, 1873-08-16
Gathering Of the CLANS at OF
tawa.
Pen-Pietures OF the Chiefs.
Public Excitement in the Prov
incCs.
From Our 0ton Correspondent.

canadian 1i0tae OF Parliament r8aHB0mblcB Tor
tho transaction Of business. And what TINT
business is, nooda but fow worda to rolate.
Whom, during the prematnroly hot days Of early
May, tho House Of Commons, at tho instance Of
tho Premior, Sir john A. Macdonald, simply I'd
adjourned, and WAS not proroguod, It was with
tho clear and iofnito understanding that all the
business that Was to be transacted ut tho meot-
Ing OF tomorrow waa to bo tho reception
Of tho report Of tho spectal Com
mitteo appointed to inquire into
the charges proforrod ngainat tho Government
by Mr.. Huntingdon. How TINT Investigating
Committee were bnlkcd in their labors BY tooh-
nicalites how tho Chairman OF 1t, nIr. John
Hilyard Cameron, ia lilnao1f alleged to be' the
recipient Of ct, 900, OF tho bribe money! how the
whole af1air was nanenuvorod so that 1t bocamo
scandal aud disgrace, au insult to tho Parlia-
mont thnt had appointed It, and q humiliating
speotao1o"for tho whole country how tho whole
people rose up in arms III Indignation at tho
doings Of men clubbing shamaolvcB "honorablos,"
nced not bo told. THO story ia becoming old.
Posseaaing all tho worst elements Of tho most
dgraceful compact, Of tho most nbolninublo bur-
gain and Ba1o which havo evor sulliod tho politi-
cal history Of my country,
IT'S VERY RorrENNEss
is beginning to create foeling Of disgust, and.
mon arc turning their honda away whom tho sub
joct is spoken Of. ThiB, for tho whole Oonfed-
Grafton In tho 1ittlo miorocogm known as Ot-
taSa, tho caso is vastly different. At this time,
tho excitement ovor tho matter, its probable do
nouoment in tho uouso tomorrow, and tho re-
suits to tho several actors. is roachiug fever
hoat Dofaro twenty-four hours have passed,
aome do1nits conclusion will lfayo boon arrived
at, and tho probability Is that tho whole thing
will drop from public uight for timo. Tho i'll
tonao application aud anxiety which, for month";
past, has caused nothing elao to DO spoken of, on
the Cor, steamboat. or at tho hotels, hls borne
itB natural fruit There will bo an utter rovul-
sion OF fooling. The public mind will mako
terrible rebound, and frown down any further
roforonco to tho mattor for weeks and monthH
to come. Ponding tho settlement of tho matter,
this result is not to bo looked for.
This proBporous.city never saw go excited
GATHERING OF HoTApLEs
before In all hor ~evontful history. Ono can ra-
Gull the Junkotinga OF the Commissioners who
can1e hore to loolSat the sito for the Government
buildings, md rocnllect tho orgies which markod
Tho Wild hurra]as with which tile present Gov
crnor.Genoral was received ORC yet fresh III tho
minds mir. OF the ofttzons' and equally 20 arc the
o e asss I Thgh sn Gea S So hz
cane of oxoitnmont which maio evory check
banch with fear when tho cry Of :" Firo ~
ralaod at the Parliament buildings on tho Good
Friday Of 1872 was cariod over the whole city,
and each resident Of Otsawu fet rs ii his daily
bread had boon forcibly abBtraotcd from hiu
mouth, Is still remembered with wonder aud
with shnmo- Everybody recalls :,
which marked tho visit Of His ROYAL Highneas
tho Princa Of Waloe, and at this tinlo whom
word baA beon circulated from ono ond Of tlo
Continent to tho other that Sir John 4. Mac
donald is again indisposed,' the sad atories of
tho friEhtfnl oxccssos into which that wonderful
statesman fo1t are brought fresh and vivid to tic
minds Of al. Ottawa has seen Its exciting
opochs both in the city, and up there OH tho
hill, in tho Government buildings. But on no
royal departure, havo the streets boon 30
crowded with visitors have tlfo hotols turned no
many away, have tho rookorios Of tho French
quarter housed go conglomorato mass Of con-
reception of tho Pacidc-scandal report. Tho
city, like every political Capital, has Its varied
phases Of lifo. There iB tho club, patronized by
tho Ministerial hosts, md lilo gin-and-hot-wator
parllocrs froquontod b. tho mombora Of tho OPP
organizations is known as
THE n1DEAU CI4uB
1t ia q society of somo yenrh' standing, and has
known several royeracs. Last winter, it was ro-
organized; established in elegant quarters near
tho Parliament buildings, and with IN enlarged
membership, comprising nlnloBt all tho leading
mon Of the country Tha club.rooms havo boon
crowded all day, but thero llas boon noticeable
absence Of Ministers. It is usual to SEQ two or
three @ Of theao gentlemen IL tho billartl-room Of
tho club each evening, but to-siny they aro con-
spicnous by their absence. Tho rooms arc
crowded nevertheless, and amidst tho throng of
members Of tho Parliament, Journalists, aud pub
lie OFFICIALS are to be seen, iltcntly observant Of
anxious to show their fidelity to tloir n,astors by
repeating every item Of nows they Gull gather
proaaginG the results of tEo coming fray. At
tho Parliament buildings. tho gathering Of mom-
perh IL large, ana mere aro to bo soon, gathered
~ council, tho chiefs OF tho Opposition party.
Singular to say, mono Of tho leadors
Of the :, Opposition nro addicted to spir-
ituons liquors. "singulnr" is O strange
word Ls,.l to use n. IN this connection, but. II
tho hard drinking which charactorlzos tho
greater part OF tho population has itB victims