The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-04-02
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Tuesday Morning Apr 2, 1867.

oASL L1LkA1ND.
tuesday borning, Apr 2, 1867.
Hfiftsh Colonial Matters.
i.. CANADA WEST.
The topics OF political discussion contin,,o
to be, as heretofore, Confederation--no, .
foregone conclrlsion--aud Reform. the Iot.o.,
| consisting practically in organizing ior pur-
poses OF union, strength and concert of action,
the trends ofrepresenta on based on popula-
tlon. But the discussions are exceedingly de-
| VOID OF interest to outside readers. .-
The Toronto Globe, under the head of cyan
kee Impertinence," pitches intothe resolution
Oh zen. Banks, passed by the House the 9th
er day, In relation to the Confederation of the
rro'mces., on ..rsll3l. 5li.....fs .-.. IA. I
| An Ottawa correspondent of the Globe
learns on good authority that another Iarge
nugget, weighing Abs, 2oz., 1Odwts., and 22
srs., estimated value 5000, was taken out of a
shait on the left bank of the Gilbert river,
Chaudlere, on the 2lst instant '..'~ -'aUo
Inc q. X. Railway is to be attended to-
hlsht thousand tons offish-jointed rails have
been ordered from England to be used on tbe
eastern section. Those for the western will
oe obtained fromthe Rolling Mills, Toronto.
line wife OF Arthur Stewart, respectable
farmer, committed suicide in Chatham, bv
poison, few days since while laboring under
| temporary insanity. 4ai -,rigso n, s4l.r
Al in fI,f,n c.l..
road accident near Woodstock, on the G. ".
road, In their verdict give the opinion that 1il
fnnceton had been a regular telegraph sta
tion, the blue line special and the emierant
tfam would have been sbunted [switched off
at that station to allow the night mail to pass,
and thus have avoided this accident sI.
Another discovery Of gold has been made
not IN the Township of Madoc, but still with.
IN some five miles of the village-whieb. ifit
turns cut to- be what is represented, and to
answer the expectations raised, will prove TO
be quite as great an attraction as the real
original Richardson Mine itself. .ss ~,
The London Free Press says all is quiet on
the frontier, and the reports of Fenan expe- De-.
ditions, from New York, are believed TO be
pure inventions 2>"g'Hg eni rli .' ,T idl.
The Free Press says: 4agt sUjo.iE ~.
Messrs. #. G. Beckett s. Co.. of Hamilton,
are at present engaged in erectino some enor
NOUS iron tanks to hold crude netrolcu,, %,
the halfway Statlony Petrolia. They have al
ready constructed one to hold 5000 barrels, and
| are engaged on a larger one to hold 10 ON harl
rels! The dimensions of this are 81 feet acres
| and y feet high. The tank win he made
throughout OF quarter-ineh boiler plate, 'riyet-
led with hot rlyets similar TO a steam boiler
The roof Will be of iron and the sides hpilt NJ,
| SIX inches over the roof so as fo allow, f,o,t
four TO SIX inches of water to remain on tbe
| top. IhIs Is a precaution against fire The
Dottom OF the tank will be sunk fiye Zee in the
cray anu puddied IN, so as to prevent the pos
siDihty OF tire getting underneath. h'o5" : IN
Dprlng the recent fire at Both well, robbery
and stealing, on a small scale, were as rife as
they were in this city during the great Gre OF
July 4th, on larger scale. jq5s,g =. hnt -,t
| 'i.-l CANADA EAST. ,,t..-5t ~
| The church is not behind the world in
point OF sharpness in financial matters. A
Montreal paper says the Bishop of Montreal
| has issued acireular, counselling the CLERGY to
exact the discount on payments ia silver for
all dues TO .tGsftQues and churches, as is done
in all the other great bodies of the State In
ta,an i, - ',e''y ''e''h
bava boe,, ,,ot;t,a, AL, 49,. - "'''oeh' .
discount, or be held responsible tor it,. This
discount applies to American and English sill
var ICanod;an o;,,,oa ,a1.,a :,
vat vet tor.. i ,ot e-Neip'' anu
s.... = III 'ie'i- =
,ass a,s !. -. 80, - - li' ''s'oun' p'iSl-
o.;,n,,,,,os,7 - So' ieh'e' "'iu
oroi1 'o04 IN - =" = = ih'eii'eu 10
I = me DEAD CAIN n, ,.,,,r, ss
| of the province is beino brolan ana rol;t;Io,
aspirations seem to have ,bean or;ol,o,od ;,,to
activity by the prosnects of Coneodo.a,;I,,.
The Onebec Cbroo;cIe g saws. y
| A. ,,ro.o,,+
that portion of the political world embraced in
| Lower Canaea Whatever results may flow
| from Confederation, a declining interest In mol
ltucs Goes not appear likely to be among them.
| on the contrary new born anxiety to enter
puDic pubic 1le y beng daily manifested even by
parties whose names were never heard of be-
fore. peg ,..g,
Tho ono,,ao rt,.o,,, ,, c
of NIiebioan the F,,star nf ~
Senate. .rry. g-a.. II
| The chnlara hoe :, Al. I'll
- nag. ii'' Diohen oN ' out ~ ING tne lsiahu
Vi Jersey with Vlrulence. 10 Out of eleven
| cases of attack ten had proved fatal AS
tlo,,, x ,,t.;,,. : !. I, 73I,CI, III.
' 'e 'hhp' io'uin9 aC the isiaIu 'or
Gaspe, and probably some for Quebec the
| CbronjcIe homes tba ooua,-,,,,,o,t ,,;u t0l.o
| .l- ny eo''iie"' WI, ''N'
prompt anu elhclent steps TO ensure the en-
| forcement of the strietest system of ouar,n
| 49, 49, Al, u. -
''nhe ''nhe 10 ION ,nfb opening 'ol haViSatlon.
A correspondent OF, the Montreal Uitaess
| who s;ons b;n,so1f ga po,,,.,, C..I,o,..,,
| co' Al
| sh;ro o,,,1 vo,,,,,,.,. -.
unll,e that of ronoa, A., ,o;, .,.. -,
and the oovarn,nert ;nsa.;or !, 4,,o
and others sbo,,,d do co ,,,,,oh hotto,. t,,,,,
the Rrit;sb sido 81 r1o tLo,, Ia. -r'a''--0'.
Irm,. 80 ,@oHaf ho
the British in an evil hour aranted ~ rt t9 low,
ar Canada Roman Catholic hierarchy That's
crsft n "'1 us nave no more priest
no more bigctRy Give us the Divine Word
WITHOUT note or comments and while we be-
dition morally intells ctuailv anI s"c;aI1v I1 oo
| ,,,.,..-.c ,,.
=. - .iEG ; ~ -, a.ft..9t
barking at the Br;tisb Goyernment 's ara P;tno
| ism, Reform, and Fenianism The first does
not appear 60 us a public question at all: 1t