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CJ -u o 0 O 1 3 in inn YOL. 7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1872. AT). 9. . . 7 1M Tl " I. .tnli-y.'a'i '.... ..!. ) 'J- - - . cr . v O 0 " x O o C) O 0 ' , J o , V--. . . ,. y ;i Q , 5 : - o o " o OR Cfc 1 M A 1 cLj T jj .ft P 1ft J" S o WiL SljclUcckln cSnicvpnsc. ; JL D KMO CRA TIC FA PER, FOR THE Business Man, the Farmer Jnd the FAMILY CIRCLE. ,iSlEI) EVERY FRIDAY EY A. NOLTNERf EDITOR ASU PUKI-ISIIER. ofJPcIa Dr. Thessing's Brick Building TERMS SUBSCRIPTION: fins! Copy one rear, in? advance, $2 50 T EH MS of A I) YZR TISIXG : T.nienta-lver?isoments, including all Utl'ni-e. H q. of 12 hues, I w.$ 2 50 rrelrh ubeque!lnn-ultluu 1 (0 OaeCMaina, one year ,2",' r, if " tJO Ser f f 4 Ba.inets Card, 1 square one year 12 g-g" Rm'iHir' to be made at tlierixkif Sdbteribtr. un l at the espense of Agents. BOOK ASD JUD PRIXTIXG. t?T The K:it'-rprUc office is supplied with bsiatiful. approved t-tylr of type, and mod era ( lC-l'.N'S" PiK:sKS. which will enable tU Proprietor t-i do J 'b Piintin?; at all times Seat, Q'tirk and Clfap '. ' teg- WoiK a!icitfd. AH Ruin trjHgf'nins vjmu a Sprrie basis. II. W ATKINS, M. I)., SL'linKON. ruiTi.AXt. Okk; n. OFFICF. Od.t Fellows' Tempi, corner Yir-tand Mder streets lleideuce cciDtr 'f Miin an J Seventh streets. M. F. HIGIIFIELD, Et.ihlihed since lSJI,:it the old stand, Miin Sirret, Oregon City, Oregon. fx An AsS'Ttment of Watches . Jew Vr elry, dil l S.-t'.i Thomas' weight ;1 01 !; . all of whi' h are warranted M in he represented. f jL lie;. airinirs done on slunt notice, g tud thankful for past favors. JM 1'KUIAirMILI.S. Savicr, LaPwoque & Co., OR EG OX CITY. Keep constantly " hand foi sale M It ran t'hicken Veed Piu'ic pai c'.iaitic: feed miwt I'm !ii.-h the a Vs. TJR3. W2LCH & TllOirSOJJ, OFFI;i: -In Odd Fidlow.-' Temple, corner of First an. I Ahhr Stri'et-s, I'ortlar.d. T ie patroii.q;' of tho-e desirip.i; stun rior o ,ier,it o is l s i ii speoial rejiiet. . it ions o.v- i J lor the pal til cs-i ex t l .icl inn ol t eel h. ti ici-il teeth hitter I hull the Lot,' and .((?. (he ! of. Will he in Oregon fit von Saturdays Nov. f Dr. B. R- FREELAFD, D E 71 V S 5 T, mum pi.kcm's r.ni.iXN'c. conx- 1 er First and Washinutoii 't., Portland. Nitn.in I i.v h' ad3imitefed. j::t;. JOHN M. HACOX, Inftiortcr and Iealer in 't7?VV C7? czi cd r-: s 3 stati()N!:;:v. p:;i:i u.mi:kv. ic Ac Orrgon t'ily, Oregon. Ai Chirm iy ll''trn i 't vlil ntitrid, lately oc cupied by S. -1'kerriftn, Muin stiei't. lo tf O S. HUELAT, cna. E. WAunr-S. HUELAT &VARREEN Attorneys at Law, Or PICK CHARM AXS PRICK, MAI.V STKEKT, OUri'.ON" CITV.'OUF.GO X. March 1 v7-j;tf F." BARCLAY, M. C. S. Formt-rly $i:rzeon to tho lion. II. It. Co. 35 Years Experience. rnACTicix; niYsiciAX and suiioeox, o Main Strrr, Oregon flly, Storo to Rent. rrMin STORE HOUSE FOltMEKI.YOC CU L pi-d l.jr Kifk a. on Kw.-k Creek-. 1 2 mjU'S 'ti Annifa. situated it a tine point for .)ur,lry tr.iilm-post j can be had on verv naUe t.-rin,.. This is a desirably point r t a nun w 1 1 h small capital to o into busi- Knq-nr .f JOHNSON .t.McCOWN', jii'.vj'.tf. j Oregon City, Oregon. : WEALTH AND HEALTH J 21 Good Cable Screw Wire BOOTS AAD SHOES. Will not Irak an.! Lnst'Tuifc as lowf- a j JOHNSONS McCOWK ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT. LA IV OREGON CITY, OREGON. ?n,Ri(CTICE: 1N" ALL TI,I: courts ri,T "'tention given to cases ia the !' :',?'! ''hce at Oregon City. Ai'"d .,is72;lf . oTl,A- NOLTHER, iA.k l'UBLic.ENTERPKISi: OFFICE G-ecron C.ty.Jan 13:tt S5 tfl QH rerday: Aicnl s vunted ! All -hriVr VAJ class.-s of working people, of Vr,ri. for i'i J"!ln:r or 0,d, make more monev at n Th'Mr Pre mom-nts. or all'the A-iiJ,i an'th'Ti:- else. Parrie-.tars free. 1 1 UIXTEIl. Winter, tlion art ci'inc: thy hoary heacl Ilespeaks thy ape; thy sierner culling. Majestic form, thy silent troad: Slill we bi-ar thy footsteps falling -Nit'tire weeps; her lovM ores shelter "Neath her wide outspreading wings, From thy fiercest blasts of utiper, JShu jnotecbs earth's fairest things. List ye! to that mournful wailing, Iloine upon the cominp winds: Tliey lliy mandates are tulfilling Aaliire proans. a sornw finds; Now the rain in torrents falling, Scatters yellow tinted leaves O'er earth's IxiKtnu. cold and cheerless; Ueatitj. now the eye deceives. From t lie valleys, birds have taken Their departure, to the hills; And have sought, mid lofty fir trees, Shelter from thy coldest chiMs. Now. with icy fingers claspest Thou the trees uncovered forms Cissliup winding, sheels ol flukeleis Clothing them with beuiiU-ousStharms. Ah! we could not do without thee. G 0Mnch os we thy presence fear; For with thee in ight sports and pastimes, J Iri ripest thou, our lie-arts to cheer; Snow and ice afford us pleasures llracing nerves and giving cheer; Wound our Cristmas fires we'll gather. Mirth and music hoverii g near. So with sones of oy and gladness. Ye"il sing thy "Auilior's-" iiaiuo. divine, In wonder niaikii-g nature's changes, And wainnp every coining time. Of TtV.'iat a CJood Lite is .Made lip. G Little "wonls, not t loqtient f jici-flit'S nor H'lrnons; little Utls, imt miracles nor battles, lor one riat act of nullity mttrf yriloni, make nj the true Cliiistian life. Tlie little cnnstantsuiilieani, not the liulitiiiii:; the waters of Siloain, "1 lint ir soltly" niis.--i:i f velie: on their meek hnient not the wattrs of the river, '"irreat ami mighty," rushing tlowu in torrent noise atil Toiee. are the true fym hols of :i hnlv life. The avt.iil.tr.ee of liltie evils.little sinsv, little ii:co:isist encies, little weaknesses, little follies, little in discretions ;nl inipntdonces, little foibles, little inlulm nces of self ami of the llesh, little acts ofimlo- or cowardiee, little cquivoeations or aberrations from high integrity, little bits of v.orldiness and gaye ty, little indifference to the feelings or the wtshes of others, little out breaks of tern j cr r.nd crossm ss, or selfishness, or, vanity; tin' avoid ance of such little things as these goes far to make up at hast the negative beauty of a holy life. And thtn attention to the little duties of the da' ami hour in pub lic transactions, or private dealings, or family arrangements; to the lit tle words and tones, little benevo lences or foi bt ai anci s or tender nesses; little self-denials, self-restraints, and sclf-lhoughtfulncss ; little plans of quiet kindiu-ss and thoughtful considerations lor'oth !: punctuality and method and Iriie aim in the nvdrrii if ofi .w.i. .I.,,-. il iiu. .wiiw. -i,...cured by it elojiinciit of a holy life, the rich and mosaics of which it is compos ed. AVhat makes yon green so beau tiful? Not the outstanding peak, or stately elm, but the bright sward which clothes its slopes, composed of innumerable blades of grass. It is of small tilings that a great life is made up; and he who will acknowledge no life as groat save that which is builnip of groat things, will find little" in Uible characters to admire or copy. "Yc find the following published in -ov '.n- Wc, a liadieal organ. It should be remembered that it is the lindieals in those Stales who are endeavoring to keep out legally elected Democrats : ' As Shakespeare says, theiXory of the clique of politicians calling themselves liepublicans who are at NYashington trying to induce the President to interfere in the Ala bama Legislative quarrel in their behalf is 'too thin and bare to hide offence's.' The truth is, latd there been no Senatorial e!ectionCin Ala bama this w inter there would have been no epuarrel over the organiza tion of the Legislature. As it affairs in the State are really in a terrible condition. Violence and bloodshed are imminent, and the excessive morality among the mem bers of the two so called Legisla tures points to elaily assassination, With the examples of Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana before us, it would be we-ll to cease to criticise the South American republics, or even the savages." A ln?y dyspeptic was bewailing his own misfortunes, and speaking: with a friend on the hitter's hearty appearance. ''What lo you do te make your self se strong and hearty V" inquir ed thtPdyspcptie. 'Live on fruit alone," answered the friend. "What kind of fruit?" 'The fruit of industry; and I am j never troubled with indigestion." j -- em i You will not anger a man so j much by showing him that you 1 hate, as by showing contempt of! him. q 1 o o The Uribery Invtstivration. It is announoctl3 by teleranliQ that it wiH be proven before the congressional committee of inves tigation that although certain mem ber received money in 1S04 from the Union and Central Pacific rail road companies, they expended it for charitable and political pur poses, and that they had nothing to do with tli management or leg islation of the road. This must be regarded as an encouraging indi cation. Throirgh the letters of Oakes Ames and therojoiner IL S. MeComb, brought before the pub-1 lie a few montl is :iro, the fact be came patent that the acts of Con gress, of 1 SGI, waiving the right of the Government to the lirst mortgage and increasing the rail road subsidy, was carried through by bribery. On the assemblftge of Congress a week ago a commip tee of investigatioti,"Composed of Pollard, Panks, CUerrick, Niblack and 3IcCrary, was appointed to take testimony on the subject. It was feared that as is usual in such cases theresult would bo a substan tial case of whitewash. The ex planation of defense now given in dicates that the committee is likely to make a thorough in vesl igation, and that the facts alleged can be clearly proven. Those who are flikclv to be exposed are therefore casting about for u defense, and so far they are prepared to prove that they appropriated the monev thus received to charitable and political purposes. This would be :i st range defense in our criminal courts for a burglar, a highway man, ori petit thief, but it might be set up on trial with the same propriety by either of these offend ers as by members ot Congress. It probably never occurred to the mind of Judas Tscariot to prove that lie approptiated to charitable and political purposes the thirty pieces of silver which he received lur betraying his master. ith so substantial and brilliant a plea he might perhaps have elemanded and maintained the position of a ruler among his people for the bal ance of his natural life. In the absence of such a plea he pursued the more commendable"' course of hanging himself. ly the congres sional course referred to the conn try w as robbed of about $150,000 ('00 without a roll-call, and in such a manner as to leave no evidence o: rcceird as to who the guilty parties were. Now that the evi dence is likely to be brought te light, it occurs to those self-sacrificing patriots aneP benefactors of mankind that the- made good use of the bribes received, and that they were in no way connected with the management of the road or with the corrupt legislation s-.1- Ne one of them will be able tei prove that he did not vote for the bill; that he received a bride for voting against it, er that the agents of the railroad com pany paid him for opposing the interests of the company and ele fending those of the people. As the case stands, the credit mobilier desired tin passage of a bill so in famous that no member of Congress was willing to place his name en rte-oru in its lavor; it was caineil through by bribery, and members ostensibly in good standing re ceived bribes and voted for it. These are the points in the case in which the public is interested, and concerning which it is desirable that the details shall be revealed. If the subsequent financial trans actions of these meinl e'is have any bearing on' the investigation. er are deemed to be of interest to the public, this phase of the ease might also be examined, after the ques tion of bribery is disposed of. The result of an extension of the inves tigation" wouhl probadly he proof thai the guilty parties have become immensely rich from official plun der. Men who acquire gain through corrupt and fraudulent means may possibly give liberally to charitable purposes, but they do not forget to amass wealth for themselves. Of course', the most strenuous efforts will ycVbe made to stifle a fair investigation, but it is to be hoped that such efforts will fail, S-tcmrnthto Unioc. O S M XT'" P Chant's Taii:i Uaxvass. .e do not suppose that the Americans will permit the etiqutte about re election to be broken in 1S70, but wecan see quite clearly t ha tyrant will have a chance ota third term, stwh as his predecessors have never enjoyeu. n ' ; b-inds nnd if the pTutn s are, . even tederaljlv e qual, the Pre sident, who while President, curries the whole negro vote, will b lor one "party or theQther, the only uncon querable candidate. We may yet elate from this election a real and considerable change in American polities, for apart from ;ilT'consi,ler iviions: of" iiersonal character, it it ..... nimrmolislv ' strengthened the hands of the Presidency itself. Ex. o o Mccchcrj XeijTo Trp.p Raited With a White Woman." A frewspaper of the straiohtest negro politics, denies that IJeechcr advised the "baiting of a trap with a while woman,"' to catch a negro suffrage. lint if referneQ be made to page fifty of thePOfricial Keport of the Equal Kights Association for 1SG7, it vi!l be found that he did so advise. The speech in which it occurs was made in the Church of the Puritans, May 10th 1807, and the whole paragraph is as fol lows: "The way tt) get a man a position i.to take ne in advance -of it, and then he will drop into the one you want him to take. So that if, being crafty, I desire) to catch men with guile, and desire to adopt suffrage with eeilorod men, as good a trap I know of is to craim for women lilso. "llait your trap with a white woman, and I think you will catch the blackmail." oV white woman who could receive into her family a man who uses such filthy language ought herself to be shameless. According to all accounts, Mr. IJeechcr knows all about a "trap baited with a woman1' but when he prostitutes the pulpit with the lainniao-e of .1 l .lit i . . ii-i tfie brothel, lie- ought to be banish- i i n .11 ed from allJ respectable society. rIM -.ii i i i he wretched mans brain is a slop-pail for all the isms that were ever invented by the ungodly and the profane. "Free hive" and free negroes" are tvp'm sisters in the politics of many men of his class. A few years ago he did not blush to marry a woman to her pfframour while iicr husbaYid living, aiul well kupwn to IJeechcr. His loose principle's in morals politics, and religion haveOheeit perfectly well known for nearly a quarter of a century se? well known, at least, that the most respectable and well known clergyman ef his ow;n com munion have long since withdrawn their confidence from him. The infamous women who aiv in pri on for publishing an account, of his amours, have been his associates fjr his years, and his pulpit) in the Church of the Puritans has been the fountain of rnot of the loose notions with which these "9t range women" have scandalized the pub lic. His very popular talents h:fve been wholly deveited lo loosening: the bands of morality and religion, and to the opening a Pandora's Uox ed' isms, which have complete ly sapped the foundations of the nrovei nment established by our fathers. In his latest published ser mon, or spee'ch, he "hailed the com ingChinese" tochelp e!o the voting and share in tlte gove'rument of eiur country. If iheir Josh which they worship, is more powerful than our Jehovah, he ought to reign." And proceeding in this .. . .vJ vein of' the same infidel pro i n 1 1 y he compared our holy religion to a game cock saving nc was not afraid to pit the Christian religion against any other religion in ther knowu world." Thus has the pul pit of this exceedingly mischief ems man been trap baited,' not enily women," but with "with wdiite every ccniceivablo glittering abom ination, tcjL-atc!i all that portion of the community which is naturally inclined to loeiseness of opinion and morals. The husband of every virtuous wife, the mother of every pure and speitloss slaughter, and every patriot father should shun this tlen ed'all demoralizing isms as tke-y would a pestilence. The morals, religion and politics of the Church of the Puritans "may be defined properlyby the general term of K''uktt-t'c? lootC)!':-. It is a hybrid pulpit, or something be-Uvee-iP a church and a theater, but lacking the dignity ed' the former as milch as it does the classic and taste and consistency of the latter. A" y. J '! Jiook. c An old fellow who is noted, up town, for his stuttering, as well as for his shrewdness in making a bargain, stopped at a grocery and inquired : o "Nov m-m-many t-t-turkeys have- you 'g-g-got ?" "Eight sir," replied the grocer. "T-t-tOUgh or trf-teiider ?" "Some are tender and some tough," was the reply. "I k-keep b-boardeis,M said the now customer. " P-pick out the f-f-four t-t-totighest ones, if you p-p-p-please." The delighted grocers very wil lingly ceimi.liod with the unusual request, and tones: aid. in his peditest O "These ale the tough ones, sir VJpon which the purchaser coolly t , j h.lI1(i U.J( rUL ' , in the remaining diour, ami exe iatuieo : "EH t-t-take th-th-tht:!" -i i i :i The people of Louisville arg sad because the mantle of Pre nt ice is still seeking an owner, it failing to fit thecback of an ambitious youth who clutcheel it several years ago, Oand ha? dnce been endeavoring to deltule the tttiblie: into the belief that it fits him "shust like der pa per on der wall. o o o o. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Poliycs National uid Local. .0 o While it is easy enough to say "wc knew the ?ov would eat the grindstone," after the catastrophe lias taken place we wish to say that we hope the day of timiel counsels and impolitic compromises lias passed with the Democratic party. The wavering of the leaders and the impatientCe.-igerness ef ofliee- seekers have leel to the adoption of! i.i policy that discourageel and dis gusted the men who voted on prin ciple the men who bore the Dem ocratic banner te victory on so many battle-fields in the days ofrts power and glory the' men who will again lift that banner from the dust and plant it in triumph upon the citadel of American freedom, 11 is utieriy useless now tor Democrats to memrn eiver the elis asters of the past, it is worse than useless for Demcrats U) blame one another, and say if things had been better managed. better rest; ts would have been reached. The one phing now to be sought is the path to future succe-ss a real success, iioi ,i mneTviiuiia ic , that path seems clear -i-1 wt ., first, and with ,i i not a more-semblance of it. To us o emphasis, let there; be no further compromises of Democratic principle. Let no her esy, er wromg-do'ng of the opposi tion be endorsed, winked at, or sub mitted to, but let every;, constitu tional means bo employed te restore the supremecy of the Constitution and the rule ef justice and honesty in the administration of the Geiv ernment. Pursue thiscourse ami true Democrats will have some thing te work and vote for and then they will work and vole. NYe might I earn ade-sson from our ene mies on this point a lessem eif con sistency and persistency. Much as they were condemned and the dis astrous fruits of their policy, if successful, deprecated by thought ful and patriotic men, none can fail to admirtP the consistency with which they rallied election after election under their black banner. Lacingin enlightened patriotism, they hhd plenty oi' pluck and petx sisteiicy. At cvtjry presidential' election they ut iqPa candidate knowing he v.ouhl be defeated. Finall' they -'Oji, that success be ing the rewarel olCJheir persistence in an evil cause. A similar pluck and persistence em our part will give us success. It may take time. It' it teok the' present party new in poweT twenty five years to over throw the true principlesof this goverornmont, it may require some years for us to restore them. But it c:in 'I'e done. It, will be done it henceforth the Democratic party shall prove itself to be a party of principles, rf fortitude and of cour age, such as it w:is in the days of Jefferson and Jackson. Piil such a nan as Hendricks on a square I )emocr:V( ic platform oami vote for him every lour years without wavering or change of front, and before' three quad reiinians have passed a Democrat ic President will be seated m the White House. A second indispr nsible condition of success is adhere-nce to the Dem ocrat ie organization. There can be no better party than the Democrat ic, party. There can be no belter name than the Democratic name'. Our reverses have been caused by compromises of the, organization and of the name. We want no new names. We want no compounds. We want the Democratic organiza tion square and fair. We vwnntthc Democratic name pure and simple. Let the old ship go into all future fights with the old Democratic banner floating from her mast-head. If any feel like jumping eiverboard to take the ir chances in some other craft, let them rellect earnestly be fore they venture upon such a step. Thev-will surely' discover that such a course will lead them tojlisaster. There is safety, honor and success in the organization. Out of it there is eeinfusion, we-akness and defeat. What say the Democracy of So noma county to these views? We believe they will respond with a hearty Anna We know what the y say to time-serving and dodg ing. They 1 avesaid they will iwt tolerate them. Put standing oiia square DetiUK-raticplatforfn, with sound Democratic leaders of their nomination, through the regular Kt lvemocrniio eirganizalio-n, t hey will be as ot yore, united, enthnstas tic and Cinvincible. ri:t. Is It Peace en: War? We have had a va-t amount of glorifi cations over the sucees of the Gen eva tribunal as the beginning of a new era et peace' ii v. hie)h arbitra tion vill hereafter take the place d' war in settling international dis pute; and yet with the meeting ed' Congress the first thing taken up for de-liberate consideration is the proposition lor ten additional ships of war, with all the modern im- i ." ,i nrovemenis. ?o mucn ior me ijen A. c?va tribunal. o o o o o o o l'aternal CJoveriimetit. The ground upon which the ad- vocates of the proposed postal tel egraph job found their argument is : that at present the telegraph is a monopoly which ojtpresses the j pcoplc.who tlemanel lower rate s ami j increased facilities for telegraph- j ic communication. Theretbre,they j say the Government should step in ; (between the monopolists and the ' iiroolr oinl ctiiiiili- tli v. 11 1 rnd ! I'vwi'.vy tiiii i nil m ii i iuy i v i nil v ii facilities at more reasonable rates than are now established. Is it not obvious tlRU the same .argument would apply equally to ! euir railroads, w hich are usually : monopolies, and nearly all of; which inight bo managed with j more regard te the convenience of; the public than they are? In fact, j one staunch Administration jour- j nal, the Philadelphia ATortt Aimr- , 1 ..1 1 -- . . 1- ... .... t. - arnve when it will be deemed necessary to abolish all corporate monopolies in the railway business by putting them into the hands of the National Government. The provisions ef the Constitution, the jorth Aim ricti says, are "not really inimical to the assumption of this iunclion by the Government, as they confer authorityo to regu late commerce and intercourse Ite tween the Slates, and to do what- ever may be necessary lor the j general welfare cd the peemle of! The J iCpubiie. j The aelministration journal in question presents at some length its reasons why such a course as it I suggests should meet with favor. I This system of governmental man agement has been adopted in lel-i gium in regarel to both telagraphs T and railways, ami it works as sat isfactorily in the one case as in the other. Now, our necessities in the matter are greater than those of any country in Europe can possi bly be, for while we always speak of our prodigious aggregate of rG2,000 miles of failroail in the I luted States in a mass, it is all cut up between Slates and Tcrai toriespsubject to the varying laws, regulations, and management of all these di Horrent States and Ter ritories. Then some States have burdened themselves with heavy debts to favor the construction ed particular roads built to foster lo cal interest while at the same time'the National Government: has richly endowed lines in other States. All this inequality of treatment would be remedied, the Aorth Aiimr'u-'iit believes, if the whole system was made national. Another strong point made by the ATurth. - irncri:att is this : "If the necessity of earning and pav ing dividends could be got rid ed the management of railroads would die very eliiHrcnt from what it is. Then there would be no crushing eut ef the way interests by un necessary burdens in orelor te en able the lines to favor the through traffie." The natural conclusion from these premises will strike every one Under Government management the railroads would be run not to make money, but to accommodate the people, and the traveling public would be maele entiiely happy. Further, if the railroads were the property of the natioji arid managed by a national system, like the postal service', passenger fare's and tariffs would be adjusted to the lowest possible scales, the effect of which woulel be to cheapen many things very much, especially bread, meat, and coal. On the whole, we think it woulel be admitted that the SVvt'tt. Auk , icon lias made emt a much stronger argument in favor of having the Gove rnment take possession ed" the railroads that? Postmaster-General Cress well or any of his confeder ates will be able to present in favor of the postal telegraph scheme, sinccQve cannot imagine any possi ble system of telegraph manage ment by which the price of bread and meat and coal would bo ma terially reduced. And if it is in accordance with tin spirit of our institutions for the Government tr iffcinopoli.e the business of tele graphic communication, it is certain ly equally an exercise of legiti mate power to take possession of ill the railroads and operate them or the rjreiier; ai wellare ot theJ country. The telegrarjis and railroadsPin the possession of the Government, it weiuld probably) be discovered that the prosperity of the country and the safety of 'its financial con dition required that the banks should be put under national con trol, after which now opportunities for extending the blessings of pa ternal government might be ex pected lo present themselves in definitely. Josh Hillings says: "'Give the devil his due' re-ads well enough in a proverb,but what will become of you anel me if this arrangement is carried out," 0 o ,, nas a.icaoy laKcu Mien n insecurity has for some time pre view of this subject and plainly ! Vailed among the officers and their intimates that the time is likely to ! i':ullil'K. except a few who pooh- A Ilucky Woman. 1 iusGRACKi-xf. ixskcukity tc fi MAI.KS IX A FEDERAL FORT IN" TEXAS A UKUTAL NEGRO BREAKS INTO A LADY'S SLEEPING APART MENT THE WOMAN INSTANTLY SHOOTS HIM. Foist Davis, Tex.ts. Nov, 21. 1S72. To the Editor of the Herald: Four times within as many months efforts have been made by some black-hearteel rascals at this post to effect an entrance inte the sleeping apartments of the fam ilies of the officers of the garrison eluring the absence of "the officers on their several duties. A diabolical attempt was but a few nights ago made upon the fam ily of ene ed' the civilian employes , Q- tic o-overnmcnt at the post. "A feeling of elreael appreliensionand ! .11 ' . 1001C)1 an saK1 li:U it was all im sl.,ilialioii, but by the heroism of j Yr..s Jwoidall. wife of First Lieu tenant F. A. Kendall, Twenty-fifth infantry, one ed" the'elevils at last learned that there is a Gexl in Is rael, and the doubters are silenceel. About two oVleick this morning Mrs. Kendall, wheise husband is temporarily absent oi. duty, was awakenoel by a noise as of some ! one breaking in the sash of a whi tlow opening from her sleeping apartment upon the porch in the rear. She promptly awoke her companiem, a young lady, ami daughter of one of I he officers of the garrison, and asked in a louel voice, "Who's there ?"' Heceiving no re'ply the plucky little lady took her revolver and listeneel. Pits of broken glass continued falling on the lloor, convincing her that the fiend was persisting in his'Tfforts to enter the room ; ami then, with the. consciousness that em her dependeel the safety of her self and companiem from a fate worse than death, and, doubtless, their lives and those of her three little children, she calleel several times, "Who's there'?" and, receiv ing ne) reply, she stepped to the window, 'ami aiming over the beel occupier! by her little ones, at a Jiead just being thrust through the broken sash, lireel. She heard in stantl)' after the fill of a heavy body on the porch and a stifled groan. ? Doing awakenoel by the shot I, in company with others, hurried to the spot and soon a squael of the guard were on hand with pre parations for remevingthe carcass. An examination proved him tei bd Corporal Tallilerro, a hideous ne gro belonging to Company I, Nit:th United States cavalry, one of the companies composing this garrison. The bullet had penetrated his skull anel must have killeil him in stantly. With assurcel esteem, yours, E. J. S. First Lieutenant, Twonty-fifih U. S. Infantry. Disgraceful Conduct of a Radical U, !. Senate as Viewed, by a Itadical. Eurncy's IWs, an Aelmhiist ra tion paper, says: w It will not be recorded to the credit of the pres ent lieyublican United States Sen ate that while a Popublican Presi dent, General Grant, was attending the funeral of bis dead competitor, a partisan majority iij that same Senate refused to allow two liepub licans the poor privilege of saying some kind words in houeir of a jour nalist who did more for the Kepub lican cause than all the loaders in this ineffable meanness coulel have done had they lived uncounted centuries. " The liepublicans of the Douse took a manlier course when they refused to ace-opt ihe resigna tion of General Hanks, and w hen the-' generously alloweel Mr. Dawes to speak some worel.s for Horace Greek'. Is our Senate about to assume entire possession ot the Government? Is a tempor ary majority of that body prepar ing to ? 1 1 fi 1 1 the prophecy of-John Adams, when he substantially said the Senate would ultimately control theSExt cutive and the popular branch of Congress? The remorse less removal of Liberal liepublicans from the standing committees, in , the face of Provident Grant's mag nanimous example, and The offeii si ve?. refusal to allow a few kind words to be said for Horace Gree Iey,remind us of the dark proslavery tirne-s. Our Senatorial masters are sowing a storm that may close in a " whirlwind." So many handsome fortunes were maele in getting rid of the curse of slavery in this country, that it is not strange "the curse of slavery in Culi" is to be made a pretext for making some more. Somebody wants a job to buihl war vessels, and so Mr. Ncgley of Pennsylvania says "the curse of slavery in Cnba" is liable to in volve "us in war at any moment." ODLiberjy! what lots of money ' feas been' made in thvname! ' I