FORTY-FIFTH- COXGEESS. i, ! Senate. v Washington, Dec 9. The'TTanse resolution for investigation of of the yellow fever epidemicwa agreed to. j Garlaud submitted a resolution instructing the committee on Indian affairs to inquire into the expediency of revising the laws regulating intercourse with Indian tribes in the Indian territory; and to issue to the proper authori ties of said tribes 4J per cent bonds in lieu of all moneys held ia trust for them by the Lnited States, except the educational funds or payments dueTinder existiug treaties, with in structions to the secretary of the treasury to refer claims for adjudication to the court of claims; agreed to. . i .. ,.:.,.; '4 - -.. V Hn.' ruTcbard offered" a resolution for a recess from the 21st of December to the 6th of Janu ary: referred to the ommittee on ways and meM.'" Fort moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution declaring the lesjal tender qual ity of the silver dollar of 412J grains, shall be maintained and enforced, and any discrimina tion against it by any national bank, in refus ing to receive it and treat it as legal money, shall be deemed a defiance of the laws and instructing the banking committee to report a bill for the "withdrawal of the circulating notes of the bank so offending; defeated. Yeas 150, nays 89; net two thirds. Chalmers moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill prohibiting contributions from offi cers of the government for use in elections, but it went over without action. ; . On motion, the Cly mer resolution was adopt ed, declaring that Congress shall take part in the services to bo held in honor of the memory of the late. Professor Joseph Henry on the loth of January next, i ; - v. Young offered a resolution for the appoint ment oi a committee of nine members to in vestigate methods of preventing the introduc tion and spread of epidemic diseases; adopted. Townsend of Illinois offered a resolution re citing he rules recently established in regard to silver dollars, and inquiring of the secretary of the treasury whether the department has acquiesced in and is to be governed by them; referred. ' Also, a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to consider and . report whether national banks which took part in such con spiracy had forfeited their charters; referred. - Rent. ' ' . Washington, Dec. 10. - Booth pre tinted a memorial of Boss, Dempster & Co., Pope & Talbot and 25 outer merchants ol aan irancisco, praying lor legislation to authorize tho payment of war premium claims ont of the balance of the Geneva award. He also presented a memorial of Gov.. Downey and fifty other citizens of Los Angeles and vicinity against the adoption of - the proposed commercial treaty with Franee, ' affecting the present ' rates of duties on imported wines . and brandies. . .; ; Spencer, from the committee on military affairs, reported favorably to the Senate a bill authorizing Dr. Junius Powell to be Ap pointed assistant surgeon in the U. S. ; army. On explanation of the bill he said that Pow ell had rendered services as assistant sur geon, but could not be regularly appointed because he served in the confederate army when n minor. - During the debate Beck gave notice that he would to-morrow introduce a bill to re peal Bection 1,218 of the revised statutes, wuicb piuviues mat --no person ,.."0 nas served in any capacity in the military, naval or civil service of the so-called confederate States in insurrection, during the late rebel lion, should be appointed to any position in the army of the United States.' The bill was read the third time and pass ed. Yea, 39, nays 21. Wallace introduced a bill to authorize the exchange of subsidiary coin for trade dollars; ' referred. The bill .provides that subsidiary twins shall be exchanged for trade dollars at the rate of one hundred cents for each of said dollars, and they shall forthwith be re coined to subsidiary coin and the gain, if any be, made, may be' used, by the secretary of the treasury to pay the expense of send ing the subsidiary coin to such , persons or - banks as may desire the same in exchange for other bonds. Coinage of trade dollars shall cease from and after the passage of this act. At the expiration of the morning hour 1 consideration was resumed of the bill relat ing to presidential elections, and Morgan made a speech favoring the measure. After the debate, the Senate held a brief executive session ' and adjourned till to morrow. . Bills were introduced by Vance of North Carolina, to repeal the C. b. electoral super visors law. .," ' . ' , By Atkina To make minor or subsidiary coins a legal tender for all debts due the gov ernment, inducting customs dues. By Burchardt Kequiring, national . bank ing associations to reeeive legal tender coins on deposit at par for Lnited States and na tional bank notes, and also directing the U S. treasurer to receive coin of the United States in exchange for United States notes. - By Cummings To -provide lor redemp tion of subsidiary coin of the United States and for their reissue. By Pasre To enforce the. 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution, i Wood, from the committee on ways and means, reported a hill to authorize the .issue of certificates of deposit to aid the refunding of thevpuhlic ; debt;: recommitted. Also a resolution distributing the President's mes- mnge among various committees; adopted, The House then went into a committee of the whole on the naval appropriation bill. Clymer explained that it was substantially the bill of last year, as it becande a law. The estimates of tha secretary of navy had only been about $40,000 greater than last year's appropriation. The committee on appropri ations had been -able, without detriment to the service and with the concurrence of the department, to reduce the amount asked for 1 by $133,134. The f appropriation of - last year had been $14,151,601, and the bill recommended $14,018,469. - Not a single amendment was offered' to the bill, and the committee reported it to the uonse ana u wastnereupon passed. A resolution was passed to pay the widow of the late Representative from Nebraska (Air. Welch) the pay of a member to the end of Congress. - . . The Speaker laid before the House the re quest of the Senate that it be furnished with a copy of Jaa. E. Anderson's testimony re lating to Senator Matthews, and on motion of Potter, the request was complied with. The speaker announced as a committee to inquire into the causes of the yellow fever, epidemic Young, Gibson, Goode Hartridge, Morse, Garfield, Harmer and Chittenden. The speaker also announced appointments to fill vacancies in committees. The House then went into committee of the whole, Springer in the chair, on tho con sular and diplomatic appropriations bill. On motion of Hale, the salary of ministers i tq England, France, Germany and ltussia j reported in the bill at $15,000, was, by a j vote of 98 to 91, put back to the present figure of $17,500. An amendment to increase the salary of ministers to Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and China from $10,000 to $12,000 was defeated. Likewise an amendment providing for ministers to Belgium and the Netherlands. The consideration of the bill having been concluded in committee of the whole, the house passed the bill after striking out the . amendment agreed to in the committee de creasing the salaries of ministers to Great Britain, France, Germany and Eussiu. ; Senate... - Washington, Dec. 11. Windom reported the fortification appro priation bill and gave notice that he would call it up to-morrow. Beck introduced a bill for a repeal df the section of the revised statues which prohibits the appointment to the army any person who served under the confederate . government; laid on the table for the present. Ferry introduced a bill to fix the salary of persons in the railway mail service; referred. Merriman submitted a 'resolution calling upon the secretary of war as to the arms and equipments issued to officers of the treasury and internal departments and department of justice; where such arms are now, and whether any of them have been sold; agreed to. On motion of Hamlin the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution submit ted by Blaine, in regard to inquiry as to whether at the recent elections the constitu tional rights of American citizens-were vio lated. .; ... . h Blaine said he offered pending the resolu tion: First To place ou record in definite and authentic form, the fraud and outrages by which some recent elections were carried by the Democratic party in the Southern States. Second To find if there be any method by which a repetition of these crimes against free ballot may be prevented. Debate followed and was participated in by Thurman, Lamar. Edmunds and Blaine. The debate between Lamar, Edmunds and Blaine was characterized by a good many personal allusions. -?- 1 Tiie resolution was finally laid aside, and consideration resumed of a bill to tamend the patent laws. Windom, from the appropriation committee, reported , with amendments, the military academy bill; placed on the calender. Ifone. The pension appropriation bill was reported, referred and maue a special order for to-morrow A. bill, reported last year from committee on commerce, to regulate inter-State commerce and prevent discrimination by common car riers, was taken up and discussed. - The bill makes it unlawful for persons en gaged in transporting property by railroad from one State to another,- or to and from any foreign country, to discriminate against any persous in the price charged. It prevents pool ing of freight, combinations and drawbacks. ' Beagan explained and advocated the bill. Potter opposed ir, as being superfluous and useless. Townsend of Illinois, advocated the bill. The combination of trunk hues had recently increased the cost of transportation on Wheat I from St. Louis to New York 8 or 9 cents per bushel. Farmers of the west who anticipated higher prices for their wheat have been in jured thereby. It was as much in the inter est of those living at terminal as at interme diate points. Every western producer -was interested in having the strong band of gov ernment to prevent monopolies levying taxes on producers. . - -' Phillips of Kansas favored some parts of the bill and opposed others; railroads should be permitted to carry great quantities of freight cheaper than small. Cannon said he favored the provision against pooling, but not for the sestion pro hibiting a reduction in the rate for long dis tances.. ; ' Hewitt said it was an unwise measure. An inter-State commission of experts was a proper remedy for grevious existing abuses, which de manded careful attention from all those who wished t3 develope a great foreign trade that is pulling the country out of the quagmire into which bad financial legislation has plung ed it The bill then passed 1S9 to 110. ' The House took up the Geneva award bill and adjourned. Senate. Washington, Dec. 12. Anthony called up Senate bill atnhorizing the public printer to print papers and docu ments for senators, representatives and dele gates in Congress upon the cost and 10 per cent, additional; passed. Windom called up the fortification appro priation bill. Amendments of the committee, increasing the appropriation for armament of the sea coast fortifications from $125,000 to $2o0,000r and for the preservation and repair of fortifications from $100,00 to $200, 000, were agreed to and the bill then passed. A brief discussion as to the order of busi ness resulted in an- agreement that the vote on Edmund's bill, in regard to counting the electoral vote, be taken to-morrow. The bill from the House to correct the en rollment in the sundry civil appropriation bill of last year in regard to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas, passed without amendment. , House. Wood offered a resolution directing inquiry into the conduct of the chief supervisor of election, Davenport at the last election in New ..York, and its consideration was post poned till to-morrow. The allegation is that Davenport was guilty of illegal, unjust and oppressive exercise of pretend authority-in causing the arrest, detention and imprison ment of citizens innocent of offense, by which he deprived them of the right to vote, and subjected them to indignity; insult and intimidation without warrant of law or justifi cation, which arrests have been declared il legal by U. S. judges. . ' ; , 1 A resolution was adopted ordering recess from December 2Uth to January but. Seattle. r .Washington, Dec. 13; The bills introduced and' referred included the following: By Plum To provide for the temporary in crease ot the army in: an emergency. By Coukling (by request) To amend the laws relating to pensions. This' Ijill concerns the fees of attorneys. ' It is claimed thr.t the present regulations prevents those entitled to pensions securing the services of respectable attorneys.; a ' .:,) Morrill, from the committee on finance, re ported favorably on the Senate bill to author ize duplicates of register-id land stolen from the Manhattan Saviugs i Institution, of New 1 ork city; passed. : :. . ; .". T-f Gordon introduced a bill to secure more ef ficint collection of revenue from cigars; re ferred. . At the expiration of the morning hour con sideration was resumed of the bill in regard to the count of the electoral vote, and Bayaid spoKe in its tavor. . House resolution looking to the investiga tion of the official conduct of J. I. Davenport V. 8. supervisor of elections at ftew 1 ofk, was adopted without objection after ' being amended so as to make the investigation' ex. tend to his conduct on election days. ' Beck called up the House bill to repeal so much of the civil sundry appropriation bill for the present hscalyear as appropriates to C. J. Byrett, late Indian agent at the Ponco agency, $32,505, and moved that it be referred to the committee on appropriations. : Blaine's election resolutions passed; yeas 35 nays 26. .,- .- - " ' ? v Blaine moved to take up the resolution sub mitted bv him on the first day of the session in regard to citizens being deprived of their constitutional rights so that it would be un finished business on Monday. Wadleigh objected, and said senate bill to reviso and consolidate statutes relating to patents had the precedence. Blaine said if his resolution was to pass, it was important that it be passed before the holidays. Wadleigh said the resolution would lead to discussion while the patent bill would not. Blame said that Senator adleigh did not know that the resolution would provoke dis cussion. Wadleigh moved to adjourn. I ! . i.i J 1.. .. I, , -H P.ntik. lican side raised an objection and called for yeas and nays. lhe motion to adjourn was agreed to; yeas 34: nava (: Bon'th. Davis of Illinois. IliL'alla and Wadleigh voting with the Democrats in the affirmative. Adjourned till Monday. llonne. . "' ' 1 ' and canals, reported a bill to authorize the" Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis railway Co. - 'fcn ann af.rn ft. a t rriar rrn a era ni 1 mail from tide watr to St Louis and Chicago; re- coroiruuea, i ; t erred to the sweeping charges made in the public press against members of the committee on enrolled bills for drunkenness at the close of the last chargea as unqualifiedly false, and nied atate- uw Hum me spe&Ker ana otner omcera of vuo xiuuto in support ot bis remark. ? i The bills nn ihn ruaat?AWa At.. : -w e iMwo BlUUC hIlt? last session ware taken up and referred to wumawta except, wnere objections were made, as was ths . with - v,;n u uiu w ccyvcu blJU resumption act. and a bill to extend .the time vv-uwyvMuu ui tuc a urvuerxi iraciuc rail road. Thesebilla remain on the speaker's table. '. ThO COmmiffrA An Atnlma mhai4J originally introduced by Philips, pf Kansas, amending an act matincr lor the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1372 passed, It includes ii the settlements provided for in that bill, all accounts for laborers, etc., em ployed by the government between the 19th of May, 1809, and the date when full pay ment was commenced for 8 hours' work, by the act of May 6th, when it shall be made to appear that the reduction in hours' labor wrs the cause of a reduction in wages. The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar., : ;' . The first bill on the calendar was a bill for reimbursing the college of W illiam and Mary for property destroyed during the late war. Eeefer opposed the passage of the bill, saying that he did so without any desire or intent of - keeping ill will engendered by the lati? war though the fact should not be lost sight of, that the college was destroyed by a war brought oij in part by its own teachings, and that no record showed that a single stu dent in that institution had entered the Union army. He opposed it because there was no legal ground for the payment of the claim ami denied that there wHs any prece dent for such payment. , Eden would not vote for the bill because it might establish a precedent. , The committee then rose without action. Wilson, of West Virginia introduced a bill making the trade dollar a legal tender; re ferred. .r ; ' ' . ': Gibson introduced a joint resolution giv ing notice to terminate the convention of June, 1S75 with the king of Hawaiian islands; referred. Adjourned. Seunte. - . Washjsgtos, Dec. 14" Sparks, from the committee on appropria tions, reported be Indian appropriation bill which was made a special order lor weducs dav next. - Durham from the same committee reported military academy appropriation bill with Sen ate amendments, which with trivial exceptions was non-concurred in. PhiliDS submitted resolution reciting the recent Indian raids in Kansas and AebrasHa and the capture of the marauders, and calling on the secretary ot tne interior lor lniormaiiou as to why he had not surrendered the guilty and responsible parties and such Indian bands to tne autuorn-ies oi ivaiisas anu i.eorasa adonted. Senate bill to reculate presidential elections was taken from the speaker s table and inter red to a committee on the subject. Adjourned. Senate. Washington, Dec 16. A number of bills were introduced during the mornine hour and referred. Conk line submitted a resolution instructing tne couiunt&ee on mulctary iaj cammo luw the expediency of repealing all laws for the compensation by lees ot U. a. attorneys and substituting hxed salaries; agreed to. Beck submitted a resolution that the secre tary of the treasury appear in person on Wed nesuav next and tntorm - the senate what reason, if any, he has for failing to answer the resolution of the 6d of lecember lS7o, in re gard to the amount of silver coin received for custom dues, and wnetner ne naa applied, it, or any part of it, to the payment of interest on the bom la and notes of the United States", and if not applied, to state the reason why. After a brief debate the resolution was laid over. At the expiration of the morning business the resolution of filaine in retrard to tne elections in the South were taken up. Af ter a brief colloquy the amendment of Thurman was agreed to without division. - Coukling - submitted an amendment to have-the investigation made by a special committee of nine senators, instead of the ju diciary committee; agreed to; yeas 34, nays '19. Butler submitted an amendment to have the investigation conducted with open doors; rejected alter amendment yeas M; nays.-U. Davis, ot W est ireinia, renewed in another shape the amendment of- Butler, requiring the committee to sit with open doors, and Bayard spoke in favor thereof. saying that the resolution ami all amend ments had thus far been acted ou with unani mity and he hoped it would continue in re card to this amendment, there was some- thins un-American in this secret inquisition Ilonxe. A bill appropriating 150,000 for deficiency in. railroad mail transpoitatiou was reported from the committee en appropriations. The bill will be acted onto-morrow. ' A. ; Chalmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill making it a penal offense for any officer, agent or contracter of the United States to inter-meddle with , the elections of members of Congress or of president,, bv con tributions of money or fey use or abuse of otfi cial privelefte, or by bribes, threats, influence. etc. ; and also to make it a penal offense to solicit or receive contributions for election purposes from persons in the employ of gov ernment. Rejected, veas 132, nays 103; not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative, Republicans voted no. Democrats aye. Kel lev of Pennsylvania, voted with the Demo crats. ' ' Sponge Fishing1 in Bahamas. A correspondent of the New Haven (Con.) Register says: When a vsse; arrives at the tehing ( ground it is an chored and the men in small boats pro ceed to look for sponges in ' the water below. The -water is a beautiful lisht blue in color,' and so -'clear that av six pence can easily be seen on the white sand bottom in thirty-five feet and forty feet of water. Of course when there is no wind, the surface of the water is still, the sponges are easily sn, but when a gentle breeze is blowing a "sea-glass" is used. A sea-glass consists of- a square pine box about twenty inches m length, with a pane of glass about ten by twelve inches, placed in one end water tigat. fo use it the glass end is thrust into the water, and the face of the operator is placed close to the other end. By this means the wave motions of the waves are overcome, and the bottom readily seen. Sponges, when seen on the bot tom attached to the coral rocks, look like a big black bunch. They are pulled off their natuial beds by forked hooks which are run down under the sponge, which is formed like the head of a cab- bagn, and roots pulled from the rocks. When brought to the surface it it mass of soft, glutinuous stuff, which to touch feels like softrsoap or jelly. When a small boat-load is obtained they. taken upon the shore, where a crawl is built in which they are placed to die, so that the jelly substance will readily sep arate from tho firm fibre of the sponge. These crawls are built by sticking pieces of brush into the sand out of the water, large enough to contain the catch. It takes from live to six days for the insects to die, when the sponges are beaten with small sticks, and the black, glutinous substance falls off, leaving the sponge after a thorough washing, ready for mar ket. To the fisherman generally the oc cupation is not a very lucrative one. I am told that the wages will hardly average three dollars per week. besides board. There is tut Jiuie aiv ing' Cpr sponges, except for a particularly fine "bunch which '"cannot easily be got with the hook. The sponge is formed hv email insects, and is the hive in which they live. Different qualities are found growing side by side, although in certain regions the finer and more valu able sponges are found. Mothers whip their children in Glou cester just as the fishermen are weigh ing anchor. This allows the men to go to sea bfore a spanking breeze. In a certain street are three tailors. The first to Bt up shop hong out this sign: "Here is the best tailor in this town." The next put " up: "Here is the best tailor in the world." The third simply had this: "Here is the best tailor in this street n A Big: Care. Virginia, which . has heretofore been called and regarded herself as the Mother of Presidents, will hereafter be known as the Mother of Caves. An unscientifiic but wonder:stricken writer sends to the New York Herald an account of three young men, who were out prospecting for caves, who dug and developed a rabbit- hole until they passed into a subterra nean realm as big as the city of New York, and architecturally almost asjsplen did, and eoataining-in -its-stately halls petrified men and skeletons, like those wonderful clay figures recently brought to light in Gramercy Park wich were so petrified that they never received any of the cipher dispatches showered on them from Florida and South Carolina, and answered all of them unconsciously. Luray is in Page countv, . yirginia, and this cave opens in a small hill, a spur of the Messanutten ranga After entering through a low and narrow passage-way, descending a few feet tha vis itor finds himself La a chamber, perhaps 1UU leet square and 4U teet high. - The ceiling is of smooth limestone, the walls ara of stone of every conceivable color. with aU kinds of fluting and columns, and at the far end are gigantic columns, rising from floor to ceiling, and arching over like oak trees. , The wonder of this room is thus described : v . ; : "In the centre, facing the entrance and imbedded in the rock of the floor, is a double figure, as of two persons clasped in each other s arms and m a stooping pos ture. The features of one though indis tinct, would seem to be those of an Wd woman. The other! face appears to be pressed closely to the body of the first: the limbs are distinctly visible, as also parts of the arms. Whether they are the petrified remains of human beings or whether figures roundly carved out of stone is hard to telL 4 Certain it is thai they do not belong to the natural forma tion of the cave." The traveler then passes into a room which is a fac simile of an old ltoraan chajel, supported on all sides by Corin thian columns of bronze, and blue, and white, with a ceiling of buff. The feature of this "old Roman chapel" is a modern organ, with all pipes. Leaving the chapel by a large hall, the visitor comes into an imperial chamber, most brilliant in color, and dazzling with stalactites than any before seen. Here on a lateral shell is the figure of a man as if seated on a chair, with the profile of Napoleon L There is also the, image of. au eagle with ex tended wings, and there are two anvils. Beyond this is a chamber containing a Lath, five feet wide. , Having passed the blacksmith shop, and the chapel and the path, of course we come to a great theatre : "On every side of us were beautiful white columns and pillars, looking as if they had been sculptured from the whit est marble. A few steps further brought us into the auditorium of the theatre. I all my life I never sa a grander struc ture above ground. Three tiers of gal leries seemed to stand out before us; we seemed to be in the orchestra circle, with the pit at our rect Where the stage1 should have been a dark pall seemed to obscure the scene. It looked terribly grand. We could not help recalling those powerful and beautiful lines of Poe on "The WTorm" "Once upon a. gala night," etc. "Moving around our so called theatre, we selected a different po sition, and, holding our candles near each other, a scene of unparalled brilliancy seemed to burst upon it. From every corner and crevice of this chamber vparkled the hues of the rainbow, masses of diamonds, clusters of rubies, emeralds, saphires, dazzled our eyes, while blue and buff colonnades, moulds of silver and bronze, huge cloisters, of icicles, some twenty feet in length, ap peared, and again the front of an organ nearly as large as the great organ at the Centennial. Striking the slabs with my cane the most melodious sounds came; from them and echoed and re echoed through the "hundreds of small chambers contained in the cave." The next find is of more human in terest. The writer describes it : . "Leaving the chamber we walked through a brilliant corridor and found ourselves in a room with a low ceiling and less brilliant than some others, and here, somewhat to our horror, and great ly to our surprise, our candles flasher upon the perfect petrified skeleton of a man m kneeling posture, with his head thrown back as if he had died in agony and in prayer. Several medical gentle men havt examined it and have come to the conclusion-that it must have been there for centuries. That it is the skel eton of a man there is no doubt; it is perfectly formed throughout, the knees have grown to the rock in the floor." We have no doubt ourselves that this is the Old Line Whig who has been so long missing in the South. Leaving the skeleton and crossing in a boat a lake, the explorers came to Liiants Hall. "Here we disembarked, and walking through a long corridor, found ourselves in probably the most immense chamber in the world. The proprietors have en dcavored to measure it in a rough way. and find it covers an area of. at least 11 acres, but this may be a low estimate, We renewed our candles and walked through it for several hours, and yet did not see .. the half ef it From this chamber, as far as discovered, there aie a dozen outlets at least, leading in as many dmerent directibns. I will not attempt a description of it in this letter, as it would take up too much of your valuable space. I will only say in mag nificance -it far surpasses any of the rooms I have described. Where the ex plorations will end it is hard to tell, as there may be miles of subterranean chambers connecting with these still un explored. After finishing some neces sary work about the parts already dis covered, the owners intend making vig orous researches in every direction. No doubt thousands of objects of interest are yet undiscovered. Many persons are of the opinion that this cave was the dwelling place of human beings centur ies ago, and that other skeletons and rel ics will be found upon thorough exami nation. In the knowledge of the old est inhabitants now living in this section no such cave existed in their time or was spoken of by their ancestors." : We suggest that the enterprising pro- n.-.etors oi tnis great noie ao not ais- cover any - more until tne public has taken in this. A noisy fellow annoys a fellow. The Moderate Use of AkohoL Just now, when the so-called temper ance agitation is so animated, here,the ap pearance of threts remarkable articles on the alcohol question in the November number of the Contemporary Review is a most timely' incident These articles are contributed by three distinguished English medical men Sir James Paget, the eminent surgeon; Dr. T. Lander Bran ton, who succeeded the late Dr. Anstie as editor or the Practitioner, and Dri Albert J. Bernays. The authors agree in recommending moderation in the use of alcohol rather than total ab stinence. :- -J! '"rv; "'. . There is no doubt whatever that total abstinence from alcoholic drink is im peratively necessary in some cases. " : As Dr. Brunton says, there are certain per sons on whom the smallest quantity of alcohol seems to act like the taste cf blood on a tiger. Such men must ab stain absolutely. To them alcohol is simply a poison. Moreover, it is also wise for those to abstain whose imme diate ancestors have" been given to over indulgence in strong drink. The abuse of alcohol is universally condemned by all intelligent persons, and any course which will inevitably or probably lead to it ought to be avoided, i. In such cases as we have mentioned, 'where, if -a man drinks at alh he is likely if not sure to become a drunkard, all use of alcohol should be forbidden. But the total ab stinence agitators go much further, and insist that grave injury, physical ' and moral, necessarily follows any use of al cohol whatever. ' ' ' This is not the opinion of these nied ical practitioners. They advocate tem perance, but not total abstinence. "My study, says Sir James Paget, "makes me as sure as I would ever venture to be on any such question, that there is not yet' any evidence nearly sufficient to make it probable that a moderate habit ual use of alcoholic drinks is generally or even to many persons injurious;" but he concedes the difficulty of defining what moderation is. It seems to us, however, that this difficulty is often ex aggerated. Every man is conscious of a certain control of his faculties and clear ness of his perception when in perfect health. It should be his object at all times to preserve this control and clear ness. Any use of alcohol which lessons his ability to do this is manifestly an abuse of it in his case, and one which he can usually detect himslf." The conclusions of Dr. Bernays do not go quite so far as Sir James. Paget, though they are in the same direction, as is indicated by the title of this paper. "The Moderate use of Alcohol True Temperance." Ilia contribution is es pecially valuable as showing what form.? of alcoholic drink are most approved by those members of the medical profession in England a large majority, who are opjwsed to total abstinence. Beer comes first; but, if possible, it should be made with malt and hops alone. Beer which produces thirst should be avoided. Next to malt liquor comes wine; but as wines vary so much in the quantity of alcohol they contain, the author advis an ad mixture of water with sucl wines as will allow it iJ The views expressed in Dr. Brunton's paper on the action of alcohal are of a similar 'character. He regards alcohol as truly a food. To some persons, how ever, it is utterly poisonous. To others, who take it as a luxury, it may bring pleasurable sensations, and an increased ability to please the people they meet And to others still, it may become a stimulant to w ork which would be im possible without it But it can be tol erated as a luxury or stimulant only in great moderation,- and there is undoubt edly some danger of eventual excess to those who use it in either of these ways. "If alcohol were taken only with meals, and its use as an ordinary article of diet restricted to persons suffering from de bility or above middle age," says Dr. Brunton, "it would be strictly in its proper place, and we should hear little 1 J. t TP 1 ... hooui its aouse. - xi me taste tor it is not acquired before middle age, there is little risk of acquiring it afterward; and as long as a man is healthy, eating well and sleeping well, he does not need alco hol, and as a rule is better without it" No doubt there would be far less intox ication than there is, if alcoholic drinks were never taken except with food; and we desire to emphasize the writer s con emnation of what he calls the practice of taking mps now and again. - This prac tice is utterly without reason, and is really dangerous. N. Y. Sua A Level-Headed Lover. -The New Englander (f German birth) who has written the Castle Garden authorities to select him a wife from among the f or eign ladies landing there, recalls the palmy colonial days when cargoes of maidens were brought to this country lor tne express pui-pose of matrimony, and when divorces were unheard of. There is doubtless at the home of the applicant a fair proportion of ladies of marriageable age and inclination and equipped for the battle of life with some knowledge of Darwin and Spencer, a vague admiration for Emerson s essavs. taste for bric-a-'brac, a tremulous accept ance of the future and an assortment of unpublished manuscripts, some of which are in verse. The usual plan is to marry one of these damsels, and then hurry to Castle Garden for some one to take care of her, but the would-be swain of Peter boro knows a trick worth two of that He is not to be suspected of wantinjr a mere drudge, for he distinctly specifies that the. lady should be able to appear en ui society, oun more level does he appear when we read that the bride should have numbered about thirty years, fastidious lovers may laugh at xms nonest tellow's method and require ments, but if every would-be husband were to seek his bride among healthful and industrious daughters of toil, choos ing a woman instead of a mere girl, and trusting jo her; character, rather than her superficial acquirements to give her a place iii society, the average of domes tic life would be purer and happier than itjs now. -. . . A sewing machine asent. who was very ill, being told that he must prepare to pay me aebt ot nature, wanted to know if he couldn't be paid on the monthly installment plan. - - For Dyspepsia use Pf under s Oresron Blood Purifier. A certain cure. ' ? Biiv Carriage Hard 1856. ENAPP, BUHREZiIj & CO., 187Q Front, First and Ash Streets, Portland, Oregoas IMPORTIC9 AND DEALERS IPC FARM IMPLEMENTS AND FARM MACHINERY. Sole Agents for the Following Specialties, which are Acknowledged the Best in use:. The Bain Fnrm Waon, tin uly wuon that has ilod the teat (or last EMeua yr In Oregon. - " '- - - ' Cbamplon Holiae Plow. : Garden City Plow. Oliver Cbilled new, ths only chillwi pluw that hu ptvred of anfTalu. Bwar t ipurious imiuUuaa. Superior ttraiu Drills and Superior Broad takt kewUsrs, Utwt imjjruvi and mwmialwi. : , Monitor Broa. , Tut Seeders, latest improred. , . ' - Cardeu City Sulk Plow, too well known to need comment. Evans Sulky Plow, which hu taken first premium at Oregon State Fair for last lour year. Bay I ins Wneeled Harrow, the only success wheel harrow yet Introduced. : Pacific Fan 5I1II. the only mill in market that will clean wheat perfectly and take out all the wild oats, cockle, etc., etc.. Cider Mills, Feed Cutters, Cultivators, and Harrows and Iron and Steel Harrow Teeth. Mill men intending to build Flour or Saw Mills will corfilt their own 'ntcrest hy irettinjr our prices before purchaninir elsewhere as we carry a full stock of ENGINES, WATLK WHEKLS, MILL STONES, SMUTTER3, BOLTING OLOTU. PORTABLE SAW MILLS, CIKCL'LAR SAWS, KUKBiuR and LEATHER BLLTING and everything per taminit to mill furnishing; goods first class, and prices always the lowest. - - COBRE8FOKDENCE ' .Starting a Boy. A lonesome looking boy was yester day hanging round a wood yard in the northern part of city, when the owner of the yard, having both charity and philahthrophy for boys with tears in their eyes, asked the lad why he didn't peddle apples or do something to earn a few shillings. The boy replied that he had no capital, and the wood yard man took out a nickel, and said: "Now, my boy, I'm going to start you in life. Take this ' nickel and go and make a purchase of something or other. I'll buy it of you for 10 cents, no matter what it is. Coiue now, let's see what sort of a business head you have on you." The boy took the nickel and went off, but in 10 minutes was back with a gal lon jug, which he had purchased with the nickeL "Well, you are a keener," replied the man. "I never saw one of them sold for less than fifteen cents to aQVone. I Vant such a ius and here's it's fair price. Go now and lay out your 15 cents in apples, and I'll buy half your stock." , The boy did not return. Perhaps he fell into a sewer somewhere; but you can't make the wood yard man believe so. When he lifted the jug from under the table, where the boy had carefully placed it, he found a hole in it large enough to. let in a black tan-terrier. Detroit Free Press. A Timely Hint. A Detroit boot black, in turning into Woodward's ave nue from Congress street, on a run, bumped against a woman, who at once grabbed for his hair. Failing to secure a grip, she halted and gave him to under stand that if she had the bringing up of him he would have galloping consump tion in less than six months. V He took it patiently for a time, but after having enough, he quietly observed: "I hope you won't never die, ma'am. - "Whyl" she suddenly inquired. "Cause the body snatchers will dig yon up sure!" . - "Eh? What's that!" "The doctors of this town would have that jaw of yours if they had to fight the hull police force T he softly ex claimed, as he backed away. She couldn't help feeling of her chin as she passed on. ' FOR SALE. This font of Long Primer, y new, has been in use only a few months on a weekly paper, is for sale. 123 ios. complete witiv quads, spaces, figures and italics. D. II. Stearns & Co. Also 120 lbs. Brevier of which this is a sample, will be sold cheapfor cash. D. H. Stearss & Co., Portland, Ogn. We give notice this issue of extensive assortment of parlor suits in silk, rep, terry and hair-cloth coverings--made in a workmanlike manner, and the lowest prices consistant with good work. Bed room suits in walnut, ash, maple, spruce and pine, frdm $400 down to $25 per suit, consisting of bedstead, bureau and mirror, washstand, table, two chairs, rocking , chair and towel tack. ' This house carries some 1,500 oases of chairs in the knock down for the trade, also an immense stock of carpets and oil-cloths. bHINDLER & CHADBOCRNE, First street, between Yamhill and Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon. Philadelphia to Portland Direct. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company will dispatch their new and elegant iron steamship " State of Califor nia" from Philadelphia, 1'a. to Portland, Ogn. direct on or about February 1st. For freight apply to J, Mc Craken & Co., 6J North Front street, Portland, Oirti, Uuodall, l'erkins & Co., 10 Market street, San Fran- ci8C,ual., wiilard h.. Freeman, 74 Pine street, New iur vjiy, or iw nainut street, rtiuadelpuia, fa. Drake's Sperftle, ; ' Manufactured ly Hodge, Davis fc Co., of Portland, is not a : patent medicine in the ordinary sense, but a real specific of great value to every family. : It will re lieve a child's earache in five minutes, and is a sure and speedy curative in all cases of neuralgia or rheumatic affection. A trial will prove its merit For sale by all druggists and dealers in patent medicines. ' .: For diseases of the Liver and Kidneys try the Oregon Blood Purifier. tW 1st making: any tnrhase or la writing? 1st reanomie to any advertise ment in this paper you will pleswe men tion the name of the paper. DRY GOODS. LADIES AT A DISTANCE FfiOM PORTLAND CAN deal with us a satisfactorily as at our counters, We keep the Largest and Finest Stock of ' " r Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks, And everything requisite to a strictly FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, in Oregon. It will coot very little to send to m for samples and prices, and it will enable everybody to take advantage ef the recent decline in the price of DRY UOODS. We also keep a Full Line of . CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Clarke & Henderson, earner First and - Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. THE BEST CICAR ON RECORD. Club House Clccars." ' . ..." . To be had at . - ; Knfflefcreebt, Pox Co.," - 812 and SU Front street, Saa Francisco. ware & Woodwork INVITED. New Publishers. New Editors. THE WEEKLY BEE The Bent Agricultural and Live Mock Journal Publlohad lis the Northwest. ? i ... TIIE 3IQXOPOI.Y KUOIvE.V. i . The latest telejrraphic newt from all parts of the coun try reported specially for the Daily and Weekly Bee. The best agricultural and lire stock writer in Oregon has been engaged to write exclusively for the WEEKLY BLE. The buxt literary talent money can procure is employed in all ita departments, and the WEEKLY BEE is now the most complete and reliable farmers paper published on the Pacific Coast, as well as the cheapest. ... Subscription price $2 per annum, invariably in ad vance. All new yearly subscriptions from this date will be sent till January 1, 1880. Address D. H. STEARNS A CO., l PORTLAND, OREGON. SOLE AGENTS FOB THE UNRIVALLED STAN DAK 1 AID ESTEY ORGANS, D. W PRENTICE CO., j Music Dealers, Fortland, Oregon GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. J SIMON & CO., Ki ' , Dealers in . Doors, Windows, Blinds and Glass WEIGHTS, CORDS AND PC1XET8, I3S Front HU, nek Washington Alder. Jetlm PORTLAND, OREGON. 1 .-: 1 '3 The Northwest Coast A closely printed. 66 cage pamphlet on the resources of Oregon, Washington and Idaho and their relation to the North Pacific Railroad, by Rev. Geo. II. Atkinson, D. D. Illustrated by two complete main of the territory It should be in the hands of every inquirer about this country, and is sold at the extremely low price of 25 cents per copy. ' A discount ot 25 per cent, to dealers. Cash must ac. company all orders. Address, " t 1. II. Stearns Jt Co., Newspaper Publishers, Portland, Orefron. BURTON HOUSE, Corner Third and F fitreet. Near the Steamship Landings and Railroad Depots, , PORTLAND. OREGON , Lewiston &.Fretland, Proprietors (Late of Minn sola Douse.) Will spare no pains nor expense to make this honrn THE BEST HOTEL I PORTLAND, SPECIAL NOTICE. Mrs. ,W. A. Haight 18 PREPARED TO 1VRCHASE GOODS OF EVERY description residing at a distance from San Fran cisco. Bridal outfits, infants ward robes, or single ar ticles of any kind purchased with care and forwarded with care for a small commission. All orders accom panied by draft or P. G money order promptly at tenaed to, or goods will be sent by Wells, Fargo it Co.. CO. D. if preferred. , j Mrs. H. can give the best of reference if desired. Address, ' . . .. . . . . . ?10 Ten worth St., San Franelseb. THE CHIEF OF HEALING tOMPOlTXDS. - '- vi ' : HENRY'S; Carbolic Salve. t The Most Powerful Healing Agent Ever DiscoTered. Physician give it the highest recommendations. ' POISTS TO BE B0RXE IN MIX B. ' Carbolic Salve positively cures the worst sores. . . . Carbolic Salve instantly allays the pain of bums. Carbolic Salve cures all cutaneous eruptions. Carbolic Salve removes pimpiea and blotches. Carbolic Salve will cure cuts and bruises. H EN RY'S CARBOLIC SALVE ranks at the head of all salves, Ointmutta and other Healing Compounds, and has achieved a greater reputa tion and a larger sale than any other similar turn. The most. ' TTRCLENT SORES AND ULCERS Have been cured with Wondrous ranMitv h v. - i Carbolic Salve, and it is prescribed now almost uiuver ally by Physicians throughout the countrv in their practice. Textimonials from the most respectable sources, med ical and otherwise, are constantly accumulating in our hands, demonstrating the sovereign efficacy of This Great External Remedy, and that the cures which H effects in nmn. ..... are complete. The two following excerpts are all we deem it necessary to insert: . " T George B. Lincoln; President of the Board of Health imr varDouc naive Han excellent artade, and I thank you for. This is another" ideno. of the great value of the discover nf ,li;,. .Zl lr D. E. Locke Petroleum V. 'wi ,j v , states that he had on the forefinger his right hand one of those pleasant pets, a Tun- round.- 7fae Hmrer became inflamed to a degree unbearable. ' a friend dressed it with Vrtwn!i u.i j i . . thepam had "uchdedv. . Mfc ausgee lUtUlt,' Henry's Carbolic Sal?e i i nsed extensively in Hospitals, and ia found to ben only a thorough purifier and disinfectant, but also U most wonderful and mwl. hii ' " " T" Sold hj .11 Dnmri' "WWn- - JOHN F. HENRT CURRAW a CO , . .8 College Place, New York. BOWftltt tti ImHarlrVM . Isfb r. . . Salv.anaw.r: Deul" wboIi HODGE, DAVIS CO., Agents. of E. J. jorthrup & KNAPP. BURRELL A CO., Portland. Oregon. Hill Willi! To Obtain aby dumber of Newspapers, Magazines and a Copy ot Webster's Un abridged $12 Dictionary of 1878 Edition Free of Cnarge. ' DETERMINED TO INTRODUCE THE WEST SHORE (Oregon's illustrated newspaper) into every family circle on the Pacific Coast, the proprietor has made ar rangements with the leading publishers 1n the United Slates whereby be is enabled to give away one year's subscription to any paper or magazine to anyone who will make up a club oi subscribers to The West Shore. The West Shore Is now a large 32-page paper, handsomely illustrated, ablj edited, and is sent out stitched and enveloped in a handsome granite cover.. No family should be' without it Price per annum $1 50, if sent in on or before January 15; after that ' the subscription price of The West Shore Will be $2 00 per annum. The Hon. H. H. Bancroft, who Is considered one of the very best authorities on literary subjects in tha United States, says of it: "As a historical and practi callv scientific periodical, 1 regard THE WLST 8HORE as by far the best wblighed on the Pacific Coast" Dr A J. Richardson says: MTu deserve the en dorsement of every man who has the rood of his State at heart. Consider me a perpet ual subscriber. " Hundreds of other testimonials and endorsements are on file at out office. The people's endorsement "THIS WEST SHORE has the largest circulation of any publi catioa hi the Pacific Northwest, i. Sei.d your address on a postal card sad ask for our WfcJST SHOKK containing our club Usb ' Address L. SAMUEL, Publisher Went Shore, . PORTLAND, OREGON. . Lubricating Oils. LardOII, Castor Oil, China Nut Oil, Don Flmtk Oil, .. salmon Oil. Parafflne Oil, Downer's Spindle OU '' For sale by TTftT rt ft ' vtvm m mm.' Wlioleeutle Xruearlsta, Oregon Standard Soap WorkSi - IRTIHO .WEBB, PropHetors, . PORTLAND, OREGON. The only steam factory north of 8aa Francisco. Send for circular and price list. , - T.' JL. (STROWBRIDOE, . Direct Importer and Dealer to . LEATUEa AND SHOE FINDINGS, Ho. 141 Front Ht Portland. Or. mt '?T W'.W AGtiAT, avnotber SLa. New rt.to- " Local and traveling salesmen wanted. Particulars free. FrancbcoraU Company 4t Second Street, Saa WOODBUEN XUllSEKIES. Frnlt, ShAde, Ornanentnl nI Snt Tr,Tlne and b rubbery. cnoice Trees. 25 emtm Mrh ia i j 4. H. SETTLEMIER, l wootiburn. Orecron. FIXE FAEM FPU GOO SLcsr . i SALE. t . . . ' V 0Kfln2F-'I?1EL?ESTJ FARMS " OREGON. TN A , ., ,.fln of cultivation, fully fenced. coieeUent inem, Mean, power and all 1st! tmpCenWh. ncultural machinery. Everything- to be sold at a a'Si, K 10- hof wheaTin W77 and 8,000 bushels m 187s. Is good (or m averaVe-ol mne tbouaand bushels every year . .veragroi Price per acre, terms to suit the burer. , D- H. STEARNS CO., Estate Agents Portland, Oreron . SCROLL GAVS I HOIXT k WALNUT. , SAW AND PATTERNS. t-jT Write for Price List m"0N & IIALL, Portland, Or.: Te&etable Specific Eemedj, FOR ACHES AND PAlNSr TAKES ISTEEHAtlY, IT CUBES COUGHS, COLDS, CRAMP AND PAIN JN ST0l- ACH, COLIC, DIARRIKEA, DTSENTERY, SUMMER COMPLAINT, CHOLERA MORBUS, DYSPEI1A . AND ASTHMA. APPLIED EXTEItNALLY, !, reJ'ro8t Bite, Chilblains, Sprains, Braises, Rin rm.J"u Headache, NeoralnTta the Ksce, y8- P" in the Side, Pain in the Back and Ifiat, ithuematre Pains in the Jointa or Limbs, ktinf w Insect Bite of poisonous Ins4a and Venemoua SThreat . "" CuU Bni Earache and ,'rhim wicellent Remedy has heenwetj tested by all cuesesof people fur years, and tc-ds has a reputation lar ahead of aiiythinj now before the pub:ie. . sUMumatisna cored in five days ; uSa Back inl two dara ; Neuralgia in one day ; fta-vow Headache in five minutes; toothache id five minatsst Earache in tv nutes ; Diarrhoja in two days; a we Throat in oo y : Coiie, in fifteen minutes ; Cougta and Colds ia a . Jx nan; Bums witbout fseterict j Chiiblaiw and Bunions in a tew days. . - Pull directions accompany each bottle. ' ' KaJWE, BATE1 '., , i .- Proprietors. Co., Portland, On.