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ALBANY, OltEGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 18(57.
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Yr.J. 1IA.VDEX,
Attorney and Counisllor at Law,
Will attend U all business entrusted to him by
citiiensof Polk au-l adjoining couaues.
Kola, July 26. IS7.
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DEXTISTKY.
BR. E. n. GRIFFIN WILT. VISIT ritO
fessionally the town of IlarrUbargli
a the 16th of July, aid remain fur a few days.
t2ii5w3
D. RICE, M. P. o. p. s. ru asEs, M. D.
DBS. RICE fc PLV JXMEU.
1 m
Physicians and Surg-eont,
.,. ,.:,. urviii tn the citizens of Albany
A3d vicinity. OSce on Second street, opposite the
X. R. RCSSELU F. DALVOS.
Ttr.SSI.LL A DALTOX,
' ATTORNEYS -AND XOUSSEUCRS AT LAW.
foIiciUrs iu Chancery and Ileal Eilatt Agent ,
WiU pjadice in thcCourt of tbe Second, Third,
Aad FonEh Judicial XWtris, and in the Supreme
Court of OTCgp't. " '- '
i CCcftin Danish's lirkk 'Building, A'-Uny, re-
e jto. 1 '' ' '
- ja- SPECIAL ATTENTION given o the eol
fleetica ef Claim at all poizts ia the above nameJ
Districts. . v2nioyl
S. WIIITTEMOUE, 31. D.,
3 CR GEO$', PI! Y SIC I A X A XD A CCO UCIIER
TetaJers hk sere ices ii-. the Tadoua branches t,
Jiis professior. to the citens ti Albacy and sur-r-.unding
country. Oie. at WhHtcmore A Co.'s
1 rug. Store, Parrbh's Elock, Albany. 2n37tf
ar, . humph key,
inasxErif aw A5D somvprBiic,
ALBANY. i' - ' - - -' OREGON.
5" Ofllee in the Court liwuse. -St
. .raarr2n301y
IT. 9. CKASOH. CEO. K. HELM.
CRAXOB A IIELJI,
J.TTQA'$rs & cbvSSELLOUS AT LAW
Oitice In JTorcrt Exick Building, up-stairs,
Albany, Oregon,
.X. C. POIVELI,,
A TTORXE Y AXD -CO UXSELL Vlt A T LA W
A XD SO LIC I TO U IX CUA XCZH Y,
A LBANY, Oregon- Colleetiana aad conVej
j aaees promptly attended to. oe20nlOIy
J. BA.EJWWS,
8. E. rOt'KG.
JT. BARRQU'S & CO.,
GEXEHAL COJIMISSIOX HERCIIAXTS
BEALERS in SUpIe, Dry and Fancy Goods,
Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
2oots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon.
Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf
EUGEXE SE31PEE,
ATTQRXEY AXD SOLICITOR.
Portland , -' - - Oregon.
t .-SrOFEICE Over Eilbourn's Auction Raoms.
December 8, vZfllTtV.
S ;
f5. W. CRAY, D. D. S.,
SURGEON DENTIST ALBANY, OGN.
line of J)ENTISTIY in the most
DFIVPW InA TlTffLftVfen man-
i
- nr- Por.n jiftsirmf' artificial teeth
-would doHvcll to give hinj" a call, pffice up-stairs
n Pnrrtfir V.rlr!r eiii r. Aft rr,fP tit SftP.orid and
giaker Etteefcu; " ' :au25-ly
. O. . T.
"WESTERN STAE "'LODGE Xo. 10, meets
a.t'M'asbnic 'Hall tvery Tuesday evening. '
E. E. McCLUBE, W. C. T.
F. M. WaUswortii, W. S. v2n32tf
I. O. O. F. ;
ALBANY LODGE, NO. 4.
igP The Regular ZlIeet-tS-3ZL?!.ii,'
ings of Albany Lodge,
No, 4, L O. 0. F., are held at their Hall in Nor
crosg' Building, Albany, every WEDNESDAY
VEXING, at 7 o'clock. .Brethren in good
standing are invited to attend.
' By order of the N. G. . au4-ly
S. ItOSTGOlfEllT. I B. E. HAYWOOD.
CITY HOTEL.
PWTGQMWy & HAYWOOD, Propr
Cor. T7aainson aa J First St.,
Mnaving been thoroughly rented, is fef
.-now open for . the 1 accommodation otM&f
the traveling f ublic,: The table will speak for it
fjijlf. Neat anl eomfortahle beds an4 rooms for
patrog, &. ' ; -' "' . '
' BATES OF BOARD;
Fer week...... .$5 CO
Fer week, with lodging.:;;::......;.,;., 00 to 8 tffl
Single meals............ ..,.V... .....'.'Y.'.V. 50
Feds 50
ES Meals all hours. '
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JOB WORK Fcatly and cheaply done, at
CiiS Office. ,
A D V E 11 T I S K M K NTS.
HATS, Jl HATS.
MEUSSDORFFER & BRO.,
Manufacturers and Importcrs'of, and Wholesale
and Iletail Dealers iu
HATS JJSTJD CAPS,
ASD
HATTERS' MATERIALS,
X. 72 Front Street, lorl"l
a nn rkceivixq. in addition to
i. their extensive Stock, by, every ffUamir, all
tho-J.ATl.ST STYMiS or Acw lurK, jonuuuana
Partaiau taste, for
Gentlemen's and Children' Wear
, Which the will sell
CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHEftHOUSE CN THECQAST!
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DEALERS IN HATS
Will consult their own interests by examining cu
gtek before purchasing elsewhere. (
Hats of every style and Description
MADE TO ORDER.,
AI.SO
N EATL Y It EPA I It K D ,
AT
J. C. Meussdorfifer &. Tiro.'s
No. T2 Front Street Portland. Og'n,
Cor. D and Second Sts Marysville, CaL
No. 125 J Street ".,... Sacramento
Nos. 635 k 637 Commercial St San Franckeo.
Wholesale House at San FrtneWco.tal.
N . C2S Commercial through to 637 Clay strtcts.
Dec 1, 1S6C 2&16tf ..
THE
OLD STOVE DEPOT. I
MAIN STREET - - - ALB AN r.
j-omsr BKIGGS,
(LATE C. C. GODLEV CO.)
Keeps constantly on hand a general assortment of
STOVES!
Of the 3Iot FaTorlle PalCcru.
Cook "Stoves,
Parlor Stoves,
Box Stove3 !
With a full an.1 generrJ aortmect of
TIN, S H E ET-IItOX,
COPPER AND BRASS-WARE !
And all other trtic!cs usually fund " ;a a
TIN STORE!
EtairiD? Xtally and Ponptly EitcatfL
TEH3IS Casl or Produce.
"Short Reckonings make Lon? rricadi."
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Feb. 2, 'C7 r2n25tf
FURNITURE AND CABINET WARE.
i i
o. iJzJijyr sc co.
Corner olTirat and Broad Albin Streets.
(First Door Kant of J. Korcrotf Brick)
Albany, Linn County, Oregon,
Keep constantly on hand
A FULL ASSORTMENT
; , '.
Of everythfng in tbeir line of Business,
At Lower Figures than any other 4Ioase
This side of Portland.
WE CIIALLG.VGE CQMPETITMOX
In the line cf
UPHOLSXER.Y, PARLOR SETS
Chamber cts, Picture Frames
t .. ' " ':'
BUREAUS, SAFES, WARDROBES, ETC- ETC.,
We have alo on fcaad the celebrated
"ECONOMY WASHING MACHINE'
Which has no crjaal in the world. Get one tana
satisiy yoursen. , ;
Particular attention paid to all orders in 'our line
UNDERTAKING PROMPTLY ATTEWDEjD TO.
' au'18-ly ' V-
A. ABSHALL. PETEB SCHLOSSER.
ALBANY
LIVERY STABLE!
Opposite the Old "Pacific Hotel" iand.
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM
the public that they have on hand a 'good
suppty oi i
DOUBLE AND SINGLE BUGGIES,
Together with jthe best of Livery and
S-a,X?XXiDS EEOKSES.
Ail of which will be let on
REASOIfiBLE TERMS'
; " GIVE US A CALL !
MARSHALL A SCHLOSSER.
Albany, Ja3. 11, 1867 v,2n231y
roKTity
TO 51 Y WIFE
The followiug Hues wero taken by a friend
from the desk of a member of Congress from one
of the Western Hlates. They are understood t
be his reply to a letter from his wifi nuking, ''Do
you ever think of me ?" The devotion of a true
husband to n true win most beautifully descri
bed. Xulionnl Jntrllijcnerr.
Those lines were written by the lion. Wra. Mun
gen, of Ohio.
When daylight broali over the craggy cnt moun
tain, ,
And silently strikes on the low cottage door,
And noiuU:siily lights up the silvery fuuutain ;
When crystal nprlnjj f oaikle on meadow nnd
.moor; .
When sweet feathered ongtcrs tueir morning
long waken ; ,
When the lark from her wings shakes the bright
pearly dow ;
When tho lub'ror his catly and humble lucalc ta
kg I
Who i iiiiirning first l!uhes I thsn think o(
you. iV
Wl.tn tho day-gol ha4 rjjn high up m the heaver,;
When nature iu spkndur hincs t rightly a til
When the r.iya of the sun to all thing hare giv&n
The brilliance of uonn-tide, the tttuuiun J's bright
ry 5
When the Uuio of thj harvrt-tcr's irkl is rinjeinj
When the rlcar-souuding burn calls him home
ward in :lee j
hen tho bright milliliter suu tuakes the will
; birds oeje sin,;, as
, When the kine mck Uio hade then I'm think
ing of tbec. ,
M hen even tide comcth, and
day h less light
nes
Vihrn tbo jtcrm king is riding supremo on
, blat ;
the
When the I. shining ii (lathing (n coldness and
flatbing
bricttticti ;
When lalwbr is o'er nnd day elojrs atlant;
When th bunbaiidmaa's eary of toiling sir.e
morriing ;
When the shadows grow b-ng on the fiowery
lea;
When the Utre of evci.ing the tandseape's adoru-
When tar
the?.
'gin to inkle I i-i
thinking oft
When the pure vauit
f llrat-et. with jenas cf
gr-at fx-atiir
The moon f.r their oueeji
and space for their
home
Reflects tho bright sun each thus doing duty
In nature ' trt yttin. in tiin-t'f b!mjdnu
Whpn night has thu "tl1cd in KiU-ne and glory
On mountain and valley, on land and on rB ;
When the whole attrl sytcm' rriet;n;c its try
- Of God's grest creation -I'm lbiuktng of the.
Ooo man took a paper, and his life was
happier than a kind's ; h'fs children th
could read and write and talk of men aud
thinjrs. Another man twik no paper;
and while strolling through tho wood, a
tree fell down upon his crown and killed
hint ai it tdioulJ. Had he been reading
of the new, at home like neighbor Jim,
we'll bet a cent that accident would not
have happened him. Lyon HrpuUi-
Kditors kr.ow lots of such stories. They
don't often tell them, because they do no
wish to harrow the feelings of their read
er.. We will add thw, however, a.4 a sol
emn warning :
A young married nun was solicited to
take a paper. He declined on tho ground
that any village paper was not worth a
dam; though we do not know whether
he meant a female beast, a saw-mill dam,
a cofTer-datn, or tha other kind. Well,
the evening of the auie day, not loving
his wife a he should, and having no vir
tuous employment on hand, a&d not hav
ing a village paper U read, he went into
!by and forbidden paths," slipped down
and broke his leg. .'
If he had been a subscriber for a vil
lago paper, and had been athonjcreadingit
to his lovely wife, or had been listening
to her reading of it, this serious accident
would not have happened. Hut worse
than ail, he dared not have an account of
the accident ent to the village paper ;
and his wife wept many hours because he
had no rtglit to have his name in the pa
pers. He had sir weeks to figure up the
value of a dam. v ;
Let us hope that others will bo warned
by this tragic affair, not to speak profane
ly of village papcri, nor act profanely, in
not aubscruing for' them, and rayinr in
adrance. J-JxcJrfwye. ' '.
Xr.tsh Pct. To
those
who
are
clanorous'for the maintainanco of .tlie
faith of the nation, an exchange very per
tinently puts tbc following questions and
gives answers
"Wasn't t)ic faith of the cation sol
emnly pledged, let, that tbc war was not
waged i'ot the purpose of interfering with
the domestic institutions of the South?
2d, that it was not waged for the subju
gation or conquest of the South 1 I3d,
that the Statc3 of the South should be
re-admitted into the Union with their
sovereignty, rights, and even their dig
nity unitnpared ? Wasn't the faith of
the nation,' vrc ask, pledged to each of
these propositions', and in each of them
broken ? And by whom ? Uy the very
brazen political rascals who are' now ap
pealing to the betrayed and beggared toil
ers of the land, and; in the nanfp the na
tion's faith, forsooth, asking them to pay
trie Donuea onyio.cics tneir unoougnc in
tcrest, tmd this, though their' own little
ones shall go hungry and in rags.
Drop TjtiAT Paper.- Yes drop it.
Too niggardly and mean to subscribe and
pay lor your county paper, wnicn is
steadily laboring for the promotion of the
welfare of societyfor your welfare
you have been sponging upon your neigh
bor ever since it has been established.
You aro always eager to read it, and fre
quently before it reaches tho hands of its
honorable' owner, it is crumpled and torn
by your filching fingers. prop it ! Nevr
er picfe ft tip and read it -Again. ? unless
you can do so with.the proUt conscious
ness'thatyou have the righted: -secured
right in. a legitimate way. ,,If you are too
poor to aid in sustaining it, let us knowj
and we will send you the paper gratui
tously. -But it is downright meanness in
you, when you are aa able as your 'neigh
bor, to send your.' children through the
snow and sleet and rain to borrow it. Bo
a man and help us in our third volume.
Hcrftclicl V. JoliiiNon on tho Itc
publlruit l'arty,
Hcrscltcl JohiiHon writon to 'the
X. V. Tribune ns follows, on the nuu-
iect of reconstruction in tho South nnd
the policy of tho Kcpuhlican party :
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Acousta, (tJa.), Att. 0, 1K07.
Kn. Tkihuxk: You have eomuM-nt-ed
in the Tribune on my remit let ter
to a Committee of Atlanta, (Jeorgia,
expressing luy view,, iu part, .upon
the scheme oi reeoustruetiou .adopted
by Congress, and oflcreti t the., ten
proscribed States' for tlt;ir aecreptariee.
Your .comments are intc,rjilc4 4o )ic se
vere; they are also unjust to me and
to those who may agree with me,
though,'! am bound to presume, not
so iutendctl by you. )X should have
felt ''ratc'fwt it vtni hai lubli.hed the
letttr
which I believe you have not
done
I claim no right to its puhlica
tion in the Tribune for I fully re:g
ni.e yotir right to publish or reject
whatsoever you may deem expedient
and iiropt-r. 1 therefore prefer no
trotnplaint on this score, though, from
your usual fairness, I might have ex
peeted ,you to pursue a Jillc-rcnt
course. f ,
The masses at tho North, and I am
not pure, that the remr.Tk is tnt appli
cable even to yourself, ami very many
of the editors and leading men of that
section, are not informed of the true
condition of things in (Jcorgia and
the other nine States udiich are term
ed difdoyjd. Especially are they not
informed f the real f elines and rru
tives of those who are adverse to tho
Congressional si heme of recount ruction
If thev were, I would fain hope that
the poltey t the uomtuaut power
would be le ,s exaeting and proserip-
Hve, ntit to iay oppressive. It thoye
who had puhlie sentiment in vour
portiott of the Union be true patriot;
and ivtatesiuuh, their real ties ire is to
promote the welfare of our whole;
country ami perpetuate good govern-i
nu-nt, . lit coiitrailistiiSv-liot! to merc
partv- ascend'hcv. Thin eertainlyj
should be the im of all rocd men. !
I assttrVvou thut no other feeling has
a tilace 111 mv hrcasi. 1 never, iu my
whole life, cherished a sentiment or
did an act of intentional hostility to;
the Constitution of the United Stales!
or to the Union of the States, basi j
upon it, according to my honest opin
ion of its spirit and meaning. iiV
late war has wrought great ehangis
in the Southern States, and ha brought
before the people of the Union for litisl
decision many grave questions, involv
ing, in my poor judgment, the charac
ter and destiny of our (iovernment.
Imbed constitutional lilt rty itself is
in great peril. This is my honest con
viction. Statesmen should survey
our surrounding with the view of
averting that iril rather than the
maintenance of party ascendency. No
men can more ardently desire the res
toration of the Union upon the prin
ciples of the Constitution than 1 do.
I submit ts all the legitimate results:
of the war, and I would gladly adopt
any plan of reconstruction which
wouhi not ecU to impose terms upon
us inconsistent with those results and
calculated to imperil constitutional
liberty. You seem to think that I am
factiously opposed to the Congression
al scheme; that I wish to prolong and
aggravate present political disturb
ance and discord ; that I ant actuated
by the spirit of disloyalty ; that I
throw the small mite of mv poor
judgment into the srale of strife and
discontent. Little uo you know, ami
less do you appreciate, my earnest
longings for peace, harmony, prosper
ity, national equality and" justice,1
The scheme of reconstruction offered
to us professes to extend to us the
right of choosing by vote; it eallson
us to say. whether we arc for or against
a convention, such as that scheme con
templates: "When I, in the exercise
of that volition, express myself as op
posed to. jt, you and thef other leading
Hepublicans" of the Noith, who con
sider my poor opinions f, orthy to be
noticed, infer therefrom that l am dis
loyal, factious and rebellious. If those
who arja opposed to that plan are thus
to be; branded, why call On us to
choose f..' If we are free to choose, is
it quite consistent, charitable and just
to denounce ' us because we do not
choose as the Republicans desire that
we should ? Ajc, more than this : to
threaten its with perpetual disfran
chisement and confiscation if wo do
not so choose ? Is that tho way to
establish State Governments, "deriv
ing their just powers from the consent
of the governed ?" It is true I am
disfranchised I am not permitted to
register under tho Sherman bill. But
I did not krjow that I was therefore
not at liberty to write and speak free
ly to my fellow-citizens without being
denounced as disloyal and factious.
I profess tobe loyal to the Constitu
tion, and intend to bb loyal to the
Union when it shall bo settled that
Georgia constitutes one of tlm States
of the Union. But IF loyalty means
fidelity and adhesion! to tho ltcpublic
an party, I shall rieycr, belong toj it
nor be loyal to it so long as it persists
a courtc of policy which must end Jn
the overthrow of tho, Constitution;. I
have ftkon the oath of amnesty, ; and
intend itq.lf.ecr it in good faiH, in Jetr
ter arid" in spirit. 1 It. binds ino to sup?
port tho Constitution, That I wiUjtlo
to the best of rayrjabilityi, It binds
me" to support the emancipation of ne
groes) from slAverj. 'iT'hat I intend to
do, and favor.their investment by law
with jevery right that is; consistent
with their welfare. the interest of
well organized society," and; tho per
petuation of good government. More
than this you would not sask of me.
We may differ honestly ias to what
rights are compatible with these ends,
but that difference dpes not constitute
citlict of us traitors or dialoyaliKts in
any Itgitiinate nenseof that term.
If you could iitinojlo pcrHonally with
thorn I doubt not you would he Kurprised
to learn how little of prejudice against
the negro, on account of color and race,
lC5n8ls n ,w wl 01 B,D,W" cnuro
i tuna fif thn hfjiithnrn tioatiM. Wn em
their friends and vish them well although
they are taught otherwise by those who
linrrt ihinn OtTinr tta fur tin T.nir.cun rf
using thcra for political purposes. They
appeal to their pautdons and prejudices
and nro busily engaged iu organizing
them in antagonism to the white race.
Where or how will etid ,wo should be
in. the dark wer'it not in the bloody
lessons of history. I confess to gloomy
forebodinga for the future. Heaven
tyrant that I may be wrorg iu my appre
hensions. ,You will ask, " If you arc the friend
of tho negro why do you object to their
1 it
oetoj; universally enirancmseu ; . J re
ply, not merely because their ek in is black,
but bccatiHC I believe that they are too
ignorant to use puch enfranchisement
rightly and wtdl ; that it will be fatal to
jrtod government. We have probably
sixty thousand colored people in (Jcorgia
who will hereafter go 4o the ballot-box,
under tho plan of Congressional recon
struction--a greater camber than that of
the white voting population. And no it
will bo in all the ten proscribed States.
The result tut be thrt the several (iov-
ernments ot thc-hc States must pass into
their hand (who are tiow bcinjr taught
by political drill-masters that they have
injuries to avenge against the v: lutes),
with the tremendou power of taxation,
cou(ic:iiion, and of fisiug what fchall b&
thetectirily for the lifs and liberty of the
white citizens. Is not this a terrific pic
ture to contemplate' And can the Nor
thern people, wonder that the Congres
sional policy meets strong, earnest and
hornet opposition ? JH me f unpo.-e a
cae, that will bring the: subject home to
jibe Northern people. ..Suppose- enough
of such ignorant voters fchould be sud-
deuly planted iu any Uaof the Northers
States, to overcome tbc votes cf their
v?hite citiatM, and control the reveral
government of those taic, how do you
think New York, Mft-vmchutetts, Con
necticut. iVnnsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire and
Maine would like the operation? How
would they feel under such a policy, that
would put all their interest in the hands
of such a power ?
But it may be replied that those States
are not disloyal, rcLeiuou, as are the ten
proscribed Southern States that wc de
serve such a fate. I am not Kifig to
discus whether we arc, in truth, rebell
ious Slates. We should differ on that
question. But admit that we are rebel,
or have been, and therefore deserve to be
punished, is this the way to puuih us in
view of enlightened statesmanship? Is
it whe to punish us by forcing upon us
bad government? That might possibly
da if we were the only ones to endure
the reoalty. But it will extend its bale
ful influences to all the other Saates. It
will destroy agriculture; it will swamp
the national debt and currency; it will
cruih out from the breast. of the people
of the South tha last throb cf fraternity,
which magnanimity and justice and wise
statesmanship would engender and cher
ish. Let mc add, the calamity prill fall
upon our posterity for generations to
come, and, at present, upon thousands of
innocent persons who did not participate
in the rebellion. I am, therefore, op
posed to the universal enfranchisement
of the negro, because it will inaugurate
bad government the very worst of tem
poral evil of society and not merely
because their skins arc black. If the
North ara determined to punhh the
South, let them do it. They have the
power. But let them adopt some method
besides that of inflicting on us bad gov
ernment.1 l'or the punishment, in that
form, will fidi upon themselves and all
our posterity. :
It would sccra to mc that wc have suf
fered enough to satisfy the most vindic
tive. Our beautiful region hasbcau des
olated, all our capital eunk, cur people
impoverished, and our slave property,
which was worth to us g5,500,00O,0OGMia3
been confiscated by-the act of emancipa
tion. Wc could, after a long time, re
cover from our prostration, if allowed tho
right of tclf-government. Ought not
statesman to desire our recuperation ?
They may despise us as a people, but is
it tho iutcrcst of tho Republic that wo
should bo made paupers and outcasts 2
You, I believe, maintain tho natural
equality of the negro with tho white race.
I am not going to debate this question
with you. . The diffcreneo between us is
irreconcilable. I do not believe in such
equality. But admit, for tho sake of ar
gument, that the t wo races are, by nature,
equah What does the admission amount
to but that they arc endowed by tho Cre
ator with equal capabilities, intellectual
and moral, nnd, therefore, under a ;-suffix-
cicnt course of training, that the
negroes
among us' aro susceptible of attaining to
thesamo state of intelligence, virtue and
civilization which tho whites have reach
ed 1 It does not provo'that they arc now,
in point of fact, the equals of tho white
raco in fhesc indispensable . qualities of
good citizenship au(( wise self-government,
and po candid man will so insist. But
being,:as'you contend, thu3 equal by na
ture, you draw tho conclusion that, Deiog
free, they have tho right to ; vote'. Wo
men arc free, and also intelligent and vir
tuous, yet they aro not admitted to the
ballot. 4- largo majprity of foreigners
are highly intelligent and virtuous,' i yet
they are denied the franchise , until five
years of resident probation'. Thousands
of boys, at 16 years of age are intelligent
an$ virtuous, yet they aro postponed, to
the age of 21 years. Tho colored, people
of, nearly all the Northern States arc do
med the elective franchise, and where
they are not they enjoy qualified suffrage
only. Why all this? It simply proves
that no matter what may bo your abstract
philosophio views of equality between tho
races, tho predominant sentiment of the
Northern people is, that mere freedom
and equality do not necessarily carry
along with them tho right to vote : that
they regard the elective - franchise as a
boon to he bestowed by , the respective
Stales, upon those only who, it is believ
ed, will use it wisely and. well. Now, are
the negroes of the South, more intelligent
and virtuous than those of the 'North?
No well informed man, who will be can-
did, can assert tha affirmative. On . the)
contrary, I brieve that the free negroes
of tha North are more intelligent, and
therefore better qualified to use judi
ciously the right of suffrage. Why are
they excluded from the ballot-bor, while
those of the South are admitted at the
point of the bayonet ? This inconsisten
cy clearly demonstrate,'; ( that those in
power arc recreant to tho principles they
profess. If they ( believe the principle
right and eacred, they should make it
universally applicable. If. on the other
hand, . they believe, as I am sure the
masea at the North do believe, that the
application of the principle in the North
ern States is incompatible with good gov
ernment, then they ought not enforce it
iu tho fkmthj for the aim of ths true
statesman is to promots good government
in all the States. s
The Congressional scheme of recon
struction is based upon the assumption
that the ten proscribed states are without
good government that lawlessness pre
vails that life end property are insecure;
and the Republican press and leaders as-
fert that loyal citizens, especially those
from the North, are abused, persecuted,
tormented, threatened, and sometiiies
murdered. This whole assumption is un
true. There U le? lawlessness in the
South than in the North, the laws arc as:
faithfully execute by our Courts of judi
catuic, and even-handed justice is meted :
out to white and black. We welcome
enterprising good people ame-ng us from
any quarter. We earnestly wish them to
come, with their capital, energy and en
terprise, to aid us in developing our re
sources and re-C3tabli-d;mg our lost pros
perity. Bnt they do not come. Nor will
they come until tranquility upon
sound principles of statesmanship
shall be restored. It is a great mis
take to suppr.se that the consumma
tion in the Sherman programme of re
construction w ill induce them to come.
It may bring trading politicians of so
inferior a type that they cannot obtain
office at home. They will come to
traffic for the black man's vote, in the
hope of making their salt bv the emol
uments of office. But the honest,
hard-working mechanic, the capitalist,
ami the manufacturer, will never east
their destin v and hazard their fortunes
in anv State that is under nesrro do
minion. It s ems to be supposed by
many that it these Mates he once re
storel to representation in Congress
all will be well, and that prosperity
will follow as a matter of course
Neer was thtie a mere fatal mistake.
Theie is no certainty, of these States
oeiiig represei.icu in congress it we
adoiit the idan of reconstruction it
is not even premised; nor wilLsuch
admission jrive irood government to
the fH'veral States. The Sherman
scheme will certainly result in bad
government, which Congressional rep
resentation has no necessary tendency
to cure. And, I repeat, there can be
no prosperity for anv people cursed
with bad government. Capital, ener
gy and enterprise will shun it.
I have written much more than
intended when I began. But I have
written in a spirit of the most perfect
frankness ami kindness. I have much
more that I wish to say, but I fear
way take too much space in your col
umns, if, indeed, you should dtem it
proper to publish what I have said.
Hespoetfully,
, Your obedient servant,
Heuschel V. Johnson.
Rules for Cow Manaoement.
Cows should run dry six weeks before calv
ing ; if milked closely toward calving, the
calves will be poor. A cow newly como in
should cot drink cold water, but moderate
ly warm slop. Calrcs, intended for raising,
j-hould be taken from tho cow within a
few days, and they will be less liable to
suck when they aro old. Feed them first
on new milk for awhile, then skim-milk,
taking caro that all the changes are grad
ual, by adding only , a portion at first.
Hearty caters arc desirable for cows, and
may usually bo selected while calves.
A dainty calf will be a daintv cow. Heif
ers dried up too early ; after calving, will
always run dry about tho samo time in
after years therafore, bo careful to milk
closely tho first year, until about six
weeks beforo calving. Spring . cows
should como in while they are yet fed on
hay, and beforo they aro turned to ..grass,
which will bo more likely to prevent caked
bag and milk fever. t
Man as an Article of Food. The
Feejeans have plenty of provisions ; -but
they consider "long pig" their pleasant
name for human fleshmuch finer than
pork, beef or mutton. In severe winters,
if wo aro to believe Admiral Fitzroythe
Terra del Fuegong, "when they pan ob
tain no other food, take. tho oldest wo
man of their party, hold her head over a
thick smoke made by burning green wood,
and pinchingbcr throat, choke her," af
ter which she is served up to her friends.
The barbariaps on being, asked why they
did not eat their dogs instead of their old
ladies, naively answered that their, -dogs
caught otters, but that their venerable
grandmothers and aunts did not. ?i .
To Remove Warts. Children are
liable to theso disfiguring excrescences on
the hands which spread if not immediate
ly attended to. They may be removed
by dissolving washing soda in water to
the consistency of cream, and applying it
night and morning. ; r
BOETKY.
IIOK OUT YOlJIt now.
One lny a fartnerVllwjr toy ' ' '
Was hoeing out tbe -eorn,
An'l moodily had listened long
To hear the dinner horn.
The welcome hlastwas heard at last,
And down he dropped his hoe ;
lint tbe old man shouted in bis ear '
"My boy, bos at yoar row !"
Although a "hard one" was the row,
To use a plowman's phrase,
Ths lad, as sailom bare it, ' '
Mcginning welt to "basse,"
"I can," said he, and manfully
He seized again his hoe,
And the old man smiled to sea
The hoy ho out his row.
The lad Ibis text remembered.
Arid proved tbe moral well,
That pereeTtranec to tbe end ' .
At last will nobly tell.
Tako courage, then ! rcsolre you can
Atsd strike a rigorous blow ; .
In life's great field of varied toil ;
Always hoe out your row.
The Mnetc Word.
Wendell Miillips, the great Republican
leader, having secured, so far as he can,
negro suffrage at the South, is moving,,
bodily to occupy the next ground in the
battle for the foctaland political equality
of the races without distinction of color..
He writes to the Anti-Slavery Standard,
that he U "very glad to observe aninereas-.
ed inclination among the coloisd people
of tbe South to claim a share in the fu
ture management of public afiairs," and
he refers to the claim the negroes of
Richmond are setting up for the 3Iayor-'
ality of that city, and for a division of tho
Board of Common Council, and says,
"this is as it should be; we trust they
will be elected. Jf e hopes, also, "to eee,
ere 1002 tne oinees in tneir jccepinsr
wherever they have the majority. That
he regards, as the . "logical sequence
of their emancipation and enfranchise-:
ment." ' : :
Net only do the ncroes of Richmond
propose to take to then own color tbc of
fice of Mayor, and a division of the Com
mon Council, but the Jribune, of New
Orleans, the organ of the colored people
of that city, in its issue of the 9th inst,
asks : "Who will open tho public schools,
to all children V and replies itself by say
ing: "We are of opinion that it will So
done by a colored Mayor, rith colored
members among the City Council j and it
proceeds to give reason for that belief.
The reasons are, that a five years ex-,
periencc under Ilcpublicity rulers failed to
produce the opening of theschooU to color
ed children. ;
TI12 Tribune then proceeds : "Since
the stumblingdlock comes from the social
relation of white officers, let us then elect
ofheers whose social relations are in the
opposite direction." "One word
will have the magic power of blending?
both races together in the public schools.'
Woman. Is it not strange, after all
the bible say? of woman and women, la
dies should be preferred by many of her
sex. ' She shall be called woman is the
first intimation that we hare of her'name,
Wc read of the gentle, loving Ruth, the
queenly Esther, and Elizabeth, the moth
er of John all as women, and she- who
was the most exalted of all, Mary, the
mother of Jesus. If lady had been a su
superior title, or something equivalent
to it, it surely would have been conferred
upon her. True, she. was poor, the wife
of a carpenter, her babe was' born in a
manger, yet the angles rejoiced j and the
morning stars stang together, as she (a
woman) held the child in her arms.
Who bathed the Saviour's feet with her
tears, and followed him to the cross and
tomb, and received the first blessing of
the risen Lord ? Woxnan ever kind and
compassionate, the rery name seems to
breathe of love and adoration. -
In all ages, noble, heroic women were
the mothers of true, brave men. Our
grandmothers were all women; they loved
their husbands, taught their children, an4
made homo happy; their sons grew up
and called them blessed. The words wp-t
man, mother, and home form tho golden
links that keep society together; there
seems a comfort in each word, but the
word laty brings to our mind's eya sickly,
children, little gravesa disorderly house,
and a bankrupt husband. It is this love
of show that is ruining the American!
people ; we want women, good and true,. to
preside over the homes of their husbands
and children, to fill the places that Orodt
intended thcra to fill, directing the minds
of sons and daughters to future usefulness,
for themselves and fellow creatures.
Receipt to Clean Wool. Hunt
Broi, of the North Bloomfieldi (Custom,
Woolen Mill, New. .York, give 'the follow
ing receipo for cleaning wool: To two,
pailsfuj of water add a quart of soft soap
and a half-pint of common salt. Heat
from 10 to 180, or a little warmer than
the hand can bear. Putin all, the weel
that will stir conveniently, and. let it re
main fifteen minutes, moving it in the ket
tle occasionally. Then take it out, let it
drain,rcturn the drained liquor to the ket
tle and add all the water needed.'' Repeat
tho process, and occasionally add a little"
soap and salt. After the wool is drained
sufficiently, simply rinse it well with cold
water and you will hen have it white and v
soft, Never let wool boil in tho liqaori
as that will fix tho gum, render the fibre
stiff and gray, and ujfit it for sofV and un
flexible yarn , Fine wool needs more
time in the kettle than course. 1 Taggins
may be cleansed in the same manner, by
clipping off all the -hard matter that canf
not readily be compressed between the
thumb and finger. ,
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Ttie Difference A Boston wit, de
fining the difference between an accident
and niisf ortune, r says, : . "If WendelJ
Phillips should fall into the river, it
would be an accident. If he should gei
out agai rj , that would be a misfortune !"
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