PRO BONO PUBLICO.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 53, 4 February 1870, Page 3

PRO BONO PUBLICO.

(To the Editor of the Motot Ida Chronicle.) Sib,—The interests of this town seem tq be Sacrificed through the stubborn-. ■nes&. t . 6l wwafe r in not"re*:

aueiDig tKe t€ water- to-"«fe»r:fatd required have .W.. ample time to put their long cherished threat into execution of.makmK ™& of their Tfater. 'JStearly three weeks "have since" purchasers ceased to buy the water companies have not made any preparation - to open up claims. The voices. once raised in favor of the project are now silent;liosounds-reach ;the ear of further "empty yaporings." They are now face to face inevitable fate, and doggedly, cling to the chance, of the diggers coming to a compromise, and thereby rescuing them from what seems to them an unprofitable alternative. Many of the-miners, well knowing that their interests : do riot-;lie in purchasing water, even at the price rehave< offered to deliver up their claims to. the water : race holders on a guarantee, of receiving six months employment in the claim delivered up, or any other claim. .The generous offer elicitednpthingbut evasive replies about the relative; position of labor to capital, |. implying.thereby, that, the.-"companies; are employers of labor.-; An per head of water has been made them. They had certainly a offer of 2s. -per. bead under consideration. JS T o; ■2 dead Level are now using, a small quantity at ss. ; >Vhat becomes of all thekj3pun.ce about .the value of the water to them; .have. tHey. ever been known to employ labor, except in one instance ? ; and. in 'that instance they never recovered their expenses. J. Sir, from your known- liberal you will agree that our respected Warden a. wise discretion in protecting .sclaims.. until the water cbm- ! panies are prepared either, to use their water by employing labor or sell it at a reasonable, price to-those who are prepared to buy it,; Already very many, capitalists have been ticced to leave tie Hpgburn, to seek elsewhere a more remunerative field. Trade is languishing; the Provincial revenue, is robbed of tne duty on gold, which "this dead lock has prevented .froin-bpiiig realised ; and all this mischief has. occasioned by the attempt of the.'water companies to carry put.a systein^of.spoliation and rob> .r]g}it to" do,; which is ,based on. s the, payment of a small ;aniiual%^^^ your : s, ; &c. ~; 7 :f'\ ;f •7 v THB S£l#M^ r PEsiTlo3r

(To the Editor of ihe%lh"p , ST Ida CHEO^iQtB.) which KasV I think",Y£»X unjustly, been attempted, to,be"ca^t" upon. those who did not.' sign the .petition which was .circulated last week, I shall &el obliged if you will insect,jn your paper the Bubjoined.reasbns might perfectly, justify.a business mail in withholding his signature fronV the petition, without subjecting himself to the charge of being, as some of themselves have put. it—the. miners' enemy; or indeed of subjecting huh to. any remark, unless his refusal to sign, had been expressed in offensive terms: If their friendship is only to be gained by a wholesale swallowing, of all the crude unlicked. notions of which they may choose to deliver themselves, and enmity be the. penalty of refusal, then there is but one course open to any man of sense and horiorj however injurious may. be the consequences, But, fortunately, there is 'a good deal of truth in the old maxim (taken in its best sense) " thereis/no .friendship. in trade.' 1 .. ./ ,".". i " .

• .Reasons why aman might decline to, sign the petition:— Ist If be chtoseto remain neutral. 2nd. If he did not. understand the matter, and'was not in a position to verify . th#_statements by which the petition was sustained ...',.- 3rd. If he was riot positively aware of a combination among the. water companies. . ; 4th. If he did not know ho »v the result £1137 lis. was arrived at from 55., and could not see any possible connection between them. , ,stbL If he had not read, section xxi; of the :Gr Begulationsreferred to. 6th. If his experience ; of the evils arising from exceptional Ideal legislation had rendered him very suspicious of it, which any resident on the Howburn might well be, with the glaring, instances of the Dead Levels as a constanti reminder."..... .7th. : lf he thojight it wrong, to. comr ihjt himself decidedly to any. movement without due thought and consideration. . Bth, If he ". deprecated the evil, of blindly confiding. in . and following of |rijudicip;us leaderships. "."'

.'.. p^ B I a last week- all repairs of dams and "races are now finished, and tae mmers,went tp_,work on .Thursday last On' Friday it rained "bo incessantly that great fears were entertained that another flood and fresh damages were about to ensue. Luckily the rain abated towards nightfall, and very little fell during the night;- Saturday morning, dawned in very inky colors—very heavy drops of rain, sounding like great guns, with..,a patter patter of smallarms between, Ijpat a : warning' on the iron roofs. Mount St.Bathans and his near relatives put on their blackest caps, and the fears of myself and neighbors that .this verdict would be in accordance with that expected on the previous day were renewed; but a cold wind and -a few very cold showers were.v-the worst! result. Late in the evening*he ranges were again visible, and-it beeame evident, that some.snow had fallen thereon; ; A rather, fine night, with an atmosphere strongly inclining to frost followed, and so, tor the present, the danger of another flood seems to have gone past. - ;.- 1 ". have J u st■ now been looking at a" very handsome gold watch, specially or. dered by Mr. Taylor's friends; as a present to be made to .him on the occasion of his leaving St.Bathans and going to-reside at Cromwell. - Presents' are not always given to the most worthy, and it may even happen that "presents are sometimes made to very unworthy persons, but the present under conside-" ration haß been well earned. ..Premising that the power never was given, as it never will be given, to mbrtal'man to please _aU t .handß,Jt cannot be dtnied: that Mr, Taylor,, in. his ' long'- dealings" with the people of St.. gave: very general satisfaction. ' By his influence and his purse he has coritrj-. buted perhaps ...more than any other man in St. Nathans towards nursing .it, into maturity. His. evenness' of fem-I' per, his readiness to serve a neighbor,, combined with his honorable and upright business Habits, have won him Y many-friends and general esteemf-a small proof of lyhich -the people-- of. JSfc BaVaans now feel'great pleasure in* offering for his. acceptance:" May'he long live he prosper in qi?i new : home * are the-isincere wishes of his' St:Bathahsfriends.—A.B.CL '; "■ .; Wakden*l GbuißT.;; .;^r*'--".' '.:■ (Before H. -W. Robinson, Esq., Warden.) " Police V. David .Complaint that defendant was \carryincr on business without a license. It appeared that the defendant's. license "had fuji : out on the 4th January. On his promising to take a license forthwith the ..Court imposed the mitigated penalty; 6'f 10s., and costs lis... I ,-•-*•■

Colin,Toussaint v. Philip Murray.— This was a case that had been; heard : and decided oh Nov. Bth, 1869,, but in wMeh judgment'• had' been'" reserved. pending the decision of the District Court on a special .case submitted. The Warden:now stated that he had received the opinion, of the District Court confirming" the decision of the Warden's" Court., The decision already given, viz., plaintiff to pay costs lis. and*2os., expenses of defendant would thereforestand good.

Eesidekt Magistrate's Goubt. p. M'Conhoehie v. JV Eeid.—Debt £4 iSB. Judgment for £4 153. and costs 9s.

.lohn Ewing v. Eichard Murray.— Claim £2O. Damages for injuries 8us r : tained by a mare borrowed of plaintiff by defendant. It appeared from the evidence, which was very lengthy, that the defendant had borrowed the plaintiff's had undertaken to get her. shod on" the hind feet.. v Not bein<r able-conveniently to get her shod he had ridden her to the races, at Naseby and back,' and. the hext,. day had sent her to the races again with another person, whom he instructed to.get her shod, but who : riegleeted to get it done to the hind feet. -She was not ./brought rback until.the Sunday after the races, and on the Monday she was in a very bad state, so much so that the owner was informed that she looked likely to die. Several witnesses.were eiartrihed as to the present value of the mare! and her' value before she was lent to. the defendant: The Court gave judgment "Tor £6 damages, and £llos- costs, and 10s. expenses of one witness. , S. Inder v. -M, M'G-regor.—Debt £.6.195. 6d. Judgment by default for £6 19s. 6d., and costs 13s. j ■=-ITredV inter-

show .-cause why certain goods of *he- defendant's, seized under warrant of distress in a case of Murray v. M'Jueraey, should- not be sold. Claim disiniss'ed. Mr. Morgan stated that he should appeal. G-eorge H. Smith applied for perm'tsion to have'music and dancing in his licensed house on Saturday eveiiih-F, Granted. :''•"'" &

T. Turner applied for bagatelle license for his house at Hilfs Creel-. Granted,.