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ALBANY, OREG ON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19; 1869.
NO. 14
STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
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.or anonymously, mast make known their priicr
oiaiuis to tho Editor, or no attention will to given
to their communications.
i Alt Litter nd Communications, whether on
rmmcss or for publication, should bo addrcssod to
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BUSINESS CAltDS.
F. a. BKOriKLtl.
P. TV'. Sl'ISK.
!t. F. M. REDF1ELD & CO.,
CONSTANTLY OX HAND AND KECEIV
IN(J a lar;e stock of Groceries and l'rovi
sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars,
Confectiunery, Yankee Notion, cte.,Je.
Wholesale aad Retail.
t"Orp sUe U. C. Hill i. S&' Drug Store. Al
; bauy. Oregon. oC9v$nSyl
' J. HANNON,
ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ALBANY, ORF.GON.
Office on Main street, opposite Foster' Brick.
vinlyl
j.qri.XTiiouxTo.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Albany, Oregon,
WILL PRACTICE IN THE SUPERIOR
and inferior Court or Marion, Linn. Lane,
licutoo and Polk counties. Five per ecut charged
n colKctiuu.s when made without sueing.
. junl9vla4lyl.
BEXJ. 1I1YDES,
Attorney an a Counsellor at Law,
Will attead to alt business entrusted to btia uy
citUcnsof Polk ud adjoining counties.
d ad ioiaiu z counties.
Kola, July 2o, ISS7.
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OFFICE OF conn SfflOai StTEBlNTEVT,
AT WATERLOO. SIX MILES ABOVE LEB
ibob, oa thj Santiaiu. Post ut3?e address.
Lenn. J- w- MACK,
v9nljly Co. School Superintendent.
s.
AT T O
JOHNS,
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Y AT I A IV,
ALBANY. OREGON.
TLIGENT atlrntioa tviil be giver to all busi
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ness ta his line. j
jan2'vln22tr.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
DR. 12. II. GRIFFIX
Proposes t- raake his rates f-r Dental services
for the ear lJfi'3. a follow, viz :
Fall apper au I lower set of Art. Teeth. $30 to
Fall upper or lower " " $15t
INvut teeth. $2.0 each. Filling teeth. fr-Ma 1 to
$3 each ea.itr. Zxtractinz. 50 cent per t.tb.
t'icaasia. 59 cent- t-j $1.53. Othe- minor pcr
ti ns ia propr;iar Terms. U. S- cuin or its
e luiraleiit.
X. B. OSce er Bentley's h sV.re. n the
tM post 5-fs baildinj, TjMiite Filler's brick,
Albany. Orejon. DR. E. U. GRIFFIN.
Dec. 30, IsC vla23lf.
X. II.
iTT0S5Er A.D
CKAXOIS,
COLSELLCS
AT LAW,
Orrice In Xorcross Crick Building, np
Aibaay, Oregu,
stairs,
aut
JOHX J. WHITXEY,
1IT0MET A.D COUNSELLOR AT LAW
and notary Public
Special aUestioa given to euileclivns.
Offick la the Court House.
Albany, Oregon. T3n32tf.
G. W. GRAY. D. D. S.,
GRADUATE OF CINCINNATI DENTAL COLLEGE.
WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR
ing Artificial teeth and firt-ela& Dental
Operation, to give hiin a call.
Specimens of Valeauite Bass with gold plate
linings, aad at'aer new styles of work, may be
tcea at his o5ce. up stairs ia FarrL-h & Co.
LViek, Albany, Oregon.
Residcaee. eorasr f Second and Raker streets.
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J. . POWELL. I. FLI5S.
POWELL t FLIXX,
ATTORXEYS AXD COUNSELLORS AT
LA W A XD SOLI CI TO UX IX CIIAXCERY,
(Xt. Flinn, Notary Public.)
A LB ANY, Oregon. Collections ana eonrey-
J- ances promptly attended to. oc20nl01y
IIILTABIDEL fc CO.,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI
sioas, Wool and Willow Ware, Confection
ery. Tabaeco, Cigars, Pipes, Notion, etc. Store
u Maine street, aljoiniug the Express oSce, Al
bany, Oregon. c2Sv3n7tf
THE EYES ! THE EARS !
DR. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCULIST AND AUR1ST,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Dr. Golden (a eon of the notjd Old Ophthalmic
Doctor, S. C. Golden), has had experience in treat
ing the various dl-eases to whieu the eye and ear
are subject, and ftels confident of giving entire
satisfaction to thos who may place themselves
under his care. apr!0r4n34tf
r. f. arssELL,
Att'y at Law.
j.ives ELKISS,
Notary Public.
RUSSELL & ELKIXS,
Office la I'arrish'a k Co.'s Block. First Street,
ALBANY, OHEGON.
Having taken into co-partnership James Elkins,
Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we are
enabled to add to our practice of law and collec
tions, superior facilities for .
Coareyancing. Examining Eecords,
AXD
Attending- to Probate Business.
Deeds, Eoads, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Hotnestczdand Pre-emption papers made
and Cl?ims secured. Sale3 of Ileal Estate negoti
ated, and loans effsctcd on Collateral securities on
reasonable rates.
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. ItUSSELL & ELKINS.
. Oct. 6, 136S v2n46tf
MASTER J. H. BRENNER
WILLC1VE LESSOSSOSTHE
PIAXO, VIOLIX AND ORGAN
-AT ,
HIS OB Oil PUPLL'3 EESIDEJTOE
LESSONS GIVEN 1M FRENCH LANGUAGE
t For particulars enquire at corner of Eroad Albin
and becond street j.
,2rIIe refers to Pkof. Jobs EuiGGS.
Albany, 0;t. JC, lSC0m3.
KATIE LEE AND WILLIE GRAY.
, Two brown heads with tossing cutis,
Red lip shutting over penrU,
liaro leet, while and wet with dew,
. Two eyes black, and two eyes blue,
Little boy and jrirl wero they,
Katio Lev and Willie Gray.
They were standing where a brook,
Reudiug like a shepherd's crook,
FUshed its oilver, and thick ranks
Of willow fringed b-mks
Halt in thought and half in play,
Katie Lee and Willio Gray.
They had checks like cherries rod
He was taller, 'inot a head ;
8be. with arms like wreaths of snow,
Swung a basket to and fro,
(As they loitered, half ia play),
Chattering to Willie Gray.
"Pretty Katie," Willie said,
And there came a dash of red
Through the brownnefs of the cheek j
"Boys are strung and girls are weak,
And I'll carry, so I wil!,
Katio's basket up the hill."
Kntie answered, with a laugh,
"You shall carry ouly half j"
Thou said, tossing back her curls.
T Boys are weak, as well as girls."
Do you think that Katie gucsed
llitf the wisdom tho expressed?
Men are only bojs grown tails
Hearts don't change much, after aM.
And when, long yeaia from that day,
Katio 1.CO and Willie Gray
SltKid aj'tin beside the brook
BcuJiog like a shepherd's erook,
I.-- it strange that Willie said,
While ax.-itn a dash of red
Crowned the brownne- of his cheek,
"I am strong and you are weak,
Lif; ia but a siipj-ery sleep,
llucg with shaUowji cold and deep.
"Will yu trust me. Katie, dear
Walk beside me without fear?
May I carry, if I will,
AU your burdens, up the hill T
And flic answciid, with a laugh,
"No ; but you may carry Lalf.
Clo.o bcsi-le the little brook.
Hi ndn like a shepherd's ertwik.
Working with its iileer hnd
Late and early at the sand.
Stands a ettttce where t-day
Katie lives wi:h Wiliio Gray.
In the porch he sits, and lo !
J-inzs a basket to and fro,
Vaily different from the one
That .he iwung in years agme
Thit , nod '. ud tcidt.
And hut vtrktrm at tie ide.
TRUE HEROISM.
Let cither writ f baitle fought,
Oa b'yody, gba:l- fields.
Whre hoi or greets tha man who wins,
An I deih tb- man who Tields.
But 1 wi',1 writs ef hi in who fights
And ranquUhe bi Kin,
Who tra -s!es (n lbr'Ugh weary years,
Against bitnself and wius.
lie i a hero staunch and brave.
Who fights an uii'icn f-e.
And put at kni bvi.eath bis feet
His pa.i i. base and low.
And ;aud erwet t manhood's might,
Uciauctcd. un li-tnay-d
The bravest man that drew a sword
la fjiAj or in raid.
It ca'i! f-r smrth-ng more than brawn,
0. ujusele to o'erconie
An ei.etuy who taarchcth not
With banner, plume, and drum
A f'i forever Jurkitg t'igh.
With sd. nt. U-a!:hy tread,
lr ever near your board by dsy.
At night around your bed.
All honor, then, to that brave heart,
Though pour or rich he b.
Who struggles with hi baser part
Who coi'ijuers and is free.
He t&ay not wear a hero's crown,
Or U a hero's grave :
But truth will place hi aims among
The bravest of the brave.
CXIIP.S.
If a lady yawns half a dozen tiroes io
sueces-siou, young man. you may get your
hat.
It has been ascertained
that the man
who held on to the kust,"
was a shoe-
maker.
'Wood is the thin. after all." as the
man with a wooden leg tuid, when the
niad dog bit it.
It may interest lax-payers to learn that
a splendid billiard hail has been added to
the White liouso.
Why is a tradesman who keeps enlarg
ing his stock, like a venetuoa reptile?
Because he is an adder.
Ou what grounds may confectioners he
called very mercenary lovers? Because
they sell their "kisses.
."I'm particularly uneasy on this
point," as the fly said when the boy stuck
him on the end of a needle.
Instead of saying that a man is "tipht"
in Chieago.jhe reporters there Fay that
he is a "victim of bacchanalian immoder
ation. "The weman question" What shall I
pet for a fall bonnet ? "The man ques
tion" Where shall I get enough money
to pay for it?
A ne;:ro in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
arrested for adulrery, was asked what he
was "taken up for?" He replied he
"beleebed it was idolatry."
"What death would you prefer to die?''
paid one person to another. "I don't ex
actly knowj I should like to try seven or
eight before deciding the point."
"Bridget, what became of the tallow I
greased my boots with this morning?"
"I fried Ihe buckwheat cakes in it. "Oh
I was afraid you had wasted it."
liThe Democrats have elected a Demo
cratic sheriff and a Democratic member
f the legislature in Doulas county. Ne
braska. -This county has heretofore been
largely lladical.
"You had better lay in your coal soon,"
said Spicule's wife to him one nirht when
he was starting down street, and Sniggles
obeyed, lie came homo intoxicated and
laid in his coal all night."
m w -a .
l upper is out against Mrs. fctowe as
follows:
"No 1 we denounce thee; by that widow's bed.
Thou sattcst, meanly, pruriently pryinjr,
Bribed by a pcribbler's fee to damn the dead,
And blab the glanderous secrets of the dying."
""A darkey's account of a sermon:-
"Well, sahs. de sermon was pou do miri-
cle ob de loabs and de fishes. De min
ster said how de 7.000 loabs an de 5,000
fishe3 divided between de twelb apostles;
an dc miricle was dat dey didn't bust."
Till: LATE GOM PANIC.
THE KEY TO THKOIUANTIC GOLD OPERATIOXB.
In a recent card of Jumes Fik, Jr.,
allusion i8 made to a letter written by
Mrs. Grant to Mm. Corbin, in regard
to gold wpeculatioim. It wuh apparent
that thin letter, if bucU exinted, waH
tho key which would unlock tho wloo
mystery of tho connection of the ad
ministration with the gigantic gold op
erations. Diligent inquiry has Binco
established the fact that sucl a letter
did exist, and that it was&bown bvMr.
Corbm to a prominent gold-speculator,
who, well awaro of its importance,
read it over three times. Tho address j
on the envelope was in the Presidents
handwriting, but the enclosure was
written by his wife After a few re
marks in regard to the children, Mrs.
Grant buys:
sr
My husband is very much annoyed at your
speculation. Ho tries not to bo influenced by
them, but fears he is. Another reason why they
uiut be cloKed, is became (.Hi mn matters will sown
cotuo up in the Cabiuct, and the aetiou of our gor
eruuietit will ittfluviice the price of bonds."
XATl'UE OF THE "SHXTLATXONS."
It appear that when the Loyal
League ring were abort of gold, and
urging Boutwell to sell, Mr. Corbin,
as a mouthpiece of the bulls in gold,
wrote, as already known, a letter which
was sent to General Grant, then in
Pennsylvania, by special messenger,
urging him not to permit any sales of
gold to be made until November ; and
at the same time wrote a letter to Mrs.
Grant, informing her of tho request
made of her husband, and ntating that
if they succeeded, hhe would make a
great deal of money.
Ml) MIW. GltAXT MAKE THE MONEY?
Mr. Corbin has constantly informed
Mr. Jay Gould that he waivers desi
rous to see Mrs. Grant and" her chil
dren comfortably situated, pecuniarily,
for life. Whether any actual cash has
ljeeu paid over to Airs. Grant, ninc
Mr. Gould has paid Mr. Corbin $100,
000 at one time, and $2-,UO0 at an
other, does not appear ; but it is as
serted that ten valuable lots, situated
in Hudson City, have of late bcui con
veyed to 3frs. Grant by Mr. Corbin.
The value of these lots is alout $'.20,
000, and rapidly appreciating in value.
HOW C'OCBIN CAME ON THE SCENE.
Mr. Corbin'sinllucnco with the gov
ernment having often been denied by
the friendsof tli2 administration, arei
resentative of The Woeli yesterday
asked Mr. Jay Gould whether he had
anv evidence, at the time he gave Mr.
Corbin the checks for $121,000, that
Mr. Corbin had a-.y influence with the
President. Mr. Gould at once called
our reporter's attention to theappoint-
mtnt of General Butterfuld as sub-
i reasurer, wnicn wa enurei v orom s
word:, as appears irota toe
succinct recital of tf vents :
lUalOWiJiif-
CG2SLX CONTROLS TUS I'EESIDENT 8 AIlOINT-
3JLNTS.
Sir. Corbin, who had known Sir.
Gould ever since the election of Gov
euor Fenton, when tho latter so ig-
nallv overslaughed ex-Governor Slor-
gan, ami Knowing jxr. uoum to nave
influence with the newly elected Sena
tor, whom he (Corbin) had opposed,
sent for Sir. Gould. They had an in
terview at Sir. Corbin's residence, 37
West Twentv-seventh street, concent
ing the appointment of a sub-treasurer
for this city. -Sir Corbin represented j
to Sir. Gould that he could control the
appointment, and wanted to know how
he and Sir. Gould could make money
by having the inside track. Sir. Gould
understood that the appointee was to
be Sir. It. B. Cathcrwood, the son-in-law
of Sir. Corbin. Sir. Cathcrwood
was an old friend of Sir. Gould, and
the latter was anxious for his appoint
ment. Sir. Catherwood told Sir.
Gould that he would take no action in
the matter without first consulting with
Sir. Corbin.
At a second interview Mr. Corbin in
formed Sir. Gould that ho had drop
ped Sir. Catherwood, fearing that his
(Corbin's) connection with the Presi
dent's family might be tho subject of
scandalous comment, and that lie had
fixed on General Butterfield as ths ap
pointee, and could get letters from
Sir. A. T. Stewart, and others, which
would mako things appear easy and
natural.
Sir. Corbin then requested Sir. Cath
erwood to fetch General Butterfield to
him, but Sir. Catherwood refused. Sir.
Catherwood afterwards told Sir. Gould
that he had been down town, and, af
ter the interview between Sir. Corbin
and General Butterfield, tho latter
gave Sir. Corbin a letter assenting to
the agreement.
Shortly after this Sir. Corbin re
quested Sir. Gould to meet General
Grant at his (Sir. Corbin s) residence,
which he did, and subsequently accom
panied the President to Boston, where
he attended the Peace Jubilee. On.
the way Sir. Gould spoke to General
Grant in favor of the appointment of
General Butterfield, and immediately
after the President's return the ap
pointment of General Butterfield was
made public.
PUliriNO THE PRESIDENT.
Some time in July Sir. Gould again
met General Grant at Sir. Corbin's
house, by invitation of Sir. Corbin. In
the evening Sir. Gould accompanied
Sirs. Corbin and General Grant's chil
dren to the Opera House and left them
there, returning himself to converse
with General Grant He asked him
what would be the financial policy of
the government, and the President re
plied that, as he was anxious to secure
high prices fox farmers' produce, no
gold would Le sold before the 1st of
November, except the regular sales of
two millions a month. Sir. Gould then
asked how he would obtain means to
purchase government bonds, and his
answer. was that the internal revenue
receipts wero unexpectedly largo, . and
tho currency balances in tho Treasury
would bo, Buflicient without Belling
gold. Mr., Gould further inquired how
ho expected to keep money easy, to
which tho President replied, that thero
were from twelve to lif teen million
dollars going out in pensions, and that
ho intended to increase tho fractional
currency fiom thirty millions to fifty.
THE OPERATIONS COMMENCED THE MUST
( t ' POOL.
Shortly afterwards, on tho ntrength
of this information, Mr Gould pur
chased $1,700,000 of government bonds
on the joint account of himself, Sir.
Corbin, Mr. Cathcrwood, and General
iiuttcrlield.
A MARGIN Or $12,000 FROM GENERAL GRANT.
Sir. Corbin stated to Sir. Gould that
he had received a margin of ten or
twelve thousand dollars from General
Grant, with which to carry $300,000
of government Ixmds, which Corbin
said were held for tho account of Gen
eral Grant by Messrs. Stone, Nichols
& Stone, Mr. Corbin s brokers.
FINALE OF GRANT'S RON I OPERATIONS,
Mr Corbin Haiti that ho was anxious
to return the money advanced by Gen
eral Grunt, and to show him a profit
on the transaction ho far as it had gone,
and desired Mr. Gould to pay Stone,
Nichols & Stone one per cent, more
than market price, and then to carry
the bonds for the account of General
Grant until they should reach 125,
having any margin or Beeurity. Mr.
Gould agreed to do this, reserving, of
course, the right to sell the bonds at
any time, if necessary, to protect him
self ; and on July 20 he paid Stone,
Nichols & Stone $301,500 for those
bonds, which was 3,000 more than
thev wero worth on thntdav; and which
represented profits that Mr. Gould'H
firm anticipated would accrue under
the government policy of buying
bonds. The transactions thus entered
into between Sir. Corbin and his as
sociates resulted in an eventual loss of
$50,000, The IkjihIs were sold with
the assent of 31r. Corbin.
PLANNING THE OOLO PoOL OPERATIONS.
Foreseeing from tho large short in
terest in gold and the absence of gov
ernment wiles, an advance in the price
was inevitable, Messrs. Gould and
Corbin determined to enter into a spec
ulation for the advance. Sir. Gould
visited Sir. Corbin daily ami some
times twice a tbtv to consult with him
alwavs Sir. Catherwtxid, and
Butterfield occasionally.
HALr A MILLION IN GOLD Wil.il FOR THE AC
COUNT OF MRS. GRANT.
Sir. Corbin gave Sir. Gould orders
to buy Kcvcral distinct lots of frold. be-
Mcj tflki a - lu illU rt Mt iu iht. othf.r
4Ntttvnt !itia A tiwitttf 1Aj
directed Sir. Gould to purchase" $500,
000 in gold at one time, which he did,
at the price of 132. When tho mark
et had advanced to 137. Mr. Corbin
dlnx-lfd him to veil that U.4t tehieh hn mid
tea for the account tf Mrs. tleneral
Grunt. This was the first intimation
that Sir. Gould had received that the
President or any of his family were
interested in the market. Ho wold the
gold accordingly, and gave Sir. Corbin
a check for $25,000 ou September G.
Their interviews Htill continued to he
very frequent, morning and evening,
and at several Sir Cathcrwood was
present.
THAT 150CTWELL DINNER AT DELMONICO 8.
In Septemlerthey discovered a num
ber of Jiankers and brokers, who were
Vitipposed to be very influential with
Secretary Uoutwell, had undertaken
to lear the gold market on a large
scale. After they had made enormous
fchort Hales,' this combination sent one
of their number to escort Sir. Bout
well to this city, and arranged to give
him a handsome dinner at the Union
League Club, where they exerted their
utmost influence to induce him to bell
gold.
COBBIN CHECKMATES TUE 6UOIIT INTEREST.
Learning of this movement and in
order to checkmate it Sir. Corbin pro
cured from General Grant a letter, to
be delivered to Sir. Boutwell, peremp
torily instructing him not to Bell gold.
CORBIN DLSTEU8T8 III 8 OWN APPOINTEE.
This letter Sir. Corbin gave to Gen
eral Butterfield, with instructions to
deliver it to Sir. Boutwell on hia arri
val; but, various circumstances having
excited Sir. Corbin's suspicions that
General Butterfield was playing him
false, he proposed to Sir. Gould that a
safe messenger should bo sent to Gen
eral Grant with a letter from him (Cor
bin), which, he said, would settle all of
them.
This letter ho read to Sir. Gould,
who thereupon sent William O. Chap-
in to Washington, Pa. , to deliver it.
Sir. Corbin afterwards received a let
terfrom a membei of General Grant's
family, in which tho writer expressed
great anxiety to havo thtso specula
tions closed.
corbin Wants to get our at 141.
When gold reached 141 Mr. Corbin
informed Mr. Gould that he had just
sent a letter by mail to General Grant,
in which he told him that he was out
of all speculations, either in gold or in
bonds, and that as an impartial observ
er he was decidedly of the opinion that
it would be very dangerous to sell gold.
He then said that at present price of
gold there would be about $150,000
profit: that he wished Mr. Gould to
give him a check for that sum, deduct
ing the $50,000 loss on the bonds so as
to confirm his letter, although it wTas
written for effect. Mr Gould replied
that it was utterly impossible for Sir.
Corbin to be entirely clear of the. spec
ulation until all parties interested had
sold out; but consented to give him a
check for $100,000 on account, and he
(Corbin) eaid that he woidd imraedi-
ately write a private letter to the Presi
dent explaining his real position, the
other letter being intended for use in
the Cabinet meeting.
GRANT COUNTERMANDS AN ORDER fOR
THE
. BALE OP GOLD. . '
Some time before this Mr. Corbin
told Mr. Gould that an order had been
actually issued from tho Treasury De
partment for the Bale of gold, and that
General Grant had :ountcnnunded it
on receiving a letter from him relating
to tho subject.
tiii: pAitwi:i; letti:ii.
; No. 14.
To Horace Greeley:
Sahib: Tho principal topic in tho
bo called manufacturing world of this
country, at the present moment, is tho
extreme depression in tho woolen
goods trade. Prices, I was told, are
lower now in greenbacks than they
were before tho war in gold. I at
onco thought it a good opportunity to
sec whether I cannot find Komcthing
cheap to suit India. Now, the articles
we use in India are a light cloth, called
SiKtnUh xlrijM', and a good, fine broad
cloth, which we send to Persia and to
Simla. I had no difficulty in finding
tho woolen manufacturers; and it is
also perfectly true that the woolen
trade is its great distress. Af
ter many fruitless inquiries, at last I
found that goods suitable to my mar
ket were not among the woolen manu
factured articles of this country. I
therefore showed a great woolen man
ufacturing ftahib my Bamples of cloth
for Persia and the Spanish strijK-s,
and made inquiries whether it could
bo made here. I was convinced at
once tlutt the superior American intel
ligence could produce the goods I de
sired ; but the price quoted was out of
all reasou compared with that in Eng
land and Germany.
MYou ee," said the woolen fiahib,
'the difficulty is, the goods you order
of me by this Kample are partly made
of foreign wool, and that pavs'a high
dutv.". "Well, then," aidI 'make
it purely of American wool, which is
raised at home." Said the sahib: "It
cannot be done we must have foreign
wool for mixing. But even if it could
be made altogether of home grown
wool, the price would bo higher. We
are peculiarly situated. Our tariff has
matte our native wool dearer to us, be
cause we cannot, m we would, imjort
foreign wool. This has in some meas-
productiou of wool m the world, to
lower the price of wool in Europe.-
Therefore, we, the Americans, are one
cause of enabling the Europeans to
get up cheaper woolens; and, although
on heavy, very heavy goodtf, our tariff
entirely nhuts foreigners out, yet m
line cloths, such as you desire, they
can actually afford to pay the duty and
lieat us, because - our tariff is so curi
ou; that, while the duty on coarse
flannel is nearly 100 per cent., on fine
light broadcloth, at $5 a yard, it is
only 40 per cent. Thus, you see Ave
are deprived of importiug the raw-
wool, because tho duty thereon in from
0 to 40 per cent. ; and we are, after
all, not enough protected to keep out
line ciotn, cassimeres, cc, cce. as
for manufacturing for Bombay, that,
of course, is impossible. The duty
ou raw material is more than a reason
for not doing it, if nothing else were."
"And were you an advocate for this
tariff V" eaid.1.
"Yes. I was." ho answered. "A
country can be tariff mad. We were
all for it, all the woolen manufactur
ers. But wo see plainly that this is
the chief, if cot tho only cause of our
present troubles. We, moreover, see
that wo were made the jackals for oth
er monopolists. A light is tlawning
upon us. Our motto now is free raw
material, a tariff for revenueonly, and
fair competition for all comers.
It may be useful to you, U Ureeley,
sahib, to know that these formerly!
blind follower of your doctrino, are
becoming heretics. Tho loss to me,
not being able to buy Spanish stripes
and broadcloth, is only a trifle com
pared with the loss yonr great cause
will sustain if all the woolen sahibs
adopt tho motto of my informant.
llespectfully, A. Curiosidhoy.
Parsee Merchant ol Bomoay.
No. 15.
lb Horace Greeley :
Sahib: The heating apparatus made
in this country for hot water, which
every houso enjoys, is the most ingen
ious, and at the same time the best
contrivance imaginable. It is made of
copper, and is an elongated upright
boiler. We are well awaro in Bombay
of its practical usefulness, as my co-re-
ligionist, Sir Curtsetje Jetjebhoy, has
several of them in his castle; and they
are the admiration of all who see them.
No sooner was it known in Bombay
that I was croing to the United States
than I was charged with no less than
twenty-seven different commissions for
these hot water heaters. During my
stay in England I made: howovcr, in
quiries, and found that they are made
both in London and Birmingham. I
noted the price down, but, of course,
preferred to buy them in the United
States. There is never any difficulty
m making a Yankee manufacturing sa
hib understand What you want; his
quick perception and intelligence liter
ally forestall you; and the copper-
boiler sahib on whom 1 called even
suggested some improvements when I
described the cisterns we use and the
houses we live in. But when I made
the inauirv T found them at "least 60
per "cent, higher than in England
"Now look here " I said, to tho cop
per-boiler sahib, "my very first inquiry
m this country was for copper. True,
I found copper higher here just li
cents over mat 01 tne nugusn price.
This is, after all, only about 10 per
cent., but your price is GO per cent,
higher. 'Surely the workmanship
should not make all that differ6nce,
when the material is the chief value."
"Surely," said the polite copper-boiler
sahib, "you must be under a great
mistake, or do not know tho price of
our different kinda of copper. You
see, said lie, 'm Jbngland the price
of ingot copper is at this IGi cents
old per lb. The price of tho rolled
copper that is, braziers sheets, such
as is used in this boiler is 17 cents
gold a pound, or only 1 cent higher
than tho ingot copper. Now, tho
price of ingot copper in New York w
23 cents a pound, and the price for
the rolled or brazier sheets, such as
we used in this boiler, is 33 cents a
pound, or 10 cents difference."
"What!" cned I. "it is impossible r it
r A- j - -
cannot be; the difference in the price
of labor in tho countries cannot bo bo
irreat; besides, copper-rolling h done
by machinery." Qmctly did the sahib
show me his purchasing invoh-es, and
also the printed price list. "How,"
said I, does this happen?" "Well,"
said the Iwjiler sahib, "vou must know.
wniie our tarni (even the new outra
geous one) charges only a duty of 25
per cent, on ingot copper. This will
explain the difference; and what is
precisely true is that we have to pay,
owing to the tariff, to the copper-rollers
j fr . i. -. t
;j per cent, more lor our jjrazier
sheets." "Does the government get
any duty or revenue from the braziers'
sheets V asked I. "No!" said the
copper-boiler sahib ; not one cent.
None is imported. It is entirely black
mail levied for the lenefit of those
who got the tariff up."
"I will write to Sir. Greeley," I said
to the fttbib; "he is a great protec
tionist, but 1 nee he cries out loudly
against robbery and oppresion. He
will order relief for you from this
blackmail, j-ou will see."
"Well!" said the eoppcr-boiler sa
hib, cutting a tremendous piece of to
bacco and dejositing it in his rather
capacious jaws "well, I guess it will
do no good. Sir. Greeley might say
you are in the-employ of the British
ers. But one thing I am sure he will
say 'If rolling copper is such a good
thing, why don't you and all the boil-er-nukers
rush iri and roll it? Why
don't you do it?"
Surely, Greeley, saliib, the copper
man lied. You mav bometimes be
mistaken in your judgment, but vou
can never be like that ugly idol, Jug
gernaut, who sits grinning on his pon
derous car while -its wheels crush and
fjrind his poor blind votaries. Pray,
order Congress to redress this
wrong, and fchow the copper man
that I was right. I remain, m antici
pation, your devoted admirer.
A. CcRiosicnor,
Parscc Slerchant of Boxabav.
3IORJlO. lVOJIE.W
The Salt Lake correspondent of the
tho San Francisco TYme writes :
It is, of course, extremely difficult for
a Gentile man to obtain the opinions of
Mormon women ou polygamy. In the
first place the Mormou husbands do not
encourage such discussion, and in the
second place tho wives appear to mo to
be under a perpetual restraint in the
presence of strangers. With Gentile la
dies, however, the case is different. To
them these Slormon wives speak freely,
and it is to Gentile women therefore that
I am indebted for all I have been able to
ithcr relative to the female sentiment
of Utah. It is not to be expected that a
Mormon wife will deliberately decry a
practice which sho has avowed her belief
in by consenting to adopt, but it is true
that with few exceptions the defense of
polygamy undertaken by these ladies is
cncrally so leeblo as to betray a lack of
enthusiasm in tho pleading. Those who
havo accepted tho position of second,
third or fourth wife, having married with
full understanding of the prospect
usually fall quietly into the matrimonia
roovc, but 1 am assured that those wo
men who arc still the solo wives live in 9
state of constant terror lest their hus
bands should decide upon marrying again
A lady (not a Mormou) assured me tha t
only the dsy bctore 1 visited her, a Slor
mon friend entered her room in a perfect
agony of tears, and had informed her that
her husband was about to tako a second
wife. I give the statements of the men
in regard to this matter. Take them for
what they are woith. But let your lady
readers endeavor to realize the position
of the first wife in such a caso. and then
form '"their own opinions as to the real
toolings which the Slormon women en
tcrtain on tins subject, l uo not mean
to say that those ladies are all unhappy
Tho plurality system is tho custom of
their church. It is practiced all around
them. They have few opportunities of
contrasting their condition with that of
Gcntilo women, and besides this, tho Po
lyganiy of Utah is to a certain, extent :
modified polygamy, as I shall endeavor to
show presently. It would, however, bo
folly to assert that the women of Utah
aro not repressed and subdued unnatural
ly by the life they lead. If there bo any
truth in Byron s idea that
K "Man's love is of his lifo a thing apart ;
' 'Tis woman's whole existence."
then must the existence of tho Slormon
wives be an abnormal one, for it is not
possible that they can ever know what it
is to love, a3 we understand tho term.
There is, indeed, in tho unconscious
mournfulness perceptible on all their fa
ces, a suggestion as of something lost -
something taken away froni their lives,
and which they aro vainly struggling to
recover. That sometning lost, indeed,
for them, is the heart-life without which
woman's being is incomplete. The brain
life remains, but it can never supply the
place of tho subtilo spirit which polyg
amy has crushed and extinguished.
From fJaleaburg (III.) Press, Oct. 9.
a xozsi.e hod-carrier;
Romantic Adventure of an Acs
trinn Ilaron,
How often has it been said and written
that "truth U tttrangcr than fiction ; and
ercry day further verifies and corrobo
rates the axiom. Tho elements of actual
romance pervade everything around us,
and event and accident sometime git
birth to occurrence and incidents that
seem truly astounding. Every day men
become richer and into become poorer.
With one flash of telegraph hundreds are
ruined, and, comcjuentiy, others become
enriched. But it ia not our purpose, at
present, to deal with generalities and
gpeeulations, tut to narrate, as accurately
as possible, an event that has startled our
German citizens front their usual propri
ety, aud caused them even, for a time, to
forget their local church feud.
On Thursday afternoon last, Col. Carr
the postmaster, received a heavy sealed
document at his ofiice, postmarked 'Vi
enna' and directed to VHcrr Carl Von
Veehtcr, Galesburg, Knox county, State
of Illinoi, United States of Ncrth Amer
ica' Knowing that the massive letter
must le of importance from its crested
heals and general official appearance, he
dispatched Sir. Wru. Post, chief clerk of
the office, io search of the Herr Von'
Vechter. Sir. Poat made dilligent inqui
ry of several, but could not find any trace
of the individual wauted, until he met
with Sir. John Loos, the well-known saloon-keeper
on the cast side of the square.
Mr. Loos knew a Charley Vechter; he
was working on the new hotel building,
and both walked over there, where they
found Vechter about to ascend a ladder,
with a hod on his shoulder. When Sir.
l'o.-t handed him the letter, and he read
it, the delight of the hod-man knew no
bounds. He threw his hod full of brick
away, and embraced Sir. Loos, calling
him his dearest friend. Tho letter con-
taiocd a draft for 7,000, on the First-
National bank of Chicago, and he insist
ed on paying Sir. Post 8500 for being
the bearer of such jvful tidings as the
document contained, which, of course,
Sir. Pot rtfu-cd.
This morning Herr Von Vechter, ar
rayed in a suit of fashionable clothing,
aud having passed through the hands of
a barber, called at our ofiice, in company
with Capt. Henry llcinricb, an attache
of the Free Press establishment. No
one could recognize 'in the noble person-s
age before us tLe ex-hod-carrier. His
manly and commanding appearance at
tracted general attention and remark, and
the cac and .suavity of his manners were
truly remarkable. He cbarlj and suc
cinctly related to us the eventful chain of
incidents in his career, which terminated
in his carryiu ' a hod in Galcsburg. In
the year 157, Herr Von Vcehter, being
then 19 years old, ahd of noble family.
entered the Austrian army as lieutenant,
and, through regular gradations, in 18C0 ;
ro.e to the rank of major. In the month
of September of that year he was insulted
at a levee, uy tne coionei oi nis regiment.
Proud and high-spirited, he resented tho
insult, and a challenge passed between
inc two oiacers. auey mei, pisiois at
ten paces, and the colonel feu. With
-i . rr riM .
great difaculty center eluded the au
thorities, aud at length escaped to Eng
land. There he remained but a short
time, and finding no suitable employment, -he
embarked for the United States, and
upon his arrival proceeded to Chicago. "
Ho arrived there the day the intelligence
oi the tail oi l ort aumter nasitea tnrougn
the country, and his means being nearly
exhausted, he enlisted in the 9th Illinois, .
then being organized. Ihe man who,
naa worn inc cpauieis oi au .usiriau oi-
ficer, for more than threo years carried a
UlUSKCl ID iuo ruuM oi luab uaiiatiuu.
of Pittsburg Landing. When he was ,
mustered out. he obtained employment
of various kinds, and endured many vl1
man. Ho fpared to write to his relatives, aa
the Austrian government might learn his
whereabouts uuder the extradition treaty,
and so ho suffered aad toiled in silence,
until finally ha found himself in Galcs
burg carrying a hod on the new hotel.
Tho packet he received yesterday con
tained a full pardon under the sign man
uel of the Emperor. The colonel , had
only been severely wounded, and freely
acknowledged that he alone had been in
fault, aud that the duel had been one of
his own seeking. By the death of his
uncle, Von V. inherits a rich estate and
the title of baron. Thus has the humble
hod-carrier bee u elevated and restored
to his proper place, and at the time ho
I .3. - t ! C . . . w t v.. It A Will A
aa uuo iu uu uiiuiu vuunj ..... ... .
ceive his commission of colonel of his
old rcgimeut.
Previous to his departure, on the 9:20
train, for Chicago from whence he will
go to New York, where he will embark
"for KuroDe. he made e-enerous presents
io many who had befriended him here.
Cant. Emrich informs us that a marriaga
in high hfe will take place iu Vienna
shortly after the baron's arrival there. :I
lloader, this is an actual occurrence,
and cue that truly demonstrates that
V4truth is stranger than fiction," indeed.
A lady in San Francisco is having
manuiactureu lor mux resiuout uBicgu
watch box of solid gold, bearing upon
one side the coat of arms of tho State
aniel, the President's name. What office
does she expect, wo wonder ? or in what
gentlemen s interest is sne wonting, lor
whom to procure tho President's signa
ture to the documett, commencing, ''Know
all men by these presents, &c, ,
A negro met a rcighbor the other day
near Waynesboro, Tenn., and being asked
what was tho latest news, he exclaimed :
'Oh, good news, s:ih! good news 1 Sir.
Senior's to call de loii legislator togedder
to ramify de fifteenth commanment!,r
Why is the world like a piaiio?
Be.
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