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ll wiping, '""ww" -van sraaEjamKB The Ooasb Mttih 1MMII IHIIHD 1JVKHY SATUBDAY MORNING 11Y WEBSTER, HACKER & LOCKHART, Miiralilluld, Coos Co , Oi. 'JVi him, lii Ail'iuico. Onoyenr t o Hix months Tluoo iiiiiiilliB 1 m 1 00 OITICIAI. IMIMIlt OP COOS CO. .Iii1U .l.M. IUimK'h l.cllci', Democratic pnpcid hnvo resorted lo allsorlHot denials of Judgo Jimo S. llliick'H luttor ulllrtufiiK Garfield's in nocence In tin) Ciedit Mobilioi trans notion. Tilt' follow ing is tint whole lolloi, oxpiusltiK tho impartial judg incut of mi intelligent Doinoci.it who hml full uppui Ltinity lo undoislaiid tlui triiti stale of tho fuels. l'iiit.Mii:i.Piii v, Kob 15, 1880. My Dr.A't Sin. From tho begin ning of tho investigation enncniuiiig Mi Ames' uso of tho Cicdil Mohlh-r, I behoved that (Son. (liullohl was free from all guilty connection with thai business. This opinion win founded not inoiely on my confidence in hi integrity, hut on some special knowl ctfgo of It ih case. 1 may lmo told j on nil ahout it in convocation, hut 1 iK'niio now to lcpeat it hy way of lcmiudci. I imseit iinhcsit ilingly tli.it, what ever Goneial Gailiold may have done or foiboino to do, headed in trofouiiil ignoianco of tho ii.ituroaiul diarnvlor of the thin; which Mi Amos wan pro posing to null, lie had not tho shght oat suspicion tli.it he was to ho taken into u nng organized for tin.1 put pose of definiiiling tho public, lioi did lu Know that tho stock was in any mini nor connected with inn thing which eiimo, or could conic, with'n tliP legis hitivo jurisdiction of Cmigrcs Tho case against him lacks tho scienter which aloiii) constitutor guilt. In tho winter of I SOD-TO, 1 told On Garfield of tho fact that hi inline wan on Amos' lint, that Amos churned him with being oueof his distubutors; ex plained lo bun the character, origin and objects of the 0 unlit Mobilier; pointed out tho connection it hnd with congressional legislation, and diowed him how iuipowiblu it was foi a member of Congress lo hold Htoclv in it without bringing his pri vate intercuts in conflict with lu pub lic duty. That nil this wait lo him a pcifrctly now revelation I am as sure us I can ho of such u fact, or of any fact that is capable of being provod only hy moral circumstances. Ho told mo then that the whole story of Train' oiler to lit lit mid Ames' tnihseqiKiit Holicitatiou and Lis own action in tho details it to ! premises as union an no nutans it m the loiiinuttoo. I do not underinko to icprodiico tho coueiatioti, hut the efl'eetof it all was to convince mo thoioughly that when ho listened to Amis ho was perfectly unconscious of any tiling owl I watchod careful ly every word that fell fioiu him on this point, uml tlui not reg.ud his imi tative of tho tranactioii in othor io spec is with miicli intcicst, bacaus) in my view every thing else was iiniguitl cant. I diil not caiti whether hu had intuit) baigaiu tuchnica'ly binding or not; hi integrity depended ujion tho (juefction whether ho acted with In eyes open. If ho had known tho tiucehaiaitot of tho piopnsiliou inado to him ho would not h.no endured it, much loss oinbracctl it. Now, couple this with ih. Ames's admission that ho gave no explana tion whatever of tho matter to lien Oarllold, thon jollut I tli it not a pjiti do of proof exists to allow that l,0miHUuin and botweoii two con- lcarned anything about it pun inns to to his conversation with me. and I think vou will say that it is altogeth er unjust to put him on the list of those who knowingly and wilfullv joined the fraudulent association in question. -L S Ut.iCK. Hon J. G niaine, Speaker of the House of Kopiosentnlives, ArlMUbuig landing ono night in 'Oil Iheio was a uisli for unions by some newly iiriivnd tioops. Colonel Mnilou, coiuinnndiitg lllo commissary Htonnieis there, observed n sluing, lino lookhig soldier in mi infnntiy oven foal, present a requisition and snatch up ii hand of Hour, walking oil' with it as easily as n common petsou would carry away a ham. When tho wagon was 'loaded the sumo mini stepped up to Colonel Men ton and loiii.iikod : "I mipposo you requiro n receipt foi theso tnipplioN?" "Yes," said tho Colonel, as he handed over tho usual blank, "just lake this piovisioil iiiluin u.nl hiivo it stgned hy vnur commanding olllcer." "Can't 1 sign it?" was the loply. "Oh, no!" said the all'ahlo Colonel Morton, "it lequirim tho sig natiiio of a coiiimissioiied nlllcei." Tlien fiimo the uutiaik that still u inniiiH fresh in tlio Colonel's memo ry i "I'm a nrigallor-Gcnoml, and my naiuo is Gaillold of Ohio." Tin: following Slates hold elections prior to thu oleulion for I'lemilent' Ahihiima, Hist Miiudiiy of August; Arkiiuiiiis.llrKt Monday of Sopteinbor, Wnino, socirid .Monday of SopUinihoi" ; Colorado, fitgt Tiioduy in Oetubor; ludiann, Ohio mid Wcwt Niiiiiiiti,M pud Tuesday of 0sU)Ur. COAST Vol. IX. Till) ;il!lH'H' (tlll'Hltoil Itrtilt'll. S. 1''. Aigonaut. Wo nro nil agiced in the opinion that an unlimited immigialiou of rhiiieso is in tho language of tho Itepublionn platfoi in a "gloat mil." Wo aio all agritd that tho Chinese now among us aio bote by invitation of inlei national tiealie, and are nucl ei tho protection of national laws, and have ii tight to'thu full enjovment of all their piivll ges under tho law Wo aio all united in admitting that the authorily lo rest ruin CIiIiipso im iiiigiation losts alono with Congress, and tho tioaty making power at WuhIiiuuIoii : that tho cry of tho hish upon tho Hand-lot, that "tho Chinese must go," is iriational, illegal, uml biiital Wo all remoinbei that in the early history of our State wo favoied Chineso iniinigiatioii. Wo llioughl cheai lalioi desiiahlc, mid wo were onthiisiaHlio in welcoming Clu noso lo out coast. Wo gave ih. IJur llngamoli civic biiniiiot, over which u Doinocralio (lovornor picsidcd Jur Christian people thought it an oppoilunity to snatch heathen cotils A Demociat. under a Democratic Picsulont, mailo tho flrul Chinese tie.Uy; a Uepuhlican, uiiiloi a ltepub lican l'rosidont, loncwed it. All class es of people favored the intoicouise. We wanted llieiu to build railioads, inigato lands, reclaim swamps, culti vatoour farnist pick our fiuit, pur foun inmiial service When Califor nia was admitted to tho I'nion their baibiriaii llas iloated out upon our I'lieifio brercH in hariuony witli our ualionnl banners; their hailaric mu sic mingled its discordant hai monies willi our national anthems Wo pio tiiicd to ourselves the benefit of the introduction of their peculiar indus tries, hi our imagination", to our unbounded resources of gold anil grain, and wino mid wool, were to havu been added uco plantations along our gical rivci bottoms, and pie Uirc!Mtio tea farms, w oio to adorn our hill hides. They would raise cilk, and to tho halo of nth mcriliandifc from tho oiicnl was to have lcen added tho production of ourow n busy looms, and in the waiui imaginings of our youthful feivor wo saw bplciitlul mid nelily remiinorative cnmpuiisiitioiis in leturn foi inakiug this tho welcome asvluin of the hard-picssed Asian m his battle foi life. Wokuwhow wo have been diappointed in all thote things Wo know that with us pub lic opinion hns becoiuo altogethor changoil ; that all cutlers and classes of micioIv have bucomo convinced, by tho stern logic of otii own lamentable e. peril lie, that Chinese iininigi.tlion will not do; that it must bo limited and restiuted within leasouable bounds , thut it ha become a nation id question , that it threatens the sub version of our free institutions; that it is a menace to icpublican liberty, that is a struggle of two divorne civi lisations, that California is fiifet be coming it Imttli'-giniiuil for biead; that hero Chi ist and Confucius are snuggling foi iu.istc.iy; and that heie is to be clouded the question of mi- picnuey and survival between divoroo leii'dtng, uon assimilating races. Wo know tho douse and seemingly im penetrable iguoiaiico that hangs like a pall ovei the Hasten! iiiiucl. We know that bevond the Mississippi tliero is no appiecintion of the itu pending invasion. We know that New Knglund Put iluuisiu mid com nieicl.il greed, nnd political domugog isiiu, and uniwi'iul Castein stupiditv, have been aiuived against us upon this Chinese question. Wo know that tho two lesolutious in the two puity platforms mo concessions to catch the Pacific Coist vole. We know that neilhot party willingly or intelligently allowed them to have a place iiuuing national icsolutions. Wo know that the) l'iflcen-P.issenger I Sal 1 was opposed by both Republicans and Deinoeiats on ita passage; thai Conkliug and Gai field, Hajaril and Thin mini, found objections to the foi in of tho bill; that a Republican Picsident vetoed it; lliatii Democrat le Supioiuo Judgo invoked tho Con Ktituliou foi tho pioleetiouof ChiiiOH) hair. Wo know that neither, as a national p.uty, is nt all in earnest, or is iiiueh in sympathy with us of tho Pacific Coast upon this Chi nese question. Now, thon, what me wo to do? For whom shall wo cast our vote? Piom which piuty shall we have tho best asfcuimice of n fiituio lecogiiiiionoi iiio iiRiiouai eiuuHcii'i and In.po.lai.c.. of this quetio..V It s not to bo decided by tlie weighing of wolds in thu paity platforms; not by tho peiMinal uicords of tho ouiuli datort; not hy tho nrnmUcu thoy will Diuhu in their lultan of aeuoptniiuo; not in the noisy mid lying dooliwun tiona of jitirty oraturi, nor in thu writ luynuf purty nowsiinntii oiiqii; but MA-RSI-IiFrEL-D, in the iiiiderlying principles and an tecedent history of tho parties thorn selves; in tho character of parlylead ers mid legislator ' in the interests of thu localities theso parties repre sent. Tested by these niles, which party gives the best giiar.inleo that it will first inform itself upon this ques tion, and be the first to take intelli gent legislative action in thu direc tion wedesiro7 Iluiivni'li ll lid IrH. Mtirrud. Chicago Times. The nomination of (Jen. Hancock tccalls his connection with tho execu tion of Mrs. Surrnt. President Lin coln was assassinated on April 11,1805, and a court martial convened in Washington May 10, to try the per eons arrested lor supposed complicity in tho crime. Tho prisoners were David C Harrold, (i. A. Atrerolh, Lewis I'ayne.ilichiel O'Loughlin, JM ward Spangler, Sauiucl Arnold, Mis Siirratt, and I)r Hamuel A. Mudd The court consisted of Maj. Gen Hunter, presiding oflicer; Maj. Gen Lew Wallace, llrev, Maj Gen. A. V. K'aiit, Hrig Gen. A. V. Howe, llrig. Gen It S. Potter, Urcv. ling Gen .1 A Kkin, Ik-ig. Gen. T. M. Harris, lliev Col C. II. Tompkins, Lieu Col 1) K Clcndenin. of the 8th Illinois finally, mid Hiig. Gen. J. Holt, judge ndvoe.ite and recorder. Tho trial lusted more than a month, and re sulted in sentencing to death liar told, Atcroth, I'ayno and ilrs. Siir ratt ; to imprisonment for life, O'Lauglilin, Arno'd mid Dr. Mudd ; and to tho Albany penitentiary for six vears, Spangler. Hevtrdy John son, Mis Surrat's counsel moved to dismiss the c.iso against her on the giound Hint the country was at pence, and that a trial by military cominis- hion was illegal, but tho motion was oveiruled. Gen. Hancock was at that time in command of tho middle diviiuu, which iniludid District of Columbia, mid was therefoie, the sheriir.so to to speak, of tho court, mid was charged with the execution of tho M'iitonoo. On tho day before the execution a writ of habeas corpus was issued by Judgo Wvlo, of the Supreme Court of tho District of Columbia, commanding Gen. Hancock to pro duce the body of Mis, Surrntt in his court. Gen Hancock consulted with l'lesideiit Johnson ns to what he should tin, nml received ordeis not to obey the writ, mid President Johnson issued mi order suspending the writ. This left the court without nuthoiitv, nnd w hen appealed ngnin Judge Wylio said ho knewof no way by which lie could overcome the entire militm.v powei of the United States. In con oequence, ilrs Siirratt anil the three others were hung lhlKlIfcll 111 IHtUt. Let Union lueii lead the following facts in the history of Mr. Kuglisli, candidate for Vico President, mid think whether such a nnm deserves to bo placed in a position where he may any day become Piesident: lu Congress, December, 0, 1SG0, bo foro tho committee of thirty-thrco to consider tho distuibed state of the Union, ih Ihiglish Mibmittcd the following u solution : "That tho committee he instiueted loeonsidor tlicoxp u.d cuoy of fettling the matters in contioversy on the following basis . "1. Division of ton itory between the free mid slave tf titles, with provisions foi the ndiiiission of tho new States, with u population equal to the Fcdei til uitiu of reiiesenlation. "J Piohibiting Congress from ini pan mg the light of piopoity in slmen ".'t Mnking the city, coiinlv or town ship liable in doubt tho value of fugi tive slnves foieiblv icscueil " As to Ins Deniocrney.hosaid in 1S5S "Su.I claim to bo 'one of the old Deuiociatie guard one of those w ho never gave an opposition vote, never vaued a shadow of a shade fiom Deui ociatie, or paudeied in (he slightest to fine soil pi maples. "Sir, those who mo familiar with my political history know thcio is no Ht.'uu of l'Vo Soilisin in my iccoul." Ilnrlli Bhillii;; In .Inpim. It is ratlier siiiprising to find that soiuo of the .lapaucso aro addicted to tho enting of eaith. Dr. Love has lately published an nnalysis of tho dav which is onten to a considerable extent hy tho Aiuois; it occurs in u bed sovoial feet thick, in the valley of Tsietonai (ont-oiiith-vallov), on the north coast of Yesso. It is n ligh giav in color mid is of lino stiucluio. The people mix with the day the loaf of some plant for tho iiionintio priuoi nlo it contains. Tlioy oat tho oarlh lwii .,.,, ., ,.,.,..,.,,.,. ,, ,(01ult.il, wllllltllllC0 ,lot be. hum) it is a necessity with tliom. Thoy have niiml and ahiiuilaiico of vegetable food. The day U eaten in the form of a soup. Sovouil pounds aio boiled wilh lily loots in a small quantity of water, nud iiftiiiwmds strained. Tho Ainoispioiiuiuuto the soup vuiy p.iU uUdU. THE 'tfKsSOMLSS- ijm. r wx . rd&saa ,,tiCvkrfe OR., SATURDAY, JULY 3d, Aiqinli'on lloniiiiii't. His intellect wns distitiguislied by! rnpidity of thought. He understood by a glance what most men, nnd su perior men, could lenrn only by study. Ho darted to a conclusion rather hy intuition than reasoning. In war, which was the only subject of which ho wns master, ho soicd in nn instant on the great points of hisown and his ciietnv's position ; and combined at onco thu movements by which mi overpowering force might be thrown with unexpected fury on a vulnerable part of the hostilo lino, nnd tho fate of nn nnny decided in n tiny. He understood war ns n science ; but his mind wns too bold, rapid, and irre pressible, to be enslaved by the tech nics of his profession. He found tlie old armies fighting hy rule, nml he discovered the true characteristic of genius, winch, without despising rules knows when mid how to break them Ho understood thoroughly the im ineiise niornl power which is gained by originality nnd rnpidity of opera tion. He astonished nnd paralyfcil his enemies by his unfoieseen nnd impetuous nssaults, by the sudden ness with which the storm of battle burst upon them ; nnd whilst giving to his soldieis the nh milages of mod cm discipline, breathed into thchi by his quick nnd decisive inovenicils, the enthusiasm of ruder ages. The novvcr of disheartening the foe, and of spreading through his own ranks n confidence and exhilarating courage, which made war a pastime, nnd seem ed to make victory sure, distinguished Napoleon in nn uge of uncommon military talent, nnd wns one main in strument of hia future power. Tho wonderful efTects of that ra pidity of thought by which Uonnpnrto wns marked, the signal success of his new mode of warfare, mid the a'-nost inci edible speed with which his fame was sprend through nations, bail no small agency in fixing bis character, nnd dcteimining for n period the fate of empires. These Stirling influences infused a new consciousness of his own inight. Thoy gavo intensity and audacity to hi. ambition; gavo form nud substance lo his indefinate visions of glory, nnd raised his fiery hopes to empire. The burst of ndiniintion which his earlv curcer called forth, must in particular hnve had an influ ence in imparting to his nmb'tion that modification by which it wns characterized, and which contiibutcd nliko to its success nnd to its fall. lie began with astonishing tho world, witli producing a sudden nnd univer sal sensation, such ns modern times hnd not witnessed. To astonish ns well ns to sway hy his energies, Lo carno the great end of his life. Hence forth to nile was not enough for Uon n pat to. He wanted to amiize, to daz rle, to overpower men's souls, by stnking, bold, magnificent, mid antis ipatcd results To govern ever so ab solutely woidd not have satisfied him, if he must havo governed silently. lie vvnii ted to reign through wondei and awe, by tho grandeur nnd terror of his inline, by displays of power which would rivet on him eveiy eye, and make him the theme of eveiy tongue. Power was his supiemo ob ject; but a power which should bo gazed nt as well as felt, which should stuko men as a prodigy, which should shako old thrones as mi earthquake, mid by the suddenness- of its creations should awaken something of the sub missive wonder which miraculous agency nispiies. His histoiy show a spiiit of self-e-nggeiatiun, uniivnlcd in enlightened ages, nnd Which reminds us of nn ori ental king to whom incense had been burned from his birth as to a deity This was tho chief source of his crimes. He wnnted the sentiment of a com mun nnture with his fellow-beings Ho hnd no symprthy witli his race. That feeling of brotherhood which is developed in truly gieat souls with peculiar oneig.v, and thiough which thoy give up themselves willing vic tims, joyful snciifiecs, to the interests of mankind, was wholly unknown to him. His he.ut, amidst all its wild beatings, never had ono tluob of dis interested love. The ties which bind man to man ho bioko asunder. Tho propor happiness of a man, which consists in tho victory of moral enor gy and social afiection over tho selfish passions, he cast away for the lonely joy of a despot. With powois which might have inado him a gloiious icp tcsontutivo and minister of the benill cent Divinity, nnd with natural sensi bilities which might hnvo been exalt ed into sublime viitues.ho choso to sep.unto himself fiom his kind, to forogo their love, esteem, and grati tude, that ho might bocoino thoir giue, their fear, their wonder, nnd. for this selfish, solitary good, paitd witli potummid impuiishahlu lenowu. Thu spirit of oU-o.aggeriiMin MAIL wrought its own misery, nnd drew dow n upon him terrible punishments ; and this it did by vitiating nnd prr verting his high powers. First, it diseased his fine intellect, gave imag ination the ascendency over judg ment, turned the inventiveness nnd friiitfulncss of his mi nil into rash, impatient, restless energies, mid thus precipitated him into projects which, ns the wisdom of his councillors pro nounced, were fraught witli ruin. To a man whoe vanity took him out of tho rank of human beings, no founda tion for reasoning was left. All things seemed possible. His genius and his fortune were not to be bound ed by tho barriers which experience had assigned to human powers. Or dinary rules did not apply to him His imagination, disordered by his egotism, nnd by unbounded flattery, leaped ovor nppalling obstnclcs to. the prio which inflamed his ninbition. A Iiot put to tlio Tent. The Statesman says : Andy Long, nn ex convict who was sent lo the Penitentiary several years ago for stealing cattle, but who was pardoned recently by Governor Thayer, attemp ted to hnvo a little sport of his own, and he realized his highest expec tations. In Clackamas county there lived a family with whom he was ac quainted. Rowing the man of the hoii"C to be absent at work on the railroad, Long concluded he would give tlio ladies a scare by plaving ghost. Accordingly just before dark ho crept around the house, nnd get ting into the nrd, conceded himself in a sheet which was hanging on the clothes lino. There he stood until one of the women coining out discov ered him. Instead of giving the us ual woman squeal nnd fainting, as he expected, the woman paid no atten tion to him. but returning into the house, quietly got her little pistol and commenced n lively nrtillcry practice on the would-be ghost. Atthesecond shot the ghost dropped nnd a man bounded over the fence and sped away ncros the field. The next morning Long was at a neighbor's with a bullet in his leg, stating that he bad shot himself accidentally the day before. The Wonderful .11 uu it illiout lAiiil) Mr. Kavanagh, the Irish member of Parlinment, whose lack of arms and legs is accompanied by a plentiful amount of brains, had in his youth a very soi row ful life. After tho early death of his father and mother, he wns under the contiol of his two elder brothers, who mortified by this strange deformity, arc said to have excluded him in the country from the sight of mankind. The boy, full of intellectu al zeal and manly spirit, would i.ot allow his mind to rest or grow morbid ; anil when, aftes seveial years, his brothers died, leaving a veiy largo es tate to bis guidance, heenieiged trom his libraiy a rarely cultivated and brilliant ninn, with a biain and will so trained that it was a very e.tsv matter for him to grasp practical life and nfians. So delightful mo ilr. Kavanagh' intellectual and spiiitual gi.ices that ho won for a wife a very beatitifui nnd dimming woman. His children nro all bright nnd handsome, and ho is greatly beloved hy both them nnd his tenniitiy. In spito of his bodily niisfoitiine Mr. Kavanagh is a notfd Nimiod, liding after hounds in a saddle which he himself invent ed witli tho greatest cncigy and dating. A Sow Mine. A natural soap mine has been struck in Elko county, Ncvndu. It is a remarkable stiatum that lcsts horizontally in a steep bind" of volcanic matter which flanks the" eastern side of Smith's Creek valley. Tho stiatum ef steatite is fiom three to ten feot in diainoter. It is easily winked, nnd tho Linnets, eattlo-iuen and sheep-heideis in that region nil uso the nntuial eiiiclp for washing puiposes. Chemically considered, this peculiar clay is a hydrated sili eito of alumina magnesia, potash and limo. When tho steatite is fust dug from the stratum it looks likoininionso masses of nioftled castile soap, the mottling element being a small per centage of iion oide. A few days aco Professor Stewart, of Viigiuia City, received a sninplo of the soap, piep.ued by a firm in Llko, who have undei taken to introduce, it into mm ket. It is similar in nppearauco to to tlio eastilo soip sold in hugo liars Nothing is added to tlio miueial hut a tiillo nuno nlkili nnd some scenting extiacts Its delotsrto qualities, mo as powoiful us thuso of ni.y innnufac Hired soap. Hotton Journal of Com tiwiee, Two ensos of varioloid hnvo been dUoovoioil in Snn Kmnuisoo nnd ra mogd tu tho ptt house. 188Q. 2So. 31. Tho Col ii in I In. Ilui- and ll CIiiiiiKck. We lake the following from the Portland Telegram : Since the commencement of the summer flood in the Columbia, the channel above Tongue Point, as usual, has changed, and pilots have no small difficulty in bringing ves sels through. The "Oregon" nnd "State of California" ran aground on their last trips up, nnd were detained three hours. To give all assistance possible to pilots, Col. G. L. Gillis pie, U. S. Engineer, has ordered a survey of the river, or better known to river men as tho "hay," to he made from Jim Crow Point to near ly opposite Tongue Point. The surveying party will leave here next Monday, and will remain until the work is" thoroughly clone. An examination of St. Helens bar was made under direction of Col. Gillespie Tuesday, with special ref erence to the elTcct of the dam con structed hi?t winter at the head of Willamette slough. It 'is well known that heretofore the strong current through the slough has dis turbed the current of the Columbia nt St. Helens bar, and served to in crease complications. The new darn, as was expected, has caused a diminished current through the slough, but the Columbia is yet too high to make accurate observations of the good accomplished. The dam lias withstood the force of the flood, and there is not the slightest injury to any part of the work. Men who nave mauc tne uoium bia river bar a study for year? and whose experience gives weight to their oninion. believe that a new channel will be formed through the bar this year. It is thought that the river is now in the throes of a change which will assume shape soon, nnd the bar will take the form it had in 1840, which was decidedly the safest ever known. Capt. Jesson wlio has made many soundings of tlie bar, thinks that in all probabili ty a channel will be cut almost through the center of the middle sands. Other gentlemen are of the opinion that the water will force its way through the swash channel and create a deep channel there. As soon as the U. S. Engineer here shall havo received authority from the department to apply the appropriation for that purpose, he will order a survey of the bar, and, when it shall have been determined where the weakest place is to have that point dredged. Three Hoys Unused. Bad boys need not go west in or der to find adventure, commit crime and swing into the next world from a gallows tree. Two Chicago boys, aged respectively seventeen and nineteen years, started a year ago for the East in search of adventure, and they found it before half way here by killing an old man for his money. Then, instead of becoming tiemendous fellows among other hard characters, as boys in books always do when they havo killed their'man, they spent a year in jail, and were strangled on tho gallows. Another boy, younger than either, left the world in company with the couple. He began his business ca reer by stealing, and when a com panion threatened to tell ho shot liim. No member of the trio was old enough to be trusted away from apron strings, and other boys who are panting to distinguish them selves in blood and thunder style would do well to take tho hint. An apron string in a boy's buttonhole is not half so annoying as a stout lope mound his neck, and when fi nally untied it leaves him fit for something better than to horrify newspaper readers and feed the worms. Some women make a great fuss and labor hard in trying to persuidca ben not cosct. Tho same amount of vvoik and ingenuity directed in an other channel might revolutionize society in some paiticnlar, but sho never thinks of that. To prevent a fifty-cent hen fiom setting a woman will devote five dollars worth of tuno nnd labor. Hut a certain New Jersey woni'in is nn exception. Sho placed a red-hot glass egg in tho nest, and tho hen soon lost nil appetite for sot ting. Tho fact that tho barn was buined down and tho hen perished in tho flames may deter soino wonion fiom ti.ving tho same experiment, but it can bo leeoiiiinondcd us going right to tho spot Xorrintown Herald. Ax Aikansas feiryinan posted tho follow ing notice on a tree : "If enny bodv comes heio nrter licker or to get ncioss tho river, they can jes' blow this hoir hoi n, and if 1 don't cum when my Uotsoy up nt the house hoars tho horn blow, she'll cum down and sell thorn tho liokor or set them oeioss tho river vvhoii I'm nwny fiom Imam. John Wilson. N. B. Thorn that can't read will hnvo to go to tho houso niter Betsy, taint but n hall a 1 milo there." Suusoisiiu; for tho Coast Mib. Qnly 12.50 per annum. The Coast MSil. DEVOTED TO AXiX, ZiXVjn XSMT73BM. THE INTERESTS OF SOUTH- EHN OKEGON ALWAYS FOREMOST. The Development of ourMine, tho Improvement of our hnrbor, nnd rail' road communication with the Interior spccinlitics. The Holdlcr'n otc. Tho soldiers aro not all Hancock men, the Democratic papers to tho contrary notwithstanding. Dr. C. B. Hutchins, of No. 230 Tay- lor street, San Francisco, contributes the following to one of newspapers ol that city: In Febrti iry, 1803, I was Medical Director of the First Division of tho Nineteenth Army Corps, and also Surgeon of my regiment, the Ono Hundred and Sixteenth New York. We were in camp around Winchester, and General Sheridan left us and went up the Shenandoah valley to join Grant at Petersburg, Gen. Han cock coming down to take command about the 1st of March. The weather was rainy, cold and very disagreeable. But his first order was, nevertheless, to the effect that all the overcoats, boots and extra baggage be sent to tho' roar, a3 a preparation for the cam paign. Tho order created general in dignation and consternation. Both boots and overcoats were greatly needed, and as the custom had been' previously to retain the overcoats un til active service began, tho order waa generally disobeyed. In the latter part of March the division went into camp at Stephenson's depot, and were reviewed for the first time by Han cock. On this occasion somo of tho shivering companies cried out "Boots, boots; overcoats, overcoats.'' Hnn cock was greatly incensed, and in spiteful indignation issued a Bccond order that all the overcoats should bo burned. This was enforced, and tho next day all the long liue of camp fires was engaged in tho consumption of the objectionable articles. Theday after that Hancock apparently re gretted his haste and countermanded the order. All the coats vvero con sumed, however, and during tho con tinuance after that of thd cold spell the men on picket duty and guard suffered greatly from the exposure and a number went on tho sick list. This action, and the pompous, inso lent and overbearing qualities which vv ere Hancock's chief characteristics made him very unpopular. If the Democrats rely on the soldiers' voto for Hancock it will have to come from the men who did not serve under him, and know him only through tho pa pers. Precious Ulelal Mining In the United States. Atlantic Monthly. Whoever looks over the whole field of American precious metal mining will be convinced that this industry is certain to make a very rapid growth, in xv hat is left of this century. Ho will also come to tho conclusion thafc the production of silver is destined to increase very rapidly for a score or so of years to come, provided the demand for this much slandered metal docs not fall too far short of the supply. Beyond a brief term this yield of sil ver will surely diminish, especially if there is any considerable lowering in its price. The observant eye can also see that the production of gold is like ly to bo extended to many fields, and; that the yield of this metal is, in tho futuie, likely to bo rather more steady than that of its bulkier share in tho greed of men. North America and the twin continent on the south are doubtless to be tho great producers of precious metals in tho future ; their store of silv er must be of greater- valt neat the present price of this metal than their store of gold. If tho world continues to uso silver in tho coming century as it has in the past thirty centuries, there is a fair prospect that our continent w ill vv in some thousands, of millions from its silver-bearing lodes. Even if we make what seems to me tho mistake of gold alone as the basis of exchange, tho production of this metal will no doubt give us a larger mining industry than any oth er country can expect to gain. Why rariucrs S'lould bo Kdu-, ou ted. Tanners often complain that their In terests are not fairly dealt with in the laws passed by Stuto Legislatures: and and that wheie thoy forma part of tho legislative body thoy are overreached by tlio lawyers. But if tlio education of the fanners vv as carried forward as it ought to be, thoy would have tho power which 1 irer know ledgo is f-uro to carry xvith It, When they barn to do their own think 'in:j nnd reasoning, a measure of success vv ill bo assured to greatly enhar.ee the influence they will unavoidably oxert. Or if vv t vv ill couio dow n from tho halls of lojis'ation to tho sphere of tho day la borer, wo shad still lnul a strong argu ment in the higher wages that uro paid for the skilled labor when brought into, coinpo'iti )n vv 1th unskilled. Tho skill i generally proportioned to tho degreo of intelligence, and the Intolligenco m pro portion to the education. Tho excep tions only prove tho rule more forcibly l'rtiin w hatever point of view wo look nt tno mutter, it stands out with more and. moro importance Ex. "What makes tho sen salt?" said tho teaohor, and young America ihgiitod, ?T1iq sodlish thntnre in it."