, 1879-07-06
The Dominion Telegraph Company s
Lines Leased by the Western
.~~,. Union.
Vanderbilt and the Great Western Rail-
way-Shocking Attempt at
" MURDER
How an Order in Council Was EVaded BY
the Detroit Militia.

| Wllca was cRfrleQ DY Amel!cau oodts, eoe
balance ny Canadian bottoms transhlpped at
| Whitehall. For the same period last year the
shipping was s, 600, 600 feet less.
Coal-freights from New York to Ottawa are
50 per ton,-60 cents in advance OF last years.
quotation. Lumber-frcghts remain unchanged
r.. Sir John Macdonald is seriously Ill at
,Stadacona Hall. =.
| Special Dtspatch to 1as 7rtonns -
| QUEBEC, July 5.-h1r: Magnon, N. P. F., has
| announced his Intention Of moving for the e1-
| pulsion Of MIR. Tarre from the House. on the
ground Of bis disloyalty to the Crown and it's
representative IN Canada, as evidenced BY bis
utteFances in the Cunudien. =
| Large numbers Of French Canadians from the
| New England States pass through here daily, on
! a pilgrimage to ST. Anne de Beaupre.
1t is the intention of the Bishop Of Quebec, IN
accordance with the strongly-exprcssed wishes
! Of the members Of the Diocesan Synod, to leave
| the Diocese ct the end of the present month for
| a trip to Switzerland and other parts Of the
European Continent, for the benefit; Of his
| health.
setctel Dt.paten % The Tribune:
TORONTO, July 5.-At special meeting OF
| the shareholders Of the Dominion Telegraph
Company, the proposals Of the American West
ern Union Company for lease Of the Canadian
Company's lines, and, in fact for taking over
its business, we're considered and unanimously
lines from the LIST Of July for period Of ninety
nine years, at rental OF $52,5o0, payable quar-
tcrly in advance. 1t has, moreover, taken the
palauce oi tAe unlssaeu stoek a 81 o. tne Domnlon
Gotnpany, amounting gu 10 S2o5,Uoo, at tue ratc OF
60 per cent: The payments In both cases have
been made by the American Company. That
Company guarantees the payment Of interest
at the rate OF + per cent on bonds held By cred
ltors to the sum OF S3Vo,00o. 1t further guar
antees payment OF dividend at the rate OF
rf fr1fn for7.
pany, and allows 800 per annum for the c1-
penses Of the local. directorate. The general
opinion Of the meeting was, that the provisions
OF tile arrangement we're exceedingly liberal,
pany to extingulsh its liabilities, steady re-
Turn Of 5 per cent on the shares was secured.
1t was also stipulated that, in case the American
Company made any arrangement for pooling
the receipts With any other telegraph company
in Canada, the payments to be s10,o year
more Tne lessees of the lines are bound to
keep them in good repair; and, II they are in
default for rent for thirty days, the Dominion
COMPANY regains possession Of the lines.
The Globe says: "T There seems to be no doubt
of the fact that Vanderbilt has compelled the
Great Western Railway to abandon their scheme
Of uniting With the Wabash line, aud making
Detroit their headouarters. 1t is probably bY
some threat OF crtppling the Great Western at
Its Eastern terminus or Of using the Canada
Southern to. the injury OF the Great Western,
Such au occurrence ought to open the esee7 0of
the Great Western pcon!s~7ot the .nejnies. ron-
aition 4; winch they must exist as LONE as they
40 mt nossess an Eastern outlet on Canadian
soil. Tic result my BE-, that a little additional
aSts1es H1.a1rs hs W. o ), i'o Aue AoAon'o "
!. soecfai Dtspndn to TIE Ty1sxn&
T R,YTg< Ont. ,jnir 5I-Salt has been struck.
here in the test well. at a depth Of 1,125 feet.
The drill has penetrated the solid rock seven
feet. and there is exerv indication Of a great
denth of sait rock.
sorcta. Dispotcn to Tho 4,4ouaa -
OTTAWA, July 5.-Among the educational ap-
paratus taken out to the Northwest BY tic
meor to settle among the Indians Tor the pur-
nnse Of instructiug them in farming pursuits, is
a Martini Henry rifle each, several hundred
ronnds OF ammunition, a revolver, and bowie
knife
Intelligence has reached the city Of IN un-
usnal and shocking atfefnnt at murder at Long
island hv a hor aped Ii years. tne yictfm belnr
bis companion, VINO is several years younger
The would-be murderer seized hold OF bis VIC
other beiahored his defenseless victim with q
larro stick. After begtIng him until the latter
heasme nnconsc1ous the vonth dragged the body
several hundred Yards to creek Tito which 20
throw IT, The cold water restored lis victim to
mon he apnroach Of which The Young depd
tnfk to the woods and has NOT since been seen
VIVA " Ep.cfui Dtspafch to Tns Tribune.
Tonosro. July 5.-Custom receipts for June
1878. aud June, 1879, at the ports of Toronto,
London. Ottawa. Halifax. Hamilton, st. John,
Kingston. Quebec. shoW 3 total decrease for
1879 of SlIG.YU5.
bp:ctal Dtsoafcn to Iae Tribune
LONDON, july 6-The tempest in a teapot
about the Sixty-ninth semt-Fenian Regiment
coming over from New York to Montreal was
the means OF causing the Dominion Govern
1nenr to recall its permission to the Sixty-nInth
and the Detroit Iirht t3uarfis TO enter Canadian
territory with arms in their hands, But the
Detroit Lirht Guards .stole q march on the
Gt,vcrnmcnt. They had been Invited to
Charham on the LIST OF Ju1y, and to Chatham
thcy went. The little international complica-
tion about landing with arms was sbrcvdly
eyaded by the Guards Having their rifles aboard
the boat and marching ashore Without them.
Then squad Of Chathamites mounted the deck
and brought the guns ashore, placing each in
the hands of its owner, Here IS hint that the
Montreal friends of the alleged semi-Feniau
rcrIment NAV nossibly avail emsclyes OF some
future day. -.
specfa. D,sDctch to The Tribune
CHATHAM, N. B., July 5.-Capt. Gufzot, Of
the French baruuc EpIaptipe, which has arrived
here from the French pcnaI colony Of Cayenne,
French Guiana, s. A., bad man on board who
WAS not one Of the ships crew, but made his
appearance on deck when the vessel was but
one day out from the port named. Ir'was soon
ascertaipcd that his ua[1e was Pradel:: He ad-