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AHBAXY FEKIXX.
A T THE SOI.ICITATIOX OF
"V. many citizens of Linn and Benton counties
Ihave fitted up the lower Albany Ferry, at Albany,
Oregon, at heavy expense, and in such a manner
-m to accommodate the traveling public at an
timea that ferrying is wanted to be done,
AT REDUCED RATES,
Hoping thereby to secure a liberal patronage.
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the latest improvements for safety, and strongly
secured by a good wire rope.
ASHBY PEARCE, Proprietor.
Albany, Aug. 18th, I8GG-I7
BANK EXCHANGE !
WE GIRD, PROPRIETOR!
THIS POPULAR SALOOX IS IX
the full vigor of success. The personal at
teaianee of its accomplished Proprietor assures to
every guest the most prompt and satisfactory at
tention in everything which the house affords, to
entertain the mind and give cheer to the body.
The Billiard Saloon ia provided with splendid
BILLIARD TABLES,
Of the latest approved etyle, with all the best im
provements. THE IBjR.
Is always supplied with the very best
CIGARS,
AM,
LAGER BEER,
and "SO FORTH."
He also has on hand always ready for customers,
FRESH OYSTERS!
Direct from Yaouina Bav. acknowledged bv eoi-
m J - CD a
jures to be superior to any oysters found elsewhere
on we coast.
...AXtSO...
SARDINES,
Dished up in tho best style, with ' trimmings.'
The Saloon is on the northwest comer o
the block next east to that on which Sprcngcr'e
jracuic noiei eianus.
Albany, Nov. 25 1865.
Letter from the Ciltttl.
Salem. Oct. 20, 180(J.
Editor Pkmocuat: As I wasuna
blo to fiuish up my review of tho mem
bers of tho Oregon Legislature, iu my
last letter, I will do so now.
Cyrus Olncy was selected at tho begin
ning of tho session just closed as the
leader of the Radical side of tho House.
Ueing naturally dishonest, therefore ho
opposed every measure of the Democraoy,
no matter how just, simply to have it said
that ho was "carrying tho war iuto Afri
ca." Olney is cold-blooded, mercenary
and cruel, a liar instinctively, n hypocrito
by profession, and a knave by practice.
All of the good traits of huuiau character
that ever lighted up liis soul, have been
crushed out, and instead thereof tho most
festering corruption supplanted that ever
rankled in the human heart; a disbeliever
in God an infidel; he loves to inflict
misery alike upon the good and bad, on
every occasion, to gratify his own de
pravity; is a stranger to every sense of
shame, and wholly inflated with tho idea
of victory, regardless of the means by
which it is accomplished. lie is false to
every other relation iu life but the Radical
party to which ho belongs, and doubtless
would be to his own party if all his sym
pathies and affiliations were not fully called
forth to brood with pleasure over the cor
ruption of his confederates. His only
incentive to do deeds of righteousness is
the flattering hallucination that his act
will be mistaken and that he may thereby
deceive. His impulses arc depraved, his
enthusiasm affected ; his standard of true
eloquence is power, lie would gladly
see the fair fields of his b'tate laid waste
and blazing in flames, if upon its smoking
ruins ho could call around him a victori
ous party organization, shouting hosanua.;
to Olney. There is nothing of goud in
this man ; he wa.s never born to benefit
his country- cr countrymen, but, on the
contrary, being deformed in mind and
body, to sow the feeds of discord and af
fliction among his neighbors. In the
language of Lord Macauley, "Of all the
liars of his time, he is the most deliber
ate, the most inventive aud the moj-t cir
cumstantial." Onley was born for a
bloo Her age ; in villainy he would have
stool the peer of the heinous I'avare, f-o
renowned in the history of the Itcign of
of Terror in France. With pleasure we
therefore part with Olney, and, we pray,
forever hoping the halls of legislation
will never again be disgraced with his
presence.
Of Lockhart, of C003 and Curry, I
have had occasion to speak heretofore.
I could not, perhaps, deal out justice to
him were I to make an effort to do so.
His record 13 most inconsistent as a parti
san ; an Abolitionist by profession and a
Radical at heart, fully up to the most ex
tended idea of equalizing the races, he
voted against the Constitutional Amend
ment ! Radicals, do you endorse the vote
of Lockhart upon that measure ? Demo
crats, do you believe that he was sincere ?
Lockhart is a nariow-minded, ignorant,
faithless, designing demagogue upon a
cheap scale. Never mind, Mr. Lockhart,
the people of Oregon see your bad faith
at a glance, and will reward your aspira
tions to win a re-election in 18G9 by theft
and deception, with a crown of thorns.
He was a fettered slave and pliant tool to
a personal faction in the Senatorial con
test in 18CG, and has now to return to his
constituents with a record burning with
too much disgrace and shame to incur the
dignity of contempt. So let him retire
and reap the reward of his ill-gotten
glory and gains, if the Almighty in his
wrath doc3 not cut him down prema
turely. The principal notoriety won by Nick
lin, of Marion, during the eession just
closed, was his proposed amendment to
Thornton's amorous ram bill, adoped at
the extra session. This measure found
no corresponding sympathy in, the affec
tion of any member upon the floor, ex
cept Collins, the contestant from Polk ;
and when Collins was butted out and sent
home to grass, by the House, Nicklin's
amendment was likewise rammed upon
the table, and there the fondest aspira
tions of the gentleman from Marion are
blighting in obscurity.
Roland, of Marion, and Herman, of
Douglas, arc among the little fishes, and
were nominated and elected under the
coalition contract between Mitchell and
Mallory, because they could be easily
used. They arc wordy and squirty chaps,
and especially Herman was remarkably
lavish in the use of the pronoun "I" in
debate. Roland excels, it is said, in finan
ciering, having bilked his friends out of
830 to procure his enlistment as a private
soldier in the Oregon cavalry ; while Her
man's '.'forte" is the creditable manner in
which he passed examination as a law
student in Court. Few men eould have
accomplished the feat that Herman did
that of incorrectly answering every ques
tion of importance propounded to him
duriug tho examination. Herman and
Locoy were unusually unwell during tho
most of tho pessiou ; remarkable, indeed,
that virtuous young men should thus bo
ailing. They wcro each unablo to bo
present while needful legislation for tho
good of tho State was going on, but when
any partisan measure was pending before
the House, like Hamlet's ghost, they
gavo audience for a season and then re
tired. It is said by some that tho cause
of Herman's illness was dissipation, but
Loccy's sickness was occasioned by the
defeat of Cibbs for tho United States
Scuato.
Garlick, of Multnomah, was enrly
placed on tho Comuiittco on Elections, as
chairman, and as such ought to become
the champion of tho contested cases, but
a want of ability precluded him from fig
uring conspicuously in any measure. He
reminded your correspondent of a little
sure-headed cur, usually rushing in after
an important measure had been disposed
of, then finding himself thwarted, would
content himself with giving a few fussy
snaps aud fettling back again into his
kennel.
John White, of Multnomah, has been
much censured by his political friends for
defeating (Jibbs, but aside from tho Sena
torial contest, I shall ever think that Mr.
White made rather an exemplary mem
ber. Rosenheim, White's colleague, is the
Jew so wide-famed as the vibrating mem
ber in the session of 1HCG. His daily
changes from the Radicals to the Democ
racy, and vivr vrrst, were an anomaly in
the human character. The same fortune
that elected him to the legislature will
forever forbid his having a political
friend. Ho worked in the interest of
Loryca and the Insane Asylum, ever
trimming his sails to catch the breeze that
was to blow good fortune upon that insti
tution. Loryea, being once a Democrat,
has attached hi fortunes tint of tho Rad
ical ; having "set his eyes upon a cast,"
now let him "stand the hazard of the
die;" unless he hastens at once to return
to his first love he need not expect to
find compassion among his old friends,
but on the contrary we will lash him to
the quiek with retributive justice for his
per-istent wickedness and folly.
I have now fulfilled my duty in respect
to the members as best I could. I may
have occasion hereafter to refer to some
of them. I Hucercly hope that the for
tune that would make us a great and a
happy people will never again crmit an
other Oregon Legislature to assemble
composed of men bo admirably skilled in
all the arts of villainy and intrigue as the
one just closed. God grant that Olney,
and Upton, and Granny Chcncworth, and
Hangman Dolph, and African us Johnson,
and Honest Tom Cornelius will never
again be the leaders of tho House aud
Senate, as long as honest men and white
men arc determined to govern themselves.
Men of Oregon, remember the outrages
done you at this session. Voters of Ore
gon, treasure up their wrongs, and pay
the perpetrators and all such a lasting
"compliment" at tho polls in June, 18G8.
Yours truly, Listen En.
Unprofitable HlMCCRenatlon.
The Nashville Dispatch gives the fol
lowing amusing account of a Northern
miscegenation affair illustratrating a Hoos-
icr woman's ideas of Southern morality.
She brought her wares to the wrong mar
ket. It says :
A short time since a lady of some pre
tentions arrived in this city, securing com
fortable quarters settled down. She gave
her former place of residence as Indiana,
that State of ca.sy marriages and quick di
vorce. A lew days ago the lauy needed
the services of a physician, and Dr.
was summoned. The parturition was safe
ly accomplished, and both mother and
child doing well : but imagine the surprise
of the doctor on noticing that the color of
the infant did not at all correspond
with tho complexion of the mother.
Kinky hair, flattened nose and thick lips,
gave indubitable evidence of African des
cent. Our medical friend announced the
result of his observations, which were re
ceived very calmly by his patient. "She
was aware," sho said, "and indeed those
were her reasons for coming to this city
In her State such a thing would bo talked
about, but here, she presumed, such
things were not uncommon. Further,
she would like to dispose of it ("the child)
in some manner; could the Doctor afford
her any assistance in this direction also
"No madam," replied the Doctor, "such
property is of no value here now. A few
years ago it would have been worth a
hundred dollars, but there is no market
for it now." We have yet to learn what
disposition has been made by tho mother
of her dusky offspring. The Doctor's dry
joke doubtless astonished her."
Droutii in Missouri. Tho papers
of western Missouri complain 01 a sen
ous drouth at present prevailing there.
The fct. Jjouis Union says that the farm
ers are seriously troubled at the prospect;
the corn that bid fair to be much more
than an average crop will be out extreme
ly short, not making over half a crop,
while the late potatoes will be a failure.
Rocky Mountain News.
linn Vnu Nteen I x mid Ureenlmx.
Wco gates, Mister Rumroy?
Good morning, Mr. Van Htccnix !
You busy dia morning, Mister Rum
roy ?
No-0-0 1
Veil, you shust make an anchor comes
to yourself in it dat work bench, und I
dells you somethings how I makes noth
ing by tcr war I
Is it a long story, Hans f
Nein, Mister Rumroy. It bees not so
long os it bees druc, und I dells em to
you mit onco. Und I wants you to make
put cm in your babcr, so dem odder folks
know how much I make mit dor war
You sco I bees a Dutchman of ini!u
enco. My namo be Hans Von Stccni.i.
I geeps a lager beer sthore in dcr Dowry,
und my son Sam, he wa nn goot boy as
never pees in any odder nthoro in tho
guntry. Un day ho hears dcr fife beets,
und dcr drums blay, und he goes mit dcr
crowd to gruting shop, und ho makes
his ears listen nut der fife und ter drum-
mel, und ho irets batriotic, und ho makes
himself go for a soldier for his Uncle Sam,
und ho gets five huudred tollars bounty
in grcenbax to glineh his batriotism.
Und I pecs batriotic, und makes war
speeches, und takes care Sam's money,
und all to great men drinks at mine
sthorc, und pats me on der pack and say
"Hully for dat Hans Vnn Stccnix of ter
Howry 1 Und I feels triad, und I gets
to bo pig man, for my son Sam is a sol
dier, and nil ter pig men say Ise a bully
man fordo Loor kuntry.
t nJ my non Sam he goes nut der wars.
Ho gtcs to Manasscs, und ho goes mit ter
Ruttermock, und he goes mit tcr Rig
Rettel, und he goes mit all der poys to
New Orleans, und von day he gets his
leg killed mit a ganuou ball uud iroes to
der hospital to eo himself die. Und he
writes mc a letter, und I gets cm und I
read dat mine son Sam bo dead mit his
Ic" off. und wanU to see mo his old fad-
der uud mudder before he get well.
Now 1 loves dat roy Sam, for ho pees 5
good poy, no I leaves mine sthorc und
;;oos to Washington get a bassbort from
Sthanton. Uud I irocs into dcr war de
partment und I fees dat nice, tr"t, kind
christian, batriotic war man, und I Bays,
All, goot morning General Sthanton!
Und he looks mit mc, und says noth-
Den I av, don't you know mc ? Lie
be Hans Van Stccnix. Dc from ter
Howry. I make war speeches. You
drink lager beer at my sthorc, My on
goes to der war. He is killed down south
mit a gannon ball. I want's to prinjr him
home before he goes dead. I want a baM
bort, to go quick for my son Sam go dead.
IK n Je Fay
Humph! I never heard of you.
Den I tiip' I van, to sec mv sou Sam.
So I try him mil a greubax. Den he
say :
Ah, what is your name ?
Den I nay : Hans Van Stccnix, from
der Rowcry. Dcu he shakes bauds mit
mc, und ays :
Oh, yes, I know you now. Mr. Van
Stccnix. from dcr Dowry. Glad to see
you. Here's your bassbort. Go eo
your on Sam.
So I goes to Mem j-his. L nd I m ust
go by boat to New Orleans. Uud Shcn
cral Washburn say my basbort is not
good. Den I galls on him, und ho looks
at it, und says it don't reach. Den I say :
Don t you know me I My name is
Hans Van Stccnix. Ise from dc Dowry.
I makes war speeches, und fends my son
Sam to ter wars. He killed himself mit
a leg in his gannon ball, und I goes down
tcr river to bring him homo before he
dies, und ho fchakes his head, und looks
wise. So I tries him mit a greenbax.
Und den he looks bleased, und den he
say:
hat s your name 7
Hans Van Stccnix, from the bowry.
Und he says :
Oh, Mr. Van Stccnix, I recollect you.
Sit down. Glad to see you. How is
Sam ? Here is your bassbort.
Den I goes to der gaptain of tcr boat
on tcr river. I show him my bassbort.
He says it don't reach. Den I say :
Don't you know me? My namo is
Dans Van Stccnix. Ise from der bowry.
I wants to sec my son Sam. Ho says
nothing. Der boat is just going. Ho
tells mc to go ashore. 1 tries him mit a
greenbax.
Ho takes dcr greenbax, und says :
Oh, you arc Mr. Van Steenix. Ah, I
am glad to see you. Never mind your
bassbort, it s all right. Hope you 11 find
your son Sam quiet.
Und I goes to New Orleans. Und I
goes to Sheneral Ranks. I show him my
bassbort. He says:
Ah, come next month, when I come
back from Red River. Und I tell him I
want to see ray son Sam who is dead mit
a gannon ball, und wants to sec mebetore
he gets well. Und I tell him my namo is
Hans Van Stccnix, from der bowry. He
tells me to go off. So I try him mit a
greenbax.
Den he say :
What did I understand your name ?
Hans Van Steenix, from der bowry.
Oh, Ise glad to see you, I had like to
forgot you. Ry all means. Certainly-
Take this bassbort. Go see your son
Sam. He was a brave boy.
Den I goes to der hospital, und knocks
on der door. Und a guard wants to know
what I wants. Und ho no lets me in
Den I show oil my bassborts. Und ho
says :
I can't read. Den I ask does he know
my son Sam who vas killed in do pattle,
und is he alive ? Und he says, yes, he
is in dere. Den I say, don't you know
me ? I am Hans Van Steenix. Don ho
sav. move alone: out of der way. So I
try him mit a greenbax. Und he say :
All right Mr. Van Steenix, never mind
der bassbort, ro in.
Den I meets der surgeon, und he ask
mc where I coins:. Den I say : . ,
To see my son Sam who was killed in a
1 111 1 ,.1. ' ! 1 1
gannon Dau oy a oauie ii nis legs una
wants me to promo und see him before he
gets no better.
Den ho says :
Can't go In, its against tho rules.
Den I tell htm xuy name is Hans Van
Stccnix, from der Dowry, und I shows
hiin my basnbort, und ho says :
Sorry, but bassborts don't reach. You
can't go in.
So i.try him mit a greenbax.
Und ho say :
Ah, your namo is Van Stccnix. Go
in. Find your son
Den I find der chaplain, und wants
him to go mit mo und take in some good
tings sent by tho sanitary fair, und I
show him my bassborts. Und he says:
Ah, very good, but they don't reach.
So I try him mit a greenbax.
Und ho goes mit mc, to help mc look
at my son Sam who shot the battle off
with a ball in ono leg. Und I find my
son Sam gone , dead two weeks. Und J
couldn't find where he was buried, for I
had no more greenbax. So I come homo
work my passage. I lost my son Sam.
I lost my greenbax, dcy make laws while
I nrn gone dat my sthore in der bowry
sells no more lager beer and I shunt tell
you how I gets fooled once but no more.
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Pi-ogre ive Farming-What In It ?
It is not adopting every new idea with-!
out trial believing every new thing you
hear or read of. It is not buying every
new implement that comes along. It is
not expending two thousand dollars per
year iu tho cultivation of a farm and pro
ducing but fifteen hundred. All this is
"advancing backwards." Progressive
farming is that system of husbandry
which produces fruit, grain, forage, rootsy
wool aud meat in the greatest quantity
and perfection at the least cost, with the
least possible deterioration of the soil. It
is doing a little better this year than the
last, imperfection is stamped upon eve
ry system of husbandry, as upon all sub
lunary things; yet it is our privilege, if
uot our duty, to strive for perfection. In
no other way can we hope to make pro
gress in our profession, for assuredly, if
wo arc satisfied with knowledge already
acquired, we shall go along in the same
oil routine. Wc fehall make uo experi
ments and no new discoveries, unless we
are fortunate enough to stumble on them.
The thinking, progressive farmer, while
using implements of various kind, no:!s
their operation, and if defective, his mind
naturally suggest improvements. If he
loses a crori, he does not rest satisfied un
til he has learned the cause of failure, so
that in future he can apply a remedy.
The progressive farmer loves his business
and he knows that to be successful, he
must follow it with energy, patience and
pcrrevcrcnce. He is often enthusiastic
in its pursuits. And why should he not
be ? There is no profession more honor
able, none inoro healthful or i!eaarit to
Utosc who have a taste for it, and safer as
a means of subsistence. How seldom we
hear of a farmer failing in business. His
gains arc usually slow, but if he ues care
and economy they will be sure.
The progressive farmer sells his pro-i
ducefor cash, preferring to deal with men
of character and standing, rather than en
courage reckless ("peculators, though they
may oiler largo prices on credit. The
progreshive farmer does not hoard his
money. He spends his money freely for
the comfort of his family; makci every
thing about his houe as convenient as
possible ; keeps his premises clean and in
good order, and does not grudge a few
dollars spent in ornamenting his grounds.
He keeps no more stock than he can keep
well, and that is generally the best of its
kind, lie employs sufficient hem to do
1 1 -
us work in proper season and civci his
personal attention and oversight to all the
operations of the farm.
Ho is an early riser and often works
late, but ho finds time to read, think and
investigate. He has the very best imple
ments, and arc kept in good order and
housed when not in use. He keeps good
teams and sees that they arc well fed and
groomed. He is thorough in his tillage ;
sows good, clean seed and takes prido in
carrying a good sample of gram to mar
ket. As far as possible, he pays cash for
everything, and keeps an accurate account
of all receipts and disbursements. All
tho substantial enjoyments of life he has,
with as little of its perplexities as falls to
the lot of most men. He is a good citi
zen, cheerfully bearing his share of all
the burdens of society a full man in
every placo you put him. Who would
not be proud to bo a Progressive Farmer ?
Correspondence Rural New Yorker.
A Fiend. Rrownlow writes : An at
tempt to force Southron traitors into their
scats in Congress with bayonets will bo
made the occasion for tho outbreak. Let
the despot now at the head of tho Govern
ment attempt a thing of this kind if he
dare. A million of gallant Union men
will at onco appear in the District of Col
umbia, surrounding both the Capitol and
the White House, disposing of tho heads
of leading traitors after the most appeoved
style of tho ago m which the King of Ln
gland lost his head. If another war shall
bo forced upon the country, the loyal
masses,. who constitute an overwhelming
majority of the people of this great nation,
intend it shall be no child's play. They
will, as they ought to do, make tho entire
Southern Confederacy as God found the
earth when he commenced the work of
creation, "without form and void."-
They will not, and ought not, to leave a
rebel fence-rail, out-house or dwelling in
tho eleven seceded States. And as for
tho rebel population, let them be exter
ruinated. And when the war is wound
up, which should ; be done rapidly and
with swiit destruction, let the lands be vo
surveyed and sold out to pay the expen
ses of tho war,' and settled only by people
who will respect the Stars and Stripes.
Solemn. An old bachelor says, of all
the solemn hours he ever saw, that occu
pied in coins; homo one dark night from
widow Reans, after having been told by
her daughter Sally, that he 'nceden't
corns again, was the most solemn.
The Tarty of C'hrlfttlanity.
Lawyer Galloway, of Columbus, Ohio,
who figured so discreditably at the Pres
byterian General Assembly, recently held
at St. Louis, aavs the Chillicothe ( MoA
7 y
Constitution, made a speech recently at
a Radic il mcclingTin Columbus, in which
f - -I' I j I .. A t ' - A . (ill..
115 cmimcu inai nis party wa -wie- pany
of Chris tnity."
Such has been the hypocritical claim
of tho jltadicftl party for the last four
years.
John Rrown, the horse thief, robber
and rnuidcrcr, has been elevated by them
to tho position of a "saint." Text
"Thou miialt not kill."
Ren. I'utler, the gold and silver plate
and piar o thief, is a leader of "the party
of Christianity." Text "Thou shalt not
steal'
The Rev. Royakin, who lately seduced
the daughter of his host, Is an expounder
in "the party of Christianity." Text
"Thou lialt not commit adultery."
Thad. Stevens, the profane blackguard,
is a shii ing light in "the party of Chris
tianity Text "Thou shalt not take
the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
Wcn ell Phillips, Wra. Lloyd Garri-
sonjAblLy Kclley and other avowed infidels,
arc pillars in "the party of Christianity.
Text ' He that believeth not in me shall
be damned."
The rcaehera of "the party of Chris
tianity" have defiled the sanctity of the
church, by preaching politics instead of
the gospel. Text "i'ou have made my
house a den of theives."
Zac Chandler, the drunken bloat, is a
member in good standing in the "party
of Christianity." Text "Look not upon
the win i cup when it is red."
The members of "the party of Chris
tianity" have mobbed their neighbors for
differing in opinion with them. Text
"Love thy neighbor as thy.clf."
Wha : a pretty "party of Christianity !"
They have violated every one of the
ten Coi imandments and prostituted the
Church, until it has lost much of its in
fluence for g.vd.
The Iroxperity of Four Year of)
Abolition ICuIc.
The .
than tw
erty of
the val
ity of New York contains more
jo-fifths of the whole taxable prop
the Slate of New York. This is
uation of the Assessors. The
wtioie v
aluation of the State is $1,550,-
879,05 ; of the city, 8022,595,040.
It is a sad reflection, that the debt cre
ated by the war exceeds in amount by
nearly eleven hundred millions of dollars,
the whole assessed value of the real and
personal estate of the Empire State of
New York. If the whole State were .sold
out, the proceeds would pay only thrce-
htths oil the debt, and leave more than a
thou.aijid millions unpaid.
1 here ha.s been an increase in the val-
urtion of the property of New York city.
since that of last year, in the amount of
v ijjJ)t). This is, to a considerable
degree, accounted for by the depreciation
of the currency. The difference iu the
value of greonbacks carries up the paper
valuation without increasing the specie
value.
The return confirms the statement fre
quently made, that the increase of popu
lation and of voters in the old States of
the North, has of late been confined to
the cities and business centres, and that
there is a positive falling off in the agri
cultural districts. While the increase in
the city of New York only is put at $40,
000,000, that of the rest of the State is
stated at only S3,250,000. This, with the
same correction of currency, would show
a positive falling off in tho country dis
tricts, i Carrying the analysis out, it is
found that it is the towns and villages in
tho country which exhibit whatever in
crease reported for them, and thus help
to disguise the actual decay in agricultu
ral districts. It is a pitiable fact for the
consideration of the people when they
come to revise the legislation which gives
such enormous bounties to the manufac
turers, and weighs with such impressive
ness on the agriculturists.
The Result. The reaction of the
war upon the taste, habits, ambitious and
morals qf our people, has proved fearfully
damasrin. The old order of things has
been entirely broken up. The leaders of
other days are Ict behind, if not forgot
ten. Classes are dissolved. Tho ideas
and usages with which we have become
familiar, arc thrown aside. New men,
new customs, new notions, are everywhere
uppermost. The low have become lifted
up. Followers havo become leaders.
Reggars of yesterday are millionaires to
day, and set the fashion for whoever is
foolish enough to iollow their guidance
The consequences aro legitimate. Such
an intense and insane rush and struggle
for wealth, reckless extravagance of ex
penditurc, such a delirium for vulgar dis
play, this country has never seen. And
alas ! not only taste, refinement, purity
and piety have gone down before the tide,
but even honesty, tho only firm basis of
commercial prosperity, the only sure sup
port ot social order, the ono essential con
dition of individual and public welfare is
yielding to the weight and pressure of
popular passions ana iatuuy. opecuia-
f . 11' 1 . r 1
tions, wnicu are merely gauiDiings unaer a
less obnoxious name, frauds and all imag
inable villainies, aro carried on almost
openly. It is estimated that a single in
terest lied tho Government out of sixty
millions of dollars last year. Christian
Enquirer. :
Underground traveling in London
increases at an astonishing rate. The
number of passengers carried for tho first
half of the present year Dy the metro
politan underjrround railway was 10,503
305, against 4,823,437. in 1863 and 7,474,
283 in 1865. , ; ; ; v
In Entrland there are 24.000 police
man and constablesl : Of these about
7,500 are in London, about 6.600 in bor
oughs, and the remainder in agricultural
districts.
lccn Knima anil Toadyism.
Toadyism is tho word. A bronzed
daughter of the Sandwich Islands visits
San Francisco and at once throws that
burg of strong winds, dense fogs and ug
ly earthquakes into a terrible ferment.-
If the Hawaiian matron controlled that
small cluster of islands immediately to
our westward, there might be some pro-'
priety in awarding her a small amount of
national respect; it would bCwell enough
that Alcatraz should belch a few guttural
sounds from his metal mouths that the
carpet hero, Halleck, in company with tho
redoubtable heads of the PostofEce and
Custom House, should make the veteran
Polynesian a fchort and courteous visit.
We concede the Sandwich Islands are a
national domain ; and yet of but little con
sequence among the family of nations)
their entire population is considerably
loss than a moiety of the city of St.Louin
Emma is a dowager only, and her great
ness consists in being the relict of the de
ceased Irother of the drunken vagabond
who now wears the regal purple. There
are a few Americans who concoct and ad
minister the laws upon the Sandwich Is
lands, and with the commercial greed
characteristic of their race, garner to
themselves the substance of the natives.
The poor Islanders arc fast succumbing to
to venereal diseases and the vices of civ
ilization but another illustration of the
rapid decadence of inferior races when
brought in contact with the whites. Wa
it not this same Ernma, in the bloom and
heyday of her dusky charms, that ob
served to her waltzing partner "when I
dances I sweats, and when I sweats I
irncils." And why have not physiolo
gists elucidated this matter of "rankness"
that pertains to the dark-skinned sons and
daughters of earth. It was well for the
adulating ones of our Pacific metropolis,
that an ever blustering Roreas intervened
between their nostriU and Emma's ef
fluvia. Year3 ago, in Raltimore, the blooded
ones of that city released the quadrupeds
from the vehicle in which was installed a
courtesan danscuse; dolts and besotted
bipeds drew tho smiling harlot from the
theatre to her hotel. There came along
a half demented Hungarian by the name
of Kossuth, and our people licked tho
dut on which he trod, following hid
about and yelping in his trail and wag
ging their taiLi like so many spaniels.
Thecis-Atlantic Dicken.3 happened upon
our f-horc, and he received the ovation of
a Roman conquercr; men and woman
hung upon him a3 though he were a sweet
an l benevolent God ; but the author of
"Little Dorrit" turned away in disgust
from such fulsome regard and stung them
with bitter but roper sarcasm. Victo
ria eent her eldest boy among us; he
needed the information of travel; the
youth dres.-cd well but had but little or
no brains long intei marriage has vastly
deteriorated the blood royal of Europe;
there is more strength in the finger of
Napoleon than in the conjoint thighs of
all his fellow sovereigns. Rut he sprung
to empire, a commoner ; and so this sprig
of Anglo Saxon royalty was feted and ca
ressed as a Macedonian Alexander ; old
women shrieked with ecstacy if he conde
scended to permit them to touch his pan
taloons ; the highest in the land, priest,
soldier, and politician, implored him just
to vent upon them some of hiseacred spit
tle. A little fellow came from Japan :
he wa3 not even son of the moon, but of
the humblest lineage almond-eyed and
swarthier than Cleopatra. Oh, hut he
was foudled and caressed, and crowds of
both sexes followed him about, singing
peans; they nearly frightened the poor
bantam Mongolian out of his wits, and
the Emperor of Japan, upon his return
to his native land, had him executed for
creating so much commotion. '
The sycophantic masses will jeer at and
throw stones at the President of these
United States, and yet fall down and wor
ship any miserable foreigner that happens
among us. Assuming to disclaim rank
and all social and political distinctions, a
title maddens them. While we pity the
Malay Emma, we thoroughly despise the
silly crowds who followed her about in
Saa Francisco; the poor feminine bar
barian had a hard time of it with her ab
olition adulators. Los Angeles News. -
"Hope we Don't Intrude' We
heartily concur with the Rutte Record in
the following views: The true interest of
subscribers and publishers of newspapers
requires the adoption of the system of ad
vance payment, and yet it is unplesant
for the publisher to enforce such a rule
against names that have been on his books
for years. The only proper way to do it,
is for the subscribers to adopt the rule
themselves, and they will thereby enable
the publisher to give them a better paper,
and have the satisfaction of knowing that
they arc not in debt'" for it. There . aro
many good names upon our books, some
of which have been familiar for the past
thirteen years, that have fallen somewhat
in arrears. We make these suggestions
because it is bad for both parties, to let
such accounts run too long In point of
fact this in a dun to delinquents, and We
hope they will take it kindly, and enable
us to issue a double sheet for the holi
days. .
A Cool Dress. A correspondent of
a paper below, says : "Miss R., with that
repugnance to ostentation in dress which
is so peculiar to her sex was attired in a
simple white laco collar fastened with a
neat pearl button solitaire' ; - ' '
To Make Leeches Rite. If tho
leach will not bite, bind him apprentice
to a broker for a week, and he will become
so sharp that he will bite through a kitch
en poker, or the heart of a bill discounter,
.
" oe Greek census of 1864 has just
been published at AthensV 'The total
population ' in that year was 1,400,000.
One of the attractions of the Paris Ex
position will be a prize for the best singer,
in tho world, of 10!000 francs.
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