Sel BRESESES ~ =m I _ 15928 .. "~ = EYES T FEELEE AMERICAN NEWS. very Latest by Telegraph C--O AI---- cs -- WASHINGTON. Wasnivarox, D. C., August 9.--The llowing is the Coroner's verdict on the awassett disaster :--We, the jury of the juest called to view the dead bodies fost on the steawer Wawnssett thisdlay, anid to inquire into the cause of the dis- ter to the said steamer, find that not kh sowing the condition of the steamer we Lamination we ate the officers of | » said boat from all blame, as all the | ssengers saved testify that they did their | "uty. Given under our hands at Stewart's | "Wharf, King George County, Virginia, | 1 iis 8th day of August, 1873. Wasnixarox, August 11. --The steamer | ""anderbilt arrived to-night with more | 1r:dies of victims who perished on the ill- | "ted steamer. ' They were identified as 'eo. W. Cook, grocer, Washington ; R. | nrray. (eolored) nger ; Geo. Tibbs, (+olored) deck ; Mary Blackwell, (color- « 1) passenger; and a gl twelve years | «d, supposed to be a daughter of M~s. | mecinda Grant. The latest estimate of | ¢ unot say as to the cause, but from an | - i1e number of those lost on the Wawasett | = i that it will reach 70 at least. Many of | ese will, in all probability, rot be iden- vied ; particularly colored persons. SAX Fraxcisco, Aug. 9.--A camp of | C hinese laborers, working near Benecis, | vas attacked yesterday by a crowd of | «romken white men, who tore down the | ents and stoned and clubbed the China- | wom. The letter fled like sheep into Lhe | hills. All work is suspended. Several | of the assailed laborers were subsaquently | found miles away from the place of attack. | New York, Aug, 11. --There is no news | vet of the missing steamer Ernst Montz | \rnott* Tte anxious friends of the pas- | ngers make frequent enquiries. | New York, Aug. 11.--Blacgue Boy, the | "arkish Minister, was among those sailing | to-day for Enoope. Sir Byron Edwards, | x-Chief Justice of Jawica, visited the City Hall to-day, and had a conversation vith Commissioner Van Nort and Capt. | - Creem. . Savaxxan, Ga., Aug. 9.--The first bale | «the new crop of cotton which arrrived | here sold at anction to to Randall, Daflin, | « Co, at 27¢ perlb. | Oxama, Neb.; Aug. 11.--Particulars of thie late Indian fight show that the Sioux whan they gained possession of the Paw- : ce's camp, killed thetquahs and children | Cashing the paponses' brains out against | the ground. The Sioux ora 7.0 voarriors under the command of Snowflake | 1 1¢ successor of Whistler. Their loss was * i) warriors. Troops from Fort McPher- on have forced them back into their re- | servation. | & Grand Trouk Time Table. OSHAWA STATION. OSHAWA TIME. petal JOING WEST, | GOING EAST. Ipescugor.... 8.00 a.m, | Express .. . 08a. m, Express fs L! Mixed. ...... 2.50pm, ixsd 4.3 p.m. | Passenget. .. 7.10p.m. Lprees 4S pm. | WHITBY STATION. Trains going East leave Whitby Station te rates eatlier, and those going West fifteen nutes later than the above. OSHAWA POST OFFICE, The mallsare closed at thisoffice, by Post Office time as follows: GOING EAST. GOING WEST, Morning mall, 5.00 Morning mail, 7.00 Eveding ma 8.00 Evening mail, 8.00 The Northen mails are closed immediately after the arvival of the Train from the West, at 830 a. m., daily, Sundays excepted. The English mail, via. Quebec, in closed at 7.3 »'clockon Thursday Evening. andvia. New York a. 7.15 Saturday Evening. The Mail for Enficld, Foley, and Tavnton,. plosed at 12.30 o'clock every Tuesday and Friday Registered Lotter should be Mailed 15 minutes | before the hour of closing a mail. | OFPICE HOURS. From 8 o'clock a. m. unt} NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Now Arrivals --J. Barnard. Stove and Tin Shop---A. Fetchett. Furs Cleaned --Mus. Dyor. Notice--R. McGee. Union School--W. Tamblyn. Strayed--Jas. Burns. Newcastle Nurseries--J. P. Lovekin & Co. Pianos--R. Wellington. Livery Stable --Smith & McGaw. Clearing Sale--McRae & Co. The Laundry--Steele Bros. Good Bread--Mr. McChesney. Soiree.--Bibly Christian Chwirch, Vinegar Bitters. --R. H: Macdonald. The Ontario Beformer | Oshawa, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1873 A SHORT time since, on account of the | awkward manner in which the mail service of the county is performed, it was thonght | advisable to change the day of publication of ths Rerorueg, froin Friday morning to Tuesday morning, so.as to reach our ONTARIO REFORME | when I say that, among the many gratifi- avery few, and although with her tradi- LORD DUFFERIN AT HALIFAX 1 HE DEFINES HIS POLITICAL POSI- TION. At a dinner given at Halifax, or the 7th inst., it answer to a toast, Lord Differin spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chief Jnstice, and gentlemen ; 1 am sure yon will beliove me cations which have been afforded me during the past most agreeable week, there is scarcely one which I appreciate more fully than the honor conferred pon me by the present entertalument, promoted and coun- teranced by persons of every shade of political opinion, and attended by the rep- resentatives of whatever is most distin. guished in the social and professional life of Halifax. (Cheers.) If anything were wanting to enchance the honor done me, it would be found in the eloquent and most kind and considerate terms in which the health of the Countess of Dufieri. and myself has 'been proposed by the Chief Justice. When I first arrived amongst you I was of course a stranger to all but tional loyalty your city was prepared to pay every proper mark of respect tothe representative of Her Majesty, you have | made me feel that, as our acquaintance improves, a sentiment of personal kind. | ness and good will has begun to mingle in | daily "increasing proportions with the oficial hospitalities with which we have | been overwhelmed. (Great cheering.) Of | course these indications of your friendli- | ness and indulgence are very gratifying to | | my feelings, nor can you be surprised | yi own--(immense cheering), who steers | that I should reciprocate your good-will in | unmoved on in an even course. indifferent | even a still warmer manner. (Cheers) I am sure I shall ever look back to my visit here as a plessurable reminiscence, inde- pendent of tha advantages I have enjoyed of becoming acquaintsd with the material aspect, and characteristics of the chief city of one of the most important Provinces of the Dominion. I have béen able to make | the personal acquaintance of almost all | your eminent citizens, your politicians, your clergy, your judges and the heads of | . ; ] A | those varions interests and professions the Pacific Railway Scandal, which is may assign to me as responsible advisers er i ign my contidence. (Cheers.) Whethee they are the heads of this party or of that party must be a matter of in difference to the Governor-General. Cheers.) So-long as they are maintained y Parlisment in their position, so long is he bound to give them his unreserved confidence, to defer to their advice, and loyally to assist them with his counsels (Applanse.) Whenever, in the vicissitudes of party warfare, they are replaced by others --(laughter)--he welcomes their suc- cessors with an equally open and loyal regard. (Cheers.) Sach private {riend- ships as he may have formed he may have aright to retain. (Hear, hear.) As a reasonable being he cannot help having convictions upon the merits of different policies --(hear)--but these considerations are abstract, speculative, and devoid of practical effect in his official relations. Cheers.) As the head of a Constitutional Yor a ged in the administration of Parliamentary Government, he has no political friends, still less need he have political enemies. (Groat cheering.) The possession, or even to be suspected of pos. sessing such, destroys his usefulness. (Loud cheers.) Sometimes, of course, no matter how disconnected he personally may be w.th what is taking place, his name will get dragged into some controversy, and he may suddenly tind himself the subject of hostile criticism by the press of whatever party may for the moment be out of vower (laughter.) But under these circumstances he must console himself with the reflection that these spasmodic castigations--(laugh- ter)--are as transitory and innocuous (great laughter) us the discipline applied occasionally to their idols by the unso- phistieated worshippers of Mumbo Jumbo --{inmmense laughter)--when their har- vests are short or a murrain visits their flocks. (Cheers.) For, gentlemen, of this I am certain ; although he may sometimes err in his judgment, or fail in serving you as effectually as he might desire, a Viceroy who honestly seeks to do his duty-- (cheers) --to whom the interests of Canada are as precious and her honor as dear as to praise or blame, between the political contentions of the day--(cheers)--can never appeal in vain to the confidence and generosity of the Canadian people. (Im- mense applause.) THANKS TO HUGH ALLAN, THE SERVICES OF THE GREAT PLUNDERER IN BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC. discussion of all matters of public A writer to the 'Montreal Witness says | | which maintain the intellectual vitaliay | creating so much excitement at present, is | and indicate the commercial prosperity of | onlp an illustration of what has been in R, OSHAWA, ONT. ,WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST 18, 18/8." Gorvespondence, "We do not hold onrueiven as rosponaibie tor or Sndaraini. te OF vom is ays. apo 1 all, for the To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer 1 Dear Sin, --When I read the announce ment in your paper that the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society were going to hold their annual pic-nie, the thought at once struck me, that front the title of the Society it wast surely have a good object in view, and the means to accomplish 1t must cer- tainly be of a correspnding nature. But I must confess that 1 was sadly disappoint- od iu the result, to find that dancing was kept up during tte afternoon on a plat- form constemoted for that purpose ; and that this part of the performance, (which seems to have boen a leading one) was ad- journed from the grove to Hobbs' Hall, and was still in progress when your report- or returned. And yet, it is said, altogether the affair passed off very smoothly and satisfactory, and no donbt according to some minds, was a great success. A ques- tion naturally arises here, did St. Patrick practice or patronize promiscuous, or pro- fane dancing to taise funds for banevolent purposes! I must confess that 1 cannot find anywhere in kis life that he did, and should think that any society that did so, was not properly named after him, For many years past, eyer since such popular gatherings have béecomeso frequent under varions names, for one, I have been led to believe that they have had rather a disipating, if not an immoral tendency, and althongh often held for the purpose of promoting religious and moral objects, yet, there is reason to fear that however successful they may be in & financial point of view, it has not all been clear gain so for as real piety is concerned ; unsancti- sanctified means and unsanctified worldly really promote the canse of Him, who has said *' My kingdom isnot of this world." To such an extent have these things gone, that nearly every newspaper, secular and religions, speaks of them in the most approving terms, pro- spectively, and retrospectively, without distinction of sect or party, and in this respect great harmony seems to prevail in our world. But when we take into the account the heterogenuvs spiritfthatactnates influences, cannot local post-offices in the same week as | this the capital of Eastern North America, | Yogue for the last twenty years, although | these different parties in all otier respects published. Next | week, and hereafter, As a consequence, I feel that henceforth | not on so grand a scale. I know that a | who would thus combine to made Christ ALL KINDS OF And Made Over, GLOVES CLEANED. Plumes Cleaned and Curled / MES. DYER, Corner of Simcoe and Mill Streets. 18-4 THX BEST PREPARATION THE LAUNDRY, JAMES' UNIVERSAL NOTICE! NJ OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN after (he re from first be made THAT Twenty o . he City of Montreal, ia the Pro- Com Traveller, deceased. R. McGEE, Solicitor for Applicant, Dated this th day of August, i578. 18.3in. LOST! THURSDAY LAST, JULY 31ST, Chapel and 3rd con. of EVEN SHOOTER nder will be rewarded by Office. 17-2w-p FIHST-CLASS TENEMENT, WITH number of Rooms that. may be requir. A rooms suitable for and nery RE ei ore: GIb's Bick. Oshaws. Ca FOR SALE. WO SECOND HAND BUGGIES, IN good condition~--cheap. Wil. COBURN. AAW. oo FOR SAIL.L. HORSE. EIGHT YEARS OLD, EN err viruses, E FIELDING King: St. West, Oshawa. RING AND SP SUMMER CLOTHING. LATEST STYLES AND BEST QUALITY. SN FORT 7% Good Bread GO TO McCHESNEYS | BAKERY. > Avgest 13th, 1678 ONE-HURSE EPRI AOGON, Ay amd cheap, for Tyg v. i suf Lot on the cofnér of Mary and . a occupied by J, Berard rnd ew Carr. ©. FAREWELL. FOR SALE. H C5 ct Monk Street. Applyte By, CAPTAIN G.PAREWELL, FOR SALE! nt HAT DESIRABLE HOUSE AND OVSE AND LOT CORNER of E DILL © CALL AT A GRE SARE OF SESLON a LEX et Lumber for Sale, Railway, have iss: excursion from take place to-me Taz Hon. Mr. Public Works, has from the Dominio, for the Normal Sd of the large tract » has been advertise $18, will buy Hunting, * Inverted full Jewelled, and Hepinstall's, Jewe Oshawa. Mz. A.J. Aue have 1,500 bushels to supply the peopl fall, equal in qualit, he supplied last fall of the potatos bug. Tez Harvest. Mr. Dixon, near th: wheat cut a week ad wheat are "ed 'every direction. some thrashing hav © Tamopine at W sortment of New a New Hats, Collars, Shoes, a specialty. wery cheap. Call orders. | « Paoraxz Laxcu 8 A commuzication '0 prevailing vice varve unable to \, but we may GURLEY'S _ ww "ToRlg For Sale! .* + \ with the w dbjeot "Sas, Bix--'Tis a great many of the supporters of the pre- | # king over them, when he " feeds them | sympathy and a far more intelligent appre- | sent government are angry with Sir Hugh with loaves and fishes ;" we will call to | ciation than heretofore, such problems af- Allan--not for having spent the money as | Wind the words of that great Teacher | the paper will be published on Friday | 1 shall be able to examine, with a warmer | morning, and will be mailed so as to reach EUROPEAN NEWS. AND LEAVE YOUR ORUEKS FOX HIE il [Y L] Fil Wis 4 f . Latest by Atlantic Cable. Barceroxa, Aug. 9.--A force of Carlists numbering 4,000 men, is marching on the | town of Beerga, 51 wiles northwest of this | ity, Maprip, August 11. -- Yesterday, while tlie insugements of Madrid were attempt- ing to organize a demonstration in gpposi- 'ion to the Carlists, they were attacked by "ie citizens, who dispersed the assemblages + estroyed the red flags, and beat the bear- | «rs of the objectionable colors. | Bavoxye, Ang. 11.--The Carlists are « meentrating before Burgos, the capital { the Spanish Province of that name, J repatory to making an attack. . 'CANADIAN. , | OriLria; Angust 9. --A frightful rail- "vuwy wecident occured to-day. between £orillis and the Narrows bridge' on the ".therny,about two miles from the former village. The catastrophe took place on 1 10 Midland Railway, about 1:15 p.m. it x ppears the gravel train was running at a 1 wderate rate through the swamp and ran «ver two cows, which would persistently Jsep on the track. The e-gine pessed «ver them without sustaining any ap- , rant damage, but the van which con- t vined the labourers succeeding it was not » fortunate, as it was by some weans forced off the track and .11e gravel cars broke into it, killing in- lantly two mem named respectively ames Stevens and Toovall Lake. A Nor- egisn from Muskaka, one of the injured, ..as since died. The following are injured, it 'is feared fatally :--Thomas Darby, tieorge Campbell, Bart Connors, W, nderwood, and two others whose na Jiave not been ascertained. Several m ..liott were promptly in attendance 14 ihe scene of the sad occurrence. Num- | ars eso arrived from Orillia, bringing | with them Doctors Little and Moore. | Iiusses, buggies, etc., were also provided | vithout delay for the maimed and injured men, and in fact every attention was at onee rendered for their immediate relief Ly the people from Orillia and Atherly. BASE BALL IN NEWCASTLE. A champion game of base-ball was play- | Edgar, Horton, Cameron (Cardwell), | 0, T do not make this remark by way «d in Newcastle on Friday afternoon last, | Cameron (Huron), Cook, Grover, Archi- | of complaint. If there is any person in | bald, Glass, - Staples, Rymal, | Landerkin, D. A. McDonald, Higinbot- | erately dealt with by tho press, to whom between the " Beavers" of Neweastle, and the "St. Lawrence" of Kingston and vi- | every post office in the evunty 2n Satur- | acceptable to our readers, as it will enable day, This change will no doubt be more | tie be submitted to the consideration of | of his own guilt, as well as that of | my Government at Ottawa. (Great cheer- | several members of the Government, to us to give them three days later news than we are now able to furrish, and it | will also give us an opportunity to pay more attention to the getting vp of locrl news, THE CRISIS TO-DAY. It wonld be a work of supererogation for us to advance any:further adiments in favor of the stand we have taked in refer- ence to the proper course for Parliament | to pursue, in the existing grave crisis ; nor could anything that we might say, at this time, excrcise any influence in the matter. | Parliament will have begun its duties before this journal will have reached the majority of our readers, and the result of its deliberation will be soon made known ; and we may only remark that we have | every confidence that the course so strik- | political world of Canada as well as of the For such to rail at ingly marked out by the general expres- | Mother Couwtry is divided, but still more | ryg KETTLE BLAMING THE POT FOR BEING | s{on of public opinion will be forced upon | the Government in spite of its resistance. The duty of Parliament in this instance | tive of your Sovereign above the faintest | been replenished to overflowing from the is one marked by Kigh and serious con- and the manner in which siderations, that duty may be met, will have a lasting influence for good or for evil npon the | sters, her Parliament, and her people | date? It is really amming to see people future cf this cquntry, and upon the character of its people. Let us only hope | that the People's representatives wiil so act in this juncture, as best to conserve | Canadian people, and of the Dominion at | 8 scale, and what is worse, they are ready are injured slightly. Doctors Corbett and | ype public interest, and that no blind | large. (Great cheering). Of course, gen- | to do it again sionld the opportunity party zeal will lead them to cloak dishonor | snd shame, rather than to cast it off. EE THE ADJOURNED SESSION. | Notwithstanding the repeated announce- ments of the Mail that Parliamert wonld only hold aformal meeting to-day. There are now in Ottawa the following members : | Messrs. Mackenzie, Blake, Young, | Stirton, | cinity 1 in which the latter came off vic- | ham, White, Snider, Metcalfe, Smith torious by a majority of eleven runs to | (Peel), Dormer, Oliver, Bodwell, Gibson, seven. [he day was a very pleasant one for the game, albiet unusually hot, and when the game was opened the auspicious- ness of the weather received the seal of upproval from the large number of the * phair sex" present, who comprised the whole of the able-bodied female popula- tion, from old Miss , with a pair of sntideluvian moustachious, down to 1'ttle Miss ---- with the simper strongly | redolent of the * d buok of lessons." The game was opened at 3 o'clock and directly thereafter the boys went to work witha will. We did not * keep tally" correctly enough to_be able tosay how | many runs were madg in each innings but the dexterity which 'both clubs displayed in getting out wilh the least possible score on the apparently least possible provoca- tion was a marvel fo the uninitiated. For mine successive innings both sides went out on a" whitewash," a proof of remarkably good fielding. phe Oth inuings Newcastle had lost one of © $he best contsted games of base-ball we have witnessed in a long time. Tha pitching of Mer. Tauwblyn, of the Newcastle club, was excellent, while Mr. Templeton, the catcher froze on to the balls" in the most approved style. Good playing was made by Geo. Jacobs, and Treleven, and some most astonishing catches by Wag- safl. As the Kingston club comprise 6 professionals, and as R. Eilbeck, their best amateur is an old member of the Beavérs, the latter have good reason to feel proud of the handsome record which they placed against the * River Counties Drigade." I, HH:.),,,...(omMinAhS +- Temreravce Lecruze.--Elder 8, B, Hayward, will give a» temperance lecture st Butterfields on Sunday next. "" + BURGLARY. - Simpson Bros. store wag entered burglarously last Sunday, and the At the end of | rouse, Bergin, Blain, F. Jones, Findlay, | Patterson (Brant), Fleming, Chisholm, Gillies, Thompson (Haldimand), Galbraith, | Ross (Middlesex), Ross (Durham), Ross (Prince Edward), Casey, Harvey, Buel, | White, Ross (Wellington), and Mr. W. A. | | Thompson (Welland) will reach Ottawa on | Thursday mwoining. railway meeting. From Quebec. --Messrs. A. A. Dorion Hz is delayed by a | (Paquet), Dorion (Drummoud and Artha- | biska), Blanchet, Boyer, Geoffrion, La- | flamme, Hon. Mr. Young, Hon. Mr. Huntington, Holton, Jette, Cauchon, Mason, Ryan, Harwood, Mathieu, De St. | George, Prevost, Fourniep, Pelletier, Cas- | grain, Pozer, Tremblay, Tascherean, Mer- cier, and Richards. From Nova Scotia--Messrs. Ray, Church, Goudge, Coffin, Forbes, Chipman, Mec. Donsell (Inverness), Pearson. From. New Brunswick --Messys. Pickard, utler, Smith (Westmoreland), Burpee (8t. John), Ferris, and Anglin, From Mavisoba--Br. Schultz, Ur. Cun- | ningham, and D, A. Swith. | All this looks very much like business-- | particularly the largs attendance from the | maritime Provifices, vho have been so | tften warned by the Meil of the folly of | going to Ottawa on the thirteenth of | August, I -- Axorure Somnze.-- The young men at the Bible Christicn Church, have a siree and Lecture cn bebalf of the Building Fund, on the 20'h inst. Bee the aiver. tisement in yr column, Tax Uxsrivas By-Laws, --The by-law granting a bonus of $2,600 to the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, to erect their principal car shop in this village, and" $3,600 for the purchase of & fire enging and fire pumps for the protection of the village from fire, were carried in Uxbridge from. som of $20 feloniously byypothesated there on Monday, by a majority of 47, | fecting your welfare as may from time to | hr did, but for permitting the evidence | Siou of my thauks, were I not desirous of | self, and it is a 'most natural and by no | that the organs of different shades of opin- ing.) And here, gentiemen, I should be disposed to conclude this imperfect expres- conveying to my friend, the Chiff Justice, ths great gratification I have derived from | the remarks which have dropped from him iv regard to my official position as Gover- nor-General of this great Dominion. Uen- tlemen, I am well aware that this is, as it were, a domestic festival, and that nothing come into the possession of a loquacious Yankee. Here is where they and I differ | as [ believe it to be one of the best actions Str Hugh has done for some time, as thereby people will get some of THE WOoL PVLLED CFF THEIR EYES, that they may see what has been transpir- ing around them for so many years. Thou- sands and tens of thousands of dollars | have been spent at elections to debauch | where he said, ** beware when all men speak well of you." Mr. Editor, permit me as an advocate | for consistency in reiigion, to close these remarks by making a request of you, and others who have the management of the public press, to take this inatter into serious coiidideration, that you may wield your great power for the safe ground of religion and good public morals, and you shall have the assistance and prayers of Yours, &e., Rerigiovs CoxsistENcy. could be more inopportune than the slight- | the voters, and turnish employment and | East Whitby, August 9, 1873. ast allusion to any political topic, but I may be permitted to say this much in re- ference to what has fallen from the Chief | Justice, that if there is ore obligation | themselves. whose importance I appreciate more than | become, that there are few electors who | ¢.0m him 8251. another, as attaching to the functious of | have voted hall a dozen times at Parlia- | my office, it 1s the absolute and paramount | mentary elections but have been recipients | o\\ received thet sum for money alleged good pay for the arraut knaves known as | professional canvassers, who entice a great | many unfortunate individuals to perjure | Bo eoramon has bribery | To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer :-- Sir, --It is ramored that a certain per- son, well khiown, has stated that I received r my vole at last election, and I have reason to believe that said per- duty of maintaining not merely an out- | of what did not legally belong to them, | by him to have been paid me. I hereby ward attitude of perfect impartiality to- | wards the varions parties into which the | of preserving that more subtle and inward balance of sympathy, judgment and opi- niott which should clevate the representa- suspicion of having any other desire, aim, | or ambiticn than tu follow the exampie of his Royal Mistress in the relation she has constantly maintained towards her Mini- | (tremendous applause) ; to remember every hour of the day that he has but one duty and but one object--to administer his | Government in the interests of the whole | ticimen, having been but ene brief year in the country, my character and my state- ments in these respects can szarcely be | Kuown, ard there is always a danger dur- | sheep, and any person who talks of spend- | ing the fervor of these political controver- | ing $10,000 sies, which seem to be conducted by the | press of Canada with peculiar liveliness | and animation--(great langhter)--of un- authorised references being made to the Governor-General's supposed sentiments, opinions, and intentions, which would con- vey to the uninstructed reader a very erro- neous impression of the conduct and the attitude of the chief of the State. Gentle- Canada who has been kindly and consid- the press of every political complexion has shown indulgence and good will, it is my- means uncomplimentary circmnstance, ion should persuade themselves that the Governor-General must necessarily be of their way of thinking, and see through their spectacles. (Laughter.) But what I wish to say once for all, and I do not care how widely this remark is dissemin=T ™ ated, is this that there is no human being who is authorized to make any statement or suggestion as to what wy opinion or sentiments may be in respect of any political wpic or who has ever been in a position, or is likely to be in a position, to make anything approaching to a con- jectvre upon points of this description. It is true my oUject and my desire is to in- form my mind upon every subject affecting the interests of the country by conversa- tion and by discussion with any one who can afford me instruetion or information ; and it womld be very unfortunate for me if this freedom of intercourse with all clases and parties in Canada, from which I derive so much benefit and pleasure, should be trammelled by the dread lest this casual interconrse should become the foundation for inference, 4, or in the form of drinks, meals, favors, in- creased pay for services, or the hard cash. Sir Hezh Allan is like { BLACK. Again, have not all our public offices | ranks of pettifoggers whose only qualifica- tion ia their ability to deceive the electors and secure their votes for a certain candi- enme down on Sir Hugh like a hundred of bricks, while they themselves have been gnilty of bribing, although not on so grand occur, I do not see that a man is more really a thief for stealing a horse than a at an election, must think people green if they do nat see that by far the greater part of it is spent improperly. Ido not see that the expenses at any election can be called legitimate except such as are incurred in making the candidate and his opinions known to the electors, It often happend that the candidate is already well known, sometimes throngh the medium of the bankropt court or somo other disagreeable connection. He has very few opinions of his own to make known, and these if known would sometimes operate in a way not the most agreeable to his aspiratioas, so he is at great trouble *o conceal his real senti- ments. I think Sir Hugh Allan deserves the thanks of the community for having so clomsily managed the Pacific Railway siness, 50 ns to show publicly what kind of men are at the head of affairs in this Dominion, who have so long and so sue- cessfully opposed the enactment of any proposed statute to prevent corruption at the foundation of our political structure-- the polls. A DISGRACEYUL SPECTACLE. The scandalous condition of the Pre- mier since the publication of his demands on the Allan eorruption fend, has become a subject of co t in Quebec and vicinity. From the day he met Messrs, Campbell and Abbott in the Ancient Capital, ostensibly to receive the Duke of conjecture in the press. No, gentlemen, I understand my dety too well ever to allow my judgment or my sympathies to be surprised into political partizauship. My one thought and desire is the welfare of Canada as a whole. To maintain her honor, to promote her prosperity, to do my duty by her and her entire people, is the sole object of my ambition. hen 1 converse with your public men, it scarcely ever occurs to me to remember to what political party they belong. I only see in thew is elev iting themselves, euch according to his lights, to the service of his country. My only gmding star in the conduct and maintenance of wy official re- lations with your public men is the Par- liament of Cantda. (Cheers.) In fact J L I am the oniy nm in the Do- minion whose faith in the wisdom and in the infallibility of Parliament is never shaken. (Great Janchter.) Each of you, gentlemen, only believe in Parliament #0 long as Parliament acts according ta your wishes (cheers and laugh- fer) 'and comyictions. I, ontiomen, belieye "ii 'Patlianten}' no matter which way i votes (laughter). and to those men alone whom the deliberate will of the | «n_rehable informiati confederated Parliament of the Dominion Manchester, but in reality to connect the famous *' authorized peremptory denial," Sir John has given himself completely up to his old failing, and has devoted him. elf to drowning his troul les in incessant intoxication. The shameful condition of the First Minister is no secret in Quebec, and in ction with the dal which those daily exhibitions of inebriety has occasioned, comes the painful report that the head of the Government, during one of those paroxysms which ave the result of a continued debauch, attempted suicide by drowning, and would have accomplish- ed his dreadful purpose but for the inter- vosition of watchful friends. This is no idle rumor, but a fact well known at Point Levi and Quebec, and vouched for The desperate and despairing cotdition of the Premier is plainly shown in his actions during the post fortnight, and the :spegtacle. he has made of himgell inciles the 'Growing | vk Fepugnance fo the man which iy fast spreading Quebes,' assert, and am prepared to substantiate on oath, that the person alludel to, or any other person, did not pay me, and and that I never received, nor was pro- mised, nor expected to get amy money or other consideration, whatsoever, for my vote in that election. The accusation made against me Is false in every particular and without any foundation whatever, dnd the person who made it is not worthy of the'name of a man or of any further notice Yours truly, WM. H. HUNTER. scan------ RET ~ Bew Ddvertisements, UNION SCHOOL, OSHAWA. (Bs ASSES WILL RE-OPEN, AFTER summer vacation, on MONDAY NEXT, August 18th, WM. TAMBLYN, Principal. STRAYED. YAME INTO THE PREMISES OF the undersigned, Lot 5, 7th con. Kast Whitby, last igs, a DALE CHEAT eT DRIVING MARE, which the owner can have by proving property and paying expenses. . JAMES B'/RNS, Columbus, Columbus, Angust 12th, 1573, ~ SOIREE. HE YOUNG MEN OF THE BIBLE 'hristian Co ation of this village, will give a SOIREE, {n their Church gy 1] TUESDAY 26th INST., when a pleasant reunion Is anticipated. Rev, Mr. Roberts, late of Hamp- ton, is expected to be present and give an ad- dress, descriptive of a tour in Europe, Addresses will also be gentiomen, ¥iven by Rev. J. Kenner, and other YALL sxp SEE THE CELEBRATED 8 F. MILLAR PIANO, and other J rst-class akers, First Prize ORGANS and MELODFONS. INSTRUMENTS TO RENT. Orders for Tuning attended to, at R. WELLINGTGN'S, Wilson's Block. GOOD SUPPLY OF €CHOO 4X BOOKS, Schook Bags, Book AL . R. WELLINGTON"S. LIVERY STABLES. SMITE & M'GAW, Have always on hand Horses to suit Travellers. Single Rigs, Dowble Rigs, Carriages, Omni- buses, Waygons for Excursion Parties, de, The BEST STYLES, and as Cheap us istent with x modest profit. BMITH & McGAW, _Ovhawa, August 12th, 1873, 18 Newcastle Nurseries. rpHE SUBSCRIBERS, DESIROUS OF supplying good and healthy FRUIT TREES! bel OF VIGOROUS GROWTH, the various sods of Fruit required exportation and mos da say iat they are now in 8 to offer the fi ing stock for fall and spring planting :-- A a a i Cherry do. do, do. 2 They have also on hand every variety of AHRUB, SHADE, ORNAMENTAL, AND EVERGREEN TREES. tion RE SEE th ETE . P, LOV. x 2 Newcastle, July Ind, 1033, ESSENCE OF SOAP. ' SAVES TIME AND MONEY. | STEELE BROS. Celebrated for Good Tea. . Oshawa, Aug. 11th, 1973. MY STOCK OF G.HODDER King Street. GENTS' CLOTHING ee AND ee Outfitting Establishment. 10 mm-- SPLENDID STUER OF HATS CAPS, CERAP. BE SURE AND CALL AT | HODDER'S Oshawa, July 20th, 1879, 161y SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING- He has just received his NEW STOCK, Which will be found vonaplets. Jeautiful Vest and Pant Patterns, Jothing of «ll kinds made to order on the shortest notice. A CALL SOLICITED. WOOL! WOOL. WHEAT, WHEAT, CASH PAID FOR any quantity of WOOL, WHEAT AND OATS. SINCE THE SOUTH RIDING Of the County of Ontario iv. and ip been LY sale in Lump, 1 think the indi At : therein pir to be as well, I therefore offet for Sale the Front, hi North heilf Lot of No. 100 acres: a * = Reasonable terms of payment will be " DANIEL % Fest Whitby! 8th July, 1573. ¥ FIFTY FIRST-CLASS . « Sewing Machine Operators" | ANTED, TO RABUPACTUNE PDI pl id Jobin Boe Fl SAD "at GV Block, over McRae MONS, Lr. -OnN---- SO0VL CREARMING." How either sex ¥ : LJ men eq! can ss, free, by mall, for 25 with a M uide, yptn Dreams; Hints to Ladies. ete. A queer, hook, a Address T. WH Co.. Sout th St., Philadelphia, FOR SALE. , HE . VALUABLE Spicy goto J. W. FOWKE. acre, on which thete are two good water &e, ee Also some good lots for sale on the Karr Pep erty, ro et fu Onl slat, LOOK AT THIS! tt 0) | Me -- samms wom, y A oF ee EN ait ot _ 1 HAVE OPENED A STOVE AND TIN SHOP ONE DOOR EAST OF HOBBS' HOTEL, KING STREET, WEST, Where 1 intend {6 keep a well assorted stock of Theo STOVES AND TINWARE, Which will be SOLD CHEAP. ; Speeial attention paid to all kinds of Bavetroughing, fogors JOBBING DONE ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. . By strict attention to business and doing at moderate prices, I hope to secure a share of PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FUR GOODS Oshawa, August 13th, 187g. : ev in a workmanlike manner sn patronage. - : S AND WORK: A. FETCHRETT. 318-1y. 5 To hand This Day at pi ve «Rigs } N NEW BLACK LUSTRES, 'NEW POPLIN DRESSES, NEW JAPANESE SILKS, NEW PRINTS. NEW COTTONS. NEW SHIRTINGS. N.B.--The Chapest lines in Japanese Silks, Poplin Dresses and Black Lustres, ever offered in Oshawa. J. Bee Hive, August 13th, 1873, BARNAE ER. oll's celebrated w: a little cheaper in ( men bdvertise to be see thost goods an at Hepinstall's Jo AccioENT.--A bins, an empleo Factory, met with Monday last. the saws, operated wood flew off st: inflicting such will lose the 1 Aglitt, R. Hunter >. Brodie, J. P. Gillespie, Geo, E Wm. McIntosh, A Jno. Bellows, H. Glendinging, W. Sanderson, T. C. | i! i feel] Hit tt 5 § = i