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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 18C7.
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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT,
ABBOTT & BROWN.
V. B. ABBOTT.
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X. T. BROWS.
Officc-OTcr H. Oli.er'i Store, First Street
3ERM.?3 4BT1XCE: Oaejear, $3; Six Months
- 1 At . A
Jf payment be delayed six months $4 wil
be charged j if one year,
Correspondent writing over assumed stgnatares
r anonymously, must make known their proper
names to tko Editor, or no attention will bo given
to their communications. ...
All- Letters: nd Communications, whether on
oujineM or for publication, should tw addressed to
Abbott A Brown.
RATE'S' OP ADVERTISING, mstbis; One
Column, 3100 ; Half Column, $60 Quarter Col
umn, $35.
Transient Advertisements per Square often lines
or less, first insertion, $5 ; each subsequent inser-
tfoa,$l.'
For double column advertisements twenty-five
' . . . ... m M t
per cent, additional to to me aoove nguros wi
char zed.
A square Is one inch in space down the column,
Counting eujj, duplaj lines, blanks, Ac, as solid
matter. No advertisement to be considered less
than a square, and all fractions counted a full
square. All advertisements inserted for a !sS
period thai three months to bo regarded as tran-
lent.
BUSINESS CARDS.
BEXJ. ITAYnES,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Will attend to all business entrusted to htm by
citizens of Polk and adjoining counties.
Eola, Ju'.y 26, 1S67. v2n51tf
DENTISTRY.
TiR. E. GRIFFIN WILL VISIT PRO-
I If fessionally the town of IlarrlBDargH
on the 16th of July, and remain lor a lew oays.
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'. BICE. M . 0. P. t. H.CER, 51. D.
DUH. RICE fc PLUMJIEn.
Physicians and Surgeon,
Tender tteir services to the cltiiens of Albany
and vicir'ty. Office on Second street, opposite the
Lower Ferry.
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v. r. srKSKUL. T. DALTOS.
RUSSELL & DALTOX,
'ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
Solicitors U Chancery and Real Estate Agents,
WH1 practice in the Courts of the Second, Third,
r t Fourta Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme
Co."t of Oregon.
O Jce in Parrish's Brick Building, Albany, Ore-
rou.
ttf SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the col
lection of Clsims at all poiaLs in the above named
District. vzmeyi
S.? WniTTEJIORE, 31. D.,
SURGEON, PR YSICIAN A SD A CCO UCHEJt
Tenders his services in the va.ioas Lraaclic of
his profession to he e.'nj o A'brv iu ar-
round
ingeouniry. uinee. ?i i. -!. c a, vv.
Store, ParrUh's Etoe! Albany. v2n17tf
X. B. HUMPHREY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW A5D XOTART PUBLIC,
ALBANY - " - - - - OREGON.
t . OQce in the Court House. -ti
mar9v2n301y
V. B. CBA3T0S, CEO, B. HZL.
, r CRAXOR fc IIEElf,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW
OrricE la Norcross Brick Building, up-stairs,
Albany, Oregon, - - - - au4
J. C, POWELL, .
X TTORXE Y AND COUNSELLOR AT LA W
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
A LEANT, Oregon. Collections and eonvey-
anee promptly attended to. oc20nl01y
, JAEEOWS, U ELAI5, S, K. T0CXO,
J, BARROWS & CO.,
GENERAL Se COMMISSION MERCHANTS
T EALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods,
If Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crocker,
Boots and Shoes, Albany, Oregon,
Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf
EUGENE SEJIPLE,
ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR.
Portland - - - - - Oregon.
gy0FEICE Over Kilbourn's Auction Rooms.
December 8, v2n!7tf
sV G, TF. GRAY, D. D. S.,
SURGEON DENTIST, J LB ANT, OGN.
Performs all operations in the
line of DENTISTRY in the saost
PERFECT and IMPROVED man
ner. Persons desiring artificial teeth
would do well to five him a call. Office up-stairs
in Parrish's brick. Residence eorner of Second and
Baker streets. 1 - - , u5-ly
I. O. G. T.
'WESTERN STAR" LODGE No. 10, meets
at Masonic HlJl every Tuesday evening. :
E. E. McCLURE, W. C. T.
F. M. Wapswobth, W. & T2a32tf
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ALBANY LODGE, NO. 4.
ResTttlar CXeet-
r.lr-.J tr-:..i,r- ?"g' of Albany Lodge,
No, 4, L O. 0. F., are held at their Hall in Nor
crosiVEaCdla;;; Albany, every WEDNESDAY
EVENING, tX 7 o'clock. Brethren in good
standing are invited to attend.
P?der of the N. G, ' ; ; au4-ly
X.O OK-HBEB 1
iBAUJW.O .,
falraaiic Haadndnstrr, and Save Money!
The nsiersigned, having opened a
TAILOKLG r ESTABMSIIMENT
(On First street, north side, next door east
0 .form Washington), in Albany, takes
, njf. 1 1 v, tiu method of informing the '
-inn jpablic that he is
. prepared to .. ' .
HIKE, CUV ASD SEP1IS CLOTHING!
OP XJ.li KIJCDS,
in THE LATEST STYLES!
AND AT THE MOST REASONABLE RATES!
r2n44tf JL W. FARMER.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
HATS, ML HATS.
MEUSSDORFFER & BRO.,
Manufacturers and Importers of, and Wholesale
and Rotau Dealers in
HATS -AJSHD O-AJPS,
AStD
HATTERS' MATERIALS,
No. 72 Front Street, Portland,
A RE RECEIVING, IN ADDITION TO
l. heir extensive Stock, by every Steamer, all
the LATEST STYLES of New York, London and
Parbiau taste, for
Gentlemen's and Children's Wear
Which they will sell
CKAfER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE ON THE COAST!
DEALERS IN HATS
Will consult their own interests by examining our
Stock before purchasing elsewhere.
JIats of every style and Description
MADE TO ORDER,
ALSO
IEATI,Yr REPAIRED,
T-4T
J, 0. Meussdorflfer & Bro.'s
No. 72 Front Street Portland, Og'n,
Co D and Second Sts... Marysville. Cal.
No. 7 "5 J Street Sacramento
No. . 1 637 Commercial St San FraneiKCo.
s-i '.aolesale House at San Frnetco,Cal.
jio . w - commercial tnrcnen io oi viay sireeis.
Dec. i, 186ft v2nltf
THE
OLD STOVE DEPOT!
MAIN STTIEET ... ALBANY.
BIGGS,
(late c. c. codlct a co.)
Keeps eonftantly on hand a general assortment of
STOVES!
Of the Most Favorite Patterns.
Cook Stoves,
Parlor Stoves,
Box Stoves !
With a full and general assortment of
TIN, SHEET-IKON,
COPPER AND BRASS--WARE! I
And all other articles usually found io a
TIN STORE!
Repairing Sestly and Promptly Executed.
Tm3I8 CaU or Produce.
"Short JZcckoningt make Long1 Friend."
Feb. 2, '67 r2n25i
FURNITURE AND CABINET WARE,
C- MEALY Sc CO.
Cornet ofFirct and Broad Alb in Streets,
(First Door East of J. Norcross' Brisk)
Albany, I4n n County, Oregon,
Keep constantly on band
A FULL ASSORTMENT
Of everything in their line of Business,
At Lower Figures than any other House
This side of Portland.
WE CHALLENGE COMPETITION
In the line of
UPHOLSTER. Y, PARLOR SETS
Chamber Sets, Picture Frames
BUREAUS, SAFES, WARDROBES, ETC. ETC.,
We have also on hand the celebrated
"ECONOMY WASHING MACHINE,"
Which has no equal in the world. Oct one ,anu
satisfy yourself.
Particular attention paid to all orders in our line.
UNDERTAKING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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A, Hi.ES BULL. . I PETER CCBLOflSKB.
ALBANY
LIVERY STABLE!
Opposite the Old "Pacific Hotel" Stand.
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM
the public that they hare on band s good
supply of
DOUBLE AND SINGLE BUGGIES,
Together with the best of Livery and
SAHDLE HOBSES.
All of which will be let on
REASON A p Is J3 TEB BIS
GIVE US A CALL !
: MARSHALL k SCHLOSSER.
Albanj, Jan. 14, J867 v2n231y
POETIIY.
ovep THE xuvcxit
This beautiful poem, by an American writer,
Miss Priest, has commanded the admiration of
all readers during the many rounds it has made of
the newspaper, apd magaxlne press tho last ten
years.
Over the river they beckon to me,
Loved ones who've passod to the other sido
The gleam of tho snowy robes I teo,
But their voices are lost In the dashing tide
There's one with ringlets of sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heaven's own blue
lie crossed In the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view
W saw not the angels who met there,
The gates of the rily we could not see j
Over the River, over the River,
My brother stands ready to welcome me.
Over the River the Bnatman plo
Carried another the household pot ;
Her bright curls waved In the gentle gale
Darling Minnie, I seo her yet !
She crossed on her bottom her dimpled hand.
And fearlefly entered the phantom bark ;
11V watched It slide from the silver sand.
And all onr sunnhlne grew strangely dark.
We know ihe I safe on the other side.
Where all the ransom'd angol be ;
Over the River, the mystic River,
My childhood's Idols are waiting for me.
For none return from thoe quirt shores
Who crops with tho Boatman rM and pale
We bear the dip of the golden oar.
We catch the gleam of the snowy nail,
And Io! thy have paMtnl away from our heart;
They cross the stream and are gone for aye!
We cannot sunder the veil apart,
That hides from our vision the gates of day ;
We only know that their barks no more
Shall aail with oort on life's stormy sea J
Yet somehow on the nnwen shore.
They watch and beckon and wait for me.
And I sit and think when the unrt's gold
Is flushing river and hilt and chore,
I shall one day itand by tho water cold.
And lUt to the sound of the Boatman's oar
I shall watch for the gleam of the flapping sail,
T shall hear the boat as it gains the strand,
I shall pass from sight with the Boatman pale
To the better shore of the F!rl Land !
I shall know the loved who hav gone be'oie
And joyfully swrct will the meeting be.
When over the River, the peaceful River,
The Angel of Death shall carry me!
Jofth Hilling on Cougw.
Josh Billings relates hi first experi
ence with tho googthmljr:
I never can 'radicate holi fruru mi
mind the pound of tho furst gon; I ever
herd. I wm settin' on the frunt step uf
a tavern in the city uf Uufferlo, pensive
ly smokin. The un wu.i gom tti ted,
and the modest hcaen wu.i a hlushin
at the performance. Tho Krj kanawl,
with it golden waters, was on it way tu
Albany, and I wai pcrusin the lino LoaU
a float in' by, an' thinkin' uf I tally (where
I used tu live) and her condoler and
gallus wimtuen. My entire soul wu, az
it were, in a swet. 1 wanted to klime;
I felt great ; I actualy grew. There are
things in this life tu big tu be trifled
with ; there ate times when a man brakes
luce lrom himself; when he sees ftperits:
when he can awluiost tuch the inune,
and feels az tho he kud fill both hands
with the stars of heven and awluiost
swaro ho wus a bank president. That's
what ailed ma. Hut the korse uv tru
lav never did run emoothe (this isShaks
pere's opinion, tu). Jest az I wus duin'
my best lummer, dummcr, spat, bang,
bellcr, crash, roar, raru, durnmer, dum
mcr, whang, rip, rare, rally, ram, dura
mer, dumnier, dum ! With a treemend
ous jump I struck the center uv the
sidewalk, with another I kleercd the gut
ter, and with another I tood io the mid
dle uv the street, snortin' like an Indian
pony at a band of music. gazed iq
wild despair at the tavern stand, mi heart
swelling up az a out-dore oven, mi teeth
az luce az a string uv .bedas. I thot awl
the crockery in the tavern had felt down.
I thot uv fenoroenons. I thot uv Ga
brcl and his horn. I wus jest on the
pint uv thinkin' uv somethin' elso when
the landlord cum out on the frunt stupe
uv the tavern, holdin by a string the
bottum uv a old brass kittle. lie kawled
me gently with his hand. I went slola
and slola up tu him. He kammed rni
feers. He sed it wus a gong. I saw tho
kussed thing. He sed supper wus reddy,
and axed me if I wud hev black or greoo
tec, and I sed I wood.
The Railroad. The Willamette Val
ley Railroad seems to be a fixed fact. Ar
rangements have been made by the com
pany here with Eastern capitalists, by
which the money to build the road is to
be furnished on a mortgage of the road
and rolling stock. The material for the
first section of twenty-five miles is ahca
dy purchased and probably on the way
by this time. As soon as tho bonds are
completed, which tho company are now
preparing, and sent East, additional ma
teriaf will be shipped. 'There is one sat
isfaction about this arrangement, at least,
the people of Oregon can lose nothing,
as the builders are secured only by a mort
gage on the road, which will be utterly
worthless until the road is built. A friend
who has recently returned from Salem,
says that afrer a careful investigation of
the whole matter and an examination of
the company's books and papers, hie has
concluded that we are soon to have a rail
road. As to where tho road will run, no
definite, information can be had, as there
has as yet been no authorized or definite
survey. If it is to be a Willamette Val
ley Railroad it will be built in this part
of Oregon, if not it is perhaps as likely to
lead off from the head of navigation on
the Columbia.- Oregon City Enterprise.
Expect. -If spoons were made with a
likeness of Butler on each one, says the
La Crosse Democrat, they would look so
mean that the brute might not steal them
except to keep his hand in
From the Boston Comtnereial Dullotln.
Legal Tender UyNtcm nml ncputlla?
tlon.
I4ast week wo alluded to a proposition,
which has been going the rounds of a por
tion of tho press, for redeeming for rath
er exchanging) tho prcsont funded nation
al debt with greenbacks, issued for that
purpose at their nominal par value. In
commenting upon this scheme, wo endcay
oredtoshow that, in practice, U was cquiv
alout to national repudiation : slncb tho
pretended payraeut of & bona fuU debt
wuu mere promjsca to pay. mat are not
redeemable in money or something intrin
sic value, is reallv no navment at all.
To bo suro, tho public creditor, in thus
exchanging ono form of security for an-
uwicr, wouiu suit iioia me promiso oi tue
government to pay tho debt duo him in
specie. But as tho latter would not be
furthcoming on demand, he would bo ob
liged cither to hold to his greenbacks till
tho government saw fit to redeem them,
thus losing interest ou his money, or put
them to tho best possible use by pass
ing them off as currency at their market
value.
This market value would, of course, de
pend very much upon the volume of cur
rency afloat; and if the liovcrtimetit
should undcrtako to print and iue two
billions of treasury notes, in addition to
tho hvo hundred millions now extant, it
is very certain that tho paper dollar
would aoon depreciate to a vcrv small
fraction of its nominal value. In that
case, greenbacks would probably bear
about the same ratio to gold that'Confed
erate currency did just before the close of
the war.
But the worst fcaturo of the cans would
bo that, greenbacks beiug legal tenders,
thoir enormous tuultiplicatkn and depre
ciation would enable every private debtor
to virtually repudiate his previously con
tracted pecuniary obligations by paying
them off in a worthless currency. Thus
we should have repudiation all around the
board, beimiuing vith tho Government
and ending with the citizen : all score
would be wiped ont, and with them the
grecuback debt itself .Such an over is
sue of depreciated currency would, of
course, never be redeemed in gold, but
would ultimately share the fall of tho
1 rcuch AsAtgnats and tho notes of the
Continental Congress. This result might
or might not, be hastened by organic
changes in our political ayatom. But the
preMjtit being to soinc extent a revolution
ary epoch, tending to radical changes, it
is hardly safe to open the door to any
plausible pretext for uational repudia
tion. But in taking up this subject air.iin. we
do so not merely to point out the dangers
of the situation, but toahowthat the Gov
crumcut is in some degree responsible for
the popular clamor to get rid of burthen-
some taxation by a summary and cheap
method ot uiftcharirtnir the public debt.
In fact, the mischievous tendency to repu
diation originated wholly in the legal ten
der system, which is basod upon tho dis-
loncst pnuciple ofcompolling the private
creditor to receirc less than a justciuiva-
cot in satisfaction oi nts uues.
The proposition now being agitate), to
compel the public creditor to receive
depreciated greenbacks, instead of gold,
n payment of hit dues, is merely an ex
tension of the same vicious principle, and
is. tn fact no more of a swindle thin was
egalizcd by the Congress which passed
the legal tender act. Indeed, we arc un
able to see why it is not just as fair and
egittmate for the government to pay off
it gold dobts with legal tenders, regard
ed of their purchase power or market
value, as to authorize tho private citizen
to do the same thing. What is prescribed
as just and honest between man and man,
certainly ought to bo just and honest be
tween the government and the people.
livery treasury note issued since the
suspension of specie payments, constitutes
a forced loan of the people to the govern
ment, which tho latter tn theory promis
es, but tn practice refuses, to pay. In its
relations to the currency, it standi to-day
u the attitude of national repudiation,
and the measure of this repudiation is
represented by the repudiation of tho cur
rency. It has not only set an example of
repudiation by telling the people to take
its depreciated paper, but has authorized
private debtors to repudiate in the same
way and to the same extent.
A further issue ot'demaqd notes, wheth
er to cancel its bonds or for any other pur
pose, would only increase the amount ot
depreciation and repudiation, but the
principle would be the same as that which
now lies at the bottom of our money system.
This principle, instead of being extended,
should be wholly uprooted ; unless this is
done, it will lead to mischief, and through
it the national credit, if not wholly over
thrown, will receive a shock from which
it will take years of wise and honest finan
ciering to recover,
The New York Tribune of tho 2Gth
ult., says: "We have printed Mr. Ould's
letter, in which he charges that the Reb
el Government, in J.8G4, offered to sur
render, without au equivalent 15,000 sick
and wounded prisoners. The persistence
of this assertion, and the offer to prove
it, should cause the Government to exam
ine the matter thoroughly. The publio
are interested in these grave charges, and
the testimony of Gen. Grant, Gen. Butler,
Mr. Stanton, Gen. Mulford and Mr.Ould,
should be fully taken and published.
43 Well.- By the casting vote of its
President, tha Connecticut Senate tabled
a resolution ordering a portrait of the late
President Lincoln to be placed in the
Senate Chamber. One of the members,
in the course of the debate on the resolu
tion, said that the fact that President
Lincoln was assassinated,, was no argument
for placing his portrait in tho Senate
Chamber, and suggested that President
Tyler's portrait might as well be put up
because he died of dysentery. ' 1 - ;
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The Chicago Times calls Phill. Sheri
dan "an insolent, drunken upstart'
Negro ItaiTragG.
Thq following article, from tho New
Yorjc Jjrprmi has the ring of tho true
metal ;
Thcro has been, and there yet is an in
timation, in ono of the city Democratic
journals, that negro suffrage is an open
(ssuo with Democrats, and that a man can
be a Democrat and vote to degrado the
whito laborer of the North to tho race
and caste degradation of the negro. There
never was a greater mistake for the
grcatost of all issues between Democrats
and tho Republican oligarchy is that of
negro suffrage. It is about the only issue,
for tariffs, and about everything cle, dwin
dle into, insignihcanco when compared
with it.
Tho oligarchs ond monopolists of the
ioritt the men lor three hundred per
cent, tariff bounticsaro reconstructing
tho South, so as to mo the nftjrro vote
there, to force the consumers of tho North
to keep tip their tariff bounties. Hence
the fivo monarchies, and all tho tyrannies
connected therewith. The Democrats of
tho North and West are dead against all
this, and united on ft too.
The question, here at homo, is, as on
our own soil, when confined to our own
State, of but littlo practical importance to
us, right here but of the greatest prac-
tical importance to us elsewhere, and of
the greatest theoretical importance every
where. The Democratic theory and prin
ciple is, that this is a Democratic govern
ment of white men, raado for white men,
nnd exclusively for white men. Hence
we have ever carefully excluded the Indi
an from suffrage, nay, wo have extirpated
him, and universal suffrage for the negro
was an idea scouted by the fathers of the
republic, who in the Federal Convention
compacted not only to deliver him upas a
slave, but to have him represented ouly as
a slave.
Onr fathers made no provisions for tak
ing into their co-partnership government,
the Cherokee, or Creeks, or Iroquois, or
Seneca tribes powerful in their day,
while they created a government exclu
sively for white men. They never in
tended to harc their co-partnership with
these Indians, any more thau with the
Chinese or Japanese, our own Pacific
ocean neighbors. The land was made
open and free for Anglo-Saxon. Teuton,
Celt, and for all tho Latin races in short
for the Caucasian, never for the African,
or Mongolian, or Kequimaux tribes or,
men, whom, we are now embracing in
masses in our just acquired Russian pos
sessions. The reason that this govern
ment of white men should be kept for
white men, is, that tho white man alone
is capable of selfgovernmoat, and alone
can maintain a free government. No
other races have ever maintained such a
government, or ever can. The white
man is the superior man, tho dominant
man, over the African, the Mongolian,
the Esquimaux, or other ypecies of men,
and was designed and destined by God to
be so. All attempts of our nee to sjnre
government, and our society with the in
ferior races of men, io Ilayti, Jamaica, or
Spanish America, here, in America, or,
in Asia, or North Africa, have been de
structive of both races. Amalgamation is
death, both to white, negro men, or Mon
golian men. Equality and fraternity
with these lowev races is against the will
of God, and God punishes by the destruc
tion of both races all theso violations of
His Holy Will.
A Woman Triks to Blow Herself
up with a Cannon Ball. One of the
most whimsical and unheard of means of
"shuffling off this mortal coil," occurred
in this city recently. A woman living in
the lower part of this city, named Meyer,
who from the ill-treatment of her husband
had become disgusted with life, attempt
ed to make away with herself in the fol
lowing manner : Sho took a six pound
cannon ball, which her husband had
brought frcra Vicksburg as a relic, and
which had been on the mantel piece for
years, and having a rather indistinct con
ception of tho terrible effect of tho pro
jectile and the manner of using it, she
hit upon an idea. She went to Edward's
groceiy and purchased fifty cents worth
of powder, returned home and procuring
a breakfast plate she placed it on the
floor. Sho then poured tho powder upon
the plate and put the cannon ball on top
of the powder. Having thus got her ar
tillery in position and everything in read
iness, sho then sat down over the loaded
plate, and with a burning taper in one
hand fired the powder. The effect of the
explosion may be imagined. The ex
ploding powder burned and blackened
the woman's lower extremities, while the
ball which she vainly expected would end
her miseries did not stir from its position.
The unfortunate victim of this insane at
tempt at self-destruction is lying in a pre
carious condition from the effects of her
foolhardy attempt upon her own life.
St. Louis Republican.
Who ts Safe ? God has never crea
ted a mind yet that can safely challenge
combat with the appetite of drink. Earjh
has no ambition that is not engulfed, no
hope which is not blasted, no tie which is
not broken, no sanctuary which is not in
vaded, no friend, no kinsman, wife or
child, that is not forgotten; no fibre of
human agony which is not wrung. Minds
of common mould will get through life
without excess, while those gifted with
God-like powers are smitten with weak
ness. The gifted author of Childe Har
old walked in fettersjand died at Misso
longhi of drunken debauch. He 'who led
the prosecution in the British Parliament
against Hastings, was hurried to the grave
to escape the clutch of his landlords.'
Poor Charley FoxJ And the author of
Gertrude of Wydmiutf died a drivelling
imbecile. How tho Gentle Elia" wept
over the habit that enthralled him. Ah'l
how these' tragedies of human individual
historyof temptation and fall stalk be
fore -usl ' The history of the best mindsl
of our land is darkened by these episodes
of weakness and ruin. T. M Brown.
Another TLetter from Kx-CommJa-
sitoner Ould
General Robert Oull has written the
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following letter to one of tho editors of
the National Intelligencer.
Richmond, July 18, 1807.
My Dear Sir: I have read thoremark-
.H. Mil' ' it. IT TJI1 .
uojo uigpuKsion m tnc J louse, jjiunugu
is substantially right in what he said. I
offered early in August to deliver all the
sick and wounded prisoners wo had with
out requiring equivalents for them.
would have made the offer earlier, but
for tho fact that somo considerable time
before I had made an offer of exchange,
man lor man, to which 1 could get no re
sponse. I waited for a response until
early in August, and failing to receive
one, I then made tha offer above named.
at the samo time urging haste on the part
ot the united states Government, as the
.1 e .
mortality among tno rcaerai prisoners
was very great. During the rail I again
and again urged haste, giving 'the same
reason. I informed tho rederai authori
ties that if they would send transporta
tion for 1&,U00 men to the mouth of the
Savannah river I would furnish that num
ber of sick and wounded, and that I would
fill up any deficiency with well prisoners.
I did not require a corresponding deliv
ery of our prisoners, though I expressed
the desire that they might be sent. Irom
early in August we were not only ready,
but anxious to make this delivery. It Tjras
our purpose, as well as our ouer, to con
tinue the delivery of the sick and wound
ed at all the depot of prisoners, and upon
the terms mentioned; that is, without
requiring equivalents, .transportation
a mw
was not sent until December. The Uni
ted States authorities brought in that
month some 3,000 prisoners to the mouth
of the Savannah river, and received over
ld,UU0 in reurn, many of whom were
well men. The 300 delivered presen
ted as melancholy a txcctacJe as Ander-
sonvillg ever presented. Most, if not all
of them, had Lcen brought from Almira.
oni2 died between Almira and Balti
more many between Baltimore and Sa
vannah. I do net believe ten per cent.
of the number arc alive now. All these
facts are known to Federal officers. Reb
els may lie, but yet the fact is fully estab
lished by other evidence that the fede
ral authorities sent 3.00 and received
13.000. They would have received more
if there had been accommodation. Why
were 13,000 delivered aod only 3,000 re
ceived, if I insisted on receiving equiva
lent? There Li nothing in the publish
ed correspondence referred to by General
Butler which, in any manner, contest
any one of the facts I have mentioned.
General Mulford will sustain everything
I have herein written. He b a man of
honor and courage, and I do not think
will hesitate to tell the truth. I think it
would be well for jou t make an appeal
to him. as it has become a question of
veracity. General Butler says the propo
sition was made in the Fall, and that
7,000 prisoners were delivered. It was
in August, and over 13,000 were deliver
ed. If you will get Pollard's Lost Cause,"
and refer to the chapter on exchaoge, you
will thero find the whole question accu
rately stated. Every word of the chap
ter is true, so far as it pretends to give
facts. The book was published by sub
scription, by Treat & Co., of New York.
You can publish any portion of this let
ter. I defy contradiction as to any state
ment I have made, and challenge scruti
ny. I will prove every word by Federal
testimony. Who, then, is responsible for
the suffering of Andcrsonville during the
period of its most deadly mortality, from
August to January?
Yours, truly, Robert Ould.
The Election,
Notwithstanding all the fraud perpetra
ted by the enemy at the election in this
Territory last Monday, the Democracy
have gained a great triumph. The lead
ers of the Republican party had been or
ganizing for the contest for twelve months.
Through the machinery of the Under
ground League of Africa, and the Grand
Humbug of tho Republic, secret organiza
tions hostile to libc.ty and a Democratic
form of government, they kept up the en?
thusiasm of their followers in every part
of the Territory. Thoy inveigled the ig
norant and unsuspecting into their toils.
They collected a vast corruption fund
whicbthey used unscrupulously in the
contest. In this city they nnblushingly
distributed funds in tho open day to pur
chase votes. We have no doubt the Re
publican Central Committee of this Terri
tory expended $25,000 to carry the elec
tion. It was a poor investment. It is a
total loss. Great stress was laid on the
supposed fact, that tho soldiers would
vote tho Republican ticket. In this they
were deceit ed, a majority of the soldiers
in Neil Howe's command, voted tho Dem
ocratic ticket. Four to one of the regu
lar soldiers are Democratic. This will
have a potent effect throughout the coun
try. It will encourage the Democracy
everywhere. They opened a bogus poll
at Sun River for the purpose of carrying
that point bv several hundred for" San
ders, but when the soldiers ''commenced
voting four to ono for Kavanaugh, they
stopped the election by closing the polls.
This is one of the precincts established
under the direction of Hosmer and the
Union League. ' '
Let the Democracy everywhere take
heart. Tho army is with them. The ar-:
my is with the people. During tlie rev
olution in Paris, which resulted' in the
dethronement of Louis Philippe and the
Bourbons, when the National Guards were
ordered up to put1 down the people, and
it was nb'ticed that they .did. not fire, a
universal shout went up ,M the soldiers do
not fire on tho people; tho soldiers are
with the people' The soldiers of the
Union are and will be with the Democra
cy. Montana Gazet'e. J . . ' ,
- ' . v.-" '! ' : : " . "
The "Woodland News says : "Gorham
did not run as well as we expected, and to
be candid we never thought ho would.",
Got. Wood, of Oregon ,
This unmitigated humbug and contcmp
tible slanderer, who went howling over
our State in the interest of George C.
fjorbara, will go back to the web-foot
country a disgraced and humiliated man.
His intemperate and insulting speeches,
like those of his lobby master, disgusted
thousands of citizens who acted with the
party in power, and caused them to como
over to the Democracy. "We give a coup
le of extracts from the written epcech
which he retailed from county to county,
in order that all may see and remember
tho baseness of this paid tool of corrupt
politicians. Here is one :
"Though the Democracy declare to the
contrary, there is a'crirae known to the
United States as treason. It consists id
waging war 'againlt the United States
Government, and in giving aid and com
fort to its' enemies ; and every man who
does this is a traitor, and having dono
this, what rights has a Southerner ? He
has a civil right to be hanged and a po
litical right to be damned V'
The People of California A
this political mountebank. They think
that Southerners, now the war is over,
instead of bciog "hanged and damned,"
have the same right to life, liberty and
the protection eS tho r,xs rtti,;..
union, which they claim for themselves.
Not satisfied with hanging and damning
the Southern people, tbi3 iroa-ciad cxmZ
sarv of fanaticism apd knavery descen
ded to the dirty work of grossly slander
ing Sonoma county. We extract front
the same speech :
"I may here remark that manv peon!
have an erroneous idea as to the nature
of the Frcedrxian's Bureau, and in illus-
irauoa ot tins 1 will msntion what the
people in ono portion of the State think
of it. Over in Sonoma.
many Democrats, characterized as nanal
by ignorance and whiskey, they thought
that the great Radical party and the Ab
olition Congress were distributing those
little articles of furniture called beau-
rcaus, to the negroes, and wouldn't give
any to the Democrats."
"Democrats, characterised a3 usual by
ignorance and whiskey." Is it surpris
ing after such contemptible attacks, that
Sonoma county rolled up one thousand
majority against tb Gorham ticket, and
that the State repudiated the men who
employed such Ivin tools as Gov. Woodl
of Oregon ? Gorham, Pixley, Wood, Cox,
Jones, Stewart, and a few other ribald
speakers, did much to open the eyes of
me people ot California to the baseness of
the mongrel party and its infamous lead
ers. -Sonoma Democrat.
San Francisco, September 16. The
ceremony of circumcision was performed
yesterday upon infant sons, triplets, of
Mr. Henry Danzier. The Svnacoirue
Ayabi Shalomo was filled with people,
among whom were tha various Jewish re
ligious and benevolent associations. The
infants were named respectively, Abra
ham Lincoln Danzijer, Isaac Andrew
Johnson Danzigcr, and Jacob John Con-
ncss Danziger. General McDowell held
Abraham in his arms : Mr. "Wasserman.
for Mr. Haight, held Andrew Johnscn.
and Honorable John Conness supported
John Conness in his arms. Three solid
gold medals were presented by Progress
Lodge No. 15, F. and A. M. ; their vaj
ue U at least 8150. " After the ceremony
was concluded, the invited guest3 repair
ed to the basement of the Synagogue and
partoot ot a sumptous banquet, at which
Rabbi Henrv presided. Appropriate
speeches were made by Rev. Dr. Henry.
uenerai JUcJUowell, benator tonnes?.
Rev. Dr. Cohen, and Jacob Benjamin.
Three successive goblets were then pre
sented to the children bv Lewis Echilich'.
"IIe Shot all bct Me." When
Gen. Braxton Bragg commanded the ar
my of Tennessee, one day, while on the
march, he suddenly came upon one of the
"ragged," butter-nut fraternity, who was
just then busily engaged in plundering a
garden. Ihe General drew up, and in
that clear, ringing voice, which once
heard on the field of battle, is not readily
forgotten, called out, "to what command
do you belong to?" Butternut was caught;
he recognized the General, and he knew
the man ho had to deal with. Assuming
a green, gawky manner, he answered as
ollows: Mr. I did belong to Mr. Braggfe
company, but he shot all but me." This
was a little too much, and drawing his hat
over his eyes and compressing his lips,
the General roda on, and let the last man
of his "company " live. 1
To Keep Meat FREsn. Mrs. L. A.
Muller. Take enough water to cover the
meat, make it moderately salt, and t6
each bucket full of water tha common
wooden bucket take one' large tabW-
spoonful of sulphito of licjeand one tea-
spoonful of saltpetre, It is all important to
keep every particle ot meat under water
by press. . Soak the meet in fresh water
over night, before using it, and it will be
almost as good as fresh. I found veal
kept in this way, at the end of six weeks,
as seed as when first butchered, and beef,
at the end of ten weeks, fresh enough to
make excellent soup and roasts. As the
season advances, and the heat increases,
use more of the sulphite. Am; Agricul
turist, -..'.;'..;-' i. '
M . II I.
' To find the value of currency, in coin.
multiply the amount of currency by
the price of currenoyj and the result will
show the value in coin. ;
To find the value of coin, in currency,
divide the amount of coin by the price of
currency, and the result will show the
amount of currency that a given amount
of coin will buy. f, '
Iron 'Ore in, Linn County. Mr
Tho. Mon teith b rought to town yesterday
a specimen of iron ore f rom Knox? Butte,
which is said to 'be in parts plentifully,
strewed . with; large inasses of it It
strangely resembles the red hematite ores
found at 'Oswego, and tho director of
their works' there pronounces it to be ex
cellent iron ore- Salem Record. x .