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, 1869-06-04
JNo. P. JUDsoN,
Notary Public.

TIE buffaloes found in the telegraph poles
of the overland liae new source Of delight
on the treeiess prairies--tho novelty Of hav-
ing something to scratch against. But it
was expensive scratching for the telegraph
company; and there, INDEED, was the rub,
for the bison shook down miles Of wiie daily
A bright idea struck somebody to send to
st. Louis aad Chicago for all the brad avis
that could be purchased, and these were
driven into the poles with a view to wound
the animals and check their rubbing pro
pensity. Never was greater mistake. The
bufaloes were delighted. For the 6rst time
they eame to the scratch sure Of q sensation
in the thick hides that thrilled them from
horn to tail. They would go fifteen miles to
find brad awl. They fought hugo baItl's
around the poles coutsining them. and the
victor would proudly climb the mountainous
heap Of rump and hump of the fallen and
scratch himself into bliss until the brad awl
broke or pole came down. There h,s been
no demand for brad avis from Ihe Kansas
region since the first invoice.
, 1869-06-04

A MoTHER's INFLUESCE.-A man finds
be cannot make his way in The world with
out honesty aud industry, so that. although
his fathers example may do much, he has
to depend upon his own eEertiOns; he must
work, be must be honest, or be cannot attain
10 any enviable rank. But the tender sooth'
ing of mother. her sympathy, her devoted
ness, her forgiving temper-all this sinks
deep into a childs heart; let him wander
ever so wide, let him err, or let him lead a
life of virtue, the remembrance Of alt this
comes like holy calm over his heArt, aud he
weeps that he has offended her, or he re-
joices that he has listened to her disinterest-
ed, gentle admonitions.
, 1869-06-04
NUMBER 90.
AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT.

Hon. Thomas A. Jeuckes, member Of
Congress from Rhode Island, in u speech
delivered in the House Of Representatives on
the 5th of April, in advocacy of reform
in the Civil Service, made the astounding
statement that one hundred millions of dol
lars is lost annually by the Government BY
the iucOmpetsncy and rascslity of its officers.
The following is the language used By him:
1t has been demonstrated over aud over
again that our tax and tariff laws call for
S400 ,000,0 900 Of revenue anHually, aud that
bat 100000, ,0oo roach the Treasury. That
this missing Sl00. .0J0,0 900 is lost by the
incompetency and r,sealty in some branch
es of the Civil Service has also been fully
proved i"
We have seen the statement on former
oec 'sions. but it is solemnly asserted BY Mr..
Jenckes, who declares that The fact has been
demonstrated over aud over again. So We
may take it for granted that there is no
doubt that the Government is robbed every
year Of one hundred millions of dollars.
This is pleasing state of affairs for the
poor, ovcrburdened taxpayers, and sufh.
cientIy accounts for the rapacity and uuuter
Of radical ofice-seekers A cool hundred
millions is very snug little sum to divide.
Grant promised when he was inaugurated,
that the revenues should be faithfully col.
leeied and accounted for, but he has made
such bungling work of removals and ap~
pointments that everybody has lost conf.
dence in his ability to effect reform in the
public service. lie admits that some of his
appointments were improper, but excuses
tiuns,lf lar;r,, .k
he says, deceived him. 1t is alarming to
think that one fourth Of the revenue is sto-
len annuslly from the government and that
this state Of affairs must continue four years
longer. Mr.. Jenckes, who is radical, des>
pairs of any improvement under the present
system, and proposes that Commission con.
sIsting Of four persons, selected for their
integrity and capacity, shall be appointed,
whose duty 1t shall be to examine thoroughly
into the qualifications and fitness of all ap.
plicants for office, and that no appointments
shall he made without the recommendation
of said committee. He further proposes
that eeftfeeers thus appointed shall continue in
Office during good behavior. He believes
that under such system tho service can be
placed in the hands of honest and capable
men. 1t must be confessed that the present
system is greatly abused and is likely TO
continue so Appointments to office are
made on the recommendations of Senators
and Congressmcn, who select men, not 80
much on account of their fitness as their
ability TO serve them at future time. Sen.
ator Cole, for example, wishes men in office
who will, by their money and influence, as
sist 10 securing bis reelection to Office at the
expiration of his term. The same consider
alton influences Sergeant and all other Con>
gressmen. If the people had acted wisely
they would have changed the administration
Of public affairs at Washington by putting
it into the hands of democrats, who would
at least, have tried the experiment Of putting
different and, we believe, better set Of
men, in Office.
, 1869-06-04

SUMNER is terrible savage fellow. He
wants to send Minister Motley over with his
fists doubled up, so as to scare the Britons.
But then Sumner is only savage at dis
tance. lie babbles forth we'll from Congress,
but he doesn't bsbbls as we'll as Brooks
vc heard Of, According TO Mrs. Sum
Ger, the poor, old polished villain, is all mouth
and nothing elsct He isn't msn-Only a
mouthing bully.
, 1869-06-04

NJ. LOUIS ULBAcH. an eminent French
journalist. was recently fined 300 francs for
staring tha, the name Napoleon was derived
from two Greek word which signi6ed haug>
man. The Public Minister thought the
sentence was light, and appealed agsinst it
to the Imperial Court. The result is that
NJ. Ulbach's fine has been raised to 500
francs, and, is addition, he is to suffer six
months imprisonment
, 1869-06-04

THE ART OF BEING MIsEsABLE.-z
Kingsley says: "If you wish to be miserable
you must think about yourself; about what
you want. what you like, what respect people
ought to pay you, what people think Of you;
and then to you nothing will be pure. You
will spoil everything you. touch; you viii
make sin and misery for yourself out Of
everything which God sends you; you Wit
Be a. Wrstched as you choose
, 1869-06-04

MARRINGE Extra Ro'
anoke (N c. .Ners says: The following
extraordinary marriage notice was furnished
US yesterday evening, aud positively occurred
10 this county yesterday morning: Married,
on the morning of the 18th inst at the poor
house, in Halifax county, North Carolina,
BY -. N. Webb, ESQ, Mr.. David Johnson,
of Halifax, North Carolina, to Miss Nellie
Alkerson, formerly Of Lunenburg county,
Virginia The happy bride was a youthful
maiden of only ninety>two winters on the
Goth of December last, aud the groom was
blooming boy in his eighty ninth year.
We wish them happy honey moon, and
trust they may live to ripe old age.
, 1869-06-04

CosrLY.-The Chicago papers say that
General Phil. Sheridan has rented suites Of
most gorgeously furnished rooms for his
Military Headquarters in that city, at rental
of seUeAteen thousand dollars per annum
As his salary is about as much more, the
cost of this modern Suwarro to the Governs
mcnt is nearly forty thousand dollars year.
A much better man could be had for much
smaller sum.
, 1869-06-04

The CARELESS GIRL.-The careless girl
is always unfortunate. II she goes into the
kitchen to assist about the work she splashes
the water upen the wall; drops oil on the
floor; spills fat in the fire; scorehes her
clothes; burns her cakes breaks lie crock.
cry or cuts her fingers with the carving
knife. II directed to sweep che keeping.
room sho oversets lamp, or brushes 81
table cover, and sends bibles and hymn books
sprawling on the floor. Or, if ing
through the parlor she 5wings her dress
against the table and brushes OF costly books
bruising the tlfeir fancy binding and sUiling
their gilt edges. Everywhtre che goes
something is found in ruin. The trouble is
she does not think, she does not observe, or
else her thoughts and observations are on
something besides what is before her. Sbe
d-es not mind what she is doing; sha does
not look to sec what she steps on, or wheth-
er her hands have firm hold on the article
she takes up. If she passes through door
she does not mind whether it was open on
warm Summers day, she will close it; but
if she finds it carefully shut on a freezing
day in midwinter she viii leave it wide open.
By ndulsing such habits as these. an amia-
BILE girl, who may otherwise be beloved, be>
comes the dread Of all her acguaintsnces.
, 1869-06-04

LIVE foR Thousands Of
men breathe, move, aud live-pass of the
stage Of life, and heard Of no more. Why?
None were blessed by them; none could
point to them as the means of their redemp-
ton; not line>they wrote, not word they
spoke could be recalled aud so they per-
ished. Their light went out in darkness,
and they were not remembered more than
the insects of yesterday. Will you thus live
aud die o man immortal Live for some
thing. Do good, aud leave behind you
monument of virtue that the storms Of time
can never destroy. Wrile your name, BY
kindness. love aud mercy on the hearts Of
thousands who come in contact with you
year BY year, and you will never be fOtgot>
ten. No, your name, your deeds will be ss
Irgible Oh the heart. you leave behind, as the
stars Oh the brow of evening. Good deeds
will shine as brightly on the earth as ths
stars of heaven.
, 1869-06-04
To City Subscribers.

On and after th. date. the STATESMAN will be
rcrve /, tity ~ubScrh,rS at 50 cents month, pay
able TO the carrier ThnSe VIII" have paid in advance
will hive heir plpers continued until the time ex
prcS.
, 1869-06-04
CFrom the ws,hinsiOn Standard ]
A To..r Vvt,.... As.s... -c.-a.aS.

I"
We this week produce witness who will
scarcely be disposed Of by Gsr6eldes or
gans as "coppethead hire ing" and whose
statements waison Fill hardly charactsrizs
a. "cnrpeIh-ad le+," to b. dammr.f seah
the miseruJie scouAdreis rho utirr them. !"
We now set up Charles PrOsch uf the TriJ
Hne. as loyal and trathfal man. sgll.a.
IN 1861. when Gar6slde vas running o1
the democratic side, Prusch, ss editor of the
Herald. oppo-ed his election to the knife
In looking OVer the files Of that paper, We
i'.d scsrselg an alla.iOn 40 pSrtisaa issues
Ia tIct it was about that time that they were
list sight of by oil psrti-s 10 the country
Ills opposition to Gar6slde was based AL
most exclusively upon his persunal un6tness
for the position. upon his alleged dishonesty
aud total want of reliability In reproducing
some Of the evidences which were published
in the Herald, to sustain these charges, we
will do Mr.. Prosch the justice to say that
he has not yet gone back Of them in the
Tribune. We now present the dish just as
we find it. If Watson can growl savage
enough to make Prosch eat it, it will be
none of our business:
at will be remembered that, during last
winter, Mr.. Isaac w. Smith, late Register
of the Llnd Office at Olympus, published a
statement which had been called for by the
head of the Department at Washington,
which statement exhibited Mr.. GarfFede in
not very enviable colors; establishing the
fact, us it did, that he was defaulter to the
settlers of the country to the amount Of
$1,000. Since then, other receipts have
come 10, one of them from California, show.
lug his dedication to he much greater than
was 6rst stated and it is not known how
many more may yet be outstanding.
ln compliance with the second requisiiion
from the head Of the Department, Mr. Reg
isler Smith has forwarded another statement,
copy Of which has been furnished to US
by a friend in OIympis. as fOllows:-
LAND OFFICE, OLYMPIA, ". T.,
June Z, 1861.
Commissioner General Laad Office,
Washington, d. c.:
Sir: Gn your letter of Sept 81, 1860, the
Register and Receiver at this Office are or
dered to report on certain payments not ac-
counted for by MIR. Gar6elde, late Register
Of public moneys.
The enclosed printed statement comprises
o full statement Of the whole matter, SO far
as-it was iheo- known to me, with the answer
made by Mr.. Garfelde.
Since the date of the printed statement, l
have ascertained that payment of 5000
was made by Putnam Hays, in 1857. Mr..
Gar6elde acknowledged the receipt Of the
money, but have no means of ascertainiDg
the date.
On the claims of David Parker and VIM.
and Jacob Prcebstel, lie was sued and judg-
ment rendered at the last term of Court, but
still owes 5000 to the Proebstels.
He has promised to pay the whole amount
and we have therefore deferred our report;
but as | am about to retire from Office Il
deem it necessary to report the amounts
still due. They are
, 1869-06-04

No person eau be 80 feeble or 90 poor that h'
has not duty to perform which being perform
ed, makes him one with the highest aud great
eat
, 1869-06-04

YouNa women should set good examples,
for the young men are always following
them.
, 1869-06-04

PErrY, gloomy souls, that only mourn the past
aud dread the future, are not capable Of seising
the holiest nroEerts Of life, o. enjoying and
making use of them a. they should.
, 1869-06-04

Tar most nscsssary part Of learning 10 to b'
taught to diysst our minds Of Prstudioe.
, 1869-06-04

elephants. ~
, 1869-06-04
Rates of Advertising.
ION pRINrINC ncauaru hescrintinn hnns

NJ to order aud OH reasonable terms. Orders for
ny Of the following articles will he promptly illed
BOOKS, BLANK CHECKS,
PAMPHLETS, NOTES OF HAND,
EANpBTLLs, ORDER BOOKS,
BALL TICRETs, STEAMBOAT BILLS,
CIRCULARS, STEAMBOAT CARDS,
Invitations, Bills of Lading,
BUSINESS CARDS, oEKrIFcATEs,
BILLHEADS, SHOW BILLS,
CoHcERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES. BL'K RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTs,
BLANKs OF ALL KINDS.
, 1869-06-04

" you would not be sOrgOttsn, show kindness,
love knd metef,
, 1869-06-04

With exception OF the last, receipts signed
by Mr.. Gar6elde, show that they were paid,
aud he has acknowledged the receipt Of the
whole.
In our opinion he did not pay the abnvr
mentioned sums for the reasun that he did
not intend to account for the money.
Respectfully, etc,
Your obedieDt servant,
ISAAC W. SMITH,
Regi>tr
p S.-Mr Van. Cleave will make u sep,
arate report.
Here fhIlow two suits instituted at the las,
term Of COurt,in Olympia, for the recovery
Of these illegally received and unjustly re-
tanned sums of money. both Of which, as
will be perceived, were decided against him !:
David Parker Us. Salucious Gar6elde-
Judgment rendered March 23d 1861,
against the defendant for the SUN of four
hundred dollars, with legal interest from
date of judgment.
Jacob and William Proebstel u.s. Salucious
Gar6elde- rendered March 23d,
1861, against defendant for the sum of two
hundred and fifty eight dollars with lcgsl
interest from date of judgment.
Executions issued out of the Clerks Of
fec in said causes on the 10th day Of April,
1861, directed to the Sheriff of Thurstoa
County, and afterwards (to-wit, on the 23d
day of Moy, 1861. William Billings, Sher-
if of Tl.urSton County. returned said ex-
ecutions with the following return: "NO
property found"
WILLIAM BILLINGS,
Sheriff Thurston County.
This is copied from tho Court record, and
certified BY Andrew j. Moses, Clerk. 1t
appears that few weeks since, however. a
portion of the above executions was paid,
still leaving two hundred dollars due.
Not the least Interesting feature Of this
crpose is tho fact that the Sheriff. after
searching diligently from the 10th of April
to The q ct May, was totally unable to ind
any property belonging to MI. Garhelde.
Though he has family with him, he does
not POSSESS single article Of household fur
niturs /; having boarded at hotel during
the whole period of bis temporary scjourn
in the Territory. When our people bestcv
Upon him the honor and smolamsns De
, 1869-06-04
aTalla Malla Statesman.
Office Statesman Building, Third Street.
uBLIsBED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, Br

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
, 1869-06-04

IT is stated THAT Mrs. Charles Sumner,
formerly the widow RantOul, and now graz
Ing somewhere in the Alps as the widow Of
the Senator from Massachusetts,, has sent n
hpnlsome cash present across the water to
the relict of the late Preston S. Brooks.
Mrs. Sumner declared that Brooks deserved
The thanks of the public for having drubbed
her consort, and that during her brief stay
with him as her matrimonial partner, she
was Only prevented from repelting the fa-
nous scene in the Senate by Charles abject
enwarlice. The twJ widuws-Mrs. Is. and
Mrs. S-c,rrespund regularly. nthe mean
time Charle-, il his lonely bachelors attic in
Washington, is annOtiting his famous speech
on the 'Birharism of Sltvery,' with remni
scence. nf hi& welded weeks with wild Nv
Rant,ul IL, learned in suffering what he
taught in sang
, 1869-06-04
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EH To insure insertion. advertisements must be
handed in as early as Thursday; and the number Of
insertions desired should lie noted on the margin,
otherwise they will he continued until forbidden.
, 1869-06-04

pared 20 bid farewell alike TO creditors aud
p Washington Territory. Upon this we
will stake our existence.
- Without further remark. we commend
the matter aud the man 10 the sober eonsid-
efaipo OF our citi1eus-Psget Sound Her
al. J lse27. 1861.
'Ii4 pJjtical antecedents can be summed
up u a few words. In Kenlueky, N. Car
6 ,lde doue some stumping for Mr. Breckin,
tidk-. for which he was rewarded with the
Rervivsrship 81 Olympia. lie continued TO
IL Atannch B-eckinridse democrat until
Breckintid1e finally cast him of, aud re.
fused 10 commend his reappontment =
Within a period # two years We 6nd him
stumpng Washington Territory to elect
republican, Delegate, and stamping Oregon
as a Douglas democrat. With such Il record
where are VIC to place himY He does not
belong to any one party. lie is
Everything BY turns, and nothing long"
as best suits his political interest for the
time being. In short he is for sale. Who
bids ?-P s. Herald, July 4, 1861.
-
CLIMAX OF noRRoRs.-The Galveston
CiViiiuH Of the 18th inst. copies from the
Marshall Rcp3Jlicdn the following horrible
narrative:
A young man by the name of Colonel
Green, who is said to have been a new Set
tier in this county, left Henderson on Satur-
cay evening last, in a state of intoxication,
for home. When he got about seven miles
from home, on the Marshall road, lie stop
ped at widow Grifith's place, where body
of negroes were making crop, and ordered
his supper While eating it, he was seized
by five negroes, who tied his hands behind
him, dragged him about half mile, and
hung him They treated him very brutally,
throwing him over fences as they reached
them, bruising his face, aud otherwise NAL
treated him. While he was hanging, they
rolled back log, dug a trench. and threw
him into it before life was extinct, and then
rolled the log back to its former place.
Two Of the negroes were preachers. The
principal one engaged in the murder-Julius
Jones-stood with a gun directing the
others, and telling them he would kill the
one that Ainched The same negro went the
next day to Henderson, preached a sermon,
and baptized fourteen negroes.
Green is represented as a refined, intelli-
gent, accomplished gentleman, but who Oc-
casionally, unfortunately, got intoxicated.
His friends missing him, seems, found bis
horse at this plantation, aud his hat at one of
the cabins On searching for him, they
traced his footsteps upon the route he had
been carried, and found letter which had
dropped out of his pocket.
Five negroes were arrested who confessed
the crime and we're taken to Henderson and
placed in jail This was on Monday. On
Tuesday night. about eleven o'clock, mob
went to the Jail, took them out aud hung
every one of them on the public square:
fronting each side of the court house-the
two preachers together.
, 1869-06-04
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Poultry Manures.

The Massachusetts, Ploualan, thinks that
we might make a great deal more by care
in economizing the manure of the poultry
house, and that it is worth attending to-
Here is what Geyerlin says on this point
In France, rs well as in our own country,
most eminent chemists have proved by
analysis that poultry manure is most
valuable fertilizer, and yet, for want of a
proper system in housing poultry, it has as
yet not been rendered available to rural
economy The celebrated Vanquelin says
that when the value Of manures is consid-
cred in the relation to the amount of azotc
they contain, the poultry manure is one of
the most active stimulants; and when, as Il
means of comparison, the following ma
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found that
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WHAT AGE TO PLANT FRUIT-TREEs.-A
correspondent of The Uortirulturid says:
GA great many think that a three or
four year old tree will bear sooner than one
two years younger, and the nurseryman
can testify we'll to the demand for 'insmcdi-
ate .fruiting;:' but I consider it costly,
unsatisfactory practice. Nearly every tree
of that age loses by necessity large por-
ton of its roots by transplanting from the
nursery to its future bed; and in order to
MAINTAIN healthy progressive growth, the
top must be shortened in, in same proper
ton, sometimes quite severely; and by the
the time this is completed the tree is little
or no better than one year or two younger,
1t happens, however, in the majority of
cases, that the trees are neither well plant
ed or well pruned, and the first years
growth after planting in its new home is
weak, sickly, stunted with the least posi-
BILE prospect of fruit
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