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VOL. VIII.
THE LOVER'S CAPTIVITY.
"John I" saiil Melulable Merritt, de
cidedly, "if you don't behave yourself,
III "
What she would do Hetty Mer
ritt did not say the sentence was
terminated by a laugh that set the
dimples round her mouth in motion.
just as a beam of June sunshine plays
athwart a cluster ot red-ripe cherries.
Hetty Merritt was just seventeen a
Clump, rosy girl with jet black hair
rushed back from a low forehead,
and perfectly arched eyebrows that
gave a bewitching expression ot sur
prise to a pair ot melting hazel eyes.
Evidently Mr. Aylmer was quite
satisfied with Hetty's peculiar style of
beauty.
"Come, Hetty," said John, "you
might promise. It's nine o'clock, and
your father will soon be home."
"Promise, what, John V said Hetty,
demnrely, fitting a square ot Turkey
red'patcfiwork to a white aud intently
observing tha effect.
"Nonsense, Hetty, you know what,
very well. Promise to marry me be
fore Christmas! I tell you what,
Hetty, it's all very well for you to
keep putting off, but I can't stand it,
what with your lather's forbidding me
the house, aud Caleb Truman's com
ing here every Saturday night n
Hetty gave her pretty bead a toss.
"As if Caleb Truman's coming here
makes any difference in my feelings,
John !"
. "No, but Hetty, it isn't pleasant,
you know. I'm as good a man as
Caleb Truman, if I dou't own railroad
shares, and keep an account at the
Brigham Bank, aud 1 love you I lol
ly, trotn the very bottom of my heart!
Hetty, this matter lies between me
and you only no other person in the
world has a right to interfere between
as. Come promise me!"
He held both her hands in his, and
looked into her liquid brown eyes.
"Do you love me, Hetty V
"You know I love you, John."
"Then we may just as well Hush !
what's that ?"
Hetty rose to her feet with sudden
scarlet suffusing brow and cheeks.
"Oh, John, it's father!"
"Suppose it is !"
"But he mustn't find you here,
John. Hide yourself somewhere, do!"
"What nonsense, Hetty!" said the
young man, resolutely standing his
ground. "1 have not come here to
steal his spoons why should I steal
away like a detected burglar Y"
"For my sake, John. O, John, if
you have ever loved me, do as I say !
Not in that clostt it is close to Lis
bedroom; not through that window
it is nailed down tight. He's coining!
he's coming ! Here, John, quick !"
And in the drawing of a breath, she
had pushed John Alymer into the
square pendulum cae of the clock,
and turned the key upon him.
"Phew! a jolly scrape to, be in,"
thought John, "and no knowing when
I'll be out of it ! Hetty's a shrewd lit
tle puss, however, and I can't do bet
ter than to leave matters in ber
hands."
"So yon haven't gone to bed, Het
ty," said Deacon Merritt, slowly un
winding the two yards of wooleu com
forter in which lie generally encased
his throat of an evening.
"Not yet, father," said Hetty pick
ing np her scattered bits of patchwork
with a glowing cheek. "Did you
have a pleasant meeting ?''
"Well, yes, ' quoth t lie deacon re
flectively, sitting dow n before the fire,
greatly to Hetty consternation she
had hoped he woold have gone quiet
ly to bed, according to his usual cus
tom; "tol'bly pleasant. Elder Jones
wastheie, &nd Elder Backstretcher,
and well, all the church folks pretty
much. Why, how red your cheeks
are, Hetty! Tired, ain't you ? Well,
you needn't set up for me, my dear;
it must be getting late.
ibe deacon glanced mechanically
around at the clock. Hetty felt the
blood grow cold in her veins.
".twenty minutes past nine why,
it must be later than that! Why,
land o' Goshen! The old clock's
stopped !"
lne deacon looked thonghtfuiiy at
the fiery backlog. Hetty fidgeted
uneasily about the room, straighten
ing table covers, and setting back
chairs ob, if he would only go to
bed!
As he sat there, his eyelidj began
to droop, and his head to nod, somno
lently Hetty s eyes lighted up with a
sparkle of something like hope.
"Child," he suddenly said, straight
ening himself up in the stiff-backed
chair, "you'd better go to bed. I'll
sit up' k while longer, till the logs
burn out.
"But, father, I am not sleepy !"
f'Go to bed, my child," reiterated
the deacon with good-humored au
thority, that brooked no opposition,
and Hetty crept out of the room,
ready to cry with anxiety and morti
fication. . ; v
"If John will only keep quiet a lit
tle longer, . she thought, sitting on
the stairs where . tbe autumn moon
light streamed in chilly splendor,
"Father sleeps so soundly and he is
sure to go to sleep in his chair, 1 could
just steal in and release him as easily
as possible ! . . .
f She sat there, her plump fingers in
terlaced, and her eyes fixed dreamily
on the floor, while all the time, her
ears were strained to their utmost ca
pacity to catch every sound in the
kitchen beyond. C .
Hark I was that the wail of wind,
or was it something, to her literally
"nearer and dearex?" Yes she
could not be mistaken now it : was
actually a snore.
Hetty rose softly to her feet with
renewed hope. Surely, now was the
accepted lime. . . . .
Noiselessly as a floating shadow,
she crossed thfe hall, opened the kitch
en door, and stole across the .creaking
boards of the floor The shifting lus
tre of the firelight revealed to her
Deacon Merritt nodding before the
fire with closed eyes, and hands hang
ing at his sides.
"He is certainly asleep," thought
Hetty. . --r, -:-.:. -:
With a heart that beat quick and
fast, like the stroke of a miniature
hammer, she drew the key from her
dress pocket and proceeded, spite of
the nervous trembling of her fingers,
to fit it into the lock. So absorbed
was she in her task, that she never
noted the sudden cessation of the
heavy breathing never saw the dea
con Btart sudden into wakefulness,
and look around towards her. Ah,
Hetty, love is blind, they say, and it
is equally true that love is sometimes
Uent !
The deacon rose quietly np with a
shrewd twinkle in his eyes, and Hetty
gave a little frightened shriek as a hand
tell softly on her arm, possessing it
self quietly of the key.
"J.ct me help you, said JJeicon
Merritt.
"Father, I I have found the key,"
faltered Hetty, "and "
"round the key, eh r returned the
deacon. "Well, that's lucky and
now you can find out what's the mat
ter w'ith the old clock !"
Hettv's heart, throbbing so wildly
a moment or two ago, seemed to stand
absolutely still as Deacon Merritt
turned the key and opened the tall
door of the clock -case.
"Hal-lo!" ejaculated Deacon Mer
ritt, as Mr. John Aylmer tumbled
laughingly into the room. "So you
was the matter with the old clock,
eh ?"
"Yes,, sir," said Mr. Avlmer, com
posedly. "I hope I haven't seriously
interfered with the works of the
clock?"
"You've seriously interfered with
me !" said the deacon, waxing indig-
ifant. " hat do you mean, sir, by
hiding in my house like a thief?"
"Indeed, indeed, lather, cried Het
ty, bursting into tears. "It wasn't
his fault. He didn't want to hide,
but I put him there !"
"xou did, eh: And may 1 ask
what for?"
"Father," faltered Hetty, rather ir
reverently, "I love him and be loves
me
Is that any reason, he should hide
in the clock-case, miss?"
No but, father! O, father. lean
never marry Caleb Truman ! He is
old, and cross, and withered, and "
Hetty's eyes finished the sentence for
her. The deacon looked down, not
unkindly, on her bon ed head, and the
tender arm that supported it. Ap
parently the course of true love,
roughly though it ran, wan over
timing nil his own worldly-wise
arrangements in its tide.
And so you young folks really
think von love each other?" said the
deacon meditatively.
"I love her with all my heart and
soul, sir," said John Aylmer. earnestly.
"I'm not rich, I know, but I can work
for her.
"And I can work for myself, too,
father!" said Hetty, with eyes that
shown like softened stars.
And you said yourself, sir," went
on Aylmer, "that stopping ot the
clock meant cither a death or a mar
riage. Of course we don't want any
deaths, so don't you think the most
sensible thing to do is to help on a
marriage as soon as possible ?"
1 lie deacon laughed iu spite ot him
self.
"It is late," said the deacon. "Come
round to-morrow morning, and we'll
talk about it. No, Hetty, I'm not
angry wun you, child,. 1 suppose
yciung folks will be yonng folks, and
there s n use tryin to stop em.
And as the deacon hung the pendu
lum and set the iron tongue of the old
clock talking again, John Aylmer
paused on the frout door-step to whis
per to Hetty '
"My darling, it's worth passing a
life-time behind a clock-case to feel as
happy as I do now."
THE WOODHILL HCANDAL.
A "Philadelphia Lady" writes a let
ter to the Hartford Times, in which
she says :
And there are many who believe
her (Mrs. Woodhulll, not without
reason, no better than a black-mailer.
For Mrs. Woodhull, then, in her
character of "friend," maligner or
black-mailer, no just person can have
sympathy. But all this does not war
rant Mr. Beecher, or Mr. lilton, or
Mrs. E. Cady Stanton, in the "painful
si'ence" which they observe in , this
important hour, nor does it justify the
united States authorities in keepin
Mrs. W oodhull and her sister in pris
on npon a charge which they know
cannot be sustained.
The best legal talent of this city
has been consulted on the matter, and
the incarceration ot Mrs. W. on "the
charge of the diffusion of obscene lit
erature, as for anything contained in
her paper of November 2, is scouted
and denounced as "an outrare which
menaces the liberty of American citi
zens;" so we, as a people, have some
thing to look' to on this head. But
the man Challis may properly com
plain of her for libel, and cause ber to
be imprisoned.
"Within a week, at least, from the
first publication of the fearful story.
Mr. Beecher should have come before
the world with a dignified denial, if
he is innocent. His personal dignity,
his genius, and his pulpit cannot pro
tect him. Only his own open , decla
ration can avail him now, unless it be
the denial of Mr. and Mrs. , Tilton.
Has Mr. Beecher no consideration for
Mrs. Tilton, in regard to the terrible
position in which she is placed before
the world by his silence ? Has he
lost all Christian sympathy ?
The correspondent goes on to say
that Mrs. Stanton has made the same
charges in this city and elsewhere, for
which Mrs. VV. is now suttering im-
J pri8onment, and dare not deny them
The ladies of Columbus, Ga., have
resolved that foreign plaids are
"plaid out, and that the importation
of checks must be checked; and. ac
cordingly pledge themselves hereafter
only to wear those patterns oi domes
tic manufacture. .
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1873.
Krom the Rprlngflrid (Mnss.) Ib-puUllcnn.) '
TUB CltKBIT MOUtLIKIl.
ema - 1
IU nirth, IMstory, Death and Ilesur-
. ruction'
Persona who wish to co to the bot
tom of the Credit Mobilier scandal,
now bo much talked about, will do
well to read the report of Ames and
Alley's law-suit with the State of
Pennsylvania, in the fifty-seventh
volume of tbe Pennsylvania State
lteports the last (ami seventeenth)
volume issued by P. Eraser Smith,
the present State reporter. It be
gins on tbe 2U3d pagof the volume,
aud
covens xeaiily sevestt faoeb,
containing the proceedings of two
jury trials and two hearings under
writ of. ; error before the Supreme
Court of the State. Tbe first trial
was November 23d, 18G9, before
Judge Pearson, who so charged the
jury that they gave a verdict of $407,-
4a J against the Credit Mobilier for a
State tax on the fat dividends for that
Company in 18G7-C8, when Oukes
Ames was placing the stuck- "where
it will do us tbe most good. At
that time, as shown in the trial, the
capital stock of tbe Credit Mobilier
was S3 ,750,000, and it had declured
two dividends, December 12th. 1SG7.
in bonds of the Union Pucifio road.
valued at $2,7U0.0U0: one dividend
January 3d, 18G8, (iu bonds), of
8037,500;
TWO DIVIDE.NHS
(one cash and one bonds), June 17,
18GS, of 3,230.000 (cash), and
8323,000 (bonds.: one dividend
(bonds). June 3, 1808, afterwards
proved to be bogus, of f 2,3iKJ,G25,
aud finally one cash dividend, July
8, 1SG8, of $1,123,000. This makes
total of $3,373,000, iu cash, $3.-
bG2,375 in good bunds, two-thirds of
which were valued at 83, and the
rest at 35, a, the time of dividend.
litre then, was au aggregate of divi
dends amounting to 170 per cent, iu
seven months, not couuting tbe
spurious $2,31)0,025; and upon this
the State claims a tax "of one-half a
mill on tbe capital stock for each one
per cent, of dividends about. 6 per
ceut. a year, amounting to $181,400,
and a ten per cent, penalty for fail
ure to report dividends, of $48,141;
so that
TUK WHOLE AMOCST CLAIMED
by Mr. Benjamin H. Brewster, the
Attorney-General, was $529,517.
The jury gave him as above stated.
e47,4!!j, making the reductions for
the bogus dividend of June 3. 18G8.
But Messrs. Ames & Alley excepted
to errors in the judge's ruling, and
got a new trial, December 9, l!70
two years ago before the same J udge
Pearson, who laid down tbe law as
he had been instructed from the Su
preme Court, and jury again gave a
verdict from the State of 8G3G.808;
which in November. 1871, was again
set aside, Justice Agnew dissenting,
and another trial has been granted.
IS THE COCKHE OF THESE TRIALS
which, we presume, are still going
on for no Pennsylvania jury, we
take it. will ever give a verdict for
Ames & Alley a host of interesting
revelations were made, and there are
more vet to be made. It seems that
the "Credit Mobilier of America"
(so baptized by George Francis
Tram in 18G4), was first incorporated
at tbe "Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency,"
by tbe State Legislature, in 18oU.
Tne chnrter may be found in he
acts of 1859 (ot 1809) page 89G, and
tbe original corporators were Samuel
J. Ileloes, Ellis Lewis. Carrie Mal
lory. Duff Green, David II. Porter,
Jacob Zeigler, Charles M. Hall,
Horn B. Kneoss, Robert J. Ross,
William T. Dougherty. Isaac Hugus,
C. R. Reed, William Workman, Am
Packer, Jesse Lazoer, C. S. KaufX
man, C. L. Ward, and Henry M.
Fuller.
DUFF GHEEX,
the oldest Jacksonian editor and
politician, procured tbe charter and
became President of the company,
which was exempted from individual
liability in its stockholders, was al
lowed to buy and sell railroad bonds.
advance money to railroads and con
tractors: make contracts, etc.; in
short, to do almost . everything but
banking and issuing of bills.
f THE CAPITAL STOCK
was fixed at $5,000,00'), but business
might begin when $500,000 were
subscribed and $25,000 paid in.
The agency organized, but, the war
coming on, and its projected opera
tion being at the south, it did very
little business. In 1804, by a char
acteristic fraud on the part of Duff
Green's associate, who bad been
chosen ' Secretary, the charter was
sold out to
THAIS, DCBAST, ETC.
Green being supposed to be dead
end by act of March 26, 1864, the
Pennsylvania Legislature changed its
name to "The Credit Mobilier of
America." In 1804 a contract was
made with one Hoxie to build 247
miles of the Union Pacific road,
and this contract was assigned to
the Credit Mobilier, and taxes due
from dividends thus accruing wero
Eaid to. the State of Pennsylvania,
lut on August 16, 1807,
OAKES AMES
made a contract with the railroad, in
which h was a large owner, to build
607 miles and this was assigned, Oc
tober 15, 1867, to certain trustees,
for their own benefit and that of
the Credit - Mobilier, of which they
were the chief stockholders, along
with Oakes Ames. These "trustees
were Oliver Ames, 'John B. Alley,
Henry S. McComb, T. C. Durant. C.
S. Bushnell, and Benjamin E. Bates,
and it is out of the action of these
eight men that all the Pennsylvania
law-suits and all the Congressional
scandal has come. Precisely what
the agreement of October. 15, 18b7,
meant, no court has yet found out
but under it the Credit Mobilier
DECLARED DIVIDENDS"
of $2,728,125, partly bogus, as above
mentioned. Previous to this agree
nents, however, the State Legisla
ture bad again amended tbe churter
of Duff Green's old "Fiscal agency,"
giving it large powers; this was done
February 28, 1807. '
In the course of three trials,
jonx B. ALLEY
testified that be went into the Credit
Mobilier Company in August, 1805,
the Hoxie contract having been as
signed to it in May, 1805, that Amen
was in it before, aud went in to avoid
rersonal liability; that when the
loxie contract terminated, J. M. S.
Williams, now member of Congress
elect from tbe Harvard College Dis
trict, took another contract to build
the road, which was not fully exe
cuted, but "was designed to have
been turned 'over to Credit Mobilier
if certain legislation could be pro
cured," which "was not; that the
Ames party in May, 1807, turned
Durant out, who killed the Williams
contract; - that out of this quarrel
grew at last tbe agreement' of Oc
tober 15, 1807, which brought in all
the dividends. For the rest of the
story we refer the curious reader at
present to the Pennsylvania report
above mentioned.
A CITf
IIOY I.KTTKU
COfNTttV.
rnoM tub
Dea Jijimy Ask your mother to
bring you up here right off. It's gay.
There's fishing here aud lots of
worms to catch 'em with. You stick
the hook in them and they wiggle
bully. Fishing's funnier when you
dou't catch the book in tbe seat of
your pantaloons, so that you can't sit
down and can't fish all the way home.
1 did that tbe other day, and Mr.
Jenkyns, Cousin Laura's beau, asked
me if I was a sole or a heel. Sup
pose he thot be was going to be
funny, but I didn't see it.
Bimeby, I saw biia cut a piece out
of Cousin Laura's hair, where her
hook caught and kiss it, like a great
baby, and put it in bis pocket. So I
told on 'em at tea, and everybody
la ft. They have cows here aad I go
to see them milked. They dou't
pump it out with their tails, like you
and I thought they did, but they
squeeze it out of a bag that comes
cu purpose, I suppose. I milked tbe
other night. It wa very hard to
squeeze, and it would not go into tbe
pail. rorue went into my eyes, and
the rest went up my sleeves. I don't
like milking. I don't like turkey
cocks neither. They ruffle them
selves up and run at you. They are
a ferocious bird, and disagreeable to
live with. Chickens. are nicer. We
eat em. They put them under a
'barril' at night, and Bill and I kill
them in the morning. We have
bully
fun
wringing their necks.
You'd better cjme here right off and
bring a shot-gun. for there are bears
here anyhow we saw a fox and
candy, because we can't get any
here, and a pop-gun, and some bows
aud arrows and things. Perhaps we
can shoot a deer. I thing Mr. Jen
kyns is a blamed fool. He. mode me
believe be found a deer's trnck the
other day, and when I looked at it
it was only the mark of Cousin
Laura's boot. I don't ace what
makes him so happy about girls.
We won't, will we? . I'd be ashamed.
I am going to ride old Sam to-morrow.
He's a horse. You ride him
bar-back, and it's very hard to stick
on when be feels so squirmy. Give
my love to all the bovs, and tell tbem
I'm having a bully time, and I bate
old Jenkyns. No more at present
from yours truly.
Robbie.
(From the Philadelphia Press.
HOW GOVERVOIl OBABY DIED.
Death at the Breakfast Table IlarrUburg
Shocked mt the Xnvrs The Widow's
, Pretence of Mind.
IlAnitisiiL'RO, leb. 8. The city
was thrown into great excitement this
morning by the announcement that
ex-Governor John W. Geary had died
while at tbe breakfast table in his pri
vate residence. Yesterday afternoon
the deceased returned from New
York, where he had been for several
days attending to business. In the
evening a number of visitors called
and remained in several hours, and
after ther departed the deceased and
Mrs. Geary retired, the family all re
tiring also for the night Nothing
unusual was noticed in the appearance
or bearing of the ex-Governor, lie
was in fine spirits, conversed freely
with his visitors, and when he laid his
head upon his pillow was in compara
tively as good health as he ever was
in his life. At the usual hour the fam
ily arose. Governor ueary was in
the parlor with the children
- KEADIXG THE MORNIXG PAPERS,
And in pleasant conversation with
the whole family, until breakfast was
announced. At the breakfast table
the Governor occupied one end and
Mrs. Geary tbe other end of the table,
the children being ranged on both
sides. While, Mrs.' Geary was en
caged in helping the children nearest
herself, the Governor occupied him
self in doing the same with those near
him, and just as he was in the act of
banding some butter to one ot them
his head fell heavily on his bosom,
which Mrs. Geary immediately no
ticed and rose to assist him, one of
the elder children starting for a phy
sician living next door. In the mean
time the servants came to her assist
ance, and when : the doctor, arrived,
which was not more than
THREE MIXUXES PROM THE TI1IE OF
ATTACK,
The pulse of the man had ceased to
beat and life was extinct, lie uttered
but one deep and heavy- sigh after his
head fell upon his bosom, and died
seemingly without acute pain.
In a very, short timo the news of
this sad event spread to all parts of
the city, and soon tbe streets were
filled with ' anxious inquiries, seeking
either for denial or corroboration of
the bewildering announcement. Tbe
corroboration speedily came in the
.
tolling of the bells' of. the city, the J
limy ui Piguui guns iroin iut ameiiai,
and a black streamer floating front the
flag-staff on the dome of the Capitol.
Mrs. It. W. Lamberton was . ; ,
TUK FIRST OP TUB XEIUHBOBS
To go to the assistance of the be
reaved family, and when she entered
the dining-room she discovered the
prostrate form of tbe Governor on
the floor, he having fallen from his
chair, and Mrs. Geary giving orders
with great presence of' mind and cool
ness to panic-stricken servants and
the elder children. She refused to
have the corpse taken op stairs, and
directed its removal to the parlor, for
the reason that he was large in form,
and therefore too heavy to be carried
to the second floor. Other neighbors
entered and bore tbe lifeless form to
the parlor. t .. -
MRS. GEARY
Soon after broke down with the load
of her affliction, and was taken to her
chamber. Among the first to call at
the residence so suddenly filled with
mourning was Governor Hartranft,
who offered every possible J service
and warm condolence to the sadly
overwhelmed family, and followed by
Mrs. Hartranft who devoted hfrselt
in tenderly consoling Mrs. Geary
Colonel Jordan, late Secretary of
Slate, and Mrs. Jordan were also
speedily present, and were assiduous
. .1 ' , n a
in meir attention. jirs. uenerai
Kusseir, and many other ladies and a
great number of personal friends of
the decased, called to express their
sympathy and tender whatever service
they could. Mrs. Ueary is receiving
dispatches conveying
CONDOLENCE AMD SYMPATHY
From the comrades in arms ot her
late husband and from distinguished
statesmen in different parts of the
country. The terrible shock produced
by this sad eveut has left Mrp. Geary
in a condition oi great prostration,
which has thus far been unrelieved by
sleep.
Dr. Goodman of Philadelnbia is
here, and is to make a post-mortem
examination or the deceased uover-
r to-morrow morning. There was
an insurance on his life in favor ot 31 rs.
Geary for $10,y(J0. Colonel Jordan,
at the request of Mrs. Oeary, selected
a lot in the Harrisburg Ce-netery to
day, where the interment will take
place.
TUB EPIZOOTIC
Wfl dta indebted to Mr. C. L.
White, of the Uprier Poyette Valley,
for a late number of the Xew Eng
land Farmer, which contains an ar
ticle on the Horse Disease, which
mav be of some use to our readers.
as the epizootic is rapidly approach
in thin section. The Farmer oars
that the Boston Advertiser publishes
.1.- . n...: ,.r r- v,
tbe surgeon employed by the city of
Bostou:
He savs the disease is a species of
acute catarrh with a fever, not en
tirely unlike that usual among horses;
but tuat it ditlers iu many respects,
the svrontoms varying both in char
acter and intensity. Tbe majority
of the cases are a mild lorin ot tne
inflammatory disease of tbe mucous
membranes of tbe throat and nostrils.
In some coses there is a swelling of
the throat, in others a dryness of tbe
nostrils and throat, causing an un
comfortable and painful sensation.
which is manifested by unsuccessful
attempts at sneezing, accompanied
with violent coughing, instead oi
flm nnlinarv accelerated Dulse which
accompanies simple fever, there is
discovered a weak, wavering puise,
showing that the vital forces have be
fnmA diminished a condition like
that produced by belladonna, aconite
and other sedatives, in me mucier
forms of the distemper there is a
paleness of the membranes of tbe eye
and nostril, indicating a feeble ar
terial circulation. In, tbe severer
forms these membranes assume a
yellow or brown color, showing the
non-elimination of bile, similar to
that weli-mr.rked symbtom which
occurs in typhoid influenza. As a
disease, it progresses and assumes a
form worse than that of typhoid
influenza. The respiration is accel
erated, and the pulse becomes quick
er, more distinct and irregular. Tbe
origin of the disease is, like that of
many other distempers, unknown.
The peculiar atmosphere, however,
bos some connection with the infec
tion as horses only are affected. A
specific poison infuses itself into the
blood, and is generated in tbe ani
mal. Tbe horses are affected ! ac
cording to their condition and sur
roundings. ' ' -With
regard to the treatments, he
says," the proper remedy in most
cases is one drachm of chlorate of pot
ash disolved in a balf-pail of water,
to be given morning -and feveujng.
In some of the severer cases he
recommends one-half drachm of calo
mel to be placed on the tongue.
In case where there are Bymptoms of
weakness, stiniulents may be given,
with one-half drachm of fluid extract
of cayenne, to be 'placed undiluted
under the tongue." The use of aco
nite, belladonna and such 'tinctures
should never be permitted, as they
serve to lower tbe beating of
the heart and otherwise imperil the
life of the horse. When the nostrils
become dry they should be steamed
two or three times a day by means of
a bucket ot hay or oats, upon which
boiling water should be poured. To
perfect the steaming process, the
head of the animal should be then
placed bo as to inhale the , steam.
The hay, or oata used : in steaming,
after becoming cool, should be "given
to ttie animal, as it serves to nourish
and strengthen" him. Horses with
out appetite should; be given small
quantities of feed at long intervals.
The horse affected- with the disease
Bhould be carefully nursed and kept
well clothed; Horses affected should
not be worked in any l ease; Dr.
Very says the whole matter had not
been properlv represented to .. the
press, tbe distemper being of . a more
no; 30
severe form than was first anticipat
ed. r The greatest ratio of deaths
would be among those borses which
have been worked after becoming af
fected. In England, where it is said that
this disease is well known, it is the
common practice to burn a few
ounces of sulphur on a pan of coals,
live or six times daily, so that every
part of the stable may become fu
migated; the sick animals being at
the same time well cared for and
blanketed.' i
The Journal gives the following as
a simple remedy for the distemper:
Administer a table-spoonful of
ground ginger three times a day,
mixed with their feed, and at night
tbe same dose, mixed with hot mush.
Ten drops of aconite, given in two
ounces of water, has been found to
relieve tbe cough which attends the
malady. Horslers and others whose
duty calls tbem near diseased borses
con not be too careful to avoid being
poisoned by tbe discharge of matter
from the nostrils.
EXPENSES OF THE WAB.,
From a preliminary report to Gov
ernor Grover, upon the expenses in
curred by tbe Oregon Mounted Militia
in the Modoc war, submitted by Ma
jor ijnwey A. Urooks, Assistant
tjuartermaster General Oregon Mili
tia we gather tbe following informa
tion : . "
The total expense will not exceed
$50,000. The total number of day's
service performed by officers and pri
vates is set down at 7,6u0. This
gives about $7.37 as the cost per man
and horse for each day's service ren
dered. The cost ot the Indian war
of 1855-C, was at the rate of $11.21
for each day's military service per
formed ; and the previous Indian wars
in Oregon of 153 and 54 were main
tained at about a similar exrense.
Besides, all the troops in the war of
1855-G were not mounted, a consider
able portion being infantry. The
cost of the Modoc war is therefore at
least 34 per cent. less than that of
any previous Indian war in Oregon.
Had the late war been conducted up
on the expense; basis of the previous
wars, it would hive cost the State at
least $85,126. This, therefore, shows
a saving, over the management of pre
vious Indian wars, ot at least $29,t00.
It should be remembered also that the
operations of the 31ilitia were in the
winter season, during all of which
time the road from this place over the J
"'.. . ... 1. , A , nf - n V
was exceedingly bad, and that it was.
at times actually impassable for teams
carrying half, loads. Had the service
occurred during the summer months
at least 75 per cent, would have been
saved in the items of transportation
and forage.
Two dollars per day is allowed to
each private for the time he was in
the service, and two dollars per' day
for the services ot the animals on
which the troops were mounted.
These allowances arc, however, mere
ly recommendatory, and are subject
to such modification by the Legisla
ture as may be deemed just. We
think, however, that in- view of tbe
inclemency of the season daring
which the troops were in service, and
the exposure and privations which
they endured, that these allowances
should be increased rather, than di
minished. .
The allowances for pay ot officers
are in strict conformity to the provis
ions of the Act of Congress of July
15, 1870, prescribing the present pay
of the Regular Army.
No animals of any kind were pur
chased, but the services of such as
were indispensably necessary were
hired at reasonable rates. All ani
mals, however, on entering the ser
vice, have been appraised by a board
of aonraisers. and to" the owners of
such animals as were killed or lost in
the service, scrip is - issued in the
amount of the appraisement.
The report contains a price list of
articles purchased, l nese prices cor
respond in many instances to the cash
rates ot the country, whilst in others
the prices allowed are ' probably 15
per cent, above those rates. The re
port also pays a handsome compli
ment to our friend, Major Owen, for
his promptness and activity as Quar
termaster to the 1st Brigade. It also
contains much other interesting infor
mation, which our limited space will
not permit us at present to publish.
, Undoubtedly tne war expenses have
been managed with care, economy
and ability, ' We consider the above
showing an exceedingly favorable one,
reflecting credit upon all concerned,
and believe it will be so regarded by
the people of the State. Let the
next Legislature take prompt steps to
liquidate the expenses of the Modoc
.war. It is not probable that the State
will be able' to meet the total indebt
edness at once by an appropriation
from the State Treasury. It might
not be trood Dolicv to do so, even if
the required amount of cash was on
hand. We suggest that it would be
better that bonds be issued in J pay
ment of the debt. Then let the claim
of this State for indemnity be prompt
ly laid before Congress. Jackson
ville Time$.
A Puzzler A domestic, newly
enra?ed. Dresented to his master, one
morning, a pair of boots, the leg of
one of which was much longer man me
other. .
"How comes it Joseph John,, that
these boots are not the same length V
I really don't know, sir; bnt what
bothers me the trioat is, that the pair
down stairs are iu the same fix."
Florence Rowe, 12 years of age,
living in Chapin, -Franklin county,
la., saw a large eagle attempting to
carry off a goose from her father's
barnyard; when she seized the eale
by the wing and dragged it and its
nrer to the house. The gooee-thief
measured seven feet from tip to tip.
The Empress of Russia has en
gaged Wijater quarters at Sorren'o.
i
Bnini notlc is the Local Columns, 25
wnt jr line, e?h insertion.
Por letal and trnnotenr adrerticemer'ts t5 60
per square ot 12 lines, for tbe first tnaerUon,
ad $1 00 per square for each subucqueut in
sertion. . . r
ANOTHER ASTOKIAN'S TESTIMONY
Astoria, Feb. 23, 1873.
Editor Democrat;
It is quite amusing to r observe , the
terrible splutter the editor of the BuU
tetm has been worked np to by the
letter and figures of Mr. Philip Low,
of Linn county, in regard M the ship
ment of wheat direct to this place, in
an editorial of the 22nd inst., entitled
a 'Craze' no doubt the condition of
the editor's mind in consequence cf
an over dose of Low. ' The whole
urn and substance of this matter is
just this: Mr. Low has shown where
the commission merchant, wharfinger,
ferryman and drayman, of Portland,
are sucking the blood and sweat from
the prodncers of onr State, and the
Bulletin editor has gone mad in bis
efforts to ridicule and -disparage, in
every way that lays in his power, the
honest efforts of the farmers and pro
dncers of this State to relieve them
selves from the tax that has been im
posed upon them so long to sup
port the Bulletin $ pets and, owners
in Portland. Towards the close of
this "crazy" fit, with an assumed de
gree of consideration, he says : 'We
would be extremely glad if the priee
had been fgreater referring to the
price of wheat, but circumstances be
yond the control of any person or
combination in Oregon have made it
impossible." I contend that it :s pos- .
sible to reduce tbe eost of transporta
tion from Albany to Astoria morv
than ooe-balf, and having the ware
houses, as proposed, at this place, ves
sels can be chartered to come here
for the same rates they do to San
Franscisco, averaging now about $3
per ton, or 15 cts. per bushel less than
rates paid from Portland. Deduct
from this amouut $1.50 per ton or 4 J
cents, per bushel for freight from
Portland to Astoria, as charged by O,
S. N. Co. at tbe present time, and wa
have lCJ cents, per bushel, or $135,
0r0, on 3,000,000 bushels saved as one
item. It has cost the ship "Roswell
Sprague." which has just left our river
for Liverpool, $2.38 per ton for 750
tons of freight she broujrht from Port
land to this place, according to the
Master's own statements, (which have
been sent to the WUlamette Farmer)
when the river was at its best stage,
and this ship has had remarkably
qnick dispatch, as stated jin tbe JJuZZef in
of the l&th ult. Thus you can see
another loss of 87 cents, per ton, or
$1.00444 on cargo of 1,222 tons that
this single ship has paid and charged
in the freight bill, to come out of the
farmer. The rest of. her cargo was
lightened on steamers to this place
tor $1.50 per ton. the cost of towing
and piloting up and down the river
and delays on the average of vessels
carrying wheat will excel $2J0 per
ton, but we will call it that amount,
and we have again, the sum of $1.0 J
per ton, or $90,000 saved in freights
from Portland to this place or a loss
of $1.00 per Ion of all the ships bring
down the river,) $315,003 plus $30,
000 equal $405,000, then is the amount
that is paid by the farmers of this
State, directly to have vessels dragged
up to Portland, where her citizens c-'n
glorify , themselves by saying, "look
at our commerce." Ship owners
charge the extra prices for freghts;-
Insurance companies charge higher
rates of insurance ; and ship owners
are in fear, from the time they come
into the river until they leave, that
theirs hips will get ashore and be dam
aged, and in consequence spring a leak
after the gets to The result is they
go away home, make their report and
never come back again. Of all the
foreign ships that have visited onr
river, theBaraconta," I believe is the
only one that has made the second
voyage, and she is small, drawing only
17 feet of water. This class, of course,
cannot carry freights as cheap as
larger vessels. But tfee farmers of
Linn county have started the ball, and
they will lose sight of their own in
terest if they allow it to stop. Urge
them on in the important step they
have taken for the good . of Oregou
and we will do our share.
Astoria.
The Congressional Judiciary Com
mittee have - determined to present ,
articles of impeachment against .
United States Judsre Delohev, of Kan
sas, whose" case they have begun to
examine. The charge -is habitual
drunkeness and the frequent commis
sion of gross indecencies while on the
Bench tinder tbe influence of liquor.
One witness is Senator-elect Ingalls,
who agreed to pay Delohay's son iu
law ! $5,000 if he "would keep the
Judge eober long enough to open
Court and sign soma very important
papers. This was done, but Ingall's
clients refused to pay the money and
he declined to hold himself liable,
when suit wits brought by. Osborne,
Delohay's son-in-law, to enforce pay
ment. Delohay was appointed from
Illinois in 1866.
As if centenarians were not com
mon enough in New England, the
town of Jaffrey, in New Hampshire,
gets up a public ball to commemor
ate the one hundred and third birth
day of one of its inhabitants, an old
lady named Dorcas Riee. ' ; ,