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ALBANY Rl!GiSTj2R. It, r. 8. OAirlMl Paper Ibr Orrgon. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1873, Buying it hriiatorinl Sent. That money is used frequently to influence the actions of individual j members of Legislative bodies, we I have strong reason to believe ; but such conduct has ever l)een regarded ! as wrong, as bribery, and the perpe- j trators, including both the acceptor of the money as well as the offerer, have ever been regarded by the masses of the American people with odium. We do not remember of an instance where the use of money in the direction of bribery was ever sought to be justified by any per son, whose success in reaching office, at least, rendered him prominent. until we read a portion of a speech jHirporting to have been made by j Vr. Jones, lately elected 1'. S. Senator by the Legislature of Ne vada. He was thought to have ' ued money freely in procuring his election, and was so charged by one or more of the ncwsjiapers Aftef Jones had been elected Senator, he read a speech before the body which elected him, in which he sought to justitythedishonorable course which he doubtless pursued, by saying that " Custom lias sanctioned the use of money inSenatorial elections;" and " to inv?igh against the use of money is simply to deny the inevit able and to incur more than a sus picion of want of candor and intel ligence." These sentiments are in famous, yhey justify bribery and stamp Jones as a villain. They show that money, bribery, raised him to the Senate. Custom does not sanction any such iniquity. Had men, like himself, may use bribes, and as bad men may accept them : but the law, which is the moral sense of the people, custom reduced to rule, condemns it, proposes to punish the giver and taker of a brilie by fine and imprisonment. An exchange says that money expnd ed by party men for the party are legitimate political disbursements ; but these expenses are illegitimate when expended in the interest of any man within the party and for his sole benefit. It then becomes base corruption. We go farther than this, or at least would be more explicit. Bribery, whether ft be for the interest of party or men, is base corruption. The disbursements tor party, so long as they are con fined to the promoting of organiza tion, circulating of speeches and documents, paying the xpenses of speakers and defraying the expenses of conventions, political gatherings, etc., are legitimate ; but when they are used for the purpose of buy ing votes, a great crime is committed. A man who will offer or give a bribe, is as depraved a wretch as the one who accepts it. They are both dishonest and unsafe. Justice in the hands of such men is on the side of self interest. 7'be lack of moral integrity that would permit them to buy a seat in the Senate, would not hesitate long in prompt ing" them to seek compensation for their expenditures, by selling their official votes. Hence their influ ence is detrimental to public justice as well as virtue. Let the senti ment of this man Jones, Senator elect of Nevada, once be accepted by tlie people, and justice and vir tue will topple and fall, and in their stead will appear injustice and crime. Such sentiments are s libel on our customs as a people and a natioli, and tlie author of tliem should never lie permitted to dis grace with his presence our Sena torial Halls. The Mn'iv.sor or Kameltamrha V. The question of a successor to the throne of the late Kamehame ha V., of the Sandwich Islands, is no longer vexed, if it ever was, Prince Lunalis having been first endorsed by the Legis'ative Assem bly, and then elected by the unan imous popular vote of the Kingdom to that exalted position. The breathing of the rest of the political world will probably be miiutemiped bv this tremendous event. From the Oregrtnian we learn that Mr. i. W. Brown, of that city, was run over by a car as it was being switched a short distance above the lower sawmill, Jan. '28th, from the effects of which he (lied next morning. lie was an old pioneer, a memlier of the Legisla ture in 1856, and subsequently Su perintendent of Common Schools. He was highly esteemed. His age was 49 years. Edward Simraonds states that when he was suxrmteiideut of the rolling stock of the Union I'acitic Bailroad from 1865 to 1871, second hind locomotives, dear at 85,000 and unfit for decent rrads, were sold to the company by P. G. But ler of Boston, as first class, for $16,000 or 917,000. Tlie Modoc war has lieen the subject of Cabinet discussion, and it has been determined to appoint a commission of three persons, to in vestigate a d ascertain the best method of securing ieace and main taining the Modoc's ou a reserva tion. One volunteer kernel of wheat, in Merriwether county, Georgia, last season, produced ninety-nine heads and three thousand fifty-eight kernels, the largest head having seventy-five each. It was of the early red, bajd variety. In the assachusetts House of Representatives, the bill to prohibit the sale of malt liquors was order ed to a third reading on the 29th ult., by a vote of 145 to 45. Will become a law, without a doubt. On Wednesday of last week the thermometer at Chicago ranged from twenty to twenty-four degrees below zero. At I lgin, 111., it was reported at thirty -four degrees, and at Milwaukee, Wis., thirty degrees. 7'he Pope is reported to hare said recently that he would leave Home if the religious orders were suppressed by the Italian Govern ment. Governor Dix, of New York, has refused to interfere in the case of John Gaffrey, senteced to be hung on the 7th, to-day. The owner of the barn which was set on fire in capturing John Wilkes I oath, has petitioned Con gress to pay him the value of the destroyed property. , i It has been suggested that the endowment of a chair of journ alism at Cornell University, be called the-Greeley Professorship. The Bethel Fair lately held in Cincinnati for charitable purposes realized $21,465 99. In terctt hiy Mnllstlos. Tlie following statistics of some of the expenses of the Government, taken from the animal report of the Filth Auditor of the United States Treasury, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, can hardly fail to be of interest to the general reader : In the Fifth Auditor's office there were 11,566 letters written, and 15,406 accounts adjusted during the year, involving the enormous sum of $720,071,736 40 Of this amount, the total sum paid as sal aries to foreign Ministers and their secretaries was 360,599 73. Their total contingencies came to $46,782 41, and loss by exchange to the Government amounted to $6,416 46, making a grand total of $413, 798 '41, as t he cost of all foreign missions. The highest salary paid to any foreign minister was $17,600, that amount each being paid to the Ministers of England, France and Germany. The Minister to Liberia received the lowest salary, being $4,000. The total Consular salaries paid during the year amounted to $472, 990 11 ; loss by exchange, $10,235. The fees received at these Consul ates aggregated $706,907 95, giv ing an excess of fees over sa'aries and loss by exchange of $223,682 84 The lees received at London were the highest, being $58,027 21; then Paris, $54,826 ; then Liver pool, $40,244 96. The entire amount expended by Consular officers of the United States for the relief of American seamen, above extra wages received by said officers, amounted to $151 , 599 44. The number of destitute Ameri can seamen sent to the United States by our Consulates was 1,012, cost ing tor their passage $12,069 20. The cost of -taking seamen picked up at sear into various ports was $41,756. The amount expended in bringing American seamen charged with crime to this country amounted to a total of $2,074 32. Department accounts received and settled were as follows : State Department : Total expen ses, $617,971 85. Of this $325, 000 was the award to Hudson's Bav and Puget Sound ; and the British, Spanishfand Mexican claim commissions aggregated nearly $100,000. Publishing laws in pam phlet form cost $57,505 80. Interior Department : Total ex penses, $1,094,628 34. $914,366 93 of this paid for the taking of the ninth census, and the miscellaneous and other expenses of the Patent Office were $138,388 96. Post-office Department expenses aggregated $70,894 57. The assessing of the internal rev enue taxes in the several collection districts of all the States and Ter. ritories, cost a grand total of $3, 231,113 45. 'J he total expense of collecting the internal revenue taxes was $1, 907,076 72. The total expenses of administering the office was $776, 100 52. The total assessments amounted to $123,079,983 73, and the collections were $117,329,127 93. 1- -4 A waiter in New Jersey was fined $25 not long since for putting dishwater into oyster stews. . i Forty-two persons, allegged In-! ternationals, were arrested in Paris i on the 29th ult. Fx-Empress Carlotta was re ported dead on the 30th ult. 7'he $ltfttesitim is informed that the volunteer, John H. Frown, kill ed in the Modoc fight, was from Marion county, near Sublimity. News from Dr. Livingston at London to the 30th ult., state h:s health is improving. Nine acres of Florida swamp i 3 - iu aaa have produced $24,000 in oranges . . r 1 t,,,s 6easnn- The first piano constructed in the United States was made at Phila delphia. An extensive drove of rats was lately seen crossing one of the friths of Lake Superior. Half of the applicants for Bos ton relief were Portuguese. - - Consumption prevails ularming'.y at Pittsburg. ..... ;" Around I.Ike Anybody. A Washington letter to the Chieasro Intef-Ocean savs: What would have been thought, in old times, of General Grant ' . - ... throw nor to t ie winds a forms and ceremonies, driving his own horses without an attendant? ile calls and visits where, when and on whom he pleases, walks down the avenue, if he gets tired takes a street car, stops at the shops if he has an errand to do, or stands in ttu. li utr .if' a limit mul fal-nt a view of the crowd passing-as 1 saw him not long since. AH this is very dreadful to the old school devotees, and the criticisms uno it are numerous and severe 7'he President goes to the Cani - and talks familiarly with Sena- sand members about public tol tors affairs, T,;fi iaa ;: ft anhlaM. nf animadversion by his enemies. His interest in legislation is called by them a desire to push pet schemes, and the opposition go into convul- sions over the tendency of the Exe cutive to usurpation. No President has ever possessed the regularity and singu ar nide- iiendence that characterizes General Grant in these particulars. There AiAtmAt.fr e a. ..mm, a " sense too rare by far among men in this man's nature, and be represents a new order of administrative minds, and naturally affiliates with those men who develop great enter-1 prises, who build railroads, open eur fprrirv . make remarkahledis. coveries, and add to the greatness j, - and glory of the Hepublic. A good joke on Senator Sumner is current in Washington. Every body knows how persistent he has been in introducing his Civil Bights Bill, in season and out of season ; also, how equally persistent Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has been in opposing it. The other day, when Sumner's bill was reached on the calender, Senator Carpenter, who was in the chair, turned toward and said : "Does the Senator from Del awareobject?" "I will if the Chair desires it," replied Bayard, "but I did not say so." A burst of Senato rial laughter followed this reply, showing not only a keen apprecia tion of tlie joke itself, but of the ri diculous attitude that Senator Sum ner and his Democratic brethren oc cupy toward each other. ti . . John Schemmerhorii, of Alton, Illinois, thought his cow was affect ed with the hollow horn. To sat isfy himself, he caught the beast, and held her by the tail while his wife rapped on the horn with a tack hammer. A moment later a ham yard tableau was seen, as Schem merhorii soared over a ten-board fence, and his wife has an aperture in her Dolly Varden that a week's constant labor with a sewing ma chine will hardly repair. Mount Vesuvius has erupted si ghtly lately. Alarm occasioned, but no damage. 7'he income of Virginia from convict hire last year was $31,000. Judge Mar-hall's simplicity of character and nlWiit-nnuderli c have been the theme of a number of anecdotes. 7'he best oneknown is about bis puzzle over the buggy and the sapling. Tuning aside one day, to avoid one of these aw ful mud-holes which abound in Vir ginia country-roads, the axle of his biifftrv ei countered a stout sap ing. ,. , 1 , h. The sapling was between the huh of tl e wheel and the ho.lv of tl,( huggv. Too big to bend down, and too supple to break, this sap ling seemed to the Judge to he wholly unconquerable. W hat to do he know not. He got down out of the bnsnrv. the lietter to aiinlv ,s great intellect to the knotty subject, and to study it thoroughly up. While pondering vainly, a ne gro came along. "Uncle,' sa'd the Chief-Justice. "I wish yon would tell me about this sapling I can't get over it, 1 and 1 can't get around it. and I ' don't want to stay here all day and miss court. W hat do yon think I had lietter do?" 7'he negro could not repress a broad but silent grin. " Why, 0e marster," said he, "I 'spec' thebes' thing you km do is to back yo ... till ,. , ,,, ! 1iciiii1iii i "".-rJ Jl,u '. "T" oc saiuin den turn oe nauo (iicaui oi yo boss, and den you kin 'void de saplin' and go to cote slick as goose-grease." " Thank you thank you kindly, ancle, I should never have thought of that in the world. Yon are a man of superior mind. There's 1 .1 . 1 . .1 - J ..." . .7 Mf a ,lt,llar .for J0"'" And the drove joytuiiy on. , Another anecdote, illustrating the me simple-mindedness a 'id easy good nature, has. so far as I am ! awarc 'frvor ,n, Frt- J , he" Jge Marshall lived ! 111 H'obmond .his opposite neighbor was v oi, i ickcu, lamer OI Ilieion- 'rate General, George E. Pickett, i of Gettysburg fame Col. lckett was a man 01 wealth, lived wen. and was not content unless every thing about hs household bore the marks of good living. His horses were his pride, and were conspicu ous everywhere for their splendid , , i ... i appearance w.ng as sieeK, iai am htgh-spirtted as abundant food and excellent croomuig could make j t 'em. Judge Marshall s horses, on tlie ,t,ier hand wre 'fwiously ! a" and unkept. Everybody but ; ;Turtge ''l""? remarked this. 11 was brought to Ins notice, ! Wlth 1 ie WSgWt,on ''Is car" ! naKe-dnver neglected the horses, i ..,,1,1 ..,i, ?,.i n , i a a..... p-uiu mill M kji MRHI luwu.auu njA'iv priated the money to his own use. a good deal of it going, no doubt, for liquor. The Judge nailed him up with out delay. " Dick, what is the reason Col. Pickett's horses are in such splendid condition, while mine are almost skeletons? I am afraid you neglect them, don't half curry them, and don't half feed them." Dick, not expecting the attack, was fairly posed. He hemmed and hawed awhile, till he could gather his negro wits about him, and then said : " Mars John, look at you is you fat ?" " No," said the Judge, " decid edly not." " Well, look at old miss" (Mrs. Marshall) "is she fat?" " No." " Den look at me is I fat ?" "No." " Den look at yo' horses is dev fat?' " No." " Now den, you jes' look at Kun nle Pickett. He fat, his ca'idge driver fat, his horses fat, his dogs fat all fat. De troot is, Mars John, fat run in de Pickett tam'ly, and it don't run in our'n. I tot's all. " Well," said the Judge, after a little reflection, "there is a good deal in that. It never occurred to me before." He turned back into his study, and Dick was never troubled any more. A clergyman at Paris, Ky., stop ped his prayer to lead an unruly man out by the ear, and then went on : "As I was saying, oh, Lord !''