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OREGON CITY, THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1377.
GroTerandllis Adriscrs.
Governor Grover's testimony before
f-lie Senate committee has helped the
Oregon case, if not his own. His testi
toony tends to clear np the Cronin mat
ter and to show not only that the
l)emocratic electoral vote ought not to
be counted, bnt that the scheme was
scandalous, contrived outside of this
State and procured to be cariiod out by
other than Oregon influence, if not by
other than Oregon money. So far as
Orover's testimony was an argument
in defence of his and Cronin's proceed
ings, it does not need much attention,
or State law clearly requires the Gov
ernor to certify to the election of the
person having the highest number of
votes. 0 rover pays lie interpreted
this to mean "the highest number of
legal votes." He therefore made him
self judge in the matter. He assumed
the judicial functions for exercising
vhich, under an explicit State law, the
JLioaisiana Returning Board has been
soundly rated. While recognizing the
State law and construing it for fine
Jmrpose he disregarded it for another.
He eays that our State law requires the
Secretary of State to issue certificates
to electors, while the law of the United
States "makes it the duty of every Gov- )
ernor" to issue them, and that he obey
ed the federal instead of the local law.
Grover does not quote the United States
statute correctly. It provides that not
the Govtjneor but ' the. executive au
thority csf -each State hall cause" lists
of the noises of -electors "to be made
Jand certified." It is for the State to
ay what is the executive authority,
whether general or for a particular pur
pose; and our Oregon has said that her
Secretary of State shall be such author
ity for this purpose.
The most interesting part of Grover's
testimony is that in which he says he
was advised in the matter by eminent
Democrats who are not citizens of Ore
gon by Mr Gwiu, Mr. Hewitt and
some San Francisco lawyers. The op
portunity for these eminent Democrats
to "risa to explain" is so inviting, not
to say urgent, that they can Barcely
iail to improve it even if they are not
-summoned by the Senate committee.
Grover tells us less about that myster
ious Patrick who stole into our midst
-and as clandestinely slipped away
.not hitherto a very prominent Demo
crat than we should like to know. Mr.
Patrick is a desirable witness. Perhaps
he can tell us about the money for ex
penses and "the anything you want"
which was promised Cronin.
California and Oregon.
It is not our intention to compare
these States agriculturally, minerally or
socially but simply to show how far the
former i ahead of the latter in ordinary
enterprise and business tactics. We
will pass over, unnoticed, the promi
nent methods resorted to by our sister
State to belittle Oregon, as too well
known to need acy ecplanation, nor
.say anything of her being a Gibraltar
through which all our goods must pass
iand be taxed accordingly, confining our
celf rather to the minuter diSere&ees be
tween Oregonians and Californians .
which so considerably redound to the
credit of the latter. In the first place
the people of the iuterior towns of the
Oolden State well know the advantages
of patronising tbeir home industries,
of spending, in other words, tlieir mon
ey at home. In this way ready cash is
kept within reach, and as the merchants
and manufacturers grow richer,they ex
pend their money in ornamenting their
iuMmes, in erecting buildings and in
other ways improving the prices of real
acetate fax tho entire town and county.
Who e&n say this much for Oregon? It
is well known that this State is kept
poor simply by tho persistence of tbe
people to send elsewhere for goods.
What do our big and never-failing crops
amount to if the money has all to go
to some Eastern city to pay for the
plows, reapers and threshing machines,
by which our grain is garnered.
Ia California the necessity of good
roads is well known to the people, and
dollars that would otherwise remain idle
simply double themselves on this ac
count. Any needed saw mill, flour
mill, bag factory, the building of
which will be a saving to the people in
the neighborhood, is taken hold of im
mediately by our "tar-head" brothers
and carried into effect.
Another great cause of California's
rapid advancements the liberality with
vnicn the people advertise, we were
particularly struck with the appearance
of a San Jose paper the other day,which
was started merely for campaign, pur
poses, which is a little smaller than the
Portland Standard, which takes no dis
patches and has an advertising patro
nage that eclipses that of the Oregon
fan. The merchants in that thriving
olty are what we denominate "live
men; and it is from such men that
great tetates grow. The business of
an inland city like that metropolis of
the Santa Clara Valley cannot possibly
be as great as that of Portland, yet the
people are more enterprising, and by
tbeir generous advertising not ooiy
build up tbeir papers, bnt their own
trade and the prosperity of the State.
So Bellinger paid $3,000 to engage
legal ability and hush the organ of the
Republican party, did ha ? Good for
him; but can asmach.be said for the
editor of the organ?
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Cronin's Compensation.
Upon the whole, it must be admitted
that Cronin's compensation was not ex
cessive. He swears that he received
$3,000 in cash. It costs $250 to go from
Oregon to Washinjjiee, and the same
to return from Washington to Oregon.
Add 300 for hotel and other bills while
at the federal capital, and Cronin's net
profits appear to be $2,200. Who shall
say that "Democratic reform," which
Cronin's electoral proceedings were ex
pected to accomplish, would uot be
cheap at that rate? The more we re
flect upon it,the more Cronin's compen
sation looks like shabby parsimony
rather than open-handed generosity. It
is to be hoped, for the sake of the lib
eral reputation of a great party, that
the Democrats, if they succeed, family,
in their "reform" movement, will not
drop Cronin in this way. For the credit
of human nature, we are glad to see that
there is some evidence that they do not
mean to drop him. Cronin testified that
Mr. Patrick a citizen of Omaha, inter
ested, we believe, in Utah or Colorado
mining told Cronin before ho agreed to
undertaken the electoral college business,
"if Tilden is President he will give you
anything you want." The pride of the
virtuous Cronin was touched at this im
putation; he says that l.e was "a little
angry at Mr. Patrick for talkirg in such
a manner;" and ho exclaimed in his
wrath that Mr. Tilden "had nothing to
give which he wanted." Neither his
pride nor his virtue was uncomfortably
affected by the payment of the $3,000,
and tho only wrath afterward exhibited
was when somebody suggested that he
ought to take less. Cronin should think
better of bis rash assertion that there is
nothing he wants; we suspect that he
has already thought better of it. With
out knowing as yet just what are Mr.
Patrick's relations with the Democratic
party in this State, wo venture to say
that he cannot aff.rd to let his promise
be brokeu. Mr. Cronin is u lawyer and
he may regard tho $3,000 as a retaining
fee. consenting, as wo understand law
yers sometimes do consent, that further
compensation shall be contingent upon
his winning the suit.
These and other parts of this interest
ing case of which it is desirable to know
more, it will be conceded, to come for
ward at a critical time and contribute
$3,000 to save the cause of "Democratic
reform" from imminent disaster, was to
do a very noble thing. The name3 of
the men who performed this service are
men whose names the country will not
willingly let die. The names ought to be
published. No false modesty ought to
keep the heroes of this achievement
from acknowledging the deed. Who
contributed the money ? We want their
names, as Webster said in connection
with something decidedly more worthy
"in letters of living light." Cronin savs
"he supposed it was raised among the
Democrats of Oregon," but his further
testimony suggests that it probably
came from New York. Let no Democrat
in any part of the Union be robbed of
his fair share of the glory of Cronin
and his college. Mr. Patrick might
shed some valuable light on this subject
if he were of a less shy and retiring dis
position. -sjHe appears to have told Mr.
Cronin that he (the 17th of March) was
sent to Oregon because "he was the
farthest one west." The farthest what ?
Not the farthest Democrat because here
we had Cronin himself, to say nothing
of Grover and Small-fry Bellinger. Not
the farthest "mule," for that term has
been oxplained as something more than
personal. What were these mysterious
things which seem to have been scatter
ed over the country, and of which Pat
rick was the one "farthest west ?" How
many of them were there or are there ?
Whiclrof them havo we been entertain-
ng here ia Oregou City unawares?
Were they special agents of "Democratic
reform? " If thev were, whv does Mon-
sieur Pat attempt to hide his honorable
office beneath the obscure words ascrib
ed to him?
Let us know who Patrick really is,
and who or what are all the other per
sons who are concerned in ihn croat
work of savinor a crreat causa from ApaA-
ly peril.
Presidf nt of the Senate.
Senator Ferry, we learn by dis-
patches.has been re-elected to the U. S.
Senate from Minnesota, and the Penin
sula State is to be congratulated on its
endorsement of a tried and worthy son.
It has been maintained, however that as
Senator Ferry's term expires with that
of President Grant, his present office of
President of the Senate will expire with
his term, and that unless a hold-over
Senator is elected presiding officer
there will be an interregnum. But this
would not be greater than that which
generally occurs when one President
goes out and another comes in. The
Senate, however, can elect another man
than Ferry to preside over that body.
If it becomes apparent that the Presi
dent of the Senate will, for the time be
ing, aet as President of the United
States, there will probably be a keen
competition for the office.
Compromise Commission.
The following are the members of the
tripartite court.
Senate Edmunds, Frelinghuyseu
and Morton, Republicans; JThurman
and Tayard, Democrats.
House Payne, Hunton and Abbott,
Democrats; Hoar and Garfield, Re
publicans. Judicial Associate Justices Clifford,
Strong, Miller and Field. Bradley
has been chosen as the fifth member.
The counting of the electoral vote
commences this evening.
The Farmer.
When a farmer can so manage his
place in a new country like Clackamas
county as to "make both ends meet,"
even if it be with the most rigid econ
omy, he should be contented with his
lot. If we take a survey of the business
men of our towns we find that only three
or four in a hundred realize a compe
tence for old age. Then imagine the
nnhappine6S of those who, sooner or
later, fail to support themselves and
families respectably the cares and anx
ieties that constantly produce pangs
and tortures that no farmer ever felt.
These men may apparently lead pleasant
lives, as the outside world cannot wit
ness the motions of a man who daily
strains every financial nerve to meet
his notes falling due at the bank. The
time between one and three every day
in the city of Portland brings more
worriment of soul than perhaps all the
farmers in tho United States experience
in a life time.
No, farmers, your lot is not hard; and
the value of your jiropfirty increases
with each sunrise. Your food may bo
plain, and the cuts of your coats may
not be so fashionable as those of the
merchants or the'' day; but when you
lie upon your pillows your repose is
sound and sweet. Tho horrors of pro
tested notes seldom keep you awake at
night; and in the morning, when you
go about to feed your flocks and view
your crops that have visible grown
while you were in peaceful slumber,
you may take more real enjoyment
from life in one hour than many city
merchants and manufacturers in a year.
Our advise therefore is, be not discour
aged. The times may now be hard;
but you are promised "seed time and
harvest" to the end, and with hard la
bor and judicious management you will
come out victorious in the end.
The Texas-Pacific.
We are glad to see by dispatches from
Washington and San Diego that the
building of the Texas Pacific railroad is
being again agitated with probability of
good result. Every road, the ancients
used to say, leads to Rome, and far
though we be from the Pacific terminus
of tho proposed road, indirectly we are
bound to reap almost as many benefits
as California, and immigrants, we have
no doubt, will come that way to the
modern Rome, Oregon. Aside from
State advantages, this road would be of
great usefulness to the nation at large.
Not only will it provide facilities for
transporting troops and sujplies at a
vastly reduced expense, but its comple
tion will iusuro the scat tered inhabit
ants of that section protection against
the Apache Indians; will provide trans
portation for the immense numbers of
cattle and sheep which are being sent to
market from the Southwest, and for the
heavy shipments of grain already being
made. Add to these advantages the fact
that the road is south of the region of
severe cold, and consequently not at all
liable to be blockaded by snow storms
and slides; that its completion will open
an almost new region to the immigrant
enhancing the value of public and pri
vate lands, and that the last uncivilized
portion of our vast territory will be
brought under the influence of Anglo
Saxon refinement, and the casv of he
Texas Pacific may be said to be clearly
and fully made out.
Yanderbilt as a Christian.
The Rev. Dr. Deems, in his address
i-t the funeral of Commodore Vauder
b It, said that this rich man's last mo
ments were happy because Christ had
tasted death for him and was his re
deemer, and that he could, "like a
child, lay his bead upon the bosom of
Jesus and go to sleep." The minister
said further that he believed the Com
modore had"a singularly child-likefaith
in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior,
and that having yielded him such faith
and trust during all his life, he is num
bered now wilh the saints in glory ever
lasting." There is a new view of the life and
character of Commodore Yanderbilt.
He certaiulv never had the reputation
during his lifetime of being a religious
man and a follower of the Author of the
saying that it is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter into the Kingdom of
God. Is it not a little doubtful whether
he could have accumulated sixty or
eighty millions if he had maintained a
singularly child-like faith in Christ, so
that he would have followed all his pre
cepts?
Cornelius Yanderbilt was a very
6trong man and a very succesful one,
pushing away all obstacles to his suc
cess, and struggling to overcome his op
ponents; but we cannot join with Dr.
Deems in holding him up as an exam
pier of the Christian faith and virtues.
We hope it isn't because he hasn't left
us any legacy.
The Yote.
The following is the vote on the Com
promise Bill in the Senate on the 25th
ult.:
Yeas Alcorn, Allison, Barnum, Bay
ard, Bogy, Booth, Boutwell, Burnside,
Chaffee, Christiancy, Cockrell, Conk
ling, Cooper, Cragin, Davis, Dawes,
Dennis, Edmunds.Frelinghuysen.Gold
waith, Gordon, Howe, Johnson, Jones
of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kelly,
Kernan, McCreery, McDonald, McMil
lan, Maxey, Merrimon, Morrill, Price,
Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sauls
burry, Sharon, Stevenson, Teller.Thur
man, Wallace Wbyte.Windom.Withers,
Wright
Nays Blaine, Bruce, Cameron of
Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin,
Clayton, Conover, Dorsev, Eaton, Ham
ilton, Hamlin, Ingalls, Mitchell, Mor
ton, Patterson, Sargent, Sherman,
West 17.
John Leving has been arrested at
Roseburg and placed under bond3 for
using his wife like a sand bag.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
Telegraphic Jfews.
Eastern.
Spbingfield, 111., Jan. 23. Judge
David Davis was elected U. S. Senator
to-day by the combined votes of Inde
pendents and Democrats. He is a na
ive of Maryland, a graduate of Kenyon
Co'lege. a..d has been a resident of
Bloomington for 33 years. He has been
a member of the State legislature, Judge,
delegate to tho Chicago Uonveniion
in 18G0, and almost a candidate for the
Presidency at the St.Lonis Convention.
His nomination was hailed with de
light by the Democrats, though
his political opinions, if Demo
cratic at all. are of the most con
servative kind, and prominent Republi
cans would much prefer him in the
Senate to Haines, for whom many Re
publicans voted yesterday. He is an
able and accomplished jurist, and a
warm-hearted and scrupulously honest
man, and will represeut Illinois with
credit in the U. S. Senate.
Washington, Jan. 20. The electoral
compromise bill passed the House with
out amendment at 5:30 this afternoon,
by a vote of 191 yeas to 89 5ys. The
Speaker voted aye. Piper, Luttrell and
Lane voted aye, Page and Woodburn
no. Wigginton absent. The vote was
taken amid intense excitement, the Re
publicans recording an unexpectedly
heavy vote against it, while the Demo
crats, with but few exceptions, voted
for it. The Speaker directed his own
name to be called as a representative
from Pennsylvania, and he voted aye
amid much applause. The result was
applauded.
New York, Jan. 27. The Herald's
Washington special says several Ameri
can officers sent an offer of fer
vices to Iglessias at the confer
ence hero this afternoon. One of
their number was deputed to wait upon
Iglessias and formally tender him their
services. This gentleman, who gradu
ated at West Point, and was in the reg
ular army when the war broke out, and
later was one ' of the principal cavalry
officers of the Confederacy, will leave
here immediately for St. Louis, where
he hopes to meet the ex-President and
his cabinet, and lay the scheme before
them. They say they can easily raise
100,000 or 150,000 men in Louisiana and
Texas, who would be able to support
Diaz. The men who have resolved to
embark in this enterprise, provided
Iglessias will listen to it favorably, are
thorough men, in earnest, and have
no doubt whatever of their eventual
success and are determined, at any risk,
if they can, to make their terms with
the Mexican ex-President.
Ben Hill was elected Senator from
Georgia on the 20th ult.
The following postal changes are or
dered in Pacific Coast offices: Postmas
ters ap2ointed F. E. Schofield, Dora.
Coos county, Oregon; J. C.Drain.Drain,
Douglas county, Oregon; F. Brisbee,
Midway, Umatilla county, Oregon;
James Stillman, Boistort, Lewis coun
ty, Washington Territory.
Pacific Coast.
There are no hopes in San Diego of
good crops, although it was raining
there on the 27th.
About three suicides reported every
day from California.
State News.
Coos county claims 0,000 inhabitants.
Dr. Lister.of Albany, fell and broke his
arm last Monday.
W. S. Kinney is building fifty fishing
boats at tho Astoria cannery.
Benj. Cornelius, of Washington coun
ty, paid over 700 taxes this year.
Albany brags of a White Chester pig
that weighed, when dressed, 565 pounds.
Neil, the Halsey murderer, suffered
the extreme penalty of the law at Alba
ny last Friday.
A German named John Reeder, em
ployed at the Fisherton works near As
toria has mysteriously disappeaied.
A little six year-old girl named Win
nifore living near Oakland broke her
arm last week by falling from a wagon.
Mr. D. L. Riggs of South Salem, has
some young walnut trees grown from
nuts from a tree in Connecticut that
once sheltered Lafayette and suite.
Mrs. Charles Hubbard, of Polk coun
ty, 55 years of age, has woven 703 yards
of rag carpet since last May, and expects
to make it 800 or 900 before May of this
year.
The night watchman of Albany was
waylaid last Saturday night by unknown
parties who beat him with stones and
left him for dead. It is feared that he
will not recover.
Mr. L. B. Fraizer, of Bethel, Polk
county, has two boys, about 14 years
old, who have done all the plowing and
harrowing for nearly 300 acres of wheat
this season. Mr. F. sowed it himself,
and they did all the other work.
Another Oregon lad has attracted
public attention as an artist. His name
is EdmundS. Allyn.and he was born in
Powell's valley. Ilia Crayon sketches
of Mount Riinier receive very many
complimentary notices from the Seattle
DisjxttcJi .
The Ashland Tidings is responsible
for the following: "On Tuesday, the
25 ult., there was born to tho wife James
Redden a child weighing twenty-seven
and one half pounds. This is vouched
for by several of Mr. Redden's neigh
bors who saw the child weighed. We
challenge any country in the world to
beat it."
A farmer writing to th6 Corvallis Ga
zette, says: "If talk would build the
Yaquina railroad, it would be finished
in a very short time. There seems to
be a new impulse given to the minds of
our farmers for the road. I am asked,
by neighbor farmers and many others
all over the county, when I meet them,
'What of the Yaquina railroad, is it
dead?' 'Can't you do something to stir
them (the people) up?' I will take
stock, and so will neighbors A and B.
We are all for the road now, and are
tired of paying 27 cents expense per
bushel on our wheat to Portland, etc.,
etc.
This is the way Bellinger testified be
fore the Senate committee in regard to
the Cronin-Watts affair and the Oregon
ian: Witness retained the firm of Thomp
son, Durham Hill to argue against
issuing certificate. Hill is editor of the
Oregonian, the leading Republican pa
per of OregoD, and witness did not
know but the fact of Hill's being ed tor
of this paper might be of benefit to the
Democratic side of the question, if he
retained his firm.
"Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8, '77.
The holidays have come and gone;
the vestments of pleasure have been
donned only to be laid away; and hard,
every-day life is again upon us. New
Year's day opened tho second century
of our national existence with a storm, 1
so severe as to effectually interfero with
contemplated c. lls. Yery little visiting
was therefore indulged in, excerpt at
restaurants, where the compliments of
the season, otherwise known as punches,
were drank with that zeal and untiring
energy which the true-born American in
fuses into all self-benefitting pursuits.
The White House reception was, how
ever, one of great eclat. The arrange
ments were on a grand scale, and the
scene, for brilliancy and animation, has
never been eclipsed by prior Presiden
tial levees. The celebrated blue, green
and red parlors were elaborate with
floral display, and everything breathed
forth an odor of joyous New Year's wel
come. The time-honored custom as to
precedence of callers remained un
changed, aud the whole entertainment
passed off to the complete satisfaction
of all concerned. The dresses were em
inently superb, and thecostuming seem
ingly one of the distinctive features of
the day.
For the first time in many years,
Washington is enabled to enjoy a real,
sure-enough sleigli-ride. As a general
thing, sleighing here means a very little
of "the beautiful snow," and a good
deal of mud; while people who strive to
indulge in this wintry pastime have to
drive very near the side-walks and keep
up an intense and never-ceasing look-out
for the spots where the snow is suffi
ciently deep to allow the runners of the
sleighs to glide along. Much to the
nij'stification of home-folks, our sleigh
ing usually causes knowing Northerners
to retire into convenient corners and in
dulge in unseemly hilarity. This week
has, though, proved an exceptional in
stance, and the event of the day the
carnival, which, in its impromptu in
ception, speaks well for returning vim
and go-a-head-activeness of a Washing
ton public. Everybody was hilarious,
and the moment was one of spontaneous
mirth a scene wherein the toil and
wear of life were relegated to the shades
of forgetfulness and the garb of glad
some gayety assumed. Many whose
hearts were heavy with sorrow and
trouble smoothed out the wrinkles and,
for the time being, smilingly joined in
the current of sport and pleasure. Re
turning boards and carpet-baggers,
maskers, male and female, and costumes
gaunt and ludicrous enlivened the scene.
Popular themes and prominent officials
received due consideration, and the ref
erences and carricatures were, in the
main, well conceived and admirably
executed.
Outside of the National Capital there
are two events which have attracted
considerable attention, since I last ad
dressed yon, and of these I now propose
to speak. Primarily comes the death of
Cornelins Yanderbilt, of N. Y. After
eighty-one years' service of Mammon
and about six months' worship of God,
the much-talked-of Commodore has gone
to settle the vexed question as to wheth
er it is easier for a camel to go through
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to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. His
death, though long expected, lias creat
ed a profound sensation. He died us he
lived resolute, calm, and resigned to
the inevitable. With a self-reliance char
acteristic of the man, after the sight had
left his e3-es, he heard the physician
make the announcement of approaching
dissolution and closed them himself by
a last supreme effort of will an ex
ceedingly rare and wonderful occurrence
in the opinions of medical men. The
spectacle of the grand old Commodore
battling against the King of Terrors, is
now followed by speculation as to the
manner of the disposition made of his
vast property. Everybody is on the
tip-toe of expectation as to the context
of so important a will. The devise of
over 50,000,000 is no every-day event,
and the public is accordingly a deeply
interested party to its provisionary be
hests. The bulk of the estate is probably
left intact to his eldest son, and business
manager, Win. H., with large legacies
from the remainder for surviving chil
dren and grand-children. There will,
of course, be the wife's right of dower,
and it may not be too worldly to remark
just here, that she is reputed "fair, fat,
(not over) forty," and quite good-looking.
She was formerly a Miss Crawford,
from the South. It was through her
generous intercession that the flinty old
Commodore was warmed into giving
8800,000 to establish the University in
Nashville, Tenn., now bearing his name.
The presiding bishop married a cousin
of the decedent, but that had no weight
nitb the ragged old veteran. He ever
said to his relations when they applied
for pecuniary favors: "Do as I did;
scratch fr yourself." Of the children
by a first wife.thirteen in nnmber.seven
survive their father five daughters and
two sons. The former are already well
provided for, being all married to men
of independent wealth. The sons are
diametrically opposite fn character and
disposition. Wm. H. has been men
tioned as a worthy son of a business
'papa.' Cornelius J. has far from an
enviable reputation, and is destined to
shed no particular lustre on the family
escutcheon. The third son, and the
Commodore's favorite, was George, a
graduate at West Point, and a Captain
in the U. S. Army. He resembled his
brother Corneil. in disposition, being
impetuous, headstrong, and inclined to
dissipation; and, after a somewhat
checkered career, he died in China,
during the pendenoy of the 'late un
pleasantness,' from lung disease. Yan
derbilt, like A. T. Stewart, was a repre
sentative of that class of men who have
made money by the developement of j
some regular productive business. All
in all, he was one of the great charac-I
ters of the century. He was one of the
men who make history. Railways and
steamers are his historical records, and
will so exist in spite of the drivelling j
sneers of those who dwell in the ideal
and sigh for future impracticabilities,
the man who makes nearly a hundred
million of dollars is a great man. The
Suez Canal, it is said, cost only that
sum, and yet it broke the Khedive of
Egypt, with the assistance of France, to
build it.
The regnant sensation of the week is,
however, the way in which young May
played polo upon the sacred'and vener
able form of J. G. B., of the N. Y. Her
ald. No two eye-witnesses of the affair
have yet told the same tale; no one can
give an intelligible account of the en
gagement with Miss May, or its abrubt
termination; and the field for talk is,
therefore, broad and endless. Miss
Caroline May, the fair fiancee, uncon
sciously, like another Helen, has fired
another Troy. All New York and Wash
ington, as well as Troy, is ablaze with
the fracas. The facts, stripped of all
exaggerations, seem to be that the long
looked-for marriage was to have occur
red on Christmas day. The lady was
attired in her bridal robes, but Mr. B.
proved a laggard in love, and failed to
put in an appearance at the proper time
Accordingly, the veil and orange blos
soms were laid aside, and the matter
hushed up. James Gordon, it appears,
overjoj-ed with prospective happiness,
had gathered together a few choice
spirits preparatory to bidding good-bye
to a life of celibacy. This, of course,
settled it. He got on one of his "peri
odicals," and, after a number of capers
too tedious to enumerate, but which
are no secrets among Eastern club fre
quenters, he laid up in ordinary su
premely oblivions to all things terres
trial. The Mays were justly indignant,
and, after the lapse of a week, it became
the belief of Mr. Fred May that it had
been done intentionally to break off the
match, and aggressive movements wero
thereupon inaugurated. Mr. B.'s friends
emphatically deny this charge, averring
that he yielded to an infirmity tco often
indulged and was utterly irresponsible
for the acts by far the more probable
explanation of the unfortunate occur
rence. This 'falling by the wayside' is
no new feature in young Bennett's ca
reer, and has heretofore brought humil
iation where it now brings a grievous
lesson. The chronigue scandaleuse has
endeavored to misrepresent the chas
tisement inflicted, but, in fact, it ap
pears that no blows were struck except
with May's cowhide. When Bennet at
tempted to rush on him, the latter, who
is one of Manhattan's most powerful
athletics, picked him up as he would a
sixty-pound dumb bell and deposited
the"courtly Jim"in the slush of a neigh
boring snow-bank. 'Only this and noth
ing more.' The principal ground for
regret is that the young lady's name
should have been dragged before a gos
siping world in such a manner. Her
amiable and modest demeanor have,
though, saved her from a breath of
scandal. She is reported a lady of rare
personal loveliness, which, supplement
ed by a culture inseparable from. the
condition of birth and breeding, have
made her a reigning belle in the social
world of the Atlantic seaboard. The
principals having left for "parts un
known," an old-fashioned duel is not
without the range of possibilities; for
Bennett, with all his peculiarities, is
not lacking in courage nor indifferent
to public opinion. If such is to be the
result, let iu hope that they may bo no
more than 'winged ;' so that they may
return, breakfast together, and finally
ask forgiveness of the lady who, like
Iphigenia, will "hug the offender and
forgive the offence."
I have now run the gaunt of merry
making, death and love; the latter of an
indifferent quality, bnt probably not
much out of keeping with the other two.
aud yet it does not seem that I ought
to quit without a passing remark as to
our political caldron and its Oregonian
contents. The Senate investigation pur
sues its tedious length; witnesses are
daily examined and interesting disclos
ures, at times, made. The fiual decision
bids fair to respect the people's will In
overthrowing Grover's illegal assump
tion of judicial authority, and recogniz
ing Dr. Watts as the duly chosen elec
tor. Crpnin has created a profound
sentation, and apparently walked, un
consciously, into greatness. His Celtic
physiognomy and hyperion curls have
already adorned the columns of onr
illustrated journals; while the rubicund
proboscis (unfailing sigh of staunch
Democracy) proves for him a" perfect
bonanza of public noteriety. His dnty,
however, has been done he has fought
the good fight aud nasal protuberance,
with boily attachment, has gone over
the mountains toward the setting sun.
R. M. D.
The President signed the compromise
bill on the 29th nit. We make the follow
ing extract from his message to Con
gress concerning this bill: The bill
may not be perfect and its provisions
may not be such as would be best appli
cable to all future occasions; bnt it is
calculated to meet the present con
dition of questions aud of the country
The country is agitated; it needs
and it desires peace and quiet
and harmony between all parties
and all sections. Its industries are
arrested, labor unemployed, capital idle
and enterprise paralyzed by reason of
doubt, anxiety and uncertainty of a
double claim to the chief magistracy of
the nation. It wants to be assured of
the result of the election. It will be
accepted without doubt from the sup
porters of the disappointed candidate
that its highest officer shall not hold his
place with a questioned title of right.
Believing the bill will secure these ends
I give it my signature.
The number of people who don't
know anything about that $8,000 check
increases every day. We incline to think
that it was not seriously intended for
anybody, that it was a more coincidence
which made it payable in this State on
the day after Gov. Grover gave Cronin
his certificate and that Mr. Pelton's
anxiety about it arose from circum
stances connected with his official duty
as secretary to Governor Tilden. That's
all there was to it.
The business man who refuses to ad
vertise because times are hard, commits
a very great mistake. When times are,
so-called, hard and money consequently
scarce, the man who has the cash to pay
looks out for bargains, and the best way
to catch him is to advertise cheap goods.
If you want bargains to offer, this is the
very time above all others to let cash
buyers know it.
The softening and refining influence
of Christmas on the British heart is
shown by the facts, fully authenticated
by statistics, that during Chrislmas
week only four men were tried in Lon,
don for kicking policemen to death
while the number of inhuman wife beat
ings actually brought to publio notice
was less than a hundred.
It may not prove uninteresting read
ing lo Mr. Cronin to peruse the fact
that two 6uoh Democratic papers as the
Coos Bay JVWs and Walla Walla States-,
man proclaim his action in taking 83000
for simply doing his duty as a servant
of the Democratic party "a downright
disgrace,"
Pentaur
jlNIMENTS,
One Kind for the Human Family.
The Other for Horses and Animals.
These Unlments are simply the wonder of
tbe world. Their effects are little less than
marvelous.
The Wbite Liniment is for the human
family. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciatica
and Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lum
baRO, Chillblains, Lock-jaw, Palsy, Itch, and
most cutaneous eruptions; it extracts frost
from frozen hands fend feet, and the poison of
bites and stings of venomous reptiles ; it sub
dues swelling and alleviates pain oi every
kind. When pains or bruises occur, it is mo
most potent remedv ever discovert-d to heal
the injured parts. The Centaur Liniment is
used with preat efficacy for Bore Throat, Tooth
ache. Caked Breasts, Karacho and v oak Back.
The following is but a sample of numerous
testimonials t
"Indiana Home. Jeff. Co., May 28. 1873.
"I think is my duty to inform you that I
have suffered much with swollen feet mm&
chords. A few bottles of Centaur Liniment
has tlone the work for me. I have not ben
free from these swellings In eight years.
Now I am perfectly well. The Liniment
ought to be applied warm. B. BROWN."
The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, it is
handy, it is cheap, and every family should
have the White Centaur Liniment.
The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapt
ed to the tough muscles, cords and flesh o
horses and animals. It has performed more
wonderful cures, in three years, of Spavin,
Strain," Wlnd-gsJls, Scratches, Sweeny, and
general Uimeness, than all other remedies
in existence. Read what the great Express
men say of it :
"Nkw York. January, 1871.
"Every owner of horses should give th
Cestacb Liniment a trial. We consider it
the best article ever used in our stables.
"H. MAKSII, Supt. Adams Ex. .Stables.N.Y.
"K. PULTZ, fu. U. S. tx. Stables, N. Y.
"AL S. OL1N, Supt. Nat. Ex. Stables, X.Y."
The best Patrons of this Liniment are Far
riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who are
continually using some liniment. It heals
Galis. Wounds, Poll-evil, removes Swellings,
and is worth millions of dollars annual lyjto
Farmers, Livery-men, Stock-growers, Sheep
raisers, and those having horsea or cattle.
What a Farrier cannot do for $20, the Cen
taur Liniment will do at a trifling cot.
These Liniments are sold by all dealers
thronghout the country. They are warranted
by the proprietors, and a bottle will be given
to any Harrier or Physician who desires to
test them.
Labratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
46 Det St.. New York.
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Jul
0NEY.
Pitcher's Castoria is a complete substi-
tute for CastorOil, and is as pleasant to take
as honey. It is particularly adapted to Teeth
ing and irritable children. It destroys worms,
assimilates the food, regulates the Stomach,
and cures Wind-Colic. Few remedies are as
efficacious for Feverishness, Croup, Worms,
and Whooping Cough. Castorla is a scientific
and purely vegetable preparation, more effec
tive than Castor Oil, and neither gags nor
gripes. Prepared by Messrs. J. li. Rose t Co.,
4ti Key St., New York, from the recipe of Sam
uel Pitcher, M. D., of Barnstable, Mass.
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I. SELTLTjSTG
H
AS JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST
stock of e
FALL AMD WHITER GOODS
ever imported to Oregon City, which he offers
at greatly reduced j rices. My stock of
CLOTHING
Has been largely increased and I can show
as handsome a line of ready-made goods in
Men and Hoys' Business and Dress Suits,
Co:its,etc, as can be found in the country ,and
at prices that cannot fail to satisfy. My
CRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
Is filled with a splendid assortment of all th
loading styles and fashionable shadesof goods
Empress Cloth,
jlohnin, French and
American Dress Uoodi
illaek Alparra,
JUrillian tines.
Cashmeres, ve.
!P L A ISTN" ELS,
Plaid, Plain and Opera Flannels, of all color
Bleached and Unbleached Cotton Flannels.
Ladies' and Gents' Vnderware
Shawls and Scarfs,
Wool ltlankets, o
Trnnksind Q
Traveling; Satchels,
Ilatsnntl Caps,
Oil Cloth tor
Floor antl Table.
BOOTS and SHOES,
I would call special attention to my stock of
Men's and liovs San Francisco Boots, which I
have sold for anum bo of years past with gen
oral satisfaction. Kvcry pair warranted. A
omplete stock of
HARDWARE k FARMING UTENSILS.
Choice Teas, Canned Goods, and all choice
Family Groceries,
All at Iaw Prices. Also,
LIVERPOOL AND CAB.UO ISLAND SALT.
Highest Price paid for all kinds of
Country Produce.
200,000 lbs. of WOOL Wanted,
for which I shall pay the highest cash price.
I. SELLIXG.
Oregon City, Nov. 1, 1875-tf.
J. P. WAKD.
GEORGE A. HARDING.
WARD & HARDING,
DS'IGGIST? AND APOTHECARIES,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A GEN
eral assortment of
Drugs ana Chemicals,
Pe rf u raery,
t'omba antl
Soaps,
II rashes,.
Trusses, Supporters.
Shoulder Braces Fancy and
Toilet Articles,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil, Lamp Chlmnevs.
Glass, Putty, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes and Dye Staff.
PL'RE WINES AXD LIQUORS FOR MEDICim
PURPOSES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully com
pounded, and all orders correctly answered.
aV"Open at all hours of the night. .
VAil accounts must be paid monthlv. 0
novl,187atf WARD & HARDING.
GEORGE THOMAS,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
OREGON CITY,
One door north of Haas' Saloon.
ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
made to order on the shortest notice. A
good flt or no sale. Repairing neatly done.
Terms cash, Jan25-ml.
OYSTERS!
OYSTERS!!
OYSTERS!!!
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GEORGE FTJCHS; OPPOSITE THE
4. Depot.
Served up for customers
FRESH OR STEWED.
Families supplied at the rate of 75 cents pe?
hundred. GEORGE FUCHS.
Oregon City, Oct. 20-tf
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