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o (? o o o o "A lit 1B It c o G o VOL- 3. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1874. NO. 38. thf ENTERPRISE. ' "idCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER X FOK THE ! pinner, Business Man, i Family Circle. I3SCED EVERY FRIDAY. ' .V XOLTNER, 1 svlTOR AVDPUBLI8BBB. OIFICIALPAPOS CLACKAMAS CO. Tn Dr hcssins-s rick, next FF V'Mv.toro.up-stair,. door to John .M Tkxh of Subscription ,. vir In Advance $2.50 Single Coi-y One car. in .. Six Months " Teru-of Advertising . i. . is --mf-nts, including TV n.-Vc.1Uare ol twelve iiIirs on'-' week.. -t"""V;rVi'onT." Fir each subsequent "s-rtlon;-" i2,,.uo On- Coin o.i-- 3 i ir oo.uo H.if " .. fk '".:::'.!:; iu.irt'T" is.,!-'. '"- "eftr 12-00 Kasiue . li,;i:(.()Mxo-,-,--1'- -,. , . ,.. rv Thursday ? Z-' 7' oVl.K-k. in the iWi ev ffr a iiviu-a Co at .end. J order u;lCA I)l-:CKHli LODGE NO. 3 i o.o. F.. Meets on tho jgfifi 3. .:.l and Fourth Tuj'v JttZUfr ,.v,-.u.i;:s each i"t. Vy , " .,'. !. in the Odd X V li.ill. Meiubcrsof the Degree arc inviu-d to attend. .i i.io ah loimji: xo. i, a. i V M Holds its regular com- a InuHUi on the First ami T Siia.-.lavs m-..- w.n month, VA i':,VloeK rr.rnithf.ann of Sep. ? ,, -r i.t!e-t.ii oi Mareii ; and Ss K trom the :tu of MareU to the 2 -. Si-vtemiHjr. ISrethreii m good SlUL-are invited to attend r.y order ot " F vTl.s .:M'A3ilMHXT NO. 1,1. O. .,, K Mt-. ts at Odd Fellows' o o, H ill ..Viliie Fust aud i hud 1 ues- OC- ir.---'-- a . M..,-m at Odd 1-vilo.vs- Hall. In ore- J. M. HAC-. It. S. 1- - : ' v y it ' ' ' -1 ; J. W. XOIJKIS, vl. D., JMiVSU l.VX AND Sl'KCEOX, i it o y V I r v, o n k v o -v- a-i H'.Io- Ui-tairs in Charman's l'.rick, MiiiiiMMt.' aullit. VV. H. WATKIMS, Wl- D.. ?4 ureoiit OREGON. trnKl'lCK-Odd F; How's Temple.corner K;r-Mii 1 Aldr stn-t ts. Residence corner ol l;im and .sjvcntli streets. ATTORN E-AT-L AW; OJlEyOX Cil I, OKEliOX. OKFIt K Mii Veet, opposite the ( ourt llutia. S. IIUELAT ATTORN EY-AT-LAW: OREGON CITY, - OREGON. 7"OFKlCE Charman'sbrick, Main st. oiuarlsT :tt'. JOHMSON & McCOWN ATTORNEYS AND C0l'.SEL0RS AT-LAW. Orason City, Oregon. "Will practice in all the Courts of the Htat. Sp.-cial nttvntion civen to cases in ttie L". .S. Laud. ).:io.' at )n on City. 5ai.rlS7i-tf. L. T. RARIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OREGON CITY, : : OREGON. OFFICF.-Over Poi Tin Stor Main tr,-,,t- 2hnar7:t-tf. ICE-CREAM SALOON A X E S T A U Jl A LT ! LOUIS SAAL, Proprietor. Main Street, Ore g on City. T CE (-RF.AM WILL HE SERVED FROM aI4..r l.hls d:U0 'hiring the Summer ason. 1 he best qualities of FIIKXCH uiul AMEUICAX CAXDIL'S. Ie for sale in quantities to suit. J. T. APPERSOM, WKICEIN- POSTOKKICE BUILDING. U'r anl "0,. Orlerii X-UGIIT AND SOLD. l.aaj i(""'fr,,ii5tJ!!a- Collections attended 0n VJ-"rral Brolieae business carried fl n r kit f A- x o :Ateti NOTAUUruiJLIC. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. OREGON CITV. i 1" The Old Spirit of .Seventy-six. The Yolo Mail, a Republican or gan for the past six years, says an exchange, has thrown off party shackles and evolves doctrines of independence of principle worthy of a hero of '70. It has seen the dan ger of blindly following the lead of partizan managers, partizan plat forms, rascality and party spoils, and declares its determination to work for the true interests of the people. We quote from an issue of June 11th, as follows: The most perfect politician has but a faint idea of the power which operates among the masses when the disintegration of parties assume alarming proportions. They, are puzzled beyond their most acute cal culations, for it never enters into their vocabulary that the people in general see through their intricate webs. At the present time the wisest of them are unable to determine which way they should jump that they may alight in clover. Thus much for the politicians, when it comes down to the people of our country and says: The people of the United States have stood by the party and its lead ers which have been known as its defenders. . They have stood by them in their infancy, in their strength of manhood, in their cor ruption; but as their work of restor ing national confidence and tranquil lity has been accomplished, they do not propose to lie down with them in their hot beds of corruption. The Federal, the State, county in fact all political corporation governments are nothing but rings in which are perpetrated the most outrageous and bure-faced swindles, and corporations, where combined capitalists unite for gain as usurers, or as monopolists iu any business demanding public patronage, are but inquisitions, seeking the last dollar from tiiose whom they rely on for support, being supremely arbi trary. To cleanse and purify, to check corruption, stop robbery, to avert bankruptcy, to perpetuate free insti tutions, to preserve the liberalities of the people, and to destroy the monarchial spirit which so surely grows with long-continued lease of power, parties must have their hours of dissolution. These declarations, coming as they do from old-time Republicans who are now obtaining official pap from their county Government prove the sincerity of their utterers by their independence, and as the editors have long been on the inside with the p irty in power they know where of they speak, and we should applaud them for their bold utterance of pa tent truihs. Let them adopt our platform of "honest and competent men only for office, and down with cliques and office-holders," and they will then become proper representa tives of the true reformers of our country. A I'lrst Class ISilk. Where he Came Prom IVhut lie -vus- What he Is VI' hut Xextf We have been shown a letter re ceived by Dr. McCauley, of Stayton, from Joplin, Jasper countv, Missou ri, dated June 3d, '74, which gives some account of a first class imposter and bilk, supposed to be now or late ly, a resident of this county. The letter begins thus: "It is rumored in this county (Joplin. Missouri) that you have a man in your midst under the name of JJr. Lreorge tl. JJavis, late a graduate of Ann Arbor Medi cal College Michigan, and also a graduate of tls town about Decem ber 1S73, having stayed here about two years." The letter then goes on to give a personal description of the man, and says: "lie left his wife and family at Westport, Mo. where ho went under the name of JJr. o ran am. He next appeared at Neosho, Mo. as 'single man,' and followed a disrep utable branch of medical practice, against which the law provides sev eral penalties. He was charged with the ruin of several young girls at that place. He then emigraed to Joplin and thence to Oregon, as be fore stated. His departure to Ore gon was sudden, it was understood that the Grand Jury of Jasper coun ty was inquiring into an alleged crime committed by him upon the person of an estimated young lady of Joplin." The writer of the letter refers for the truth of what he says, to a number of citizens of Joplin, and says any number of "testimoni als' may be Lad. Dr. McCauley and others inform us that not long since, a mau was slouching round in this county and Linn, who answers to the discriptiou of this "Dr. Geo. H. Davis," alias "Dr. Graham," late of Missouri. If he is here yet, peo ple will do well to be on their guard against him. Statesman. QriET. The editor of a Jackson (Miss.) newspaper lately went out with a pistol in his hand, for the purpose of vindicating his character for truth and veracity. We don't know whether he succeeded or not; but he was brought back on a wheel barrow, with a blanket over him, as quiet as a lamb. Tnn Fikst. Two hundred people in a Colorado town recently turned out m a body to look upon a bed stead with castors, it being the first ever seen in the country. The pos sessor had his hat over his left ear, and was for a time a greater man than the Mavor. Decline of Intemperance. From the San Francisco Examiner. The Crusaders' Movement, as it is called, has attracted the attention of the civilized world to consider the social conditions existing among us. Were we in a foreign land reading the acounts of what is now transpir ing in the various States we would arrive at the conclusion that an alarming increase in the use of intox icating stimulants had taken place among our countrymen, and that the evils of drunkenness Jiad become so appalling that our fair country-women had risen in their might to com bat it by every means in their power. But as we are not in a foreign land, we are enabled to deduce from ob servation and official data, certain facts which induce us to make the remark that, in the last fifteen years, there has been an extraordinary de crease in the consumption of alco holic beverages in the United States. The fact is evident, from documents, that we are becoming temperate in our drinking compared to what we were twenty years ago. We find on examining the census returns of 1S00 that the quantity of spirits distilled in that year in the United States exceeded one hundred millions of gallons. Our population was them 31, -445,000, which would give three and one quarter c.allons for every man, woman and child in the United States. Part of this pro duction was used in manufacturing mauy articles of commerce, and in the arts, and we are willing to de duct one-third, which would leave only sixty-six million gallons for consumption as a beverage, and for medical purposes the latter require ment being much greater than is generally believed. During the present year we can only estimate the amount that will be made from last year's returns, and we will place it ; t ninety million gallons. To af ford no ground for argument that we are making statements to prove a theorv, and would reduce our esti mate for a purpose, wo state last year the olhcial returns eighty-three million gallons, ditierence is so marked in the duction of alcohol in 1SG0 and that gave The that several million more allowed for the latter period cannot disprove the fact that its consumption as a beverage has declined almost beyond belief. Admitting that the manufacture of the present year may now reach one hunured millions of gallons, we are to arrive at the conclusion that the consumption in the arts and sciences and manufactures has increased in a certain ratio since 18G0. Say the in crease is but one per cent, per 3'ear, and we must add to it the proportion consumed in 1800 namely, thirty three per cent., and we have the to tal deduction of forty -eight per cent., or an amount left for consumption of iifiy-two million gallons. We have at this date a population of forty-four millions, which gives a per capita of one and a quarter gallons against two in 18G0. The statements made for the different periods are for proof spirits. In the arts and sci ences and for many branches of man ufactures pure spirits are used, one gallon of which is equivalent to near ly two of the former, ment is made to show that we are giving the alcoholic stimulants vantage in our This state- our readers drinkers of any ad calculations. During the past year there has been an extensive export trade in spirits. As we can ship our grain in bulk at high freights, we can also afford to .ship the distilled essence to the full extent of any demand as the freight is lower on shipment in that form. The census of 1S70 shows that our manufactures have nearly doubled since I860, allowing for the differ ence in a gold standard. The statis tical tables on which we have based the statements above given also sup ply us with the information on which to support the assertion that the con sumption of alcoholic beverages has decreased fully one-half since 18G0. In 1S50 the production of malt liq uors amounted to 1,790, -490 barrels, and its value was $5,728,458, our population 23,295,000. In 1874 the quantity of malt liquors produced is about 8,500,000 barrels, and its value may be estimated at fifty-five to sixty millions. We base these fignrss on the data of tho census in preference to the statement of the .brewers, as the former Mere prepared without any regard to the present excitement. Our population at the present time has reached forty-four millions. In the last four years and a half there has been an immigration of nearly two millions of persons into our country, and we find that the use of alcoholic beverages has decreased in a certain rate per capita. The cause is that taste has been educated to a milder and more wholesome sub stitute. Wines and malt liquors are replacing whisky and New England rum. The change in the habits of the people in regard to their bever ages everywhere is remarkable. We notice it in San Francisco, the ar rests made by the police during the past year for drunkenness were 5, 59G in a city of nearly two hundred thousand inhabitants, in which the license svstem has been pursued al most without restriction, and at a time when the smallness of our po lice force prevented a more thorough control than could be had under a larger number. But we can cite San Francisco is comparison with Boston and it will be found that the police records of the latter prove that drunkenness prevails in a greater degree in that city, in which prohi bition is enforced by a local and State police, than in does here under a license, which we regret to say is too freely granted and has been ob tained by disreputable characters even to keep man-traps and "dives." In Boston the arrests last year for drunkenness, according to their po lice reports, Mere 11,226, a number double that of San Francisco in the same period. In the former city the punishment for selling liquor is fine and imprisonment in the work-house. As strong drink can be more easily concealed than wine or lager beer, it is the beverage used for contraband sale, and its general use is shown in the greater prevalence of drunken ness in the " Hub" than in St. Louis or Brooklyn, cities of much greater population, in M'hich from freedom of choice by the people as regards their beverages,, wine, ale and beer have replaced their fiery competitors. i ' A Civil Hights Case. The case of the two colored stu dents in the Connnecticut Literary Institution at Sulfield, M'hich it was said cried aloud for the enforcement of a Civil Rights bill in New Eng land, turns out to be a rather tame specimen of an outrage. So far as the school officers are concerned, the lads M-ere offered absolute equality and no distinction M as made betM-een theu and the students. It has been the custom always for the students boarding with the steward to select their own seats at the table, so as to choose their own associates and make everything pleasant and agree able. When seven students at the table complained to the steward that the presence of the two colored jan itors Mas offensive, it was not an ob jection raised to their race or color, or, as the law has it, their "previous condition of servitude." The objec tion related to something which the law does not and cannot consider. It Mas mildly stated to the steM-ard, and the steward, in as delicate a manner as possible suggested to the janitors that he M ould pay them their wages and let them get board else where, or that he Mould set them a table by themselves, where they and all who wished to join them could be served, or he Mould take them not to a second table, as they represent ed but to the table with his own family. When they refused to ac cept any of these offers, but insisted on what they called their "rights," the steward, instead of locking them into their own room, simply locked the door from his office to the dining room, so that they could not go in there; otherwise, they were free to go where they pleased. Upon this state of things they ap pealed to the public, and with some thing of the air of martyrs inquired if they had "no rights to be respect ed." It does not seem to be a case that calls for any large expenditure of sympathy. The seven Mhite stu dents might perhaps, had their xa rents and the officers been agreed in it, have been compelled to occupy seats at the table Mith these two col ored lads. There's just a shadow of conflicting rights in the matter, however, which would have prevent ed that settlement of the question from being considered every m here and by everybody a solution exactly and absolutely j ust. - It occurs to ns, and we hope no one will be shocked by the suggestion, that the seven white boys had about as clear a right to select their own company at table as the two janitors had to force their company on them. The line where personal liberty and natural right are separated from tyranny and wrong is a trifle obscure to most people, and it is not to be M'ondered at perhaps that these two colored lads, eager to have and enjoy all the privileges to which they are entitled, naturally sensitive to slights, and suspicious of anything that seemed like neglect or unfairness, should rise up in indignation when the as sertion of other people's rights seem ed to touch them. It did not occur to them that the right of other boys to choose their own company was per haps, as clear as their own to force themselves upon them. Doubtless they thought they were real martyrs. Anybody else of any other race or color, of whom similar complaint s!iould be made, would no doubt re ceive the same treatment, and though it might be unpleasant, there M ould be no talk about Civil Rights or any such absurd nonsense in connection with it. We have had something too much of this. The idea of appealing to the public and propounding startling conundrums about equality and civil rights, because half a dozen boarding-school boys refused to sit at the table with two colored janitors, is carrying the special politics of the past tw enty years almost to the point of absurdity. AT. Y Tribune. ...... c Bounties. The Fedeal Govern ment has paidjin bounties to soldiers, the sum of $400,000,000; and the different States and municipalities, .$300,000,000. The Government is now pavjjig annually in pensions. $30,000,000; and yet there is a bill before Congress to give still further bounties in land and money. This begins to look like "too much of a good thing," and is no doubt in the interest of the shysters at Washing ton, who have grown fat as bounty agents. Congress had betler give the treasury a rest, and close up the bounty business until the next war. Humble. A couple of neighbors became so inimical that they could not speak to eaah other; but one of them having been converted at a camp-meeting, on seeing his former enemy held out his hand, saying: "How do you do, Kemp? I am hum ble enough now to shake hands M'ith a dog." Numerous. The LeM-iston (Me.) Gazette says there is a family in that city in which there are no less than tM-enty-two brothers and sisters, all children of the same parents, and not a "solitary twin" in the number at that. All are living at home. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY', UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. The Maine Democratic Platform. The Democracy of Maine met in convention, on the 23d of June, and nominated Jos. Titcomb for Govern or. Mr. Garcelon, the temporary chairman, made a forcible speech, severely criticising the Radi cal party, and claiming that the Democratic party is the great rock of safety for the country, for equal rights of all men, just administra tion of the laM', sound currency and free trade tho world over, and for the abolishment of the tariff, which is for the benefit of the few against the rights of the many. lie accused the Radical party of being conduct ed by scheming politicians, and con demned the prohibitory law, as merely an instrument of partiality and profit to public officials, and not the raeans of justice impartially ad ministered for the public good. He cited with specific particulars the cities ol Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, Augusta, Rock Island, and other places as illustrations 6f his argu ment, lie called upon the Demo crats ro rally to the defence of the liberties and morals of the people, and repeal the obnoxious and intemperance-increasing prohibitory laMr, and to enact in its stead a stringent' and imperative license law. The following excellent platform Mas adopted: Resolved, That an influx or infla tion of the paper currency is among the first evils that can affect a com munity. It enables cunning, un scrupulous spectators to rob the pro ducers of the fruits of their labors, and afflicts every reputable business with the peril of continual panic and disaster. We regard a currency, based on specie redemption, as the only one upon which the business of the community can be safely trusted, and hold that M-e should, as rapidly as possible, approximate to such as a circulating medium. Resulted, That as the Protective Tariff is the most unjust, unequal, oppressive and M-asteful mode of raising tho public revenues; it is one of the most frequent and fearful causes of the corruption of the Ad ministration; we, therefore, the De mocracy of Maine, assembled, declare for Free Trade and in favor of an unfettered and unrestricted com merce. Resolved, That tho recent action of the Republican majority in the United States Senate, in attempting to revive the Morst features of the sedition law f John Adams' Admin stration, and to establish a censor ship of the press of the country at the Federal capital, declares a purpose to silence all criticism of the conduct of public men, and demands the con demnation of every free man in the land. Resolved, That the framers of the Constitution erected a system of Government, the corner-stone of which was local control of local af fairs, which for nearly a century held the States in Union as harmoniously as the planets hold their places in the heavens, and it is among the gravest faults of the Republican par ty that it has M'autonly overaM-ed and prostrated the Governments of several of the States. Resolved, That the civil cervice of the Government should be perform ed by those who are found best qual ified, and therefore there is seen in the recent action of Congress on this subject the humiliating confes sion that the party in poM'er can not dispense with the prop afforded by the bestoMal of offices for politi cal services. Youxo Mechanics. Thei-e is no class of the community upon whom the future welfare of the country depends than upon the rising gener ation of young mechanics. If they are intelligent, sober, industrious, and consequently independent, able and accustomed to judge for them selves, and governed in their con duct by an enlightened view of their own best interests; if they are men of this sort, the mechanics, and es pecial' the young mechanics, will form, in conjunction M ith the young farmers of the country, a bulwark against monopolies and corrupt pol iticians, and save the republic. If, on the other hand, they are ignorant, idle, dissolute, and consequently poor and dependent upon those who are willing to trust them if our me chanics should unhappily become such a class they would soon be converted into the mere tools of a few rich and artful men, who, hav ing first stripped them of every sense of self-respect, and every feeling proper to virtuous citizens, M-ould use them as xassive instruments for promoting their own ambitious ob jects, and for the enactment of laws which are beneficial to nobody but the artful few and base demagogues Mith whom they originate. It is true of the mechanical arts as of any other profession, that " knowledge is poMer." Shoe and Leather Chron icle. Goon Disrosmox. A man who can have his corns smashed M-ithout grumbling is undoubtedly possessed of a tolerably good disposition. One man being once at a political meet ing said, in a pleasant manner, to a big, burly fellow M ho Mas standing on his toe: "My dear sir, are you not a miller?" " No; why do you ask?" "Why, sir, the fact is, I thought pou wrere a miller, and a very honest one, too, because you have been grinding my porn this half hour without takirjg toll." President Tyler. Some Reminiscences of his Time A niv,... . ftp-Iloiv he fell in Love v. ifU m nit htnfr Uelle. Three weeks ago there died at Char lotteville, Virginia, Mrs. Thos. Walk er Gilmer. The announcement of her death called forth the followinr reminiscence of thirty years ago, when her husband Governor Gilmer, M-as Secretary of the Navy under Ty ler, and was killed by the bursting of the big gun on the man-of-M-ar Painceton.. I have recently convers ed with tM O ladies who were among the party that left Washington, on a beautiful day in March, to enjoy the snost splendid fete that M'as ever got- n nn in this citv. Commodore Stockton, father of the present Sena tor, commanding the Princeton, and the gun Mas his invention. The President and his Cabinet, with about three hundred distinguished guests, Mere invited to a sail of about forty miles doM-n the Potomac. There M as a fine band of music and a grand collation. All M ent merrily, and the company enjoyed themselves to the fullest extent Mr. Gardner of New York, M ith his tM-o handsome daughteis, were among the guests. The President was never absent from the side of the radient belle, Miss J ulia Gardner, Mho was apparently indifferent to the honor attended. During the morning the gun was fired several times in the most satis factory manner, every one remaining on deck to M itneess the experiment. At two o'clock the company descend ed to the lower cabin, to partake of the refreshments provided. It was a brilliant entertainment. Toasts wsre offered, songs Mere sung, and mirth and hilarity prevail ed. The Princeton M'as one of the finest ships in the navy, and Commo- 'ire Stockton was proud of his sh? and the gun M'hich M as to add renoM-n to his name. In the afternoon the vessel changed its course, and pre pared to return with its gay revelers ;o Washington. Before reaching Alexandria, Commodore Stockton, the Secretary of State, Commodore Keunon, who Mas one of the guests, and the Secretary of the Navy, with his Mife Mrs. Gilmer, returned to the deck. The President lingered beside the fair girl, who so enchain ed him that he could not leave her side a moment. His page approach ed him, and interrupted the interest ing tete-a tele by saying that Commo dore Stockton requested his pres ence on deck, as the gun would be fired for the last time. The Presi dent whispered to the blushing girl that li3 "preferred remaining where he Mas," and her father, noticing that such would be the case, said, "then I will go." He was followed by several others, but when he reach ed the deck he M as alone, tor, as tne others ascended the gangM-ay, a gen tleman in the saloon M ith a fine voice, commenced to sing, and they stood on the steps listening. Suddenly the booming of a gun was heard, ac companied M'ith an unusual jar, and strange commotion. Smoke poured down the hatc'uM'ay, and all felt that a horror Mas impending. Then a voice called down for the surgeon and a rush was made on- deck, but as soon as the surgeon ascended the hatchway Mas closed, M'ith an order that no one should be alloM-ed to leave the cabin. Then ensued one of those dreadful scenes that can never be forgotten. Miss Gardner Mas frantic to know the fate of her father; Mrs. PoM el Mas in wild anguish con cerning the fate of her husband, Captain Powel and her father, Judge Thrnston. Every lady M'as in a state of Mildest despair and suspense. .Then in mercy some one came down from the deck to give comfort to some, and realize the M-orst fears of others. Only six Mere killed, Mas the report: Mr. Upshur, Secretary of State; Governor Gilmer, Secreta ry of the Navv; Commodore Kennon Hon. Virgil Maxey, Mr. Gardner, and the President's page. They Mere all standing in a line, and Mere mowed down when the gun burst, M-hile those who Mere in other posi tions Mere only shocked by the con cussion. The bodies of the killed had every bone broken, and were like jelly. Mrs. Gilmer M'as standing not far from her husband when the accident occured. Her grief was of that char acter that is harder to Mitness than the Mildest and most frantic screams. Miss Gardner had fainted and Mas borne to the stateroom in the arms of the President. The greatest haste Mas now made to reach the city. What a contrast Mas that return to tho gay and happy party that had started out in the morning. The tide being out the dead and the liv ing had to be transferred from the ship to rowboats. A tarpaulin cov ered the six mangled forms, the sight of which could not be concealed from the distracted relatives. Lit ters M ere improvised and the bodies Mere all carried to the White House, and the saddened group M ent to their respective homes. The President insisted upon the Misses Gardner going to the Executive mansion, where private apartments were as signed them, and the most respectf ul attention and sympathy shown to them by tho entire family. The six dead were laid out in state in the east room, from whence their funer als took place. Mrs. Gilmer return ed to her home in Charlottsville, a broken-hearted woman, and never emerged again from its retirement; and now after thirty years of trial, sorrow, and at times privation, she has gone to join the husband whose memory she ever held dear and sa cred. Mr. Tyler Mras well advanced in life when he met Miss Julia Gard ner upon his return from an Euro pean tour. His romantic attachment to a girl young enough to be his daughter probably saved him from the dreadful fate of tMO of his Cab inet Ministers. The young lady had not reciprocated his attachment un til her great-affliction: but at the time she lost her father, whom she seems to have adored, she awakened to a deeper sense of her responsibili ties in life, and her heart m as touch ed by the chivalrous devotion of her admirer. She soon returned to her home, in Lafayette Square, New York City. After quietly waiting for her grief to subside, the President wrote and made a formal offer of mar riage. She accepted. The engage ment was kept a profound secret, nor M as the mission suspected when the President left Washington in. June, ostensibly for Boston, but in reality for New York, where he ar rived in the morning, and proceeded to call upon his fair fance. They had not met since the dreadful acci dent. Tho contemplated marriage was kept so quiet that not above six per sons M ere acquainted with the events The neighbors were surprised to see carriages with Medding favors in front of Mrs. Gardner's home. Tho bride, radient in youth and beauty, Mas Matched as she emerged from her home, and soon tho rumor of a Medding in the church of the Assen sion spread through tho neighbor hood. After the bridal party entered the church quite a numbei appeared, all eager to know who Mere tho con tracting parties. Then the very air seemed to waft tho news to every part of the city that John Tyler, President of the United States, had Medded Miss Julia Gardner. Flags Mere flung to the breeze, cannons were fired, and the vessels in the port in holiday attire, and their guns boomed forth thier joyful tidings. The bridal party started immediately for Washington, where they held a grand reception. There Mere many festivities, but they did not efface tho remembrance of that sad and fatal day in March, when another Presi dent took the oath of office and the Tyler family repaired to Sherwood Forest, on the James river, where six sons and daughters were born, and where Mr. Tyler died in tho early years of the war. His widow then M ent north to her mother, who shortly after died, leav ing a large portion of her estate to Mrs. Tyler There was a long and bitter laMSuit over this will, but M'hich was eventually decided in Mrs. Tyler's favor. Since the close of the M ar t4ie children of Mrs. Ty ler's first marriage have contended Mith the M-idow for the old estate on the James river. This last suit end ed in securing all that Mrs. Tyler contended for, and now she is out of the courts and can look after the M el fare of her children, to whom she is very devoted. Her eldest daughter married and died in a year, leaving an infant daughter. Mrs. Tyler has charge of the child, and is epnite en grossed in her affection for the little grand-daughter, who is now four years old. There is still much of life left in the handsome and spark ling widow, whose cheeks gloM- and eyes brighten as she recalls the hap py days of her girlhood and the de votion of her husband. The one dark spot in her memory brings a shaddow to her brow, which is soon disp'elled by the recolloction of other and fairer memories. Grant the Chief Candidate. The Washington correspondent of tbe Chicago Times says that the chief of all candidates at the next nomina tion will be a party by the name of Grant. If Radicalism is then in un doubted ascendancy, he will be the man tor the liadicals. If mixed drinks are in vocrue he can earn Southern support as having indorsed Baxter; Eastern and Western men support him as the man ofhe veto. Because George Washington held it to be dangerous for any President to accept a triple nomination, does that settle it for Grant? We are almost a hundred years further along, and own a President who knows not pre cedent. Everything unites to make this strangest of all famous men who have lived sinca the time of Diocle tian deride precedent. What had precedent to do with him, a man whose tremendous advances have un settled the M orld's belief of the ne cessity of natural ability and gradeur of purpose, in those m Iio Mould fain stride to eminence? He differs from all other executives we have known in one astounding particular. No member of his Cabinet is a possible candidate. Mediocrity has ife enor mous advantages after all. Every Cabinet officer is a determined believ er in, and worker for, the third term. They dread a return to second-rate attorneyships and claim agencies. No other President ever swung tho influence the mighty influence of harmonized inferiority. Ciesarism is no myth. Grant is as assured in his own mind of another term as though the third inaugural oath had been taken. If IIe Persists. Said the Rev. Robert Ingersol, in a sermon: "Had such men as Robert Collyer and John Stuart Mill been present at the burning of Servetus, they would have extinguished the flames with their tears. Had the Presbytery of Chicago been there, they would have quietly turned their backs, solemnly divided their coat-tails and warmed themselves." If the reverend Rob ert persists in such irreverenee, ho will bring up- some day, in a place M'here he will see the Chicago Pres bytery comfortably 'M-arming them selves', at a safe distance from the heat of his special location. Always. The Brooklin Argus is of the opinion that a kind word "will always go further than a flat-iron or a potato-smasher." . o O O O o O o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 o o o o o o o . ( ( o - r