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, 1877-10-19
TIE GOyERNOR'S MEsSAGE.

Whatever NAV be said Of Govern
or Ferry, by his political opposers,
they cAnnot DENY that his untiring
efforts in behalf Of our growing Ter
ritory, and the sagscious views eI-
pressed, on questions Of vital inn
portanee, in his recent message 90
the Legislature, have the true ring
about them. II be is selfish, or politi
cslly ambitious, as has been charged,
be has Apsrfect right to be, provided
be does enough for the people OF
Washington Territory to give him a
claim on them.
In commenting upon a portion Of
this message, the Portland Stand.
aTd"-a Democratic paper-says:
ION the matter of the extension Of time
for the completion of the Northern Paci-
flc Railroad, the Governor is speaking
from an interested motive and OF course,
were we citizen Of the Territory, we
should hold TO his doctrine"
This sounds like q candid admis-
sion, either that our Governor is do.
ing just right, or that the writer Of
the article would do wrong were he
citizen of this Territory--we inter
pret it to mean the former. Upon
this question the Governor very pro.
perly says: eff the N. P. r. r. Co.,
has not reasonable expectation OF
completing the road within ten years,
then it is its duty to declare this fact
and surrender back to the govern
ment, or to transfer to some other
company its entire land grant, OK.
oept that portion to which it is en-
titled by reason of the construction
of part of the road. The grant was
not made to enrich . few individuals,
but for the benefit of the whole ma
ton" He also says in speaking of
the probably movement in the next
Congress, to make Portland the
Western terminus of the main line;
deprive the Company of the land
grant for the construction ofa branch
line to Puget Sound; restore it to
the public domain, and then make
an effort to secure grant to aid
another company to connect the City
of Portland with the Union Pacific
r. R.; cit must be apparent that
this movement is not designed to
promote the interests of Washington
Territory and it should receive no
countenance or support from u.s."
From the Governors figures, the
increase of property for two years is
$2,288, ,832.83; paid into the treasury,
$l09,S21.79; disbursed, 108,l5S.79;
expenses of the hospital for the in
sane, $54,9S3.62; convicts, S17,'
366.04; peSt-house. 99.7S0; extradi-
tion, $74369; board of immigration,
1857; university, $1,000; salaries,
$7,S89. .23; miscellaneous, $3,916.24.
Total, $SS,253,S2. Decrease of debt
in two years, $l4,361.19.
, 1877-10-19

positive il does IN giving Nr. White
as authority for stating that the re-
ports coscerning Suttuus plans 20
escape from jail we're circulated by
the enemies 81 the criminal for the
purpose II creating Gprejudice on the
part Of the jury; and that those re
ports had no foundation.
II Mr.. White made the statement
in question, it certainly gives con
siderable coloring 20 the charges
mad. openly against him all over this
county, viz, that he was prejudiced
in Sutton's favor. Il lends force To
these charges, from the simple fact
that the ARGUS made a plain showing
Of the circumstances 1t the time; that
we were in \ position to prove the
assertions made, and that they were
openly and VIGOROUSLY known at the
time to be facts. Mr.. White knsw
they were facts; or, If he had doubt
ed, the proof was not hard to obtain.
We are certainly not disposed to do
injustice to Mr.. White, yet at the
same time, these showings are made
in obedience to our statement, made
to him, that we would publish facts
as far as obtained, without fear or
favor.
, 1877-10-19
Prejudiced Views.

The Seattle 'Intelligencer," OF =
recent date, speaks of the settling in
! the District Court at this place, OF
the affairs of Thos. Cranney, bank.
rupt, and refers to the case ss being
the " worst managed one in tbs an
nails Of bankruptcy" These views
wers based upon statements of an
Utsalady correspondent of that Jour
nal, whose peculiar situation with re-
ference to the estate left him in a
most unfit position to give a fair and
impartial account of it.
In Justice to Judge Lewis, and
Mr.. S. d. Howe, the Assignee, as
also the attorneys on 10th sides, we
have collected few facts, in rela'
ton to the case, which the public
may be entitled to. In the first place,
the case was more complicated than
any that has ever been known in the
Territory. This will be seen from
the fact that the original firm OF
Laurence Grennan & Thos. Cranney
was practically insolvent at the time
of Grennan's death in 1869; that after
this, a quassi Probate administration
Of the estate was instituted, by the
surviving partner, as administrator,
for about six years, or, until the time
when the said surviving partner filed
his individual petition in bankruptcy,
and that the partnership property of
the firm was about all that came into
The hands of the Assignee. The
peculiarly complicated state of the
case arose more particularly from
the conflicting claims Of the creditors
of the old firm, and those of the cred.
itors Of the surviving partner.
There were secured claims to the
amount of about $4,000 which, for
about . year and half, had been
ably advocated and as ably defended.
Besides these, unsecured claims to
the amount of about $l50,000 were
brought in. To meet these demands,
the whole estate sold for about $751;
900. The reliability (?) Of the state
ment regarding the mismanSgement
Of this estate will be seen from the
fact that Judge Lewis performed the
duties of Register, for which services
the estate did not pay cent, where
as If there had been . Register in
bankruptcy for this District, these
services would have cost probably
1900. Besides this, the fees and
expenses allowed to attorneys and
others in this case were limited
strictly to those allowed by the Bank
rupt Act.
Touching the statement that q
large number Of claims were ignored,
we are reliably informed that every
one presented received honorable
and courteous consideration, and we
may add to this that TO the Assignee
much credit is due for the able and
efficient manner in which he dis
charged the difficult duties Of his
position. Again the public has been
informed that q large number of
claims were wofully cut down"
This is true in some cases; and, con-
Spicuous among these, WAS that of
the correspondent of the " lntelli,
gencer," we are informed, whose
claim-as sworn to--Was for $1,-
692.56. Of this sum, he was found
to be entitled to &lS9.31, to which il
was reduced by the Assignee and the
Judge of this Court.
, 1877-10-19

l-9-Mark Twain scrap-books at James
JUIes'
, 1877-10-19

NEW YORK, Oct. I5.-The Suns Wash
ington City special says Randal's nomi-
nation by such tremendous vote on the
first ballot, means simply and only that
the Democratic party Is not going to abate
its opposition to standing armies, eItrav-
agant appropriations and the currupt sys-
TEN Of subsidies to corporations. Ran
dali was firmly opposed by all these In.
terests and by all rings and organized
lobbies represented here, and his triumph
is the triumph of the best elements OF the
country.
, 1877-10-19
PUGET SOUND ARGUS,
our AushsrIssd Agents..
Get Up Clubs

In order 90 extend the circulation or ihe
IeaVs stil more and 10 place h where ~
ousht 10 10 Al every nre-ids We have DE-
ridrd 90 make the follo-ing ofcrs;
To any one po-infnce address We will mail,
rnst-raid, hye copies oi the raier one year lur
~ rs each Toa club Of ten new subscribers
", viu make a reduction ~ tiftS cent. ON
each, thus enabling them Ia secure the larR'
esi weekly publiratiOn OF reading lnAtten IN
he Territory n rear for sASO each; also To the
getter up ofa club Of ten ne VIII sehu one
copy ons year free 10 any address.
, 1877-10-19
IMPROVEMENT or QUINCY STREET,

PROPOSALS. for filling up Quincy street,
from water street TO Jefferson street, will be
received by the Clerk OF the City Board on or
before the 18th day of October, 1877. For infor.
nation concerning width and height Of grade,
apply to the town Trustees
SJSt A. Il. HUFFMAN, Clerk pro tenn.
, 1877-10-19

The Lackawanna arrived in our harbor
yesterday afternoon, from Victoria, She
may 20 up tho Sound next week.
, 1877-10-19

BARK y. p. Litchheld, Capt. L. G. Spaulding,
from Hong Kong. is at anchor of Dungeness;
also at the same place, the English ship Cor
delera, Capt. John McAllister. Both vessels
are consigned to Rothschild q Co,
, 1877-10-19
American shin VCDtuS,

NTEITHER THE CAPTAIN NOR THE
IN undersigned Agents for the above
named ship, will be responsible for deDts con-
WATERMAN a KATZ, Agents.
JAMES s. THEOBALD, Master.
Port Townsend, Sept. ii, 1917
, 1877-10-19

THE fog was so thick that the Annie
Stewart was compelled TO use the "lead" most
OF the way from Seattle to this place, conse-
quently she did not arrive here till late yes
terday.
, 1877-10-19

JUDGE Lewis and Messrs Jas. Jones and B.s
Miller, started with their fishing poles, yes
terday for Chimacum, and came back witt
strings of fine speckled trout.
, 1877-10-19

WE are compelled to leave out many
items of interest, this week, in conse-
quence Of the delay Of the up Sound mail.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26
A SrUrxa N.cu,x, p,,uo,rnro>.

A SEWING MACHINE REVOLUTION
AT noon yesterday the last important pat
ents held by the manufacturers of sewing
machines expired, leaving the market
open for all who wish to compete. The
leading makers Immediately put down
the prices from 40 to so per cent, and
Others expressed the intention of imme-
diately following suit $50 machines thus
sell for $50, and $40 for $40. A. b. Will
sons invention, used in the four-action,
rough surface feeder, was the most i'm
portant of the expiring patents, the others
being the vibratory needle and recipro-
eating shuttle and the rotating hook.
There are perhaps a thousand patents in
force and now held by the various manu-.
tacturers, but the above were the last of
the foundation patent ''--the patents
needful in making frst-class machine.
The Singer, Wheeler g. Wilson, Grover
i Baker, and Howe companies are
said to have held the monopoly of the
Wilson invention ever since 1850, pooling
the enormous profits of its manufacture.
Little fear is expressed by companies
that they will suffer by any reduction in
price. Their manufactures are SD large
and so fully equipped, and their experts SO
diligently and constantly engaged in per
tecting new tools for the cheap manufac-
tdre OF machines, that they are confident
that they can afford a prices which would
ruin new and less wealthy firms. There
has been recently an illustration of this
in England, where the Singer Company,
after striving in vain to protecNits name
in the Courts, finally put down prices so
low as TO involve the imitators and coun-
terfeiters in great difficulties. .-NeW York
Tribune.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

NEW LAND LAw.-According to the
provisions Of the new law relating to land
entries, tits no longer necessary to attend
in person at the land office of the district
to make entries. All the preliminary
steps are now taken before the Judge or
clerk of any court Of record. Attention
is directed to the law as follows:
That the proof of residence, occupation
or cultivation, the affidavit of non allen
alton, and the oath Of allegiance, required
to be made by section 2,239 of the revised
statutes, made before the Judge, or in his
absence, before the clerk of any court of
record of the county in said State or dis
trict and territory, in which the lands are
situated, and if said lands are situated in
an unorganlzed county, such proof may
be made in any adjacent county
In said State or territory; and the proof,
affidavit, and oath. when so made and
duly subscribed, shall have the same
force and effect as if made before the reg
lister or receiver Of the proper land dis
trict; and the same shall be transmitted
by such Judge, or the clerk of his court,
to the register and receiver with the fee
and charges allowed to him by law; and
the register and receiver shall be entitled
to the same fees for examining and ap.
proving said testimony rs are now allowed
by law for taking the same.
Section 2. That if any witness making
such proof or the said applicant making
such affidavit or oath, swears falsely as
to any material matter contained in said
proof or oaths, the false swearing being
willful and corrupt, he shall be deemed
guilty Of perjury, and shall be liable to
the same pains and penalties MS if he had
sworn falsely before the register.
Approved March 3, 1877.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

PINNEY's CAsE.-An adjournment of
couple Of months in the hearing Of this
case took place, Mr.. Pinney's revelations
have a very improbable look-a very diff
terent one from what they had when first
made and talked Of. If, as he endeavors
to make the public believe, he is thNic-
tim Of deep laid plot, tool IN the hands
OF Sargent, Page, Carr and others, he
should have made his confession VIII en-
this conviction fastened itself upon him
instead Of flying to foreign land accom-
panied by his paramour, while his wife
was left to bear the double shame of be-
ing his wife and Of being deserted by
him. As to his charges, we shall begin
to believe them when we see them sub
stantated by the evidence Of others than
himself. Men Of national reputation like
Mr.. Sargent are not affected by the con-
fessions of self convicted thief who tries
to shield and draw attention from himself
by dragging down others. Pinney's rev.
elatlons will find few to give them Gre
dence except among those who are more
easily led to believe evil than good Of
their fellow mortas.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

A NICE LoT.-The unterrifed of San
Francisco have got into a nice little
muddle that is all their own. They held
Their primary meetings aud, though the
primaries are not supposed to draw out
anything near the full strength of a
party, the managers of the different fac
tions succeeded in getting out more votes
than were cast for the ticket at the Presi-
dental election. Then a howl went up
from the great defeated and charges Of
ballot box stulling, double-voting and all
the manifold sins which so long gave
Tweed control in New York were at once
laid at the door of the successful faction,
and were promptly hurled back again.
We have no doubt but both parties tell
some very unpleasant truths of each other
but, as it is none Of our funeral, let it CO.
The chances are that both factions tried
the same game, and as one thief hates to
be robbed by another, so one Democrat
hates to be beaten in political knavery by
another, and that's what's the matter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

BYLAWS. We have received from
some source unknown, but probably upon
the the recommendation of the Butte
Record man, copy Of the constitution
and bylaws of the Order of Caucasians.
We do not question but the objects of the
Order may be all right-so far as they
relate to the elevation Of white labor we
are with the Caucasians, or any body OF
men heart and soul. SO far as we can
judge of the designs of the Order by its
printed work, We have nothing to say in
condemnation. Bat tho fact that the
Order obtained foot hold in Chico
strong enough TO enable it to control the
election in that city, that incendiarism
and murder followed swift upon this de-
velopment Of strength, are reasons strong
CROUCH to lead those not acquainted with
the secret work Of the Order 10 believe,
that those who acted in defiance of the
law looked for moral support from some
quarter when would make the public look
leniently upon their crimes. That's the
case in nut shell and the Record cannot
make any one think differently by drag
Eing in the played out howl that the Re-
publicans, as a party, are responsible for
the presence Of Chinese amongst us. So
long as leading Democrats employ Chi
ne-e cooks in their kitchens and Chinese
mborers in their mines, they cannot be
l'oked upon as being very sincere in their
pretended opposition TO Chinese labor.
And if our recollection serves us right
there was Chinaman at work in the
Record office when we were last there.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

AT banquet given by the Chamber
of Commerce Of New York to President
Hayes last Monday evening, at which
most Of the members of the Cabinet were
present, General Sherman said "Thir-
teen years after the war, when l thought
we were safe for the rest of our days, we
find ourselves left out in the cold, without
pay or rations, or anything; neglected,
sighted, hurt III feeling but not in cour-
age. Destroy your army and your Gov
ernment, and you are mob. The Gov
ernment cannot subsist without an army.
and that must be a good one, too"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

The PROPHET's MovEMENTs.-A Sill
yer Reef correspondent of the Phoebe
tNev.) Record Of May 9Th says Brig
lam Young went north short time
nee, guarded by three wives, two apos-
lies and fourteen mounted men.
armed with carbines. 1t is under
stood that the armed men are to protect
him from the vengeance of Rachel, one
Of the widows Of John ID. Lee. 1t is said
that Rachel has tHkon to the mountains.
well fixed with pistols and rifles. She
fwrars that If she catches the "old sin
r." she will unsex him. We have
rather a mixed community here now.
composed of Gentles, AIormons. inck.
Mormons and Winter Mormons. You
nder t'nd what are Genties and Nor
mos. a jack-Mormon is one that pre-
nds to be a Gentle among Gentiles.
ard Mormon among Mormons. A
Win'e" Mormon is generally an honest
miner who drops into Mormon village.
some cold Winter, is suddenly taken
with a 'trong religious fever, get baptized
IL hurry, falls IN love, is married and
IS soon as Spring sets in he remembers
that he has business elsewhere, and ac-
cordingiy steals horse and disappears
Mormon girls who associate with Gentiles
against the wishes of the Saints, are
termed Hetann uin1ore -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

BAD TIMES IN NEYADA.-The silver
mining business is at comparative stand
still, and as a consequence there are ma
ny unemployed men at Virginia City.
Two thousand destitute, unemployed men
walk the street according to the Virginia
Enterprise. Many of these men have
families who are dependent upon their
labor for subsistence, and when it is
known that some of them have been idle
inr months, it will be readily seen 10
v ha: straits they may be driven. The
curse of gambling has hung over Virginia
City, licensed by State law. Faro and
monte banks dealt their seductive games
openly in the saloons and when times
We're flush," it was no uncommon thing
for the lubcrcr to lose at night the price
o; his days toll III the mine. For another
class II yet more dangerous fascination
o!Jncd-in the stock market. Many.
VINO thought themselves prudent, invested
their earnings in stocks. So long as these
stocks paid dividends they were all right,
] ut tie crash came and carried the
wages Of years into the vortex. Stock
gambling WAS the most dangerous and
fascinating Of any, for it bore the appear
ance Of an honest business, as to the ma
jority it undoub btedly was. But the oper-
ntions of the ring Of spectators by which
the working of the leading mines was
conducted, were only to entrap the un-
wary TO the purchase of the stocks when
they were paying fictitious dividends,
then to work the wires in such manner
that Assessments instead of dividends fol-
lowed, when an instant depreciation of
the stock would follow. SO great has
been the depreciation or shrinkage" of
the Com>tock mines within little more
than Il year, that the stocks then valued
st $3.50, ,0o0, 600, are now rated at less thar
one-seventh that figure. This shrinkage
las been followed by many ruined for
tunes, but nowhere has its effects been so
apparent rs in the immediate neghbor-
hood Of the minos.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

THE SUBLIME PoRTE.-The Porte, or
as it is sometimes called, the Sublime
Porte, which has for centuries been the
official designation of the Turkish admin
istration, means literally, the lofty or
magnificent gateway. The origin of this
name is said to date back to about the
middle Of the fourteenth century, when
one of the Sultans erected in his capital
splendid palace, the entrance to which
was very imposing, and was called "The
Sublime Porte" 1t was an ancient Ori-
entail custom to pronounce DEGREES, and
transact other public business in the gate
way Of the palace. Hence the term
1.-THE Sublime Porte " came to be applied
to the government itself just as we are
accustomed to speak of the executive
council OF the American Government as
I" The Cabinet. "-Once q Week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

The RUSSIAN WAR.-Gradually the
theater of conflict is extending and re-
ports of battles and skirmishes come
from different quarters. Each of the con-
testing parties bids fair to find an enemy
in its own territory which will distract a
portion of its attention. Russia in the
Circass ians-Turkey in her own subjects
of the Greek Church. The present out
look is that the struggle cannot be of long
duration without involving other powers
than the original combatants. One fea-
ture of the news is that the Sultan has
ordered from Partisan manufacturers a
large supply of white shirts with extracts
from the Koran printed upon them The
struggle between the followers of the
Cross and the Crescent will be deadly
one, where the religious prejudices and
superstitions of each side will strengthen
the valor of national pride.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

A NEGRO named Snipe died of con
sumption on Coosaw Island, off Beaufort,
S. c., but on his death bed charged Da-
good Hagood with having played V oudoo
on him by coming behind him q few
months before, and placing hand lightly
on each shoulder, asking at the same time
" Who is ?" Snipe's friends believe
this notion of his unquestionably true,
and jury of inquest, in defiance Of the
instructions of the Coroner, three times
brought verdict Of murder against Ha-
good, in accordance with which the luck
less man is now in jail.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

How THE WOMEN VoTE.-In St.
Paul the work ofwonan suffrage goes on.
stely between 800 and 600 votes were
cast by women in an election for school
officers. In one district there was a good
deai Of wire-pulling, and committees Of
ladies wont from house to house to beg
tll 'ir sisters 10 vote the right ticket, and
10 instruct their kitchen maids and nurse
girls 10 d. the same. The wife of q
prominent merchant, soon after sunrise
and ut breakfast, gravely informed her
that she liked it, and would vote at
all the polling places before dinner
There were no arrests for illegal voting,
but there VAS considerable hard swear
il z in several precincts where servant
girls mad oath that they had been nat
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

The temperance people of Los Angeles
have nominated a full Legislative and
county ticket for the coming election.
VOlney E. Howard, a gentleman OF State
reputation, and contestant against Eu
gene Casserly for the Democratic nomi-
nation as United States Seuator in 1868,
heads this temperance ticket as a candi-
date for the State Senate.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

The Nevada gazette tells us that an
old channel of rich gravel has been traced
out IN Washington Township in that
county by means Of a"divining rod - in
the hands of San Francisco man. The
gravel claims in the locality have always
been very rich but no channel was dis
covered before. Those who accompanied
the "diViner" on his trip had great faith
IN The correctness of his theory. Loca-
tons have been made for upwards Of a
mile on the supposed channel.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

WARNINGs.-Four young men went
fishing last Sunday on Lake Merritt,
near Oakland, and their boat capsized,
giving them an awful ducking. The
same day church was blown down in In
diana, the congregation buried in the ru
ins. One man was killed and quite a
number wounded. We don't propose to
draw any moral from these events.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-05-26

MARGARET B. HARVEY, in Woman'S
Wo'ds, thinks the time may come when
it will not be considered bold or indei-
cate for woman to offer a proposal Of
marriage-"though," she adds, l would
not advise any young lady to attempt it
for hundred years yet"