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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 18G7.
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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.
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P. B. BIC, . O. P. S- rLCE. M. .
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and vicinity. OSce on Second street, opposite the
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and Fourth Judicial DUtricU, aad in the Supreme
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Groceriis, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
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. . nwvfDTCTHV an t na m nil
wot
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'ker tt?eets,
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' ' . ' '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
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: iTGo:i ery . & hay wood, Propa
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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:
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isoals. ....... ... 50
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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
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Wbolile House at Sao FrancUeo, Cal.
No . 623 Commercial through to 637 Clay street.
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or the Mostt Favorite Pattertt.
Cook Stove
Parlor Stoves,
j Box Stoves I
: With a fall and general asrtmest of
IXIX SHEETS ItO N ,
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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.
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'. 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
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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
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