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ASTORIA. OREGON:
fc. 6. YREIfAXI) Eckitor.
SATURDAY. FEBitUAirtr 8. 1879
A Confounded Fraud.
The paid lobbyists of the Nortli
ern Pacific railroad disorganiza
tion have succeeded in getting an
other bill introduced into congress
of which Colonel Larrabeesays :
" The Mitchell or Senate bill is
'clead beyond resurrection, and if
the bill which J send you passes
congress the company can pro
cure all the money needed to com
plete the road from Admiralty In
let inside or five years, and 1 am
assured that work will commence
on the western division immedi
ately." We answer that if the Mitchell
or senate bill " is dead beyond res
surrection, and the bill passes"
which Col. Larrabee has sent to us,
the Company may get as much
'money as it likes.but money wiU not
settle the country ; money may
build railroads, to be sure ; but it
does not prevent the fraud most
apparent in this bill. An extension
of time to the Northern pacific to
hold that rjrant they obstruct the
'settlement, and force compliance
with their estimates or the values
per acre of all lands available for
production. The Northern pacific
railroad magnates may smile audi
ably at their defeat of " the Mitch
oil, or Senate bill," and chuckle
over the clauses of this new bill,
which in no manner advances the
interests of the people, only fasten
inff the shackles now restraining the
settlement of the country, but
remember what we tell
you;
the
Oregonian, and every individual
who aids this scheme, does just so
"much to perpetuate a most horri
ble and outrageous fraud. If
this bankrupted, and utterly use
less corporation, known as the
Northern Pacific railroad com
pany was run 'out of the country
all together, private interests would
have a railroad operating from the
mouth of White Salmon river, in
"'Klickitat valley, to Spokane falls,
inside of two years, and the Uta)h
Northern would be running trains
into Dalles city before the next
Presidential election. The North
ern Pacific railroad company, as
it has been managed and operated,
and as it probably will continue to
'be managed and operated, is a
worse curse to Oregon and Wash
ton, east of the mountains, than
the grass-hopper pest was to the
-states of -Kansas, etc., or the pres
ent plague in Russia is to Afghan
istan, -lits a confounded fraud.
Poor Win. Vantiorbilt.
Not worth a dollar. No, nor a
aime. Nor a cent. What a pity!
Poor Vanderbilf! Unfortunate
William. H.! JST. T. Sun. .
Did he lose the $100,000,000
left him by his rail-roading father?
No, not exactly. Tliis is 'how it is.
3?he assessors of taxation of New
York sent a -tax blank to William
H., desiring him to state the
amount of his personal property
subject to be taxed. William EL
the owner of the New York Cen
"tral railroad, returned the paper,
' and stated on oath that the amount
of his personal wealth was 0.
Some of the newspapers sav Van--.derbilt
lies. But poor Vandcrbilt
has his sympathizers. The New
. York daily World Soclares it im
pertinent to meddle with the pri
vate affairs of -citizens, and that
William H,, or -any other million
aire, has a. right to "distribute" his
wealth tnsuch away as to evade
.taxation. That is, William H. is
justified in perpetrating a fraud if
;the law cannot bring him to ac
count. Of- cpurse'jdf . legalized rob-
bers can wriggle out of taxation
the taxes fall all the heavier on
other men. "Well, but the remedy.
It is this: Make all kinds of prop
erty, without exception taxable,
and make the attempt to evade
taxation punishable with severe
penalties; then, if respectable
leeches like William H. swear they
are worth nothing we can send
them to the penitentiary, where
they ought to be.
Indian Affairs Generally.
SPKCLAT. TO TIIK ASTOKIA5.
Astoria, Ftjb. 7. It is well -.and
wisely said that an idle Drain is the
Devils store-house. As this is hang
mans day, and the proper time to dis
cuss questions that need to be hung
up, I will proceed to ask ycu a few
questions. If phrenology is a true
science, and we know that all well
read people concede the fact, why
should the Indian be handled in
the 'reckless, moral way, ns those
moralists snivel about? Do we take
insane persons and sit down and reason
with them to prevent their wild des
truction 4 No. Do we take a thief
when he has stolen our property and
try to argue the errors and immorality
of it. When a man in cold blood
premeditates the robbing and murder
ing of his neighbor for money, does
the young mens christian association
of Portland go and take him in their
arms and try to convince him that it is
wrong? No sir.
It is a fact, beyond dispute, by .any
well read sensible person, that m the
human family in ail grades, from the
highest civilization down to the ap
proach of the brute creation, wo see,
in the midst of the best, where people
have had the advantages of the full
force of Christianity; murders, thieves,
and liars. Why is this? Now I will
proceed to show. In the creation of
man, and adapting him to this earth,
it was absolutely necessary that
he should have certain faculties
of mind, calculated to combat
the surrounding circumstances. Now
take these circumstances, aud what
are they. I will mention a few.
First climate, the frigid zone to the
torid zone is one eternal change of
circumstances. Man has -to adapt
himself to all these. Second, there
are no two seasons alike, for that rea
son in one place there are plenty, and
in another there is a great scarcity, of
the necessaries of life. Man, by his
organization of mind, is intended to
meet off those varied circumstances
to perpetuate his 'life. Man in his pas
sion is governed by instinct; but in all
matters of enterprise by reason; so
man is simply a reasonable animal.
When you approach a man on any
question that seriously affects his prop
erty interests, you must expect you
have aroused his whole being. From
this fact his earthly welfare entirely
depends. Upon it his food, clothing,
and luxuries of life, all depend. In
this article I will lay all notions of re
ligion aside, as it i3 a vexed question
that is calculated to be debatable by
all nationalities, and all people, from
the wisest sago to the commonest fool,
and they all think they each know all
about it.
The Indian, as other barbarous na
tions, are almost entirely governed by
passion. By the passion they are
carried along, century after century.
Without the knowledge that others
have rights, they Bimply provide for to
day. Their numbers are entirely gov
erned by the mildness of climate and
the healthfulr.ess and productiveness
of soil. To human existence it is
absolutely necessary that we be en
dowed with certain faculties of brain,
such as destructiveness, combative
ness, alamentativeness, ainativeness,
philoprogenativeness, firmness, and
of the animal propensities, and others
as well as of the reflective faculties,
and reasoning facult.es, such as
acquisitiveness, order, ideality, form,
and locality, to endow us with what
we ordinarily call common sense, so
we may make a sustenance for our
selves, and those that are around us.
The reason there has been so much
wild blundering by the government,
with all Indian tribes, is because the
Indian tribes, by nature, are alike
roving, fickle, warlike, indolent and
lazy. Educated up to dishonesty as
a rule, they -are thieves, liars, and
murderers. And why are they sol
Because of their developcment of
brain. All Indians have, as a univer
sal thing, large combativeness, large
destructiveness, large secretiveness,
large firmness, large spirituality, large
acquisitivness, small veneration, small
ideality, small casuality. With this
kind of general development is it not
a very easy matter for any man who
has made the human mind more of a
study, than he has politics or the
hoarding of money, to see that whole
tribes of people that have these pecu
liar developments of brain, are hard
to manage by moral suasion. Such
persons you could appeal to only by
their passions. Tell them a few ghost
szories : that would be an appeal to
their spirituality, and you could get
them scared, and cry them right into
the church ; and in thirty minutes af
terwards the war-whoop and call out
for scalps and the very last man, and
his christian wife, who had prayed
over this fickle child of the plain,
would be at once subjected to
the tomahawk and scalping-knife,
with as little mercy as if the whole
procedure belonged to the same pro
gramme. For proof of this take the
Whitman massacre in Walla Walla, in
the year 1847, and a thousand similar
instances all over the United States
sinfce its earliest settlement. Why do
agricultural societies form and have a
public show of live sock? Simply to
show what science has done m the
direction of bringing out fine propor
tions, and fine dispositions of the
various animals. JMow the wiseaker
who would pick me up right here,
would say: that is just what we are
trying to do with the indians. We are
trying to cultivate his moral faculties.
Oh, you are, eh? now let us see how
you would cultivate the docility of a
wild bull. I suppose you would go up
to him the first thing and pat him on
the back and tell him he was a nice bull ;
you would next put your arms around
his neck, and lead him right along;
(what stuff) that is what christian hu
manitarians have been at, ever since
America began to settle. The way to
handle a bull is the way to handle the
indian. He must be lassoed, his horns
sawed off, and put out on the grass
when he is hungry. And after he has
had his nooning 3Tou must put the
3Toke on his heck, hitch him onto the
plow, and make him plow the balance
of the day then when night comes, he
will willingly go to the corral to have
his hay, and he will lay the balance of
the night and chew his cud, and be
quiet. Take the Indian, disarm' him,
put him on to proper lands. Divide
these lands out to heads of families;
put proper military rule over them;
compel them to go to work and till the
soil; and manufacture their own cloth
ing; just as 30,000,000 white people
are compelled to 'do now, in the United
States, and when their old war-horses
are dead, and the young braves have
not beea taught war, but have been
taught agriculture; then, and not till
then, need you send in in your
Christians.
BORX.
In Astoria, Thursday evening Feb
ruary Gth, 1879, to the wife of Magnus
C. Crosby, a son.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SOMETHING
N
E
CHESTNUTS,
NEW ORLEANS MO
LASSES, CRYSTAL DRIP -SYR-DP,
PICKLED HERRINGS,
J30ILED CIDER,
CALIFORNIA FIGS,
AND DRIED GRAPES
WHICH ARE BET
TER THAN ANY
RAISINS IN THE
MARKET.
W
AT'GEARHART'S
jS-xycsirxcHsr sale
AT
HOLDER'S AUCTION ROOMS.
Real Estate and Furniture
On SATURDAY, IV. S, 1879,
At 2 o'clock P. M.
I will sell to the highest bidder a lot of
second-hand Furniture. Also : 3S yards good
Brussels Carpet, one Howes Sewing Ma
chine, two dozen Fishermen's "Woolen Shirts.
Clocks and Pictures ; also : a lot df second
hand Books, and a variety of other goods.
! After which I am instructed to dispose by
I'l'ULiu Auunur oi ine iouowing des
cribed valuable REAL ESTATE, all situated
in Shivelys Astoria :
Xiot 5 iu -block 87; JLot 5 in block
40 ; TVotH 4 aud lO lu. block 76 ; JLots
9 and & in block 91.
Titles guaranteed. Deeds at purchasers
expense. B. C. HOLDEN,
Auctioneer.
Ordinance No. 311.
AN ORDINANCE to prorido for special
counsel for the city in tho matter of the last
will of Cyrus Olney, deceased.
Whkrjcas, It i asserted thntCyru5 oinov.
late of Astoria deceased, loft a will under
which iti? clamed tbo.city has largo pecuni
ary interests, an.i it i asserted on tho other
hand that paid supposed will is invalid and
that no rights accrued to tho city thoroundor.
and it is desirable to have- Eaoro certain 'ad
vice about tho matter.
A'ojc the city of Astoria does ordain asellmcs:
Sec. 1. That J. U. D. Gray, .Tofrn Hahu
un4 C. W. Shivoly aro hereby constituted
and appointod"aconts for tho city and are au
thorised and empowered and directed on he
half of the city and in its name, to ompluy
and enter into written con'.ract with E. L.
Shattuck, attornoy-at-law, to investigate tho
Jacts and tho law relative to tho will of the
lato Cyrus Olney. and to tho rights and inter
ests of tho city of A toria thereunder, and to
furnih his written opinion thereor , atnn cx
penso to tho city therefor of not exceedir two
hundred dollars and further to retain him in
any lituMiun that may arise cone -rains tho
claims of tho city under said will at a further
feo for conducting an action or suit to final
docHon on appeal not exceeding ($l-"!0 one
hundred and fifty dollars, cortain. and such
reasonablq.contingent feo as may bo agreed
upon.
isKr. 2. This ordinance shall tako effect and
bo in forco from and after its approval by the
mayor.
Passed tho Council. Jan. 29. 1S79.
Attest: K. I! . 0 A KD WELL.
Auditor and Clerk.
Approved, Jan. 30, 1S79.
J. II. D. GRAY, Acting Mayor.
TTUGH STOOl',
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
AND GENERAL JOBBER
ASTORIA, OREGON.
iKJrlTonses built 'to order, and satisfaction
KuaranteecLJ'' Shop on Squemocqha street,
uext-door to the Episcopal church.
BUSINESS CARDS.
B. F. DESJflSOX. F. J. TAYLOR
DEjSNISON & TAYLOR,
ATTOKXEYS AT I. AW.
Astokia. Okeoox.
Office Up stairs in Parker's building,
corner Chennmus and Benton streets.
O. F. HELU A. MEACHEX.
REIL & 3IEACHE&
Attorneys at Law and Notaries Public.
Commissioner of Deeds for California and
Washington Territory.
Astoria, Oregon.
Offick Corner of Snuenioeqho and Cass
streets, up stairs, over E. S. Larsen's .store.
,r. vr. Kor.i:. c w. fultox.
KOI5B & FCTTTttiSf.
Attorneys-at-Law. Collecting and Real
Estate Agents.
Rooms os. 1 and 2. Dr. "Welch's new build
', Squcmocnhu street. Astoria.
F.
D. WILTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in City Hall P.uilding.
ASTORIA. OREGOX.
rR. I. M. SEVERN.
Graduate University f Pennsylvania.
PIIYSIC'IAK AND SFPJJEOS.
EXAMINING SURGEON OF PENSIONS.
a Hire. Larsen's building.
OHiro I!cmr. S a. m. to 10 A. jr. and fi p
m. to S i ji. At niulit can he found at Tur-
pin House. Astoiua, Oregon-.
D
R. F. CRANG,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ASTORIA, OREGOX.
Ofllco-lioom im. 7 over C. L. rarker's
store. Opposite Dement's drug store.
It. J. W. OLIVER,
HOXEOPATIIXST.
Having permanently located in Astoria,
tenders his services to the citizens of this
place.
Offtck. For the present at his residence
in Col. Tavlor's house. Cedar street.
otto BUFarms.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
HAS KKMOVED TO
Main street, Parker's building,
ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON.
J.
STEWART.
Stone and Marble Cutter,
ASTORIA. ----- OREGON.
All kinds of building work, and monumen
tal work attended to promptly and to order.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
QEO. TiOVETT.
CLEANING and REPAIRING PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
Benton street, opposite rost-office. Astoria.
Manufacturer of
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES,
WHIPS, ETC.
0ars leathered, and leather for sale.
Astoria Steam Laundry.
J. T. BOUCHERS ,. Proprietor.
Astoria, Oregon.
No rubbinfr or senihhinrr nml nn fhiic-iitnn-
VOlir plnthes inn nipops Ttuttnuo c-r.,.,1 ,.
and clotheslnended.
S-:seat work at reasonable prices. G4ve
ns a call.
J. EL D. GRAY,
Vholesale and retail dealer in.
OYSTEBS, by the SACK,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storatre and Whnrfntro nn ncnn.
able terms.
Arndt 4 Ferohen.
milE BEST
BLACKSMITH
AND
Machine Shop
In the citv.
All kinds of
Engine. Cannery and Steamboat
Work promptly attended to
GEORGE. MACLEAN,
BLACKSMITH.
Water Street Roadway,
Near Humo's Cannery, Astoria, Oregon.
Ilorswhoein? Jp l$. and all kinds
of Blacksmith TW ingdono to or
der. Satisfact ion aranteed
ALL SHIP AND ENGINE WORK A
SPECIALTY.
Jg S. MERRILL d- CO.,
Blacksmiths and Machinists .
toPbffieBGBiffiR,ff AND Near Express
Otlico, ASrOlUA, - OREGON.
All work in our line, heavy orli-rht.donowith
neatness and dispatch.
Horseshoeing, Wag- -, &
on and Farm
3atV.- J&L
. v.-i -SLVr'
-Je affT5
ZVZl
2
WORK A SPECIALTY.
HAM? 9aS rP9BEUrIIE SERVICES OF
inrV;i5n?S J V- an experienced
f amor or ji years in tho business and well
known to Astoriahorsomen. wo are prepared to
do AocliiB in a manner to cure lamoS or irS
V niiVn T3 ontruFted to our care. P
ratef warrinted and at reasonable
COAL LAND FOR SALE.
oro"a"sohdo?vrbia cit
"-AumAj vuicc
AUCTION SALES.
g C. HOLDEN,
Notary Public for the State of Oregon.
fccal Estate Agent and Conveyancer.
Agent for the FIREMEN'S FUXD INSUR
ANCE COMPANY of San Francisco.
COMMISSION AGEN1 and AUCTIONEER.
Rents anil Acconnts rollerlril. and re
turns promptly made.
Regular sales day,
SATURDAYS at P. .11.
turn Il'nirart.fies navS rem estate. lnrnt
nt?Jny"n'ers:oo(lsto rtiMwc of eithf-r
en,;,! .. n or 1'". sa should notify mer,
Nostorage charged on -rood iili at Av.c-
n" r. c.hou.:n
.. Aurtioneer.
AMUSEMENTS.
Dancing Academy.
Tagc's bnildincrni'xt door to E. S. Larscn.
eveSnf0" M7wid Thursday
afh:lnootr!rt ?FonnMOnilay a"(1 ""
Jln-ML01;55" Tuesday and Fridar
evenings. :it 7 :3o.
aUr'Tf CLASSWed,lestlay and Saturday
Wfrtppsijav ovoninc for the entire school.
Jsone admitted oxcopt sobers
Saturday evening SOIREE.
TERMS-Lndk's and gents class per
Month " l cr, ,
rc's '""I Misses cIjlss'Jw "Jiontii!."!!Z "2 to
HOTELS AND TvESTAUllANTsT"
rjnuitpix house.
D. L.TURPIN - ri:opniKTOR.
MAIN STREET.
Between Squemocqhe and .TeiTersoiu '
Astoria. Orkc.on.
Roard and lodging per week... 6
Roard per day
Single Meal !.".."."."...!.!"!".7."
Tne table will be sunplitMl at all times with
the best the market affords.
A. J. MKGLRR. c. S. WRIGHT.
OCCIB12XT HOTEL.
MEGLER & WRIGHT. Proprietors.
Astoria, Orerjon.
THE PROrRIETORS A TIF. HAPPY TO
announce that the above hotel has been
repainted and refurnished, rdding greatly To
the comfort of its guests and is now the best
hotel north of San Francisco.
pARKER HOUSE,
ASTOKIA, OREGON,
H. Ji. PAEKER. Proprietor.
THIS HOTEL is the largest, most comfort
able and best kept hotel in the city. I?
supplied with t ft? best of spring water, hot
and cold baths, barbershop, and a tlrst-clas
saloon with best of honors and cigars, and
fine billiard table. Free coach to and from
the house ; "Charges reasonable, SI 00 to $2 db
per day, according to room occupied.
Astoria, July 15, 1S7S. . uu
"Vi
DALACE LODGING HOUSE.
CAlisky& Hegele's new bidMlng)
Corner of Morrison and Third streets,
PORTLAND. OREGON,
"Furnished rooms in suits, or single, by
the day, week or month.
Miss II. MENEFEE. Lessee.
RESTAURANT,
THEO. BROEMSER, - - PROrniETOK.
Fresh oysters, and other deli
cacies of the season, served in.
every styie.
Opposite the Telegraph offlce, Squeinoujia
street, Astoria, Oregon.
9-MEALS AT ALL H0URS"5i.
ASTORIA CANDY FACTORY
AND
OYSTER SAIOOX.
HAVING ENLARGED MY STOKE I
have now 011 hand the largest and best
assortment of plain and French candies la
town, also, all kinds of
CAKES, CRACKERS AND BISCUITS,
All of which I offer for sale at the lowest
cash price, wholesale and retail at
SCHNIEER'S CONFECTIONERY.
Opposite the bell tower,
ltetail candy from 25 to 75 cents per pound.
Fresh Eastern and Shoalwater
bay oysters serveu in every siyie.
SEAMTO GLASSES,
All sizes and shapes from llatc or 20 .
DOORS, WINDOWS,
AND
WINDOW GLASS.
Sasli, Weights. Etc.
Address all orders
CLIFFORD C0G01HS,
(Successor to Jason, Springer & Co.)
PORTLAND, OREGON.
FItOK A SUFFERER.
Do not fail, if bad health you'r afraid of,
Oi knowing exactly what you'r bread b
maac of.
Xow allow me to tell you, for experience Iv$
had I'm sure,
Nothings worse for the stomach than vhe
voti'r yeast powder's not pure.
Oh then be careful in future, you know
what's at stake,
I.et me advise you (for I know now) what
brand to take. :
I,et your grocer give you no other kind Jor,
this is guaranteed.
You use Donnolly's Yeast Towder and .of
good health pure and light bread joufe
sure '
P- nwTPVJ
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