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VOL 20.
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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
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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
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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."