The state rights democrat., February 09, 1867, Image 2

STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
IS. II. ASSOTT,
Editor.
SATCRDAY FEBRUARY 9, 18G7.
The Fint Kenttrcky Resolution of 1798.
Jtet ff d, That the several States composing the
Vnitctl States, era not united on the principle of
tlnlim .ted submission to their General Government,
but that by a compact, under the tl and tide of
a Constitution for the I'nited States, and of amend
ments thereto, they con; titutcd a General Govern
ment, for special purposes delegated to that Uov
erntue.it rt rtaiu definite power, reserving, each
State to itself, the residuary it) a .- of right to their
svlf-government; and that nbeuevcr the General
Government assumes undelegated power, its acts
are unauthoritative, void, and of no force ; that to
this co m pact each Stato acceded as a State, and I
an integral party, its co-States forming, as to it
self, the other party ; that the Government creat
ed by this compact was not made tho exclusive
or final judge of tho citcntof the powers delegated
to itself, siuce that would have made its discretion,
and not the Constitution, the measure of its pow
ers but that, as in all other cases of rvmpart
among p-ncrr hating mo commit July, taek party
km am equal right tv judgv for itetlf, well of in
yrttn as of tie nxnle and men tire of redrew.
Henry Clay'a Prediction. "The slavery
question in the free States will destroy all har
mony, nud finally lead to dUuniou. Tho couao
quences of disunion are perpetual war the ex
tinction of tho Afriean race ultimate military des
potism." Cloy letter to Cultou, Sept. 2, 1S43.
TU Right or Suffrage.
We are of those who believe that our
Government is a "White Man's Govern
ment; that it was made by him for him
self, tftthout the aid of, or any especial
reference to the negro, the Indian, or
any othor race of man and that all this
is morally and instrinsieally right.
The population of the Unitpd States
consists of well-defined classes ; and if tho
great tiass of any of these clashes arc es
sentially and palpably incapable of self
government both individually and col
lectively incompetent they ought un
questionably to be excluded from suffrage;
because they could give no assistance to
proper and legitimate government, and if
their numbers were relatively large, they
might aid materially to obstruct, confuse
and prevent it. None will deny that
idiots and lunatics are classes or our pop
ulation that come within the reason of
this objection, and liat they ought, as
classes, to be excluded from suffrage.
True,, there might be many cases of par
tial lunacy, where the subject would Le
more capable of a rational and proper ex
ercise of suffrage than many men of more
limited but sounder minds. But the in
convenience, difficulty and impossibility
of ascertaining, in each individual case,
the extent of mental infirmity that would
make it proper for the particular object
to be excluded, require the exclusion of
the whole class.
. So with the negro population. "We do
not deny we have never denied that
there may be some negroes possessed of
more intelligence, more virtue, more of
iall that qualify a man for the proper ex
ercise of the elective franchise, than some
white men on whom that right is confer
red. We admit this is occasionally true,
particularly as regards those negroes who
have a goodly quantity of white blood
coursing through their reins. But as a
class we hold that they arc unfit for self
government j and especially are they un
qualified to make laws to govern the white
man. ... The black skin of the negro, his
irooiy an! kinky hair, the peculiar forma
tion of his cranium, face, pelvis, skin and
feet, which are so distinctly enumerated
by ethnologists and naturalists, are all the
natural marks' of an inferior race. Four
thousand years ago, and during all the in
tervening ages, he was and has been the
eame unchanging specimen ot man in his
physical, intellectual and moral features
and properties; the same destitution of
arts, architecture, letters, and civil polity;
the same absence of all civilization, and
the same profound engulfment in the
deepest ignorance and savagism; the
tribes and nations .making interminable
and most cruel ,wars, and either Sell
in rr infn 1 3 T A ttt rr nnHmn in ,Ts.tL -11
. - . w.j v. futtin iu ucatu an
their captives. The negro was made low
er and weaker than the other races ; he
is subordinate to them and has often
been their slave, brt never their master ;
all the occasional, meager and restricted
civilization lie has ever possessed wa3 im
parted to him by them; and he could and
can retain it only by their continued con
tact and help; and but for their superior
faculties aud endowments, the whole world
of mankind would now be in primeval
and hopeless ignorance and barbarism.
But, say our Radical zealots, all you
ay may .be true but it is unjust to the
negro to exclude him from a participation
in governmental affairs. From the cen
sas of! 860-we learn that the white fer
male population of the United States ex
ceeded thirteen millions, and the aggre
gate negro population,, of both sexes, was
below four and a half millions. That
great white population, and all its female
predecessors, have never exercised the
right of suffrage. If it be urged that it
is wrong to' refuse to let the negro vote,
we;claim that it is wrong not to let these
thirteen million white women exercise the
right of franchise;; la intelligence, in
urirtee, in everything that qualifies one to
be a voter, they' are- as far superior to ne
groes jts negroes. . are .'. to. : the . baboon or
ring-tailed inonkeyv :
Our position on this subject is simply
this : The right to participate in govern
mental affairs is an inherent, inalienable,
iiatural right, belonginjr to alp classes of
men upoii t'ae globe.' But, like all other
rights, it is subject to various and sundry
limitations s.nd restrictions. It should be-
exercised by thess. vibo are . compe
tent, and ar? residing in tfceir own eouir-
try. In the United States it should be
exercised only by the white male adult
population ; becauso tho country is their
country; the Government is their Gov
ernment j they formed it to suit them
selves, as they had a right to do, in ac
cordance with their ideas of right and
propriety.. All this they had a perfect,
inalienable and inherent right to do; and
as tho country is theirs they havo a right
to exclude other races from a participa
tion in its governmental affairs. They
have a right to say that the negro, tho
Chinaman, tho Kanaka, and tho Indian
shall not vote and thus aid in making
laws and administering tho government.
nd, on tho other hand, if a whito man
choose to livo in tho Fejee Islands, or
China, or Japan, or Africa, his right to
participate in governmental affairs is held
in abeyance. Tho inhabitants of those
countries can say to him " Wo own this
country. It is ours. You may havo in
herent rights, but you cannot exercise
them without our permission. We know
what suits us much bettor than you do.
We want nono of your help, and will ac
cept none from you. If you don't like
this ycu can go back to your own coun
try. If you ehoosc to continuo to livo
here, and should raise children here, you
can do so; but we will not allow them,
nor their children, nor their children's
children, to participate in our govern
mental affairs, in any mauner whatever.
You do not and probably your descend
ents will not understand tho genius- of
our government ; and wo want none ot
your aid or interference in this matter."
One or two other points wo had intend
ed to descant upon, but this article is al
ready more lengthy than we doigucd at
the outset.
Public Skxtiment. The radical are
making a sreat ado over the recent dcclara
ticn of public sentiment, and aggragatc
unto themselves a great many airs be
cause they have been sustained by pub
lic sentiment.
It iin't always any great credit to a man
to be sustained by public sentiment for
it is a fickle thing, to say the least, and is
often found sustaining the wrong.
Public sentiment crucified the Savicur,
and set Barrabas, the robber, free.
Public sentiment stoned the Apostle
James to death.
Public sentiment burned John Rogers
at the stake.
Public sentiment crowned innocent
women in New England as witches.
Public scntimeut in New Kngland
bored holes through the tongues of the
Quakers.
Public sentiment mobbed the fame
radicals a few years ago, for preaching the
same doctrines they now profess, and it is
a great pity they hadn't hung every
mother's sou of them.
Public sentiment is a queer thing. It
professes Christianity, it elects infidels
and blasphemers to office ; professes hon
esty, and puts the treasury into thS hands
of the greatest set of thieves outside of
the State prison ; professes to be the
champion of freedom, and sustains the
greatest set of tyrants that ever escaped
assassination.
If the public sentiment don't hang
these radicals to "a sour apple tree" roaic
of these days j we shall be greatly mistaken,
and think a great deal worse of it than we
do now.
Wendell Phillips, is particularly anx
ious, says the Ohio Crisis, that the South
should be impregnated with New Eng
land ideas, and forced up to the New
England standard of civilizatiou. The
South is seeing a great deal more of these
ideas and this civilization than it cares to
have, if we may judge from what a Vir
ginia paper says of some loyal Yankee
contractors who are employed burying
the Federal dead in that State. The
Government pays these contractors 88
for each body buried ; but the shrewd
Yankees have struck upon the plan of
dividing the body into four parts, bury
ing each part in a scperate hole thus se
curing quadruple pay for their work, or
$32 for each body. This, we presume, is
of the brilliant New England ideas about
which Phillips and his tribe rave and
sc. Id.
Judges oftiik Supreme Court. The
Judges of-the Supreme Court of the
United States are as follows :
18G3 S. P. Chase, Ohio, Chief Justice.
1835 Jamc3 M- Wayne, Georgia.
1815 Samuel Nelson, New York.
184G Itobert C. Grier, Pennsylvania.
1858 Nathan Clifford, Maine.
18G2 Noah 31. S way ne, Ohio.
18G2 David Davis, Illinoi.s
1862 Samuel F. Miller, Iowa.
1864 Stephen J. Field, California.
Of these the first and four last were
appointed by Mr. Lincoln, and eight of
the nine arc Northern men. It is diffi
cult to sec how the Court could be made
more radical, unless, indeed, Wendell
Phillips had the naming of them.
. The Fallen Flag. It is related of a
son of Robert Lee, that at a recent din
ner party in Richmond, one of the guests
proposed for a toast, "The Fallen Flag."
Col. Lee promptly placed his hand on the
glass and arose. ; ''Gentlemen'- said he,
"this will not do. We are paroled priso
ners. We now have but one flag, and
that is the-flag of our country the glori
ous old Stars and Stripes. J can recog
nize no other, fight for no other and will
drink for no other." ... .,
A Modern Conimuuloii Her vice.
Wo nro assured by ono of tho most in
telligent and respectable citizens of Colum
bus, who has long known tho Hov. Dr.
Adukr, that ho is one of tho most eminent
Divines as well as best beloved citizens and
purest Christians in tho land. Of the
shameful truth of what ho says thcro dan
bo no doubt:
f From Ibn New Vork Observer.!
"Send it lUck. Rev. Dr. Adger, of
bouth Carolina, in a letter to Dr. Backus,
of Baltimore, lately published, makes tho
following statement, and vouches for tho
fact: When Gen. Sherman's army pass
ed through Winnsboro', 'S. C, a Capt.
Puller and six others, ot that army, rob
bed ono of the ruling cldem of an elegant
silver communion set, the gift of a dying
lemalo member ot tne same nud tho do
nor's name engraved upon each article.'
Dr. Adger makes the following additional
statement, which, for tho honor of humau-
ity as well as of Christianity, wo would
hope cannot be true: A certain congre
gation of your body now has that silver
communion sot,, which Capt. Fuller pre
sented to them, and are now using it for
thetr commumou purposes, with those
names of Scion Church and it dying sis
ter staring them continually in tho face
as they cat the bread and drink the wine
which set forth the body and blood of our
common Masfcr?' Tho idea that a Chris
tian church can celebrate the holy ordi
nance of the Lord's Supper in tho use of
vessels thus obtained is too uontrou to
re entertained fur a moment, mile they
are held only until the locality of the
church lrom which they were taken can
bo ascertained. This notice may assist
the church ascertaining it, and we are
sure that if the sacred vesseU shouU be
sent to Rev. Dr. Ader, Columbia, S.
C, ho would see that they are restored to
the church to which they beloug."
i in in
Governor Lyon, ov Idaho, in Ar
rears. Publication wan recently made
that Cabcl Lyon, of Lyousdate, New York,
who has been Governor of Idaho Terri
tory for several ycars pant, while on hi
way from this city to New York, in the
night train, was robbed of the sum ot
forty-serf it thou.-und dotlftrn, Government
funds, which he held as a Superintendent
of Iudian Affairs of that territory. ;
Governor Lyon says he put the sum of
money in a belt, (which for protection
sake should be worn around the body,)
but that when he laid down in the sleep
ing car he put the belt under hU head ;
that the thief took the money and left the
belt exactly whero tho Governor put it.
To say the leat, this was a considerate
theif who put the belt back under the
Governor's bead. What makes the
statement about the 1 of the money
eert: very strange is the fact that Mr.
Lyon should have allowed himself to
bring such a large amount of money on
hif pcr.-on to thin city. There was no oc
casion for it. He could have deposited it
in any government depository and taken
a certificate therefor, the Mealing of it
would not necessarily havo fubjectud him
to the lo-. ol the money.
It will appear by the record, we under
stand, that since July '2$, 1SGJ. the Gov
ernment has advanced to Suerintcndent
Lyon, at different times, about our hun
iJrril tto'unnl iltillart, lor which,, we
learn, he has never tendered any account
whatever. Therefore Governor Lyon
will not only have to account to the Gov.
crumcnt for the 17,000 taken from the
btlt under his head, but for the ti!l
larger sum named above, the disbursement
of which there is no official detail render
ed at the Department. We certainly
hope Governor Lyon will make a satisfac
tory settlement of the financial affairs of
hisadmtntstration in Idaho, in reference to
which we thus allude publicly because
the subject w a public one, .and will prob
ably be brought before the courts at at.
early day. Washington Republican.
A Radical sheet, the'famnqua Journal,
says: "We have had the Republican
victory now, where's the 'nigger'?"
Thereupon the Bellefonte Watchman
"goes in" at the following rapid rate:
"Go to your store, and you get from eigh
teen to twenty-five cents worth of nigger
in every yard of muslin you buy; from
ten to fifteen cents worth of nigger in every
yard of calico your wife and children use;
from six to eight dollars worth of nigger
in every barrel of flour your family con
sumes; twenty-five cents worth of nigger
in every pound of coffee you purchase;
from eight to twelve cents worth of nig
ger in every pound of sugar you buy to
sweeten; you'll find a small bit of nigger
in your box of matches, and considerable
nigger in your plug of tobacco. You can
eat nothing, driuk uothing, see nothing,
taste nothing, or have nothing, that is
not more or less affected with the' misera
ble nigger ism that has controlled the
country of late."
Strength of Parties. It is not so
wonderful, says an exchange, that the
radical faction should be determined to
keep the southern States out of the Union,
when we consider that their admission
would jive the conservatives a majority ot
more than a million, as appears in the
follwing moderate calculation :
Northern Dcm. vote 2,000,000
Southern " ' 1,800,000 3,800,000
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Aorthem Kcp
2,400,000
1,000,000
Southern "
2,600,000
Majority 1,300,000
Emiqu'atio; to the United States
Nearly two thousand Germans now
leave Europe for the United States, in the
Bremen and Hamburg mail steamers.
A company is established at Copenhagen
to encourage, the emigration of Danes,
Norwegians and Swedes to the United
States. The children of these emigrants
are taught the English language as their
mother tongue.
Brigham Young is luxuriating in the
honey-moon of his forty-fifth bride, a beau
tiful Danish girl of seventeen. lie . has
just lost his twenty-fourth wife, who was
buried without any ceremony, or even a
notice of her death.
. The President of Peru; has taken a
very practical method of insuring his re
election. He has arrrested tho opposing
candidates and tent them out of the coun
try, - : - ' "
BY TEL EC RAPH.
coMrn.Ku mow tun oheoom mciutb
Financial.
New York, Jan. iit. Thero is a panic
in Wall street, and failures all rouud.
Now York, Jan. 24. Tho New York
Central Railroad and the . Cumbcrlanud
coal ntock havo been chiefly affected by
the. decline for the past two or three days.
Tho former fell from 109 to less than par.
Cumberland coal stock declined '.'A) ccuts,
and it out of market. John Morrissey
lost half a milliou dollars by the fall of
stocks. Sales of &i0,000 worth of Call-
fornia sevens were effected yesterday at
115. Govemmcut bouds are weak and
quiet.
ihe excitement in Wall street is atlmt
ing. Three heavy failure are reported.
Tho Bank of North America held $250,
000 in certificate checks of a broker who
failed. The Prosidcut, Yelvertou, died
in a fit. S. Meyer & Co., brokers, have
failed. Their account at the Bank of
North America was overdrawn to tho
utnouut of 300,000 as tho assets of de
faulting firms.
New Vork, Jan. 24. A. J. Moycr &
Co., bankers, have failed. Their accouut
at the' Bank of North America is over
drawn $9t,000. The bank has a reserve
of S:00,OUO. Tho ansets of this default
ing firm aro reprcseutod an aoci'stlle, and
will cover tho losses of failure. Meyer
came from Chicago three years ago, and
has becu in good repute. It is stated that
application was made to the teller of the
Dauk of Isorth America to certify to wnue
checks of Meyer & Co., but as the
amounts were large, and they had no de
posits of tho firm in bank, he, refused.
John II. Yelvertou, Priiudent of the bauk,
being appealed to, having confidence that
deposits would be promptly made, certi
fied to them, and the los iutained by the
bank so affycted Mr. . as to produce ap
toplexy, of which he died lat cveuiug.
It is reported by Meyer's friends tlmt he
did not mean to defraud the bank, but
was unable to meet his obligation on ac
count of heavy logics. It is barely poi
ble a compromise may be made an it is
uudentood person in this city have large
amounts of M-curitics belonging to Meyer.
ISew lork, Jan. 2u. A tiain on the
Hud. nun River Railroad was thrown from
the track this afternoon, near Hyde Park,
aud rolled down the eiubankmcut on to the
ice, which, however did uot break. Tweu
ty paaenger were blightly injured.
1 he excitement in all street contin
ues. Additional failures are reported.
There is a general lack of confidence ou
the street. Prince A: Co., leadiu toek
broker, have failed; aLo, Quigley Rros.,
Myers & Co., and J ohn Morriey. There
is a heavy decline in stocks.
Washington Xews.
New York, Jan. 21. The only Repub
licans votiog against Mr Bout well' tet
oath bill, were Hull, Latham, Slillwtll and
McRuer.
The Cotmifioner of the Land Ofnee
has transmitted to the Register at San
l'rancieo forty-three patents for lots in
l'etalutna.
The Commiiioner of Indian Affairs has
decided to purelm. go! and articles re-
quirci lor Indians on l tie i'actnc iope at
an r ra ocikco.
pour projects for Southern Pacific lUil
roads are under ctinMderattcn one from
Springfield, Mijjuri, via Albuquerque;
thchtceond from Memphis, via LI Paso;
the third from Freeport, on Red River,
via Marshall, Texaf, and the fourth from
ome point on the Gulf to San Diego, via
Arizona. These projects contemplate
enormotn grants of lands and bonds.
The Times special says there are good
reafons for believing a plan for adjusting
the existing difficulties in the way of re
construction is receiving serious consider
ation by the administration; it was Cabi
net, and looks to the adoption of impartial
suffrage nnd amnesty. It differs from
Mr. Greeley's scheme of providing separate
Ftate action; and proposing qualified suf
frage, leaves the unrcpented rebels sub
ject to the penalties of treason.
Ihe President intimates his 'readiness
to issue a proclamation of amnesty to all
to all South Carolinians who are willing
to. amend their Constitution, and to ex
tend feuffrage as far as Massachusetts has
done.
The World's special says the Senate
Judiciary Commute have agreed to report
a Constitutional Amendment, limiting the
Presidential office to one term.
New York, Jan. 23 The President
has vetoed the Colorado Bill, on the
ground that tho population is insufficient,
being less than that of any State that has
aked admission; also, because of the evi
dent incongruity of the Territorial and
Congrcsioual Legislature on tho subject,
mentioued in the their clause. The Pres
ident says the questions involved should
be Budmitted to the decision of tho peo
ple; but alleges that it is impossible to
reach certain portions ot the lerntory
within the sixty days specified, owing to
obstructions. lie adds, that States ap
plying for admission (should have a popu
at least equal to that required to secure
one federal representative.
It is stated on good authority that an
arrangement has been made to secure the
appointment ofNcsmithcs Socrctary of
War. Influential representatives of the
Pacific Coast aro certainly at work, and
theio is not much doubt that the Senate
would-confirm the appointment. It is
stated that the chief dilficulty is to get the
President to appoint Nesmith.
In the Senate Washburn-presented a
petition for the removal of the Capital
to a point nearer to the center of popula
tion. Wilson, from the Military Committee
reported. tho bill recently introduced by
him to abolish and prohibit polygamy in
the Territories.
New York, Jan. 28. Tho Herald's
Washington correspondent says a bill has
been framed for introduction into the
House, providing or the appointment of
Gen. Grant as acting President in case
of impeachment or removal of Mr. John
son. New York, Jan. 20. The Herald's
Mexican advices say tho French author
ities at Mazatlan executed Carmon and the
U. S. gunboat bombarded the town for 8
hours.
Tho Herald's Ottawa special says that
Princo Alfred will be tho first Governor
and Vicery of Canada under the Conded
ation. The Times' special saj'a the proposition
that meets the most favor in tho House is
that of recognizing the validity of the
ratification of tho Constitutional' Amend
ment by three-fourths of tho States now
represented itr" Congress. Somo of the
ablest constitutional lawyers regard this
as tho only way to settle tho reconstruc
tion question, and say that if contested
tho Supreme Court would not take juris
diction in the matter.
Wheeling, Jan. 20. At tire municipal
election yentcrday, tho Democratic ticket
was elected by a decided majority.
London, Jan. 20. Tho Time's Wash
correspondent nays - that in conversation
with the President, tho latter strongly
justified himself on the subject of recon
struction, and violently availed Congress
accusing it of unsurpatiou of tho Execu
tive and Judicial powers.
Paris. Jan. 22. Tho Swatara. with
Surrat on board, has arrived at Port Ma-
hou reccutly, coaled, and then sailed for
the United States.
Galveston, Jan. lGth. Tho remains of
Hen. Albert Sydney Johnson, removed to
Houston this morning, were, foil " wed to
the depot by a larg proechion. General
Sheridan previously refused to permit
civil houors. Tlste ladies ear, attached to
the special train, was thrown from the
track n id a number of ladies injured-
Washington, Jauuary J0. High-Republican
authoiity here is emphatic in de
claring that the impeachment furore will
amount to nothing. The Democrats say,
however, that the impeachment is sure to
take place.
It is bwlieved that Camnbel will soon be
able to reside in the Mexican capital an
Minister to the Mexican Republic.
The credentials of H. W. Corbett. of
Oregon, were presented aud filed.
9
Ihe rSebraska Veto Message was or
dered printed.
Liverpool, Jan. 29. The Great Eastern
was Kufely placed on the gridiron at Berk-
hcau. Un examination it was proved
that she was in good order, and she will
pohitivtly uail for America on the 20th of
.nareh.
Count Bitnark has bocn j-ut in nomi
nation fur the German Parliament.
Berliu dispatches htates that the Cretan
war hn been renewed the the terms of
the Sublime Porte bein scornfully re
jected. A battle has been fought, but
the result is not Mated. Much cnthun-
am is manifested on both side, and the
war is spreading to the neighboring Is
lam!.
New York, Jan. .'JO. Additional
failure ore reported in Wall street, one
firm, Murray & Burch, having large lia
bilities. New York, Jan. HQ. A correpon
dent from UmUm says Charles A. Dana
will idtorly commence the publication of
the Acw lork Daily Republican, an in
tensely Radical paper, favoring the im
peachment of the President and ballot for
the nigro. Geo. Wilkes will be on the
editorial taff.
Lout VILLE Jan. 30th. Garrett D;avis
ha been elected United States Senator
by the Demoera? and Conner vatirt-s, re
ceiving IS vote to 11 for Mr. Bandow,
Radical.
New York, February 2. Mr. Nes
mith offered a resolution that the commit
tee on cimmerce enquire into the expedi
ency of appropriating $10,000 for the
Willamette river.
A Joint Resolution authorising' ocean
mail jjcrvtce of three trips per month be
tween San Francisco and Portland, Ore
gon, at a cost uot exceeding 825,000 per
annum was p.ned.
The Times! Washington special nays
tho IIouc Judiciary Committee have be
come atified from the evidence, includ
ing that of Gen. Butler that there is ufi.
cient ground to warrant a trial of impeach
ment against the President. This is
based on testimony yet unheard on be
half of the Presideut. and when this is of
fered it may materially chanircthe merits
of the case.
The Tribune says Mr. Auhley is very
busy working up the impeachment mat
ter. He has just come in poeion of
very important tacts which are excecd-
very
iogly damaging to the President.
The Chicago Post argues from some re
marks of Southern papers that negro suf
frage would be a political detriment to
the North and an advantage to the South,
where the white people would control the
negro vote, and charges the South with
"obstinacy and unreason" for refusing it.
A roan whose sense is previous to no other
argument than thiii would sell his clothes
for two or three prices, and disgrace him
self by walking home naked through the
streets. But it is unnecessary to adduce
nn imaginary illustration wlien that of
Jvau is already furnished to our hands.
Mobile Times.
. Disputkd Territory Virginia prop
er i3 now taking steps to recover the coun
ties of Berkeley and Jefferson, which it is
charged, have been absorbed by Western
Virginia against the wishes of its inhab-
tants. Western Virginia has no idea of
giving them up. though the people sympa
thized uunng the war, and now sympa
thize with the Old Domiuion. Sho has
tVierefnrft errmlntrnil Tiotrnrrlir .Tnlinann ot.
sisted by other counsel, to defend tho suit
in the up re mo Court.
Fifteen years ago Judge Bryan Mullan-
ly bequeathed one third of his property
in trust to the city of St. Louis for tho re
lief of poor emigrants and travelers pass
Lng through the city on their way to settle
m the W est. 1 ho present valuo of the
property is 8750,000, but according to the
bt. Louis papers, the "poor emigrants"
have not received ono dollar from tho
fund. '
Post Office clerks occasionally go t off a
funny thing. A clerk in our post office
heard a tap at the window of the ladies
department, when who should ho find
there but a man by the
'Mr, Drake, said the
pleao go tcT the other
partment is for ducks.'
name of Drake
clerk, 'will you
Bido? This de-
W i mi mm , . , -
An Irish editor, claiming the invention
of everything from potatoes tp potheen for
tne ureen tsie, gravely claims tho piano
forte of the present dav is sinmlv an Irish
harp, placed horizontally in a long box.
ana piayea ty machinery.
The Supremo Court of Maine has
mulcted certain parties engaged in the de
struction of the Bangor Democrat in Au
gust, 18G4, in the Bum of $916. '
Several of the most wealthy capitalists
of Paris are prepared to invest their mon-
ln an ocean cable between France and
o United States.
Willamette Valley mul Cascade
Jlouutalu Wagon ISoad.
The following is tbo law of Congress do
nating certain lands to aid in constructing a
wagon road from Lebanon, Linn county, east
ward across tho Caga4o Mountains
An ACT donating certain land to the Willamette
Vallej ad facad Mouatair Wagon Eo4
Company.
Whereas, Tbs lt swwm of the Congress
of the United States paused a certain Act do
nating land to tho State of Oregon, which
Act is net forth, to-wit An Act granting
land to tho State of Oregon, to aid in the
construction of a military road from Albany,
Oregon," 'to tho Eastern boundary of said
Stato;
it enacted hi the fkimte ami House
of ' lleprtHtntativti of tfifi United Elates of
America, in Cori'rex Anscmblcd :
"8kctio.v 1. 1 hat there be and hereby n
granted to the State of Oregon, to aid in the
confttruction of a military wagon road from
Albany, Oregon, by way of Canyon City and
tho inofrt feasible paxx in the Cascade range
of mountain, to tho eastern boundary of the
.State, alternate yection of public land des
ignated by oid number for three aectioTin in
width on each idc of aid road : Provided,
That the land hereby granted Khali bo ex
cluaively applied in the construction of aid
road, and nhall be disposed of only m the
work progroaKcx, and the amo hall be
applied to no other purpose whatever. And
trovid-d furthor, hat any and all land
heretofore reserved to the united States by
act of Congre, or other competent authori
ty, le and tho name ore reserved from the op
eration of this Act, except m far an it may be
itcceahary to loeato th routo of aM road
through the Kamo, in which cae the right of
way i granted, aubject to the approval of the
President of the United State.
"Hec. 2. And bo it further enacted, That
the haid land hereby granted to aaid State,
Khali be disponed of by the Legislature there
of for the purpoe aforesaid and for no other,
and tl.j fcaid roa l nhall be and remain a pub
lic highway for the ueof the Government of
the Lutted btatc, free from tolU or other
charge upon the transportation of any prop
erty, troop or mails of the United States.
Skc. 3. And be it further enacted, That
aid road'uhall be constructed with ucb
wiith, graduation and bridge a to permit
yf iv rt'ular u a a waon roar, and in
uth other recial manlier as the State of
Oregon may prescribe.
"Sc. 4. And b5 it further enacted, That
the laud hereby granted to f.aid State fchall
be dioed of only in the following manner,
that i t ;iv : That a quantity of laud not
exceeding thirty ctiouM for iaid road may
be iwdd, and when the Governor of aid State
hhull certify to the Secretary of the Interior,
that any ten continuous mile of Maid r ad are
completed, then another quantity of laud
hereby grauted, not to exceed thirty a fiction,
may be old, and w from time to time until
fcuid road ii completed, and if Raid road ia
it completed within tive year, no further
ale halt be made, and the land remaining
uumjI'1 hbaJl revert to the United States
Therefore,
Stcriox 1. Tie it enacted ly the Ztgiala
litt Axtnnlt'j of (hi .State of Oreon. That
there i hereby granted to the Willamette
Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road
Company, all land, rijrht of way, right,
privilege and immunities heretofore granted
or p!sdged to thi State by the Act of Con-
green, in tni Act heretofore recited, for the
j.urrs'se of aiding paid Comranv in con
structing the mad mentioned aid decrilel
in 3id Act of Congre, upon the conditions
and limitation therein prescribed.
Sec. 2. There is alo hereby granted nnd
phsdged to aid company oil ruouev land,
right, privilege and immunities which may
le hereatter granted to tut Mate to aid in
the eoufctruetmn of such road for the purpos
es and upon the condition and limitation
mentioned in aid Act of Congress, or which
may be mentioned in any further grant of
money or land to aid in constructing aucb
road.
Sec. 3. Inasmuch as thero i no law
njK.n thi subject at tho present time, this
ct feuall Le in lorce irom ana after us pass-
Approved October 24, 1SCC.
ltf The Cairo Democrat says that a
Missouri hunter known as "Blackthorn
Wafh" unearthed an immense golden
treasure last week, only a few miles below
Wolf Island. In the washed banks of a
small ravine which puts into the Missis
sippi in that locality, he detected the end
of what he first regarded as a keg of pow
der; but attempting to remove it from its
resting place he found it defied his efforts.
He thereupon emploY-cd at hatchet which
he carried in hia belt, and dashing in the
head of the keg was both astonished and
gratified at the shower of gold and silver
com that fell with a musical jingle all
around him. The ken I contained $3,000
in eagles, SG50 in half j eagles, $320 in
quarter eagle, and $170 in silver. There
wasnothmg in or on the keg to indicate
who buried it there or when it was buried.
Miss Anna Dickknson is advertised
to deliver a lecture in this city on Tuesday
evening, on 4Tho Ueiected Stone." It
j
was very cruel in Aena to reject the Stone
and it is more cruel to make her rejection
of him the subject of a lecture. Perhaps
if another Stone should apply, he would
meet with better tucccss. It is hardly
probable that the gentle Anna carries her
hatred to the family so far that she would
reject two broues. Chicago Times.
The Emperor of Russia has lately made
extensivo concessions to the Poles, and
restored to the landholders vast estates
which had been forfeited by their rebel
lion against tho Imperial authority. Thff
Sultan of Turkey has extended a general
amnesty to all concerned in tho late in
surrection against his authority. Is the
Kepubiio of tho United States going to be
more unmerciful than the Ilussians and
Turks?
Stepiien D. Mallory. This gntle
m'tn, who will be remembered by the pub
lic as the rebel " Secretaryof the Navy, is
now. at Pensacola, Florida, his place of
residence before tho wur. He is repre
sented as quietly engaged in repairing his
property, which was greatly damaged du
ring the war, and setting a worthy exam
ple of determined pupose to retrieve the
disasters of adverse fortune.
1 C2T A spread eagle "orator of New
York State "wanted the wings of a bird
that he might fly to every town and coun
ty, to every village and hamlet," but he
wiltedjwhen a naughty boy in the crowd
sang out: "Dry up you old fool, , you'd
get shot for a wild goose before you had
ilown a milo." -.;..
Miss GJooraa Jennings, the only heiress
to tho Duke of Marlborough's estate of
one million pounds, leaves Alabama next
month for England to claim her property.
Sam. Jennings, ,of Conncticut, and the
other heirs, havo transterred their claims
to hor,
Buenos Ayers raises about eleven mil
lion pounds more wool annually than, the
United States. ' - . ;
''Felona" Found Guilty f Tirm.
ler !
Forney's Chronicle, while ran tine (ita
the recent decision of the Sum-em fWt
declaring military tribunals unconstitu
tional, Baya of Mr. Justice' Davis:
'This distinguished jurist, was the trusted
ana wkhim menu ot Mr. Lincoln-. Hfr ts
the executor of his estate, received the
high office he now holds from his hnnd.
ami yet we find him statfdiag over li
grave declaring ia. effect, not only that hU
uwu laiiHiw tnerou isu a Daiion martyred
President, was a felow awl an outlaw n
Iris usurpations, but that tti officers of
the Government who aided, &c. ore mur
derers for having done so." Ye Mr
Fornev. thcr court thnannot xi .
Lincoln as you truly nay have so decid
ed. And in so deciding, this, the high
est tribunal in all the land, has only con
firmed the verdict of the whole country,
and of the world, outside of the murdercis.
themselves and their guilty accomplices.
their lawless and wicked conspiracy
A Western man. speaking of thft Pa
cific Railroad, says'it is one of the "fun
niest coincidences in the world, that al
most every alternate section of land ' on
either side of the road, belongs to some
member ot Uougresa. '
General Grant recently said to a lad
that he met at the eanital th
he would not have to visit Washington
when he became a man, as it was a bad
piacc lor men to visit, but harmless for
boy.
A Saxon lady the wife of a barrister
lately committed suicide, io order that
her husband should get her life insurance-
money, and free himself from his debt.
This was certainly seif-eaerificiog doro
tioo. Thirty loyal Congressmen have gone
to New Orleans on a holiday spre all
''dead beads."
The Hungarian parliament, now in ses
sion, is the oldest constitutional body ia
the world.
There is a vounz man named
n Kentueky who is feven feet eleven,
inches high.
Queen Victoria's annual i
82,000,000 and her expenses $500,000.
A Danville paper nominates Gen. RsK.
ert E. Lee for next Governor 'f .Virginia.""
General Pillow has raised three fhrm.
sand bales ot cotton this year.
There were 073 deaths bv Cholera at
Chicago in October.
NEW ADVERTISE 31 EN T S
A. X. 1BSOLO.
t. MCJTCtXZBT.
CITY HOTEL.
Arnold & Montgomery, Prop'rs.
Cor. WasMngton and Pint Sts,
Tlaring teen thoroughly reStted, it
.uv - a mv lame it in vpc&K ivr tl
frelf. Neat and comfortable bedt and room fos
Iatron, tc .
. . ..K n .,.,1.1:,. Tl. i.l I. :n
RATES OF BOARD:
Per week
Per week, with lodging..
$6 00 to 8 CO
........... 50
Sinzle meals
Beds
&0
Meals all boars.
v2n26tf.
Guardian's Sale.
IN PURSUANCE OP AN ORDER MADE
by the County Court for Linn county, &t th
February Term, 1867, tb undersigned. Guardian
of the John E. and Alary J. liannen minors Ltixa
of the L;Ut of JuLn E. Il&nnoa. deceased, vill
on the 2d day of March, IS67, at lha Cunrt IIou?
in Albany, between the Lours of 9 o'clock a. in.
and 4 o'cl ck p. m., expute to pablio sale, for gold
or silver coin, to the bighest bidder, the following
described land, belonging ia part to said heirs,
vis:
The west one hnndred and sixty acres of claim
No. 70. described in NotoScatioo No. 1791, in T.
II, S. It. 4 V., as des?ribv.-d on tbe plat and eur-.
vi-ys of the U. States, on file ia the Keg. A Recr'
o&ce, Oregon City, Oregon, .
JOSEPH IIANNON.
Albany, Oregon, Feb. 8th, IS87 2n264w. ,
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
of Oregon, fr the County of Linn.
John j. Harry, iV, vs. Urn. Clarke
Deft.
Action at Law to recoTcr money.
TO WILLFAM CLARK, the Defendant abov
named: In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby summoned and required to appear
in the Circuit Court h State of O.-ejfon for the
county of Linn, within U-u days from the data of
tbe service of this summons on you, if served in
said county, but if tarred in any other eonnty in
said State, then within twenty days from the date
of such service, and answer the complaint of the
I Uinii'Jf against you in the above entitled action,
on file with the Clerk of said Court; or judgment
for want of such answer will be taken again -t jq j.
You are further notified that if you fail to answer
said complaint, us above rcqnind, the plaintiff will
take judgment against you far the sum of fl9S.80,
with interest on the same' from the first day of
February, A. I). 1867, at ten per cent, pec annum,
together with the ousts and disbursements of thia
fiction. J. C. POWELL, Pl'fTi Atty.
By order of R. P. Boise, Judge. : , .
In. Rev. Stamp, 50 cts, cancelled. . .
Albany,'Feb. 1st, 1S67 v2n268w.
; 1 1 ' IVot i cc, 'I i ' ' J ;
David Sherer vs. Janies 'Pollocfc
Contest for the fractional East half (J) of the
South East quarter (J) of Section twenty-three (23)
Township twelve (12), South of Range four (4),
West., , ;
To James Pollock : : .
7"OU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED TnAT THE
X- above mentioned case will be investigated at
this office, commencing on ' ; ;
Wednesday, the IQthday ofJjrilrl$67t
at the hour of 10 o'clock A. u., and continuing
until such investigation is completed, when alt
parties interested will be allowed a hearing.
. . , OWEN WADE, Register,
Hesrt Warren, Receiver. j
Land Office, Orkgos Citt, Orkoos, 1
January 12. 1867.
1867. j :
To James Pollock :
You are further notified that the said David
Sherer will on tho 18th day of March, 1867. take
tho depositions of. David . Sherer .W, M. Sherer,
John T. Slate and A. .M. Walker, before N. .B.
Humphrey, a Ifotary. Public,, at his .office, ia . the
Court House, in tie .city of Albany county tjf
Linn, and State of Oregon, nt 10 o'clock, a. x of
said day, to bo read in evidenoeon' the hearing of
said case, before the Land Office, at hi time set
by tne ivegisier ana receiver, v
" J. C. POWELL,
Attorney for David Shebxk,
Albany, January 26, 1867 v2n254w
i on SALE.
rf-v AAA STTTKfiT.ES fnr Enl bv
wno win yei ue overtaken by the justice
that will hang them higher, if Jess cruelly,
than manv of the innocent victims of