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X ' 1 i r THE UTTLK PEOPLE.' A dreary pUre, wH fce thi wrtli '; Were there no liitl people in it : : The tw$r of lifo wH!d low irs m inh, Wtr there no thililfi-n t lK(jin it. " , oJiUle forms, like buil to grow, 3 fAnd bake tho adhilthifr heart MU-fonder ' '-. Ne little hands on breast ami brow, v M To keep the thrilling loycckimls t?udcr. No babe within our arm to leap, No little feet toward slumber tending; .? Ko littin knee in prayer tu bend, -Our lips the sweet" words lending. .'. "nat would the mother d for work, Were there no pants or j.-wkets tearing ? Jfor tiny dre.fes to enihr"ider? Jfo cradle Tor their watchful earing? f No rosy hoy al wiiitry morn, With satchel to this school house hastening ; No merry shouts ns home they rush, No precious morsel for their tufting; ' TaIl prove, grown ponple at the door. Tall, grave, prown people at the table; The meti ou business nil intnt, The dames lugubrious as they're able. , The sterner souls would pet more stern, Unfeeling nature more inhuman, And man to stoic coldness turn, , And woman would he less than woman. , ITer In StiS clime toward which tjr TenrW Thro' Time' mysterious, dim tin!uldiii. The little ones, with chernh smile. Are Mill oar Father's face beholding. So said His voice in whom we trust. When iu Jndea's realm a preacher, lie made a child confront the proud. And be in simple guise tluir teacher. j Life's song, indeed, would lose iu charm, Were there no habits to hesin it ; A doleful placo this world would ho. Were there no little people in it, , Time hu1 its Periods. The days of the week were named mostly in honor of honthen gods or ubjet'ts of wor ship; Sunday from the Sunt Mowlv from the Moon : Tuesdav is named from tlie Sax on god Tuisco ; Wedn.sdT from Woden, the cod of battlo : Thursda from Trior, the mid of winds; Frtdav from'Fri'ia, another name ior enus ; saiuruay irom tne planet ret urn. r--'t :- ? v-: -? -- Xowr aWmt ihf Tm,if il, i.ila nary was called iu the honor of the god J:in- ns, who was represented as having two faces, one before and ouq Itehiad, thus looking hack at the old year and forward to the new. The j feojt os ihh first day" of January crowned th ima) of Janas with a wreath" astd pre vented him an offering of fruit and wine. Friends also made eaeh other re-etit, ami it is from this custom we may hare deriveii the fashion of our making New Year's presents. February is antl from n fetvl whieh was held for twelve days at Home, called Febru alta meaning purttioation the petiple le ing tiwpurtned frosrt the sina of t the whole year. The Romans firft gave 2,) days to Feb ruary; but when it was afterwards decreet! by te "Senate that the eighth month should be called in honor of Augustus, a day was taken from February and added to it that, it f hould not be inferior td JalyS J s April is from the Latin won! Ajxrio, to open, signifying the opening of the buds and blossoms j, May is from Maia, the mother of Merowrjji June na eallel in honor of Juno, the wife of Jupiter 5 July was named by Mark Antony in hnngr of Julius Ciesar, the celebrated Roman Kmperor: August was in fciMSOSfTof Augustus Csesar, h!s another faia- Odg . Roman Sentenilirp wa thn nnmn) from Sen torn, seven, it lieing the nerenth month of; the year, begtamg ns it dkl with Marchjwhich was then calleil tlte .first month; October is from Ocin the eighth month ; November isfrom Novem, the ninth ; and December from Pecem. the tenth month.1 I t. - ' , ; i ' j The ancients did not reckon time as we do. In the age - when our Saviour livedo the day commenced at 6 in the fiinrnin, bo that the third hour would be our U o'clock. In Italy the idaj' ms at ieunset, and the clocks there strike 24 hours that is, an hour past 12 they strike thirteen instead of one, and so on up to 24 Veloek, and then besin at one again. ' The Turks begin their day at a quarter of an hour after sunset. - Before clocks were invented, the Romans had queer - ways of measuring time 1 They uied to fill a tall glass vessel with water .nhd let a cork float upon the te)r, the water then ran out through a small hole in . the bottom, verf .sltswly, tfc-9 cork pratlaaJly idescendetl, and by Mark on the oukide of the glass ehowed the flight of time. Iu; the middle ages some persons used to burn candles and mark the passing time by. their , decrease. Then sun-dials were invented, and after eloekait ?;m . -7-;- j:- i i ?: Masosic Imposters. The Masonic body f New York are excited by the appearance of the fact that Robert D. Tlolmos, the Grand Master, m a. ttromineat member of a spuri ous Masonic system known as " The Rule of - jiempms, of which a strolling mountebank, atn English Jew. chums to fee the great head. The New York Masons, who are the direct governing body, having experienced the dis ad vantage of previous quarrels with the Scotch Rit& Mason, are annoyed to find a more formidable wheel within the Grand Ixxjjre wheel, -workiHir fic the , advancement of a select few 5 they are consequently prompt and loud m tbetr denunciations ot a tirand Master who has so little regard for his dig nity as to play second to a low-rate actor in a purely personal financial speculation. The Memphis Kule tarce , was invented by a Frenchman of the name of Mareouis de Ne ere, who tigited. the United States several years ago and sold his Masonic honors indis criminately. He was subsequently expell ed from the Grand Orient for unmasonie practices.- .- v ' 3 ,n i"i - ; llov ro Make Pexcii Yeitixg Ixoei, iblk. A correspondent of an agriculfairal paper gives the following information, which jnay be of service to some of eur readers s 5 A great many valuable letters and other writings are Written in pencil. This is par ticularly the case with the letters our brave soldiers sent home from the army. The fol lowing fiearde process will make lead pencil wtitirig'or drawing as indelible as if done ' with iak: Lay the writing upon a shallow dish and pour skimmed milt upon it. Any pot not wet at first, may have the milk placed lightly on them with a feather . "When ' 4he paper is wet all over with the milk, take k np and let the milk, drain . off, and whip off with a feather the drops which tnay col lect the tower edge. -Ity It carefully, tind it will be found to be perfectly indelible. It can me be removed even with India rubber. It is an old rcceipe and a good one. s During a divorce case in Jsew,.irork, a hus band cross-examined hi wifej and got a rap aafollpwsi ; Ha claisa that she had wished him dead, and had expressed the -'wish be fore witnesses. . She denied the statement. Will iniA be " if von had eot vour wish and I had died, there would have Been the devil to payJ OiSb,"he answered, "I think; Qtt devil would have got his pay." 3 " iSpaa SiGJforHoxisTT. "Mr. Brown, you sav the witness was honest and intelli gent. "What makes you think so? Are yau acquainted with him?" No, sir, I have never -soen- him." " Why, then, do you come to such a conclusion V' " Because he take3ii Jfcewspapers mi pays for them" in advance."----' j J A Solemx Stbject.t-?,' Jennie! said a n .u . 1 i .1. i l.rt -oo Tenerable old man to his dauEhter.-who jvaS asking his consent to accompany her urgent and fa.vord sake to the ltart' Jennie, it is a very solemn thing to mamed.' 'I know it," replied Jennie, ' but it's a heap I IMSII1XJ Till. MKX i'-.i ':OV TIIKOVTII. i TJie Ciiit'innati Knquircr ahly reviews the ileliiahd of tho Abolitionists that the leaden? of the, rclicllion" shall .he .se verely jmiil-hed for their past conduct. uiU rcinarks : , . Assuming the leader;? of the nhcllioti to ho those who h.Ul liU civil and mili tary offices'' when it broke, out, or while it was in progress in the Confederacy, this mmiise o! pardon to nil bat the Itaucrs, oks in ease it shall be carried into ef fect -like doing much to promote a set tlef social state"" nt the South ; while, from a Republican point of view, it bears the appearance of an net of extraordinary loval clemency and onicial generosity. We. the loyal people of the North, find it difficult to lav down the Idea that we are the political elect ; that we have the right to pronounce the reprobation ot me political non-elect, and that 0110 of the franchise of our paradise is to consist in looking down from its battlement to wit ness tho tortuvea of those who uro cast into outer tlarknesH. We may consent to forego a portion of the retributive spec tacle, and extend mercy to some; but our heaven wouhibe very unsatisfactory, were it uot eontrasted with a pretty broad ex panse of well-peopled regions of a widely different aspect and temperature. Political warfare, in this land of ours, is mostly-party warfaro; Mid,. in party warfare, there ari certain ultimate politi cal lacts to which it 13 out oi order otteu to recur. The better way, in general, is. to preserve the party. H)iut .of view ; to treat of things in their surface manifesta tions!, and of men as they desire, for the time lein''. to appear. it, iu tins m- stance,Ave should be inclined to deviate from this rule, we hope to be excused upon a promise not often to repeat the offense; Assuming that those, who heU high political office, both in the North and in the South, to be responsible as leaders respectively of their sections, we are -en abled to present some tacts bearing upon the measure alluded -to above, which nve not without their mterest. Jt is pretty ! certain, for example, that the placemen j 01 the ..North, were not iu lavor ot co ercion. Neither -Mr. : Davis nor Mr. Stephens were origiual ?eeeionists; neither Mrs Liueoln nor Mr. Seward were original coereionists. . The two fqrmer believed in the right of secession as a prin ciple, but were opposed to the act,-on the ground of exj jiliencv. Of the two lat ter, Mr. Iinc lu certainly, and Mr. Sew ard probably, Ivelievcd iu the right of se cession ; aud held coercion to be, not only isvrongin principle, but to be practi cally inexpedient. The speech of Mr. Lincoln in Congress, in 184, in which, in the distinctest terms, he asserted the right of any peo ple, or part of a people, to withdraw from their existing Government, and to estab lish one better suited to their condition, 13 entirely tonclnsive as to his views at that time eutertaiued ; and the following from his first Inaugural "Address, shows that, up to the period of it. delivery, be was, as respects the expediency of coer cion, an unbeliever: Suppose von go to war. you cannot fight always, ami when, after much loss on lx;h sides and no gain on cither, vou cease right ing, the identical questions ns to terms of intercourse are asim upuu you -No one can read Ihe correspondence of Mr. Seward with lore-gn ttovermnents. and with the agents of our own (.toveru liient iu foreign countries, without ret-ing that, for the first half year after lie came into ofiiee, he was doing lm utmost to commit the Administration of Mr. Lin coln against a war for coercion. Nor was Mr. Seward alone. - TUo Secretary of the Navy excepted, every member of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet, by his personal influence, and through such journals as he Could control, was operating to pre pare flic way to permit the South to re tire, and to create, in 'peace, a separate establishment. . ' If there -was any public man of the South who-was particularly opposed to coercion, as understood at the North, it was: Andrew Johnson, now ticting Presi dent of the Uui ied States. This fact was abundantly proven by citations from his speeches1, delivered about the time of the breaking out of tho rebellion, made in the late letter of the Hon. Emerson Eth eridge, the correctness of wliieh haa never been called in questrai. Mr. Johnson was'in 1859 and 1860, one of the die-in- the-last-ditch Southern patriots ; one of those to whom Executive clemency, ac cording to the rule of the Tribune cor rcspondentr is not to be extended. In order to-gain ground for a war against slavery, it was essential to the Abolitionists of the North to have it ap pear that secession was the work of slave holders. To this day, among the most philanthropic and conscientious of North ern journals-" such as the New York Tribune and the Cincinnati Uazette secession is characterized as " the slave holder's rebellion and now that the South is conquered, upon a pretense that slavery may, by some means or other, be resuscitated,1 it is" demanded that? the heaviest measure of vengeance shall be visited upon the heads of thixse w ho were at once, it is asserted, the authors of the rebellion, and' the representatives of the organic- w&rifee of which all other sins of the South are the legitimate descendants. Now, -In point of . fact, the iskvelxolders constituted the conservative element of the South.? t Property is always conserva tive, and its philosophy ever teaches men to bear the ills they hare, f rather than to invite in others whose extent thoy are unable to "measure; ; Upon this point," we suppose that the following, taken' from a report of a speech delivered in this city by rarson Urownlow, m letid. will be deemed adequate evidence : f lie paid that there is a great deal of ig and instanced the common idea entertained among us that this rebellion is the work of slaveholders. That is in no sense true. The slaveholders were conservatives generally; they feared the loss of. property whieh, dis union would bring upon them ; whereas those who had nothing to loe were easily influenced by the demagogues who persuaded them that Abolitionists would tree the ne groes, and let them loose among them, "We arrive here at a hint as to the par- ' ties who jure to be jreahed by the general ! , rT-, 1 1 . .t I j k. l pardon " They are not the plamcj . hor the. slave noiaers; ior ioyai ineones in respect to the cause, of the, war and the leadership of the war sentimVnt, will not permit forgiveness to be esded to such . a ill - e. t 1.1 flagrant offeiulcrs. Besule.H, thee vcpvtH sent the property, and thft philnnthropie mind, although bent on the pleasures oi benevolence, is yet frugal, and haw ro ped for the dollars tind cents to be ae uuiulatod by rctributory confiscation. It is. Jirst. those who hod nothing to lose, and were easily influenced by the dema gogues; mid, ervnift) the demagogues who influenced them, that are to be par takers in' Kxectitive grace under a gen ial pruebnnat ion. Of these, the former, having nothing to lose, are out of the resch of confiscation, and aro too insig nificant to pay the cost of punishment; while the latter have mostly made their pence, and, like llrownlow. are denia goguing upon the other side. It is, in fact the leaders of the rabble, into forcible secession, who now, claiming acceptance as patriotic Union men, -and sufferers for the I'nion cause, aspire to rule the South under the patronage of the Administra tion; and lor whose s?ake the real South is to be held down, disfranchised and plundered. . Slavery in Hnsu'liucttw. " This ve:r, (1038), some of the Penned eapitives were sent, to the West Indies imi sohl tor return cargoes of cotton, to bacco, and negroes. And this was the beginning of slavery here. Along th next century large quantities of rum were shipped ''from New England to the coast of Africa and exchanged for negroes, pome of whom Wre carried to the Southern colonies and others disposed of bore. It is not easy to determine precisely what the real feelings of our ancestors were re garding negro slavery. To judge from the oeeasionl Court orders, it would ap pear that for the most part it was entire ly discountenanced or existed only in a greatly modified form. But from other sources aro derived hints that it was favor ed 111 ?ome of its inhuman features. In 1(54 1, t ho Court declared, by a general act, that ' there shall never be any bond slavarie. vilUanage capfivitie amongst us, unless it be lawful captives taken ii just warres, and such strangers as willingly selle themselves or are mil to us. This exempts none from servitude who shall be j,,,?.,,.,! thereto nuthoritie.' This is verv "c What is to prevent negro slavery under the clause ' such strangers as sell themselves or are sold to ns r And un der the clause 1 lawful captives taken in just warres,' where stand the pour Indi ans? In 1701, the people of Bostou passed desiring their representa saved to prevent negroes and Indians be-j ing rated with horses and cattle, but could not giuteed.' There were 4,489 slaves in Massachusetts iu 1754. It was not iu re ality till 1783, that slavery came to an end in the LState, though there were some Court orders professedly aimed at its ex tinguishment at a much earlier date. The following appeared as an advertisement in the lJoston News Letter, in Aug-ygt, 1742 : 'A negro woman to be sold by the printer t.f this paper ; the very best ne gro Woman iu town, who has had the small pox, and the measels.-ris us healthy as a horse, brisk as bird, and will work like a beaver,' " Xcwhall's History of l,ynn.' r'"; - ... j' . '' ; .. - 'Jew, Davis is Prisons A Fort res Mon roe correspondent of tlie New York Herald, has furnished a long account of the prison discipline imposed on Jeff. Davis, from w hich we make the two following extracts. Of the distinguished prisoner he sayg s He walks very tircet nnd.with proud and dignified stew. "Never less than out officer aim always lour soiuiers nttenu mm. ji us down, when he pleases, and in his free moods talks away with warmth and animation most agreeably entertaining and instructive. He is a man of most varied information. He talks of ancient history aud ancient heroes, old wars and modern wars, mining and ag ricultural operations, jvoetry and the arta, gunboat. and forts, church and State mattors, constructing dry docks and laying tlie At lantic etude, with astonishing tiiinlliarity, correct n cs in theorr and assertion, ridge, from all descriptions, could not have been a better conversationalist. . And under the caption of " Putting on Airs," he gives this : Once in a while Davis nuts on airs. Ho attempted this on hi arrival, but an experi ence of handcuffs and chniirt taught him an instructive lesson on the subject. He has sobered down immensely since then. He is the ruled here, not the ruler the captive, not the captor. lie has found out the dif ference. A party of gentletnen and ladies wero walking ou tho parapet yestonlay. Davis was walking along an angle of the parapet in full yiew when suddenly heeon fronted them, He immediately turnod hie back, and eat on the parapet, and did not stir till the party had left. ' I call tlutt putting on airs, saul a lauy ot tne party, ana so an voted it. What a shame it was that Mr. David did not stand stock still, face to, while this par ty of impertinent visitors took a long, sharp stare nt him ? It was very disloyal in him, certainly, . . , . - A.v Easy Divorcement. -The Umatilla Advertiser tells of adivoreo ease in that place lately, in which the terms were thus easily settled : Know all men bv these presents, that I hereby cive, craht'nml bequeath unto my be loved husband, Prudence St. Felix, a full aud free divorce from the bonds of matrimo ny, granting and bequeathing unto him, my beloved husband, nil the hannincss he can get. Witness my hand and seal, this 8th day of September, A. D. 18C5.; This divorce is grain tod for a little rat colored mule which he gives to me. . . her f v. s. r. ) MARY X ST. FELIX. stamp V mark. i 1 1 'Z ets. J ltncsscs, : Who Make this Fashions. All tho world knows that Paris sets the fashions for the people everywhere. In a late speech in tho French Senate, M. Dupin thus stated what particular class in Paris were the original ors of the fashions. M. Dupin said : . We speak of courtesans who exhibit them selves in our public places. Yes ; be hold them in brilliant equipages, to attract public attention. And what doea our high society do ? , Why, it looks on, accepts them as its models, and it is precisely these women who give lite fashion to ladies ofJa&Mon These are the persons whom they copy, and sucli is tho example given by high society. That's So. The San Francisco Flag caIIs the Congregational Church, tho "Church of New England, the cradle of Liberty." Then in that cradle they have been all the time reciting a nigger babv. . ; a vote, tivcs to ?e exertions fo eueoura.ire tlie pendent ecclesiastical jurh-dicUoiw.' aud uf uarut iaia,r in uieaeepmmoi kiwwi; iu-coinin- of white servants and to put a r an equitable tliviaioii of the Church!' hu,.h ,,,rT,,f,4; ,,"t f ,n aU i . :t - f , I, 1 . .. , i their euuioaire. drawn forth his reasons, as pen.-Hl totheeiishniiof negroes. Judge i property, they nherward sought to repti-j it . wret ranjJ(vJ K,mre(i ln,t (le. hewell writes, d ot J line, 1 1 lt. 1 es-, diute that covenant, and to evade payment, featcd all id.ie tions in his wav, calls out his 2IItthollMt IttM-ouNt ruction 'Ietlr ol IU " Noiillierii ltiliop tit 11 11 Ion with the .11. i;. t Inircli It "1H4 luted. The three Southern Bishops of the Methodist Church South, to wit : Andrew, It. Paine, and (1. P. Pierce, have . it.. ..! 1 autt rest-en a pastoral icucr 10 in prcacn crs and niemlters of thnt branch id' the Church, which was first published in the Mobile Advertiser. ttKCONlt'llUCT l'M !' 't'UK ClltltCII. On the subject of the reunion of the Northern and Sou! hern branches id' thai denomination, the Bishops say: Reconstruction or reunion with the Methodist Episcopal Church North has, within the last few months, been brought before, the public by their denominational tapers, ant iy ineir preachers ami ineiti His in p-iblieUtid addresses and resolu tions. Iheir Bishops and Missionary Secretaries held a meeting iu June, the proceedings of which, embracing this sub ject, have been published by order. Un der these tireunistauees, gome allusion to it may be proper from us. You are aware that at our first (Jcneral Conference a delegate was appointed to visit the (Jeueral Conference of the North cm! Methodists, and present to that body our Christian salutations, with thy idler to establish fraternal relations and a closer intercourse between us as members of the auie. spiritual family. He was, iu all re spects, a most proper and unexceptional minister, and performed the part assigned him in a most proper and unexceptional manner, lie presented his credentials to that body, and asked and waited their de . . , - cisKui. inev granjeu 111111 Honouring in their presence. They declined to receive him in his official character. They re jected his oiler. lie closed his ineltectual mission by informing them, 111 ft commu nication which be assured them was final. that as they had rejected our idler, we could no more renew it. He item our- selves actjiutted ot any breach of Christian unity that intsht appear. JJut if, at any time, they should formally aud officially ume, tneyt.rn.uui lurumiiy an 1 tuiiciauy W;,N of (!,.trine were let loose .. ,dftvvup.n j. B. SPRENGER, - -make the same idler to us, the dK.r would ;til0 vnrXu Ml Truth he in the field, we'd in- i Tovr F-rriT-i!rT he open tor it consideration. This wa. jjurimly hy limtV,,,, and pridtihiting to j1 J, lDf fuM in 1? 4. 1 nev nave since maue no pucu ofler. There the matter rests, and we uiifrht well be excused from any further reference to it. We feel bound to say to you, however, that since then tbe position of Northern Methodists'ns toward us. have been some what chaiifrctl. Having azreed with us ion a liian 01 senaration into two nuie- and were only brought to settlement at j thP (.d of the law." This plan, though I granted bv themselves, who were iti a ma- jority, and ftubseijuently confirmed by the Supreme ( outt of the I nited States as the basis of our legal and constitutional rights, has been, whenever convenient, ignored by them. They have endeavored, by misrepresen tations, to fix on us the invidious charac ter of eeessionista aud schismatics, with out authority or cause from the pareut body. wJiereas, we are. in all respects, ci eijuul and coeval with themselves. The abolition, for military and political considerations, of the institution of domes tic slavery iu the United States, does not affect theViuestion that was prominent in in our separation in 1841. Nor is this khe only difference, or the principal one between us and them. Y hue testifying with pleasure to the nobler conduct and sentiments of many brethren among them, we must express, with regret, o"hr appre hcusion that a large proportion, if not a majority of Northern Methodistf, have Lcconic incurably radical. They teach for doctriue the comuiauduientsot men. 1 hey uroacb another Efosnel. They have incor porated social dogmas and political tests into their I'hurch creeds. iney tiavc gone on to impose conditions upon disci pleships that Christ did not impose. Their pulpits are perverted to agitations aud ijuostiona not healthful to personal piety, but promotive to political and ecclesiasti cal discord, rather than of those cuds for which the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ was Instituted. Without such a change as we Fee no immediate prospect of, in thoir tono, and temper, and prac tice, we can anticipate no good result lrom even entertaining the subject of reunion with them. Fidelity to what seems our providential mission, requires that we preserve our distiuct ecclesiastical organi zation, in all its vigor aud integrity, free from entangling alliances with those whose notions of philanthropy aud politics and social economy are liable to give an ever varying complexion to thoir theolo gy. Let us abide in our lot, and be true to our calling, doing what wo cau to spread scriptural holiness through these lands, and to oppose the tide of fanaticism which treatens their overflow. Storming. The ornate and learned scho lar who now runs the Astoria Oajsctte storms at some of our articles most furiously. He is as profound iu argument as he is brilliant in wit. haonv iu metaphor, or -finished in stvle. liut ho is most " hefty" on emphasis. In tho smeared and blurred copy of his pa per of lrst Saturday, now before ns, the thick sprinklings of italics boom out like urchins' charcoal send 1 lines on an old white, washed foneo. That's about all we see worthy to notice in his editorials. He may bo hap py from the use of his italics, but we fear his typos do some rough cussin' over tliem. Parker is a model editor for a saw mill, for instance. , ' ' '-, Wonderfully Alikb. An up-country ex change says: Some of the Christianized Ness Perces re fuse to pray unless they are bribed to do so with calico and blankots, These Indians imitate some white Chris tians most remarkably. No pay, no pray. A SixauLAR View. Gen. Terry who com mands in Virginia, says that the term " dur ing the war," means so long as thero exists military necessity; If this view bo gener ally accepted there will never be peace dur ing Abolition rule so long as there are State elections. ' ' " ' Success tq Tije jt. .The owners of the Bangor Democrat, whoso establishment was destroyod by a mob in 18G1-, have brought a suit to recover thirty thousand dollars dam ages from eighteen persons who are said to have aided in the destruction, t :- ' ! A Good Thing. A Democratic paper is to be started in Montana Territory. I'lj-NisiiiNo Ni'iiitiiKs. -For years the bur dh of the Aholition elunior ngainnt sluvftry and Southern musters was, that the treat ment, mid iuni-lmicnt of t!ie negroes was most iufolernhh and barbarous. Thy nl leged that 'tSuulheru nta-stcru itibuiufinly (leg ged and torturi-d their lavex, and frifjueid ly without cause. Sinci; (lie Federal, Abo lition diMieiiMittioii in the South, then: have heou instances of more inhumim aud savage punishments inflicted upon th negroes, by officers and men from the- North, than ever occurred in the days of slavery by the slave owners. In a late New York pictorial we see an illustration of the punishment of a ne gro in Richmond, inflicted by the Federal authorities, which is thus explained in a paragraph underneath the cut : " While one of mir Artists was in Kich motid, ahoiit a mouth ago, ho witnessed a very couiicul and (ofliidy proceeding, which was intended to punish a negro, who had stahbed a Federal soldier. As there was some doubt whether the accused hud not been provoked beyond the average range of hu manity, the authorities resolved to take a lenient iew of the mutter, and frighten rath er than kill him. lie was therefore inform ed that he was to be nhot iu his coffin. He was, consequently, put iu one of th'vc" dread ed cases, space lxing left for the face, so that he might be left free to breathe the air id' heaven. . lie wa-j then placed up for the people to jjar.e on ; after a time, having been thoroughly frightened into virtue, as Rab elais would say, he was rcteu-ed a Ijetter and n wiser man, let us h . " The torture, ha iug been iutlictiMl by a Fed eral power, wa i nly : comical ; had a houlliern man ordered it, we muv le ure that tlm same paper would have character ized it as "atrocious." If the negro was really guilty of stabhing-a Federal soldier. he should lone been properly punished not in the manner ho was. Iiis treatment exhibits a singular compound of Yankee for l.n.-araiice towards a black man aud of Yau jOV(. 0f .ic-vilish torture. I.nirttTv - TUR l'iiKs. Though all the niisdoulft her ptreniilh. Let her and '& hm prapph : who ever fcnevr JV"1'1 P"t to the worse m a free and open enc ninter? Her confuting is the lst and surest up ,resiii, Wiiiit a cidlusion is this, when as we are exhorted by the wise man to ue dil ijreuce, " to seek for wipdom as for hidden treasure." early and late, that another.' or der shai! enjoin us to know uothini' hut the statute! When a man hath . been lalKjriiijt adversary into tlie plain, offers him the ad vantage of wind and sun, if lie please, only that he may try tlie matter by dint of argu ment for bis oppments then to skulk, to lay ambushmeuts, to keep a narrow bridge of licensing where the challenger should pass, though it be valor enough iu soldiership, is but weakness and cowardice in the wars of Truth. For who knows that Truth is strong, next to the Abnisrhtv? She needs no pol icies, nftr stratagems, nor licensing, to make her victorious : tuo$p are the shifts arid the defenses that Error uses against her power ; ( give her but room, and do not--bind her when she sleeps .foh Milton. Y.iXKts V.iNDAi.t'H. The Virginia Ftate til.rary, which was gotten up with great care and at enormous expense. Las becfi rhlied of its rryist valualde works. A series of tiook", ofMhe ni'.ist valuable character, bought in Europe by an agent of the State sent for that purpose, hae disappeared, a well as many other important standard works, which cannot now be. supplied. fvmo valuable manuscript copies of old records of the State, found among the archive? f the English Government at London, were also purloined. The beautiful library is a perfect wreck, be yond tho possibility of reparation. Es. Why. nothing, else could have been expect ed. The same pious .Puritan hordes who stole silver plate, ladies jewelry, family rel ics, children's toys, family portraits and pic tures, and oven marble tombstones and mon uments in the South, could not be expected to keep their itching fingers from books, and as in tlie case of every other species of pro perty, what, they could not steal they destroy ed, That's Puritan morality, Puritan tole ration, and universal Puritan practice, don't you see. '"o ft- ' famous breeder, and the pups are in great demand 'among those who know and appre ciate their quality Jones has a great many .1 1 (AC! 1 ww 11 rT n rrfen I. -ir- . .1 .1 . . fins n Iriends, anu whenever any ot them visit him, his enthusiasm ior dogs leads him to boast of the breed of his own. The result is, his friend makes him promise to save one of the nuns for him when the next litter is produced. Oue day Mrs. Jones asked iu a quiet way : - Jones, how many pups will that won derful have?" "Three or four perhaps." ' Do vou know how many of the next lit ter you Lave promised to your friends V" "No." ' . -v " You have alreadv promised thirty-five !" " Well," replied Jones, reddening slight-1 ly, and spanking v.-ith considerable vehe mence, 4 a man that won't promise his friend a pup is a mighty mean man." William Cullen Bryant gave the following advice to a young man who offered him an article for the Evening Post i 44 Mv young friend, 1 observe that you have used" several French expressions iw your article, I think, if you will study the English language, that you will find it capable of expressing all the ideas you may have. I have always found it so, and iu all that I Lave written I do not recall an instance when I was tempted to use a foreign word, but that on searching! found a better one in my own language." Birthdays, Ilerc is a Scotch rhyme coni. prising this subject : Monday's bairn is fair of face Tuesday's bairn is fu' of grace ; Wednesday's bairn's the child of woe: Thurs day's bairn has far to go ; ' Friday's bairn is loving and giving ; Saturday's bairn works hard for his living ; but the bairn that is born on the Sabbath day is lucky, and bonny, and wise, aud gay. - Charity is a naked child giving honey to a bee without wiugs. Naked, because excuse less and simple ; a child, because tender and growing; giving honey, . because pleasant and comfortable ; to a bee, because a bee is industrious and deserving ; without wings, because wanting and helpless. If thou de niest to such thou killest a bee ; if thou gir est to other than such thou preservest a drone. A 44 Mr S." of , Burlington, eloped last month with tho wives of three of the most re respected citizens of : Nashua, rJSfew Hamp shire. They crossed to Canada on a lumber barge, under cover of night, and the old Turk was last heard of at Saint Leon, Cana 3a- East, closely pursued by one of the injur ed husbands, Three candidates for the British Par liament ran ou " temperance .principles," and all three were defeated. . 1 Fi-orknck. It is said that the few remain ing residents of thi formerly bnsy mining town are appropriating the several empty and abandoned buildings for fire wood. A slow but safe way of burning up and wiping out h town. Men arrimUting worse crimes than they ever did before, and more of them, it ban been said that wars purify- the moral atmosphere, but our war has nueo m with the inurkiiii'HM of hell.' Tl.cV v T.;t., in history of rail road accidents in the Eastern States for the lmt. vi... on r.(.roni4 were killed and injured, and a pecuniary loss of v"V oiMooo sustained. If, asks the Saturday Press, Brigharn Young's KM) wives favor their lord with Curtain Lectures, what, oh I what must be tho nature of " Young's Night Thought? " Of what gender is Thomas ?" " Thomas s of the masculine L'cnder." ,40f what gender is Susan?" " Susan is of the m'i- olim genderj of course." Mistered Oit. ('apt. Matthews and S. It. Hammer, of the ld Oregon Cavalry, have been mustered out of service. rLAftiiW"-niiLij! J B. COMLEIT. ALBANY, OIIEGON. I HAVE ALWAYS ON HAM, or will .Muiiafaclurf tu order, cverjr !tvle of 1 000R8, SASH AND BLINDS, at the Khortest nolic an'l !met poiWc i-bargc Boards Matched and Planed. Work executed iu a style not eurjjaesed )y any Shop' iu tlie KUto. ,T.S' The Mill is in the lower prt of the town, on the rii i-r liniik, 'at the comers of tlie joining claims of the Moittk-ths and ilacklcman. J. li. COM LEY. AH:ui.v, September 2(, 1S65. PACIFIC HOTEb, Proprietor. t iper fnif l..W.UI.,lU.'l - i house is tamed as a I'lrst-tlass Inferior Hotel, For th entcrtaiuueut of regular LoarderiS and j tratiKK-ut giitfi-1. The honsp was abnot -ntire!v re-built latrt rear. kh l thuruudily re-funt;thed with KEW I5EDS, licdtliag aud JKurnitnre. , THE T-AJBXjIE I prtirided wita t-rcry ul.stanti;d and rare treat of the st-ai-on,. THE ROOKS Aw -Commodious and - well ; rentilafed. Prompt ami earufut a'tt-mltince is assured to guests.. The California Plas? fV.nipaov'a tu ail' coaches com.' to and fro from Oie H-itsfl. -Charge moderate. Albany, Augutt 14(11, laoa. angt4tf DR. CJ. W. CRAY, SURGEON DENTIST, Late Gradate of the ('iiufipnati College of a Dental Sturgery, Would aeain offer hi Professional serrk-es to th citizens of this place and surrounding country. T Office t'p stairs in Foster's Briek Building. UoidjK alongside of the 1'acifie Hotel. Albany, August 14th, 1S05. . auglitf AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER. The following named gentlemen are authorized to act as Agents fi r Tub State P.iohts Demo crat, aud to receive and receipt for subscription to the paper : josepiiixFcounty, Weorgo T. Vining.. Krlj-v!l!e Wm. Cheman Althone U. V. Sloan..... Slate Creek Judge JIolclaw Williamsburg JACKSON. COUNTY. James I. Fay ....JsckBTille Thomas Pmitli Ashland E. 1. 1'ondray ; Phmx ; Kaspr Knbli Apfdcpate J. B.- White Rck Point DOUGLAS COUNTY. Joseph f. Fitr.htigk .....Rosetinrw Jr.nies O. Clark , CanTonville Hardy Kliff , Oalesrille. Robert P. Sherler .....Oakland 5. COOS COUNTY. i II. W. CBasaDf..,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,.,,,.,,,,,.. Empire City LANE COUNTY, Isaac E. Stevens , Eugene City John Jlilloim..... ......MiHoirn' IT. V. Howard...... Kmithfield John T. Uilfry Pltasat 11 ill Silas JJrown ......Coast Fork BENTON COUNTY. John It. McConnell.... CofTallis POLK COUNTY. T. J. I.nTelndT Dallas J, B. V. Butler..... ., Monmonth B. F, Burch ; Independence P.enhen Dolv..... Kola T. U. 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This departmeiit is arraoged nnder tbe follow hra.ls : ' - "1. Auatumy and Phyaiology, Astrouomy,- B"-" -keeping. Botany alirtttBics , and GjmBtJ: CLt-mi.-1rv. Chinese. He! rt-w and Portngoew: C - i position, Rhetoric nd lgir; Dietifmarif, The. ino-. EhjeutkiB. French. Oi-oerauhr. Oo!ey " 1 i Siint-rnium licrmin. Grammar. i reck, liirti; Italian. Latin. Mathematics, Mental FUaapef ; Music. Katoral History, Natural PhilogojiLy, C . jeet Teaching, Penmanship, Political EeonoB- t Readers aisil ?pcllers, Spanish, Teacher1 Regirtt v Teaehers' Library r Mweellaaeoa Edneatibi. i Works, School Apparatus, School Stal ionery- . Among our own ittblieations are tbe follows Educational Worts CLARK'S KEW SCHOOL GEOGSAPHJ nearly ready. ''. ' - OLTLIJiE MAP OF THE PACIFIC STATE prt-parirs.s. f CLARK'S XEW PRIMAlIJKOGRAPHT, i CLARK'S HISTORY, prep.ria. BURGESS' PENMANSHIP. BAN CROFT S SIAP of-tbe PACIFIC STATE Relief ens Books. Comineutanes, Coceordanee, DietioBarie, Eetl,' siatical History, Prayer, Sermons, Theology as , woetruies. - . . f ftitbCFlption Department. In this department rents,and eanTw;ersear lways fiiul a varielr of Books, Maps, Eccratinc. 4fcc, which are cot sold out of any book -store, bni seiuivciy ly sjitiscnplioi,. iu:l lnirmatiot proniptly giten upon application by letter er ir person. - ; r. i Blauks. . f AffidaTit, Affreriacnt or Confract. ArsicrniBefct I Bill of Esehansre. Rill ef Sale. Bond. Bt-I, ertineate. Chattel ortKaee, Cheek or Drift.! Coroner County Court, County or District Coirrt.. Custom House, Ieelaration of Homestead, Deed,- lliftnet tonrt, Lese, MorteagcV Sotice, Power f Atiorney, Probate Conti Promissory Kate, Pro-J test, Reerfpi, Release, Rctnra, Satisfaction, WilU. '. Stationery. ' Writing Papers, Printins; Parrs, Wrappine Pa pers. Tracing. Copymg, Parefcment, Boards, Blank 4 books; rocKet jiooks, jsefiKs, t,BTek'ptv Ink, Ink- tanrts, Muciiajre, .eahng n ax, Wafers, Pannce. Cards, Games, Ru'ets, Folders, Cmlery, Erasers, naooer, uiooes, b tut, vrayon, I'ens, Feneus, Pea Holders, Brashes, Colors. Instruments. Quills. Tab- ' lets. Labels, Tape. Seals, Pip and Files. Boxes, j Scales, Eyelet stamping Catters, Raeks. Weight, Calenders. Twines. Pictores. Photographic Albnaji,. Alphabet Blocks, tinders' llateriais, Miseellaaeoa . Stationery. .' ' ' - - - -' - ; ' i Orders may be left witk E. A. Freeland, AIbb. or, please address II. y. BANCROFT, & CO., mir I 4-r.m Knn K raniuA rT (OF SAX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,) Will at'end in person to the Prosecution of Claims Arising' ia Ongn axid California, And to tbe Settlement of Accounts witi tho STATE, TREASURY. WAR. NAVY AND POST OFFICE. DEPARTMENTS. N THE INDIAN BUREAU. LAND 0RPATENTCFF1CE. Persons bavin business eaiS have it protaptlT attended to, and obtain information from time to' time, if desired. Address No. 476 SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON CITY, D, C-. aii2$ PROCLAMATION DY TUJl GOVERNOR. IN CONSIDERATION THAT MEAS nres highly important to tbe interest of tba State and Nauon require the action of the Legisla, ture at an earlier reriod than the rernlar biennial session i " "Therefore, hy1" virtue of the autborit; nested w sse aa uorcrcor. i berebT nroelaim and make known that a Special Session of the Leeia- la tire Assembly of the State of Oregon will b eon, i venert at the Capital of the State on Tuesday, tho 5th day of Decern bv-r next, a which time and place the members thereof are requestedto attend. In witness whereof I have hereunto act my hand and caused the great sual "of tbe State to be af- i u s f this 5th day of October. 'A. D. 18S3. ADDISON C-GIBBS,.'' By the Governor, ,. ' -.- Samuei. E. May, Secretary of State. . fixed, at th FtwiiMvh Offin in Sa.lm STRAYED OR TAIiEX (probabl by mistake,) from near Sand Rilsre,about one year since, a dark bay hrse l-ear- giteett hooda high, fuor years eld last spuig ; X think hmi a small white spot in the forehead, broad between he eyes, was bad to push at a fence, would paw at a gate, stable or barn door or salt thrown on the ground, was genu-; for as unbroken Burse, and had' been rode a little. Any information of hiia . warded. J. H. DQUTHIT1 - Sept. 23d, 1855. tf ? I Cstate bf William SfranI:.. -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES? Xl ' that the undersigned has been duly appoint, ed Executrix of the estate of William Swank, lato of Linn count Jrgoo, , deceased, AR pe?3onj having (.laims against aaid estates 11 presentheai' the nndcrsigned ft her re-ideaee ear Sand idV in said county, duly authenticated, foe settleaaeut, within six months from this date, and all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate Wi-'J please mka Immediate payment. " -s ' Oot.i, IS65, ' BARBARA SWANK.- ; Iw , . Ei""' . 1, 1IiHt4,ry 2, liiorrapby ; 8, ' . 2T' t, l ftod.l'oytica J 5, IU-l.cllio I.tm":? . 8-v cial and Elhkal : 7. Mental and Mrl H'; t. hnn?mf Oratory ', 9, BcH ( lawicd : Jtt; l'oeiry and the Jrtr f . 11 . I Vi,..:...r. it Work collect! l?4 fJt A t, i'i 1 r