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Maritinic
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1", 1852.
Ik the New York
Register of the 11th, we find the
follewing: : -
- "Our remarks, iu a previous is
sue, condemning the excessive
port chargps on Columbia river
have excited the Oregon press.
They cannot refute them, for there
are'-too many witnesses to prove
that extortionate charges exist.
Our remarks were based upon such
proofs. We have always defended
Portland and the Oregon river, but
we are careful of their interests
most when we point out the ex
istence there of evil practices and
bad customs which can be re
moved. Instead of being excited
over the charges made, would it
not bewell to endeavor to remove
whatever abuses exist, and to de
vise means' for preventing their
recurrence. "We must warn ship
ping againstJPortland, if the charg
es at that port continue excessive."
In thus talking, the Register but
adds mendacity to incorrectne.-s of
statement. In the first article, it
made charpes that were based
upon the alleged correctness of a
letter written by British ship mas
ters. In that letter the heaviest
and only reasonable ground for
complaint was in reference to the
life service, something that the
Columbia river controversy has
nothing tn do with.
It is said that the annual in
come from the tithings demanded
by the Mormon priesthood iionr
their followers reaches 4,000,000.
"It is thought by the Gentiles,"
says a correspondent of the Boston
Herald, "and intimated by the
saints themselves, that a portion of
the tithing fund has been employ
ed, and very effectively employed,
in security .favorable legislation in
the national Congress.' The -departed
Brigham was wont to speak
very contemptuously of Congress
boasting that he cared nothing for
it, because he could influence its
votes with'-money whenever he
deemed it desirable. And there is
reason to think that his boast was
not wholly idle."
Congressman Cox, just back
from Egypt, tells a funny story of
being on the Nile when the boat
men, who were devout Mahome
tans, would lose their reckoning,
and not knowing the points of
compass, would not know in what
direction Mecca lay, towards which
they must turn their faces in
prayer. Having a compass with
him, Mr. Cox good-naturedly cor
rected their bearings for them, and
not unfrequently had the honor of
running a Moslem prayer-meeting.
They always 'passed, of course, a
vote of thanks for the able manner
in which he conducted- their re
ligious services.
Seattle lus had another spasm.
The Chronicle gives air to a re
port that the Vesuvius has been
wrecked on the Columbia br; our
delightful contemporary says: "All
hands, report says, were savod,"
ana anas mat "many more im
probable things could easily occur."
Yea, verily: it is not even outside
the limits of improbability that our
contemporary would be fair enough
to acknowledge that the report
was a canard, and that it knew it
to be so when it pave it publicity.
The latest phase of gossip about
cabinet appointments is the- state
ment that Ex-Governor Booth of
California, may get the Secretary
ship of the Interior, instead of
Sargent. The difference between
the two men is -that Booth is as.
eminently fit -for the position he
would honor, as Sargent is unfit.
To besuccesslul, our commerce
must command, the service of
heavy draught ships that can carry
,3000 to 3500 tons. Willamette
Farmer. -
Correct! What is needed is
snob improvement of tho-bar as to
giva-permanent 2(J'foot channel.
The Mormon question thrusts
itself upon Congress in a very pos
itive manner, and like Bauquo's
ghost it will not down. Doubt
less a majority arc against the in
famous institution of polygamy and
willing to see its political power
destroyed, yet somehow there is a
disposition to handle the subject
rather gingerly. I shall not be
surprised if the present agitation
ends in smoke and inaction, as all
previous attempts have done, It
takes something like an earth
quake to inspire Congress to do
its duty in dealing with any great
evil which possesses power and in
fluence. The plan proposed by
Delegate Magiuuis of Montana,
appears to be the least violent and
effective of any suggested so far.
His proposition is to let Congress
divide the Territory of Utah, in
corporating the western part witli
the State of Nevada, the south
eastern part with the State of Col
orado, and the small northern part
with Idaho and Wyoming. Con
gress has abundant power to do
tliis, and it is evident that when it
is done the Mormon power will be
broken. A part of the Mormon
population will then be citizens of
Nevada, and will be there only a
minority of the whole State, and
part become citizens of Colorado
in a minority there. The small re
mainder will form a part of Wyo
ming or Idaho. The main portion
of the Mormon population would
thus become citizens of States
which have already established
constitutions and laws, to which
the. Mormons would be amenable.
It is held that such a division of
Utah and distribution of its parts
would not only be perfectly leghl
an 1 proper, but would have the
advantage that the new bounda
ries would be natural Instead of
artificial. The Wasatch Range
which now runs through the cen
tre of Utah, would then form the
boundary line between the States
of Colorado and Nevada. Is there
any reason why '.Utah should not
thus be dotted out of the map?
The indications at the present
time are that the most important
result of Sneaker Kiefer's unfortu
nate concoction of the committees
will be a change in the system of
their selection. It is not improb
able, Ironi the present temper of
the House, that Mr. Kiefer is the
last Speaker who will have the
exercise of so much power, or the
onportunit' to abuse it, and that
iu tiio futijre the committees will
be made in much the same man
ner they are in the Senate. It is
even hinted that the committees
for this Congress may yet be reor
ganized; but this I think unlikely,
though there is so- much feeling
on both sides of the House that the
movement could be carried if piop
perly inaugurated. -Mr. Orth, who
gave thcSpeakersuch a cutting re
buke in open session, is not the
only Republican who feels out
raged or who recognizes, tho mo
tives and the moving spirit of the
whole scheme. Mr. Waite, of
Connecticut, is another old and
prominent Republican 'member
who has taken decided excepions
to the course of the Speaker and
written a letter declining to servo
under the circumstances. There
are curses loud and deep all along
tho line. The arrangement of
Committees is a matter entirely
within control of the House, and
it is only by usage and courtesy
that the- Speaker has been hereto
fore given that authority. When
ever a majority of tho member so
determine, it is in the province of
the House to undo his work and
take the-matter into their own
hands. If such action were to be
taken now Mr. Kiefer could not
complajn. "
Tliis-morning I saw a letter from
the father of Clara Louise Kellosg,
in answer to a letter of inquiry,
addressed to him by Clara Louise's
uncle, who .live in this city, as to
the'tnithfulness of tho rumor that
is widespread and circumstantially
dilated on throughout the country,
to the effect that the popular can-
tatrico is soon to marry a Mr.
Whitney. Suffice it to say that
the letter was by no means a con
firmation of tho rumor. I think
Clara Louise will continue to sing
and popularize English opera for
somu time yet, 'beforo she Stc'ps
her pretty foot off the lyric stage
and retires to sing soft lullabies in
the quiet realms of sweet domes
ticity, notwithstanding the amount
of interesting advertising she is
getting this winter over her al
leged, intention to set the vvedding
bells a ringing. By the way, tho
Hon. Wra. Pitt Kellogg, Louisi
ana's staunch Republican Senator,
is of the Ne"w England Kellogg
family, although he has been West
all his life, and commanded a reg
iment of Illinois cavalry during the
war for the Union.
It is hoped that by the time this
letter is in print the Guiteau trial
will be ended and the assassin un
der sentence of death. The clos
ing arguments are now in progress,
and Guiteau himself has prepared
a speech which ho proposes to de
liver to the jurv. He wants the
last say and pretends to believe
that his address will settle tha
matter in his faver. Grave doubts
are expressed, however, whether
he will deliver it after all, even if
permitted by the court. Hereto
fore he has prepared various
speeches, and when the time came,
and he was told to stand up and
deliver what he had to say, he de
clared that he had nothing to offer
It is doubted whether he has the
moral courage to face the jury.
He is a very timid and cowardly
fellow, in spite of his Muster when
he is in his Feat, and he never
rises, but drops into his chair as
he is brought in, and stays there
till he goes out again. He has
never voluntarily risen in court
since the day Bill Jones shot at
him. , In an interview at the jail
tho other day with Mr. Reed, one
of his counsel, the assassin pro
posed in all seriousness that after
the jury had acquitted him he.
sljnuld take the lecture-field. "He
declares that in a year he would
have $50,000, and would pay his
counsel handsomely. Mr. Reed
said: "Supposo now that the jury
should find you guilty, and the
judge sentence you to be executed
Have you thought of that?" Gui
teau said he had not, but the Lord
would be with him; the Lord
would go right up on the gallows
and stand beside him through it
all. " Spot.
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Suits from - -- -- -3500
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Dissolution of Copartnership.
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dissolved by mutual consent. The business
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