, 1877-03-31
EDITORIAL BREvlr,Es.

OWHbAe
Some journeymsn deviI~dodger takes
the pen in hand to write himself down
. second Bottom. in the columns of the
-4Astor7a,a. in which be says: AT ten
O'Clock the North Pacific arrived from
Olympia and we went on board and
slowed ourselves away for the night
We failed to find the comforts that we
enjoyed on the o. S. n. Co.'S boat
Fare is high in these vast waters. We
took passage for Port Townsend. pay
ing four dollars; meals and state rooms
extra, of course" The distance over
which the above writer passed, is .110
miles; the fare on the o. S. N. Co.'S
boats ten dollars between the Dalles and
Wallula. just the same distance. As for
the sory of the seats being partitioned
of SO as to prevent people from reclin
ing in the cabin, it has been done SO on
every boat we have seen on this coast
for twenty years. The object is not so
much to make men hire berths, as to
keep men from lying on the seats with
muddy boots. The substance of tae
matter is that the person went aboard
expecting TO be deadheaded over the
route and had to pay his fare as any one
ntco hos 70 1o
Eim pass. That gentleman seldom
refuses a worthy application for favor
sof that kind, but he allows his officers
no discretion. When men travel on the
boats under bis pass they go free; but
when they have no pass. they must paw.
If thing is worth having, it is worth
asking for and that in a civil manner.
abe sudden disappearance from New
York. Of A. Oakley Hall. who was Mayor
of that city during the reign of the
Tweed-Connolly ring. is creating some
excitement in Gotham. He may have
committed suicide, but it is far more
probable that he has run away to avoid
paying bis debts. For some years be
has exhibited signs of insanity. One
of bis freaks about year ago. was writ
ing play called '.1he Cruclbe" which
he produced at the Union Sqnare Thea.
ter. with himself in the leading charac
ter. The critics were charitable to-
wards the piece, for Hall is an ex-Presi-
dent of the Lotus Club ano wieids some
influence in literary circles. But the
popular verdict was Nothing in il"
and it was withdrawn after heavy less
to the good natursd manager, Sheridan
Shook. Hall certainiyis the best after
dinner speech maker in America, il we
except George Bromley. of San Fran
cisco; but that won't get him living if
he is poor n, save him from disgrace.
If be is disposed to be corrupt.
Stocks have again been subjected to
another shrinkage in San Francisco,
and Flood. Sharon ct al. are waiting fer
them to get down to bedrock figures,
SO they can deal tbs m ont again at
fever-heat figures on the developments
of. Truthful Jeems Fair and his little
diamond drill. When Con. Virginia
went to Sc and Overman to 112 In Feb
ruary we showed up the black side OF
the picture and tried all we could to
stop the money of the poor from going
that way. The present crash has veri-
fed the correctness Of our prediction
At that time the HteHgencer's local nah
stated chat SIS, ,000 had been sent to
San Francisco for investment in stocks :;
q statement that nobody believed, for
money was SO scarce that a twenty dol
lar piece could not have been rafIied
off for nineteen chances at dollar
each 1t is singular that men will
suffer themselves to get caught the
second time at Flood & O'Brien's little
brace game of Heads we win and Tails
You lose" In fact mining stocks are
like Scotch suuff-We got.one punch =
tuht tuoUSA!
1t is an unpleasant hing to be high
toned ,,'chiv".- and get into row with a
low fellow who don't recognize the
code. We are specially reminded of
this by the recent attempt Of a legal
blath 'rskite in San Francisco to cane
our old friend John McComb, the man
aging editor Of the Alta 1t seems that
this valiant Bombastes went into the
Brigadier's sanctum I'd drew a pistol
on him. John was pretty well versed
in carte and tierce, bnt on this occasion
he forgot all the teachings Of Monstery
and quoted chapter of Tom Sayers TO
the legal gentleman, applying the ..auc-
aioneer" to his proboscis and landing
him on the floor The gallant Hayes
emerged from, that Office. looking like
a indge that had rendered q wrong de-
scision at dog-fSht. So mote it be.
We ara. reminded of the story in
rhyme of DR.. Holmes, entitled How
the old Horse won the Bet," by the re-
cent performance of the old bark Jane
A. Falkinburg. which arrived at Astoria