SGISTER.
U4 IST fl
I". S. Official Pnner for Oregon.
FRIDAY, MARCH. 14, 1873.
Srrullnlse the Art or Our Public
Men Cloely.
The Credit Mobilicr and other
investigations of Congress show in
a measure how great and numerous
are the temptations by which our
public men are beset The disposi
tion of mankind in general to make
the attainment of money and power
the chief aim of life, opens an ave
nue of approach to thecitadel of the
conscience. These being the most
vulnerable defenses of integrity, they
are the most frequently attacked.
Agents of public and private corpo
rations, desiring special legislative
favors or immunities, swarm srotind
the genus Congressman, or Legisla
tor, like hungry Hies around a hogs
head of sugar. They entice him
with free passes ; they seek to un
dermine his couscientous scruples
with gifts of stocks ; they tempt his
cupidity with pecuniary gifts they
seek to knock the foundation of
manly integrity from beneath him
by offers of political promotion.
Here is a gigantic corporation, like
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, for instance ; or an immense
swindling enterprise, like the Credit
Mobilicr; or a tremendous law
breaking, law-defying, letcherous
iniquity, like the Mormon church;
they desire an increase of power,
new privileges, or fresh guarantees of
protection ; they arc rich, and can
afford to pay largely for any desired
increase of power, or for any need
ed protection; they supply their
agents munificently with money and
send them to Washington. Count
ing their interests by millions, they
can afford to pay thousands of dol
lars for single votes. Is it to be
wondered that men of careless integ
rity, loose principles, yield readily
to these approaches ? If they are
poor, involved in debt, here is a
way to obtain relief, abundance. It
is true official virtue must be sac
rificed; but secrecy is promised;
no one will know of it but the par
ties giving the bribe. These, and
similar thoughts drawn out by
promises of political advancement,
doubtless tempt the souls of even
the firmest and most scrupulous.
That men in the interest of mon
eyed corporations are frequently
elected to office through the influ
ence of such bodies, and that Wash
ington and our Legislative lobiea
are filled with agents who are there
for the purpose of influencing votes,
are facts patent to every careful
reader of the current events of such
places. Poor men are frequently
elected to legislative positions, who
manage somehow during their short
term of office to live well and get
rich, not upon their salaries, of
course, for they are too small all
the public know about it is, they
vote in the interest of certain
wealthy corporations and after that
they have plenty of money. That
this State of affairs is serious, de
manding remedies, no one desiring
the welfare of the country and peo
ple will deny. Purity must prevail
among our public men, or the na
tion will go to ruin. Official vir
tue must predominate. This can
be secured only by the practice of
the closest scrutiny on the part of
the people. Let them watch the votes
and measures advocated by their
Representatives, and hold them to
ful integrity should never be elected
to office, and if good men fail in j
preserving their virtue while there, i
thev should no longer be trusted. !
Our -LlMh.
Our 'Lish seems not to have made
a lirst-tlass impression in Washing
ton as a lecturer. His audiences
were small, and criticisms from one
Washington journal at least
(Chronicle) were far from compli
mentary. 1 his journal pronounces
his lecture a harangue ; says his
mannerisms were uncultivated, his
language ungrammatical, his gestic
ulation like that of a speaker in a
first-class minstrel show, and his
pronunciation such as"naowy" "pa-
ower," "idee," "Ameriky," "pher-
lossifer," "jeroozlum," etc. It
is thus that our 'Lish is passing,
or lias passed, through an ordeal of
reportorial fire, kindled of spite, the
reporter having become offended
about something.
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Hew Stettin Wagon.
R. R. Doan, a resident of El Do
rado county, has shown us a work
ing model of a steam road wagon,
the machinery of which is simple
and not likely to get out of order,
while practical machinists who have
examined the model deem the in
vention an excellent one. The pa
pers have been made out and au ap
plication for a patent sent on. It
is proposed to make the wagons ac
cording to tlie following dimen
sions: Length, 30 feet; width, 7
feet ; 4 drivers 7 feet high and 1
foot broad at the rim; steering
wheel, 6 feet high ; horizontal
boiler 12 feet long; 2 cylinders, 9
inch bore and 18-inch stroke; total
weight about 7 tons. The boiler is
on the after part of the wagon, and
directly beneath it and back of the
fire-box are cylinders. These are
connected with a shaft which has
three pulleys one in the center and
one near each end. From the lat
ter endless chains pass around pul
leys connected with the after driv
ing wheels ; from the center pulley
on the shaft a chain leads forward
and over a large pulley on the axle
of the forward driven. It is on
this that the patent is claimed, as,
by means of a ball joint, the for
ward wheels are enabled to turn
either to the right or left, as maybe
necessary on the road, the same as
if they were independent of the pul
ley, and yet it is so firmly keyed on
by means of tour keys that the axle
would be as apt to break m two as
to separate from it; and at the
same time it is working constantly
on a direct line with a smaller pul
ley. Doan claims that by means of
this application be can run all his
wheels as drivers, and as many
wheels as he sees fit, and thus it
will be enabled to operate on very
soft ground. He expects to be able
to draw twelve plows over almost
any ground, the plows having seed
sowers attached, and the field be
ing plowed and planted at one trip
of the apparatus. The steering ap
paratus is simple but effective. It
is proposed to carry the fuel back
by the furnace of the boiler, and the
water-tanks, etc., forward. There
is an abundance of room on the
wagon, and numerous contrivances
to economize space and make the
different parts assist one another.
The inventor proposes to have a
wagon built by the next fall and
in running order. It fa estimated
that the cost of the first one will be
about $5,000, but after one has been
built the others will not cost with
in $1,000 or $1,500 at much. Sac
ramento Union.
In a quarrel about the funds of
the Bricklayers' Association, of
New York, Charles Marwig, the
President, shot and killed the Sec
retary, Cbas. Gram.
A. 6. Jones, book keeper for the
Bank ot Georgia, is pronounced
defaulter to the amount of $30,-000.
Sot ind.
Andrew Johnson comes to the '
surface again. lie is now represent-1
ed as having a scheme which pro
poses to give to Uncle Sam a new j
State, though to be made out ot
pieces of old ones. Alices are to be
cut from East Tennessee, Georgia, j
North Carolina and Virginia and j
these are to be Constitutionalized,
as Andy would have it, probably ;
for he is powerful on the Constitu- i
tion into a Sovereign State, which,
the Bulletin thinks, sly Andy "ex- j
pects to be on hand U represent in :
the United States Senate."
Spanish Bravado.
A Spanish General having threat
ened to shoot tho Herald reporter
who is in Cuba, as a spy, the Her
ald talks about it in this style :
We repeat our message to Gen.
Morales and his associates : Do
any injury to the Herald Commis
sioner while he obeys the laws
ot your country, and your nation
will pay the penalty of the outrage.
This is no Spanish threat ! The
American press is stronger than the
American Government; it is the
representative and the month-piece
of the American people, who hold
the Government in their hands.
Shoot Mr. O'Kelly as a spy, and a
subservient State 1 epartment would
lie but a real in the way of the storm
of indignation that would sweep over
the United States and declare war
against the assassin power. There
is a broad .generous fraternity among
American journals, which, in such
an event, would rise superior to all
rivalry and make common cause
with the Herald in avenging the
cowardly murder. But Mr. O'Kel
ly is safe! Re will fulfill his mis
sion faithfully and well, and the
.Spanish authorities will take pre
cautions that he receives no injury
at their hands. Their threats will
not be likely to swerve him an inch
form his line of duty, and we shall
be mistaken if he does not fully car
ry out all he has undertaken to ac
complish. If he should fail, others
would be found willing to fill his
place, as he himself was found
ready to succeed his predecessor.
Our belief is that he will not fail,
and we are quite confident that he
will not be shot as spy. Spanish
hauteur is magnificent, but Spanish
policy is keen. There are swash
bucklers in the Spanish uniform
who are brave when they have cow
ards to deal with and cowardly
when confronted with men of firm
ness and courage. Mr. O'Kelly is
of the latter school. Gen. Morales
will not meddle with him.
While the press of this country
would regard such an indignity as
an affront offered to them and the
people, and would promptly unite
in demanding speedy punishment
for it, still they are not so exclusive
as to regard the rights of any class
of our people with less favor. An
indignity offered against auy Amer
ican citizen, reporter or otherwise,
would be met just' as unitedly with
a demand tor summary punishment.
The London milkman serves his
customers on foot He carries a
large tin vessel, and about this are
swung a number of smaller quart,
pint and half-pint tins, which are
filled and left at his customers'
door. His incessant cry as be hur
ries along is "a-yoo-yipl" He
dwells on the "a-yoo" to the length
of two full notes, bat brings out
the "vip" short and sharp, with a
round turn. In St. James Park,
at the fruit and cake stands, they
keep cows, which are milked for
you at the rate of two-pence per
glass. The milking is performed
by aged milkmaids, who live under
umbrellas and sell stale cakes.
TTie President has promoted L.
P. Luckey, of Illinois, to be his
Private Secretary; C. C. Sniffin,
Assistant Secretary, and O, L. Fin
der, Executive tiers, m accordance
with the civil service reform roles.
Witrwoth on llurrdl.
A reporter for the Democrat met
ex-Gov. Waniiotli, of Louisiana, in
the rotunda of the Southern Hotel
Monday, and straightway started
in for an interview. The Governor
was reticent, declaring that he
knew nothing of interest to the pub-
lie, and that he was in too much of
a hurry to talk.
"Tell me, in a word, how things
stand in your State," insisted the
reporter.
"Well tilings are pretty lively
just now. We have two State Gov
ernments, and most everything is
duplicated."
"How will it end?"
"I am going to Washington this
evening, and shall appear before the
Committee of Privileges and Klec
tions. 1 think I shall be able to
establish the fact of the most dar
ing frauds and outrages, at the last
election, if they will give me an op
portunity." "Won't they give you an oppor
tunity?" "I don't know ; Congress is over
whelmingly Hadical, and probably
will sustain the Kadical govern
ment in Louisiana."
"Do you think Judge Durrell
will be impeached ?"
"Yes, I do."
"They say he drinks."
"He does"
"Does he drink mnch?"
"He does pretty well "
"Does he get drunk?"
"Well, I dont't know but what
it is safe to say that either Durrell
gets drunk, or the drunk gets I )ur
rell." " 7'here is a report that he is a
drunkard ; how is that?"
"I shouldn't like to commit my
self to a statement to that effect, but
I don't think I do him any injus
tice when I say that for good,
steady drinking, such drinking as
would really do a man good to look
at ; sound drinking ; drinking with
a substantial basis ; established on
strong platform, Durrell is to be re
lied upon."
"Does he get drunk on the
bench ?"
"No, I think not. My impression
is mind, this is only an impression
my impression is he gets drunk at
home, before he goes on the bench."
"Is he sound in every other
way?"
"Oh ! Durrell is a good fellow.
I wouldn't say anything against
him, you know ; but I may ven
ture the remark that his whisky is
the best part of him."
"What, do you "
"My dear fellow, you will have
to excuse roe, I'm going to Wash
ington this afternoon, and I'm in a
hurry. Good day." And the Gov
ernor walked off.
Warmoth is a young man, thirty
three years of age; tall, about six
feet in height ; slender in build and
upright in his carriage. His face
is a pleasant one, dark in complex
ion, and very expressive. His eyes
are dark, large and piercing, though
restless under a steady gaze. He
wears a mustache, and is growing a
chin beard. His manner is off
hand and agreeable, and he speaks
of the weightiest of matters as
though he attached no importance
whatever to them, lie has a droll
way of expressing himself, and when
he spoke of Durrell's fidelity to his
whisky he smiled as though Mr.
Durrell's infirmity were only to be
considered m the light ot an enter.
tai nment He manifested a distaste
to be interviewed, claiming that he
could divulge nothing of import
ance; and when he left the report
er, though his departure was ab
rupt, be smiled and bowed politely.
The General Assembly of Vir.
ginia has passed a resolution ap
pointing a joint committee to make
arrangements to receive President
Grant m such a manner as shall
comport with the dignity of the
commonwealth.
A Paris paper published an extra
on the 4th reporting that Serrano
had been appointed Dictator of
Spain, and that the Republicans
had suffered a severe defeat at the
' hands of the Carlists near Irum.
I
STOVES A N' DTI N WARE.
OLD STOVE DEPOT.
JOHN BRIGGS,
Dealer in
RANG E S .
COOK, PAKLOR AND BOX,
Of the best pattern.
ALSO : TM, SHEET IRO A.l COP
PER WAKE,
And the usual assortment of fuintshini
goods to be obtained in a tin store.
Reiwirs neatly and promptly executed,
on reasonable terms.
Short reckoning make lonjf friemln,
FRONT STKKKT, ALBANY.
Doc.. 1886-1
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HARD E ,
Farmers' & Mechanics' Tools,
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HICKORY A OAK KPOKEK,
HICKORY AXLES,
Hardwood Lumber,
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WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
All of which are now offered to the pub
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a specialty, we ran and will keen a better
assortment, at lower prices, than any
house in this city.
W. H. KtFHN & CO.,
llontelth fire-proof brick, First street.
Albany, June 14,187J41vt
DRUGS.
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DRUGGIST,
(Successor to D. W. Wakefield),
PnrrtoltH Mew Building, First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Dealer in
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, ETC.
All articles warranted pure, and of the
best quality.
Physicians prescriptions carefully com
pounded. Albany, Oct. 17, lKHHttf
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Dealers in
CHEMICALS, OILS, PAIJfTS, DYES,
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All the popular
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