have already been fixed, as may be seen by the minutes of Council, to be found in another colamn. Accident in Reach.--A lad about nine years of age, son of Mr. J, White, who resides on the 12th con. of this township, was stepped on by a horse and had several ribs broken, ove day last week. The little fellow hid been minding "" a gap" in one of the fields, out of which grain was being drawn, and accidentaly fell asleep. Hence the aceident. Goderich Salt.--Mr. W. I. Shipman has laid upon our table a sample of this article as prepared for the mar- ket, and an excellent article it is.-- We have no doubt, when it is better known, that it will meet with the ap- preciation which its superiority over the American saltso justly entitles it to, Selling a Cost, --J. rs , W. Allison is ad: vertising goods for gale at cost. The public should make it their business to inspect the stock, as great indu ments are offered intending' "pur- chasers.--See advt. West York.--Mr, Amos Wright las been returned for this constituency by a majority of 405 over his oppo- nent, Mr, Bell. Rather significant. Mr. Stecl moved that the resolu- | have been telling the Blectors that, | Fife im Pickering, --The stenmn ghw- mill, Stave and Shingle' Pacts y of R. T. Hurrison, in Pickering, year Claremont, was destroyed by fire, on Sabbath evening, the 9: inst. His loss is estimated at 83,000. Insured for $200. P.O. Savings Bamk.--We 1a nw pieasnie that the Uxbridge, Pos Office has been Gppointed wn gene of the Post Offi e Savings Bak receiving cash deposits, onder te statute recently enacted at Oriawa To Correspondents. Tos. Hexr.--Your communication will ap- pear in our next issue. *Bushwhacker." We have received a lengthy com- munication over the above, signature for publication, in reply to a letter poilished by Mr, Gordon} but as " Ratepayer" ocenpies all the space we have at our disposal for corres pondence, this week, and as prety much the same ground is travelled over by both, we can only find room for the concluding poriion of ¢ Bush- whacker's" lucubration, which he sums up as follows: -- Aa Before closing you will nt take it unkindly on my part telling you that [intend to vote for the byslaw, und had,I no other sons for doing so your-own itlustrations woul con - vince me that it is my ee to act, I Iirst --Beeausa the construsrih of the Road will cause an expeiditure m this to vnship alone of $114,000. "I This wealth or its equivalent must always remain with ns. This$114, 000 is nearly three times our whole | bonus of $40,000. #he $114,000 cas we receive now. § The $40,000 we pay hereafter. { Secmdly.-- Begause yon tell us cordwood will b® raised $1 per cord, equal to 840 per Sere, for wool land, giving at once sto Reach increased wealth of at least $480,000 --pwelve times more thanfonr waole bonus. Thirdly -- Because towns will spring up, and where now we havo only villages, then we will have at least five good' sized towns, with an important terminus at Uxbridge, Fourthlyé=Because by ~woting for $30.000 bonus for the main line, I al- so secure 810,000 for the Uxbridge { branch, andMsknow the Whitby peo- ple, and the friends of the. Boud will not rest content till the bréuch is built. thy --Because yon have stated that If you were at Port feriy you would support the by Wsyiursell As it makes but little tuce to me where you live, (nd: ing the market for grain the 8 frie - tion of a cent) I shall g the same as if you were} And on Wednesday, 1 giving my vote, I will Adam, that you reside? that yoo are snpportiy that yo © MSIE ev : Fihat grt if if, 1 ns Twi Progress, improved 9 ity to the township, with a contented ming have performed a' publ self, my children, the (8 the county. That will b it not, Adam ? "o After that T will push oat all the voters I can for the by-law. I wil! recall it to my neighbors minds how, twelve years ago, Reabh gave a handsome majority for Whe county by-faw of $440,000. Iwill tell how the share of Reach at that time, was 70,000, while now we are securing the road for $10,000; %how much Reach has improved in that twelve years; and that the taxes for $40,000, to-day, will only be about one fourth what it wonldhave been fr $70,000, twelve years ago, I will tell low the little "township of Thorsh has ratified a by-tiw for $30,000, while Thorah is not hall as large as Reach, lin acres, and not a fifth in assessed | value. T will describe how the town- | ship of Broek is willing to take $65, 000, and Uxbridge 858,000 in the Nipissing road; and show low if that road is built it Will ruin edery village in Reach, and make Res ontri- butor to the wealth of Brp shew {how that road would take all the northern trade oat of the jeounty -- | And finally show how the Whitby road Would consolidate ie county | interests, ! | How it would make a stew front in | Reach, and bring the rfl Trunk _home gz that | Railway to our very doorg how every thing would prosper by the expondi- ture of large sums of money; how the value of farms and teal estate would be increased, andsthat even if I did not want to sell farm how that my neighbor might ; how the taxes under the by-law, for the first year, would only b for $1000; how this tax, the las) ir, Twoukd only be about $2. on $1000; how if property will increase in value, as it must do, that even this tax would be largely reduced; how, that taking the average for twenty years, con- sidering the increase in value and population during that time, the tax would not exceed one dollar on the thousand dollars; how an increased value of only one dollar, per acre, on (our lands wonid nearly equal the whole bonps and interest; and, in shert, how that we are all living in an age of progress; that all around lus we hear the whistle of the loco- motive; that Reach 'most either ad- vance with the tide, or go back back- wards; that to sland still is to retro- gade; and certain destrocticn to our township, and that we must now eleet, either to move forward, and keep pace with the Railway enter- prises of the age, or quietly and peacefully slip away into utter insig- nificance, y : Think of these things, friend Adam, Land do not let elections next January f warp your judgment now. T know it is a difficult choice for Reach to make--the Railway on the one hand; or you, as enuneiltor for 1869, with- ont the road. Let us have both. First, the Railway, this year, and secondly, yon for our Reeve, to watch over the interests of Reach, and sce the bonus fairly espended, Correspondence. separate manicipality, leaving the hi a fe ratepayer to bear and manage his burden of 53" We wish it to be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves responsible for the views expressed by correspondents "Doings at Greenbank." To the Editor of the Standard. Sim, ~ Mr. lanson, I think, deserved more thanks than he got in connection with the Convert given by the Band of the 13th Hus- sars, at Greenbank, on Friday last. Except- ing the inviting of the Band up, and making some arrangements for their conveyance, Mr Finsor did everything. His teams hanl- ed the materials for the shed, in which. the band played ; his mill supplied the lumber ; his'men put the building up. He was every- where, and had everything to do when the Band arrived, and he did everything except show himself upon the platform. Mrs. Ian- son also deserves to be mentioned Not on- ly the Bind, but every one else who liked, were welcome to feast at her liberal table She bad provided good things enough to supply a regiment, and as many as a regi- ment, I think, partook of them. Tt is due to Mr and Mrs. lanson to make these re- marks = Yours, &ec., OBSERVER. August 7th, 1858. Tm -------- To the Ratepayers of Reach. GENTLEMEN, -- There has come to my notice a long let- ter in the columns of the Ontario Observer, signed by " Adam Gordon," which professes to give a fair statement of the advantages and disadvantages likely to acerue to the Township of Reach, from the proposed Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway. The same leiter, I see, is being circulated through the township in the shape of a fly-sheet. If ever the people of this township have been seated to a piece of literary hash or re-hash, spiced up to the writer'sown peculiar taste, they certainly bave it in this case. As one of the ratepayers of Reach, the precious production is addressed to me, and I there- claim the right to reply. Mr. Gordon.says--* to aid you in arriving at sound intelligent views on the subject, I propose, as briefly as possible, to lay before you a correct summary of the arguments | used by the advocates and opponents of the | scheme. The great advantages spoken of | by those who favor, and tle disadvantages | pointed out by those who oppose the under- taking." Mr Gordon places a very low estimate upon the intelligence of his fellow towns- men in assuming that they are not capable of thinking and acting for themselves. As a ratepayer IT feel insulted, that a direct insult has been thrown in the face of every ratepayer, and that by a man who should be the last to do so, occupying as he -does, the position of Deputy-Re Te proposes to aid the people of Reach in arriving at sound intelligent views; does he mean to say that the people of Reach are stupid, ig- norant and incapable of thinking and act- ingsfor themselves--that they are not able to give an intelligent vote ? Surely this is the meaning of his language if plain En- Lglish can convey an iden. This is" of the same character with his *'Bull-frog" speech, only in that case the insult was limited to a ection of the Township, while in the pres- t, itis cxtended to the whole. I pre- e the intelligent electors of Reach will ® an intelligent vote next January when ite gy 111 PIESUIT HIRISCIE Wha sp on | on. ¥ Adam was not the first man in Reach; but it is to be wondered at that Reach ever got along without such a luminary to shine upon its darkness. What a pity it is that he didn't live in the days of the illustrious man who first bore his name. Ife would doubtless have been much better appreci- ated, for his intelligent views would not then have Leen so greatly in advance of the world ! Then Le proposes to lay before the rate- payers a brief summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed Railway, Well the disadvantage of a Railway is, I confess, a new thing --a new idea--in this age of Railways and of general progress,-- Really, I hardly know at what period in the dark ages to place a man who pretends to discover public disadvantages in a Railway. Look where you will and you may find Rail- ways penetrating every portion of the habi- table globe; climbing the Alps, passing through mountaing, crosssing the deepest and widest rivers, annihilating space, and surmountins every obstacle that nature has strewn in the way Surely either the world must be mad, or else Adam is as unintelli- gent as he would be thought wise. I leave the public to judge of him whether he is right and the world wrong, or the world right and he wrong. ; Mr. Gordon further proceeds to say that the interests of Paxton, Bigelow and Draper, &e., will be greatly advanced should the projected Railway be proceeded with. I presume they will, and so will every ratepayer in the Township in proportion to the property he may own, or its nearness to the railway. It'would be a reckless ex- penditure of money that did not do some person good, and there is no one but believes that the Township would receive large and lasting benefits from the construction of a railway from Lake Ontario to its centre, with one line extending to Uxbridge, and the other to Port Perry. A large increase of population and wealth would necessarily follow, and these would not be confined to Port Perry alone, but would be participated in to a great extent, by Prince Albert and Manchester, and more or less by every other portion of the township as well, A large portion of the trade that formerly poured into the township of Reach from the back country, and in fact had no other out let, is now going to Lindsay, and over the Port Hope load. Those who can recollect the past must know that there has been a falling off in this respect, and that the prospects and business of the various vil- lages of Reach are not as good as they were several years ago, before the, trade ligiti- mately belonging to this township took the direction referred to, viz: via Lindsay and Port Hope. And so matters will continue, unless the people of Reach give a helping hand to redeem its natural position as a grént thoroughfare, by securing a railroad that will be the means of building up large and populous towns within ita borders. Living in the immediate vicinity of large towns and good facilities for export and im- port is of the greatest importance to t farmer, as everything he has to sell is in- creased in value, and with the usual compe- tition of traders &c., in large 'towns, the farmer gets the full. value of everything he has to sell, and is also enabled to purchase two-fold and will continue to be so down to posterity --while the payment of a small tax towards the ion of the p Railway is only temporary, and within the period named in the By-law will be wiped out, and could be in balf.the time proposed and the people not feel it. Bul the advan- tages that would yearly be derived from the Here Mr. Gordon commences to prophesy, 'falsify and misrepresent. Ile could tel) the people of Reach what Port h y, and th that the dread expense of x new set of County Build- ings would. fall on the townships farther north. This is all well as far as it goes, but why did not he go a little farther, and tell Perry might do, but he ly forgot to tell the people that there was a law pro- viding that in the event of towns bécoming incorporated and set apart from the town- ship, any existing debt of the municipality shall be settled by arbitration ; and in this case | am. satisfied Port Perry would get her share. If Mr. Gordon proposes to present hoth sides of the subject, why does he not do it? Simply because that does not an- swer his present purpose: false representa- tions with the view to mislead will suit better. Mr. Gordon says that the building of the railway will increase the price of wood £1 per. cord, and lumber $1.50 per thousand, and that this is a special Railway tax. This sort of reasoning is' more like special pleading and trick ry than fair and honest discusssion. Taki g his own state- ment that wood would be advanced in price $1 per cord who will get the advantage of it? Would it net be the farmer or the own- er of the land? As to lumber, no one that I have ever heard speak on the subject says that lumber would be advanced in price to the extent of $1 50 per thousands this is only a chimera of his own fruitful imagina- tion But withont a railway and a proper communication with the back country the people of Reach will see Lumber advanced more evenrthan ove dollar and fifty cents per thousand in less than five years, The. pine of Uxbridge and Reach and around Scngog Lake is b ing exh d ver; the pay that in this event, the Coun- ty tax required to be paid by Reach would be doubled, or in other words that one half our present county would pave to pay the whole of our County expenses? "Yet Mr. Gordon says he has cndeavored to give a fair statement | Ttis mot necessary for me to eay that he has not done so- that his letter is both wilfully untruthful and incor- rect. Mr Gordon also forgot to tell the rate- payers of Reach that as soon as the railway is completed it becomes assessable property, and that portion of the main line and the branch to Uxbridge within the Township of Reach will be taxed, and should the road and works in the Township of Reach cost two hundred thousand dollars, the road in all probability would not be assessed for less than one h th d, q the railway itself would pay one-tenth of all the taxes of Reach ; "In conclusion," Adam says, " that not- withstanding reports to the contrary, he has in no way changed Ins opinion often ex- pressed both publicly and privately, as to the proposed railway" Rut it should be known that he privalely tells those in favor of the railway that personally he is in favor ot it, that he believes the present undertak- ing to be a good one, that if he was not in the Council he world come out publicly and advocate it; and when meeting those who rapidly. When this is gone if we should have.no communication with the interior, this township will then feel an aching ne- cessity for the completion of a work that ought not to be delayed a 'day longer than is necessary to compete it Tt scems to me from the way Mr. Gordon puts the cordwood question--by saying that every purchaser of cordwood pays a special railway tax of $1.00 per cord on wood--Dhe is afraid he will have to pay one dollar per cord more for all the wood he uses should the railway be build. This ap- pears to be Mr. Gordon's stand-point from Which he lectures the rate-payers: but this is self and quite characteristic. Yet from this it will appear to every man in Reach who has one to one and a half acres of wood to sell, that the increased price or value of the wood upon this quantity of land over and above the present price would pay all | the railway tax that a farm of 100 acres would ever have fo pay towards the con- struction of the railway. Mr. Gordon is quite right in saying that the purchasers of wood would have to pay $1.00 per cord more and 1 think those who have 'wood to sell will sce the force of this argument. Self is too often the leading principle of apparently disinterested men like Mr. Gor- don. We muy illustrate this by a story.-- In a small village not a hundred miles fromr Manchester, there lived a mercha the only one in the villags. There was there- fore no two prices. This enterprising and intelligent individual, getting a hint that a vacant store in the village was about to be occupied, in a way that would afford some relief to the public in that vicinity, by some hook or crdok managed to geta lease of the premises in a manner that would keep out all outsiders. The store was kept closed and monoply continued considerably at the expense of a large section of country. Straws indicate which way the wind blows, and small things in life indicate character. This small circumstance is only mentioned to show hdw often parties making purchases at small villages are liable to be taken ad- vantage of. A railway into the township of Reach would have the effect of putting a stop to dodges of this kind, at the expense of any section of, Reach however remote 1t might be from the railway. Mr. Gordon says that the farmers of Reach ean carry their grain and other pro- duce to the front as cheaply as the Railway, and in another portion of bis letter he says were the Port Whitby and Port Perry Rail- way in full operatton it could not afford to carry grain at a cheaper rate than "that at which it is now conveyed by farmers! How stupidly ignorant or wilfully determined to misrepresent, contrary to all reason and common sense, i8 Mr. Gordon! Such wring fo nover hom iL I er Scugog in the mon une, or even in Jig Bay near 'Bayside farm." If the far- mers of Reach can team their grain to the front, or if wheat purchased at Port Perry, Prince Albert or Manchester, can be teamed to Whitby as cheap as it can be taken by Railway--I would ask Mr. Gordon how it is that the Grand Trunk will carry grain from Whitby to Montreal, a distance of 300 miles, for 16 cents per bushel, when it costs 4 to 5, «nd sometimes 6 cents, owing to the scarcity of teams, to haul grain from these places to Whitby? How is it that grain, flour, lumber and other commodities can be taken from Port Perry by water to Lindsay, a distance of 30 miles thence by rail to Port Hope, a distance of 46 miles making in alla distance of 76 miles, cheaper than it ean be teamed to Whitby, a distance of 18 miles? Such assertions as those made by Mr. Gor- don are arything but facts; in fact they are simply untruths calenlated and intended to mislead. This intelligent gentleman keeps a team himself from which he makes some profit in teaming out grain purchased by him. Occasionally he gets others to team for him, for which he pays in goods, making a profit on the teaming. Herel must remind the farmer that whatever the cost of teaming is per bushel, he is paid that much less than the front prices for all grain he sells in the township of Reach; and very often a much larger amount than the team- iug is deducted from the front prices for the want of competition. Mr. Gordon says no effort wos made at the proper time to obtain an extension of the Port Whitby and Port Perry railway chart- er so as to include Uxbridge, and that the proposed branch ir a 'gull' and a 'bait' to the people of Reach. This is a little more of Mr Gordon's wilful falsifying or ignorant blundering. I lappen to have seen the original Bill to incorporate the Port Whitby and Port Railway Company, after it bad been read the first time before the House and printed. Clause 19 reads as follows: -- "It shall and may be lawful for the said company to make and construct a branch line of railway from any point- on the said ailway, through such portion of the town- ship of Reach or Uxbridge, in the said County of Ontario, or both of thum, as the directors of the company may determine upon ; and the same shall constitute part of the railway and works of the said company, and all the provisions of this Act shall ex- tend thereto." Will Mr. Gordon pretend now to say thatno effort was made at the proper time to provide for a branch to Ux- bridge? This branch coming in opposition to the Toronto and Nipissing line, tor which the advocates .of that line in Parliament were seeking to get a charter, it was found necessary to drop the question of branch in order to get the charter throu Pop She] main line, with the view that as soon @! Parliament met again to apply for the ex- tension to Uxbridge, And if the people of Reach pass the present By-Law as it now stands with ten thousand dollars appropri- ated to secure a branch to Uxbridge, all the opposition that can be brought to bear by the advocates of the Toronto and Nipis- sing Road cunnot prevent our obtaining the required extension of the charter. Then, with ten thousand dollars ready to be hand- ed over as soon as a certain portion of the work has been completed, it will only re- main for the people of Uxbridge to come forward with a reasonable bonus, and as sure as the main line is built, the branch the ra s of Reach, wus Y | are croaking as is contained in this letter ad-|T posed to the railway he joins with them in denouncing it, and certain indivi- duals who are spending considerable time and money in trying to secure it and thus to confer on the township of Reach a posi- tion such as no township in the Province will occopy. This is Mr Gordon's position --toadying to both the friends and oppon- ents of the undertaking and thus seeking to prepare himself for the January elections. His whole course is quite transparent. Yours, &c, RATEPAYER. Epsom, August 10th, 1868. General Intellinence, European News. London, August 4.--The wheat harvest in the British isles is nearly over, and accarding to the estimate which can now be formed, the yield of the crop will be double that of lastéyear, and will exceed by one third the annnal average. Bonn, Ang 4.--The University of Bonn has conferred the degree of doctor of laws wpon His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prus- sia, the Hon, George Bancroft, the Minister of the United States, Prof. Darwin and John Stuart Mill of Eng- land. . London, Aug. 8 --Late telegrams received from Shanghai bring the following intelligence :--A French trading staticn near the frontier line of Cocliin China was attacked on the 16th of June last by a band of Anam rebels. The post contained 25 men all told, who made a gallant resist- ance. After a desperate fight, how- ever, they were overpowered, cap- tured, and massacred. A strong Freneh forco was subsequently sent against the band. On the 21st of June, after a short fight, the French succeeded in dispersing the rebels. Paris, August 11.-- Accounts fiom Rome represent that the number of desertions of foreign Volunteers from the Papal service is daily increasing. Belgrade, Angust 11.--The insur- rectionary movement in Bolgaria has been entirely suppressed by the urkish treops, and the proclamation establishing 1t in a state of seige in rvs bse bear " | Turkish Government charpesirrhie Charles, of Roumania, with secretly inciting and promoting the revolt, United States News. New York, Ang, 5&-_The letter of Mr. Seymour, accepting the Damo- cratic nomination for the Presidency, is published, He says he delayed the letter to see what light the action of Congress would throw upon the interests of the country, I's acts since the adjournment of the Conyen- tion shows an alarm on their part at the prospect of a change of political power, thus bringing in light what has Leen done with the money drawn from the people. He eriticises at some length the admission of repre- sentatives from the Southern States to Congress, characterizing it as a new clement of discord and violence when tlie country needs pence. While the chiefs of the late rebellion submitted to the resn!ts of the late war, others thrown by the agitation of civil convulsions into positions of honor and profit, are striving to keep alive the passions to which they owe their elevation. Events in Congress since the adjournment of the Conven tion show that the Republican party cannot carry out a wise policy. They have had much power, and their actions have been so unchecked Ly any opposition, that they have run into excess, which have been a source of great regret to many of their own party. The election of the Democratic ticket would not have the effect of producing sudden or vio- lent changes, but wonld serve as a check to those extreme measyres de- plored by the best men of both par-- ties The Sun's special says that re- quests for troops, similar to that made by Governor Warmouth of Louisana, will soon be made, it is stated, by the Governors of several Southern States. No action will be taken in the premises until the whole matter ean be laid before a | full Cabinet meeting. "Parties from the South represent that if something is not done speedi- ly by the Executive, serious disturb- ances will take place in various places throughout the South. Reliable persons from New Or- leans confirm the statements that the rebel cavalry regiments in Lounisana have been reorganized as Seymour Knights, and the infantry regiments a8 Blair Guards. Washington, Aug. 11.----Honoerable Th Add ~~ hh. will also be built. Mr. Gordon is ingly ungenerous in his remarks, when he says the proposed branch extension is a mere gull and bait. 'At the time the present by-law was before the council, Mr. Gordon drew up a resolution to amend the clause holding back ten thousand dollars of the proposed bonus until a certain portion of the proposed branch had been completed, and so word the by-law that the whole of the forty th d dollars asked for should Railway, both directly ard ly, everything he requires at a cheaper rate.-- So that the advantages to the farmer are against the tax that would have to be paid, aud there is not a farmer in the township of Reach but would have money left. Then take into consideration the great increase of population and wealth that must take place through the township. generally. Mr. Gordon says: tlie Drotabilily is that the Port Perry people will at once apply to next year. What say you, yea or nay ? : ie be set off from the township and set up as a go the main line, and that no provision should be made for the branch. This the President of'the railway Company refused to concur in, saying that the smpsey had fully decided on the branch, and that it was part of the undertaking. Such is 'Mr. Gor- dow's true position on the branch question, and a most unenviable one itis. Mr. @ordon further states that if the County is divided, Reach will adhere to } p died at precisely 12 o'clock, at his residence in this city, on Capitol Hill. Simon Stevens, Thad. Stephens, jr., a nephew, and his housekeeper, Mrs, Smith, were at his bedside, also, Sister Loretta and Sister Genevia, of the Providence Hospital, and J. Scott Patterson, of | the Interior Department, and the ser- vants of his household. Breathing! his last, he passed away quietly and salmly, without a struggle, as though falling asleep. ; San Franeisco, Aug. 11.--Advices from Mazatlan state that Captain Bridge, of the British war steamer ' Chanticleer, had raised the block- ade of Mazatlan, saying the settle- Whitby leaving the line of division on our ment of the case was in the hands of hig: Government. The mone! from the ' Chanticleer' paymaster to be kept on deposit until the car Government, --.--_, --....,.l ee, ¢ the duties of Hon. Mr. Howland's late cessor is appointed, In a recent thunder storm in Eng land a soldier was straock by light-# nizg and made blind, and a woman who had been stone blind for eight sight. Dr. B, Q. Stevens, of Hannibal, Mo., has a chicken which can boast of Topsy origin--* it growed." An egy lay in the hed-house three weeks, and a chicken was hatched by the heat. This is a most solemn fact. Me. Chas. G. Halpine, alias Miles O'Rielly, a wel known Fenian sym- pathiser, editor of the New York Cit- zen, died in that city, on Monday, from an overdose of chloroform, ad-- ministered to relieve neuralgic pains. : Destructive Fire --On Wednesday night of lust week, about midnight, the dwelling honse of Mr. William Widdess, lot 15 in the 5th con. of X Cartwright, was destroyed by fire, with nearly the whole of its contents --the fumates barely escaping with their lives. originated (rom the stopepipe. very heavy. No insurance. -- States- man. Exrrosioy.--While a freight train on the Northern R. R. was standing at Barrie Station, on the 6th inst, the engine attached thereto 'exploded-- blowing it all to pieces. The wood- shed near by, was. also blown down; and the glass in windows of houses: in the vicinity broken. The report of the explosion was plainly heard at Bell Ewart. Estimated damages, $15,000. Fortunately no one was hart, as the men were at dinner.-- Cause of the accident not known, The New York state Fair is to be- held this year at Rochester, commen cing September 20th, and lasting four days. Mr, Orange Judd of the Amer- ican '¢ Agriculturist," offers three special prizes for wheat, open to Can- adian growers. One hundred dollars. are to be given for the best two bar- rels of white winter wheat; one handred dollars for the vesttwo bar- rels of red winter wheat, and a like amount for the best two barrels of spring wheat, Coupivamox or Oi. Rerivers.-- Tier London Prototype of Monday morning says: A combination uf the oil refin- ers of Canada has been successfully inaugurated, for the purpose of rais- ing the price of oil, as it affirmed that recently the refining oil bupiness. has been carried on at a logs, oil be- ing sold at a non-paying price. Most of the refined oil in the country has been purchased by the Association, and is now held by them at an ad-- vanced price. The result of this combination of manufacturers will be: to increase the present price of re-. fined oil to fifiy cents a gallon whole=- sale, and retail it at a figure much. above what it now commands. The Woodstock 7imes has a long: town; on Ina aig hk acld in. that. named Faller, which discloses a fear- ful state of morals. An abortion had been procured upon the young wo-- man which cansed her death, and at the examination before the coroner her father 'and mother swore they knew nothing of their daughter's con- dition; a witress named Daniel Ed- wards, admitted he was the father of the child end wanted to marry the woman, butsher parents would not. let him. It was subsequently proved Ly medical testimony that Mrs, Faller had applied for means to make way with the child, and evidence was ad- duced to show that the mother and the girl's sister, as well as the father, were privy to procuring the abortion, and consequently guilty of murder. Strange to say, when the verdict was. given all the parties implicated had succeeded in effecting their escape to- the other side of the line. A pretty state of things truly. Re course of levelling the ground, in the vicinity of the new Station, at Allan. dale, a fow days ago, a rather start-- ling discovery was made, which re- veals a sad tale of blood, without af- fording any definite clue to its origin. The men engaged at the work came mn contact with a hage pit filled with: human bones of mer, women and children, who, 1m all probability, were thrown indiscriminately into their common grave, ¢ unknelled, nn-- coffined, and unsung." Itgeems evi dent that Allandale bas been the site cither of a dreadful massacre, a most bloody conflict, or a fearful famine,. among the unfortunate race who oc- cupied the land in days gone by, It was a custom with our aborigines to: bury the tomahawk, the scalpin knife, etc., in the grave with the fal-- len warrior, and the fact that no such. implements have been found, goes to- favor the supposition that the awfal of famine. But, whatever may have: been the cause, it is clear that death reaped a bountiful harvest.-- Northern. Gazette. Hi a Orriciat. Corruption Iv Hanir --The Toronto Telegr Everything idee | Eamilton have reason to feel excited and indignant. The public affairs. are in a shameful condition ; and the recent investigation has brought to. light an amount of SorapLion Wack or 3 BAYER I--_ the 7 mailing, and uwoderhand worthy of New York or C was proven that the Of had accepted bribes, had a ed the property of er own use and benef 3 even asserted that he was in| and the sharer of the pro! bling houses. A mass of evid, the most convincing charac produced, leaving so little do his guilt that the Recorder, bef whom the - investigattol "ield would not listen to a defence, but re~ ommended his summary dismissa from the office hie had so deepl graced. The City Council | mously adopted the Recorder's port ; and passed a resolution calling: on the commissivners to dismi tain Nicolls at once. SH Hon. Me McDougall is to discharge office (Inland Revenue) till a sue. years was as suddenly restored to It is suppbsed the fire ® % Loss: ! mortality must have been the resnlt » is adjodicated, by order of the Mexi- | | Lios oF THE Rep Man.--In the Po a» plo of 3, H - b fo