rUEJIIUM LIST OP THE ; LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. TO UR AWAKDED AT .' THE FOURTH ANNUAL FAIR, To be lie! J at the fair Grottnde, one mile South f Albany, on Tuesday, Wednesday, 7fi--dayaad Friday, September 2SA, 29A, S0& and October 1, 1669. CLASS I. -CATTLE. Superintendent, N. 6. Wyatt. - Conamittec CsrsweU, W. M. Smith, Mr. VTyatt. No. 1. Shout Horns. Balls. -J. 00 CO GO 00 test cow 3 rears ol J and upward- " heifer" 1 " " " ' calf Best bull 0 years old anil upward..$l0 t - c " calf...... -v- V -i Co ten. 13 UU 7 10 00 .5 5 OC 2 50 3 00 '1 50 No. 2. Devons. Same premiums ns Xo. 1. No. 3. IIerefouds. Sams premiums as Xo. 1. No. 4. AYitsniRES. Samo premiums as No. 1. No. 5. Al.DEREYS. San o premiums as No. I. Exhibitors in Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mttst furn ish satisfactory evidence of age and pedigree. No. G. Graded Cattle, Cross Breeds. Bulls. Ecst bull 3 year; ol I and upward No. 4. Running Sweepstakes. Best running 3 year old and up, two mile heats. 2 in 3, purse Three to cjiter. Entrance to bo added to the purse. - CLASS V. MULES and JACKS. Superintendent, A. Cowen. Committee IV -Matthews, M. Payne, F. ilcaley. ' Hest Jack...,,.... w: q (jo Best span work mules, Oregon" raised 5 00 Rest yearling mule 4 00 Best suckling mule. ,. ...... 2 00 Best Jennctt? ...... 6 CO Eutry feo 20 per ct. in thfa department 5 00 " " calf.. Cows. Best cow 3 years old and upward 4, 2 44 41 44 heifer 1 " " " " calf $3 CO 4 00 6 00 3 00 4 CO 2 00 2 00 1 00 S3 00 4 00 6 00 3 00 4 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 5 CO 4 00 Hclf:. Kxhibitor3 competing for premiums for the beft ini!clt cow of any blood shall furnish the Superintendent a certified statement of the amount, by weisrht, of milk produced by the cow entered by them, during ten days of the season preceding the exhibition, with a Matcment of tho age of the calf at the time the milk is neighed, and kind and amount of food. No. 7. Fat Cattle. Competitors in this department are required to file with the Corresponding Secretary a statement of the age of the animal, time, manner, kind, quality and cost of feeding, and all the expenses connected with the fattening. Fat ox. 5 years old and upward S S 00 4 00 !' cow5 " " ' 8 CO 4 00 No. 8. Sweepstakes. Bull of any breed $10 00 5 00 Cow of any breed 10 00 5 00 Twenty per cent, entrance in the above depart ment. - -John 2 00 1 00 1 50 100 2 00 1 50 1 50 CLASS VI. SHEEP Superintendent, Jesse PaTish. Committee Miuto, II. Bundy, W. Churchill. No. 1. American or Cross-Breed Merinos. - Best bnck 3 years old and up $1 00 " I " , 2 00 Eest-ewo .. 3 00 Best Iamb r. . 2 00 Be t ewe and lamb 4 00 Bet three lambs . 3 00 Best sample wool, quality and weight. 3 00 No. 2. French Merinos Same premium ns No. 1 No. 3. Spanish Merinos. Same premiums as No. 1. No. 4. Southdowns. Same premiums as 3o. 1. No. 5. New Oxfordshire. Same premiums as No. 1. No. 6. Cotswold. Same premiums as No. 1. No. 7. Graded Siieep. Same premiums as No. 1. No. 8. Fat Sheep. Best wetber 3 00 44 buck for wool and mutton, of any breed 4 00 Entrance in this class 15 per cent. Rule 1. Those exhibiting sheep for premiums offered for wool and mutton, shall exhibit the shorn fleece with the sheep, together with'a state ment of the time of its growth. Utile 2. Tho committee shall take into consid ation the quality as well as the weiehtof thefltcce, and quality and Ago as well as weight of tho carcass. 1 50 2 00 CLASS 11. HORSES. Superintendent, Jason Wheeler. Committee J. Thomas, Mr. Witharn, S. Mansfield. No. 1. TnOROUGHBRED. Bes'StallionTearsoldandup $10 00 $ 5 " 3 " " 6 00 3 " 2 " " 4 00 2 " 1 ' " 2 00 1 1 5 3 4 2 .. 2 10 C 4 2 . o 00 00 00 00 00 CO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 no 00 00 00 00 , ' sucklingeolt Bast mare 4 years old and up. a 3 . - tf 2 " " .1 1 2 00 1 "sucklingeolt 2 00 1 In the department of thoroughbred animals, whether caltle or horses, none will bo permitted to compete but such as have satisfactory pedigrees. No. 2. Graded. Best stallion 4 ycais old and up...$10 00 3 " ' 8 00 2 " " 6 00 1 44 44 4 CO . stallion colt 2 00 Best mare 4 ycars'old and np ; 8 00 u 3 - I 6 00 2 " i 4 00 1 " " 3 00 . colt...., ..200 No. 3.- Sweepstakes. Best brood mare and colt 4 years old and upwards... ..$10 00 Best gelding 4 years eld and up'd 4 00 - No. 4. . Best span, of match carriage norses, or marcs, trotters, owned by one person $10 00 5 00 Best single horse or mare to buggy. ..5 00 . 2 50 35-Tho above to be tested. No. 5. Bpt snan of horses for all work 10 00 5 00 Beat SDan of draft horses or mares 4 vears old and upward.... .....10 00 5 00 r-The above to be tested and owned by one person. ZU percenb cuiruucu iu uo auuie juc -partment. - CLASS III. 1 Judges A. Hannon, Dr. Smith, P. Scott. No. 1. Trotting. ' Mile heats, two in three, Oregon - raised horses that ha,ve not made hetter time in nublie than 34 v " minutes....- $1 00 7 50 . . . No. 2. ; Tlf. trotter 4 vears old and upward ( two miles 20 00 10 00 T?f trnttor 3 vears old and uDward one mile 15 00 . 7 50 "Rest trotter 2 years old-ono mile- 10 00 b 00 - No. 3. Stallions Sweepstakes Tt.t trotter one mile..; 10 00 5 00 Two mile beats, 2 in 3, purse J20. Three to enter ml two to c-o. Entrance $20, to be added to tho purse., r ' "class IV. No. 1. Running. Best running, 2 in 3, mile beats... $30 00 Tt ninninir. 4 ve&r olds 1 mile.. 25 00 i . 3 year olds, 1 mile.. 20 00 10 - " ; ; 2 year olds, lmUe 13 00 ; 7 No. 2. TU 1 utMiirnt miles .....- 30 00 1500 No. 3. Pacing. i Beat sirs zle pacer to harness, 2 miles 15 00 7 l Beet walker, 1 nUe .... 6 50 8 75 00 12 00 00 00 CLASS VIH.-SWISE. Superintendent, S. Froman. Committee Thos. Crtss, N. Price, II. Swank. No. 1. -Essex. Best boar 2 vears old and upward, 4 00 2 00 1 " " 3 00 1 50 " C m'thsand notlyr. old 2 00 1 00 Best sow 2 years old and upward, 4 00 2 00 "1 " 3 00 1 50 " C m'tbs and not 1-vr. old 2 00 1 00 Best litter of pigs, not less than C, under 6 months old 2 00 1 00 No. 2. Berkshire. Same premiums as No. 1. JNo. o. Chester vhites. Same premiums as No. 1. iSo. 4. Cross Breeds. Same premiums as No. 1. JNo. 5. Graded Same premium as No, 1. NO. 0. SWEEPSTAKES. Best fat bog 1 year old and up 4 00 2 00 Best boar 1 year old and up 4 00 2 CO Entrance 15 percent. CLASS YIII.GRA1N AND VEGETABLES. To be grown by the person competing. superintendent, K. it. ueary. Committee R Y liloughby, J. IS. LafoIIett, 11. Davidson. No. 1. Best 5 acres cf fall wheat .........SlO 00 . 5 " spring wheat...... 10 00 5 " oats 10 00 5 " corn .. 10 00 4 " broom corn 10 00 Best sample of broom corn 1 00 jZ53Coinpetitors for the above premiums must furnish certificates of themselves showinsr the method of cultivation, and that of two disinteres ted persons as to the actual product. Best 1 bushel of fall wheat...... B. $5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 3 00 2 00 1 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..1 00 00 00 1 " spring wheat 1 " oats.... 1 " buckwheat... 1 " rye ' I " barley i . " white corn... 4 " Tellow corn- Best assortment of crams 3 00 2 Best peek of flax seed...- 2 00 1 timothy seed.. 1 " clover seed 1 No. 2. Vegetables. Best peck of white beans... 1 " other varieties 1 ' peas..... 1 Best half bushel potatoes 1 " 44 sweet potatoes 2 Best pumpkins and squashes............ 1 onions ........ 1 beets 1 carrtts .....1 parsnips;. .....1 turnips- ...,... 1 tomatoes ..................... 0 cabbage..... egg plant 1 exhibit of garden vegetables... 2 No. 3. Melons. To-be grown by the exhibitor. " Best specimen watermelon 1 50 J " muskmelon 1 50 1 No. 4. Flour. Best fifty pounds of flour 2 " f corn meal. " buckwheat flour Class IX. Domestic Manufacture. " Exhibited by the manufacturer. E. HV- Washburhe, Superintendent. E. B. Moore, E.J3. Wheeler, W. W. Parrish, Committee. No. 1. ...2 50 50 50 00 00 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 00 00 00 Best five pounds butter, four months old or over ....3 00 1 50 Best five pounds butter, one year old and upwards, witn mode of mak f ing and putting up 5 r CllCCS inml 11 ifi )i in, ' ten pounds of lard... . ., four pounds of candles.... V ' ten pounds of soap-....... pair of bacon bams .pair of bacon sides....,..., - three brooms......... ....... basket ...... No. 2. - Best Oregon jeans, five yards ..2 00 1 00 socks, two pairs. 00 50 ..1 -1 ..1 ..2 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..2 00 ..1 00 ..1 00 Mrs. cloth.all wool,fiveyards.2 00 1 00 yarn, two pounds 1 00 60 pair blankets ........3 00 1 50 pair: mittens....- 1 00 .60 pair buckskin gloves.. .-I 00 , 50 Class ,'X. Home Work. ! Exhibited by tho maker. Deiazom I Smith, Superintendent. Mrs. W. lialston, Mrs. Y. J. n. tu. w neeler, Airs, Mathews. Best needle work shirt ........2 needle work quilt..... 4 needlework dress 2 large crotchet work 2 bome-made carpet, five vards...3 sperinitn of fancy knitting 1 plain needle work. .1 straw hat .. 1 large embroidered cushion 2 ornamental needle work .2 worked collar 1 leather work ......2 hair work 2 fhe'.l work........ ..2-4)0- feather work ..... 2 00' Class XI. Flowers, Preserves, etc. Mrs. James Ei.kis9, Superintendent. Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Hiram Smith, Mrs. Hugh Fields. - No. 1. 00 00 00 .00 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 50' 50 50 00 00 50 00 00 140 1 00 Best exhibit of rare plants iu pots 2 00 I 00 floral design, ornamental- 2 00 1 00 roses 1 00 50 bouquets 1 00 50 No. 2. Best cucumber pickles, etc 1 00 60 preserves of each varietv.. 1 00 . ! 50 bottle fruit.. .. ..1 00 60 ' wheat bread 1 00 50 jelly 1 00 50 gold cake 1 00 50 silver cake 1 00 60 fruit cake. 1 00 50 dried fruit of each kind 1 00 50 Class XII. Fruits and IVines. The produce of the exhibitors. J. Ketchum, Superintendent. N. Sprenger, J. Hamilton, A. Condra, Committee No. 1. Apples. Best twenty of any one variety.. 2 ten varieties, four specimens each. 2 TEARS. Best twenty of any one variety 2 tea varieties, four specimens each. 2 - TEACHES. Best twenty of any one variety ...2 ten varieties, four specimens each. 2 PLUMS. Best twenty of any one variety... 2 ten varieties, four specimens each. 2 No. 2. Best currant wine.. ....1 grape wiuo... 1 00 CO 00 00 00 00 CO 00 00 00 00 50 50 60 No. 3. . 1 .....1, ,...i 1 00 00 00 00 Best jar of apple butter. peach butter plum butter pear butter.. .. .... Class XIII. Mechanical Department. Exhibited by the maker. J-. Baihd, Superintendent. R. Caloway, J. W. Fronk, II. A. McCartney, Committee. OltEGOS MANUFACTURE. Best four-horse wagon 8 00 4 CO two-horse wagon 8 00 4 00 express wagon 8 00 4 00 plow 5 00 3 00 gangplow 10 00 5 00 seed sower 5 00 2 50 cultivator 5 00 2 50 barrow .. 5 00 2 50 reaper ..15 00 , 7 50 Best pair fine boots 3 00 1 50 " : coarse boots 3 00 1 50 Best carriage harness 5 00 2 50 saddle 3 00 -1 50 team harness .. 4 00 2 00 bee bouse 4 00 2 00 sample leather bureau 4 00 2 0t sofa 2 00 1 OH bedstead 2 00 1 00 lot of photographs 4 00 2 00 Wagons and plows to bo tested. Best cabinet organ or melodeon ...3 00 1 50 Best equestrienne diploma, Bet loot-race, one-tourtn mile (en trance fifty cents) purso. ...$10 00 E Premiums will bs awarded on all articles not here enumerated that may be thought worthy, manufactured in tbo State, and diplomas on articles not manufactured in tho State. track at such times as the Secretary, through, the jtiarsnai, snail designate. Premium animals with appropriate badges. 4 j ItuU 5 Any person having animals or stock entered for premiums, or entered for speed, shall 1.110 nguii 10 oojeci to any juuge upn tue same wherein that -competitor U interested, and mo superintendent snail fill the vacancy for that case. . if, Terms of Admission to Fair Ground. Season ticket for persons - - - $1 60 Day ticket for persons ,. -" .. . 75 WQtnen and -children free, except boys over ivuitccu yuuis 01 age. Season ticket lor double carriage - - $1 50 " " "ingle II- - - - 1 00 " ' riding horse - - 1 00 Day ticket fur the above at half price. P. S. Persons wishing dav tickets will our- chase a day ticket for $1 50, and return it to the gate- keeper by six b'Uock of the samo day, and receive 75cts, the amount duo in change, as no day tickets will be provided. Rules for Racing Trotting1 & Running-. Jlule 1. No person shall act ns judge in any race on wbicb he may have bet, or in which he may be interested. . Jtule 2. The person entering for a race (orhi3 proxy) will draw for posit on on the track, under the supervision 01 tne judges. Rule 3. In all trials ot speed, only tnree starts will be allowed, and any person who sha'.l fail on the third trial shall be ruled off by the judges, but may have the privilege of going against the time of the race. ; Rule 4. In trotting and pacing races, all ani mals to carry 150 pounds in addition to the veh cle. - Ride 5. The premium will be withheld from one or both of the parties in any race, if in the opinion of the judges it is not a fair contest, as no jockeying or foul riding or driving will be allow ed." - ,- Rule 6. No competitor In any race will be allowed any advantage by the break of his ani mal. The judges are required to be particular on this point. - - Rule 7. Any animal or animals entered in a race may go against the time of the race, provid ed the intention so to do is stated to the judges before any of tbo animals start. Any animal bolting or flying the track may have the same privilege. Rule 8. Any animal that is not in readiness at the precise time appointed, shall forfeit all claims to the contest. - ... . Rule 9. The usual time between beats will be allowed. Tho weight for running will be three year olds, 75 pounds ; four years old, 85 pounds ; fivo years old, 95 pounds ; six years old, 105 pounds j seven years old, 111 pounds. l-.-v-..---;,--.--. " ' ' General Rules. Rule 1. All articles on exhibition must remain throughout the fair, and no premium will be paid on any article or animal taken away before the close of the same, without a written permit by the President, and said permit must be placed on file by the Recording Secretary. :-1-,v Rule 2. All entries to be made by 11 o'clock of the second day. . . Rule 3. Articles entered for premiums in the pavilion, including machinery, 15 per cent, entry fee, and the same rate for sheep and hogs at the pens. All other entries of stock 20 per cent., except for speed, embraced in Class III., which hall be 25 per cent. .Rtrfe 1. All animals competing for premiums, and all premium animals, must be paraded on the , General Remarks. Hay and oats will be provided on the grounds at reasonable rates. - Good opportunities for camping, with plenty of wooa ana water. Tho people of Linn county, and especiaPv the ladies, are requested to furnish pictures and other ornaments tor tho pavilion. They will be well cared for, A general invitation is extended to the citizens of other counties in Oregon to participate in and compete for premiums at tho approaching Fair. The committees will be arranged and announced on uie nrsi aay ot tno J air. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1869. -'i-'jf A Boy's Fancies. " ! While yet a boy of ten years old, it was a soro puzzle which we bhould be, a farmer, store-keeper or stage-driver. The last honorable business had the prefer ence in our mind. Yet there wet davs when the other named pursuits strongly urged their attractions. We : reflected, that if a farmer, we should not have to drive the cows to and from pastures, but should have a bov to do it for us : we hould have men to work under us, and not, as then, be ourself obliged to work under them. We could rest when we pleased, and no one could scold us. In short the attractions . f a f armies life- were manifold.. - But, however attractive, we never, re turned from an errand down town with out feeling our preferences shaken. A store was to our young eyes a mystery of sights and sweets 1 Ah, to be a store keeper, put my fingers whenever I pleas ed into the candy jar, or peppermint drawer ! to eat raisins or figs every day! to go behind the counter whenever I chose, and to open drawers, and to look never became a captain. . Are we not all children in our relations to the great Manhood of j After-life ? eagerly admiring seeming will yet turn to baubles ? back on our boyhood and childish fancies : and ehall we not here after smilo again at tho STATE ITEMS. Following are from the Mountaineer John Hailey, Esq., the pioneer stage man, has made arrangements so that he is carrying mails and passengers through from Umatilla City to the Pacific Railroad in eighty-eight hours; distance - 500 miles, and passengers resting threu hours at Boise City. 1 he smoky weather which vre have been having has disappeared. The hills can be discerned around us, and the at mosphere is quite clear. We have had a variety of cold aud warm weather, the latter part of the week being a little too hot to he comfortable. 1 wo brick-kilos have been burned at the yard, by Messrs. Newell and Abrams, and the third is now ready to be fired The Albany (Oregon) brick making ma chine is in use by this Company, and it works very satisfactory. These brick will challenge comparisn with any in the State. lhc new building of Mr. Max V ogt is in course of erection. The front is of brick, and the sides and ends of fire proof stone. It will be a splendid struct ure when completed, and we can but hope under the management of Messrs. Cliut and Whitmore it will soon assume a proper shape, i The basement walls of the Mint are almost completed, and the structure is beginning to raise itself above the surface of the ground. The work goes on slow ly but surely. The brick-laying is prog ressing finely, and a great mauy beauti ful arches now span tho basement, built by Mr. Runey, the mechanic in the brick department., From the Jacksonville Sentinel of the 12th: We hear that a man named Oliver Evans, living a short distance above Ashland, took his shot-gun last Monday morning and struck out for the moun tains, since which time nothing has been heard of him. lie is in easy circum stances, is a widower, .and has two small children. It is thought he must have wandered off iu an insane condition. A Chinaman sold to Mr. Beekman du ring the week, a piece of solid gold weighing over $200. Several smaller pieces from one to two ounces, have been brought iu lately, and it is probable that some of the companies have struck a good streak. Two or three days since.'says the Ore gontan,jSlr. Boynton,of Clackamas coun ty, was riding a horse across one ot the Molalla bridges, when the horse, which was blind in one eye, became frightened and leaping suddenly to one side, went sheer over the bridge and fell a distance of twelve or fifteen feet. The horse was badly hurt though not killed. Mr. B-, by an agile spring from the horse's back as he went down, escaped with slight in jury. The house of John Dunbar, near Fair view Chnrch, Sandy, was - destroyed by fire on Wednesday last, 9th. The family had gone on a visit to a neighbor, and on returning found the house in ashes. Mr. Dunbar had been making shingles not far away, burning the shavings, and it is supposed the fire spread from the smoul dering embers. - - In order to vex their Russian oppress ors, the Poles Of Warsaw have suddenly taken a great liking to the German lan guage. - They cause their children to study German instead of Russian, and the German language is spoken at all places of amusement, i while the Russian tongue is not used at all. The Pole who speaks Russian is at once shunned in conse quence by his countrymen as a renegade and traitor. ; Are we not realities that Do -we loot smile at our equally foolish fancies of a greater childishness in the long Beecher. siruggles of later life?- II. W. under the counter, which was always place of imaginary treasures ! Besides dui una was a secret and. - envious thought I might, by using pomatum, and by diligeuce with brush and glass, become as smooth and pretty as that dashing clerk, Jim Velvettop ! Ah, if my brown face and fat cheeks only would look as handsome as his smooth face ! But of that I despaired every time I looked into the little glass that served purposes of humility in my little bed room. Yes, a merchant I would be. But one ripping blast of the stage horn put all these fancies to an utter route. There came the stage- thej great red stage full of passengers : baggage be hind, and piled on top j Hiram Barnes in the driver's seat ; corduroy breeches on, a low crowned jaunty hat : in one hand the four reins, and in the other the whip, whose long lash was perfectly en chanting to my boyhood, always except ing the occasion when it was swu around to give a "cut behind." But, O that final dash of the team! Every horse had saved up a little steam, and on coming round the corner, the pace which had been sparkling before, burst into royal run, rounding up before the tavern in a style that captivated every boy of the least spirit. No others might be farmers and merchants, but our miud was made up, and a stage driver we would be ! Nor was the charm lost, when, on going towards home, we passed Mr. Parker's stage barns, and saw the smoking horses under Ulysses Freeman's, hands (Cato and Candace were his pa rents), while driver Hiram sunned him self with all the superb airs of a dandy of the barn yard ! It was too much I it was too much ! Why were some men born to luck, and others to luckless seclu sion ? Here were these happy fellows living among horses, driving whenever they pleased the admiration of all the boys in town j while I, shut up in the door yard, only let out to drive the cows, run of errands, or saddest of all to go to school seemed doomed to a spiritless life ! Yet, it is not to be supposed, young as we were, that we really believed that a stage -driver was the happiest mortal alive. We had enough discernment to know that a military Captain, in all his brightest "regimentals," was a higher and happier being than even a stage driver. But such a position we never dared covet in the ' most unreasonable imaginative' hour. We should as soon have aspired to be a star. It was too much to look upon ! And when we had once seen Captain Cuel in his : glorious apparel, he from that hour become a be ing apart from all humanity. It is true, that he came to meeting like tho rest of the town people, and that he drove - an ox sled in winter, and a farmer's wagon in summer but now his old straw hat, nor his brown tow dress, could so disguise him, that we did not see blazing through their disguise, the remembered glory of his captain s suit I Well, we witnessed pretty much: every youthful aspiration. We did not leant farming j wWailed fo own a ' store ; we missed a stage driver's seat, and of course The Peace Jubilee. Following is a description of the inauguration of the Peace Jubilee, which transpired at Bos ton (Mass.) June 16th : The chorus and instrumental - performances numbered' from' ten - to twelve thousand persons. The audience was probably 25,000, not withstanding a heavy shower The view from the balcony was beyond descrip tion. Nothins; like it was ever seen on this contineut. ; The . opening chorus was by 10,000 voices, an orchestra of 1,100 instruments and the grand organ,. under tho direction of Professor Gil- more. The vocalization was distinct and clear in enunciation as : a church choir- Parepa Rosa and Ole Bull were among the performers. They were greeted by simultaneous applause from the audience-, and performers. The "Anvil Chorus" . giveu by the whole force, with one hun dred anvils and artillery accompani ments, Created an intense enthusiasm, demanded a repetition. The national air, "My country, 'tis of thee,'- was the last piece. It was sung by the whole chorus, with all the accompaniments, in cluding the organ, full orchestra, big drum, chimes and artillery, and was the crowning success of tho day. The audi ence stood on the seats, shouted and made an extraordinary . demonstration.-' The last piece was repeated . by -j the whole irass again. At the conclusion- there were repeated cheers from the aud ience and the performers.- The building was soon vacated and every person was loud in praise of the success of the icau, gural day ot Jubilee. FaEE Trade. Figaro, the little dra" matic journal of San Francisco, has a brief article "on this subject, in which, it puts the whole matter in a nutshell, in this wise : "We do not think of any civilized nation that conducts its com mercial affairs on the principle of free trade ; and as a large portion of our pub lie revenue is derived from the customs, : it does not appear, in" view of the enormi ty of the public debt, that the present is a good time to dispense with that source of income. The great question now is the extinction of the vast national debt incurred in the late war, and in addition' to this wo must raise money for the ; cur rent expenses of the Government, which, are every year necessarily increasing. The means to accomplish that must , be derived from a very few sources, from taxes upon tho products and income of our own citizens and duties upon import ed merchandise. If the latter be remit ted the former must be correspondingly, increased, so that the abolition of custom dues must unavoidably impose an addi tional burden of direct taxation upnn all classes of people." - - , Babtxon tub Ancient. Tho fol lowing affords a curious comparison of past and present. If we believe Herod otus and other ancient writers, Babylon v. uwiiu nttiiu xyu square miles of open space for exercise and rec- a? rrL reatiou. v j.nc ciry, wnicn was a square of 15 miles on each side, had 50 streets, each 150 feet broad, and 15 miles long. They all ran in straigt lines, and crossed at right angles, so as to cut the houses into C76 squares of half a mile in the side. -No two houses touch each other, or were . without spaces between them j and the middle of each square was . laid out in gardens and pleasure ground. Here then is an ancient city, built near ly 3,000 years ago, which may be fairly held ud to imitation, as affording on in stance of large and liberal provision for . the i exercise and recreation of its inhabitants, and for insuring,, by free external ventilation, tho utmost possible purity of atmosphere. What a contrast does this mighty city ol old form with modern London ! If wo estimate the builded area of London at 15 square miles, and add 5 square miles- for tarts itwu auuiuuus, WB UJVfl a TCUI CZ 28 square miles, which forms hnt a Cfth part ot the mere exercising jnwini the inhabitants of ancient Babylon.. Ex-Senator Lane of Indiana, has I appointed a member of the Indian C mission of ten, authorized by ! Congress io look atfer the Indi:: ally, - The Commissiocsrs r;:': C 7 and - honor only- no r iy s C ed. -