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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-26

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
PORT TOWNSEND. Sept. 25.-Gen.
Howard and party arrived per steamer
Aida this morning.
Judge Jacobs and party from Seattle
were joined by Major Morris, J. ].
Hunt and others here. and oil left on
the steamer Dispatch today for a hunt
ing expedition.
Prof. W. II. Roberts. agent of the
California Associated Press. will leave
tomorrow for Olympia, where he ex.
poets to remain during the session Of
the Legislature.
Steamer Dispatch arrived at noon
towing . scow with ono. hundred tons
of coal from the wrecked ship Wash
ington Libby. She left this afternoon
with mail and passengers for Ssmiah-
moo and way ports.
Steamship City of Chester arrived
from Tacoma. and sailed for Departure
Bay this evening.
CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24-A,rivel-
U. S. Shubrick, Astoria; steamer
Alaska, Sound.
Sept. 23-Arrived -Barken:ine Vic.
tor. Port Gamble.
MELBOURNE. Sept. 1l-Arrived -
Augusta probably barkentine Augusta
from tho Sound.
, 1879-07-10
OBSERVANCE OF NEUTRALITY LAWS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, d. g., June Il, 10. I
To Collectors of Customs and
Whom it may conccrn:-
This Department has received in
formation that the government of
Bolivia has decreed the issue of Let.
ters of Marque, with authority to pri-
vateers to seize Chilian property in
neutral vessels, and that agents Of
Bolivia have departed for the United
States.
Collectors Of Customs, in whose
ports attempts may be made to fit
out warllke expeditions in aid of
either Of the beligercnt powers, will
take care to see that Section $500 of
the Revised Statutes be vigilantly
enforced against all vessels that ap.
pear to be destined to violate the
neutrality laws of the United States.
The Section is here reproduced:
"Sec. $500. The several Collectors
Of the Customs shall detain any yes.
sci manifestly built for warlke pur-
poses, and about to depart the United
States, the cargo of which principal
ly consists of arms and munitions of
war, when the number of men shipped
on board, or other circumstances,
render it probable that such vessel
is intended to be employed by the
owners to cru Sc or commit hostilities
upon the subjects, citizens, or prop.
erty of any foreign prince or State,
or of any colony, district or people
with whom the United States are at
peace, until the decision of the Pres.
ident is bad thereon, or until the
owner gives such bond and security
as is required Of the owners Of armed
vessels by the preceding section"
JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary.
, 1879-07-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. ID. o., June 10. 1879.
The evident purpose of the Dem
ocrats to apply their indecent meth
ods SO etfectual in the House to the
Senate, will fail Of effect. Planta.
ton manners on tho part Of the re.
hcl Brigadiers in that body received
a severe check yesterday and last
night, the occasion being the effort
to crowd through the vicious Army
bill without debate. The Senate
never has been ruled by the craming
process and pure partisanship until
now, but the Confederatcs are aware
that their assaults on the army and
the Federal power will not bear the
light of intelligent discussion, and so
they crack the whip Of the caucus,
, 1879-07-10
NOTICE..
Notice for Settlement Of Final Account
In the matter of the estate OF

Notice for Settlement Of Final Account.
In the matter of the estate OF
Mary T.. HUNT. deceased,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
IN that Henry +. Morgan. admiuistrI-
tor of the estate Of Mary f. Hunt. tie.
ceased. has rendered and presented tor
settlement and filed in said court his an
nual and final account of his atlministra-
ton Of said estate; and praying that IN
order of distribution be made of the esta te
remaining in his hands; and that
SATURDAY, the 18th Day Of JULY, 1879
being day of term Of said court. tOwit
May term, A. ID. 1879. at 10 O'Clock a. N.
at the court room OF said court in Port
Townsend, Jefferson county. w. r., has
been duly appointed by the said court for
the settlement OF said account. and the
distribution Ofestate remaining, at which
time aud place any person interested In
said estate may appear and file his eXccp-
tions in writing to the said account. or to
the distribution Aforesaid, and contest the
same.
j. a. KUHN. Judge and
ex Oilicio clerk OF said court.
May 26th, 1879. l5:4w
, 1879-07-10

ROBBERY AS A FINE ART.

NE" YORK does nothing 10y halves
except mind her own business.
She sits on two Of the most magnif-
cent water fronts in the world and
sings "Plnafore," while ten miles of
wretched, rotten, rat, eaten wharves
drive away her commerce. That's
HER business Thousands of her
I'tiIr children are murdered by over.
crowded and lily ventilated school
rooms, and she seems satisfied. That
is "her business" too. Sne-well,
both sides Of your paper would not
begin to tell how gloriously she
leaves undone whatever in her cor.
porate capacity she ought to do; and
IT ] must draw the line somewhere,
1t might as well be over her poor chill.
drens graves as anywhere. But
when you come to. private enterprise
the scene changes Fabulous sums
and boundlcss energies are poured
like water upon the laundering,
dripping wheel that drives the iuri-
ons, over stimulated civilization of
the hour. 1t matters little whsther
the enterprise be good or evil, it is
elevated by sharp competition and
the attrltion of acute minds to fine
art or science. Robbery is one of
those fine arts now being rescued
from low mediocrity. 1t is indeed
entitled To be cassed among the ex-
act sciences. Oar thieves are skill.
!uI, trained, ambitious; and are the
one body of men not to be dispar.
aged. They know when every bank.
er puts up his exchanges; when
every merchant sends his cash to
bank; when every manufacturer
draws ont his wage. money, and the
habits Of near y every man worth rob.
blng. They are content to wait
weeks or months for the safest and
tattcst time for plnudering their vic.
tins. Court records have proved
all these IA thousand times. In sober
earnest aver that whonsuever they
deem it profitable and safe to rob
WILL be robbed; and he who boasts
he cannot he lobbed simply shows
how little he knowns of life in great
cilities. An acquaintance Of nine
who had frequently made that boast
wa, robbed twice in one day last
month. Men who are lawfully
smart" may battle the thieves pro-
vIded they wear valuables only in
waist coat, button up tight, resolute.
ly refuse to think Of anything else,
and are incapable of being thrown
off they guard. But man cannot
90 through life with no thought but
Of 'pickpockets" in his mind. If
these gentry think it worth while to
have your watch or pocket book,
they are going 20 have it--that's ali.
All these thieves are well known
to the police, but the blue coats are
believed to be Of in alliance With
them, and several recent investiga
tions develop tho fact that there are
professional burg lars on the police
force, known to have piled their ne.
farious arts on their own beats, and
yet neither imprisoned nor even re.
moved from the force There are
many excellent and noble men on the
force, but as a body they have sadly
degsneratcd in tho past few years;
and when Gotham, sometime in the
dim future, makes up its mind to at.
tend to its own business, it will have
lively time looking after accom-.
pishsd criminals who have gradual
ed during the present reign of police
insiliciency. MORLEY.
r
, 1879-07-10
'M0RLEY'S" LETTERS FROM NEW
YORK.
From our regular correspondent
NEW YORK, June 20. $50.
SUMMER Ar LAST.

SUMMER Ar LAST.
would like to quote the "oideSt
nhabtant," but it would he useless;
nobody would believe him, and |
venture TO say, ON my personal res
possibility, that do not rcmenh"r
so remarkable Il season. We have
worn overcoa;s during the past week,
and three days tefo'r had prrspircd
under Panamas at ninety. seven in
the shade. People get ready for he
ssashore one day, and the next put
on their winter tlnnnels. But now
summer has apparently come to stay
until after Fourth of JnIy, aud Ice
Company stock is huoyant again.
"WArER FARMlSG.'
If the title sounds funny the sub
ject is so interesting that profound
" regret my inability 20 do it us-
,lce. 1t is Il coming lssuc,' thus
matter of "Water Farlnlng,' and
your farmer readers and city sub
scribers are alike Interested in it.
A person not acquainted with this
subject would laugh in your face if
yon should tell hm that Il three acre
frog pond could be made to yield
more profit to Il farmer than three
acre potato patch; and that II stream
nf A. Ia. IL
great pecunary advantage. Yet
this is all as true as any fact in llie.
Fish are the most prolific OF any lv.
ing creature. A single sturgeon
contains nearly ten million eggs, cod
and herring millions, shad hundreds
OF thousands, and even front and
bass several thousands. a pond Or
stream can be stocked with trout,
bass, salmon and other fresh water
hsh, or eggs Of the same at practical
y no cost to the owner. With good
management these can be hatchcd,
and in some cases in IL very few days.
Once hatched the fish provide for
themselves; they need neither food
nor care, and they convert worthless
insects and waste grasses INTO the
healthest Of human food. The trout
or bass in IA :aImer's pond cost him
nothing but the trouble Of catching,
and compare favorabIv on his table
with his C oi;sst poultry or pork that
has cost him constant care and ex.
pense. Trout sell at their season
here at 70 cents pound, and often
higher, and all fresh water fish finds
agood market at fair prices. The
only loss Of time or labor is in the
catching, and to reduce this it is only
necessary to make the fish abundant
For the encouragement of fish cul-
ture the Government and many of
The States have provided hatchlnS
houses from which young trout, bass
and other fish are furnished III any
desired quantity at only the cost of
packing and freight. n dozen farm
ers or gentlemen owning country
seats might, by tho most trlillhy sx'
pense, combine and fill their ponds
and streams with young fish that
would multiply faster than they could
catch them, and thus furnish luscious
iood for their own tables while af.
,a'ordlnS profitable occupation for the
small boys" of the house, who could
often earn as much with their hook
and line as full grown man would
IN the cornfeld.
We have fine Matching establish
"eht and Board of State Fish Com
nlssloners, who arc only too anxious
mat people should avail themselves
VI THIS important addition to the al
Sieaay long list OF profitable farm pro.
, 1879-07-10

republicans resisting the passage OF
the bill in such blind way, and the
democrats unitedly forcing it. The
running fire was as good perhaps as
a fuller debate, and Senators Conk-
ling, Blaine, Window and others
able to expose the evi! purposes Of
the bill with terrible effect. Lamar,
Eaton and Beck on the Confederate
side got very angry and nervous un-
der the castigation; and Lamar went
so far as to charge falsehood upon
Mr.. Conkling. The New York SEN
ator, who had been walking slowly
back and forth behind the benches.
advanced to his seat, and said: "Mr.
President, | was diverted during the
commencement of the remarks the
elimination of which | heard from
the member from Mississippi. If I
caught his words Alright have only
to say, this not being the place to
measure with any mau the capacity
to violate decsncy, to violate the
rules Of the Senate, or to commit
any Of the improprieties of life, |
have only to say that If the Senator
the member-from Mississippi, did
impute or intend to impute to me a
faIsehood, nothing except the fact
that this is the Senate would prevent
my denouncing him as blackguard
and coward" This created great
excitement, but it is noticeable that
the Con1ederates had all they wanted
Of plantation manners, and will be
apt to halt in their career. 1t is we'll
to apply a severe lession Of this sort.
to them occasionally. The loyal
people of this country should under.
stand that it is only by such unusual
methods as that adopted by Senator
Cohkling on this location that the
encroachments of the bulldozing ma.
jority can be successfully resisted.
Senators Blaine and Window were
also severe in their denunciation Of
the democratic senators for the meth
ods they adopted to force abnoxious
measures upon the minority, and to
reverse the Legislation made neces.
sary by the war of the rebellion.
The general appropriation bill will
probably go to the President today,
and it is thought he will sign it, al
though it is SO full Of stupid blum.
ders that it can hardly be interpreted
The army bill will eventually pass, as
the democratic caucus ordered it,
and reach the President perhaps by
Saturday. Republicans are divided
ON the probability OF his signing this
The judicial expenses bill he will
probabl y veto, indeed, it is semi off.
cially announced that he will. This
will force the democrats to the last
ditch again. Will they back down
and make appropriations without
limiting the executive power relative
to enforcing the election laws, or
will they adjourn and leave the bill
with the President, and probably to
be called in another extra session 4?
Already badly demoralized, they will
be dreadlully cut up by another veto
There are signs of discomfort
among the greenbackers at the treat
ment they have received at the hands
of the democrats in Congress and in
the State campaigns. Bayard's
finance committee of tho Senate has
set down OH the silver bill hard, and
it will not be reported. In Maine
the Democrats invaded the green.
back convention and robbed their
platform of several of its darling
planks. In Ohio Democrats are
"gobbIins up" the grecnback party.
Loud complaints are made in cnnse.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-11-27
The Good Husband

"Nothinq,' sad q sweet, smiling, Joy
ful woman in a domestic circle, adds
SO much to my happiness rs Il kind
word, kind look, or kind act from
my husband. Oh, how cAa.Aing, after
a hard days tell at the wash Tub, or in
cooking over hot fire for The h,rves,
hands, or in the discharge Of any sAcr
domestic duty, or after sic,p,es, night
with sick babe. is Kind word, or q
smile even, from tie husband and
father"
Husbands, if you see da!ccs, or
lhings that YOU wish were no, SO, in
your wives, Try kindness AM see if tat
won't do them more COOL tAaa ar tie
unkiAd words and eros, ,5oas vo. ever
gave them
81 often Think" ooat.ar Ills happy
wife, 81 have the hes. husband il tie
world. lie Is good ana i;4l 10 me il
sickness and in health, in ioy AMI in sor-
row. We arr happier taap wlea We
wer- n.arrisd, nearly twenty years ago.
lie never scoids me-, uor brings loa-
catalogue os complaints a-ain- nae, Int
comes in from his daily labor in q good
humoc, with q smile ou iua lips, and
says. 'No~, Susanna, yoe feve done
enough to-day, pat up youe work. Then
he sezes little Nancy, and we sit down
side by side, and chat il ,.a cooi c, n
ing breeze Whit woman in Ike
v,n~'l ,v-,-lI NOT tl.l - e,r. +, 81 huSferl q
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-11-27
Doomed to Destruction.

The conclusions OF science are not
cheerful reading for cod fish. Accord
ing to Professor Goode its mission in
life is Enthusiastically to be eaten. Man
takes about 100000 Of the pearly
beauties per year. But that is the
verie1t trihe; to speak mathcmatically,
it is not even the square root Of what
blueisa and other deni2ens Of the deep
eat and destroy-a number Of the men
haden such that if they were put end to
end in a straight line, they would easily
reach some Of the fixed stars, and
might, perhaps, wiggle their tails in
company with the Pisces of the zodiac.
From what has been said it will he
perceived that there are fish enough in
the sea. There would still be plenty of
all sorts if the consumption of them by
mankind were increased tenfold. The
chief point to which the commission de-
votes its efforts is to have the fish where
they can be caught. Another desidera-
tum is to have some means FOR keeping
them in good condition after capture.
AT present, the market is alternately
scant and glutted. When, for instance,
early in September, Goldfish are first
brought in from the Grand Banks, they
may be worth S. or sc per quintal.
THAT is an old-fashioned measure,
meaning a huncredweight; the word is
usually pronounced "kentle," and is
allied to "cental," being derived in
roundabout way from the Latin cen
tenarius; in this region it signifies ll2
pounds.) BY the end of September the
market may be overstockeJ, and the
price fall to 81 IS or 50. This is be-
cause more Goldfish come in at once
than can be conveniently handled; it
often happens that they are by far the
cheapest food in the country. The need
Of means for keeping fish fresh is yet
more strongly shown in respect to men
haden. Their most important use is for
bait TO catch mackerel. Each vessel
employed in mackerel fishing goes out
provided with large quantity of men-
hadcn, packed III LAYERS with chopped
ice Il the catch OF macke.cl begins
with arrival on the fishing grounds,
everything Is lovely. But if a fortnight
eapses before the catch begins, then the
bait sours, becomes worthless, and has
to be thrown overheard. There is moth
ing to do but to so ashore and buy bait,
perhaps on the coaso ,f Newfoundland
or Nova Scotia, and this process may
have to he repeated three or four times
in a season. The people of Acadia may
be POLITICALLY virtuous ana abstemious,
but it is certain that the fishing crews
get sadlv demoralzed III their company.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-11-27
a Woman Who Refused Am
neSty.

Some Of the 'adyancel" French our-
nails have la;ely given proof Of their
innate capacity for hero worship by OK
to,.ing to the skies The civic virtues and
moral excellonces Of female lumin AIRY
Of the Commune hitherto unknown to
fame This lady has been recently am
nestled by the President of the Republic,
but, from hey lofty nature, the pulling
sentimen. OF gratitude is conspicuous by
its absence, Is we may judge her charac-
ter hy letter she has addressed to chat
august functionarv, upon tine subject Of
hpr llclon Condemned in 1871 to
transportation to Il fortified lace, Louise
Michel was imprisor i for to years in
Auber.ye, AMI wa, thence conveyed to
Numea. There She founded o school,
IT. which sAc taught hQ OWE peculiar
theories, physical and ethical, to tie
children o, hey fellow canyicts. A.
interesting fra,ure in the curriculum =,
study was brand u.v ,2.ccAisla. in
which SIC oxctc.s. d her III i daily II
commenced u, follows "Who clgatej
YOU Nature. WA,n tile commuta-
t.on Of Aer sentence was announced IA
her. She commented upon that &c. Of
grace in these remarkable terms -
have erected in my heart Paris and a
France after MY Own taste Bat as this
France Of miue does not yet exist,
prefer to remain here among the slvascs
Ny hour is not yet come. | am proud,
and do not choose to Incur the lcproa,h
Of moral weakness in the endurance Of
my exile. know that Pari, takes a
deep interest il me, and that the gov
eminent would be delighted could it dis
cover the leas, blemish il my character .
i martyY to her convictions, Louise
Michel offered freedo,a ard return to
70 the real France which, perhaps fortu-
80; ~ for Europe, diiers SO widely
fralu The France created hv her icrvid
Imagination, chooses to remain in a
penal colony ami TO iucllcatc her pc
cul.ar doctrines upon the rising genera
ton of Npmeans. On the whole, we
opine that our vivacious neighboIs may
reasonably congratulate themselves upon
her selection Of Numea as place of
residence, and upon the circumstance
that their native country does not come
up to her notion of what France ought
to be in order that its moral condition
should Justify her in returning to its
shores
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-11-27
Diphtheria.

Diphtheria is believed to have orisi-
mated in Egypt more than 1000 years
ago. 1t prevailed in Egypt and Asia
Minor, to which latter country it eX-
tended during the first 800 years, and
was early called the Egyptian or
Syrian ulcers. Having invaded Spain,
Italy, Sicily and other European coun-
tries tho disease appeared in Rome A.
y. 1874, being highly contagious, rarely
appearing as sporadic disease, more
frequently i'll an epidemic form in its
1900 years transit on the continent Of
Europe, it affected mainly rural dis
tricts and garrisoned towns sometimes
it has prevailed SO extensively that dis
tant counties have been simultaneously
or successfully visited by it. It ex-
tended to Holland, in which it was cpl
demic in 1887, to France in 1918 and
1885, and to England, the United
States and Canada from 1856 to 1860,
and more or less since. AS to the pre-
vention of this very formidable disease,
some very excellent suggestions can be
advanced. 1t has been noticed that
where diphthcria has occurred, after
thoroughly investigating the premises,
sufficient cause has been discovered to
produce it, either in neglected cellar,
cesspool, or in deficient trapping of sewer
pipes. All these should be carefully in
spccted, and if the cellar should be found
damp and badly ventilated, and con-
tanning vegetable matter of any
kind, all articles that might posi-
bly, become putrid or decayed should
be removed at once, the cellar thorough
ly ventilated, the ceilings whitewashed
and disinfectants literally scattered over
the floor Chloride Of lime is the best
one for this purpose. Next, the water
closets should be looked after; if they
are located in the house they should be
examined by an experienced and honest
plumber, to see il they are properly
trapped, and one half pound sulpha'e of
iron (copperasl, dissolved in two gallons
OF hot water, thrown into them at least
twice week If there are any cess
pools in the yard convenient to the
house, pipes should be arranged to carry
of the impurities; they should be three
inches in diameter aud high enough to
carry OF cfluvia above the dwelling
house. Ii there are any stationery
washstands in the house, they should
also be carefully examined by COM
potent plumber as to the traps being
safe. AS to the treatment, quite 3 va
riecy of plans have been pursued; SO
much interest has been taken through
out the world to make the treatment
more successful, that almost all the Eu-
ropean countries and the United States
have offered premiums for the best mode
Of treating this terrible disease As an
example, Her Majesty the German En-
press and the Queen Of Prussia offers q
piize Of 1900 reichmalks for the best
essay on tie essence Of diphtheria. and
tie result Of treatment OF the disease,
based on the knowledge Of the nature CT
tie affection