CSZGfJ.V, DEC. 3, 1S7j.
The Great Parties ou Finance.
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The political situation is bewilder
ing! v mixed. Democrats are afhl
iating with Republicans ou the one
. hand, an.l Beiublicans embracing
Democrats ou tlio other. At one
moment, these "great parties" re
spectively deny the "rag baby,"
playing baltledoor and shuttlecock
with it iu their attempts to shift the
pin of its origin on one another; and
at the next instant are vying with
each other in landing its praises anl
struggling with one another for its
possession. Tin's question, upon
which party' prejudices now run
highest and about which tho parti
san press is most completely blinded,
-appears to be the rock upon which
two parties will ultimately split.
Itesumptionist among the Democrats
and Ilepuplieans will shake- hands,
while tho inflationists of both par
ties, having "more money" as their
enticing bait, link arms fox the de
struction of tho hard money theorists.
Inflation and resumption are now
about the only ingredients bubbling
in tho political cauldron, and as tho
cm.i is claimed by both parties, it
is as yet difficult to predict whether
the "too many cooks" will serve the
broth with too much inflation salt,
or make- it insipid by a premature
withdrawal of the component relishes.
The Democrats ofj Pennsylvania
and Ohio have unequivocally an-,
nonnced themlvcs as "rnoro money
men, " while many of the oldest and
most influential leaders of the Re
publican party chime in the chorus
and support their old antagonists.
Some in each party, like the Delphic
Oracle, speak occasionally, but in
noncommittal language, trying to
savo themselves and party, like tho
operatic bandit who strives at once
'to accomplish his own and Fra
c3)iavoh's safety. It would seem
that neither party is invhinerabln on
tho subject of currency, each organi
zation having laid itsVlf open to the
ontempt of the people. Tdio Phila
delphia Leiljer, one of the leading
independent papers of the: country,
says:
"There will be in Congress, in
lS75-7t, an inflation party, as there
-was in tho Congress of 1S71-75, but
tllt'lU Will IllMO u till uu i i-i II ll.lt lUll
party, quite as powerful, and backed,
wq think, by a stronger constituency.
No inflation bill can pass, and if it
could it would be vetoed. Congress
will meet in December, and be in
session for six mynths at least. To
those who anticipate and study the
course of events it i,safe to say that,
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notwithstandingll that is said upon
the stump, and all that is written in
thee press, and all that is foretold of
greater inflation there will n, there
can be no such result. If Congress
could agree to such an act, which is
quite impossible0 the President
would not; and if tho President
could, the.JSnpreme Court would de
clare more paper issues, in a time of
peace, unconstitutional."
The Wheat Crop.
0 "We learn from the East Orange
'Gazette tint the wheat crop of the
present year in tho United States is a
short one, and the deficiency is aug- j
raented by a marked deterioration in
quality. If this bo true, our Oregon
farmers have still another reason for
holding their grain until it reaches
the pricje they demand, tn Iowa, wo
learn from an exchange, farmers are
mortgaging their farms crather than
foil at the suicidal amounts, ottered.
"Tho October report of the Agricul
tural Department says the little wheat
Taised in New England is perhaps
even reduced this year. The Middle
States have about two thirds of the
crop of last year. All of the South
ern States have increased their pro
duction, some of them lift v to sev-cnty-fivo
per cent. None of the States
east of tho Mississippi, except Wis
consin, appear' to have equaled ttie
crop of last year. Minnesota is cred
ited with an increased production,
notwithstanding the ravages of the
crasshonners. and the losses from
prouting in ho shock. The others
prairie States, as far as reported,
show a decrease; but tho extension
in area,' both in repotted and unre
ported counties, may make up in a
measure for this deficiency, on a final
canvassing for aggregate estimates.
California's-crop is below that of last
year, though that State will still have
a surplus for shipping. Oregon, on
ctht3 contrary, had niDre Jand planted
in wheat, and raised more to the
acre, and of better quality, this year,
than ever, before. The average for
the entire wheat-growing parts of
tbis country, reported for October,
is about eighty per cent of last vear's
cproduction. If this indicates the
total depreciation, it amounts to
nearly 2,000,000 bushels; and gives a
crop of 21000,000 bushels. Rut, as
we have said before, tho quality in
general is lower than last year, and
the depreciation is heaviest iu what
wheat-growings regions Oregon ex
cepted. In quality, the crop aver
ages eighty-four, or sixteen below
sound condition. We should advice
our farmers to hold their wheat.
Cj TR-r. Walla Walla Spirit of the West
now makes a semi-weekly appear
ance. It has our heartiest congrntu-
Ution, and we only wish it appeared
pftener,
oiiegit rm
is it vriu i
About two yours" ago our people
were thrown into a state of excite
ment over the probability' of a war
with Spain. To-day the game scare
is brought upon the carpet., and '-although
tho public refuses to, g?t
actually warlike, there is no denying
that oar voters are, nervously watch
ing every new turn in the Cuban
kaleidoscope. Telegrams of sensa
tional nature are continually running
over our wires. At one tin .war
between Spain and the United States,
was sp inevitable that Don Carlos
proposed to Alfonso a cessation, of
hostilities and a union- of forces
against the Yankees. Our navy yards
suddenly, became as bnsiy as Babels,
and our papers teamed with "war to
the knife and gun-powder articles."
Then comes the news that Spain has
made concessions; that she will allow
trial by jury in Cuba, and that sie
will send a force to, that island suffi
ciently large to quell the insurrection
in very short order. To give this
latter pledge the semblance of truth,
Spain throws several hundred thou
sand dollars oa our markets, for the
purchase of provisions for a large
army; and spreads the report that
she is enlisting men in Xew York
City for tho Cuban war. "Wo are
then informed that the war cloud
has passed away, and in almost the
same electric- tick wo learn that on
account of tjie Cuban trouble our
sugar is dearer by three cent3 a
pound,,, our coffee by ten cents a
pound, our molasses by fifteen cents
a gallon, and our cigars by five cents
each. "Is it any wonder," tho tele
gram asks, "that our people are
growing restive under this indirect
tax?" and "How Tbng must we sub
mit to the policy which will not rec
ognize the brave little republic which
has been for seven long years knock
ing at our doors?" Then rumors
reach us that Grant in his message
will make a most decided stand in
regard to Cuban matters, and will
insist upon the speedy- overthrow of
the insurrectionist?, or enforce the
alternative, -recognition . and war.
.Following immediately after this,
conies the. announcement, that if in
his message, the "President does not
take positive grounds, the Democrat
ic Congress will immediately propose
and pass resolutions of recognition.
In all this smoke is there any fire
will we have v;tr ?
Aliislirt.
The following mention of Lafayette
Lane and Alaska we t?ike from the
Virginia City Chronicle:
It is stated by an Easjern coa
temporay that Mr. Lane, the newly
elected Congressman from Oregon,
is collecting material for an expose
of the condition of affairs in Alaska
under the auspices of the Alaska
Commercial Company and the mil
itary there.
This is good news. The Alaska
Commercial Company is tho w&rst
monopoly that h is ever disgraced
the country. It has" for years closed
Alaska to private enterprise, and con
sequently to immigration. The na
tive population have been reduced
under its sway to a condition of
poverty and degradation positively
frightful. Mr. Lane will have no'
light task before him ifhe persists
in his purpose of making a full ex
posure of this shameless corporation.
He may expect bribery, intimidation
and abuse to face him at every turn.
Not a few newspapers of good stand
ing will open their batteries of
misrepresentation and vilification,
lie may expect no sympathy from
the San Francisco press. It fur
nishes a lino illustration of the
means by which tho Alaska Com
mercial Company has succeeded in
shielding its villainy from exposure.
Every journalist ( the conductors of
tho Daily Examiner excepted,) in
San Francisco knows that noth
ing unfavorable to the Company
will be printed by the newspapers
there, even as a matter or news, in
telligent and trustworthy persons,
time and timo again, have come
from Alaska with accounts of the
rascality of the Company and 'have
found it quite, impossible, to have
their matter printed. Money has
not been spared in any quarter from
which danger is to bo apprehended,
and if Mr. Lane i not a man of
extraordinary honesty and determin
ation, money or fear v ill silence him
as it has done hundreds of others.
Wo hope for a different result. . So
far Alaska has been worse than
worthless to us, and all because of
tho outrageous privileges which
have been granted to this Company
and grossly abused by it.
Tricks of Trade.
So many "will-o'-ihe-wisps" have
flitted across the political stage of
late, that those net acquainted with
the chicanery of great parties have
become oftentimes led astray, and
perhaps, even, oftentimes lost. Like
tho horrible kites iised by the early
defenders of the "celestial empire,"
these tricks are intended only to
frighten being nothings, children's
bugbears, and powerless to do ac
tual injury, or create the slightest
commotion in the minds of cool,
practical men. At one time it is war
with Spain, and the recognition r,f
j Cuba. at anotherf a war with Mexi.
; co aml the u00l,RSjo:i cf &n hor :;or(h.
Mor-
m on ism is threatened ; and then tho
cry ia "charge the "light brigade on
St. Peter's, God save our public
schools!" Can reasonable beings be
caught by saoh clap-trap? Can men
of sense- be dls'mayed by such empty
inventions ?
: Washington, in which city he will
j spend tho greater part of the winter.'
The Independent Voter.
Undeniably the indedendent voter
is a power in the land. He has up
set the shrewdest calculations, has
brought defeat where victory was
expected, and has compelled atten
tion to himself as an element certain
to appear in future elections. It is
evident that large bodies of citizens
have become" dissatisfied with party
management, or distrustful of it,
and are supposed to judge of ques
tions and candidates by their merits.
Cases in point are the recent elec
tions in Ohio and Xew York compar
ed with the immediately previous
elections held in those States.' Asa
means of exercising a wholesome in
fluence upon public affairs, nothing
could be better than an increase of
the non-partisan vote. The Evening
Post says the action of public opinion
on government is in our country less
than it ought to be, and is only felt
in an intermittent fashion at elections.
One reason why the intelligent and
educated classes are, with us, so in
different to politics is the powerless
ness to effect the changes which they
consider important to the general
welfare. This class, however, holds,
as it were, the balance of power, aud
that party which nominates the best,
men is always sure of its solid vote
and victory. The independent voter
(not the Independent party, wo
know nol snch party,) acts in the
deliberation of politics like a censor,
and in the struggles of parties as a
reinforcement.
The growth of these voters is an
unmixed blessing. They limit party
power and enforce their demands.
It is a gain to the country that the
questions now before it are such as
require the excreiso of tho higher
qualities of intelligence and judg
ment. Wo have done with emotional
politics and have entered upon tho
politics of business. .
The recent correspondence between
Wendell Philips .and Carl Schurz is
an. apt illustration of the change in
the times. No one has. done greater
service to the cause of human rights
in former years than Mr. Phillips,
but it is obvious that he is ont of his
element in trying to deal, with the
questions now before the country.
Slavery was a large mark to hit; to
bring it down required forcible more
than skillful blows. The questions
which confront us to-day require for
their management the highest quali-'
ties of wisdom and statesmanship.
They must, as all groat questions do,
educate the men who will at last dis
pose of them.
The iudependont voter has every
ason to be hopeful. He has com
pelled a recognition of himself, and
Iforeafter both parties will need to
take him into their account.
The Pacings Ih
id.
After a great amount of testimony,
and three hours deliberation, the
jury holding inquests at Victoria
brought in the following verdicts
concerning the deaths of Thomas J.
Parrel, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Kellar,
Mr. Yining awd an. unknown man.
Victoria, Nov. 23. After three
hours deliberation, the jury returned
the following:
That the body is that of Thomas
J. Parrel; that "the said Thomas J.
Parrel came to his deatli by drown
ing; that the said Thomas J. Parrel
was a passenger on beard the Ameri
can steamship 1'acmc, which sailcu
from Victoria, 13: C, for San Fran
cisco, on the ith of November, 1875;
that the said steamship-Pacific sank
after a collision with-the American
ship Orpheus, off Cape Fattery, on
th: night Of the 4th of November,
1875; that the Pacifie struck the
Orpheus on the" starboard side with
her stem, a very light blow, the
shock of which should not have dam
aged the Pacific, if a sound and sub
stantial vessel; that the collision be
tween the Pacific and the" Orpheus
was caused by the Orpheus not keep
ing tho Pacific's light on the port
bow, as when first seen; but putting
the helm hard to starboard and un
justifiably crossing the Pacific's bow;
that the watch on trie deck of the
Pacific, at the timo of the collision,
was not sufficient in number to keep
a proper lookout, the said watch con
sisting only, of three men, namely:
one at the wheel, one supposed to be
on the lookout, and the third mate,
a young man of doubtful experience.
The Pacific had about 238 persons
on board at the time of the collision;
that the Pacific had five boats, whose
carrying capacity did not exceed 1G0
persons; that the boats were fiot and
could not be lowered by the tmdiei
plined and insufficient crew; that the
captain of the Orpheus sailed away
after the collision, and did not re
main by the Pacific to ascertain fhe
amount of damage she had sustained.
The jury on the inquiry into the
death of Mr. Sullivan, after a few
moments consultation, were satisfied
with tho evidence already in, and
returned a verdict of found drowned.
The gentlemen who formed this lat
ter jury were those engaged in the
protracted inquisition, the rejiort of
which is already published.
The jury sitting on the bodies of
Mrs. Kellar, Mr. Vining and another
man, name unknown, after an hour's
deliberation, eventually agreed on a
verdict, also of found drowned. Mr.
Phi miner, who almost throughout
disagreed with the views of tho re
maining five jurors, at length gave
m on condition that he be allowed to
as-dt in drawing r.p a lopresenfation
to the Dominion government in re
spect of the late w
; Superintendent
Xelley, of . tho
Portland Corap:;:i
i in Josephine oi. .
j tons of pay ore ir.
j pected to pay 820 t .
quartz ledges
. reports 4,000
:t, which is os
up wards to the
nil 1 1 f li rn rrt
tou. I he mill pui
t
crushes about 10 tn., n6r dav
The Governor Las issued an offi
cial proclamation of the late election.
LETTER FK03L NEW YORK,
From Our Regular Correspondent.
' New York, Nov. 17, 1875.
As week by week rolls by, the same
long, sad list of crimes presented in
the newspapers repeats itself with
mournful and monotonous regularity.
Petit larceny, assault, mayhem, rob
bery, arson, burglary, murder! Day
by day, week by week, month by
month, and year by year, the dread
ful records of sin accumulate, with"
unfailing and awful regularity, and
are set out in tables and columns of
figures by statisticians," and are ar
rayed to support this or that side of
a theory by a Buckle or a Stuart
Mill. Meanwhile the world pays the
policeman and grumbles because it
is taxed therefor, buys a burglar
alarm and a revolver, and goes to
bed oblivious of danger. The ordi
nary and common crimes happen with
such uniformity, so many murders,
so many burglaries, so many thefts
each week, as to point almost irro
sistably to the existence of an inevit
able "caw" of crime. Once in a
while, however, comes a criminal
occurrence attended with such unus
ual and bizarre accessories as to
startle and enchain the community,
as, for instance, the horrible tragedy
recited in my last letter.
Much pleasanter to think of is tho
friendly contest for the prizes offered
by that wealthy and high-minded
Spaniard, Signor Don Artnro de
Marcoaster, of $1,000 aud 500 each
for the two best essa s on the ques
tion, "In what way ought an inter
national assembly to be constituted
for tho formation of a Code of Inter
national Law, and what ought to be
the leading principles on which such
a code should be formed?" The
money was entrusted to the Social
Science Association which published
the "oiler in the different countries of
Europe- and America. The essays
were to bo sent in at the option of
the writers in English, French, or
German. Twenty-nine essays were
handed in, and at the congress lately
held at Brighton, England, the result
of the competition, which must be
highly satisfactory to Americans :"n
general and New Yorkers iu particu
lar, was announced. The first prize
was awarded to Mr. Abram Pulling
Sprague of New York, and the sec
ond to M. Paul Lacombe, an advo
cate of the French bar. The position
of the profession in New York has
always been a proud and distinguish
ed one. -Kent, tho modern Black
stone, Story, the founder of Ameri
can Equity Jurisprudence, Nelson,
keeping the ermine spotlessly pure
for fifty years, have sat rqon the
bench; and at its bar have pleaded
and do plead the voices of Hamilton,
Burr, Brady', O'Conor, Evarts and
Field. Foremost among the advo
cates of an international tribunal of
Justice, .has been the la.-t named
gentleman, who, by his great con
structive ability (as shown by tho
Code, a child of his own creation)
and comprehensive legal knowledge,
is peculiarly fitted to lead in the
movement to establish such a Court.
Not a vain dreamer, he does not hope
for tho establishment of universal
peae.3 and entire abolition of war an
impossible state of things, so long as
human nature continues to be human
nature. lie nevertheless perceives
more clearly than most people, the
valuable influence of iublic opinion,
especially when guided by a recog
nized authority, such as an interna
tional bench of arbitration would be.
The occupation of the world now-a-days
is commerce, and commerce
always takes the cheapest way of set
tling a difference of opinion, even if
a slice of humble pie has to be eaten
with such a settlement; and it would
have to bo a very expensive arbitra
tion indeed that could prove as costly
as the smallest war, and the arbitra
tors must be very wicked and blind
who could not render a decision more
satisfactory to the contending parties
than a resort to arms'. The steam
boat, railroad and telegraph have
bound the world so closely together
that no longer can the- condition of
one nation be a matter of indifference
to another. The Cuban insurrection
unsettled the London stock market,
and the failure of a contractor in
Russia last week, heightened the
money market in New Y'ork. But,
as the able President of tho Congress,
Lord Aberdare, said, "Nations will
only be secure when, by universal
opinion, the moral greatness of a
Washington is set above the intellec
tual superiority of a Napoleon."
The work on the East River bridge
thus far has cost 85,800,000; it is es
timated that 810,000,000 more will
have to be raised. This done, the
bridge will probably be completed
by July, 1879. -The expenditure for
labor and material averages about
57S.000 per month. The tower on
the Brooklyn side waa finished two
months ago. On the Now York tower
work will be suspended on Decem
ber 1, for the winter; but it is stated
that the structure will be completed
and everything made ready for the
throwing over of a temporary bridge
early in the summer of nest year.
On this temporary structure the
workmen will weave the wires into
the permanent supporting cables.
The galvanized ropes for the foot
bridge are to weigh 12 lbs. per foot,
and are to be 2, inches in diamater,
with a breaking strength of not less
than 240 tons. A.s yet no contracts
for wire work have been made. The
work of demolishing buildings for j
the New York anchorage will be un- ;.
dertaken in May next, IT..
j PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.
Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1875.
I feel almost ashamed to say that
since my last letter I have not been
within a mile of the Centennial
J grounds, business and bad weather
my excuse. The Delaware is begin
ning to freeze, so the oyster schoon
ers will be delayed, and a stringency
in the bivalve market the result.
It may not be uninteresting to
those of your readers who '.'got re
ligion" during Mr. Hammond's visit
to your town, to know that that very
assidious toiler in the Lord's vine
yard has commenced a kind of oppo
sition revival meeting to the heavy
weights, Moody aud Sankcy, in this
city. He still prances around on his
old cayuse and makes converts by
the score.
I learn from the best of authority
that the Centennial finance board is
absolute "hard up" for a half mil
lion dollars more, and unless it is
suddenly forthcoming, there will be
a vry serious "hitch." It is pro
posed to have a syndicate of bankers
to concoct a plan of .obtaining this
needed amount.
Speaking of tho Centennial, a cen
tennial celebration wa3 held at Can
onsburg, in this State, on the 3d of
November, in commemoration of tho
first visit to Western Pennsylvania
of a minister of tho, now, United
Presbyterian Church. This was the
Iiev. Mathias Henderson, who cross
ed the Alleghanies in 1775. At a
meeting of the Presbyterian Synod,
in thi3 city, an unusualintercst was
taken in the elders' meetings. In
these, measures were discussed for
tho reviving of the influence of the
eldership, and bringing into activity
its prerogatives and duties.
At the Academy of Sciences, sub
jects of much importance to scien
tific men have been discussed during
the last week. Prof. Alexander's
discourse, on the evidences of atmos
phere on the planets of Venus and
Mercury attracted the close attention
of astronomers, who also found mat
ter to their taste in Prof. Holden's
paper on the annular nebula of Lyra.
Prof. Pumpelly road one of his Har
vard lectures on the influence of
marine life and currents in the for-
1
inscription oi uie vasvii lorcsis muier
the sea, fillevl with mult if or
life, and making, by their decompo
sition, strata of rocks, was as inter
esting to one unfamiliar with science
as to a learned geologist. Professor
Rogers brought up the question .f
reform in chemical terminology, and
pointed out the contradictions, in
compatibilities and absurdisies that
arise from the present system of
nomenclature. Not desiring to make,
my letter entirely scientific, I will
close this topic with a description of
Prof. Rogers' discovery concerning
the cek'brated California- geysers.
He said that those who visited the
geysers and imagined that the curi
ous manifestation of jets of steam
and pools of boiling water was caused
by the proximity of the great interior
furnaces and caldrons of the earth.
are sadly mistaken; for the phenom
ena are caused by the chemical action
ou the surface. The heat is caused
by action of air and water upon the
iron pyrites, generating oxide of iron
and sulphuric acid, which readily
form sulphate of iron. The geysers
therefore exhibit no great geolog
ical phenomenon, as many have sup
posed, but result solely from the
action of superficial chemistry.
As Christmas is drawing near, all
our shop windows have put on their
holiday attires. Our jewelry shops
are ablaze with
monds.
silverware and l!a
"Stovghtox." i. . a. t.
Mr. Levi Leland has just returned
from a lecturing tour thi-ough Brit
ish Columbia. Judging from the
many complimentary "notices given
him by our northern exchanges, he
has met with even more than his
usual success in advancing the in
terests of the cause to which his life
is devoted. Tho following address
was presented him at a Good Tem
plars entertainment at Victoria last
week :
To Levi Leland, Eq., Grand Lecturer
of the Indedendent Order of Good
Templars of Washington' Terri
tory and the Province of BritisJi
Columbia:
Dear Sir, Learning that you are
about to leave this Province,ve,'lhe
Good Templars of Victoria, on be
half of ourselves and the sister
lodges in our Province, wish to ex
press to you our thanks aud esteem
for the great energy and zeal you
have manifested while with us in the
advocacy of true temperance, and
the advancement of our Order.
We refer with great pleasure to
your having organized ten lodges of
Good Templars in this Province,
thereby enabling us to apply to the
II. W. Grand Lodge for a charter to
establish a Grand Lodge in this
Province.
We therefore earnestly recommend
you to the brethren of the Order
wherever your lot may be placed,
and to friends of temperance in
general.
Wishing you every temporal bless
ing iu this life, and hoping that if
we never meet again in this world,
we may meet you and many of your
iun i ci 13 in en, mere to loin in
on. i less praise
Pedeemcr.
to the name of our
Mrs. Briggs and her son David, of
Jacksonville, have been sentenced to
the penitentiary for the murder of
John Delainatter.
A niGiD investigation is going on
in San Francisoo as
ISp n?rtnvS0Oaa tQ tbe CaUSGS of I
the Pacific disaster. j
Tl-'.l,iiCUAlMIIC NKW'S.
O - ii.-
New York, Noy. 21 There is little
doubt the President has determined
to remove Gov. Dfl'nn of Arizona on
account of the-position assumed by
the latter iu public speeches on the
common school fund. Dunn's ad
vocacy of allotment to Catholics of a
share of the fund for their owiv con
trol, puts him in opposition to
Grant's Iowa speech.
St Louis. Nov 25. It is'stated on
good authority that a ring of specula
tors has been systematically defraud
ing the Pottawattamie Indians, who
until recently occupied a reservation
near Topeka, Ivan. The principal
charges are that certain members of
.the tribe living in Indian Territory
were represented as being dead, and
their estates were administered upon
nnil the proceeds iioeketed by the
ring. The amount, realized by the
scheme is estimated at 20,000.
St. Locis, Nov. 27. The follow
ing telegram, which speaks for itself,
was received here this afternodn:
Washington, Nov. 27, 1875.
D. P. Dyer, U. S- District Attorney,
St. Louis: I learn from the morning
papers that in the course of the trial
of Win. A. Avery yesterday it
witness, mentioned a rumor ihat I
was interested in a distillery or
liquor house at Louisville, Ivy.
Substantially the sanle rumor was
circulated in St. Louis by corrupt
officials and guilty distillers, their
confederates ami friends last spring,
obviously for the purpose f break
ing up-the farce Of the proceedings
against them. So long as the matter
rested in a mere, street rumor Or in
the columns of newspapers friendly
to the ring, I could .not properly
take notice of it ; but now that it has
"been dragged into court, as appears
at the instance of th& indicted
officials, I deem it proper to request
that every person whose name has
been given you, as having knowl
edge of. such alleged facts shall be
brought lefore the grand jury and
subjected to the most rigid examin
ation. The statement id absolutely
and unqualifiedly false, so far as it
afl'ecU me; but I do not desire to
allow the matter to rest upon a mere
denial. I beg to repeat the request
heretofore communicated to yon,
that those frauds on the gove.rum. nt
shall be probed to the very bottom;
that every i-amificatiou of tho ring
.shall lie followed in every part from
beginning to end ; and that no one
having connection with, or guilty
knowledge of its operations, shall le
permitted to escape. So fr.r as this
department is concerned, I unk that
every allegation against auy officer
of it, from its head to its humblest
employe, bw thoroughly investigated
ami vigorously prosecuted, if ;iy
frrosJiui insist thii'cfor. I have read
thift to the
Tics
dent, y1io repeats
i his Limine
on :
Lot no guiitv man
i oun.
(Signed) mi. 13KISTOW,
Sj.-cn. tarv of the Treasury.
New" IIavt.n, Nov. 27. --Gov, In
irersoll t day appointed ex-Gov.
Knglish U. S. Senator, i:i place of
O. S. I-Vvry.
W.s;Unuton, Nov. 27. J. ,T.
S.ivillc, a-ent of tiie Ped Cloud
agency, having telegraphed for
definite instructions ns to his
c,i!ii;! hi t!ii caiXJ of the I:;di.;ut re
fusing t- give- up the young member
of the band who, without provocation,
shot at ..sh'r, who was bringing in
a herd of cattle. Commissioner Smith
h.s sent the following vepiy: "The
.Indians must surrender the guilty
party. If the military will si and by
you,"sti iv.ti.jns until the s
is made."'
ii i'o.'i ier
Gvsn. Jos. It. H iwley,
the U. S. crciitcunial
has sent each -member
a letter, together with
president of
commission,
of Congress
a. pamphlet
anil circular, indicating tl.e com. ;ti.n
and progress 0f work, ami invit
ing them to visit Philadelphia and
tlit; centennial grounds at their earli
est convenience.
Secretary Chandler yesterday
struck out from the bill of an attorney
for one of the Indian triln .s item
umkin;.
i charge fur legislative
ex-
penses.
In'doing this
he made an
edorsement that such services are
consideied illegal and immoral, and
would
not hereafter bo allowed.
Hitherto large
allowances have been
made to the Indian
tribes for such
services.
San PiiANcisro, Nov. 27. Two
men named Itoot and Schaicht have
committed 10,000 worth of bur
glaries here within a month. They
are in jail.
New York, Nov. 28. Samuel
Wood, of this city, proposes establish
ing a college of music inthiscitv and
ty endow it with 5,000,000.
Boston, Nov. 20. An estimate of
the loss by the burning factory of the
Boston Hubber Shoe Co. at Maiden,
to-day placed the amount at SGOO
000. . - '
Washington, Nov.29. The P. O.
Department to-day issued a circular
to postmasters, informing them and
the pjiblic that on and after January
1, 1S7G, the single rate of letter pos
tage between the United States and
Japan, by 'direct service via San Fran
cisco, will be reduced from 15 cents
to 12 cents per half ounce or frac
tion thereof; prepayment obliga
tory. The commissioner of Indian Af
fairs, in his annual report, says the
reports of Indian supplies by agents
convey unmistakable evidence of a
year of advance in tho civilization of
Indians. The testimony is almost
uniform, that civilization is not
only entirely practicable bnt fairly
under way. Forty-two thousand six
hundred and thirty-eight Indians
are self-supporting. Their corn
last year was over 2,000,000 bushels;
potatoes and vegetables, 421 000
ovw'na'" fieltls unJer cultivation,
o2 3,000 acres, a larger area by 7 000
acres than ever before Thov report
nearly 200,000 acres more 'than in
IS1 Nearly 10,000 more Indian
families live in houses than five
e.iia ago. xne commissioner
ex-
presses the opinion that u
r.-.i!
general
xuuiau war win never occur in the
!M i tt'ii ' Jn reference to the
Jlack Hills, he recommends that
legislation be sought from Congress
oilenng a fair and full equivalent
lor the country lying between the
nurth and south forks cf the Chey
enne, m Dakota, the equivalent to
be offered the Sioux as helpless
wards of the government3 for the
Black Hills, to be found bv estimat
ing what 300 square miles of gold
fields are worth to the United States
ana what o00 square miles of timber,
agricultural
w&rth to tufera- IIe sas the need
of tho Indian territory is a govern-
ment simple in form, arfd snests
government like that provided fn?
i ...v v.. v,4 ltJl; yj. 0. northwest.
! of the Ohio river previous to tho
organization of'the'general assembly
would be best for the ttrritorv at
present. He recommends the matter
be brought before Congress, and on
poses the transfer of the Indian
bureau to the war department, but
recommends the puachae, inspec
tion and transportation of goods and
supplies for subsistence be done bv
govcrnment. He makes note in L
highest terms of the aid afforded by
different religions bodies of t he
country and earnestly hopes that
Congress will remove the dilliculties
which heretofore have been experi
enced in procuring tiie enactment of
laws and necessary appropriations
for the training and education of
Indians. None but the best men
should be appointed agents, and ex
presses the hope that governient
will still be inclined to call on re
ligious bodies of the country to natno
the men: It is noto expected tho
deficiency this vear will rise over
200,000. The cost of maintaining,
all Indians, but the wilder tribes
will steadily decrease from this time!
As they cease to be a burden, it is
not improbable such additional ex
penses will be required in bringing
the wilder tribes into the beginning
of civilization as will make the totals
of supplies for three or four years to
com equal to thosy of tbe last three
years, and perhaps creater.
Washington, Nov. 20. The wind
blew 1C0 miles an hour ou Mount
Washington tbis afternoon. This is
the highest velocit3' ever recorded.
Chicago, Nov. 20. All tie availa
ble iron-clads will be ready for ser
vice in a few days. The Mediter
ranean squadron has been ordered
home. The torpedo corps is engaged
preparing torpedoes. All rnca of
war on the Atlantic coast, north of
Xew Orleans, have been ordered to
rendezvous at Norfolk. Every tnove
ment of the Navy Department is con
ducted with the strictest secrecy.
San Fkanctsco, December 1.
The death of B. P. Avery, Minister
to China formerly of the editorial
corps of ttie Bulletin is announced.
Portsmouth, Nov. 30. The ac
tivity in the navyyard requires ex
tra force to be taken on to-morrow.
The United States steamer Marion
goes into commisson iu a few days.
sew York, Nov. :!!). Orders
have been received at the Brooklyn
navy yard, to place ten more monitors
in commission: and the various naval
rendezvous throughout the conutrv
have been instructed to enlist avail
able men of all grades.
It is reported that Government
u-r-d the cable wires for some hours
t his forenoon in tho transmission of
dispatches between Secretary- Fish
and Mr. Cushing, at Madrid. A ru-!!.'-r
is current tin t Sprin has remon
strated against the United States p ad
mitting t' e sale of Cuban bonds in
this country, claiming that their
issue is in violation of treaty obliga
tions. Information has beeo received
from the llio Grande to the efi'ect
that the troubles along that river,
growing ont of cattle raids by Mexi
cans, are as bad a ever.
M:i.i-or.:, Pa., Nov. SO. The Del
av a e river is frozen over.
B )STox, Nov. oi). Unprecedent
ed ly cold weather is reported through
out New Kngland.
New York. Nov. TO. Gold is
higher on account of rumors of war
with Spain.
N ivig it'-on o7i the Hudson river,
around Albany, has ceased o:i account
of i-.-e.
TK!t:UT)".!.VI. XHWS ITI-:I.
The Washington Stovtlrvd man is
jubilant over having celebrated the
sixteenth birthday of that paper.
The ship Orpheus has been sold at
public auction for 3S5.
A man nnmd Francisco Salvador
was fatally iujuivd. by being caught
in the macl-.is-rv. i-i fhe Port Hud
son mill on the ;hh nit.
Small pox i ragint among the In
dians of Vancouver I-dand.
"Snow is from six inches to a foot
deep on the I'alouse.
The Port Madison herring cfishery
is catching 200 barrels of li.sh. daily.
The wreck of the Sunshine (S-hn-beam)
has been visited. where she lies
on the beach just north of Ujiity.0
The only freight remaining was
about -40 or 50 tons of "what appeared
to be new rigging, &c, for a vessel
now building at Coos Bayr Tho
vessel cost 2S,000.
The grangers are building an ex
tensive grist mill at Camas Prairio
near Mt. Idaho.
There is no saloon in Whitman
county.
Utah has shipped nearly 25 tons
dried peaches to the East'sinco tho
1st of October. c
Mr. Chisnrn is said to have eighty
thousand head of cattle on his ranch
near Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
Judge Hollister is making it very
tropical for tho Idaho Mormons.
Everything is just as white as
snow around Colfax, W. T.
Last week Walla Walla had
slight shock of earthquake.
Ten Iowa families will settle next
spring in Clarke county, W. T.
Seattle's demand for gas is greater
than the supply.
In somccparts of Chehalis bounty
it will take 200 a mile to clear, the
roads of fallen timber.
Burglars are very busy at Seattle.
According to the biennial report
of the Territorial auditor, there re
in Thurston conntv, W. T., fomtd to
be 100 dwellings, 302 families, 2,2GS
white ; inhabitants and 00 colored.
308 persons of foreign birth, 7S1
married, 4.80 single, 504. attending
school within the year, 3015 who can
not read, 5G2 who cannot write, C02
United States citizens Total popu
lation, 2,358. o
Idaho fears that .Brigham Young
will try to Mormonize it.
Salmon are in Mill
o
creeV
near
Walla .Walla. o
Montana saloon keepers say it is
so cold there that they have to cut
their whiskey into hunks, o
The Trinidad "sports" amuso
themselves by makiiig a target of
their night watchman.
It took 151 yoke of oxen to haiJ
the Uto Indian agency supplies
through the mountains at Manitou.
o