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volume vi.
ALBANY. OREGON JANUARY 10, 1874
K1HTUKIAI. MYB&
The defaulting 'Treasurer. (Inge, of
Chicago, was eject! to that office on
the 'Reform" ticket under special
pledges to pay Into the Treasury, for
the use ot bin constituents, tlie large
penpiisitt's over and above Ids regular
salary from the office, amounting to
about $7O,50 per year. " inch the law
gave to the office, and which other
Treasurers had been in the habit of
taking. The people of Chicago went
their '-pile'' on Gage
elected by a tremcudou
and he was
majority, in
order to defeat a "ring" man. And
yet this ''Reform" candidate has re
deemed hi- pledges by defaulting to
the tune ot four hundred thousand dol
lar, Reform, in the case of Gage at
least, is ft misnomer.
Recently the Portland UulkUn gave
10. C. Kemble. Inspector of Indian Af
fairs, a severe eastigation, and from
the acts of the man showing his entire
incompetency for the position. The
Oiympia f.'ourie)' now comes to the
front, and endorses all the Il'ili'-iin's
remarks, and insists that E.G. Kemble
is "a fraud of the lirst water,1' and
should be at once removed. He bb
tained Jiis ippoiunnent. as We under
stand it. becau-e lie claimed to be a
resident of California, which is said to
Ite a baivla-cd and willful lie. If this
can be proven, he should Ik- kicked out
of office al oho.', without stopping to
inquire as to the truth or falsity of the
titer charges.
The Iowa State Grange opposes the
restoration of the duty on tea and cot
fee, and asks thai Congress, if more
taxation shall become necessary, revive
the tax on incomes. The income tax
is doubtless rite Oltsiest paid and least
objectionable, but it is now hoped that
no additional tax will be necessary.
Since tea and coffee have been placed
on the five list there has been no re
duction whatever in tlie price, and as
far as we can see no benefit whatever
ha been derived by the consumer by
placing them on said free list. How
ever, it i highly probable, in deference
to tiie wishes of so large a class as i s
represented by the agriculturists of
out land, a tax will not lie imposed on
these prime necessaries.
Late teiegram- state that the Presi
dent, at the rcquot of the Attorney
Ueneraii i- about to withdraw bis
name for the Chief Justiceship, VVe
hoiH' this may .prove untrue, as tlie
country should not lose the services of
a man so well qualified as is .lodge
Williams for the high position of Chief
Justice of (he Supreme Court. Tlie
tact of Itie business is, there are but
few men outride of Portland) in tlie
I'nited State... who possess the re-,
inurements titling them to till the
high position, and one of these, and
the chief among them, is Attorney
General Williams And we venture
the prediction that, if this great clamor
and, hullahtilo thai has "been raised b,y
malignant and envious souls here and
elsewhere, succeeds in inducing Judge
Williams toask (bat his name he wilh
dr.iwu for the position, whoever may
In confirmed by the Senate a Chief
Justice, will not be l bee pial of George
II. Williams, either us to integrity or
ability.
One olUhc mo-l amusing things in
th()e(liijfe i tu hear one of the 1x0
iNsmiHTime :-"K shooting Off his
month in regard to the iuallfications
of Judge Williams for the office of
Chief Justice! TtteM subjects for i he
poor hoii-o mentally shaking) throw
themselves into the controversy as
though they embraced all of the legal
ability of the nation and they cer
tainly do, if you let them be the judges.
The New York police were ordered
to be prepared for any emergency
which may arise to-day, dining the
session of the labor mass meeting. On
the evening of the Sth, HO.000 ball
cartridges were taken to the1 armory
Qfttio Seventy-First Regiment;
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The riilef Jmtlccshlp.
Jvnc.K Williams' character, both
public and private, is just now under
going the severest ordeai is being
tested as if by fire ; and after all that
jealousy can suggest, or malignity in
vent, when viewed dispassionately in
the light of common sense, to use the
.fudge's own vernacular, it simply
-don't amount to nothing at all."
There is, perhaps, no man in public
1 life, thai has attained to like promt
tieuce, who, if put to such a scruttat
ing test, would come out with less of
the smell of fire upon his garments
than does George 11. Williams.
The President after a thorough ac
quaintance and upon due deliberation
by and with the unanimous approval
of his Cabinet, proposed his name, but
it hangs tire in the Senate : and it
is no doubt well that time and oppor
tunity should he given if any have
aught to say why be should not be con
firmed, or "forever after hold their
peace, " And now, after all the envi- j The stations on this roadfcure all lu
ous. soreheaded, penny-a-liners and i dian names, and the conductors and
political scavengers have spent their
fury In Irving to blacken his character
and weaken the confidence of the peo
ple in his integrity, it would lie wan
ton cruelty to reject his name without
good and sufficient) cause for more
than has been unearthed or made to
appear. President Grant is not the
man lo put up his friends to lc ruth
lessly slaughtered without cause, nor
to abandon them when an unjust oppo
sition arrays it-elf against them.
Whatever else may be said against
him, he has always been generous to
his enemies and faithful to his friends,
lie knows, as does every one else, that
to reject Williams now is to do him a
great injustice, whilst to confirm does
not more than vindicate the purity of
his character against (lie aspersions
sought to be cast upon it.
There is a class of self-constituted
censor- in this nation, that hang to the
Skirts of power, a kind of pseudo-nobil-ity,
who think they must always be
consulted, and when first elassappoiut
ments are to Ik- made, national dignity
requires that some one in the regular
line of descent he chosen to grace the
position. It must be some one who Is
well -killed in court maimers, who can
entertain yon with "when I was at
Havard or Vale," and who invariably
eats hash with a fork gracefully poised
in tlie right baud .' But when a genius
rises tip from among the people, Tarry
ing in the strength of his manhood the
privations of his youth, and battles his
way to usefulness and fame, he become-
the butt of envy,
"Base envy that withers at auotliers
joy.
And hates that excellence it cannot
reach "
Jildge Williams has ever been found
competent to fill the positions which
he has occupied al the bar. on the
bench, in the Senate and 111 tbe Cabi
net, and would no doubt add luster to
the liign position for which he is
named. And when lie puts on the
ermine and take-: the .-eat made famous
by such men as .lay, Slaisliall, Storey,
Taney and Chase, the people will feel
that one of their number, who is in
full sympathy with the great American
heart, who is tilled with the spirit of
her patriotism, who appreciates the j
mea-mv of her lil cities and the treat-
uitKuun. ui net iiuuuiauuu ww grot
ness of her destiny, holds the scales of
iu-tic with tin; full realization of tlie
grcal responsibilities which that high
Office Imposes, j
'The Oteyirmffin lias suddenly fell vio
lently in love with the Salem Statesmnn
at least since Clarke has assumed
control of its columns and It is daily
beslobbering and besliming it with
ftilsonie flattery, Its a plain case, and
if Clarke can be won over to tins side
of the soreheads by flattery, the Orego
niaii is bound to "snipe" him.
The health of Emperor William, of
tScriuaivy, continues to Improve
LETTKR FKO.H H
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Jan
187J-. S
El). REGISTER : Yoi
y date of
this that it is written ft
mis of the much talked
road.
the terml-
PacifiitRail-
We left. Albany New, Year's day.
and after laying over that night at
Portland, took the steamer Fmuie
Troupe for Kahuna, whei we arrived
at 12 o'clock. Hero. asLjwell known,
is located tlie licadquiuTers, offices,
machine shops, round luapscs. etc.. of
the X. P. R. R. After Wooing" the
city, we struck the R. R.'Co. tbr, and
succeeded in obtaining free passes lo
Tacoma and return. Leaving Kalama
at 1 P. M., we started over some of
the worst looking country, it has been j
our fortune to look at for a long time.
Tbe roiiiitrv fmin 1 il.'tnia tn a . noinf. I
about, ten miles south of Teiiino, is
very marshy, the road running down
the Columbia and up the Cowlitz river.
brakesmen have to insure their jaws
every time it is necessary to cry the
station to the inmates of the ears, the
names are such jawbreakers. ,
Prom Tenino to Tacoma. forty
miles the country is more level, with
some prairie; hut the land is not very
go'od, the soil being very gravely,
Two miles from Tacoma we strike the
big "grade" on this road, it being 116
feet to the mile.
Wishing to visit Olympia. we laid
over in Tenino Friday night, and next
A. M. chartered a private conveyance,
driven by Charley Mable, an old stage
proprietor on the, Sound, Weather
terrifically cold ; snow on the ground
to the depth of thirteen niches and
freezing hard. About live' utiles from
Tenino we descended the hill in safety
where the terrible stage accident oc
curred a few days ago, by which a res
ident of Tacoma named Jemison, was
killed outright, and two others badly
injured. Seven miles from Olympia we
entered the lirst real prairie we had
seen in Washington Territory. It is
four and a half miles long by one and
a half wide, and is the only one' in this
part of the country that amounts to
much. Alter crossing it. we entered
the town of Tumwater what does
"turn'' mean? Here is a small town
of probably 250 inhabitants, two flour
ing mill-, three saw mills, several
stores, blacksmith shops, and a large
manufactory for wooden pipe; The
town is located on the extreme head
of liudds Inlet at head of tide water,
A drive of a mile and a half brought j
us to Olympia, the capital of Washing
ton Territory, also situated on Builds '
Inlet. The citv is built in a isort of
semi-circle, on both sides of the Bay,
and also on a little cape that projects
out Into the Bay or Inlet, the different
parts of the town being connected
with bridges, Tltegroiind upou which
Olympia is built, rises gradually from
the title flats in front to an elevation
to probably one hundred feet, SO that
there is hardly a house in the place
from which you cannot get a tine view
ot tlie Bay. A splendid view of that
grand old mountain, Raider, can be
had from this point. They claim for
Olympia a population of .'i.iMO people,
hut we think it would take some work
.
to find 2.000. It being the capital, all
of the 'Territorial, as well as a good
many of tiie Federal offices, are looted
here.
Xext morning at S o'clock we took
the steamer Zepajtr for Tacoma via
Steilicoom. Probably nowhere else
has steamboat opposition been earriai
to such an extreme as on Pnget Sound.
They frequently carry passengers from
Olympia to Seattle, a distance of 60
miles, for 25 cents. There Is. a good
deal of local travel on the Sound, to
and fiom Olympia. The boat we went
over on had 61 passengers, and on ar
riving at SteUacooiUi about half past
I A. w
lit-
of
J
ten, we took on six or seven more.
We reached Tacoma about twelve, ftnd
found to our sorrow that the depot
which we were in search of was two
miles farther down the Sound. After
dinner, and taking a look through the
large mill located here, which can eas
ily get out (.0.000 feet of lumber per
day. we took command of a small boat
to go down to the new town of Taco
ma. which we reached, after a rough
ride on the waters of the Sound, of
some three or four minutes' duration.
The Railroad Co. has built a large
warehouse here, together with offices
for their use. and have rented the
Upper story and three rooms Iielow
for hotel purposes, and a hotel was
opened therein to-day by Mr. Black
well, formerly of Chicago, but more
lately of the Clarendon hotel, Port
land, Everything i fixed nicely for
tlie convenience of the traveling pub
lic, and a trip will well repay anyone
for the time and money expended.
The new Tacoma is located niton a
hill, some 250 feet above the waters of
the Sound, and an extensive city is
laid out here. Business is very quiet,
the excitement over the terminus hav
ing all died oi; it don't look like
being a big city all at once.
To-morrow at 5:30 we start for ho'e
via the first through train from Puget
Bound to the Columbia river time,
five hours and a half. Yours.
LIGHTNING.
Xs an indication of the waning for
tunes ot the Oregnnton since avowing
' its sympathies were all opposed to tlie
j success of the Republican party, it
i is now rumored that it will shortly be
! consolidated with the AVe-v. a little
j evening Democratic journal published
simply to get away with the litigant
printing. Poor Oregonttm. It will
soon follow the Jkrdd.
James p. Raymond, of Brooklyn,
X. V. died on the 1st Inst-, of hydro
phobia, caused by tin; bite of a cat on
his thumb six months ago. He ex
perictided the greatest agony before
his death.
It is reported that a race is to lie.
arranged over the Ocean Course. San
Francisco, to come oil' next Fall, for
all running horses in the world, for
a purse ol 30,000.
Both branches of tbe Illinois
lature have condemned the
grab.
Legls
salary A Wife's Prayer I think our lady
readers will he pleased to read. I do
not know the author: "Lord bies
and preserve that dear person whom
Thou hast chosen to be my hu-haiid.
Let his life be long, blessed, comforta
ble, and holy, and let. me be a great
comfort and bleaihiguiito him, a shar
er In all his sorrows, a helper in all
accidents and changes in the world;
make me amiable forever in his eyes,
and forever dear to him, Cnite his
I heart to me in the dearest, love and
l holiness, and mine to him in all wct-
uess. charity, and compliance: Keep
me from all liugentlf-ness, discontent,
and unreasonableness, and make me
humble. oU-dient, and useful that we
! may delight in each otheraecording to
Thj blessed Word, and both of us may
rejoice in 'Thee, having out- portion iii
: the love and service of Cod forever.
j Tlie X'irth Brttttfi Rtstew says :
! At the lieeinUlng of a carouse of a
drunkard, alcohol stimulates tlie ac-
ti'.n of the heart which now sends
blood mpidly to the hmgs lor aeration,
A , supply of blooddisks eouseqn-
entlV reucn ine orain. mcu is sumu-i
feted into activity. The ideas ot the
drinker now flow rapidly at first co-
herein ly. but soon without control;
the brain matter wastes too rapidly,
and (Mlnum ensues. 1 luring this
time the volatile alcohol is diffusing
itself through the system, converting
arterial into venous blood, and loading
that tiuid with a spirit which has a
tendency to prevent change in tlie tis
sues, so'the drunkard becomes stupid,
falls off his chair in the stupor of sleep,
or. if too far gone, dies of venous ap
oplexy. It's so gratifying to know
what a '"drunk" consists in, we're
sure topers w ill feel under great obli-
Sitlons to tlie A'en'eir for the exptana-
i-, -l- in -i . lull ia .limioiix
A terrible storm was reported as
raging in the East oil the 7th.
Measles is causing old and yong, tt
La Grande, to break ont finely.
The new steamboat building for the
Willamette Transportation Company
at Portland, will soon be ready for
launching.
The combined wealth of all tlioao
who went down on the Ville dli HavW
exceeded JO.0O0,000.
E Hie ? .
No tidings had lieen received of the
missing steamer China at San Frau-
cisco up to the 8th, and much anxiety
was felt regarding her.
A dispatch from La Palotm, dated
January 3d. says the assault upon
Cartagena has begun, the commander-in-chief
advancing upon San Antonio
suburb, 150 yards from the city. A
desperate engagement is in progress,
the issue of which is doubtful.
'The following from Madrid, Spain,
under date of the 4th, is rather excit
ing : A new ministry has been formed
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sagasta;
War. Savola; Justice. Figuerola; Ag
riculture. Beecrra: Finance, Eflche
gara: Interior, Ruiz; Marine. Topete.
'The final decisive vote by which Cas
telar was beaten in tlie Cortez stood
120 to 100, the majority against him
being 20 instead of 120 as first rewrt
ed. As soon as the result wa announ
ced, Ceneral Pavia sent an officer to
the Chamber with a letter demanding
tlie disohition of the Cortes. Salmer
on and others urged Castelar to cou
tiill1 in power, but their prayer was
refused, w hereupon a company of the
municipal guard entered the place of
the Cortes and expelled deputies,
while General Pavia, with his staff,
held a position outside with cannon
pointed at the building.- Evening.
All strategic points in the city were
nccupjed by the militia last night.
The civil and military authorities of
nearly -all the Provinces in communi
cation with Madrid, have telegraphed ,
to General Pavia their approval of
his conduct. No disturbance is re
ported in any quarter. A decree has
been promulgated appointing Marshal
Serrano chief of executive power.
The United States and Mexican
Commission has resumed business,
and v, ill dispose of all cases on the
docket by the expiration of its extend
ed lime. Within the last two months
the Commission have decided at least
one hundred eases, including among
adverse decisions the caseof DanielE.
Woodhouse against Mexico, known as
die Tehuantepec claim, in which the
petitioner stated the amount ot dama
ges at over 5(1.000.000. The claim of
Mexico for $'27. (100, 000. on account of
damages from Indian incursions, is
nuw in the hands ot Sir Edward
'Thornton, umpire, the American and
Mexican Commissions being divided
in opinion. Mexico claims that under
the treaty of (iuadaloupe Hidalgo, tlie
I'nited States pledged themselves to
forcibly restrain Indian incursions Into
her territory, and that wlienever such
raids could not be prevented, the In
dians should be punished by our Gov
ernment, and satisfaction for the same
exacted.
'The Chicago Tribmie't New York
Special says an attempt was made on
Vqiv Vmf'e fA bill ItiAna W VI..,
, , . - ,
j rk formerly District Attorney of
Brooklyn, with an infernal machine,
the Judge was absent at the time
I Wl Wrlved( lt was put aside until
U,. tlll, Ym.i. Wum MM
1 -
opened it in Ms bed-room, surrounded
t t-l- 11 !! tl 1
by his family, on lifting the lid the
Snap of a spring was heard, and all at
once it was loen that the box was an
infernal machine.
The following postal changes have
been ordered: Officers established at
ftilley, Washington county Oregon,
J. T. Cunipgham, P. H. ; Cvlllo,
Chelialls county, W. T., Janies ft:
Harris, P. M. 4