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1 X VOL. II. ALBANY, OlititiON, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2 18CG. NO. 6, II DEMOCRAT. J ! 1- s I J v 9 1 V I X f I i r ua,'i,ani STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. rnusniD evert sAtcnoAT, by AHItOTT, nUOTV.V A tn.lVERSE. U. It. ABBOTT. H. T. SHOWS. JOBS TRAVERSE. Officc-Our H. Oliver's Store, First Street. TERMS, lit aotaxck : OnTear,$3; Six Months tlj Oa Month, 50 cts.; Siogla Copies, 12 J cts. 3S3 Payment to t made in adramo in every case. The Taper will not bo ent to any advlress tales ordered, and the term for which it hall be ordere i be paid for. -Vo departutt will i madt -at f f term im ay untune. N. B. Timely prior notice will bo siren to tack Subscriber of the week on which his sub scription will expire, and unless an ordor for its Continuance, accompanied with the money, bo jlren, the Taper will be discontinued to that fcddress. 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U-Tics up-stair in Foster's brick, llesid.-nce corner of Second and Baker strc-L. au2j-ly I. O. O. F. ALB A XT LODGE, XO. 4 . . lZ?'ri Tfle RcgTilar IVIcct- "'-". in js of Aib.my Lo.lje, No. 4. I. 0. 0. F.. arc held at th:ir Hall in Xor rriss i;aild:n?. A!bnv. every WEDNESDAY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Brethren in god itjm-lirj are invite 1 to attend. By order of the N. G. an My J. QUXX TIIOITVTOX, COUXSELLOIl AT LAW Will practice in tb.3 Superior and Inferior Courti of Orcf-n. OFFICE it bis residence, one mile from Albany. February 17, 1S63. ncr. Persons ucsir;n.r ariiLu-iai iccin S. HCELAT r. it KE5SET ATTOBHEYS AND COUNSELLORS, OREGON CITY. Parti c alar Attention given to Land Claims and Land Titles. Ores a City, On., Dec. 20, 1S65. GARDEI.G ! ANDREW GILGRIEST. Florist, Botanist, Gardener, Orders left at the Eagle Hotel. Albany, will be punctually attended to. 3T Will attend to orders in the country, or will garden on shares. Albany, April 14. IS95. A. F. WHEELER, NOTARY PUBLIC. Albany, Oregon. TUTTILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO THE J writing and taking acknowledgmenta of Deeds, Mortaes, and Powers of Attorney. Also, Depositions, Affidavit", Ac., Ac. OFFICE In the New Court House. Albany. January 27, I860. GOLDSMITH BROS. IMPOIITE11S AND DEALERS IX WAT HES AND JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, GOLD AND SILVER WARE, MILITARY GOODS, CLOCKS, &e., &c, &c JSo. 93 Front Street, Portland. Portland, Dec. 20, 1S65. J. D. DOLMAX PARRISH & HOLMAN POIiTJLAND, OGN. Heal Estate, Commercial and Stock Brokers, General Intelligence and Col lection Agents. CFFICEXo. 80 Pioneer Block, Front Street. Portland, Dec. 20, 1665. OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,) Will attend in person to the rosscatLoa of Claims Arising in Oregon and California, -a.nl ta tke Settlement of Accounts with the $TAT. TSEASUar. VAR, NAV AND POST OFFICE OEPARTMINTS. IN THE INDIAN BUREAU. LAND OR PATENT OFFICE. Persons having business can have it promptly Attended to, and obtain information from time to time, if desired. Address No. 476 SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON CITY, D, C. au28 ALBAIVY FERRY. AT THE SOLICITATION OF many citizens of Linn and Benton counties 1 have fitted up the lower Albany Ferry, at Albany, Oregon, at baavy expense, and in such a manner as to accommodate the traveling public at all times that ferrying is wanted to be done, A.T REDUCED RATES, Hoping thereby to sec ore a liberal patroqage, , My Ferry Boat is well constructed, with all of the latest improvements for safely, and strongly vectred by 4 good wie Aope. . ASHBY PJ5ARCE, Proprietor Albany, Aug. 18thf ft Mitof f f'iilf ihitiii boyhood Ti.mu I wish I were a barefoot boy, "Without a bat or shoe, To think again this world a toy; Vith tvery changing hue. I would qot give one boyish game With all its hopes and fears, For all the gilt of wealth or fame That fortune gayly wears. I would not give the little heart, That beat in time with mine, For all the colored things of art, Though oft they seem divine. I would not give a Friday night. Expectant of tho morn, For all the hopes that could units My future to adorn. Who that hath seen life's giddy show. And followed fortuno's train, But who would all Its pomp forego To be a boy again? Oh 1 give me baek my native hills, And all the feathered throng ; The gently winding, gurgling rills, That echoed back their song ; Oh I give me buck my rustic home, With all its simple fare, I'll promise then no more to roam. Hut be contented there. 1 cannot get, but give me still A recollection fair Of boyhood time ; it will, it will Beguile somo anxious care. roLiTic.ti iiu:a IIIXG. Letter from Judge Illack to Itcv. Alfred Xcvin. To Rev. Alfred Xcvin, D. D. : Dear Sir : Your letter addressed to me, through the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, disappoints mc j because I did not expect it to come in that way. and be cause it does not cover the subject in issue between us. l)ut if I am filent, your friends will say, with some, show of rea son, that you have vindicated Political Preaching so triumphantly that nil oppo sition is confounded. I must, therefore."" speak freely in reply. In doing sj. I mean to say nothing inconsistent with my great repect for your high character in the church and in the world. The ad mirable style and temper of your own communication deserves to be imitated. I fully concede the right you claim for clergymen to select their own themes and handle them as they please. You fay truly that neither lawyers nor physicians nor any othet order of men have the lea-t authority to contro! you in the-c particu lars. Hut you will not deny that this is a privilege which may be abused ; you expressly admit that some clergymen have abused it, "and by doing so did more than any other class of men to com mence and continue the late rebellion. " While, therefore, we can a.ert no power to dictate your condct. much to force you, we are surely not wrong when we en treat you to impose upon yourselves those restrictions which reason and revelation have shown to be necessary for the good of the church and the safety of civil so ciety. I acknowledge that your commission is a very broad one. You must declare the who'e counsel of God, to the end that sinners may be convinced and converts built up in their most holy faith. Truth, justice, temperance, humility, mercy. peace, brotherly kindness, charity the whole circle cf the Christian virtues must be assiduously taught to your hear ers ; and if any of theto be inclined to the opposite vices, you arc to denounce them without fear, b private admonition, by open rebuke, or by a general delivery of the law which condemns them. You are not bound to pause in the pefform ance of this duty because it may offend a powerful ruler or a strong political par ty. Xor should 'ou shrink from it when bad men, for their owu purposes, apprcv.1 what you do. Elevate the moral charac ter, enlighten the darkuess, and purify the hearts of those who are under your spiritual charge, at all hazards ; for this is the work which your great Taskmaster has given you to do, and he will admit no excuse for neglecting it. But this is precisely what the political preacher is not in the habit of doing, lie directs the attention of his hearers away from their own sins to the sins, real or imputed, of other people. By teach ing his congregation that they are better than other men, he fills their hearts with self-conceit, bigotry, spiritual pride, envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness. Instead of the exhortation, which they need, to take the beam out of their own eye, he incites them to pluck the mote from their brother's. He docs not tell them what they shall do to be saved, but he instructs them very carefully how they shall act for the destruction of others. He rousc3 and encourages to the utmost of his ability, those brutal passions which result in riot, blood-shed, spoliation, civil war and general corruption of morals. You commit a grievous error in sup posing that politics and religion are so mingled together that you cannot preach one without introducing the other. Christ and His apostles kept them perfectly sep arate. They announced the great facts of the Gospel to each individual whom they addressed. When these were ac cepted, the believer was told to repent and be baptized for the remission of his sins, and afterwards to regulate his own life by the rules ot a pure and perfect morality, They expressed no preference for any form or government over another, they pro voked no political revolutions, and they proposed no legal reforms. If they had uone so they would have flatly contradict cd the declaration that Christ's Kingdom was not of this world, and Christianity itselef would have died out in half a cen tury. But they accepted the relations which, were created by human law and exhorted tJioipdispinlos fq (Jispljarge faith fully the duties whieh arose out qf them. Though the laws which defined the au thority of husbands, parents, m tsters and I magistrates yp as ba4 a fcBWaa pf: versity could mako them, yot tho early Christians contented thcmsclVfcs with teaching moderation in tho exercise of legal power, atld uniformly inculcate the tho virtues of obedience nnd fidelity upon wives, children, slaves and subjects. They joined in no clamors for or against any administration, butximply testified ngniust sin beforo the only tribunal which Christ over erected on earth ; that is to shy, tho conscience of thd sinner himself. The vico of political preaching ttas Wholly uuknown to the primitive church It is true that Paul counseled obedi ence to tho government of Nero; and I am aware that modern clergymen inter pret his words as a justification of tho doctrine that support of an tixisiting ad ministration is "part of their allegiance to God." Several Synods and other ecclesiastical bodies havo solemnly resolved something to thut cflcct. But they forget that what Paul advised was simple submission, not active assistance, to Nero. The Christians of that day did not endorse his atrocities merely because he was "tho administra tion duly placed in power." They did not go with him to tho theatre, applaud his acting, or praise him in the churches when he kidnapped their brethren, net firo to their city, desolated a province. Nor did they assist at his apotheosis after his death, or pronounce funeral sermons to show that he was greater than Scipio, more virtuous than Cato, and more elo quent than Cicero. Political preachers would have done this, but Paul and Peter did no such thing. There is nothing in the Scriptures to justify the Church in applying its disci pline to any member for olfenecs purely jolitical. much less for his mere opinions or feelings on public afTiirs. The clergy arc without authority, as they arc olten without fitnc.vi, to decide for their con trregations what is right or what is wrong in the legislation of the country. They are not called or sent to propagate any kind of political doctrine. The Church and the State arc entirely separate and distinct in their origin, their object, and the sphere of their action ; insomuch that the organism of ouc can never be used for any purpose of the other without in jury to both. l)o I therefore say that tho Christian religion is to have no influence on the political destiny of man ? Far from it. Notwithstanding the unfaithfulness of many professors, it has already changed the face of human society ; and it will yet accomplish its mission by ."prcading peace, independence, truth, justice, and liberty regulated by law, "from the sea to the uttcriiio.it ends of the earth." But this will be accomplished only by reform ing and elevating the in hviduals of whom society is composed ; not by exasperating cummunitic against each other ; not by any alliance with the governments of the world ; not by any vulgar partnership with politician to kill and pluudcr their enemies. Every time vou reform a bad mm and bring his character up to the standard of Christian morality, you make an addition. greater or less, to that righteousness which exalted a nation, and subtract an equal sum from the sin which is a re proach to any people. Sometimes a sin gle conversion is extremely important in its immediate effect upon the public in terest of a whole nation. No doubt the acceptance of the truth by Dienysius the Areopigite had much to do in moulding the subsequent laws and customs of Athens. The conversion of Constantino was followed by the instant abrogation of all laws which fettered the conscience. In the reign of Thcodosius the people of Thcssalonica rose against the Iloman gar rison and killed its commander. For the act of rcbell ion the Emperor decreed against them the curse of an indiscrimin ate war in which th guilty and the inno cent were confounded together iu one general slaughter. His spiritual "guide, philosopher and friend" at the time was Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, who boldly denounced his cruelty, refused to give him the Sacrament, or even to ad minister it in his presence, compelled him to take a seat among the penitents on the portico of the church, and induced him to humble his diadem in the dust for eight months in succession. The con science of the Empcroror was thoroughly awakened ; his subsequent reign was dis tinguished by justice and mercy, the in tegrity of the empire was preserved in peace, and the great Theodosian code, the product of that bitter repentance, is still read and quoted for its admirable union of humanity and policy. Ambrose produced these consequences by acting in the true capacity of a Chris tian minister j for he reformed the crim inal by a direct appeal to his own heart. Political preachers in the same circum stances would have inflamed the sanguin ary passions of the monarch by exagger ating the treason of tho Thessalonians and counseling the military execution of all who presumed to sympathize in their sufferings- You will sec, I think, the distinction I would make. A gospel preacher addresses the conscience of his hearers for the hon est purpose of converting them from the error of their ways ; a political preacher speaks to one community, one party or one sect, and his theme is the wickedness of another. The latter effects no religi ous purpose whatever j but the chances are ninety-nine in a hundred that ho ex cites the bad passions of those who are present, while he slanders the absent and uudefended. Both classes of preachers frequently speak upon the same or simi lar subjects, but they do so with different objects and aims. I will make my meaning more clear by taking your own illustrations. You be lieve in the first day of the week as the Sabbath, and so believing, your duty un doubtedly is to exhort all persons under your, phufgo to observe it strictly; but you have r4Q right ppaaph a cnisade against the JewOd Seyenth-day Bap tists, to gd iuvJcrant laws enacted agajpBt tMm for eejpipg patttrdajf as a day of rest. If drunkenness bo a sin which easily besets your congregation, you may Warn them against it, and inas much as abstinence is always easier than moderation, you jdiould advise the in to totkh hoti tasto not, handlo not; but your position gives you no authority to provoke violent hostilities against tavern keeper liquor dealers or distiller. If any of your hearers be ignorant or course enough todesiro more wives than one a piece, you should certainly teach them that polyga my is tho worst feature of Asiatic man ners, inconsistent with Christianity and dangerous to domestic happiness; but you cannot lawfully urge them to carry lire and sword into tho territory of the Mormons merely becauso some of the Mormons are in this respect less holy than you. f tho holding of slaves or bond servants be a practical question among tho members of your church, I know of nothing which forbids you to teach whatever you conscientiously be lieve to be true on that subject. But in a community where slavery is not only unknown but impossible, why should any preacher mako it tho subject of his week ly vituperation ? You do not improve tho religion of the slaveholder by traduc ing his character, nor mend tbcm thirht for the blood of their fellow-men K If any person, to whom the service of another is due by the laws of the State in which he lives, shall need your instruc tions to regulate his personal conduct to wards tho slave, you are bound in the first place to tell him, that as lot.g as that relation exists, ho should behave with the utmost humanity and kindness; for this you have the clear warrant of the Apos tolic example and precept. It dealing with such a person you may go as much further as your own conscientious inter pretation of the Bible will carryyou. If you arc sure that the Divine law docs, under nil circumstances, make the mere existence of such a relation sinful on the part of tho master, you shoulJ induce him to dissolve in by the i.nmcdiatc emancipation of his slaves; fir that is truth to you which you believe to be true. But where is the authority for preaching hatred of thoc who understand the Scriptures differently ? What privil ege can you show for exciting servile in surrection ? Who gave you th right to say that John Brown was better than any other thief or murderer, merely because his crimes were committed ogainst pro slavery men ? I think the minister, in his pulpit dis courses, is forbidden to touch at all upon that class of subjects which arc purely political ; such, for instance, as tie bank ing law, tariff, railroad charters. State rL'hts, the naturalization laws an! negro suffrage. These arc questions cf mere political expediency; religion takes no cognizance of them; they come within the sole jurisdiction of the statesman; and the Church has no more right to take sides upon them than the civil poycrn incut has to uo its legislative, judicial or executive power for the purple of enforc ing principles wholly religious. In short, if I am not entirely mistaken, a Christian minister has no authority to preach upon any subjects except those in which Divine revelation has given him an infallablc rule of faith and practice ; and, even upon them, he must speak always j for the edification of his own hearers, "rightly dividing the word of truth" so as to lead them in the way of all right- a a cousness. hen he does more than this. he goes beyond his commission, he be comes a scurvy politician, and his influ ence is altogether pernicious. 1 lie use ot the clerical office for the purpose of propagating political doctrines under any circumstances, or with any ex cuse, is in my judgment not only without authority, but it is the highest crime that can be committed against the government of God or man. Perhaps I ought not to make this broad assertion without giving some addi tional reasons for it. In tho first place it is grossly dishonest. I employ you as a minister, pay your sal ary and build you a church because I have confidence in your theological doc trines. But you may be at the same time wholly unfit for my political leader. Now you are guilty of a base fraud upon mo, if, instead of preaching religion, you take advantage of the position I have given you to ventilate your crude and ignorant notions on State affairs. I have asked for bread and you give me a stone ; in stead ot the fish I bargained for, you put into my hands a serpent that stings and poisons mc. It destroys tho unity of the church. There is no room for rational dispute about the great truths of Christianity ; but men will never agree upon political subjects, for human government is at best but a compromise of selfish interests and con flicting passions. When you mix the two together you break tho church into fragments, and instead of "one Lord, one faith and one baptism," you create a thousand warringsects, and substitute the proverbial bitterness of the odium thco logicum for the "charity which thinketh no evil." No one will deny thata union of church and state is always tho cause of bad gov ernment, perverted religion and corrupt morals. I do not mean merely that le gal union which exists in European coun tries. That is bad enough; bub you have less common sense than I givo you credit for, if you do not sec; that this adulterous connexion assumes its most polluting form when the church is volun tarily prostituted by her own ministers to a political party in a popular government. The evil influence of such connections upon Church and State is easily account ed for. Both of them in combination will do what either would recoil from if standing alone. A politician backed ty the promiso of the clergy to sustain him can sately defy honesty and trample upon law, for do what he may, ho is assured o! clerical support here and ot heaven here afteiv Th$ clergy on the other hand and those Who ate tinder tlieir influence easi ly acouire the habit of praising indis crimmatcly whatever is done by their public men. Acting and reacting one another they jro down together itt tho di rection of the pit that is bottomless; and both aire found to havo "a etrango alac rity at sinking." No man can servo two blasters faith fully; for he must hate otto if ho loves the other. A minister Who admires and fol lows such men as tltCsb who have lately ruled and ruined this country must ncc essarily despise the character of ChfUt. If ho glorifies the cruelty, rapacity and falsehood of his party leaders he is com pelled by an inflexible law of human na ture to "deny the Lord who bought him." The experience of fifteen centuries proves that political preachers arc' the great curso of tho world. More than half the bloody Wars which at different periods havo desolated Christendom, were produced by their direct instigation; and wherever they )iae thrust them selves into a contest commenced by oth ers, they have always envenomed the strife and made it more cruel, savage and uncompromising. The religious wars, so-called, had nothing religious about them except that they were hissed up by the clergy. Look back and sec if this be not true. Tho Arian controversy (the first great schism) was followed by wars in which millions of lives were lost. Do you sup pose the real quarrel was for the inser tion or ouiisMiou oidiotjui in that part of the creed which describes the process ion of the Holy Ghost ! Did a homoou Mi'an slaughter his brother because he was a homoioitnitin ? No, it was not the diff erence of a dipthong, but the plunder of an empire that they fought for. It was the politics of the Church, not her reli gion, that infuriated the parties aud converted men into demons. The Thirty Years War in Germany is often supposed to have been a fair stand up fight between the two leading forms of Christianity. It was not so. The re ligious difference was a false pretence of the political preachers for the promotion of their own schemes. There was not a sane man on all that continent who would have felt himself impelled by motives merely religious to murder his neighbor for believing or disbelieving in transub stantiation. If proof of this were want ing, it might be found in the fact, that long before the war ended, the sectarian cries were abandoned, and Catholics, as well as Protestants were fighting on both side. It is utterly impossible to believe that the clergy of hnglaud and Scotland, if they had not been politicians, would have thought of waging bloody wars to settle questions of election and reproba tion, fate, forc-knowlcdgc, free will, and other points .f metaphysical theology. Nor would they apart from their politics, have encouraged and committed the oth er horrid crimes of which they were guil ty in the name of religion. Can yuu think that the Irish were in vaded, aud conquered, and oppressed, and murdered, and robbed for eenturios, merely because the English believed in mc i roicsiani religion ; l suppose you! know that those brutal atrocities were carried on for the purpose of giving to political preachers in England possession of the churches, cathedrals, globo lands and tythes which belonged to the Irish Catholics. Tho soldiers were rewarded Y confiscations and plunder. The :hurch and the state hunted in couples, and Ireland was tho prey which they ran down together. Coming to our own country, you find Massachusetts in colonial times under the sole domination of political preachers. Their treacherous wars upon the Indians for purposes wholly mercenary; their en slaviug of white persons, as well as red ones, and selling them abroad, or "swap ping them for blackamoors;" their whip ping, imprisoning and killing Quakers and Baptists for their conscientious opin ions; and their base treatment of such men as Roger Williams and his friends, will mark their government through all time as ouc of the crudest and meanest that ever existed. Political preachers have not behaved any better since the revolution than be fore. About the commencement of the present century they were busy in their vile vocation all over New England, arfd continued it for many years. The wilful and deliberate slanders habitually uttered from the pulpit against Jefferson, Madi son and the friends who supported them, were a disgrace to human nature. The immediate effect of this was the Yankee lot to secede from the Union, followed y corrupt combinations with a foreign enemy to betray the liberties of the coun try. Its remoter consequences are seen in the shameless rapacity and bitter ma lignity which, even at this moment, arc howling for the property and blood of an unarmed and defenceless people. You and I both remember the political preaching which ushered iu and support ed the Know Nothings, Blood Tubs and Plug Uglies ; when Maria Monk was a saint and Joo Barker was Mayor of Pitts burgh ; when pulpits resounded every Sunday with tho most injurious false hoods against Catholics ; when the pub lic mind was debauched by tho inculca tion of hypocrisy and deception; when ministers met their political allies in se crecy to plot against the rights of their fellow-citizens. You cannot forget what came of this-riot, murder, church-burning, lawless violence all over the land, and tho subjugation of several great States to the political rule of a party des tituto alike of principle and capacity. I could easily prove that those clerical politicians who have tied their churches to tho tail ot tho abolition party, are crim inal on a grander scale than any of their predecessors. But I forbear, partly be cause I have no time, and partly because it may, for ought I know, be a sore sub ject with you." I would not excite your Wrath, but rather "provoke you to good works." , Apart from the general subject, there are two or three special ideas expressed in your letter from which I venture to dis sent. You think that, IfcoUgh a minisWr may speak from the pulpit on politics, he ought not to indicate what patty he be longs to. It strikes mc, that if he has a party, alid Wants to give it ecclesiastical aid or conifoH, he should bodly avow him self to be what he is, so that all men may krfywhim. Sincerity is the first of vir tues. It is bad to be a wolf, fcttt a wolf in sheep's clothing is infinitely Worse. You represent the church as an unfin ished structure and the State as its scaf folding. I think the church came perfect from the hand of its divine Architect built upon a rock, established, finished, complete -and every one who comes into it by the'iright door will find a mansion prepared for hinl. It needs no scaffold. Its founder refused all connection with human governments for scaffolding or any other purpose. You say (in substance) that, without sometimes taking political subjects, a minister is in danger of failing into a "vague, indefinite and non-committal style" which will do no good and bring him no respect. The gospel is not vague, indefinite or non-committal upon the sub jects of which it takes jurisdiction, and unon them vou mav rrcach as loUdlv as you please. But I admit that in times of great public excitement an important election or a civil war men listen impa tiently to the teachings of faith and re pentance. A sermon which tells them to do justice, love mercy and walk hum bly before God, is not an entertainment to which they willing invite themselves. At such a time a clergyman can vastly in crease his personal consequence, and win golden opinions from his audience, by pampering their passions with a highly seasoned discourse on politics. The temp tation to gratify them often becomes too strong for the virtue of the preacher. I fear that you yourself are yielding to it. As a mere layman I have no right to ad- vise a Doctor of Divinity, but I hope I am not over presumptions when I warn you against this specious allurement of Satan. All thoughts of putting the Gospel aside because it does not suit the depraved i tastes of the day, and making political harangues to win popularity in a bad; world, should be sternly trampled down as the suggestion of that Evil One, "who was a liar and murderer from the begin ning." Faithfully yours, kc, .1. S. Black. York, July 25, 18GC. OltDEtl OF CXEKClSES. The following Order of Exercises will be observed at the Linn County Agricul tural Society's Fair, to be held at their Fair Grounds, near Albany, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Octo ber 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th, 1SCQ. Opening address, 11 o'clock a. 51. Single Pacers 1 o'clock, p. m., mile heats, two in three. Arranging articles and animals on ex hibition. SECOND DAT. Sweepstake Race (Running) Eleven o'clock a. m.; Single dash of one mile. 1 o'clock p. m. Parade on the track of all animals entered for premiums, un der the direction of the Marshal. Best Trotters (Oregon Raised.) 2 o'clock p. m.; mile heats, two in three. 3 o'clock Best span of trotters, one mile, in harness, owned by one man. 3$ o'clock Best two year old, single dash of one mile. THIRD DAY. The Superintendents and Judges of the different Classes will meet at the Pa villion and receive from the Clerk a list of the articles entered in each class, and proceed to examine the same from 9 to II a. m. 11 o'clock a. m. Sweepstakes (Run ning) mile heats, two in three. 1 o'clock Best span of draft horses, to be tested by trial. 1 i o'clock Best walker, one mile 2 o'clock Best span of pacers, one mile. 2 o'clock Best trotting (sweepstake) 4 years old and Upward, 4 miles. 3 o'clock Best two year old (sweep stake, running) 1 mile. 3 1 o'clock Foot race of one mile, with liberal purse, provided there are any per sons entered. FOURTH. DAY. From 9 to 10 o'clock the Superintend ents and Judges will finish up their work and report the same to the Clerk, who shall proceed to make an entry of the same on the records of the Society. 10 o'clock a. m. Roadsters (to be test ed by trial) 4 year old and upward. 101 o'clock Threo years old and up ward. 10 i o'clock Best span (owned by one man) in harness, five miles. 10i o'clock Best mare (roadster) 4 years old and upward. 11 o'clock Running (Oregon raised) 4 years old and upward, 1 mile. . lit o'clockThree years old and upwardj 1 mile . Hi o'clock Two years old and tip- ward, 1 mile. ' 1 o'clock--Trotting ; Three best in five, (Oregon raised) .mile heats. The animals in this not to enter in two and three. .-,v 2 o'clock Three year . olds , (free For all) single dash, of two miles. 2J o'clock--Equestrianship by the l& dies and their partners. 3 o'clockParading of Premium Ami mals. feULZS FOR HAtlNO. Rule 1st. No person shall act as Judge In any race on which he may have bet, or In which he may be interested. V Rule 2nd. The person entering for race (or hia proxy) will draw for position oh the track, under the supervision of the fudges. Rule 3d. In all trials of speed, Only three starts Will be allowed; and arty per son who shall fail on the third trial shall be ruled off by the Jrudges--bUt may have the privilege of going against the time of the race. Rule 4th. In trotting and pacing ri ces all animals to carry 150 ib's. in addi tion to the vehicle. Rule 5th. The premium will be withi held from one or b'Cth of the parties id any race, if, in the opinion of tho Judges it is not a fair contest, as no jockeying, or foul riding or driving, will be allowed; Rule Cth. No competitor in any racd will be allowed any advantage by thd break of his animal. The Judges are re quired to be particular on this point. Rule 7th.- Any animal or anitaal ials en tercd in a race may go against the time of the race. Provided the inteptiori so to do is stated to the JudgC3 before any of the animals start. Any animal bolting or flying the track may have tie atHd L - privilege. I Rule 8th. Any animal that is qot in readiness at the precise time appointed. shall forfeit all claims to the contest. Rule 9th. The usual time between heats will be allowed. The weight for runningwill be: 3 year old, 73 lbs:; 4i years old, 85 lbs.; 5 years old, 95 lbs.; 6 years old, 105 lbs.; 7 years old, ill lbs 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 Recordihg Secretary. . Rule 2d. All entries to be made by . eleven o'clock of the second day. j Rule 3d. All articles entered for pre-: miums to pay 10 per Cent, of the amount offefed as premium on such article ex cept trial of speed, on which 15 per cent. mnst be psid. . ! Rule 4th. All animals competing for premiums, and all premium animals, must -be paraded on the track at such, time as the Secretary through the Marshal, shall ; designate. Premium animals with ap propriate badges. Rule 5. No reckless riding or driving will be allowed on the grounds. TERMS OF ADMISSION. Season Ticket - - - - $1 50 Day Ticket 50 : Women and children free, except boy3 r over 14 years of age. Season Ticket for double carriage Si 00 -Season Ticket for single carriagej 50 - Day Tickets for the above, half price. GENERAL REMARKS. Hay and oats will be provided Grounds at reasonable rates. ion the Gdod opportunities for camping, with ,, plenty of wood and water. ; The people of Linn county, and espe- i ctally the ladies, are requested to iurnish Jt. Pictures and other ornaments for the Pa--; i villion. They will be well cared for. : t: A general invitation is extended to tho citizens of Oregon to participate ltt and w compete for Premiums at the approach-1 , ing Fair. - : r OFFICERS OE THE ASSOCIATION; President A. Hacklemani Vice President Martin Lttpef. Secretary-James Elkins". Treasurer Joseph Nixon; Marshal Martin Lupcr. Board of directors A; Hacklemaniaii M. Luper, E. H. Griffin, S. Montgomery, Froman. Life in SAn Antonio. On Sunday morning last, during the heavy Jraitj, two girls on Bowie street had crossed over to b visit a neighbor, not dreaming but that -. the rain would case in a" short time . but while there it continued to pour down in torrents, and before they Were aware of it, the ditch had overflown and the streets was full of water, in some places two. or.- j three feet deep and funnitig Very rapid. . . j "Oh, Annie " exclaimed one Of them, see, we are going to have attothet flood. 0 the water is coming tip into the houses. - ' "Well, Mary, I'm going home, I won't I v stay here." . ,r "Why, it Would not he nice to wade " through that water Up to your knees, and 1 everybody looking At you. , ; - - " 'I - "I don't care if I don't look nice, .I'm.- ? not going te stayhere.' f ? "Why, you certainly won't go through that deep swift water, the people , will ""J laugh it yon.' . t.V v,:;1 ' "Yes, I am going if it tip ; to ; my -1 neck, and they do laugh if it washes nff nf mia!" ffian1 Antonio . K'S'J U T Ledger. -Hot .water satisfieth i no thirst; angry r.i words mend no broken enps and saucers, .if