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, 1877-11-10
Tho Dutch in Holland /.

The Department of State has re.
ceived q report on the social and po.
litical condition of the Dutch from
the Minister Of the United States to
the Hague. As an illustration o1
the carefulness and steadiness of the
Dutch, the Minister says that there
has not been q bank failure in Hol-
land during the last forty years, and
that the paper money of the banks
during that time has been equal to
gold. In regard to fire insurance
companies, there is NO such thing as
q failure on record, and, while the
rate Of insurance does not average
more than half of one per cent, the
companies are in the most flourish
ing condition, realizing twelve to
sixteen per cent per annum. First
class railroad travel is only cent per
mile, and yet the roads pay good
dividends. Pilfering officials are
scarcely ever heard of, and when
they shock the nation by turning
up, they arc severely punished and
forever disgraeed. No free passes
are granted, and managers and di-
rectors have no power to pass any
body over the reads free. All must
pay the public rates. Dishonesty Of
any kind ar failure in business mean
public dishonor and utterly bars the
dishonest from any future public
consideration. -Four millions of
people live within an ., ca of 20, 600
square miles, fact Unprecedented
in any other country, and all appear
to be happy, prosperous and cop-
tented. The secret of this prosper.
ity lies in the fact that all live with
in their income, and that industry
and honesty are principles so firmly
that their violation is
looked upon as an outrage on the
characteristics.
, 1877-11-10
The bankrupt law is likely to

The bankrupt law is likely to
be repealed at an early day if
the session continues. The
House repealed it last year, but
the Senate refused to concur.
This year several leading Sena-
tors, who before opposed the re-
peal, are known to have changed
their minds. A resolution re-
pealing the law is already before
the Senate.
, 1877-11-10

Liberia is said to be a country
Of splendid resources, but
wretched government! We will
see what our Southern darkies
will do for the government, and
for the development of its i'm
meDse resources when emigra-
ton gets under good headway.
, 1877-11-10

A curious Charley Ross story
comes from Richmond. Two gyp-
sizes who stole the adopted child Of
wealthy Quaker, declared when
captured in Southern Ohio that they
believed the boy to be Ross, and
had been in correspondence with
his father on tho subject for a long
time. Their representations are
probably false.
, 1877-11-10

QUERY.-One of our citizens de-
sires us to publish the following
query: ':Woud it not be advisable
to procure a copy Of the field notes of
the survey Of lands Of King county.
from the office of the Surveyor Gen.
eral, now, when it is known that
those notes can be- furnished the
county at comparatively nominal
price," Nine-tenths of the land
owners would willingly pay their
small item of tax, to secure an au-
thenticated copy of the notes and
have them placed on file in the
office of the County Auditor, as the
law requires.
, 1877-11-10

The opium-eater may reside in q
malarious district, but he will not
suffer from miasma; or he may live
in the midst of an epidemic Of some
contagious fever, but he will be
among those who escape The
opium-eater almost always dies Of
his favorite drug.
, 1877-11-10

A German literary man says
that in America thieves are so
scarce that rewards are offered
for them.
, 1877-11-10

The editor of the Snohomish Star
gathered ripe strawberries last week.
and found blackberry blossoms, and
almost ripe berries.
, 1877-11-10

General Fremont's household Of
fects were sold under the sherihs's
hammer in New York few days
since. He is said to be reduced to
extreme poverty. This is . sad epi-
sods in the life of q man who was
once candidate for the Presidency
of the United States.
, 1877-11-10
Seventh Volume.
service reform.

SCl SlCC 1ClO1 III.
Seventh Volume.
With this number the Weekly
PUGET SOUND DISPATCH enters
upon its 7th volume, under cir
cumstances more. encouraging
than at any previous period in
it's career. Though the field for
journalistic enterprise has been
small and its support limited, we
have the abiding assurance that
our efforts have not been barren
of profitable results to the COM
munity. whose prosperity has
been the object Of our most anx-
ious care, stalking all that We had
Of ability, industry and worldly
ambition to that end. Every
citizen cognizant Of the circum-
stances will bear witness to the
facts that no newspaper in Wash
ington Territory ever more ear
nestly and faithfully represented
the interests of the place of its
publication, and the enemies it
has made-and they are not few
or insignlfcant-are in the main
enemies Of our town and jealous
of its prosperity. No considera-
tions Of personal interest, neither
fear nor favor, ever swerved this
paper an iota from its devotion
to the interests OF Seattle and its
surroundings, while it was under
the control of its present editor,
and it's influence has been recog-
nized throughout the land, not
only in attracting business to
this place, but much more in de-
Tending it from the damaging
Vaccinations of a powerful and
unscrupalous rival with it's en-
issaries in our midst.
We have not escaped the usu-
al vicissitudes attending the es-
tablishment OF a newspaper,
but we have reached that
point where experiment ceases
and success is assured. There
are now associated in the publ
cation four practical printers, all
of whom have had considerable
experience in editing and pub
fishing newspapers, and have
united in this work their exclu-
sive efforts, determined to make
this the best newspaper publish
ed in this Territory. That they
have thus far succeeded in their
design is conceded by all intelll-
gent dlsinterested witnesses both
at home and abroad. The paper
issues a larger amount OF origi-
nal matter, a greater variety OF
local and general news and mis-
cellaneous selections than any
other paper, with single excep-
tion, published north Of the Cal
ifornia line; and it is the pur-
pose Of the publishers to devote
their surplus earnings to such inn
provements as will keep the Dis
PATCH in advance of all rivalry.
No paper has done less to pro-
mote it's circulation by solicita-
ton than this; we have hereto
fore depended almost exclusively
upon voluntary subscriptions,
but we are none the less CRATE
full to those who have interested
themselves in our behalf, and So
licit continuance of their IA
vOrs.
A German literary man says
that in America thieves are so
scarce that rewards are offered
, 1877-11-10

THE U. S. Steamship Lackawanna
has received orders to report at San
Francisco, so she will not visit Seat
T tie this time. =
, 1877-11-10

They say towards only strike in
the dark. but we are of the opinion
that it was the person who wanted
to Light . mate
, 1877-11-10
Minister to England.

w
instead sof' Simon Cameron as
Minister to England. The for
mer is represented as illiterate
and ignorant in mental acquire
ments, awkward and ungainly
in person, and utterly unified
to represent the intelligence and
social refinement of the people
of this country at the English
court, conveying the inference
by implication that the latter
possesses all the qualifications
which the other lacks. Nothing
could be more false and mali
cious. Reverse the picture and
it would literally true. No act
of the President could better IL
lustrate the superiority of his
civil service policy over the old
system of dispensing Federal ap-
.pointments for party services;
system to which, backed by
liberal use of money, Cameron
owes all the political distinction
he has ever achieved in the gov
ernment; social distinction he
could never acquire.
Simon Cameron illustrates the
most remarkable instance in the
history Of the country OF the
highest political honors being
achieved and held for a long sue
cession of years through the an
imal instinct for accumulation
supported by no other ability
than the low cunning incident to
financial thrift. Literary and
scientific pursuits were averse to
his tastes and inclinations; and
at is doubtful if he ever read a
book. Those acquainted with
his personal habits are cogni-
.zant Of the fact that during his
long public and political career,
there is not to-day public re
cord or state paper bearing his
name which was indited by him.
self. AS a publisher of It news
paper he always had to employ
an editor. AS Senator, Cabinet
officer and foreign minister, he
always had to employ others to
write his speeches, reports and
official correspondence. His mo-
ney, acquired mostly by cues
4lonablc means. was the sole
source of his power or influence.
Not having the first instinct, he
never acquired the habits or de-
pertinent, Of Il gentleman. He
had no conception of any pur-
pose III life not actuated by sell
fish motives; no regard for po-
iitical principles but as a means
to personal ends. He was the
personlfication Of that political
system which was maintained
and perpetuated by spoils, the
rottenness of which serves as a
fertilizer for the production of
better fruits.
John Welch it is true is not Of
the dilletante in the fine arts, an
Apollo in figure or a Beau Brum-
nell in dress; but in all the ele-
ments Of dignified manhood, in
graces of person and refinement
of mind, he will not suffer mate
rially by comparison with the
average national representatives
of first class powers. He is a
man who will every where COM
mand respect for dignity of bear
ing and purity of character, with
out the loose habits of Schenck
or the snobbery Of Pierpont.-
He is a much better looking man
than was Lord Brougham or
Lord Tnhn Rnasell and Of mora
, 1877-11-10

Thomas Welch, of Mendocino
county, California, has cleared $10,-
600 this year on crop of potatoes,
and has twenty acres to dig yet.
, 1877-11-10
OREGON Pelitlcs.

oregon Pelitlcs.
! During a short stay in Port
land a few days since, we wer'
greatly edited as we'll as amused
at the various views of the polit
ical situation in that State, a!
represented by heretofore prom
inent politicians of either party
The prevailing sentiment of eacf
appeared to be- a loss of conf
dence in the leadership and man
agement of his own party, anc
hopelessness of success. One
ex-Federal official, a personal
friend Of Senator Mitchell, tolc
us that he regarded Mitchell's
prospect of reelection as hope
less, and he was willing to bet q
a large sum on the election of q
Democrat to the Senate whose
name has never been associated
with any of the political rings in
that State, or publicly announ-
ced as a candidate, or consented
to the use of his name as such.
The Democrats, on the other
hand, have very little hope OF
success with any candidate here
tofore prominent in consequence
OF bitter personal hostility be-
tween leaders who would prefer
the success of the common enc
my to that of a rival in their
own party; and this condition of
affairs is common to both par
ties, which makes q very pretty
muddle, and promises to result
to the advantage Of the people
of the State, upon the principle
that "when rogues fall out bon
est men get their DUE" One
thing is certain, that peither the
"Salem ring" nor the "Holliday
ring can again control the poll
tics of the State; the one having
lost the cohesive attraction of
public plunder,' the other is dis
integrated by internal dissen-
ton. As party lines are not now
defined by any issues Of political
principles or public policy, and
party discipline has lost it's pow
er over the masses, there is a
reasonable prospect that the in
telligent, patriotic and disinter-
ested portion Of the people of
Oregon will manage to form a
political organization by which
they can recover the control of
their public affairs from the un-
scrupulous rings in either party
which have hitherto made traffic
Of their rights.
The chief complaint of politi-
clans on both sides was, that
they had no newspaper organ of
ability or influence to maintain
or direct their party organiza-
tion. That is the natura! and
inevitable consequence of ring
rule. Editors of sufficient ablli-
ty to lead and direct a party,
naturally have too much self
respect to become the organs or
instruments of rings, or submit
to the dictation of ambitious
leaders, which was the sole con-
ditions upon which a party
newspaper could ever be MAN.
tanned in Oregon by either par
ty; the editor who would not
submit to these humiliating terms
was crushed out and his place
supplied by one of a lower grade
who would consent to live on
the bounty and do the bidding
of the men who fed him. The
public printing and other official
patronage was generally held by
politicians as stock in trade to
swap for personal services, and
never used, as IN other States, to
aid in building up a respectab e
and able party organ. The .'Or-
egon STYLE Of newspapers are
the inevitable consequence of
the Oregon system Of politics;
, 1877-11-10

SAN HOWE killed cougar lately,
in Snohomish county, that measured
over 8 feet in length.
, 1877-11-10
Custom House investigation.

from aSnlnStOn, are lnvestlga
ting the affairs Of tho Custom
House at Port Townsend, and il
there is any thing crooked in the
management Of that institution
it is reasonable, and charitable
to suppose that they would find
and expose it; that is their bust.
ness; that is what they are there
for; and it is neither decent nor
just to attempt to forestal public
opinion in regard to their report,
or to impute guilt by public ru.
NOR where the facts are yet to
be proved. It is not consistent
with a fair trial, and is grossly
in violation Of the proprieties of
journalism to PREJUDICE case in
the course of investigation, as
has been done in this.
While the investigation is yet
in progress; a sensational story
is put afloat by the Transcript, a
common scold,a eagerly copied
by the htelligencer, a very sewer
Of defamation, that "the circum-
stances connected with the clear
ance of the ship Brown Brothers,
the special agent came near send
ing tug after the ship, and hav-
ing her captain brought back to
ascertain whether he had paid
fees enough, or whether there
was a hundred dollars in an ir-
regular way that should be re-
funded to him."
That Col. Briggs, one OF the
most experienced and expert
custom-house officials on this
coast, should attempt an irregu-
larity Of the kind intlmated un-
der the very nose Of a special
agent then engaged in investi-
eating the affairs of the office, is
too absurd to command the Gre
dence Of any person of ordinary
intelligence.
Who told the runscript man
what "the special agent came
near doing? If Col. Evans re-
ported any such thing, he was
guilty of an act unbecoming an
officer and gentleman; which
is not to be presumed. The only
other hypothesis is, that it is a
weak invention of a malicious
person, like the inventions of the
htelligencer IN regard to the use
Of the Revenue Cutter by the
Collector.
Commercial men and those en-
gagged in shipping, bear uniform
testimony, SO far as We have
heard an opinion expressed, that
the custom house was never so
we'll managed before as 1t has
been by Mr.. Webster and Col.
Briggs. The only opposition we
have ever heard uttered against
either of them has been solely
upon social or party grounds.
They are regarded by many of
the people Of the little village
where they live as "aristocrats;;" !"
hence the special investigation
and the damaging rumors. Maj
Morris came there and was re-
ceived and entertained like a
gentleman, for which he and his
entertainers were bitterly as
sailed through the public prints.
Col. Evans came in u different
shape; "ruhs with the boys" is
hand-and-glove with the assail-
ants of the "custom-house ring"
spends a considerable portion Of
his time in the Intellectual game
Of poker in public bar-rooms, and
is regarded by his boon-com-
panions as "jest the feller to
clean out them custom-house
snobsn' He is evidently inclip-
ed that way; but we shall be
very much surprised if be sue
ceeds.
The bankrupt law is likely to
, 1877-11-10

HALF-BREED BKAUTIEs.-Inter
marriages with the "pale face"
at Standing Rock Agency, are
quite frequent. The interpreter,
a white man, has an Indian wife.
He has been with them ten
years, and is man Of intelli-
gence and quiet gentle ways.
One of the daintiest Of feet, wear
ing a number one boot, is owned
by a young halfbreed girl of 16
years, daughter Of Mrs. Galpin,
an Indian woman, now the wild
ow Of a white man, a resident Of
this agency. Mrs. Galpin never
speaks a word of English, de-
clines to do so, though she under
stands it very we'll. She is a
woman of superior mind, and
highly respected by both the
whites and Indians. She has
four daughters. Two of them
are married to white men, one of
whom is Mrs. Harman, the wife
of Capt. Harman, port-tradcr at
Fort Lincoln. Mrs. Harman has
a fine face, and her dark eyes
and hair, with her pale yellow
complexion, give her most
striking appearance. She has a
good figure, and is decidedly a
handsome woman. She and her
sisters are we'll educated, with
easy manners. Miss Annie, the
youngest, and the owner of the
pretty little feet, has also dainty
hands. She is as brown as a
berry, with large, saucy black
eyes, regular features and a
dash Of style that is very fasci-
mating. The family are Cath
olics, and the daughters were
educated at 4 convent.-Corr.
Chica1O Inter- Ocean.
, 1877-11-10
WEEKLY DISPATCH.
BERIAH BROWN & CO.

sEsraH BROWN, A. DE LANy. P. NJ. WALSH,
Il. l.. NoRrHUP.
, 1877-11-10

Grant is at present in Paris.
, 1877-11-10

A HoAx.--The Victoria Colonist
tells the following good one: IA
seafaring-looking man came to the
Colonist Office, yesterday. and told a
pitiful tale of shipwreck and death
on the coast of Washington Territory
about 100 miles south of Cape Flat
terry. He reported that he sailed in
a fourmasted vessel called the Coro-
ma or Corunna, wheatladen from Ia
coma, some days ago. that on pass
ing outside the Cape gale sprung
up, the vessel was thrown on her
beam ends and the mainmast "bust-
ed" her sides out and she sank, the
captain. first and second mates, and
five others going down with her.
The narrator and seven others saved
themselves in a boat, and with the
aid of some loose boards which
floated about after the wreck sank.
padded into the Straits and landed
at Metchosin on Tuesday night,
whence he walked into town. He
'sold" the usually wideawake editor
of the Adelphi Bulletin. and got a
square meal from one of our staff,
who thought he had a good item; but
few questions put to the man by
our nautical interviewer developed
the fact that he was al imposter,
and after confessing that he was a
deserter from British merchant
man now loading at Puget Sound
port, he ran off up Yates street and
was seen no more.
The Osceola times., 1877-01-27
THE uOLEIN THE FLOOR.

In the primitive days of our grandfather's time,
When the fireplace, genital and bright,
Its oavernous recesses glowing with hame.
Filled the d-fashioned kitchen with light,
They used often 10 gather at close OF the day
kound the hearth-stone, that altar Of yore,
Bni men of this modern and slori.us age
ColleSt around "a hole In the door.
The,rra.dfather sat In the chimney nook
< an old-fas hioned, sp int bot,omed chair.
emrly read from the blessed old book,
lfneh with tn household In prayer;
altar ths tinIe-honored hearth-stone with
ihe fre light flckering o'er.
hoderns all worship meath fresco and gas,
ar altar hole In the foor
len from the old hear th-stone the children went
forth
md win themselves laurels or yaliantly brave
The bufeting surges Of life,
lhep with rld-wearied hearts yearning sadly
! Th.y would seek the old hearth-stone once more
But we when aweary With toll and oppressed,
Return to-the hole in the floor.
When the tumult OF war overs hadow ed our land
And our foreflthers rushed TO the fray,
To repel the invaders that threae ned their homes
Leaving mothers and daughters TO pray
The thoughts Of their hearth stones gave strength
And thrilled theil brave hearts to the core,
Bui our heroes when called on their homes to de-
Must fight fora hole in the floor.
Then let us rejoice that we live In an age
When instead Of the hearth stones bright gov,
he cayernous fire. place, eheory with flames,
ye have 'modern improvements" you Know.
"A when we converse of those primitive
nd the Jolly old customs OF yore,
will laugh az we think oil the oid-fashioned
ways,
As We sit round-the hole in the aoor.
Lizzie Clark Hardy, IN ScribHsr,
The Osceola times., 1877-01-27

ply fer the hospital and for Other
purposes. The valley is of volcanic origin
One of the extinct craters is about q
half mile in diameter, and one hundred
and fifty feet deep. The middle of the
crater is beautiful little Like, emerald
in its hue. The water is reported to be
as salt as the sea, and contains two or
three kinds of fish. The natives say the
lake is unfathomable, and that it is fed
from the sea. CHANGING at the valley as
a whole, it is most admirably fitted for
the purpose to which it is allotted. The
climate is genial, and If at times warm
in summer, the nights are deliciously
cool. In all the Hawaiian islands there
is not another location 70 perfect for a
leper settlement as this.
HOW THE LEPERs LIvEAND FIND AMUsE-
MENT,
The denizens of the leper settlement
manage to enjoy themselves in many
ways. They have their balls and par
ties, at which they trip the light fantas-
tic toe, both in native and European
style. There are two hundred and sew
enty-seven houses in the valley, mostly
built by the government, for their com
fort. There are two Roman Catholic
chapels, and one Catholic church; also
two school houses, where the young are
educated. Many of the lepers who are
able TO work have taro patches, where
they plant taro, and thus secure supply
Of fresh pei, delicacy dear to the ma
tive palate. They nearly all own horses
which they at times drive at furious
rate. The average Konoka, no matter
where you find him, is sure to ride his
horse to death some day or another, and
the women in this respect are the same as
the men. But this is one of their great
enjoyments, and they will indulge in it
even amongst the lepers. When not
horseback riding, planting taro or other
wise engaged the lepers do q little legit-
innate loafng around "the country
store" where they barter and trade or
keep inquiring for letters whenever a
vessel touches at Kalaupapa, the only
landing at the settlement. No vessels
are permitted to touch there except on
special business with the lepers. When
ever vessel touches il Is a kind of holi-
day for all the natives who are able to ride
down to the landing. When foreigners
arrive the natives are sure to reap good
harvest, because, though they charge
nothing for the use of their horses, it is
the custom to pay the owners whatever
you see fit for this kindness. Some os
the natives manage to accumulate a
little money by trading and speculation.
The Osceola times., 1877-01-27
Curious Cause of Death In Two Horses

John Brown, superintendent of the
Troy and Lansingburg horse railroad,
has in his possession two remarkable
specimens of natural phenomena. One
is large round stone having the ap.
pearance of highly polished piece Of
marble, mottled in appearance and beau.
tiiul in color. 1t is as hard as flint, and
exceedingly difficult to scratch or mar in
any way, and weighs one and half
pounds. this was taken from the in
testines OF horse that died some time
ago, and is probably formed from secre-
tions Of dust and dirt that had gathered
in the stomach OF the animal, and which
by the process OF time had become form
ed and hardened into this beautiful
semblance of polished marble. Another,
more singular still in its shape and
formation, was taken from the intestin&s
of horse that died at Cohoes last week
ed fat, and of a
calcareous q and
general an WI
sponge.
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