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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
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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."