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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1S73.
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T have loaned thee to another,
Ci it suite f many a vow ;
T have loaned tin-;' to another, v
Vn.l the rain mav dreticli mo now.
IIr remomlicri'iliiotwIioowiiiM thee,
He f.r"ot that thou wert mine;
In a f itafliour I loaned thee,
Oif-red theeon friendship s shrine.
)h, was it Well to lo it ?
;, ne forever anl I knew it;
I,.n;r ami sadly shall I rue it.
:. Lost, lost umberel !
t t lve loaneil ihee to another,
Tieiii dst shield his head from rain ;
II el I leaned thee to his hrother,
I miiht l)oir w thee a?a'n.
Hut witli news of gold they won him,
California him ltruile(l :
lie is oil", and I can't see him ;
Tiioii art on the oeean w ild !
Oh. was it well to do it ?
Join? forever, and I knew it !
bong ami sorely shall I rue it.
. Lost, lost umberel.
I have loaned thee to another,
II.- will need thee, too, they say,
In I 'aliforni a weather ;
And. perhaps, he may.
i;,it his faith with me is broken,
Tuat imieh I 1ioje he can't forget ;
And w!eit 1 walk with jacket soakiik
I shall inoti: n shall mourn thee
vet !
Oil, was it well to do it ?
lione forever and I knew it !
Long and sorclv shall 1 rue it,
Lost. ht unilierel.
The .Hills Ila, Closed To-ilay
IIY I'KI.I-M A UK W KIT illT.
(Annie, is the baby better?
Worse! The Lord befriend us all !
C mnot live ? -li, Jod, in Heaven !
II. -ar thv sulL-ring servant's call.
N in r. d '-a rest.: lest the children
lbar tli' words I have to say:
I'll' votir lovinji anus arouiid mo,
For tie- mills nave closed to-day.
And our little child is dying !
No, no, no! Not dying yet ;
llaveyou pra ved wit h long U'sceching
For the helpl 'ss little jet ?
Heaven must h ive mercy sometime;
others thrive who do not pray;
O.i. ill 1 1 tr .hi! 1 's nrght come si n-.il v :
I hit II. e mills have closed to-day!
Other hands have saved up money,
And can give their children bread ;
Mu-t our dailirgs cry for hunger,
When the little one is dead?
Dead? It e innot. be she's dying!
IHstbe Doctor gone away?
And I cannot pay him. either,
For the mills have closed to-day.
Way was I laid up, last Winter?
Ueasons why are hard to learn :
It was only on la-t Sunday
I'll it tlie lie;.d i f on r -oneerii
( ! ivi- away some trit'.intr thousands
To the church, a debt to pay :
lb - could spare i: fr an his millions,
I'.ul the mills have closid to-day.
I.aunhin ? Yi s, 1 ecause I m .lolly !
Ii'sa joU; we dreamed it all '.
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V!it's the need to look so ghastly?
N'miittu ire dreams are troubles
small
Ah! t!" moaning in theerailb.'!
M--ivy ! mercy! I'riy. love, pray!
ii i i lutchiii at our darlinir,
An 1 t!i" mills have losi d to-dav.
Poo:; Lonsi.vN . It appears that
t il-; S'ate. like S -uth Carolina, is to
f.t!1. (un.l
t ion now
r the i:.;'ainous administ ra
in power), into a place for
ti;" protection of thieves, and Ignit
ed s'-o mdre'.s. A correspondent to
t'i" r',i -Jo" run! ', from Opelousas,
L-iws the following sail picture of
tli.it ou -e wealthy and prosperous
parish. lie says :;
This year the cotton crop is al
most a fail -ire. We had iu excessive
id. I continuously wet season, from
early in May. to September, and
were furred to work oar crops in
i i't-1 and water. A iage acreage of
corn and cotton had to be abandoned
01 arronnt of gra-dioppers; the res
idue of the cotton was swept by cat-u-oi'.l
us, and a gi-3.1t per centage of
t i" corn rotted in consequence of
tlie wet weather. There will be about
one-fourth of
a c tton crop, mai- is. 1
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li.imi bales, against 21, ('() bales ot !
preceding years, aiid about one-half
or two-thirds of a corn crop made in
this parish this year. So, with cli
matic disasters," failure of crops,
monetary panics, low prices for cot
ton, and crushing taxation, we have
an rv'v-'iiiii dy gloomy year before
r.s.(n -t onlv for this parish, but the
Ne::;iie State.
; q1 ready confidence i destroyed
cash is the basis ; business is paraly
ze l; many rri"rchatits are closing out
at cost, and the people at large are
discouraged at the depressing pros-)--t
b- f .re them The industry of
the country will b.o seriously crip
pled for the ensuing year, and more
stringent times will be felt than
were ever known before. The col
umns of the olliei d journal of our
parish are filled with a 1 vertisements
f r, the sale of lands and homesteads
t" pay taxes. It is true, some of
these are voluntary delinquents on
account of their opposition to the
Kellogg usurpation, but there are
many who cannot pay their taxes.
Incthis connection vour correspond
ent would state, that, while many, .to
avoid future possible trouble and
vexation, have paid their taxes to the
Kelloir.T o-overnment. thev execrate
it. and the general sentiment of tin
citizens of this parish, and the whole
State, is against the usurper. An en
thusiastic meeting was held in Ope
lousas. a few davs ago, at which a se
ries of resolutions were adopted de
nouncing the Kellogg government
indorsing Governoi McEnevy and ap
pointing delegates to the State Con
vention on the '231 inst. at New Oi
lcans. O
Jfs So." An eld fellow who was
making
hi;
will, taking an unusua
view of things, said :
1 ber: ueath to mv wife
the sum of "00 a year
down V
Is that writ
o
"Yes " cohl Hip l iwver. "but she
is not so old but that she may marry
again. Won't you make any change
in that case? Most people do
'Ah
All ' . 1 . jl. fl TI 1 1 . .1 ftffoifl
iney 1 u en; mihc
ana sav
it mv wife marrv again,
5l,vLan1 bequeath to her the sum of
.'tv-u 'frar- That'll do, won't it ?"
1 iV' that' double the sum she
would l.uve had if Hhe bru remained
unmarried," said th i lawyer.
.Jes so," saia ttfJ oia- man but
tue fool that takes her will deserve
perv cent of the r.ioney, and more,
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THU'LIXG WITH A III2AKT.
" Louisa, w ho was tliat gentleman
that came, home with 3 011 ?" '
"Oh it was one of my friends."
"No, it was not."
"It was not Henry Southron!"
" But I thought ilenry waited on
you to the party."
" So he did."
"And did he not remain until the
party closed ?"
"Yes I believe so."
A cloud came over Mrs. Burnet's
face, and she seemed troubled. She
gazed upon her daughter for some
moment without speaking further.
Louisa was nineteen years of age; a
bright-eyed, happy, merry making
girl, possessing a true and loving
heart,, but a little inclined to be
thoughless in her moments of social
joy. She was an only child, and had
been a pet in the family, but her love
was not confined to the circle that
met around her own hearthstone.
More than a year before she had
promised Henry Southron that she
would be his wife as soon as time and
circumstances rendered such a step
proper. Ilenry was an orphan, and
had just gone into business ou his
own account. He was a young man
of whose friendship any sensible
maiden might have been proud; a
generous, upright, steady, industroiis
youth, iixyd tirmly in" his moral
course, and of a fair, manly personal
appearance.
" My child," said the mother, after
reflecting awhile, "what have you
been doing? "Why did not Henry
come home with you ?"
"Because lie didn't choose to, I
suppose," replied Louisa.
"That is not the reason," said Mrs.
Burnet, with assurance. "Something
that you have done has caused this.
Now tell me what it is."
"Yon are too anxious, altogether,
mother. There is no danger I assure
you."
" Still, my child, T would like to
know what von have been doing."
"Well, I "will tell yon," returned
Louisa giving herself a rock in the
chair. " Ilenry is altogether too at
tentive. One would think, to see him
at a party, that I was already his
wife, and about the onlv female pres
ent." "And you have become tired of so
much attention
"Of course 1 have."
"And you have thrown it oil'V"
"Yes. I took occasion this even
ing to show him that I didn't like
(iiite so much overseeing. I talked
with everybody else, had suifered
Mr. Pingree to wait upon me down
to supper. Poor Ilenry looked as
though he had lost his last friend.
It will give him a lesson, I guess;
and in future I hope he will make a
little less love in public"
"My child," -aid Mrs Burnet, with
much "feeling, "you are trying a dan
gerous experiment, lhe time will
come, if you ever marry Henry
Southron, when you will be proud of
his undivided attention."
" It will be time enough for that
when we are married," replied Louisa,
with a toss of her head. " But don't
give yourself any uneasiness. He
will come around again all right."
"Did he oiler to wait upon you
home last evening?"'
"No. He was rather shy of me
after supper; and when the party
broke up I ran oif alone. Mr. Pin
gree overtook me on the way and
accompanied me to the door."
" I think, mv child," remarked the
1 I . . 1 . . . . . . I . . . u ...1.1 M.itl rtl . ( 1
nioiner, iuu-r uuuait-i r-.i.-nn in
flection, "that von have been not only
erv wicked stop listen to me. lou
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know mat j tarry loves you uium
truly; that his whole soul is devoted
to von, and that his attention is nut
the result of his affection a demon
stration of which you should be
proud; for let me tell von, an undi-
vided, unswerving love is someuung
not always to be secured. Now yon
have been trilling with Ilenry s neari,
you have pained and mortified him;
md it so happens that those hearts
which love tlie most deeply and truly
ire the ones which shrink the most
iuick.iv irom coolness ami inmng.
Believe me, Louisa, you are entering
ipon dangerous ground. If you care
for Henry's love I advise von to ask
his pardon as soon as you have an
opportunity.
Ask his pardon ! repeated tne
- . ... .-,,1
thoughtless girl, with an expression
of surprise. " Mercv on me! "What
ire you thinking of? You shall see
him at mv feet before the week is
out."
"Ah, mv dear one, you don't know
so much about the human heart as
you think von do. A heart may re
volve steadily around its center of
affection for a long time for so long
a time that it seems fixed in its course
like a planet around the sun hut a
sudden strain mav snan the cord
asunder, and the stricken heart rly
oft at a tangent and never come back
If you must trifle, trifle with anything
rather than the heart. We are going
to .nr. u inthrop s to-morrow, and I
hope I may induce Polly to tell von
. i:iiv. 1 I., . w.
a mue M.01-3 01 licr experience 111
life."
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j-iouisa, saui sue would le very
glad to hear it; then she tried to
laugh; and then, having told her
mother once more that she was need
lessly anxious, she went to her cham
ber.
Un the following mornino- Mrs
morning
Lmrnet met her daughter, as usual
making no allusion to the circum-
stances of the previous evening. In
the afternoon they walked out to call
at Mrs. inthrop s having had an
urgent invitation to visit them. They
remained to tea, and spent the even-
ing.
Polly, of whom Mrs. Burnet had
spoken, was Mrs. Winthrop's sister..
She was a maiden - lady, past three
score, and had for many years found
a home with her brother. Her head
was now silvered and time had drawn
rks on her brow, but &till
there were traces of beauty left in
her face Daring the evening she
came and took a seat beside Louisa
and after some common-place re
marks, the old lady, said in a ouiet
way: l
"Your mother told me that you
would like to hear a little of mv his
tory." " If you will please tell it, I cer
tainly should, for anything which
you may deem worthy of tellim
must be of interest," replied Louisa?
"Then let us walk in the garden.
The moon is up and the air is warm
and pleasant."
They went out, and when thev had
reached the grapery they went into
the arbor and sat down.
Ihereisno need that I should
make any preliminary remark," con
tinued Polly, "for I have come out
on purpose to tell you ;l short story,
and I shall tell it to yon as plainly lis
possible, and when I have done you
mav- know why your mother wished
that you should hear it.
"When I was vour acre people call
ed me handsome: but still with .11
my faults, I do not think 1 ever was
proud or vain. I knew that I was
good looking, and I meant to be good.
1 tried to do right, as I understood
it, and when 1 failed it was from lack
of judgment and a proiieness to be
thoughtless where I should have been
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oireciiy tne opposite. lien I was
eighteen years of age George Ashtou
asked me if would be his wife. He
was a noble-hearted, generous, up
right man, and I never experienced
a sense of more blissful joy than
when I became thus assured that his
heart's best love was mine. I aid
yes, and our vows were plighted.
We were to wait onr year, and then
if we continued to hold the same
purpose we were to be married. I
don't know as any one envied me,
but I do know that in all the country
around thoie was not a better man
than was he who loved me, nor was
there one whose prospects in life
were more promising.
"From my girlhood up I had been
a sort of a pet and favorite in our
social circles, and considerable atten
tion was shown me from all quarters.
George was one of those honest mind
ed, practical men, win) cannot appear
different from what thev real I v are
whofollow a true, a just cause straight
forward and frankly. When he had
proposed for my hand, and I had
promised to be his wife, he devoted
hisentire attention to me. It seemed
almost that lie could not be attentive
enough. When upon our social pic
nics and excursions he was constantly
by my side, anticipating my every
want, and ever ready to guard and
assist me.
" I allowed myself to feel that I
would like a little more of my old
liberty; and even went so far as to
feel annoyed by his close undivided
ittention. It was thoughtless, reck
less emotion 0:1 my part, but I was
jolish enough to give it place in my !
bosom. Some of mv female friends
joked me on the subject, and I finally
determined that 1 would not be
quite so closely tied to my lover. I
did not stop to ask mvself how I
houhl feel if he were less attentive
to me; I did not relh-ct that I might
reallv have been unhappy had he be
stowed his social favors upon others
of my sex; m short I did not reflect
at all. I was on v seized with a reck
less determination to be a little more
free and independent.
'We had a picnic in the grove near
11 Y 1 .11
our village. 1 was nuoyanr ami nap
py, and laughed and chatted witli all
who came 111 my wav. w e nan a
dance before dinner, and George ask
e I me if I intended to join in the
amusement. I told him certainly.
He then took my hand and said he
would bear me company; but I broke
from him with a laugh, telling him
at the same time that 1 engaged to
dance with another. He was disap
pointed I could see it at a glance
but he took it in good nature, lie-
fore the second dance he came again,
but again I told him I was engaged.
He betrayed no ill-feeling at all.only
I could see the disappointment.
In a little while I was among a
company of laughing, joking, merry
making friends ot both sexes woo
had been my companions for years,
and one of them, a gentleman, said I
must go to dinner with them. 1
knew that George had made arrange
ments for me to take dinner with
him: but what of that? Should I be
tied to his skirts ? No. I meant to
j)n frce and I told the gentleman
who made the proposition that 1
would go with him. I must have been
blind, as I know I was foolish and
wicked; but I did not stop to think.
When the dinner hour arriveu
George came with a happy, smiling,
hopeful face and offered me his arm.
" For what?'' said I. "For dinner
my dear," he replied. Then 1 told
him I was engaged with another, and
befor his very face I took the profler
ed arm of the man to whom I had
"iven my promise, remarking to my
lover as I tripped away, that he
would have to lind some one else. I
saw the look he gave me a look of
pain mortification and of reproach
and as I called it to mind after reach-in'-the
table, I felt a little uneasy;
i,"f T -dd to myself. He will come
around all right,' and thus tried to
pass it off. Toward the latter part
of the afternoon George came to me
aain. He asked me what I meant
by my treatment of him. lie was
earnest and anxious. I told him he
mustn ot question me in that man
ner. Tlf ' 1m nrtrpd. 'onlv tell me if
vou mean anvthing by it.' .
" yp, said I I 'do.'
"ina v.o o1.-p1 mft what it was. I
told him I meant to teach him a les
son. " 'A lesson on what ?' he asked.
" 'Of good manners,' said I. ' I
want to teach you not to be too atten
tive to me. 'And,' I added very
thoughtlessly, 'you annoy me.'
" lie did not answer me. I saw his
lip quiver and his manly bosom heave;
and as he turned away the sunbeams
that came through the branches of
the trees rested upon the big tears
rolling down his cheeks. The im
pulse of my heart was then to spring
forward and detain him; to ask his
forgiveness and make him happy,
lint a foolish, wimsical pride restrain-'
ed me. I let him go and tried to
comfort myself with the reflection
that it would come out all right.
"When the party was breaking up
he c;rme and asked me if he should
see me home. He was very cool, and
seemed only to mean that he felt
bound to make the offer, seeing he
had brought me there. I was not
going to accept any such offer as that,
and I told him I should not require
his attention.
" ' Polly,' he said, 'you do not mean
this. )o not; make me think that I
have mistaken you!' He trembled
as he spoke, and I could see that he
was terribly agitated.
" But I had gone too far to give
up then, and with a light laugh I
turned from him. I went home one
way he went another. All the next
day I looked for him, but he did not
come. And a second day I watched,
and a third and a fourth. On the
fifth day I received a letter from him.
It was from a distant town, whither
he had gone co visit his widowed
mother. He wrote me that he feared
he had been disappointed. If I
could trifle with his heart then I
might do it again. lie said he wa-
going out West, and might be gone
some time, jf I still loved him when
he returned I might be sure of find
ing him unmarried, for he had no
heart to give another. Still he
would like to - hear from me he
would like to see mo if I wished it.
" He wrote as one who had been
deeply wronged and there were one
or two sentences in the missive that
touched me unpleasantly. A week
passed away and I did not answer it;
but at the end of that time 1 made up
my mind to call up George to me and
confess my fault ; for well I knew I
had been wrong. I wrote, and my
letter reached its destination just
twelve hours after he had started on
his journey.
"1 never saw George Ashton again.
In less than one year he died in a
mad house.
" He did wrong he did wrong
very, very wrong to leave me as he
did. He ought not to have done it.
He ought to have made an effort for
his own sake and mine. I had done
a wicked tiling a cruel, thoughtless
deed it was and the penalty fell
heavily upon me.
" Louisa, your mother asked me to
Jell you my story. I have done so.
If it can profit you I shall not regret
the pain I have felt in the recital.
That I have not ceased to su-fer let
these hot. bitter tears bear witness.
Oh, of all things within tlie sphere
of your influence, beware how you
triile with a trusting loving heart."
"Silent and thoughtful did Louisa
Ilurnet return to the parlor, and but
very little did she say on her way
home. On the following morning
she wrote a brief note and sent it to
Harry Southron. She simply asked
him to come and see her. He came
and when they were alone, she fell
upon his bosom and asked him to
forgive her. She gazed up through
lcr streaming fears, and begged for
his love and confidence once more.
Of course he could not refuse. Per
haps he was never happier than at
that moment, for surely it must, have
been a mighty love and a true devo
tion that could have prompted the
course the maiden had thus pursued.
Louisa never forgot the lesson she
had received. She became Harry
Southron's wife, and when in after
times, she saw husbands neglecting
their wives she had occasion to
thank (rod that she was blessed with
the true and undivided faith and de
votion of her bosom companion.
Surely there is nothing on earth of
more worth than a faithful, virtuous
and devoted life partner, and he or
she who can trill. with the heart of
such a one only sows the seed which
shall yield a harvest of pain and
remorse.
A ViiNKi:r.T.E Ham. Next to the
petrified specimens, the oldest ham
on record is one served at the wed
ding feast of a couple, who now live
near Shelby, Kentucky, and by whom
the facts can be authenticated if nec
essary. The ham was a choice one
selected for the purpose from one of
the annual stock, was nicely cured
and hung up by the thrifty house
wife to be served at the marriage of
her only daughter, then but a few
months old. Time rolled on; the
child passed through the happy pe
riod of girlhood into womanhood,
and still that ham hung among the
rafters of that old meat house,
lint the strong faith of the mother
though she had put in man, failed
not.
Suitors came, and not suiting,
were sent away, and still the old ham
hung mid the rafters and sweetened
and dried. Hut at last there came
one whose claims were referred to
the provident mother, then grown
old with the weight of years. With
eyes downcast, he made his mission
known and pleaded his cause as only
a lover can plead, but looking up to
read his fate in the mother's face
even before her tongue could an
nounce it he found her gone. For a
moment his heart sunk within him;
but a voice calling: "Betsy, run to
the smokehouse and cut down that
ham," assured him that he had got
his meat.
The Radicals have much to say
about the Equalization Act. They
are probably not aware of the fact
that the three Radical members from
this county voted for this Act, and
they also voted to increase the num
ber of members in the Legislature.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
CALIFORNIA,
IJriiiging Kound a Juror.
In the late coolness between sec
tions, it will be remembered that
John Morgan, Brig. Gen. C. S. A.,
took a notion, with a seloet party of
friends, to make horseback excursion
the Hoosier and Buckeye States.
We didn't feel particularly hospit
able, just then to such visitors, we
on the north side of the Ohio; and
quickly as the telegraph spread the
news, every man and boy, aide to
carry a fowling-piece or squirrel-rifle ,"
hurried to the nearest point at which
his services might be needed to repel
the intruders.
Fast as recruits poured in, they
were formed into companies and bat
tallions under officers improvised for
the occasion the writer having the
honor to lie an orderly-sergeant, in I
which capacity he served for several
days and nights. It wasn't . fault
and should, he thinks, detract noth
ing from his modicrum of merit, that
it was the hnest of July weather the
while, pleasanter sleeping out of
doors than in, or that tlie enemy had
the discretion not to come in his way.
At any rate, he has never demanded
back-paj- or bounty for his services.
But it wasn't a military autobiog
raphy we sat down to write, but
joi: pvskix's STOKY,
which he told us as we lay in camp
one night. "Boys, did I ever tell
you 'bout the time I sot onto a jury
with Biji Bope?" a.sked Joe, taking a
swig out of the company demijohn.
"No," we answered.
"Would you like to hear it?" he
said. "We may be in our gory beds
to-morrow night, and never htsv an
other opportunity."
lie was invited to proceed.
"Biji, you see," continued Joe,
"was jest a t-'ctlle the contrariest,
overiiearinest, crank-headedest cuss
that ever milled a commoonity's
temper. He Led Blue-boarded three
wives to death, an' hod just tackled
a fourth. In fact the honeymoon
was har'ly over though I guess
there, was more viuegar'n honey into
it when Biji an' a passel more on us,
was yanked up afore Jedge Grimm to
serve onto a j ury.
"In ev'ry case we tried, we stood
"leven to one, an' Bije was the one.
The jede got mad at last and thrait
eued, ill the next case that come up,
heM keep us at it tell we did agree.
"It was 'one of them pesky hoss
swappin' cases. Bill Banter'd put
off onto Hi Greene a sorT critter with
a false eye an" a artyfieial tail. The
eye was found layin' into the manger
one mornin' an' the furst time the
hoss got wet, his tail came onglued
an' drap off.
"The evidence showed that Ili'd
been particular to ax about the eyes,
aii'liill'd said the animal had asgooil
a eye as the next hoss. Bill, howso
ever, offered to prove that the ne.ct
boss to his'n at the time was sto,ie
li.'ind, but the Court ruled that out.
"After a searchin' charge from the
jedge, we retired to our room, his
Honor fust admonishin' us that ef we
didn't agree this time, he'd make an
example ou us to all lutur' juries.
"It looked like a plain case, most
on us thought, an' we'd strong hopes
that, for one't, Bije would listen to
reason. But the fust vote we took
showed how fur we was out in onr
reck'nin'. 'Leven on us stood for
given the plaintiff damidges, but Bije
was unanimous for the defendant, an'
said he'd be drot ef he didn't eat his
boots afore he'd cave.
"We tried to arg'y with him; in
sisted that it was a clear case of fraud ;
an' called attention to the
pints in the jedge s charge.
strong
"But Bije had his own views. He
said Bill'd only said the hoss lied a
good eye, which couldn't lie constru
ed as meaning tiro good eyes while,
in regards of the tail, nothing'd ben
said nary way; an' where there was
no warrantee, a man's eyes was his
market. He said that was good hoss
law, an' he knowed it, an" didn't care
a continental ultnl the jedge said.
"So we jowered over'n over it tell
we was tired; but no use; Bije still
hung out.
' When the Court let out, the jedge
ordered us to be took to supper, an'
then to be locked up tell mornin'.
I don't want to dwell onto the mis
eries o' that night. We worried thro'
somhow, till Court tuk up next mor
nin' when the Jedge had us brnng
out, lookin' like so many repent in'
torn eats, arter a night's f rollick,
"Hev you agreed on your verdic,
gentlemen," said he.
"No. we hev not." sed the fore
man, sulkin up.
"There's no hurry," sed the jedge
smiiin, "the term will last a couple
of weeks, vet. The sheriff will take
vou to breakfast now, and then you
may resoom your ueiioerations.
After breakfast we felt a little bet
ter, and some of us picked up heart
to make another set at liiie; but he
was headstronger 'an ever, an' said
we'd ought to be ashamed on our
selves, so we ought, to take ad van
tage (numbers to bullv an honest
man's conscience.
While we was at breakfast, the for
man managed to get hold o' the coun
ty paper, which had jest come out
that mornin', and to while away the
time, commenced to read it.
"Hallo," says he; "what's this !"
'What's what?" says we.
"Listen," said he, proceedin' to
read :
otaetlino iicMOR. ine town is
greatly excited this morning by the
rumored elopement of Mrs. B., the
wife of a prominent citizen. She
took advantage of her husband's ab
sence, (it is said), on public duty,
to carry out her plan. A marked
feature in the affair is that the lady
nas scarcely been married a month
"What's that?" screeched Bije
lope, in an outburst o terror.
The foreman read it over agin slow
and solemn. Now Bije was as ieal
ous as that dark complected chap in
the play. Besides, there w'a'nt no
other Mrs. B. in the xdace who hed
been lately married. And then,
there was the circumstances of the
husband's absence on public dooty.
Bije hed no doubt that the Mrs. B.
allooded to was his own wife.
"Let me out!" he yelled, runnin'
full tilt at the door.
'Not till you've agreed on a verdic,'
says the bailiff, seakin Hirough the
kev-hole.
"I T I'll agree to anything,"
yelled Bije. " For goodness sake,
hurry, gentlemen; a thousand dol
lars' damidges, if you like! We said
we thought thet was rether high.
"Anything, so it's dun quick," sed
he. in agnony.
We could hardly keep him from
jumpin' out o' the window, while
some on us pertended to dicker on
the amount we shud bring in, jest to
torment him.
At last we got all fixed, went into
Court, give in our verdic, and was
dooly discharged.
Bije was rush in' furiously out with
murder in his eye, when the foreman
stopped him.
"I think you'r laborin' under sum
mistake, Mr. Bope," sed he; 'that
there piece I read you is took from a
Califomy paper, and must be at least
a month old."
Bije went off lookin' cheap and
sheepish. He sent in an exeoos next
day, and got let off for the balance
of the term, and precious glad we
all was to get rid of him.
An' now, boys, isn't it time to take
suthin' said Joe, reaching over for
the demijohn.
Committees of the House.
Ways and Means Dawes. Kelly,
Burchard, E. H. Robertson, Kasson,
Waldron, Sheldon, 1-oster of Ohio,
Brock, Niblack, Wood and Nye.
Appropriations Garfield, Hale of
Maine, Wheeler, O Niel, Starkweath
er,. Trowbridge, Tyler, Parker, of
Missouri, Marsh, Swan and Han
cock. Banking and Currency Maynard,
Farwell,' Mo rev, Haw ley of Connec
ticut, Hunter, Phelps, Hubbell,
Niles, Randall, Mitchell and Dur
ham. Pacific Railroads Sawyer, Sy
pher, Killinger, Houghton, Crocker,
Willard, 'orwin of Illinois, McGee
of Iowa, Wells of Missouri. Barnum,
Stanford, Creamer and Neal.
Claims Haw ley of Connecticut,
Wells, Shoemaker, Lansing. Dun
nell of Minnesota, Warren and Ham
ilton. Commerce Wheeler, Sawyer,
Conger, Hooper, Negley, Stannard,
Parsons, Clayton, Ilolman, Brom
berg and Wells.
Public Lands Townsend, Dun
nell, Orthe. Bundy, Morey, St. John 1
Phillips. Bradley, Dunford, Ilindon
and Clymer.
Indian Affairs Averill. Lowe,
Butler of Tennessee, Rainey, Rich
mond, McNulty, Law-son, Harris of
Massachusetts, Adams, Conning and
Giddons.
Military Affairs Coburn, Don
nan, Hawley of Illinois, Hawley of
Connecticut, Gunckel, Albright, Mc
Donald. Ihornburgh, "Nesmith, Hil
ton and Young.
Judiciary Butler of Massachu
setts, Wilson of Indiana. Pollard,
T remain. Terry, Cessna, White, El-
dridge. Ward. Potter and Jewett.
Private Land Claims Mevers of
Pennsylvania, Fames, Sessions. Bar
riere, Pratt of Iowa, Hendee, Free
man, Bright. Sayler of Ohio, Buck
ner and De Witt.
Naval Affairs Schofield, Gooch,
Hayes, Piatt of lrginia, Packard,
Scudder. Burleigh, Purman, Archer,
Wliiteome and Jamison.
Foreign A flairs Orthe, Meyers of
Pennsylvania, Wiliard. Erhvar,
Clark. Ward. Ubert, Williams of
Wisconsin, Robinson of Illinois,
Cox and Banning.
Territories McKee of Mississip
pi, Curtis, Williams of Indiana, Ha
ven, Askins, Cronse, Torthyns, Shoe
maker of New York, Brown of Ken
tucky, and Mills.
Railways ami Canals McCrary,
G. F. Hoar, Hurlbut, Boss. Sher
wood. Lewis of Tennessee, Taylor,
Smith of Virginia, Arthur. Wolf
md Stone.
Mines and Mining Lewis, Neg
ley, liullington, Husk, Hubbel,
Page. Sheats, Lynch, Kendall, Har
ris of Georgia, and Southard.
Reform of Civil Service Kellogg,
Colen, Willard of Vermont, Wood
ward, Sheats, Hurlbut, Butler of
Massachusetts, Trowbridge, Willard
of Michigan, Sayler of Ohio, Lut
trell anil Whitehouse.
Rul s The Speaker, Mavnard.
Garfield, Cox and Randall.
Foncs of Haiut Sticoxo ix Death.
The friends of an old sport hit upon
tlie following expedient of effecting
his reformation : Having a couple of
coffins prepared and placed in the
family vault, on his being brought
home one night in a senseless condi
tion, they conveyed him thither and
stowed him snugly awav in one of
them; a member of the family occu
pying the other to watch his move
. . ri . j.
meuis. .Aiier remaining tor some
time encased in his " prison house.
he aroused from his stupor, and in
astonishment at his new residence,
exclaimed :
"Am I dead?"
"Certainly," replied the person in
the other coffin.
"How long have I been dead?" he
asked.
"About three years," was the an
swer.
"And how lonar have you been
here ?" he again enouired,
"Seven years," responded his com
panion.
"Well, as you have been dead Ion
crer than I have. I suppose you know
the best place where a man can get
something to drink!"
A happy New-Year to yon.
Ventilated.
We copy the following communi
cation from the Forest Grove Inde
pendent, which appeared in that pa
per of the 13th inst., over the signa
ture of "A Republican." He must
be a Republican, for there is not a
Democrat who has been an "admirer
of Judge Williams," for many
years. It is to tlie point :
" We have always been an admirer
of Judge Williams, and, with other
Republicans, have been proud of his
record at Washington. But in his
telegram to District Attorney Gibbs,
and in the subsequent removal of the
latter, there is that, which unless ex
plained in some way, or disclaimed,
or rttnu tcd and undone, will blacken
his reputation, and prove him utter
ly unfit for the high position of
Chief Justice to which he aspires.
But the facts are undoubtedly us fol
lows : The Attorney assumes to act
for the President, and whether he
has the right or not, makt-s himself
responsible for the action. He or
ders the District Attorney of the U.
S. Court to move the Court to undo
what that Court had ordered, and
holds him responsible for the action
of the Court. He does not order
Judge Deady, because he cannot ac
company the order with a threat.
Tiie Judge is beyond his reach. But
as he can threaten the District Attor
ney, he orders him, although he has
no more right to do so than he had
the judge. Why does he interfere,
then, with the District Attorney in
the performance of his official duty?
Confessedly, in order to thwart the
proceedings of a U. S. Court in an
eftort to maintain the purity of the
ballot.
Of course this is done in the in
terest of partisans. If the Adminis
tration has sunk so low that in the
interest of partizans, (that they are,
in this case, scoundrels, hardly
makes the matter worse) . it can stoop
to interfere with the proceedings of
our Courts, and to do indirectly
through threats toward officers de
pendent upon it, what, on account
of the independence of the bench, it
cannot directly accomplish, it is
time that such an administration
were dethroned. It lacks only the
power, not the disposition, to brow
beat and over-awe the Courts.
This tyrannical proceeding, by
checking the course of justice in our
Courts in order to protect partisans
in their iniquity proves both the cor
ruptness of the Admini.-tration, and
that the guilt of the partisans was
greater than supposed. No one ne d
now doubt that an investigation into
the fraudulent voting in Multnomah
county, would have found all that
was charged, and probably have im
plicated others, besides the cheap
tools whose names have been before
the public.
This is civil service reform with a
vengeance ! Interpreted by the ac
tion of Judge Williams, tlfe flowing
talk of President Grant, about re
form, is an insult to the 2eople. It
is evident that he did not mean what
he said, and so underrated their in
telligence as to suppose that he
could satisfy them with buncome.
But the people are in earnest, and
the united cry of the ring-leaders,
the party, the great and glorious
Republican party, and all this mil
itary reputation of the President will
not save him and them from an over
w helming popular rebuke.
Hotel I'xtrat ajrance.
From tho Chicago Tribi ne.
The fact is, that the first-clas ho
tels of the day are forced to keep one
servant for every guest they entertain.
We have sscertained that the lowest
number of servants kept by the Pa
cific Hotel in this city atany time
since it opened was l73, and the
highest number 32o. During this
time the average number of guests
has been 310 persons, so that there
is required an average of more than
one servant to every guest. The
same proportion holds in the Fifth
Avenue, the St. "Nicholas, the New
indsor, and all the other large first-
class hotels in New York Citv. This
item, along with the others detailed
in the former article, shows that it is
not the hc.t?l keejier, but the extrav
agant demands of the people, which
render the high prices necessary.
The fact is, that the low priced hotels
make money more rapidly than the
grand hotels. We know an instance
of comparison in the ante-fire times.
A second-class house was opened,
with an investment of 8,000, and
charges of 2 ."0 a day. In ten years
its profits had been $150,000, or
nearly 100 per cent, a year on the
capital invested. The difference is
still greater now, when the extrava
gant tastes of those who patronize
the first-class have increased. There
must be a change nevertheless. The
Sherman House, in this city, has re
verted to the owners, who will con
duct it. The Tremont House found
no takers among hotel men, and will
be run by the Couch estate. Still
others of the large and gorgeous
houses of the city will be effected in
one way or another. The American
.people,' in one word, must cultivate
simple tastes in hotel life, as well as
elsewhere.
Joshua Owings, aged eighty-one,
married a Mrs. Beagan, aged thirty
two, in Lexington, Ky., .the other
dav. There was to have been a grand
wedding, but the grandchildren
threatened to shoot the parson who
married them, and the affair did not
come off.
Tbatxltxg along the sea coast of
Florida, a gentleman, noting the bar
renness of the country, asked a na
tive, "What do you live on be e:
"Live on, whv," replied the native,
"wo live on fish and stranger.
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