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THE WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN Issued Every Saturday Morning. A. W. WATERS, Business Manager. THE DAILY OREGON STATFSMAN. Issued Every Mornine, Except Monday A. W. WATERS, Business Manager. Served by farrier, per week ..so Cent Sent by mail, per year gtt Sent by mail,lx monihw.. as Subscription by mail or express must be paKt 1 advance. TF.KMS : Tcr year, by Mail or othcrwo lVr six month, bv Mill! or otherwise... Sib vtiHois, in every Instaiu-e, to 1 paid In advance. Advertisements Inserted at reasonable rate. SALEM, OREGON, SATUltDAV"nKC VOL 20. (fflffl pph hit IS 4ir s si mr ti : ; : NO. 3. Epizootic In, a miltl form is atii'icting stage horses on the line to California. Dit. James Gibson, of Portland, called , on is yesterday. He is one of the best business men in the Slate, and a thorough Republican. The Doctor met with a heavy loss not long since by lire la his ding store in Portland, but we expeet. to sec him in good shape again soon. A (OM'I.II'T r OP1SIOS. A Grand Jury in Yreka. California, ex amined a hospital there recently and re ported tint it was in a filthy condition; whereupon six of the inmates polished a card, giving it as their deliberate opinion that the said (5 rand Jury was mistaken, of course the patients were not influenced by the managers of the institution. fcF.i;ltS fiM.IMOS. The impressible conflict going; on be tween the Albany Democrat nnd Port land Oregonian tor the leadership of the lh-moeratie party of Oregon, is highly amusing to Republicans. They will come out of the next contest like the Kilkenney cats, ana tne ucpnmiean majority against nth of them will foot tin about two thousand. The Republican National Committee tias been called to meet in Washington on the 13th of January, at which tim the time and place of holding a National Convention will be fixed. Republican State Committeemen will do well to look after this matter. Let us have good men sent from Oregon to represent ns at that great gathering of the talent of the Nation. SUNDAY READING. A local editor in Albany wa ked theological question hv a membei ot his Sabbath School class, not long since, and gravely answered "dainrjiio.'' Aii exchange fays ot Stanley: "Now that the vexed question of the source of the Nile is discovered, nothing is left for that ambitions young man but to find the North Pole nnd the man who struck Hilly Patterson." A temperance journal, after pitching in to the liquors furnished in saloons, gives an accurate ami simple receipt for com pounding tnein. And Eve said unto Adam: "Hear Adam, this is a bad apple, and may give you colic. Try it ami see it it will.- The Rochester papers report the fol lowing as a tact: A young man passing around the plate in a Sunday School stepped opposite a fitend who asked 'How mm-h in the pool, Jim?'' "One dollar and seveutv cents.'' "What's the first choice?"' " The heathen." The centennarv ot the Invention of the pianoforte occurs In May. It is proposed to gather all amateur players In a vast hall tilled with pianos, set them all to clawing and pounding the wotulerlul in- The success of the Statesman as a re ligious paper has stimulated others, to em bark in similar enterprises. We havemw before ns Vol. 1. Xo. 1, of the "Christian Worker"' published in San Francisco. It is a neat little paper, replete with very valuable matter. Special rates are. given to Sunday Schools. Specimen copies sent tree. Ten thousand circulation claimed on first issui, which looks like Christianity in whieh there is no guile. THE 1 KAXHlNt; PRIVILEGE. A set ot demagogues hoping to advance their own personal interests raised a hue and cry against the franking privilege, and induced the people to ask their Rep resentatives in Congress to repeal the law. It was done and the effect is now visible. The country press, which is designed to look after the local interests ot the partic ular towns and counties, where published, suffer materially, to the advantage of large sheets published in great cities. The publisher who has furnished halt bis list without pay for years and thereby aided in educating the masses, is now compelled to pay postage in advance for all such contributions for the public gixd. The poor man who has business with a Repre sentative in Congress cannot now, as un der the old law, write and receive an an swer without the necessary "stamps." The masses of the people who used to re ceive speeches and documents which kept them posted in the drift of public busi ness, can now receive such tilings by writ ing for them and enclosing stamps, t he comparative pittance devoted by the gov- j eniment to public printing, U mostly cut i off, as there is ho mean? of getting the j matter to the people except by means ofj exorbitant postage, which no membtrof j Congress can afford to pay. J It is now clearly shown that the trans portation ot maiis costs as much as before, contractors not bidding on the amount of mail matter, but the distance. Some abuses of the privilege ol franking letters and documents can. of coure, be pointed out, but are trifling when compared with the immense benefits which the privilege conferred. The member of Congress finds a relief in the presenfajjnrrangenient, as he employs no clerks to look after his busi ness, and the cost of sending his actual correspondence with friends is a mere trifle; but the people are the real sufferers the franking privilege being for their benefit and not for t lie members of Con gress. We hope to see the present Congress re vive the old law and remove all duties on paper and 11 kinds of printing material, as general education is the only safety tor our free institutions. strumcnts. close the doors anil set tire to the I milling. Dr. Hail now says a person should go to sleep with his face to the wall. The old brute; does he make his wife sleep on the front side? The efiorf to raise a fund tor the statue to Horace C.reeley is a total lailure and the little money given 1ms been returned. A new novel, tJanslated from the Cher okee by an esteemed Piute, may shortly be looked for in the columns of the Rival Rlowers. It promises to contain some fif teen or twenty lines and some thirty or; fort- chapters, to be continued in one number. It hears the taking title of "The Lost Shirt of Whooping Kagle; or High Life in a Wigwam." During the month of November there was coined at the mint in San Francisco, 3.1 -50,000 pieces ot coin, valued at $2,823, 000. The Austin Revielle says: "A stalwart and iudnstrius son of the forest is engaged in chopping the Reveille's wintir supply ot wood, and on Saturday he was asked the question: 'Work to-morrow to-morrow Sunday.' -What do you do on Sun day'?' 'Heay play poker.' '" Robert Collyer says that when he read of the last steamship disaster he could not swear, lor there are some privileges ue nicd to a clergyman whieh a good, sturdy laymen often found handy. This is the way the newspapers talk in Louisiana: "'if that convicted tluet and robber, Jim Walker, wants any fuss with us he can have steel or buckshot in unlim ited quantities by poking his nose arrouud our corner. Something more than money, says an exchange, something more than property ot any kind, is occasionally valued in this world of ours by tin public. Here are two men who furnish the illustrative ex ample: Vice-President Wilson .seas born the son ot poor parent?, and be has been comparatively poor ail bis life; but some how, despite of poverty, ha succeeded in ! making himself one of the most popular j men in the country, as the demonstrations j through the country show. William B. j Astor died about the same tune; ne was j supposed to be worth a hundred millions 1 of dollar-; he was born rich, inherit 1 j twenty millions and had added to it live i fold. Living in the midst of the city of j Xew York, few knew him exi-ept by name, and he died at more than four-score j year-, and little more than a telegraphic j dispatch has told the event. Some je.ur j nals have given two or three columns of I obituary because he was rich; but no ex- hibttion of love and regard has been paid j to this enormou-Jy rich man as the mem ory ol -Mr. Wilson received. OIR WAMimsIOX I.ETTF.H. Washington, Nov. 22, 1873 Two weeks from to-day the "Hungry Brothers" will be gatheied around the great national festive board nnd will be ffin the annual ceremonies of plucking the aatiotml goose. The bird U not so very tilt, but then the II. Brothers are aw ltd hungry, and there will be such scrouglug for places and scratching of tit bits and cust.it ion of flesh nnd hones as Inn not been witnessed since the palmy days ot the 1 ammany ring. 1 tie tramp ot tne one- legged, one-armed and oue.eyed confeder ate soldier, is now heard upon our pave ments, and his voice is lifted high in our "sample rooms," calling spirit from the vasty deep. He has fed upon pollticil husks now for fifteen years, and he Is an enthusiastic supporter of t he proposition to have the fatted calf killed at once. !t is both astonishing and amusing to hear him discourse in high moral strains upon the profligacy and corruption that lias been going ou hi his lather's mansion "Blnee his absence. His propositions for a reform are sweeping and include a general turn ing out ot all the old man's servant's and the banishment of the'ol l irnrn himself in case ttie old gent uon t exhibit a rea son able alacrity in the adoption of his ;the prodigal son's) liberal views in regard to the future management ot the estate. Putting aside parables, Washington is becoming almost overrun with the seedi est imaginable kind ot Democratic fossils nnd confederate bummer-, all of whom want places at the disposition ol the Dem ocratic House of Representatives. They t , L- 1, until- attil l.-i,.r.j, ri- ,,f t ci :l ces and sacci fives an if political starvation. and demand that no doggoned radical shall be lett in any place which eon hi af ford a confederate" patriot an asylum in his old age. The pressure is just aston- bingly immense, and It would be hailed as a miracle indeed it the la-t K'-putmc.an or fencerider should not be thrust upon the cold charities ot the world. None hut c mfederates and bourbons ot the ' most indubitably proved character will be permitted to enjoy a place around the public crib through the grace ot the Democratic-House. And to this the confeder ate curses who now bold places by the grace of the Republican administration, cry out the loudest and most unctions aniens. Death has been playing havoc again among the public men of the country. Yesterday, Senator O. S. Ferry died at his residence in Norwich. Connecticut not unexpectedly, for be has long been an invalid. We have scarcely "read the an nouncement in the morning papers before we see the flags placed at hall-mast on the public buiLiings and listen to the sw itt spreading report that Vice-President Wil son is dead at the Capitol. He suffered a recurrence of his paralytic attack and ex pired in the Vice-President's room at the Capitol at 7 o'clock this morning. Henry Wilson was born at Fnrmtngton, Xesv Hampshire, February hi. I'd-." His father's name was Winthrop Colbath. He was exceedingly poor, with a large futility of chtldreen. and tins led to the appren ticeship ot Henry, at the age of ten, to a farmer named Knight. He had during the term of his apprenticeship but the mo:t limited education, except the privi lege of reading books loaned him by Mrs. Eastman, from her hu-lmiul's library. At the age ot twenty-one. when his appren ticeship expired, he had read over a tlinus and volumes and this reading was the foundation work tor bis future eminence. Among the books he had read was a biog raphy ot one Henry Wilson, whose char acter made a deep impression upon the wind of the young student and he ieohvd to be called by the same 'name, a resolu tion which he carried out upon arriving at his majority. In 1S33 be went to Xatk-k, Mass., on loot, carrying all his earthly posses-ions in a small bundle. Here he at once set about learning the trade of shoemnkitig. Three .years afterwards he commenced a ad pur-iied a course ot academic studies at Stafford, ! Xew Hamp-hire. supporting hiuiMf bv of Departments would do themselves cred it by following old Zaek's example, it. Ik a shame that the Departments keep peo ple ill place who gloat with almost freii- zie I delight over the death of such i manh m lee President Wilson, becau-e he U a Rei ilie in and oneol the men who was conspicuous in sending the lost cause to the historic bom-yard. I have, Mil? day, while Wilson's clay Is scarcely cold, tit'ard employees of the Treasury express thenm selves as "glad tliat. the f d old aboil, tionist is dead." Language similarly in decorous and hitter Is often heard against other eminent olllt-l.-ils, and hatred of all who contributed to the overthrow of Hie eonlederacy is the ruling passion with a very considerable number of men and wont,-n w ho depend for their bread and butter upon the magnanimity of those whom they decry. It Is the ott-heard ex pressions of such as, these that make one teel that to be just we ought to rise titfand cush the rebellion again. I tell you that Republicans who have listened to such talk, commend Chandler' raid In his de partment, and Uh that others would go and likewise. . UIt-sS.lt. Wallis, the defeated rotornt ctttvdMate for Attorney General ot Mary-l-sml, has ttotitled the Governor that he will contest the recent election on the grouniLof fraud. It would damnge the governor ami nts party to have the facts In ought out judicially and published, and I predict that he will evade the bearing, as he can do it ho chooses. The constitu tion ot the State makes him the arbiter nnd empowers him to declare who is elected. He wi'l probably fail to discover that the consttitlon gives him authority to hear a contest, and thus through a technicality. defeat an othcial investigation. Wallis i a tool if he thinks that Carroll, after his party has steeped itself in fraud, is going to aliow him (U silts! or any other man to bring them to bar, it he (Carroll) can pre vent it. Ac. investigation has been ordered and will soon be commenced. In the afTiirs ol tiie 2d Comptroller's ollie. It is alleged that a great number ot liaudtilent or lae less claims have been put through witliin the last year or two, the machinery ot the oftiee Itelng oiled witjj distributive shares of the spoils dun secured. There is per haps little reason to doubt the truth of the allegation. 1 tie amusement season is fully on. nd the celebrities of the buckskin persuasiau are flocking in. Two legitimate and two variety theaters are in nightly M-s-ioii with full houses, while amateur societies, lecture?, eonoerlizors, etc., "draw" hi a dozen different directions almost evrry night in the week. The lions and other animals of the great national menagerie will not turn themselves loose till Decem ber 4th. Dr. McKay and the Warm Spring braves, iu his charge, left here Friday tor t Iregon. They were provided by the Com missioner of lutlian Aflairs with transpor tation and thirty-seten nJ a half dollnrs each, tor miK-knmuck expenditures, and they went hence happy. One of them, speaking of the vicissitudes of 3 wander ing minstrel's lite, said lie left some hone ami other property roaming fit and free on the Oregon priirie when he started out on his career as Rig Indian dancer, two years ago, and he presumed the'y had all klata wahedbythis time, b it he didn't cart a red for that, if be could oulv get hoT,e again. 1 Ins is his last venture in tins world, as a professional artiste. The his trionic stage has, henceforth, no seductive allurements f,,r him. They dft cn phin halt so much of the indifferent quili fy of the food they got in the Masaachil-ctts poor house as of the distance betwten meals. If there is anything an Indian like-', it is regularity In hash hour-. Kaisi u Pa ti. TELEGRAPHIC. Very I.atet.1 Xrwa liepoi ti. I'llin Ki ji-rlrd -IIai! Kiiongh. Wasiiincton. Dee. 8. -The Secretary of uie interior rejected the claim ol $18,0110 of Van & Adair, on account of services as attorneys tor the Osage Indians, on the grounu mat tuey nave already received full compensation and that the practice of at tempting to protect the Indians through attorneys, at the expense of the Indians, ii a virions one. Mint ( Ammiwilmipr A!oIii?l. ' Wasiiixcton, Dec. fl The President Ims nominated Levi Dagno Commissioner ot the Mint of Carson, Nevada. tieuenil Vllll iiis t oiniiilssl.nier or Jnii iic Uoteruant-ut. i WAsarwrox. Dee. J.Ueti. George B. Si IHiams, formerly Deputy Cimiin-loner vi internal ueventie. Is here, en route for i.ttrotie as t omtnissiotier of the Imperial 'Government or Japr.n. He is accompa nied by Japanese ollleers of rank, Totnino sd Mitiano. The mission has reference to 'fiuancial and commercial affairs. Slum 3iot AiHive lite frewldent. Washington, Dee. 0. The Attorney General to-day sent a telegram to V. S. District Attorney Dver, at St. Douis, sav ing advices had reached him to the effect thai the eci.il counsel, Henderson, bad, in the course of the Avery trial, made an atmck itpo i the President, and assuring the L'. S. Attorney that the department will not continue to pay special counsel for this kind ot service. bodies ot the five nutis.'w ere seen floating s,r, 1 ... ..... t .... VI LUG n aid kH'ORII I HIE I'RAt lll i: OF MSB It ttt.. Salem. Dec. II, W3. Li.. Pi AiKsatAS: In the year HStfL" W Switzerland, arose Theol.rastu I'om bashis Purneelu-, the great prototviie of Jail suieeedmg quacks. It was he who j first Introduced quicksilver or mercury as j a medicine, and all who thusadministercd f it were denominated quacks, h) allusion j to the name quick-ilver given to this metal by the Germans. This individual sueeeed- 1 teaching school during the winter season. 111 verthmning the galvanic system lie afterwards returned to Xatick and re- "'"cti had stontl the test of tout teen Ijun- sutned the shoennking bu-l iess on his 1 "red years and in its place he Introduced own account. He siiortlv became encased i 'he mineral or chemical system. He in politics and identified" himself with the I burnt the works of G.ileij before the audi zealous and extreme aooii.ioui-ts. In I once to whom I e lectured. He at lengtl r.is5tlX!:i:!. TilK Ptt:;:-.lf:M-ji iii:iV4E. The press in both Lurope and America speaks of the President's message as a clear and forcible statement of the condi tion ot the Government of the United States, at this tiu.e. He recommends the adoption of a policy which will result in all church projerty beating its own proportion of taxation; compulsory education; and, a found cur rency which will "command the respect of all the people of the world." Of course a large number of American citizens will disagree Aith the President on the several points named, but we be lieve a great majority of the thinking masses of this country will agree on at feast two of the points mentioned; but bis notions of compulsory education will find few supporters in the Unit-d States. Should writing be made a qualification of a voter nearly all the lawyers and a ma jority of other professional men would he dislranchised; and, in the matter of read ing, boards of examiners wonld have to be appointed or elected to decide upon de gree, or just where ignorance lett oil' and a knowledge of reading begun. This would introduce an endless amount ot ex pensive governmental machinery, without corresponding benefits; for, if each board of examiners happened to belong to some particular political organization, they would not likely be prejudiced in favor of applicants in an opposition party and great injustice might result. Besides, under our form of government it. would not be safe to attempt to disfranchise any class, except for crime, because many mill ions ot our most patriotic citizens are en gaged in frontier settlements subdtieing forests and breaking down the barriers to the settlement of our great plains, with out tile opportunities of schools, which are now pretty generally convenient iu the older settled States. A better scheme would he to extend government mail facilities, restore the franking privilege, remove all tax on paper and printing material, thereby placing the means of popular education within tne reach ot the poorest and most isolated classes. Xo argument of "econ omy" will satisty the people while this expense of educating iid instructing the masses only amounts to thousands, while millions are annually thrown away in harbor improvements and other jobs. The President should address another message to Congress and revise the education clause of the message just published. Hit. EuiTOli: I notice in your Sunday morning's issue an article beaded, '-Re form in the Practice of Medicine,'' that j reflects tipot: the system which I am proud to represent, for it has been so honored by the people of the whole civilized world that our members fill all the profi able places in the gift of their Governments, and many of the nations have enacted stringent laws against the practice of ir regulars, or those w'no have no diplomas from our Colleges. It is true that most of the States of our I'nion permit irregular piaetice in medicine, but that is in accor dance with the genius of our Government, which allows every one to do as he pleases, even to the extent of making a fool of himself. But your correspondent speaks ot Reform in the Practice of Medicine as if it could lie looked tir outside of our an cient and ever honored institution. We are spoken of as quacks and chemical and mineral doctors, becau-e pur great Pro- type. Paracelsus, the most learned man of Ids day made ne of quicksilver, or quick silver in its various chemical preparations to act on the human body and whip it up from a pathological to a physiological con dition. We do not deserve th S3approbri- "OtH epithets, for we have now classed in our materia inedica, every active agent known in the three great kingdoms of nature, and we recommend and use them according to their properties. What veg etable remedy have Rotanics or Physio Medicals that we do not use? Intelligent ly, ot course, but we exclude nothing in the vegetable kingdom that we find po tent. Notwithstanding the innovations made upon our system by Samuel Thomp son with his Lobelia, did we not, as soon as our authorities found it to be a deadly narcotic, adopt it into out schedule of'rem edies ot that class, to be used scientifically and with extreme caution, as we use bel ladona, aconite, veratrum, etc.? And for ail the hue and cry about cold water made by the the followers or Priessnitz, one of our recent authors, rinding what a power- till sedative it is, recommends as one of our most efficient means to be used, scien tifically, along with our sedatives and nar cotics in typhoid fever. Talk of reform and change, our system is ever reforming and changing. Who does not know that a few years ago instead of our present plan of rednciciug the heart's action to cure fever, we used to bleed, blister and caloinelize? Why did we change? Because we found we could reduce the heat of fever more readily and effectually by Using 'edatives and narcotics. I claim that, true reform is only to be found in the regular school of practice. Regulak. The air ship which Mr. Scbroeder is building at Baltimore, and in which he expects to cross the Atlantic iu 40 hours, is nearly completed. ISfO he acted with the Whig party and was elected a member of the Massachu setts Legislature from XatU-k. He was married the same year to Harriet M. Howe who died about ls70. Mr. Wilson was elected to the State Senate, in 1843-4. a id again to the House in lS4'i. He stood with Charles Sumner, Wendell Phtiiips and other Xew England abolitionists, ni opposition to the annexation of Texas, and was always lound speaking and labor ing consistently iu behalf o1' universal freedom. In 184S, lie was a delegate in the convention that nominated Xachary laylor tor I resi.u-nt, but the l itter tenij a slaveholder without any declared pritici pies. Wilson repudiated him and returned to Jla-sachust tts and lent his zealous aid to the organization of the Five Soil part'. He was principally instrumental in eltect- ing the coalition between the I-ree Soilers and Democrats, In ls.iO. oveitnrew Daniel Webster and elected Charles Sunnier to the United States Senate, lie was, there after, almost continually in public official station iu Massachusetts, and iu IS32 was President ot the National Free Sjiil Con vention at Pittsburg. In 1S53 he was elected U. S. Senator from Massachusetts to sueccrd Kdward Everett and was re elected in 18131. He gained at an early day a commanding position in the Senate and maintained throughout his Senatorial career a solid reputation for not only dis tinguished ability bu uncompromising honest-. He was foremost in the advo cacy of all measures looking to the restsic tion of the slave power and when the war came, as he predicted it would, he was an ardent supporter ot President Lincoln and all the measures for the suppression ot the rebellion. He introduced in the Senate the bill tor the abolition of slavery in the Dietrict of Columbia and the bill author izing the enlistment of negroes Hi the army and providing for the freedom of all enlisted negro soidiers and their wives and children. In 1872 he was elected Vice President of the United States. He has left, as the result of his literary labors, a "History of the Anti-Slavery Measures of the Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Eighth United States Congresses, ISliO to ISol;" "Testimonials of American Statesmen and Jurists to the Truths of Christianity;" "History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-Ninth ahd Fortieth Con gresses 18(i5, to IStiS;" "History of the part which Congress played in the war to Suppress the Rebellion," and "A History of the Rise and Fall of Slavery in the United States." The latter is, however, incomplete. Ex-Oov. Bennett of Idaho arrived here some days ago. lie proposes to sit. as Delegate in Congress this winter, but as the Confederate Cross-roads Democracy are in the majority in the Hons' , IJeuiiet t wid stand about as much show (to u-e a profane saying) as a cat in Hell without claws. Speaking of Bennett and Idaho reminds me that Col. R. J. Stevens, formerly Su perintendent of the San Francisco Mint, and late a clerk of one of the House Com mittees, and whose occupation will he gone alter the meeting of Congress, is seeking the appointment of Governor for Idaho. Senator Mitchell arrived here from Ore gon this morning. He is looking and feel ing well, considering the long and tire some journey he has just completed. I found him a couple ot hours after his ar rival, deeply immersed in the perusal ot a bushel or so ot business and personal let ters from bis constituents that had antici pated bis arrival. Work, steady, hard work seems hi3 natural element. Of course the Democrats and Confeder ate cusses are howling fearfully against Chandler for removing some of their pe culiar kind of patriots from the Interior Department. But the universal expres sion cl sentiment among Republicans is that it is a reform that ought to have been begun long since and that the other heads became intolerably vain-glot ions, boasting that there was more knowledge in his beard than in the whole of Galen. He was likewise shocktnglv impious, declar ing that if God would not impart to man the secrets ot medicine it was right to con suit the Devil. lie professed to have dis. covered the tlexir of life, which would prolong our mortal existence to any e.v. tent, lie died a miserable vagabond at the age of 4s. Dr. Hunch Introduction page ' According to the above history tiie mlti oral system ol mi diciue came from the Devil. Such, tin n. was the personage to whom we are indented tor the mtrodm lion of the mineral practice, which has cintinued to the present day, entailing mi-'ery on the Immau family to an amount beyono ad computation. i he Dr. say? on page 0: "The introduc tion of mineral agents into medical prac tice caused great excitement. The reu'ar physicians of that day. Galenic or Retail lc. eontenucti with much zeal against min erals; while, on the other hand, t! cnemieai practitioners or quacks, in veighed against, the Botanies, as being weak and iiu (licieut. The whole medical world was thus kept in commotion for 200 year--. Roth sides assailed each other with Ihe most approbrions epithets; and the contest has continued to the present day. Since the days of Paracelsus the great mass of physicians have placed their chief reliance upon the. lancet, the knife, and a few acrid and poisonous minerals, such as mercury, arsenic, calomel, strichuia, ainl such iike, appearing, in the selection of their remedies, as if totally regardless of secondary consequence, and aiming only at present effects; thus seeming to leave entirely out of consideration the future health and condition of their patients, this circumstance has feuded powerfully to retard the p-ogress of medical science; and herein we believe that medical reform is particularly called for." We say to the youth of Oregon, that they had better look well to this poisonous system of medical practice, be tore they spend their time and money. X. Kevser. a vt:xxu.t:ss utxu. There is living now in Milan a man without a roof to cover his head, who oulv a few years ago was a king. The London r.eno tens ms story as follows: 1 his per sonage is Leo li. ot Armenia, Prince of Karigosz, whose father was in the year LS4-3 dispossessed by the Russians. Short ly after this event the inhabitants of Ere van called his son to the throne bv the name of Leo VIL, but a simple command from St. Petersburg proved sufficient to letermine his fall, the only result of bis brief elevation being the loss of all his roperty and the withdrawal of a pension of 12.000 francs which had been allowed him by the Russian government. The landless tnonatch had indeed some capital in English and American batiks, but this he lost in consequence of engaging in rash .speculations. He then sold his jewels and other valuables, and soon had absolutely nothing. He is now living with his wife and six children in the bitterest povertv. It was in regard to Ellen Tree that one of Horace Greeley's bon mats was uttered. Several friends were lamenting her depart ure from Xew York, and Mr. Greeley re marked tint it. was hard to spare Ellen Tree, even to Heaven. "But," observed a friend, "it is not that, Mr. Greeley: she's, .oiag to Australia." "Oh, wellj"' returned Oreeiey, "Australia is a future State." Gen. Milroy, after a recent careful ex amination ot matters at the Puyallup Res ervation, reports the Indian school in a flourishing condition. He says there are near 40 scholars in attendance, nnd if room and means were at his command there might soon be 100. !. HlH'M-h !t(ilf-t4! nl s. I.otii. St. Lot is. Dce.9 The U.R.Orand Jury iiojounieii uj-uay alter presenting i; new indictment-. Although not ollicially an- nounceu mere seems to te no doubt that one ol these indictments is against Gen. Baheoi-k. PreviotH to adjournment the louowuig tetter, wiueti was signed bv a ju ror, was sei,r to its destination: I . S. Guam) JlTtv Room. ST. J.ons, Dec. 9. 1M75. lot- S. Grant. President of the I'nited States, W ashmstoii. D. C: TIip miiW. signed late I . ttraml Jurors for the eastern district of issourl, iu the dis charge of their sworn duty, have found it imperative on them to present to the U". S. Court of said district the names of mam- officials and other persons as being con- lieeled witn the conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue of the United States. A-citizens of our common country and sine relv desiring to Uphold the hands nt the Chief Executive in seeming an honest collection ot the public revenue, we can not retrain from thus testifying to our es timation of the moral support which we have leaned upon as imparted in vonr nn. hie instructions to the Secretary of the Treasury: "Let no guilty man "escape." The Tint;- on tiie President" ilessiige. LONiHis. Dee. S. The Times to-dav h a leading editorial on President Grant's messag, Referring to tiie part awui ,-spapiami i tma. it says; if Spam can suppress the Ct.bui rebellion; ir the island must I"' halt ruined, wi pe she hoi Is it: if . .... ... ...... . . -in- iu ooi pui an e.-iti ro mar msti'iitiou, which is the main source of disturbance. It would be hard to expect the United States to let the work of devastation pre et ed unchecked merely out of regard to the nominal sovereignty of Spain." Spain is on trial and the limits t Ji,.r power to restore order will be the limits ot her rights. The Beiitt-1,1 mil li:qnpt, London-. I,x.. ), The fii,H!t at Har wich 0eiei yesterday. The Captain and other officers ot the lH-tttsctilaii(' were ex amined. Nothing ne iv was elided. The inquest adjourned until Tuesday next. Six more dead bodies were brought ashore at Harwich. Lonkos, Dee. 10. At the inquest at Harwich . yesterday, Capt. Brkkenstein tesliliv-d that he signaled tas'hnr ressels eii g 3J-j-rti-cc. b it funic answered. Ju rymen ami others admitted that his :g nalsot Iistre-s were seen at Harwich. A juryman -tited that the seamen did not feci hound to risk then- lives and rn to the rescue, having no life boat. The Times of thi' eioruiug. says these tacts, if unexplained, cast disgrace on tiie Eng lish name. The total number ol lives lost on the Betitsch'and ate seventy-eight. It is !t0w ns.jertained that the crew numbered uitio- ty-i.vvte, of "ham fourteen were drow tied. I i nc vupiaiu Humus, ne wasau notir :mi a quarter out ot his reckoning. The steam er ifese! takes her surviving passenger.-; to New York. Further Itrt?etilir of Ihe r(;t Wen iiutfer. IMN. Dec. S. The Shainhip Deiu-e laud lies on the West ede of ihe Kentish Knock, in lour fathoms of water, her siern about five feet out ol water at high tide. Her wood ends have started, but her spar, sails, and everything are standing. Her hatches over the cargo are undisturbed, and her deck is dry at low water. 1 he owners of the vessel, together with the agent in London, and Captain Ihickensteni. went to the wreck to-dav. The i'inies says efforts will be made to save the Ih.-titschl.iiid. Both the Weiscr and the channel pilots were on her when she went on the rock. No definite expla nation is yet given lor her deviation from her course, except that a thick snow storm prevailed. Tlu Cnnard Steamer Liberia takes her mails for the United States. Lonixjx. Dee. S. Twelve corpses, in cluding those pf fun,- men, were brought asnoro at Harwich. it is though lew. if any bodies, remain on the wreck. The following additional news of the tlisaster are gleaned: The statement of the surviv ors 4S that the lead was cast t-yery half hour, w e fnund 24 fathoms, then 17. and immediately after we struck. The en gines were turned at full speed astern. when we instantly lost our propeller, and then we weredriven further upon the bank. The pumps were worked all day and rock ets 11 red. The passenger- remained on deck until driven info tun rlirciuir bv the sea. New Yoits. Dee. 8. A London special says Captain Biikcusteiu, ot the Deutsch- land, who is at Harwich to-day, gave tl e following particulars ot the" loss of his vessel: jie lelt Bremen Ha-en Sunday morning, and early the follow ing morning (Mood iv) encountered a heavy northeast snow- storm. The weather was so thick It was found necessary to throw the lead constantly, and to slacken the speed ot the vessel, av m.'s o ciock i ue vessel struck and shortly alterwards commenced bump ing very nam. Several vessels passed us quite close, but paid no attention whatever to our signals ot distress. I ordered the lifeboats to be got in readiness and soon hail them swung out. but did not deem it safe to lower them in such a heavy sea. One boat was lowered against my positive orders, and was almost instantly swainped and six persons in her were drowned. A tretnemiuotis sea swept the deck a few minutes later and washed overboard many passengers, who had all been previously provided with lite dreservers. After this I ordered the passengers to take to the rigging and some sought safety in the w lieelhottse, from which position they were rescued by the tug boat at 1 o'clock in the morning. New Yokk, Dec. 8. Dispatches from Loudon states that the first signals of dis tress sent up from the steamer Deittchland were seen by tho men of the English coast guard service at six o'clock Monday morn ing. Several coast guard men turned out and commenced to search for volunteers to go with them in the tug boat Liverpoo', of Harwich, and aid them m the attempt to rescue the passengers and crew ot the Deutschland. Those to whom they ap plied refused, and now explain their con duct by saying they thought it was only a collier which had been lost; that had they known the distressed vessel had passen gers ou board they would have gone out. ihe sea was rough and Harwich was the only place ou the line of the shore, wilhont a lifeboat. Iesp!TP.(ioii of tiie P:tssFiis;crfi. A woman, crazed by disnair, hung her self from the roof of the shin's cabin. One man committed suicide bv cuttinsr the veins in his arms. A Sweede, saved from the wreck of the Schiller, was drowned. M any ot tne rescued are severely frostbit ten, and some are not expected to recover. At daylight Tuesday morning the dead Kerlon Accident. Ti ...... .... . .... . i Ai.i-Aiif., uec. ".. This morning a man named J. E. Fowler, while trying to mtuuiiniu an -n?me rrom ft Ireto-tit elr nn the E. & P. Railroad was caught by a rope mm miicu tuey were attached and drawn miner the car. He was seriously injured. nut breaking no bones, he will doubtless recover vwtuin a lew weeks. After Mos Tweed. Ottawa, Ontario, Dec !).-Tliree Xew xorK detectives arrived here to-day, in search of Boss Tweed. They are under ioe impression that lie Is, eooee ile.l i. acd with the assistance of our detectives !ire searching the city. JlntM-ork ! Indicted. ST. LOl'IS. Dec. 9. lien Rnluw-lr 1 ... dieted and copies of the indictment are sent to Chicago. Ad it onal evide.. against juabcock was received from Wash. ington. The II lit ISnee to Come Ott. !-AJ HUN-CISCO. Dec. 10. From state. ments made yesterday by the members of the Pacific Jockey Club, the great " "ice win come on on Christinas aay. it tne weather continues fair, i tie Horses a fleeted by the epizootic are recovering fast. Joe Daniels, tho manager ot Springbok, publishes a note correct mjr me report that Ispringbok about to leave m the East. On the con-' irary. ne lias entirety recovered from his ia; indisposition and will ne on hand on curtstmas day. J. Don Browne' Funeral. l ne itinera! or J. Koss Browne will be held from his residence to-day at 10 o nock. More Troubles In MlKNlHslppl. Chicago, !ec. 10 The Times' Vicks- nurg special says news has just readied tnai cuy oi ansa state ol affairs at Roll ing r ork, 3(1 miles above Vick-burg. Two weeks ago a jiersonal difficulty between a white man and a negro resulted iu the latter being wounded. Shortly after body of negroes went to the store where tne white man had concealed himself, and knocking down the doors shot and beat him. Immediately afterwards several ne groes engaged iu this outrage were arrest- eu, wneii an attempt at escape led to the wounding of a number of both whites and blacks. The community was kept in constant apprehension of an outbreak uutii on .Monday, when information was received that the negroes were arming in large force to march upon the whites, who were unprepared, the colored nonnlafion being largely in excess ol the whites. The colored sheriff, Scott, also notified the whites of the intended insurrection, and authorized the whites to act as a yo i-tmihitmi to arrest and disperse the armed uamis oi negroes, i lie whites, number ing 75, under tiie command ot Col. Ball, met the negroes, numbering 300, com manded bv Noah Parker, near Hunt's place, and a battle ensued, in which the colored commander and one of his cap tains, Arthur MeBrooks. and five other I Itaders, were killed. The negroes scat tered In wild confusion after the first fire, and none ot the whites were seriously hurt. All rt-wirted fpiiet now. but the whites are still under arms. The negroes are rejwrted organizing, and another con flict is expected. Mrawys, Dec. 10. A special from Jcksburg says a riot occurred at Rolling Forks, 35 miles above here, between the whites and blacks. Seven negroes, in einding their leaders, were killed. Xo whites hurt. A gentleman Irom there says all quiet now. The negroes fled to the woods in fright. The riot" grew out of the attompt of the negroes to rescue one of their colored friends arrested on ac count ot a difficulty with whites. FrntKl Foiled-Swindler Flea. Wasiv?ton Dee. 10 A telegram has been reteived from Yokohama stating that a Portuguese, having been detected in trying to negotiate false letters ot credit, purporting tone issued bv Japan foro00, IMKJ, fled to America or Europe. Interocennlc Onnl. OtTtfAOO. Dec. 10. A Washington let ter says Lol. Geo. W illtamsou. L". S. Min ister to the provinces of Central America, is in the city. He is much interested in the success of the interoceanie canal. He agrees with the report of the piioIiipbm that the Nicaragua route is the oulv feasi ble one. He answers the criticisms on this route very easi ; . It has been said bv some critics that eiTOimjiy in the o:inec-tioir-v'iii ttie two oceat-3 would be to cut through toe Ist'imv.is, at Darien. s0 that the wafers of the two oceans could meet. Ibis, Mr. W illtatnson thinks, is utter'ry impraeneame, as tiie beds of the two oceans are on very "different level. The tide at Aspinwall amounts to almost noth ing, while at Panama it comes In with tremendous force. Should a wide channel be cut away, allowing the waters of the Pacific to pass through to the Atlantic the immense pressu-e front the west would w ash in enough sand to soon ntterlv choke up the channel. I'lns is shown by the fid that from Panama a long way out the water is very shp.llow, as it is all along the western coast. In case the Nicaragua route is used the cunil, when it reaches Ihe western shore, will have to be built into tne sea tor some distance, in order to pi rant the passage of ships. I'rrae(e! Cabinet Kemion. Washington, Dec. 10 The Cabinet session to-day was of unusual length and the attention of the President ami Cabi net officers was directed almost wholly to the subject ol whisky fraud trials in St. Louis. Hoi lie Jlniiire .Hiirners. Potts vii.i.n, j)PC. 10 Dispatches from Mahoney City and Gilberton state there is much excitement there in consequence of two murders committed at 2 o'clock this morning hy maskod men, who entered the house of Charles O'Doimell, seizing and binding him and binding him and carrying him back to the house, where he was shot dead. A man named McAllister was also taken from his house and shot. A sister of McAllister was also murdered. The murderers are supposed to be Moilie Magtiires. Xo reason was given by the people in the neighborhood tor the blaody deeds. Agriculture. Washington, Dee. 10 The Agricultu ral Reports for Xovember indicate that the corn crop of 1875, was one of the larg est ever grown in the country. It is prob ably equal to the very large crops of 1870 and 1874, and about one-third larger than the crop ot 1800. Every section of the Union reports an increese. Uen' Hancock's Indictment Fonutl. The indictments against Gen. Babcock by the grand jury at St. Louis has been officially communicated to the Attorney General. Special Counsel Henderson has telegraphed to the Attorney General that a sworn statement of the remarks he made on the Avery trial has been forwarded to Washington. Wrecks Halifax, Dec. 10 The shooner Hope well and Waterwitch, were wrecked on the 2i)th. The former on Biscayan Rock and the latter at Pouch Cove. Nineteen men were drowned. Indian Depredations In Arizona. Prescott, Dec. 10 The Indians have stolen 11 head of cattle Irom Geo. I lance & Bro., and shot four more near Verde river; also robbed the camp of Mr.Francis. The scouts are in pursuit. Strons Charge to the Jury Against Io i3Klu.v. Salt Lake, Dec. 10 Chief Justice White delivered a strong; charge to the jury to-day in the Geo. Reynolds polyga my case, calling tor the enforcement of the law of Congress as regards polygamy in this Territory before further injury is done to innocent women and children. The jury, this evening brought in a ver dict ot guilty, with recommendation to mercy. Cuban Question not Nettled. Chicaoo, Dec. 11 A Washington spe cial says it seems probable that the nego tiations of Caleb Cushing at Madrid have notieen as successful as hd been expect ed. The President, in bin message, sard the government of Spam had submitted to Mr. Cushing certain ptoposals, which it is hoped may be found to be the basis, if not the actual submission of terms to meet the requirement of the particular griefs of which this government has felt itself en titled to complain. It is manifest from the consideration of the Spanish note that the proposals submitted do not so ncarlv furnish the basis as bad been boned. It re mains to be seen whether the President in his special message will re-emphasize these words: "Should the conflict not soon be brought to an end by the acts of the parties themselves, other nations will be compelled to assume the responsibility which developed upon them and to seri ously consider the only remaining measure possible meditation and intervention." it. is on this point that the Snanish note ia unsatisfactory. It is evasive as to the paci fication of Cuba. It Is understood that at the cabinet meeting vestcrdav the last Spanbh note wag discussed at some length. Although this note is tmneilatnrv enough hi tone, and is in a certain sense satisfactory, yet it leaves matters in smeli a shape that It Is not improbable that the President will be unable, in his special message, which he will ghottlv .send in. to announce to Congress a determination of any or the liniortatit questions which have been the subject ot correspondence between the two governments. The Pres ident will therefore remit the disposition of the matter to Congress and from the expressions of the members it may be ex pected there will be Home exceptions ta ken to the policy of the admiuistratio::. A diMHfl.Ut.oJ tMwjuber of-Die House who lias t-erved with distinction" nnf the Foreign Affairs Committee, and who will. without doubt, agf in be placed upon it, stated his positive dissatisfaction with it. The intervention could mean nothing but war, and there would lie no excuse for that. Belligerent recognition, be claimed, was tne only proper couise. Inter-Oceanic mini. The President, in view of the import ance of the inter-oceanic canal nroieet. de cided at the last moment to withhold anv allusion to it, in his annual message, and he wrote a special rness.jge upon the sub ject, l his he expects to send to Congress next week. He will especially urge an ap propriation this winter for the bee-iiiiiina ot the work. Postal I lmnge. Washington-, Dee. 12 Postal changes on the Pacific Coast: Postofflces estab lished At Antler, Lake cotintv. Oot. T S. Brattan. postmaster: at silver r ?l-o Lake count', Ogn., George C. Duucan. postmaster; at Summer. Lake countv. ugll.. u in. U. A vrtlL nostmasrer: sf w bite Hill. Lake countv. On.. Wm. II. Miller, postmaster. Postmasters appointed John W. Hob- son. Jewell, Clat-op county, Ogn; Mrs. Clarissa Woods, Wilioughby", Wasco com. tv. Ogn. Sleeting of the lie put. I lean National Con- mi nee. Xt.w Yokk, Dec. 11 The Times to morrow will publish the following i IKTH AVKNl K HOTEL, Dec. 11. '75. The Republican National Committee will meet Thursday, January 13th. at 10 A. M., at Arlington Hotel." Washino-f on. D. C, for the purpose of fixing a place for holding the next Republican Conven tion for the nomination of President nnd Vice President. E. D. MORGAN". Chairman. W. E. Chandlkk, Scc'y. So Public Jf oner for f eetarlnn Schools. A special from Washington savs the Iiemocrats are genenlly accenting the idea that they should fall in with the President's suggestion of a constitutional amendment prohibiting ttie support of sectarian schools out of the public money. " At a meeting of tlte Democratic Associ ation or the District of Columbia, lat .,:..t, .1... . . . . i . T WE" i. toe urn steps ;owaru SUCH a move ment were taken by the introduction of resolutions reciting that the free school system of the United States is the bright star in the galaxy of the republic, and on us maintenance anu perpetuity depends tiie present and future of the American people; that Use Democratic nam- alwavs hts t all times resisted, and hereafter will resist, any and all attempts looking ro the division of the public school fund, no mat ter for what purpose; that the Demo ,-itie party is now. and always will he. ill favor oi iree scikki.s, iree press, tree trade, and gold and silver as the only constitutional money of the nation, paper money beino the illegitimate oflspring of the Republi can party. It is well known to the nation at large that the oulv fatal blow ever at tempted to be struck at the free schools of this country, was by the Republican psrtv in Congress, when it endeavored to mix white and biack ehiloren in the same school. Xo States shall make any law re specting the establishment of any "religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof, aud no money raised by taxation tor the support of public scVtools. or derived from any public fund therefor, shall ever be under the control of any religions, teec nor shall any money so raised ever be rV.vided b tweet: religious sects or rlenomi nations. Skeletons IieoTerel -Supposed Fletlms of the fiilii.0 1 ton. Panama. Dec. 2 The Opinione Xa tionale. of Lima. Pent, says: Repairs on the old San Andres Hospital being neces sary, one wall of the Chinese ?ard was thrown down, when the laborers found that the wall was hollow and filled with human remains. The laborers then work ed with zeal, until between four and five thousand skeletons were discovered. San Andres Hospital was built in 1557,- under the protection of the Marquis of Caneledon Andres Hurtado, and by the advice ot a Spanish priet named Molina. Since then to the present time it has been employed Log Angeles is aboot repaired and she advertised to sail .for the Sound ports on sM-.uuajr UlUlIIIIIg. t ' AhIioi e. The bark Henry Buck with one thou sand tons of coal, reported ashore In Nan imo harbor, was towed off on Sunday last without damage and sailed for San Fran cisco ou the (Jth inst. Steamer California not Arrive. No news of the steamer California Irom Sitka had been received when the steamer left Nanaimo yesterday morning. Kftrvcj-lntr Parly Returned. The two parties engaged in the stirrer of the Natmimo and Esquimau railroad, with their baggage and stores, were brought here this morning. Bad weather has interfered materially with the work during the past month. Only about eight or ten miles remain to close the gap be tween the two parties. MITE ITEMS. The roads throughout Coos county are reported almost impassable since the late heavy rains. Fallen timber and deep mud have almost entirely put a stop to travel, except on foot. Three average-sized turnips from a patch raised this year by Miles Davis, in Beaver ton precinct, Washington nmty, w,imk) all totfcjoer 54 poundis. The ilrst one was 3 feet and 3 inches in circumference " and 1 foot In diameter, and weighed 25 pounds, the second 19, the third 13 pounds. They were raised on up land and the seed was sown about the 1st of July. James A. Vunnoy, of Josephine county, has been convicted in the U. S. Circuit Court at Portland, for selling liquors without a license. The court sentenced him to pay a fine of one hunered dollars and 00 days imprisonment in the county jail. The Jacksonville Sentinel says: The ease of the State vs. Daniel Doty, tor the shooting of the boy Brooks Johnson, was submitted to the jury on Thursday, aud on Monday last they returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. Messrs. Helms A fVinrfan li, ifTs-s. v - WUUCV bitiotl at their saloon "v,fc"3 jHSHiius. it was raiseu oy Frank Smith, of Applegate. The epizootic is again prevalent In this county and a large number ol horses have it, though in a very mild form. The Albany Register says: "Articles of iucorporation were to have been filed yes terdtrr, incorporating tiie Subscriber's As sociation and reading room. Capital stock. S500; shares, 5 each. Mr. Brower has the matter in band. The intention is, we sttpiKtse, to furnish subscribers with a Large amount of reading matter, such as news papers, histories, scientific works, etc. It wiil le a good thing to have around. The big ox, "Lost River Banger," on exnibltiou at the State Fair, Is reported dead. for the charitable and humane ournoses tor which it was constructed. How the sKe: -ions: came wneie tney were found is not known to any one. but the South Pa cific Times savs an impression generally prevails that these bones belong to the vic tims of th Inquisition. They appear to oe irom vi.) to 200 years oiu and from their appearance lead to the lieliet that the bones were throw i into the opening between the walls, as the skeletons appear to be clothed and dressed. Boots and shoes are fotinti. mixed with large quantities of women s hair. Portions of Spanish mis sals have also beeu found, but nothing of I any value. I"rieit Condemned lo ncath. Padre l'alaciou. the nriest who was the cause of the outrages, murders and incen diarism at San Miguel, in Salvador, has been condemned to death by a military tribunal. Report of I'. 8. tirautt Jury on Title x,auus. San Francisco, Dec. 11 The IT. S. grand jury has filed a report in the Circuit Court. In it they call the attention of the State and Federal authorities to the injury liable to result to the San Francisco harbor from the filling of the large area of tide lands which have been, and are to be sold by the State. Sneh filling would, in the opinion of competent engineers work seri ous damage to the harbor. Mctnoratin or Steamer Ia Angeles. ViCTOiiiA. Dec. S. via Pout Town. send. Dec. 10 The steamship Los Amreles. Chas. Thome, commander, left San Fran cisco on Monday, 20th ot Xovember, at noon, with 2:ti! tons of freight and 43 pas sengers for Victoria and Sound ports. On December 1st. at 9:;0 A. M., 95 miles south of the Columbia river, the engine broke down. We immediately set sail tempor arily, repaired the injury and went ahead again at 10:30 l M., but after a few houre the engine again broke, rendering it im possible to do anything with it. After that we were under sail, and experienced very heavy weather. On the morning of Dec. oth we lost a sailor named James Walsh overboard. It blowing a gale at the time it was impossible to save him. This morning at 10 A. m. Her Majesty's man-of-war Rocket took us in tow off Tree Point, twenty miles east otCane Flattery, arriving in Victoria harbor at 2 r. M. Steamer Dakota Detained. Victoria, Dee. 11, 8:55 r. m The steamer Dakota was detained yestertiay afternoon (December 10th) at Esoui- malt, taking in stores for her H. M. S. Repulse. The weather was so thick she would not venture out during the night. and high wind this morning prevented her leaving. It having moderated she sailed it noon for San Francisco with 150 passen gers, among them o Henley late 0.uafter- master ot tne raeine. The Machiueiy ol the Los Angeles It- The damage to the machinery of the "BFXIGIOCS TRICKERY." Under the above heading the Oregon Chtirehrnati says: We have long been persuaded that among the traveling "Evangelists," "Re-vivali-xs," etc., of the present clay, wIhj have such marvels to relate of the results of their preaching and praying, and who make such bold claims concerning their di vine commission, t lie re are some who have little claim to common honesty. There are quacks, tricksters and clieats among uvjii oaiiuiu- sjrc-vLHi mission irom Heav en, just as there are m otner professions aim callings ana we ttnnk we are doing a good service to the community when we remind them of this. Tiie Examiner and Chronicle an able aud honest Baptist pa per has recently been showing up some of these religious Uieats, as we learnt from tiie Church Journal. Of several cases of fraud by which "thriving providences" and "temarkable coincidences'' were worked up" we select tiie following: A noted evangelist, preaching near Bos ton, announced that on tiie following even ing he would preach tiie unpardonable sin. It was also advertised in the papers. The evening came and the preacher. His ap pearance was anxious and distressed. He arose, ami in a sepulchral voice said the announcement had been made of a ser mon on the unpardonable sin. "Man proposes, God disposes."' He had been in his closet all day; Jesus had been with bitn and talked with him. Sweet the mo ments, etc. He could not resist the de mands of his Saviour there were perish- . ing ones wlio needed to hear of the Lamb of God, and in "obedience to the hearenlr vision,'1 he would preach from "Behold tiie Lamb ot God." Tiie anthoritr fnr this story is a doctor of divinity, of the suburbs of Boston. He had been greatly moved. The change of subje at the Saviour's bidding had touclied him deep ly, and the whole audience was very much a fleeted. Passing through a distant city not long afterwards, where tiie same evangelist was holding forth, and seeing the annoancee ment of the sermon on me unpardonable sin, and noxious now to hear it, he remained over. Judge of his aston ishment at the wonderful coincidences. Word for word, appearance of depression, tone, gesture, the same. There had been an interposition. He had been in his cioset, and in obedience to the Saviour's command the subject was changed. Tiie doctor was greatly moved again, but this time with indignation. In vain I; lie ex horted to look at it as a wonderful double coincidence, and to let his faitt rest. Is it any wonder in view of such things as this, that infidelity mocks and grows stronger? Is it any wonder that a gool- many sober minded Christian pet" choose to give these "Revivalists" a w berth when tliey come their way? f- PROMPTSiESS IX THE t-IK. FACE OF i i The Olympia Echo of recent date tell this: Yesterday forenoon, while a couple of men were coming down the bay from Turn water with a load of wood, their scow began to leak. Tiie terrified crew Set up a howl of despair which brought several spy-glasses upon them. The brave Captain and first officer were the first to leave the ship. They plunged into the bay with a despairing air aud floundered about upon the calm waters. A boat was sent to their rescue. The scow from which they had leaped to save tliemselyes was nearly an hour floating to the beach. The Oregonian says: An unprovked assault, according to the statement of bystanders, was committed Monday night near Humbel's saloon, upon a man named Tom Collens, a runner for Turk's sailor boarding house by a man whose name we tailed to learn, which came very near resulting fatally. Collens received a gash in the back of tiie neck nearly six inches long and quite deep, oc casioning great loss of blood. He was conveyed to Xeppaeh's drug store where the wound was sewed up by W. B. Card well, after which the wounded man was conveyed home by his friends. The stran ger was arrested and lodged iu the ciunty jail- An ancient darkey called at the Central Station yesterday and informed the captain that "a feller had borrowed his watch and gone right to Canada," and lie wanted to know what could be done about it. "Nothing," said the eaptain. "And he can't be totched back?" "No."' "Well, dere's one thing sartin," said the loser, as he went out, "dat watch won't run over fifteen minuts to wonce, onless he hires a boy to shake it." Detroit Free Press. Grandfather to his hopeful "My so.j, wich wonld you rather have when you get home, a little brother or a little "sister?" Grandson Well, I would rather have a little pony."