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ATTORN E Y-AT-LAW:
a?,i30?i CITY,
GREGON.
"0FKI(.:k -ChTirman'sbrick. Main st.
"iiiiarlSTJ :tf.
JOHiMSON & McCOWN
XTFOIINEYS INi) IDLNSELORS AT-LAW.
Oregon City, Oregon.
"Will r:i.Tc. in all the Courts of the
i lti-' sl'"''';l1 att-iition Kivi-ii to cases in
t'l' I . S. ,:imi OiH.v- at ( ir.nn City.
;"anrl.S72-tf.
L. T. BARIN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
0REG0X CITV,
OR EG OX.
OFFICE Over Tope's Tin Store, Main
,tr"t- 21i.iar73-tf.
OYSTER SALOON
AND
U K S T A IT II A MT !
XOLV.'? 9-4.4L, Proprietor.
-HU .Street, - - . Orejroii City.
AYSTEIW WILT. P.E SERVEI FROM
"d ii.r,t,'-"lis dat" during Ihe Winter
' -non. The lM-st qualities of
KKXCH ,,di AMKRICAX CANDIES.
00 for sale ia quantities to suit.
DH-jqiiN welch,
dentist, t?
OFFICE IX
ORKGOX CITY, OIIKGOX.
Ordrr'ir1 "U Pr,c' Pil "r County
RSCoEATI0!l!
HEALTH!
'ilhoit Hocla SpviriLrr5
rPHlS KKTAIIMSIPIKXT, SO CEI.lv
A br-i t I'.l f.tkn n.A.li.nl iinilliao fkf lie
ls a:iln open for the reception of
i ;,s,s- They re reached in one day froir
"1! her r.. ....
n ian. i or raiem.
t, -loux WILHOIT, Proprietor.
J"" 3d. 1ST-. ju5m4.
W. 11. HIGHFIELl).
R,abl,,,il iinc ' 9, at tlie old atnnil.
Main Stnvt, Oregon City, Orrgon.
S An assortment of Wat hes. Jcwcl
r' ry .and -.-th Thomas' Weight Clocks
C:-. ft hieli ere warranted to be as
(sfreproS.r,l,.a.
i.'-TF,ri!!:' donjon short nctlo?, anJ
is.
3BEK
JOHN SGKRAM,
3Iain St., Oregon City.
MANUFACTURER A.D IMPORTER OF
SnlIIe, Ilarnexs,
wife, etc., rtr.
WHICH HE OFFERS AS CHEAP S
can be had in the State, at
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
warrant my goods as represented.
1,000 DEER SKINS
W A ?sT T E 13,
AND ALSO,
A T.T. OTHER KINDS OF HIDES, FOR
which I will pay the niches market
price in cash llring on your hides and "et
your coin forthem. "
JOHN' SCHRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker.
OreKon City. Oregon,. July 11, 1873-ni3.
JOHN 31. 15AC0X,
IMPORTER AND DEALER fJH
ery, eie., i'ic. isv
Oreyon City, Oregon.
tt7"At Charman t Warner's old stand
ately oeeupieil (y S. Ackernan. Main st.
FRESH RHINE WINES,
Just received and for sale by
GEORGE EITOI US,
at fl 00 per bottle. Also njrellea, Irt,
'lirr.v, iil Soiiitmu. Wine, In Bottle
or by the gallon.
Opposite the Railroad Depot.
Oregon City, Aujf. 7, 1871.
W3i. iJHOiTCisrrox
WroIJLD INFORM THE CITIZENS OF
T Oregon City and vicinity that he is
prepared to furnish
FIR, SPRUCE AND CEDAR LUM3ER,
Of every description.
1JUY KT.OOK1XG, Ci:iL?N(J,
SIMM'CK (for shelviii!:,) I.ATTICK,
PICKKTS, Ki:.Ci-: POSTS (Cedar)
CVntant ly on I land.
Street and Sid-walk lumber furnished
on the shortest notice, at as low rates as it
can In- purchased in the State.
Give me a, call at the
OIIKCONCITY SAW ."! II. I.S.
March 13, 1871 :tf
WAGON AND CARRIAGE
M A X IT FA fcTOS Y I
B li:iviu iuereriseil Ihi'ili- rvX. - ,
im-nsions of his premises, at C- t
f he ilil si in. I on t he
CorniT nf ?Iaii anil TJiiril Street,
Oroaron ('ity, Oregon,
Takes this method of inform in; his old pa
Irons, and as many new ones as maybe
pb-ased to call, th:it. he is now prepared,
wit h ample room, -rood materials, and t he
very b.-st of mechanics, to build anew, re
construct, make, paint, iron and turn out
all .cimpl"!", any sort of a vehicle from a
com mon Cart to :i Concord Coach. Try mi1.
IllncUsiiiitliii,;;, IIrs or Ox SIiiein;
and General Jobbing neatlv, quickly, and
cheaply done. DAVID SMITH.
OREGON STEAiVlSHlP CO.'S
STEAMBOAT NOTICE!
Str. E. 1ST. COOKE,
Will leave OllEI iOX Hi for 1 K IT .A N I)
every dav Except Sunday, at 7'. o'clock.
A. M. Keturnlnir, will leave i-oroanu lor
Or.'pon City at 2 Si o'clock, 1'. M.
H;tv. ALICIA
Will leave ORE( JON CITY for CORN" ALUS
everv Monday and Thursday of each week.
Str. DAYTON,
Will leave OREGON CITY for McMINX-
VII. LE. LAFAYETTE and DaVJON, and
all points betwei-n, every Monday, ed-
nesday and Friday of each week. 1-aves
the Hasin at 8 o'clock, A. M., and connect
with the train at Canemah at i, A. m.
Rtr. ALB,'
Javes ORRCOX CITY for IIAKH ISRCIK i
and El'GENE and all intermediate points
every week.
Hti. Eauiiio Pntton,
r-aves OREtJON CITY for ALBANY and
all intermediate joints bet ween twice ev
erv week. J. D. P.ILES, Agent,
Oregon City.February, 111. 871.
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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY,
Run n in- a Live Ne ;
pancr.
I ve been on the tripo,l. I've heon
running a llve newspaper over in
Skewtonyille. The village of Skei"
tonville is a savage little place S here
centenarians die in earlv life"na
where coffin makers accumulate for
tunes. Ttt Tik 1 informed that
limothy Johnson, late editor of the
Skewtonrtlle RWaer had snddonly
deceased, and that the Board of Di
rectors had chosen me as his succes
sor at a salary of SK0, .irinks and
shirt '.ol!rirs p6r annum. I was re
quested to come at once to attend
Johnson's funeral, and get his obitu
ary for the next issue.
I tied a necktie round my throat,
teld Polly I was going to open a few
gems of thoughts for a paper, and
started for Skewtonville.
Three drunken ruffians, smoking
Junison weed in cob pipes, met me
m the suburbs of the town, informed
me that they were the Hoard of Di
rectors, and escorted me to a hou.se
where the late Mr. Johnson was ly
ing in state with his boots on. Thev
told me that was the Skewtonville
style of funeral pomp. A melan
choly looking fellow said the usual
things over the corps, and assured
the crowd that Johnson's " spirit had
taken its rlight,"of which fact I sup
pose nobody had any doubt.
Johnson looked as if he had been
a great sinner, and I guess he need
ed all the prayers they gave him.
The funeral procession started.
The other folks walked, but out of
respect to my high position I was
mounted on a depraved mule. We
laid the late editor "'neath the dai
sies," practically speaking.
Then I was escorted back to town,
and ushered into a dismal room with
a half-inch hole punched through
the wall, which I presumed was a
Skewtonville window. I thought I had
inadvertently violated some citv or
dinance and been put in the cala
boose, but one of the ruffians reliev
ed me with the information that I
was in the office of the Sheirtonrille
Roarer, a live newspaper, :2 per an
num, payable in corn whisky. I
told him lie was a good jokist.
On the lloor lay a copy of the
Ro'ircr and next to it a jug of whis
ky. I could not help thinking that
they loukea like twin brothers.
One of the directors, -who said that
his name was Stufllestreet, raised the
bottle to his lips, and told me that
he was the chief proprietor of the
Jionrcr. If I had sold myself to the
devil to edit a paper in the infernal
regions I couldn't have felt meaner.
He passed the bottle to me, but I
told him I had a brother named after
Xeal Dow and John . (tough, and
I couldn't indulge. The trio gazed
at mo as if I was a wild animal, pull
ed my hair, and poked in my ribs,
to ascertain if I had a tangible exist
ence, and then they said they
couldn't solve the mystery. I sup
pose they though all the angels were
in heaven.
T he proprietor then handed me a
slip of paper ami said:
' Make your will."
"Make whatV 1 said, with a hor
rible chill creeping over me.
" Make your will," he repeated.
" Why?" said I, feeling my pulse
in alarm, " I ain't dying, am I?"
,l Xo," ho answered, "but an edi
tor's life is uncertain, and it is well
enough to provide for accidents."
Some conception of the danger of
my situation Hashed upon me, .and I j
commenced to bequeath my worldly
effects to Polly. Then he handed
me a Derringer pistol, and said:
" Write Johnson's obituary,"
" What am I to do with the Der
ringer?" I demanded.
" Write the obituary with it." he
said.
Then he explained to me that the
pen was attached to 'the pistol, so
that if any one came in while the ed
itor was penning his Billingsgate,
and takes exceptions the editor is
prepared to meet him.
I felt my courage oozing away
when the howitzer plan of journal
ism was explained to me.
But I wrote Johnson's obituary.
The proprietor said Johnson had
died of pistol shot. Said he, "that's
the way editors wrap the drapery of
their couch about 'em here."
I pronounced Johnson's taking-off
a " damnable assassination," and in
the course of the obituary slandered
eve ry maiden, and remarked in gen
eral terms that, with few exceptions,
every man for miles around there
was a horse thief and a felon.
The proprietor after interlining a
little profanity, said the obituary
would do, and told me to state at the
bottom that " I was personally re
sponsible for it and could be found
on the street at all hours of the day."
" Why," said I, " won't I have to
be in the office oecassonally?"
" Oh, yes," said he, "that is just a
figurative expression."
Then I signed my name to the
obituary which contained enough
slander to subject me to be butcher
a thousand times.
Then the proprietor bade me fol
low him.
He led the way to the grave-yard
where he had "pTlt Johnson away.
" This," he observed. " is the ' Ed
itors' Cemetery.' Read them boards"
said he.
I began "Tim Sniggles; aged 2S;
late editor Roarer; bowie knife."
" Tom Jones, editor Roarer; pistol,"
kz., kc, until I had read forty of
them, and all had died violent deaths.
except one. Onlv one men iiku a
Christian, and ti:e proprietor inform
ed me that he didn't have any edito
rial ability.
" Now, " continued the proprietor,
backing up against a tombstone, "we
run a live newspaper here. We
make it hot and lively."
" Yes," I rejoined, glancing
i arouiid the cemetery, " It may be a
LITERATURE, AHD THE
live newspaper, but I notice it has
several dead editors."
" Pshaw!" was his answer, " what
is life compared to independent jour
nalism?" I had to give in.
" How long," I inquired, " does
the average editor live here?"
" Two or three w eeks," was his re
ply. I was thinking of my gentle Polly
who might never again behold me
with the bloom of health upon my
chi'ek. Then . dropping one huge
tear to the memory of. alL" them
dead editors," I walked back gloom
ily. At the oflice I was handed a
dictionary with the remark:
" W e use this altogether. Web
ster don't express onr ideas."
The " dictionary" didn't have a
decent word in it.
The office was well fortified. The
broom was half pitchfork, and we
poked the lire with a Spanish stillet
to. At midnight I arose from my
couch, took some chalk and wrote on
the floor, " My darling Stuiilestreet,
an reroir.' Here's my resignation.
Take your newspaper into the ceme
tery and employ Steve Lowerv's ghost
to run it."
Five minutes later a solitary fugi
tive might have been seen going
through the darkness and gloom in
the direction ofOshkosh. That was
this individual rleeing from the
sweets of "independent journalism''
to the bosom of his family, and I
propose to remain in that bosom for
a considerable length of time, and
Skewtonville journals can seek else
where for an editorial "corpse."
lhtnhury Neirst.
Sherman on the Arm v.
The Arm ami JYWry Journal con
tains an article by (Jen. Sherman on
"The Military Lessons of War." Al
though printed separately, it is real
ly the linal chapter of a history of
the war which will be published af
ter the author's death.
(len. McClellan wishes to remodel
our army after that of Germany.
Gen Sherman, on the contrary, sees
some things to shun in the German
system. Thus he dislikes their large
companies and their mounted Cap
tains. He would still retain the
2rescnt standard of 100 men to the
company, but would lp.ce twelve
companies in each infantry regiment,
and so make the numerical strength
of a regiment in the infantry, artil
lery, or cavalry the same. Three
such regiments would compose a
brigade, three brigades a division,
and three divisions a corps. The
corps in the military unit for grand
campaigns and battles. An infantry
corps should have attached to it a
brigade of cavalry and six batteries
of artillery. It would then contain
an eifective force of thirty thousand
men.
After laj'ing down this simple plan
of organization by threes, (Jen.
Sherman discusses the great diffieut
ty of the civil war, which will, he
thinks, be the great difficulty here
after. It is the supply of soldiers.
He rejects the bounty system as ut
terly bad. It would be much better,
he thinks, to pay men 30 to $50 a
month to serve than to pay them
$000 to $1,000 to consent to serve.
All our expedients failed. The wri
ter says: "The German method of
recruiting is simply perfect, and
there is no reason why we should
not follow it substantially." Public
opinion will scarcely indorse this
sweeping statement. Hie uerman
system is simply the impressment of
every poor aud illiterate man for
three years, and of every educated
and wealthy man for one year of ac
tive service. Both classes are after
wards liable to seve in event of war
for seven years more. Xo such sys
tem can be forced upon Americans.
Chieaijo Tribune.
A Wkstehn Casabianca. A friend
sends us the following. It reminds
us of Casabianca, but two points of
difference maj- be noticed: Casabian
ca would not take water, but the
Washington 3'ouugster did; Cagabi
auca got "blowed up," this one did
not:
There is nowada3s a good deal of
complaint about the want of obedi
ence to parental authority on the part
of the rising generation, especially
on the part of the boys. We heard
of a case the other da3 which proves
that there are noble exceptions to
the average "bo3 of the period." A
.voung son of one of the principle ex
aminers in the Patent-office at Wash
ington went to spend his school va
cation at an uncle's in KentuckN,
near the Ohio river, There was but
one restriction on the scope of bo3's
amusements. Horses, dogs, rilles,
" General Sherman. Let me tell,
sa3s a correspondent, what I saw not
long ago at a circus. Sitting in front
of us was General Sherman, and with
him quite a number of children
whom he had gathered from the "by
ways and hedges." We saw him
look down under the seat, and then
haul out a dirty, little ragged darkey,
who had crept under the tent, and
seat him at his feet, where, b3 crowd
ing, was made a place for the little
rascal: "Now," said the General,
"sit there, my bo3, and see ever3
thing. Bless me, manj- a time have
I done the same thing, and many a
thrashing have I had." He seemed
so like a child: everything pleased
him, and we wondered where was the
van it 3- of which the people talked so
loudly.
An Ohio widower, last week, tele
graphed an offer of marriage to Susan
B. Anthony. She telegraphed back
that she was on the retired list.
A new- definition a veil is a lady's
protection from the too earnest gaze
of the sun of heaven and the sons of
man.
BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
OCTOBER 30, 1871.
Private to Youii .Men.
Don't be too sudden about it. Ma
ny a girl has said "no," when she
meant "yes," simply because her
lover didn't choose the right time
and pop the question gentle.
Take a dark night for it. Have
the blinds closed, the curtains down,
and the lamp turned most out. Sit
near enough to her so that you can
hook your little linger in hers. Wait
until conversation begins to Hag, and
then quietly remark:
"Susie, I want to ask you some
thing." She will fidget around a little, re
ply "ycV alJd after a pause you can
add:
"Susie, my actions must have
shown that is, yon must have seen
I mean you must be aware that
that"
Pause here for a while, but keep
your little finger firmly locked, She
may cough and ask you how you lik
ed the circus, but she only does it to
encourage you. after about ten min
utes you can continus:
"I was thinking, as I came up the
path to-night, that before I went
away I would ask you that is, I
would broach the subject nearest my
I mean I would know my "
Stop again and give her hand a
gentle squeeze. She may give a
yank to get it away, or she may not;
in either case it augurs well for you.
Wait about live minutes and then
go on:
"The past year has been a very
happy one to me. But I hope that
future years will be still happier.
However, that depends entirely on
you. I am here to-night to krow
that is, to ask 3011 I mean I am
here to-night to hear from your own
lips the one sweet "
Wait again. It is not best to be
too rash about such things. Give her
plent of time to recover her com
posure, and then put .your hand on
your heart and continue:
"Yes, I thought as I was coming
through the gate to-night how Inqqn
I had been, and I said to myself that
if I only knew that 3 011 would con
sent to be mv that is, I said if I
onl- knew if I was only certain that
my heart had not deceived me and
3 011 were read3 to share "
Hold on there is no hnriy about
it. Give the wind a chance to sob
and moan around the gables. This
will make her lonesome and call up
all the love in her heart. When she
begins to cough and grow restless,
3ou can go on :
"Before I met 3-0:1 this world was
a desert to me. 1 did not take 11113
pleasure in going blackberrying and
stealing rare-ripe peaches, and it did
not matter whether the sun shone or
not. But what a chauge in one short
3'car! It is for 3011 to say whether
in v future shall be prairie of happi
ness or a summer fallow of Canada
thistles. Speak, dearest Susie, and
say and say that that "
(Jive her five minutes more by the
clock, and then add:
"That you will be that is, that
you will I mean that you will be
oe mine.
She will heave a sigh, look up at
the clock, and over to the stove, and
then as she slides her head over on
3-011 r vest pocket, she will whisper:
"You are just right, I will!" 21.
Qua, l.
How John Made It Up. He bad
failed somewhere in study or de
portment, I cannot remember which
and his teacher told him he must
st.13- after school. When the other
scholars were dismissed, John seized
an opportunit3 when the teacher's
back was turned and slid out of the
door. She called after him to come
back, but lie pietended not to hear,
and ran a way. It was a cute trick,
he thought, and ho bragged over it a
little to the other
1
oys;
but he did
not pro to school the next
day nor
like it,
the next. He did not feel
he said.
At last he made Ins appearance
again, but, instead of the punish
mcnt he expected, his teacher, who
was giving out the subjects for es
say's that day, only told him to write
a composition about obedience. John
took her meaning at once, and sat
scratching his head and puzzling
over his composition about half a
dav. Finally he handed in the fol
lowing, which is an actual copv of
John's composition:
V lien won tells won to do a
thing, and he does it, it is called
obeying, and when won tells won to
do a thing and he doesn't'do it, it is
called disobeving. And when a man
or woman tells a b3 or girl to do
thing and he don't do it, it is called
uisoueving. me oov s name was
John, and he did not obev his teach
er, and when she called him back he
did hear her, and he will never do it
again." The teacher was satisfied.
1'outh's Companion.
During the recent flood in Middle-
field, X'. Y., a little five-year old boy
when the water had reached the
height of two or three feet around
the house in which he was, fell upon
his knees and uttered the following
prayer: "O Lord, I dout like this
iaKe 11 awa3. ion sani wnen von
set 3our bow in the skies 3 011 would
nave no more hocus. ow, now is
this? Amen."'
Disgusted. The Baltimore Amer
ican declares that it has retired from
the field disgusted and resolved to
have nothing more to do with party
affairs, and that those who worked to
build up the Radical party in Mary
land have no more influence, at Washr
ington than a procession of news
boys and boot-blacks.
liinderpcst is what s the matter
with the cattle about Peoria, Ills.
Early to bed aud early to ji-e, will
j all be in vain if you don't advertise.
Spelling.
A man of long experience in teach
ing declares that all the perfect
spellers are made before the3 are 10
3ears old. Even if this is true, it
should not discourage au3 one in
tr3ing to improve his orthography,
though one may have passed that
age in ignorance of the spelling-book
and the dietionar3. Yesterday af
ternoon a half dozen eminent men,
presidents of colleges and academies,
ministers of the Gospel and writers
for the press, in an after-dinner talk
discussed this subject in a most in
teresting manner. " I keej a list,"
said one, " of the words that are
spelled wrong in letters addressed to
me in my official capacity-; by aud by
I shall publish it. Correct spelling
is the exception and not the rule.
Bishop told me that the spelling
of many of the ministers, even those
who are graduates of literary institu
tions is ubsoluteh disgraceful." At
this a professor from Evanston
pulled a list of words from one of
his pockets aud began to test the ca
pacities of those present. He offers
a cojn of Webster's Unabridged to
anv student who at sight will spell
and pronounce correcth- the -iOO
word?; on that list.
Whether or not the Tribune de
serves the credit of educating its
readers up to a standard in this par
ticular, the fact is that the large ma
jority of letters received In- this de
partment are legiblv written and cor
rect I3- spelled. Mam a page of beau
tiful writing and faultless spelling
reaches us, in which the writer com
plains that he or she has had 011I3
the advantages of district schools,
but let all such remember that small
opportunities well improved are in
finitely more telling in their results
than ample opportunities slighted,
that it is better to know a little thor
oughly than a great deal superficial
ly. But this is a digression. The
next da3 one of these gentlemen
wrote out for us the outline of a pow
erful discourse he had just delivered
and spelled the word visibly with an
a in the place of the second i. Twice
he has been all over Europe; he
reads Greek. Latin aud German: but
can't some of the boy-s and girls who
read this column beat him in spell
ing visibly? To your spelling-books
and dictionaries children, and learn
exactH how to spell eveiy word 3 0U
speak or hear spoken. The old
spelling-matches that were in vogue
twenty'-live 3-oars ago ought to be re
vived all over the country and be
entered into heartily by everybody,
old and 3-oung, until this wretched
inability to place letters properW in
words is the exception and not the
rule. A'. 1". Tribune.
3 1 1-: use rr a tin s a Pautiai.ey Disown
ed Man. The average Briton is not
generally credited with a strong at
tachment to theories. lie is not suf
ficiently mercurial to risk his life for
the vindication of a theory or propa
gation of an idea. But one of them
has been found, who risked his life
to teach others a method of preserv
ing it. It was one Professor White,
champion swimmer, who consented
to drown himself in order that his
theorv of resuscitation might be
tested for the benefit of the London
Humane Society, who were present
to witness the experiment. After
aying down certain rules for holding
a
drowning man in the water, he
plunged iuto tho river the Serpen
tine, probably in Hyde Park and
remained under water long enough
to be partially drowned. His son
then dived after him arid brought
him to the surface in an appareutly
lifeless condition, adhering strictly
to the principals laid down b3 his
parent. The breathless body was
then turned over to one of the Hu
mane Society's officers and put
through the course of treatment rec
ommended. The Society had the
satisfaction of seeing Mr. White re
vive, and in a short time return to
the water without apparent unpleas
ant conseuucnccs, thus proving his
theory by illustration at the risk of
death. Such experiments with hu
man life are not altogether worthy
of repetition, but the purpose served
was so single and humane that the
Society should at least add one more
medal to those worn by the daring
swimmer.
shotguns, i-c, were f reel 3 allowed
as companions of his amusements;
but as his cousins were as fond of
water as so m ny ducks, he was re
quested to shun the boat which his
cousins were wont to use in their
aquatic excursions. lie promised
faithfully, like the dutiful lad he is,
and departed rejoicing. A recent
letter to his father graphically de
scribes various excursions and the
"good times" he had enjoyed, among
tne very last, one 111 wiucli the cous
ins had desired to visit the Ohio
shore. "The went over in the boat,"
writes the boy, "but I remembered
your wishes in that respect, anl so
swam the rtrer.'" It is understood
that the next mail announced to the
youngster that the embargo on the
boat had been removed. Harjtcr's
Jfajazine.
What is a Darling? An exchange
answers this question in the follow
ing delicious st3le:
It is the dear'little bright creature
who meets one on the door stet ;
who flings her fair arms around one's
neck, and kisses one with her whole
soul of love; who seizes one's hat;
who relieves one of one's coat; and
arranges the tea and toast so prettily;
who ulaees her elfish form at the
piauo and warbles forth unsolicited, j
such dilicious songs, who cast her- j
self at one's foot-stool and asks her 1
eager unheard of questions, with j
such bright e3es and flushing face,
and on whose gloss3 curls one places j
one's hands and breathes "God bless ;
I her!" as the fairy form departs.
NO. i.
The Simple Truth About iA.uisiaua.
We know of no case of 'armed re-
sistance to an established Govern
ment in modern, times, remarks the
Nation, in which the insurgents-had
more plainly the right on their side.
We know of no mark of justifebility
in a revolutionary movement, except
one, which the Louisiana movement
did not possess.
The existing Government hod its
origin in fraud and violence; the
question of its validitj had been
passed on b3 a competent and impar
tial tribunal and decided in the' neg
ative. The evils it inflicted on the
countiy were, if indefinitely pro
tracted, intolerable; and that they
would be indefinitely protracted
there was fair reason for believing.
Appeal for redress from the outside
had elicited neither sympathy nor
response. Had that same state of
facts arisen in London, or Paris, or
Xew York, or Boston, there is no
candid or impartial person, no lover
of order and progress, at the XTortl
who would make use of any argu
ment against a report to force except
the improbabilit3r of success.- Un
fortunately for the Louisiana people,
they cannot succeed. G
Their situation is absolutely with
out precedent. They are not in the
clutches of a tyrant who while he op
presses with a strong hand, preserves,
order and equality aud secuiity
They are the victims of a baud of
wretched thieves, who could not
themselves hold the government for
a single hour, who can fulfil no duty
of government, but who are kept in
their jdaces by overwhelming force
from without. We can recall no
parallel to the situation except tho
support given by tUo Austrians to
the pett3 princes of Italy before 1850;
but it is an insult to the Grand Duke,
of Tuscany, or Parma and Modena,
or even King Bomba, to compare
him to Kellogg; and we are bound
to say that we do not believe that in
seventy 3-ears of odious t3rann3 and
interferance in Italy, flie Austrian
troops ever marched oti so bad and
despicable an errand as that on which
the army and navy of the United
States were set in motion recently.
Exenan'e.
The PiEPfBLic. Here is what the
Chicago Tribune says of the Republi
can organ of Xew York:
The first number of tho new Re
pulican daily paper of Xew Y'ork
The. Republic made its first appear
ance, according to promise, Monday
morning. It frankly declares that
its chief raison d'etre is to give tho
Administration an unqualified sup
port, after which it proposes to enter
the competing ramifications of mod
ern journalism. If its purposes had
changed positions, and the news had
been given the first plftce with tho
support of the Administration as
soeondarj, the outlook would have
been better. As it is, the first num
ber looks as though it had been issu
ed before the managers had got "a
good readv," though there are indi
cation of an intention to gather the
news of this continent in preference
to the news of Europe, Asia and Af
rica, in which respect it ma3 set its
Xew Y'ork contemporaries a good ex
ample. It is said, on the one hand,
that the paper is backed by plent3r
of money and influence; on the oth
er, that its existence will be largely
determined by the results of the fall
elections, and that, in the event of a
successful issue for the Republicans,
it will attach itself to tho fortunes of
Gen. Grant for a third term. In any
event its managers "will be sure to
discover that newspaper success de
pends upon newspaper enterprise
and abilit3', and not npon organ
grinding. Meanwhile, the paper has
been received in Xew York without
airy particular malice, and wo wish
it all the success it ms3 rightfully
earn.
Seven Wondeks. The seven won-
-1
uers 01 a. youiiir iauv uif .
1. Keeping her accounts in prcf-O
erence to her album.
2. Generously praising the attrac
tions of that " affectionate creature,'
who always cuts her out.
3. Xot ridiculing the man she se
cretly prefers; not quizzing what
she seriously admires;
1. Xot changing her " dear, dear
friend"' quarterly, or her dress three
times a day.
0. Reading a riovel without look
ing at the third volume first; nor
writing a letter without a postscript:
or wearing shoes that are not "a mile
too big for her."
0. Seeing a baby without rushing
immediately to it and kissing it.
7. Cann ing a large boquet to
evening party and omitting to
her partner " if he understands
language of, flowers."
au
ask
tho
Wants the Tacks. This is tho
wav a much-bothered exchange puts
it: The voting man who came into
this office this morning, sat down on
a box, and then bounced up with a
yell and fied like one bewitched, is
requested to return four brass-tacks
that were on the box when ho took
his seat. X'o questions will bo asked
we understand all; but wo want
those tacks we have use for them.
The box is especially devoted to tho
parties who not onlV read our ex
changes, but spirit them away, and
the tacks are what we depend on for
excitement.
The most careful woman we ever
heard of is the old lady who never
blows her nose for fear of breaking
a vessel.
Xothing short, of cremation will
stop those Brooklyn scandal makers
and mongers. They will get it too,
bv and by. Tlie Interior.
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reviews.
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