The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27

a fighting family His grandfather. Bar
tholomew, and his grand uncle, Conrad were
sons of Il Swiss officer in the Dutch service,
and both soldiers. Conrad held a commits
sion in the English army, fought under
Wolfe at Quebec, where he settled after the
conques, Of 1860, attaining to prominence
in the affairs of the colony. He took
leading part in the United Empire Loyalists,
who migrated hence to Canada at the close
of the Revolutionary War, became mem
Der Of the Goyernment-Canada was then a
Grown colony-and was persistent and at
last successful agitator for the introduction
Of the British system Of trial by jury. He
fell !. victim to the thing he advocated.
The first civil case tried by jury in Low
err Canada was one in which he was a de-
PENDANT and, though he was only indirectly
responsible for the cause Of action, the jury
gave, from political motives, damages
against him to ruiuous amount. The old
man went home and died in few hours of
broken heart.
| His brother Bartholomew, was an officer
in the Swiss Guards Of Louis XVI, who at
the outbreak of the revolution, finding his
men together and conducted their retreat
safely across France to the Swiss frontier
| Here he sold his horse, being, like many
refugees Of the time, almost penniless for
the instant; but recognizing in the pur
chaser o servant of the inn at Varennes
who mad assisted in thwarting the famous
attempt at flight of the King, flung the mon
ey in the mans face, AMI, drawing pistol,
sho, the horse dead under him. On his
brother death he removed TO canada with
MS wife, a Huguenot lady, and his son.
The son was first Sheriff of Three Rivers,
resigning in 1872 to take command of a
battalion of militia. At the close Of the war
he, like his uncle, entered into politics, was
u member Of the House Of Assembly and
then of the Legislative Council, and finally
was appointed Sheriff of Montreal. He was
an ardent Tory, and his loyallsts procllvltles
did not fail to earn tor him the hatred,
social ostracism and even violence of the
| French Canlians, then conducting the
| agitation that led to the outbreak Of 1851
s, particularly during the fevered excitment
that followed collision between the Royal
troops and the populace at Montreal III
| 1882 These vexatlons at last broke his
health and he died in 1910.
Meanwhile, his son, who died last week,
had entered the army while in his teens,
having the intense royalist convictions of his
ancestors and relatives and the same been
delight IN military matters. He was destined
like them, to embrace politics, for his regl-
ment was soon dlsbanded, and lie took up
the study of the law, attaining at once to a
very lucrative practice He was elected to
the Assembly, and throughout the rebellion,
led the small minority of loyalists against
the overwhelming patriot majority under
Louis Joseph Paplneau When the rebellion
broke out he espoused the side Of the crown
with characteristic impetuosity. At St.
Eustache he led the attach on the church,
where, after desperate resistance, the pa
triots who had intrenchcd themselves there
were overpowered and bayoneted; was the
first man inside the building and was Sc
verey wounded After the insurgents had
been put down, he was made commissioner
of rural police, post of danger aud respons-
bllity, the duties of which he discharged
with his usual energy. The Canadians,
however, never forgot the part he had
played siding, like his father, with the
government and against TIE people of his
blood and language; the gallows was busy;
theleading French Canadians had fed: prices
were on their heads-as for instance. Car
tier was valued E5Oo sterling by the same
Queen who later conferred knighthood up
Premier Of Canada; others had been exiled,
ike Antoine Germ Lajoie. whose simple
song, I'm Canadien Errant" Sc. to a pop
ular air, was within q few months TO exert
a political influence that has not yet ceased.
aud TO be sung from Gaspe to the valley Of
the Saskatchewan Many of the patriots
had known what it was to see the troops
sweep through rebeilious section. and
Il ..h AZ
the stove, toss IA shovelful of Goals upon the
bed TO make their work sure. and move on
to the next rebels residence. SO when
Gugy, with the blood of ST. Eustache on his
hands. was securing the country with ORA
goons and police, his reception Was not of
the Aindlest. He was soon promoted to the
rank OF Adjutant General, and in that posi-
tion did much to keep the peace at Montreal
during the stormy times that followed Il
/ freate>sept. After the union of the two
Canadas, he was once again called upon for
military service TO reorganlxe the militia.
demoraaEed by the rebellion. when war
with this country seemed imminent on the
oregon boundary question. He took an ac-
tive part III opposition to the annexation
movement Of the present Sir John Rose, Sir
Alexander I. Gait and Senator Penny in
lc4c. In Parliament i; is on record that.
10 gain time, ae-bein-. of course. In the
opposition--made n speech lasting from
three o'clock one afternoon till eight the
next morning. feat Of endurance subse-
quently exceeded BY Sir George Cartier and
Mr.. De Cosmos on similar occasions. Il
viii be remembered that an odd result of the
Union was the absolute political accend-
ancy. whose first fruits we're the Rebellion
Losses bill, measure lndemnifyIng the
rebels for their losses, and therefore. about
as popular with the Loyalists as would be
mere 4 measure To assume the war debt of
the south. The bill was passed anu signed
by Lord E'gin. who was mobbed By curious
potiuca! complication the people. whose
loyalty TO the government he represented
was most fervent. The Loyalists then gut
ted anu burned the House of Parliament,
ana Gugy. one of the hotties, opponents Of
the obnoxious bill. was the only member
who resisted the attack on the House by the
moo, winch was composed entirely of his
sympathizsrs.
After this his life IL faas rs,h1ia uaa