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IiiJifiVroiic? in Tojiiics.
Grai: ting1 that it is not necessary
that the entire voting clement of this
countrv be absolute working, politi-
cinps, is that any reason why people
should .jibsent themselves from the
polls entirely, ignoring their own
best interests, and refraining to give
utterance to thei? heart's voices and
liouest convictions? People say that
the tracks are so crooked on which
politics are wCw1 run, that no man
desiring safety to his reputation can
allow his name to come before the
people as a candidate- fr public
ofllce. If this be true, upon whom,5D
rra
pray.fis t'ue b'ame to fall? "Why,
upon tlioso apathetic voters, who
keep away from the polls, eschewing
prima.rb-3 ayd caucuses, and allowing
o the making of tickets, platforms, and
parties to fall into ihe hands of iu
competent ,an many tiiaes nnscrniu
lous men. If we mistake not, it was
Addfton who wrote thut .-.tilling ap
ical in the 1'iv.t itor, to the good men
of two contending parties to unite
or the overthrow of the knaves, vLo
2;ad crept into j'ower during tlie im
mobility of the Le tter classes. We
can scarcely dare to ask this much,
for there are good men in both of
the great parties, men who consci
entiously hold certain principles,
ami wiio truly think that through
the medium of their party is the Ile
pub'icl? only salvation men, in u
woiil, who would .saeriliee anything
rather than their honest "on vietions.
t'-onseqiu-ntly, we do not ask these
cMe:i fojan a I u-tcrim relinquishment
of thdr principles. All we desire is
that the gocd Democrats and good
llepublii- ins take control of their r?
spective parties. Politics will then
be elev!it"d to the height to which
the sei"!KO of governing freeman is
!ysorving.0 We as
them to exhibit i
a Jively iii teres t in th
our instititions, and
s workings of
to be readv
with their suffrages
and influences
forcv.Ti.it they honestly think the
best i"siiiiM:e for the nation. We have
more t fear frJm tl;e inactivity Cf
the better classes thuu from the eor
rnptiiiti of the officeholders. The
lethargy of our good men is a tacit
endorse in :-u t (f the official rascalities.
"While the early llomans jealously
watched their liberties, the "Eternal
City", was th capital of the world;
when woaith and its attendant iudif
feicenej crept in, "llonie was no
more Homo than a foul dungeon."
Is it any, Wonder that villainy is ram- i
pant in t'i land when our best peo
ple (to v.'.iom our lower classes look
for patriotism, alii amonj whom for
leaders) stay at homo, with utter
unconcern as to the fate of the na
tion? If nothing -else, give us the
example of your pivsence, and show
ait least J hat you are filled with hon
est desire. The ohl beggar who
dim pes up to the polls to cast hi.
ballet, showes more true love of
country than a thousand st.vy-at-homu
tax-payers. The strength of
these indifferent people, if brought
into working power, can scarcely
le credited. The now great parties
lwo;iId he pigiuiW in comparison.
Unt the other day a dispatch of the
following purport was received in
Portland from New York: "The
Tri' 'c claims that the Democratic
rparty was beaten ia Ttieday's elec-
tion by inflation, as the Republicans
were a year ago by Giantism and
third term. Tho two elections prove
the existence of an independent
vota with power and intelligence to
dictate5 the result in tlie Presidential
election next yea r" True, the strength
c-jts, but it is in a state of inertia,
and wihi have some propelling Jforee
-to make manifest . it latent power.
Do not say that "orv- littlo vote can
not stem the great ii l1." Many and
"many a time has th" '"ballot of one
man changed the whole face of af
fairs and perhaps tho f.ite of nations'
A single vote made Jefferson Presi
dent of tlie United States! His elec
tion depended on too Statt of New
York. The Legislature of the State
under a former provision of the Coiis
stitutioa named the electors who
should vote for tho President. The
city of New York sent the Assembly
man whose vote decided the political
complexion of the electors in Jeffer
son's favor. This man was elected
by a majority of one vote. One vote
decided the Governorship of Massa
chusetts when Marcus Mortomwas
elected. The popular vote cast was
alyout 100,000. One vote elected
' William Allen to Congress m lS'.H,
r.nd one vote subsequently made him
U. S. Senator. One voto seut Thos.
Ewiug to the U. S. Senate, aud his
vote there gave t ho presiding officer
an opportunity to cast the deciding
voto against the confirmation of Mar
tin Van IVaren us Minister to R:ig
layd. This made Van Buren the
most popular man of his party, and
soon after made him President of the
United States. Only in the last elec-
tion in California, Solano county,
was carried by tho Democratic party
by one vote. Hundreds of simila?
instances might be cited, all tending
to prove tho one fundamental doo-
iri..uf tl1.Wi...T.l.r
inrrtnn m-.mitv in th:s State, with
twelve, hundred odd voters, jolled
l-jsi man nan max numuer at iue
recent Congressional election. If
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there are people so little interested
in the ate of onr country-as to allew
j aii election to go, as - it were, by de
fault they should lie disfranchised,',
and treated as beyond the pale of. the
ltepublio's protection. Surely, for
people who take no interest in.tbe
i , A. .L . ' ;:, -1
faro of the uation.it cannot ba j
wei
expected that the country wi
peril or sacrifice itself!
The Imprisonment of Ilia Boys.
The Oreooiiiati has the' folio wing
! sensible remarks ina regard t'o the i
f. - - ' ' 1 TA I
boys who have been sent to the Peni
tentiary: ;. -0' " ' '.'
"Four little bojs were seiit from
Portland to the Stats Pern tenfiary
last week, to sorye a term for-felony.
The oldest Of these' lads' is; aoder
fifteen and the youngest under 'ten
vears of. ae. Ao5 ybt, .youpgr as
they are, thc-y.fl.re "not sent op . for
their first oeose,- nor. fbv the eeoond,
They lu.ve aji)ecu "before the' Police
Court several times, for offenses, of
lesser magnitude., and -sorae, if not
all of the.m have served put term's
of imprisonment in the county jail
of this coujlfy. Tbey have been .&d
monishod by the Police" Jndg, re
monstrated with by the peace-oiScers
and by gen tldmsn .interested iu .sav
ing theel frpm the end. to which they
have come; but admonition a-ud re
monstrance hava been alike ittiavail
ing. At last they have corn to the
point to w)iicsh hoodlumism leads.
From the potty offenses of, children,
tLey went Qfit step b' Step, till, in
the tenijer ajjoof children, they com
mit tPd the crimes of men, and now
they are sytr?riug the penalty which
men suffer who commit sack crimes
as make it necessary to c.on&ne them
in the State prusou. "With hair cut
short, and dressed in. the .livery of
disgrace, they enter vpon the stage
of life.
"It does cot- se'sni to be jnst the
thing to stinrt such children to such
confinement. Human nature, unad-
vised of the facts except of the one
fact that thev are children revolts
-revolts
nature !
: facts' !
at the idea, liufc human
when possessed of all the
ceases to revolt, and says it is right.
Efforts were made to restrain these
young Criminals by' every means at
eommaftd, and when ptlast Iho clos
ing suene came and. the sentence was
pry jounced "rvhich consigned them
to felons eadhi, to hatd labor and dis
grace, a last uffovt was made to have
one, at least, of them pardoned out
and put ifndtir such restraint as
would render it impossible for him
to continue hi- criminal coarse.
Jvervthuig failed, and all5 the chil-
dren were carried off" together.
"Hero is a lesson for parents and
for children. lb h? now demonstrated
that boythat uommit crimes will be
punished. It is now proved that
courts and juries will do their duty,
and that the feeliug3 of pity which
all have for children, will not stand
between the law and the. youthful
rogue. Hoys may learn from this
what toexpect if they disregard the
in-trnction of parents," and parents
may see what their children will
come to if permitted to ruu into
vicious courses, if is to be hoped
this lesson will not bo lost.
"It Vi no? likely all these' four
boys were worse by 'nature than
nianj' who have escaped the punish
ment they are receiving. It is not
llkely;they were all so predisposed
byC nature to crime that they could
j not have been so trailed as to mako
them respectable and useful mem
bers of society. But one fell into
evil ways and drew others after him.
At first it was one, then two, then
others were drawn in, and at last the
four go together to prison, leaving
behind them more, who will soon
meet them in the penitentiary, un
less they abandon the courses they
are now pursuing. It is the cor
i upting influence of evil association
that has brought these boy to where
they are. It is well they have gone,
for they would only have led. other
boys into the same mode of life if
they had been turned loose. It will
be well for the community when the
next lot go, unless the cases of these
lads shall deter the others from com
mitting crimes. If this is the only'
way for the community to be pro
tected against the corrupting influ
ence of these depraved children, let
them all bo confined in the peniten
tiarv." We fully endorse the following
from the St. Paul Press and recom
mend it, as practical advice, to the
voters of Oregon: "Ask yourself
with regard to every candidate on
your ticket, is tie capable? Is he
honest? and if you have a doubt on
w ouujcui, beraicn out uis
name
and substitute thereon the name of a
man with regard to whom there is
not a shadow cf doubt. Let the
b" n'r, - f lfUi ' hM
been guilty 01 endorsing a rnVnA "
j When we all learn to follow our own
j better judgment and convictions of
j right, and vote for men instead of
j party, then, and not till then, 'will
j we seea reform in the administration
of public uffairs, TlrU the orlv
.' way that we can convince politician
; that something more than the en-
, .WnK. .6, conventioo o politi-
fni1riu J-i t,; 11'.'
. election of a candidatehe must be
one wuose cLa-acter for Iionesty is
j beyond suspicion.
Tha KcfbrntSchool Agaiii. ;
. yv ."fear, despite sill the efforts of
the gbod rh&h of -Portland,' that the
attenVpt to establish a ' reform school
in ovii- State, will at least for the
present, prove ' n ; failure. The great
dilSonlty in. the way seems to be that
-.. y. ; J. , .
to estaojisn ana support sucu an ln
stifcotion thiUQ can be raised in any
dnfr o'orint " alone, while, conld the
wTjole'State be thoroughly canvassed
by those -who have the matter most
at hoaxt, and are. prepared to demon
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strate an4 rove its necessity, there
wotild -be no danger of its ultimate
sue-eese. .2To'w is the time to work
wh&a there- have just been sent a
batch of .little boys, the youngest but
nineyears of age", to the penitentiary,
to serve bat terms, side by side with
the' most . iuirdened wretches that
have ever cursed society. To be sure,
the example will be a lesson to others,
and was, "under the circumstances,
an unavoidable necessity. But does
not our nature revolt at the idea of
such a necessity in this age of pro
gress and civilization? We are in
formed, young as these boys are, this
is not the first time they havo been
placed behind the prison bars as a
punishment, so we cannot reasonably
expect the penitentiary to exert over
them a reformatory influence which
those philanthropic institutions, the
city and county jails of Portland,
failed to do. Judging the future by
the past, we have no reason to sup
pose the boys are going to be im
proved by a term in the State prison, j
We send'them there for punishment, i
like old offenders as they are, then !
turn tbem out again, as we have done !
before, to prey upon society. Would j
it not be better a more humane j
p'au, too to have them exf cuted at j
once? Are we now to say to the !
world, by letting this matter fall to
the ground, that Oregon is too poor
to have a reform school ?
Better the '
subject had never been broached than !
that such an. impression should be i
allowed to fret abroad. Our citizens !
"uoweu lo &et ;unu,iu. vur emz;en
1)ave "l.vays responded liberally to j
tlie calIs for au for every -worthy en- i
terprise, and wo believe now, could i
a favorable plan belayed before them, j dearest. No additional mouey that
they would not bo long in making j i Piid to a good teacher in ever lost
up the necessary funds for the estab- or thrown away. As far as possible,
lishment of this humane institution. the same teacher should be employed
The following, which we clip from i from year to year. Nothing is more
the Oreyonittn, seems the most pr tc- i detrimental to the real progress of
ticable of anything we have been, ('pupils than a frequent change 'of
and we are ready to welcome any plan teachers. Children w ho are atvus
which can be carried out, so it is an j tomed to the .same teacher can ahviiyri
improvement on our present system : ' mako Ur better progress with t!u ir
Let there be a reform schoolorgan- studios than with a stranger, and the
ized as a part of the State penitenti- j teacher can also do them far better
ary a reform school department, j jastiee. When a teacher is employed
We see no considerable objection to ; . i ..t i i n . i :
, , t -. J the parents should do ail in their
such a plan, while it possesses many 1 .
advantages. It would be entirely l,owor to uphold hi ; hands in the
safe. The young criminals would be j government of his school. Unless
as completely shut out from socio- j iie is backed bv their moral support,
of their keeper, as could be desired
The expense would be but a trifle, as
the State owns tho grounds and per
haps all the buildings necessary for
a long time, and would" add nothing i
to the guarding force about the pris
on. There would have to be about
two employes immediately connected
with the care of the children, and
these could be got at a compensation
not exceeding $1,200 each per year.
Let this subject have careful consid
eration. It has been spoken of favor
able by some of our citizens, who
hae taken an active interest in the
subject of preventing juvenile crime,
and, we are persuaded, it will be the
more favorably received generally,
the more it is studied.
Irayer-5leetlngs.
The noon day prayer meetings
which were given, in Allen's dance
cellar in New York, are said to have
produced much good.. Allen him
self, at one time known as "the wick
edest man in New York," is said to"
have been thoroughly converted, aud
now is engaged, like tho ex-English
prize-fighter, Beudigo, in spreading
the good work among his own and
lower classes. Business men in New
lork City to this day attend the once
resort of vice as regularly as the
priest reads his breviary. The effi
cacy of prayer in this place is said to
have been, on numerous occasions,
most fully demonstrated.
From a correspondent we learn
that during the noon prayer meeting
of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation at Portland, a well known
gambler arose, and drawing Uom
his pocket an elegantly made card
box, said: "I want to be a Christiau,"
handing at the same time Ihe card
box to a member of the Association,
"audi want, you to take, this and
remember me in your prayers." He
then took two packs of cards from
his pockets and gave one to General
Howard and one to Rev. Mr. Chatin,
Secretary of the Association'. "As
these implements of vice were given
up, accompanied by earnest", pathetic
words mnnv in i)o rnnm iriru rvn-n-r!
j to tears. And we have no doubt but
j there was that rejoicing iu Heaven
whioh the Oooj B ,,Iv- tells ns come3
I from tho'roturn of a con-
frit inn
Tr
1 T MaKE Imp"ovemext. The
; liari tlmQS have nnw lasted two full
; yeai'9" " 1"US d jt a change we
, U'nst v?OJ't nore t'"- we import,
Ca:lfi6 our t''w:noe, ami have a
sctt!tnl onetary basis. ' ;
' The VTV. 7.."
j Lonan llTl'C
1
j (SI 000) for the be-
QtlCJd I 1 '
essay on. Code
of International Law. There were
twenty-nine competitors for the prize.
rublic Schools.
After having made a very general
tour through this county, in visiting
its schools, it may not be amiss to
speak of their present condition, and
to make some suggestions in regard
to them. The interest in these
schools is very considerable, still, in
many places,0 not so much so as it
should be, jadgiug from the length
of the schools which they have each
year, of the condition of the school
buildings, and of their furniture.
In a few distiicts there are very good
school buildings and well furnished,
such as would do credit to any peo
ple like circumstanced. They are
also willing to bo taxed so as to sup
port a school eight or nine months
in the year, and to pay a fair salary
for the services of a good teacher;
but while this is the case with a few,
it is not so with all, not even the
major r.ivt. In too many districts
every, attempt at taxation is voted
down, teachers are secured at the
very smallest wages possible, and
the school buildings are allowed
to go to rack and ruin for want of
the needed repairs. Doubtless much
of this is owing to the limited means
which many possess, but still I be
lieve that if the people only thought
so, there would bo no difficulty in
securing at least a six months' school
every year, and of having good
school buildings well furnished. No
district ought to be satisfied with
only a three months' school during
the year. A school of that length
" s mut--" time and money
thrown away, for nearly all children
forget iu the nine months that
they are out of school what they had
learned in the three. Children only
jnt begiu to learn how to study at
the end of three months. And when
they are only learning how each
year it is easy to see how little they
will know. But not only should an
effort be made to secure more than a
three months' school, there should
ftl be an .effort made to secure the
best teachers. And this can only be
.v.-.j. v u vm
done by offering a good salary.
this, as in all other things,
In
the.
cheapest article is commonly the
W - V V V 1. V -All. -".Wil.
room he must be supreme, and any
interference with his rules and regu
lations is destructive of all that can
make his school of benefit to their
children. If at any time it is thought
that there is good reason for com
plaint, then the teacher should be
seen in person, and that without the
knowledge of their children. There
is nothing so utterly ruinous to chil
dren as believing them to be perfect,
giving a Toady credence to all their
complaints against their teacher, and
letting them know that .you do so.
Tlie teacher has a hard lot at best,
and ho ought to be supported and
encouraged in every possible way,
by the patrons of the school.
I notice that the furniture, in many
of the school houses is not wdiat it
ought to be. In order to promote
good government and the comfort of
the children, the desk i ought to be
of such a size as not to accommodate
more than two pupils, and tlie seats
should be of different distances from
the floor, so that all the children
may rest their feet upon it. There
is nothing so cruel as to require little
children to sit still all day long in the
school-room with their feet dangling.
Let older persons try it for a little
.while, and they would soon find how
very uncomfortable is such a posi
tion. There should be in every school
room good blackboards. A teacher's
success is very dependent upon their
aid. The more he can present any
subject before the sight of a child,
the more clearly and intelligently
will it be made known to him. What
a child sees he generally remembers
and understands far better than what
he simply commits to memory out of
the text book.
Regularity in attendance at school
is a matter of the very first impor
tance, and yet we fear that many fail
to realize it. They allow the:r chil
dren to be absent on the slightest
provocation, not thinking for a mo
ment that such absence, if but for
one day, may interfere very materi
ally with their progress. And yet
such h very often tlie case. Absence
from a single recitation may prove
of untold inconvenience and trouble
to the child. A connecting link may
thus be lost which makes all that fol
lows dark and unintelligible.
In some districts there seems to be
a habit of using the public funds a
year in advance of the time for wtioh
they are drawn. This, while done
no doubt with the best intentions, is
clearly an injustioe and wrong. It
is not difficult to see that the ohii
dren whodraw the money are often
times not the children who receive
the benefit of it. A family of ohil
dren, for instances come into a dis
trict, and draw the pro-rata of the
public fund. but that which they draw
must be Spent in paying for the school
taught the 'previous year, and thus
they 'are deprived of that which in
all right and justice belongs to them.
We hope that the mere statement of
I this wroner is sufficient to lead to its
T. ! i'?z
ueing reenneu.
J. W. S ELI. WOOD,
C&unty School Superintendent.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LTRRARYl
Xews of the Wreck.
Three bodies and two trunks have
been picked up by the Gussie Tel
fair and the Oliver WTolcott. One
of the bodies is George Vining of
Puyallnp, and another supposed to
be Mrs. Lawson of Victoria. The
Wolcott has taken Iudians and ca
noes to search along the shore.
Neil O. Henley, the quartermaster
saved by the Wolcott, says the sec
ond mate told him that he thought
the mate, with eight of the crew in a
boat, got clear of the ship. They
may be lizard from yet.
His statement substantiates' Jel
ly's story that tlie loss of the Pacific
was tlie result of a collision. Of the
eight who were on the raft originally
with him, he was tlie sole survivor.
His cries attracted the attention of
the passengers of a passing steamer,
and a boat being lowered, he was
saved.
Tlie Oliver Wolcott steaming up
Barclay Sound, the first Indian vil
lage was hailed, ,and a canoe came off
containing a wh'ite man, -who came
aboard and introduced himself as the
first mate of the ship Orpheus. He
stated that he had been run into
the Thursday night previous by a
steamer, and was wrecked on the-fol-lowing
Saturday morning on an is
land near by Copper Island. The
captain and crew had got ashore
safely, and were encamped further
up. Proceeding in the direction in
dicated, another canoe iqiproachcd,
in which was Captain Sawyer of the
ship Orpheus. He gave the follow
ing account of the disaster: On
Thursday evening he was approach
ing the Cape, andwas by his reckon
ing, about twenty miles off, with a
fresli southeast breeze, steering
.about northwest before the wind.
His man at the wheel first saw the
steamer's head light off the port bow,
and then immediately after straight
ahead. He conld se neither of her
side lights, and eould not make out
which direction she was coming.
He put his helm ararboard and
turned his ship's heal off shore.
The steamer, by this time, had got
very near him, arid blew one whistle,
and in less than half a minute after,
her bow struck his vessel a glancing
blow just abaft the fore chains,
crushing in the rail and breaking his
phmldng down to near the copper.
She surged alongside of her, strik
ing and grating along his starboard
side, carrying away all his starboard
braces and jigging on that side nnd
also his foretop mast and topgallant
ma-t. Capt. Sawer states he hailed
the steamer as she surged past and
called to them to lay by him, ami
send him a boat, as he th.n supposed
his ship to be in a sinking condition,
but no one answered his hail, nei
ther did- he see any one oii her deck.
She drifted or steamed away, he was
not certain which.- and he afterwards
saw-a llash lijrht, which he took for
asicrnalat that time they had heard
! his hail and would Ivy by him. lie
i saw her no more, and his ship
. tion. lie l.tv to the remainder of
that night and nearly all day Friday
repairing his rig.-riug, and that after
noon got under wny und again made
"ail for the land, allowing for two
knots north
)itlu-rly set off the current
o.Mtioii, frmu which he bad
, ci t i i
re to. Soon after danc he
for Lis po
first hov
made a light, which lie took for Cape
Flattery, not knowing that thre was
a lijcrht on the coast farther north,
nor did his latest sailing make note
of any. He allowed five miles clear
ance for Duncan rock and .consider
ed himself safe after entering the
straits of Fnca. w hen about 5. o'clock
Saturday morning, his ship scraped
over a reef, and immediately after
struck her bow on a rock, stnolr fast
and filled. Tlie. light he mistook for
Flattery is on Cape Beale, the en
trance to Barclay Sound, 35 miles
north of the former. How the ship
escaped dangers" passed before she
struck is a mystery to all who have
examined tho admiralty chart of
Barclay Sourwl. The ship will prove
a. total loss. Capt. Sawyer got all
the valuables lie could out of her,
and encamped on tlie shore with his
wife and crew in tents made of her
sails. He had hired a canoa from
the Indians and started his mate to
Victoria for help, but the weather
was so bad that tho Indian's would
not venture out on .the" voyage, so
they were found when the Walcott
arrived. Lieut. Havwood took them
aboard his vessel with the most val
uable portion of tho goods saved,
leaving the 6rst mate of the Orpheus
in charge of the wreck until her own
ers could be consulted. All were
landed safely at Port Townsend on
Friday morning. Nothing ' was
heard or seen in Barclay Sound of
anything pertaining to the unfor
tunate Pacific. Too much praise
cannot be given to Capt. llarwood
and the other .officers and crew of the
revenue cutter Wolcott for then
energy and activity shown on the oc
casion, und also to Peter Thompson,
a pilct, who volunteered his service!
as h j was well acquainted with the
shores of Vancouver Island and the
surroundings of the Straits of Fnca,
and also to Mr. Huntington, the In
dian agent at Neah Bay reservation,
and, in fact, all with whom we came
in contact.
Capt. llarwood and Pilot Peter
Thompson went to the wreck of the
Orpheus and examined it carefully.
They say that the ship was undoubt
edly struck by the steamer, just
abaft the forward riprprinpr.
Advance Wak-sixg. The Oregon
ian and some other papers of the
State are consulting their Lloyds
Ptcgister, and now that tho Pacific
has gone to the bottom of tho sea,
bravely announcing to the public
that for near ten years she has been
rated A 2, and saying that they knew
she was unfit for passenger carrying.
If they know so, why did they not
warn the people before the disaster?
Gentlemen, please look at your
Lloyds again, and tell us how many
more of theso coasting stitnerS are
rated A 2, and unfit for use, aud do
it before they go to the bottom. It
might save some few lives theso
stormy times. Speak out.
In the W. T. Legislature, theill
prohibiting the sale of liquors on
"TiV . , ' "W13, amended so that it
y.i u.ji ue niegai to open the saloon i
after the polls have been closed
after which the bill was passed.
ItTER f K03I NEW YOltK.
. -.Fto-m Onr Xlcguiar Gorrcsr-ondcnt. s
' Neav.Ybk;Nov. 3, 1S75.
' Tamilian j Hall vas yesterday badly
defeatetl'.by .the. coalition formed by
the union' of the' ! 'shof t-hair" Demo
crats ud'.ihe'. Republicans., The
action of the. Republfcar s was char
acterized by. theii1 .usiiaV willingness
to sell out" to ".the 'highest bidder.
They have" a 'habit in'ttli'is city of sell
ing their birthrjght .for a mess of
pottage, eating the-pottage and repu
diating the Sale. Polities makes
strange bed-fellows, and the party
represented by thS Times, who were
so loud in their cries against the ring
of Tweed, as soon. as. Tammany makes
a movement of reul reform, by casting
out all w ho were connected with that
riug, unites with tho supporters of
those cast oat in returning them to
office. John K.. Hackett is the prin
cipal criminal 'judge in this city, and
is called "Becorder.". ".He "is the in
timate friend of Geo. Barnard, who
was judge and. was impched, ex
Mayor Ha-11, of. riug notoriety, who
escap.ed. punishment through Hack
elt's iufetramentalityi and indeed has
been hand in glor with all theiug.
On the downfall of that po-wer, Hall
was put on trial '.with the others.
Garvin was the' ring. District Attor
ney, but the ca3es were conducted
for the people -by "Wheeler H. Peck
ham & O'Conor. As the trial pro
gressed things began to look 'very
dark for Hall, so Garvin, on th last
day of his term of office, and without
notica to Peckham & O'Conor, waiv
ed a nolle prosequi, as ftgainst Hall,
which motion Hackett grantud, and
ante-dated it five days, so as to pre1
vent an interview. This, and taking
fees as counsel for the city at the
same time he was liecordt-r, to the'
extent of $21,000, and suspending
sentence in cases of nearly 200 con
victed criminals, made his nomina
tion slightly obnoxious to honest
people. However, he rah on the
"high wages" ticket, and as the Ke
publicaus wanted to i-e-elecb their
District Attorney, Phelps, and voted
for Democrats for nearly every coun
ty office, tlie anti-lummany, qwou
dam Tweed party carried the duy r-''""' '""" c-.o.u?
, . . . . . - 000; Prem una on loans and sales of
wuh pretty fair majorities. Morns- goIJf $pj2,000,000. The stringer
sey is State Senator, and it is hoped j execution of the lawa pertaining to
ho will act in accordance with the j the collection of faxes on disiiikj
wi-hes of the republicans who voted 1 SP";3 is commended as tho sure-it
. ,--., r -it- .-ii u i gnard against the " commission of
for him. As the Legislature will be . ..llul, uX C0lt:lill ninemWl;ts ,n
! of that party, perhaps he will be per-
i untied to set up a faro tabiemone.'
j of tho lobbies at Albany. The elec
j tion passed off very quietly, the hard
j times preventing any reckless "trcat-
ing," aud the saloons" did a .smaller
j business than usual.
In the State, tho Demoonitd have
probablv carried the general tiokwt,
... ... ,- - A,
WhiCii is a vindication of Governor
I .
xnuea ana ms reiorin.s, ana is a
death-blow to inflation . Indeed that
party has received- several death
blows among tlie eleven States that
held elections yesterday. It. is that
tuonght that alone makes endurable
the election of Hartraaft and his cor
rupt crowd injPennsylvania.
A curious aud rather unusual oc
currence was tho Loiding in Brook
lyn of a mammoth prayer meeting
by tho evangelists, Moody and San
kay. They have, been successful in
that towu beyond the most sanguine
expectations, having received efhe
hearty co-oparation of the5miuisters
of. all denominations: Their audi
ences have not t'yily filled the im
mense l'iink in which their meetings
are Leld, but .several auxiliary meet
ings have had to be started in neigh
boring churches, conducted bytheir
re-spectivo pastors, and to wlych
Sankey would make short visits,
singing his wonderfully inspiring
Stg. ... . ll.
t Or-
The following bills have been ap
proved by the Governor oj Washing
ton Territory: Disposal "of lots at
Vancouver, sale to persons; sale of
liquors on election days; for relief of
G. II. White; to protect deer iu
Island county- to improve roads in
Pierce, King and Cowlitz; construc
tion of ditches and drains; to onfer
jurisdiction in Snohomish district
court; defining' vagrancy; defining
nuisance; defining boundaries Whit
man county; Seattle charter; amend
ing Walla Walla charter; quartz
mining; sale of egprs b.y weight; fire
engine at Walla Walla: election of
officers in new counties; ho law in
Snohomish; organizing Columbia
county; sheep Jaw in San Juan; per
mitting J. M. Whitman and wife to
adopt children; to prevent contagion
among domestic animals; sheriff to
Klikitat; to protect game; notaries;
liog law in Thurston, Cowlitz and
Islarul counties; to amend license
law; declaring Spokane navigable;
crimes and puuishments criminal
cases; authorizing Olympia 'to levy
a special tax; subdivision of district?
courts; to paint and fence the capi
tol; to repeal the public printing act
approved 18G3; administrators; titles
to university lands; amending Port
Townsend charter; Territorial war
rants; to form State government.
Hard, horny hands, 'embrowned by
the sun and roughened by labor, are
more-honorable than white ones that
never reached c?ut to help a fellow
creature, or aided a dollar to tho
world's wealth.
Until something can be invented
to takotho pjaoe and do the work of
cloves, without creating suspicion,
we shall consider Yankee ingenuity
wofully incomplete.
The Detroit girls prevent their
lovers from going Lack on them by
them as "my intended
husband."
Cut this receipt out: it
i is believed to be a dead shot.
Donald 3IcKay is keeping store in
Bay City, Cqos county.
a Cat hollo
sionary, was shot m the H.ri.f i.I
nml lvt lu- Aril.,l r"-"una
n i r
chief. He reached Victoria
Rocket, Thursday, and his
are healing.
in tho
wounds
Moody and Sankey, assisted l,v
100 clergymen from vurious church"
continue their reival inBroohha'0
with crowds daily' to hear them.
The coal mine explosion in Bel
gium was more destructive of ljftt
than was at first surmised, and 4
dead have been taken out.
Spain and the Pope are still nesro-
ttiating ami treating, but nothim.
definite has been reached.
Spain has sent 800 more troops to
Cuba, and 500 additional will embark
in a few days.
The Glasgow cottou mills, valued
at 150,000, were burned on the lit.
and 1.200 emplo-ees are left without
work. 0
The Beecher-Loederjierjury caseia
being pressed on.
Another terrible disaster at fea is
reported by the brig Centaur, arrived
at New York, Nov (11th, from Gray
town. Oct. 21 her master took oa
board a Spanish negro, the sole sur
vivor on board the bark Toronto of
Glasgow, which was wrecked neur
Navissa (?), wlieu or how is
known, as the negro was unable to
iell. He simply knew that the bark
eucouutered a violent storm after she
left Navissa, and when driven near
tho shore the Captain ordered all t
the long boat. A sea soon washed
Seven of 'them off aud only seveu
other were then left; in the boat.
They had no provisions and drifted
about for days the rains giving thera
wateraud tlie ouly sustenance all
tht time. At last all jerished ex
cept the. negro, who was insensible "
when found.- He hsl eaten sea weed
and existed on sea birds and fish,
wdiije thus desolate. 'Some of hid
COnipnnions had leaped overboard
insane pchaps. They had scraped
tliv' dirt off the boat's sides for food,
as tlie boat picked up shoCs.0
The steamer Waco buiLed in Gal
veston harbor, had on board oOO
ca.s(-.s petroleum. The vessel had no
right to carry- this oil without the
necessary certificate, and her owners
will bo prosecuted.
Washington, Nov. 11. The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has
completed his very vrdumiijous report-for
t e fiscal j ear, to June DO,
1S75. Tij'C total recipts in tlie Treas
ury, exclusive of notes aral loans ;u-9
thus stated: Cnstcms, $l,l7;),000,(.!.();
Internal Revenue. SIJoB.OMJKjU;
T-: i 5lii'M'ii.I),.i i: . t . i
the law concerning rectifiers aro
suggested, lne total loss to t!
Go eminent by frauds during tho
Inst ten months is cstimatt d at 51,
6T),0U0. There hae been seized 'A
distilleries, o rectifying houses, ai d
fiifty U. S. gaugtis and .store kc.p-as
have been found implicated in ti.o
crooked bnsin ess. Yi in the report it
is manliest that the Govt vmih ut las
a good deal yet to learn and to do ia
tlie solution and j-etth nx nt of ll.o
whisky traffic. High duties had to
; muclt smuggling, and it may be pos
sible that a similar effect is produced
by very stringent legislation on this
subject.
Commissioner Bmdett, of the gen
eral lauil office, will, in Jiis forthcom
ing" report, strongly ra.o:nmeud t!Ct
all timber land oil'vied by the gov
ernment be appraised and thrown
open to purchasers at not less than
their appraised value. Ho is of
opinion that unless they are thus
placed under private guardianship iho
rine-jforestsof the country willsooa he
wantonly exhausted by lumber com
panies and speculat -rs, who are row
stripping the land under cover of
dummy pre-emption entries, or with
out any pretense of accordance v.ith
law, while the government derives
no revenue from its properly, and
the country- sustains almost irrepa
rable damage 'fu.m the sweeping
denudation of large areas of its water
sheds, he will also condemn the prac
tice of extending the system oi sub
division surveys over immense bod
ies of worthless land west 6f the Lun
dreth meridian, and suggest that
only s ich tracts be minutely sur
veyed as have any attractions for
settlers. The recommendation of h;s
predecessor that the pre emption laws
be abolished and the homestead sys
tem be made the only method of ac
quiring title to agricultural lands is
repeated and earnestly urged upon the
attention of Congress. c
Louisville, Ivy., Nov. 13. The
jurv in the case of the United States
vs.'Bill Smart, Geo. Mefiort, John
Owan and Geo. Hall, charged with
conspiracy against the government,
and intimidating Willis Bushel, act
ing U. S. marshal, in the discharge
of his duties, returned a verdict this
morning of guilty as regards Smart
and Meffoi t. Mercy was begged iu
behall of Mtffort, on account of ill
health.
San- Fhancisco. Nov. It. A smart
shock of earthquake occurred at V:5o
this evening. Vibrations were from
east to west. No d mage reported.
Severe shocks of earthquake were
felt at San Diego, DAHahiein, Los
Angeles, and San Bernardino on the
15th inst.
Southern California is having a
copious rainfall.
The production of gold in Mon
tana this year has been very satis-
year
to tho miners
sorinir there has been an average
Snonthly shipment of SIOO.OOU m
dust by Wells, l argo -o., "
that Territory.
Chester P. Harden . indicted for
the murder of Daniel McMalion, was
last week arraigned at Jacksonville,
and will perhaps be tried ere long.
He was carried into court and pre
sented a rather maciated appearance.
Vve learn that there have been two
pool made up of 10,000 and 12.00U
bushels of wheat, respectively, , ny
some of the farmers storing at Lin-
U1U. 1 l ICU"Y,.-tsMits itself
! ,?i0LVIf
k i Ti miii ri i l v nil S'Uu " "
The village of Hubbard's Station,
in Marion county, is improving.
They have a lyceuru, and are about
to start a graded school.
Father Brabant,