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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1887)
CONGRESSIONAL. Xegislatioa Pertaining to the Interest' of the Faciflc Coast BItXATK. Bills wero introduced as follows : By Dolph For tho admiesion of the Territory of Washington into the Union. . Also, restoring to the United States ifertain lands granted to the -Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Also, repealing the pre-emption and timber culture laws. Also, for the forfeiture of wagon-road grants in Oregon. Also, to set apart lauds for a public park in the Willamette valley, Oregon. Also, to encourage tho manufacture of eteel for modern arts and armor. Also, to provide heavy ordnance. Also, for tho erection of a public building at Portland, $500,000 ; Salem, -$100,000. AIbo, to establish an assay oflico at Portland, and for tho erection of buildings and the necessary apparatus. By Mitchell To amend tho act of March 3, 1887, restricting ownerohip of real estate in tho Territories to American citizens. v Also, abrogating all treaties with the Chinese Empire, so far as they permit the coming of Chinese into the United States, and absolutely prohibiting the same, except os to diplomatic, consu lar and other officials. Also, authorizing tho Secretary of tho Treasury to establinh life-saving stations at the following places : One near or at the mouth of the Umpqua river, Or.; one between McKenzio head and Peterson's point, and one at Gray's Harbor, W. T. By Mandoreon For a public build ing at Omaha to cost, including site, $1,000,000. By Edmundf To provido for the establishment of a 'postal telegraph. It is the Edmund telegraph bill of two yars ago. Also, for allowance of a bounty erf $8.33 per month to all men who served in the army during the war. Also, for pensions to all who served during the war. Also, for amendment of the consti tution allowing. Congress to pass uni form laws on the subject of marrmgo and divorce. Also, for an amendmont to tho con stitution preventing tho manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating liquors in the United States. Also, for tho admission of Dakota .and tho organization of a new Terri tory of Lincoln. By Stanford To require ten years' residence before foreignets can declare their intention to become citizens of tho United States, except iu the case of those arriving before the ago of 21 years, when residence of six years only shall be required. Also, for the establishment of a quarantine station at San Francisco. Alto, granting to the State of Cali fornia 5 per cent, of tho proceeds of cash sales of public lands in that State. L'y Cullom For a pension to the widow of Gon. John A. Logan. By Turpic For tho admission of the States of Washington and Dakota. By Hoar For the erection of a monument to Negro soldiers and sail ors who gave their lives for the preser vation of tlm government. Also, a lull to facilitate and develop tho resources of Alaska, and to open an overland commercial route between the United States, Asiatic Russia and Japan. The bill directs a survey to be inado of a routo for tho construction of a railway by tho most feasible routo from tho northern boundary of the United States through British Colum bia and Alaska, to n desirablo harbor on the southern coast of tho Alaskan poninsula, on Behring sea. It is in tended to begin at or near Spokane Falls, on the Northern Pacific road, and run north on the eastern side of tho Rocky mountains, deflecting west wardly for a branch line to Sitka, the main lino to be continued north and west to a desirablo harbor on tho Alas kan peninsula. One hundred thous and dollars is appropiiatcd for the survey. Dolph reported favorably to the Senate a bill from the committee on commerce for extending tho port of entry at Portland so as to include East Portland. By Chandler For fixing tho sal aries of foveral judges of the United States District Courts at $5,000. By llawley To reimburse prisoners -of war who wero in military or naval service during the war of rebellion. By George To annex tho public land strip to the Territory of New Mexico. By Harris A memorial for a con stitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation, ex portation or transportation of alcoholic -drinks in tho United States ; referred. IIOUMK. Among tho petitions presented to the Houso by Morrow, of California, wero tho following : Resolutions of California Wool Growers' Association, protesting against a repeal or reduction of duty on wool. Also, a resolution of the Chamber of k Commerce of San Francisco, recom f Unending tho appropriation for repairs 'lof tlio Hartford. kf J Also, a petition of tho Chamber of Commerco of San Francisco for sea coast defenses. Also, reholutions of the Chamber of Commerco of San Francisco, asking for an appropriation for tho laying of a cable from Sun Francuco to tho .South Farralone Island. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest in a Condensed Form. A failor named Peter Carson was drowned at Empire City. " The postoffice at Herman, Douglas county, Oregon, has been discontinued. A chair factory will soon begin op erations at Salem, employing from thirty to fifty men. Tho life-saving inspectors recom mend' that a life-saving station be established at Newport. Subscriptions aggregating over $100,000 have been raised in Portland to complete tho Villard Hotel. Tho order of November 28, 18S7, discontinuing tho postoffice at Molalla, Clackamas county, has beon rescinded. The warehouse of J. M. Mcintosh it Co., at Waldo Hills station on the narrow gauge, blow over during a high wind. The warehotiso contained 20, 000 bushels of oate, all sacked. Lawrenco Wilhelm committed sui cide at his home, on tho Scholl's ferry road, near Portland, by shooting him self in tho temple. Ho had been ill for about a yenr and a half and was out of his mind. Captain Young, of tho engineers at Portland, reports that a log boom at Coquillo City; Oregon, interferes with tho passage of the steamers that carry the United States mails, and that the navigation of the Coquillo river is im peded by settlers foiling trees in tho stream. Mrs. Elizabeth Miner, the female smuggler, appeared beforo tho bar of the United States District Court at Portland to answer to a charge of smuggling opium. Sho plead guilty to tho charge. Judge Deady then fined her $150 and further directed that she be confined in the Multno mah County Jail for ono day. As a result of tho investigations of tho swamp land agents, 150,000 acres of land, at a rough estimate, will be lost to tho State, but titles to tho lands will be established, and disputes which hr.vo arisen over swamp land matters, since 1SG0, will be largely eettled. It is expected that patents for lauds do clared swamp will bo issued by tho government to the Stato immediately after the submission and examination of these reports. As W. H. Hembree of East Port land was going to Lafayette, ho met two men on tno roi d near Braley's farm, who caught his horse and made him dismount while tho other held a revolver at his head and went through him. It was very dark and impossible to see who the parties were. Mr. Hembreo had monoy hid in his boots and when ho jumped to tlio ground tho money rattled, which atiractul tho attention of tho robbers, who mado him tako off his boots and give them the coin, which amounted to $1S0. They refused to tako his watch and allowed him to go. Tho steamer Yaquina City, which went ashore on tho sands near the entrance to Yaquina Bay, and is now a total wreck, was owned by the Ore gon Development Company, and had been on tho Pacific Coast only a few years. She was built by John Roach & Sons, at Chester, Pa., in 1877, and was christened the 'Western Texas, being intended for a Galveston packet. Sho was an iron ship, 231 feet long, 34 feot beam, aitd 1G 2 feet depth of hold. Her tonnage was 1,210.98 gross and U31.ll not. Her draught was 12 G feet. Sho had on but sixty tons of freight, and 300 tons of rock ballast when she went ashore. Her loes will bo quite severely felt by her owners. Tho Yaquina camo to tho Pacific Coast in tho summer of 1881, and has made about one hundred voyages be tween Yaquina and San Francisco, without any serious accident ever hap pening heretofore. Tho vess-ol is val ued at about $200,000. It is under stood that tho insurance yia8 $100,000. Mrs. Charles II. Thompson and her niece, Miss Elizabeth Reniley, were found dead in bed in a private lodging houso in San Francisco, having been asphyxiated by gas. The ladies ar rived from Chico. Mrs. Thompson's husband is baggage-master at that place. The key of tho jet had evi dently been turned accidentally. The room was filled with gas when the bodies wero discovered. Chineeo papers cive details of the disaster occasioned by tho Yellow river overflowing its banks in tho province of Ho-Nan, and tho complete inunda tion of the city of Selling Chou and ten other populous cities. The whole area is now a raging sea ten to thirty feet deep, where it onco beforo was a densely populated and rich plain. Tho statement is mado by missionaries that millions of Chineso urn homeless and starving. Tlio newly gathered crops of herbs and trees r0 all swept away. "Bread, bread," is tho cry of thousands. Mat huts aro being erected as fast as possible, but tho misery in creases owing to cold weather. A dispatch from Sm Francisco says : Jas. Briggs, a sailor on tho British man-of-war Triumph, which arrived from Esquimalt, was tried at tho latter port for insubordination, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in Portland, Eng., prison. During the voyago to this city ho was kept in irons. When he was unironed this evening to tako down the beds he lexped through the gun port into the bay, swimming four miles to one of tho wharves. Ho was arrestod in an almost nude "condition by an officer, and taken to I ho receiving hospital, whero ho will bo detained until claimed by tho proper officials. Tho escaped prisoner ttlls a heartrending talo of cruel treatment by tho ship's officers, and says two other sailor also de serted the ship. , i COAST CULLINGS. 'Devoted Principally to "Wasbingtoi Territory and California. A man known as "Long" Tayldr wa drowned off Coh-man's wharf, Seattle. The Belmont hotel, at Los Angeles, Cnl., whs destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000; insurance unknown. Conductor Roso was killed in the collision on tho California Central construction train near Los Angeles. Francisco F. Detencourt. a dos pondent middle-aged cigar dealer, blew his head oil with a shotgun at San Francisco. Capt. Charles Boyle, of tho schooner Jennie Griffin, fell overboard and was drowned at Sun Francisco. He leaves a wife and child. Michael Barry, 5G years of ago. fell from the balcony in front of his house at San Francisco, and died from the injuries received. At San Francisco, Postoflico Clerks llaunan and Meaghor were discovered to be afilicted with smallpox, and were sent to the pest house. Edward H. David, a sailor on the British ship Victoria, fell on" tho wharf at Nanoimo, B. C, and was drowned before tho boats could reach him. J. B. McDonnel was arrested at San Francisco for having in his possession a block with intent to uso it, for coun terfeiting Bank of England notes. A man named P. Murphy was found dead in his room in a lodging house at San Francisco. Two wounds in his head lead to a suspicion of foul play. Henry F. Price, of San Francisco, who has been starter for tho Sutter street cable road for several months, committed suicide by shooting himself. Joseph Taylor, a watchman in the Taconia wheat warehouses, foil from the dock, striking tho timbers as he. fell. Ho was taken out but died shortly afterwards. A freight train on tho eastern divis ion of tho Central Pacific broko in two. A portion passed under a bridge and a barkeman named David Chugg fell from tho cars and was killed. In a collision betweon freight and passengor trains at San Bernardino, Gal., engineer Thompson and fireman Gaffney, of the freight were killed. Several cars were destroyed by fire. Henry Niotman, a bar-tender, was stabbed and killed at a San Pedro, Cal., dance house by a Spanish woman named Isabella Andrass, who was jeal ous of his attentions to another woman. Tho hotel at Crescent, a small set tlement near Los Angeles, costing $10,000, was blown down by a terrific windstorm, entailing the death of Mrs. Arnold and her 10 year old daugntor, recently arrived from the East, and wounding more or less seriously six teen hotel guests, many of whom met with miraculous escapes. A special from Paradise, Nov., says: Merrach Carrel left this place for his ranch, six miles away. Not reaching homo search was instituted and his body, frozen stiff, was found a milo from his home. He was an old resi dent of the valley, and a prosperous farmer. Wong Ah Hung, tho Chinaman who was convicted iu tho United States District Court at San Francisco for importing women for immoral pur poses, was sentenced by Judge Hoff man to ten years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $2,000. Jimmio Kics, 11 yoars old, while hunting squirrels near Placerville, Cal., having emptied ono barrel of his shot gun, was iu the act of reloading wlion tho remaining barrel was discharged, tho load taking effect in his face. One half tho charge entered his right eye. A chambermaid in a San Francisco hotel noticed a trail of blood leading from tho balcony to a room occupied by Joseph Schmidt, a young German. When tho door was opened Schmidt was found lying on his back, in a pool of blood, having cut his throat with a penknife, which was found lying on a table. Oscar Heym, accountant in tho Occidental warehouse at San Fran cisco, shot himself in tho breast, in flicting n wound which will prove fatal. A shortage of several hundred dollars was found in his accounts re cently, and it is supposed this led to his suicide. A man by tho name of Murray went to a lodging houso at San Francisco and engaged a room. Later thore was a smell of escaping gas, which was traced to Murray's room. Thore was no responso to repeated knocks at the door, which was finally forced open. Murray was lying dead on tho bed and the gas was turnod half way on, A construction train on tho Atchi son, Topoka fe Santa Fo road, consist ing of ten cars, on which wero betweon fifty and Bixty men, ran into some stationary flat cars, at Los Angeles. Tho construction train was backing up for a load of sand, and as no signals wore displayed by tho train of flute tho engineer did not seo tho latter in timo to prevent tho accident. The force of the collision broko tho first car of tho construction train in two. Of four men in tho shattered car, Tom Rose, acting conductor, was instantly killed, and Captain Gilbert, night boss, Bill Griffith, brakeman and James Kelly, laborer, all received serious and perhaps fatal injuries. G. W. Hunt and Nelson Bennett, the well known railroad contractors, havo quit work on tlio Oregon Pacific railroad, discharged tho men employed thero and annulled and rescinded their contract with tho coinpany.j Mr. Ben nett had a contract for forty miles oast from Albany, and Mr. Hunt had a contract for tho next fifty miles. JOYS OF COUNTRY LIFE. Mr. anil Mr. HniTurr'i Visit to n (icnuln Hunil Huuinior IW-snrt. "1 think we hnil better go away for a couple of weeks," observed Mr. Bowser ,i few evenings since n3 wo .sat on the steps. "But why? Our house is nice and cool, and wedon't seem to feel the need of a change." "Oh. we don't, eh? That shows all Von know about it! If you had half an ye you could coo that baby is suffering for a change. You are looking like a saffron-bag around your mouth, and I am just dragged out myself. Wo shall go to the country." "Hut our rooms aro so cool, and we can buy whatever we want to eat." "Cool rooms! You wait until you strike a country bod-room and you will call this house a sweat-box! As for living yum! yum! Think of cream, fresh eggs, yellow butter, fresh berries, old-fashioned biscuit, delicious coffee, night breezes, new-mown hay, ripe cherries, et al. !" I supposed we should have a week at least in which to get ready, but Mr. Bowser only gave me a day and a half, and he even begrudged half a day of that. He telegraphed to the landlord of a country hotel on the banks of a small lake, and tlio most 1 could do was to tumble about a bushel of things into a trunk and tie on my bonnet. We got out there by train. That is, we got within six miles of the. place. Mr. Bowser had been in such a hurry that he didn't ascertain particulars. It was only after he had bargained with a teamster to take us to the lake for three dollars that he found that the lake was not on the railroad. He looked a little gloomy over it for a spell, but finally showed me his nine-dollar lish ing out lit, and after awhile forgot any unpleasantness in viewing the country. We saw a farmer cutting wheat. We saw three crows. We rode over three miles of causeway ind three of dust. We saw as many as live barns. We met a barefooted boy. We saw a dead horse. If we met or saw any thing else I an't remember what it was. Mr. Bowser drew in deep draughts of what lie called the elixir of life, and quoted poetry about the plow-hoy and the low ing kino, but I guess ho. was glad when the ride ended. The .sun had burned rlie back of his neck as red as tire, he was all dust and dirt, and the cause ways had tired him out. We found the hotel a very picturesque all'air. It was half log and half frame. I can't say whether it was Queen Anne or Tom Collins style, but it was probably one r the other. The landlord had given us a room in the log part. lie knew that we sighed for the picturesque, and lie was willing wo should have it. It was a room as much as eight feet long and live feet wide. There were rod peppers and may weed and seed corn and onions hanging to the rafters, and the great eraeks in the floor worn partly hidden by a rag carpet. There was a cracked looking-glass of the Noah's Ark period, a bedstead which had come over on tin; Mayflower and a rheumatic old stand made in 1770 held tip a tin wash-dish and a blue pitcher without a handle. "Is this the et al., Mr. Bowser?" I asked as I dropped into the only chair with baby and looked around. "Do you want the earth?" ho roared back. "What do we come to the coun try for? Do we expect to find palaces out here? I tell you, this is the most picturesque, romantic spot I've seen in twenty years, and I propose to put in two months here!" I finally got baby to sloop, made my toilet and thou went out with Mr. Bow ser to view the neighborhood. There fas a lake. It was almost forty rods long, and almost twenty rods wide. There were a post-office and a black smith shop. There were two hay-stacks, a ruined saw-mill and a lame horse. That was all, and I returned to the hotel while Mr. Bowser went lishing. We had .supper at six o'clock. The landlady rang three bells. The first was to notify us that wo could expect supper; the second ' was that supper was being prepared; the third that supper was ready. Between the differ out bells Mr. Bowser picked the burrs off bis pantaloons, rubbed some oint ment on his neck, and said to me: " e all feel the change already. 1 haven't seen you anil baby look so well in six months, while I have the appe tite of a horse. I think we'll put in three months here." When we went in to suppor wo found knives and forks without handles, cracked plates and n table cloth with seven holes liberally and artistically distributed throughout its length and breadth. The tea might have beon sage, or it might have been catnip. The biscuits were yellow with salora tus. Tho butter was whito in tho face and tasted of tho last generation. There were some frjed eggs, Inn. they had seared a setting linn otf tho nest to get them. The milk in the pitcher had turned. It probably belonged to '.ho Turner soeioti. .Mr. Bowser tried to stuff himself hi order to carry his point, hut it wa no use. Ho might have restrained himself until morning had I not paid as wu returned to the bedroom: "As for living, yum! yum! Think of cream, fresh cjrgs, yel !" "Yes. think of it!" bo roared. "Who got mo out here! Who was. whining about the pure air of tho country finding fault with our table complain ing of our H18 bedroom! You've succeeded in dragging us out here, and now 1 hope you fool hotter!" Wo sat on tho veranda and ough mosquitoes uitll teti o'clock and the . went to bed. It was a bedstead witli a cord in it, and it was a straw bed on which we slept. Thero wasn't a mos quito bar at any door or window in the house and we were hardly in bed be fore the pests pitched on us. Seven different times before midnight did Mr. Bow.or get out of bed, light the tallow dip and attack tho enemy. Ho was getting out for tho eighth time when tho cord broko and wo all went through to the floor. Then we got up and sat up tho rest of the night, catching cat-naps between the bites. We might not have known when day broke, except for the kindly interest taken in us by a stray hog. Tho beast crop under tho house, and the space was so small that ho lifted tho boards under our feet with his back. When we felt the boards lift we knew that another day hail dawned upon the picturesque locality. We left the hotel before breakfast and were home to dinner. Mr. Bow ser seemed very much occupied with his thoughts on tho way home, and when we finally entered the house lie turned on me and said: "Mrs. Bowser, I'm a man who can bear a good deal before losing my tem per, but I want to give you fair warn ing right here and now that I want no more of your nonsense! The next time you mention country to me the next time you dragoon me into another excursion of this kind 1 shall be justi fied in in !" And lie kicked tho trunk, pitched his lishing tackle into the back yard, and went out. to get some cold cream for his blisters, burns and bites. Detroit Free Pres.. ' ' GROWING CORK-OAKS. A Ciilirornlii industry Which Will Soon I'rotii to Ito KiMiioni'riitl v. The growth of cork-oak in California is not a matter of experiment; its suc cess was demonstrated long ago. The distribution of cork acorns by the Pat ent Otlice about twenty-live years ago may not have accomplished much in other parts of the country, but it gave us a start, and there are now trees yielding cork and bearing acorns at a number of different places in the State. There aro trees growing on Mr. Rich ardson's place at San (iabriel. There were samples of cork and acorns shown at tho Sacramento Citrus Fair by 11. A. Messenger, of Calaveras County. Thero are trees of similar ago in Sonoma, Santa Barbara and Tulare, and perhaps other counties. The State University is growing seedlings from California cork acorns, and will be likely to have tho trees for distribution next year. Thero is no doubt about the adaptation of the tree to tho State as the widely separated places named above all fur nish proper conditions for its growth. It is of course a crop of which one has to wait some timo to gather, and there fore needs patience in the planter. All the cork-wood of commerce comes from tho Spanish Peninsula, where the trees abound, not only in cultivated forests, but. also grow wild on the mountains. Tho tree is like an American oak, with luavcs similar to tho oak, and acorns. It takes ten years for the bark to become a proper thickness to bo manufactured into bottle-stoppers, life-preservers and seine-corks. When stripped from the tree it is to be boiled for two hours, cured in the sun for a week and pressed into flat pieces for baling and shipping. The denuded trunk, like a hen robbed of her eggs, does not sulk and quit tho business, but throws out a fresh cover ing for a fresh spoliation. One tree has hcou known to yield half a ton of cork-wood. Ono pound of cork can bo manufactured into Ml champagne corks. The billed cork bark is sold to cork manufacturing centers. The in st extensive manufactory in Ameri ca is at Pittsburgh. Besides the ordi nary demands for cork bark, a good supply of the buoyant material, after being burned to mako it still lighter than the original bark, is shipped to Canada and New England, where it is made into seine-corks. The average annual importation of cork-wood into this country, entirely at the poit of New York, "is 70,000 bales a year. A bale weighs UK) pounds and is worth on this side of the water $20, making a total value of the importation of sjl, 100.000. It comes in duty free. Pa cijia ltural Press, A Western clergyman, whoso sal ary had not been paid for several months, told-the trustees of his church that lie must have his money, as his family were suffering for tho neces saries of life. "Monoy!" exciaimed ono of tho trustees noted for Ids stingi ness "money! Do you preach for money? I thought you preached for tho good of souls!" Tho minister re plied: "So I do; but I can't cat souls. And if I could, it would take a thousand such as yours to mako a meal." N. Y. Ledger. Farmer Hoprako (to departing guest) "Had a good timo, I hope?" finest "Well or hardly. The mos quitoes nearly killed me." "That's all right. You come around next summer and I'll fix you comfortable." "(Jolng to get rid of them?" "Yes. I'll fat ten 'em and servo 'oiu up for quail." Philadelphia Call. m m Smith "Hero tho editor of that villainous Sijuiblet says that I am a thief and a bribe-taker. What shall 1 do?" Jones "Do? Why, mako him prove it." Smith "Oil, that would be too easy. I want to cause the follow' some inconvenience, jf possible." Omaha Herald. The historic walnut tree at tho top if tho Devil's Don, on tho battlefield of Jottysburg, was blown down not long fliH AND POINT. Probably, of all sonsatlonal devel opments, boils aro tho worst. Wlion supply and demand coaso to play, values completely disappoar. Tho crutch of Timo accomplishes more than tho club of Horculos. Bal lhascr (Jracian. When you put your fingers into somebody olso's pio you must oxpoot to get tart rejoinders. Burlington. Free Press. Man must work. Ho mav work; grudgingly or gratefully. Ho may work as a man or as a machine. Henry Giles. Most of tho pooplo who aro willing; to tell how to become rich aro finally burled at tlio exponso of tho county. Lincoln Journal. What some people call their son sitivenoss is merely a disinclination to bo treated as they would treat others under the same circumstances. Tlio specially actor who recites, "Yes, Pin a Tramp," isn't ono in reality, but lie's likely to bo if ha doo.su' t go and learn a trade. Wasli ington Critic. A Chance for Some Inventor Of Into they have chimneys invented Which till et their own smoke consumo ; Now a muilc-cotisumliiR jilnno ' Is needed to help out the boom. Tid-Ilils. Er 'otnan dat liab married or po man 'oazo she lnbbed him, is mighty ap' tor want her daughter to marry er rich man, no matter whiither sho tub him or not. Arkansaw Traveler. O.naha Damo "My daughter, your husband is a villain." Bride of a Month "Wha ." "Ho's married before, and for all we know lias a wifo living yet." "II rrors! How do you know?" "I asked him to step into tho store and match these r.ophyrs for you, and ho wouldn't do it." Omaha World. An Irishman, who was a witness iu a recent, case at the Tombs, gave a lawyer who was eross-oxanilning Iiim so much trouble by his witty evasions that the counsel at last said to him: "See here, my man, if tho devil could have his choice between you and me. which of us do you think ho would take first?" "Wiiich of us would tho devil take first?" said tho witnoss. "Why, mo, of course, because ha knows that ho could havo you at an time." Ar. i Ledger. WHITTIER'S YOUTH. Ills First I'uIiIIhIiimI 1'imiiii anil tlio Prleml It llioucht lllm. Whiltier began to rhyme very early and kept his gift a socret from nil ox copt his oldest sister, fearing that hi father, who was a prosaic man, would think he was wasting time. Ho wroto under the fence, in the attic, in tho barn wherever ho could escape ob servation; anil as pen and ink wero not always available, ho sometime used chalk, ami oven charcoal. Great was the surpriso of tlio family when some of his verses wore unearthed,, literally unoarlhed, from under a heap of rubbish iu a garret; but his father frowned upon theso evidences of tho bout of Ids mind, not out of kindness, but because ho doubted tho sufllcionoy of the boy's education for a literary life, and did not wish to inspire hint with hopes which might never bo ful filled. His sister had faith in him, neverthe less, and, without his knowledge, nho sent ono of his pooms to the editor at the Free Press, a newspaper published, iu Nowburyport. Whiltier was helping" his father to repair a stono wall by tho roadside, when tlio carr'or Hut g a copy of the paper to him, and, unconscious that any thing of Ids was iu it, ho opened it and glanced up and down tho columns. His eyes fell on soma versos called "Tho lixilo's Depart ure :" Fond ncone' which delighted my youthful or Ktcnco, With fuullntis of sorrow I lild youdlou A liiHtlng iidimii for now, dim In tho dlstaneo Tho hhores of Illucrnln recede from my view. Faruwoll to tho oliffn, lompcst-boaton and Bray, Which Kiinrd the loved shores of my own na tive lund; Farewell to tho village mid sall-shudowod bar. The foroHt-crowncdhlll and tho water-wash strand. His eyes swam; it was his own poem,, tho first ho over had iu print ' What is tho matter with thoo?" hi father demanded, seeing howdazod ho was; but, though ho resumed his work on tho wall, ho could not sponk, and ho had to stoal a glaiico at tho paper again before ho could convince him self that ho was not dreaming, Suro enough, tlio poom was there with hia initial at tho loot of it "W., Haver hill, Juno 1, 1820," and, hotter still, this editorial notice: "If W..' && Haverhill, will continuo to favor us. with pieces beautiful as tho one in serted in our poetical doparlmont of to-day, wo shall esteom it a favor." Tho editor thought so much of "Tha Exilo'B Doparlure," and sOmo other verses which followed It from tho sum hand, that ho resolved to make tlio acquaintance of his now contributor, and ho drove over to see him. Whiltier, then a boy of eighteen, watt Biimmouod from tho Holds whero h was working, clad only iu shirt, trotisors and straw hat, and having slipped In at tlio back door so that ho might put ids shoos and coat on, camo into tlio non with ".shrinking dif fidence almost unablo to speak, and. blushing like a maiden." The editor was a young man himself, not mora than twenty-two or twontythreo, anil tho friendship that began with thU visit lasted until doath ended it. How strong and how close it was, and how it mis made to servo tlio cause of frocdoni may bo haruod in tho Ufa of tho groat abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison, which was 'tha odhor'a u a me. t'L Nicholas. ,