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Q c. 0 o I l w 0 VOL. 8. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1874. NO. 18. 4 . Ill fin I Hf .IB THE EHTERFRi: A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER ! F U It T II E Farm:r. Easiness Man, k Family Circle. t ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. " A.NOLTNER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. - OFFICIAL PAPEB FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFICE In Dr. Thessing's Brick, next door to John Myers' store, up-stalrs. Terms of Subscription: Blag la Copy One Year, In Advance f 2JJ0 Six Months " " l-r Term of Advertising! Transient advonisi-ments, including all l:il nolici-s, s square 01 iweive lines one week 2.50 For ea-h subsr-quent Insertion One column, one- --..r - - , Ouarter" " '- 4').h) i m - . ........ t tl t Uusiuess uara, l siu:ir-, mht jtm R U A I A" J S S C A It X. J. V. XORKIS. M. 1J., PHYSICIAN AND Sl'HCEO.V, O It J G O A' C IT Y, O It K G O A'. 7-ome Up-Stalrs in Charman's Rrick. I Main Street. ainMltf. W- H. WATKINS, r1. D.. PORTLAND, - - OREGON. "OFFICE Odd Fellow's Tcnipli'.cornor First and AhW str uts. K 'Sidence corner of Main and Seventh streets. Drs. Welch k Thompson, DENTISTS, OFFICK IN" ODD FELLO rs T E M P L E, l. Corner of First and Aid r Streets, POU1LVM) m OKEKOV. : . be in Oregon Citvon Saturdays. Nov. ;J :tl S. HCKI.AT. CHAS. E. WAKKES. . . . . n. n. -3. P- F" ! 3 Si U L. i I 9 6. a j .... Attornsys-at-i.ay, u o:i:30N city, - - OAtaon. tHrOi'l'U'y. "Ii-irrivers lir'.ck. Main st. j). nitric :tf. J D H :i SOU 5s. M 3 C O VJ li limits m rorN.si:LKus t-i.aw. OrDon City, Orsrjcn. "Will praetic In a.11 the Courts of tie-Ht-it Special att -ntioa iven to eases in the U. S. Land Oilttr - at or.-on City. 5aprlS7J-tf. 1. T. 13 A K I7n", ATTORHiY-AT-LAVV, OREGON CITY, : : OREGON. OFFICE Over Pope's Tin store. Main re,.t. JlmarT:-tf. Ftre J. T. APPHRSON, OFFICE IN POSTOFFICE BlTIbDIXG. l-gnl Trnilrm, (lnckamm foxinly Or drri, and tri-jfoit t ity Onlrrn BOUGHT AND SOLD. NOTARY riTIiLTC. Ioans nerotiate(J, Collections att-'m'.ed lo and a Gencr.il Ilrokeae business carried on ymtKt. A. O LTN Kit NOT A If Y P U 11 L I C. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. OK KG ON CITY. AV. II. IIKJIIITELl). KtnbIUItrl tinre '10, at !! old stand. " Main Stmt, Or??on City, Ort'gon. xp An assort ment of Watties, Jewel- Vfyjv ry.and Seth Thomas' Weight I "locks (7- all of which are warranted to be as represented. B .7" It-pairing done on short notice, and thankful tor past patronage. A. C- WALLINC'S PIONEER BOOK BINDERY. JMttefk" Knildliiir (oriicr of Stark nml Front Strvet. PORTLAND, OREGON. BI-VNK ItOOKS Uri.ED AND HOFND to any desired pattern. Music books, Magazines, Newspapers, etc., bound in ev ery variety of style known to the trrade. Orders from the country promptly at tended to. OREGON CITY BREWERY Henry llumhcl, m Jt 1 etl ine aoove nrcw . , .i ery wishes to Inform the public that he is now prepared to manufacture a No. 1 qual ity of LAG Bit Ii R K It, as pood as can be obtained anywhere in the state. Orders solicited and promptly filled. NEW YORK HOTEL (Deutfch.es Gafthaus.) No. 17 Front Street. Opposite the Mall Steamshin randinrr. . PORTLAND, OREGON. I H. ROTIIFOS, J. J. WILREAS. Proprietors. Board "SI Week So.OO Roard 3 Week wit h Lodging, ?.' Brd?Dy l.ne thust oxn ANOTJIIIR. Look into your brother's eyes, man, And I, il him read your own : o..c - hairthe strife ofhu.mm iiV i is oorn ot gude alone ! Deceit creates full hair our hates 1 1 i T ;V?d.l,iiU'v,,r UVH lt ly; I c-M-ii oiucr s eves, men, And meet each others gaze. Pardon your brother's faults, man, And ask that he forgive. Could human sin no pardon win, No mortal soul might live. No need of Heaven were none forgiven, For none would reaeli its doors. Pardon your brother's faults, man, And bid him pardon yours. Feel for your broth ers's grief, man. No heart is safe from woe. Though lips and eyes full oft deny, Tiie sorrowing weight below, A gentle wife, a pitying smile, May swee test halm impart. Feel for your brother's grief, man. And you may win a heart. Stand by your brother's side, man, Ami bid him clasp your hand. To him he just, and yield the trust That you from him demand. How simply wise, with soul and eyes, lo trust, ami still ne true those, we love mm What we would liave t hem do Not Yet t'repared. In every State of the Union a set of politicians and newspapers, claim ing to be Democratic, prefer to be called Conservative, and constantly I.. . prate about the disunion or disorgan- Nation of the Democracy as a neces- I sary preccaeni to ivemocrauc succukss ! in the next Presidential election, i There are comparatively few such in i California. ut there are some. We do not know an originally Democrat j ie journal that advocates such a loc i trine; but there are some politicians, ; in almost every county, who talk in ! that strain, and they are those form erly of our partisan faith who acted ; wit U the. "Dolly Vat-Jens' at the . recent elections. i TLe disintegration of the Democ i racy proposed by these patriotic per i sons, that its success may l e secured ! in LS7t), is a 'political paradox we do : not understand, and therefore cannot explain. We are. however, inclined , to the belief that in many instances the wish is father to the thought Such wishes are vain, and vhih tliose who entertain tlieni may drift oil" into the liadical ranks, tlie stabili ty of tlie Democratic party will remain intact. Tliat party has a rec ord not to be obliterated by the snr- y''"s 4,1 loi of political corruption which i;;ivc swept over the minds iv.nl jaJ.j ment.'iof the American peopl,- for the past do; l veais, no;- siiali it be blotched by the cowardice and tem- , ori:'.ing j;oli-.-y of a limited number : f its forni'-r u:embe.:s who. to attain tiie xil ollice, would consent to its ; diorgiini.ation and change of name, i ;-in-cess is Jesi :i 1 le, mast, and I nlti'iiatelv v. ill be attained. Jhit the victory win never oercii upon (vir hannei-s if we relino uish i u u s;i us; ;im oi priucmie which 1 1 I-; ) t l l -.1 iti tiriuelli! ; underlies and must be the basis ot j a'i questions of policy, strategy, and j success. The Deinocracy sire not yet, and we trust never may be, pre ! pared to abaml n princij!e. V.'lien tiiat grand oid org.itn.at son shall fall, if a superintending Providence ever ler:nits such a catastrophe, it will unavoidably drag down with it tiie pillars of political truth which have hitherto sustained the Itepublie, and over its mournful ruins Despotism or Anarchy will rise and rule, for a time, sovereign of the ascendant. E.r't,niner. Large Legislatures. In reply to requests from Pennsyl vania for information respecting the practical results of large member ship in legislative bodies, the Gov ernors of Xew Hampshire. Vermont, and Connecticut have written brief letters, in which th-y concur in the opinion that it is a safeguard against bribery and corruption. The New Ilamps'iiree House of Itepresenta tives conists of oi'.fi members. Gov. Straw writes: ''There l:a:- never been any corruption charged in our House of Representatives." Gov. Jewell, of Connecticut, says: " Jn my opinion, a large number of Rep resentatives is a certain guard against corruption;" and he goes on to say : "I am proud to say there never has been anv corruption of tlie legisla ture." What 'is true of this, is equally true. 1 think, of all the New England States." Gov. Con verse, of Vermont, writes: '-We have, often attempt eJ to reduce the number of Representatives, but we have always failed. The main ground of failure and I think so. too is tiie security it gives us againt corruption. I think to-day the reasoning against lessening tlie number is stronger than at any period in the history of the State. The experience of some of the sister States, for a few years past, I think, has irrevocably estab lished the wisdom of our policy in the ruin .s of the people. I most heartily concur in this opinion, that it prevents fraud and corruption." ,v?.". scp-son of Attorney General ) llhams, has been detected in steal ing warrants from the Treasury De partment. The enterprising j'oung man should have been more discreet and let his step-father do the steal ing' for the family. He is an old hand and probably would not have been found out. IM.imw Democrat. The Troy w;, ,, infrins?s on t,ie patent of the Philadelphia Ledj.-r, and says : Tiring out the crape and toll the knell ; Sae s dead-a lovely r.o.-kport belle Her stomach failed awav to -ot ' itli ninety oysters on "a beT. A man out West Laving success ively married and buried three sis ters, now comes smilingly up to the altar for a fourth time. Laving coui n?euced on s p?n' f:,.mi!v'. Western Settlers and the Railroads. From the New York Sun. A correspondent in Oregon writes to inquire about the justice of that system which permits the local offices to receive applications for homestead and pre-emption rights, and to en courage settlements and improve ments on the public domain, only to be followed by instructions from' the General Land Office in Washington to drive the settlers awav and turn their improved property over to some railroad corporation.' To which we reply that it is impossible to see any semblance of justice in this prac tice, although it has been carried to a great extent under the present Administration. The same correspondent a'-k-s by what right the Northern Pacific Railroad claim that their limits ex tend fortv miles over the Oregon border, when their survey and gen eral route is north of the Columbia river in Washington Territory ; which is a querry we are unable to answer. We can only sav, what our readers already know, that the Interior De partment in Washington is conduct ed entirely in the in'erest of land grabbers and monopolists, and that in consequence of this the laws are perverted, the customs of the Depart ment are disregarded, an! establish ed progeden'sa "-e overturned in order to oppress and r ib humble citiz.ens for the ber.ent of influential corpora tions. We do not believe that the history of any nation ran show any thing more shameful t'tan the war fare waged on the industrious and enterprisinT settlers of the West, by this Administration since Columbus Delano has hem at the head of the Interior Department. During the pr sent session of Con gress attempts will be made to ree'ifv the ini'nstice done to settlers through the arbitrary and unjustifiable rul ings of the Interior Department-; but wo fear tha railroad influence is too notent in Washington to justify any strong hories of efficient action in this direction. Several bills on the subject have already been in-r vhieed, one of which, nresented in the Tloue of R"resentatives bv Mr. Raida'l. orovides that no public lands shall be patented t anv railroad or other company unless the lands covered by tlie patents hall be located within the limits prescribed or defined in too original grant; nor anv land., to which any home-tead or p-e-emittion right may have att.iehe.l r,r lo iri- h mil ::Uiil lo f it' ll riihf urn luiro hi'cn liin'lf nrr.)ruii.'j I hitr. Tin; bill also provides that any certificates or pat ents which mav have been is'-ivd under the conditions proh ! teii m i this bill shall bo. declared null and j void, and the Secretary of the Tnhu j ior .shall be compelled to revoke a"id j cancel the same; and that any home- j stead or pre-enpition right attached or clauned as above, which may have been nifrniged upon n- deiealed un der or by virtue of any patent so ; issued, shall bo restored and revested the same as though such certificate or ratent. had never been i-s-'ed. Probably the Western settlers who have been wronged by the decisions of the Interior Department have a better prospect of relief from Con gress than from the courts. Indeed, few of those who have suffered fro ii the decisions of Delano and Din e. mond can all'ord to employ 1 gal measures for redress; and even if they could President Gran1 h is iack ed the Supreme Court of the United States, the tribunal of last resort, in the interest of the railroads. Here we will sav that the appointment of Chief Justice Waile is regarded in well-informed circles as a great thin? for the railroads, and for Jav Cooke Sr Co"s Northern Pa'fi in particular Therefore we would advise those set tlers who are so de-tdv interested in this matter to llooij, Congress at o-ce with petitions setting forth thu'r wrongs, and praying for immediate relief. To Stop Hens i-kom Setting. A writer on this subject says that his plan for curing hens of a desire to set, is. to put them in an open yard where there are no nests or roosting places, and differing as much as pos sible from their regular quarters, feed them liberally with soft food -sprinkled plentifully with cayenne, give them plenty of cooked meat and all tlie milk they will drink. Another way has been communica ted by Mr. J. E. Smith, of Dear born. ,N. H., who writes as follows; "I was much amused, recently by an old setting hen. Having tried the usual ways to induce her to leave her nest, I concluded to use 'moral suasion.' I placed two lumps of ice in her nest after taking her oft'. The "old critter," as is usual in such cases, soon returned and took a seat, which seemed to disagree with her, and after a few hours Mrs. Hen con cluded to associate with her compan ions." m Seavchteu or the Innocents. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sjrup" has several times been condemned in our columns, says The. J)rtr'fi.-l.-- C'uu vbtr, "but we have not publish ed the formula. The original receipt is kept secret, but the results of analysis have been known. It has been shown that one ounce of the svrup contains one grain of morphia. If then Mrs. Winslow's instructions be followed., the dose for nn infant three month's old contains an equiv ilant of ten drops of laudanum, and this Mrs. W. reeeommends to be re peated everv two hours ! The injury H,o Toiv- be done bv the ignorant e 1. nmirntn iJ hardly to USe OI SUCH a. li.-ioe" ... . ' . - . ckstim.it Ail : and vet a calculation1 has been made that not less than 13,000.000 ounces of the syrup are annually sold in the United States; t ..ii,J tlit 1io children of this country are dosed every year j wPh as many million grains of mor- j phii!" Another Snake. A ItEl'TILE AT HOME IN A YOUNCi LADY'S STOMACH IT COMES TTP INTO HKlt THKOAT. From the Nashville Banner. There is a voting lady living with in a mile and a quarter of Christiana, who is afllieted as singularly as was the celebrate Miss Godsoy, tlie "Sleeping Reauty." For four years past she has been suffering with vio lent fainting spells, that come on periodically, ami are produced by the strangling caused by some kind of reptile which conies up into her throat. She is choked to such an extent that her muscles become rigid, her extremeties cold, the puplils of dilated and the skin breaks on her hands and face, and she is. in all other particulars, thoroughly con vulsed. She is only relieved by the reptile itself being as it is thought,' fartially choked, withdrawing into her stomach. THE KKPTibE ha: at previous times been seen by different persons. On one occasion a Methodist preacher was visiting at tlie home of her parents, when she was seized with one of the usual at tacks, and the parasitical object even came out of her mouth and was grasped by the minister. Reing of a very superstitions turn of mind she had conceived the idea that its death was her death, and refus ed to have it removed, althongl that could as that time nave been easily accomplished. The min i ;rer avowed that the reptile felt is cold and clammy as any other snake. but that it ottered no particular rc sistince when he clutched it with his Land. When it made its appear ance outside the mouth it curled lb head under the chin, but when let loose went immediately d jwn the young lady's throat again. It fre iiuentlv conies up into the month, and the young lady says that when ever it does so it appears to lick tin- roof of her mouth with its horrible tongue, and then recedes again. A NEKilinOKIXli I'HYSir iAN has been attending her during th period of her indi-p-isition. and has been treating her for tape-worm, bi lieving that to be tlie true malady. The symptoms arc, liower, entirlv different from those produced by tape-worm 'I ho girl still continiu robust instead of being emaciated, and her appetite, instead of being ravenous, is iickle, at times scarcely taking any food, while at other times so:; has a very good appetite. llu strongest tape-worm remedies wen u i , I t .i t vvilli- i t any e.iert wi; it ever, and her physician, thinking the case hopeless, gave if up a short time ago, when two others were called ill, who are using every m u:.s in their power to effect a cure!, with what result re mains to be s'-c-n. The first step to be taken was to disabuse her min. 1 of the superstitions that had taken pos j session of it in regard to heraflliction. .(l i .1.1 i it i 1 riie has consented at last to allow mo monst.-r to be removed if possible and octroyed, as she is now convin ced her life depends upon it. Tiie physicians in attendance are anxious ly awaiting an opportunity to eilect a removal, and are keeping constant watch for the appearance of the rep tile. a r.coiioij has already been prepared, for its re ception, so that when it shall be dis placed, so strange a mav be prcserverved. 1 dienomenon The reptile, so far as has been as certained, is about half an inch in diameter, of a dark color with a sort hairy coating, no one is capable of judging of its length. It has never been so closely scrutjni.ed by any one as to tell whether it has eyes, but that, v.e believe, is hardly possible. All that is yet known of it is that it frequently comes up into tile mouth, choking tlie girl and throwing her into terrible convulsions. It is at tracting universal attention about Christiana, and all the more so be cause her lif; has been seriously threatened by the peculiar move ments of tlie reptile. IIavk We a Pi auopy IIeu:-:? From an excellent art id in a California ex change, on "What shall be done with the growing generation?" we take the following: "Rat. boys art; boys. They are a class of society that cannot be ig nored, lt becomes a community to deal with boys as a tact. What shall be done with the boys that are grow ing up around us, and who will soon push us off the stage of action ? Put them to work, is the obvious reply. Learn them to do something. Put tlie xowiig; scoundrels to a trade, so that they may grow up men and play m-m's parts in the dram i of life. There are a few tradesmen who may employ a small proportion, but there is no regular business for the great number. They must have work or some one whoowns property will have to pay poor taxes or criminal taxes for them. Who is the patriot, the philanthropist, in California, who will establish schools in which will be taught the trades, and by which boys labor could be self-supporting? Does a Peabody live in this Western land who will give the rising genera tion chance to become useful men? Tlie truth is lamentable that our in dustries now in active operation do not furnish labor for our boys. The grown people curse them for idling, but give them nothing else to do." A free school for poor children be I ing opened in Liverpool, the first I n .'.L.l il o iinng mat mc Lt-.i oe i. uiu - subject the pupils to a morougn washing. In one respect this proved to be unfortunate, for the boys and girls were so metamorphosed by the scrubbing that their own parents did not know them, and great domestic confusion ensued. The CJ rangers and Democracy St. Ixniis Dispatch. careful survey of the field and an investigation believed to be ac curate and comprehensive, convin ces us that, so far as the movement of the farmers in Missouri is con cerned, it is one that will not seek for reformers in any direction out side of the Democratic party. Nor is there anv reason whv it should. jple are opposed to every species oi extravagant expenditure that has beset the Nation since 18(51. They are tired of an administration of allair:;, successful solely because of its accumulated debts'; tired of persoual Presidents and marketable Congressmen; tired of military in terference and exactions of monopo lies; tired of the legislation that robs one portion of the count rj' to enrich the other; tired of the protection that fosters certain interests at the expense of others; tired of the care- less rubbery of the South, the huge t burdens imposed upon agriculture, and the long, unwavering, pottering, ! and tinkering with tlie finances that j have strewn the land thick with j Black Fridays, and scattered the i wreck of private and hardly earned personal means everywhere, about the rocks that rise up in the ordina ry channels of legitimate trade and traffic. The people- of Missouri want rest, rigid economy, and a chance to pay their just and honest debts. So de siring and wishing, they turn natu rally to the Democratic administra tions of the past and search them carefully for whatever of merit or de merit may be contained therein. If even one of these administrations had ever violated any law, bad ever expended a dollar adverse to the will of those interested, had ever dis franchised a community in order to rob it, had ever got drunk on loyalty in order that crimes might be com mitted, had ever proscribed, out raged, spurned the Constitution or defied the laws, then might those w ho desire a third party rise up with proof in their hands of treacherous and unpardonable dealing. Rut the more the past record of the Demo cratic party is investigated the more consoling and brighter it becomes. Then taxes were light, men were honest, prosperity filled the country and produce was valuable; then the Nation was at peace, the currency go hi and silver; then good will and fellowship existed between all sec tions; then liberty was something more than a name, and the proud boast of each citizen was of his free dom and nationality. Tl:ee are sell: si j and purely per sonal considerations, it is true, but man is a selfish and personal indi vidual. His normal condition is one of prosperity and contentment. If he has not these he will rise in re volt, ear parties to pieces, pull asun der, burn up, recast the conditions of society, and recreate, in many in stances, the whole bearing and influ ence of the circumstances surround ing him. The country to-dav is not prosper ous indeed, the West is actually suffering. Filled with agricultural ists who have been getting poorer for the past five years, it is right and proper that they should seek peace fully and a free men the causes that tend to make up the harsh aspects and unnatural features of the situa tion. They have tried the Radical party long and faithfully. For thir teen years it has been in complete and absolute control of the Nation, and from the date of its occupation to the present time the record has been one long series of burden ad ded to burden, tax piled upon tax, usurpation added to usurpation, un til the traditional camel of patience and forbearance has had the last feather placed upon its back that it is possible for the much endur'ng beast to carrv. A change must come or worse things. This the people feel and believe; and this they are preparing to accomplish. Conserva tism has been tried ami that failed. Liberal Republicanism has been tried, and its dead are not yet buried. The third party movement found, el oquent advocates and metropolitan newspapers, but in lieu of ballots there were given to its nominees only column editorials from the Chicago Trillin and the Si. Louis R,pni,li cttn. Nothing that was new made head ag.iin-t the cold, exacting, in exorable logic of dominant and ag gressive Radicalism. Tin's has put the farmers who are seeking redress to thinking. As an army must have discipline in order to prove success ful, so they know that a party un stained by oppression, and a historv made memorable with battle for the right, a conscientious regard for jus tice and principle are as ineradicable from the hearts of the great masses of the people as the love of liberty itself. That tbev believe and appre ciate all these things is evidenced by the platforms, speeches and resolu tions of the Grangers themselves. Ambitions politicians may declare for selfish and mercenary purposes, that there is an irrepressible conflict, but it is not true. The Democratic Gran gers and the Democrats who are not Grangers are working shoulder to shoulder, and in the most perfect harmony for the common good. The same spirit exists throughout, be cause it is the logical spirit of the situation, and the spirit of men who want reform, and who know that it can onlv come bv a return to power of the Democratic party. An exchange on our table ex claims: "Lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, I'll pay before I go to bed. the debt I -owe the printer? Yes. there are some we know full- well, who never such a fate could tell, but they I fear will go to -, well, the place "'!i6r& tlier6's no ""nntfer. The Reward of Virtue The Promot ed Salary Crabbers. New York World. The following list comprises the names of many of the Credit Mobil ierists, who, in spite of that iniquity have been replaced in positions of trust and profit by the Republican Senate and House of Representa tives. But it also comprises the list of persons all of whom took their salary grab. Every one of them is the chairman of a prominent com mittee in the Forty-third Congress. The promoted salary-grabbers of the House are as follows: Henry L. Dawes, Mass., Chairman Ways and Means. Benj. F. Butler, Massachusetts, Judiciary. J. B. Packer, Pennsylvania, Post offices and Roads. H. Maynard, Tennessee, Banking and Currency. G . C. McKee. Mississippi. Territo- ries. G W. Seofield. Pennsylvania. Na val Atfairs. I- T. Averill, Minnesota, Indian Affairs. L. P. Poland, Vermont, Revision of Laws. Ck Hays. Alabama, Agriculture. W. D. Kelley, Pennsylvania, Cen tennial and Census. R. R. Butler, Tennessee. Militia. D. P. Lowe, Kansas, Mines and Mining. O. D. Conger, Michigan, Patents. Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts, Coinage, etc. S. I). Kellogg, Connecticut, Re form of Civil Service. J. Baffington, Massachusetts, Ac counts. L. Mvers, Pennsylvania, Private Land Claims. W. C. Donnan, Iowa, Printing. II. E. Havens, Missonri, Public Expenditures. J. II. Piatt, Virginia, Public Build ings, etc. L. 1). Shoemaker, Pennsylvania, Revolutionary Pensions. C. L. Cobb, North Carolina, Freed - men's Affairs. J. Packard, Indiana, Expenditures State Department. J. H. Sypher. Louisiana, Expendi tures Treasury Department. W. Williams, Indiana, Expendi tures War Department. E. McJmikin, Pennsylvania, Ex penditures Navy Department. II. W. Harry, Missississippi, Ex penditures Post officii Department. J. Orr, Iowa, Expenditures Inte rior Department. ' R. II. Dnell. New York, Expendi tures Public Buildings. C. B. Dariell. Louisiana, Enrolled hlii?. F. Morey, Louisiana, Levees of Mississippi. Tlie promoted salary-grabbers of the Senate are as follows: S. Cameron. Pennsylvania, Chair man Foreign Relations. L. M. Morrill, Maine, Appropria tions. T. J. Robertson, South Carolina, Manufactures. J. A. Logan, Illinois, Military Af lairs. A. IT. Cragin, New Hampshire, Naval Affairs. A. "Ramsey, Minnesota, Postoffiees and Roads. William Sprague, Rhode Island, Public Lands. W. G. Brownlow, Tennessee, Rev olutionary Claims. J. F. Lewis, Virginia, District of Columbia. O. S. Ferry, Connecticut, Patents. J. S. Morrill, Vermont, Public Buildings, etc. A. J. Borc-man, West Virginia, Territories. W. T. Stewart, Nevada, Rail roads. J. W. Flanagan, lexas, Education and labor. M. H. Carpenter, .Wisconsin, to Audit and control expenses of Sen ate, and Pres. pvo-tem. T. O. Howe. Wisconsin, Library. A. Ames, Mississippi, Enrolled Bills. J. L. Alcorn, Mississippi, Levees of Mississippi. W. Windoni, Minesota, Transpor tation to Seaboard. Let it be noted, also, that the two foremost public defenders of the Salary Grab have been given the highest honors in either house: But ler as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Carpenter as Presi dent pro-tem. of the Senate. It is not a little singular, indeed, says the Springfield Republican, how the old Democratic, leaders are get ting possession of the modern Re publican party. In 1800, General Grant was an obscure, retired army officer, working on a small salary in a leather store in Galena, Ills., and only known in politics as an ardent Douglas Democrat: at the same time General Butler, now the leading rep resentative of the Administration in Congifs , was voting for Jeff Davis' nomination -for the Presidency in the Charleston Convention, and' Caleb Gushing, just appointed minister to Spain by a Republican Administra tion, was presiding over the same convention. Truly the times change, and we change with them. Butler's surrender to the South on the Civil Rights bill is the first step towards the Presidency. What he wants now is home-strength, and this ho will rrr.t rta-vi "Poll li' rtir- in f,.m Ukn.i,' ;i r.toct. in Massachusetts, and electing Alex- in Massachusetts, and electing Alex- ander H. Rice, who has heretofore been arrayed against him. Butler will himself be re-elected to the ti , , . -ii , i,0 rp- ,'7' am.1 "V V J, r to the election oi Uliaries numuei Senate. In this way 1. ,..nc) Q TO euu..e. nitm ;m " . uc t-m . 1 lavethe support o - me residential tomemi,- so savs the Washington correspon- dent cf tho NeT York He' A Xcw A rkansas Traveler. From Changfrau's Tlay. The scene is adilapidated log cabin in Arkansas. Its chnracter . tmn. , x- per seated on an inverted tub play ing the first part of a familiar air on an old violin, and his wife and chil dren in the background. A granger enters and the following dialogue en- sus: Stranger How do yon do. sir? Aro yon well? o Trapper Stranger, kin you call a man who eats three square meals a day, drinks hearty, and sleeps sound, wen? riddles.) Stranger I think I could. How long have yon been living here ? lraper Dye see that mountain. thai" ? Stranger Well ? Trapper That war h'yar when I come h'yar. (Fidd'es.) q Stranger Thank you for the in formation. Trapper You're welcum. o Stranger Can 1 stay here to night? Trapper Well, vou can't stay h'ar. (Fiddles.) Stan per How long will it take to get to the next tavern ? Trapper Well, you'll not get thar at all if vou stand foolin with mo all night. Stranger How far do you call it to a tavern? Trapper I reckon its upwards of some distance. Stranger Do you keep any spirits in the house? Trapper I think thar is plenty down in the graveyard. Stranger How do you cross the river ahead ? Trapper The ducks swim across. (Fiddles.) Stranger How far is it to the forks of the road ? Trapper The roads ain't forked yet in these diggins. Stranger Where does this road go to? Trapper Well, it 'ain't moved a step since I've been h'yar. Stranger Why don't yon repair the roof of vour house? It must le k. Trapper Cos it's been rainin' like all ereatun for the last three weeks. (Fiddles.) . Stranger Why don't you ment it when it is not a raining? Trarer Cos then it don't leak. (Fiddles.) Stranger Why don't you pla) the second part of that tune? Trapper Cos I don't know it; kin yon ? Stranger I can. O Trapper You kin ! Look h'yar, stranger, any man that kin play the second part of that can go right into Congress on it. (Stranger takes the fiddld and plavs the entire tune.) Trapper, yelling with joy That's it, stranger. Yahee. (Snaking the stranger's had.) H'yar. stranger, make yourself at home. Yer kip stay a week; live and die here, ef agreea ble. Sal, bring out the jug, an' go dig some saxafras root, an' make the stranger a cup o' tea. Shake hands agin, stranger. By goll, ujon're a. trump, yon are ! Play it again ! (Trapper mad with delight execu ting hornpipe.) Hard and Thorny. AoNashvjlle paper in stating that a cer.ain resi dent of that town has been appoint ed to a first-class Clerkship in tho Treasurj- Department at Washing ton, says : "He is a worthy young man, and his friends will he rejoiced to hear of his good fortune." The Sun of New York declares that this is a delusive view of the case In our judgment, no worse luck can happen to any worthy young man than to be put into an office in Wash ington or elsewhere. Apart- from the pernicious moral influences to wlrch lie becomes exposed, the fact of hold ing a Government place takes away from a man all spirit of enterprise and independence. Hoeing potatoes and chopping wood may Ik; hard work, and a youth who may find it necessary to engage in such a busi ness may be pitied by fools; hut the condition of one w ho earns his bread honestly by the shovel or hoe is a thousand times more worthy of joy and envy than that of any Govern ment clerk in this country. . The eleven young men who wevo so ruthlessly slaughtered, yesterday, by Mr. Tax-Colleetor Austin, can appreciate the force of thee re marks. If they bad been engaged in some private business, involving the exercise of equal labor, skill, and in telligence, thev would be under no necessity to petition the Supervisors for extra pay for work done after of fice hours, nights and Sundays, nor would they in any mercantile house he subject to any such peremptory orders to leave. The wav of the office-holder, who is usrallv. also, a transgressor, is peculiarly hard ai d thornv. California Swamp Land. TheO State Surveyor-General says there are about 4.000.000 acres of swamp land in California. Of this some has been reclaimed. At Knight's Land ing a tract of 70.000 acres has been reclaimed by.private parties: and 000 acres of this tract is now in wheat and will prod nee abundantly, proba- q ! blv 50 bushels per acre lhe na- j ture of tins land may be estimated j v" "V" i when it is stated ! plow s may start j early hpM, and d abreast with the ilraw straight fur- rows until aars wim uarnijaimnc- I -1 i i ,i i 11 . ! ment of the handles. The soil is a , tti AP til A OeaU. mini orkt-o loci. " . . -. ; ,.flr , Ktte in ect pjves the - p lamls to ,h& .ho reclaim ' ,i v ct f tl.i i nbont im,