The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-17
Dominion Matters.

| The Montreal Witness attributes the excessive
mortality in that city to the impurity and made
quacy of the water supply, defective drainage,
overcrowding of tenements, unsound food and
lack of pure air.
The Acadian Recorder does not believe in
| the Democratic government of the United
| States, and is right, down old fashioned tory.
1t hangs to the notion that there are classes
born to rule. 1t thinks that Sir Charles Delke
would be convert to the theory of the divine
right of kings if he should spend the pending
Presidential canvass in the United States. The
Recorder thinks Mr.. Greeley will be beaten by
Grant for the reason that the people of this
country have not elected statesman to the
Presidency since Jefferson, who was a ''politi-
cal quack." We venture to suggest that the
Recorder has hurled as abusive epithets at the
Dominion ministry and Mr.. Upper, as will ap-
pear in the present campaign. .... --.
The Montreal Witness concludes that one of
the prominent questions in the coming elections
for new Dominion House will be that relative
to government aid for sectarian schools. The
Witness says:
The education question is the great question
OF the day and of the country. We may, per-
haps, be permitted to say for ourselves that in
stead OF feeling. any sympathy for the Romish
ecclesiastics, who would have their schools in
New Brunswick, as here, supported by the gov
eminent, our sympathy, and that of the great
majority in the Dominion is rather with the par
ty of progress who have established an impartial
system OF common schools. l. .--a
The Dominion government has most thorough
ly organized the militia and taken the effective
measures to bring the force to high state of
discipline. The law provides for sixteen days
of drill year. The military camp of the I'd
district is formed at Niagara, embracing 1000
men. Similar camps will be formed at various
points during the season. This force" says
one Capt. Duncan in a recent lecture, sis fing-
er post" pointing out to the United States that
we (the Dominion people, look to a separate
existence
The Toronto Globe is disposed to be pleased
with the action of Congress relative to the du-
ties on Dominion products, while it styles those
imposed by the Dominion Parliament on pro-
ducts of the United States as retaliatory
The Halifax Chronicle in speaking of the 61st
regiment, stationed in that city, remarks that
scarcely night elapses without half dozeu
desertions and THAT the regiment when ready
to embark in the lamar, for England, will be
CONSIDERABLY reduced in strength.
The three Montreal Dominion electoral dis
trcts are to be so re-arranged as to enable the
French Catholics, the Irish Catholics and the
Protestants of that city, each to elect repre-
sentative. # ~
Mr.. Howe of Nova Scotia, who for forty-five
years has occupied so prominent place in No
va Scotia politics, and later in connection with
Dominion politics, will probably retire from
public life, He has been liberal of the libe-
rails, and is now 68 years of age.
The revenues of the Dominion government
for May amounted to So, 215 S14O3, and the ex-
penditures to $685., 771.77.
The note circulation of the Dominion banks
June 18th was $1O,O71 ,36420, against these are
government and other securities amounting to
81 100000, and So $685. 741 go in specie, leaving
an excess of paper circulation of 1902 6225S.
The bond-holders of the New Brunswick and
Houlton branch railway are in no envable
position. The Supreme Court of New Bruins
wick declares that the legislature of that Prov
ince has no right to charter companies to build
roads into another country. The Dominion
Legislature says it has no right conferred on it
to grant such charters The road is built, and
the bond holders apparently have no redress
The workmen ON the Intercolonial Railway
aug up, five miles from Fredericton, N. b., a
copper vessel, about four feet across it and two
feet IN depth, in which was found in sitting
posture the skeleton of an Indian. Tn this at
titude he had been enveloped in dressed moose
hide and placed in his coffin, and with him were
buried his implements OF war and of the chase
The copper vessel had been closed nv sewina q
sheet of birch bark over it, and on top of This
had been placed green moose hides, SO that the
coffin was perfectly sealed against the air. The
skins and bark were in a wonderful state of
preservation, and some of the hide was as tough
and as hard to tear as if just taken from the
animal. Buried with the chief were five iron
axes of various sizes and peculiar shape, and
sword, knives, arrow heads and other articles.
The Express thinks that this grave has an an
tiquity of $50 years.