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BV It. II. STODDARD.
The sorrow of sorrows
Was never sung or said,
Though many a poet borrows
The mourning of the dead.
And darkly hurries pleasure
In soino melodious measure.
The loss of youth is sadness
To all who think, or feel
A wound no after gladness
Can ever wholly heal ;
And yet so many' share it
Wo learn at last to bear it.
The faltering and the falling
Of friends is sadder still ;
For friends grown foes, assailing
Know when and when' to kill ;
Hut souls themselves sustaining,
Have still a friend remaining!
The deatli of those who love us,
And those we love, is sore ;
Rut think they are above us,
Or think they are no more.
We bear the blows that sever,
We cannot weep forever!
The sorrow of all sorrows
Is deeper than all these.
And all that anguish borrows
Upon its bended knees;
No tears or praycis relieve it,
'; loving vows deceive it.
It is one day to waken
And find that bve is ilown,
And cannot be o'er taken,
And we are left alone ;
No woe that, be spoken.
No heart that can be broken ;
No wish for love's returning,
Or ."lomethiug in its stead ;
No missing it and yearning
As for the clearer dead ;
No yesterday, no morrow
Rut evei -lasting .sorrow '.
Iuiportant to l.aud Owners.
The following letter front Con
gressman Nesmith to the Salem M-r-curi
contains information and advice
which may prove of vital importance
to some of our readers. This letter
is dated, "Washington, Jan. li, and
reads :
Great numbers of citi:or.s of Or
egon have requested me to go to the
General .Land Oilice here, and have
their patent for lands, under the do
r.ation laws, issued and forwarded to
them. l'y attending to this matter
I have been surprised to iind that in
at least ono-half tiie cases, about
which I inquired, there were no re
cords iu te General Jjand office.
The records, in relation to some of
these claims, are doubtless retained
until the final proof shall be made,
and it is probable that in some cases
they are retained" on account of non
payment of fees. Some instances
have come under my observation
where the notifications were filed 20
years ago, and lhnd proof of four
years' residence and cultivation had
never been made. The mere notifi
cation confers no title to the donee,
without the tiaal proof. In view of
the vast amount of valuable proper
ty, and the interest not onlv of the
iop.ee, but of all subsequent pur
chasers, particularly where the do-
!( ll t i
ne; lias sold neiore ine issuo oi pat
ent, and has since died, which are at
stake, I deem it my duty to call the
attention of all parties interested in
these patents, whether as donees or
subsequent purchasers, to the condi
tion of their claims. If they have
not received their patents they had
better apply at once to their local
land office and ascertain whether
their notification anil final proof have
been forwarded to the General Ij md
Office here. It will afford me pleas
ure to render any assistance in my
power to obtain the patents here.
This is a matter of so much import
ance to the people of Oregon that I
would be obliged if the press of the
State would lay it before their re
spective readers,
Jlespectfully, yours,
J. W". Nksmitit.
Ant; They ix Eai:nt-:st. If Grant
and his minions in Congress are in
earnest in their seeming disposition to
change that part of the Durlingame
treaty with the Celestial Empire,
which anthori.es the invasion of this
country by the ignorant and vaga
bond classes from China, then in
deed do the lta lical despots deserve
an iota of praise.
If it be so, it is a great triumph to
the Democracy of the Union, who in
augurated the movement in that di
rection. To the poor laborer it comes
as the precursor of the day when his
toil shall be fairly requitted, presa
ging peace of mind ami hope of fu
ture plenty. To the heartsore fe
male worker, looking through tears
at her crumbs und scanty .surround
ings, and shuddering at the possibil
ities of to-morrow, it comes as the
interposing shield of Divine. Mercy,
saving lit-r from Death, or it's worse
altt rnative, Moral liuiu. To the po
litical leader who have s'.r.iggled
w ith, and for the people, in this con
tost for a release from a curse which
threatened the destruction of repub
lican government - in America, it
comes as the crowning glorv of their
efforts. 0 "
Now let 01 r California legislators
rise to that pinnacle of statesman
ship, in the occupancy of which pas
sion and party are forgottnu, and im
ued only with a desire for the wel
fare of their people, let them empha
size the resolutionsof Senator lioach
on this subject, with the unanimous
sanction of both Houses, aud the dav
will ytt dawn when, if the Burlin
game Treaty is abrogoted, in its of
fensive features, the people will cel
ebrate the event as a National holi
day. But is Grant aud are his vas
sals sincere in their manifestations
China ward ? .S. l- Kraminer.
What He Drew. The editor of
the Vis ksburg Herald spent ciSOO on
a church Fair, hoping to get the
prize of -?3,000 in gold, and he drew
a brass chain and a photograph of
George Washington. This world
has no further pU'Psrire for him.
Dissecting a Doctor's Rill.
About three months ago Jacob The Radical-Republican party be
Milchman's wife, in Detroit, was gan its career by deep-mouthed pro
somewhat ill, and thought that a fessions of public morality and po-
uoeior ougm to be sent to her; so he ;
called at a Detroit street office, and i
requested me physician to go to his
house. The call was made, a rre-
senption left with Mrs. M., and eith- i
er the medicine was very effectual or
Mrs. M. was not very sick, for when
he called the next time, she informed
him that she was all cured and lie
need not come any more. Last Mon
day Jacob received bv mail a bill
from Dr. Z., "Duo for medical ser
vices. $13 To."
Jacob studied a longtime over that
bill, and showed it to his wife, and
studied it over a long time with
her; but the more he looked at it, the
more it seemed to him that there
must be a mistake. The next morn
ing he called at the doctor's office,
bill in hand, and found the proprie
tor sitting there waiting to hear of
some one suffering from green corn,
or one of the other prevalent dis
eases. Mr. Milchman laid his hat down
carefully, and handed the bill to Dr.
Z., saying, " You are Dr. Z., I sup
pose?" "Yes, yes, certainly, Mr. Mileh
m in: sit down. How is your wife?"
' Oh, my w ife is all right. You doc
tored her,"eh ?"
"I gave her some medicine that
seemed to work like magic."
"x s. so it did; that was vour bill,
eh?"
"Yes, but no hurry about it, Mr.
Milchman; take a little time on it, if
you want to; no hurrv."
"That was right, was it .-SI" 75?"
"Let me see; yes, that is the right
amount: but no hurry about paying
it, you know."
"Thirteen dollars and seventy-five
cents for one visit ! That was pretty
tarn dear; don't you think so?"
Here the doctor smiled all over in
the most forgiving way , saying, "My
dear Mr. Milchman, vou are far out
7 L
;f the way. For ur.e visit ! my
lear
sir.-' jLnat is tiie way with the unpro
fessional mind. 1 assure yo:i tinit
when you see the items you will
a jroe with me that the amount is
low, sir, very low !"
"Oil !" sa'i.l Jacob, "there were
items, were there? "Well, where those
items were ?"
"In my memorandum book, sir.
You shall have them, certainly, if
you wish. You want the items, do
you V"
'That was just what I want," said
Jacob, and apparently much to the
doctor's annoyance. lie hesitated a
moment, then drew a small memo
randum booh from h:s breast pocket,
opi ned it, thou looked at Jacob and
b.'gan :
May use- of horse and buggy to
call 0:1 Mrs. Milchm.in, one dollar
and-a-half."
'Stop a little,' said Jacoo, "until 1
write him down." And ho proceed
ed to write the item do wn. "Don't
you keep no horse?" he asked, when
he had finished his writing.
"Ye-es," said the doctor, unwil
lingly, "but of course I have to make
charge for his use. the same as if he
was a hired horse; don't you s:e?"
"Oil, yes, he was your horse; but
you charge yourself for him?"
"Yes, that's it. Now item No. 2.
To looking at the tongue of Mrs. M.,
fifty cents."
"Oh, vou look at mv wife's tongue,
eh?"
"Certainly, I had to, you know.
Item No. 3. To feeling pulse of Mrs.
M., sixty cents."
"Dat was cheap enough."
"I knew yon would think so," ex
claimed the doctor, now satisfied that
he was all right. Item No. i. "To
hearing Mrs. M's. report of her case,
one dollar."
"Mine Got. You charge me for
1113- wife's talking '"
"Only what she said in a profes
sion il way, I assure you. That item
you will find correct; take the next.
To writing prescription for Mrs. M.,
'. That was where the heavy work
came in, vou know."
"Pretty tarn heavy I think so."
" Very reasonable for the amount
of care I gave the subject, as 3011
will see when you think it over. Item
again to calling next day with copy
of prescription book with nie three
dollars."
"Well, dat was all you got, ain't
it? Yon was told my wife was till
right, and that was CO. Where
you make yous c? 1-5 75?"
"You are mistaken about that be
ing ail, Mr. Milchman. No, sir, I
could not let the matter drop there.
Pray allow me to proceed. To stud
ying over the case in my office, two
dollars."
"Oh, yon study over him there ?"
'Certainly 1 did. Next, to riding
around by your house, on my way
home, and looking attentively about
the premises, one dollar; to meeting
chihl and asking how her mother
was, one dollar. To making bill, pos
tage, etc., fifteen cents. There, sir,
are all the items, and very reasona
ble, too, upon my honor."
. --
No Moke fob Sale. A man about
fortv vears of age and a woman seem
inglv "seventy years old were at the
Detroit and Milwaukee station recent
ly, waiting for a train, when the man
strolled out on the dock and caught
sight of one of the city life-preservers
hanging on a hook. He asked what
it was, and a laborer told him, and
then he asked, "How long will i
save a feller's life?" The man told
him a hundred years, and the mfor-
rr.i.Hnn ictn o-frored the stranger. alk-
ing around a few minutes, as if med- should send his son to, the State Re
lating, he stepped to his informant form School, threatening, in case of
. e.' . ll. . t'ii rpfnsfll in nnt him in the Tiemten-
and em',! "So bf-re. stranger. Ill
.-.i- ' c r. rnadn-flrQ mid if
it wouldn't be asking too much of
wv, tvi 1.1 h nl.l
man in there that vou haven't anoth-
for 3le, .'u?d that the machine which
mVle 'cm Las bu-tccl "
Vtt. All IlrVM ( f 1 1 LJ Lil HIV ""I...-.. - . . 1
1
Its Constant Tendency.
litical purity. Its leaders preached
themselves into notoriety as exem
plars of the most rigid virtue, and
the representatives of ideas in gov
ernment that would, if allowed to
become dominant, restore the coun
try to paradisical felicity. Let the
reins of power be taken from tiie Lo-co-l'ocos,
said the Republican lead
ers, and we shall show the people-
bow honestly, econ--ink-ally, and j
honorably we can administer the i
Government. Well, it was done, j
Folly and dissension lost to the De
mocracy the control of affairs, and in
came the party of high moral ideas,
the party that was devoted to the re
alization of beautiful theories and
abstractions. Some of its theories
were at once realized, and it has al
ways continued devoted to abstrac
tions from the public treasury. Its
advent was signalized b- the incep
tion of a terrible civil war, and its
continuance in power has been among
the bitterest of the fruits of that war.
Put how has it justified its profes
sions of superior honesty in adminis
tration, of higher morality, and
more exalted public virtue, and more
elevated political purity than its
predecessor ? Let us see:
Instead of having maintained a
1 course ot honest administration, it
! has pursued an undeviating line of
; dishonesty, falsel o id, and treachery,
j It has corrupted the fountains of jus
' tic-3, destroyed the confidence of the
; people in democratic institutions, de
j lunched the patriots sentiment of
j the youth of the country, perverted
i the thought of the plain people from
admiration of republican simplicity
j to emulation of the shoddy aristoc
! racv raised up through the anoma
lous conditions of the war.
The training of, and in, the Repub
lican party has been a long educa
tion in dishonesty. It has been the
constant tendency of its policy to
obscure and obliterate a sense of the
distinction between right and wrong.
It inllated the currency and encour
aged the whole community to repu
diate, their honest debts by discharg
ing thi-ni in bad money. When the
Supreme. Court decided that gold
debts incurred before the war ought
to be paid according to the contract,
restoring the same amount of money
that was borrowed, the Republican
President took the first opportunity
to pack the Court for the purpose of
getting that righteous decision re
versed. Jy the legislation of the
Republican party there have been is
sued lying promisesto pay 1 Oft. 000,
000 ami tin; jiromis -s are forfeited
without compunction. When the
Government engraves on a greenback
its promise to pay the bearer ten dol
lars, t li 3 words have no meaning un
less they are an engagement to give
a gold eagle in exchange for the
greenback. "When the Government
makes lying promises by the hun
dred minion, it is educating the peo
ple in falsehood and bad laith, and
undermining their sense of moral ob
ligation. And with equal effective
ness the Republican party for more
than ten years did its best to deaden
a just sense of moral distinctions by
niaking anti-slavery zeal and the
blind support of its measures an all
atoning substitute for virtue.
Everybody recollects how the
purest and most upright men in the
country were hounded down, their
reputations blackened, and all their
virtues denied, for a simple differ
ence of opinion on public questions.
The distinction between a knave and
an honest man, says the New York
War lit, was held to be of no account
in comparison with the difference be
tween a copperhead and an aboli
tionist. The hideous depravation of
public morals which everybody now
affects to deplore, is a natural conse
quence of the measures, jolicy ami
spirit of the Republican party, which
has done its best to obliterate a cor
rect sense of pecuniary obligation,
and to make a private virtue less es
teemed than party zeal.
Men of stainless life and incor
ruptible integrity, like Governor
S - mnir, and the venerable ex-Senator
P iyard who spurned the Credit
Mobilior business when so many
"Christian statesmen" fell, were foul
ly traduced and made odious to the
unthinking multitude, because, for
sooth, they were copperheads. Anil
social outcasts steeped in crime, like
Sickles, were forgiven and extolled
because they were willing to go all
lengths with the dominant party.
Nothing could have been more suit
ed te confuse ail just moral distinc
tions and abolish popular respect for
virtue and integrity.
The Republican party introduced
a new standard of morals; a stand
ard which made party zeal t ho high
est virtue and and a substitute for
all others; and this dangerous teach
ing is bearing its necessary fruit in
the wide-spread and deplorable cor
ruption which is the common topic
of the time. Tiie party "of great
moral ideas," and its later blossoms
of "Christian statesmanship" have
brought the country to the moral
condition in which we now lind it.
Examiner.
The son of a wealthy manufactu
rer in Mouson, Massachusetts, hav
ing stolen his mother's ring and giv
en it to a woman of bad character,
and after many other wrong doings,
robbed bis father's safe, the citizens
of the town have held a meeting, and
solemnly resolved that the father
I tiary
It is rather an odd demand to
make of an affectionate parent, but
: perhaps the citizens of 31onson
I think they have a right to protect
themselves against the boy s proba-
derrefttl0n.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
AH'cctiiig-
Plea.
McQuade in Chicago Fireside Friend.
There are people, I know, who are
constantly hurling jokes at their
mother-in-law, and at everybody
else's mother-in-law, just as if the
old lady had no business in the
world after marrying off her daugh
ters. I'd like to see the chap who
dared liing jokes at mv wife's moth
er. It always rests me to have the
j good old dear arrive with her four
j bandboxes, two hot bricks, live buu
j dies of herbs, a chest, ami a pillow
j slip of dried apples and burdock
i root. I feel just like falling on her
' shoulder; but I don't do it because
my disposition is quiet and undem
ontrative. She no sooner gets into
the.. house than she say's Maria looks
like a ghost, or just like a woman up
at Tarrytown whose husband mauls
her with a sled-stake and is drunk
half the time. She says this looking
full at me, but I of course very well
knew she doesn't mean anything.
"Heavens! but this is that same old
carpet 011 the floor!" exclaims my
mother-in-law, as she removes her
bonnet. And then she looks at me
and tells me how Tom Scott saved
his cigar and tobacco money and got
Nelly a royal Wilton. I remember,
when I was sparking my w ife, there
was no carpet at all on the iloor, and
so I laugh heartily at the old lady's
joke. Tiie baby, who has been play
ing all day, is declared sick, and a
quart bowl of catnip is prepared.
My wile is sent to bed to sleep oil"
her sick head-ache, though she
hadn't made any complaints, and I
am told that I hail belter go to the
hotel for supper.
"And 110 cue will get into this
house after eight o'clock to-night!"
adds the good oil creature. The
parlor stove has to be moved to coin
cide with her views. I cheerfully
move it. Tiie pictures have to be
raised or lowered ; the sofa wheeled
over; the what-not placed in the oth
er corner, and all the time I am
working bless her old heart! is
telling me how Raker, who wanted
i to marry Maria, but di lu't get a
chance, is now worth his thousands
and thousands and has a parlor which
a king would dare enter. The ser
vant girl is declared a sloven, and I
cheerfully discharge her, though she
has been with us a year. The kitchen
stove has to be moved to the left, the
heads of all the beds turned to the
north so as to get the benelit of the
electric current, and the watch-dog
.shot because his bark wakes her at
midnight. "Anything further, dear
mother?" I ask, as I look into her
smiling face. And she replies that
Maria ought to bo sent South for her
health; the baby boarded out by the
week; the front doorsteps repainted;
the himbroquins exchanged; the in
terior of the hor.su grained; the
kit -hen stove exchanged for a range;
and a few more trilling matters per
formed. Some men get out of pa
tience the moment their mother-in-law
enters the house, but I meet her
with a smile.
The Slanderous Tongue.
The tongue of slander is never tir
ed. In one way or another it mana
ges to keep itself in constant employ
ment. Sometimes it drips honey
and sometimes gall. It is bitter now.
and then sweet. It insinuates or as
sails directly, according to the cir
cumstances. It will hide a curse
under a smooth word, and administer
poison in the phrase of hne. Like
death, it "loves a shinning mark."
And it is never so available and elo
quent as when it can blight the
hopes of the noble-minded, soil the
reputation of the pure, and break
down or destroy the character of the
brave and strong. What pleasure
man or woman can lind in such work
we have never been able to see.
And yet there is pleasure of some
sort in it to the multitudes, or they
would not betake themselves to it.
Some passion of soul or body must
be gratified by it. Rut no soul in
high estate can delight in it. It in
dicates lapse, tendency toward chaos,
utter depravity. It proves that
somewhere in the soul there is weak
ness, waste, evil nature. Education
and refinement are proof against it.
They often serve only to polish the
slanderous tongue, increase its tact,
and give it suppleness and stategy.
It is reported in some of the pa
pers that (ion. Ren. Rntler occasion
ally speaks with great contempt of
General Grant. One story is that
not long since Rntler used the fid
lowing language: "Stupid blunder!
When did you ever know that fool to
do anything else?" Now it is very
possible that Rntler may occasional
ly utter words to this effect; but we
submit that he can never employ
them except in confidence, and that
it is very wrong in the newspapers to
betray him. A few years ago a great
quarrel was raging between Rutler
and Grant. It took herculean ef
forts to reconcile them, and why can
anyone be so malignant as to reopen
a feud between such eminent eiti
zens ?
Daughtek of the house (to a privi
leged old friend of the family-
"Dear Mr. Lupus, you don't seem to
be enjoying yourself. I should like
to have you waltz this once with me."
Privileged old Friend "My dear
child. I don't dance; but if it suits
you, I woulden't mind sitting here
with my arm around your waist,
while the others are- making them
selves dizzy."
Shot-guns. Our experience, and
the history of the past eighteen cen
turies, incline us to the belief that no
matter how well yon treat a shot-gun,
nor 3 0u bring it up, it will bang
the-stuffin out of you the first time it
gets a chance.
An
Williams.
From the New York Sun.
The recent investigation by the
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
made conspicuous the unfitness of
George 11. Williams for the place
which he now occupies, but does
not fill
superadded was the ills- j
coverv that he had prostituted his
office to venal objects, and appropri
ated the contingent fund of the
Department of Justice to the use of
his family in a manner not otherwise
than thievish.
These facts have not been and can
not be disputed, for the proof exists
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in the archives of the ireasury,
where the vouchers for this plunder
are filed. The question now natur
ally arises whether a man whose
hands are so foul, and whose charac
ter is worthless, shall be allowed to
hold the office of Attorney-General.
The President, who thought him
the best choice for Chief Justice,
and who can see no impropriety in
his corrupt practices, will of course
sustain him as he has heretofore
done. The sinister and social con
siderations which operated to bring
ui-out so unworthy an appointment
will be more potent now than ever.
Williams has audaciously announ
ced that he does not intend to retire
from the Cabinet, and feels secure in
his position. He did not dare to con
front the judgment of even a partisan
Senate, because the proofs of his
guilt were overwhelming. With the
knowledge that this evidence is still
held against'him, he clings to office;
and the President, to whom it has
bt;en made known, instead of dismis
sing lum peremptorily, treats him as
one persecuted by malice and jeal
ousy. It is possible, therefore, that Wil
liams may continue to illustrate
Grantism in the place of its highest
legal expounder, but there is a coai
foit in knowing that his presence
there will do more to disgust the
country and to alienate any remnin
ing regard for the President than
almost any other cause. His iriee
is now known to all the world, and
his opinions will soon find their
proper level, like that fabricated to
order in the case of the Yirginius f or
the Spanish Legation. Refore the
Supreme Court he never had the
least legal standing, but henceforth
the colored messenger who waits on
the Chief Justice will have more
moral inllnence than this poor apolo
gy for an Attorney-General.
Col. Fred. Grant, whose remarka
bly rapid promotion over the heads
of deserving officers who have seen
actual service has excited a great
deal of feeling in the army, has not
generally been suspected of blood
thirstyness. Indeed, the circum
stances under which he left the Yel
lowstone Expedition were such as to
give reason tor the belief that he was
a young man of the most pacific ten
dencies. It appears, however, that
tho martial influences of Washing
ten have excited his ambition ami
led him to make an effort to distin
guish himself as a belligerent. With
this intent, according to the reports
from Washington, he made an ad
vance upon the private residence of
Rrevet Rrig. Gen. Don Piatt, in the
absence of the gallant Rrevet Rriga
dier General, with the avowed pur
pose of calling him to j-rsonal ac
count for something ho had printed
in his newspaper, the Capital. As
the object of his wrath was not at
home, no blood was shed, though the
distinguished young Colonel doubt
less succeeded in terrifying the fe
male servants of the household by
his ferocious aspect. It was this lit
tle incident which led Don Piatt to
publish the following card, which
appears at the head of the editorial
columns of the Capital of January
11,1874:
"A Cai;d. As it is not customary
in civilized communities to call a
person to account in the presence of
liis family, and as there are painful
and imperative reasons why we
should object to such a course, we
wish to say that we are regular in at
tendance, during business hours, at
our'ofiice. We are there every day
prepared to wee any one disposed to
call upon us; and hereafter when
an aggrieved person attempts to call
us to account in our own house, such
person will be met by the police.
There are no police, however, about
our place of business, and we assure
all such that an entrance will be un
obstructed, whatever the exit may
be."
It will be seen that this card in
cludes a covert invitation to the
young warrior to visit the General in
his office during business hours if he
is m search of glory. We do not be
lieve the invitation will be accepted
Lasdloed, said a transient
guest at a cross-roads tavern, as he
drew near the end of his dinner
"wont you give me a little more pork
10 eat with this potato? A littk
later he said: "There was more pork
tnan 1 wanted; let me trouble you for
a little more potato to eat with the
pork." And shortly after: "Well, I
lo declare, 1 ve got some more vota
to left, and it seems a pity to h a. e
it just a small piece of pork, more
lt you please. It ran on sofcrtomt
time. At length the landlord stoi
ped short in front of bis guest and
and remarked: "Look here, stiaa
ger, 'taint no use I'm willing to do
anything in reason to make that pork
aud potato come out even, but I ve
made up mv mind, the way you fat,
it can't be did. You are bound to
lap over one way or the other eierv
time. Now just make up your mini,
which you'd rnther leave, and leave
it and quit. I've got enough pork
and potatoes, but if you 11 keep on
you'll bust."
A MainogirTbas killed herself
chewing gum.
and Tweet! V'hy
IJutler Ol.jeot t.
From the New York Sun. 0
It is said that the wife of George
II- Williams, the Attorney General
of the United States, rsdes in a car
riage which was bought ami raid for
itn money belonging to the United
states. Her husband is at th.
of the new-fangled department of the
Government called the Department
of Justice, and when the carriage
was purchased it was charted to tli
Department of Justice. The horses
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"'"" 10 tins carriage, nnu tneir har
ness are said to have bt-en bunslit
and paid for in the same way. Tho
coachman w ho has charge of ' this es
tablishment is said to be on the jay
roll of the Department of Justice.
And yet the carriage, Jiorses, har
ness and coachman are represented
to be used mainly by Mrs. Williams.
These things are either true or
false.
If they are true is it not scandal
ous that they are true?
We know of no law there is no
law by which such expenditures
can be justified or excused.
If the allegations are not true th ev
il re unjust and cruel toward Mrs.
Williams, and the more speedily und -publicly
they are disapproved tho
better for her. If, on the cor.tiary,
they be true, her rare beauty. though
it rival that 01 Cleopatra, cannot
render them less shameful.
In either eent is it i.ot desirable
and proper that the question should
be officially settled whether tLey are
true or not '?
On thelGth nit.. Mr. Small of New
Hampshire offered a lesolntRm in
iu the IIousu of Representatives di
recting an inquiry into these; m it
ters. Gen. Rutler of Massachusetts
objected. 0
Why should Gen? Rntler object?
Wi.l not obji ct'o 1 by h in be ci li
st rued as a plea of guilty 011 the part
of Mr. and Mrs. Williams? And
with a virtual a 'mission of tlieso
charges, is it possible can it be pos-
siiiiu under any administration lor
Mr. Williams to retain hrs ' otMce ?
In other words, why should William
M. Tweed languish in prison for
taking the public money to buy
horses and carrriages and other
tilings, and George 11. W.'li nhs, af
ter having done ti e s.Mne thing, bo
permitted to bask in the snushfiiejf
Executive favor, and to continue to
occupy the high office ofoAttornev
General of the United State ?
A Woki to GxRi.s.-The
wcrnm
who is indifferent to her
true woman. God meant women to
be attractive, to look well, to please,
and it is one of her dut.'es to carry
out this infeniion of her maker. Rift
that dress is to do it all, and to suffice,
is more than we can be brought to
believe. Just because we do love to
see girls look well as well as to live
to some purpose, we would urge iip
011 them such a co u-ce of reading
and study as well confer such charms
as no mod'.-tc can supply. A v 11
known author once wrote a r '
i etty essay on the power of ehn-i-ti
11 to te.iutifv. T. a' it a s la y
c.iiseled the features: thai lie had
seen many a clumsy nose an. L thick
pair of lips so modified h f thought
a vakened and active sentiment as to
be unrecognizable. And he put it
011 that ground that wo so often see
people, hotnelv and unattractive in
youth, bloom in middle life into a
softened Indian summer of good
looks and mellow tones. Exctbmr.c.
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The Senatorial struggle in Virgin
ia has finally terminated in the elec
tion of Lieut. Gov. R. E. Withers.
The successful candidate has had a
leading chance from the beginning.
the. chief obstacle to his v'c'orv be?
ing the question of localitv. He
from Wythe county, in tl e south
western part of the Srate. It va
claimed by his opponent1-; that as ti
western citizens of Virginia were ai
ready represented by Mr. Johnston
in the Senate, the eastern counties
should have the si at vacated by Mr.
Lewis. That argume nt se ms to h;.ve
been overcome. Lic-ut. Gov. With
ers was a Colonel in the Confederate
service. Subsequently he became
editor of the Lynchburg Netc. and
was the Conservative candidate for
Governor in 1S0S. ?Jr. Withers has
a good reputation as an honest and
capable legislator; he is a fair speak
er and is expected to make a lirst-rat
impression in the U. S. Senate. -V.
F. Tribune.
Djjeams. If a man dreams that
he devil is aft r him. it is a sign
that he had better sttttle hissubscip
tion bill. q
If he dreams of an earthquake, and
a turmoil generally, it is a sign that
he is going to be marrjed.
If he (being a married man) dreams
of some fearful mysterious danger, it
is a sign that his mother-in law is
enming to spend a few days with her
darling daughter.
If he dreams that hi head isin dan
ger, and that his hah fa Is out. it is a
sign that he will have a quarrel with
his wife.
If he dreams of being accosted by
a strange man, v ho insists on talking
to him, it is a sign that he. had bet
ter know all the policemen
If he dreams of speaking familiarly
t- a ghost with horns and tail, it is it
sign that lie had better relduco hia
liquor bill. p
If he dreams of making a fool oi
himself? it is a true sign it is so.
We have for sale a small butoell
selected assortment of cuts of roos
ters, banners and smoke wn-athed
cannon, that have beenjied for "te
past fifteen j ears in calibrating Re
oublican victories. It looks just
now. owing to "circumstances o-er
which we "have no control." as if r e
had no further use for the hnrmle s
illustrations, and will disnose of them,
on reasonable terms.-Jii'icawAee Sen-
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