, 1879-03-12

sp<cfaf Essodtea 10 ina Tribune.
OTTAWA, March 11.-The debate on the Let
teller matter came up In the House OF COM
mons to-day on d resolution OF censurc movnd
by Mausscau. Of Bagot, who spoke ut great
length, dcnouncing in the stron9est possible
terms the action Of the Lieutenant Governor
Of Quebec IN dismfsstng his Ministers last
March. Mccarthy, Of sfmcoe, seconded the
resolution In lengthy speech, expressing tho
eamc views rs the mover. Tho Hon. William
McDougall, who was elected as a supporter of
the present Government, spoke nealust tile mo.
tion. holding It to BE- Unconstitutional: Consid-,
cradle interest was manifested In the debate,
which, It Is expected, will occupy the uonse for
the balance OF the week.
Gpscfu! D.pasca to 7as Tribune.
OTTAWA, March 1l.-At a meeting Of the In,-
migration aud Colonization Parliamentary Com
mittee, Col. Laurie, OF Nora Scotia, was tho
first witness examined. His evidehco chiefly
perlnincd to stock-raislng and the best kind Of
cattle adapted for this country. lie said he had
farmcd for twelve years tn Nova Scotia. and had
d ierd Of cattle Of seventy hend,-slxtT-ilvs be-
ing thoroughbred. lie had Obtained the best
results from Deyon.. in all respects. They were
tho hardest and best fitted Tor this country.
The beef is good, the flesh flne-graiucd, and
commands iu the London mtrkrt lalf-pennY
n pound mora than my other. He would
not pretend to sny what breed was the best
for the English markets, but tho purest
breeds give the best meat. He recommended
farmcrs to raise, for butter purposcs, Alder
neys; for milk, Ayrshfres; for meat, Short
Horns; but the best for general PURPOSES Wcro
,he Dsyoos: % a.. as did -, not t, knoT =; county IN
and stock.rafsing. Ho .gavc hts reasons for hc.
ltcving that the cattle-trade With England
would 20 On increasing. II The farmers founu
breed better classes Of cattte.. When, oncu
farmers got into tue way Of It, they could rolso
cattle Of from 1,+oo to 1900 pounds. uo had
never kn9wn case q peu5o- o-pncun,,Sonia ,S o. aav
scented oil tue advantages OF a shipplng-oort.
and he believed llat the lnaiI-stcamcrs
could obta'u return cargocs of meat aud
SDpe' without 70 eog On to qa
were but few cloico ones IN NoYa Scotia. they
we're suitable for cab or horsc.car pGrposcs, but
they were too small for artillery or English css-
breed do woll in Nora Scotia, and uic farmers
look upon them MS being most profitable; but
they are not raised In sufficient quantities for
esportation. There ", VS. vssy ttto capital
ships than they do to tleir farIns. Cattle are
housed from tic 18th of November to the 1st
Of April and arc fed for beef from October 10
made 1t somewhat Improbable. dood beef u.
tlis season could be bought In Halifax BY. tho
carcasa at niue cents per pound. L1nd Is used
for pastnre that cannot bc put TO any Other pur-
tarto. Speaking Of tue relative muritR Of Uevuns
and Short-HoFus. tie sa!d he could tcael Doy-
on more in twenty.iour hours tlian he could
knock into the ficad Of stupid saort-uorh III
'"~ soeeias Dt,:a:ea !. 7ae Trtsaue T.
OTTAWA, Manh 11.-.Mr. Trow, y. r., MILL
about the middle of MAY. a number Of partles
| have applied fur permission to accompany hin.
Mr. Trow intends to follow tile ltue Of the Can
&C cu Iai Laaric. 1AN u Nova scottn who was e1amn
cd before tho Commlttco OIL Colonization md
| Immigration the other day, gives tho startling
Information that plcurh.oneumonta las been
| prevalent in the Western States since last Sup
| to those In thu cA,tle.exportlng business. As 3
consequence the railway companies request to
The Government to raise the cnharEo as fur a.
tic Western States asc. concerned IL opposed.
Is pointo1 @ out IT. sailed ffon Portlani
| and lost n large number Of cattle from plcuro-
pncumoula on the voyage and bad ths survivors
tic werc from Michigan, Ohio. 1ud!ana, an.l
illinois, the so-called unaffected districts, unl
not onu from The Eastern States. 1t is also
assorted ,hat Peol. McEachren. the veterinary
surgeon appointed BY lt,e Dominion Govern
| mtnt to rel,urt on tile outbreak vi the disease
IN the United States Is well aware Of the fact.
IN :hc inture.t Of the Government. which con-
| sy8tetn ~ State ltfc-tnBuraIce. u pamphlet pre-
pared IN iavur of sucs, n sehrnlu by I. II. Jon-
son, all cx-nrcountant Of au Insurance. COM
pa,ly, has been distributed anopg nleebuss Ut
Far!ia.ncnt. The statistics in the pan'pl.es
relate 10 United Statcs companies, bu. In
spes!al!y p{spaF e tsss,n sss ss,srut v1
nearly 0.HN ase annually |bo!ng carrlea
| away from Catsatla by fore!gn c1mpan(es. This
can an 'nli 10 reyeracl, BY, the Domlnlop aovcru-
undertaking IT, aslnes: .is, , aa to sscuro
orphans for all time TO como will rccelya tl1o
full benefit Of every policy ISSUED wltiluuk dis.
eouut Or frnud. The following STATISTICS are
| furnished:
| Surplus receipts over all disbursements:
Canadian Companies. ica.............."..S Z, 49,, 3!l
lsr, Go1'pasnj;. 9nsn;:. s69 ~
Oatstananr po!lcles in 1873:
| Canadian Companies. ..$?l, o5!. s19
l'1tn R,nsiltsa " t. 49, 81 81
1t Is stated that tho IIou. Mr.. Dlaurhet,
Bpcakcr Of thu House OF Commous, will nr:un-
pany tlie Wimbledon tenn to areat Britain aa
Her Koya Hlehuess the Princess Lnulse sur
psised thu ruplls Of the Gloucester Street Con-.
vent, ind examined the ciaases IN logical anat-
SsIs seotnetFy. u y.a %.!a general history oo'h III
Excitement Ina been caused III s1!. vicinity BY
d proposition III the Sclia,o by q Western Heli-
ator that tho Georgiuu Buy Brauels VI tic Cam.
Ia poettlc Railway 10 aba''donc1 until an all.atd
s,tria iA,raten 10 7ns Tribune.
0AMpgrLIyonp. ont.. March 1l.-An un-
known discase resembling y plague has hroken
dor tho attention OF tic doctors VIA the case Of
Bit. hlaxon, q baker OF titu ylllagt+ some t!lln
ago ST. Mazou went 70 Napaneo nnl soon after
anI In six days died a relative OF The dcceascI
WHO uursrd him became a.fcc:cd alll died ayu
days uiterwar.l. The third yicsiu, was woman