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, 1877-03-10

PURITAN TRADITIoNs.-The Supreme
Court Of the State of Massachusetts
decided some time since that 4 person
injured while travelling on Sunday has
no relief. This decision ia believed by
many to be in distinct anlagonism TO
decisions in United States Courts, and
consequently a member OF the present
Legislature offered bill providing
that the provisions of the law prohibit
ing travel on Sunday shall net eonsti
tpte a defence in any action for the re-
coyery of damages for injuries receiv-
ed while travelling on that day. An
amendment WAS offered, TO test the
sense Of the Honse, abolishing all
Sunday laws. The sense Of the House
on this poirt was easily ascertaiued
Eighty eight 10 forty eight voted to
retain Sunday laws, and the marvel is
where the forty eight came from, end
where they expect to go. The original
bill passed to engrossment.
, 1877-03-10

The RADICAL TsAP.-It is an i'll
wind which does not blow good to
somebody. The appointment of five
justices of the Supreme Court on the
electoral commission has had the, effect
TO deflaud the people Of their righliul-
Iy elected candidate for President, and
to give an endorsement to the most
gigantic fraud ever perpetrated in the
Union. But while the act OF the three
radicals among these justices has
wrought irreparable injury to the
country, it has, in one sense, subserv-
ed the public good 1t has taught the
people never again to repose faith or
confidence in the Court as j: Is now
constituted. 1t has convinced every
body that il is a Court OF radicals,
bench whose majority are extreme
partisans, aAd whose decisions are re-
served only for those who ere of their
party. The proveJbial cat without
claws in The dominion Of BeelzebU6
has as fair chance as has any demo-
crat before the Court as it stands. 1t
is simply Grants trap to snare demo
Gratis.
, 1877-03-10
Notice for Distribution.
TfEETTOEY q WasHINGToS. } -
County OF Wslia WaIla, -

County OF Walla WaLa, -
IN PROBATE-IH TIE sater of TIE Est1fe of
JOHN SENG- deceassd.
~ READING and hliug tie petition Of MEL
" CHI0B kIRCHNER. Administrator o. the e
tate Of JOHN >ENG- deoe4sed settsn. s0rth that be
has FLED hIs final account sGc Afrninistrato- Ia
the matter of sad Esta AMI thar the zane las been
duly audited, allowed and eoDfrInei and that por-
Tau Of Said Estate remains be 6Iviezi among the
hers Of sll4 cee9-sl, ani pr among otter things
Tor order Of distribution u the residue OF ii e
STATE among the persons tller-unco entitled.
II - oTier1l Thai al persons interested IA the e
tate o. tie sad JOHN SENG, des-ssel, i- aui ap-
pear before the Probtte Court OF sad ecuuty OF Wat
Waila, on MONDAY, the 9th day OF AprIi, a D.,
81, ~ the So1r Of 10 clock a. N OF sai day then
and there 70 show cause Why an order OF dst-flt tol
shoa.d net Be made OF tke Tesfiue OF SAID Estate
among tie hers OF tLe sad JOHN SING, deceased,
according 10 law
Il : fu-tss- or1ered, that copy OF ths order te
publ she1 for four SUCCESSIVE weeks before the si
5th Day Of April, A. D, 1871. in tie Walk WALL
SrATEssiAS, = newspaper p-lnt-i ard pGEiisha1 IN
The aty and county Of H'a!ia Wailz Dated, M..rch
SD, Isl r GCfCHARD,
ti-lm PT0iazte judge
, 1877-03-10
The country cannot afford to have tile
result tainted by the suspicion OF aiieSal
or false reIufRs.-PREsIDEnSTG GRANT.

The country cannot afford to have tiie
rcSuii tainted by ihe suspicion OF siieSai
or false returns. -PREsIDESr GRAST
But, under the decision Of the ma.
iority of the electoral commission, the
couGtry will hare to afford it. Tie
result Of the deliberations q that
have made Hayes President is tainted
not only by The Suspicion but the Ger.
tainty Of Illegal or false returns, and
every claim made for Hayes since the
morning after the election, was made
on the same fraudulent and rascally
pretenre. The whole country con-
ceded Mr. Tilden's election and the
figures proved il, the republicans
themselves giving 1t up through their
newspapers But the happy thought
struck Zach Chandler that The return
ING boards of three Southern States
might, by the use of money, be made
TO Tell different tale from that told
by The ballots of the people, and
thereafter every effort of himself,
assisted by all the other big and little
rascals of the republican party,
\ ked to the end that wrong and
might should triumph over right and
justice. And they have prevailed.
, 1877-03-10

The DFrEGENcs.-In 1924 the peo7
pie failed 10 elect q President, and the
election was thrown into the House
of Representatives, Gen. Jackson led
the poll, but failed TO secure a majors
Ity of the electoral vote. John Quincy
Adams aud Henry Clay were his com.
petirors. Previous TO canvassiug the
vote, it was intimated II Gen. Jack
son that if he would agree in advance
TO make Henry Clay Secretary of
Staie, 1.-The Presidential cuutes; would
be settled in one hour" Here is Old
Hlckory's reply 10 the suggestion:
That in politics as in every thing else ny guide
vas principle; and contrary 70 the eNirtSSsed anl
unbiased will Of the people, their constituted
agents, never voGa step INTO the fresllshtiai
char ana requested hna 20 say 70 Af- CllY I,- M
has friends, .:Og si sJqlu>e be bad e2soe rem -
Chy. although lie ussi the t=Tm Nj Gay if.eh1s
that before would reach the Presidential ei'alr oy
such means OF 6lr-a,u and oorrulton, l Noci1 see
the earth open AMI swallow both Nr Gay am M M
friends sud myssf wth them. L they !lai pot con-
raence me % belsve, II was elscte that Toufl
call 20 nv Asd IN the cabinet, OF tie nrSt virtue
talent and integrity, not 70 vote Tor me.
Gen. Jackson scOrned To reach tie
Presidency contrary 10 the expressed
aud unbiased viii Of the people " Ia
these latter days We have Presiden,
who was repudiated a. the polls by a
majority Of over quarter & million
of voters, and in the electoral college
by some twenty votes, and yet he
clutches at the prize, literally stealing
the Presidential office without The
blush Of shame mantling his cheek.
II is true there is vast difference be.
tween Gen. Jackson aa1 Returning
Board Hayes, and this difference
marks the decadence Of the republic.
, 1877-03-10

THIS nation enters upon the second
centennial OF It's existence under au-
spices that no good citizen can con-
template with other than feelings of
distrust and alarm. The gigantic
frauds which have been sanctioned by
tie so called electoral commission,
while they may return to plague the
inventor, viii for the present be
standing reproaeh aud disgrace to cur
intelligence and civilization.
, 1877-03-10

JUD6E DAVIS was deceiTcd. He ex-
pressed the belief, on declining to be
a member Of the electoral commission,
that any one of his associates on the
supreme bench would render fair de-
cision on the questions which have
been brought before them. They
have not done so.
, 1877-03-10

a SrRAw.-A pumber Of seedy poll
ticiaus of the radical persuasion are
here from the Sound country, nonl-
nally on business connected with a
charitable association. This is wek
enough for the outside, Int the un-
charitable think tha. this visit has
something to do with dividing tae
spoils. Hayes and his friends have
stolen the Presidency, and now it is
in order to agree upon division of
the stolen goods.
, 1877-03-10

5000 q; @ : i e e : G.: !: = 3 :::=.s : :,: +:
Dozen dollars day right in .heir own
localities Have DO room 20 explain here Business
ILeasant and honorable Nosneu and boys and aigls
Do as well men Ne viii furnish You a complete
Outfit free The business pays better than anything
e4e- We Tlll bear expense Of starting YOU Parrieu-
i4-s free WTlte Gnd SEE Farmers and rlacllaI,ies
their sons and daughters and al classes IN need of
paying work AZ home, should write to US and j-arD
al about the work az once Vow Is the tine Don't
delay address True a Co., Augusta, Maine
, 1877-03-10

a PRosPEROUs SrATE.-The people
of Texas have an eye to the future.
Blessed with tens of thousands of
acres of as good land as can be found
in any of the States, she only desires
population to give her front rank IN
the sislerhood of the Union. This she
is putting forth cOmmendable efforts
TO obtain. OF twelve railroads opera
ted In the State, ten are pushing ex-
tensions. These are absolutely neSes-
sary in so vast territory as she pos
sesses, to bring remote sections into
social and commercial relationship.
Her energetic internal improvement
system is having its effect. One hun
dred thousand emigrants, it is said,
have crossed Red River into her bor-
ders since last September, and the tide
still continues. 1t is represented that
Texas feels less business depression
than most of the other States, and her
growing crop is large and gives excel
lent promises. If her legislation is
only moderately good and she can
manage to keep down taxes, there is
no predicting the greatness to which
she may not attain, in the future.
, 1877-03-10

RETURSISG BOARD HAYES has nomi.
mated the following gentlemen to seats
in his cabinet: Secretary OF State, w.
NJ. Evar,s, of New York; Treasury,
John Sherman. of Ohio; Interior,
Carl Sehurz, of Missouri; War, G.
W. McCrary. OF Iowa Navy, r. N.
Thompson, Of Indiana; Postmaster,
Key, of Tennessee Attorney Gene
raj, Cbas. Devins, of Massachusetts,.
With the exception of Sherman, they
are sll respectable men, but how any
decent man can hold a seat in a re-
turning board cabinet puzzles us.
, 1877-03-10


No man worthy of the Office OF presi-
dent should be willing 80 held IL If
counted in or placed there by fraud
PRESIHEST GRANT.
President Grant made use Of the
above language about the time that
both parties were sending their com
miSSioners South to watch the count
ing Of the votes in South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana. The country
generally app.auded the saying, and
thought that it meant that no man
wonld be dHot0ed to go into the preSl-
deEtial office unless he possessed a
clear title thereto. How vastly mis-
taken everybody was, the recent de-
cision of the republican majority Of
the high commission, declaring Hayes
the President, fully a,teSts.
, 1877-03-10
DESCRIPTION ARD PEDIGREE.

CAPTAIN MORRISON Is a beautiful bay, with
white hind feet, = Z bands high, wei-ls iio0 T0u.s,
j. a horse OF immense bone and power and Is ose-s-
ei Of a most exc leHt temper and Is a Iair, square
as Well a fast trutter.
He was sired by that great sire of trotteTs Eys5yI'-
Hamb!etoniIE; dam by Henry Clay. Further eX-
American stud Book. sworn certificate II PuIIyrtc
81. n be seen at any time
Breeders are invited 70 call and see this horse be-
fore ireeriing iheir Pas:ura-e furnished at
reasonable rafeS Care viii BE- taken, bat IocOuu-
liability for ace4ieuts and escapes.
lI-jyI FRANK SHELTON.
, 1877-03-10

REsPoNsIBILITY.-Tbe responsibility
for the infinite wrong that has been
fastened upon the American people
will rest upon the heads of the eight
men who for the sake of party have
fixed an indelible blot upon the Amer
lean name and nation. They might
have defeated the conspiracy; they
have joined heart and hand with the
conSpirators and hlted up the first
usurpeT into the American Presidency.
They are guilty of crime for which
no apology can be offered, DO atone
ment made.
, 1877-03-10

TnE NArioSAL HUMILIATIoy.-lt
will be remem bered that Mr.. Wheeler,
the "counted in" Vice President, was
chairman of committee that made
an exhaustive report oa LOUISIANA
politics few years ago. An extract
from this report is given below and
some few sentences seem prophetic
with a meaning that must ring with
most awkward distinctness IN his ears
After describing the means used TO
carry the election in 1872, which were
precisely the same as those winch
have made Mr.. Wheeler Vice Presl-
dent now, he declares that no party
can submit "to a result decided by
the votes OF electors chosen by such
means" And yet Mr.. Wheeler ex-
poets the country 10 acqnlesce IN his
elevation by precisely such means as
these. Later il the same document
Mr.. Wheeler gives expression TO
another sentence which it must be
somewhat unpleasant TO remember
now. "The people of the United
States have an interest in the question
= whether electors thrust into
their places BY Illegal means shall
turn the scale in the case OF PRESS
dent of the United States" Messrs.
HAYES and Wheeler, and their accom-
plices in the theft of the national exc
cutiye, will probably learn at the next
general election thai the people Of the
country have an interest in this I'M
porlant question, and that that inter-
est lies IN the direction Of eondemnlng
to dishonored Cbscurity ever man III
the remotest way connected with the
vilIainy by which this worthy chair
man of the Louisiana investigating
committee became Vice President of
the United States. In another part
of the report Mr.. Wheeler makes
prediction that does more Justice 10
the enormous provoca,lon heaPed
upon the democrats than 10 the law
abiding disposition which keeps them
quie: under burning sense OF injury.
He announces that the carrying Of the
frauds he describes into a national
election "must result in civil war
spreading through the entire country"
, 1877-03-10
SAN FnANcIsco. February o. l,

DAN fEAAClSCO, teDIu.Fy a. lo4S
I concluded TO return by rail over the
Southern Pacific road, and am very glad l
did 40. There is some of the most difficult
engineering on this route in America. l
had thought had seen some extraordinary
railroad engineering before in crossing the
Sierra Nevada, the Alles shany monntaius, on
the Pennsylvania Central, and tbe Baltimore
and Ohio, but they ere nothing to compare
with this route through the San Fernando
mountains The first tuanel We reach. IS
miles from Los Angeles. is 6g61 feet IN
length. l. took Us eight rniGutes 60 paa.
through it. After that We =eIe in the
mountains almost continuously for 100 miles,
passing through eleven tunnels IL all. Bat
The greatest feat of engineering is what l.
called
, 1877-03-10
A Lucky MAN.

Mr. Fruit brought plenty Of money with
him, and bought large amount Of good
land as soon Us he came, which has doubled
on his hands lie has made some $50. 600.
Such men always make money, while the
other nineteen make just living. For a
person who has moderate means, say from
80, ,000 TO $4,000, and economical habits
aud don't care TO more than make a living,
/ don't know OF pleasanter place TO live III
the United States; but for 4 person Of Iimi-
ted means, who wants TO build up home
our northern country certainly offers ten
chances where this does one.
, 1877-03-10
9 9 9 . e


Tc the Working Class.-We are row prepar-
q 20 furnish al CLASSES with constant employment
AZ home, The whole OF the time, for their spare
moments. Business new, light and profitable Per
soEs OF etie= easily from 80 cents 10 S Der
evening, and prOqopJytlonal sum by deyoti.y their
whole time 10 tEs business. ROys and girls earn
nearly a. much a. Inen- That All who this notiee
may send their dress and test the business We f A
tls unparlle! orir; 70 such 90 are not we'll salts
I'D " viii send one collar 20 pay for the t-oable Of
writing. Full pzrtleu!ar-. samples worth several
dollars 10 commence wofk on, ani a copy OF Home
and FIreside, 0i the largest and best ILLUSTRATED
Publications. al sent free by MAD. Reader. if you
want permanent, profitable work, ad1ress, GFoKGE
SrISs1S, Z Co, Portland. Maine Iaeu
, 1877-03-10
The TFOtting Stallion,
CAPTAIN MORRISON

E-ILL MAKE TIE SEASON OF Is77, at the
" stable of the uBdarsIgnea, 3 : miles west Of
Walit Walla, with the exception of SAIJRDA1S
of each week When he viii h found az the Stable OF
4 Small i 90 II tLe city 81 Nalla Walll, al so
coin, payable when service D rendered. Mares not
proving l. fo can he returned next season free OF
, 1877-03-10
POoR PLACE FOR A POOR MAN

to come 10; land ranges from $50 TO $3.50
per acre. certainly cannot see what any
one can do with land at these prices TO make
money Oh it. l have met quite number uf
Nalla Wallaians here, and with one or two
exceptions, L think they would have been
bstIec off to have remained there. One gen
tIeman from our county, and one Of the best
workers IN this county, told Ine that lie
could make more money IN month IN
Walla Wala than he could heIe III u year.
, 1877-03-10

BLaSK DEIDs, in lots 70 suit purchasers, ezn be
bad al the SIAILxNAN Office
, 1877-03-10
letter from California.
Los Aser1rs, oAL., February sOth, Is7

Los ANGELES, CNL., February Goth, lS77-
EDIT0R STATESMAN southern CAlitor-
MIA is now in her full glory. Barley knee
high, and heading out; the hills green with
grass, and the orange trees bending with
their rips luscious frait; strawberries, ripe
tomatoes, and green Peas on the tables, and
the most charming weather. excepting quite
hot 10 a northern man about noon. The
morning and evenings are perfectly delight
full, So pleasant that | am setting by my
open window at eleven oclOok at night writ
ing this letter. There has Leea considerable
rain in the state during The last mouth,
enough to make pretty fair crops IN the coast
counties, especially north OF this, bat II there
should be 10 more ralr, there Will be dread
ful drOuIh in the interior cUuntleS.
Los ANGELES,
is the only live place 1 have found outside OF
San Francisco. and everything seems pretty
well overdoue here, at least many are COM
planning OF hard times.
THE ORANGE BUSINESS
is certainly overdone. When all the trees that
are now planted come iuto beariug, the truIt
will scarcely pay for packing and boxing,
und rhcre is probably 1000, 900 more trees IN
the different nurseries TO plant yet Many
PERsoNs or SMALL MEANS
have come here, and within two years past
have been buyiaz land at these high prices,
paying about half down, and giving a mort
gage on the place, with frbm one Ic two pei
cent. per month interest, hoping to make
money from the place TO pay The balance,
bat they almost invariably lose their places,
and have to start out without any thing.
This is a YerV
, 1877-03-10
THE LOUP,

or as the boys on The train call II the ''coIk
screw" 1t is the only railroad work Of this
nature in the world, where the road is made
to cross itself, or wind around mountain
Just like a cork screv, crossing itself IN q
tunnel 7S feet below where il passed the
same point on the mountain nearly mile
back on the road /, ia Just like running
down a cork screw, making nearly tEO COM
plete circles In getting down tho mountain.
This Loup il $40 miles from San Francisco.
Length Of Lonp 1896 feet Elevation at
grade, over tunnel No 9, 3034 feet; Lower
point at tunnel 2956 feet difference i'll
elevation 70 feet. Il requires
TWO oF THE HEAVIEST LOCOMOTIVES
to draw ordinary trains around these curves
and up the mOun,ain- We passed the Loup
in the evening, and long before daylight we
were away ont on rhe plains on the head Of
the San Juaqnin valley. And such a country,
for nearly 800 miles the grass-what little
there wus-was about an iDoh high, which
had sprung up after the rains in January,
and drying up every day by the winds and
hot sun, go that in a few days longer, with
out rain. ;and the farmers had all about gwen
up rain for this season. there would be moth
ing more left for the
IMMENSE DROVES or SHEEP
that are 10 be seen at every point along the
line of road for over 800 miles. 1t was a
pitiful sight, indeed, to see the sheep dying
along he track from starvation, with no hay
nor feed in fhe cenrtry, and the sheep too
poor to drive to feed, as there is no grsss
within $50 miles, and they would not pay
transportation on the cars. Some large
iOcks had been offered at 30 cents and even %
cents per head, with no one to buy. A gem
tleman living at MERGED, told rns he knew of
some OWDeIs Of large flockS who Just le, their
sheep go where they pleased, and did no, in.
tend to leok after them any more, not wish
ing to see them dias as they were unable TO
save them. This is the
GREAT SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY,
and portion of the Sacramento is nc. much
better; but the coast counties both north
and south of the bav, are much better off,
and will in places raise fair crops and in
, 1877-03-10
eREkT sAN IoAouIN Valley.

and a portion of the Sacramento is ne, much
and south of the bav, are much better off,
and will in places raise fair crops and in
some localities full average. For my part,
when I want 10 farm OF raise stock. believe
would rather take little more rain OF
snow, and have plenty for my stock to eat.
Very truly, PHILIP RITz.
, 1877-04-04
SUBURBAN.,


Al the annual meeting Of the congregation Of
tho Trin!ty Reformed Ep!seopa! Church. held
Monday evening at the Baptist Church. Antho-
ny ]. Touzalin wns chosen senior warden; E. 8.
Hulburd, junior warden; vestsymeat John
Rumtcy. W. J. Terpcnny James Griffith,
George IL. Chasc, II. 4, llulburd, and ". N.
Smith; delegates 10 tue Chicago Synod, y. J.
Tespenny and James 1uEiil'.h; ,altcfnates, ~.
1oncrai Courct!, George Il. Chase; alternate.
j. J. Young. THO uewly-clcctcd yestsymtn will
hold t,leetlAR this evening to elect officers and
appoint alt necessary committees for the cnsu~
Ing year. The Easter services were very Inter.
eating; twe1ty.thrce persons wste confirmed
". J. Tcrpenuy, tho superintendent OF the Sab
bath-school, waa presented With IN album BY
The children OF the school. The Rev. 5lr. Hos-
worth made tue presentation. ...,
A. dispatch from! Alien, q G., announces the
Condlt Esq. She died Monday. at p. n. she
Will be Daoirned BY lar9a circle Of friends.
From the station at South EngleWood, on
Etghty.sessnth street, to Ninety.afth street
theTu u only one culycrt, and q! the water on
has no outlet, except through that small open.
Ing. Whenever there ia ! heayy rainfall the
water rt4cs Oh the west side Of tho track from
one 70 four ieet higher than on the east. Last
Su1dAy tue water fo&c until It commenced run.
ming through the eattlc-guard at tho station.
Quinnell, would Ia i very short tins have
washed away q large opening under the track,
with tho usual result Of . wrecked passenger
train aad probable loss Of life, u the outcomlnY
regular train would have been due In short
time. The smallest opening made bY musk.
rats or other Agenc!es thro1gh the embank-
ment, at any pplnt within throe-qua1tera OF Z
mle, would haye the same result
, 1877-04-04

: g n....+. /. Al .ho A.,,-r ,h,-c,d ,,.t
tho lurccny Of nants. eoats. and shoes belong.
ing 10 Iaomas neaoy, no'a arc ne"sooSd
living at tho Ncwsboys' Home.
Netta Leo, inmate OF a l,axuio on Van Burcn
.trcct known n, I.onr Bruncb. u va. locked I'm I'm
at the Afmory last night, charged With tho lar
ceny Of SO FROM "A Granger named Victor Meyer,
hnlltnE from Davenport, H..
ntfas ns sssson H. sSfens ,fn 1.
nJrht hinhhefng n hcrat,sc ,,c nstS lat III hjs
m,6nsv' liz rln,f,s n hayc heon knockcd doMn
nnd r9hhej m Canai strcct nj s:ss in tash and a
rrreint far n nose On tte ilefunet scan.iInaVisn
Nstfnr.i Hant " ~ ~"N