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A Third Term.
The
followins
frotn tb Trr-.. .
o vruteue is wortliv of atten
perusal and nnmocf" .--.
tive
tion. The only notable error we
discover in it is the idea of a disor!
gam zed Democracy
Ju? rdba,ity "tlmt Mr. Grant
1l,be arfan.1-late for a third term
U1 J-residential office
is every
uuy u&sunimg more
positive shape
and excitin
iirougnout the country, The estab
lishment m ev York of an Admin
istration paper The Republic on a
basiis of 500,000 capital, of which
we had news a few days ago by tele
graph, shown how deftly in earnest
are the President and his supporters
that his tenure of office should be
extended, and that no means will
be left unexhausted to accomplish
that end. Many people have the
impression that two terms of Presi
dential office is the limit prescribed
by the Constitution. This is a mis
take. The Constitution oilers no bar
to as many consecutive terms as the
people choose to give and the candi
date for their sntl'rages accept, but
with the example of previous Presi
dents before the country, the two
term usage has grown to be consid
ered almost as binding as if it were
a constitutional prescription. It is,
therefore, something in the nature
of a shock to established precedent,
when we find a President desiring to
break through this time-honored
custom, and intelligent people move
themselves uneasily, for they are in
doubt as to where the innovation
will lead. "Without indulging in
partisan politics from which" we
have at all times been careful to
keep our columns free we may be
permitted to touch this question
briefly from the broad stand-point of
the whole country; for it is a matter
so importaut that before it mere par
ty considerations sink to insignifi
cance. "We avow ourselves unequiv
ocally and unhesitatingly opposed to
the Third Term proposition, but if
Mr. Grant desires it and all the
signs of the times jioint to the fact
that he does we must admit, after
mature reflection, that circumstances
have arranged themselves so favor
ably for the accomplishment of his
design, it is almost impossible for
any opposition, short of revolution,
to break them down. The most
powerful motors in favors of a Third
Term are the financial interests of
the country, and the conservative in
fluence of the tremendous national
debt. Bond holders do not wish to
drift into the uncertainty of a change
of administration, if votes can be
had to retain affairs as they are at
present, and capital, in one way or
another, with its IJriarean hands, can
giit her in these votes, for the poor
em j dove knows by bitter experience
that the independent exercise of this
political privilege is but a simple
substitute for bread and butter.
Again, the ' noble- army of those
who fatten on the. public crib, would
consider this lliird ierm possible
a game 2ecniar to their hands. The
President would have no more ar
dent supporters, for his success
would mean a continuation to them
for four vears longer or more'
-of
the sweets of official life. Then, too,
there are thousands who yet regard
President ( rant as a second "Wash
ingtonwith this difference, that he
is reluctant to pronounce a farewell
address and think no reward too mu
nificant for his services. Tin's class
if found principally in remote dis
tricts of the West. Another strong
dependence may be seen in the com
plete control Mr. Grant's partisans
have of the colored vote of the South.
The majority of the voting element
of the country may in fact be said to
be under the direction of the Presi
dent; in the North by the capitalists
and large employers, in the South
by designing politicians. To assail
this strongly-buttressed position,
there is a disorganized Democratic
party, some discontented Republi
cans" who grow restive at the situ
ation, but cannot help themselves,
regard even the support of the Third
Term.ambition preferable to striking
hands with their old-time political
foes. There is another power of
comnarativelv recent growth, that
has come into prominence in this
country, particularly in the States of
the upper part ol tne .Mississippi
Valley. We mean the Grangers.
They "propose, it would seem, to take
a ha'rid in the next Presidential light,
and talk of having at command a
million votes. They are just as like
ly to be a strong element in favor of
President Grant as against him, pro
vided the concessions they seek are
granted, and the obstacles of which
they complain rtmoved. If Mr.
Grant and the present administration
regard their organization and its ob
jects favorable, and the necessary
pledges are made, they would just
as lief throw their influence for him
as for Elihu 13. Washburne or New
ton liooth. The strongest man for
their purpose is the man they want,
and President Grant has that
strength. We have briefly sketched
what'we consider the "situation,"
not from a partisan, but from a wider
point of view; and it will be found
the project of Cresarism," said by
Bennett of the New York Herald and
I , . , . , cforininnd
W atterson ot tne jiouism ;';
Journal, lO oe louy
! 1,v "Mr. Grant, is not Simply a Sensa-
tional coinage of these journansis
brains, but that it is built on a
stronger and broader base than the
people are aware oi; ami, as iie u.y
his mark on the mil-
itary fortune of the country, so as
President, he mav make by the ac
complishment of a Third Term, an
equally indelible impression on its
political history.
m
Boasts. A New Jersey paper
boasts of a new subscriber 108 years
old.
We shouldn't call- Liu v&ry
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LITERATURE, ANDeTbeST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
LUKi: HARDING THli SCOUT;
OR,
Tlie Lost Bride of Jlitroii.
by ARTrrrn l. mesep.ve.
CHAPTER I.
THE MISSING MAIDEN.
"Reuben, where can Martha be?
she ought to have been at home an
hour ago. I wish the child wouldn't
wander off into the forest as she does.
I don't take a minute's peace while she
is gone. The woods are full of Red
skins, and there is no telling what
may happen to her."
It was Ruth Allen who uttered
these winds, as she stood in the door
of her cabin, which commanded a
view of the wide spreading vaters of
the Huron, which were gleaming
like a great sheet of gold in the lighl
of tlie setting sun. They were ad
dressed to her husband who stood
leaning on his rille. iust outsiAo ilm
door, where he had paused before
entering, after a day's tramp in the
woods. His wife had met him there
with an anxious look upon her face,
the reason for which was declared by
her words.
"I don't think the redskins would
do her any harm, Ruth," answered
tlie settler. " You can't exiect to
keep her iu the houso all the time.
She likes a tramp in the forest as
well as I do. If she had been a boy
she would have, been one of the best
hunters there is on the border. She
is a good deal better shot now than a
good .many I know of who pride
themselves on what they can do with
the rilie. Don't worry, Ruth. She
is able to take care of herself. There
are some of the redskins who likelier
as well as though she belonged to
their own race. They would not
harm her for their life."
"There is one of them, Reuben,
that likes her altogether too well,
and that is one reason for my worry
ing. The last time he was here, I
am sure there was a look upon his
face that meant no good."
Reuben Allen smiled at these words
of his wife.
"You mean the young chief, Red
Cloud. I have thought myself that
he was in love with her, but there
ain't any danger of her marrying him
so long as Hugh Lyman is around.
Hugh ain't back from his hunt, fori
called at the cabin as I came along.
When he does come, I guess yon will
Martha is with him."
"I hope she may be. I can't help
worrying about tlie child when she
is on m mis way. riie hikcs alter
you, Reuben. She had rather be in
the woods, I do believe, than any
where else."
"Well, I don't blame her. There
is fun there. But as you say, Ruth,
she ought not to venture too far
alone. Win n she comes back I will
give her a talking to myself."
"And a great deal it will amount
to, Reuben. I know just how it will
end. It will wind up by your tell
ing her to go as often and stay as
long as she likes."
" I guess I don't humor her any
more than you do, Ruth. You know
you cant make up your mind to scold
her, no matter what she mav do."
Mrs. Allen made no answer to this;
but she kept her gaze fixed with an
anxious look awav in the direction
from which she expected Martha to
appear.
For the next few minutes there
was a silence between them. The
sun sank low behind the tree tops,
and its golden light was forsaking
the waters of the lake, and flashing
upward to resj on the lleecv clouds
that rested above it. A little longer
and the shadows of night would be
gin to gather over the lake and wood,
cabin and clearing. Suddenly Mrs.
Allen exclaimed:
"Here comes Hugh, Reuben; and
Martha is not with him!"
It was indeed as she said. The
young hunter, Hugh Lyman, with
his rille over his shoulder, was ap
proaching and alone. Martha was
not with him, nor were there any
signs of her coming about the clear
ing. A shade of disquiet passed over
and lingered upon the face of Reuben
Allen. It was certainly past the
time that Martha should be back.
Was it possible that his wife's fears
miirht be. well-founded, and that
some harm had come to her? He
would not believe it yet, for the sav
ages had always evinced a friendly
spirit toward him and his.
Hugh Lyman approached the cab
in, and as he came near his eyes wan
dered about as though he was in
search of one of its inmates who was
not yet visible.
" Have you seen anything of Mal
tha," demanded Mrs. Allen, speaking
before the vouncr man had even the
chance to salute them.
"No." he answered with a start.
" is she not here? When did you see
her last?"
"She went into the forest this af
ternoon. saying she would be back
in an hour or two. She has not come
vet. and I am afraid some harm has
come to her."
The anxious look which had come
so suddenly unon the face of the
vouncr man deepened at this.
" I don't see where she can be," he
said. " I came along by the places
where I knew she was apt to go, but
saw nothing of her. Surely shecouh
not have gone in her accustomed di
rection.
" She went the usual way," an
swered Mrs. Allen. Reuben, I have
felt all the afternoon as though sonie-
; tuinff was wrong
i , ,
I tell you some
harm has come to Martha."
" Here comes Will Kingman," ex
claimed the settler. He has been in
the woods, to-day, and it may be that
he brings some news. He seems in
haste about something."
cr;ff wurfl the Btndes of tne
new-comer that in a very few mom
ents he stood by the side of those
' -ho vers vatcbicg for his approach.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TTttTVERSTTY OF CALIFORNIA.
OCTOBER 23, 1874.
Jiartnai sue is not here? wexe
the first words he said as he glanced
inquiringly about him.
"No; do you know aught of her?"
demanded Hugh Lyman, before the
others could speak.
"Yes. The redskins have carried
her off."
A cry of anguish burst from the
lips of Mrs. Allen.
" How do you know this? What
have you seen?" demanded the set
tler. "As I was passing along near the
shore of the lake, about two miles
from here, something like an hour
ago, I heard the cry of a woman in
the direction of the water. I thought
I recognized Martha's voice, and
hurried as fast as I could toward the
shore. When I got there, I saw a
canoe out upon the lake, and in it I
could see there was a woman and
three or four savages. They were
going at a swift rate through the wa
ter, and of course I was powerless to
do anything. I stood and watched
the canoe for a while, but no other
sound came from it. Then I started
for home along the shore, and in a
little while I came to a spot where
there were footprints upon the sand,
ana mingieu witn tnem, those ot a
woman. Half covered in the sand I
found this. Is it Martha's?"'
He held up as he spoke a piece of
red ribbon, torn and soiled.
"Yes, it is Martha's. O Reuben,
our child is lost to us!" cried Mrs.
Allen in tones of anguish, as she
looked with white face into that of
her husband.
CHAPTER II.
U'KE HAimiNG, THE SCOUT.
"No, she is not lost to you." cried
Hugh Lyman. " If ii is in the pow
er of man fo do it, we will find her
and bring her back. There is not a
man in the settlement but what will
join us in the search. Keep up a
good heart, Mrs. Allen, and all may
yet be well. You shall have her
again, and the redskins shall be pun
ished for what they have done. I
wish Luke Harding was here, ne
would be worth a half dozen of us in
this case."
" But I have not seen him for days,"
said Reuben Allen. " Almost all his
time is spent in the forest, and to
find him now would be next to im
possible. We have got only our
selves to depend upon."
" And that is enough," said Hugh,
" It will be a pity if the crew I can
muster will not find and bring her
back."
"Alas! you know not where they
have taken her," said Mrs. Allen.
"They were on the lake when "Will
Kingman saw them, and how can you
track them on the water? And there
is no telling to what hiding place
they may carry her. Oh, my child!
I fear I may never see you again!"
"We trill find her," cried Hugh
Lyman, "Will," he said, turning to
the new comer, "you have I suppose
no idea what savages they were who
were iu the canoe."
"No; but stop, perhaps I have a
clue. As I went into the forest I saw
Red Cloud hurrying about the edge
of the clearing. You don't suppose
that he mav have had a hand in the
matter?"
" Yes, I am sure of it," cried Mrs
Allen. " He has been, in his wav
a sort of lover of Martha's, although
she has always laughed in his face,
I feel sure it is him who has stolen
her away.
"I am not sure but what vou are
ritrht." said Hugh Lyman. " Martha
told me the other day that he used
some muttered threats against her.
The villain! Let me but meet him,
and he shall pav dearly for this after
noon s work. I know pretty near
the spot where he would be likely to
take her. I will pick up a crew, and
man a boat, and be off for the place
at once. There is no time to be lost
" I will go with you," said Reuben
Allen. " Ruth, do you remain and
bear the suspense as well as you can,
I dont think that Red Cloud will do
her any injury at present. If he
does our vengeance upon him will be
terrible.
4 Go. Reuben. Go Hugh. It will
seem an age to me ociore you win uu
, -n i
back. If you do not bring her, my
heart will be broken
" Be of good cheer, wife, we will
do what we can," and imprinting a
kiss upon her pale cheek, the hus
band and father hurried down to the
shore whither the young men had
already preceded him, giving the
alarm to the rest of the settlers as
they went.
A large boat which was owned
jointly by the settlers was lying there
and in a iew moments, more than
enough had volunteered to go than
was rciiuired to man it. The crew
being selected, they pushed off, and
those on the shore watched its de
parture until the fast increasing dark
ness bid it irom tneir sigut
By common consent Hugh Lyman
took the lead of the party. He knew
something of the haunts of Red
Cloud and his warriors, and he was
in hopes in them to find trace of her
thev sought.
But it was a long way thereto, and
he knew the short summer night
would bo spent before they would
arrive there.
When some quarter of a mile dis
tant therefrom, the light of a camp
fire gleamed full and wan through
the early morning light, ana gave
them hopes that those whom they
sought were gathered about it. But
as they drew nearer, they found in
that they were mistaken.
A solitary figure stood beside it,
with his hands resting upon his rifle
He made no motion as they drew
nearer, but apparently kept his eye
fixed upon them, watching closely
their every movement
Suddenly Hugh Lyman, who was
standing in the prow of the boat ex
clained
t3 he rcinted toward the
shore, and the figure standing so
motionlessly there:
It is Luke Harding! We haye got
some one to help us now, who is a
host in himself. The scout is more
than a match for any savage that
ever lived."
; This is lucky, indeed," said Reu
ben Allen. Next to finding Martha
herself, nothing could bo better. If
any man can help us in our search it
is he who is standing there. Pull,
boys, and let us get to him as soon
as we can.
Thev did pull with a will, and in a
few mora en ts the prow of the boat
grated upon the sand close to the
spot where the scout was standing.
The latter had recognized them, and
ho had stepped down to the water s
edge to greet them.
" What means all this. Hugh?" lie
said, as he grasped the hand of the
young man who was the first to
spring ashore.
In a few words he told him what
their errand was, and asked him to
lend them his aid in the search.
"Of course I will," he answered.
Luke Harding ain't a man to hang
back when he is wanted in such a
matter as this. And so Red Cloud
has stole away yer daughter, has he?"
he added, turning to Reuben Allen.
"Well, if he dont rue the day he
done this, then you call me a liar."
Do yon know where we would
be likely to find him?" said the fath
er anxiously.
I think I do. If I ain t mightly
mistaken he ain't a mile from the
spot where we are standing. I be
lieve I can take you to him in less
than half an hour."
"Do so, and wo shall forever be
obliged to 3-011," said Hugh eagerly.
" I'll do it, boy; and I ask but one
thing in return. If we find the gal,
make her your wife at once. Don't
run any risk of leaving her again."
Hugh did not reply by words, but
his looks showed he would profit by
this advice.
CHAPTER III.
nOW THE SEARCH RESULTED.
Only a few words passed between
the members of the party, and then
under the lead of Luke Harding they
set oil through the forest.
But one thought was uppermost in
the minds of all, and that was to res
cue Martha. Had she been a wife or
sister of each, they could not have
been more concerned for her safety.
None questioned the leadership or
knowledge of the scout, for they well
knew there was none in all that sec
tion of the country so competent as
he to perform the work they had in
hand .
Without a word and hardly a sound
they went on through the forest,
which was now illumined by the
beams of the rising sun.
For something like half an hour
they kept on, and then suddenly, the
scout who was still in the advance,
paused; and signed for his compan
ions to do the same.
Thev obeyed, looking eagerly
about them iu search of some cause
for his motions.
But they saw nothing but the sol-
11 -t V
emu, unbroken lorest aronnu mem.
There were no signs of the pres-
ence ol a living being save them
selves.
What is it?" asked Hugh in a low-
tone. " Do you see anything of the
redskins?"
"Hush!" answered Luke; " we are
close to the spot where Red Cloud
has a village of his own. Sometimes
he has a half-dozen warriors with
him, and sometimes he is here alone.
I think, from the signs I have seen,
that he has them with him now. Fol
low me close, and don't make any
more noise than though you were
treading on air. In my mind, he has
got the girl with him here, and if we
hope to get her away from him safe
and sound, we ve got to be eautious,
for he is as cunning as a fox."
This somewhat long speech, for
him, the scout, was delivered in al
most a whisper, and then the whole
Dartv moved on again, with such
caution that hardly a sound was auu
ible to their own ears, save that of
their half suppressed breathing.
In this manner they went on for
something like a dozen rods, and then
another signal from the scout brough
them again to a stand-still
lie iointed before him, and they
all peered eagerly forward
In a little natural opening in the
forest, three wigwams were standing
A thin smoke was curling up Irom
their roofs, showing that they were
all tenanted, and that their inmates
were already astir.
The one in the center was more
pretentious than the others, and to
this Luke Harding pointed.
" Red Cloud is there," he said.
"Now, to find out if ho has Martha
with him."
"How shall wo do it?" asked Hugh
in a whisper.
"We must walk straight up to it.
Red Cloud has pretended that he was
a friend of the whites, and so we will
go on as if nothing had happened.
But we will approach as noiselessly
as possible, so that he will not have
the advantage if he wants to take it."
Bidding them by a motion of his
hand, to follow him, he lead the way
straight toward the wigwams.
They had approached to within
twenty feet of the one occupied by
Red Cloud, before a sound was heard
or a savage showed himself.
Then a voice fell upon their ears,
which they recognized at once.
It was that of Martha Allen, and
she was pleading to some one for
liberty.
That one, they knew, could be
none other than Red Cloud himself.
The words she uttered fell distinct
ly upon their ears.
" Let me go home," she 6aid. "Set
m at ltifirtr ana none stum
know of your acts toward me
tell thorn that I lost mywa;
t :ii
lost my way in the
6rd all night. If
forest, and vtcderfed all night
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52.
your heart is not made of stone, I
beg of you to let me go home."-
The answer came, and they recog
nized the speaker at once.
"The heart of Red Cloud is not
made of stone. He loves the whiter,
maiden, and would make her his wife.
If he lets her go, the pale face hunt
er will claim her. Rather , than she
should bo his, he wcnld slay the
maiden before the sight of another O
sun. Let her be content and dwell
in the lodge oi Red Cloud. Let her
think no more of her white lover, for
she will never see him again."
"Boys, come on."
The next moment they were at the
entrance of the wigwam. The skin:
of a huge bear enclosed the entrance, o
and dashing this aside, the scout and
Hugh entered, followed close by their
companions.
One glance showed Red Cloud that
all was lost. Quick as thought, ho
grasped a tomahock, and sprang tow
ard Martha, who, with outstretched
hands, was welcoming her friends,
though she was bound so that she
could not advance toward them.
That he meant her destruction there
was no doubt, but he did not achieve
it. Before he reached her side, ft
blow from the knife of the scout end
ed his career forever.
There is little more to add. '-The
savages m the other wigwams, see
ing the odds were against them, rled
into the forest, and vanished away,
leaving our friends to return to the
settlements in safety, where, a
few days after. Martha became the
wife of Hugh, who had loved her
long and well.
A Southern View.
The people of this coast have
but
a slight conception ol tlie
and oppressions of the Radical dy
nasty at Washington exercised orr
the helpless South, and consequent
ly do not properly sympathize with
that people. The Saudersville Her
ald thus speaks of the action of the
McEnry government in Louisiana:
Poor Louisiana! Unable longer to
bear the fearful outrages iijjon her
decent citizens, the people rose' in
their might as a free and liberty
loving people and threw off the
yoke of a tyranny which from its de
liberate features and diabolical con
sumation resembled the autocratic
power of a past age of conquest.
Lieut. Gov. Penn headed the militia
of the civ of Now Orleans and over
threw the Kellogg dynasty, seized
upon the State property and installed
the legitimate officers of the State in
their respective offices. Kellogg,
after his pets had been whipped out
and he load retreated from the State
House to the U. S. Custom HdaSt?,
applied to General Grant, President
of the Northern and Western States
of America, and Military Ruler and
Autocrat of and over the down trod- ,-
den and overpowered South. That
Noble Ca?sar, " most noble Koman Of
them all," thereupon issued his
mighty " Ukase" for armed insur
gents in Louisiana to direrse m five
days. In that time Gov. Pcnn had
accomplished the wish of the people.
lad done all that was desired at his
hands but this was net what suited
the high and mighty Impemtor and
us wise and patriotic eounselers;
among them the hbnest, noble and
unprejxidiced Landaulet Williams.
And the order came, as went the or
der from the Roman Senate, "Car
thage must be no more." Kellogg
ias been re-instated. Mchnry, m
retiring, was, as he should have1 been,
dignified and dwarfed the power that
ruled him by showing himself tho
true representative of a noble and
outraged people.
Kellogg is now remodeling In
model government under the bright
barrels and pointed bayonets of the
Republic (?) of America.
v e feel that the people ot Louisi
ana were wronged, and outraged un
til the last limit of human patience
and endurance had been past. And
in this move it was tho almost spas
modic act of desparation. Insulted,
ouragotl, browbeaten; wives and
daughters insulted by the proteges,
ebon lined, of the holy defenders of
American liberty. IIpw far they
were right, or how far they were
warranted, posterity, net our cotem
poraries, must judge. God help
them they could hardly act other
wise. And to-day is being written
on the tablets of history n page that
which w ill cause tho cheek of tho
student in after agCs to burn with
indignation against the powers that
ruled and sympathy for the sufferers
who were ruled.
The people of Louisiana may be
wrong in this step; but we cannot
help saying that liight, Justice and
Mercy say that they were right.
A Radical Shriek. tho editor of
a Radical paper in South Carolina
gives voice to the following shriek,
which, shows that South Carolina
Radicals bigin to appreciate the hor
rors of their situation:
We are crossing the ledge, with a
yawning precipice on either side.
Ten thousand feet below are the
sharpened rocks, and destruction,
crouching like a hyena, waiting for
the dead. Looking backa moment,
missing a single step, the tremor of
a nerve, tho falling of a muscle, the
uncertain quiver of an e3'e, and the
Republican party is dashed to pieces
forever, while the blackness of dark
ness shall be rent with tle wild yell
of the Democratic party, as it springs
forward to the helm to take charge
of tho liberties and rights of the peo
ple of South Carolina.
Dropped Dead. A Detroit paper,
noticing the fact that a man lately
dropped dead while combing his
Voir savs: " 3Jia yet, mere ars peu-
pla P.?1 ?e-s"" J
jous habit.
in this danger-
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