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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1874.
NO. 38.
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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.
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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.
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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." .
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