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drgeawe "y LEE HRLEE, EEE LABREFREER A78E THY I Fits 3 i! lil eE 4.30 p.m. | Ps .S4dpm. | WHITBY STATION. Tralae going East leave Whitby Station ten nates earlier, and those going West fifteen { nutes later than the above. we OSHAWA POST OFFICE. The malleare closed at thisoflce. br Post Office ime ae follows: 3 GOING EAST. | GOING W me t i. 2.00 forning mail, 7. Joris ak 8.00 | Perning ay, 0 The Northen mafls are closed immediately flor the arrival of the Train from the West, at 00a. m., daily, Sundays Sreepied. : "ii T : th, bec, is closed at" a i Pht iy andvia. New York ' 847.18 Sat y Rvendnt A Trivutonc ie Mal) Enfield, Foley, and Tannton, L, pt P48, lock every Tuesday and Friday. Nentstered Letter shonld be Mailed 15 minutes bafore the hour ng & mail, OFFICE HOURS.~From 8 o'clock a. m. until pm Oulinio Before. AMARA, SAALBAAARA LARA RANA Oebawn, Wednesday, May 21, 187. DEATH OF SIR GEO. BE. CARTIER. iL -- The Atfantic. Cable yesterday announce. ed the death of Sir Georg» E. Cartier, 'n ¢ England, where he went Iast fall fort e benefit of his héalth.! We are sorry 10 have to record the denth of this eminent French Canadian statesman the most pro- minent produced by Lower Canada for the Inst quarter of a century, Yle has been the successful leader of his conntrymen s'nce the relirement of. Mr. Moria from that position abeut 18 years ago. - In ofiice or out of offico he was the untiring ndrocate of the rights of his French fel Jaw citizens, and on no |necasion during his long pollie career would he sacrifice their interests for the ra%e of the emoln. ments of office or personal advancement. Unlike Sir John A. Macdpnald, when the interests of Lower Canada clashed with those ©f Upper Canada, He wonld stead. fastily and persistentiy | maintain the rights of his own Provinge or throw up office, while, on the con'riry the former, ; rather than loose office or A chance of per. "sonal advancement. wonld allow the honor of his conptrymen to trail ir. the dost so that he kept his positijm. Thus the more Lrave and upright [Frenchman al: ways governed or led at] will the more enpple and spiritless Sentchman, and thas with & smaller, less intelliarnt, less power. ful Province did he so Jang control and eubjéct as though the posillanimity 'of the present prime mivister Sir| John A, Mac- dona'd.. For Sir Geo. E. Carticr'v head in in 1837 a large reward was pffered hecanse of the part he took in the rebellion in that year against the appression of his people, as did Mr. Lyon McKenzig in this Pro. vince agninet the injnstice of tha Family Compact of the day. Here again the one fought for the rights and glevation of his cornfrymen while our present leader sided with the Family Compact fo repress/and deprive his fellow citizen of their due weight in the councils of their country. -------------- "RETORM MADE EASY." We propose this week o& finish np onr c¢zamination of the above mptto found in the Mail of ths 2nd inst. The Mail says: Eighth." Jr. Mowat has increased the Ontario expenditure for 1873 by 81,332.- 044." J Suppose this statement to be correct, it does not prove the Government to be im- provident, either in its past or proposed expend tare; for in all new and progres:i countries there wil be large sums expend- ed annually for tha erection of such public buildings and the construction of such public works as are demanded in the in. terest of the public. This is precisely what is being done in the Province at the prasent time. To say thata Government spends mora in 1873 than|it dd in 1872, is to say, (if the-éxpenditure be a necessary one,) that the {Government is fully nlive to the warts of th¥ country and energetic in promoting the best interests of the people. . The enquiry should therefore be : can the sums propoved tg be expended during the year; be spared from the public excheqner-ahd are the proposed appropri- ations judicious | But let us look inte the Mail's statement and see what it is worth. (The jumblé of figures in that paper from the 1st to the 25th April upon the subject of the finances of Ontario, is to~ unintelligille to prove anything, except the misty condition of the jumbler. The Mail among other things says ** the Qatario RY for 1872 was 81,847,956." | We say the Supply Bill|for 1872 made provisions for expanding dgr ng the year 32,892,073.46 and the publie accounts for the year show the snm of §2.220,742.56 to lave been expended, deduct from this ex- poditure $1,847,958, the sum which the Mail says was expended, - $372,786.57 remain to show the Mail to be so far astray Tes; ecting this item. | Again the Mail savs " tle supplement. ary estimates for 1873 are gon 0 "The 114i certainly ought to khow that these estimates as nassed are -enly $309,000, being $90,000 under the M|i's statement, The Mail cays * the Government pro- poses to expend this year £400.000 for (1ainage purposes." There|is no propriety in including this item in the year's expen- ditugs, The money is now iu the bank drawing 'nterest, and the proposition is to grant loans to this amount to such muni. cipalities as way be desiroys of borrowing the rame for drainage purpos:s at a moderate rate of interest, giving security vpou the Municipality for Mie repayusent of the money and interest. | The security of the bank, whick is good, will be ex- changed for that of the munici alities, which is equally good, Leeasse no loan shall exceed one fii of the assessed value of the lvnd pledged for payment. The Mail also includes in this years ex. penditure $555,000 which the Government Jas the anchority to.pay to the Jinnda "Gzateal Railway Company, but if this sam 21.62} per 9 We sh: Il pursue those haphazard of tho Mail no farther, but simply bring down the above figures, thus affording the cleatest and moat incontestible proof of the reckless manver in which the Mail uses figures and assertions with reference to the action of the Ontario Government, ¢ The Mail says the expenditure of the Ontagio Government for 1872 was $1,847, statements UNTARKIU REFORMER, JUSHAWA, WoLuN ESDA x, ; MAY <1, 15/3 disgrace, industrionsly®rubbing his inex- preseibies or mayhap his head. The use of the Toronto Globe as is ex- emplified in its important article in last Thursday on the Northern Railway is to check the corruption and extravagance of the man who at progent rules' the Domin. ion. They rule by purchasing support, as for egample the undue members pf ropre- sentatives given to Manitoba and British 966, while the public accounts for *he same Columbia that they might comfort the year, page 87, show that $2,220,742.,57 | G. varnment of Sir J. A. Macdonald, the were actually expe ded and passed through, R372.786.57. This is to be added to the amount which the Mail says was expended in 1672 ; then we have to deduct from the amount which the Mail says is to be ex- pended iu 1873, the three itoms named above. To wit: On the supplemer tary estimates for 1873, £00,000; the amount for drainage purposes, £400,000; the ex- change for the 342,000 acres of land from the Canada Central Railroad Compary, selling the interests of the country for a the books being an error to the extent of | sam of money to aid them in bribing the constituencies at Inst election as is charged against them by Mr. Hauntington, and the late attempt of passing a bill to enable the Northern. Railway to make millions of money out of private parties, and munici- palities and the Dominion in the most barefaced and shameful manner. - Mr. Cumberland the mapigenef that road re: presented that the railway could not pay £555.000 ; Total $1.045.000. Ninth. --The Mail says, * Farewell and Paxton obtained from the treasury £42,000 and cheated Whitby, S8cugog and Reach of their dues under the Municipal Loan Fund scheme." Does the Mail man know what he is writing about! Ilas he gone mad? Oris the above slander of malice! prepense? Does the Mail refer to ths Gores ment | aid granted to the P rt Whitty and Port | Perry Railway during the last session of | the Ontario Parlimoent! Deubtless it does. But why should'the Mail sav that Farewell and Paxton obtained $42,000 from the treasury and ".cheated. Whitby, Scugng and Reach 7' Mr. Farewell has nothing to do with the road either directly or indirectly. Owns no stock in it ; ard has no property on the line of road at any place. Mr. Paxton has an interest in the road, but was it wrong on that acconnt to | vive the road aid 7 It is well known that Mr. Paxton had the offer of a much larger sum for the road if he would support the fandfeld Government. . But if Messrs. Far well and Paxton cheated the town. ships of Whithy, Scugog and Reach by voting to give the money to the road, what about the other 49 members who voted the same way !' Doce the Mail' charge them with cheating Whithy, 8cngog and Reach by giving the Government aid tn the read instead of giving it to the municipalities 7 Docs the Mail know that when the Bijl (granting the road 2id) came up for its TT reading, Mr. Lawder moved in amendment seconded by Mr. Rykert, that all the words in the original motion after the word " That™ be struck out, and the following be en' stituted therefot :-- "The Bill be not now read the third time,but that it be referred forthwith tows Committee of the while House with in- strnctions t » amend the same, and direct. ing that snch aid when granted shall not be paid over t~ the Railway Company without tha eonsent of such municipalities | | 28 aided the same railway before the pas- | sace of the Railway Aid Act of 1871." | Losthy 9 yeas to B51 nays. Then the origipal motion was rut and the Bill nally ; passed withow! a division. ¢ Chen'ed the municipalilies!™ Do von | know, Mr. Mail, t"at all the interested | municipalities petitioned the Government | to do just what has heen done? Petition. ed the Honee and the Government to ail the road? Do von know that the connty | eomncil a'so petitioned for the same pnr- pete. and that the leading men of the { eonnty alan petitioned ? 5 Do von know that the road gets aid to | | and that a few of vour friends in the House | con'd have hal their way ahont it, the road wow'd hate received nothing. hut the | withdraw the fair from Oshawa wonld ben | * the Music Hall to-night and to-morrow Pmnnldnannss wes he line woudl Joo obtained only 21.000 por mile or 21.0007 " Chented the municipalities." No Mr. Mail, The municipalities along the line of this road have nat * long ears." neitlier have the 51 members of the Honse nha voted down your friend's resolution to cripple tae action of the company and the Gor- ernment, What the municipalities have desired all along and still desire : what the connty council have desired and still de- «ire, and what the leading men of the ¢ unty have desired and still desire is that the Government aid be appropriated in | completing the road ; and this is precicely voted for, and this is the purpose for which the mcney will be given by the Government. 4 Tenth.--The Mail says Farewell and Paxton porsess three strong Reform prin- ciples--Grab--Grab--Grab. Replying to this tenth item we have only to say that if. Mr. Paxton had strongly possessed the principle of Grab. he won'!d have accepted®the £100.000 offer ed him if he would support the Sandfleld Government. THE USE OF THE GLOBE'S. Wlen the phrase at the head of orr remarks--*' the nse of the Globe's™ sounds in our ears how vividly they call np the picture of the long past--sthe old schon) room. ~ Tn the back ground-we see the old Domini with the dingy desk Lefore him on his left hand t"e pate eracking ruler. and on Lis right the Tawsee"a-a long five fingered strap of calfskin, a thorongh palm tingler, for in those days *" larnin* went more than skin deep, it was driven, | boetard. In front of him is an oblong | room with a few tables arranged along | having slant sides at an angle of 45 degrees to put books and copies on, and a horizon tal top to hold ink bottlrs. Around the | tables are forms, well puck with boys in- terest.on nothing else, ot course, than the exquisition of sound knowledge for the charges is not to exchange a warder look with hiselbow neighbor, but to pour over his lessons, and espec'nlly the serried ranks of long division figures of which he could make neither heads nor tails. Un. fortunately the now-iutercourse injunction was often forgotten. Seeing the governor engaged, furtive glances at each other he- gan to relieve the tedium of figures then whispers swelling into a general conver. sation around the whole table ended in the forgetting of all restraint and the disturb. | ance of the whole school. In euch erisis the long "tawsce" wrapped up into a round knot wonld speed through the air | ! Some remarks were made upon the small { what Farewell, Paxton, and '49 others |... of goods bought upon the fair day | #entloman of every political shade meet for its creditors and desired the Government to axcept $500,000 for a debt of $3,900. 000. The city of Toronto and County of Simcoe $20,000 for a debt of $400,000. According to the Globe the Government had already resolved to grant this to Mr. Cumberland by giving notice of a Bill to that effect. The Globe to check this frand on the city and the country at large pub- lished annual reports of the railway itself for the last 13 years showing great pro- priety and the perfect ability of the road to pay every cent of its debts. The ap. pearance of those figurss in the Globe stopped the whole proceeding. Tt was the " tawsee " dropping in the midst of the conspiring enlprits, and mdy the Globe long he able ta hit with its right and left for such pnrposes as this, and cause John A. and his supporters to beat an ignomin. ious retreat from all such eorruption as the Northern Railway job, rubbing "" larn. in" to do right deep into their impenetrable pelts with salt and'salt petre, A WA -- AGRICULTURAL DINNER. At the preliminary meeting held on Friday evening last, in the Town Hall, in reference to an Agricultural dinner and fair ground, the attendance was very small at the commencement, MY. D. Lick being called to the chair, and Mr. J. 8. Larke, acting as secretary. This gentle- man started out in search of recrnits, which he speedily secured, and returned largely reinfurced by a number of the lead- | ing men of the town. Business now com- menced in right ghod earnest, the chair. man explained, and as fresh arrivals came, re-explained the object of the meeting, which few appear to have previously had any knowledge of. i ~The following gentlemen and o'hers ad- dressed the meeting: Drs. McGill and Cobourn, Messrs. W. Cowan, J. Goud, J. Carmichael, J. Larke, J. Cowan, T. W. Gibbs, J. Lick, 8. Beall, J. Ratcliff, J. Howden, R. Smith, R. Harper, G. Hodder. Discussions of a practical character com- menced. With reference to the dinner, all were agrecd upon the propriety of having a good substantial feed. But upon the fair gronnd question considerable differ. ence of opinion seemed to exist, serious complaints were made by some present who weve known to be important exhibit- ors of stock at these fairs, with reference to their past treatment at fairs held here; they were replied to by gentleman on be- half of the town, but as the discussion L went on, it was evident the town had not done its duty in the past, in comsequance of this, the Agricultural Society threaton- -| the extent of $2.000 per mils or 842.000. | ed to withdraw the fall fair from here and | hold it somewhere clse, if beter aceomo- dation was not provided in the future. To greater misfortune to the society than the town, because the support it has derived from holding the fair here could not be obtained elsewhere. The people of Oshawa always turn out largely: on fair day, and con ribute largely to the articles on exhi- bition. We think the townships should not object to do a fair share towards pro- caring suitable grounds upon which to hold these fairs. We feel satisfied that the people of the Townships will do all that can be expected of them in this respect, and that we shall have a fair and grounds, of which we shall have reason to be proud. by some of the merchants, tut were re- plied to by one of the'r number, that the farmers did their purchasing prior to fair day in order to make a respectable appearance on that day. The day for hold- ing the dinner was decided te be on the second Friday in June. There were ob- jections made by some to the ladies being present at the dinner, and by others, their presence would be allowed, but not to par- take of the feast ; this would be in accord- ance with Eastern custom, but would not we think, be relished very highly by Ca- radian ladies. We are hapyy to say that it was the almost unanimous concinsion of all present that the presence of the ladies were particularly desirable, and that their presence would form one of the "most pleasing features of the occasion. A hearty inv tation is therefore extended to all and we trust that all gentleman who can do so will be accompanied by ladies. Two committees were appointed--the one to make preparations for the dinner, and the other "to report upon what land could te had for the purpose named, its price, where situated, and how many acres obtainable. Every one took a lively interest in 'the objects in view and all was harmony and good will. This is as it onght to be when the promotion of a common object, none having {he bad taste to indicate by word or look, that on any other subject he dif- ferod from his neighbor. In th's respect the moeting was one of the pleasantest we ever attended. Asis too often the case in our pnblic gatherings, to mar good feelings there wos no prescribing or neglecting of any, nor an appointing to this and that position of such and such persons to ad- vance the interests of any one, nor because of variance on other matters, and we hail this spirit if acted apon in all subsequent arrangemonts as the harbinger of complete soccess to the dinner, and the smoothing down of the nnnecessarily sharp corners and kit one of the distarbers.a crack that often divide individuals and shades QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. THE GRAND MUSICAL JUBILEE We call the attention to the spirited en tertainment got up by the Vietoria Lodge of Orange Young Britons for the birthday of our beloved Queen. May we have the pleasure of commemorating many such days for her! The programme is an oxtra good one, and the selections of songs such as insures & crammed hall, The array of outside talent procured--professionals all -- reflects the highest credit upon the Young Britons, and we feel certain with such a spacious room as our New Music "Hall, rare treat is in store for the people of Oshawa on next Saturday night. Get your reserved seat tickets in time or yon may have to take your place near tho draft of the door. Ortario M. E. Conference. The Ontario M. E. Conferencs closed its sittings at Port Perry on Tuesday, 13th init. Throughout the entire session the groatest order and harmony prevailad Rev. James Richardson, D. D., Bishop, presided at every sitting of the Conference. The Ontariy Conference is composed of but three districts, consisting each of four- teen cirenits and stations. It was organ- ized in 1862, from parts of the *' Niagara" and * Bay of Quinte" Conferences, and is the smallest of the three. The entire membership of t} ¢ M. E. Church in Can. ada in the Province of Ontario is over 22,000 ; its adherents 100,000. The church has at Belleville erectod at great cost a University known as Albert College, and is at present ome of the most prosperous institutions of its kind in the Province. Aun endowment fund was proposed about a month ago and already nine thousand dollars have been subscribed, At Port Perry, among the ministers, the Treasurer of the College, J. E. Robinson, Esaq., of Ottawa, raised £4,684. Tho chorch suns tains a first class weekly religions paper, having a very large circulation, the net profits of the concern during the past year being $1,500. The increase in membership and church property cannot be ascertained until at the close of the seasion of the Bay of Quinte Conference which convenes this week. In the Ontario. Conference the in- crease in membership is 300, in church property, $16,330. Energy, life and pros perity are manifest in the varions depart- ments of the Chorch. The following are the appointments of the Preachers for the present year on the Toronto district. J. Carts, P. E. Oshawa.--B. L. Hutton, Brooklin.--T. Myers, Darlington. --C. A. Simpson, Whithy. --8: Morrison, ' Port Perry.--R. B. Denike, " A. T. Ferguson, Oakwaod.--W. J. Tarrant, Uxbridge.--R. Carson, Queensville.--J. Wilks, King. --G. Abba, Markham. --N. E. Scott, Yonge Street.--A, L. Thurston, uv G. W. Stevenson, Brampton. --T. Argue, one to be sent. Georgetown. --R. L. Lindell, Nelson.--W. H. Shaw, Oakrville.--D. 0. Crossley. I EI Ar w-- Tar Rev James Curts will add iress able fellow-townsman, J. W. Fowke, has just shipped from Whitby Harbor a eargo by the 8choéner Kale, 4,600 bushels Wheat and 1,500 bushels Peas for Montreal. He is collecting another eargo of wheat and one of wool for which he pays cash. Go vhead Fowke and scatter the cash among the farmers, Hots Prants.--We are informed that all who desire to freshen and beautify your houses with house-plants can get a nice assortment at Blamey and Briggs' the fol- lowing are among the kinds--Geraniums, Fuchcias, Roses, Verbenas, Lillies, Toy Geraniums, and Heliot.opes. The first picking the best; romember in all such. Don't delay. Barxvm's Great Snow. --We have re- evived the *" Advance Courier" of Mr. P. T. Barnum, from which we learn, that he is again in possession of the largest, most elaborate and exhaustive combination of travelling exhibition ever exhibited on earth, embracing 20 shows consolidated This great Show will visit Can ada in July, and no doubt will favor us witha visit, in one, A BiiEfigp match for the Champion. shiprof the United States, and £1,000 was played in New York, on Fridey last between Mr. Cyrille Dion, the holder of the Champion Cus; and Mr. Maurice Daly. Betting wpou the game at the start, was in favor of Dion, the odds being 100 to 60, eonsidarable excitement prevailed. The Tho game was a very close one, and fifteen minutes, and at the close stood Daly 1,600 ; Dion, 1,340. forenoon, while it was Llowing almost a porricane from the south-east, a fire broke ont on the wharf at Whitby and consum- ed part of the wharf and about 70,000 feet of lumber Uclonging to Mr. Smith, of Fenelon Falls The steam fire engine worked splendidly, and but for the powsr ful stream thrown by it upon the fire it ns they were by such a gale. When Oshawa gets another scorching she will probably think of getting a steam fire en: gine also. Oyrazy Tmacuza. this exocsllent pario Tien! is to hand, is, a3 usnal raplete with mattor of interest and ts the prifession and frien 11 of education in gener). . It contains hasides editorials, eontributed articles on Tustrative Toach- ina, Roading, Parental Rsponsiblity and Co-operation ; Through tha Fira, an in: sketch ; edneational int-lligenca:; a Desk." under the elitorial charzeof J. C Glasshan E\q., Inwmaector No. 1 sex, and an "Elitor's Drawer." teacher should bes w thont it. teresting valuable selastions ; often be got from una article clone worth the subsrintinn price. Pablished by Ross McColl, Strabhiroy, Oat, at. $1.25 per annum in a lvance. AT a meeting of the Catholic Temperance men and Jalies held on Thursday last, a the Temperanco meeting on Sunday next Mr. McCursyey has resumed business again in the store three doors east of the Commercial Hotel. Rexeiusen the New Orleans Minstrels | | night. Go early and secure your seats. ALL parties wishing to celebrate her Majesty's Birthday, will do well to at Hodder's and buy a now hat. Taz Rev Mr. Belt addressed the Tem- perance Meeting on Sunday last, and gave a most eloquent and interest'ng speech. QUARTERLY meeting in the M. E. Church next Saobath. Rev. J. Curts, P. E will preach morning and eveninz. Lovefoust in the morning at half-past nine. ¥y $18, will buy that desirable Silver Hunting, *' Inverted Patent Lever Watch' full Jewelled. and time gnarantsed, at Hepinstall's, Jewelry Store King Street, | Oshawa. Tre Post Office will be open for deli- very, on Saturday the 24th inst., (Queen's Birthday,) from eight till ten a. m. Oshawa time. The News Department the most of the day. TarLorixe at Wm, Dickie's. A large as. sortment of New and Fashionable Clothes, New Hats, Collars, Ties, &c. Boots and Shoes, a speciality, French Calf Boots, very cheap. Call early and leave your orders. . Norren.--The Victoria Lodge O. Y. B's will meet in their new Hall, Wilson's Block this (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. A full attendance of members is requested as there is business of great importance to bo transacted. - Tar Silver plated Works have deter. mined to locate en Dr. McGill's farm south of the Stove Manufactory. It is expected they will erect a building 150x40 feet 3} stories high as soon as brick and other materials can bs procured. Something Entirely new at W, Dicxres. The Banner 830 Sewing Machine ; The Webster $35, 1,000 Stitches a minute without noise, skipping of stitches, or breaking of Thread. Buy no other without first trying these. INSTALLATION service will be held in the Baptist Church, on Tuesday evening next when the following Rev. gentleman will deliver addresses, Revs. Geo.JRichardson, of Hamilton, W. Stewart, of Toronto, John Finch, of Whitevale. Some appio priate music will be given by the choir | during the evening. The publi» are cor- diall y invited to attend, Sze, Bzz--'Tis a positive fact that Rus. | was established, Father Matthew Temperance Associa rontc Association were adopted. A lave anmber of members were received and steps taken to form a choir. Tha follor- ing ara the olcers elected for the ensuin~ quarter ¢ President.--<M. P. Warren, Vice do.--P. Begley, Secretary.--T. Wallace, Asst. do.--J. Gilletley, Treasurer.--D. Riorden, sr. Gents Committee.--P. Donovan, and Eugene Murphy. Ladies' Committee.---Miss Mary Cau- fields and Miss B. Keenan. Gentleman Auditor.--P. Donovan. Lady LD Miss E. Donovan. Chaplain.--Rev. J. McCann, Correspondence. To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer. Dear Sir,--The paragraph which I ap- pended to my letter in your issue of two | weeks' since, has had tho desired effect of | Stones, wood and burning embers were unmasking " Heather Jock," and he ap- pears in your last issue as James Brown. He deuics the fact that any sladerous at- tacks against any citizen or citizens of Oshawa has ever appeared under the non de plume of *' Heather Jock"in the Ontario Workman, and asks me to prove the truth of my statement. Let us see if this will be a very hard task. In a reesnt issue of the Outario man he winds up a somewhat lengthy epistle by a base slander, at least to my mind, on the entire body of workingmen in Oshawa, when he says that there is no- thing now left for them but "Work ! work ! work! "Ia poverty, rags and dirt." Surely this is nothing else than a base libel, for I firmly believe that you may "ork- travel over the entire Dominion of Canada | yes, and even over the adjuining Republic --noted as it is for its enterprise and pros- perity--and you will meet with fow, if in- deed any towns, having a corresponding number of werlingmen who are more sober, more industrious, nnd more intelli- gent,and as a class 1 think I may even say nmiore wealthy than th: workingnen of Ochawa, All of them have comfortable houses, and not a' few are freecholders, which must be a source of envy to many of the mechanics in large towns and cities, who are obliged to live, as it were, from hand to mouth, and crowded in apart- ments of large houses along with several other families. Why, Sir, the very first thing which strikes the stranger on visit- ing Oshawa and of which I have frequent: ly heard them refsr is the large number of neat co*tages which meet the eye on near. ly every street. This one fact most con- clusively proves, if indeed proof at all is time of the game was four hours and | Free ar Warrsy Hinnor. Yesterday wonld have spread, consnming everything | in the vicinity, for nothing else could | ehock the fiercencss of the flames, fanned | The May No. of | " Tonchors | Middle- | No | Hints may | The by-laws of the To- | | way conveyed to the mourning "wifes, Osawa Extrarrmr.--Onr indefatig- pay elsowhere, This Mr. Brown had eit | her imagined or got his information from avery unreliable source, for 1 oan assure 'him that not one of the workmen who went to Chicago and other parts cf the States this spring left cn account of low wages, but in order that they might make themselves familiar with the modus oper- andi of the other establisments and stated that if they did not find a place to suit them they would return. To confirm this I may just say that several of these men have returned, and are now at work on "" low wages" in the Hall Works. He insinuated in one of his letters that the manufacturers here are in league with the emigration agents deluding the poor people of the Old Country(whom he styles dupes) with misrepresentations with re- spec' to Canada. Surely he must know that the Ontario Government, which he so strongly supports, but which * Gibbs,Glen and Co." just us strongly oppose, send t'.ese very agents to the Old Country and pay them handsomely, therefore it is not reasonable to suppose that they would be in league either with that Government or its agents, and cannot, of course, b9 re- spousible for their actions, Mark how he concludes his last letter to the Workman :--** I would warn all work- ing men to keep aloof from Oshawa, as liv- ing is dear, houge rent and fuel as high as in Toronto, and wages low." de. 1 scarcely think that this need any comment what- éver as it fully explains itself. Surely the readers of that paper will form a most er- roneous idea of Oshawa from such state. ments as the above. Bot is it not a mat- ter of surprise"that a man who so loathes the town in which he lives,and who never | has a good word to say shout the people who are in it, should remain in the place one day longer, especially when the work- | ingmen are, to judge from his own re- marks, treated worse than any other town in Canada? If Mr. Brown holds political opinions at variance with the Messrs, { Gibbs or Mr. Glen he is at perfect liberty | to do so, but certainly no one will admit | that he has a right to interfere with the { management of either of these establish. ments--not being an employes in either | of them- ~for the mere gratification of per- | sonal spite. If any| injustice were done to those employed, they have intelligence to resent and defend their own cause, and only the dupes among them, who, are very fei indeed and far between, would think of appealing to him for protection. Tt is unneccssary, I think, Mr. Editor, to trespass at greater length upon your columns, for I am sure that every unpre- judiced reader will see from the abgye. which immediately followed. Guo of them, 8 man named Edward Bars, was driven into the air a distancs of 103 feet | and £311 into the Woods near by. His dead body was picked up this morning. About forty-five of the men lot were mastied men, all of whom leave families to mourn their sad fate. It was the first day in the mine for some of -the unfer- tunate men. Several of the 'unmarried men who had lately commenced work belongs? to Cumberland" country. Everybody here speaks in the highest terms of the bravery displayed by the manager, Mr. Dunn, in descending' after the first explosion, and thos sacrificed his life to save the lives of others. Much sympathy is expressed for his bereaved. wife. The land, indeed, may be said to be filled with lamentation and mourning. Nearly every family hero lose some rela- tion or friend by this terrible. calamity. . There are many reasons given to account for the disaster, but the direct canse is, no doubt, attributable to the stoppago of the work at the mines on account of the recent strike, and the rapid accumulation of gasses in the worksfas a consequence. Whether proper care and precaution were exercised during the stoppage of work, are facts which willbe determened upon oflicial enquiry. * The Drammond eolliery is reported $0 bo "tho worst mine in the coal district for accumulation of gas, and with no available means of putting ont a fire speedily. Mr. Dunn, however, always exercised proper diligence and care in socing that mine was effectually ves- tilated. Havrrax, May: 15.---Althongh relays of men have been at work since yesterday, filling up slop 's and air shafts with clay, the tire still burns as fiercely as ever. I went within a few yards of the mouth of the shaft, from which. blue sulpterons flames were ascendingtos hight of 30 feet. The roar frow the burning mine is something terrific, and dense volumns of smoke continne to ascend from the several air shafts. No adequate idea can be formed of the terrible disaster. It is computed "that the loss of property will be enormous, but this is nothing in com- parsion to the loss of life, Althe wood- work in the mine has been burned, and experienced miners say jit,is one mass of burning ruins below. - - The canse that led tc the disaster are not, as stated, owing to the strike of the miners, but to powder having been per- mitted to bé used in one of the beds worked by a miner named Robert McLeod, who insisted upon using it unless he received a higher rate for cutting with- out it. ° . At the inquest yesterday; several im- portant Tacts came out in the evidence which show a recklessness or carelessness at work, and supervision of the miners in that Mr. Brown has been coramunieating throngh the columns of the Workman | slanderous statements r-lative to Oshawa and its citizens, and if there ba an enemy tothe village of Oshawa and its pro-perity | it surely is the man who does the best he | ean to keep population from it, and repre- | | i | sents it as one of the worst places in Canada to so'fle in. Yours truly, A. Hexpersox. Oshava, May 20th, 1873. | COLLIERY HORROR. A Community Filled with Lamentation and Mourning. ¢ COITIVIES LOST. WesTv , May 14, 1 30 p.m. wia Hali- [fax 6 p.m--Trom ten o'clock last night | until daylight this morning the fire at the Drummond eolliety ragal with intense , gathering volum> and violence Tha sky in the vicinity {of the calamity was inated with { lames issning from ths aids mft to 8 | height of nearly 100. fect." AlF through (ho night there were explosions at intervals, cach, 'woment, | Three were preceded by .a rumbling noise | resembling thunder. The weary watchers | who remained around the pit's mouth and air shafts and laboured intensely to subdue the flames, were oblized to seek shelter in the adjoining woods, as the stones, debris, &e., thrown from the pit's mouth at each, explosion were being scat- tered around in all directi ns, and threat- | ened instant destruction or injary 'o every Jone within About two o'clock this afternoon those explosions were. fol- | lowed by one which, for terrific violance | and distructive for e,'and dwarfed all the rest. All the wooded works in and about the main slope were instantly dgstroyed. reach. driven high into ths air. Smoke, flame { and horrible noises 'accompanied the ex- | plosion, giving the beholder a yivid idsa | of a volcanic eruption. Those who wit- nessed it described it as resembling that / more than anything else.. The -earth for | for miles around was shaken with tae violence of the explosion. The people {living at Westville and Stellarton are | very much frightened, asthey know not: | how far the disaster may extend or how | soon another such-explosion will eecur. | Since two o'clock this morning the fire i nas continued to burn. Flames are is. | suing from all the air shafts, although not [ 50 intpfise as they were last evening | | Labourers are now energetioally at work | illingup the rhafts with clay. By this} means théy have so far succeeded in subduing the flames that hopes are en- | tertained thatthe worst danger is over, | unless another explosion takes place. One | of the air shafts is now drawing the air, | and this act renders the situation very | precarious, It was feared that the fire { would spread into the Acadia mine which adjoins the Drummond: colliery, but every | precaution having been taken to guard | aguinst such a danger, no apprehension are felt at the Ac dia works. The scenes in and around the villages are saddening. Westville and the village at Drammond colliery are in monrning. The shops are closed ; no work is being dons ; men and woman wander about in groups, and their suddened countenances betoken tlre gre: t grief that has fallen upon them, No'pen can correctly picture the harrowing scenes of yesterday, When the terrible truth sisters and friends of thoss who were ro dangerous parts of the mines. The in- | quest yesterday aftermoon was on the { body "of John Dunn, one of the miners who was rescned from the pit, but who died shortly after being bronght np to the surface. Mr, Pool, inspector of Mines, apd Mer. Carmichael, of New Glasgow, assisted at the inquiry, and all the gen. tlemen eonnected with the Albion, Acadia, and Nova Scotin Companies were present watching the proceedings. The jury returned the following ver dict :--"" That the said John Dunn came to hiz death on the 13th instars by ex- plosion of gas in the Drummond Colliery, cansed by derafigement of the ventilation of the wine arigine iron fiire in Robert McLeod's bord." The jary consider care was éxhibited im the management of the mine, Dut express their regret that pow- der'was premitted to ha used in the bord worked by Robert McLeod." A fund for the relief of the disiressed widows and orphans; rendered so by the | explosion, hrs been vpenel. Wesrvnee, N. 8.., May 16.-- There has been very little change in the aspect of affairs here since yesterday. The work of filling the slopeshias progressed steadily, *and is now about accomplished ; and the only remaining op2ning is the pumping shaft,into which a good str«am of water is still pouring. The shaft was sounded this | morning, and the indications were that uh» water was rising rapidly. The inten- tion is to 2Over 'ha shaft with timber and planking, on which carh and other material will be -placea, thus excluding the air, and still prescrve the shafr, so that as soon as the firs is extinguished ii [ may be utilized for the nurpos> of pump- ing out the water from th» mine. There was this morning scarc:ly any smoke etming from the shafts, but the presence of black damp is now 'very petceptible, and the fact is considered by old miners to be very favourable as it indicates that the fire is ¥apidly decreasing and thrt all danger of more explosionis over. Ttis thought that after all the shafts are filled there will be a sufficient quantity of car- bonic acid gas in the mine to effectually put ont the fire. A better feeling of se- curity pervadesthe districtas this assuring fact is miade known. A deep stillness still prevailes hood. Most of the stores in Westville are 'still closed and very little business is being done. The mirers at the other works have not yet resumed work, and it is very doubtful if anything in the way of mining will be done before Monday. The President and Vice-President of the _were on the ground to-day, but has yet transpired as to their in- tention with regard to future operations. I have not heard of anymore names to be added to-the fatal death-roll. An Act respecting Municipal Institu- tions ig the Province of Ontario. (Continued. ) Drvisto¥ VI. --Or Marrers CoxsrQuesT vroy THE' Foruarion or New Cor- _. PORATIONS. PEP 51. In case any village is incorporated, or villiage or town (with or without addi- a tow p of county becomes separated, the by-laws in force therein respectively shall continue in force until repealed or altered by the council of the new corpopa- tion ; but no such by-laws shall be repeal- ed or altered unless they con'd have wo or can be legally repealed or altered by the conncil which passed the same. 52. In case an addition b> made to the limits of any municipalivy, the by-laws of municipality shall extend to the additional limits,and the by-laws of the municipality from which the same has been detached shall cease to apply to the addition, except only by-laws relating to roads and streets; aud these shall remamn in force until re- pealed by by-laws of the municipality, to which the same has been added. 53. In ease of the erection of any loca. lity into_an incorporated village, gr of a village itito a town, or of a town into s city, the village town, or city shall remain subject to the debts and lisbilities to which As J locality was previonsly lable, in like manner, as if the samie had been contract- suddenly hurled into eternity, ' people necessary, that the workingmen of this | village, notwithstanding the miserable re. | disaster. numeration, which, according to Mr. Brown | vailed, and for hours it was impossible to they recvive for their Jabor, that far | ascertain wha were or who were not in rushed frantically towards the of the | ed or in and Jthe s:paration of a county or township' from a union, each covnty or in and around the neighbour-- tional area) erected into a town or city, or 1 by the new municipality ; | The utmost excitement gpre- | township which formed the union, shall | remain sibjeet #8 the delits and liabilities of the nnion, as if the same had been con- Atlantic Disaster and Its - . " Conscience and Courtesy in ---- Fhree months after the first wm, conneil of the my; addition has been m; Tee be paid, or as fo fhe He thereof, the matter arbitration under this B65. After the f. ration by the disse counties or townahi senior or remaini; county shall issue its debra tions for any of any deby by the nrion for which BS or on obligation might have bees ay beon issued, bafore he. dae such debentures or oblig all | or state the liability of the toate or township therefor Tria | the junior county op issued by the tmicm before the g 5 7 liable tterefor as if the tion, 56. All 'assessments imposed fy council of the ens year next before the year new corporation is furmed by tion therefrom, shall belong "thi corporation, and shall be paid over accordingly, and ates; ration all special rates for the oy debts theretofore im DOR the le | by any by-law of the former shall continue to be levied by the ney, poration ; and the treasures corporation shall pay sver the received tq the treasuroe of remaining municipality, and the apply the money so received jn uisnoer as the money raised andy ¢ same by-law in the senior op municipality, 2 In case the amount so in the last preceding section Provide to any pl of the senior or municipality,in respect of a lighi \ former emporation, exceeds which, by the agreement or the conncils, the new corporation ongh pay, the exeoss may Tecovered the senior or remaini for money paid or as [ oney hed received, as the case may be, .; 53. In case any village is or any village ur town is town or city, or an township becomes ol tr pros 2 J members thereof having ority in locality or munieipality. im . vious shall, until the 'council for thes poration to organize, continge same powers as before; 'and officers and servants of the % municipality shall, until dim until successors be appei eontiy their respective og powers, duties and Jisbilities as 59. The separation of a junior township HAY of 0 frond: ships, shall not in any case oglin 8 ner whatever affect the office, duty, or responsibility of any | the union who continues a public offs. the senior county or. township or ing counties or townships after ration, or the sureties of any or their liability, further than such office, duty, power, res suretyship and Tiability to the seni) county or towuship, or remaining or townships. 60. All such public officers shall, such scraration, be the officer of the, county or township, or remai ) or townships, i' they had gah lieen respectively appointed publies for such senior county or township er! such remaining counties or only. a 61. All sureties for such' public § shall be, and remain liable, as if th bal become the sureties for such publie in respect only of such senior towpship, or of such remaining or Yownihips, and all secvrities which been giveii shall, alter snch ] read and construed as if they uve } given only for euch senior or { connty or counties, or tom an nothing hg. Lo i affect the right_of new sureties i quired to be given by any clerk or bailiff, or other under any statete;, or otherwise ever. tie Pazr II.--Or Muxrcrrar Cotes, CoMpuseD. : Title I.--The members, +t 5° Title 11. --Qualification, ding and exceptions. i Tire E--Tne Meunses, Div. I. --In eountics. ie Div. IL --In cities. et Div. i-1a towns. : Div. IV.--In villages. Div. V.--In to ps. a pve Div. VI.--In in or Division I.--Ix Couxriss. 62. The council of every county consist of the reeves and d the townships and villages county, and of any towns county which have net d the jurisdiction of the. counsil of Bo! county, and one of the reeves recves shall be the warden. 63. No reeve or deputy reeve shalt Sf) be his seat in the ounty til filed With the clerk of the cot certificate of the township, clerk, under his hand sad Sick municipal corporation, | a was duly elected, made and subscribéd the office and qualification as deputy reeve; nor in case # recve, until he has also filed with the gel of the county an affirmation or ' of the clerk, or other person legal custody of the last ment rolls for the municipality wi represents, that there appear rolls the names of at least five. freeholders and householders in the cipality possessing the sarie fication as voters, for th elected for snch munici and that» alteration Teduing tic himite ob tienet cipality, and the num be thy same property qualifier) voters, below five hundred for sacl 8 od tional deputy reeve, since the were last revised, has taken place. (To be continued nest wick.) -------- i 3 Scribners for June. Amang the striking features . xER's for June are N. P. - tertaining and splendidly-iliustratel account of 'The Ascent of - Mount Hap University and * Our Postal a curious and impo-fant paper Walker, suprintendent of the late Censoh on the relatve increase, by births, of " American Irish wai Aaeriven f 4¢ A Seance with Foster tt and enarticlo by Prof. Wise the well-ksevt mronau' in opposition to the reyivel theory of the. tides, An interesting account of a visit to the Pope is and thers are two capital short "Capt. Lyice's Enemy," 1¥, 98 McKay ; and * An Old-Fashie by Marian Stockton ; besides tinnation of Dr. Ballads % Bonnicastle," in which the hero hss 8 Year's experience. Dr "Topies of the Time," di cian,' . {YEE ithe: ol 2 PS mE Hs il nl £ Q si5E i 1 { . i} iF tif i Hi lig § § g2 4 ; § I hat to " 2: : | ed or inonrred hy the respective coun | i pul 198 all 10 100 be paid Trym ge on ou he 4 tpt 3 nek of opinion. : from living in * poverty, Tags and dirt, {the m'ne. The women, many of whom | tract ! P for 242,000 acres of land which the courts | jt became his duty to walk: ip- to the = of the connty hava decthed beloag to the | master with the horrid strap and give an | TPE Rev. G. Richardson, of Hamilton, Railway Company. 1f #he exchange can | gooount at the inquisition of Lis part of | will (D. V.) preac's in the Baptist Chrreh be 1ande as proposed, no doubt it will be . | the disturbance and it was incoimon - Pext Sabbath, morning 10.30 ; evening, good cas for the Province, the price of the: ¢ing 10 soe him from sauses that may be ©.30; and the Rev. R. B. Montgoméry, Jand wader the proposition beg WEF | Fbeied st busting » precipitate retreat in' will preach at 3 o'clock, p.m. sell's ce' ebrated watch is sold as cheap,and a little cheaper In Oshawa than' Toronto men advertisn to do. Be sure then before sending your money ftom heme, to See those gonds and - learn the prices going at Hepinstall's Jewelry Store, King 84. i Lest Oshawa, al, sd here Bg jpereree Pig } ein they have been able to lay aside a sum | had husbands, brothers and sons, work- | Siok ar Lowi She anien after tie a Cn and sufficient to build themselves houses were | ing in the colliery; wade the air dismal | 54. Afier an addition hs best mide to hinge are 'wore $Han 'they may enjoy life. - | with' their_crying. After an explosion | 5 village, town or city, the village, town or | I" Hie snd - : Again, cither 1 th sams letter or in'a | yesterday four men volunteered to. de- | city shall pay to the township or connty.) i bh) ig Hed ot folliwing ome. Le nate] that » number . f | econd into the down-cast air #%aft for the nr wh Whe Men frame Bas bed | mapiers w esl mechiarics hve left the * Hall Works™be. putpoce of attempting to vevcus. har Lo hip og Soauly' ae ily' bs just:| The "Great South * series willbe aa: wiges ar "ower than the average were blown up with a sccond explosion, and ig. eave the councils do not, within | menced ja the July number of o-- A __---- y i ory