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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1C, 1807. NO. 31. voL.n. vsaM STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. ; rciiasHKO xyT saTCRDaT, it ABBOTT & BROWN, Offlce Otcr H. OllTer'i Store, First Street. - TERMS, is ! Onyar,$3j Six Month $1; One MonUi,50 ts,J Siujlo Copies, 111 ' ' t : OouMRon lents wrl Tr. $3mc4 signatures pr anonymously, iul maka known their proper Raines ta th Editor, or no attontiaa will t 6vea ta their eom aanicationj. All Letters and Commuiuctioa whether on asiaess or f publication, shonll U addrcsjed to ' Abbott 4 Brown. KATE 3 OP ADVERTISING, mriu; One ColiCt .IIairCtostWfH jHnar Col m, $34. . Trasient AdrertisemenU per Square often lines pr Iws, first insertion, $3 ; each, subsequent Inser ion, $1.' For doubls eoluam adrertisemenU twenty-fire per cent, alditional to the above rates will be f barged. square it one inch in space down the column, mtt9f euta, display lines, blanks, Ac, a solid natter. a advertisement to be considered less than a sqnart, and all fractions counted a full qaare. All adrertisfmenU inserted for a less period than threa ninths p be regarded as tran - stent. Subscriptions for the STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT ! PHIZES F1T03I $4 TO $125! In order the more rapidly to increase our circulation, and adopt the pre-pay system, we offer the following valuable prizes to any one who will get up clubs for the Democrat. Persons sen ding us clubs from a distance can have the articles sent to them by express. No prize will be sent unless the cash is sent with the list. Premium list does not include renewals of old subscribers. Any one, in cluding our list of published agents, may compete for the prizes. For 1T5 yearly subscribers, a fine Gold s Watch and chain, worth $123 00 For 90 do. a fine silver watch and gold ' -chain, worth........ .- ... AO 60 For 45 do. a silver watch and chain, worth.: ----......... ............ 20 00 Tor 35 do., an 8-ineh revolver (new) with fixtures, worth For 20 do., a gold pen and pencil ease, worth...... ...... .................. ..... . For 12 do., a gold ring, worth ...1'...- 25 00 12 00 t 00 l or 6 do., a gold pen and silver ease, worth ... - CO Any one sending us a list and preferring the amount of hs prise in eash, can get it by making his wishes known before the priie is sclL - Terms : $ i year in advance. BUSINESS CARDS. x. d. ucnrncEY. NOTARY PUBLIC, ALBANY - - - - OREGON. pfr- Of3ce in the Cocrt House. -f mar9v2a501y . I. 1.YOXS, - JEWELER. AND CLOCK AXD WATCH REPAIRER. Shop in Gradwohl's new brick Store, Albany, Oregon. oc20n!01y BT. L ClilOI. - EO. K. HELM. ca Ax 611 it "ttrnZj, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Ojtice In Korcross' Brick Building, sp-staire, Albany, Oregtn, aa 21. C. T?OVTElA, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA W ANJ) SOLICITOR IN CirANCERY, A LB XSt Oregqn." Collections andeon vey- J- ancespnnptly a-ttenaed to. ocuniuiy d. n. rice, n. d., STTRGEOX. PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCIIER : Tenders his services in the various branches of his profession to toe citizens or Albany ana sur rounding eontitry. Office up-rtairs, "in Foster's Brick. ocu noviy. 1TIXTEB -3t MeMATTAX, TMURV- SIGN. CARRIAGE. AND ORNA MENTAL PAINTERS GRAINERS AND GLAZIER?. Also. PmoerLaasiusr and Caleemininz done with neatness and durpatcb. Shop, at the upper end of First street, in Cunningham s old stand, Albany, Oregon, seznoou J. fkSL&OWi 1 BtAU, s. z. Torso : : Jfl KAIjnOTFS & CO., pENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS DEALERS ia SUple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, CoHcry, Crockery, bo6t and Shots, Albany. Oregon. ' Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf lawroce" sejiple, A TTORNE YS' AND SOLICITORS. Portland - .- ' . s - . Oregon. jrOFEICK Over Kolbonrn's Auction Rooms. Deoeraber 8, v2n!7tf-- - - - BURGEOxi)EKTISTtJ LB ANY, 0 GN. ' Performs all operations in the lino of DENTISTRY in the most I FERFECT and IMPROVED man ner. Persons desiring artificial teeth would do' w"ellt give him call. Office np-stairs fa Foster's brick, llesidence" corner of Second and CJaker streets. - au25-ly ' " J'f O. O. F. ALBANY LODGE, NQ, . The Regular Eleet- ...a -"- ings' of Albany Lodge, o, 4, L O- O. are held at their Hall in Nor cross' Building, Albany, every WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' a: 7 o'clock. Brethren In good Standing are invited to attend. ' , By order of the N, Q. . " aui-l'y IIISTRUFTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC rilSS P5praI4 ABBOTT If S NOW PREPAREDTO GJNJS LESSONS JL' Qn U16 Pit 0 Forte, .at bier' tegidenxe ia Al bnyt 'She'refijrs to those whom she has taoght, both hero and fa Corvallis, ; ; j -'S ,..Jj.4,-t ; 'TjlTIOK: . . Per quarter, 24 vlesSon8i....:.....'...:..'.....,$i5 qq Use of Piano foi practicing,. per qnartcr,.;i2 60 r2nl8tf i .He - ' . .i ... ... JOB'Tiro;ilI Keatly and cheaply done at f 1 ADVEHTISKMENTS. THOMAS HAMPTOS I g. B. M'BRIBR. NEW FURNITURE STOIE! HAItlPTOBIBIcBRIDE, UNDERTAKERS AND FIRMTl'RE, BEDS & BEpDIXG. Cor. First and lVanhiugteu fit., ALI3AN LINK CO,, qUIHjON, WEhaveJustlaidinonfi of H best selftec seks, of Furniture was ever brought to this lusket, 'consisting of CHAIRS, all doscript'09 MUSIC STOOI, . BEDSTEADS. V COUNTER STOOLS, CUPBOARDS; REVOLVING STOOLS, SAFE8, CANDLE STANDS, BUREAUS. WASH STANDS, BREAKFASTTABLES.H AT RACKK DINING TABLES. TOWEL RACKS, EXTENSION TABL.ES.WHAT-NOTS. CARD TABLES, LOUNGES, SOFA TABLES. .... SOFAS. - r WORK TABLES. PICTURE FRAMES of CENTER TABLES, every description, ROSEWOOD AND GILT MOLDING, We have also the latest and most improved styles of upholstery work and the finest Parlor and Bed room sets that that was ever brought to Albany. We manufacture, repair or refit Furniture of ev ery description, and do all kinds of upholstery work. Having in our employ none but the best of workmen, who have served their time at their trado in tho East, wa are prepared to do all kinds 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 ix-ly upon our statement of its durability and place of manufacture. We have en band a large and well selected tck of Wool, Pulu. Hair, and Moss Mastrasses. We are lo prepared with material kt ms man ufacture of Coffins at the shortest uottee. N. B. We have also on hand a largo lot ol SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS, Which we will dispose of at Tery low rates. Albany, )9, 1S66. aui-iy WJfQL'ESALE. CANDY FACTORY! The undersigned would respectfully iiform the Citiirns sad Srrcoa&U ef LiBi) fount? and adjoining counties, that ho has stablibed himself io Albany, and U now ready to fill all or ders fur all kinds of CANDIES, AT ppaTWAND PRICES. ETEK&YTBI5G 131 TBS CONFECTIONERY LINE constantly on hand ; and SUPPERS FOR BALLS, SURPRISE PARTIES and WEDDING 3 ttf: msncd at snori uvurfe, iu VERY SUPERIOR STYLE. With the above establishment is connected a BAKEK BREAD, CAKES, PIES, &o., will be delivered at private houses by leaving or ders with the undersigned. "' " novirnJUf JQSEtfl SMITH tu. D. BEACH. TBOS. MOBTCITH. 4. M. SBACB. BEACH & MOfTEITHi Dealers in GENERAL MERCHANDISE. CORKER FIRST AND FERRY STS. Opposite Steamer Landing, Albany, Oregon. NEV FIRM, NEW GOODS. AND 3STBW PRICES TnE ABOVE NAMED FIRM TAKE PLEAS ure in notifying their friends and the public generally that they are continually receiving Dry Goods, Groceries Hard ware. &c. &c, Purchased in San Francisco at the very lowest figures, for CASH, and we are offering the same to patrons at corresponding prices. ' The attjutiin Wbc're we are prepared to take charge of al Ierehitntable I'roduce, for which we are offering the highest market price. . We respectfully ask the public to call and ex amine Our stock, and prices, and we assure all that we will give entire satisfaction to prompt custom ers. r- " JpS-. We are also agents for the Florence Sew ing Machine Company. scl-6in NORTHERN LIGHT & LIYERY STABLE! jfe I1A3 AS GOOD A STABLE AS THERE IS IN THIS STATE 44 ii as filling to wait the Pnijlie F O R A S LI TTL p f$ 9 ft E Y V AS ANY MAN LIVING, '- Give me a trial,! and ace for yeurselvea. W'uu. se22n6-tf. - ' "Auctioneer fTinE undersSnicd baytinr taken out License a I. Anctioneer in thi State, forewarns all per sons from doing business hx that capacity, who are not properly licensed to da so bv law. .': oc6n8tf . v WM- LISTEK. J 0 E THY. THE IHO I IT? Of wonAaf. The rights of woinn--whot are they ? The rights to labor, Joye and pray The right to weep with those that vreop, The right to wako when others sbep. The right to dry the falling tear, The rixht to quell tho rUlng fear; The right to smooth the brow of care, Apd whinper comfort V 4palr. Tho rirht o wntch the parting breath, To nolie and cheer the bed of death; Tjo right when e.irthly hies all fail, To poiut to that within tho veil. The right the wanderer to reclaim; To win the lost from paths of shame; The right to comfort and to bless Tbv widow and the fatherless. The right the little ones to guido In simple faith to Him who died; With earnest lve and gentle praWe , . To bless and cher their youlbful days. ' Tho right the intellect to train. And guide tho soul t n -blor alio, T oh it to rise ab jvo earth's tys, - And wing its flight to heavenly joys. The right to live fr those we love, The right tu die that love to prove; The right to brighten earthly homes With pleasant smiles and geutle tobe. Are tbeso thy rights 1 then use them well, Tby silent influence none rsn U 11; If these are thine, why ak fr more? Thou hast eumigh to answer for. 3IIcellaueou Naj lng or4oU 11(1" lliiet. Earthli lrlory is kouio liko patulous on very ritch telle -tori tjlyty :taterH kufc. It aitit nccr so much trouble to u" ritch an it U to tell when wc have got ritch. It you want to git tho circumfrcnce of man. examine hi in auiunr men but if yu want tew git ai lit actum uumcicr, a . b tnc.itre him at hm own hrci'Je. There tceuia tew be 4 styleu ov miua Utt th i, th them who know, it iz ho tern who know it aitit mi J 3d, them who jiiit the dilicreuce au ;uesi at it 4th, them who don't care a darn which way it iz: lharc ih but few men Yho have kara- kater etmff tew lead a. life ov id'cncM. Tru love iz btelt jit the atne in Chock- taw az it iz in English. Thoze who retire from the world on akount of it in and jiCkyueM, mut ijut brgtt that they hev gut tew kep compa ny with a person who wantt junt cz much watching an en ny body ele. Huty that d-m t mike a womaq yauo makes net very uutuui Necessity bc?got Iuvcnnlmn, Invcnshmi begot Uouvenieucc. Convenience Legot Pleasure, Pleasure, begot Luxury. Luxury J m i. ' a iczot Uiot anu Ucabo, litot aii'J uca-e. between them, begot Poverty, and Poverty a .1 . 1 fa f begot .ecciiy ogm urn iz me itcvoiu- hhun at' man, and iz about awl he can brag on Power cither makes a man a tyrant, or a fool. There iz no ttclt thing as flattery, if comtuenda&hnn iz deserved, it iz not flat tery, but truth, and if common Janhuii t undeserved, it iz not flattery, but blan der. A TAIL. Twu a kaltn Mill morn in Oktobcr. uhitch ia one of uy tho fall or oltum uunths. " . It wuz the wizen ur the dying year whitch awake fuudnc!uiMne.s of former mc merles ty the rekolcksun uv bi gone dajc. " ' ' The ranc cum down in a kind uv fine mist, in a sad lingerin kind uv a way, at if it hated to wet the ot in whitch it lit, but didn't cgzackly no whar else to gop. Tha f&rnal breezes of oUum kum a blowin away, but uot hard enouiT to blow enny-body's hat off. The trees xwaid back and like an old woman with the tcct Daick. " On fiich a luvly morning as thin, a maid en fare, with pensive air and golden hair gaized out uv the east kitchen winder uv a 'house in the beautiful and romantic Staitof Eleonoy, gayzed and long and well gayzed and better gayzed she gayzed as if there wuz eomtain on her mind which I suppose there wuz .She was a nize girl cf pJediuni heft, with a mild temper and iron spun in her left hand.' She hed bin a bakin pancakes. Her eyes flushed and her buzzutn hove with emotions uv her feejins. Suddenly sho spoke and revealed the cause uv her soiisy tuue as she says : "Thar," mam, I'll be dodbobbed if that old kow of Sniginscs bain t broke into our garden agin.' Woman. Mrs. fetevens, the sweet story writer, has somewhere thrown off this excellent pansasc: "Woman, Woman! she is truly a mira clp, Place her amid flower; foster her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fancy. waywardness, and something of tolly an noyed by a dew-drop, fettered by the touch of a butterfly's wing, ready to faint at the rustle of a beetle. The zephyrs are too rough, the showers too heavy, and sho is overpowered by the perfume of a rosebud. IJut let real calamity come, arouse her af fection, enkindle the spirit of her heart and mark her then! How her heart strengthens itself j how strong is her pur pose,, Place her in the heat of battle, give her a child, a bird,' anything she loves or pities to protect, and see her in a related instante, raising her white arras as a shield, and as her own blood crim sons her upturned forehead, praying for life to protect the helples. Transplant her into tne aaric places of earth, awaken her energies to action, and her breath be come.s V pealing, and her presence a bless- mg buj uiopLCB, iucu uy in.cn, ine striae of the stalking'pestilence, when mah,,th'e strong arid brave5' 'shrinks,' awaypale . and affrighted; ''Hator'tune Idaunts her pof ; she wears away life of eileqt endurance. or goes forward wUh less timidity than to her bridal. " In prosperity she is a bud full of imprisoned odors, waiting but for the Winds of ( adversity to , scatter; them abroaJ-jrare gold; valuable, tut untried in the furnace. In short, woman is a mir acle a master ' Written for the Btata Kigbts Utmocrat. Cp mm mil cat Ion from "Liberty." Linn County. Ug'n, Ecb. 10, 18G7. Editor State II i?tU Democrat : Sin : I have briefly noticed your ar guments against Spiritualism; to which you chalaiigo an answer, and as I have never had any affiliation with any of the bins of tho world, I look upon all with respect ; believing, tho majority of them to bo fictions, visionary, and absurd, but an you have put your faith in that class of visionary authors, of the IJibl, and claim their sayings and visions an the in finite work of Cod; I will firnt htato a few truthes. tonhowyou that your founda tion is not infinite. vfir.t (iod n iufin ito, 2d, Man is finite, 3d, a finite, being cannot commit an jnCiite act, 4th, D mnn can write, print', or peak a wrd without an act ; therefore it is impossjLlt; fur the book called tho bibly or any other to be the word of (Jod, it is absurd, at thieii lightened age of the world to talk about Muns reviHuMig chaneirrg poj-powdy : or by accident in translating or letting tyic, the infinite, word of Cod. now I will concede tha same to your Spiritual favor ites tint you did to others, in your own languagehere it ii. I frankly admit, that there are many manifestation," which are very atrangc and uotoa-dly ex plained ; 'thing which I caanot sito-fac-torially apcotnt for, oilher to myself or others. 1 believe '"raediurus and ''clair voyanN" Kouietiiuo hco ttranire sitfht' ; I believe that Moe, David, Iw'ah. St. Paul, St. John, and others, posseting peculiar mental and physical or-janUm. haw vi sioiiH and dreamed dream when m their trance. I admit all this ; but 1 cannot therefore believe (he tundameiital doc trin they promulgated, the fact that one U "tiled with thii kind of prtweieuco U no proof to me that hU utterance aro entitled to erioti4 Coutideration by Man kind, every impoatcr fru .Muh down to St John ; .Mahomed, Zorater, and all tl$ bible makeri ou thl globe had the faculty of going off iuto trauct-a. and while in th'u atato of arwitig remarkable ighu and of heariug remarkable hound but who except tUir dcludad deciples therefore awallow their do-ma. now you ay you oppose Spiritcalum because it u a aficciea of reUued iu itcrialUm. uow material, aignifie matter corporal impor tant j therefore you are a maserialixt, do nyiug spiritual auUtaiice ; fur the spirit mui bo composed of Material, and Javi, Paul, and chrit. have ftiveu us to under bland that it is composed of a re-Sued ma terial, and you have hhuwn orue tf the iucouAihlcuce of Swedenberg and otbem, to prove your theory 1 will arebutiugev ideuee how &ome of the iueouiteuee of that ciajw of acer act forth in the I'ible. first, MihjiJ wvr Uod, "and talked with htm face to f,tcc u a uuu talketh with lii friend. Exodo, clap. 1 1 vcre this beats all the beers at tin enlightened i go J (uud I do not believe it,) and aaiu MoMi reprewjiit (jod a being about hi aizc, in his own image, (wtiich I do not believe) but I will admit that uiohcs was the greatcal conjurer in the Lud of egypt. but a he was iis-ahtate id hcatheuiam he had a very narrow coucei.:io'u"cf Cod and the earth ou which he lived, which i plain tobcheeuinallof hi writing, again Uavid had hi wive and concubine and bo has Hrigham Young but I have no ac count of lirigham killiug a mau to get hi wife Ifke David did. See the 2d of Samuel 12th c. 'Jih v where itisaid. Da vid killed Uriah the liitite and took hiu wife, and airaiu the cruettv of David. set forth in the 611 verse of the same chapter, idiows a derree of heatheniah iiatbarisui, never eriuald by the barbari- ous of any nation on the globe. read tho 13th chapter ot the bamu book it febow the wretched state of heathenism that thcu prevailed throughout the world, again Solomon uug songs to his sweathcarta uot fit tc be sung uow in respectable so ciety, "read the fourth Song of Solomon, aud answer if you would like to sing it in the preNjuce ol any respectable Lady. and 1 fiud all the prophets, in which you put your 'trust only on the verge of civil ization ; representing a Cod in the human form, or disposition. even down to the prcsent'.generation Christ taught a superi or doctrin to moscs. aud did not cousidcr the law of Moscs binding on him and thus he taught hi followers, but Moses law was in full force, and it was by tho law of moscs, (which says, any man ding any worK on tne cauoatn day shall bo pun- isheu with death,) that Christ was tned pondciud an crucified and men that aro now worshipping Christ as a God, aro yet preaching the law of Moscs to tho people as the word ot Uod. now it is plain to every one that tho laws of tho biblo aro arbitrary, bo is tho bhastcr the Corau the Zeudovesta and all the bibles on the globe ar arbitrary aud it is very plain to me that all arbitrary laws that ever had an existence an earth originated in the human mind; it is equally as plain that all religions and superficial systoms of worship have originated in the human mind, the Chinese, the Hindoos, tho Mahometans, the Persians, tho Jews, and the Christians all derive their impressions from their Bibles as taught by their priests and clergy; which has led to strifes, con tentions, sectarianism, sectionalism, wars, and bloodshed, from their beginning- to the present time, the Priest and clerg set the boundaries for theinsubjects which is called by some name, or denomination professing purity and corrupting preju dices he binds- them with tho chain of Sectarianism audlocks it with tho key of ftfarj !to'& rlonumeut ot imagination ho walls it in with' prejudice ecclesiastio ty rany oppressidfy and despotisti with but bne'gate 'to get out at and there "stands the Devil,' which Us only ii Sectarian phau tpm, and exists only in tho Seliisn heart of :tnad. again as man cannot commit ari infinite a6t,-your doctrin of endless hell is false, "fOr the. punishment cannot' be greater than ithe crime ; and again if tjio treo lieth'as it falleth and there is none reaches heaven but the perfect, tho gates will never be opened, for there is none perfect no not one. now as there is flic 1. : i different bibles on the globe and our bible is not believed in by one fifth of the hu man family, and each nation that have a biblo bcliovo their own, and look upon others as a joor set of deluded heathens, and it is plain to the free intoligent mind that before a universal harmony can be brought about, Man must cease to worship man j and his works, and turn to Codand learn of hint by his works, which speaks a universal language throughout the world of his widom, hi goodness, and his power, and understand that wo aro no longer going to bo led by tnytery and lucricle for we have not ko much to rct nr minds upon as the breath that comes out of our mouths when wc say mystery, a I am limited in your . cubitus 1 muit close hoping that some abler man ere this has auswerd you. with love and good to all mo I cUo LlliEJlTi'. Tho IJrct'Ch-I.Ottdiuj: ilillci lu Ac tion. The brilliant success of th Prussians in the recent war in Germany has been largely attributed to the superiority of their armament over that of the Austrian. It was said that the PruMau infantry with their ncc-dle-nun were able to pour such an accurate fire upon the opposing forces that the Meadiest and bea disciplined troop in the world could not have held out agninat it. Although this opinion is, no doubt, to a certain extent correct, thoe who entertain it will bt surprised by tho Ktaiihtical statement which recently ap peared in a Itiuian journal to the follow tugftfect: liie firt army under I'rince Frederick Charles, the K t und army under the Crown Prince, aud th? army of the Main under General von Paikeutein, alJ combined, carried about 2U-S,0UU rifles. During the whole campaign these three armio sjKjntonly 1,50,000 cartridges in clusive oftho ammunition spoilod and waited, ait average of only neven cart ridge per mu'.ket and here it is to be taken itito account that the army of the Main, which had 40,01)0 infautry, ukk! i n a v t r ago o f c le v e n ca r t r i dge pc r in uh ket. whila the first aud hecond arutes which operated again! the Austrian, and which counted 1011,000 and 1P.),0U0 in fantry resjHictively, spent enly au average ufbix. To be sure thcc troops were not all equally engaged, but even single battal- iuu stiow a urpriMUgly small consump tion of ammunition, lu the tevcre en gagement of Xaehad, Skalitz, and Traute- uau, one battahou bred away tweuty-thrca thousand and two twenty-two thousand cartridge each, which tdiows, the battal ion being one tho: band men strong, an av erage ol twentv-two to twenty-three cart ndgc per mu-Lct, and thi was the hcav et average during the whole campaign. The Pru.i.un journal above referred to goe on to draw Irom t beta statistical tets the cotic'uiou that the success of tteir arm was uot owing solely to the efficien cy of the tieedlc-guu but to the genius of the commanders aud the btrict discipline as well as the mural superiority of the Prussian soldier. Tht conclusion i undoubtedly legiti mate. The incousideraole waste of am munition proves beyond quotion that the Pru-siau infantry did not permit itclf to be seduced by the facility with which it could fire a great many shots in a short time, into throwing away its fire when it could be of no effect. It prove, there fore, that the superiority of Prussian dis cipline was commensurate to the superi ority of the Prussiau armament.. It proves the grouudlcfnei. of the assump tion .hat breech-loading arm- put into the hands of young toldier will lead only to much noise and an extravagant 'waste, of powder, for an overwhelming majority of the Prussian soldier had never been un der fire before, but their strict discipline made up for their lack of experience. Hut it docs cot prove that the ability of executing a rapid fire with the brccch- lo.idini: gun give? to the infantry soldier is not of the highest importance. While the Prussiau infantry was sparing its fire when it would have been without or of little effect, it never failed to make all the great qualities of the ncedlc gun tell at the decisive moment. Whenever it found itself fairly face to face with the enemy it poured upon him such a hail-storm of bullets as produced great results m a comparatively short space of time. At such moments the superiority of the breech-loadiujr arm demonstrated itself in so terrible a manner that the enemy could not hold but against it, and tho stand-up fights, lino - against line, were, therefore, very short. H hue thus on such occasions the nccdle-gun discharged a comparatively largo number ot cart ridges in a very short space of time, the conflicts were quickly , decided, dud the aggregate quantity of ammunition spent was small in proportion to. tho rcsulbij achieved. : k , All tho objections which have been urged against the arming of infautry with breech-loading' guns have thus been over ruled by the discipline and intelligence of tho Prussian troops, in yhosp hands the needle-gun has proved to be hot only the most formidable, but also tho most ; econ omical wap6n.-r-Detroit Post, ; ; Love of, ClutpREN.Tcll me not of the prim, precisely f arranged, homes, where there are no children : where, as tho good German'linS lti'4 of the wall, tell me not of the never1 disturbed nights arid 'days of the tranquil unanxioris hearts whero children are not 1 'I rearo?not" for these things. God sent children for another purpose than merelv to keep un'th'e race to enlarge our hearts, to l 'i ft I'U - 1 ..ll ..f il.. 1.!.J1 ' maKO us unsoiii!!! mm tun ot iuo ttuiuiy wm patlues ami afiections ; to give our souls high or aims, and to call out all our faculties to ex tend enterprise and exertion to bring round our nrcsiuo ungu i iawa uuu uappjr nuiiies anu lo'ying,.' tender hearts.! s- ; ; v:;-- i , ,.; I.,.;,' ; ..-?') W?' The diving-bell used in building the piers for the Newbury port bridge, over tho Merri- mae riyer. is the largest boll ever made in this country- weighing upwards of six tons. .'It is pyramidal in shape, and about ' seven feet in height , to the apex. It is constructed of iroii two and a half inches in thickness, . BY TELEC RAP H COWP1I.KO FKO THB OBBOO.t HERALD ; - - m . t , Nkw York, March O.Tbp Sacs Ca nal is practically open to commerce.1 'One h uud red bales of goods from Siam for Paris have taken'thi route lb the Medi terranean. A telegram says the waters of the ea reach Paltuum. Dispatches from Heart's Content say the cable is working splendidly, but the Irish wires aro down, probably in conse quence of a storm. Tho Secretary of f ho War and Treasu ry Departments and Gen. Grant aro said to be much interested in the proposed ge ological survey between thfeltocky Moun tains and the Sierra Nevada, and the ex pedition will be accompanied by an fcffi c'icnf military cseort. It will probably result it a complete ecientifie recennois- anco of that region, lhc appropriation comes out of the unexpended funds of the war. The chief of the geological party is Kin. - Tho Land OfHccr of Oregon City has returned to thcueneral Jand office certi ficates of ti ties to 4,073 old settlement claims. The General Land Office has issued patents for 3,748 of hese covering nearly one million acres, I he Land OJh ccrs at Vancouver and Olympia have re turned certificates fur wot claims of the same kind. Four hundred and eighty patent have been issued, embracing 1G0,- UOO acres. Sumner also introduced a bill to pie- scribe an oath to maintain a republican form ot government; which prescribe that tverv person in anv State excent Tennessee, lately declared to be in rebel lion, shall, before being allowed to vote or hold office, take oath or affirmation to maintain republican form of government in the State of which he is au inhabitant, and in ''the United States, and will recog nize the indisolubility of the Republic, and discountenance all efforts to break away or secede from the Union; that he will sustain the National currency; duv eounteiiaticc the repudiation of the war debt of the Unt'cd States, and the pay ment of the rebel debt or any claim for the losi of slaves; discouutcnanac and re sist all laws nuking distinction on account of race or color, and will give his support to education and the diffusion of knowl edge in the public schools; and all or any person fal.ely taking such oath is to be deemed guilty of perjury, and subject to the penalties thereof, and rendered inca pable of holding office. Ort ercd to lie on the table until the committee are appoint cd. The World's special says: Tho Com missioner of Internal Hcvenue has issued instructions for the immediate levy of an nM.ssmcnt, under the reccotlaw, the time being changed from May to March. Tlt? Governtucmt and the defence are ready to precced with the trial of Suratt; it will commence on Monday. The Time's special: Sherman, Mead, Hancock, McDowell andSchofield will be the commanders of the Military Districts South. The Herald's correspondent U reliably informed that Thomas will command Mis sissippi and Arkansas; Sheridan Louisiana and Texas; Sickles the two Carolina's; Sehoficld, Georgia, Alabama and Florida; Ord, Virginia. Excepting Sheridan, those officers are now in Waj-hington. The same correspondent says that he has excellent authority for saying that the President in the event of being arraigned before the Senate on impeachment will decline on tho ground that the present body represents only twenty States and caunot entertain tho question. ' The New York Tribune editorially says: The Ilepublicau members of the new Con gress are clearly in favor of impeachment as is shown bv the caucus fast night. Great care has been determined on future action. . . The Time's special says: Several wit nesscs who were summoned by the Judi ciary Committe, arrived too lae for the last Congress, and are now waiting the action of the present bfody of impeach ment. The Letter S. The following adver tisement illustrates the greatness of the number ot words commencing with the letter "S," almost a language of them selves. . It is said to be a literal copy of a notice posted in a prominent place in one of the flourishing towns in the county Cork, Ireland: "Will bo sold, or set up for sale, on Sat urday, tho sixth day of September next, in tho town of Skivereen, Spanker, prop? erty of Seth O'SuIliyanastrong.stauncn, steady sound, safe,' sinewy! fcervicable, strapping, supple, swift, sorrel stallion. He is sightly, sprightly, spirited, sturdy, shining, sure-footed, ' slack, smooded, well skinned: Ho is sized and' shaped sweetly, saddle stead of superior symetry, named or styled as aloresaid bpanker, with a small star and snip. ;; He is square- sided," slender-shouldered, sharp-sighted, and steps singularly stately. He is free froui strain, sprain or spavin. He is nei thef stiff-niouthod: stiabbv-copted. sinew- v ' shrunk,' spar-galled, saddle backed, shell- toothed, shm-girthed, short winded, splay footed or shoulder-slipped, and is sound in the four points and in the stifle-joint He has neither sick-splen, sleeping-evil set fast, snagglo teeth, subtumors, sores or shattering hoofs, ', isor is he sour, sulky surly, stubborn of sullen-temperedr 'lit is neither shy", skittish slow,' sluggish or stupid. He never slips, : strips: strays snuffles, sniffles or stalks in his stall or stable, and scarcely or seldom sweats.- He can feed on soil, stubble, slnfar, shea oats', straw, sage or Scotch grass. He can carry sixteen stone' with & surprising speedl and stride ; a six i foot wall on' a stroke. His selling- price is sixty-seven pounds, sixteen 'shillings six , pence sterl mg.' A very valuable essence for family use Acqui-cssence. . f , t f - ;' ' i 1 ' ' ' , -'" .; What is the greatest virtue rin a sea captain? Wrecklessness, , ' Tlte Bondholder Growing Inso - - lent 1 ;1 ' - :',, i :r. Gen. Kimball, one of the Rump oraforJ ; on the stump in Indiana, in the course of - a speech at Evunsvillc, recently, 'declared'1 .i t . it i . - s. . ' uiai trtose icnv were m javor oj laztncf gov emment bonds were an Infernal seto 1 Scoundrels! Will the mechanics. ! far-5 ' mers, workingmen. and poor men.of the -country please make note of this? ;! 1 he bloated and aristocratic bobd-ocra- " cy of the United States, conscious of their. - iijouey power, uow presume W spit upon the toiling, nou-bondholding masse effect, they say to the people who labor ? "You miserable devils who'have no ten-'"1 t forties, seven-thirticsyou canaille. dareV: ' you presume to threaten tw why you aritI ' or no account onlv an Infernal bet of Scovnce:l3.V , h , " !V? Most potent, grave, and reverend seign eurs our very noble and approved good matter, might there not be some mistake r in your calculations? Are you so secure in your ill-gotten, untaxed wealth, thjtt' you can afford to mock at our sufferings, v jeer at and defy the people of the Vnito, "Wc, who do not hold bonds, outnumber, , you who dp, ten to one Bear that fzc"' m mind. W e propose that your wealth shall bear its proportion of burdens of-- taxation! ' Understand that! Those whora yoti term' an in Retin al set or" f5C0 ur- uitELfe, vote! s And their crumpled labor-. stained ballots, dropped into the receptacle of the suffrages of freemen, count just asl much as those you may deposit, though i you print them on the Jacks ofyourkrg; est londs. Do you jet 'understand? y. We, the People, the infernal bet n or jcolndrels, as you term us, propose; -to tax your bonds or repudiate them, ; and we are going to do it! If, you Would A prefer to have your money bubles pricked ' by a people's votes, vanishing into thin air the paper on which they are printed " withering into ashes and turning" Into! r dust rather than have them contribute' , their proportion to tho coffers of the re public, wc haTe no fault to find 'you navs vour money and takes vour choice ' Taxation Kepudation which will you have, gentlemen- the poor men, the j laborers, the farmers, the mechanics, to.3 ... xfernal set of scoundrels, are wait ing for an answer; they 'are reasonable" " atient, long-sufiering, but the sooner yon 1 make choice the better you will suit them5 c or the infernal set of scoundrels, have- ; mads up their minds, and mean "busi-. . ness!" La Crosse Democrat " 1 77 Petroleum Formed from Sea-TVee'd: '-51 -This theory of the formation of rock-oil has been advanced by Professor Wilbur ,:v of Hamilton Canada West. life idea is." that petroleum Las had its source in" ma rine vegetation, just as coal has been de-: rived from terrestrial plants. Few oer. o eons have at: adequate idea-of the irjiraenie-' growth of sea-weed In the depths "of the ,7. ocean. After their term of growth' was " completed they became detached, floated 7 off, and finally gunk to the bottonL It ii a received opinion among geologists tiat;c this portion of the North American conlw nent had ence been the bed of a sa!t-wa- . ter ocean, The ocean floor, as "must bo Ui remembered, tvas 'Dot level, but-had c- throughout its whole extent deep holI&wsj;.i that these sea-weed deposits would .find r their last resting-place after long tossing about in the waves and ocean currents. "" In thii way" it would come to pass that :? that they would hot be evenly distributed over the bottom, but only in these hoi- -.i lows or pockets. Meanwhile the deposit of solid stratified rock, or what afterward " became such, was going on, and after nn-' 1 old ages these masses of sea -weed becanie" tc. covered to' Various depths. He consider-1 cd it no very unreasonable or unscientific , t supposition that these masses of oily, jcar . oonaeeous matter, snouia, unaer tne cir- cu'mstances, tako the form of oil, of a qujd hydro-carbon. Scientific -Amerir oiu can. - . . . i The Racine, Wisconsin, Journal editor is a grumbler. He says of the compensa- tion law for the soldiers, passed at Che last j session of Congress: . , . . . "It gave to every hospital sneak arid , headquarter popinjay that never cxpostd ' ' a hair of their heads to the hardships arid- perils of the field three months extra pay .. and denied it to all the brave officers who: .. went through fire knd blood for two, three and four years, if they wetcso unfortunate " as1 to: have the time of enlistment expire' , 1 or their health give way a short time be- 1 fore the, first of .March; 1865; but thou- F san'ds who went into the service after the v fighting was all oVer drew three months " extra pay. i We know of officers who " went into tho' service in July, 1802 and ::: 1 served faithfully until July, 1864, with-t . out ever Deiug in a nospuai an nour, in r, active' field service at the front all the time, taken prisoner after the hardest fights ot- the war, lost : everything; cost ' them a thousand -dollars to get fitted up 1 again, but brose aown unaer tne nara service after being ih 6 very fight from . , llocky Faced Kidge to' Atlanta, too prout to get' into u hospital to be a burden to the "-vu: Governinent, when they could be ofno. :I service to it ; such a soldier can't get it ;.,'; cent, butotner omcers in tne same regi ment who could play off, shirk duty and lay around , in the ; hospital - a ' month on the . Government, 'could 'get' three months' extra pay. ' v r ", ; ;! Haspberry Vinegar. -Evervhousekeener should endeavor to have at least' a' small - quantity of this delightful beverage- In ! p cases of fevers it is indispensable and will r often quiet and soothe when nothing ese wilh 41 Futtwo quarts Xt red raspuerries, nice, ana i-ua fresh, into a jaY,' and pour over them a quart of good vinegar Let it stan4t twenty-four J hours., Strain through a flannel bag;. tPour? 1 thi s liquid over twomor quarts of fresh bdr , a - riesj and again let 'it stand twenty-four hours;""1. Strain again. Allow three-fourths of a'poUnd -1 of loaf or good' white sugar to everypint pf) ni juice. Stir well info the liquid, put into stone . jf jar," cover closely, arid set to starid in a kittW ' n of boiling water to be kept boiHng for. an hourii: Strain It, and bottle ready for use. Atea,, ( spcohfnl to a tumbler of cold water, is the manner of using it. Qer. Telegraph. - 1 .; . - ' . -v n