THE MORNIKG OKEGONIAN. MONDAY. AUGUST 10,-1885.
POETLAND'S TRIBUTE.
How This City Honored the Mem
ory of Grant.
ENTIRE CESSATION OF BUSINESS.
Tanas of tie Military, tie Qnzd. Aray or tie Se-
pzblic ana the KUitii Masterly Oration
by Judge Geo. H. WiUiasu.
TLe tribute paid yesterday by the people ot
Portland to the memory of Ulysses S. Grant was
general, sincere, and dignified. Daily avoci
tions were laid aside as completely as upon the
national memorial day, and the number of peo
ple who tried to gain admission to the pavilion
was greater than the main floor of the building
ccula accommodate.
THE DECOBATIOKS.
The windows and doorways of the first floor
f tLe custom house building were handsomely
festooned in black and white. In the center of
e2Ch window a large tri-colored shield crossed
with a black band added greatly to the effect of
the decorations. Over the east eide doorway a
large picture of the dead general, heavily draped
in black, was placed above a furled American
ag. The decorations were made by the em
Lkyes of the customs and postoffice departments
at their cwnexpense.
The window of "Wm. Plunder's drug store
was beautifully decorated with fan palms, lilies,
begonias, ferns and other beautiful plants in
pots. In the midst was a portrait of Grant fes
tooned with crape, and overhead a basket of
stnilax and a pair of white doves with wings ex
panded, the whole forming a very attractive dis
play. Mellis & Oo.'s handsome show windows" on
Morrison street pay tribute both to Grant and
Montefiore. The former's picture is surrounded
by pyramids of black and white plumes, and
Lears the following motto: "Loved by his
friends, feared by his foes, honored by all."
Montefiore's Is an excellent oil painting with
the following legend attached: "He lived one
hundred years; his memory will live forever."
In the window of Sanborn, Vail & Co. were
portraits of Grant, "Washington and Lincoln,
the first draped in black and ivy vine, the others
turrounded with wreaths of ivy.
IL Ackerman's store was tastily draped in
black and white; as were also Walter Bros.' and
Keith's restaurant
The office of the "Western Union Telegraph
company was richly trimmed in black.
Over the entrance to Ladd & Tilton's bank
bung two large flam draped with black.
The window of Wlmdom's drug store con
tains a portrait of Grant draped in black.
The stores of "W. B. Ayer &. Co., Simon Harris
and J. B. Brigbam were appropriately draped.
The entire front of Lipman & Co.'s stores
were hung In black. In each window was a
large flag, crossed with black.
The front of i A. Roberts store was hung with
Mack and white, and a portrait of Grant sus
pended over the entrance.
Major E. Cahalln had the front of his store
tastefully draped in black and white.
The store of Jones Bros, and the Pacific shce
store were plainly draped.
The main entrance of the Pirst National bauk
was obscured by folds of black cloth. A portrait
cf Grant was displayed above and the massive
iron pillars on each side were trimmed with
l.ack cloth, -which also hung across the entire
front
The front or G. A. R. hall was tastefully
trimmed with flags and crape.
The window of Cran's store was dressed very
tastily. Below a handsome lithograph of Grant,
framed with nuns' veiling on a black velvet
ground, was arranged a symmetrical shield and
tLe name of "U. S. Grant," all very plain, made
entirely of white thread wound on black spools.
The awning of "Woods, the hatter, was deco
rated with flags and festoonB ot black and
white.
Bauin, Brandes & Co.'s place was plainly
draped with the usual portrait of Grant above
the entrance.
The balcony of the Gilman house was hung
V.1U1 white and black
Beck&'Waldman'seto'rowas neatly trimmed
with Hack.
The front of Henrichsen & Greenberg's es
tablishment was heavily draped with black.
In the window of Blumauer & Co.'s was a
jKilrait of Grant trimmed in black, around and
oeiow wnicn, pointed on winte cloth, was the following-
"Appomatox, Shiloh, Donelson,"
i'auem-oMtfiJ, tfexenemid alarms, inflexible
rl&TtDT iartncibH in arms."
Joe Liver's cigar store was neatly draped.
O'er tho center on white cloth was a picture of
Grant as on a page of an open book, while on
the opposite page is the following motto: "Let
ir. 1 lie judged by my acts."
LYiiuUi &. l'endJeton's was hung with black
rpedx)ver the entrance.
A. K Mdnbach's clothing store was haud
c rel; draped with white and black.
Ihe Bnreau window was covered with a large
i : :z surrounded by a heavy drapery of blactc
Alve was a portrait draped and trimmed with
iy.
TLo windows of the Golden Rule bazaar were
c vertMi with flagB crossed diagonally with bands
c I LlacJc, with white rosettes in the center.
!Jg a. bummors' store was handsomely triin
1: ed with, white and black.
s. Uunip's store was tastily trimmed with
t".ack and whito and evergreens.
J. wlling&Oo.'apIaco was hung with black
a-1 white in heavy festoons.
l!.o agency of the Brownvllle woolen mills
v;j Lanasomdy trimmed -with black and whito.
- aj :on A, Hall, the Fanners' and Mechanics'
1 It re, Mrs. Adcock's, "Walker & Thayer's. Henry
f-ciiilit's and the Portland liquor store, all dis
I 'ayed emblems of mourning.
TLe arch of gas jets in front of the Tivoli was
I ef tooned with white and black.
J. S. Keller's place was neatly trimmed with
wlito and black, so wore the Gorman bakery,
K. Herman's 6tore, Royal coffee house and J. M.
E'TuIrgbam's store.
Meier A. Frank'B store was draoed with black
nnl the awnings tastoly festooned.
Haussman's cigar store was handsomely
ti.-uuied with black and white.
The stores of Murphy, Grant & Co., Corbett &
L'.. c!env and Prank Bros, were trimmed with
I .-.ck and white festoons along the front
TLe entrance to tho Portlaud savings bank
w.s tastily trimmed with white and black.
The window of Dekuiu's book store was
ccitly trimmed witn black paper, in front of
wllch was a portrait of Grant
Ihe stores of B. Hartman A Co. and L. Katten
Wte neatly trimmed with black and white.
The windows of Behlow's fur store were
richly trimmed with black and white furs,
Bh elds and mottoes of swansdown aud por
tr..ts. t-ollmscn .1 AhpeTs wiadows were very taste
1 j and richly trimmed with black and white
a:: J contained a broken column surmounted by
a- -trait of Grant
: mart's store and that of "Wilierg, Holla
Iz !i A Co., wore tastily decorated.
.nere were only two Chinese stores decorated,
"Yi M'-'Eg on Pront street displayed a portrait
cl .iiLt festooned with Hags aud crape, and the
vl "o front of the store festooned with black
cr J wL K
rA.n'oA Co., Yamhill street, was tastily
d::ped in black and white, with a largo portrait
tf ,eneral Grant uer the door.
hcores of other places were displayed por
tnts of General Grant trimmed with craj,
ol! cn hundreds of baiWiufio weroorape stream
ed and other emblems of mourning.
THK PKOCKSSION.
Promptly at 1:30 P.M. the rations posts of
V.. tiraud Army of tho Republic formed on
1 1! street aud the state militia on Stark, the
x. Lt resting on First They marched to Aa
slrcet wharf and recohed tho Fourteenth In
i: Iry and Elteworth Post, G. A. It, who ar
i.lat22i' from Vancouver. The proo9ioa
Z z cd at the foot of Ash Rtreot and Havftlmw
.Le rente of march publWbed yesterday, ia the
Z, w ng ord:
Squad of 1'oliCf men.
J) -.rtrv . t Coaunawder of the G. A. K. Gen. .
11 1 u;it. Accatupanhtd b his Kan SOill.
Tlie Fourteeuth Infantrv llsad.
1 in i mMMi?s of the FonrtAeMh Infantry.
I dr ComwjMHt of iJeateB&at-Ootmiet
lfKttSMy, l". S. A.
a I XlUfment Orecoti Slate MiliUa. Lieuten-
it vluncl fhUUpei Conmiaitdinf;. lUttflty
A (irecoti light ArtUlerv.
lutst Portland Hui.
f 1h rs if the Onrnd Army Umler Oonmand of
CMrtMh U. K. CaukUi.
JI.i or Cates and Members of the Commoe Coun
cil, iiud Ofncera of tho City Goverameat.
i-.dewalks akBg the line of march wtre
densely crowded. As the procesioQ stertod,
the great fire alarm bell begaa toUtag the
lli rch bells joinmg ia the mournful smiiias.
AT THE PAVILION.
By the time the troeeto& had roashei the
pavilion the great room was bait GAleA with.
persons anxious to bo ahead of "tie crowd.'
Most of those who came early were ladi.
Back and over the platform at the wet end of
tlie bulMing, hvng an Inunenso flag about tertr
feet wide and 100 feet long. A atrip of black
fouag dai;on&Uy across tho fla, while in tho.
center was a lithograph of the dead chieftain.
Running around the galleries were two rows of
black, between them festoons of red and blue,
and beneath the whole, festoons of black and
white. The galleries were further adorned
with portraits of the honored hero, and between
them rosettes and streamers in black and white.
Posts supporting the gallery were wound in
black and white, and each bore a monogram
"U. 5. G." On the platform stood the G. A. R.
altar supporting crossed swords and the bible.
The altar was appropriately decorated with
flowers and a wreath ot ivy.
Mayor Gates presided. At his right sat Judge
George H. "Wiliiams, the orator and at his left,
Rev. T. L. Eliot, chaplain of the occasion.
Around and back of him sat the membera of the
memorial committee, the officers of the Four
teenth Infantry, the department officers of the
G. A. R., the commanders of the -various posts
of the G. A. R., the city council and officers ot
the city government, foreign consuls, and a few
invited guests. To the left of the platform was
the volunteer choir of seventy-five voices, and to
the right the Fourteenth Infantry band. The
United States troops occupied the gallery on
the right of the Second street entrance; the
militia occupied the gallery on the left; the
Grand Army of the Republic took seats immed
iately in front of the platform in the body of the
halL By three o'clock every available foot of
space on the main floor was taken up and hun
dreds could not get within sound ot the
speakers.
The exercises opened with a dirge, "Dust to
Dust" (E. Brooks) by the Fourteenth infantry
band. Rev. T. L. Eliot then offered the follow
ing prayer:
phaveb:
0, (iod, m whom we live and move and have
our being, may we acknowledge together, now
and always, our dependence upon thee for life
and all we are: that thy providence is perpet
ual and unceasing; and that thy eternal law and
love encompass us. "We adore thy wondrous
dealings with our nation, and with our race.
"We thank thee for the gathered experience
through which: the world is taught by thee to
honor truth aud justice, and learns to believe
them more powerful than any force and selfish
might; that in the fullness of time, our own na
tion was born, and has lived to vindicate truer
principles of human brotherhood, under justice
and liberty, and by faith In one another. "We
thank thee for our history, as an American peo
ple, for our leaders, for our moral inspirations
without which material eifts would curaens.
and we pray that the time may never come, j
mien no cjau wu uui uuuuigui ui uaricr jus
tice and humanity for riches or seeming peace!
"We remember before thee this day especially,
our nation's trial hour and newbirth, and those
by whom our land was saved from disunion and
long shame. For the high resolves and counsels,
the sacrifices of home and battlefield which
ended in the victory of humanity, and for the
future assured us by these means, we bless thy
overruling grace, and thy vindicative ordering.
And with such thankfulness and revering love
we commemorate to-day him who, by thy lead
ing, was our captain of armies, whom living we
honored, and who, fallen asleep, leaves us his
great name, and the example of his virtues, his
courage, his manliness, his exalted patriotism
and his long service in war and peace. May the
solemn call to the nation, in every community
and household, this day to honor their Bacred
dead, be answered with the tribute of every
heart, and so our chilc.en's children learn
what it means for great men to
give themselves for fieir country, and
what a grateful nation does for their memory.
May we have, as a people, aspirations for such
qualities as made him, whom wato-day mourn,
great May our rulers emulate his self-control
and singleness of purpose and our Boldiers his
magnanimity and severe sense of duty; and may
we all share that spirit of self-sacrifice and
patriotism, which overshadowing every defect
or mistake carried him, as our chief, to the end
from the beginning, and leaves his name hon
ored by a world. May we meet life and death,
as he did, at the post ot duty. O God, visit
America to-day. with a deep sense of privilege
and trust, and dwell in us all, by thy grace, in
our appointed relations ot citizenship; and may
tby kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven.
The choir then sane "Rock of Ages."
The memorial services ot the Grand Array of
the Republic were then aid by the department
officers. Following this, the choir sang
"Kearer, My God, to Thee."
Judge "Williams then delivered the oration.
It was listoned to with profound attention.
Forgetting the amenities of the occasion, the
audience several times broke Into marked ap
plause. Following is the full text of
THE ORATION.
Friends ami Fellow Citizens: I have been
invited by the bereaved family of General Grant
on account of our former personal and official
relations, to join the great procession that Is
now marching with his mortal remains to their
last resting place at Riverside in New York. I
regret my inability to accept their invitation be
cause I wauled, before he passed forever from
human view, to look once more on that face
though composed in death, whose smiles of
recognition and favor are among the most cher
ishea and valued memories of my life. I know
what is expected at a public funeral tho long
processions, the mournful music, the tolling of
bells and the hush of business indicate the style
of speech suited to the occasion, but if I were
to give vent to my feelings I should speak not
so much to swoll this public display, as to ex
press my personal sorrow at the loss of one who
has been to me the best and most unselfish of
friends. I appreciate tho significance
of this demonstration. I know it is the only
way in which the people of a country can Bhow
their estimate of the distinguished dead, but
withal there is an oppressive sense of emptiness
and inadequacy in this parade, which grates
harshly upon the severed ties of friendship and
affection. Death is a thing of awful Import to
the living. The grave is dark, unyielding and
silent Stillness 6eeui3 suited to the desolate
home, and the bleeding heart and seclusion is
sacred to the sorrows of the afflicted, but tho
great world mourns for a day with noise aud
euow and then relapses back into its accustomed
grooves of business and pleasure. Multitudes
who have read or heard of Gen. Grant will par
ticipate in the ceremonies of this day from a
6cnse of propriety or duty, but there are many
others in every part of our land whose hearts are
bowed down with unaffected sorrows. I do not
speak of the irreparable loss and inconsolable
grief or the stricken family, but I speak especi
ally of those who have been associated with
Gen Grant in military or civil lite.
Some of the serious misfortunes of the Union
army in the war of the rebellion, wero due to
the jealousy by commanding officers of each
other, and some have gone so far as to say that
the Confederacy was seriously weakened by
jealousy among its leaders, but there was
nothing of this in the noble naturo of Gen.
Grant He was not only just but generous to
his brother officers. He was as careful of their
reputation as he was of his own. He gave
credit where credit was due and granted to
merit all that it deserved. He was not only
willing but anxious that others should win lau
rels upon the field of battle by winning victories
for the Union cause. He was able to detect in
competency and Inefficiency in command, and
he lad the courage to put them whore they
belonged. Rife as jealousy was among others,
there appears to have been little or none
towards General Grant, though he was growing
all the time into great popularity and power.
Tins arose not only from a universal
confidence in his capacity but from a universal
conKtion that he would be just to all his com
rades hi arms. Friendships begotten under
swh circumstances take hold with the strength
of brotherly affection, and to the hearts of those
officers of the Union army who survive; the
death of their great commander will carry a feel
ing of sorrow to which the pageantry of this day
can give no expression.
Thousands of the soldiers of the Union army
have outlived the man who so often led them to
victory. Confidence by soldiers in their com
manding oflieer rapidly ripaos into affection
amid the perils of war. Gen. Grant believed
that armies were organized to fight, and that
vigorous and sometimes bloody work was essen
tial to success; but he was always anxious for
the health and comfort of the camraw sMdier,
acd tenderly considerate of his rights and inter
ests. He was not Indifferent to the value of dis
cipline, but there was no tain! of tyranny in
his disposition. No man ever lived
with less regard for the dLrtlaetioas of rank or
office, aud no man ever placed a lower estimate
upon thooe diffen-nces which the accidents of
fortune sometimes create among men. He was
as cordial to the lowest private as to th highest
nicer. Gen. Grant was not an emotional man.
but 1 have never seen him exhibit more feeling
than when taking some man by the hand who
had fought in the ranks when lie commaaded in
battle. Numerous processions are marching to
day with draped flags and funeral dirges, aud
there may be nothing in Ihe outward display to
distinguish one mourner from another; but ia the
hearts ot those who knew and followed Gen.
drant through the struggles of the war there
will be a feeling of sadness that can only find
its true expression in the silence ot tears.
Most of the members of Gen. Grant's politi
cal household while be was president are sin
ceie mourners at this great funeral. There is
nothing not of ihe family relations which, camea
nearer there than the cabinet of the president
CooSdt-nee there is, cr ought to be, unlimited
and reciprocaL Cabinet officers have every pos
sible opiKrtuni(y to learn and know what is
reel acd iiud in the character o! thsir ciiiL
Policy KHiifcliKies makes it necessary for public
me to disguise their motives and pi-- for
the time being; but.ia the council chamber of
the cabinet, there is unrestrained freedom of In
tercourse and speech. Gen. Grant while he was
president appeared to public view to be one per
eon. but to his confidential advisers he wa3 quite
another and different person. He was called a
silent and not unfrequently a stolid man by
those who came to see and hear him talk, and
sometimes he seemed to be an indifferent lis
tener, when in fact he was treasuring np every
word that was uttered in his hearing. Ppsaibly
his reserve in general speech was some
what due to a habit acquired in the
army, where great caution in speaking
of military plans and operations is an absolute
necessity. Gen. Grant was not accustomed to
talk much to visitors, but what he did say was
plain and simple and directly to the point
When in the cabinet chamber he threw off his
reserve, he was frank, fluent and exceedingly
interesting in conversation. Here was where
he unfolded the real elements of his nature.
Here was where candor, truth and faith pre
vailed in all that was said or done. I believe it
to be universally true that the better Gen. Grant
was known, the better he was liked. Those
who knew him best loved him most There
was nothing about him to captivate the fancy;
he was not graceful in action or refined in his
tastes; he knew little or nothing of poetry or
fine literature, and less, if possible, of music
He was a strong, solid, robust man. His nature
was not like the brilliant babbling, sparkling
brook, imparting music to the oar ana
beauty to the eye, but it was more
like the slow and steady river, whose force and
power and value lie in the hidden depths of its
waiers. JNorwiuistanaing all this there was
around Gen. Grant an atmosphere as soft as the
haze of a summer's morning. There was no
morosenees or harshness or cruelty in his tem
per, but in all his words and looks there was
kindness and benignity of expression. When
Daniel "Webster lay dead at Marshfieid a neigh
boring farmer gazing into his coffin, said, as if
talking to the great statesman: "Daniel Web
ster, the world will seem lonesome without
you." I am sure that this simple language of
the New Hampshire farmer can be properly
appropriated to this occasion by every surviving
member of Gen. Grant's political family.
My intimate acquaintance with Gen. Grant
commenced in 1866, when in some way I became
one of his advisers and counsellors in a contro
versy he then had with President Johnson and
his cabinet I was exasperated at the unjustifi
able attempt made to impeach his veracity, but
I found him cool and undisturbed, though bis
honor was at stake, and undismayed by the
formidable array of power and influence against
him. I had frequent consultations with him
after he became president and before I was con
nected with his administration, and IalwayB, and
under the most trying circumstances, found him
the same serene, self-reliant, conscientious man
and officer. I was called to his cabinet in 1871,
and for nearly four years my relations to him
were of the most intimate nature, and I believe
I enjoyed hi3 unbounded confidence. Flattery
cannot soothe the "dull, cold ear of death," but
for the sake of those who live, I want to say and
lay this tribute upon his tomb, that I never
heard Gen. Grant under any circumstances,
breathe a thought' or a sentiment that was not
consistent witn perfect integrity and the
most exalted patriotism.
During his second administration, especially
the sluice ways of slander and filthy abuse
were opened upon his devoted head. Most of
the New York city newspapers, whose politics
are like an open sewer on the surface of the
earth, carrying pollution and stench wherever it
goes, vied with each other in assaults upon the
integrity and capacity of the man whoso wisdom
and virtues they are now extolling to the skies.
When one of these mercenary journals made an
accusation against a public man, congress re
sponded with an Investigating committee, and
more than one gooi man and true patriot was
hounded to his gnvt by hirelings, whose bread
was purchased by the then current coin of false
hood and calumny. Much of this grew out of
Grant's administrative policy as to the South,
but more out of an apprehension that he
would be a candidate for re-election
In 1876. One day a newspaper reporter came
into my office and inquired about some matter
and In answer I stated to him the facta, but in a
day or two I saw in his paper a total misrepre
sentation of what I had said, and when I asked
for an explanation he said, in effect "We have
nothing in partlctlar against ycu, but we want
to break down the administration so as to pre
vent the election of Gen. Grant' No man, ex
cepting possibly Abraham Lincoln, ever admin
istered tho government under such difficulties
as surrounded Gen. Grant When he became
president the southern states were a seething
abyss of discord and disjointed elements. The
fires of the rebellion were slumbering in its
ashes. White masters aud negro Blaves had just
been made equals before tho law, with all the
bitterness of race Dreiudice between them.
Sectional hate was deep Wl bitten- The anl- 1
mosiues or me war were unextinguished, and
the mortification of defeat rankled in the bosom3
of the southern people. No man was ever
wise enough to administer the Government
under these conditions and attompt reconcilia- i
lion, narmony ana peace without arousing a
fierce and fonnidablo opposition. Little or no
allowance was made to Gen. Grant for this
state of things. He was always slow and re
luctant to interfere in Southern matters, but
when disorder, violence and murder made it
necessary to use the strong arm of tho govern
ment, the cry ot military usurpation camo up
from the South, and the cowardly politicians
and newspapers of tho North re-echood tho cry.
Grant's administration was attacked from all
quarters for an alleged oppressive use of mili
tary power in tho Southern Suites, when the
only thing he ever attempted to do there with
troops after the rebellion, was crushed, was to
conserve the public peace. I do not hesitate to
say that in my judgment tho kind hearted
ness of Gen. Grant for tho defeated
insurgents was a weakness in his
Southern policy. Knowing what I do, if I
had been president I would have made my little
finger heavier than the loins of Gen. Grant I
would not have persecuted or proscribed any
body. I would havo had no forfeitures of life
or property on occount of the rebellion, but at
all hazards and at any expense of blood or
treasure I would have protected the men in the
South, white or black, who supported the Union
cause when the Union was tremblinir to its fall.
Considering all the circumstances and all that
was accomplished during the eight years of
Gen. Grant's administration, he ought to be
placed in the front rank of American statesmen.
I do not say that his administration was free
from errors, but I do say that the3e in the
light of the great achievements of his
polititical life were like misty doud3
before the morning sun. His too
trusting heart was the weakness of his charac
ter. He was not sudden in his friendships, but
when they were once formed they took hold
with hooks of steeL His faith was whole
hearted, unreserved, and hard to be shaken.
He was easily influenced by those around him
in whom he had confidence, as to appointments
and minor matters, but when the weightier
matters of state demanded hi3 attention
"Richard was himself again." I have to s:y
without aiming at extremo accuracy, that Gen.
Grant appeared to mo to be a small man in
small things and a great man in great things.
There has been much written and said about the
corruption of the Grant administration. Ten
nyson well says: "That a lie which is half
truth is the most dangerous of lies." There was
a mustard seed of truth and a mountain
of lies In tho stuff published upon
this subject During bis administration
in consequence of war the revenues of tho gov
ernment were immense and its expenditures
large, applying the best test that can be ap
plied, and it appears that the loss on the re
ceipts, m proportion to tho amount, was less than
that of any former administration. Much ot all
this, however, Is buried in the potter's field of
party warfare. Under his administration order
and system were established where chaos and
confusion had prevailed. He sent his compli
ments to Great Britain and she paid U3 $15,009.
000 for her dalliance with the rebellion. His
veto of the inflation policy opened the way to
specie payments but without going further
into particulars I am willing to leave tho record
of his administration ia the hands of impartial
history.
To-day, Gen. Grant goes down to the darkness
and silence of the crave but truth is radiant with
lis long delayed ictory and "returning justise
lifts aloft herscale." Falsehood, slanderaad cal
umny which have preyed upon his life, fly away
to their denionaic abodes uoon the death ot their
victim. The bats and the owls of politics have
suddenly disappeared and birds of song and
beauty fill the air with their mournful melodies.
New light is breaking from the portals of the
tomb. Pens that defiled the public journals ot
the day with defamation of the too sensitive
living, are now busy writing up the great deeds
of the unconscious dead. Tongues that distilled
their venom as the deadly upas distils its dew,
are now trying to heal with honeyed phrases,
the wanton and wicked wounds they made.
People as they hear the tolling of tho bells and
see the emblems of mourning are beginning to
think seriously of their debt of gratitude to the
departed statesman and warrior.
Whether the United States would now exist
as a nation if Grant had .not lived is a ques
tion that cannot be solved; but that to him
more than to any other individurj we owe the
preservation of the American union is a fact
that admits of no controversy. Mauyotus cau
remember tho dark days at the beginning ot
thevfar. One disaster after another befell the
union forces and tho heavens o! the future were
base in Wackj but unexpectedly the gloom
gave way upon the western horizon with
Grant's great sucoeis at Fort Donelson. Hops,
faith and courage were tha northern echoes ot
thisgreat victory. It was the beginning of tha
end. I cannot and need not tell you of the
campaign sieges and battles of the now nerve
less warrior, but suffice to say, that battle fol
lowed battles and victory succeeded victory to
the final triumph at Appomattox court house.
To what position with Bonaparte, Wellington
and the other great soldiers of modern times
history will assign Gen. Grant I do
not know, but it may be that
in the clearer vision of future times he will
appear greater than any ot them. Bonaparte
said that "success was the test of merit," and if
this be true, then Grant waa greater than Bona
part; but the assertion of the French emperor
is only relatively true. Bonaparte possessed
adventitious aids which Grant did not have.
He governed the state and commanded the
army: Everybody and everything in his couU'
try was subordinate to his wilt France wa3
united and enthusiastic in his support; but in
the end he was defeated, nls army destroyed,
and he died a prisoner and in exile. Grant, on
the other hand, in his highest command was
subordinate to a higher authority. He waa
fighting his own countrymen, upon their own
soiL His foes were brave men, inspired with
the idea that they were fighting for independ
ence. Treason was in his front and treachery
in his rear; but in the end he overcame all these
difficulties and won a permanent peace.
My opinion is that Bonaparte was the
greater genius, but Grant had the better
judgment Bonaparte had more dash, and
Grant more tenacity. Either might have failed
if placed in the position of the other. I am not
aware that Gen. Grant was evor charged with
an unnecessary destruction of confederate life
or property In the prosecution of the war.
Bonaparte and most of the other great captains
of history have bean accused of taking spoils
and of cruelty to individuals in their power, but
no such imputation rests upon the fame of
Grant He accepted whatever bloodshed or de
struction the necessities of war demanded, but
for human suffering he had the tenderness of a
woman's sympathies. His bearing ft the sur
render of Lee was in keeping with hb char
acter. There was nothing said or done that was
not necessary to the occasion. There was no
offensive exultation. No indignities to confe-1-erate
officers or troops. No boastful or arbi
trary exercise of power, but quietly and gently
as it could be done, the surrender was effected cud
the captured officers and men dismissed to their
homes with their horses and equipments in
their possession.
Grant's magnanimity was one ot the most
remarkable traits of his character. He was
wholly without vanity or egotism. I have fre
quently heard him talk of his military opera
tions, but he seldom spoke of himself, and nev
er boastingly of his own actions. His success
he ascribed chiefly to the skill and bravery of his
subordinates and soldiers. He indicated no fear
that his laurels would be appropriated by oth
ers. He gloried in the great reputations of
Sherman, Sheridan and other distinguished offi
cers of the army. I have noticed particularly
the relations between Grant and Sherman.
Judging from what we know of others it mfcrht
be expected that there would be some feeling
of rivalry or jealousy, or distrust between them,
but nothing of the kind was discoverable. They
always spoke in the highest terms of each other,
and both agreed that a "friend Bhould bear his
friend's infirmities."
Grant differed, in his innate and inflexible
simplicity, from all the military men who have
figured in history. No one in his presence
would be apt to discover from his conversation
or actions that he was a man of great military
distinction or experience. When he laid down
his sword he laid down all semblance of the
soldier. Few men could have risen as Grant
did, from obscurity and poverty, to be the laur
eled chieftain of a victorious army the chief
magistrate of a great nation to be the guest of
emperors and kings without some visible effect
upon their personal bearing; but it is absolutely
true of Grant that at the head of the army, or in
the executive mansion, or at the courts of kings
and emperors, he made no more display of con
scious importance than he did when
hauling wood in St. Louis or tan
ning leather in Galena. He never said or
did anything under any circumstances for
effect When persons distinguished in the po
litical, literary or social world called upon him
at the White house, he was civil and courteous
but he never tried to show off, or make them
think that he had any extraordinary civic or
military attainments. He had none of the politi
cian's policy. When senators and representatives
and political leaders called upon him he received
them with urbanity and listened with politeness
to what they had to say, and then with a few
words disposed of the business in hand, appar
ently as indifferent to the effect upon his popu
larity as though he had been discus3ing the play
of a theater. He had nono of that misleading
palaver from which all our presidents havo not
boon free. When thgay and fashionable worO
thronged to his receptions, or he gave state din
ners to official dignataries, he went through the
performances with as little apparent excitement
or attempt at effect, as though he
waa going throush the routine of
a military drill. From tho time
thct Grant appeared as the evangel of victory to
a bleeding country down to tho closing scenes
at Mt McGregor there was no affectation or
theatrical display in his private or public life.
Everywhere he bore himself with the same
rigid sincerity and simplicity of manner. While
he was waiting with the cold hand of death
upon his brow, nothing was said or done by him
to excite public sympathy. Though the harpies
of the press hung around his dwelling for sens
ational news, bo ministered nothing to tlnir
mercenary purposes or to the morbid appetite
that would feed its curiosity upon the heart
throbs of a dying man. His physicians pub
lished bulletins as to the progress ot the disease,
and something now and then leaked out from
tho sick chamber, but nothing emanated from
the sick man that might not have come from the
lowliest son of obscurity. He made no religious
parade for the public eye; there was no farewell
rhetoric of last words to be repeated. "Nothing
of that, but giving his case to his physicians,
he waited patiently, working when he could,
for the night of death to come when no man
can work. Whether this stubborn simplicity
was of any advantage or not to Gen. Grant in
life, it gives him a conspicuous individuality
among the great men of history. Bonaparte
and Wellington, and even Washington, assim
ilated their bearing and manners to the fashions
of their office and power.
I know nothing of the religious views or
opinions of Gen. Grant further than may be
inferred from the fact that he was a regular
attendant of the Methodist church and had close
relations with some of its ministers. I know
that he was no bigot or fanatic, but liberal and
tolerant in his views; and I know too, that
he was a man of unbending morality.
I do not mean to say that he would
not play cards and drink wine when so
disposed, but I mean to say that as to purity of
word and deed, as to fidelity to his family, a3 to
truth, honor and charity, he was without re
proach. I never heard him utter a profane or
obsceno word in my life, and I have seen him
greet a few attempts to tell smutty stories in his
presence with a sickly smile of disgust
I have tried without much success to form a
satisfactory opinion as to what intellectual or
other qualities made him a great military lead
er. No doubt his imperturbability was one
great element of his success. Included in this
is the power to keep cool and self-possessed
under exciting causes and personal courage in
the face of danger. Wellington has been called
the Iron Duke, but of Grant it may be said with
out much exaggeration that he was a man of
iron nerves. I uelieve that Grant was so con
stituted, that it in battle where he com
manded news came to him that one part
of his army was routed, he could reason as
coolly upon the situation as though he was
among tho maps and papers of his office. I
never saw him In battle but I have seen him
unmoved when "all ethers around him wore ex
cited. I was with him on the evening of the
day when he was re-elected in 1872 and tho re
turns of the election were coming in from dif
ferent parts of the country. Washington City
was in a white heat ot excitement and every
body in a fever of anxiety. Telegram after
telegram came announcing great republican
majorities m New lork, Pennsylvania ana
other states, but they seemed to have no more
effect upon him than upon the portraits of his
predecessors hanging in the executive mansion.
He made no expression of his feelings in words,
and it was impossible to detect the movement
ot a nerve or a muscle by the surrounding ex
citement Persons may be qualified for the command of
a corps or a brigade and not be qualified for
geueral-in chief ot all the armies, which latter
office Grant filled with signal ability. He had
one peculiar talent which may have had some
thing to do with his fitness for this position, and
that was. his almost intuitive knowledge of the
topography of a country through which he had
passed. He made a brief visit to Colorado
while he was president ana when lie returned
he seemed to havo the state mapped out in his
mind and talked of the roads and towns and
cities as though he had been a resident there
for years. I have heard him discourse in the
same way of Mexico, Texas and Oregon aad
other places where he had been, telling ot local
ities, situations and distances with a fullness
and accuracy which fewmencouldacquire with
the same opportunities for observation. How
much' this bad to do with his ability to plan
campaigns and direct their execution is mora
than I know.
Towering however above all his other quali
fications, was his rare good judgment This
as to military men and things must have ben
of the highest order. "Whatever, mistakes bo.
made as to his cabinet officers he made none as
to his military assistants. He was not unlike
Bonaparte in this respect Gen, Grant's public
career was magnificent in its proportions and
results, and it will stand, growing purer and
brighter with the lapse of. time as an imperish
able monument in the world's history.
I speak now of two mistakes of his private
life because I know they are taethoughts of the
people. One was in allowing his aame to be
usedinlSSOasa candidate for tho presidency.
J have no positive knowledge of hw views at
that time, but beUeved then and believa now
that this was contrary to his own good judg
ment I know that very many of his beat
friends were opposed to it and advised against
it Certain politicians in his party, understood
to be his friends, determined to make him a can
didate, and the influences around him bore in that
direction, and so without any positive action
and unwilling to disoblige his importunate
friends, he allowed himself to be drawn into
the convention to be rejected by it I would
rather have worked and voted for him than for
any living man, but my conviction then was,
and still is, that if he had been nominated he
would have been defeated. Much as the people
delighted to honor him, there were vast num
bers of his admirers and friends who would
not vote to make any man president for a third
term. I know that at one tima Gen. Grant con
templated following the example of Washing
ton, for he told me so, but influence subse
quently may have changed his mind.
His other and greater mistake was in allow
ing himself to be drawn into his late disastrous
business connection in New York. Great as
he was In the turmoil of war and m the affairs
of state, as to money matters he
had the weakness of an unsophisticated boy.
He was weak in trying to ba richer when he
was rich enough, and weaker still ia trying to
add to hisfortuneby speculations In Wall street,
but in this respect he was not peculiar, for his
tory shows that a great majority of the states
men, warriors and scholars who have gained dis
tinction as such, have been lacking in financial
abUities. That Gen. Grant in this matter, was
the victim of misplaced confidence, no one who
knows him can doubt No circumstance has
come to light to raise a question In the mind of
any Impartial judge as to his personal integrity,
and his struggles and sacrifices to make repara
tion to thoee injured by his misfortunes ought
to be conclusive proof upon this point I know
not, nor can it ever be known, for he wa3 one
who would not tell, what anguish
and torture he suffered by the knowl
edge that innocent people had been
reduced from affluence to poverty by the failure
of his firm, but I believe it worked like burning
iron thrust into his just and generous nature.
Mental suffering, as well as physical pain, re
duced this miehty man of war to the weakness
Of a tottering child.
Whatever his errors were as to his personal
interests, his judgment was unerring as to the
interests of his country. When the thunder
cloud of war burst from the southern sky, he
made no mistake as to the line of his duty. He
had no affiliation with the administration of Mr.
Lincoln by party ties, but he had fought for the
glory of the flag upon the bloody fields of Mex
ico, and he could not see it dishonored by the
impious hands of treason. Wrhen it was pro
posed as a war measure to emancipate
the slaves, his judgment approved the
proclamation of President Lincoln, and
thenceforward he was the stalwart
champion of universal freedom. When he was
called to be chief magistrate ho consented reluc
tantly from a sense of duty, and because he be
lieved, and he was not mistaken in his judg
ment, that he could do more than any other
man, for the restoration of peace and harmony
to the union. "When popular clamor for the in
flation of a redundent currency carried away
with it such men as Morton and Thurraan he
stood unshaken, like Teneriffe amid the waves of
the ocean, and by his veto saved the country
from dishonor and bankruptcy.
Two of our presidents have been assassinated
and the nation has been in mourning at their
funerals, but now a private citizen has died a
natural death and the nation comes to his fun
eral like Rachel weeping for her children, and
cannot be comforted. How shall we ac
count for this universal expression of Borrow?
Every citizen of the United States is Interested
in the unity and happiness of his country, and
therefore every citizen, in the death of Gen.
Grant, has lost a benefactor and a friend. We
do not know the strength of our attachments to
kindred and friends until they are rent asunder
by the ruthless hand of death. While Gen.
Grant was alive we thought of himkiudly, but
carelessly as we think of one whom we meet
every day; but when it wa3 known that a fatal
disease bad seized him for its victim, a genoral
sympathy sprang up, which grew stronger and
stronger with his severe and protracted suffer
ings, wnen ne aiea, tne heart of the nation
was tenderly affected towards him.
Gen. Grant-was trie, in all the vlcis3itude3 cf
war; time and again his courage was t03ted at
the cannon's mouth and under the Iron hail of
battle; his public and private life for years
were a target for the poisonod ar
rows of malice, hatred and revenge; but
nover was his endurance, courage or patience
so tried as when for half a year in helpless,
hopeless weakness he was compelled to look
into the face of advancing and inevitable deata.
Inscrutable are the ways of tho almighty and we
are bound to accept the wisdom of
him "who doeth all things well," but to human
understanding it seems hard that one so great,
so good and so just should have been put to this
terrible ordeal. Uncomplaiaingly, unflinchingly
and heroically he met his doom. When the dis
ease pressed upon him he said,withthat natural
ness which henever disguised: "I should boglad
to live, but if it is the will ot providence, I am
prepared to go." Grand in life, sublime in
death.
"Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit, rest thee now.
E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod
Ills seal was on thy brow:
Ilust to its narrow house beneath,
Soul to its place on high.
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die."
Nevermore will mortal eye see this man
whom a nation mourns and a world admired,
but forgetfulness can never claim him for her
own. Tens ot thousands of veterans who still
live will cherish with affection, among then:
memories of the war, the memory of him who
led them through the storm of battle to the
shining bights of victory. They will tell ot him
to their children, and they to theirs, and un
born generations with growing admiration
shall hear the Btory of his deeds. Far away
from where he now sleeps, and in the lowly
cabins of the South, where the slave once
crouched and trembled, tho emancipated man
shall tell his free born children how Grant
fought for their freedom, and the tutelar deitie3
of their song and story shall be, Lincoln and
Grant Wherever the stars and stripes may
float on the land or on the saa they shall embla
zon to the world with their inspiring associa
tions the illustrious name of Grant Union and
liberty are the monumouts of his fame.
To-day with mourning and tears we commit all
that is mortal of Ulysses S. Grant to the bosom
of his mother Earth, but wilii pride we commit
his name to the pen of History, to be written
with those of W7ashingtou and Lincoln high
upon the roll-call of
The few Immortal names
That were not bom to die.
On the banks of the beautiful Hudson a grate
ful country will erect a stately monument to his
memory. Unnumbered millions In the far-off
future will gaze upon that structure with min
gled feelings of gratitude and pride. Sunshine
and cloud, for -centuries to come, will cast their
lights and Ehadows upon its summit, while the
memorial river ever murmurs at its base; but
when the marble and iron and brass of that
monument shall have moldered into du3t, tho
name of Grant will live.
Death makes uo conquest of this conqueror.
For now he lives iu fame, though not m Hie.
The choir sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul,"
and the audience was dismissed with the follow
ing benediction by the chaplain:
Nowjunto the King eternal, immortal, invisi
ble, the only wise God to honor and glory for
ever and ever. Amen.
Chairman Janes on Grorfr.
Denver Dispatch. Aug. 2.
The Hen. B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, chairman
of tho national republican committee and one
of the heaviest backers of Blaine during the
late presidential campaign, arrived in Denver
yesterday with his wife and several prominent
business men and manufacturers of Pennsyl
vania. "Mr. Jones," said the reporter, "would you
say anything about the presidential election and
its results?"
"Well, really, I don't want to say anything
about politics. I can only say of the campaign
that we did everything we could to elect Mr.
Blaine, but failed."
"What do you think ot Mr. Cleveland? What
do you think his ideas on the tariff are?"
"I am not personally acquainted with Mr.
Cleveland, but know intimately many of his
friends, and don't believe he has yet given the
subject much consideration. When he made
that New Jersey speech during the campaign
which lost him a great many votes, I know that
the anti-tariff ideas were furnished him by a
strong advocate of the theory, and when hi3
mistake wa3 pointed out the next day, he said:
D th& tariff subject I have never given it
the least thought' I believe that after he has
thoroughly examined it he will take my view,
and if, he dcea it will make him very strong."
Hyeieaic an nourishing: Ghlrardelll's Cocoa.
Cheaper and tetter, than the imported. ' 3
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Ci genios under tree InstixoUons: as a man. the purest
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as a cttlten. the grandest of the nation: end for outfit
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address JAS. THOMPSON. 240 E.Park St.. Portland.Or.
FINANCIAL
on Improved city property only. A. J. WELCH, at
torney at law, 1S3,S First 3t. latf
MONEYTO LOAN-SECURITIES PURCHASED
and notes discounted by B. GOLDSMITH,
Money Broker. N. E. cor. First and Washington sts.
MONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS TO SUIT, ON
household furniture; without removal; notes dis
counted: financial and general brokerage. A. J.
WELCH, Attorney at law, !Xjj First st ljytf
MONEY TO LEND ON IMPROVED CITY
property. Apply to HUGH ROGER, 40 Second
street- 4a6f
M
ONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED CITY
property, on longtime. H. R OATMAN . 114 First
SllSCELIiAXEO US.
A
I.WEILER & CO., CIGAR MANUFACTUR
ers, N. E, cor. First and Alder streets, Portland,
Oregon. Prop's. Factory No. 38, 1st district. S. F.
WM. GARDNER & CO., PRACTICAL PLUM3
ers, Bas and Steam Fitters. Hot water heating
a specialty. Comer Third and Alder sts., Portland..
A1MANT IiUBBlCAXXXG COJU'OUNB
CTIlINDEB T.UBBICATIXQ Oil,.
rjlATUM & BOWEN. SAN FRANCISCO, AND 91,
JL S3 Front St., Portland; Or., sole ag'ta. Those lubit
cants are larguly used in fean Francfcco, throughout
California, the East, England. Australia, tc. Toey
are unequalled in effiicnev and pconomv.
LOST' jVSH FOUND.
f OST-BY DR. H. E. JONES, A LIGHT-WEIGHT
JLJ gold chain with long links; charm attached (old
Roman coin In gold circle . A liberal reward will be
raid for same for retnm to this otlice. 9a2
JtTACHINISTS.
fFlRENKMAN & WOLFF, MACHINISTS, OORNEB
JL F and Third sta-Housework, doors, railings. Iron
shatters, and machinery ot all descriptions; pinning
and moulding tools to order.
IKOS AY.'OOOWOUKISO MaOUINECYi
rflATUM & BOWEN, SAN FRANCLSCO, AND 91,
JL 93 Front st, Portland, Or., Iron and Woodworking
Machinery
CBOCKEBY, GLASSWARE, HA3IFS.
HEGELE. CROWELL & CO., IMPORTERS; 61
and 54 FroLt r.U. Portland. Or
" SABMjEBY.
6HERLOCK3ADDLEBY.HARNES3.HARD-
ware: 74 Front at.. Portland Or.
SAILS, FLAGS AND TENTS.
V.
K. SMITH. SAIL. FLAG AND TENT MAKER!
XI North Front St.. Portland. Or.
WHOLESAIVE ltBUGGISTS.
SNELL HETTSHU S WOODARD ESTABLISHED
1S1. Portland. Or.
SHOW OA.&R MAHPFAOTPBERS.
DIXON, BORGESON & CO.. 102 FRONT ST.,
Portland and37 Market st San Francisco.
MEBCSANDISK BBOEEBAGE,
yriBANK WOOLSEY. COMMISSION AND MEB
JD cnandlse brokeragft- cor. First and A. Portland
MINING MACHXNEBZ.
n
TMne a tljlot. mill, railway a ma-
chiala' supplies a apeciAity. 66 Norta Fronton,
TO EJShT-BOOStS AST) OFFICES.
JMALL SUITE FOR ONE OR TWO. WITH. BATK.
3 la private faainy. 131 Yamhill and WJarte.l4jyUa
B
AY-WINDOW 1nOMi5r PiTRNTKH'Rn? KJI
aUeocsjnle: bath and gas. 3T2Flrstsi. 2Sty-
PLEASANT FURNISHED BOOMS, GAS, BATH,
etaj convenient to Ke car Inquire at 334 It or
rlson be. corner Padnc.
FOR RENT DESIRABLE HOUSEKEEPING
rooms; furnisieU complete; also furnished front
rooms, en suite or single, at 1S3S Fifth st. jylm
FOR BENT-SECOND FLOOR OF TELEPHONE
building, cor. Second and A, containing 5 desirable
rooms, wlta facilities for housekeeping. 7iZ
rjTHE RAYMOND HOUSE, S03 FIRST STREET.
J- nearly opiwite the St. George Hotel, flre-proof
brick: the most elegantly furnishtd lodging house ia
Portland; rooms en suite or single. alm
"D OOMS-FURNISHED OR UN FURNISHED. NO
J.I; 34 Columbia st.. cor. Second; tine room and
healthy location. Salta
S UNFURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT IN SUITS
for housekeeping, with use or bathroom aad hot
water, at 125 A st. cor, ot Sixth. Sa
1JALDWIN LODGING HOUSE. PERSONS IN
JL wnt of airy, comfortable lodgings. caU atS29J
Second st, bet. Salmon aad Main. Terms reasonable.
FOR RENT-CORNER SUir o"fNEWLY-FUR-nished
looms, suitable for light housekeeping-.
30YamhUl, over Quaker Dairy restaurant. Use ot
bath. Mlvtf
TO BENT SOUSES ANB STORES.
XT O 208 SEVENTH. RET. TAYLOR AND SAL
JLI monsts.: house of 7 rooms, with. bath. etc.. for
rent. Inquire at 210. 6att
FOR RENT COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS; SITUATK
N.E. cor. Water and Hooker sts: water cistern
acd nice orchard; J16 per month. Inquire at No. 2S
W ashlngton st. 44U
TO LET LODGING HOUSE; 11 ROOMS AND
bath; best location in the city, S3 Morriion at.
near Fourth. Inquire of ATKINSON & WAKE
FIELD. 1024 First St., opposite Ladd fcT11ton'3 bank.
FURNISHED COTTAGE TO RENT, CONTAIN
lng 7 rooms, besides closets and bathroom; good'
barn and yard; is finely located. For further particu
lars inquire of PARRISH, WATKINS fc COR
NELL. No. 4H Washington st- 4atf
HOUSE TO RENT-ON COR. B AND SEVENTH
sts.; five rooms and bath and closets. Apply at
HSPst. sa2
FOR RENT-TWO GOOD SIX-ROOM HOUSES,
pleasantly located, at 110 each. P. W. GILLETTK.
27 Stark St. 9a,
FOR RENT A NICE HOUSE OF SIX ROOMS,
In thorough repair, with cath room, marble man
tel, china closet etc Rent low to a good tenant. Ap
ply at 131 N. Twelfth street, between Q and H. 2att
TO EENTBOOXS. WITS BOABJO.
IJOARD AND ROOMS-PLEASANT LOCATION
JLJ and first-class accommodations at MRS. VIN
SON'S No. 66 Clay su. near Third. 30lylm
SFECIAB NOTICES.
NOTICE DURING MY ABSENCE FROM THK
J city all real estate matters confided to me wUI ha
attended to by Mr. J. Fred Clark. 13 stark st.
3aSnl-d3-wl W. H. CREIGHTON.
TWO HOURS A DAY. FOR A MONTH. AT TOE
C C. CoUege will result in a great Improvement
In writing: students come at any hour In the day: $3
per month; N. W. cor. Second and Salmon. W. 3.
JA5IES. Principal. llytf
OLD HORSE SALE-THE BAGGAGE LEFT AT
the Burton House will be sold at auction, at
Waterholter's Warehouse, F street, between Second
and Third, in 30 days lroin this date. J. HAAS,
3 nly 19. 13S5. (19Jy30) Assignee Lee fe Marx.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UN
dersignedwiu not be responsible for any debts
contracted by Eugene La Rocque. M. H. RALEIGH,
Guardian ot the estate ot Eugene La Rocque.
May 13. 18S5. 19mtl
HO CAMPERS! THE UNDERSIGNED IS PRE
pared to do hauling, and aU parcels or freight
forwarded or entrusted to my care wul be safely cared
for and delivered at reasonable rates: also hay lor bed
ding. P. L. DARLING. Hwaco. W. T. 13J60t
TaOTlCEr-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
J there will bean annual meeting of the stock
holders of the West Portland Homestead Association,
at the office of said association, 29 Stark st, Portland,
Or., on the second Monday (10th day) of August, 1335, at
2 o'clock of said day, to elect directors of said associa
tion, and to transact such other business as may come
before said mesting. (4a4i) L. F. GROVER. Sec.
Offick Caxal and Lock Commissiontcks,
Salkm, Or.. July 23. 1S85. f
-VrOTIfJE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
J canal and locks at Oregon City will be closed for
necessary repairs for 15 days from and after the 15tU
day of August, 1SS5. Z. F. MOODY,
R. P. EARHART.
EDWARD HIRSCff,
29Jvl3 Canal and Lock Commissioners.
COMMISSION JHEBCSANTS.
SIBSO, QUACKENBUSII &CO., SHIPPING AND
Commission Merchants, specialties wheat; flour,
salmon, grain bags, eta, N. w. cor. Front and Ash sts.
Portland. Or.
s
UTTON & BEEBE, SHIP CHANDLERY AND
naval stores, IS N. Front st- Portland. Or.
ALLEN & LEWIS, COMMISSION AND PRODUCE
Merchants. Front and D St&, Portland, Or.
E. BATTTN, GENERAL COMMISSION MEK
chant and produce dealer, 130 Front street.
I CESAR & CO., SHIPPING AND COMMIS
' sion Merchants, 30 North Front street, Portland
mAYLOR, YOUNG & CO., SHIP BROKERS AND
X Commission Merchants; agents for San Joan
Archipelago Lime Co. Si Front street, cor. Ash st.
"ariT.T.ER & WEST (J. C. MILLER, W. H. WEST.)
J1L commission merchants In general and dairy pro
duce, 1(7 Front St., between Washington and Stark.
JMcCRAKEN & CO., IMPORTERS & WHOLE-
sale grocers and shipping and commission mer
chants. Nos. 60, 62 and 64 North Front st., Ppr liana, Or.
WS.MASON, WHOLESALE GROCER-AND
commission merchant, N03. 2 and 4 North
Front st.. Portland, Or.
HlSRMAN METZGER, PURCHASER OF
bides, pelts, furs, wool and tallow and general
commission merchant; consignments solicited. No.
45 Third street; P. O. box 703, Portland, Oregon. 13mtf
MARK LEVY, COMMISSION MERCHANT,
importer of and dealer in tropical and domestic
green, dried and canned fruits, nuts, figs, dates and
raisins. 122 Front st. Consignments ol Oregon and
California produce solicited
PBOFESSIONAL CABBS.
DR. S. E. JOSEPHI HAS REMOVED HIS RESt
dence td N. W. cor. Eleventh and Main 8t.i., Port
land. Office: Washington St., bet. First and Second.
A I. NICKLTN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office, 175 Washington street; telephone No.
73. 3y
"AXRS. M. H. WHITNEY, M. D. MRS. OLLIS.
J.?X assistant, formerly with Dr. Murray. Cor. Firs
and Yamhill sts.. room.s 7 and 3. 25Jy
W s. newburyTattorney and coun-
sellor at law: rooms 13 and 19 Cambndgo
block, cor. Third and Morrison st3.. Portland, Or.(8Jy
E.A.Joxes,M.D. J. O. Bkyant. M. D.
DR8. JONES fc BRYANT CAN BE FOUND AT
their office, day and night. Midwifery and dis
eases of women a specialty. UQicc43 First, near Ash.
7 A. COLBY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
JD Office S.W. corner First and Yamhill; resldenca
with Mrs. Hill. cor. 7th &YamlilH. Diseases of children
a specialty. Country patients promptly attended to.
JOHN D . WILCOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Room 22. No. 401 California street, San Francisco.
Cat Collections made for Portland firms. xnJsU
MILL AND FABM MACSINEBY.
FRANK BROTHERS' IMPLEMENT COMPANY
importer and dealer In farm and mUl machinery
63 and 70 Front sfi, Portland, Or.
ZT. WRIGHT, DEALER IN FARM & MILL
Machinery. Belting, Oils, Brass Goods. Inspira
tors. Pumps. Bells, etc. Foot of Morrison St.. Portland.
CUAS. hTdODD fc CO., SOLE AGENTS BUOKEYH
Mower and Reaper, Canton Pitt's Thresher, Haines1
Header, Schutler Wagons; Front, First acd Vino sts.
KNAPP, BURRELL & CO., WHOLESALE FARM
machinery and dealers In agricultural imple
ments, farm and spring wagons, baggies, carriages,
eta, portable acd stationary engines; saw mills and
grist mill machinery a specialty; rubber and leather
belting
WHOLESALE GBOCEB3.
ALLEN & LEWIS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, OOK
nerN. Front andP sts.. Portland, Or.
COUBITT & MAOLEAY, WHOLESALE GROCER
and Commission Merchants, 81 and 66 Front bS.
Portland.
ADUAMS & ELLIOTT, WHOLESALE GICOCKR8,
Forwarding and Commission Merchanta, Noa. Id
and 43 Front street. Portland. Or.
O'CONNOR, WiiOLiiSALK AND RETAIL
grocer, dealer In ship stores, garden and grasa
seeds, foreign and domestic fruits, etc., N. E. cor Front
and Alder sts.. Portland, Or.
COAT KKGINKS A.SI1 jlXa.r.l. S'OWXIE.
nTATUM & BOWEN, SAN FRANCISCO, AKD 9t
S- 93 Front st, Portland, Or,, sole agents for Willard's
celebrated Lake Boat Rigs and smaU engines tor gen
era! work.
LEATHER ANB FINDINGS.
TTERBKRT BRADLEY & CO., SUCCESSORS TO
H Bradley & Doheny, 199 Front, bet. Washington ana
Stark Bts. Leather and Findings. Shoe Store Supplies;
XT. S, MarmhnlU Wotlce.
ADMIRALTY SEIZURE THE ' GENERAL
HANCOCK,'' the "Bine Rock"aud the "Commo
dore" United States of America. District of Oregon,
ss: Whereas, a libel hath been filed In the District
Court of the United Statei. for the district of Oregon,
on the 13th day of July 1S33. by Mr. John U. Wood
ward, proctor.on behalf of Wiliiam J.Miller,tnacaus
of contract for seaman's wages, civU awl maritime,
ageinst the Barges ''General Hancock," "Blue Rock,"
and "Commodore." their tackle, apparel and furni
ture, and praying the usual process and xnoniton of
the court, that all persons interested in the said ves
sels, their tackle, apparel aud furniture, may be cited
to appear and answer the premises and all due pro
ceedings being had, that the same maybe decreed to
be sold, and the proceeds thereof be distributed ac
cording to law. Therefore, In pursuance of the 3ald
monition, under the seal of the said court, tame di
rected and delivered on the 14th day of July, ls5,
do hereby give notice generally ucto all persons hav
ing, or pretending to have, any right, title or Interest
In the f aid vessels, called th "General Hancock," tha
"Blue Rock." and the "Commodore." their tackle,
apparel and furniture, to appear before the said court,
at the city of Portland, in said district, on the 7th day
of September, 1835, If it be a court day, or elso on tha
next court day thereafter at 10 o'clock la the fore
coon of said day, then and there to answer the said
libel, and to make known their allegations In that be
half. Dated at Portland, In saM district, the 33th day
Of July, 1385. PENUMBRA KELLY,
U. S. Marshal for the District of Oregon.
JorrxH. Woodwarh. Proctor for Llbellant. (301yli
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL FE
male complaints by DR. VAN MONCISCAR
No. U2 and 134 Third St.. Portland.
M. NEWCASTLE, S5?SStH, '
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