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Newspaper Page TextSTATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY t BY XtZJ&T. "V BROWN Cwraer trwteiUa a Ee. TERM OF SUBSCRIPTION: RATES OP ADVERTISING. iw nr!jj 1 inch i oo a oo 6 oo 2 In. 2 00 6 0 7 00 3 In. 8 00 6 00 ( 10 00 4 In. 4 00 7 00 12 60 Col 0 00 9 00 15 0 Ool 7 60 12 00 IS 00 X Vol 10 00 15 00 2n 00 ICol 15 00Z0 00 40 00 6T It I 8 00 1 00 I 12 00 18 OS ! 16 00 21 09 18 0 27 CO 28 00 5 00 80 00 48 00 40 00 00 00 m oo loo oo 7 v . 3 00 t 00 100 10 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. MRS. S. NICHOLS, M. D Iloinepathic Physician, Office and residence at N.v 14 First t mil, up-tulra, i.ixMH WWW VH.B UiWK, DR. ANGIE L. FORD. "".FFICE AND RESIDENCE, SECOND V aoor west of the Court House, Albany, Oregon. . especial attention given to the diseases of women and children. IStf W. G. PIPEH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ALn.tST, OBECOK. Will practice In all the Courts of the State. Prompt attention given to collec tions ana conveyancing. "OIneo on second floor of Briggs's uuuaing, 1st aoor to tna leiu 7-tr. T. P. IIACKLEMAIY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ALBAXY, KC;Jf iOfflce in the Court Hoiuhj.-, Tl3n50 . F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LEBAMUX OREGON. Will practice In all the oourU of the State. i ruiupt auentioo siwn to oollecUoni. eon' vejraaooe axd cutmiuukia of Title. Probate ouameaa a speciality. Tl2n3uu, J. A. A.TIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW C0RVA1AX3, ORESON. AUl practice In all the Courta of the State afOfflce la the Court House "SJ vltm&vL J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Win iTMtlce In all the Court In the 3d, M and lib Judicial Duortcta; In the Supreme Court ui Oregon, anil In the United Stales IMa riel and Circuit Cwirt, Offloe up-stalra In front wwi in Parriah e brick block, lint at-. Albany, umcon. vsnlsyt. D. M. Conley, ATTORNEY AT LAW. AUtjLXT. EX.. OFFICE, 57 WEST FRONT STREET. Special attention given to collect ions. 13nl9tf S. A. JOHIYS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY. 0KK00H. 7-OtBce In the Coart House." J. W. KAY BURN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. COBTAUIS, OREGON. Special attentlsa to eoIlectirn of aeenants. SJ-Office one door South nf fishers Brick. TlimSuvl. CIIAtf. E. HOLVERTO.1, AHQUKET AND COHSSELOSiTUW AIDANT, OREOOIT. to tmntnl brick, tip stairs. D. R. N. BLACKBURN, ITTORSEY AXD COUNSELOR AT LAW Brewasville, Ortrn. r Collections a specialty. ap21. J. K WEATHEEF0ED, (NOTAHY PUBLIC,) ATTORNEY AT LAW, A LB AX T, OKECei. WILL PRACTICE IS ALL THE COURTS OF THE Mat. Special stteotioa gives to eoUections and probata aaattar. AVOfflce la Brigs' Building. D R. ARNOLD, M. D., Bomeopatbic Physician. ALBAXY, OKEGOX. OFFICE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND from 2 to 4, Cbonio Disease and Hur jrery a Specialty. nlOtf. H. J. E0UGHT0N, M. D ALBA3TT. - ... . AKECOX. THE DOCTOR 18 A GRADUATE OF THE UNI VERSITY Medio! Col log of New York, and W a late member at BeUerae Uaapital Medical College of New York. A": Office in Dr. Hanton'f Drue Store. TlSnU G.W.WILCOX, Bomeopathie Plijulcian, ALBANY, OREGON. "OfHee over Tweedale's Grocery Store. vl3n8tf Dr. T. L. GOLDEN. OCCULIST AND AURIST ' SALEM, OBEGOX. rR. U OLDEN HAS HAD EXPERIEN CB IN U treating the various diseases to which the eye and ear are subject, and feels confident of giving entire satisfaction to tlHjse who may place themselves unucr nis care. nosu, D. B. Rice, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. i FFICE at Dt Plummer'a Droit Store. J Residence on the street leading to the depot, at the crossing or the canal. 13:29tf 0. 0. Kelly, M. D., Physician and Surgeon OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON 17YOI Street, No. 353, near the depot. AKBANY. OREGON. a Office hours, day and night. 8-m3 J.A.DAVIS,M.D. PHYSICIAN, SUEGEON & OBSTBICIAH Albany Oregon. Oradaate of the Medical Department of the Univer sity of Louisiana. Office and reUleaee on Fin St., opposite Foster's new briuk block, over Redfteld' BUre. n9tf W. P. Smith, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. ' Albany, Oregon. OFFICE IN FROMAN'3 BLOCK Residence on Vhird street, nearly op- ositethe M. i. cuoron, tsoutn. putt- Mnrle oopjr, per eear. .... Siuirle copy, mx muuUu B Inicts euy. three nontha Single number VOL. XIV. DR. H. R0ZSAS. Physician and Surgeon, Albaay Oregon. a RADUATF.D IN ALI.OPATIIY TN X In Germany, and in homeopathy in 168. in Austria. Consultations in either Enarlish. French. Italian or Usrtnan -Ortioe with Dr. Urltllin, over Rod- field's grocery store, where diplomas can be seen. vUnSOtf DOCTOR N. HENT0N, Physician and Surgeon. J Taring permanently located In the ofty JL of Albany, and entered uion tl irty-flrstyear of his practice, respectfuliy tender his professional kerviocxi to Ute oitiaena of AUiany and surrounding ooun try. AsT-Offloe at Koshsr A Mason's Drnz Store. Keeldeooe on Jbiret Street. vXOutO W. II. BOYD,;.tl. D., Physician and Surgeon BesMeace, St. Charles Hotel. OBHre, fer Ike yreaeat, at Veakay A Maaea's Bras Mere. ALBANY, OREOON. D. R. N. BLACKBURN. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Albany, Oregon. Office with J. K. Weatherford. 0e4!elaaa a Specialty. c. rowsxx, W. R. lilLYKU. POWELL & BILYEU, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. And Solicitors in Chancery, ALBANY. ... OREGON. Collections DromDtlv made on all nolnla. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. S-Offic in Foster's Brick.-Va vl-UilSkf. L. H. MONTANYE. ATTORNEY AT LAW. AND Notary Public. Albany, Oregon. Oftloe upstairs, over John Urlum storn. 1st street. vHnSlf Dp. B. . GRAY. DENTIST Alhany, Oregon lis. ranoTed his office Into Fueter'. brick Mock (op Uin) tret doer to the n?ht. where he will ae taapp. to sin all ha eld frleada aad patrons, and a au rw ooee mm may was lo arau UMeOMi.ee of nie pro rional aerricea. Kunember the lerte bar window in Farter's brick block. Is where Dr. iira's sew Denial Bourns are JUNIUS F. WHITING, COTJSEJkSIGlT PAINTING. KALSOMINING, PAPERHANSING, GRAIIING, ETC the RELATIVE HI CHER BRANCHES DESIG.1.G A SPECIALTY. Corner Second and Ellsworth Streets, ALBANY. SIUSX. General Jobbing! W1 rM. X. MILLER HAS UL'GHT OUT THE Jubbine; bneinwei, hack, horeea. ect, L. Dnzirerand is nowprepared toaoany beionifiat; to T. 3 e with diauatch. Leave orders at Blain's Clothing Mure. t!lU REVERE HOUSE, former Ftnt sad EUswerta Alemny, Oregew. Pfeiffer Bro's Props- This sewHolellsflUednn In fintdeee etrle. Tablet applied with the beet the market aOurda, spring Heus Is every Boom. A vud aampie Noum lor Com mercial Trariiliri. UTin Ceaca (e aael frea the Hetel.-KA PATENTS. F. A. Lehneinn. Selleitor of American and For.iim Paten ta. Waahlnrtoa, V. C. All bueineaa euniw.ted with ratenu, whether before the Patent OfBoe or the Court, promptly stteaded to. No enanr s made bend tor circular. 114:13 GEO. RICHARDS. WIG-Off JLHD CmUGS MAKER, Ellsworth, bet. Flntand second. Preuued to do all kind, of renalrimr- in hi line FUtlne; wiaeeie made a epedafcy. vlBn36 l ST CHARLES HOTEL; 'I AXSANY, OBEOON. J. E. BEE REX, Proprietor. State OSS re for CsrvalUs, Lebaaea and Dallas. Free Ceaoh to and from the Honae. ' '"nlfttf MARX BAUMGART HAS JUST OPXKEO OUT A ' IVew Liquor Store KEZPS OOMsTAITTXT Olt HAMD THE FINEST BRANDS OPWINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO & CIGARS. Tho Celebrated Mi. Lonls STONEWALL WHISKEY, The finest whiskey the State. , . Whiskies, French Brandies, Sherry, Port, Claret, and all other kinds of wines, Gin Ale, Beerf J and Porter. Bitters of every kind, and the best brands of tobacco aad Cigars.' 0T want everybody to understand tL, have opened out a Srat-olass new llq- new liu- nor atore. where city and country di eai- era can procure their stocfts at foruand prices, with only freiaht added. ; ' Rooms on the corner of Front and Ferry Streets, Albany, Oregon. ' 2Stf. 1861-1873. A Brief Heaaate sf Oar Husnelnl Lrglula Ilea for Seyratrea Years, On Deo. 28, 1861. tho banks of New York, whose example was promptly followed by all the other banks in the country except theso in California, susiiemletl specio mymenta. Practically the Government had al ready suspended.. On Jan. 1, 1879, the Government and tie banks resumed specie paymeuta. At this ' moment, above all others, does tho financial history of the Unitod States fur seven teen years pottsoHoo uculiar interest, the more so because the history of tho finances of this country '(hiring and after the war Is "hot so familiar as it might bo. , . ' At the beginning of the late war the Government obtained funds through the associated banks of New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The banks of these cities agreed to lend the Gov ernment three sums of $S0,W00,000 a total of $130,000,1)00 of which sum New York undertook to advance $105, 000,000. The banks advanced $5,000, 000 every six days. Thfy were to re ceive therefore 7.30 notes, which they were to sell to the people, and thus ob tain money to advance to the Govern ment. Owing to the delays in the preparation of these notes the banks for months received only non-negotiable certificates of indebtedness. . Although tho Government was scat tering this money all the .way from the Merrimao to the Rio Gntnde, and only the banks in three Eastern cities were in the association helping tSe Govern ment, yet the internal-trade movement was so intense that the coin advanced by the banks came back to them in the ordinary couise of trade in about a week. -After the associated banks had taken the third ' loan of $30,000,000, and the banks of New York city alone bad advanced to the Government ft0,- 000,000, the latter banks found that their aAt-gate siiecie it-serve had Wen reduced between August and Deo. 7 only from $-19,000,000 to 2,OO0,0(X). In spite of the delay in printing the 7.30 notes the tieople had already sub scribed to the banks for, t.r0,000,000 of the notes. About this time, the Government commenecd isttuing the old demaud notes. These notes asscd readily into circulation and were otTered at the banks on deposit and in subscriptions fur 7.30 notes. The banks were ad vancing gold coin to the government, and they were compelled to take their choice between receiving government notes and rejecting them. To do the former was to render it imiiossiMe for them to continue advancing coin to the government. They could not receive pajier and pay out coin fur any length of time. To do the latter was to dis credit the government' to which nearly all their means' had been given, and whose securities they were trying to sell. The latter course was out of the question, and tho old demand botes were received by the banks. As a re sult the specie reserve of the New York banks was reduced between Dec. 7 and Dec. 28 about $13,000,000, nearly double the loss in tho proceeding four months. It was only a ouetion of a few days when the banks would find themselves withoat any gold at all, and they concluded to save what was left. On Dec. 28 they suspended specie payments. About this period the ori ginal Legal-Tender act was int rod need in Congress by Ilepresentive ' K. C. Saulding, of Buffalo, and became a law Feb. 25, 1862. It authorized the Issue oft 150,000,000 "in notes- whtcb were to be legal-tender for all puriosc except the payment' of duties on im Krts, and interest on the public debt. ies notes were fundable at par in C per cent, twenty-year gold , bonds. . In less than month after the passage of the Legal-Tender act the demand notes of Jaly, 18(il, , and. February, 1862, amounting to $60,000,000, were de clarded legahtender. Oolj five months passed and a second issue of $150,000, 000 in legal tenders was made, Jnly, 1862. In March, 1863, a third issue of $150,000,000 .was authorized, but only a part of the notes -were issued. The act making the demand, notes legal tender provided they should be deducted, at least to tie 'amount of $50,000,000, . from the . legal ; tenders whose issue ' had been authorized; ' so that by' this' act the amount of legal tenders was very slightly augmented. Of the third issue of legal tenders two thirds were in lieu of $100,000,000, of notes authorized by the resolution of Jan. 17, 1863, so that the issue of currency by'the'act "orMarcn, " 1863, was only $50,000,000. The gold premi um fell somewhat nfu-r the act of March, 1863,., w passed, but the greater" part of "the increase of the cur rency authorized by that act had al ready taken place, and the gold premi um, which was 45.1 in Jan. rose to CO. 5 per eent. in February. ' , ', , ' ,u ,' The disbandment of the armies ren dered vast immediate disbursements by the government necessary, and .Hugh McCullecb, Secretary of the Treasury, issued more than $500,000,000 of three years 7.30 notes for this purpose. The soldiers were paid in part with the notes themselves. ,-;.:. The amount of the 7.30, three years L i i J ' . ? ' n.i 4.iAVin .' notes ouustauuing was in too, 356,150; in 1865,$G72,578,850: in 1866 $806,900,650; in 1867, $488,647,140; in 1868; $37,717,550. Since that year the amount has been trivial. ' The average gold premium for Jan, 1862, was 2.5 per cent. and. for Feb; 3.5 per cent. , The passage pf the Le gal-lender act was followed by a 1 fall oi the premium,, to, l.o pet cent. , in March, and 1.5 in April. The Legal- Tender act promised the people a cur reucy which would be of uniform val ue in all the parts of the country, while the $202,205,000of State-bank 'notes current in.' 1861 ' .ranged '.all. the ( wjr trom par . to a heavy. discount. , ! In May, 1862,, the gold premium was 3.3 percent., and from 'that time it began a long ascent. In Jtine : the ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBlF Alt Y 21, premium was C.5 per cent. In J uly the second issuo of greenbacks was made, and the premium went up to 15.5 per cent. It foil ono -r cent, in August, but with that exception its ascent was rapid and uninterrupted till February, 1863, when it was C0.5 per cent. It then declined steadily till in August, 1863, it wits 25.8 per cent. The premium then rone rapidly and without interruption till it reached its highest point in July, 1861. It aver aged for this month 158.1 per cent, and its highest jioint was 185, at which time the greenbacks were worth about 35 cents on the dullur, and lond bear ing gold interest stood, averaged fur the month, at only 42 in gold, but a triilo higher than the nen-interest-bearing notes. They were not salable in Eu roie at any limine, though Turkish, Simuihh . and South American bunds were quoted in lxmiburd stroct and on the Paris Bourne. The gold premium full to 107.2 ur cent, m October but ruse to 133.5 per cent, in Novemlier, and then fell con tinuously to 35.6- jier cent, in May, 1 "65, when the war was over. Iho gold premium advanced from May, 1865, to Dec. of that year, when it stood at 46.2 pi i- cent. It fell to 31.8 er cent, in May, 1866, and then rose to 51.6 per cent, two month later. hen it fell again to 31.6 iK-r cent, in January, 1867. In September and October it stood above 42 er cent., Im ended the year at almost the same ligter, at whirh it begun it. What is known as the "Nino hun dred million-loan act" became a lusr March 3, 163. It authorized a third issue of $150,000,000, two thirds of which had already been issued under resolution. It authorized the issue of $400,000,000 treasury notes. These notes were not to lie of any denomina tion less than $10, were payable at the option of tho government at any time within three years bore intercut not Im exceed 6 jier cent.(they were ijisued at 5 iiercent.), and were legal tender for their face value, excluding interest. At the close of the fiscal year of 1863-1 there were outstanding of these notes $153,471,450. A year later th.no were only $42,338,710 out, and the amount has since been trivial. The act also authorised the issue of fractional currency to su amount not exceeding $50,000,000, and tho nego tiation of 10-44 bonds at an interest not to exceed 6 crcent., mot of which was in lieu of securities already issued. The act increased the bonded tl.-bt only $75,000,000. Further sales of bunds under this set were stoiiied by an act ptmned a year later. In this first reiiort to (onrress after the close of the war (1865), Hugh Mc C'ulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, recommended a policy of contraction to faciliate the preparation for resumption. Congress authorized htm to withdraw $10,000,000 within sir months, and to continue contraction thereafter at tho rate of nut more than 1,000,000 a mouth. The greenbacks had been re duced in amount $14,000,000, there was something tike a stringency in the money market, and on Tcb. 4, 1KCS, the contraction f the currency was stoped by act of Congress. Iu the spring of lG9 Congress paused the well-known "act to strength en the public credit," which becaino a law on the 18th of March of that year. It reads as follows : "That in order to remove any doubt as to the pui-ose of the government to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors, and to settle conflict ing questions aud interpretations of the lass by virtue of which such obliga tion have been contracted, it is hereby provided and declared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equiv alent, of all the obligations of tho United States not liearing interest. known as the United States notes, and of the interest-bearing -obligations of the United cstates.except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of such obligations has expressely provided that the same may be paid in lawful money, or in other currency than gold and silver. But none of said interest beariug obligations, not already due, shall be redeemed or paid before ma turity, unless at such time United States notes shall be convertible into coin, at the option of the holder, or un less at such time bonds of the United Staes bearing a Iewer rate of interest than the bonds to be rsdeemed can be sold at par in coin. And the United States solemnly pledge its faith to make provisions at the earliest possible period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin." The panic of September, 1873,found the volume of legal tenders $356,000, 000. President Grant and Secretary Richardson reissued $18,000,000 of the greenbacks that had been withdrawn. In the following session Congress le galized this action, making the volume $382,000,000. .... In the spring oi 1874 a measure to increase the currency to the amount of $400,000,000 was passed by Congress, but was vetoed by President Grant. A bill fixing $382,000,000 as the maxi mum was then , passed, received the signature of tho President and ljecame a law. In 1869 the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Hepburn s. Griswold, decided that tho Legal Tender act was unconstitutional. The opinion of tho Couit was given by Chief Justices Chase, who, as Secretary of the' Treasury, -had regarded the Legal-Tender act - as ' essential to the salvation of the government. . The de cision, was entered on the minutes Feb, 7fi1870, a few days after the resigna tion of Justice Crier had takon effect. The majority of the. Court consisted of Chief Justice Chase, and Associate Justice Nelson, Clifford and Field. The dissenting Justices were associate Justices S way ne,' Miller and Davis, On the 10 tit of .April of the- previous year (1869) Congress had passed an act making the Supreme Court consist of one Chief and eight Associate Justices, This act was to go into effect Dec. 1, i- - 1 869. The two additional Justices an Kinted to till the court to the number proscribed by the new law weie Justice Ktrong, apiointed Feb. 18, 1870, and Bradley, appointed March 21, 1870. Subsequently in the cases of Knox vs. Lee and Parker vs. Davis were argued before tho full court, and in the decis ion of theso Legal-Tender act was held to be valid by Associate J usticesSwayne Miller, Davis, Strong and Bradley, tho dissentients being tho Chief Justice, who read a dissenting opinion, and As sociate Justices Nelson Clifford and Field. , In the spring of 1874 Senator John Sheruiun introduced "a bill to facili tate the resumption of tho specie pay ments," but failed to get it through. On the 21st of Dee, of the same yesr he reported from the Committee on Finance, of which he was Chairman, "a bill to provide for the resumption of ecie payments." The bill was placed ufion its passage almost immcdiately.the voto standing 32 yeas and 14 nays. It was reported to tho House on the 23d of Dec., and, immediately after the hol iday recess, Was taken up, passed by a vote of 1 30 to 9, and became a law on the 14 th Jan., 1875. By a singular coincidence, the author of tho resumption act became the Sec retary of the Treasury, whoso duty it was to tarry the act into ellect. A SAMBO ti.t-.Kt; in AS. llev.Mr. Davis, says tho Keno G't irtle, liss recently become the ator of the Methodist KepicHtl Church at Carson. One evening shortly after his arrival a social was given at the church fur the purjiosa of giving the members an opportunity 0f becoming acquainted with the new pastor. Two of the old est and most respectable pillars of the sanctuary entered the aitor's study a cozy little room, whore a Ate wa brightly burning- and found a dozen gentlemen lounging art. u id in easy at titude mid smoking. -Vs Mr. Davit 1 was known to be a Western luuit ami liberal, tint cigars didn't shock the brethren much. They were introduce.!, asd rather stared at Mr. Davis, n very ucclericnl looking genth-man, with a drooping black moustache and a some what rakish air. "I'm glad you've come among us, Brother Davis," said one of the old gentlemen, )oliU.-ly. "Thankee," replied hU reverence, affably. "It is a pretty good hitoiit, X reckon." Tho old man giuiel, but managed to say that ho hos-d the church would proMM-r under his ministrations, "Well," responded lli.i cl irgyiu.tn, with cheerful conlideiice, "I'll give tlm boys a rattle, and do what 1 can Ut drive r few goMd stakes. Is it a piet ty good crowd lor bunim-a X" Both the bonified luellneu stared MN-echlessIy at the 'pastor. S-eing that they failed to comprehend, the lover-t-nd gentleman kindly explained : "Oh, you dou't tumble to the racket! What 1 mean is, will you church fel lows stand in when I pec! and go for the sinners X' Finally, murmuring something about being always willing to assist in the Iord s work, the brethren were stag gering out when the new pastor stopped them with : "Isn't this rather a dusty style of treating a fellow t Can't you trot out suthin' to wet one's whistle V They fled after one scared look at one another, and were rushing from the church, when another brother hailed them ard said he wanted to in troduce them to the new jxuitor. "We've soon him," groaned one. "Where 1" "In the study in a cloud of tobacco smoke." "ImtHMwible. He's in the vestry, and a very nice old gentleman he is." "And who is the other Mr. Davis the young man in the study V asked the relieved brethren when they had shaken hands with the wholly accepta ble andjentirely respectable Sir. Davis. The good old gentleman cbuckled and replied : "My .son, Sam, doubtless, bam, of Virginia Chronicle." It was indeed he he with the plate of strawberry mark on his stomach. TUB IS WHAT Wl MAH.B IT. , Tho grange Is exactly w;,at we make It. What the grange shall be whether a benefit to every rnein ber, and the power of good la the land, or a poor, struggling, dying or. ganlzatlon, scorned and despised by all other classes, depend entirely upon the members of subordinate granges. They can all make the meetings interesting, they-can mako them profitable they can tho grange a success if they will. And lr the members of the subordinate granges do not do this, no one can. The Na tional Qrangos can not-do it; the State Grange can not do It; tho coun ty deputies can not do It; the work Is in the hands of the members of the subordinate grnnges and no one else can do the work for them. ' And if they witf not do it, (for they can, and If it is not done It! will be be cause they will not) they will have to sink back into the condition far mers occupied before the grange came to them, agriculture will have to take a back seat, and all that has been gamed will be lost,' the farmer will have once more to become the the hewer of wood and drawer of water for the nation, and the verdict that will be passed upon them wilt be, "They Judged themselves un worthy of anything better or high er." And who shall question the rightouasnesa of the verdict? Brothers or the plow, the power lies with you; will you use it? or will will you spend your ' time in com plaining that somebody else has not dene that what they ought to do. E. S. T. in Live Patron. - Air indian named George Washing ton, who crossed from Eastern Wash ington to Seattle on snow shoes, reports seven feet of snow on the Cascades. " ' 1871). (from our regular eomwpoadnut) WAHIIINin-ON I.KTTKU. Washinotok, D. C Feb. 10, 1879. Considerable flutter is occasioned by the direction the cipher dispatch inves tigation lias taken, and that which 1ms come out is only just enough to show what magnificent rascality would have been developed had not the Ilepnblican dispatches been stolen and destroyed Morton, Chandler and the other astute and unscrupulous manipulators were certainly lucky in having for President of tho telegraph company a man who sympathized with them politicaTly, and who was not too good to assist them in destroying the evidence of what they had done. And so, as it Is,' we have only the proof that Rftpuhlicun cipher's were more numerous than those charg ed to tho Democrats; that they were so bad as to justify a theft which was com mitted by ono Bullock, then in Mor ton's employ, and third assistant Post master General Brady, also a protege of the Indiana Senator. The door of the committee room were locked, and only such choice spirits as Win. K. Chan dler and ex Congrrs-inan Evans were admitted. There the dispatches were assorted, and all that could damage the Ilepubltcans burned, while certain Dem ocrat ie messages were secretly kept by Brady, and finally sent anonymously to the New York Tribune. It is asserted that the burned correspondence would have shown that five hundred thousand dollars were raised in New York and sent to Florida and loiiiiana to keep the courage of the returning boards up to their villainous work. But the most damaging thing the investigation has brought out is the tel.-grbphie cor repondeiice letwceii Za. h Chandler, Secretary of the Interior, and . N Tyner, then Postmaster General, rela tive to the sale of two oluces under Chandler for $5,000. It is proven by these witnesses that telegtama perfect ing such a transaction were passed, and that the disjiatches were .returned to Mr. Tyner at hit earnext solicitation, when the talk of investigation first be gan. This brings down two cabinet officers badly wounded. Aud yet Sen ator Christiitncy has resigned his Sen aturship to take an insigniticant Foreign Mission, in order to luuke room for Zach Chandler in the Senate. The same element in the Bepublican )arty but sent Ogteshv to the rear to make room fur Jack of Clubs, Logan, desites to banish a decent man from Michigan that his place mav lie filled bv one hone name is a synonym for corrup tion, whose life is so redolent ot ail that is vile in American olitic. - But that element in the party seems to have got on top again all round. The Senatorial elections that have so recent ly occurred, put some well known stock in that body after March 4th, but with a single exception, they do not add an ounce of brains or reflect any credit. The exception is in favor of Wisconsin, here the exchange of Carpenter for Howe is certainly an improvement. Tho latter has been in the Senate eighteen years and leaves it on the 4th of March, 63 years of age without a dollar in the wot Id. His defeat is claimed as an administration triumph, his severe aieech of last winter having arrayed him on the side of the stalwarts. Carpenter is a good deal of a tavorite in Washington. He has no superior in either House as a lawyer and an orator, is witty, logical and brilliant. Yet with all that he is indolent and a man of too many personal indulgences. The election of Logan over Oglesby in Illinois is not such a great change, though it is for the worse. They are much the same tviie, and much the same in lung power, which in both cases is better fitted for frightening buf faloes on the prairies than for disiias- sionatc arguments on the floor of the Senate. The greatest difference be tween them is that " one is believed to be honest, while the other represents coarse ignorance, cupidity, and the whisky ring element. One man in the Senate will sadly regret the change,and that is Senator Booth, of California, who is the running mate of Oglesby. They drink their whisky straight to gether, walk together, attend theatre, and for ' all I know leeu ' together. Strange fancies and friendships spring up among senators as in other walks in life. Careless lookers-on, or readers of the records of Congress,' generally sup pose that a deadly animosity exists be tween the senators. i5ut tins is a mis take. The Senate is a happy family. There are but two in the bod who are at outs Conklmir and Blame. ' All the other Id gentlemen are as friendly and familiar as men can' be' anywhere. Thurman and Edmunds, for instance, are the best of friends. ;: When the pro ceedings get rather tedious, Senator Thurman will take but his' ' huge red bandana, opens it wide! then seizing in the center wfth his right 'hand he ap plies it to his Senatorial ' nose, ' and gives a trumpet' blast that resounds to . . - t. v i mi the utmost corners oi cnamoer. Alien he walks slowly out at the door on his left, i At this Senator Edmunds! awak ens, and slowly saunters out at the door on his right. , The two meet in the committee room, lock the door, fotch out thd ole jug and wink solemnly ''at each other as they refresh. J. hoy re turn to their seats by different doors, and in a few moments may be. ham mering at each other with great ve hemence. If Edmunds gets his seat before Thurman arrives, and any vote is being taken, he will turn his head when his name is called and say, "X be lieve I am paired with the- honorable Senator from Ohio." , The difference be tween the two men1 the two ablest in publio life is that one is a shrewd. subtle trickster in political maneuvers, while the other is blunt,' honest and powerful. " v. ,- . . : NO. 20. That old veteran, General Sheilds, now occupies a seat in the Senate, though his term only lasts till march 4th. He is a hero of two wars,: and has been , Senator from three States, Minnesota, Illinois aud Missouri. In a recent interview he related some in teresting Incidents ot his association with Stephen A. Douglas. ' They were both elected to the Legislature at the same time, end chummed . and , roomed together. Later they were at the same time Auditor, and. Secretary of State respectively," and afterwards both on the Supreme Bench. Then both were sent te Washington, all through which they continued chums. Shields evi dently feels natural in the Senate. But that body has not dose a great deal of real work this week, . (. The House has sent some time in Committee of the Whole on " the Post oflice appropriation bill.' Many amend ments to the bill are" reported by the appropriation committee to have been made. , A wide difference of opinion exists among the Democrats in regard to the postal appropriations, aome of them holding that it is the duty of .the Gov ernment to furnish ample facilities for mail communication, and that to do this appropriations must' be increased as the country grows; others hold that unless restrictions are ; placed upon the exeiuliture by curtailing appropria tions, the department will run into waste and extravagance, as it has done f jr years iast.' Phoso. Mist TII KLEKS. The Cliinere QueMion Wiih e? Wiisbee? No one ever found fault with a mu.tif-hox for putting on air. The p-tttnbroser plays a lone hand, aud never gets cucbered. A lost tart The one that U li ft slotie with the small boy. Tho world may owe a person a liv ing, but it Is bard work that make t pgy up. Johnny was whipped it school for i piece of mischief done by 'another boy. Verdict: a misplaced switch. The King of the Fiji Islands 5s faid to'reHth "Baby Mine" very much. Ho likes it well done, too. Probably the huppiest combination in all this wide world U half a mince pie with a boy around It. 'I think I must have a vein of very rich humor," said Jones after hw eighteenth boil put in an appear ance. James Parton has named his son Victor Hugo. It will be handy in alter years wncH lie wants to say, 'Victor Hugo out and get some-j woixt" Turkey it much behind the nee. Its Pashas are a set of moss-backs in fact, the country is decayed and mosque-covered. They say that a woman's . "no" means 'yes." At any rate, when a German girl snys "nein,'' it is merely a fignro of speech. Will somebody-elect please rise and say something different from, ! thunk you from tho bottom of my heart for the high honor you have conferred upon me." Somebody's Coming When the Dowdrops Fall" is said to be a, very beautiiul song. "Sorael sjy's Com ing When the Note Falls Due" is not so enchanting. It is Said that Edison sleeps in the daytime and works nights in order to get rid of visitors and newspaper ropertors. ne has many of the hab its of a first-class burglar. If women are angels, why don'1-. they fly over .the mud puddles in stead of awkwardly eatherlntr ud their garments and then with a des perate leap alight right in the mid dle of It ' A wid ow, intending to succeed her husband in the management of a hotel, advertised that "the hotel will lie kept by the widow of Mr: Brown, who died last summer on a new and improved plan." There s one thing that's hard to understand, and that Is why the con testantain pedestrian matches always walk against each other. It must be very disagreenhle, to say' the least. And they would get along so muc better should they travel in the same direction. tiie Ber wBt doesst cake. "My son,, you are wasting your time playing with that kittenl You ought to be studying your lesson." You'll get v black mark if yon do not study," said, Mrs. Mason.. ,"I don't care," replied the boy.- ' 'Doii't care' will ruin, that child," ssid Mrs.' Mason to herself.' "X " wil teach hint a lesson he will ' not forget! " iWheit noon arrived, her idle, boy rushed into the house,, shouting -. ; ''Mother, I want my dinner 1" ) "I don't care," replied Mrs, Masbn.. James was puzzled;' His 'mother never so treated him before.' He was silent awhile j 'then he spoke again : , , "Mother, I want something to eat," . , "i don t care, was the cooL reply, " ''But recess will betjver, mother, a; I shall starve if I don't get some d ner," urged Jsmea.-' " i . "I don't care." ' -, ' ... , This was too much, fqr the poor boy to endure. He. burst into tears. His mother 'said: .'" i "My Bon, 1 1 want to make you ' feel the folly and 'sin of the habit you have of sayingj 'J don't care.' Suppose I really didn't care for you, whatf would you do for dinner, For clothing, for a nice 'home," for education.? ' I hope, therefore, yott' will "cease saying 'I don't .care."V , livjiii. '-!; . . . j-i.: : I . James had never looked on this evil habit in this light before. He , prom ised to dp better, and after recemn riiona' ftP vim 'watit ctntsuil ' urtQA piece' of pie, 'went not better.- .i vi.f. to school, wiser, f Busines notices in the Ical Column 20 cents per line. For lefl and transient advertisements $1 00 per o,nam, for the first Insertion, and 50 cents per square for each subsequent insertion. HOW Tt BISK. BY JOSEPH AI.DF.2f. Home persons are content to be mere hewers of wood and drawers of water. They simply seek for wbst they shall eat, and what they shall drink, and wherewithal they shall be clothed. There are others who desire above all things to become rich. They desire knowledge, intelligence, mental power. Tbey soe persons distinguished and in fluential in consequence of mental cul ture. They desire a similar distinction and influence. But they Jack the means of culture. They are, perhaiB, obliged to labor for their doily bread. The school and the instructor, the books and the leisure, are not for them. They have a bumin g thiist for knowledge, but the spring is distant and unapproachable. They look with envy npon those who enjoy all the advantage for education that can be desired. Tbey look with cotitempt uKn those who possess ad vantages which, from indolence, they fail to use. It is for this class that this article is written. Men have, it is true, very different advantages for improvement; but the ersons for whom I am writing possess one advantage greater than is possessed by many of those whose advantages they eny. It is the desire for knowl edge, the desire for mental improve ment, the desire to rise to the compan ionship of men t mind and culture. Without this de-ire n external advan tages will ls of any avail. It is impos sible to educate, a mind that has no de sire for knowledge, no kindling of en thusiasm in eonieniplating those who have left -i.-.i , i on the sands of time." My young n-ader, yon have some de hire ?o becour: n'i !;itelligit and influ ential, nay mre, a distinguished man. It is to some extent evident that you have the capacity to beceme such a man. This desire fliouid be cherished and strength! ned. The i-tronger the desire, the more vigorous will be the action to which it will lead. The more. vigor ous the action, the greater the improve ment. ' This desire may be strengthened by considering the advantages of mental culture. It took Hugh Miller from the stone-quarry and placed him among the intellectual chiefs whom Scotland delighted to honor. The great Chal mers gave the stone-cutter the right hand of fellowship when he laid aside the chisel and mallet and took the edi torial chair of a paper whose influence was felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. Remember, Hugh Miller had no culture bat that acquired by himself while laboring as a jooraey- man, lodging in hovels, and living up- on oat meal, l ou fiossess far greater advantages for selt-improvement than he jsjssessed. Think of Franklin, who, with advan tages inferior to yours, became one of the leading statesmen of the age, and its most distinguished philosopher; whose writings exerted a greater influ ence than the writings of the most highly educated men of his day. All tins was done by the dilligent use of means far inferior to those within your reach. tead of sighing over advantages which you do not ossess, resolve, with an iron will, to make the best jioeaible use of those within your reach, lou will then be surprised to find how many advantages you have, and what progress you can make. The way to secure better advantages is to make diligent ' use et those you have. Men are always . disposed to' help those who earnestly try to help themselves. Two men j were moving. One had a caststeel scythe, with a patent snath. The ether had a very inferior scythe. "Your friend has the advantage oi you," said a gentleman who was passing and stopped a moment as the - man was whetting his saythe; "he has much the better tool to work with." "That's so," was the reply, "but this is the best one I could get. The grass must be cut; ! must work the harder." And he went on mowing with a will. The gentleman was in need of an as sistant in bis business. He wanted a man to do whatever was necessary te be done. He hired the man with the peer scythe, and thus laid the foundation of his fortune. If the man had remained idle till he got a first-class scythe, he . would have missed his opportunity of making a fortune. Do not remain idle waiting for better advantages for menttd improvement. Begin to-day the diligent use oi those you have. The wcrld wants men who feel that work must be done, and will do it with poor tools if they cannot get good ones. Make up your mind that you will be an intelligent, able and honorable man; go to work and make yourself snch. a' man, and the world will call for your services, and give you credit for all that you do. The men who complain that they are not appre ciated are not the ones who are willing to do their best at whatever comes to hand. ; . 1 CK AST DKASK TIIE WHISKT. It seems that General Grant was guilty of the excess in the banquet given by Premier Castillo, at his resi dence; so much so that he presented a much to he lamented spectacle a few hours later, in the interior of the Min ister's box at the Royal theatre. Such an exhibition was the only thing want ing to stamp him as unworthy of all the civilities showered npon him. -Spain Newpaper Mary Ann Bridges, a half-breed girl employed in the , family of, W. H. Learned, of Port Townsend, committed suicide by hanging a few days since. A tannery and - glove factory has been started by a Mr. Coffin, of Men docino county, California, on Hill creek, about half a mile from The Dalles.