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1 hi - 0 vol. n. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 18G7. NO. 26. man 1 am a rip TTK TH a if Tl H TTT) a m .1 D a. tm mm 1 1 - ' STATE lUQUTS DEMOCRAT. rCBUSBER YRT SATCRDAT, BT ABBOTT & BROWN. Office-Our H. Oliver's Stoif, First Sttest. TEHMS,ix dvasce: One year, $3; Six Month ti One Month, 50 eta.; Single Copies, 12 J ct8. " 2IT Paytaent to be made in advance in every oase. The Taper will not be sent to any address t&nlcss ordered, and the term for which it shall be ordered be pid for. Xo departure will be madt V term t any iw.'anc. N. B. Timely .prior notice will fcs given to each Subscriber of the week on which his sub M rip lion will expire, and unless an order for its ontiouanee, accompanied witK, the money, be firen, the Paper will be discontinued that address. RATES OF ADVERTISING, pertkar; Orc Column, $1C0 ; Half Column, $C0 ; Quarter Col umn, $35. Transient Advertisements per Square often lines or lessi'f rit insertion, $3 ; each subsequent inser- jTecFOcent writing over assumed signatures ft MoajiicWly mail mike known their proper a?e to the Xvdil6r, or iko attention will be given titljir'"-'" t All Lette ni Coojmunjcaiions; whether on basinets or for pbUcaUoi's'LcUl b adresd to Abbott A Bmwn. business CAinrB I. -LYS JEWELER, AXD CLOCK AXD WATC BEPAIRER; Shop in GradwoL-Va new brick Store, A ibany, Oregon. pc20n I 0 ly . H. CBAXOR. CEO. IU HELM. ' ' C1UXOR Jfc nELJI, ATTORNEYS X- COUNSELLORS AT LAW " OrrVci In "rcross Brick Building, up-stairs, Albany, Oregon, au4 J. C. POWELL, A TTORXEt AXD COUNSELLOR AT LA W '. AXD SOtlCITQR IX CUAXCERY, ALBANY, Oregon.' Collections and convey aneespromptly attended to. oc20nl01y d. n. nicE, w. d., SURG EOS', TLTTSWIAtf AXD A CCO UCI1ER Tenders his services in the various branches of bis profession to the eitixens of Albaay and sur rounding country. Office up-ltairs, in Foster's Brick. l3 no91y. WINTER fc McIIATTAX, HOUSE, SrGX, CARRIAGE, AXD ORXA- MEXTAL PAIXTERS GRAIXERS AXD . QLAZIERS. Also, Paperhanging and Calcemining done with neatness and dispatch. Shop at the upper end of First street, ia Cunningham's old stand, Albany, Oregon. se22no6tf J. BABRrW, I BLAIS, 8. E. T0C5G. J. BARSOIVS A CO., GEXERAL & COMMISSION MERC II AX TS BEALERS in SUple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Jioots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon. '" Consignments solicited. ocCnStf A. J. LAWRESCE. ErCEXE CEMFLE. jLA.TnE3fCE SEMPLE, ATTORNEYS AXD SOLICITORS. Portland ----- Qrcgon. i 39-OFEICE Over Eiliopru'a Auction Rooms. Decembers, v2nl7tf "'' " " G. W. GRAY, . D. 8., 2URQE0N DEXTIST, ALBAXV, QGN ........ - ... Performs all operations in tne -.'1 PERFECT and IMPROVED man- 3 ner. Persons desiring artificial teeth would do well to rive him a call. Office np-stairs fa Foster's brick. Residence corner of foecond ao$ 53aker streets.' au25-ly I. p. O. F. iAT LODGE, NO. 4. The Xlegrular ISIect- ! Z"5rS ines of Albany Lodge, Ko, 4, L O. O. F., are held at their Hall in or ?ro8s BuilJirg, Albany, every WEDNESDAY EVENING, fat 7 o'clock. Brethren in gwd Sianamg are ia iici i nuuu, ' By order cf the N. G. an4-ly NOTICE ! .HOEY TO LET. ' A FEW TWENTIES left, to pay for good J Wheat Highest cash price paid on delivery good wheat at my ware house, Albany, Oregon R. CHEADLE. WAIVTEDf 100,000 POUNDS OF V0QI w av " ' - A VI I UAVU WW w u Y J HIGHEST 3JAIIRET PRICE. W.'W.'PAEP.lSif A'CO. Albany, Jacnary 27th.'18bc.f' '' J : ir!' tif- ALBANY, OREGON. HATE AW AYS ON HAND, or will Manufacture to" order, every style of .DOpBS, SASH AND BLINDS, at tile fhortest notice and lowest possible charges 6' Board.3 Matched and Placed. Work execcted in a style not surpassed by any V Shop in the State. ' The Mill is in the lower part of the town, on the river bank, at the corners of the joining claims of tho Montieths and Haekleman. ' J. B. COMLEY. . . Alhany, September 20, 1865. Pli AIVTERS' MOUSE. ' ior. Washington and First Sta7 Ilavine been ttorouehly refitted, is fr Llnow w?n or;'ftbe accommedatioa ofU, the tra velin 5 public. The, table' will epeak. ojr H fself. Neat and comfortable beds and looms for jjatrons, Ac. . v, , : j . RATES OF BOARD: PeT wek.... $5 00 ;Perwe'ek, vhh lodging.....................;..,,,..: 0 00 iSingle ineals. .................. 50 iods ..................... 50 . -' J. M. McCOY, Proprietor. 1 Auctioneer. ' ' .. . . ; ; ,-' THE undersigned Having taken out License a Ancticneer in this State- forewarns all per tons from cbing business in that capacity, who are r.v..,r - WM.-LISTER f ADVERTISEMENTS. TROMiS n 8. B. u'BRIPB. NEV FURNITURE STORE! HAMPTON aV ilIpBUDE, UNDERTAKERS AND - v" ' DEALERS U Fj'RMTfJRE, BEDS k PEDD1XG. Tor. Flrkitnud Washington NIm., ' AI.UAXY, LI NX CO., OUECON, TTEhave just laid in one of lio laige;t and I I best selected stocks of Furniture that was ever brought to this market, consisting of CHAIRS, alluesJript'na MUSIC STOOLS, BEDSTEADS' ; COUNTER STOOLS, CUPBOARDS, REVOLVING STOOLS, SAFES, CANDLE STANDS, BUREAUS, WASH STANDS, BREAK FAST TABLES, II AT RACKS. DININ( TABLES, "'TOWEL RACKS, EXTENSION TABLES, WHAT-NOTS,' CARD TABLES, LOUNGES, SOFA TABLES. SOFAS. WORK TABLES, PICTURE FRAME pf CENTER TABLES, ' every description, ROSEWOOD AND GILT MOLDING, We have alo the latest and tnott improved styles of nphoUtery work and the finest l'arfur and Bed room sets that that was ever brought to Albany. ' ! ' We manufacture, repair or ref;t Furniture of ev ery description, and do all kWrds of upholstery work." Having in our employ none but the best of workmen, who have served their timo at their trade in the East, we are prepared to do all kind of Cabinet work on the latest and most approved styles, and which FOR WORKMANSHIP WE CHALLENGE COMPETITION We select our stock in person, and the public may rely upon our statement of its durability aud n 'ace of manufacture, " 1 I 1 t , M V..1 e uave va uaim n largf ana wctt sciccicu of Wov' "uIa Hair, and Moss Matras.cs. We arv' Iso prepared with material fur tne man ufacture of Coffins at the shortest notice. J?, B. We have also on band a large ot ol : SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS, Which wf will dispe of at very low rates. Albany, IS, 1866. ""''J W H OLES AX E CAJVDY FACTORY! The undersigned would respectfully inform the Citizens aad Mfrt'iianti or LUn CODhlj i .... and adjoining counties, that he has estaLJi.-hed himself in Albany, and is now reaJ.T to fill a ii or ders fur all kinds of CANDIES, AT PORTLAND PRICES. ZVEKBTTUI5G IS TUB CONFECTIONERY LINE eonstantlv on hand ; and SUITERS FOR BALLS, SURPRISE PARTIES and WEDDINGS, fur nished at short notice, in a VERY SUPERIOR STYLE. Wilh the above establishment is cociecUd a BAKBB ""2 A5D BREAD, CAKES, PIES, will be delivered et private bouses by leaving or ders with the undersigned. novHnlltf JOSEPH SMITH 4 CO. O. BEACH. THCS. HOSTEITH. 1. U. EZA.CB. BEACH 81. MONTEITH, Dealers - in GEXERAL MERCHANDISE, Albany, Oregon. CORKER -FIRST ASD FERRY STS., Opposite Steamer LandiLnj. HEY FRM, NEW GOODS, AXD IEW PBICES m HE ABOVE NAMED FIRM TAKE PLEAS jj ' ure in notifying their friends and the public generally that they are continually receiving Dry Goods, Groceries Hard- 0; r f - irarc, &c, &c.j Purchased in San Francisco at the very lowest figures, for CASH, and we are offering the same o patrons at corresponding prices. ' The attention 01 farmers is especially caueuw our ......... rJSW ESTAOLISnniENT. Where we are nrepared to take charsro of all IJcrchantable Irodacef for which we are offering the highest market price. - - We respectfully ask the public to call and ex amine our etock, and prices, and we assure all that we will giya entire satisfaction j.o prompt custom ers. ' - v -, S?We are also agents for tho Florence Sew ing aiacnine company. ' ' . sol-om NORTHERN LIGHT ife LIVERY STABLE! jfe "W- "It. O J 1ST O 1ST XXAS AS GOOD A STABLE , , 4 , x . . . . AS .THERE IS IN THIS STATE, Ai as willing to wait j05 thcPnMic FPU AS LITTLE MONEY AS ANY MAN LIVING, : Giyo j&6 a triaLf and fee for yourselves. TT ? tn. - f se22n6-tf. . i A. O. O. F. rpHERE wjl! be rular meetiiigsof the Degree or ii Decca,.on; every naay .. pvening at .7 o'clock, at the Hall of Albany LogdcyNo. 4, 1. Ql O. F,4 oyer Norcross' Btoro. Brothers and Sis ters in good standing are invited to- attend. - E. S. MERRILL, N. G. M.XA Jf ABJy Seo'y. - . nl&tf P Q IJ T 1 x GODDESS Or SLANO. ',, - ' ' ' ' 4 I was courting a beautiful girl one night, Whom I worshippod as almost divine, And longed to hear breathed the swcot lltllo word That told rno she would bo miue. I was praising the wealth of her cbostnut hair, And her eys of inatchlens Hue, WLen she laid her dear cheek on my shoulder and said. - ' ' Hurrah 1 that's bully for you 1 H t I started in terror, but managed to keep From showing my intense surprise, And pressed my lips lightly on brow and on uock, And then on her meekly closed eyes. I told her my love was as deep as the sea, ' (As I felt her heart go pittl-patter), I would worship her always if she would be mine Aud she whliqwrM.l, "1)1 ' I' i i keifsthe mat tcrl I told her her cheek would th$ rod roses shame j Her teeth tho fumed Orient pearl ; ' And the ocean's rich ooral could never compare With the lipe of my beautiful girl. ' That her voice was like music that cnte to the ear In the night timeand swoet was her smile As that of an angel, and softly the breathed, 'Pn that you can Jut let your pile" In the hush of the siartight I still whispered on, And pegged her too re tight t my braast ; Talked swoetcr than Romeo, dearer than Claudo, And toLi ic: how true love was bleat ; Of blUs in a cottage, of flowers and Lirdi (Tho I ftdt at times strange ott if joint). When ste locked with a smile, and daintily lispei In my ear, "f can't quite see the point!" I pressed her stiu cloeoly, I talked still uore sweet Called the stars to look down cn our love ; Made love rhyme to dove, and k'us rhyme to bliss, And vowel by the heaven above I'd be conxtant and true if she'd only be mine ; Trexsedher lips and caressed her black locks, HI a n nen soe answerer me oacK, wua a rtou, saucy laugh " Look'er here ! ain't yer after tie rocks?" Habit of Great Stndcntsj. Racine composed his verses while walk- ins about, reciting them in a loud voice. O.e day, while thus working at hU play of Mithridatcs, in the Tuilerio garden, a crowd of workmen gathered around him attricted by hw gestures; they took him for 'a roadman about to throw himiejf into the basib. On his return home from such walks, ho would write down nccne by scene at first in prose, tud when he had written it out he would es'claim, "My tragedy is done!" considering the dresfsiug of the act up in verse a." a very small affair. MaMiabeccht, to learnea learnca li brarian to the Duke of Tuseaey, on the contrary, never stirred bllt lived amidst books. Ho passed ci"ht-anu fujty yeara in their midst, ouly twice in the ca?re of iU life venturing beyond the walla d Florence once logo two leagues off, and the other three and a half league, by order of the Grand Duke. He wan an extremely frugal man, living upon cgS, bread, and water in srreat moderation. Luther, when htudying, always had hi log lying at his feet, a dog he had brought froa AVirtemburg, and of which he ras very fond. An ivory crucifix stood at tEo table before him, and the walb of hU study wcr.a stuck caricatures of the Pone. He k round with a one. lie worked at hi desk for days together without ftoing out; but when fatigued, and hw idea began to stagnate, he took his guitar with him into the porch, and there executed nome fine musical phantasy, (lor ho was t Mil' l N mi . a Ekiiiiui musician), men tne ideas would flow upon him as fresh flower af ter a fiummer'H rain. Muic was his in variable solace at such times. Indeed Lather did not hesitate to Bay that, after theology, music was tho first of arts. "Music," said he, "is the artof the proph ets; it is the only art which, like theology, can calm the agitation of the soul, and put the devil to flight." Next to music if not before it, Luther loved children and flow ers. ' The great gnarled man had a heart as tender as a woman's. ' Calvin studied in his bed. Every morn ing, at five or six o'clock, he had books, manuscripts, and papers carried to him there; and had he occasion to go out, on his return ho went'to bed again to contin ue his studies. In his latter years ho dic tated hi3 writings' to secretaries. ' lie rarely corrected anything. The sentences issued complete from his mouth'.' If he felt the faculty of composition leaving him he forthwith quitted his bed, gave up writing andcomposing, and went about his Outdoor duties for days, weeks and months together. Rut as soon as ho felt tho in spiration fall upon him again, he went back to his bed, and his secretary was set to work'forthwith. ' ; . Pascal rote' most of his thoughts on little scraps of paper at his by-momenU; Fenelon wrote his Tclemachus ia the palace of Versailles, at the court of the Grand Monarque, when discharging the duties of tutor to' the Dauphin. That" a book so thoroughly democratic should have irsued from such a source, and be written by a priest, may tfeem surprising. De Quincy first promulgated his no tions of universal freedom of person and trade, and of throwing all tax on the land the germ, perhaps, of the French llcf olution in the boudoir of Madame do Pompadour. Bacon knelt down before composing his great work, and prayed for liglit and in spiration from heaven. ' ,? Pope never could compose well without first declaiming tor some time at the top of his voice and thus r'ousing'his nervous BJ'S It-111 IU 1UIICBU (IVllVlky. .'i-'The life of Leibnitz was one of reading, writing and meditation. That was the se cret of his prodigious knowledge. After an' attack of the gout, he confined himself to a diet of bread and milk. Often he slept in a chair, and rarely went to bed till af ter midnight, feometnnes he was months without quitting his scat, where be' slept by 'night, and wrote by day. ?' lie-had an ulcer in his right leg, which' prevented his walking about, even had he'wished to do so. -i - ,; It For theKtato Rights Democrat. LECTURES BY REVJI. II. SPAULDING ICarly Oregon ItIIIoM Their Iia portHuev In Neeitrlut; tho C'otm try to AmerlcanH. f- NUMllEit TEN. But, dear renders, must I pain your philanthropic, Christian hcaita by Rtating a most humiliatiug fact: that, solar from rewarduig, or even making" honorable mention of that so noble, so patriotic,' sd important, clf-dovised. unsolicited, haz ardous exploit of Dr. Whitman, at that critical moment, and but for" which this country, with all its growing importance, would, to-day, havo btou a British piov jncp the American Government no ben efitted, and tlio American people, no in debted, have gone into the black-hcartad work of slandering tho good name and the motives of tho Doctor, and of those of im faithful associate now in heaven with him. Hcveral public journaU in tho States, immediately aflcr tho murder of the Doctor, declared that ho and his a?wo ciatcs were engaged in stealing the horse of the ludians, and therefore ho van kill ed. Governor Cummin- wf?nt out of his way to say that it was Catholic Priesta who published the gwl of Matthew and gave it to the Xcz Purees Nation in thoir own languago. Buchanan's Kj.eoial agent aud, perhaps, Mr. Lincoln l. II. Btown, w ys that Dr. Whitman "did more hurt than good ; ' and send to ashing Ion a falc and shameful account of the Doctor's labors and hi death. President Fillmore's Huperiutendcnt said that Dr aud Mr. Whitman got just what they de served when they were butchered by the navoges. as the Doctor w.t oppressive, and .irs. nit man nna .irf. pauidinr were monsters ; and for no other popsiblo rca son than because the first stopped an In dian from entering her bed-room, and the other would not allow the painted Indians to crowd into tho spinning and weaving room, and once "topped an Indian from going into her buttery. And from that day to this, whenever I see an Indian wo man citing hco fns they often do), I am forcibly reminded of Prtnidont Fillmore's system of ciyiliiirig the heathens by com pelling bi twachcrs man and wifu, on 1 perhaps child to go into one and the nunc hole with tho lousy, filthy heathen"; having one room fur bed, tire eating and coooking place, in common for all, at all times ; where sirk tr well, the filthv, louv. drunken one (always enough of thee af ter white men get into an Indian country) must be allowed to crowd in at any hour, walk upon the bed. handle the food, Ac. None of this was allowed by Mrs. S'pauld ing and Mr. Whitman, and it was never attcmntcd but in the two instances refer rd to, and these were communicated by a very shrewd half-breed four years after the dci raction of our Mksion, to Fill more's Superintendent, who lent his offi cial charter as Lincoln ha to look ing up excuses for the ruurder of Dr. and Mrs. Whitman; and it gecnis this was a great expense to Fillmore. We came to teach them civilization not to sink thorn deeper io filth, as Mr. Fillmore's system would have it. Wc al ways had a large, comfortablo room for the Indians to etay in, and bbd-rooni3, buttery, eating-rooms and closets for our families. I should not have referred to Mr. Fillmore, perhaps, but for tho fact that this "lousy system," as I may call it, seems to be a pet system with tho Gov ernment. To my knowledge, his system is really enforced on one Itcservation, at least, where tho Government Mihsionar,' and his wifo are crowded into one singly room small, smoky and leaky for years, to do their cooking, eating, sleeping, changing and storing in tho one "hole," to teah their Indian school, to attend the sick Indians oltcn compelled to leave the roc ui Lllcd with Indians. I be horri ble consequences to those living victims to American fanaticism, as they suffer on, are not fit to go on the printed page. That the authorities at Washington are in some way reaponsihlo for this "lousy system" of i' uimore, ciiuer uy uircci instruction or permission, appears from the fact that all tho other employees at tho Agency are well provided with houses comfortably fitted with bed-rooms, buttery, store-rooms, &c. ' Again, must I pain your hearts by an nouncing a fact that must crimson the cheek of every true American, to-wit The great Christian American Govern ment at Washington, after it had been so vastly benefitted by tho opening and per manent establishment of the great emi grant wagon road from tho Missouri to tho Pacificthrough the personal dedication of Mrs. Spaulding and Mrs. Whitman', and tho labors cf Dr. Whitman, through haz ards and personal hardships that havo no parallel ; and its' citizens, by hundreds and thousands, who, as thoy reached the mission station of Dr. Whitman in their yearly emigration, way-worn, exhausted, hungry, bare-footed, sick and destituto; widows, without means; children, without either father or mother seveu children, whoso parents had both died on tho road, the youngest six months old, were thus brought and left upon the Doctor's hands, without means, and he received and cared for them as for his own until he was butch ered and three of them were butchered with him;) were always met by tho Doc tor with open arras and a welcome heart, and supplied, to the utmost-of his ability, with medical aid, provisions, clothing and labor among his Indians' For .several winters 'his mission station became an asylum for scores who were combcllod to stop-till next season, either on account of srekness, give-out teams or tho lateness of the soason although- tho Doctor ' often had to depend upon tho Lapwai Station, after the emigration 'passed, for. every pound of grain till next harvest. The fall the good Doctor and his dear and faith ful wifo were murdered,' therer were some 70 emigrants thus being provided for by the Doctor; and I had already goriO'with m pack-train of oO animals, loaded with grain, three times ' .' . f ; ; Andy again, after tho citizens of that Government have been assisted, befriend ed and aided by tho Ncz Perec: Nation, during that tcrrtblp, darj: period of twelve years of Indian wars, when the Govern ment expended millions, its citizens men, women and children perished by tho tomahawk; and ' while; the Nez perces alone wero tho constant friends of 'the American fighting with them, furnish ing them horses, guides,' convoys, express es, &c ; this constant fidelity of this peo ple to tho Government has been referred and, doubtless, very justly by two Colonels, tvo Superintendents, two Gov ernors, one ngent and many citizens, to tho faithful instructions they received from their early missionaries at Lapwai. Must I tell you that that great Christian Government, in tho person of the great President J mi coin, has gone into the fchatneful, vandalio work of blackening the minsion character of this faithful missionary, my angel wife, now in heaven. Ho has proclaimed aud published through out the land, in his llcport for 1801: of tho Indian Impertinent, page 420, virtu ally that hho turned laiMionary apostate and deceiver of the Mission Board, and "voluntarily abandoned" her mission work and station on the Ith of December 1817, and went into worldly speculations in the settlements; therefore tho mission claim at Lapwai is forfeited to tho American Board of Missions, and tho Indian Dc partmcnt will disregard tho contract of President Buchanan, aud hold tho claim. As I have prepared an article on this most humiliating acd. painful subject, I will only say here, ii the character of Mrs .Spaulding (and her old neighbors ia Linn county arc sufficient testimony) i not safe ngaintt altcady polluted andblood staincd hand of the reliirioui fanatic at Wash ington, who is ? And if wc see such man as tho great President Lincoln down on his knees before the great harlot, both hands up, in the act of stealing CIO acres of land from a 3Ii?ion Boacd, and of ex ll 9 9 m r . polling an old nmMonary or .JU years from his church, school and people, from his homo, orchard and farm ; and then, as Mr. Lincoln did, go iuto the grave of a dead woman one who had douo for the nation, fojf tho emigration and for the In dians what Mrs. Spaulding basdene and hold up her character to shame and cal umii), by publishing tho falsehood that hho ran away, voluntarily, from her mis sion work making this innocent woman tho cause of the lou of tho claim to the Board, worth at one time $0,000, and of the expulsion of tho old rnisirionary from hi home and field; and all this to gratify, manifestly, the great band of Jesuits in our land who, number (tho Oregonian mvs), with their friends, 4,000,000 in the States and 200,000,000 in the world; may we not exclaim, "Who will be able to stand?" But,. Th weakest taint hll win the !ajr. Though death an J Lt!l cltruct th way." No, Mr. Lincoln, ray angel wife turned not apostate; but I am sustained by the voice of all Oregon when I say she fell at her pout, and by the voice of history when I sty you fell in a theater ! From th London Titnen, Srpt. 12. Tho Ocean iled Tho .Search tho Cab! Tor A three weeks diary in our columns yesterday told the simple tale of a triumph over one of those impoiribilitics that have became typical in tho human mind. To rccover.anything once gone to tho bot tom ox Ihc ocean fecmed utterly out of the oucsfion. To lay a cable alon; in the depth of the Atlantic, and thereby hold a Conversation L'Oiweeu vauui uuuu mo i ui; . , i tr. a: ton, or betweeu Lombard street and Wall ttrcct New York, had not been conceived till a few years ago, and was not thought impossible only because it nau not ucen thought of at all. But we know too well that thero must be incalcnlablo wrecks at the bottom of the ocean ; and many memo ries and many hearts follow and precious stores into that abyss, and would gladly imagine some possible discovery. Only a few years ago. the Atlantic had not been fathomc'd.andwas not thought fathomable. It ini"ht be manv miles deen: its cavern Cj mf m. ' ous recesses might go to the very heart of j ., ., i i- ? tne cartu; inero taigut ne mountains, unknown monsters, strango creations, terrible currents, stupendous vegetable growths, another creation, and the begin ning of a new world. The talo of the Sicilian diver shows how writers will people any depth a littlo inoro than com mon, even in a narrow strait. When deep sounding was tried at first as a spec ulative amusement for scientific 'captains, the public - hardly believed that a , line twelve or fifteen hundred fathoms long had really reached the bottomy and had not been Waftc'd far awayty the currents not ' taken account ' of. When curious littlo contrivances brought up a few grains of mud, it required a strong faith to bc- licvo that this was really from the bed of the ocean. Anyhow it was ' all -science, aijd no practical good tould ever come of it. Iho lino could only carry its own weight. At last the Atlantic was thor oughly sounded, and it certainly did not bolio tho anticipations of a very rospecta ble depth, for it was found to bo in parts three miles deep, Mont Blanc himself, on such a Vase, would find his airy summit a sunken rock, and every mountain in Eu rope, would bo a submarine. Ono has heard of giants setting on rocks and fish ing for whales, with tall pines and cables for their tackcl; but even when wp did come to know tho ocean was fathomable, it could only be reachqd by a lino that would also plump our greatest mountain altitude Only a twelvemonth ago to re cover tho broken cable -seemed a desperate hope. Could, it be even found or reached, or could its, place be certainly known? Was thero a chance that it lay so quietly on its bed that any tackel could catch and hold-it? . - v; Now that the thjng has been done., and we see how it has been done, it may al ways bo a1d that tho difficulty has not been over-estimated. It has been ''over come by men - who thought the' achiov ment net impossible, but exceedingly diffi cult. They should measuro the difficulty and adapt their means. They can not even bo called lucky, as having'mct with fine woather, or happened to hit on the right spot, for they had rather moro-than tjieir share ot gales, and dead calms, and logs, and driftingcurrenU; accidental failures, drawing ofKplices,'' miles of rope 'lost, twisting of grapnel flukes, breaking of strands, and noisb&3 slipping of cable ottt of hold, no ono knew how. The means wero in proportion to the end, and were only just sufficient. Here was the larg- est snip ever uum, ana it was ,112a by . .1.:. , C .l. .t. rr"' 'ii. which onco ranked high in the navy, and and was to be the conqucrer in many a sea duel, but has lived to do better ser vice, though not to fulfill tho promise of its name. The grapnel ropes were seve ral miles Ion';, and made to stand the strain of enrtry . totis-cxactly measured by tho dynamometer. There were first-rate wjamen, first-rato electricians, firBt-rate engineers, first-rate cablcmcn, with every possible appliance. Thero were immense iron buoys ready to b dropped instantly to mark a spot, or to hold the bight of tho cable 11 it Ehoulu bo caught. Ibe cable was caught sdmo ' half-dozen times, only to slip, to break the tackel, or to be itself broken. Jt was onco recovered and actually seen by mortal eye,, with its white oozy coat: but only to bo lost again. It was necessary ai la&t, to sacri fice eighty miles of cable, and to try a less depth, which however, proved not much less, V ho, indeed, can say that the task was found a bit lea di&cuit. than had been supposed when ho attempts to real lize thu struggle vith, known and un knovn difficulties?' Think of the sunless fekies", the midnight darkness, the loss of bearings, tho separations, and the general absence 01 anwial itilotn&tioii or safe conjecture in which incse snips were dredging for a cable hoped to be ftill in existence three miles below their keels. It was midnight when it made its ancear- ance, as if from a another world, and wes secured. W ith this messenger of the deep a communication was immediately opened with fellow-laborers setting on the cliffs of v alentia t?ro thousand miles off, and with all tho inhabitants cf the civil ized world. The recovered cable verifies what was hoped, and also what was feared; of Its ocean tea. J liat vast submarine desert has not the terrible, insurmounablo ob Ktructicns that tho world had imagined. It consists apparently of immense plains with mountainous ridges, the whole cov ered with a fine ooze the slow deposit of countless ages, and found by the miscro- scopc to consist 01 shells. All the ages it would seem, have not coyered the bot tom to a depth more than sufficient to cover half the cable, which: came up par ncoiorca, uiacic oacic ana wnuc ueuy. ho tar all looks well for future operations ol this kind. 15ut, on tho other hand the damage dono to tho grapnel irons and changes of pressure on the drawing- in gear, provo that thero are serious ob structions in that oosy bcd-Mrocbs m situ, probably huge blocks dropped by icebergs. Man himself has contributed a good deal, for, not to speak of the sunken argosies whom the poets love to dream of, the smallest craft weighty enough to lie at the bottom would break a grapnel or its rope. But it is not probable that cither these or any other obstructions occupy more than a very small part of the bed, which in other respects is just what men would have desired it to bo for the pur pose ot an elcctrio cable. It rests there on its soft bed, in unbroken calm, and at an inaccessible distanco from its human foes. No tempest, no war, no other cas ual mischief can reach-it there, and its only enemy will bo that material decay', which science rill soon be able to measure, and in some degree counteract. But al- ready a great instcry has been dispelled. and one more impossibility struck oflf the old list. What next? ."Well, a good deal remains to be done. There ia rork enough for many such expeditions,' and openings fur many such successes," if people will but pcrcieve what '' they chooso to call impossibilities are only diffi culties, to be encountered by adequate means. ? New Way of Paying Subscription!. The following is an amusing account of the way a farmer wa3 taught how cheaply he could tako his country paper. Won der if it would not prove profitable to a number of the farmers of this county, who cannot afford to tako a -eounty paperr There are many in this county who might be profited by a trial of the experiment as they would be enabled to place within the reach of their families for threo dollars more useful information: than can be ob tained from sectional" schdol hooks .and yallow-coyercd novels' that cost five times that amount; Suppose that a few of you try it the present year. "You havo hens at home, of course Well, I will send you my paper for one year, for the products of a singlo hen for ono season, and the proceeds. It seems trifling, preposterous, to imagine the pro ceeds of a singlo hen will pay tho price of a year a subscription to a good papen. Perhaps it wont, but the offer is made' "Done," said farmer B-r agree to it," and appealed to me as a witness of tne apair. , ' -The farmer went off apparently much elated with the conquest; the editor went on his way rejoicing; ' Time rolled around, the world revolved on its axis, and the sun moved in his 5 or bit as he formerly did: the farmer receiv ed his paper regularly, and said that he was- surprised at the progress of himself ana lamuy in general inionaauon. .- . Some time in the-' month of September, I happened to bo up again in the office, when who should : enter but our friend, farmer 15 T t "How do you do, Mr.?'? said the editor extending his hand, his countenance flit up with bland smile. "Take a chair and be seated; fine weather we have." , "Yes, sir, quite fine, indeed," he an swered, and tjaen a short silence ensued, during whicb our friend B. hitched -himself backward and forward, twirled his thuxnbi abstractedly, and spit profusely, i . Starting up quickly, ho Baid, addressing the editor; "Mr. ,1 have brought you the proceed:? of tho hen' I, . ' . . 4 It was amusing to see the peculiar ex pression of tho editor as he followed the, farmer down to the wagon. I could hard jy 'keep my risables down . When at the wazonthe farmer com menced handing over to tho editor . th proceeds amounting to 18 pullets, worth A. bit each, and a riuwbpr cf dozen of eggs making in tho nggrcgatey'at tfteJeasi-cal. culation, one dollar and fifty ccnta more man me price 01 the paper. "2io need," said he, "of men not takinij a county newspaper, and paying for it. too i uuu i misa mis irom my roosi, yet 1, navo paia ror a yearf subscrptiou and, over. All folly, sir; there is no man bul what can tako a newspaper; it's charity. you know commenced at home. , "But," resumed the editor. "I will nav for what i$ over iho eubscriptibri;;I did not intend this as a''m3ass of pront,.bui rather to convince youl'1! rilV pay "Not a bit of it, sir: a bargain, is a barpain, and I am already paid, gir doubly- paid'sir. And whenever a neigh bor makes the complaint I did, I will re late to him the hen story. .Good day gentlemen." . ,k, PREMIUMS To be fcwrdl b tb (begin g&t grkraUaral Society, at tb Annual Fir, OctiW,467i , ' eizn tl 'noriesCoEtmuedy. " 5o. 8 Speed Axr Bottom, Kweepttake Trotting. ' llotBd, vuxv or gelding, 6 milei. ............ $100 EUXNINa AXD TBOTTIKO, POft OBEQOJ 5 Running. Oregon rial sod eolt, Z ycfor eld, oc mile-. Trotting. ' Oregon ra'-i eolts. 3 Tert old, in harnes and to rule, tail heati. 2 in 3... 19 i 0 Note. In all triala 0 epedhoraesarrairt to go alone. All (tartiag to ro againjt tba time of tbe firtt. Timers will be ia the aland. Tne sntal. time between bead, and all the ruVi ia regard ia wgkt,tetc, will be olfnreL 1 4 . v , . 7 ; No. BlAfiEg and Colts. Lot of marea and eolu, owned hj on man ; oa coe place, exhibited at tne Fair, net less than 5 ..,w.f......-. H 1J Sweepstakes roB IIoesbs, Mare3a.t0 Colts, without regard to blood. . Ulllon Mare ... 20 1$ 20 II ittajtu oid.....................,. 15 "2 " in 44 t 44 0 " aackliag . ... ....... S 4 Sweepstakes for Stallioxs. ; Stallion and Li family of eolta, sot leal , than 5, be it calculated to improre the itoQkof Oregop. horsci 25 u ' COMMITTEI OS XO. 10, .': A. II. Osooroe, reoria, Linn covntjj Sop'L, . inrajn,mith, Portland. . C fleo. Cebhaw, Eapcno 1 Citj." ' " j. D. Erown, Sublimit j, Marion count j. No. 10 Jacks, Jzsszts xxv JIcem. in ported jack, 3 years old aad Bpward 20 IS . - ft ! , r 19 20 r- 8 T X '. ft 'I l.n..t. ,11 J "5" 15 .. I u ' ' 10 ,8 15 mi' Jack under $ jxontbj Jenneta ' ' " ! Thoroughbred. Jack Pair Cregaa-bred xnuIei-..... eem te mmmm Oregoa-bred malt 3 jean and upward...... 2 " 1 f Male eolt.. 8 Lot of male eolU, not exceeding fire......... 10 SwiErSTAEES. Jack and Jennet..... ........... .'............... 20 IS Twcntj per cent, entrance in all of class 2, -. ? - . Class ZXX Sheep. . - KZIXS roR xxnisiTiok OF SHEXP, 4 ExhiLi tots of sheep thai! be required t&make a written statement or affidarit, and pire to .thaeor perintent of.the proper classes : Of . . . let Tbe breeding of sheep offered bT them for premiums. ... . t; -:. 2d Tha masner of erenanns tho sheen for ex hibition Whethe. the sheep ;har :beca .rrainnr r-J . . :r : ...STL'0' r. grass, the character of tho pasturage.;' :;'f T 3d Those, exbibitingsheep for premiums offered for wool and mutton, shall exhibit the shorn, flepoe time or its growth. : e . - ; 4th The committee shall take into' considers tion 'tha qualitj as ;well '. as weighf of iies. fleecy and quality and age aa well as weight - of ,garc-a9tf COMMITTEE OX NOS. 1 TO 4" - - A Alfred Lewelljn, Ilillsboro, Pap't. - .-. Thomas ltowley, Oregon City. A. Myers, Salem. . v Ilenry Perkins, Salem. No. 1 American (da eeoss-BRiKn) Meri.vo. Single ewe .. ;...:.,.:.: 5 $t bingle Iamb ............... Buck, 3 years old. and upward. ...!.. 3 ft I 8 S 10 1 J' . a 1 5 S 5 S E we and Iamb Th'reeT lambs MS Sample of .wool, quality and weighty... w No. 2 Australian Mirixos. : Some prerainm aiNo. 1. .' No. 3 Spaxish Mehixos. Same premium as No; 1." No. 4 Pbxxcq Mxrixos. ' . Same premium as No l;"-; ' COMMITTEX Oit NOS. 5 TO 10. , DaTid Guthrie, Dallas, Polk eounty, Sup!. . Thomas CroSj Sal eta. - ! Je.sse Parrish, Albany. Wm. BaJdra, HiUsboro. "' No. 5-:LSorTnDowNS. J Same premium! as No 1. " -1 " ? 'NO.' 6-irKKW OlFORDSniRX. Saije premium as No. 1. f jj-0. 7-l.LEICESIIRSHIEBg, Saiae premiums as No. 1. '. No. 8 COTSWQLES. Same pteroiums as No. 1. No 9 d haded Sheep, for Wool and Mct- , . . -v -ii . a ,t.on. a u . x . : f. Buck......... , Ewe....... Three l.arobs. ;.v.. N6. IOFat Sheep. .1 Pair wethers,;,.M ,- u. v.... ... ewes.. ............................ ......... " lambs Buck for .wool and mutton, of any breed-. , ,;Tweaty ' per cent, entrance ia class 3. 1 . . (To ba continued.) ' 4, 8 5 ft 8 S 5 8 i a I J ' .! s A Boston judge recently. refused to di yorW hushmd-and wife, v 'jsihoso- com plaints 6"f.' illtaraperf and dncompatibilitj were mutal 011 the ground that it naver would iahswer to allow such uncomferfc able persons tr change to get others-lint ) suca a'CpQ ES xsarTyiog uieBLwuiiiara I. . i.' , i si