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OREGON CITY ESEVVERY.
Jfcnry Humhol,
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cry wishes to iniorin the pijt.lio that he is
now prepare! Jo manufacture a No. 1 qual
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ns rood as can he ohfainetl anywhere in
the'state. Orders solicited and promptly
rilled.
KEW Y 0 H K HOTEL.
(IVut fell os Gafthaus.)
No. 17
Croot Street. Oeixisite the JIall I
Steamship liiitiuig,
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H.EOTIIFOS, J. J. WILKENS, Proprietors.
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Where would the money go?"
The good dame lifierl her silvered
head,
And shrewd grey eyes, as she sadly
said,
"Oidy the hord can know."
"If the I..ord knows, then." said the
gray old man.
" We wont I ot her to tind it out ;
I want to keen it as long as I can :
e ve lieen forty y
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us under n-
We shall live twenty more, no doubt
' Perhaps" and the
kindly voice i
was slow.
"It's a matter hard to tell ;
I'm thinking of thirty years ago,
When the old oak cradle was here,
von know,
I a:ii -thinking of little Nell."
Tin' farmer's face
And lie implied
rrew Mack as sin.
the loir with his
shoe
Till its red heart lrok
md its thews
nil in.
And out of the new Game
and the
din
Thousands of white stars llew.
P.ut Ihe dame kept on, ".She is in the
town.
And the man you hated is
dead
s thistlo
And the child is us fragile a
down,
Willi ilaxen ringlets and
hrown ;
eves of
rv like Jier mother s. she sai
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" And s!n', poor soul, is like one for
h 't il,
Ijoi .); iug mi l longing to die.
Joan .Morrison, wliat are your stacks
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Your tYuiti d (iclds,and your bank
hook worn.
Oiilv u uii-led lie.
For down in
vnii know.
our heart, John, well
Tin-re's a dread you never have
What was the cause of her life's great
woe.
die I'-aig for your pardon
on
till !.
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Of ' F.ii her'' Yes,
Xellv is tliere."
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coin." Mr
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.ceeilingly piquant and iti
L iff; of Abraliani Lin
. Ward Lainon has given
several iiitherto unedited
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ch.-f iters of political history.
Here
is otic of them.
' Ivd'ore the Chieago Convention
of iSo) assembled it became evident
to Air. Lincoln's friends that the only
c'liaiu-e of beating Mr. Seward lay in
arranging a combination of interests
against him. Accordingly they went
to work and arranged it. It was
a i;:i.icATr. pikci-: of nrsixr.ss,
but tltt! average Illinois politician of
those days was not very heavily bur
dened with scruples nor squeamish
about the means
achieve his ends.
ich he took to
How delightful to
not
the .change which has since tak
ace in his character !
en place 111 his
These friends of Mr. Lincoln, as
suming to siieatv in his name, ap
proached
in:, c.vr.i'.i; n. smith, ok Indiana,
and Simon Cameron, of Pennsylva
nia with a proposition of a verv bu
siness-like and practical nature. If
these gentlemen would contract to
trail fertile vote of their friends in
the Convention to Mr. Lincoln, the
lllinoisans would in turn gnarrantee
tliem seats in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet,
supposing him to be elected. Mr.
Cameron's representatives were at
first disposed to haggle and stand out
for better terms. They demanded for
him the position of Secretary of the
Treasury, lint this demand was pro
nounced matbmssable, and hnallv
the original bargain was ratified. The
delivery of the votes followed in due
time.
A FTl'll TIIK ELKOTION-
it became necessary to inform Mr.
Lincoln of what had been done, am
what he was expected to do. He was
both annoyed and distressed, but his
friends insisted on the performance
of the bond. Ihey told linn that hi;
honor as well as theirs was involved
and-their arguments finally prevail
ed upon him to tender Mr. Smith the
promised portfolio, lint at Mr. Cam
eron lie stuck for a long time so
long that the latter supposed for a
season treat the Dargain was off, aiu
actually wrote to another Pennsvlva
man, . r. v ens, proposing to re
tire in ins tavor. Air. .Lincoln was
thoroughly informed of Mr. Camer
on's antecedents and character. H
was assured both by letter and wor
of mouth, that the man was noton
ously corrupt, a shameless and un
scrupulous intriguer, possessed with
a mean ambition to occupy positions
of exalted trust, for which it was
well-known, he was
j Hopelf.SSLY INCOMPETENT.
j He was told that Mr. Cameron never
j dared to offer himself as a candidate
! for the snlVrages of the people?: that
j pn-h oihees as he had held h id been
j bought of corrupt legislatures: that
I his appointment would be a scanda
; and atfront to the party ami eonntrv
-o. Lincoln felt tho full fo-.. of
these ot.jeeiu.ns. He said ; "All that
x am m the world the Pr
and all r.K- T . .1
, " i owe 10 mat opinion
of me wh,eh the people express when
10 t-a me nonest t m Um X'.
n 't olU Vley tUnk of honest
Uld Abe when he .mnnintc s;;.
C ameron tobe his familiar adviser?"
He told Col McClure that if he saw
111 10 uiiiKe nis charfres ofr.-,;o r
ameron spec-mc, an-1 produce the
proof, the appointment should not
be made, lint the pressure was too
sirong ior mm. .Mr. Cameron insis
ted on his bond. oing on to Snrino-
tield to look afterits fulfillment. T1?a
friends to whom the new President
was indubted for his office were also
equally as strenuous. . Mr. Lincoln
The Old Man's Question.
?:VVV:l a"- Ir- Cameron went
into the W ar Department.
THE AMEKICAX PEOriE
have surely not forgotten the history
of his brief stay in that Department,
They have not forgotten the stench
of corruption which presently issued
from its doors and windows and
which hna-ny grew so offensive that
the representatives of the people
under the lead. anion r,M,,.c r at..
Dawes - undertook to investigate and
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! uscoer uie source. Thev have not
i forgotten, either, that Air. Cameron
suddenly resiirned nn,l t.,r- !.;,.- ,..if
oft to lijissia. Uut few of them are
aware of the whole history of that
"resignation," and the account of
the atl'air which Col. McClnre ha-i
furnished Mr. Lamon will have all
the interest of a disclosure.
"I saw Cameron on the imhf of
the day that Lincoln removed him.
We met in the room of a mutual
friend, and he was very violent
AGAINST LINCOLN
for removing him without consulta
tion or notice. His denunciation of
the President was extremely hitter,
for attempting, he said, his person
al as well as his political destruc
tion. He exhibited the letter, which
was all in Mr. Lincoln's handwrit
ing, and was litterally as follows. I
quote from carefully treasured recol
lections: Siiiion Cameron , Sue. of ;
Ikai: Slit I have this day nomi
nated Hon. Edwin M. Stanton to be
Secretary of War, and you to be Min
ister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Itussia. Very truly, A. Lincoln.
"I am sure there is no material er
ror in my quotation of the letter.
("AM ERON'S COMPLAINT
was that lie had no knowledge or in
that he had no knowledge or
timation of the chanue until Chase
'ave hi 111 the letter.
"Mr. Cameron and myself were
then, as ever before and since, and
as we shall ever be, not in political
sympathy, but our personal relations
were ever kind. Had he been entire-
y collected he would probably not
i.ive done what I heard and witness-
d; but he wept like a child and ap
pealed to me to aid in protecting him
amst the Presidents attempt at
rsonal degradation, assuring me
that 'under like circumstances lie cer
tainly would defend me. In mv pre si
nce the proposition was made and
letermined noon to ask Lincoln to
illow a letter of resignation to be an
tedated, and to write a kind accep
tance of the same in reply. The ef
fort was made in which Mr. Chase
joined, although perhaps ignorant ot
ill the circumstances of the case,
find it succeeded. The record shows
that Cameron voluntarily resigned,
while, in point of fact, he was sum
marily removed without notice. In
many subsequent conversations with
Mr. Lincoln he did not attempt to
onceal the great misfortune of Cam
eron s appointment, and the paiaim
necessity of
HIS 11KMOVAT..."
And this man, foisted into a place
for which ho was totally unlit by an
immoral bargain, branded by the
censure of the House of Represen
tatives, kicked in disgrace from the
Cabinet hv Air. Lincoln this man is
the same Simon Cameron whom the
present Administration delights to
honor ; with whom it takes sweet
counsel; whom it has placed at the
head of the most dignified and re
sponsible Committee of the Senate;
thrusting aside Charles Sumner to
make him room; upon whose profi
ciency in the arts of political in
trigue and corruption it largely re
lies for a new lease of power. Here
is a fact for the consideration of hon
est Republicans. It concerns them
intimately.
A Xovel Lottery.
From t ho Green Ray (Wis.) Advocate.
We referred briefly last week to a
novel lottery which took place at Hol
landtown, in this county, by eleven
widows and as many widowers were
mated for matrimonial alliance. The
facts as we learn them from the re
port of "the committee" which re
port comes to us signed by "M. Yan
denberg, Secretary"' are as follows:
It seems that there were residing
in the town eleven widows and twelve
widowers. We presume it was a
member of the benevolent society
who first proposed that the eleven
widows should become helpmeets to
eleven of the widowers. At least report
says that, "thinking it economical
to have them married, and not know
ing how to pair them, a committee
was selected to hold counsel as to the
best mode of coupling. It took this
committee one hour to decide as to
the method, pending which decision
we may believe there was a fluttering
among the hearts of the widows. It
was decided to dispose them by lot,
and "consequently," says the report,
"the name of all the widows were
placed in a box, and likewise the
names of the widowers."
The drawing took place at 5 p. m.
Monday, Dee. 8th, at which time it
was decided that Mr. R. Men ton
should be married to Mrs. lie Bruin,
Mr. M. Menton to Mrs. Yink, Mr.
Bode to Mrs. Yandenberg. Mr. Fnr
stenberg to Mrs. Kersten, Mr. J. W.
Wassenberg to Mrs. Wilde, Mr. N.
Yerkulleu to Mrs. Perrenboom, Mr.
Wevenberg to Mrs. Heesakker, Mr.
John Kobnssen to Mrs. Tillman, Mr.
L. Tenrnsen to Mrs. Yan Doren, Mr.
R. Herremans to Mrs. Rolf, Mr. So
cre to Mrs. Yan Bloemer.
The twelfth man is D. II. Penter-
mann, and although he is the hap
piest man in seven counties over the
narrow escape which he hal, yet the
committee are casting about for some
means to supply him with a partner
advertising that if there are any
widows in the neighboring towns
who would like to take Mr. Penter
mann, "applications can be made to
Peter Kersten, President."
Oregon
From the Ked Rods Democrat.
"What is known as Eastern Oregon
is that portion of the State lying
East of the Cascade range of moun
tains, embracing Wasco, Umatilla,
Grant, Union and Raker counties. It
is bounded on the north by the Co
lumbia river and Yashington Terri
tocy, on the east by Snake river and
Idaho Territory, on the south by
California and' Utah, and embrace's
considerably more than half of the
area of the State. The country is
well watered by the Columbia and
Snake rivers and their tributaries.
The valleys along the various st reams
which flow through the whole ex
tent of this portion of Oregon, are
tine agricultural and hav lands; the
foothills immediately surrounding
the vallevs are already beginning to
nTtiaet attention, and tire looked on
by those who have tested their pro
dnetiveness, as being equal to the
valleys for every tiling except hay,
and for small grain and fruit they
are the best.
The whole country is covered with
bunch grass, and the higher the al
titude the liner the grass becomes.
The mountains which surround the
vallevs are, as a general thing, cov
ered with fine timber, consisting of
the various kinds of pine, lir, an
taniarae, while cottonwool ami wil
low are to bo' found along the water
courses in the vallevs. The moun
tains abound -with bear, deer, am
elk. with other small game, while tin
streams contain excellent trout aiii
various other fish.
The mines of Eastern Oregon are
a great source of wealth. The placer
mines have been worked since 1Mj2
and are still paving well. Quartz
mining is carried on extensively am
luds fair to be the leading business
of this portion of the State. There
are being new discoveries of quartz
made almost daily, and new null
:md other machinery for working
ouartz are being constantly erected
The mines are the markets to which
our farmers have to look for the sale
of their surplus products. Our farm
ers are not farming as extensively as
they would if they could find ready
sale for what their land would pro
dnce. We are want of the means o
quirk and cheap transportation to
outside markets. As it is now the
great staple is cattle.
The climate is pleas mt both Win
ter and Summer. Farmers, as a gen
eral thing, do not have to feed their
stock cattle during the winter. The
water is pure and healthy. There is
plenty of land that can be bought
cheap, also plenty that can be taken
as homesteads or entered. There is
considerable land in this portion of
the State which has not yet been sur
veyed. We do not claim that we have all
the good and no evilsto contend with
in this section of the State. The Yv'il
lamette and Rogue river valleys are
line bodies of land, but we have as
good on our rivers and creeks, and
our uplands tire better, for all pur
poses, than are those west of the Cas
cades. Our lands are as good or bet
ter than those for agricultural pur
poses, and as for stock grazing, the
people of that section of the State
seek and use ours. Our winters are
pleasant, with just suflicient cold
weather to make our country healthy
and invigorating. We have none or
very little of the rain with which the
people east of the Cascades have to
5 contend from about the first of De
cember until in the Spring, some
times as late as the first of May. Our
country is as rich as any other por
tion of the Pacific Coast in mine
rals and the precious ores, and the
interests and resources are so diversi
fied that we care not what a man's
occupation may be, he can find profi
table employment. AVe have traveled
all over the State, and the better we
become acquainted with this portion
the more we become convinced that
this is a good place for either a rich
or a poor man to locate, if he wish
es 10 enjoy goo.i health ami niaKe a
pleasant and comfortal 1 i home. W;
have a wealthy and contented popu
lation, which is steadily increasing.
We have good society, schools,
churches, etc., in advance of any
other country of our age. And, the
probabilities are, that at no distant
day, we will be connected with the
outside world by one or more rail
roads. Then, indeed, will this be :
favored land, and if a live, energetic
and healthy man cannot make a liv
ing here, and accumulate wealth, he
might as well sell out and quit busi
ness.
The Greeley Tribune sees a won
derful influx of great people into
Colorado, as follows: First, Grace
Greenwood came to Colorado, follow
ed by some of the sons of English
nobility. Next, Anna Dickinson
picks out a lot. Next, Countess Xo
ailles builds a cottage. Xext, the
Empress Eugenie; and now we hear
that Gen. Grant is to follow suit.
Finally, the Duke of Saxe Coburg,
brother-in-law of Queen ietoria, is
to pay us a visit. v e predicted tins
last winter while in New lork. fhev
have only begun to come. Why '
Well, the scenerv is grand over
whelming. But the great induce
ment is the drv climate, giving health
No wet feet, as in Switzerland, no
damp garments, no snow to speak of
no heavy atmosphere, no clouds, no
fogs, no mists, no swamps. It is a
clean piece of mechanism. Here are
twelve inches of rainfall again
eighteen in Utah, twenty-two in Cal
ifornia, fifty-two in the Atlantic
States, fifty-four in England, forty-
two in I ranee, twenty-two in Italy
twentv in Palestine, and fourteen
say. in Persia. The dryest country
in the world. Invalids come, too
and well they mav: and the wearv
disappointed, and heart-stricken
the fallen seeking rest.
Castcrn
C'at-Figtds at the National Capital
ism Washington Women Hate
I-acli Other.
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
Washington society is a fearful
piece of mechanism. Like a huge
building filled with Donderous
wheels, w ith swift running belts, and
cogs of all sizes, the first whipping
y the visitor as if ready to snap oil
lis head and tear him limb from
imb at the first deviation from the
straight path between, and the sec
ond ready to snan oil' a finder or
grind up an arm if either were care
lessly lifted such is the structure.
here at the capital, called society.
THEKE ARE CEKTA1X PATHS
between all these horrid machines
where one mav walk in safety and
inspect iltem at will, but let there
1 1 m .
no a careless step, or never so light a
slip, a failure to stoop low enough
where this belt runs, or to walk erect
enough between the cogs, or to stop
short, and at a proper instance from
the piston and driving rods, and the
remorseless machinery snaps and
grinds and pounds without hesita
tion, and without regard to the suf
ferings or cries of the victims. This
week the fires are being lighted in
all the engine-rooms of this machine
shop, and next week it will be in full
motion, roaring, hissing, ami grind
iug awav.
HI T, TO DIJOP THE FIorilE,
a previous letter set forth the terri
ble commotion in society here be
cause a certain number of its leaders
could not endure the thought of a
certain ambitions woman, of whom
they were all bitterly jealous, be
coming the "first lady of the land.
STKAStSE TO SAY,
the question of rank in the social
structure of official life has never
vet been settled here any further
than to agree that the wife of the
Presinent is ex-oflicio, so to speali
first lady that is, all are expected
to call first, on her, but she is not ex
pected to return the visit of any. On
account of this exemption she is not
held to be in society, and so the
question remained as to who, in the
activities of social life, would be first
lady.
TIIKIiE WAS A LOXG STRIFE
between t lie families of the Chief
Justices and those of the Vice Pres
idents, but years ago this was virtu
ally settled in favor of the former,
though each succeding occupant of
-itlicr position has fretted, and fum
ed, and protested that the decision
was unjust, but it hnallv passed
from the common law of thedrawing-
;om into the written law and now
nearly all the books agree unon who
is first ladv. Bevond this there cer-
ainlv is nothing settled, and some
.vill not agree that this is. Cabinet
adies. Senate ladies, and the wives
if th? Justices of the Supreme Court
ill claim the next place, and have
fought for it vear alter year ior near-
y half a century.
THE LADIES
follow the rank of their husbands.
and but for the former there would
be little attention paid to the matter.
But for v.-omeii who have nothing to
do but to drive around in their dash
ing carriages and command first at
tention where they can, and pay at
tention only where they are obliged
to stay at home or acknowledge them
selves second, the question of rank
is the pivot around w hich their whole
hollow lives revolve. So stubbornly
do some insist that the Vice Presi-
lent and his household outrank
that of the Chief Justice, that to-day
there are some among the dignita
ries here who, rather than face the
uncertainty of the question, in mak
ing up their dinner parties carefully
avoid inviting the Chief Justice and
the Vice. President for the same oc
casion, lest one should be offended
because the other was assigned the
post of honor at table. But despite
of all doubts that the parties in in
terest keep alive in the general dis
cussion of this
MOMENTOUS NONSENSE,
the majority agree that the rank runs
smoothly down to the fourth degree
in the social house that Jack Built:
The President, the Chief Justice, the
Vice President, and "Mr. Speaker."
Beyond this, "society" is in a "cat
fight." and every once in a while a
feminine paw reaches over into the
domains of the four, and calls forth
spiteful spittings that are terrible to j
hear. Four classes are claimants for
the fifth rank. The Justices of the
Supremo Court, the Generals of the
Army, the Admirals of the Xavy, the
Senators and the Cabinet. Each of
these demand to be recognized as
fifth, and each declare that their of
fice is of superior rank to all the bal
ance. There have been bitter wars
in former times .between Cabinet la
dies and the Senate, and, the latter
outnumbering the former ten to one,
have at least the advantage of "the
last word." Then
THE SENATE LADIES
have usually two other contests on
their hands, one of a comparatively
mild character with the ladies of the
Supreme Court, and the other in
their claims to precedence over the
wives of foreign Ministers. There
have been many cooler things about
many tables here than the ices be
cause some aspiring wife of a Sena
tor was obliged to see a lady of the
diplomatic corps led out first to din
ner. In all other parts of the land
where women meet the first thing
each settles for herself is w hat all the
rest have on. Here the dreaded ques
tion of rank rises next after identity
c- iKiau mhii saiisiaction, or
lips take on a firmer set. as each re
cognizes her place and then comes
the question" What is the thing
eariuL; 1
"Time cuts down all, both great
and small." How about the provision
aiiu grocery onjs ;
The Alaska Seal.
But by far the most valuable fur
that passes under the, name of seal
is that of the sea-otter, or Alaska seal,
which, while it has the habita. of the
seal, forms a connecting link between
it and the otter. A large portion of
this fur is obtained from two islands,
St. Paul and St. George, in latitude
about oG3j degrees north, in the sea
of Behring or Kamtschatka, about
250 miles northwest of the pensula of
Alaska. Ihese islands were sold by
Russia to the United States as a part
of the Alaska Territory. When in
18C.I, General George II. Thomas was
seut by our government to examine
and report upon the country, lie es
timated the fur-bearing seals, or sea-
otters, seen each summer on these
islands.at from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000
lying in the rookeries and covering
hundreds of acres. For the last fifty
or sixty years, the Russian Govern
ment had limited the number of skins
to be taken yearly at some 80,000 or
less. As liener:il 1 Iihiivk recom
mended the hunting and killing of
these animals should be regulated by
law, Congress, in 1STO, adopted sub
stantially the Russian system; and in
a few weeks the Alaska' Conn an v. of
which Hon. P. Haven, of New Lon
don, Connecticut, is a prominent
owner and influential officer, leased
Irum the United States the islands of
tt. l'anl and St. Cieorge. The com
pany contracted to pay a rent of 855
000 per annum, and a revenue tax of
82 0
on eac
fur-seal taken and
shipped from the islands. Two
United States officials are stationed
on each of these islands to see that
the company complies with the con
ditions of the lease, and to count the
skins as they are shipped to San
Francisco, where they are again
counted by the custom house officers.
The number taken annually must not
exceed 100,000. The catch in 1872
amounted to iG,0G0 .skins. The sea
otter is the boldest swimmer of the
amphibious tribe, for troops of them
are met with .'500 miles from land.
When holding a fore paw over their
eyes, in order to look about them
with more distinctness, they are call
ed sea-apes. They are exclusively
found in the North Pacific Ocean and
and on its borders, between the 4'Jth
and Glth degrees of latitude; and, al
though living mostly in the Avater,
they are occasionally found on land
very far from the sea. Their fur is
exceedingly fine, close, soft and vel
vety, perfectly black in full searon,
but at other times of a shining, deep
sepia, or of a rich chestnut brown.
The longer hairs are silky and glossy,
but not very numerous, and are easi
ly removed. The Chinese prize the
fur of the sea-otter so highly that
formerly they paid for the skins
from sixty to seventy-five dollars
each; but thev value them somewhat
less now. It slill remains the choicest,
most expensive, and most fashionable
fur of its kind in the market for gen
tlemen's sets, ladies' saeques, turbans,
boas, mulls, etc., and consequently
all inferior furs that resemble it are
made to imitate it. Popular Science
Monthly.
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A Chance for He form.
Washington Cor. Cincinnati Commercial.
Many extremely zealous advocates
of reform and economy in the public
service have developed in the House
during the last day or two, and it is
suggested to them particularly to
those who are at the head of promi
nent committees, where extravagance
can be readily checked that there
is room for the exercise of the virtues
they extol, in the various depart
ments here, w hose clerks and other
officers are furnished with horses
and carriages at public expense. The
Secretary of the Treasury has, for
instance, a carriage and span of
horses; the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has a double ami single car
riage and a span of horses; the Ap
pointment Clerk of the Treasury De
partment has a carriage and horse;
the Superintendent of the Treasury
building, an officer unknown to the
law, has a carriage, a buggy and a
horse; the Supervising Architect has
a carriage and horse; the Second
Auditor has a carriage and horse;
the Treasurer has a horse and car
riage; the Superintendent of the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing has
a horse and carriage; each of the As
sistant Secretaries have horses, car
riages and drivers.
All these horses and carriages are
bought by the Government and kept
at the public expense. There is a
stable just below the Treasury build
ing which is used for this puruose.
and a superintendent of stables, who
1 1 . . .
nascnarge ot the concern, lsemnlov-
eo anu paiq rsiuu ner annum nn.l
four assistants are furnished him at
V-i per day, each. There are seven
who do nothing but drive these vir
tuous ohicials 111 governmen t vdi hd
who are on the rolls of the depart
mem at .00 per month each. The
otner departments of the Govern
ment are not suffering for transpor
tation facilities. The Attornev-Gen-
or-il l..a 41. 1 i . "
.o tiiicu noises ana two car
riages, with drivers and footmen, w ho
are paid as messengers; the Secretar
ies of War, Navy and Iuterior, and
the Postmaster-General are likewise
iurmshed with public conveyances
for themselves and families, while
all their principal subordinates are
equally well supplied with horse
tiesh. A little might be saved by
looking into this matter and prohib-
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iiing me application of appropria
tions to the officials who have no
shadow of legal right to them.
George Washington's mother's dinner-bell
was recently sold at an auc
tion in Fredericksburg, Va. It bears
the date of 1GG7 and was purchased
many years ago at a sale of the effects
of Washington's mother in Freder
icksburg. It weighs six-pounds,and
is one of the good, old-fashioned,
sweet-toned ringers.
Pioneer Association.
Bctteville, Jari. 13, 1S74.
Since holding the first annual meet
ing of the Ol-fccnn "Pionoo. Ucvi'ii.
tion. which convened at Rnttevillfl
on the 11th of November last, fre
quent letters have been received by
wie uiucers 01 tne organization from
different sections of the State asking
for information relative to the obiect
of the Association, and the organic
rules regulating the admission of
members, A:c.
You will confer a favor upon the
Board by giving place, to the follow
ing synopsis of the rules by wJUich
the organization is governed! 0
The object of the Association ia to
collect from living witnesses such
facts relutiug to the pioneer, and
early history of the Territory of Ore
gon, as the organization may deem
worthy of preservation, and to this
end the Secretary solicits communi- -cations
from the meiubersand all
early pioneers, whithersover they
may now abide. All information
thus received touching the object in
view, will be faithfully filed with the
archives of the Association.
The Board of officers consists of
President, Vice-President, Secretary
and - Treasurer, w ho are chosen by
ballot at the annual meetings. The
present incumbents ar,e F. X. Math
ieu, President; J. W. Grim, Vice
President; W. II. Rees, Secretary.
and L. C. Cooley, Treasurer.
ah immigrants, male and lemaie,
who resided within the bounds of
the original Territory of Oregon, un
der the joint occupancy of the coun
try by the United States and Great
Britain, and those who settled withiu.
said lerritory prior to the first day
of January, and are now citi
zens of Oregon, are eligible to mem
bership. Persons having the above
qualifications, choosing to become
members, are required to subscribe
their names in the register kept for
that purpose, or may forward the
same to the Sec. to be recorded, giving
date of arrival in the Territory of
Oregon, where from, native State or
county, and year of birth; and to pay
into the Treasury an admission fee
of 61, and a yearly due of like
amount at each annual meeting; pro
vided, that no admission fee or year
ly due be exacted from the lady
members of the Association. But 1. 11
persons who are now members, or
may hereafter become such, are re
quired to forward to the Secretary
their photographs, that the same mayO
be framed and arranged prior to the
next ensuing annual meeting after
becoming members. o
The Board would respectfully ask
the further favor of jour columns
for the purpose of giving to the pub
lic the conclusions of a meeting of
the officers of the Association,' held
in Aurora, Marion county, on the
13th ult., to determine upon the time
and place of holding the second an
nual meetingof the Oregon Pioneers.
The members generally having ex
pressed a desire to change the time
of holding the next regular meeting
from November to June, and the se
lection of a suitable point on or near
the O. it C. R. R. for convening, ac
cordingly the Board held an inter
view with Dr. Keil, of Aurora, to as
certain if it would meet the approba
tion of the citizens of that place, and
whether suitable accommodations
could be procured for so large an
assemblage as may be expected to
come together at that season of the
year. The Doctor with commenda
ble generosity, assured the Board
that every suitable convenience at
his- command should be at their dis
posal and held in readiness to accom
modate the pioneers and th6 younger
persons in attendance, should they
see proper to designate Aurora as
their place of meeting. Satisfied
with the eligibility of the place, the
kind and ample accommodations of
fered by Dr. Keil, the Board with en
tire unanimity, decided that the
Oregon Pioneer Association w ill hold
its second annual reunion in Aurora
on the 10th and 17th of June. 1874.
And as a meeting of the early pion
eers of Oregon Territory would be
incomplete without their old time-
worn friends beyond the border, it
was further agreed to extend a cor
dial invitation of the Association to
the early pioneers of Washington
Territory, that they, too, may assem
ble with the members around the re
kindled camp fire, and rejoice with
them as in by-gone years in the in
terchange of friendly greetings.
A programme, announcing the reg
ular order of business, speakers for
the occasion, etc., will be given to
the public in due time. The papers
of Oregon and Washington Territory
will please inform their readers ac
cordingly, and oblige the Association.
W. H. Rees,
Sec'y O. P. Association.
The Oregon Inventor. Frank A.
Crouch, the young Oregonian whose
wonderful inventions were described
in the Orefonian a few months ago,
has obtained a patent for his improv
ed steam engine. His new principle
making an engine consists in super
heating steani beneath the piston-rod
in the cylinder, thus producing mo
tive power by a succession of explo
sions, as it "were, and forcing the
piston-rod by successive , sudden
blows of seper-heated steam. It is
demonstrated that in this way the
motive power of an engine is increas
ed five-fold without increase of con
sumjition in fuel. Orefonian.
Needs Amending. The Jackson
ville Sentinel says that the bill intro
duced in Congress to pension the
widows of Gen. Canby and Dr.
Thomas needs to be amended by ad
ding the names of Mrs. Brotherton.
Mrs. Boddy and dtfrs. Schira, the
husbands of whom were also killed
by the treachery of the Modoes.
These ladies are equally entitled to
pensions. C
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