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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1807.
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iriSTRUiMEHTAL AND YOCAL MUSIC
MISS PKLMELIA ABBOTT
IS NOW PREPARED TO GIVE LESSONS
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both here and in CorvsJlLa. '
- TUITION:
Per quarter, 24 lessons.
.. , $15 00
Use of Piano for practicing, per quarter,.
...2 50
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AT
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Cook Stoves,
Pftrlgr gtpvca
Box Stoves !
AVith full an J general assortment f f
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Feb. 2, '67 r2n25tf
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Together with he best of Livery and
SADDLE HORSES.
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Albany, Jan. U, 1867 v2n231y
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Of everything in their line of Business, .
At Lower Figures than any otjier Honse
This Bide of Portland.
WE CHALLENGE COMPETITION
In the line of
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Chamber Set, Picture Frames
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We have also on hand the celebrated
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POETRY.
INMEMORIUltX.
Prentlee of the Louisville Journal, thus speaks
of the following beautiful lines I
"One might almost wish to die. If he knew that
so pcauimu a triuute as tots would ffi
written
to
his memory." , .
On the bosom of the river
Where the sun uuloosed his quiver,
' Where the starlight streamed fureve,r
. Sailed a Vesel light and fne.
Morning dewdrups hung like manna
On the brixht folds r her banner,
While sephyrs rose to fan her
Softly to the radiaut sea.
At her prow a pilot beaming
lu tho flush or youth stood dreaming,
And he was lu glorious seeming,
Like an angel from abovei
Through his hair the Itreexef sported.
And as on the wave he floated ? , -Of
that pilot, angeMhroa ted, r.
Warbled lays of hope p, jctve.
Through thoe locks so brightly flowing,
Buds oflaorel bloom wero blowing,
Xud his hands anon were throwing,
Music from a lyre of gold.
Bwittly down tho stream he glided,
Boft the pArple Waves divldmt.
An J a raiubow arch abided
Ou his canvas snowy fold.
Anxious heart, with fond devotion, '
Watched him eailiug to the ocean,
Prayed that no wild commotion
'.Midst the elements might rise.
And he seemed some young Apollo,
Charming summer winds to follow,
While the water flags cormlla
Trembled to his niurio sighs.
But those purple wares enchanted.
Rolled beside a city haunted.
By an awful spc!t,that daunted
Every comer to ber sphere.
Night shades rank tho air encumbered
And pnle marble statues numbered'
Awoke the life no more.
Then rushed with lightning quieknesj
O'er his face a mortal sickness,
And the dews in fearful thickness
Gathered o'er his temple fair.
And there swept a dying murmur
Through th lively Southern summer,
As the beauteoti pilot comer '
Perished by that city there.
Still rolls on tha( radiant river,
And the sun unbinds his quiver
O'er the starlight sircams forever
On its bosom as before.
But the vessel ' rainbow banner
Greets no more the gay 8avamia
And that pilot's late drops manna.
Greevs too moro the gay iavni.i '
And that pilot's lute drop mttnu
On the purple waves no more.
A Five DftjV Campalgu
Devil.
ol the
From a fnnsjle issue of a leadinirNew
York paper of SaturJy last we conilenpc
the following exceedingly imperfect list of
lire uaj9, campaign ot hatan, conducted,
too, under all the disadvantages of west
inclement weather and shocking had road.
On the 17th of January, at 'Albany in
the State of Indiana, he tompteJ a pretty
young woman who had been jilted by a
heartless lover to make her own ahroud in
the neatest niauner and latest style, and
then to take poison, from the effecta of
which she died.
"At Valparaiso, in the State of Iudiana,
an amiable and accomplished Northern
gentleman named Charley Pago, deliber
ately raurdcrcd his wife and mother, emp
tied three .barrels of a Colt's revolver ioto
tho body' of a young lady friend, and then
fired the house in which were the remains
of the murdcrd women, and burned their
bodies. " 1 ' iV ''
On the 18th instant, ot that Sodom of
tne L-akes. the great city of Chipago, a
most brutal assault was made upon a young
lady of wealth by a ruffian, who dragged
her from the street into a vacant lot,
when he was discovered and knocked down
but succeeded in tearing away from the
police, and made l is escape.
In the town of Flint, in tho State of
Michigan, on 13th of the present month,
Miss Mary Mitchcl was scited, while walk
ing in an unfrequented street, and com
pelled, by two persons to swallow poison.
Dr. Oxford was called in, and, by speedy
use of a stomach pump saved this young
lady's life. '
In the town of Auburn, Maine, on the
17th instant, two elderly ladies were chop
ped to pieces with an axe, and for four
days tho authors of the umrde'rs wcWun
discoverd. We omit all the ghastly details
with which the Northern papers are filled
of the horrors of this murder.
The New York correspondent of the
Commercial publishes the fact that Mad
ame Restell, a notorious woman, who re
sides in a splendid mansion on Ffth Av
enue, and who has grown enormously ricl
by secret practices, which are unmention
able, lias, in the basement 'story of her
niagnificept residence, a large furnace,'in
which one of her servants has just testi
fied that the bodies of infants are destroy
ed by fire.
On Thursday, the 17th of January, at
Cincinnati, Mas. William McLauglin mur
dered one Mollio Thompson, the cause
being jealousy. The patties were wealthy
and' of good sdcial position.
This is a most imperfect record of some
thing less than five days'dceds of the devil,
at a season too not at all adapted for his
worje. It denotes a wild carnival of crime
in that section of the Union, where the
stern piety of fathers is sometimes evinced
by whipping their offspring to' death for
neglect of their religious exercises.
Richmond Times.
The Estate of Colonel A. J. But
lee. People in New Orleans and else
where may find it ' "orth their while to
examine our law column this morning, and
see what Surrogate Tucker has done in
the mattter qf the brother. Tljat estate
is dow in process of settlement before the
(Surrogate, and all pprsons, wherpyer resid
ing, who have claims against the deceased
can have a hearing and decision. Gener
al Butler's accounts as executor fcaFe been
referred to Charles Price, Esq., as Audi
tor, for investigation and report on the
accuracy of the " same, tho auditing to be
at the expense of, the Fort Fisher, Big
Bethel, and Great Ditch1 hero (unless
within twenty days he hall apply, for a
final settlement of his accounts), because
of the delay shown ia General Butler's
administration and settlement of the same.
New York Paper. "
t For the State Rights Democrat.
LECTURES BY REV. H. H. SPAULDING
Early Oregon 9ItsloiiThe!r Im
iiorianro in Necurlujf the Conn
try to American.
("number beventeen1
HtnderfouB was the place of1 gathering for
mo ijjiuiiuiuii men, ireu-ii uppers nntl tllO u,
dian tribes, of the ltocky mountains to await
tho arrival of the American Fur dotnrmnv'a
yearlj cspodition, with their annual supply
of merchiwdiflQ. -'In "olecting tho place
wiuuu wm none uy me rcstuent mountain
Snrtner reference was always hud to aeuf
eicney of grass for the thousands' of horses
ana nules, congregated on Hitch occasions
belonging to both the white and red men
also to tiinbcr auitablo fur fort lug and heavy
os pons for horses- ionet'tapg "Pierre's
Holo" a valley ou the headwaters of the
Missouri, sotno .10 miles lonj aftd 5 wide,
with the v riireo Teutons, grent land-marks
lor the country around, overlooking it from
tue casi twns seiectci ns tne Mace ot tcO:
dcuvouB ; and sometimes the Ponlast. a
branch of the Hig Horn, east of the Wind
Itiver Mountains. This vear the valley of
Green Itiver, a branch ot tho Colorado, was
selected, well un under tho Wind Itiver
Mountain, about 100 miles south
"Pierre's Hole," with these mountain.4
looking: down upon u from the East, found
by tracers to abound with email lakes from
ono to five miles long, whoso 'cbol, limped
frafeiB, 'tumbling in torrenlis through, the
dark gorges, furmeh tho'iead waters of'four
laree rivers tho Plnttd' and Yellow SUme
on the en st, and the $nake, or Lewis, and
Colorado on the West. The Utah, or Bear
lliver. Mountains nnrtoaml like distant
whito clouds in tho south-west, with the sky
of a deeper blue than on tho Atlantio side.
UiCFp llear Itiver Mountains constitute the
south eastern rim of.tho "Great llanin."
tnat great natural curiosity of Iorth Amer
ica i a iitue continent, with its seas, rivers
and mountains, within a continent I shall
speak of this hereafter. ,
The placo was well selected, both on ao
count of crass and timber. The mountain
men and free-trnnners. to the number of 4lK)
r 500, had already collected, and a fort, a
trading home and large log pens were con
structed. Ten or twelve tribes, or parts of
tribe or Indians had collected ia the valley
and were camped in the vicinity. Three oth
er trilies arrived after we did. Some of these
tribes were friendly with each other, and
with the whites j but otliors, such as the
Black Feet, the Crows, the Gross Hunters
ana the-Mone Indians, were hostile to all
others, and many of them to the whites
consequently each band kept a constant
guard out upon the point of every hill, to
watch their horte and prevent their neitrh
boring foa from pouncing suddenly upon
their camp. The whites doubled their watch
day and night.
Un tho third day the grand displar. or re
view, commenced." A national salute was
given to the whites by tho several nations.
ft I W J ....
i ne liiac&ioot tribe led off. and fairlv won
me nuuiiration oi uie whites ly tneir war
equipments and fearfully pninfd horses-
ircK ami yellow, or rod and hitc, accord
ng to 'the natural color of the" horse. Next
followed the Net Perces and Flat Head
tribes, and received equal applause for their
utnnwuj norsemansnip, very nnturai snam
fights ntid thoir national airs, consisting of
ti'w strtkiug words oft repcaVed, but sung id
a plaintive tone, in which they were joined by
a large band of vounsr women, ridinir in an
extended column behind, their wonderfully
sweet voices, keeping most excellent time,
floating fr through the air their dresses
profuse with heavy bands of white and blue
cut-giass beads, alternated with bands of
'mother of pearl" and aquoi shells, bru-
tant in the sunbeams ; their saddles, rising
irt front and behind natural and important
supports and their heavy cruppers and
breast bands of tho finest blue or red scarlet,
elaborately decorated and hung with hawk-
bells and steel-top thimbles, and tine bead
work, hung with phylacteries of elk' teeth
and tin coils, produced a regular, loud, but
not harsh cinele, as their fiery Steeds
pranced slowly along, Bceniingly uncon
scious, not only of their own fiery disposi
tions, but of their female riders. The scene,
altogether,, remincd one of the yearly gathr
erings of the Jews.
Several days wero taken up with tho ro
iews of ono tribe after another. By gener
al consent each tribe Jwas afforded sufficient
time and a fair opportunity for their display.
Although there was some difference in the
equipment and pongs of the different tribes,
the more hostile ones presenting tho most
wild and furious spectacle, yet the general
order was tho same. After silence had set-
led down for a few minutes, '.the attention
would be suddenly called to a cavalcade of
horsemen coming in stght around a point of
timber, or hill, and Bwccping out upon the
plain, and moving forward in a slow trot or
prance, presenting an extended ana unbro
ken breast, many columns deep ; every
horseman, except the women, without ead.
dies and riding upon a mountain panther or
mQqicmo won saiu, turown toosciy over uie
horsa : 20 or dl) of the war chicls and war
riors, upon their best horses, painted fear
fully, and some wearing buffalo horns and
bears, claws, sweeping upon and down in
front of the long column, harranguing m a
oud and dsitinct voice ; some of the tribe
nearly naked, with buffalo horns upon their
icads and silver tox skins at their- heels ;
most of them- with buckskm shirts and
moccasins elaborately decorated with line
beads and porcupine quills, and with full
grown white wolf or panther skins stream
ing full length in the air behind thorn, "and
with "wild war caps of eagle feathers, black,
wun rea lips, extenaing iar uemuu uu
streaming and gleaming fearfully in the air
as these Jehus would sweep up and down,
now brandishing their spears, or muskets,
and bows, and now balancing tjietn high
over their beads ; now wheeling and cross
riding ; now throwing themselves upon one
6ide of the horse, and wheeling and throw
ing themselves upon tho other siJe, and
darting the Bpear under and before the horse's
breast ; and all accompanied by the constant
pounding of a great number of Rocky Moun
tain eones. or Indian drums, the terrifio
screams of a ntfmbcr of whistles made of
tne leg: pone 01 me grey eagie aqu swan,
the constant gingle of the ''medicine rattle
box,'' and the heavy clang of hawk-bells, tin
coil, bear claws and human bones trimmed
with human scalps hanging upon every
horsercrinterrupted now and then by a terrific
battle-yell, rounding off in a vibrating war
whoop, almost sufficient to curdle the blood in
our veins. In the center, and a little in ad
vance, is seen an aged and patriarchal one,
wearing an American coat and hat, and bear
ing in one hand the American flag and in
the other an enormous calumet, or the great
pipe of peace. '
At a sufficient distance the white men and
friendly tribes are gathered around, forming
three sides of the great ring, while the hos
tile tribes, in close squads, each under their
own strong guard, form the other side.' As
the flag reaches within 20 rods of. the Com
pany'g great stone house,: the old man stopsj
the - young women closo up and continue
their singing, and, with the strong watch
remain stationary, while the warriors and
young men engago in tho. sham-battle-) the
American leaders standing in the door ot
tne store, also holding the American flag
Suddenly the horsemeu collect near the flag,
and in an Instant this great throneof horses
thickly crowded together, stand empty and
quiet, their riders cone for the Instant; but
as if by niagio, and before the evo CftQ f0j.
low them, they are seen already collected in
a thick group hard by,' bounding up and
down in the sealo dance, all as one beinir.
first upon ono logand then the other, taking
wiruu Bwim, Keeping me moss perieci time
wun me ueni ot tue urum ana the voice? o;
the singers.
Suddenly the flag drops, and all U still
I ho old man approaches the whito cantata
the hand of friendship is extcn'dad, the pipe
ui iicaue imsBPii arounu, ana n a lew mo
ments the beaver btloning ta lli&t tribe be
gan to come in from' tho rear; and pack after
finck is thrown down at the old patriarch's
pet, who does tho trading for his tribe. Tho
price of each skin and of the goods are fixed
and the art'lcs required are handed to the
old man as fast as four or five clerks can at
tend to them, and he azain hands the arti
cles back into the crowd to wliom they belong
And this tribe retirps, amid the shouts of
the white crowd, to give place to another
tribe except, perhaps, the scalp dance
sometimes prolonged to give a late successful
warrior an onnortunitv to act over his bloodv
contest wim uis laiien ioo ana exnioii me
number of real scalps he had taken, while
the enemy he has thus afflicted are perhaps
!t. -..It.-
luukiug un wim buir'ii euuijieiiauces, wan
ing to turn the tables next dnv UDon this
warrior and his tribe, by exhibiting an equal
or greater number of scalps which he had
taked from their trilte in some battle.
Such was Indian life in the davs of the
lur traao.
Agitation In England.
In this number of the Crisis will be
found tho speech prepared by her uiio
isters and delivered by Queen V ictoria to
tho Parliament upon its re-assembling.-
No Parliament, for many years, has mot
and no address from the throne has been
delivered, under circumstances so mcna
cing to tho domestic tranquility pf her
Majesty s Government, if hot tho stabil
ity of tho throne. The reform agitation
in Ecgland, having its foundation in the
intolerable grievauecs of the .working
classes arisiug from the stupendous pub
lic debt of the country, is being fanned
into a dangerous flame by demagogues,
fanatics and tcalous reformers. Tho grant
of universal suffrago to the poor classes of
England, which 'is what they demand, is
tantamount to tho reduction of the nobil
ity to a status which they never before
occupied, and the ultimate, if not the
speedy repudiation of tho public debt.
Let the bondmen, who have so long been
ground to the cant) by this enormous
a. . a .
debt, which maintains an useless aris
tocracy, ou co get tho power and learn how
to uso it, and thcro will ba a realization
of the foreboding of 'Macaulcy, that tho
British monar hy would fado sway like a
vision, and give pkco to what he conclu
ded would not bo chronic anarchy. The
symptoms of disooptent, artfully stimula
ted by the so-calbd reform leaders, mani
fested themsclycs upon the occasion of
the delivery of tho Queen's speech. The
dispatches from London say the" crowds
of people manifested no enthusiasm and
gave no cheers as the Queen dkovo up to
estnunster Hall and alighted. Neither
were there any cheers for tho Prince of
Wales. Tho band played "God Savd the
Queen," but there was no respoase from
the people. The scene in the house. 6f
Lords was magnificent. The nobility
were arrayed in their varied and gorge
ous costumes. The ladies were all in
ull dress, and glittered with diamonds.
The Queen, superbly robed, ascended the
throne, and read the speech, in a clear,
hrni Toice. llcr subsequent return to
Buckingham Palace was even more dis
mal than her departure. Cries of "Re-
brra" greeted the Queen as she passed,
and the people chafed the police and the
soldiers; but thero was no cheering.
Tho general' prediction is that this is the
asc jranianienc iiica me vueen win
. i ml . . m .
open in person, i no bitterness ot the
popular feeling is undisguised. Placards
are Bhown on the streets saying, "Men
without votes are serfs." .hven personal
regard for the Queen is eclipsed by the
reform furore. These are symptoms of
popular agitation and discontent which
the conservative and sagacious statesmen
of Great Britain will not overlook, un-
ess they, too, should unfortunately be-
oome miatuatea witn tne obstinacy and
tupidity that has wrought the destruc
tion of tho hereditary nobility of other
countries. Columbus Crisis. ;
The Inequality op Races. -'The
Caucasian differs from all other races.
le is human: ho is civilized: ho is pro
gressive ; ho conquers with his head as
well as with his hand. It is intellect,
after all .that conquers, and not the
strength of a man's arm. The Caucasian
has often been tho master of other races,
Knt never their slaves. He carries his
religion to others, butThe has never taken
heirs. In history all religions are of
Caucasian 'of igip J All the great Dem
ocratic forms of govenment are Caucasian.
Republics are Caucasian. All the great
sgienges are. of Caucasian origin. All the
great inventions are Caucasian. Litera
ture and romance came from the same
stock; All of the great poets are of the
Caucasian origin. Moses, Luther, Jesus
Christ, Budha, Pythagoras were Cau
casian. No other race can bring up such
names as the Caucasian. Confucius, the
Chinese philosopher, is an exception to
the rule. To the Caucasian race belong
the Arabian, Persian, Hebrew, Lgyptian.
All the European nations are descendants
of the Caucasian race."- Theodore Par
ker, of Boston, 1855. ,
A fire-eatipg Irishman challenged a
barrister, who gratified him by acceptance.
The duelist being ve" lame, requested
that he might hav a prop. "Suppose,"
said ho, "I leap against this mile stone ?"
"With pleaspfe," replied the lawyer, "on
condition i&at I way lean against the
next." This joke sottled the quarrol.
From the N. Y. Times Kepuhlicaa.
The Impeavckment Schemes.
As we have maintained from tho begin
ing the tutpention of the President fron
mm
oib.ee is an essential feature of the project
of impeachment. The most active in that
project avowwithout hesitation that, un
less tho President can thus be suspended,
his impeachment and trial are of no impor
tance. What they want is to get him out
of office-rnot to' punish him for ' crime.
Wendell Phillips stated the other day its
Boston, ttiat the president must' be im
peached not because they desire to pun
ish him, but because they "wanted hit
place." Gen. Butler has said the same
thing in substance, and as we have already
shown, the leading actors of the impeach
ment scheme in Congress seek the same
ends and are prompted by the same jrto-
uves.
Tho whole impeachment scheme, is sinipy
a pmicui movement -uQuung more ana
nothing less. It is urged, not ia the in
terest of j ustico, or of tho national safety,
wu iu wis iniercsi pi a clearing tne way
for the accomplishment of certain political
objects. Tho President M an 'obstacle''
in tho way of favdnte modes of reconstruc
tion. While he is in office the Southern
States cannot be reduced to territories,
nor treated simply as conquered provinces,
TT-oor- can tho Supreme Corurt be swept
away ot made subsorviont t$ tho will of a
shifting political majority. ' A two-thirds
vote cannot be relied on for the accom
plishment of theso ends, even in tho pres
ent or the next Congress For these reasons,
tho President must be impeached and
suspended. The "obstacle" must be "re
moved" and unless suspension can take
placo at once, without waiting for trial
and conviction, tho impeachment will be
useless.
,
A Gift from General Sueridas.
A few days ago General Sheridan sent to
Miss Rebecca Wright, of Winchester.
Virginia, a gold chain, set with pearls
and charms, one ot tho latter beinz an
exquisitely wrought miniature sword or-
nameutcd with diamonds. Accompany-
ing the gift was a letter from General
Sheridan, acknowledging Miss Wright's
services, which led to the General's suc
cess at the battle of Winchester, on Sep
tember ICth, 1804 Miss Wright was a
zealous advocate of the Union cause, and
willing to aid it at any sacrifice. When,
in.the course of tho battle, General Sher
idan was in great doubt bow to act. he
sent a scout to the lady, who writing upon
a piece of paper the needed information.
and, enclosing it in tinfoil, the Scout ear
ned it in his mouth, and, successfully el a
ding search, gayb it tQ General Sheridah.
This rtaDer conveved to lh General tha
!f !.(' 11. 1 .
luioruiaiiuo wuicn epaoiea mm to achieve
tho trictpr. Philadelphia Ledger.'
Enormous Profit of a bank. Tho
Buffalo Commercial says: "The history
of the First National Bank of this citv
shows a degree of prosperity which is verv
remarkable, arid if H td bp taken as indi-
vutiuu vi iuu prouu oi panning business
under the National Banking system, the
only wonder is that more of these institu
tions are not established. Within a peri
od of four years the First National Bank
of Buffalo has accumulated a ; surplus
greater than its original capital. With
out impairing this surplus it paid its pro
prietor a dividend, lor the past ypar, of
fifty per centl The stock is now consid
ered worth one hundred and fifty. Al
stockholder from the beginning could thus
Sell out to-day with a result sh6wing his
original investment multiplied bv three.
an
d sojaething over."
Heavy Taxation. Says the Cincin
nati Enquirer : "From an official repqrt
published in tho Enquirer it appears that
the amount Of Internal Revenue taxes
collected in the First Congressional Dis
trict of Ohio, embracing one-half of the
county of Hamilton for 18CG, was over
eight millions of dollars. This seems al
most incredible, but figures do not lie, and
it is the fact. In addition to that, the D is-
rict pays at least two millions of, dollars
of State taxes. It pays another two mill
ions of dollars to the United States for
ts share of custom duties. Thu3, its total
taxes are twelve millions ot dollars. Is
there anything in the annals of heavy tax
ation that can exceed this?" " ! :-
A Massachusetts Programme. On
dit, that Charles Sumner is to retire from
political life 'at the close of his present
senatorial term, and spend several years
in Jburope j that ex-Uovenor Andrew will
be a candidate tor nis place, and also Gov
ernor Bullock ; that Hon. John B. Alley
will then be Governor of Massachusetts;
th'jneral Butler will be the next
nominee of tht Repblican party for Pres
ident, and that E. G. Walker, one of the
colored representatives in the Legislature,
will run for Congress in Banks' district
when his term expires. N. Y. Herald.
There is a famous grape vine at Santa
Barbara famous because of its histo
ry, its size, and its.yield. it is now over
tnirty-eignt years since tnis vine was plan
ted, and its origin was in this wise: An
ndian woman rode a horse from Los
Angeles to Santa Barbara, using a cutting
trom a grape vine as a switch. Arriving
at the latter place, she stuck her switch
into the ground, where it took root and
grew into probably the largest grape vine
in the world. Sixty barrels of wine were
made from the grapes produced by this
vine last soason.
A Windfall. A little girl, niece of
Captain Childs, is reported to have fallen
heir to a fortune of a million and a half of
dollars. This little heiress resides in
Portsmouth, Virginia, and is thus sudden
ly enriched by the death of a relative in
England. . She is but seven or eight years
of age. ,
The New York Tribune thinks low and
vulgar personalities are more common in
Congress now than in the days when the
(Southern chivalry were there.
Xinotrl
The following just r;marki wo hopo
will be road by all. 'Ibis eubject has
been time and again brought before the
people and it is high time , ome action
should be taken. Taxeu aro all very well
when levied for legitimito purposes, but
when they are made to operate to tho in
jury, and are a hardship to the great, ma
jority that" a few arutocratt may bo
gorged from , the labo at the. many,
think; Uis timo to complain. The tariff
on paper4 'of every description is so high
as to effectually ' keep Oit all competition4 ,
from abroad. This is dot only tho case)
with privato enterprise, but opsratcs
uaily to the injufy ofihp Government,
lie Chicago Tribune, in ootitimr the des
patch giving thf item o the int.cm!ksu of
tfce Congressional Printing Uommitteo
to issue proposals for supplying the Gov
ernment Printing Office with sixty thou-1
Sand reauis'ofj paper of an inferior quaiity
ia order to save to the1 Gwrdment ?10,
000, says: ' Wo can put the' Printing
Committee arid'alio the f'oramiUfl on Re
trenchment on tho trael: of a method'
whereby the Government may Bave furftf
timcn forty thousand dollt rs on the paper
it consumes, without reducing the quality'
of any grade. The methed is a very sira
pie ono. It consists in rei'C&lingthe pres
ent duty on imported pap jr. . This duty
is a direct tat: of twenty psr cent.' ia gold
on every pound of paper consilmed by the'
National Government, by e ich of the StaUi'
Governments, by every City and Countjr
Government. It ia a tax of twenty per
cent on all the books and paper used' in
every freo school, private iichobl, college,'
acauemy, ana institution in learning in
the Uinted States. It is a tax of twenty
per cent, on every sheet of printed paper .
purchased by the people of the States.
Who receives this tax; Docs the Federal
Treasury? The Committes on Printing,
and the Committee on Retrenchment per
haps will be surprised to le irn that, not
withstanding the imposition of a duty of:
twenty per cent, on foreign paper, the
Treasury receives no revenue therefrom,'
for the simplo reason that there is no
printing paper imported, or at least sd
very little that the amount is cot worth;
considering. An inspection of the reven
ue returns for the last thirty years will,
show that the Government has not receiv
ed twenty thousand dollars a year of in
come from the duty on imported paper.
The purchase of foreign paper does not ;
average one sheet to every hundred reams
manufactured by the American paper
makers. They have had a complete mo-1
nppoly of tho entire home market for thi3
article for more than a generation. The'
present" duty is practically prohibitory;
and therefore revenueless. In the" very
nature of things it is impossible for the
paper makers of any foreign country td
compete, seriously, for the American tear-1,
ket, with our home paper makers. The
raw materials are mainly produced in this
country. The power used is water, which:
is certainly as cheap as steam in England
or Belgium, and the differenca in labor is -fully
offset by the cost of transportation:
from Europe hither, with commissions, in
surance and storage added thereto. If,
Congress will place on the free Est a few ,
articles purchased abroad by the paper
manufacturer, such as bleaching powder ft"
soda ash, felt cloth and wire gauze the
reypoue on which can readily he satsd-1- ....
there would then remain no imaginable"
pretext for retaining the impoiit'bn impor
ted paper. Let Congress repeal the duty '
on imported paper, and at tho same timo
place on the freo list the items we have ;
named, 'and thenceforth the publishers,
book-makers and people of the United
States will have cheap newspapers, maga
sines ana dooks; ine circulation oi news-
papers will greatly increase; the sale of , ;
books and periodicals will be materially .
enlarged; the demand for paper will be so
enchanced as to keep all the mills fully
. j : i.fk
Buiuiuyeu iu supplying is. juore worsx
will" be furnished for printers and press-.
men, for type and ink-makers, and the
Government will save a round million a
year on the cost of the white paper it con- ,
sumes. .
.We-have said the duty on paper ia -
twenty per cent. Bet it is more thau ..
that. Congress last July increased this;
impost at least five percent wit tout cause'
petition or justification. It was dono in
this'way: Ta the invoice prieo of jSapcr
is added tho ocean freight, insurance;'
commission dockage, storage, ' drayaga -1
wrappage or boxage, and the dcty is lev- .
ied on the aggregate amount. The effect
of this mode of levying imposts 13 to raise
the duty on paper more than five per cent -;
so that the prpsent impost exceeds twenty.. ;
five per cent, on the foreign value. Ana; ,
the paper makers have added this fivo .
per cent, toitheir prices. We denounced. ,
this act of Congress as an outrage and '
downright swindle on publishers and con-,
sumers of paper in the United Statea.-r-Not
the slightest cause existed ; then . to-
justify it, and 'none exists now for its re-.
tention. It was a purely aroitrary an ,
gratuitous imposition." ..
t '"'
A servant girl, on leaving her place,
was accosted by her master as to her leavr
ing. "Mistress is so quick tempered that
I can't live with her," said the girl W. ell' '
said the gentleman, "you know it ' is no "
sooner begun than it is over." "Yes sir,??
said tho girl, "and no" sootier . over than
it i3 begun again." . ' -
A gentleman was promenading a fash
ionable street with a bright boy at hia '
side, when a little fellow cxied out "Oh,'
pa,' there goes an editor!" "Hush, hush 1"
said the other, "doti't make sport of the
poor man; God only knows what you may
.come to yet". . . ; ; -; ; . .. ;
We see the death of Alexander Smith, tho
poet, announced. It. took place at his home, t
near. Edinburgh, on- January 5th, in the 37th j
year of his age. . . . . .
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The girl who lately lost her speech, save i.
whispering, has had forty offers of mar '
rge. . " ..
The Abominable T.a
- e!ge
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