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3? OTtTJC AJiVD , OREGON, FKIDAY, .TAVIST! AJRY 1, 1873.
ISTTMBEIt 3C.
xerms.
communications.
In the IVood.
The son Is savage in sultry Irollows,
Tlie liill-lde qui vera with pulsing heat;
With dnwy winirs the drooping swallow
Are dotting the fence that lines the afreet.
I leave ih town villi IU hundred noises.
It clatter and whU of wheel and steam,
For woodland quiet and silvery voices.
With a forest camp hy a crystal ktreum.
O, shrewd are the ways or town and ctty.
Canning in commerce and worldly wHe;
liut hearts urow hanlened to human pily,
And tongue are given to thrifty lies.
The feathery arms of Srs and spruces
Bend oir the waters that glide beneath,
And them:irh Bowers by the quiet sluices
Infold their sweets In a golden aheath.
And a lltt l- caiuw of fairy Ughtnewi
Floats silently down the limpid Mream
Where the Norland birch, In its futowy wlitte-
nes",
O'erluuigv the ripples that glance and gleam.
O, peaceful and sweet areferett slumbers,
The fragrant couch with the stars above,
As the free soul marches to duteet numbers
Through dreamland valleys of songand love.
Forever at nijjht a Dorian Goddess
Glides into my camp with bird-like song;
In loosened tr-sNea and starry boillee
She rests by my side lite whole night long.
She cool., my forehead with dainty fingers.
And smooth the wrinkles from brow and
face
With a gentle palm, whose memory lingers
About my spirit in every place.
On emerald luniks thick strewn with ponsles
We tolt-r away the dreary time.
And site dowers my soul with wooJIand fan
cles
That sprout and blomom In rustic rhyme.
Why should I covet the laureate guinea,
Or envy t he muse that is held In fief?
I sing the ballads she prompts within me.
And havi no spite for the "greener leaf."
With the loftier bards I have no quarrel,
I envy no brow its wreath of bays;
I know it is mine to miss tlt laurel,
And the -'greener leaf that bangg-nd pays.
Toor ? Iam poor as the mice in churches,
And cramped aud ha rawed by want and debt,
Dreading the chill cast wind that searches
My tattered clothing In cold and wet.
But well content if the golden hours
And the H Ivan pleasures will only lurid.
For if wealth were the highest of earthly
dowers,
I think I should have more land and gold.
And I rest in the faith that each good fellow
Will sometimes dwell in another land.
Where hearts that are generous, true and mel
low. Will know each other, and understand.
(The AMIne.
S0H0BA HEWITT.
XT MBS. SCKtK WITMKKm.r-
Enleted.aoeordlag to the Aet ef Onngress, In
the yew W, hy Mra.8aate WHbereJl.tfi the Of
flee of the librarian of Oonaree at AVashlngton
City.
C1IAITER XXXVIII.
CONTIXCATHMf OP THE I.IPK OP MAGGIE
Htcwrrr.
"i was aoout sixteen years or age
when Samite was called to his fore
fathers. Although an Indian and no
friend to the pale-faces, still I loved him
as well as though he had been ray own
father; aud though he often made me
tremble with fear when he uttered the
wriT-whoop or wielded his tomahawk,
yet I always loved him for his kindness
to me. He was proud of my skill in
the use of the bow and arrow, aud took
great pains in teaching me. I grieved
in reality when I lost him. His place
was soon supplied by another, but by
one who held no place in my affection.
On the contrary, I not only feared him,
but I hated him. Think not my lan
guage too harsh, but consider my In
dian training, to cither love or hate,
which passions I fully lived up to, and
which caused me much unhappincss
and a great deal of yours, for it was
through my aid that Souora, my own
beloved niece, became the, captive of
Hard Heart.
"You recollect," turning towards So
uora, "how Sanutee was killed by a
wild beast, and how my own life was
saved by the timely interference of a
handsome young stranger, whoso name
was Leuardo, and whom I learned to
love. Yes, for two mouths after my
supposed father's death I was perfectly
happy, Avith but one exception, and
that was the presence of my step-father,
as I called him, for I hated hitn on ac
count of his passion for me, for, though
the husband of her I called mother, he
confessed that it was only to gain nearer
access to me. His presence to nic was
odious enough, but doubly so when I
learned of his duplicity towards Patty.
I will not repeat the joy I felt in Len-
ardo's presence; suflice to saj' those
were the happiest days of my life.
"Eagle Eye, which was the name of
my tormentor, was cruel in the ex
treme, and often threatened me with
his vengeance if I did not return his
love. This troubled me but little, as I
always felt secure under Tatty's protec
tion, who was one of the kindest of
mother's to her 'piccaninny,' as she al
ways called me.
"Soon after Lenardo's departure Ea
gle Eye removed with us to Kentucky.
Here I soon became a great favorite
with the Indians on account of my
singing, which was a favorite amuse-1
ment when I was young.
"I had not been long in my new
home before Goodspeed, a young
chief, fell in love with me. Although
for a long time unknown to me, it
served only the more to embitter Eagle
Eye, who, as his name indicated, took
in everything at a glance. Patty fa
vored Goodspeed, aud would have been
glad to have seen us married, as she
toltLmc when dyiug. Her greatest wor
riment was that some time, truo to the
instinct of nature, I would meet with
some ono among the pale-facus who
might win the love of the handsomo
Indian girl, as I was supposed to be.
Tenderly she watched over me, and
dearly did she love me, fearing lest T
should sometime wish to leave her anil
despise my forest home, but this sorrow
she was spared from beholding. My
time was often spent in company with
Goodspeed, whom I liked very much;
but after my unhappy termination with
Lenardo I never could love another.
We often roamed the forest together in
search of game, and would try to excel
each other in bringing down tlio first
prize. Then again we would rulllo the
waters of the bright Tennessee, as we
paddled our canoes over iU smooth sur
face ; and it was on one of these excur
sions that I first learned the story of his
love. Kcver shall I forget that night.
The moon never shone as bright since,
nor the stars never seemed so brilliant
in the heavens. Scarcely a leaf moved
as the sweet breeze of a July evening
swept over our brows. I listened to his
tale, how ho had loved me, fearing to
breathe it, scarcely daring to hope; how
his loved ones had all gone, and lastly
how he had once loved a bright Iuiiiau
maid, whom he had loved in vain. To
this last I listened ntteutively, and
wheirhe at last asked me to be the light
of his wigwam, I buried my face within
my hands as I was about to answer
him, when suddenly an arrow came
whizzing through the air, and my. lover
dropped over the side of the canoe.
Most maidens would have screamed at
the suddenness of the frightful act,
which to thoso brought up in civiliza
tion would have seemed more delicate
aud refined than sitting statute-like,
gazing into the gurgling waters as his
body sank to rise no more. t
" 'Ha! ha! ha! Bright squaw mine
at last!' yelled the demoniacal voice of
Eagle Eye as I n eared the shore, and
leaping into the boat, he grasped my
arm until I screamed with pain. Really
fearing him, whose countenance might
have made stouter hearts quail. I dis
guised my feelings by a strong effort
and looked at him defiantly till he re
laxed his hold, as he sarcastically
hissed, '.Grave!'
" 'What means tlicgre.it chief ? Why
pursue the young squaw, whom you
know lias done no harm? You know I
hate you! What wrong did the young
chief do you? I abhor your hated pres
ence! Leave me and return to vour
wigwam to Patty, who has the misfor
tune to be your wife.'
" 'Leave you, hey, when I have
pierced the heart of the young chief to
gain you? 2o! You are mine! There
is none on these lone waters to take you
from me,' and he yelled like a fiend as
lie lifted me from the boat like ho would
a baby.
" 'Ah, one is near who will protect
her child!' exclaimed a voice from the
thick brush, and in an instant Patty
stood revealed to view.
"With one bound I fell weeping upon
her breast. 'Patty! Patty!' screamed
I, 'kill that hateful Indian! He is not
worthy to occuppy the place of the good
Sanutee! Or, stop! Give me this!' and
I grasped a pistol from her belt. 'I will
see that he troubles you nor me no
more!' and without any conscientious
scruples I would have shot the wretch
at my feet, had he not quicker than
thought grasped the uplifted arm and
took the weapon from me, and before I
could even suspect his design, Patty
fell bleeding at my feet
" 'Oh, Patty ! my mother !' screamed
I as I lifted her head to revive her, but
alas! though it was the first time the
cruel monster had ever handled fire
arms, yet he had not missed his aim,
her heart. Though she could scarcely
articulate, she told me in a few words
what little I know concerning my birth
and so ou, and told me by all mcaus to
keep that locket and the pistol, which
had belonged to my father; but the lat
tcr I could never obtain, for Eagle Eye,
in his superstition, thought that as its
owner was dead it was of no account,
and consequently threw it into the
river. I thought as I knelt hesido her
in the still lone night, and heard her
dying prayers to the Good Spirit to for
give her the wrongs she had done, that
my ieacon of light had gone out, and
niai x was juuecti a child of misfortune.
Heaven only knows the agony I en
dured, alone and unprotected, In the
presence of that fearful man, but whom
I heeded not He stood with arms
folded, gazing upon me with grim satis
faction. He suffered me to give full
vent to my feelings unmolested, a boon
I little expected. As Patty breathed
her last a sort of supernatural strength
seemed to pervade my whole body, and
I raised my now tearless eyes to those
of my tormentor. 'Let us bury her,'
said I in a voice so hoarse that he fairly
started. Obeying my request, he helped
to remove her body to a place which I
pointed out; and there, bcneatli a large
tree, did I cover her grave with flowers
and leaves; aud there, for the second
there, for the second
time, did I kneel down in my wild
grief and moisten the grave of a loved
one with tears.
"With the knowledge of my strange
history came bitter feelings, and a new
hatred seemed to spring up within my
heart. There are some dispositions that
troubles and sorrows only seem to ren
der more sour and wicked, and far more
capable of doing wrong thau ever. Such
was mine, and then and there did I re-
solve to have some rerengo for all the
misfortunes which had rendered me so
miserable; and to wreak vengeance
upon the white daughters was my first
aim for usurpiiag my place, as I unjust
ly imagined, in Lenardo's afiectlons.
Rising to my feet, I turned to Eagle
Eye, saying, 'Come, I am ready.' Ho
now thinking me perfectly secure, suf
fered me to walk on in silence to our
wigwam, a distance of two miles.
"It was nearly midnight when we
entered our homeland both went to our
pallets without as much as exchanging
a word. Being tired out, as old age
was creeping over him, and deeming
Iiis bird safe, ho was soon snoring lus
tily. Creeping along carefully, I was
soon out in the darkness without even
the moon (which had gone down) to
guide inc. " In my uncouth breast I
prayed as I knew how to tho Good
Spirit to bear me awayfrom Eagle Eye.
Willi the blood of my native soil cours
ing through my veins, intermingled
with the fierce Egyptian, together with
my Indian training, I made a fit subject
for all that was evil. I fled along the
well kuown forest with tho swiftness of
a deer, never stopping till I was several
miles from home, which I determined
to leave or die in the attempt. Coming
out on an open plain, I stretched my
eyes as far as I could, trying to peer
through the darkness for some direct
though obscure way to the nearest vil
lage, whither I determined to go, and
from there make my way ' back to
Louisiana, which seemed more like
home to me. As I stood thinking which
way to go to elude tho search which I
feared would be made for me, I thought
I espied a form crouching down as if
afraid of detection. Had it been behind
me I should have feared my pursuers,
but as it was some distance ahead, I
had no fear whatever, but resolved to
find out who or what it was immediate
ly. Bounding lightly over tho green
grass, I was soon beside it. Bising with
a sort of chuckle an athletic Indian
stood beforo me, surrounded by six
brave warriors. Grasping my arm, he
gruflly inquired 'what business squaw
had to find him.'
"Eearing that my captor might prove
to be a friend to Eaglo Eye, I at first
hesitated what to reply, but, concluding
to take tho chances at all hazards, even
though my life might pay tho forfeit, I
told him I was flying from Eagle Eye,
whom I hated.
" Ha ! Eagle Eye, tho coward chief,
has my hate also! I will be a friend to
his squaw if she seeks for revenge. To
night Hard Heart witii his bravo fol
lowers would have laid waste tho en
campment of Eagle Eye and his men.
It gives us joy to protect the squaw who
would flee from hint. So you come with
us we go no farther. What say you?'
" 'Anywhere, so I am far away from
one I loathe.'
" "Tis enough! Be true to tho inter
est of Hard Heart and his followers,
who love to wreak vengeance on the
pale-faces. Tho brave chief fears none !
He will lead you to tho camp of Natch
itoches, where you will bo safe,' and
taking my hand, wo strode along, fol
lowed by the six ferocious red men.
"After a long and weary travel we at
Liengtn arrival at tuc spot wuerc my
dear niece was iescued from her sad fate,
and where I passed twenty-six years of
my life.
"I feci that the hand of God led mc
to become acquainted witii Kbrnian
Burke, that by complying with his dia
bolical plans I was restored to thoso
dear ones through whose means I have
found forgiveness at tne throne of grace;
and protected by friends who arc near
to me by the ties of blood, I will hope
to spend my few remaining days in
praise to that God who can 'forgive us
our trespasses' even the sins of poor
Loili"
As she finished her narrative it was
with difllculy that she could restrain
her feelings sufficiently to keep from
weeping aloud, as the past years swept
in sad remembrance beforo her. For a
few minutes a complete silence reigned
within that circle. Soqora arose, aud
(.,i-:.,,r i, l.,. m, i....i ..ii.. i.i
J
her from the room to her own cozy lit
tie apartment, whore, kneeling side by
side, they invoked the blessings and
protection of the Almighty. The rest
of the family soon followed their exam
ple, for in tho multitude of their joys
they had forgotten the hours, which
were fast waning towards morning.
To be continued.
Mrs. Minnio Myrtle Miller is creating
a literary sensation bv lecturing on her
illvorceti husband, Joaquin Miller, the
hard of Oregon. Khe Is tints honorably
SUES0 'VP I,CISSlf' 1,cr children and her
aged mother. The idea that Mrs. Miller
is trading upon the reputation of er
Mi 1 u mibyr 1,U9!Jand of the lt must
be d spelled, for she has established a
fnS'0,liOI1,1,er 0wn account a
lecturess she is a success, she unmer
cifully lashes the great American poet
from the wilds of Oreiron: nn.i .1. I
I sKiliruliy, so judiciously, that her uralso
i ia '"l" """""."i?. - woman's
wit is like a tailor's needle, not vorv
nonilornns. lnit it twrrnrnJ i.. V
nmnn'o
i ------- i . i ..-.-j wiu iiiue
wltlt a vicious smarting. As to Joa-
quin, we say tms wiinout wincing: A
miclutr: A
man wno win ticscrt ins wue anu loving
children, leaving them helpless and iu
poverty, is a tiling whom wc would not
dignify with the title of a Christian
dog. Pioneer.
Half the depositors in tho Massachus
etts savings bank aro women, and $26,
000,000 is the sum total of the amount
deposited by these delightful darlings.
Pinmce and Ship Building.
THE WAV TO ItESTORE OUR GREAT
LOST INDUSTRY THE FINANCIAL DE
3IORAI.IZATION. BY HORACE II. DAY.
The great want of this country to-day
is cheap money, a low rato of interest to
thoso obliged to borrow for all the de
veloping industries of the land. You
know England pays on her consols threo
per cent, interest, and has thirty-seven
hundred millions in these consols, held
almost exclusively by her citizens at
home, affording a circulating medium,
being readily convertible into money
and also into consols, thus aflording al
most an unlimited circulation, supply
ing every want of the people for money
at very low rates; while this nation has
only snch quantity of circulating me
dium left to it as will keep tho rate of
interest, which the present very limited
developing interests of the country must
pay, at from twelve to ono hunndred per
cent., whereas to enable us to produce
fabrics to compete, witii other nations
and find a foreign market, we require
such an abundance of money, accessible
to tho people, as will bring the rate of
interest for all that class of the commu
nity engaged in production, nearly as
cheap as Great Britain supplies to her
artisans. We contend that the Go'crn
mcnt has no right to deny her industrial
citizens the use of money at as cheap
rates as do the governments of those
countries who compete with us in the
markets of the world.
To-day no civilized nation bases its
circulation upon gold alone, aud tho old
Benton Bullion ago is past beyond re
turn. Hence, ltorc is England, that has
its consols all the while floating at
home, Government not paying over
three per cent. These are in reality cir
culating currency (under another name),
antl everywhere seeking to cam a bet
ter, higher interest In operations with
and through the people than they could
in iudleuess,
DRAWING ONIA THREE 1EK CENT.
from the nation's treasury. We should
have, to raako us equal to Great Britain
in financial advantage, at least -1,000,-000,000
of United States bonds drawing
only three per cent, these with the abil
ity to convert them at will into smaller
non-interest bearing greenbacks not
bank notes. Under this system we
might easliy optfh' our ports to free trade
with all the world, and this cheap and
abundant money would stimulate nro-
duction and then find in foreign mar-
Kets an outlet lor our surplus produc
tions, a3 do England, Germany, France
aud all our intelligent competing na
tions. Nations are competitors as well
as individuals, and if one nation has a
system of production twenty per cent,
cheaper than another, then she can sup
ply the world. Our tarill laws can
roach no further than the territory of
our own nation. Hero then is just our
difficulty.
The rate of inteel which the legal
currency of a nation bears determines the
value in thai nation of everything iucas
uretl by thai money bonds are In fact a
currency. To illustrate: Before our late
war a house aud lot was salable at say,
$0,500, which to-day sells for $14,000,
and could be originally mortgaged for
two-thirds its value. To-day the same
house will not bo accepted by a money
lender as security for much over $0,000.
Here is a great change. What is the
cause of this change ?
THE HONEY LENDER
before tho war, was glatl to take C per
cent, and even then had to pay 1J State
tax ou his bond and mortgage and the
idle money thus secured aud invested to
him netted only 41 per cent. To-day
under tho operation of our existing sys
tem his money invested in United States
bonds at 5 per ceut. aud free from taxa
tion, gives in cflcct 9 per cent, or double
that which ho could receive under our
old system, besides bonds are in effect
ready money convertible in an hour,
while a niortgago might taKe six
months to foreclose, hence tho advan
tage is not alodc in the double, rate.
Tho average annual incrcaso of the
nation's wealth has never readied 3pcr
cent. No nation on cartli ever increased
its wealth as much as 4 per cent. Tho
case of ono illustrates the whole. The
rate of futercst determines the value, and
Government determines the rate of in
terest. Let us take for further Illustra
tion SHIP IJl'ILMXO,
and it would seem that there was no
subject In which there was such an al
most unanimous determination to mis
lead or refuse to fiud the truo remedy,
for its loss in our country. Ships ou the
ocean cannot bo affected by our tariil
laws, and no nation will allow us to in
terfere with its prosperity.
Tm c-rw- m itin rl(fn 5 Vtlfrln till
1UII 0tU - t,IV V-IJUU JsSfjas-ssMS
ships arc built aud fitted out, with this
inihspcnsiblc tool, (money) to work with,
at three percent, and sometimes 2i per
cent., while in this country, as I have
said before, everything measured by
money is a much higher in value as tne
' difference in the lcsal rates established
i lr flirt iwn f2nvnriimnnfa ,n tlio ennnl.4
of theone, audbondsof the other. And if
a ship-bu'ldor to-day, iu Maine most of
them arc in moderate circumstances
(say he is a farm owner worth tliirty
thousand dollars,) wishes to build a five
hundred ton vessel, ho must begiu by
navinir Hist, at least fifteen per cent, an
nual interest on the mortgage of his
farm to cct the ready cash with which
to commence his ship, and as he is not a
merchant, keeps no bank balance, and
henco cannot borrow at banks as he
proceeds will pay
TWENTY PER CENT. PER ANNUM
for the balanco of the funds before tho
ship is paid for, (I know this exact case
to be the fact in Maine,) aud this is not
all, for by reason of the general system
of high prices for everything in this
country, (due wholly to the high rates
upon money j) the material and wages,
are found to-tlav, so much higher in the
U. S., than Su'England, that the busi
ness is a losinir one. and henco we can
no longer build ships while all the reme-
(lira timv ImlnnnmiuHnil in f'in rtmaa nn I
i "-'"q iiM-ix.. v.it,..-J- ......
cls.cwl'cre would only fall in producing
a healthy result, and ultimately create
, . , , r , , i .
7 ' rwX u,an existing cvns. it is tins
i t. "uaciai system uorn oi war, es-
tablialifMl sinrw. -.,.1 i..:. ,,1 l... l.n
Republican party, which dopri ves the
Peoplo tO-dav Of tlinir rveanrv innl
(money) to work with, and the whole
country or iu rightful inheritauco of
It is claimrwl Hiif tlmm I. r i
.m,y - . " i iuur Hun
dred mil ions of tho national debt lias
been paid si urn Mm wnr m,,l-
We claim this is in one sense a great
mistake, for at the close of the war, wo
did not owe abroad five hundred million
dollars, whereas their claims of every
kind against us to-day exceeds 2,500,000,
000. This is getting out of debt witii a
vengeance; pay oft 300 or 400 millions
at ono end and add five times as much
at the other.
And yet great as this increasing debt
is, there would be nothing alarming in
its aggregate, if there was any hope of
the Bepublican party changing its pol
icy, to give promiseof arresting the evil.
There is
ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THIS.
that Is, in cheap money, plentiful, to
stimulate production,. and over produc
tion, and forcing us to sell abroad our
surplus, and at as cheap rate as our com
petitors, aud thus turn tho balance of
trade in our favor, and stop this increase
of debt. There is no other way to save
our country and restore a Republic, now
destroyed aud swallowed up in the mer
ciless embrace of a money oligarchy.
Tho financial platform of tho labor re
formers will accomplish just this result;
it is also a practical balance wheel, which
in its very nature prevents fluctuation
in values, for no matter how much the
country called for, it could use no more
than to keep the rate of interest to 3 per
cent, or 03-100. If the Government
wanted specie, buy it as it would timber
to build a ship, until the balance of trade
brought it back. It is and must, in the
naturoof things, be a fatal policy, which
operates to seud all of gold, or any other
commodity, out of a couutry. Let us
therefore, stimulate production and send
products abroad to pay not only for what
we want to import, hut by cheap money
KEEP DOWN EVERY THING AT HOME
to so low rates that other countries can
no. longer supply our inflated markets
with their products from cheaper money
and cheaper labor, and the reign of gold
will be forever gone, so far as wc are
concerned.
Now what have wc against this sys
tem? Answer, just one thing, only
one, aud this ono thing is not a Demo
cratic principle. 'Tis 12 to 100 per cent,
interest to the ricii money-lender and
usurer! Can we ston this monopoly and
national ruin, now upheld and main
tained by tne capitalists operating m
both parties who controlled our late
election, and seek in the future, as in
the past, to control the Government re
gardless of all consequences; aye, they
would practically take the nation's life,
rather thau forego this usury aud
monopoly.
Here is the wholo case. This blight
ing curse, the heaviest which ever rested
upon our country, must bo removed.
Under this terrible curse all our indus
tries except the few which are
PROTECTED BY SPECIAL LEGISLATION
arc dwarfed, our ship building isstopped,
our foreign carrying trade nearly gone.
our lands on the sea-board no longer
worth cultivation, except the cotton
lands in the South.
All our enterprises are centering iu
corporations and combinations, to be
followed by every species of antagonism
and ultimate overwhelming ruin.
The old Democratic idea the gold
fallacy of to-day must be wholly aban
doned, whether old fogyism would hold
onto itor not. With over two thousand
million of foreign indebtedness on which
the simple interest exceeds 100,000,000,
wc cannot with our annual production
of i 50,000,000 to 00,000,000 of bullion ever
expect to regulate either our circulation
or domestic values. 'Tis simply an im
possibility.
All the attempts to do so have again
and again overwhelmed, aud placed
merican interests at the mercy of other
nations.
THE ENGLISH SYSTEM
is adapted to England, whose principle
commerce necessity extends far away
over tho world. Requiring a mixed
currency and situated as she is, some
gold is a necessity, nnd yet the secret of
England's present power aud prosperity
is in the vast amount or Her circulation
at home, in the form of consols and the
low rate of interest they bear. If we
lnnV fnr fktlllmritx. nnrl roTiiCrt in frllfthi
either our own experience or judgment,
men let us auopt all mat we can maue
available or this English system, and if
wo insist upon her gold, give us ncr low
rate or interest on bonds. Remember,
too, notwithstanding England has a
large debt, it is not felt, as it practically
forms a circulating aud investing me
dium for home use. She is a creditor
country. Wcro she like us, a debtor
country, her gold, large as-it is, would
give it no power, at home or abroad,
to regulate prices or support circulation.
Let us further prove the advantage to
Eugland due to this plentiful use of
cheap money and ourgrcat disadvantage
under the opposite system. Take to il
lustrate the trade with the nations south
of us including tho southern portion of
our own continent aud the adjacent
islands. This is our nearest foreign
trade our next door neighbor.
Examine tne ngures ot tins traue ten
years ago, tlien to-ilay, annrtiic correct
ness oi my premises is entirely estab
lished. OUR IMPORTATIONS
from these countries last year were in
round numbers about one hundred and
fifty million dollars and our exporta
tions fifty millions. We pay tins ono
hundred millions difference iu gold and
in bills on London. England, during
this same period, exported four times
moro to these countries than she im
ported in merchandise from them. Why
is this? Simply that by plenty antl
cheap mouey and consequently cheap
rents and corresponding prices of labor,
everything which goes to make up the
mauuiaciureu coi""i"uiies required in
these countries which manufacture so
little themselves, Eugland has produced
and thereby gains from us our natural
inheritance of this near-by trade. Had
the United States precisely the same
abundance of cheap consols, and conse
quently low rate or interest, this whole
trade would bo ours with even greater
profit. The best tarifi system possible
for the United States is to have this
abundance anil cheapness or money.
With it wo could challenge aud defy the
world.
In tlie absence or our power to control
other nations how can we expect to
build structures at war, with the inter
est, wishes and policy or the majority.
Wc know the late war overturned and
revolutionized many things, but uolh
ing so much as
OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
Tills was emphatically bom or war: a
necessary shift, pressing for the moment
when the voico or criticism was
practically silenced, and the slimy folds
or avarice aud sellishness, and tho op
posites of all true patriotism enveloped
the majority, counselling only for itself,
and has since, till this day, overshad
owed all other voices nnd control.
To-ilay we seo the legitimate conse
quences; every mire strained, the ver
nation iremuting anu no visible sarety
in tlin fiifiirp. Till fntirtilflttnn linl.w.
wrong and wholly unsound, all tho dif
ferent parts and outgrowths are unfitted,
unsuitable nnd unbalanced raakinc
certain that In the absence of a Hadical
change tho whole structure must come
tumbling down, canying
THE REPUBLIC WITH IT.
Wo find the Government groping In the
dark, guessing aud gambling, to-tlay
expanding, to-morrow contracting; one
Congress increasing the tariil", another
decreasing. Again exempting ship
building materials from taxation, to
find that scheme utterly useless. Ono
set clamoring for steamship subsidies to
no supplied by tne sweat antl tou oi ine
laboring masses. AH business enter
prises subject to be legislated to ruin, or
inflated for the bc-ncfll of the few.
Again, because of this
HIGH RATE FOR MONEY,
established by the Federal Government,
Sovereign States are compelled to revise
tneir laws, aiieciing tne relations or
borrower aud lender, while railroads are
constructed with money aud loans at
ten to fifteen per cent., thereby entail
ing corresponding higher rates for the
transporting of raeu and merchandise,
thus clothing our very highways with
oppression.
unese tilings are educating the
masses, anil not only mnmr them with
dissatisfaction, but permanently alien
ating mat wnoiesome reverence anil
respect for our Government and institu
tions liuiisponsiuie to tuc peaco aud
prosperity aud existence of free Govern
ment itself.
The present individual aud collective
sulleriii"- of the moderately noor. to snv
nulling ui mo vuj j icvuie, uus nan no i
.u.a.u.-. i., lu c ...iu ou.ua tor twenty- .
?! T n,;.i n.V i-K frm i 'T '"hdod had left their trace iu quer
Mnn TPii tiflrnr1 ,?"al- ulous- lamentable, hopeless tone offel-
'e fell upon any little
S nhn t? f 3,rJv n 1 ?'V lab0r t misfortune or disappointment, and ax
n1 1? ar&-,2 d,c ",a,tIliscou ?w older he began to laek hop."
agement, desperation, starvation, sui- tUt thel, is tite secret of htaSeaUi.
Ciue, rouuery, munier ami arson are so
common, or that plague aud pestilence
snouiu iouow .
THE REMEDY.
Do you ask what can, what ought we
to do? I answer again, begin with
the finances. Here is our first and
greatest evil. Let Congress pass a law
creating two thousand millions of 3 per
. ..OUT inn l , 1
cent., or a oo-iuu per cent, consols, or, as
we call them, bonds, convertable and
reconvertable into legal tender certifi
cates of value, stamped, coined money,
made of paper, corresponding in denom-
1 .1 ...!.!. , . II
ination with our greenbacks. Sell
these bonds, and pay off in this money
lor as best we can. no matter how. so
kecp faith with our original contract)
all other United States bonds. Here,
meet tlio usurers squarely go to the
usurers, give them the true arguments
to prove tne absolute justice aim true
wisdom of it, and the party which leads
in tliis direction will be the real Demo
cratic party, whoso power in and con
trol over the Government will come
just as fast as come the elections to
make opportunity for change. And
to stay any further false step, we should
by all means prevent Boutwell from
selling or converting any more of our
existing bonds for idle hoarding in
Europe. We require them and many;
more at home for our own use when ex
changed into tite 3 per cents.
Important and True.
The following from tho pen of a lady
correspondent of the Portland Tramcript
Is well worth the attention of hotel
keepers everywhere:
It Is a notable fact that strangers will
inquire of hackmen and expressmen
"which is the highest-priced hotel,"
and that seems to establish the fact that
it must be tlio most desirable, anil find
later that they reckoned without their
J,ost- First-class hotels charge five dol
i1' ;"' '""s swumi uiuss,
uirco uonars ami a nan. it seems to
me that one dollar per day for fire is
enormous, and I wonder how long the
traveling public will allow themselves
to be swindled in this manner. There
is always a protest against it, but liow
does it end "What is everybody's
business is nobody's."
In a second class hotel there is greater
sutcitiiou pain to uic comiort or tlie
guests, fewer subordinates coming be
tween them and the powers that be. A
great deal of false pride is manifested
among travelers in this matter, and it
seems mat tv protest uy tlio public in
general to the hotel proprietors, would
reduce the enormous rates, and would
bo better for the whole community; for
itiousaiuis oi pcopie arc Kept rrom trav
eling for that very reason.
While I am on the subiect I would
suggest to hotol proprietors, that a little
more attention be paid to the comfort of
l...lr t. : 1 1
luuii-s. at is very provoKing to want
into tlio Ladies' Barlor and find nothing
but a photographic book of advertise
ments, as the only alluring bait held out
to keep one from dying from ennui. It
matters not how many ladies congregate
In this room day after day, they sit
looking at each other with that in
describable woman look of half con
temptuous inquiry, and the close criti
cism from head to foot which follows,
may serve to amuse some women, but
not all.
The peep that one gets into the "Gon
tlemen's Beading Room" is Paradise
with Eve kept out. All the newspapers
of the day, accommodations for writing,
comfortablo easy chairs, etc all this
for the stronger sex. but the weaker are
supposed to bo strong enough to be
above being entertained. Any lady
friend will agree with me when they
recall hours spent at hotel windows
reading the sign-boards in view, or
walking up and down tho parlors, bored
to death for want of something to do. I
have never found one exception to this
general want, from Maine to Texas.
Mrs. Sands is a bright littlo widow
who lives near Oil City, l'a., and has
made a comfortable fortune in a specu
latiou in oil lands. Representing her
seiras a poor woman, as she was, with a
Tatnily to support, she induced a New
York company owning lands near her
residence, to sen ueraw acres for Sl,S0O,
paying a small sum down. She imme
diately sold a part interest for $10,000,
put down with the proceeds what has
proved one of the most successful oil
wells in the oil territory, and now asks
for the property a round hair million or
dollars.
Horace Greeley.
tVmong the thousands of items going
tlio rounds of the press in reference to
Mr. Greeley, wc select the following as
coming from a source far more worthy
of consideration than tho usual chat of
Irresponsible newspaper correspondents:
.ur. nana had better opportunities of
knowing Mr. Greoley than almost any
other man, and the sagacious ami all
observant assistant doubtless employed
much or his time in tryiiig to unnivel
tlie strange enigma of tho Greeley braiu
and purposes. It must also 1 remem
bered that Mr. Dana was the originator
or the Greeley nomination for tuePresl
dency, and was tlie most able and vuei
lant editor connected with that ptiaje of
Republican enterprise and ambition.
Mr. Dana denies that Mr. Greeley was
a philanthropist, and asserts that Mr.
Greeley always hooted tlie idea of be
ing one. Tho basis or all Mr. Greeley's
philanthrophy was, aeeoixilng to Mr.
Dana, tiie promotion or the Tribune rfnd
the concentration of free labor against
slave labor.
He says Mr. Greeley was an abolition
ist, not because lie liked tlie nogro, for
he disliked him, but that he felt that
men liko himself self-made could
never reach position as long as the so
called aristocracy of theSouth controlled
public a flairs. Iu other words, Mr.
Greeley was determined to break down
slavery at all cost, iu order to prepon
derate the North in the councils and
benefits of the Union.
Mr. Dana says Mr. Greeley was a
Fourierite, aBrisbanite, and a Graltam
brcadite, but as he had no mental ten
acity to tenets, lie gave them up after
they had sufficiently amused him.
Tlie Tribune soon gained the repnta
tiou of being the origin of every sort of
ism and fanatie hobby.
x-artiier ou -Mr. liana says tnat "a
moral
unsteadiness diminished his
(Greeley's) power. The miseries of his
ror be who b andied at th rout of Bull
Run, was overwhelmed by that greater
route which came to him personally in
November last.
Mr. Dana, who was in tho Tribute of
fice at the time, says that Mr. Greeley
abstained from taking any-part iu the
great Kansas-Nebraska contest, bnt left
1,10 "Eht to be waged by other writers
i. tl.. ,!...,,.,,. C !. f.7...,.., TJs .l.n
in tlie columns of tlie Tribune. He also
says that Mr. Greeley was an advocate
of the Temperance cause, not for a hope
of curing intemperance or reclaiming
drunkards, whom lie hated personally,
but because he saw in tlie movement a
political hygiene, calculated to promote
! tho wealth and happiness of the eont-
I munity, "and the views," according to
Mr. Dana, "were similar in respect or
every reform and every philanthropic
cause which he advocated."
Mr. Dana confirms tlie general belief
in Mr. Greeley's hatred orMr. Lincoln,
and asserts farther that Mr. Lincoln
knew it, aud always looked upon Mr.
Greeley as a "foe."
That Mr. Greeley was generous to his
friends Mr. Dana declares with empha
sis and by citation or illustrations. He
would have died a rich man had lie limn
a less open-handed one.
mo article concludes with a strkirtf
parallel between the founders of three
great newspapers in the country, Ben
nett, itaymonu ami Ureefey, placing Mr.
Greeley at the head of the list as a vig
orous writer of political newspaper
leaders. Aud singular eitoueh. tha
deaths of these three men were accom
panied by strange circumstances of
pathos.
Mr. Bennett died without a relative
by kindred side, comparatively deserted
in his extremity; Mr. Raymond, after
midnight, was found dead in his hall
way, and Mr. Greeley, sadder than all,
went to his final account front the deso
latcness of a private mad-house. N. Y.
Argus.
A Nice Bit of Irony. Here la a
nicely prepared little cap, that many a
man could wear with perfect impunity:
"The iouesomcness of some married
men when their wives are away," said
a simple-minded lady, speaking of the
summer fights, "is awful. There now
is Mr. Jimmeny. He is so east down
that lie never comes home except with
a latch-key, and then he pounds his poor
lone hands on tlie gate for an lioor be
fore he can get in, nnd his voice is so
lost in the gloom that all his words run
together, aud nobody can understand
what lie says this time o night. Ami
then, too, he goes down to the lake with
a lady in tho buggy, to console him for
tlie absence of his wife, antl he don't get
back it takoa so long to mollify a lono
husband you know until the soda
water shops are all shut. Then, too, he
comes home with three or four married
men whoso wives are gone snmmerin',
and he turns ou tlie gas in his house, to
make it iook cneerlul, ami they all put
their legs over the front of the gallery,
just to cure their terrible loneliness, and
tlien tney sing O, such song It 1
didn't know their wives were gone, ami
that they were really a tryin' to kill
melancholy, I should think they had
drank a drop too much. But I know
that can't be so, for their wives don't like
it, aud they wouldn't do anything when
their wives are gone, that they scorned
to do when they were here."
Ono or the saddest instances of wom
an's faithlessness with which we liave
ever met was that of the wife of a man
in Syracuse. It seems that the couple
had arranged that for six months the
husband was to get up iu the morning
and make the kitchen fire, and that tile
wife was to perform the task for the
succeeding six months. Tlie man's half
year expired on the2d,and the morning
of tlie 3d tho woman suddenly died.
He is nearly brpken-hearted over his
aflliction. He says if he could only
have foreseen this bereavement he
would havo shullled her oat of bed' at
daylight every morning since January.
And to think that she lay there snow
ing all that time in comfort, when she
wasn't going to take her turn, mR
him feel as ir he woukl eitlier Imve to
wrapaboutslxteeu yards of erapearouttu
his Sunday hat, or burst. And ( jet
there aro people who say that ttiese
women haven't their rights fortootm
At the competitive examination be
r ii. T TTnivorsitV for tlio
Ricardo scholarship for M""1
it:,, n-ri.n ,rnn the prize, mere
1UIU L11U iUHUUH
four young
wcro seven conuu"ii
men, antl three young womcu.