The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-18

nts ~ she most favorable weather for such oper-
ono ere the work of fOrtifying can be be-
LEADERS WANTED.
The Montreal Witness thinks thera ia moth.
ing that Canada requires more than loadoro .
men OF dlgnhed manners, good education.
solid ability. industrious habits, and above all.
irreproachable integr!ty,-men untainted with
jobbery and corruption, who have no interest
but that of the public, and who devote them.
selves to that as the business OF their lives
To the fact that this country had. at the com
mencement OF its career, a considerable num-
Der of such statesmen the Witness is disposed
to attribute the founding Of a government
which has withstood such terrible shocks, and
nation which has so rapidly attained to
prosperity and power; and it adds: "Canada is
now, by peaceful revolution and the good
will ofthe mother country, in pretty much the
same position that the United States were
eighty years ago, and we should now look
about for our Washingtons, and Adamses and
Hamiltons and Jays. We have passed through
long, dark career of corruption, and ought
at last to emerge into the daylight of patriot.
ism and integrity" Bill.
THE NEW vICERoY.
Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck, who has
just been appointed Governors General of the
Dominion Of Canada, was born in 1919 at
Templemore, in the County of Tipperary, and
is scion of an Irish family whose patent OF
nobility dates from the year 1900. He was
graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, taking
his legal degrees IN IS41. In 1874 he married
his cousin Lady Elizabeth Louisa Mary Monck.
At the general election of 1852 he was return
ed member of Parliament for Portsmouth, and
entered the House Of Commons under the
auspices of the Liberal party.
In 1855 he was made one of the Lords of
the Treasury by the late Lord Palmerston,
aud held the Office until 1858. In 1851 he
was appointed Captain General and Governor
of Canada, which Office he held till the con-
summation of the Confederation scheme
caused him to be elevated to higher posi-
tion, as ruler of the new Dominion. Despite
some mistakes of which he has been guilty
as for instance his sanction of the illegal ex-
tradition OF Lamirande-he is on the whole a
popular man in Canada; and though some
dissatisfaction was at first apparent that
prince of the blood should not have been
chosen to give eclat to the viceregal office, the
known fitness and the eminent services of Lord
Monck have caused his appointment to be
received with very general approval. Viscount
Monck has given much attention to agricul-
ture, and at the Agricultural Exhibition in
Paris in 1856, he carried off several prizes for
the superiority oil his cattle.
SHAMEFUL BARBARITY.
The account which we copy below is from
a recent number of the Guelph &c. W. Ad-
vertiser. 1t seems incredible that gentlemen
like the Grand Trunk managers, who surely
have the interests OF their line at heart who
are, doubtless, possessed of common human
ty and who well know the Importance OF
suitable accommodations in travelling could
+ sanction by tolerating an arrangement so
outrageous yeta Montreal paper otuninprach-
able Characteristic Wi.ncss-declares that
these box-cars are in common use for the
transportation OF immigrants, and calls upon
the authorities to put a stop to such inhu-
manity. The Guelph paper says:
Shortly after noon on Sunday, long and
heavily-ioaded emigrant tram passed through
Guelph, en- route TO the Western States. There
were, We should think, $40 or $40 persons,
crammed in 10 common grain Cars, with the
doors boarded up part way, and small square
hoie in the upper rear corner 10 let IN the air.
For the benefit If those who have less knowl-
edge of railways than ourselves, we would say
that these are built perfectly tight, Tor the
conveyance of grain and other lnammate
things. Cattle and pigs would sutfocale i'll
them, and 50 they have superior ACCOMMODATION
their cars having strips up the side, Will
plenty OF space for Ventilation DStween.
These emIgrants were nom Germany, and
| mad ridden ali the Way from Point Lew (near
| Quebec boxed up in this fashion! The train
| probably lett There on Thursday previous, anu
| might reach Sarnia on SUNDAY hlght-so thai
| they would have to remain on board three
| whole DAYS and nights at the least There
| was not "a ghost of seat to be had and il there
were, no one would have had a chance to SIT
down; even standing up, they were wedged in
| so uignt as hardly to be able 10 move lr was
not thought worth while To give the smaller
| chlldrea, girls and women, q separate car or
i to leave them room TO slt on the hoor once
/ in while, and rest their acning limbs. No
1 doubt the bury "ya-hoos" and their impromp-
| III sweethearts bad huge time" OF II, jam
| med in perpetual embrace akin to moder-
| ateiy powerful hydIauiie press; but wnat a
l pit.ful sight Tor poor old W JnIel, expectant
mothers, anu decrepit grandtathers - Tor
stumpy boys and aeiicate little gIris, VINO stooo
| on tip toe, turning up their pale faces between
their taller fellows, To get a moutntui OF fresh
air!
Every one who has ridden good distanc.
on 4 train, knows very well how sweet 1t some
! times Is 10 get IA urauSht OF fresh water; til.
| mingled dust aud heat OF crowded car max
ing tine traveller drink like q fish BY the time
these poor half-tamIshed wretches reache0
| Guelph, They were actually painting for water
AUD when they caught sight OF some pals
| xut,. oh, h..d ha.. MIA aa..nf "a
| form, several spr;lpg over the boarding before
they could be iianaed up to them. Ihe two Oh
| three buckets passed into the cars were seizeo
| by strong, rnae men IN front, who dipped II
I their heads almost to the ears, aud thus gulpeI
| down the precious liquid. Meanwhile, coult
1 be Heard from the midst OF the car, the Ieartu
| csies Of mothers in behalf OF their babes, tn,
! passionate appeals Of OLD men and damsels
and the SOUS and gioans OF children, wn,
stretched forth t. ceir pitiful little hands witt
faint entreaties. "t"asseri Wasseri q gehel
Wasser!" In vain, however, as the grutf tone
OF the conductor were heard above all, IN
time; get On; get on" They seemed scarcel,
to understand the order, till lhey heard the en-
gine whistle; when they redoubled theif cries
clapping their hands To their lips, and exclainl
| ing, "UursteaF Wdsserl" in the most affecting
| strains. The train rolled OFT through the towl
amid the maledlctions OF the bystanders, who
| declared it the most shameful sight they hac
| ever witnessed i'll Guelph.
| ITEMS. -
The timber trade in Quebec is dull, OWNS
to the very discouraging accounts Of the stat'
of the wool trade In Great Britain, aud Their
is difficulty In forcing sales at anything lik
paying prices. Very little new timber ha
arrived from above and sales are confined Il
small lots of last years manufacture.
A little boy about five years old, son OF Mr.
Leitch, living near st. John, strayed from hi
home, and was lost for many days in the for
est. A local paper gives the following touch
ing incidents of the event:
when questioned by his parents, he statet
that he slept upon the grass; and when he wa
| hungry he eat it; that when his hands wer
rag, but they would not; he called for his pa
pa and mama to give him drink of water, bu
they would not come; the birds sang mic
songs to him. he heard his father and mothe
and brothers calling him in the woods, and h
answered them yes but they didn't com
where he was; heard strange voices calling hi
name, but they wouldn't come to take hir
away"
1t is understood that the first of July, th
! day on which confederation takes effect, wi
be proclaimed as public holiday in the Br
tish Provinces.
GENERAL LoNcsTREEr.-The Washington
correspondent Of the Boston journal bears tes
timony as follows to the honorable conduct 0
! Gen. Iongstrcet during the war;