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, 1878-01-26

A FALIISG FF-The dull state of the
labor market IN this country has caused a
large falling off in immigration. A report
from the New York commissioners of immi-
grafton states that the number of persons
landed at that port, during 1877, was 81, 536
decrease of l6, 729 as compared with the
previous year. The total Immigration to the
United States during the last year, was
i!l,s5 decrease as compared with 1876
OF sc, lI. Total since 1861, 4,473, l35
Greatest number in any one year (lS72)
437, 80.
, 1878-01-26


NEW, YORK APPOINTMENTS Washington,
Jan. 20-The Sunday Herald announces,
upon authority of an intimate friend Of
President Hayes, that he has, within the
past week, declarid his intention to send in
new names for New York custom house Of
ficers in short time This friend is also
quoted as saying that the president has dis.
tinet ideas ON the question of official respon-
sibility, and intends under the law, to select
his own agents to carry out his views of
civil service reform. Notwithstanding this
announcement and the continued earnest
democratic invitations to the president, it is
not believed by any considerable number Of
well ihfomed people in Washington that he
viii adopt this course, which would reopen
and aggravate conflict with the republican
majority of the senate evidently undesirable
if not manifestly useless
, 1878-01-26

The GoLoID CoINAGE.-The proposition
to coin dollars Of gold and silver mixed,
with an alloy of copper, seems to find favor
at Washington, Dr. Linderman, director of
the mint, has been ordered to have Z num-
ber Of specimen coins struck off for inspec-
ton. The actual value of the dollar, at the
present rates of the precious metals and the
propotionate weight Of each, will be triile
over ninety-four cents. The advantages
claimed for it are its small and convenient
size, its resistance TO wear, and the difficulty
Of resolving it back into its constituent ele-
ments-which will tend to retain it at home
, 1878-01-26

FIyE.CEN1C CoIS.-An effort is being male
in congress to 60 back to the coinage OF
silver fve-cent pieces, in lieu OF the ugly
nickel coins which have taken the place in
the currency Of the country. The use OF
nickle was adopted in order to advance the
interests Of the owners of mines Of this
metal, instead of that of the public.
, 1878-01-26

MRs. LEoyirD, accused of numbering
he husband in Wasco county, has been
held 70 await the action Of the grand jury,
with bonds fixed at $1,000 Being unable
to obtain the required bail, she was COM
nitted ~ Jail.
, 1878-01-26

The full report Of the Grover invessiga-
ting committee has been printed. The COM
mittee unanimously eyhonerates Grover
from any completely in any attempt at bnbe-
" and corruption in securing his election to
the senate of the United States.
, 1878-01-26

AFILEN INDIAN Scout T-Donald Mckay,
the captain Of the band Of Warm Spring In
dian scouts who served under Gen. jeff {.
Davis against the Modocs in the lava beds,
was recently picked up in the streets of
Philadelphia beastly drunk Poor Donald.
while he languishes III jail in the City of
Brotherly Love and Quaker humanitarians,
after having faithfully served the country in
fighting against his own race, the ModOcs
whom he helped to capture aud subdue are
comfortably housed and well-to-do upon
farms the government has given to them in
the Indian territory. He fought on the
wrong side. Had he been an enemy, and
murdered settlers and butchered defenceless
women, he would not now pine in prison
Uncle Sam would provide a snug home or
him and see that he had plenty of every
thing. 1t is the way of the peace policy.
, 1878-01-26

A CoMfARISoN-For the benefit of the
gold fanatics We desire to call attention to
the fact that the countries under the single
gold standard have a population of $50, :
$50, 1000; while the population of the silver
standard tsingle) countries numbers S76, 200, :
OOO. When our silver bill passes, those un-
der the bi-metalic standard will number
Is, 500 0O0. The talk Of gold being the
unit of value of the greater portion Of tie
world is, therefore, proven false by actual
facts and figures.
, 1878-01-26

IT devolved upon an American citizen to
make discoveries in Africa that will prove to
be of immense benefit to the world, in which
1t does not look as II enterprising Americs
had much ooS = disposition to participate.
England is already at work laying the foun-
dation for the establishment OF an empire In
thatquater Of the globe.
, 1878-01-26
TO YeUIH AND MEN.

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sennal we4knes, nervous debility, ipotency, etc
worth slOee to the unfortunate. M quaekery or
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All business strictly conf lential.
Those who cannot call in person 81 orM write their
names fullyage married or single nse symptoms,
duration of lness etc, and inciuse 81 to secure an
answer.
, 1878-01-26

No HELL-The 6regonian thinks that
Col Bob" Ingersoll is the person who has
been altogether or chiefly instrumental in
opening a great and earnest discussion in
both hemispheres on the doctrine Of endless
punishment There would be nothing re-
markable In the renewal of the discussion,
were it not for the fact that SO many eminent
names have gone on the record in emphatic
protests against the old orthodox doctrine.
, 1878-01-26
IxFALLIBLE REMEDIES

Snrest and quickest known for all private diseases
Of 10th sexes young and old The worst eases OF
structure AMI chronic venerea diseases quickly
lieved. No mercury used
Where fiom had treatment any symptoms remain
rnICE - - = 'N''
notice
, 1878-01-26
Sls1l.IALTIES.

Diseases Of the Eye and Ear, Throa,, Lungs and
Heart, Lirer and Kidneys, and all Chronic COnstitu-
tional and Blood Diseases.
1isthma, Cotarrk, Rheumdtsm, Neuralgia, Epilepsy,
Sersfuid, Piles, DToIsy, Dyspepsia. etc, curei-
Ladies out of health assured of prompt relief
Cancers and 3umors removed without the knife.
, 1878-01-26

MANY A SLIr, &c-Marshal Hopkins came
down from Walla WaIla with . Chinaman the
other day, the Mongolian being under sentence
for selling liquor to Indiana He got as far rs
Portland with the heathen. but when he got
which Hopkins granted, and that was the last
he saw of his prisoner The fact that . Marshal
should escape the dangers of the Umatil.a
rapids and the practical Jokes of purser Knags,
only 10 be duped Of his prisoner at Porg1nd ia
a matter worthy Of fnaenf;a.-Iatcuge
, 1878-01-26
DIR. R. F.. PRICES
Homeopathic Dispensary,
MONNASTES. BUILDING,
First S.. bet. MOrris0n and Yainhill,
Portland, Oregon.

CKILLFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALI.
classes of diseases. No idle pretentiOns or impos
turts; no Aattering or experiments; NO injurious
drugs but careful examination and the most reliable
treatment; the best remedies approved by science
and experience, which may cure you, though dis
couraged and hopeless.
, 1878-01-26

OFFICE HOURS Gentlemen, from 0 to u 4. N
ami from eP. NJ.
For Ladies' l. ON 2 TO S p. NJ, only. 50-3m
, 1878-01-26

DILL HEAD APER--An immense stock
Dot Bull HxaD PAPER, just received at the
SrAIEsxAN once Bill heads printed and pa
per furnished at little more than the cost Of
white paper
, 1878-01-26

BLANK MoRrGAGEs at this Office,
, 1878-01-26
NOTICE.

MOTE PAPER-Ruled NorE PARER. for
IN sAle at the STATESMAN Office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
A Terrible Situation.

An old man named Charles Yopp
died at Trenton N. j., recently, after
being buried alive for nearly twenty
hours in swamp back of the city.
Yopp went out few days ago to gather
water crosses, and was accompanied by
little dog. On the following after
noon the dogs persistent barking at
tracted the attention of Mrs. Gilbert,
whose husband has small farm Dor
dering on the swamp. She went to the
spot whence the sound proceeded, and
was Mortified to discover the head and
shoulders of a man who was evidently
exhausted and unconscious, protruding
from the black mud. One hand chung
to tuft of grass, and the other was eX-
tended. Mrs. Gilbert, much alarmed,
ran and called her husband. The two,
summoning the hel p of three others, re-
turned to the swamp to find the man
sunk still lower and still sinking. To
extract him was work of great diff
Guilty and of several hours time, but it
was finally accomplished by means of
fence rails. with which the quagmire
was platformed, and ropes placed under
the arms and around the chest. The
body was then taken to Gilbert house,
and in half an hour the man revived
sufficiently to say that his name was
Charles Yopp, and to tell, I'M broken
way, the story of his adventure. He
was attempting to get hold of a fine
bunch of water-cresses, when he
dropped his basket into what looked
like filled-up ditch, and he jumped in
after it. He sank instantly, and, to his
amazement, found that something
seemed to draw him down. Paralyzed
by fear, his limbs refused to do his bid
ding. He cried for help with all his
might, but there was no one to hear,
and, at length, still powerless to move,
he abandoned himself, as he supposed,
to death. Night came soon, however,
and with it slight revival of his
strength. He had now sunk to his hips,
and although he felt stronger, there was
nothing within reach upon which he
could lay his hands. He thinks he sank
at the rate of an inch an hour. The
night seemed fearfully long, and before
it passed he fell into a stupor, and
knew no more until he found himself
surrounded by strange people, who
were rubbing his limbs and pouring
whisky down his throat. Farmer Gil
bert brought the story to Trenton. The
old man was carried home, and it was
hoped that he would come round after
all, but he grew weaker, and shortly af-
terward died.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

old man Bender and opened hotel.
The New York police, in the meantime,
will continue business at the old stand,
as "the best police in the world"
The following startling announce
ment was given out by the parish clerk
in small church in Somersetshire, En-
gland: 81 gees notice mex Sunday there
wun't be no Sunday, cause Rector
goin' to t'other parish fshin'." BY
this the accustomed congregation I'M
derstood that the clergyman would be
officiating few miles off.
"A married man went duckipg last
week, and when he returned home said
to his wife: "My dear, did the boy
bring the ducks | shot?" "No," re-
piled his spouse, in an icy manner,
''but the butcher sent word that he
couldn't fill your order for wild ducks
and had to send tame ones. So where
have you been, as it's evident you
haven't been ducking?"
-"Do you make any reduction to g
minister said young lady in Rich
mond the other week to salesman.
"Always. Are you minister wife
go no, | am not married." said the
lady blushing. daughter, thenP'
mo" The tradesmen looked puzzled
Il am engaged to a theological stu.
dent" she said. The reduction was
made.
"A young man of North Hill sal
down at the piano and began singing
for the physicians daughter, There S
sigh in the heart" Just then the ole
gentleman came in. young man.
he said, severely, "you are entirely
mistaken. 1t isn't sigh. There may
be sigh from the lungs, but from the
heart, never. You have made an errol
in diagnosis. What are the symptoms"
-Ha0Ok-Eye.
The following seasonable hints fol-
hunters are published in sporting pa
pers, and we publish them, thinking
that some ones life may be saved
thereby; "Don't point your gun al
yourself. Don't point your gun at any.
one else. Don't carry your gun so that
its range includes all your hunting
companions. Don't try to find oul
whether your gun is loaded or not by
shutting one eye and looking down the
barrel with the other. Don't use youl
gun for walking stick. Don't clint
over fence and pull your gun through
muzzle foremost. Don't throw your
gun into boat so that the trigger will
catch on the seat and deposit the charge
in your stomach. Don't use your gun
for sledge hammer. Don't carry youl
gun with the hammer down. Don't be
fool. Don'tyou forget it. "-ETchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
Voting in the House Of Commons.

The division proper is curiouslv
managed ceremony-very roundabout
in the estimate of many persons. After
the Speaker has cried ''Order, order!"
the Sergeant-at-Arms, with his door
keepers and messengers, close and lock
all the doors leading into the Hobbies,
corridors, passages, etc. No member
outside can enter, nor can any within
make their exit; the number within the
chamber is thus strictly definite, and
all must vote. Until 1886, it was the
custom for one party or section to 90
into a lobby, while the other remained
in the House; but since that year the
ayes have been directed to pass into the
lobby at the Speakers right hand, while
the nays walk into the lobby at his left.
The Speaker names members to act as
tellers, selected impartially from among
the supporters and opponents of the
motion, two each, and the members
named are not allowed to shirk this
duty. They place themselves at the
lobby doors, two and two, each to check
the counting of the other. Two clerks,
as well as two tellers, are placed at
each door, holding alphabetical lists OF
all the members of the House, printed
on large sheets of stiff pasteboard or
cardboard. AS the members return
into the House from the Hobbies, the
clerks mark off the names, while at the
same time the tellers count the total
number without noting names. Of any
one is disabled by infirmity from enter
ing and quitting the Hobbies, he is
counted at his seat in the House.
When all have re-entered from the lob
bies the four tellers approach the table;
one of them, belonging to the majority
on this particular question, announces
the members, and when the Speaker
has endorsed or sanctioned the an
nouncement, the important but slowly
managed ceremony ends-often amid
loud cheers from those members who
constitute the majority on that particu-
lar question. A member sometimes
goes into the wrong lobby through in
| advertence; then there is no escape for
according to the lobby in which he
finds himself. During the past session
instances of such misadventures were
not lntrequent. Instances have been
known in which even Cabinet Minis
ter's vote is recorded on the side which
he really intended to oppose-much to
his own modification. A member thus
awkwardly placed usually takes some
mode of making the facts known to his
constituents and the public; but the
official record remains unalterable.' 1t
has occasionally happened that only
one member approves of particular
question or motion; he is the only aye;
and as he is not allowed to count him
self, the House at once decides that
the nays have it." Many sessions
ago stranger was deserted in one of
the Hobbies after the door had been
closed, and was counted by two of the
tellers; but the clerks found him out
and reported the case to the Speaker,
who duly admonished the intruder. -
Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

sixty, and it is in passing through these
that the first appearance takes place
of any thing like pencil lead. Itcomes
through the die an endless, damp, soft,
tough, black string of strap, which is
coiled on a board, moving back and
forth and across, so as to bring the coil
to long oval. 1t is then cut into
lengths three times as long as pencil,
laid in an oven, and subjected to long,
slow, delicate baking process, from
which it energies with all the qualifica-
tions of a pencil lead. They are then
cut into proper lengths, and are ready
to be cased with wood.
A small quantity of white wood is
used for some inferior pencils, but near
ly all pencils made are cased in red ce-
dar, which is cut in Florida. The logs
are cut into planks, whose thickness is
equal to the width of four pencils; they
are then cut into laths, whose width is
the thickness of the plank, and in this
condition they are seasoned. These
laths are then cut into strips as long as
one pencil, but as wide as four. The
next thing is to groove these blocks on
one side for the leads of the -four pen
ellis, and on the other for the divisions
between them. After being trimmed
and smoothed the lead is dippedin glue,
laid into its grooves, and thinner slip,
just half the thickness of the grooved
one, is glued upon it. After a little
more trimming they are piled into a
pipe that lets them down Pathways up
on the table of a noisy, hurrying little
machine. As each touches the table a
finger comes up behind it and quietly
pushes it out to a set of saws THAT divide
it into four pencils, which are instantly
driven forward again into a shaping
machine, from which they fall-round
and practical cedar pencils-at last in
to box. Then follows the polishing
being laid on an endless belt that car
ries them rolling along under set Of
furiously vibrating emory surfaces, from
which they come out smooth and shiny
They are then colored and polished
and last of all comes the lettering, and
this is the first time that we arrive at q
process through which the pencils have
to pass one at time.-N. 7. Witness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
How Phil. Sheridan Disobeyed Orders,

The recent gathering of military men
in our city, and the recital of reminis
cences of the war which gave occasion
for the organization of the Army of the
Tennessee, recalls an incident in the
military experience of Gen. Phil. Sheri-
dan which is not generally known, and
which has doubtless been forgotten by
many who were personally cognizant
of it at the time, driven from their
minds by the contemplation of the
glorious achievements which have made
the name of Sheridan loved and hon
ored throughout the land. At the be-
ginning of the war he was Captain in
the regular army, having graduated at
West Point in 1858. In the fall of 1861
he was appointed Quartermaster of the
Army of the Southwest, under COM
mand of Gen. Curtis, with headquar-
ters at Springfield, Mo. An expedition
to Arkansas was organized and Gen.
Curtis headed it in person. The march
OF the army was harassed by attacks
from bushwhackers and guerillas, and
there was great need of horses to meet
and repulse these classes of combat
ants. Gen. Curtis dispatched courier
from Timber Hollows to Sheridan with
instructions to forward Immediately all
the horses he could procure. If there
was no money on hand with which to
purchase them to go out and press
them into the service. In those early
days the war was not carried into AT
RIGA, so to speak, as in later times, and
Sheridan refused to run any risk by
such an irregular proceeding, and sent
back word to Curtis that he would send
no horses for which he had not receipts,
and, having no funds on hand, he could
not procure them. Gen. Curtis was
furious at the presumption of the Quar-
| termaSter and ordered the contuma-
cious officer to forward his sword to the
General and report to Gen. Halleck in
command of the Department at St.
Louis, under arrest. Sheridan left
Springfield in pursuance of these Or
ders, and that was the last heard of
him in the Army of the Southwest. In
the spring of 1862 he appeared again as
Colonel of the Second Michigan Cav
airy, after which time his progress was
rapid and brilliant, and known to the
whole country. How he got out of the
trouble with Gen. Curtis the archives
of the War Department may be able to
tell, but it is not known to those who
were associated with him in Missouri.
The stirring events of that period left
but little time to look up the records of
individuals, however famous. The
episode was the making of Philip,
though. Had he not disobeyed orders
he might, and would in all probability,
have served through the war, rising no
higher than Brigade Or Division
Observation-Disclosures Evening
NeaCs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
Doctor and Patient.

"Saye me doctor and I'll give you a
$1,000.n
The doctor gave him remedy that
eased him, and he called OUT
keep at it, doctor, and I'll give you
a check for $500r'
In half an hour more he was able to
sit up, and he calmly remarked:
doctor | feel like giving you fifty
dollar bill"
When the doctor was ready to 90 the
sick man was up and dressed; he fol-
lowed the doctor to the door and said:
"Say doctor, send in your bill the
first of the month";
When six months had been gathered
to times bosom, the doctor, sent in a
bill amounting to five dollars. He was
pressed to cut it down to three. after
so doing he sued to getit, got judgment
and the patient put in stay of execu-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

wealth; it added little to his enjoyment,
and made little change in his tastes or
associations. He was to the last the
same plain, supplemented man among
his old friends as in the earlier days.
Hopkins obtained much of his wealth
from Government subsidies; but in re-
turn he helped to build 1000 miles of
railroad. Cotton helped to build 700
miles of railroad. O'Brien's wealth
contributed to erect one of the finest
buildings and to found one of the
wealthiest banks in the United States.
Reese erected many good buildings.
Hopkins, O'Brien, and Reese were
childless; Cotton leaves two daughters.
San Francisco Alta.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
Four Dead MilliOnaireS.


Inc death, since the beginning OF the
year, OF four residents of San Francisco,
reputed to be millionaires, three OF
them having each an estate estimated
at more than $4,000 600, suggest some
remarks on their career All of them
began life in poverty; not one of them
made his money by mere luck, and all
were men considerably above the aver
age IN business reputation. Hopkins,
Reese, and Cotton had industry, tact,
and business capacity, and yet different
habits and tastes: Hopkins was strict,
economical. fond OF business for the
Sahe Vi BUSINESS WIN strong sense OF
uu1t' d u!ellhe Vi un?Play anu Vi any
Ral tIclPa.loI III PoliIical management !;
ne was nI:e9 W tnllve py prudence ana
init aSolulilS every ming that looked
" MN llh1 SPGculaIloll' UuC noI unable
" coill Pleileliu vi th"llliIS 10 uhuer-
t tahe 1 gleaI enterprises sucn as 1ne Gen
u a. ! aciilo was "O 1liG Us " cunning
Col'o n: was d very 9lnerGnt man. ne
oeSah me as al oliiceholuer, was
na!ura! poltlclan ana was iona OF par
elclPa.lhg Ill puoiic movements ana IN
IuehclhS men aoouC MN. he had a
natural hklng lor speculation' ana
lnaue many investments when Woulo
never nave lounu FAVOR WIN hopkins
Out ne was lhuch lnorecarelul IMAM the
average SPECTATOR. he enjoyed the
spending as well as the making OF his
money lie was proud OF his magnl1l-
cent nome, ana was the only one OF the
TOUR that ha1 one hopkins dying be-
lore Tue completion OF MS palace, winch
ne oulit rather as "a sense OF duty to
GallIoThla IMAM 10 gra1liy MS own taste.
Like the others, Cotton mad an excellent
reputation 1of 1alr dealing.
1t would, we imagine, be no injustice
to Michael Reese to call him Il genteel
miser. He had a genius for lending
money. An excellent judge of men and
a hard thinker, he carefully studied the
investments offered to him before ac-
cepting them. 1t was his rule to rely
exclusively on his own judgment, and
never to take large risk merely be-
cause of a possibility of large gains.
Reasonable certainty of moderate
profit was, in his opinion, the first re-
quisite in business transaction. After
he had acquired his first million he bor-
rowed largely, and nobody knew better
where to borrow cheap or to lend dear.
He provided himself with good stock
of available securities, from which he
could readily obtain money from peo-
pie who would not lend unless they
could obtain their funds at very short
notice. He loaned at much higher
rates 1t is said bV those who Oupht
to know that he made 5000, 900 annually
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

Sometimes the services of a evil
engineer are cheap at twice the money.
A Henderson County farmer worked
four days digging ditch to drain bit
of low meadow of his own into big
pond on another mans farm. And
when the ditch was opened the pond
just walked right into the meadow and
located about twenty acres of swamp
right where the hay used to grow. And
the farmer was just the maddest man.
-HalOk-ENe.