-. - fc, , - ,
i . - '
1 , '
r o
o
O
o
o
o
o
0
O
o
o
; O
ii ii hi ii i ii i hi hi
o
r3
VOL. 7.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1873.
NO. 46.
drift ,vO irrfo irfifi
((' si''
ft
WW
vjr aw o awiV
: r
O
r h c
O
c
f
CAK( XOM-
in katk Hir-LAun.
Hold tli" sf a-shcll to thine ear.
And the niunniir of the wave
From its n-sv de pths mayst hear,
bike a ! from out the grave
Calling t!ir the night to thee!
Ivnv foul soft :iil far-away.
From a silent, distant shore.
Where is m ither night nor day.
Nor the sound of plying oar ;
For all sleep In-side that sea!
Low- and soft. l)tit constant still,
Km-it murmurs evermore
With a steady, pulsing thrill.
Of the waves ii:hm the shore,
And it 'tells nought e lse to thee.
H M iiiv !
ti t up to thy ear,
nd till' 'IC i
loved name
Sinning through its depth
An.? the son.: is still the
Tia murmur from the si
may:
sai nl.',
;t hear.
From the great sea of my love,
i'.ir-rr. citing, ealm ami wide.
Where nur .-tonus nor tempests move,
Nor i dl s the eonstant tid'.
And the waves still sing of thee!
Fs-im Kcnttnrf'x for Stjti-iittrr.
At rs the Ocean.
Cholera i increasing in Germany.
A Bra.iiHan eomes to the front
aucd 17o.
Kiivr Charles, of Wurtemberg, is
at Vienna.
Countess Molina, wife of "the in
fant" Don ( arlos, is at Gratz.
Rradlangh has lieen denounced by
a faction of the London republicans.
The Khedive 1ms declined Prosi
deiit McMahon's imitation to visit
raris.
There have Leon
numerous rail
dand during the
W
iie.-idelits. in En;
pat
w
a vs.
r.vnis. s
4. The
last instal
will lie paii
t
in--'lit of war indemnity
to Germany to-morrow.
Mr. ( iciir;'i' 15:
h
succeeded
John Pope llennessy as Governor of
the West Afj-ieau settlement.
Mrs. Hough, the oldest European
inhabitant of Bombay, India, lately
ili" 1, a --.'.I eighty-eight years.
The London journal contradict the
report th.i: Prince A rthu r is betroth
ed to !';iv,i'i s 'i'!ivi-.i of Denmark.
ie Kin:
vi -it ti
m l )a i-n of en
I'm peror of Au-t
win
Vie;
ti .n
4. .
W.l
a :
ta at
I.il.i-
,:;a bi-roic t!
close of the
i e f
- -i e l
he:' di
the IV-inec
( f O : 'e;l
in P.i;-is v
cssiuakr.
ss
Jl.
T
1 ...
) sati:
: iln
s;,-
of L .
S'ii!
i.-k P
S ."d ill
' I ' : ' .
- Yv'.tl
h:ts be
rh-.v. I
ord M-:
n ci (
a'.i
11. ..i-.-.i
"t .
-r-
!.'s T:i:,
.-hi. s
Sh.i
W
:i:nl
i
lhtc
v.d
Th
i s.ih1, f .v
;ate of the
bagpipes
not visit
in
a.
fa-.o-ab'e
tor iieari:
! II
il:u
the
for Hi
land
r.'ii s,
cake
'i won
hi
Tim I'l incc Imperial of France
1cm reiitriied to !ii ; .stililies at Vi'niil
v. : -h, where he was advanced in stu
b ut L'rade j-;st before he went to
A:vu( !doi":r. '.
7nI
f .r I
Patob:
AVard .Ta.-kson. M. P.
-it i-ii
; !e oi x -l
as SHeit His leliow
in ;uh"r York, 3Ir. Leenian,
si ta.hr and lias lieen si warded
for
C-)
d :".ii i-'es.
Tt
is
o'.lh-iaViV ar.nov,n-ed that the
D ike
f Ilavi' takes thn French
la
ion Au-tria. and lh.it the
D:i!
K.e lie 1 a-.cs w hi laue. uie iiiissmu
to K:r
viand.
A
aide dis
ateli says it is reort
ha will return at once
i account of the msnr-
Mat t iie r
t o Ti
heran. o
rectiou which has broken out within
his dominions.
A London dispatch says: The fin
'(' announces that the Queen has
given her consent to the marriaue of
Prince Alfred and the Grand Duch
ess Marie Alexandrovna.
Sir Sidney Waterlow, Lord Mayor
of London, is to be given a banquet
by the Mayors of a number of the
principal cities, in tlie Guildhall at
orl. He baaqnetted the Sha; now
who jvill give the . other Mayors a
dinner?
Switzerland showed itself to be a
sensible little republic by not "mak
ing any bone-." over the Sha. He
came and w entb and not a Swiss stop
ped hoeing his potatoes or turned
his head as the bejew eled blackamoor
went by.
The Cortes, by a vote of IS I yeas
to 1 nay, have passed a bill granting
constitutional guarantees to Porto
llieo. A deputy from that colony in
the course of the debate declared
unit tue island wouia always remain,
faithful to Spain.
Y hether or not Premier Gladstone
is a Jesuit, was the subject of a sharp
debate ln-twecn Mr. Johnson. M. P.,
and a Dr. Potter, in a late Orange
convention in Glascow. . I)r. Potter
revived the charge and Mr. John
son denied its truth.
The Sha. according to the raris
lifls several diamonds, which
besides the other qualities of erfect
gems, possesses the attribute of emit
ting a pungent and pleasing perfume
m crowded places. Their like is
unknown in Europe, and they are
only found in r remote part of PVr
i i. in a soil of ferruginous and car
boniferous strata.
Queen Victoria is said to be annov
J'd at the Slias rather too demons tra
jedisphty of admiration and arl'ee
'"n fur horstlf. At the Windsor
t- , no iviseu uer nor-
hu'.. .!".,,iTO alUli poople, and it is
ci-oVse 1 : t1u-Xt t, A ma.v have
1-piiT nnd of annexing Eng-
1 V nnpttal alliance.
ullVilV St:ltt... 1.- 1 1
O
o
.Important t School Districts.
The followidg notice from the Siijer
intendent of Public Instruction is of
imjK)i tan-e to the various districts:
OlIHi: OF sri'KlilNTKNDKNT Of
ri lll.lc Ixsi urn mv Svi.r.M
Oregon, Auir. l.", 17:.
To A. Noi.tnki:. i:stJ.
SlTKItlNTKMiKN I' OF ScHOOl.S for
Clackamas County, Oreiron.
Sin : As has already I K'cn announced
through the new spajwis of the State,
tin- follow in.ir named Looks have lieen
duly selected as tin- authorized text
books in the luanehes mentioned, in
the Public Schools of Orejron. for the
four years commencing OcIoIkt 1st,
1S7:) : .
Arithmeti Thompson's New- Jral
ed Series; 1 hooks' ' Normal Mental;
Kohinson's Higher.
iJramiiiar -Clark's Primary (Xow
Edition) ; Clark's Advanced.
I Jcoj;ra ihv M onti i, Ii 's.
History liarns' J Sric t' II istorv of the
I'nite.l States; Peter Parley's 'Univer
sal : Anderson's Ceneral History.
Al-ehra lhooks.
i comet ry lr inks'.
l'ciiinaiislii j Sj .enecrian.
Natural Philosophy Steel's Pour
teen Weeks C in sc.
Phisioloiry Steel's 14 Weeks Course.
Chemistry Steel's 14 Weeks Course.
Ponk-Keepin.v? Hryaiit A Stratton's.
Composition 1 1 art's.
r.otany Wood's.
The readers and spc llrrs will lio so
leelcd al.out the middle ef next month.
The law remiires that the books se
lected shall be introduced into all the
Public Schools of t he Slate. ' on or be
fore the fust day of October, 17:!." Put
the aet, (owiicj: to ;ui ;nad vei ta lit emis
sion iii framing; it.) did not .uo into ef
fect until t line months alter the close
of the session, and as there has been
some unavoidable delay from other
causes, the te.t-bo.ks have been adop
ted at so late a day that it w ouhl U a
hardship upen the patrons of the
schools to insist upon havimr tin in-lioilu'-lioii
of the-authorized " series
-i)in li it'll oy llie iiay iiameti m tlie
law. Under tlie.se circumstances the
St-ite I ' ail on-Mtie: ti n hasconclud. d
to take the responsiliilitv of extending
tlie time so as lt seem e the i;r;:du.d in
troduction of tlie books that haviHieen
adopted. Hence, liiou.'ii it will be ex
pected and required that all the Public
S -hoi 1 s of the St.ite siirill bcuin in rood
faith "on or b-V.re October N, l-7:'.,"
( if the hooks ir.n i.i- pro. nred by t!iat
time.) to in'iiodilci' tin- lit hoi ized sc
ries." they will iieal lowed, imti! Mureli
Ut. is7t, to complete t'.ic ilit rod net i"ii.
In the meantime. County Siiperin
tendents, Iistri.-t I ircctors, Tc-iehers
and all others liavimr authority in 1 he
pivmises. will sec to it that the hooks
that have been s, l.-eted are introduced
as rapidly as posii:le. The purchase
oi' any other books than those, for use
in t:ie puldie schools, ii the studies
a!ioe ii tmed must bi strictly forbid
ilcn a;'b"r O toiH-r 1-t. W henever n w
books arc
teachers,
that or.ly
rcipiired in tlose studies,
nd directors will take ea re
hose of the authorized kind
d. In t his way all tlie hooks
are proci:
can Ik
procured ion.; before M;
u any serious ditiicultv.
I 111 i 1st,
v itiioill
N district (except such as may not
have !i id school lauirht in the mean
time. l!ia !'iil; to retioi i lc-close
o.' ! h ': : h 1 yea :-, lie com 'lete i.ilr;;-du--iion
of the authorized text books
will be permitted to draw pu! lie money
for tin'' year following. And after
M irch I.-l. Is7t. tlie use of those books
will i rei i m I ei I I ii an on i i ic seuo i
Vo.i are pi rl i- d nl - !--oii:
tcd and
nj iiiieii to do ail in your power to
; !-! ,-. c ,(e t h;' speedy iul .d ucl i u of i he
aut horiz d books in thesehoi Is of your
oiiuiv, with as little troul K' and c.-ati-.n
to pat ions as possihle. Ai'tci:dl,
the cnfore-'iii'. lit of this as well as all
other n-'piireiiicnts of t he school law,
dep ;ids mainly unon t he County Su-
pe
intcniietit. lie is nit! r;niil arm ot
oi
! r seln d system .
Please notify the :
your county at once,
these hooks, if nil
ral di
trie's of
t l.he
ai lo; l it m of
have not already
done s . and ot tin
Hoard.
rcipi'n cments of the
I am. Sir. Very li 'soect f.dly.
Your O'ledient Servant,
Syi.. C. Simsims,
S.iiierintcndciit l'ul.lic Instruction
iSaker City Wt cklv Herald.
A paper
bv thi
n
ame is soon to be
started as the prospectus will show,
by II. II. M. F.oyd. Yv'e wish Mr.
loyd success in his undertaking.
The price of the paper will be Si a
vear or S-.."l per six months. We
give the prospectus:
On or about October 1st, 17:, we
begin the publication of the If rnff,
a seven-column newspaper, at ISaker
City, Pxihcr County, Oregon. ISe
lieving that the enterprising citizens
of ISaker Citv, and the surrounding
country, will aid us in our arduous
task, we pledge ourself to publish a
paper, not in the interests of any man
or clique, but in the interests of the
whole people of this beautiful valley.
We propose to devote our time
wholly to the further development
of the vast resources of ISaker Coun
ty. Its educational, Agricultural,
Mechanical, and Mining interests,
will receive our undivided attention.
We will give the Local Xews of
the City and County each week, and
spare no pains nor money to make
t he lh'i nhl a first -class local paper.
We will not lend our support to any
man aspiring to public favor, who is
not honest and true to the best inter
ests of ISaker County and Eastern
Oregon.
We believe in voting for honest
men for office, and shall advocate
the election of none other, neither
for County or State.
Our principles are Democratic, in
tne strictest sense, granting "honor
unto whom honor is due," and to
keep pace with the rapid progress of
the times, in which we live. We
cannot be bought, and shall adhere
strictly to our motto, and in every
instance where dishonesty and cor
ruption in oilice are detected, the
Ur,ihl will be fearless in the battle
for right.
We shall publish a paper that will
be worth the subscription price, and
we hope to be able to put the 11,-nihl
in the house of every man in the
County before the beginning of the
New Year.
Got Angry. A Bangor woman
got angry with a directory canvasser
because that young gentleman Would
not take the name of her six-months'
TI 1-1
i old oaov.
j
! California is doing well in olives.
! One orchard at San Diego produces
1 9,750 gallons of oil. '
Railway Insolence.
From the S. F. Kxaminor.
Lately we have stcn an account of
a case at law- in Louisiana, where it
was decided that when a railroad
company sells a ticket to a passenger
it is with the understanding thatthe
passenger will l.e provided with a
seat. Ihe action -rew out of the
fact that a passenger refused to sur
render his ticket until he was fur
nished with a seat, and for this re
fusal, persisted in l,y him. he was
immediately ejected with his ln-a.e-e
from the train. He brought'
suit thereupon and recovered from a
jury an award of damages against
the railway com .any in the sum cf
two thousand dollars'
This was si righteous and exem
plary verdict. It is time, in this
country, that the traveler should he
protected in his rights, and that the
wealthy railway coriiorations should
be taught that passengers are not to
be treated and transported like cat
tle. Mr. Casserly, in his Union Hall
speech, last Saturday night, gave
an account of what he had observed
on the Pacific ltailro.nl, where poor
immigrants hither bound were treat
ed with less consideration than dumb
cattle, which enjoyed accommoda
tions, under the protection of a law
of Congress, superior to those afford
ed to the poor European immigrant.
It is high time these arrogant cor
porations were brought tip with a
round turn, and it is gratifying to
see that people all over the country
are beginning to assert their rights
and demand what is just, and when
those rights are denied to seek the
redress which is theirs.
When a man purchases a ticket to
a certain point on a railway it is his
right to be conveyed there w ith some
degree of comfort, not as if he were
a bullock on his way to be slaughter
ed. He has paid for a seat and
should have one; but how often is
this right insolently denied to the
unfortunate wayfarer by rail! Gen
erally the modest traveler, knowing
that he must not dareto ask anything
from the great corporation, humbly
puts up with his standing place,
very grateful that he is not worst' oil'.
nun, ii tins were the only inconve
nience travelers were obliged to sub
mit to, there would n.it be so much
cause f ir cnuplair.t; but there are
oilier great evils. For instance, a
railway corporation prints upon its
tickets the legend, " (iood for this
day and trip only," so that if we
should purchase a ticket to-day and
by some unforeseen event we are
prevented from using it, to-niorrow
we must pr-a-ure a new ll.-ke'.. be
cause the railway company claims,
we have forfeited our right to use
the lirst by reason of failure to use
it on the day for which it was issued.
That condition is the law created by
the corporation, but, fortunately for
the citizen, courts have decided that
if Jones buys a ticket from one point
to another, he may use at his con
venience, no matter what day is in
dicated thereon; and so that arbitra
ry law of the railroad is annulled,
and but few companies have the au
duifv to attempt to put it in force.
Then; is another beautiful and
benignant distinction made by the
corporations, somewhat like this:
If
i person liurcnase a ticket to go
from New York to New Haven hi
could not go from the latter to the
former point, because, perhaps, it is
considered the distance is greater
one way than it is another. One
gentleman tried it, however, and was
put off the train by the employees
and severely injured. Our readers
may remember something of this
case which we recounted several
months ago. He sought redress from
the courts. Tlie company told him
if he wanted law, he should have a
sufficiency of that costly commodity.
He was desirous of testing their
ability to subvert law and justice,
and the courts to their purpose, and
so at.it he went and fought the New
York and New Haven Co. with a
wonderful pertinacity through all
the courts, when they, finding resis
tance longer futile, paid the judg
ment of thirty-rive hundred dollars,
thrice rendered against them, for
ejecting him unlawfully from the
train. It is seldom that we rind a
single individual with the courage
requisite to the task of fighting sin
gle handed a large corporation, as
this man did.
It should be unnecessiu-y to state
so obvious a truth, but railroads are
constructed primarily forpubliecon
venience and future development of
our resources and commerce. The
secondary consideration should be
the obtainment of large dividends
noon the capital invested. There
fore corporations should instead of
cultivating insolence and arrogance
from the highest official to the lowest,
insist upon havingpassengers treated
as human beings; but of course when
one road has the monopoly, they
may say, as they do with the utmost
brutali'tv, jf you are not satisfied
with us'construct your own railroad.
t we have reached the day,
in this State at least, when the inso
lent arrogance and brutal benavior of
the railway monopolies have received
a salutary
heck.
bi.lv writing from Loudon about
Joaonin Miller .says she has lodgings
iii tl.o Minn house with him, and is
much pleased with his daily labor
and way of life. He denies him
.a ,-.,..-iovirr hut, the mere nec-
essnnVs of life, bestowing the rest 111
charity. He is the frequent guest
of th nohi litv everv dav bringing
invitations for dinners, parties, fcc
but he savs that fashionable society
is like the Sierras the higher the
colder; impossible to receive from it
a single idea.
T-r Wyoming female
lawyer lately argued for the plaintiff
- . T -
a case w herein her husband was uc-
fendant, and carried it against aim
1
The
Separation of Parents and Chil
dren. We sometimes hear it said that the
American people are different from
Europeans; that they are a home
loving race; whereas'the Europeans,
especially the French, have no
homes, have no word for " home "
in their language, and are forever
gadding about: whereas the Amer
icans do not care for pleasures that
are only to be had in public; hence,
for them, no need of squares, " pi
azzas," "places," public gardens,
parks, etc., etc., etc.- We will not
discuss here the question whether
the French are as domestic a people
as the English arc. In the strict
sense of that word they probably are
not, for their climate does not make
it necessary that they should hug
the hearth as their island neighbors
do; but that the love of the family is
as much developed in France as it
is anywhere in the world that, in
fact, to speak the truth and fear not,
it is rather stronger in France than
it is anywhere else in the world
we do most powerfully and potently
believe, and stand ready to give good
reasons for so believing. Yet it is
certainly true that they spend little
of their leisure time in-doors, and
the middle term that reconciles the
two statements, is, that when they
go abroad, the family as a rule, goes
all together. Now we see no reason
for doubting that Americans, if the
proper means were provided, would
come in time to take as much open
air exercise as the French enjoy tak
ing the air father and mother and
children, all together. We think
it in the highest degree desirable
that this should be. One of the
most prolillc sources of misery ami
crime, in this civilized world ot ours,
is found in the separation of the in
terests of parents and children. In
this respect we have much to learn
from the French and Germans, and
much to unlearn from the English.
Our immediate subject has to do
with only one form that this separa
tion takes, but. it ought to be se
riously reflected on, how many are
its forms. In England it begins in
the nursery, and it is f ir from un
common for it to begin as early with
us. Then there comes the Sunday
school, an institution with which
there would be no fault to rind if it
were not to be suspected that it is
coming to take the place of home in
struction in religion a lamentable
thing, if we only knew it. That
children should go awav from to be
taught their secular studies has be
come so universal, and is a custom
so old-established, that there is no
use in asking whether it be wise or
no; hut here in America it is only
one in the long list of separations
between parents and their children.
Perhaps it is more conspicuous in
our anp-.sements than it is in the
serious work of every day; but a for
eigner accustomed to seeing mothers
sharing with nurses the supervision
of their children in the parks and
gardens; fathers, mothers, children,
and nurses, all together at the fairs,
and abroad on fete-days, and all the
family, even, (as in the case of work
ing people) to the baby, enjoying
the the theater together how must
the foreigner in question be puzzled
when he observes the marked sepa
ration that exists among us between
the elder people and the younger in
their amusements! From " Central
I'ltri'," in Scrilmers for September.
Poor Crops in Europe. Among
the New York dispatches of August
.sth we find this:
The Tribute this morning has an
article on the crops abroad and at
home. It deduces the fact from ex
tracts from European papers that the
harvests in Europe this season are
generally deficient, especially on
wheat and rye, of which there is a
prospect of a poor yield. From the
present aspect in Europe, low prices
for the crop of next season seem al
most impossible. The Tribune says
the w heat crop being safely gathered
Europe demands our breadstuff's.
We have plenty to supply them, and
we can. rue surplus oi last years
crop will be needed to supply the
deficiency of the present crop, ami
there w ill not be this season the dead
weight of low priced corn to drag
down the general market. At the
same time the prospects of the money
market are assuring. The -country
has made a gain of at least fifty mil
lion dollars on the adverse balance
of imports as compared with last
year. The cotton crop has improved
in condition since July.
Poor Citors in France. The New
York lhtUeiin, a leading commercial
authority, says: " The accounts of
the harvest in France show that the
yield in decidedly mediocre. In the
north the yield was below what was
expected, not only as regards quan
tity, but also quality. In the South
ern departnents the wheat is very
high in price on account of its good
quality. The stock on hand is lie
coming scarce, and the cultivators
are scarcely bringing anything to
the markets'. The millers are oblig
ed to have recourse to foreign wheat,
and will soon have difficulties in
working the mills, consequent upon
the low state of the water, should
the present dry weather continue.
No decline in 'price appears to be
possible, and a fresh rise is announ-
Shipwrecks. A dispatch
from
Boston. Angnst 29th, says:
It is ascertained that thirty-two
Gloucester vessels went ashore at
Magdalen Islands in the gale of Sun
day. His Determination. Tim Brady
savs: " If ever it's my fortune to live
till I die and God knows whether I
will or no I'll visit ould Ireland
before I lave England."
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
tntTtrfBSTTY OF CALIFORNIA,
llaltle iu the Air.
A TEItlllULiE COMIJAT BETWEEN
TWO
liOCKY MOUNTAIN EAGLES.
Tlie most terrific battle between
two birds, says the irgima JIt
tttman of August 14th, occurred be
tween two monster brown eagles in
the vicinity of the lakes above Vir
ginia on Wednesday evening. When
first noticed, the birds were soaring,
one above the other, at an altitude
of perhaps three-fourths of a mile,
and seemed on a sail for pleasure.
Presently the uppermost bird, clos
ing its broad wings, shot downward
like a meteor from for two or tla-ee
hundred feet, and with a wild, pierc
ing scream, lit fairly upon the back
of the other bird. Turning with the
rapidity of lightning the victim
clutched its advasary with talons and
beak,
AND A FIERCE STRUOfSEE ENSUED.
The savage yells, the striking of
huge wings, and showers of falling
feathers, gave unmistakable eviden
ces of the ferocity with w hich the con
test was waged. As they fought
they fell earthwards, and when with
in live hundren feet of the ground
they disentangled and each swooped
upwards again. Now followed an
interesting trial as to which should
lirst gain a sufficient altitude to make
another plunge. The circling of the
smaller was rapid and close while
that of his antagonist was made with
greater limits, and the ascension was
quickest accomplished. The largest
eagle was soon fully one-half mile
high, and some hundreds of feet
above his victim. Hovering in mid
air for a moment, as if making sure
of his aim, he again darted down up
on his enemv, striking him as before
with a force that seemed sufficient
to kill of itself. Again they grappled
and
I-OT-OHT LIKE WINCED DEMONS,
whirling, falling and striking fu
riously for the space of two or three
miuuti-s. They were now near the
largest of the lakes, and gradually
deeeiiding to the water. The strug
gles of the smaller became less and
less fierce; he was getting weak and
was evidently nearly vanquished,
while his more powerful aggressor
seemed to wage the battle with in
creased vigor. Another moment and
the conquering monarch loosed his
hold, and with an exultant shout of
victory soared upward the battle
was ended; his prisoner, limp and
lifeless, fell into the water of the lake
with a splash and floated on the sur
face without a struggle. We, with
our companion, tried to get the dead
eagle, but were unable to do so w ith
out swimming for it. Loth birds
were f very large size, the largest
moa-airing, wh think, fully twelve
feet from tip to tip. The spectacle
was exciting in the extreme, and the
victory tragically complete. The
battle 'had likely commenced before
we discovered them, as it does not
seem possible for one to kill the oth
er in so short a time, although the
righting was terrific.
A Xciv Kobiiison Crusoe.
In 1871 the schooner Fmnllot,
Captain Holmes, took in a crew and
sailed for the seal fishery among the
South Shetland Islands, situated 61
degrees south in the Antartic regions.
On arriving there the captain dis
patched a boat with provisions for
a week to Winden Island, under the
charge of the steersman, James A.
King, with instructions to kill all the
seals they could until the return of
the ship." The crew of the boat suc
ceeded with their clubs in killing
and skinning 1,000 seals in five days,
after which they set out for St.
George's Island ' to procure more,
leaving chalked upon a board "we
have gone to St. George's Island;
call for us there." The Franklin re
turned from a successful cruise to
Livingstone's Island, at the end of
a week, and seeing that the notice
proceeded to St. George's Island in
search of the men. The ship tacked
oft" and on, for several days, and fired
rockets and guns, lint nothing was
seen of the boat, and the ship at last
set sail for home. Here then were
five sailors abandoned on a desert
island to a cold, icy Winter
among the Antartic snows, In the
month of August of the next year the
sealing ships returned, one of w hich,
the Xile, anchored off St. George's
Island, and the captain with a num
ber of his crew went to look for the
lost men. not expecting to find any
of them alive. The party walked
along the shore and came to a small
hut. On pushing open the door
man with a red beard and long matted
hair was found asleep. He was cloth
ed in seal-skins, and his feet were
covered with the skins of penguins
instead of shoes. On lieing awaken
ed up he was found to be King, the
seaman of the boat that was left In-
hind, and sole survivor of the party.
It seems that they found the hut and
stove on the island, and lived for
some time on pelican flesh, burning
seal blubber in the stove. One had
died of cold; three others attenvpted
to get back to Winden Island, and
are supposed to have perished: and
King alone returned in the Nile.
Such at least is the story we are told
about the new Bobinson Cruso.e
The Bed Rock Democrnt: "The
girls in this valley are not so fastid
ious as the girls of other places.
They do not require their lover to
have the .wisdom of Solomon, the
beauty of Apollo, or the riches oi
Crcesus. A Baker City maiden savs
' Adolphus has a watch and chain
and plug hat; when he can raise
moustache I shall be perfectly hap-
-----.
Advertises Him. An affectionate
Virginia woman advertises her hus
band under the head of " Straved or
Stolen " in a Richmond paper.
Xow is tlie Time.
The telegraph yesterday told us;
that the Washington Jiejtnlltaru con
fined a large number of contribu
tions in favor of the election of Gen
eral Grant to the Presidency for a
third term. This Statement 'is very
significant, for the paper mentioned
is the personal organ of Grant, and
its utterances are understood to be
dictated in his interest. Its publica
tions, therefore of the communica
tions in favor of a third term show
mat me intention 01 the present in-
cumnent is to maintain his hold on 1
n't" x resiitency indcnniteiy. lliere
is little doubt' that he wiil look for
a third Presidential term if the peo
ple do not, at the intervening elec
tions between now and 1.S7G, show
their disapprobation of such a pro
ceeding bv giving Democratic ma
jorities in the diif'erent States. He
has already been nominated bv his
T- . -11... - 1 . ... I 1
personal and particular friends, those
who are known to speak his senti
ments. In his letter of acceptance
in LS72, he took special care not to
intimate that he would retire upon
the expiration of a second term.
This is the more significant, because
from the time he was first a candi
date, men like Frank Blair, Jr., have
always declared that Grant intended
to be President for life, if not to
make himself Emperor. Knowing
the suspicion which exists, the Cin
cinnati Enquirer says (J rant will en
deavor to dispel it if he did not know
it was just.
The way to liecome President for
life is in the first instance to obtain
two or three re-elections by the peo
ple, who, under his previous long
term of service, would become ac
customed to him. The first Napole-
an began his mana-uvers for the Em
pire by an election as Consul for ten
years. Ihis was soon followed bv
lis election for life, and then, anil
not until then, he was made Empe
ror. Louis Nanolean pursued a in-e-
isely similar course. In that wav
France was gradually broken dowii
to accept his will. Nobody in this
country was ever elected or nominat
ed for the Presidency for a third
term. The length of precedent has
been so great that it now almost has
the force of a Constitutional urohi-
tition. It is the unwritten law of
ll . .. 1 1 . . 1 .' .. V
1 11c mini as omaing in conscience
as any written law.
j.ei noiwiuisiauding this prece
- j. ......"ii 1 I ...
dent, sacred as it it was embodied
111 me constitution, m so many
words, the present President of the
United States proposes to enter for
another race. If he should succeed
in breaking through the custom, we
shall see that at the expiration of his
third term, if lie should live, when
the old usage shall have been destov-
ed, it w ill be far easier to secure re-
lections for the fourth and fifth
terms than it was for the third. Then
would come the proposition to make
the election for life. Everything is
tending that wav. Grant already af-
ects almost the state of a monarch.
His salary has lieen doubled. He
has his Summer palace after the
fashion of European crow ned heads.
In violation of the Constitution he
has surrounded himself with a start'
of military officers under the pre
text of their being his private secre
taries. He has used the bayonets to
crush out the liberties of the jieoplc
of three States, an earnest of what
he may be expected to do in all of
them. Corruption unparalleled has
been allowed to run riot in order to
disgust the people with republican
institutions, of which they are said
to be the product. An alliance, such
as exists in Great Britain, has been
made with the great monetary and
public debt iuterests. They clamor
for some strong, permanent, and
more responsible form of govern
ment. They stand ready to sanction
auy usurpation, however atrocious,
that will result in the strengthening
of their securities.
Many persons expect to see this
Republic overturned by a violent
coup (i viat. jut such is not the man
ner in which free people usually lose
their liberties. It is done as Grant
is doing it slowly and gradually.
The Roman people were deprived of
their capacity for self-government
before Ca sar crossed the Rubicon.
Tlie rule of the Directory and the
excesses of the Convention, to which
the people had submitted, prepared
them for the iron rule of Bonaparte.
Everthing, which has been done un
der the Administration of Grant has
beeoi an attack upon the principles
and traditions of tlie liepuhlie. Its
honesty and simplicity arc gone.
We are becoming accustomed to
seeing the Government in the hands
of one man, and he a despot ical sol
dier, who disregards the Constitu
tion, through a long term of years.
As in hereditary monarchies, we see
the Government run in the interests
of the family of the ruler. Nepotism
permeates every hranch of the pub
l : .. : 'i 1 -,1 . -
11c stiure, wxuie tne executive is
increasing his power; while he is re
modeling and packing the Supreme
iourt lilting it with his creatures
"V... il. . 1 1
vyuiigitss, iuu legislative power, is
sinking deeper and deeper in popu
lar contempt. A standing army
twice as large as we had before the
war is maintained under the orders
of a General-in-Chief who does not
disguise Ins preference for an Em
pire. There is not a single states
man in the Cabinet. All the Secre
taries are weak and obscure men
entirely devoted to the fortunes of
Grant, ready to obey him in every
behest. Grant's government is every
whit as personal as was that of Na
polean the Third, in his last days.
It is under these circumstances that
he is a candidate for a third term,
and if unfortunately so chosen, he
might as well be elected for life, for
we shall never rid -ourselves of him
during the rest of his natural exist
ence. Is there then no further use of the
Democratic party? nas that organ
ization no distinct affirmative issuo
to go before the country? Is not
the preservation of the Government,
the continued existence of a pnre re
public, an affirmative idea? If men
cannot speak warmly in behalf of
that, for w hat can they speak? We?
are drifting rapidly tmvards despot
ism and all who' are not willfully
blind can perceive this as in a strong
light. Now is the opportune mo
ments, at the ensuing State elections
to chooso Legislatures and TTnit..!
States Senators, who
w ill resist cor-
porate r-'
rressioiis, and oppose the
further aspirations of him w ho would
in his sordid ambition rise upon the
ruins of the greatest and best jrovern
ment of modern times. Examiwr.
Fun, Fact anI Fancy.
The Farmer Feels the world
Best size for a man Exercise.
The blacksmith's game-Old sledge.
A standing nuisance Corner loaf
ers.
To late' for- the fair an old bache
lor.
Belle Mettle A young lady's tem
per.
Water is an expensive luxury in
Paris.
A dull season Boarding-house
peper.
Liberality ought always to be com
mended. Quakers call intimate aquaintances q
"cousin." q
Anna Dickinson is visiting friend
Kansas.
in
The Late Oakes Ames died worth
j?5,7rlrono.
The Central Pacific Railroad owe
;?10S,61S,Ooo.
Corn dolgers - Sensible folks who
wear big boots.
What word is always pronounced
wrong? 1 1 'romjl
The largest farm in England con
tains .J.ono acres.
A thousand acre pari-
is being-
surveyed near A est Point.
Ifow fo keep square with the world
Don't be round too much.
A bad marriage is like an electrial O
machine, you have to dance and yoti
can't let go. 0
Why is the man who does not bet
as bad as the man who does? Because
he is no bettor.
It is claimed that the average yield
of wheat throughout
bushels to the acre.
Kansas is 25
America has received 100 prizes
out of the o0,00t) awarded at tho
Vienna Exposition.
Why is a lover's heart like a
whale? Because it is a secreter (sea
creatnr'jof great sighs.
A clergyman lately said that mod
ern young ladies are not the daugh
ters of Shein and Ham, but cf hem
and sham.
The gain in population, by all
routes of travel for the last six months,
is 21,lluineluding 12,000 from China
and Japan.
What is the difference letween a
pen-knife and a Congressman? One
has a steel back and the other ':a
back steal."
According to Mr. Foster, his bio
grapher, Charles Dickens lived ami
worked at high pressure, and died
of over work.
Two little girls were compairing
progress in catechism study. JL
have got to "original sin, said one;
"how far have you got?" "Me? Oh.
I'm away beyond 'redemption,'"
said the other.
Wonperi x e Stories from Sornr
America. New Y'ork, Sept. 3. The
steamer Rising Star, from Panama,
has has arrived. The South Ameri
can news fainounces various mining
discoveries in Eqnador. A quick
silver mire has been discovered not
far from G nay mil.
In Chile a bed of coal, it is said,
has been discovered on the Island
of Chiloe. It is forty yards deep,
exceeding in richness anyin England.
A great discovery has been made
of silver deposits in the deserts of
Atacma. at a distance of 1.1 leagues
from Chanaval. The ore is said to
yield from tight hundred to one
thousand marks per cajon. At Copi
apo the excitement rose to an ex
traordinary pitch, and all the towns
in that region were likely to be near
ly deserted of their inhabitants.
' Later advices announce tho dis
covery of five more mines of great
richness.
O
True. Tho New Y'ork Herald says
that the remedy against Cscsarism is
to be found in a general discussion of
the question. This is true, says an
exchange, and public clamor against
this new scheme for the destruction
of the Repnblc should be constant ly
kept before the people, despite tho
sneers and wriggle of the interested
Radicals.
Unconstitutional. The supreme
Court of Georgia has decided that
the law forbidding the validity of
of judgements for notes whoso con
sideration was slaves, is unconstitu
tional, and that unless barrel by tho
statute of limitations, such J'Ji'ff
ments can be made operative. The
Court was divided, Judge McCoy
dissenting.
The Popular Name. The hus
bands' train" is the popular name
for the line of cars that takes fathers
to their families visiting the Summer
resorts.
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
. : i
o
o o
o
o
o
o
o
o
CD
o
o
o
o
i
o
o
4
' I 7 r ' i -