ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1C, 1807.
NO. 31.
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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
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: : 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.
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ALBANY LODGE, NQ, .
The Regular Eleet-
...a -"- ings' of Albany Lodge,
o, 4, L O- O. are held at their Hall in Nor
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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
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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,
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DINING TABLES. TOWEL RACKS,
EXTENSION TABL.ES.WHAT-NOTS.
CARD TABLES, LOUNGES,
SOFA TABLES. .... SOFAS. - r
WORK TABLES. PICTURE FRAMES of
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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.
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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 ;
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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
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.; 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
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