f dfm IWUV lliH Jrtlfil AiiiT-ta' ilrirtm ii n o o ! I J o S J s O o O 0 o o O VOL. 8. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1S73. NO. . llill'lu'TW 11 liTt 1 ,11111111 M' Iffil fl iff! 1)1. -Mr IjjfJ if jj M ipj -JIi frlF v rff I 1 If 1 mm. i a i v a a m . J i m m i m -a iii iv y ill ii ii ii in ii ii A7 9 O o O O O e o o n ft la e h ret- ill ro- p4 i.ovr U3ini:ui:i.. 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 '. c 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 1. 1 I i 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, o o 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 . V 1 TT 1 L 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." T ' 1 1 . . - 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 1 iii .. . 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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