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Year: 1874

ADVENTURES OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT
Scott Eggleston, the colored convict who
escaped from the penitentiary in company
with Albert Fortune Friday morning last,
was recaptured in Powhatan county Tues
day. Yesterday he was carried aboard the
Danvlle train at Powhatan station, and In
charge of a citizen Of the county started to
this city. When the train was between
Powhatan station and Robiou's store, and
about eleven miles from Rlchmend, the pri-
soner jumped through window of the car
in which he had been seated and made good
his escape. though bis arms were bound with
rope and he was shackled at the ankles. Thc
train was going at the rate of thirty miles
per hour, but was as soon as pesslolc stop
ped, and the guard and friend Of his who
happened to be present at the time went
back to look for the fugitive. The train be-
ing more than two hours behind time,
could not await the result Of the search.
Year: 1874

There has been movement during the past few
days, originating among the sailors boarding
house Keepers, TO prompt the sailors to 60 upon
strike and insist upon receiving more wages than
have hitherto been paid. This OF course
mainly a selfish one on the part OF the boarding.
house keepers, as they generally succeed In get
ting the larger part OF the wages which the m en-
receive and IT Is not considered likely among those
who have the best interests OF the seamen at heart
that any increase of pay will do Jack any positive
good. There is no PROBABILITY in any case, how
ever, Of the wages.being raised just at present,
and the strike, II 1t may be called Que, has been
almost aboruve In It's effects. Shippers have
found no difficulty whatever In employing able
bodied seamen at the old rate OF wages, that
instead OF SIS and $40, as demanded by
the strikers. On the contrary, there have peen
more men offering themselves Tor employment
than there has been any demand for. In TACT, the
general dulness which pervades all branches Of
trade mas extended to this, and men can be EN-.
ployed In any numbers that are wanted. All these,
however, are not what may called table bodied
finding nothing to do on shore, have determined
to adopt inc sea, temporarily no doubt; but these
men are willing TO go at almost any price.


HERALD reporter saw The Shipping COmms-
siOner, Captain Duncan, upon the subject, who
said that the strike had not been q success, and
that seamen were in abundance at the old raj tcs.
Indeed he thought the movement would have no
were enough in themselves to insure failure to
any movement OF the kind. when SO many were
out OF employment and work was so cneap. The
strike had practically ended already.
Year: 1874

The men on strike at the Bremen Dock, In 40.
bcken made no demonstration yesterday. The
green hands employed at the reduced rates Of
wages by the Bremen Steamship Company worked
all day without hindrance. They have already
done some damage to goods in the process
or loading. A sympathizer with the strikers,
named Charles Schmidt, became involved In q
quarrel as to the merits or the cause or the long
painter VINO entertained adverse views, and was
conveyed TO cell In the police station. There
was no prospect OF settlement up to iast evening.
General regret Is expressed a. the strike In vie Of
the TACT that business vas commencing to brighten
within the past month.
Year: 1874

n The nett receipts from the Leo
ture for the benefit of the Library As
sociation. we're $40 so. Is this showing
creditable to the intelligence and public
spirit of this community? Over 50, 900
have been expended by few individu-
ais for a public library and reading
room; a course Of public lectures was
instituted for the purpose of paying the
current expenses of the same. as we'll as
for popular instruction and Intellectual
improvement, and yet there appears to
be less interest manifested in this mat
ter than in an itenerant negro show.
Year: 1874

category. That'this valuable country can
remain bottled up for any considerable
time. is highly improbable. The only
question to Be determined is as to the
most practicable outlet, or outlets. To
wait for the Improvement Of the Colum-
bia river by Congressional appropria-
ton, is to abandon all reasonal hope for
the present generation. The other pro-
jects are the railroad to Portland and
the railroad to Seattle, between which
there is no perceptible difference in
length; the difference in cost would
be not less than fifty per cent. in favor
of the Seattle route, even if the other
is not absolutely impracticable. Then,
if they were both in running condition
to-day. the difference in favor Of Seattle
as port of transhipment, over Port
land, would be equal to the cost Of
transportation from Wallula. That is.
as wheat for expectation would be worth
much at Wallula, as at any point on the
Willamette river. We merely make
these brief suggestions for the consider
alton of the people east of the Cascades.
We do not ask them to take then. for
granted without intelligent and careful
Investigation.
Year: 1874

! 0sLx Two HrLEs sAwAY.-ne Tribune
joyfully announces that snchorage has
been found only two miles from Taco
ma, as follows: "Last Friday night.
during the pendency Of the gale, the
schooner Letitia lay at anchor all night
two miles from town, across from the
mill. The captain says he let out Is
fathoms Of chain, knowing very we'll
where he was and what he was doing,
and turned in for the night. the wind
blowing hard and necessarily. Next
morning he found his craft Just where
he left her. not having dragged single
foot that he could discover"


Now what signifies two miles to an
chorage to city covering nearly nine
teen square miles: which has steam
ferry to convey freight and passengers
from one part of the town to another.
not traversable by lsnd; q railroad depot
at the foot of bluff, with not sufficient
level ground for turn table, in conse-
quence of which trains have to back
down to it three miles, on grade of 116
feet to the mile. With all these obsta-
cles. anchorage two miles away would
be no great additional obstacle to COM
merce. It would only require a line
Of tug boats 10 convey freight between
the town ind vessels at anchor, which
wonld cost no more than is now paid
for transportation between the railroad
depot and the settled portion of the
town. With this unexpected discovery


of anchorage within two miles from the


saw mill. which mill is only little owe,


two miles from the railroad depot, the


vast domain of Tocama, bording upon


Commencement Bay, will undoubtedly


take new start. Probably new sur.


Yey and plat of the town will be ordered


embellished with an engraving of the


first vessel which ever found an anchor


age within two miles of the saw mill.
Year: 1874




SENATOR MrTcHELL.-On the 18th
inst. Senator Kelly presented petition
Of citizens of Oregon in regard to charg-
es against his colleague, and asking for
an investigation fof the same by the
Senate. Mr.. Kelly said he had been
acquainted with Mitchell for twelve
years, and knew nothing that would be
derogatory to his character. In pre-
senting the petition he desired it to be
understood that he said nothing in favor
OF against him that matter should be
left with the committee. He moved
that the matter be referred to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, and
it was so ordered.


1t seems to us that Senator Kelley's
conduct in this matter was the only
proper course for him to pursue under
the circumstances, and was precisely
what weshould expect from him in the
delicate position in which be is placed.
To expect him to appear as the prosecu-
tor of his colleague and party rival. or
volunteer to testify against him in regard
to matters of which he has no personal
knowledge, is to impugn his sense of
the prophecies of both social and official
intercourse. But the Portland Ne,os,
in commenting upon this matter. gives
us lamentable instance of how party
or personal prejudice may obscure the
perception to the prophecies of such an
occasion. 1t says: "The introduction
of this petition by the Senator was e1-
pected, inasmuch as the petitioners SO
requested. It was hardly expected,
however, that Senator Kelly would find
it necessary to volunteer his services to
whitewash MIR. Mitchell at this time. If
the Senator finds this q pleasant duty,
he will probably have an opportunity
presented for its performance later in
fhe session ="
Year: 1874

THE FEELING AMONG MERCHANTS.
NEw-oRLEANs MERCHANTS SEE NO HOPE EXCEPT IN


THE PENN GoVERNMENT--ALLO ORDERS FOR GOODS


FROM THE NORTH REVOKED IF KELLOGG IS RE-


INsTATED.


The following extracts from letters received
in New.York by the Northern correspondent of several
large mercantile houses in New0rleans indicate the
state Of feeling among the merchants of that city,


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16 1874.
Thanks h, to God and our brave people the Kellogg
fraud and usurpaton has passed away there Is not
yestige OF il left You may business friends
that the Government power has the confidence
of all classes Of people. The colored people that have
anything stake well the white, all feel that II Is
the beginning OF of honesty in State affairs ana
prosperity for the people, that they will no longer be
robOed Of what little property they have left lfuly
inGorse it, and will do all that can 10 sustain it, Ask
our friends TO give us their moral support II the peO
pe's government is allowed by the United States GOV
ernment remain IN power very soon an era OF pros
perity will dawn upon Louisiana. Peace we already
have under it. never the city more quiet; bus!'
ness Of all kinds going on without interruption; the
coored people attending to theirs without molestation
A thanksgiving is being offered up in all the churches


NEw-ORLEANs, Sept. II, 1874
Oar new Government Is everything that can be de-
sired Under it confidence viii be restored and business
will flourish II has the confidence OF all that have any
thing stake, and can sustain ltseI against ahyth
but the L. g. Government.


Should President Grant put kellogg back in power we
will have worse OF affairs in state than ever
II the President should determine to upset the Govern
ment the people in State as soon as you learn the
fact consider all orders cancelled in the smallest psrc-
ular This Is POSITIVE.


Aid us all Won can in informing the merchants and
others Of York that the present Government is In
peaceful possession Of the whole State The city and
state never were quiet Every one in the city is
gong on with his business as usua-black as well as
white Not colored person has been molesed during
all the excitement The whites have kndest feelings
toward tbem and truly believe that majority OF the
coored men approve of the change In the Government
As business men we sustain 1t and God that II may
be sustained. If 1t only ruin before u.s.
Year: 1874

just as we go to press we see. in the
Pioneer, Master Parsons denial, that
he said She would vote for the devil if
he ran on the Republican tick ct =
but he admits that he said that che
would not vote for an angel from heaven
if he ran on the Democratic ticket.
This is a distinction with very little
difference-for the devil is simply a
fallen angel.


We reiterate,-that he said she would
not vote for Jesus Christ if he
was nominated on the Dem
ocratic ticket and we would
refer him to any of the leading Repub-
licans of Winona county who heard
his speech. If he produces one witness
who supports his statement, we will call
upon the stand gentleman whose tes-
timony will be received as unassailable
by the whole State.
Year: 1874

Of legislation wds not mentioned!


He helped to elect the committee to
inyestigate the Farmers Insurance
Company, and afterwards styled them
sself.appointed and without authority,
and when his ridiculous position was
shown to him, he could only confess
that he was tool in the hands of his
associates and had authorized his sig
nature to be appended to any thing they
might choose to say and publish to the
world.


He united with the Executive Com
mittee in issuing an order to the Mas
ters to cut down the representation to
the State Grange-the very thing
which the State Grange, at its last ses'
sion, decidedly refused to debut it
would have made it easier for the Mas
ter and Committee to secure re-elec-
ton; and when he saw the storm Of in
dignation which the order aroused, and
the expressions Of contempt it drew
forth, both for the Master and the Com
mittee, he submissively said it was only
Il recommendation. and Of course any
Master could go If he wanted to, the ei-
feet Of which will be to crea te confusion
throughout the State. giving those coun-
ties that are bold and manful enough
to hurl the order back in their faces.
five times as many representatives as
those that quietly submit to such an
outrage.


He rose in the State Grange and him.
self nominated the men he wanted
elected on the Executive Committee.
They w,re all elected, and owe the
honor of their positions to him.


In his last address to the State
Grange he took the responsibility Of
saying he hoped no change would be
made either in the plan of the Purchas-
ing Agency or the man to carry it out
"a piece Of electioneering which, to say
the least, was very unbecoming in man
in his position; and both he and his
Executive Committee have ever since
whitewashed and bolstered up, at the
expense Of the Order, man who has
accomplished nothing but to bring the
Agency, and with i! the Order, into
ridicule and contempt ty his ignorance
Of men, business and manners; his
llterate expressions and his intemper-
ate abuse of all who do not worship at
his shrine.


All these charges and many others
are susceptible of proof, which will be
produced at the State Grange if any Of
the accused will take the trouble to ask
for it,


Masters, have we not had this state
af things long enough! pray you, for
the sake of the Order. to rise up and
free yourselves and us from the burden
Of Ring which has demonstrated no
ability or disposition to further the in
tcrestS OF the Order, but only to keep
themselves in power. and use that
power for selfish purposes. Let every
Master in the State be at Maakato OH
the 18th. prepared to claim his rights
and discharge his duties fearle.sly and
without favor. Satisfy your own con-
conscicnccs and you will earn the ap-
proval of the Order. FARIBAuIr.
Year: 1874

In our Grange we introduced the
Query Box at the last gneetin-.
Some very important questions were
written on slip ofpaper and when the
Secretary passed the box they were
dropped into it. and cne at time xas
read by him and discussed hy any mem
Der who could give any experience or
any new idea on the subject An hour
and half vas spent in nsst i1strac-
tive and interesting manner.
Year: 1874

As rule, the price Of agricultural
products in Europe determines the price
in America. Hitherto the cost of labor
here has been double and treble what it
was il Europe. Our products had to
compet tie with the products Of this cheap
labor, and pay freights over long dis
tances into the bargain. We have been
able to compete, because we lived eco
nomically and worked hard, and because
our land was cheap and comparatively
rich in what | have called natural
manure" We have grown cheap wheat
and corn on our new land, because we
have to pay no ''rent,' and because
every bushel Of wheat we have grown
has found an amount Of manure in the
soil. which would have cost the English
farmer at least so cents. We are
now getting less and less of this natural
manure. We find an increasing neces-
sty for furnishing manure to our land.
We should now find it hard matter to
compete with the English and European
farmers, if they could get labor at the
old rates. But fortunately for us, and
fortunately, as think, for them and all
concerned. labor is now nearly or quite
as high there as here. This places
American farmers on far better foot
ing than ever before. Owning instead
of renting our land, with favorable
climate. rapidly increasing population,
improved implements. and comparative
ly intelligent and skilled labor, we have
good reason to take courage and push
ahead with our improvements -Neac
York American igricutturist.
Year: 1874

Scatter the gems of the beautiful
BY the wayside let them fall,
mat the rose may spring by the cottage gate
- And the vine ON the cottage wall;
Cover the rough and rude OF earth


With a veil of leaves and flowers.
ana mark with the opening bud and cup
The march of Summers hours.
Scatter the gems Of the beautiful
In the holy shrine of home
Let the pure. the lair. and the graceful there
In tho loveliest lustre come;
Leave not a trace of deformity


In the temple Of the heart
But gather atout the earth lis germs
vi nature and of art.


Scatter the gems of the beautiful


In the temple of our God
Inc God who starreth the upliffed sky
And lowered the trampled sod;
when he built q temple for himself.


And home for his priestly race.
He reared each arah in symmetry


Ahd curved each line ia grace
Scatter the gems Of the beautiful


In the depths of the human soul:
They bud and blossom. and bear the fruit.
While the endless ages roll.
Plant with the bowers Of charity


The portals of the tomb
And the tair and pure about His path


In Paradise shall bloom"
Year: 1874

rather than his scientific beliefs, it seems to
US to have been out of place.


But while there is no real conflict between
the truths Of science and those of revelation,
the partisans on either side are arrayed in
hostile ranks. Many Of the questions under
discussion are by no means new. They have
been wrangled over, for more than twenty
centuries, By "aIl the phIlosopher-sain Of
all ages" The prospect of arriving at
conclusion of this dispute at the present day


is not encouraging, if we are to judge from
past experience. But though the field is
broader, and each party advances 70 the con-
test with a greater variety of weapons than OF
yore, there is this hopeful feature about it:
each has greater respect for the position Of
the other than in any previous age. Each side
has learned something from its own reverses.
Science admits that it has gained its present
position after foundering through some sad
quagmires, such as the phlOgiston theory Of
chemistry, the corpuscular theory OF light.
the Neptunian and Plutonc theories OF geoi-
ogy. and whole series of blunders in natural
history. The Church has mended its position
very largely since the days when Calico went
to prison and GiordanO Bruno to the stake.
and does not even insist, now. on literal
construction of the first chapter OF Genesis.
Where each party knows its own weakness
and respects the strength of its opponent,
there is always hope of reconciliation.


To this task Prof. Charles w. Shields OF
Princeton dev0tes himself. in an address de-
livered before the Philosophical Society OF
Washington, and reported in full on our
fourth page to-day This essay attracted
marked attention from the scientific audience
to which it was delivered. The opposing
views are presented with fairness to each, and
in a spirit of candor, with a view to ascer-
tanning how far they are incompatible. Re-
duced by this review to their simpler
conditions, it is shown that in essen
tials, for the most part, science and
religion need not be opposed Where
differences still remain, philosophy is called
in as umpire, and scheme is sketched
by which, with due concessions on either
side, all discord can be harmOnized Religion
and science are each to contribute their full
quota to knowledge, each supplying much
which the other cannot Offer Of course such
suggestions will not satisfy extremists on
either hand; but to the great body of think
ing men, who love truth and willingly seek it
wherever it may be found and withersoever
it may lead, this essay will seem OF far
greater value than most of the argumentative
literature which has been drawn forth by
Prof. Tyndall's manifesto.
Year: 1874

and the worst elements In IL. The nero
traders, who interest themselves in politics
solely for what they can make out of it, who
sell their votes or the votes of Others, accord
ing to their opportunities; and the thoughtful
and conscientious independent voters who 60
with their party just SO far as they think it
right and no farther. This year this class OF
voters have left the Republican party by
thousands, and have aided silently but with
wonderful efficiency to swell the immense
Democratic majorities which have surprised
nobody more than those who have received
them. Of course flood like this has also
carried with it q great mass of triftwOOd !;
so that 1t may fairly be asserted that more of
the best and more of the worst class Of the
community have this year voted the Demo-
cratic ticket than ever before. Now this val
liable independent vote, when once fairly
gained, has the habit of carrying elections.
But it cannot be retained except by the same
considerations which attracted it. 1t has voted
this year with the Democrats for probably
substantial reasons. 1t has taken this means
of expressing its disapproval of the admins
tration of Gen. Grant, of the misgovernment
of the South, of the blundering financial policy
of the last six years, of the corruption of the
party in power. If the Democratic leaders
wish to retain it, the only means of doing so
is to unite upon better body of doctrine than
any the Republicans can put forth, and to
show by their works that their principles are
not q hollow pretense. Make the Manhattan
speeches of Thursday night the acknowledged
policy of the National Democracy, and a great
step forward will be taken in the organization
of party which can govern the country for
its good
Year: 1874

When the late A. Ward, whose military
services never received even the poor reward
of a single Presidential term, suggested q
reorganization of the army by which it should
be composed entirely Of Brigadier- Generals,
he simply foreshadowed an experiment which
it has been the privilege of President Grant
to put in practice at the expense of the Re-
publican party; just as when the first Of these
humOrists expressed his willingness to sacrifice
his brother-in-law on the altar of his country,
he proposed ceremony which has since
been performed in more than one
Custom-hOuse and Government office. Presi-
dent Grant, by needless blundering and
willful obstinacy, has dwindled his army sadly,
and when the roll was called on Tuesday,
there was hardly enough OF it left to make o
respectable retreat. Not only his personal
record and the tendencies of his Administra-
ton, but the men who composed his liveried
faction and misrepresented at Washington the
people of their several States have been repu-
dated at the polls. They are generals with
out troops. leaders without following, repre-
seutatives without constituency. Of tho seven
Year: 1874

When Prof. Tyndall, with eloquent and
striking words, threw down the gauntlet at
Belfast, avowing his own belief in materialism,
and eager to fight the battle of science against
religion, we deprecated the issue
he made as uncalled for and inappropriate.
There is no need of battle between
science and religion, and we think it was in
bad taste to proclaim such conflict from the
chair of the President of the British Associ-
alton. In so far as Prof Tyndall's announce
meut Of bis views related to bis religious
Year: 1874

government, where morality is at low ebb,
and property is insecure The regeneration
of the South is a slow work. and a wisdom
that has not yet been shown among the law
gvers at Washington will be needed to
accomplish it,