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1: vol.iii. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 18G7. NO. 2; ""jp () p""' .A i f I 1 I 1 XATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. ABBOTT & BROWN omec-Ourfi. OUter's Store, First Street. TERMS, is abtakcii: On year, f 3 Six Montha $2. OnMoob,Wcts. SiojU Coptea, 12 eta. If payment be delayed six months $4 will ho charged' If one year, $5. CrrponaU writing orer assumed aignaturca t,r anon j wot si J, mast make known their proper names to the Editor, or no attention will be gircn U their com.' nunicatiuns. ll Letter and Communication, w nether on Ou'siaess or t publication, should b addressed to Abbott 1 Brown. HUES OF ADVERTISING. kar? One Column, $iM; Half Column,; Qater Col- amn, $35. Transient Adrertisements per Squaw often lines or less, first insertion, $3; each, subsequent Inser tion, $1. For douWe column advertisements twenty-fire per cent, additional to to the abor figurca wil charged, j A aquare ii one inch in apace down the column, counting tat, display lines, blanks, 4c, as solid matter. So adertienient to be considered less than a aqaars, and all fractions counted a full aquare. All advertisements inserted for a lew period tUn three months to bo regarded a Iran tient. - BUSINESS CARD.S, 13 EN J. IIAYEN Attorney and Counsellor at twl TTill attend to ail business entrusted o him by citUentof Polk and adjonuig counties, Eola July 26, IS67. T2n51tf P. B. BIC, . O. P. S- rLCE. M. . 1 pKS. RICE fc PEUMJIEn. Physicians and Sargeonw, Tender their aerriec to the citUena of Albany and vicinity. OSce on Second street, opposite the Power Ferry. T'"ltr - . r. mrssuxi p"- uesseei & iaitox, aTTCRKEYS AND C3UXSELICRS AT LAW. SolicUorMin Chancery and Real Estate Ajrnts, Will practice in the Courts of the Pccond. Third, and Fourth Judicial DUtricU, aad in the Supreme Court of Ore ;on- ...... CSce in Parrish's Brick Budding, Albany, Ore- snrpiir. STTFTKTIOX iriren to the col lection or Claims at all pointi in tha above naiHed SCIGEQX jyiYSWlAX'AXnACCQUCUEZ -Teaira Uu aerTesTa"the Tar tranches of h is profjssioa to the eituens or A'feaoy aim ;ir fmadin. equntry, QiBce. at Wbittemore 4 v. ru- Store, l attUh's Elck, Albany. T2n37tf Dru 3b. B. JI17MPIIREY, ATIQRJEI IT UW 1XD XOIABY PrBUC, lcany - - r - - obecjqn. - OlQro in the Court Jloufe. tt. i -t- mar9v2n301y- J. ,B. CA3tOr.. 0. B. BSm, CIAXOS at IIEE3I, 4TT0RXEVS d: COUNSELLORS A? LAW Or, K U Iforctqss Critic Banding.n-sUirs, Albany. Oregon, ' - ai r , ".f. p. poveee4: ATIQRXEV AXIJ CO US SELL OR AT LAV? ' AXD SOLICITOR IX CHANCER Y. A LBAXY, Qregon. O.lU-ctiona and coDTey 'J ano promptly -atU-nded to. oc2Cn!01y f. Mup.9ira, ; t-'" ; ' - roKsa' - i J. BABCOiyS & CO., QEXEVLAL &' COMMISSION MERCHANTS TTIiEALEIlS in SUple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceriis, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, ffoU and Sb jes, AtLaay. flregon- e a Consignmeiitj aoliciUAL ocCnStf ErJCiE5I5 S3IPEE? ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR. Portland r : - - - OtTS"- yf0FEICE-rOrer Kilboarn'a AucUon Rooms. Decembe 8, F2al7tf ; - G, f, CBAY, D. D. S- AjZURQEOXPEXTIST, JLBAXV OQN. Performs all operations m the jf nee oi wiiijfwi"' ' " J PERFECT and IMPROVED man 'J "I S? ner. Persons desiring arterial teeth . . nwvfDTCTHV an t na m nil wot Parruh's brick, Residence corner of Second and 'ker tt?eets, I. O. i. T. WESTERN STAR" LODGE No. 10, meets Masonic HH1 JL, c. T. F." Wap-iWorth. W. S. T2nS2tf I. O. O. F. JXJ5I" LODGE, NO. 4. y---f','lx The Regular Eleet ' ' . ' '1 iagf of Albany Lodge, ma ' 0. 0. F., are held at their Hall in Nor i0'Vt;..Yi : Wt: everr WEDNESDAY -VENING, at 7 o'clock. Brethren in good : dicsraremriteatoauentt. . rder of the N. G. an4-ly A-V ' ' ? 0STGO IT. J B. HATWOOD. C IT Y H OTEL. : iTGo:i ery . & hay wood, Propa s cr.X;'a!u2jtnana TiritCti - Hai as en thojonghlj retted, is ""'V now op in for the Rftoomiaodation of J -felin? public, . The table will speak tor U 'cataitd eomfortable beds and rooms for RATES OF BOARD: - rok.."-" t5 00 ; wit n lodging ....f S 00 to 8 00 isoals. ....... ... 50 ........" . 50 j,5... r .- ' TeaL t.H hoars. .- . T2n26tf. , -rr. .ltili yiitlj aad cheaply done at ADVERTISEMENTS. HATS, :M HATS. MEUSSDORFFER & BRO., Maaufacturcra and Importera of, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HATS -A3STID CjftJPS, AXD HATTERS' MATERIALS, Xo. 72 Front Street -Portland, 4 RE RECEIVING. IN ADDITION TO JL their extensive Stock, by every Steamer, all tu LATEST STYLES of Now York, Londou and Parisian taste, for Gentlemen' and Children' Wear Which they will sell CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE ON THE COAST! DEALERS IN 1IATS Will consult their own Interests by examining our Stock before purchasing elsewhere IlaU of etry style and Description MADE TO ORQea, AtSO , AT J. C IiXwssdorffev & Bro.s No. ti Front Street..... .....Portland. 0n, Cor. D and Second Sti.V. .....MarysriUe, Cal. No. 125 J Street ,?. ...Sacramento Xos. A 6.17 Cowtr.errial St......Sn FrancUeo. Wbolile House at Sao FrancUeo, Cal. No . 623 Commercial through to 637 Clay street. Y- Dec 1, lSefl v2n!6tf the OLD STOVE DEPOT! ETAin STREET - ALBANY. c. tit 4 ro.) . -- ' ' ; j Keeps constantly on hand a general assortment of STOV or the Mostt Favorite Pattertt. Cook Stove Parlor Stoves, j Box Stoves I : With a fall and general asrtmest of IXIX SHEETS ItO N , CQPP5fAp PASS-WARE) And 'all other article ftiually found I? TIN STORE! Eepairi?? Seatljr ami Proraptlf Exeeuted, TEH3IS Cash or Produce. "Snort Reckoning stake Loos: Friend." Feb. 2, '67 r2n2itf FURNITURE AMD CABINET VARE, a. IIEjX Sc CQ, Corner ofrirsf and Crpad Albin Street (First Door East of J. Iorcross Brick) Albany, Utt County, Orc?on? Keep constantly on hand A FULL ASSORTMENT Of everything in their line of Business, At lower flgurei thaij any ether jlonsc This side of Portland. WE CIIAfcEPGE CQSfPJCTITIO . Jn thelice pf UPHOLSTERY, PARLOR SETS Chamber Set, Picture Frame BUREAUS, SAFES, WARDROBES, ETC ETC., We have also o hand the celebrated "ECOWOETY X7ASaiWO MACHINE," Which has no equal Id the world. Get one ana satisfy yourself. Particular attention paid to all orders in onr line. UNDERTAKING PROMPTLY ATTENDED . TO. aul8-Iy X. MARSHALL. J PETER 8CHLOSSEE '. ALBANY LIVERY STABLE! PpFOi ite the Old "Pacific Hotel" Stand. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM the public that they hare on hand a gopd supply of ? . i , . " ,D0Up AfJD SINGU. jySQIES, Together wifh tfee best of Livery and Al! of which will be let on ' REASO JAli LE T E1131S GIVE US A CALL! ; MARSHALL & SCHLOSER. .'. Albaay, Jaa. H, 1857 r2n231y ' Ancient and Modern Paris. From the Scientific American. Paiuh June 8, 1 807. I suppose that no other city of an cient or modern times has umlersrone bo many changes as Pari a (luring n periotl often years. The Paris of his tory is passing awav ami a new euy, full of beauties ami wonders, is rap idly coming in. Twenty years ago Louis Napoleon was tried as a con spirator and condemned to death. Louis Philippe commuted the death sentence to pernctual imprisonment in the fortress, of Ham, whence tho con vict escaped, as is "supposed, through the friendly contrivance of his physi cian. In 1818 Louis Napoleon was the ruler of France, and Louis Phil ippe became an outcast Ttnd fugitive from his throne and country. the meantime France has made vapid strides in all that constitutes a great and powerful nation. Her commerce is widely extended, her manufactures are flourishing, am to all apjearatice the people are.- happy an contented. There is, hpwver a great diversity oi opinion, about the personal popularity of th Kmperor; yet I think, m the whole, that ho satisfies the people. It is generally admitted that his 1 1 1 ! t -bustering expedition was an unwise and foolish scheme, and I am certain that tlte people rejoice at its failure. This constitutes one element that has somewhat impaired the faith of the French in the hrfrewdncH of their Kmpe.ror. It also shows the practical value of the sympathy of th United tt.'tes when extended to a struggling people whose liberties and rights were sought to be usurped by a foreign des pot. I remarked that the Paris of ancient time was ranidlv passing awav. If the visitor goes to the Cathedral of St Dennis, he will find that revolution have destoilcd that place of manv of us rarest oojecis oi interest, ana in stead of the tombs of the ancient kings he will Ik shown the place where their remains were thrown into one common trench. If vou viit the splendid Pantheon church, it is true you will find the monuments of Vol taire and Kousscnu, but the remains have-been carried awav, and the bodv jof the bloody Marat, once entombed , i i i '. ... in inis cnuren, was exnumeu, ami in a freak of passion thrown into a sewer. These event o'eenrred years ago, but tliey serve to verify the declaration I have made alout ancient Paris. Ar chitecturally tho city is nipidlv chan ging iu character by the opening of broad boulevard, and the necessary destruction of those old htrects and houses where revolutions have kind led their fiercest fires. Thin whole sale demolition has turned thousand of people out of their old home, and they have been compelled to fceek new oneg and to separate from, associations which had become tender to them by the lapse of time. Thi$ ala has cre ated a feeling against the Kmperor, as he is charged with the responsibil ity of all these innovations, but no one can fail to see that these changes are making for Paris an interest which relics and ruins of ancient time could pt;ver accomplish. . There is, however, but one Paris. It is the capital of Europe, ami seems to he in everybody s way; lor all the monarchs of France, from the time of Catharine do Medic) to the present Kmperor, have exhausted their gcr.iua and lavished their treasures to make it the great show-placo of the world.. Frenchmen throughout all France are proud of their capital, and seem to regard it as the only proper, residence of mankind. There are no rival cities, as in the United States, to feel jealous qf the Metropljtan city. I do not rfcgard the French as a very inventive people, but they have won derful power of adaptation, the love of experiment, and the spirit of emu lation and inquiry, ami gecm ready to adopt any Improvements that will m,in ister to the interest of strangers. The more thoughtful French char acter contemplates the luture ot France nrft without some forebodings of evil, and some even declare that it may not be long before the Orleans family, in tho person of the Count de Paris, may recover the rule of the na tion. . Louis Napoleon is growing old, and some say infirm. The little Prince Imperial is delicate, the Prince Napo leon is' not very popular, and many profess to see in tneso manifestations of weakness signs of the approaching decay of the Napoleonic rule in this country. I think, however, that those who rely upon the fulfilment of these signs will be disappointed. There is something in the name Napoleon that electrifies the people of Jb ranee, and the great deeds ot this family iire so thoroughly traced upon all one sees, that it would require a greater revo lution than has yet taken place, to erase them. ' I think myself fortunate to be in Paris at this time.' The Exhibition, which was foreshadowed by the Eng lish press to' be a failure, is, to my mind, one of the wonders of creation. I have thus far spent the best part qf four, days in attempting to sep its Qbjeejg pf art and 'utility, and I can truly ay that'f have not seen tho Ex hibition -W vst is it; -and as I shall leaye Paris in 'a; few days for a jour ney estward through. Prussia, Austria and Switzerland,! reserve my impres- siong pf it, p6sbjy till some other time. I met an American the other interest what one can see in the various build ing outside the Grand Palace of In dustry, . such things as indicate the rvnnnprs. trades, and customs of the 1 are fell of marvelous . interest. But I Oilier till IX X uutx uauvuij tjA vv m w ., day who has maae iorry yisus to ine Exhibition, and who declared that his was still unabated. I trunk Paris is interesting now from tho fact that in jfll probability there are up wards of a half million strangers now in the city, and also from the fact that it contains two Emperors, a King and the Crown Prince of the three most powerful nations on the continent Alexander the Czar of Kussia, and and king William of Prussia and Prime Minister Count Bismarck, a man more feared in Europe than any of the crowned heads. Napoleon has extended to his royal visitors a most marked, and to all ap pearance a most cordial welcome. Halls, operas, reviews, and other ex hibitions art' constantly prepared for their entertainment, and the whole city is alive with excitement. Apart from, the great influx of strangers, it is a mystery to me how so many French people can afford to idle about these displays of pageantry. The re view at Long Champs on the Cth was perhaps the most brilliant that has ev er occurred, At an early, hour in the morning carriages and pedestrians were pressing their way by thousands toward the Park, expecting to gain eligible positions to witness the dis play. Having fortunately secured seats in the tribune, we did not de part from Paris until noon, which was two hours before the review. So great was tho ruh, however, we did not get to our position until Jtalf past one. Tho police in Paris are much more skillful in managing a crowd titan ours in New York. Had it been otherwise we could not have gained the jjaces asstgued to our party. There were sixty thousand troops, "horse, toot ar d dragoons,' drawn along in lines around a vast parallelogram, the whole being visible from the position we oc cupied. At the precise hour a flour ish of trumpets announced the arrival of the reviewing party, which was composed of the grandees of Europe. The two Emperors and the King rode side by side at the front, and were fol lowed immediately by their suites all mounted upon'flne horses and dres sed in brilliant costumes. Having passed around the entire inner line of troops, which occupied about three quarters of an hour, the revietying party rode across the Held and took a station immediately facing the tribune. Then commence! the movement of the entire military force, infantry, artille ry and cavalry passing immediately in front of the Emperors and King. The marching of infantry, the rattling of the artillery, the grand charge of the cavalry, and the inspiring strains of the numerous bands of music, to gether with the brilliant uniforms of; ofllcers and men, produced a scene which those who witnessed it will nev er forget, and one that is not likely to ceur again in Europe. The attempt made by a desperate young Pole He rezowski to take the life of the Czar as he nde away from the review, pro duced a most intense excitement, and before we were aware of what had happened we found ourselves surroun ded and hemmed in by an agitated crowd whq were Pressing the officers a they attempted to carry away the would-be asr-assin. It took us nearly an hour to get out of the confusion. The escape of the Czar was the sub ject of general joy, ami the Parisians were especially thankful that the at tempt was not made by a French sub ject, S. II. W. .New York-It Condition. Tho New York Herald draws tho fol lowing picture of ihe Slate of New-York $tod the country generally. It is not flat tering, but true. Tho United States, u$a Nutionaud half the individual States, are hopelessly insolvent, and fit subjects for the application of the bankrupt law. Some f;ue uioruiug there will bo an ex plosion that y ill bq remembered for a cpntury or two; Nothing is tnorc crtain than that wo canpot continue any longer iu our present coudition. Keturns recently made to the secretary of the state comptroller, under tho Jaw authorizing tho convention, show that tho local indebtedness of tho cities, towns and counties in the state will reach oearlcy ninety millions. The state debt is over fifty millions, and the people of New York therefore owo at tho present moment about one hundred and forty million dollars, exclusive oi their propor tion o the national indebtedness over two thousand five hundred millions. Theso figures are startling; and they become the more alarming when accompanied by the knowledge that both the national and state governments arc in a coudition bor dering upon anarchy. At Washington the executive' and lcgtslat ve branches are in biutr opposition to each other; both of them weak, b.undcnngond obsti nate, and doing their best to bring ruin upon us at homo and disgrace abroad. Iu our own state we ore without any res ponsible government, aud givn over to corruption and political confusion. Tho vagaries of our politicians are making mat ters worse, by proving the war to " have been a failure j establishing tho fact that treason against whiph we have fought at such a ruinous qijst, is no crime after! all, and.fainiiiarizing tho country with' the hateful' word u rep ticliation. In a word, we aro at a crises in our history, both" as a! state und as a nation;' tl'ud there 'is no hope W u but iq'a' prompt an"d thorough change.' -The November election will in augurate the new era iu New ' York, by sweeping away the old political organiza tions and buildiug up a trong party of and from the people, lrps will lorm the nucieous or mib gn-uv ujuvumcui. oi polit ical reconstruction throughout the Union which will confound the plots and schemes of all the old party engineers, raise Grant to the presidency, and restore permanent peace and safety to the nation " 'f ' Sijould. Mairimouv ia i game that every youQg person should take a hand at. . inning rniowopiij. I want to bet three dollars that no man ever matched himself again the devil but what ho got beat. Aim hi, if you strike low. Tho man who undertaken to jump three hundred and seventy fire feet ahead will certainly make a good try. I never knu a man who as alwus anx ious tew repent of his hi mi, before he had committed them who, didn't want the sharpest kind uv watching. I never bet enny stamp on tho taan who is always teUing what he would have did if ho had been, thare. I have notic ed that this kind never get thare. Faith don't appear to me to be enney thiog more than tip top good sense; aud the faith that is in this world now won't keep a man from falling to the bottom of a well if he lets go of tho curb to spit on his hands. When I get to not having any good luck, it does seem tome that I kan have more t'f it than any man I ever knew, and not half try ; 1 suppose it seems just so to you, my frieod, don't it t The l'rottnre of.VewMpnpcrM. It is unreasonable to expe t that the public press will always publish only such things as we, iudivdually, like. A person of strictly religious habits and tantes will be offended if he c in a newspaper the account of a prize fight, or of sonie thlog ubicene and siuful. He forgets that tho ncmaper U but the reflection of the world at large ; and if he is so fastidious, he should retire altogether frotti life, for iu a single street ho will find, at any given hour of the day, vriut will o fiend ahno&t all his kj?ij.scs. He need not mad what he considers to be objectionable; io like mauiitr, he need not eat at a table (fhotc any highly scanned dih. He may not like veuUou and game, high. Let htm order something to his taste a veal cut let without sauce. Hut my Lady Hodi vnujdy like a few of the iddicacic of the season, aud Loid Coventry may have a stomach for anything. A newspaper would have a few readers were its dishes of news to consist solely ot pious patry and flimsy puffin. While the tone of a newspaper is mora), the pub lic can nut complain. The music of an organ tuay be of the purest character, though the organ itself and the organ grimier likewise may ousetuue show svmptoUH of the mud and filth that are picked up by, or scattered upon them throughout the rambhttgs of the day. To the pure all things are pure, and to find fault with a newspaper f or every "nice offence" is to display the hypocrisy of an ignoramus. Indon Examiner. The Tax Law. We print this week various extracts from Dady' Code relative to the assess ment of property. . the county assess or proposes paying his annual visit to the citizcus of this section, shortly, it may bo a satisfaction to thent to know how the law ttaudi. TITLE I Hf.c. 1. Thstall taxes for the support of tins government of this state shall be a.Hsced on polls, and on property valued iu equal and rateable proportion ; and all property, real and personal, wi'hin .his state, not expressly exempted therefrom, khall be subject to taxation in the manner provided by law. one. 2. The terms "real property ' and Viand," whenever used in this act, shall be held to mean and include not only the land itself, whether laid out in town lots or otherwise, with all things contained therein, but also, all buildings, structures, improvements, trees and other fixtures of whatever kind thereon, and all rights and privileges belonging or in any wise appertaining thereto. Sec. . Ihe terms porsonal estate and "personal property," shall be con strued to include all household furniture, goods, chatties, moueys and gold dust, on baud or on deposit, either within or with out this Sttite; all boats and vessels, whether at home or abroad, and all capi tal invested therein ; all debts due or to become duo from solvent debtors, wheth er on account, contract, note, mortgage or otherwise; all public stocks, and stocks or shares in all incorporated companies. liable to taxation on their capital, as shall not bo invested in real estate. Sec. 4 The following property shall be exempt from taxation: , 1. All property, real and personal, oi the United State, and of this state; 2. All public or incorporate property of the several counties, cities, villages, towns and school districts in this state, used or intended for incorporate pur poses; " '';'' 3. The personal pronertv ol all liter ary, benevolent, charitable and scientific institutions, incorporated within this state and such real estate' beloniring to such in- stitutions as shall be actually occupied or the purposes for' which' they were in corporated; ' ' 4 All hous:s ot publio worship, and the lot on which they are situated, and the pews or slips, and furniture therein, and all'burial grounds, tombs and rights of burial;' but any part qf any' huildihg, oemg a nouse oi puouu worsttip,- witiuu sh'airbp kept or used as a store or - sljop. or for any other purpose, except for pub- lie worsuip pr ior acuooia, uxii vv iukvu uDon tho cash valuation thereof the same as personal property, to the oner or oc cupant,' or to either: and the taxes shall be collected thereon in the same manner as taxes oq' personal property, s ! ; 5.' VA1 public libraries, and the real or personal property Deionging io or connect ed with the same. ! ; ! 6. ' The property : of all , Indians, Trho are not citizens; except land held by them by purchase;' ' ; k - 7, ' The personal property of all per sons, who by 'reason of infirmity," ago or poverty, may, in the opinion of the as sessor, bo unable to contribute toward the publio charges. Sec. 6. A poll tax shall be assessed upon every white male inhabitant ot this state, between tho ages of twenty-one and fifty years, ! " j Sec. U. of Chapter II. says the per-' sonal property of every householder, to tho amount of three hundred dollars, the articles to be selected by such household er, shall be emcropt from taxation. See page 0u0 Gen Laws Sec. 8L, Title vi., reads as follows: That all taxes levied in this state by au thority of the state era municipal corpor ation therein, upon any person or proper ty iu this state, shall be collected and paid in gold and. silver coin of the tynited States and not otherwise ; and the treas urer of each county shall transmit to the state treasurer at the time prescribed bv . i i - .. iaw. in eacu aim every year,' tnc amount of the taxes of all descriptions or kinds which may accrue in such county, in the gold and silver coin of the United States, and cot otherwise. See page 015, G$n. Law s.J Obituary. W bardly know whether pleasantry or or pathos predominates in this clever 4 eu Wetprit. from the Nashville Gazette : "Died In Washington City, District of Columbia, on' 31onday,' May 13, 1807 of paralysis, Columbia Liberty, after a severe, acd protracted illness of setfen'te ions years. The diseased was born in, 1770 o a poor but respectable couple Honesty and Patriotism. The first seven ycrs of her life were a struggle with misery, even as were the closing seven. But she grew up a beautiful lass, and made her entree into society in 1787, winning the admira tion of f riends and the jealousy of rivals. At an early age she formed a tender at tachment for Principle. A happy union followed, and in course of events a nu merous offitpring rose up to bless her. The duties of mafernityf however, did uot detract from her beauty, and as she advanced in years she seemed to increase in loveliness. Devoting herself exclu sively to the care of her numerous family, and sure of the ever encuring love of her pouc, the future lay before her bright as the vision of bcactitude. But ala-i for human frailty ! Ia an evil hour, elderly matron though she was, she listened to the honeyed words of an un principled young fellow named Radical ism, not yet out of his teens. She resist ed his advances for a while, but in No vember. 1800. lost to all sense of woman ly dignity, she abandoned the partner of her youth, aud took up with this young scape-grace. ' This'anx pa$ created a la mentaUc disturbance in her previous hap py family. Eleven of her most loving children refused to live with their young sicp.father, and sought for themselves other home. For this piece of contu macy the wicked step-father disinherited tea of them, and dragging the eleventh back to the old homestead, he inflicted on her untold barbarities and outrages. The poor old mother, Tieart-fcroken by the disgrace'of her household, iwas struck with paralysis, and has been bedridden for several years. The physicians who attended her were chosen by her unprtn cipled husband, and the public o'pioioa is, .!... . i i. . mat icey were empioyea to Kill instead of cure, as the old lady was an obstacle to his ambitious designs on her property and that of her children. Last Monday, after unheard of suffering and anguish, she breathed her last. Can this be Iatb ! There's bloom upon her cheek, Ilutboir I see it is no iiriog hue ; Put a strsnjo hectic like b unnatural red Which Autumn paints up o the peruhel leaf. It is the same ! O, Uo4 1 that I ahoald lire, To look upon the dame Joh Hilling" on the Goose. The goose is a grass animal, but don't chaw her cud. They are good livers, about one aker to a goose is enuff, altho -thar is sum folke who thinks, one goose tew 175 akers is nearer right. The two calclations are so fur apart, it iz difficult tew tell now, which will finally win., - -' But i don't think if i had a farm ov 175 akers, awl paid for, that i would sell it for half what it was worth, just bekaze it didn't hav but one goose on it. ' Gees stay mcII, sum ov our best biog raphers sez 70 years, and grow tuff tew the last. - . ; Tha la one eg at once, ', about the site ov a goose eg, in whiph the goslena lies hidd. - , v - : : The goslcn is the goos's babe. The goose don't suckle liiz young, bat turbs'him out tew grass on sumboddy's vdkant'lot. , " Tha seem to lack wisdom, but ar gen rally consierod sound on tho goos. Tha ar, good eating, but not good chaw in, the rezon ov thi remains a profound sckret tew the present da. t -'x When the femail goa' iz at -work hatch en, she iz a hard burd tew pleze, she riles clear up ironi the bottom iu a minet, aud will fite a yojee oy oxen, if tha sho her the least bit pv' sass. ' . The goes iz excellent fur fethers, which she sheds every year by the hanful. Th4 ar also amfibicuss, besides several other kind ov cuss. t-.l ButWa ar mostly very curius about one thing, tha kan haul one leg up into , their noddy, and stand on turner, awl da, and ndt tuch anything with their hands. I. take notlsthair ain't but 'dam fue men kan dew this. ; v. 4N Exchange says that Senator Wil son is frying to raise himself to the Presi- dencv by his speeches; We have no doubt that he expects to climb, like a puriut, uy .ilia, immiu. ,.. ; v Deep: A man in this city Jus got so deep in debt thar not one ot' his creditors has been able to see him for nonths.. ; , A ways. "I have thp best;! wife v in the world' said a long suffering husband ; "she always strikes mo with tha ' soft vfnd of the broom. ' ' The Truth aboiat JelT. Davlf Cop- rfnvjk tat. V.caaf. It seema by a kt publication in tho Portland Argus ttat the story of jtfr. Da- vis disguise in a ladv s apparel at the time of his capture b a falsehood, as many Democrats supposed. One James H. Par- ---! 1 . .. .. . ' ner, oi Elaine, volunteers tne statement of facts from which we make the follow ing extract: J . - " " am no admirer of Jeff. Davis: I , am a"' Yankee, born between Caccarappa, and G or ham Corner, am fall of Yankee' ' prejudices, but I think it is wicked to lie even about him. or for 'that matter, about' tne devil." "I was with the party that captured Jeff. Davis, saw the whole transaction ; from the beginning. I now say, and hope' that yon will publish 'it, 'that Jefferson Davis did cot have on at the time he was ' taken any garment such as is worn by . women. 'He did have1 over'bis shoulders a waterproof ariialc of clothing, something ; "It was notia the least concealed. He wore a hat, and did not carry a pail "of; water on his head, nor carry pail, bucket, uot kettle in anvwav. ' " To the best of my recollection, he car-. ried nothing whatever in his hands His wife did not tell any person that her hus band might hurt somebody if he got ex- asperated. ' She behaved like a lady, and. a ne as a gentleman, though manifestly he i was chagrined at being taken into custo-' - dy. Our soldiers behaved like gentlemen .t ' ..." . V as tney were, ana our oixccrs like honora ble, brave men: sod the foolish atorier that went the newspaper rounds of tho day telling how wolfbhly he deported him self were all false. I know what I am' writing about. I saw Jefferson Davis1 many times rhile he was staying in PorU Und several years ago, and think I tras the first one who recognized him at the time of his arrest." A Business-Like Courtship. There is a story extant about a five min utes courtship between a thriving and . busy merchant, of a watering place in r England, and a lady for whom, in' conJ junction wiht a deceased friend, he 'was a " trustee, ine lady called at his counting houie, and said that her business was to : ' consult him on the propriety or otherwise of her accepting an offer of marriage which she had received. ' Now, for the' first time, occurred to the Bristol mer chant the idea of this hcly estate in his - -own case. 1 ' - "Marriage," said he, listlessly turning over some West India conespondence, , ' "well, I suppose every body-cuglst to mar ry, though such a thing never'occurred to me before. Have you given the gentled man an affirmative answer?" "No"' ' i .7",' , Are your feelings particularly engag ed in the matter?" ' . " - I "Not particularly." fr " Well, then, niadam,',' said he, turn ing round on his effice stool, " if that be the case, and if yoa could dispense with: courtship, for which T have no time, and ' think you coulcl be comfortable with me, ; l am your humble servant to command." ; mere were people who thought that v the lady had a purpose in going there, but if so, she prudently disguised it She ! said she would consider the matter. The 5 Bristol merchant saw her out with the same coolness as if she was one of his cor . -w respondents, and when she was gone five minutes, was once more immersed in his letters and ledgers. A day or two after : he had a communication from tho lady : accepting his offer, very considerately :;. c using him from aa elaborate courtship,- , and leaving him to name the "most con venient day." ! ' ; 1 hey were married. - . .u h.:z O cn Sextimexts. Tho Columbia -'y Press, in speaking of the future ac tion of those who claim to be the , leaders of the Democracy, thus ex presses itself: , ,, ; , t f "Democrats demand that ourdeela- ration of principle fshall ariiiounce arr i unqualifiied return to the Constitutiori as our fathers made it; as it' was be-f ' forp" the late war. They care not what i laWs may be revived by the revival of,,; the old Constitution.. We lived un-,.l der that for many years, and all there !, is in our land, or has been doneio fa-"v cilitate the march of Empire, " has i" been done tinder and by virtue of the l t . . t i i ; rrrt. provisions oi mat, : instrument mey., , have had too much of, policy, and if ' 'peraphuated politicians by smooth : words, hnd the desire of personal gain; ir seek to impose n temporary and tem- porizing policy upon theit), they 'will ; find out when it is too late, that they have committed a great error. It will not do to act with tho timidity of a 4 child, or the deception of a cowardly enemy. ' There ?.re hundred? of .men -now ; remaining in the, ranks of. the -Republicans, who stand ready to ap- plaud with theDemocracj, whenever -we putdn a bold front, and 6h6w that. -wre have the nerve to deeLtre for the right and maintain it. The politician, : , who aft vises concealment will berepu-, diated. 'vs,HY i" - i TnE Panama Bailway Since the ? construction of this Toad across Hha Isth-vr mus, it has carried nearly 400,000 passen-i gers and SQ75,000,o6orof Weaure, the ,t latter from the Pacific to the ? Atlantic j side' of tho ! Isthm-os. -TJio silver. ship- ; ments over the road are graduall declin- ing, and most of thv silver transmitted is shipped to the Isthmus from the Pacifid ,- ; coast of South America! v Of freight the road has transported '614,535 tons,but; this year it is estim ited the traiSe will a- mount to 150,000 - tons; America fiotr.: controls the road, which runs through the territory of Ne w Gienada, but England is, making great btert.bns to get'posicssioiv of if. : ; ' e-..-ii I t ! r