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, 1876-10-28

The folr of the San Francisco
Neacs Letter we're e1joined, at the
hour of going to press about fort
night ago, on account of an article
concerning an Australian adveDturer
who started bank in San Francisco
and swindled poor washerwomen
and shoeblack out of their hard
earned wages. We regarded the
censorship of the press by Stanton,
during the war, as rank infringe
ment upon popular liberty and this
proceeding, in time of peace when
the public welfare cannot be endan-
gered, is infinitely worse. Judge
Wheeler's career on the bench
should end with his present term.
His extra.judicial way of issuing
writs at 2 o'clock in the morning,
recalls vividly the appointment of
Cohen as receiver of Adams & Co.,
about twenty years ago. Both these
proceedings tended only to draggle
the judicial ermine in the mire.
, 1876-10-28
CENTENNIAL NAKEDNESs.

A correspondent Of the London
Court Journal gives the following
description of how Z french painters,
outstrip all Others at Uncle Sans
big show. He speaks now OF the
French Gallery OF Art:
Hundreds of paintings are there
now. piled with their faces toward
the walls. Glimpses of few con-
firm the presentment that nudenesss
will be the striking feature Of ths
display. Those permitted to turnsa
frame so as to see what it holds, find
a life-s;ze picture OF all utterly naked
woman, the subject not classical.
She is French woman OF the pres
ent time. Of course, she is not
there for her anatomy, for nature
follows no changes OF fashion IN
molding human forms; nor by cloth
ing for there isn't a vestige OF any;
but bv the fact that her hair IS ar
ranged in one of the elaborate styles
of the present. The catalogue simp-
ly tells she is a woman, and there
could be no mistake about that.
Another turn of a frame shows re-
cumbent woman-the other is erect;
and the third reveals one who has
stripped herself to the waist to pray,
as a pugilist would for a, fight. Thls
is too much for the United States,
aud it ought to be too much for
France. The remarks of the philos-
ophizing are not to her advantage
in this respect.
, 1876-10-28

It was conceded by all sagacious
politicians that the October elec-
tions would be test of the present
strength of parties but the result
in those States is so close as to leave
the matter in doubt as to the general
result. At the last State election
California. Indiana, Nevada and Or
egon were all Democratic States and
in Wisconsin the Democrats elected
all their State officers but the Gov
ernor, who was elected by few hun
dred votes. Ex-senator Mat. Car
penter. who is stumping for Hayes,
has publicly expressed the opinion
that Wisconsin is certain for Tilden.
In California there is a union be-
tween the Republicans and Inde-
pendents which may possibly over
come the Democratic majority in
that State. There is a like union in
Oregon which makes that State
doubtful, and in the foregoing table
we have given the Republicans the
benefit of the doubts. In Ohio and
Indiana, on very largely increased
vote, the Republicans have small
gains over the last State elections,
but Il would take much larger pro-
portionatei increase to effecta change,
either in y wy York, New Jersey OF
Connecticn. and if there are no fur.
ther gains b., the Republicans Indi-
diana can lie counted on the Demo
cratic side. The vote of New York
will undoubtedly determine re-
suit. It will be seen that if the
States vote as indicated, and the
Democrats adhere to the determine
ton to reject the vote of South Car
olina. conflict would be inevitable
, 1876-10-28

Oregon has doue better at the
Centennial, than California, when
we consider that she has less then
one-ffth of the population of her
sister State. The awards are Dip
Iona of Honor and Medal of Merit,
each accompanying the other. The
following have all received diplomas
and medals: State of Oregon, Sec
ton of Wood; State of Oregon, Gold
from Virtue mine; ID. Prettyman,
near Salem, Ninety-day wheat; Ore
gon City Mills, Flour; McLearn &
Bros, Portland, Oatmeal; J. W. &
V. Cook, Picked Salmon; J. w. 4
V. Cook, Canned Salmon; Oregon
Furniture Manufacturing Company,
Ornamental Wood; M. Wilkins, Lane
county, ,Combing Wool; Oregon City
Mills, Tweed and Blanket Benz
Forstner, Augurs and Bits, Salem;
John l.. Ashcroft, near Salem Prun-
ing Shears. With this showing, the
adjournment of her Legislature with
some appropriation towards defray-
ing the expenses of her commission
ers, was niggardly in the extreme.
, 1876-10-28
SHIP BUILDING, AGAIN.

& It will be remembered that, last
Summer, a gentleman named Goss.
of the firm of Goss.& Sawyer. visited
this Sound with view Of looking
up a location for q ship-yaed. His
firm has been engaged at Bath,
Maine, in heavy operations of this
kind, often having three firss-class
vessels in the stocks at once. He
had foresight enough to see that the
scarcity of good timber in Maine
must soon lead to cessation OF OPP
erations in that quarter and that hs
Pacific coast must be the great
American shipyard of the future.
The splendid timber of our forests
guarantees that our home fleet will
have finer spars and better decks
than those built anywhere else. The
exact location of Goss & Sawyer's
operations here are not yet known,
but he writes to Capt. Higgins. of
Olympia, that they will have a yard
under way next Summer. In our
opinion, Utsalady would betheplace
if the mill was only in operation.
But it is impossible to build ships
away from the saw-mills. Vallejo
tried this to her cost and lost money
with the best gang of workmen that
could be picked out in California.
Revolutions never go backward"
and the day that the Puget Sound
ship Wildwood opened her matches
at Boston, to load cargo for San
Francisco, that day was a change CT
front for the world of commerce.
For twenty-seven years had Boston
disputed with New York for the su-
premacy of the California trade.
The skill of her mechanics was never
called in question and the fame OF
her "Flying Cloud" and "Great Re-
public" spread through every corner
of the civilized earth. The buoy
ancy of our timber will yet create a
new sensation in the ship-buildipgg
wocld and the grain Of Cal fornia
and Oregon will yet be CARR ed en-
tirely by home-built feet. 1t is
the destioy of our TerritorF y and
cannot be pushed aside. n
, 1876-10-28

Cooper, Bailey & Co., the proprie-
tors of the circus and menagerie
which has been travelling through
California for the past three months,
advertise their elephant for sale at
auction. AS the greatly reduced
price of Seattle coal renders house
keeping much cheaper than in for
mer years, young men who live on
salaries can have a achance to bid for
that elephont. No well regulated
family can afford to be without an
elephant, at the present ruinous
prices.
, 1876-10-28

One great evil connected with the
presence of the Chinese on this coast,
is the mysterious manner in which
their assassinations are conducted.
On the night of the 18th, Wah
Chung, a well-known merchant of
Hop Wo Company, was shot down
at his door in Virginia City, by an
unknown assassin. The assassin
who fred the shot glided around the
corner of Demling's store and made
his escape. The writer remembers
how an intelligent young Chinaman
named All Kow was stabbed in Sac
ramento in 1868, by an assassin i'm
ported expressly from China for that
hellish purpose. In spite of re-
ward of $4,000 offered by the Gov
ernor, the assassin was kept con-
cealed in San Francisco for three
months, when he was shipped back
to China. As soon as the ship was
clear Of the Heads, all the papers
were posted on it.
, 1876-10-28

The agricultural wealth of the
Walla Walla valley is we'll set forth
by statement in the Watc7man that
during the past season the four firms
that are in the business there, have
sold about $68,0OO worth of agri-
cultural implements. The firm of
Hawley, Dodd & Co. alone have sold
over $4,000 worth. Since the 9th
of August they have sold 70 Shuttler
wagons. This speaks well for the
prospects of Seattle, when the rail-
road is completed. The golden grain
of that section will be onr heaviest
export, ten years hence.
, 1876-10-28

Hon. Elwood Evans, of Olympia,
has returned from the Centennial at
which he was q Commissioner in be-
half of this Territory. He has full
filed his trust ably and will be
remembered as "the right man in
the right place." He is one of those
men who will always do more for
others than for themselves; thence he
has taken great pride in exhibiting
the products of our Territory and at
fording information to those design
ing to make this their future home.
Old friend, you have done we'll;
may every one. appreciate your
work as we do.
, 1876-10-28
ADMISSION.

Our advocacy of the Constitution
al Convention appeared Immediate
ly upon assuming proprietorship OF
this paper and our reasons therefor
are first, that the Legislation required
at Washington for our commercial
interests, can never be acquired till
we have vote in both houses OF
Congress-; secondly. that the devel-
opment of our agricultural resources
cannot be made till we receive the
proceeds of sales of our public
lands. When Oregon was admitted
into the Union, she received 500, 600
acres of land for internal improve
ments which she imprudently di-
verted to school purposes. This has
left her without many needed inter-
nal improvements. We should man
age things better if Washington
Territory was admitted into the sis
terhood of States. We need some
substantial aid to popular education,
however; hence we urge a division
of the public land gift, one-half to
the common school system. This
would be doing justice to both these
important public interests. Itwould
greatly lessen taxation for road pur-
posese and yet place the common
schools upon a much better footing
than they now are.
One great aid we need from the
Federal Government, is the improve
ment of our rivers that are tributary
to the Sound. The Skagit, Puyallup
and Stillaguamish, all need.cleaning
out in order that their fine bodies of
farming land may be made accessi-
BILE to market. Water is the farm
er's natural helpmate and should be
utilized in every possible way.
These appropriations may possibly
be obtained by our delegates, though
we doubt it; but once let our Terri
tory be admitted into the Union, and
our three voters will obtain us any
reasonable amount Of Legislation for
the development. Hence we urge
all friends of progress to advocate
the admission and vote for a Consti-
tutional Convention. We are far
better able to support State Gov
ernment than Oregon was at the
time of her admission. True, we
have not as much available grain
land; but we can cut longer timber
and ship cheaper coal than she can
And as for fisheries we catch hall
the salmon she exports. Don't LEI
the fear of taxation defer you from
voting for a constitution. Our ex
penses will be increased, little, i
is true but we will soon gain re
sources that VIII readily overcome
that disparity.
, 1876-10-28

Senator Morton, of Indiana; the
arch-apostle of the '.bloody shirt
business, is now in California, elec-
tioneering for Hayes & Wheeler.
He is. like Senator Sargent, a hearty
endorser of Grants administration
which will find successor in Hayes,
should the latter be elected. He
has never heard of the pecul..tions
of Babcock and Bal zap and believes
that Grant could do no wrong.
"Honest Iago."
, 1876-10-28

Few men would be so indiscreet
as to undertake to pry open an un-
exploded blast of gunpowder with a
steel-pointed pick. A laborer at the
Prospect Virginia, New mine,
named Lawrence Haley, tried it on
last week. The funeral sermon by
Rev. Father Manogue, brought tears
to every eye and vividly impressed
his hearers with the uncertainty of
life.
, 1876-10-28

B. F. Jellison, a saloon keeper of
San Francisco, recently brought suit
for the sum of $7,10O, the value of
$500 cocktails alleged to have been
drank by Thomas O'Larkin, Jr., a
son of the well-known pioneer of
Monterey. He got judgment for
the full amount, but the man of un-
dying thirst had made all his prop
erty over to his daughter. And
Larkin still lives. How many years
it took Larkin to swallow 81 100
worth of Angora bitters and cam
phene gin, has not yet transpired.
, 1876-10-28

Judge Jacobs is looked for here,
tonight OF tomorrow. We oppose
him politically but like him person
ally, just as we do many o,her good
men in his party--such as Sheriff
Wyckoff and Collector Webster.
Let us make mans fight of it aud
resort to no trickery that would sully
the laurels of hard-fought battle.
Our motto is, "Always first--if with
honor"
, 1876-10-28

We send the Historian daily pc
paper and Ireland sends US back a
weekly though he publishes a daily.
Old man, we won't have it that way.
If you can't send your daily, just
refuse to take the DISPATCH out of
the Post Office and--that settles it.
, 1876-10-28
TERRITORIAL WINES.

When we wrote of the new store
of Schwabacher Bros, at Watla
Walla and classed it as q Territorial
Enterprise, we did not soon expect
to bestow the same title upon another
undertaking, in the same quartet
BUTT seems that Walla .7alia cou ty
is not content to rest upon the laur-
els of her grain crop, alone. She now
comes in as a grower of wines. The
Statesman gives the following opera
tions of Frank Orselli, and says:
A day or two since we visited his
ranch, short distance below town, and
were shown his watts. barrels and other
arrangements for manufacturing wine
on an extensive scale. One of the vats
he has now in use has capacity OF
1000 gallons, and others are on small
or scale. Mr.. Orselli informs us that
this season he expects to make 2.5OO
gallons Of wine. mainly from grapes
raised on his own place. Should the
experiment prove success. with another
year he will buy all the geapes tnat offer
and engage in the manufacture OF wine
on an extensive scale. In the room ad-
Joining the watts, we counted "a casks
ready to be filled with wine. These casks
are of capacity ranging from 40 to ~
gallons, and will all be brought into
use.
The above looks plausible enough
and the more we consider it, the
more reason there is for believing
that the grape will do well in that
section. The California wines are
made mostly from the Mission grape,
which is essentially tropical fruit,
originally imported from Spain. Far
to the North of the region whence
they come, are grown the grapes
from which France produces her
Chateau d. Yquem and Clos de
Vogeot, and Germany her Rudes-
heimer and Johannisberger. The
summers iAWalla Walla are as hot
as in Sacramento and will ripen
grapes just as we'll, but the vines
should be from parent stocks Of the
Rhine and Moselle, to stand the Sc
we're winters east Of the Cascades.
This man Orselli, is entitled to the
thanks of the whole section where
he lives for introducing new branch
of industry which will enrich him
self and give plenty of employment
to his neighbors. We are great be-
lever in native wines, because they
produce no delirim tremens nor sof.
tening of the brain, like whisky and
brandy.
In the German States these dis.
eases are unknown; and there wine
supplies the. place OF tea d..coffee
on the pooc mans table. And it is
an ercor TO suppose that grapes re-
auire rich soil, either. The best
wines of California are made on the
s;de-hijls where grease-wood bad te
be grubbed up to clear the land
The flc-famed Clos de Vogeot, whose
claret sells for seven dollars per bot
tie in Paris. is but o round mound
of red sandstone. There are barrer
lands enough in the hills between
Walla Walla and the river, and hel
fine grain lands need not be touched
The richness of that region is en-
tirely undeveloped. The day vii
come when her tawpy hills shall
bleed forth their purple wealth o
wine ard her showers of COLDER
grain shall go forth to feed thu
starving poor of the old world
These evidences of growing wealtl
and power are indeed pleasing tt
contemplate.
, 1876-10-28

The following is the Democratic
ticket for Stevens county: Repre-
sentative, Marcus Oppenheimer
County Commissioners, Stephen
Ross, James McElroy, John Jones;
Sheriff, John U. Hofstetter; Auditor,
John r. Kingsley; Treasurer, Max
We'll; School Superintendent, Moses
Dupuis Probate Judge, Leopold
DeRudder; Surveyor, r. 81. Doug
lass.
, 1876-10-28

General Harding's bay flly, Belle
of the Meade, won the two-year-old
stakes at Nashville, last week in l:l6,
distance three-fourths of q mile.
This is the fastest race ever run at
that distance. She is by Imp. Bon
ME Scotland and the only horse OF
this stock on the Pacific Coast IS
Craigieburn, owned by J. 7. How
ard, of Victoria.
, 1876-10-28
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Taking the result OF the recent
elections in Ohio, Indiana and West
Virginia as basis of calculation,
in comparison with the immediate
preceding elections in all the states,
the following would / !, the result
of the Presidential vote:
, 1876-10-28

The patent bad memory OF Mr..
Central Pacific Huntington, has ex-
tended to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, whence six cadets were
recently dismissed because they
couldn't remember "xR hazed thel
plebs?"
, 1876-10-28

James Lick left $50, 900 tothe Old
Women's Friend Society. This
shows that he was not so much Of a
woman -hater as he had the name of
being. But will the ancient females
ever get the sponduliques? Hard to
saw.
, 1876-10-28
STEAMSHIP TRAVEL.

STEAMSHIP TRAVEL.
The Victoria Standard is giving
the Pacific Mail Company heavy
broadside on account of alleged ex-
tortions, and says that there are
plenty of good reasons tor cancell-
ing the mail contract. 1t charges
that. in order to catch Portland pas
sengers, they have refused first
class state-rooms to passengers 60
ing to Victoria. This we know
nothing about; We only know that
we paid $50 to get here and, had we
known the fare was but $25 to Port
land, we would have saved five dol
lars by purchasing a ticket to the
Webfoot metropolis. The Standard
thus states the case:
They now sell first-class passen-
ger tickets at Portland and kalama
that will entitle the traveller to go
from Portland to Kalama, 40 mile,
by steamer, thence by Northern Pa
cific Railroad, 1O5 miles, to Tacoma
thence to Victoria, 14O miles, by
steamer, and thence to San Francis
co, and only charge S25. The usual
fare between Victoria and Portland
by rail and steamboat is about SIS.
Deduct that from $50, and We find
that Portland first-class passengers
go from Victoria to San Francisco
for $40, whilst Victorians pay S25!!
Now, is not this a swindle of the
first water? We. in fact, pay the
contractors a subsidy of $54 900 per
annum for service which, it was
presumed, would specially favor
Columbia; but it turns out that we
nav that amount to help Puget
Sound and Portland, and put to in
convenience our own people and
"sinch" them by making them pay
higher fare than Americans 25O
miles distant who travel in the same
steamships!
We do not believe that the Pa
cifc Mail Company pay any such
price to the o. S. N. Co. and North
ern Pacific Railroad Co. for trans
porting their passengers from Taco
ma to Portland as private individu-
ais would have to pay for them
selves. There is, doubtless, COM
mutation at half-rates, which is
nothing unusual. But granting
that to be so, look what the estab-
lishment of the tri-monthly line has
done for Victoria by this very ar
rangement. Oregon ladies go to
San Francisco by way of Victoria in
the summer season, because they
can there buy silks, poplins and
other dress fabrics, at half theil
cost in San Francisco or Portland.
If this reduction of fare to CORE
spond with direct rates from Port
land were not made, there would be
no travel by the way of Victoria
The putting on of such comfortable
and seaworthy vessels as the Pana
ma and Dakota, made such a con-
trast to those old rotten hulks, the
Stephens and Ajax, that the German
bondholders were obliged to pur'
chase the Elder and Chester to re-
tain any travel on the Astoria route
at all. The Victoria shop-keepers
have done well by this diversion oi
travel and they should not blame
the Pacific Mail Company for the
falling-off of travel on the ronte
now occasioned by the Elder coming
on the Astoria line.
, 1876-10-28
LITTLE PLAIN TALK.

publisher of this paper, on HIS t'''-
suming charge of it, that every
Democrat in the Territory would Ia
bor for it's success. This was all
very we'll to make man get down
to a desk for ten hours per day and
perform the. editorial labor that
is usually allotted to two men, but
but the other side of the contract
has not been forthcoming. Of all
the promised assistance, only one
man has come up to his word. M.
v. B. Stacy, Esq, subscribed for
the DISPATCH, seven copies to be sent
to his friends and paid for them IN
advance. Such Democrats are worth
conducting q paper for, but it IS
worthy of remark that Mr.. Stacy is
not candidate for any office. Now
we do not propose to abandon this
undertaking in which We have en-
gagged, but we cannot conduct it
without money. The current ex-
penses of this office are about $3.50
per month and should be met
promptly. Nor will we so far abate
our self-respect as to solicit subsidies
from men who make their living out
of public trusts and are always can
didates for something. What we
want is, legitimate patronage for a
legitimate newspaper. 1t costs but
three dollars per year. to send this
paper to any part of the United
States, filled as it is with matter per-
tanning to the best interests of the
Territory in general and Seattle in
particular. It is aggressive in its
policy and never waits for other
journals to point out its path, before
it takes up the line of march. 1t is
devoted to the advancement of free
labor and opposed to pagan bond
age, believing that capital is the
savings of labor and that cheap labor
makes no country wealthy. 1t favors
liberal business education for the
children of all our citizens, regard
less of sectarian prejudices, believ-
ing that religion should be taught
at the freside and not in the school
room. It advocates and throws open
the free use of its columns to every
industrial scheme calculated to ad.
vance and build up the material
wealth of the Territory. And, in
short, it will be newspaper pub
lished by one of the people, for the
benefit of all the people.
Feeling that no want of industry
in conducting this paper may be
justly charged against its present
publisher, we ask for legitimate sup
port. Of oil the Democratic news
papers published on the Pacific
coast since 1e49, but two-the Er
onaiae,' and Sonoma DeMocrat-have
earned more than bare living fol
their publishers. We should b.
pleased to add this journal to tina
little list of honored exceptions. II
say that Democrats can't read, is I
falsehood often uttered by Republi
cans during heated campaign; bu
to say that they don't read, is logi
cal deduction to be drawn from tn
many failures of ably conducted
Democratic journals upon the Pa
cifc coast. Let us see if the DIS
PATCH cannot be made to pay.
|
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-07

PERSONAL Eugene Lewis, special
agent Of the Post-Of1ice Department., sue,
ceeded short time since in arresting gang
of six men at Bethlehem, Pa, charged with
breaking into The post-oficc at ButztoWn,
Pa. ;; and subsequently, arrested two more
of the same gang at Trenton, N. j.; all of
whom are now In Jail at Easton, Pa, await
ing trial.
Rev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D., rector Of st..
James church, left the city last night to at
tend the funeral of Bishop Johns at Alexan-
dria.
General William Malone and Robert B..
Boiling, Of Petersburg; W. A. Burke, of
Stauutou; F. Des Vangelas, secretary Of
the French Legation at Washington; Mar.
shall Hanger, of Staunton; Judge George
p. Scarbourg, of Norfolk; Charles W. Sta
than, Of Lynchburg; Hon. Thomas F. Bo-
beck, and Judge W. D. Shipman, of New
York, are at the Exchange.
Rev. M. j. Michelhacher IS detained at
his home on account of ipdisposi.iou.
Rev. John e. Edwards, D. d., pastor OF
Centenary Methodist Episcopal church OF
this city, is in Norfolk, and will remain there
during the week as the guest of bis son,
Rev. w. e. Edwards. DR.. Edwards went
to Norfolk by special invitation to assist in
the revival meetings now in progress at the
Granhy.Street Methodist Episcopal church.
He preached Oh Tuesday evening before q
large and deeply attentive audience, and biz
discourse is regarded by those who heard 1t
as an effort of unusual power and eloquenee.
He will preach each evening during the
week.