Show KNATOll COIIBETT SUCCESSOR TO liON JOHN 11 MITCHELL 1111 eeletlen trk tIp II lire of a n hhlp arlun rf the Irallalure t ktth at 111a file III aruai 1rat In 110 lilt mOAt rmflrkn e hid MIIlorl1 nn I In In the hltllry 1 I of 01011 sin rte j ct1It1y brolllht lu II I a clot I by lIorllor III LL 1r1 appointing u Hon Henry Win t k e µ tr low Corlieti to sue I l veil John II If Mitchell whoM s term tit nfle ex plrod March 4 Thou rase hint no pufdl el In the history of the country fly the constitution of OreguPu the IrglitU tart rnmnies blennlalty nnd hue paT t membors Is I limited lo folly da > s huh Is I ordinarily stip > n > e < l lu limit IMP imcliiii On Jan II last the loglnlnlure con renal The sennlo promptly organ Iud hut HIP house failed to swurn nn rgnnlsntlon although lu woslun tally nn dais There was neither leglsla Ion nor n tnllrd States senator elect Id There Ixulng been no legal seeslon T thin legislature Governor Lord holds hat them Is n araney which may awfully be tilled by appolntmuit liner lin-er that cliuno of Iho Federal con tltutlon which eaya It varnncles appen by resignation or otherwise urine tho recess of the legislature ot lilT slate the executive thereof may mnke temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature which shall then fill such vacancies Acting nn this supposition he has ap lolnted n man In whom the gob tandard Republicans of Oregon hive inure confidence Mr Corbott was born In Vestbor ugh Mass on Feb 18 1827 Ho was he oungest son In a family of eight children Ills early boyhood was spent In Washington county New York where he attended the public schools later he attended Cambridge academy ate f m m f Ill I y 17 t l r P 1 e t soy a 1 rr 7 I HhNATUII CORiiI1TT taking the regular ncadcrny course He then held a clerkship In Knlem tIme roiinty seat for ono year when at 17 rears of nee he went to New York rlty and was employed the drygoods business until Ikfil Ills employers In rusted him with a stock of goods which was shipped around Cape Horn 10 Portland In USD the agreement ulna u-lna that ho should ilovolo there yean In Oregon lo merchandising then return re-turn and dlvldo Iho proceeds lie Mllid from New York on Jan 20 ISM that the Isthmus and arrived In Port lend nn March 6 where ho found abut 100 Inhabitants So well did he our ecd 1 In Ills venture Hint his entire stock f goods was dlsx > sed of In fourteen months when ho returned New York with 20000 net profits for division liter lit-er remaining one year In New York le returned In Oregon where the ro maunder of his life has been spent In curly Info Mr Corln was a Whig milt l great admirer of Henry Clay flo assisted nt Iho organization ot limo He liuhllrnn party In Oregon and was halrmun of the first stiitu central committee com-mittee He was n delegate to the Chi ago cuneentlmn in 1BCQ but was nnablo 10 reach there In lima Ko Horace Ireeley represented the tale He nt ended Ilntotns Inaugurallon In 1SOI md was a delegate to the Itcimbllcun onvcntlon that nominated Grunt und Lolfiix In 1SGS In 18CC he was CIt r led United RlatcH senator to succeed lion J W Nesmlth and heinmu prominently prominent-ly I Identified with lime financial discus lions of the time During and after the war the gold standard was maintained 9n tho Ittdflc roast and Mr Corhett Invented Ibo Ides of national gold banks The First National bank of Portland was orsnnltM In 1SC5 and In IEC8 ho with Henry railing obtained control of the stock and It has ever slave been the strongest national bank I In the Pacific Northwest Ho assisted In the organization ol the board of trade and was Its prnldent for many fears He is I prnldent of the lops sand dlrls Aid snelety and ot the Hotel nrtlnnd lie Is a director of the Oregon Ore-gon tlnllrutl amid Navigation rntnrwny WM the tint In the senate to advoeme the bultdlai of the Northern Partite rullrowl Is sn active walker la bonevo lent matters has literally endowed t omens drvnn Inmttntlons nnd Is I Inv ernteil In everything that lend lo Improve the condition of the romtnunl IT 110 Is I one of the historymakers of Oregon lisonx been iiroinlnently pieta h Iflnl with tier liisillutlons from their vary glnning sad no history of the state ran IN I wrlttio without marks nf ill InRunir un every pages In 1M7 he WH nrnrilxl to Mlsx llmma I Itugglm ot Woirestir MRS n Inly of high character rhsrmtn manners and nn IniniTtual sttnlnments He Is I universally rrspwted tsar his ability and lrr > r sihnble llfo |