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ALBANY, OREGON, FMDAY, JANUARY 15, 1875.
NO. 23.
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Medical College of New York, mid Is a Into
member of Beilevue Hospital Medical College
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
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OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON.
h Not. 11, 1870. - 1
i, From tho I'eim Monthlvi -
THE ?mm "GJlfESiUEHT OF ,.
.,,-rOBEGJ.1..--::.-,liv-,.i i.
The 1 eommencemcjit of Bettlement
and civil government in the country
now comprising tlia Pacitio! States
ami Temtorles, is, au : interesting
subjecL, and, as time passes on, an3
we tiro removed further from the pe
riod in uhich tlioae events occurred,
it will command Rreater .-regard ftud
exoile still deop interest. California,
invested with tho magnificence of her
inexhaustible treasure, may be said
to have sprung at once, perfect and
complete, into the sisterhood of
States, so brief was her pupilage. .It
was different with her compeer, Ore
gon. There was nothing Minerva
like about the birth of her political
sovereignty. She was injseveralways,
and under peculiar circumstances, an
independent offspring. The title of
the soil, which had been held In joint
occupancy by the United Btiijgs nd
6fc ,t Britain, was only delta-mined
fn 1846 yetfre, a complete date at
least,, after- settlements had been
Vwmnie'nced within her borders and
she reached her majority only after a
full -minority of twenty-one yeurs.
Not until that length of time from
the first nifestations of political sig
nificance in her social life did she as
sume her position as a State in the
Union. There were no discoveries of
precious inetuls to attract the world
and immigration to her fertile and
secluded valleys. Agriculture; the
industry of the husbandman, was
to niako her wealth the plow lo
open up 'lit? scolder! harvests. Ore
has experienced three different
characters' ' of government. First,
the "pioneer or provisional, after
wards the Territorial, under the ju
risdiction of the United Statos, and
now the superior authority of the
State. The firRt was a government
as good and sufficient for all practi
cal purposes at the time of its exist
ence, and as much respected, as
either of the others. W line tue pu o
lic interests wore sedulously sub
served, the highest regard was mani
fested for individual rights. The
law has been supreme, its majesty
held iuvinkle always in Uregou,
since the iirsl onactme'nt by the pio
neers. Wise in Ub simplicity, potent
in the measure of justice and right
embodied and maintained, its f unda-
mentul principles were the Bame as
those wliitSuUiriWie jurisprudence
of to-dtiy, : Twelve years before
California became a Stafo, Oregon
was maintaining her settlements in
the valley of the 'Willamette. The
first Americans who remained per-
mnnentlvm the country, went there
with Cuptain Wyeth, of Boston, in
1832 Their obiecrt was to trap, ana
and trade with the natives for pel
tries. ' ' But upon . the abandon
ment of "his enterprise by this
gentleman, a few jeura. .subse
quently, numlior of his men be
came settlers. The brothers Lee and
others, of tho Methodist mission,
reaclird Oregon ill 1834. Tho Eev.
Dr. Whitman and Kev. Mr. bpauld-
. ., . , T, 1
jng., ol We jimencuu imuuui
eigii Missions, with their wives, ar
rived in 1830. These' ladies were
the first white women who crossed
the Rocky Mountains, and their chil
dren were the first white American
children bom in the country. The
"Rev: V. N. Ehmchet. now Bishop,
with Father Dcmorse, of the Catho
lic mission, located there in 1S38.
The missionaries the world over have
been the pioneers. With a love in
effable for their Master's work, and
a zeal that the most formidable cir
cumstances have been unable to de
press, ready to give up their lives if
requisite for the advancement of their
holy cause, tnoy press lorwuru, v.-.-the
desort. encountering the
of disease and savage enmity
with invincible fortitude, to extend
the blessings of the gospel to the
V,miMite,l of all lundn. What have
they not accomplished, apart from
their special vocation, for the benefit
portant information concerning new
and unknown countries as philo
logers, geologists, botanists and gen
eral historians? '
Our purpose in this paper is not
to narrate, even partially, the suffer
ing and loss of life incurred in the
progress of settlement in Oregon.
In this respect it may be sufficient to
remark that its history contains a
full proportion of the incidents of
sacrifice and yielding up of life, akin
to martyrdom, usual in reclaiming
new and remote sections in u mui
an country. Our idea is simply to
give a brief account of the process
of the formation of civil government
on the north Pacific coast. We can
not refrain, nevertheless, from a
mere mention hero in passing, tnat
after a residence of thirteen years
among them, devoted to their educa
tion in religion and the useful arts,
the estimable Dr. Marcus Whitman
nnd his amiable wife, witn otners,
were murdered, under circumstances
of the most revolting cruelty, by the
Cayusa Jndiaus, on the iwth ol ro
An,lsr. 1&47. Dr. Whitman did
than anv other per-
- n onpniirafe immitrration and
forward the interests of
the Territory wherein he had made
bis home. His mutilated remains
were buried near the place where he
fell No monumental stone records
the' faithful service and untimely
death of a most -worthy Christian
gentleman.
Tl.o f,rl action towards the agree
ment of. any kind of civil rule com
..,i,miiii! the whole community,
accurred in February, 1&41. It was
.i ntied ii no ! ,;..T,,1 V tlia death of a settler
in a neat and Uuuy manner. I .ill P"" ( Mtoli nf considerable personal
propertv, who died intestate. uer
heirs, and no author-
' G. F. SETTLEMIER,
Druggist and Apothecary!
Vealer in- drugs, medicines, oils,
I i,i. Window Glass. DyestuSs, Liquors,
Kanoy Boaps, Brushes, Perfumorios, 4o.
Prescription. Carefully Compounded.
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fully inform the citiiens of Albany and vi
einity that he has taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
strict attention to beiness, eipocts to suit all
those who ma- faror him with their paUiage.
Hating heretofore carried on nothing but '
Fim-Olass Hair Dressing Saloons,
kt expects to give entire sntiifaetion to all.
M-Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
aadshampoosd. JOSEPH WEBBLR.
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. ALBANY, OREGON.
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Keild'iioe': Comer Fifth and Ferry streets.
venllf.
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CIIABLE8 wnWSKB nAVINO OPKVF.D
out a new oyst,-r-.ihn. In the building
next u Taylor's aalm.n, Invites Hie pub Ic to
Hive him a Kill. Fr-sh ojt.'rs and all other
eatables served up lo any style known to 'he
culinary art, on short notice. n811.
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door west of Fox's store.,
to have all my old customers omlmue theli poi
adl new ones. vioulati.
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Fjoayl Albany, Oregon.
ity to administer upon the entate.
It was essential that some proper dis
position should be made of the prop--hih
rnnsiated chielly of b&uU
of "horses and cattle. Tue settlers
who attended the funeral held an in
formal meeting, nfter the burial, and
upon an iu:ei'ch;inge of views and
the appointment of a "committee of
arrangements" to take into consider
ation the whole subject apparently,
agreed to meet again on the 17th of
the same month. The gathering at
Champoeg a point on the Willam
ette riror, equidistant between the
present cities of Salem and Portland
on that date, in the imperfect rec-1
ord left of its proceedings, was
called "a meeting of Borne of the in
habitants of the Willamette valley
for consultation concerning the steps
necessary to be taken for the forma
tion of laws, and the election of offi
cers to execute the same, for the bet
ter preservation of peace and good
order." The business transacted
was principally in the nature of an
expression in the recommendation
of measures for future action. The
"committoe of ariangemeuts' made
no report and were "advised to pro
pose" the creation of certain offices.
The judgment of those present as to
who should be elected to fill these
offices was manifested in nominating
candidates for them.
The meeting adjourned to meet the
next day in the Methodist Mission
House, which was then located on
the right bank of tho Willamette
river, opposite the present town of
Wheatland. This adjourned meet
ing, ,on the 18th, was fully attended.
The record of it reads, "at a full
meeting," etc. The material point to
which there was no opposition was
the necessity of adopting some kind
of laws regulating probate matters
A crude form of government was de
termined upon. The executive pow
er was dispensed with, or practically
intended to be ilaced in the chief
functionary called "Supreme Judge,"
who was elected by those present.
A committee of nine persons were
empowered "to form a constitution
and draft a code of laws," and report
at a subsequent meeting. A"elerk
of courts and recorder," a "high
sheriff, several justices of the peace
and constnbles" were also elected.
"It was then resolved that, until a
code of laws could be drafted by the
legislative committee and adopted by
tliB neonlo. the Suureme Judge be
fnatrnntfld to act according to the
laws of the State of New York,
This publio gathering, was larger
than at any previously held in the
colony, and aihourueU to meet tne
following first Tuesday of June, "at
the new building near the Catholic
Church." This effort at government-
ranking certainly was made to run
the gauntlet of the influence of these
two missionary establishments, which
no doubt was opposed to any further
perfection ot it. At me meeting m
June, not so fully attended as the
other, the Committee on uonsmuiion
and Code of laws were called upon
to report, when it was announced
that they had never met to discharge
the duties assigned them. Some
withdrew from the committee and
others wore appointed in their places:
and they were directed to report at
nn adiourned meetiuff in October
follnwinc. The committees were al
so "instructed to confer with the
commander of the American squad
ron, and Dr? John McLoughlin, chief
factor of the Hudson's Bay Compa
ny, with regard to forming of a con
stitution and code of laws for this
community." The only practical re
sult, of this movement appears to
have been the disposition of the es
tate of the deceased party heretofore
alluded to, which was reached to the
apparent satisfaction of the commu
nity. The Legislative Committee, as
it. denominated, differed in opin
ion as to the expediency of establish
ing a permamout organization, and
the settlers also must have entertain
ed adverse views, as the public meet
ing to receive the report of the com
mittee was never convened. The
truth was the Americans hoped to be
provided with a government by au
tlmrit.v nf Congress, within a reason
able time, in an abrogation of the
trnatv nf ioint occupancy and an ex-
looainn nf the jurisdiction of the
United States. They were leanui
at least some were, that matters so
mntninnllv aftectinff their own imme
diate interests miglit bo complicated
and prejudiced through injudicious
... 'ii ' t Tl,. nennl.linn
action OU men pnie. -t"- "j,-.....--
was composed of the two national!.
t.ioa thn nrenonderanco uncertain
nArlimm. or at all events not so deter-
inmate as the immigrations oi mo
two subsequent years made it,
While the two home governments
were seemingly indifferent, and do-
fprriiicr any positive action as to
aott Biuniit ot the iiuestion oi uiti
mate possession and jurisdiction, the
American cameis tue nuiium nm,
QovvioeiLli ft oxen Willi lueu icuKw
ened lines of wagons, laden with the
"household cods, were annu
iwnvmina across tho continent, slow
ly but surelv, through dreary deserts
and unfriendly trilies of Indians, the
inflexible power that was finally to
nnmnel an adjustment of the contro
versy and supplant the achievement
of any special and distinguished
statesmanship in its aceompiisnmeni,
Thn next attempt at instituting 1
government for the communities of
Oregon took place two years later,
ond na crowned with success; and
wrhnn nerfected still two years later,
the system of policy presented to the
world by the pioneers of the North
Por-iKr- was the admirable work
which worthily received the 'encorai
otn.1 of our statesmen, and fulfilled
the highest purpose of all good gov
ernment in promoting the happiness
and nrosperitT of th people. For
six years this rule of the pioneers
continued, popular and efficient, un
til changed to the territorial organi
zation by act of Congress.
On the 4th of March. 1&43, at a
meeting of the colony to provide for
the protection of the stock of the
settler, from the attacks of wild ani
mals, after completing the liusinens
in hand, a committee of twelve pcr-
measures for the civil and mi
protection of the colony." Ate
call of this committee the people as
sembled at Champoeg on the 2d of
May, when the report in favor of or
ganizing a government was adopted.
In accordance with the recommen
dations of the committee, a supreme
judge, with probate powers, was eloc-
ted; also, aolork, a recorder, trees-'
urer, sheriff justices of the peace,
constables, etc Nine persons were
selected to frame laws, and instruct
ed to report on the following 5th of
July. It was agreed to pay them
one dollar and twenty-five cents each
per day, "the money to be raised by
subscription;" and it was raised, the
members of tlie committee subscrib
ing more than the amount of their
compensation. The organio and
other laws thus prepared were sul
mitted to the people, in Champoeg'j
on the 5th of July, 1843, and approv
ed after some slight amendment.
The fundamental law, or "Articles of
Compact," as they are termed, guar
anteed the freedom of religious be
lief, the writ of habeas corpus, trial
jury, "proportionate representa
tion," the maintenance of "good
faith with the Indians, providing
legislation "to prevent injustice be
ing done to them," and for the pres
ervation ot peace ana inenusnip;
Slavery -waB prohibited. The exeour
tive power was vested in a committee
of three persons, to be elected annu
ally. The legislative power was
lodged in a committee of nine per
sons, to be styled "Legislative Com
mittee." and chosen each year: The
judicial power was placed in fs su
premo, nrouaie ami lusuues cuuiw,
tho first to consist of a supreme judge
and two justices of the peace. Pro
vision wasmaue lor tne oiection every
. , ne
..an. r nl MOV ' TIRCRHHOrV Illlll'HlH.
The right of suffrage and to hold of
fice was given to "every iree maie
descendant of a white man," twenty-
ono years of age and upwards, in
habiting the territory at the time of
it onmnization, and to others a six
months' residence. Among the enact
ments nut forth on . this , occasion
were laws for the organization of the
militia, and the possession and im
provement of lands, and certain laws
of Iowa '.territory wmon were desig
nated. The country was divided
into four districts, instead of counties
called respectively Tualatin, lamuill,
Clackamas, Champoeg, and only com-
uised the section south ot the uo
umbia rivers It was decided to des-
o-uate these districts by the name of
Oregon Territory. It was also deter
mined that the expense of the gov
ernment should be paid by voluntary
subscriDtion instead of taxation, and
in the lorm aesignea ior uiis piupuno
it was provided "that in all cases
each individual subscriber may at
nnv time withdraw his name from
said . subscription, upon paying all
arrearages and notifying the treasur
er of the colony of such desire to
withdraw." Tuxation was rosorted
to, however, the susuiug year, when
n tax of one-eitrhth of one per cetit.
was levied. Before the dissolution
,.f (l.io ,,nvmilinn of the TJCOplo
A lftnaotl liners. David Hill and Jos,
dale, all Americana, were elected by
ballot to sjrve as Executive uommit
tn. The first was a blacksmith at
tached to the Methodist mission, the
second a farmer, the third had been
a settler since 1834, and had com
manded the hrBt Oregon-built sea
going vessel, called the "Star, in a
n. trm to leroa Jliiena, now emu
Francisco, in 1841. They were good
honest, practical men; and respected
by the commuity. , llie otnerouicem
elected at the previous meeting were
authorized to qualify and enter upon
their respective positions. '' The oath
of office wag then administered to
the members of the Executive by the
president of the convention who was
directed also to qualify the supreme
judge. At the annual election on
tho zd ol may, lati, new uasuiin
and legislative committees were cho
sen; the latter body held two sess
ions, revised the laws, and otherwise
did considerable needed legislation
and submitted a series of amend
ments to the "Articles of Compact
On the 2flth of July, 1845, impor
tant additions perfecting the organic
laws were ratified by a vote of the
people. The boundaries of tho ter
ritory had been extended so as to in
clude all uoth of the Columbia river
to the parallel of 54" 40 . The exe
cutive power had been transferred to
a governor, with the usual powers of
such a functionary. The legislative
authority was changed to a House of
ltonresentatives ol not more man
sixty-one members. In the Judicial
Department, the ntfUt was given to
creato district and other inferior
courts, as thev were ronuired
the supreme court was re-arranged
and made to consist of one judge, to
hold two terms a year. The righta
in reference to holding and improv
ing lands, were more distinctly de
fined and made a part of the organic
laws. George Abernethy was electr
ed frovernor. and held that office by
annual election thereafter for four
years, until superseded, March 3,
184'J, by General Joseph Lane, ap
pointed governor by President Polk.
Governor Abernethy, an intelligent
Christian gentleman, unassuming,
indisposed to court popular favor,
with strong common senae, and a de
sire to do bis duty conscientiously
and quietly, was the right man for
the occasion, and, whatever prejudice
nny assert to the contrary, it was
fortunate for the colony that just
such a person could I had to nil the
highest and most responsible posi
tion in the pioneer government. It
must be remomliered that the jmpu
lation was of a mixed character, bo
ing composed of Americans, English,
Canadians and half-breeds. This
,.0. hn form of oath taken by the
officials of the Territory: "I do
solemnly swear that I will support
the organio laws of the provisional
government ol Wegon, so iar bus bbiu
litarV ! States, or a Bubject of Great Britain,
it nua faithfully demean myself in of
fice. So help me God. It was
requisite to exercise groat prudence
in the management of affairs, hnt
national prejudices might not be ex
cited to the disruption of the cordial
relations existing, and necessary to
be maintained in the successful con
duct of the government.
Civil authority in Oregon may he
said to have assumed a permanent
and dignified character from the as
sumption of the administration of
affairs by Gov. Abernethy, and the
judicious and efficient legislation
which ensued on tne part ot tne peo
ple's representatives. The general
acceptance, if not the unanimous ap
proval, of the provisional govern
ment, by the settlers of all classes,
regardless of their attachments to
the forms of home governments,
made it strong and maintained its
jurisdiction. Under it life and prop
erty were protected, oonoois, insti
tutions and churches flourished.
The community was prosperous and
happy. Contracts were maintained
aud the collection of debts enforced.
peoie being scarce, wheat was made
legal tender in the payment of all
demands. War was vigorously and
successfully prosecuted. In tho
winter of 1847 and 1848, and the
succeeding spring, three hundred
and fifty men were kept in the field,
east of the Cascade Mountains, in
offensive operations against the Cay-
use Indians, m thirteen days irom
the receipt of the information at the
seat of government Oregon City, of
the massacre of the missionaries and
immigrants at Wa-il-at-pu, a force of
fifty armed men were in possession of
the mission station at the Dalles of
the Columbia river, the key of the
position, having marched a distance
of one hundred and fifty miles. It
will be borne in mind that thero
were no steam facilities for travel
and transportation in those days, and
that this march was made in the in
clement month of Decomber. The
legislature, then in session, author
ized the governor to organize a force
of five hundred mounted volunteers;
only about two-thirds of this num
ber, however, were aotually enrolled.
As fast as the companies could he
equipped they moved to the front by
the old pack trail up the Columbia.
The two tights at the canyon oi tne
Des Chutes, in which the enemy
were driven each time with loss, oc
curred on the last two days of Feb
ruary. The battle of Umatilla,
where the enemy were again repulsed
with serious loss, was fought on the
2d of March. On the 4th the ad
vance of the column occupied Wa-il-at-pu.
Whitman's Mission, now Wal
la Walla, three hundred miles away
from the seat of government and al
most the same distance from any set
tlement of note. Commissioners ac
companied the troops, authonzod to
troat with the various tribes to pre
vent their alliance with the Cayusos,
in which they succeeded tho steady
advance of the volunteers, and the
sharp and decisive fighting, proving
effectual.
All this was a surprising display
of energy and power, and would be
regarded as remarkable in the oper
ations of any government; but mono
so now and inexperienced as that of
the pioneers of Oregon, it must be
proof eminently satisfactory as to
tne aumiy ana eincienuy oi u tnat
it was not one only in name, but
government founded in the esteem
and sustained by the will and majes
ty of the people. The highest com
pliment has poen baid to the integ
rity and patriotism of those Ameri
cans who really ereated and admin
istered this early organization, in the
simnlo circumstance that tho jn-oater
part of those of foreign birth who
shared with them the fortunes of that
government, as soon as an opportu
nity was afforded became citizens of
the United States. It is indicative
of the good faith and honeBt dealing
which had characterized me associa
tion. The coming generations, who
are to build nn the Btote of Oregon
to a scale oornpeting with the grand
eur and Dower of otner states, win
tho more and more appreciate tho
work of their pioneers, as in tno per
formance of that duty glimpses aftor
glimpses of the grand future are dis
closed. The highost regard will bo
cherished for them when they shall
have passed away, to live again in
the grateful stories of the thrilling
incidents of frontier and wilderness
life. Few deeds will be found with
in tho period of that pioneor rule
which any one will caro to have dis
claimed, or which will cause tne least
roproach. The Oregon pioneers
were a class of men possessing the
superior virtues which make a supe
rior manhood. Already thoy have
boon distinguished by the highest
honors in tho pulpit, on the bench,
at the bar. as covernors, as congress
men, as senutors. They did thoir
work unostentiously, but did it well,
in leaving a brood and substantial
foundation, at least, tor the more
complete and perfect work of those
who wore to come alter incm.
GEO. L. CUKRY.
. Portland, March 1, 1874.
BUB1BIJ KJliHTKKN TEARS.
A Gold Watch Lost in ISSft and Found I
1871. ,
From the Salem papers we learn
that a watch, lost by Dr. McCnrdy
eighteen years ago, had been found
and returned to him. Ones1 ii a
thousand years such incidents occur,
perhaps, but no one has lived to see.
It was in the year 1850, when the
buildings of Portland were yet stand
ing in the forebU, or untouched clay;
before the poor Indion began to as
oend the Coast Range of Mountains
to read his doom in the setting sun;
when General Lane Was in his prime,
Senator Nesmith a young man, and
Attorney General Williams an every
day lawyer. ' The writer remembers
the beautifu watch and chain as a
wonderful thing, as those who are
yet among us will also do. It is un
necessary to say that it was tne voo-
tor's pride, and regulated the time of
tho whole -tillaga. ; On the 8th day
of February, 185G, he was called to
visit a patient in the vicinity of Capt.
English's mills. While en route, by
some means he lost it from his pocket.
Search was instituted, a reward of
fered, and still it could not be found.
Every roodside buBh wos examined
to no avail. At length he was cora-
tielled to rrive it up as lost. After
ward he removed to Missouri which
he made his home for some years,
but, like the generality, returned to
Oregon, his first love. The remem
brance of his beauty had loner since
been lain away beneath the dust of
years, and the affair forgotten.
Last Monday morning he was met
on the street by Mr. John Kays, who
reminded him of the circumstance
and related the joytul news that it
had been found, and immediately
handed it over to him. The pleas
ure of once more possessing the
wonderful watch after a lapse of so
many years can faintly be imagined.
Mr. Kays was encaged in clearing
urusn irom a portiou ui lmo mrm
through, which the crooked road used
to run, when a sparkle aB of gold
shot out from beneath the dead damp
leaves his scythe had disturbed. He
stooped to pick it up, when to his
Burnrise. embedded in the soil, he
found the treasure. The remem
brance of the long ago affair came to
his mind, and in turn the watch to
its owner. ' Although loBfc for neat
as manv years as Bin Van Winkle,
the works were rusted butvery little.
and the case and chain in exoollent
condition. We congratulate the
Doctor on his cood fortune, and we
hope to once more look upon 'that
which to us, in childhood, soomod
something wonderful indeed. ilul
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Business notices to the hoeel Columns, SI o
oen Is per line, each insertion. x' j:
For legal and transient advertisements $3 5Q '
per square of 13 lines, for the .ftrsk foserttoDa. . .f
and $1 00 per sqnare for each subseqaeat ha .
sertion. .
A Detroit gentleman
chased a box of i
pur
Cen-
sons was created "to lute into wo- uijsau f. - r:: ,r.rj
b propriety ol tawing uutiea uuu
aideration the propriety
who
neaehes at the
tral market, the other dy, looked
around tor a boy who would carry
them home, and presently he found a
ragged lad seated on a bench eating
the last remnant of a pear. The
man asked him if he wouldn't like
earn ten cents by carrying the box to
a certain number and street, and the
boy promptly replied that he wouldn't.
"Why'f'querried the inaa. "Why?"
echoed the boy, "because dad died
the other day, and now I'm head of
the family, and how'd I look luggin'
peaches around?" r
A boy in Galveston tried to see
bow clone to the cars he could run
with oat being caught, ind he ii now
learning to economize in the matter
ol teed
Tho followinc extraot from the
farewell Message ot Andrew' Jaokson,
delivered in 18U7, the year of the first
great panic, deserves to do repro
duced at this timo, in oposition to
herotical ideas on the subject ot the
currency, oorporntionB, ond kindred
questions: . , .
Tho planter, tne larnwi mo mo
chanio, all know that .their success
deponds upon thoir own industry
and economy and that they must
not expect to Deoome suddenly ncn
by the fruits ot their toil, Yet these
classes of sooloty form the groat body
of the people of the United States;
they are tho bone Bud sinew ot the
country; men who love noerty ana
desire nothing but equal rights and
equal laws, and who moreover bold
the great mass of our national wealth,
although it is distributed in moderate
amounts among the millions of free
men who possess it. But, with over
whelming numbers and wealth on
their side, they are in oonsttint danger
bl losing their fair influence in the
Government, afid ith difficulty main
tain their just rights against the
inoessant eU'ons daily made to on
rroach upon them. Tbs mischiof
springs from the powor which tho
moneyod interests derive from a
paper ourrenoy, whioh thoy are able
to Control; irom tne multitude oi cor
porations, with exolusiva privileges,
whioh tboy have sucoeediid in obtain
ing in the different State), and which
are employed altogathor for their
benefit, and unless you become more
watchful in yonr Mates ana cneck
this snirit of monopoly and thirst for
exclusive priviogos. you will in the
end find that the most important
powers of government have been
given or bartored away, and that the
control over yonr dearost interests
has passed into the hands of those
corporation.
ComihO Back. Georgia' Confed
erate element in the next United
States Congress will be Tory consider
able. It will consist of Mr. Stephens,
the Vicc-Pesideutof th Confederacy;
Mr. Ilartridge and W, E. Hmilh.
These are all members of tho House,
and wore members of tho Confeder
ate Congress. In the Senate, thero
is the gallant Gordon, who was, as is
well known, ona of the foremost
leaders in tho "lost cause." More
ovor ho is very likely torepresont the
empire State of the South as Vioe-
l'rcsident of the United States in a
few more years. There are other old
aruiy officers who are now Congressman-elect,
They are Messrs. Cook
llnrria and McMi ten. Georgia is
right in putting forward these old
warhorses. They were faithful in tho
past, and can be relied on in the future.
With hor two noble Senators and her
trun representatives. Gooraia need
not fuar that her voico will not be
heard uronorly and poworitilly upon
all important measures that CO mo
before the national legislature.
ON TUB ItAOUBD BOOB OF TUB JIM
, JAM
There has been in the last six
months a renewal of the discussion
of the President's fondness fordrink,
and of the manifest deplorable ef
fects of yielding to the cravings of
his appetite. 1 it is Doidiy cnarged
that he has been frequently,, oi late.
on the ragged edge of the Jim
jams." Whether those making the
charge are well informed or not is
not known, but it is certain that his
Excellency's appearance lendB color
to the assertion, no has cnanged
trreatly within the last four years.
Abundant gray hairs have come, es
pecially in nis whiskers. But he has
acquired within eighteen months s
Duffy and flabby look, and the dim
med eyes that are not usually pro
duced by a rigidly temperate life.
Every once and a while a loyal ad
mirer of his Excellency comes from
White House interview with a
shocked manner and protruding eye
balls, to take one aside and in a hor
ror stricken whisper oonhde the
dreadful sucpicion that, after all,
these stories, Heretofore set down to
partisan malice, have a foundation
in fact. Party men are so drilled in
this country to loyality to party that
they unnesitatingiy acereuit to ma
hoe everything thoy hear not praise
worthy charced airainst' their party.
Occasionally they awake to the tact
that it is possiblo lor "we tins to
err even with our eyes wide open
During the currency excitement la3t
spring and summer many good Re
publicans gathered here to witness
and take a hand in the combat, as
tonished themselves and their friends
by assorting that Grant had been
yiolding to the seductive and over
powering influence oi cold wmsitey.
Particularly waB this the case with
inflation Republicans; who may have
been deceived through their indigna
tion at the veto.. The candid, frank
testimony of the members of the
conference committee on the curren
cy bill, who called at the White
House for purposes of consultation,
would be valuable, if it was worth
while to sift this matter and get the
whole truth. Il'nsiinauii C'orres-
puni-leiwe Vinuivntiti Commercial.
THK HAt' Of XUU PICUIOD.
The Chicago jftiier-Ooefm has a
treatise on woman's hats, in which it
says: ; "Yon meet a remarkably mod
est and timid-appearing young lady
to-day, and you notice that her hat
lias a meek, una nriuMUK liuieitta-
tion in tho crown. It looks as if it
wanted to shun tho wicked world ond
hang itself up iu a nunnery. To
morrow you meet the same lady, and
what a chanorol She appears as
charming as Joan of Aro aud as in
dependent as the president oi a
woman's oongrcss.. And her whole
appearance is thus altered by pinning
up the front of that hat. Next day
she appears like a brigand. The
brim is flattened out, and her eyes
gleiuu furiously from underneath; as
if watching an opportunity to ordor
vou to stiiiul and deliver, ion see
her again, ond tho rim is turned up
behind, while it is very llut in trout,
giving hor an appearance of a female
Solon Shinrle trying to find a cus
tomer for that 'bar'l of apple sass.'
Al'iuii. and it is pitched on the ex
treme back of the head; reminding
you of Toodleo in his cups, when he
is assuring the 'sailormau' that when
his father heard of the sailormnu's
death 'ho went broken-hearted to his
grave, and '! ' TV itu au
these advantages, it Is no wonder
that the reigning brit is popular and
oomfortable to the head so they say
and it is an ornament or a disguise,
as required. It is demure, jaunty,
meek, saucy, Pom, siy, oosunate,
conciliating, tender whatever you
please everything by turns, and
nothing long, It is the hat of the
poriod, cunning and deceitful, but,
above all things, desperately wicked."
The Baltimore Sun gays tho Chat-
(jtnoocra Convention was the first
specimen of a publio assemblage
of "thieves defaulters aud adventur
ers." .
In portions of Mississippi tho doer
are dying of black tongue. Five or
six dead ones have been found in one
pile.
TnK HOMANCtt U A IIHCUK OIRU
We have itist learned of a strange
incident which has recently trans
pired in this city, and which fully
proves that trutu is ommes stranger
than fiction. Miss Gemma Frankle,
well known to many in this city, will
be a possongor on tho outgoing
steamer from Han Francisco, en route
for a visit to her parents in Florence,
Italv. whom she has no recollection
of over having seen. When she was
three and a half years Old she was
given to a family named Stokes, who
promised to educate and provide for
her until she was eighteen years of
age. She was then taken to England,
India, Germany, China, Australia,
California, and last to Portland, Or
orron. traveling with acirous. When
she reached this city, about four
years ago she attained her eighteenth
year, and immediately loft the com
pany and took up ner nome in our
niidHt. She at once entered a print-
1.. ..llAn --.,1 l..nnAl ... t,A Inn.
lUg UUlljl, o,.i uvv w wnM vj
and has been succeeding admirably,
winninB hosts of friends by her ami
able disposition and modest deport
ment. I-be had been in rortianu
but a short time when she caused
letters to be sent to the United
States Consul at Florence, with her
photograph, requesting that stops be
immediately tukon to ascertain tbs
whereabouts oi nor parents, u liv
ing. In a short timo thoy were found
and the happiness fjiven the family
at homo, who had advertised in al
most every country on the glolie for
their lost daughter, can better be
imagined than described, as thoy
hud irivon up all bones of ever see
ing hor again. Thoy immediately
forwarded sufficient means to carry
her from the land of the setting sun
across the blue waters to the vine
clad hills of her Italian home. (8- Ji.
Bulletin.
An inebriate man, walking along
tho street, regarded the moon with
sovereign contempt: "You needn't
feel so proud he said, "your aro
full only onoe a month and I am
OTery Bight."
, A GRAIN OF TRUTH. . ( ,
We meet and part and ever dream , . ' s.
Thnt wo shall meet tho same ;
We meet again and eaoh wUl seeiri - r 'l
. Another save In nsmo.
The race and form and evierjr smile. ,u tn'.;
May groot you aa of otd i ' . , t
Vet underneath there lurka the trhHe," ' '
Athtngof phantom-mould, .'' . - , i'
The eyoa meet yours with laupf5fng light; ;
Vet down their deptlia of bine; ,
You trace the phantom's deadly blight.' , ,
- But think your own aro true
The tips may spoak with older! SpeU; ,.
But ah I an undertone '
Creeps up to tell tba tale as well ,.,,' 'j : ' .!
In (heirs aa In your own. .,,.., s t
Yoa lie altmg the fomraex erasaV " . ,
And blame the sweet-faocd moon i t , .
You call her but a fickle lass - : -
To ohainge and change ao soon.' .' ' .' J 7
To'nthmk the sltya not eo blue'; .
. Thenoworsarelnaswoont -.1
Tkat friends are all alike untrue.
And birds sing out of tune. V'
Thus lner grief works outer wrongs.'
.Wht'ch are of your own making; 1
Which you hold up, as poets' Bongs. , '
To oase your full hearts aehlngv - -
O,' loving hearts I loVo qnvfo'TO on t ; ,
Walk hand In hand together,
In meadown burnished with the sun,'
Through storm and-ralny weather. ;
, BeWareto part if once you've met f f
Say not "wo'll meet again
AoAxn may come, and yet and yet k ;
Yout meeting-be In vain. "
MtH Lrirroji; '
BaleX Boo. 34. ' ,:,.' , ..-('.
BCISMOnlNGS. J "; i
Social oBtraoistn is very unsooial;
It is better to bo useful that rich." ' '
A fast musician One who plays' .'
too fbrte. ' - ' ;
No cburoh if tot) weak to take np a
collection. ' '' ' '
No Chinaman' has" OTer yet become
a book agent; rl '. '
IWith hungry men, meal times are
the best times. , ;. ;
It requires no paruoular skill fcj r
moke a blunder. ,
A mother-in-law in the house is .
well-spring of jawy. ' '
Time will only hang np his scythe ,
when he Is no mower. ' v- - '
"The Beautiful BJus Danube" is i '
muddy, yellow fraud.1 1 1
Jonah was t stranger among whales '
and they took him in U ' '
At Pekin, 111., yott can Pekin td t
eighty-seven lBgor-beer saloons.
What Is tho largest room in the
world? The room for improvement. .
John C. Calhoun has been arrested1 ,
for wearing somebody else's trousers.
A client Is never cOftaitl about a
lawyer, and generally take him ori 1
trial; 1 ' y
: When was tho greatest freaK 6f'
nature? When Mary i bad a little f
lamb, i ... j ; i
Snails are to bo taxed in PariSj ,
which will make them go still more
slowly.
The elephant is said to be djifig
out; so you had better go and sBO it -st
onoe.- ' ; ; r
Plnok and patience are a strong:
firm in transacting the daily business .
of life. j
A largo sale of long horns is tejior ,
Wd in Kontuky.; Where are the'
crusaders:
Tho proper salutation when yOtil
meet writing master is, -now ao
you flourish?" '-. ;
Texas has a town called iiOTOiaay.
Old maids are enquiring about the
olimate there. ,
A Minnesota man makes tho winter
leom short by giving his noto payable '
in tho Spring. ' ' '
Tbey donl bury the colored peo
ple in Georgia. Thoy 'form de fun'-i
nil ods qnies, san, , , .. ,i i: :i. i.,
Before tali in f liberties with
strange, dog, Observe bit tail and.
WBit tor the wagon.
Tf von want to fool warm Oil
through give some poor family the
means to Ttoep warm. '
Governor Peck; of Vermont, is
bachelor. Marrying . would make
half a bushel of him.
The meanest man in the world la ¬
the fellow who knows where Charley
Boss is and will not telh
Mercy Consolation Smith, is Fori
Wayne's handsomest girl. Meroy
will no doubt be a Consolation to
some fellow. . 1
A fathor at Dubunuo makes hit.
children address him aa follows, for
instance "Most respected and rever
ed father, I'll take an other tater."
Colorado started college a few
weeks ago, and up to date its inmate
oonsiat of one woman, three Indians,
a builhlo calf and a Professor of Botany.
When a vouncr man in Charlestown
S. C., saves tho daughter of a million
aire from drowning, he is presented
with a pslr ot kip boot having red
t0P- , ...
A Rhode Island man carries i-iuu;-
000 lite insursnoe, and ir be even
lakes cold in the head tho oompanioa
rush down throe or four doctor lo
feel his pnlse.
"What would yon be dearest, ir i
should press the stamp of Ioto upon
those sealing wax nest ' , reoiionu.
ed the fairy-like creature, "should be,
stationery.'
Thero is this difioronae in the biog
raphy of James Watts and the legend
of tho pillar of salt. One is the story
of Wait's life and the other is the
story of Lot's wit'o.
A Virginia bridegroom cter seven
feet h'mh is announced. The sd'air
created eonideroble sen'stith. but i
is believed she only married him to.
go ohestnutling with.
A man had hotter have a millstone
tied to bis neck and be cast into the
sea than to promise to msrry a Texae
girl and then refuse. The. whole
country turns out to hunt him, and ha
is generally loit to grow np with
tree.