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All kinds of claims And demands, jnotes, blls,. book accounts, subscriptions, etc.. collected on commission, by suit or solicitation. ' Heal Estate bought and, sold. Taxes paid. Eailiinga rented, and rents collected on comm'is fon.. " ' ' Tittles: tc Real ' Estate searched, and abstracts - pads. ALSO - AGENT for the principal daily and weekly news papers ozi the Pacific coast. Subscriptions and ad Tertisements solicited. JX3-A 1 collections promptly remitted.- '' ! -QFilCEo. 05 Traxit etrwt. Portlani." . : ' P O K THY. From the Columbus (Ohio) CrWis. A FABLE. As the Eagle ono morn from his eyrie on hih Looked down at the euu and the blue, cloudless sky, The crags overhead, and tho mountain strcntn clear, An owl's dismal hoot struck upon his quick ear. Ho turned his gaze downward into tho dark wood, Where throughout tho long day tho poor '"blear eyed" bird toud : What a pity it is, thought tho eagle, to sre A bird so enslaved as this owl seems to bo. No doubt ho could inouut with tuo up to tho sky, And gaze at tho sun, too, if ho would but try ; I'll go and pr.uade him to leave the old tree In the dark, gloomy Cutest, and soar up with mo. So the eaglo swept gracefully down till ho stood On the bow of an oak, in the c'dgo of the wood. Where the owl was still perched, and said, "bow do you d . Brother owl? I'm the caglo and king of birds, too ; I dwell t n the rock high above u, you know, And seldom descend from uiy eyrie so low, Except to swoop down on oiue innocent prey, Iu my talons to bear, to my young one away ; I'm tho emblem of liberty, too, to the brave. And sadly it grieves me t see yt.u a ulave. Cotno, soar up with me in the ceotal sunlight, Your strength will increase with your freedom of fiight: Are you not a bird, and a brother of mine, WitU wings, tail and fcathv-r. as soft an I a f;uo? We surely aro equals, for have you not hear 1, 'The Creator hath lu.i lo f one flexh every bird? Then, fly with me up t j you dazzling height. And drink of tho n.orning dew, vparkliu au 1 bright. There wo 11 hear the lark s song as bi mouuts t the skit, For sweetly he warbles as upward he f!ie, Aud liko t!i free birds, you tha'.l buitd a new uet. High above (he tali trees wuerc the wild pigeons re.n" Hoot, hoot,"' said the owl, "pvrhaps that I can." (For to think he was something be mw Ert began,) Tlun awav thty bi.tb started toiMbr au 1 tU x. Tdl th: owl in despair exclaimed, "What shall 1 Jo? Mr win ha. given out I can U' f.nrll.er g ; I w h 1 ha l s:ai I in the dark n i 1. ! w. The eugJc n w p-tutd i:j his hcavttiwurd tr.uk , And Snk itg the i,r wearied wl on L'. l .ier.. Daltsil o3 once auin : out vainly he trt- To m ;unt with h:s burden, lie ranu- t nw r'cc ; lIcfalterA.be stagers I ern ath the huge weight. By ht folly, alas ! he La r.i!cd his owa fate: Ills p' wcrfid wins thai had always before I rue hiui prou I'y aloft were to hear him no v re. Nevtr mure would he sraze at tho uti" K'.idc" light, Nor his breast cleave the wind and the utorm in thtir might. He Las male his !at boa: thai the "king bird" i he. The emblem of all that is great. grxd and fre? ; The load from his back he would gladly now tfcrow, But his throat the owl seizes n l will not let trt. So th.-ir fates must be one, t b sorrow h:ftu I. For Lc falls wi:b the poorstupid owl to thegrouud. 11. A. T. Health of Oregon Women. J ra voders from abroad speak of the j :! I ' "'' ', v ht-n, In -cd tr om all paistott, nht i.r wrong, will or no will, will carry cnre-worn expression of countenances pe- t'a"'' nai 1 c il-'"l tt; l!,at they liaJj,u. the programme of f.rce on the Southern culiar to Oregon ladies Our female, we J? T ,'t" UTl v,leTni u'r . , ,..,,11 ,i,:n fci,.,Pf c .iMr,i ,tliweuh-.i taught tb,?.-:i that ulargrp.jrtiotii.fj 'i hss is not true. Kven if the. military arc told, arc thin, harp-leatuted. thetr Wl.. i,..,':. .,f .. ... ... -...! . ........ I , : ..I.. 1. veloped and prone to be idaches ai.d .til tuonary consumption. Of eours'' there are Pome exceptions to this sweeping b- .scrvatioii : vet observing idi vmc;uij. as well as other., arc well aware that the above mentioned appearances and condi tions of our women arc owing, in great part, to the ys?en of too early cluc-a tjon adopted among us. Altuo.r every effort in the school room U to eultivare their minds at the expense of ilicir bod- ie:s. J ney conequcnuy nare a mcKiv life, if perchance it is not cut off in early girlhood ; they make poor mothers, are unable to nur.-c children ia many instan ces, with a tendency to some of the imM distressing complaints, and dicae is propagated to thrir children. Much of this arises from the popular mistake tint youug mies must &tudy algebra, chemis. try, scientific botany, Latin, aud perhaps (jirec-kand Hebrew, but especially French, by the time they arc fifteen, in order to become ladies ! They have no frolicking girlhood because it is plebian to romp out of doors with freedom, as nature in tended, in order to strengthen and per fect their delicate organization. A knowledge of domestic economy i o'ecid edly vulgar, aud belongs to the poor kitch en" girl., whose red checks, round arms, splendid busts, and fine health arc per fectly horrible. There is a kind of imag ined gentility in alway3 being under the care of a doctor, and jaunting through the country in pursuit of airf water, and expensive medical advice. True-hearted physicians those who have die good of mankind at heart, deplore this wretched condition of things, without beinpj able to awaken the public ecntimeut to its de structive character. Teachers aro also aware of it, and exert themselves at times to counteract the evils which their every day lessons exert on the frail, delicate pu pils under their charge; but, alas, the poison and antidote are taken together, and they exhibit tho effects of their bad treatment, aiJed by silk or cotton hose in January, thin shoes, and impure atmos phere of crowded rooms and cool night air. Parents are the persons to blame and 'not the instructors of their children. Young girls arc put in school too early in this country, and worked too hard and too long at their studies. More active play and fewer books, bread-making in the place of algebraical equations, with a free exercise of their feet, which were actual ly designed for walking, would produce a race or. women in our midst, such as can not now be found, in regard to figure, ca pacity and beauty. Salem JLedical Journal. ' A Bia Stort. -A nesrro woman, liv ing near Savannah, recently gave birth to triplets, two or them being black, the oth er white. The Savannah Republican is our authority. Alludins to this extraor dinary birth, the Quitman (Ga.) Banner says : " The case is not without a parallel. Several years ago a negro woman in South Carolina gave birth to three infants, all ot dinerent colors white, mulatto and black; the white child having straight hair aud Caucassian features." It also mentions a case of a Georgia woman who gave birth to twins one white, the other black. . . . . A Yankee has purchased an island in the Ohio river and stocked it with black cats, to raise the animals for the sake, of the fur.- - ' ' ' iuuM-uiar Msa-uis uvnt- iuii.-vriec i c.i(,u.r!ll,,lt without t:.,. i.r.t-cl n.ii i.f the!t,. Letter froi Hou. RH. HOI, of Georgia, Wasiiinutuv, I). C, Oct. 14, 1807. To (he Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel t I mipposc nil men must now rulmit tlmt tho ront ronction ha certainly commenci'd, Tho uj;c;cntitin9 of reason always taught mo thin must be sooner or Inter, Karnest and anxious uhsorvutions of men and thinn in tho North for ton tluys hoforo tho election, confirineil mo in mv npinioitH. Th'iH reaction will go on ami rapidly increase. All onli narv principles tx humnn action must fail or New Vrk will reiulcr a tnurn(UcUletl ver dict than has yet been given. Kven Mitten chuett gives promise of showing at least a great reduction of the lladical vote. The fact is also worthy tho consideration of Ktatesmcn and true patritita, that the dry ciitn nf tho people i inm" decidedly ngaint the Kadlcal policy than tlio Ua lical party. This fact must teach the party that if it tdiitll adhere to policy ufd-r it htm been nn em phatically condemned, thu party itself iniul be cursetf and utterly cut out, for it will add contumacy to heresy. No man ever uuderwtoo 1 anything well without understanding the reasons of the thing. Now, then, what are the reasons of this popular miction jtgiiit lUd'ualiMu ? 1 think no honest, intelligent mind can mis take them. 1. In the first place th pa.sions engender ed by t!ie war aud at-:i.H'uiitilioti of Mr. Lin coln are subsiding. Ax puoii lessen the vision get clearer and the judgment strong, er. All the measure f the lladical puny Muce tae surrender lin I--li founded in ven- geance, enforced by pavio;i, ai,d iujtHrte bv wicked sc!lihne'. Mid unibitioti. lVotd rtel rdc begin to tru thi, au l iia::raSSy they begin to condemn. Ah t!iey Me i:.re, they will ctueK:nn more, tin 1 u the prociv of te;ing and condemning will g on until everything of the nature d" U i !:v;jiita will bu bated a;;d uc-pisc I. 1!. Tiictrtdin;of the inUu is enabling the people nlrc.idy t ).!'? to nco that tho real purpo-u of tin Ua !i".d j. irty 'm to change the CtiKtitutioit nii I the vl.de character of the (lovernmettt by bote and fraud. The men who v. ere pTuaded t. m.ik war fc preserve the l':;i..n are beginning t M-eihat tfjey i;ued t hem hi- vet us;!er the lead of men who hated thu Cnl'.-n an I the Constitution, and who were b trrniit.e I the war uliould tut end it: it pre-enn'ton. Thun. thj pw pie lit; I they have n t mdy bei-n. decc-iveil, but actually u-.-d t-j titvouipii-h what they denired to prevent. They are discovering that tho!? who ha vn been continually excit ing them with crici of ' rebeU and rebel atr .Hr;ii!t" " are, in truth, the only rent, in-tf-ritioti.il traitor., and that H.ee erics have been used t ) keep the pe pb: blinded by pa :on until tbeM.- ir.ti-iitional traitor could destroy the Cin.ti:ijt;..u tin i.o- tho protection of i .-a tin to Kpj o t it ! I low f farth 1 t ht: J l-ring will the Amer- . ' ' . . . J Con-tituiion, and that ' u-.. -h bad nuth .r- j iy to Icila'e otitis i- ! that ;.,rtautiot, ; !a.M 1 t:I"rc 'I'1' "tii-ido of the Comtitu-) lion, c.ugre-. nioi.c had auU.uniy, and thejr-ry other department of theOovcrnmefit.de other depn.-tmea:. .f ts.e t bvei nment- -the chirv Mich forced governments to be illegal Executive and Jodi'-Hll nlv had exitenee ' nt- 1 Vi.i.l uurl will i-.oin fn infnmv en-rv .... uiim: .ti.-i .iuui'-uii iiiy na-i CAiiencc ' as t o. to he u-o' l by Con-'re-i in earryit tr ! - - lout itn unchecked work ! hate in iti limit ; Ji'-ld tff Wliear.e n ivi it.v in-.iiie viui If . . .1... 'Ill then cur,e the vvretchei men w ho kept ihta jo.ini- l oy pa k.i:i, oi.jy t, sivuro tncsr tip j proval ot fucu wicked tre.i-,.n to the Cot-ti- tutiun, an l of ni:li cruel oprefi us Upttfl - i a portion o! their feihr.r -citizen w ho were hcip!'-, because they bad Mirrendered their anni u.ider pr:mi;i if protection ai equals in the Union ! Oil. the h.rr rs of that fear ful htatcsiuanship w hich has taught the peo ple to be treacherous to theni?c-Ivei ! . l:i the next nlace the ieoile find they arc more heavily taxed than any people on the globe. Aa their parous cool they nat urally inquire how thec taxen are applied ! And to their diiutay they find they are not applied to the paviueut of tho debt created j preserve the Lnion. Alier paying thecx- pcuse-i of tho (Jovernment proper, they iind the balance, which ought M go to the reduc tion of the debt, is u-it-d administer thU Government which Conjrre. t has created out ride of the Constitution ! ffow, just think of it ! Five military dictatorships created in tiie .South, iu time of r"'.ce. which are this day coding the pe ple far more thati the le gitimate administration of tho whole eiti- mate Oovernment, and either one of which dictatorships ig casting more than tho whole administration ot tlio tincrument1 tn the hmest times of the earlier Presidents I And the only effects of these military dictatorship: are to depress the hearts of the poops and paraivze meir inuii.scriai energies no as to make them a hating burden to tho nation ; vvhoreas, with the.-edietatorships withdrawn, these -oppressed people would bo cheerful and nrosnerous. and rav millions of net rev enue to the Treasury to bo applied to the lessoning oi inc taxe anu tuo reauction of tho debts. Hundred of millions of taxes levied and collected annually, to niaintaiu an armed force against our own unarmed fellow citi zens ! More taxes required to pay the ex penses of an illegitimate Government outside of the Constitution than are necessary toad minister tho legitimate Government inside of the Constitution 1 Can any eane man believe that such stupendous facts can long be hid from the people? Andean even a lunatic imagine that when the people learn tho facts they will tolerate tho party guilty c such enormous outrages? V"5 No; the people will discover thaso tearful facts, and are discovering them, and they will utterly condemn their authors and are condemning them ; and here lies the whole explanation of the reaction developed by tho recent elections, and tho whole explanation of the reasons why this reaction must in crease. . Whether the discovery and condemnation will come in time to savo the Constitutional Government is a question which the future alone can settle. I have both hopes and fears on this subject, In view of tho hopeful and even glorious changss going on in the North, what is the manilest duty of tho bouth ? To give my opinions on the subject is the chief induce, mentto write this letter, I do not wonder that many, under tho ad-, veree circumstances which surrounded us. committed pome mistake. All history Rhows that in times of severe trial many are timid. few are courageous, and still fewer willing to defy wrong and become martyrs for the truth. The very multitudes gathered about t. c ; i i-iiTi-i.il i iob oavior wuen ne muHipueu me loaves ana fishes. His very disciples fled when they saw him bearing; tho cross. But thev did not act criminally. They only acted natu rally. Indeed, men often do wrong with good motives. Wo aro ail liable to mistakes. the only remedy for human errors is to aban don them ; and tho only, infallable rule of Human conduct 13 forgiveness. It requires eotirngo to abnndon'ttn error to confei a mistako. Will any b no cowardly as not to abandon what they admit in wrung? Will any Btill urge the iSouthern people to accept dishonor alter ihc Northern people have pro claimbd they do not exact it? Now it the opportune moment for all to get rijht. i'Vr tho past their erroM were only mistaken.- PeTdinted In now, these errors will become crimen. Let us all, in the ntneero Kpirit of cordial kindncHs, wclccuio back to the good old ark our brothor who have been vainly seeking safety iu tho wild, unbridled passions outride of tho Constitution. North and South, lot us all forget and forgivo tho war and its tmMionu, and return to the Constitu tion una it guarantees, tho freedom univer sal, and "the rightM, dignity and equality of the .State unimpaired. I. Iu the firt place, I think every man at the South, who has been inclined to accept the lladical tiieanureti, owch it to himself and the country to reconsider hit poiiion. I do not know a ainglo respectable man in the South w ho has ever aaid these measure were approved by him h either constitutional, right r just On the contrary, tho reason urgel for adopting them ha been that, though unjust and uneonxtitutional, they ivcre the will of the Northern people the eonijuercr and therefore we were bound to submit to them. Hut they aro not tho will of the couipiercr. Who, ngw, can look at the election in Ohio and bay that negro uf frage i the will of the people of that State? Who will way that tho people of Ohio would be o mean as to aid in forcing on other States u rule w hich they repudiate for tliotu selves? They will never doit. And what i true of Ohio i true of an overwhelming ma jority of tho people of the Northern States, I uerelore, every man w ho urged us to nccept u wrong hecnu.e it was a necessity, must now, in order to be consistent, abandon the wrong when the necessity is shown not to exist. They urged us to accept lladical measures because they were the will of the Northern people. Wenik them now to reject KadicnS uiea-ures l.-au? they are wrong, and also liecauso th-y are not the will of the Northern leo;de. Theyit-ked u to tail-mil to tbojlad ieal party because they were omnipotent and trotiger than the CnHitutiou. We now nk thcjfx t reject the lladical party bocnuse that party is ndf being destroyed by the people. 2. As tho most tOWtJve ineslnHl id con demning the Itadicnl meaures, 1 think no man, black or w hite, tit the South, ought to vote nt the military elections, or have any thing to do with organixinggovernmentK un der the Military bill. Let every man atny .it home and attend quietly to business, and to ndvie every other man to d likewise. Tru the Radical !ir most shamefully Umst that the reaction nt the North comes too lute to rescue tho S-uth ftom their meas ures. They pretend to be carrying out the will of the people ; but u w they find out they misrepresented the p? de they b.tt-l that the militarv nre iti iocioii, rind. I.. I n,..l .l....,1.l ..,. f. .,.. , t:u:i and a constitution under the Military j;;jii ft healthy public sentiment, now fast returning, will through the Courts, and cv- nt: I Vui.l. ninl VTill eoimitrn in inlnrnv eterv " - " - - ' , " - J - - ' ' innn rn-ared in this wicked atteinnt naitut - - - ' ---- - - , . b th the Constitution and the voice of the if-.i;,j. If the negroes nre properly advised they will abandon this effort to force themselves Unto rule over the white race. Let them lie alvised to improve themhelve.s ; to live 'in peace and p 1 will with the whites, and wait until they are qualified to be tnfrauchin ed in a legal, natural and proper waj", and then they may expect their elevation to be permanent and peaceful. To neek to force themselves on the whites now, in an angry, illegal way, is to defeat them forever, and perhaps result in a war of races. Let black and white, therefore, abandon this illegal at tempt to organize a civil government by fraudulent and unconstitutional military force, and let no man vote on tho question. Hut if tho negroes will not receive the coun sels of their best friends, and persist in vot ing, let them vote alone, and lot them alone bo responsible for the consequences. Ho is simply insane who supposes the American people will long tolorato an unconstitutional government foreed upon tho white racoMoIcly by negro votes, merely to support a party wiiicu the people are pronouncing unworthy and will soon condemn as hateful. If the Radicals have been unablo to prevent the reaction from commencing, they will bo the more unablo to arrest it, and the attempt to defy it will only make their utter overthrow tho nmro speedy and complete. And when tho monster is dead its brood (negro govern ments) will bo unable to live. 3. In tho meantime, let us still be kind to tho colored people. We know the Southern whites who oppose tho Radicals are tho best friends tho negroes can have in this world. We know that tho worst enemy of the negro is the miserable white man who advises him to force himself to an unnatural political equality, contrary to the Constitution, and wittrout tne concurrence oi mo wnucs. iut tho whole business of tho Radicals here is to keep up the passions of tho Northern peo ple by falso representations of cruelties to the negroes, and they keep their papers flooded with slanders from real or protended correspondents giving details of this kind. Even Groelev is eniraced in this dirtv work. and the miserablo Forney lives on it. Let these wicked efforts to 6lander us only make us tho more cautious, and tho peivnlo will ul timately see that while we insist on resisting . rr l i it . every enorc unconstitutionally 10 ostaoiisn negro governments over us, we aro also de fenders of tho real equal rights of the negro before the law, and are fixed in our detor mination to give him justice and protection. I see Governor Johnson is out in another letter to tho Tribune. It is the ablest ho has yet written, and this is saying much in its behalf, lueeuortsot the Tribune to criti cise it, aro futile, and grossly misrepresent tne southern people. I do not know a puror and nobler man than Hcrschel V. Johnson, In heart he is simple as a child j in life he is as pure as virtuo itself, and in intellect he. is as grand as an emperor ought to bo, I lenow him and I love him. He is unfortunately too despon dent in his nature, and the only error of his letter is tho revelation ot this defect., Writing on the descending scale, I xrill mention that Roger A. Pryor is also out in a letter, - - ; . ; , - - Ho profeasos to be very sorry that, he ad vised the South to secede in I8Q0, and is greatly troubled when he remembers how many fell victims of mat error, lie is anx ious to repair, as far as he cant the prongs he has done the poor Southern people and wants to devoto his sorrowing life ta this work of repairing. And how does he begin his penitential exercises? Why, by advising the Southern people who did not die in the fight,' but who lost their ncgroos by taking Ins advice licrototore, to put themselves un Icr the dominion of their former slaves I He seems to think that as the whites lost their ulavr.s by taking his advice heretofore, the wfonfl will bo repaired by re-establishing slavery, and he graciously, with tears stream ing uown ins cncexs, ouviscs .no wimes io become the slaves J Why will not men who arc forever glvlhg wrong advice, and getting sorry for it, relieve themselves and the pco-j pio ny ceasing to auvise ii ineir opinnms wore wrong in tho past, why should wo trust them in tho future? A long conversation which I had with a very intelligent Ilepublican, ended with the loiiowing spoeeu irom mm : MI belong, Mr. Hill, to the Ilepublican party, as you have seen. 1 do know the masses of the Republicans do not desire to do injustice to the Southern people. Our leaders told us these harsh measures were necessary to keep down tho spirit of resist ance at tho South. We arc beginning to dis cover that tho Southern people aro willing to live by the Constitution, ami whatever the leaders may desire tho masses of the Repub licans will exact nothing more. Wo are ready to repudiate the policy of our leaders, but we do not like the iJemoerats, and there is no third narty. Neither do we like An drew Johnson, yet I tell you frankly, we arc troubled with the thought that such a bad, ill-tempered man u Wade, may possibly tako his place. It is difficult to see what we nhall do, or can do, but on this you may re ly : The masses of the Ilepublican party of the North will never consent to force o;i the Southern people a government which we would not accept for ourselves. 1 only wish all the people, North And Siiith, understood each other as you and I now do." This was the honest exprcsssion of a man who desires to do right, and there aro very many such. How such men tower above Southern Radicals ! Verv truly yours, IIenj. II, Ilnx. OM I'cmonaU. The firt Christian marriage in the United States took place in Virginia be tween John Liydon and Ann Hurrus, in I GO. Pocahontas married Ho!f, an English man, in lulu. Mie was a poor J otc: a very common flort of a t-quaw, and didn't do the heroic things told of her. Virginia Dare was the first child born of Christian parents iu the United States -in HjHI. The Grst child born of English parents in cw England was Peregrine lute. Iho first Christian marriage in New England took place between Edward Win- low and Susannah White. Judge IJillington wa the first man ex ecuted for murder in the Plymouth col ony. The first literary production of the Eng lish colonists iu America was the transla tion of Ovid's Mcumorphosis, by George bandy of V irgtma. iu IGou, John Hays was elected Gov emor tne ursl general election in llart ford. Wui. Pcnn'u first treaty with the Indi ans was in 108'i, Samuel Green was the first printer in America, and he first printed the Free- man Oath in Cambridge, Mass. The Itev. Thomas Hooker, the first minuter in Connecticut, died in 1047, aged nixty-one year. Hi church was about where the cast end of State-house Yard now i., and had a thatched roof. It is now the old Center Church. Mile Stand ish the hero of New Eng land, died in 1G5G. A principal branch of his family went to Wctbersfield, where the family name still flourishes. Guile and halley. the regicide, ar rived in Hostun in 1GG0. The "cave," at West Hock, is only less celebrated in Connecticut than Putnam s wolf-den. Klihu Yule, the benefactor of Yale Col lege, died in England in 1721. Georgo n hitehcld, the celebrated preacher, arrived in this country in 1740. In 1741 four white persons were execu ted, thirteen gegrocs burned and eighteen hanged for a conspiracy to burn the City of New York. Benjamin Franklin made his elcotrical experiment in 1752. Franklin died in 171h). Peter Randolph, first President of the Americau Cougress died in 1752. John Hancock, Henry Laurent), Ar thur Leo and Roger Sherman, died in 1793. In which year four thousand per sons died in Philadelphia of yellow fever. Prof. Waterhouse, of Cambridge, Mass achusetts, introduced the inoculation of kino pock into tho United States in 1800. Up to that timo people wero inoculated with small-pox, aud sent to a "pest house" in some lonely place to rako chances liv ing or dying from this method of prevent ing small-pox. Georgo Washington died in 1709, aged sixty eight. Aaron Burr's arrest on a charge of treason was in 1807. He killed Hamil ton in a duel in 1804. He died in 1836. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died July 4. 182G. In 178G, Dr. Carroll, of Maryland, was consecrated the first Catholic Bishop in America. " Wise and Witty. Referring to old Ben Wade's declaration that ho won't back out from . negro suffrage, tho Now York Times Bays he seems to bo very much like the passenger at sea who in a storm tied himself for safety to the an chor. ' '-' ' ; Decrease of Cattle. News reaches us from every quarter of the State that stock aro rapidly sinking from tho effects of cold and starvation. Thoso who are competent to judge say that at least one half the stock in the country will have perishod before the opening of spring. In consequenco of thesp reports and tho ac tual expense in procuring fair beef cattlo, our butchers are raising the price of beef. Portland Bulletin. - : : How Does.it Strike You-f Seeing - a a M . . . . tha,t the people ot tho iMortnera btates, frow Connecticut to Kansas, repudiato ne gro suffrage, how, asks the Boston JPost, docs it strike fair minds, for a Congress, in wnion ine XMorin aioue is representea, '- , ft - 1 to-lorce . negro suiirago ana negro su premacy, upon the ten Southern . States which arc refused, representation? Democratic Meeting at Hclo. Saturday, Feb. 8th, 18G8. Tho Democracy of Santiam Forks met pursuant to notice. Was called to order placing A. C. Jones in tho Chair, and J. Davis, Secretary, pro tern; and on J tn tion F. M. Daniel, J. M. Johns, and J. II Thorp were appointed a committee on rmancnt Organization, By-laws, and I I litforni of principles; and after a short ab cnco presented tho following: which wu adopted : Wlurem. Patriotism nd ff i0.rrl Ia- . nr.:. vuicci In Appealing to the reanon and judgment of er o " irccinan wun me came lorce ana Irit which conquered the lnJinrl, P Irs i, fUiUincd lit-r hoti ir and ?lirv in - .,!. de a to her renown in 1818: and f,rtnrvi t,- wiu unit, and Integrity In 161 j and Whereas, tbii immediate ircient i fraught with th est affair of Htate. involving a I cu j-liutorj and cannot be nglef ted by tbe np- o wii wm uiwitn oi uciuiiimioBal law and f-rtj ; therefore, we, the Utru'K-racy of Habtiam Ho irp, vvoiiiT, vrt'ja. ntrrfce ui errant? :ietr to t known a ttic "Santiam. Democratic il; ' and as a meant of adrancin the above oi ccs, iupi ma ii.uowing Jijr-lawa and l'lat- foi iji oi I'rluciplef : ar f.iu f I-.CT103I I. The officer of thU Bociety ball iifit of a PreflJent. vk-aI'rciiidenf. T,i,lnr CO Hctrctary, and Corret ponding gecrttar, to he WCKU fcUV V1UU, L: , 'f i . . . .11, , . .... pr.v. iur miti a io be aitotnted, in a Abntr heromafusr provided, a Committee on fi. ay dirat. f"" " v vm viu'. i v.viauiiticg as me viuo htc. 3. It ilall be ilia dutr t.f (l.a ta hit alxcnc-e. the v'u;t.Vr.-Ai-nt . niiri maiuiaiu orutr ai au luetl.nri of the Club: i almoin t. with the eutiMibt f if.. r!.iV, n ' ' - -r wm r V ittec-s. and to call extra nrrnv r cu.. lien, in hi jud.neut, the intcrefct of the Club . . .i . ,t i ucioano iu Hrc i.it shall 1s the duty of the Treaiurer l. f ee . irCCtlVB All infibrVI COilrrr'il l.v (hA V n 0 j v auswv tatuittte, or otherwise raUcd hr thKocit nn acf the direction of the Club : to mt out t'a taiae, and to keep a strict account thereof, V'EC. 5. It shall Lc the dfifv t.t tl. i.rt. I -w J " .V-. Ml J to Iiep a correct Journal of the proceedings of the nuu , i c iuai ui same aro puon&ei when so ordered Lv the Koe-ttr. nA ti tim i,.ii. r .11 tue-tinf in such manner as the Club may direct mm- - vorresponaiaj eccretary shall actias tbairman of the Committee of finance. and report their troceedin? ta thCiu'h. mnA ,.n der (heir direction. rorrttr.l ntK.r ani iersons uion sutjecis or interest to the So- cietiy. Skc. 7. It shall be tho daty f the Finance Cotiimittee tO Solicit fun-Ji far th r.irm.nf ,,f t.. nectary eipenics of Club, aoi topajr the tame 10 i 4 rcaturcr. FltC. S. At every rtnilir mtjtir.v f rink and at such other times as it may designate, some suiiAoie person or persons shall be invited and procured to address the Club npon the political is sues of the day; and a ttandisjr t'ommitiee of ibH 1 persons shall be elected, whose business it t t - . , sbal is 1 I 1 C. 9. A msioritT of all the member r.rnt shai bM le the Club for its ronM.-raif.n. oe noccssarv 10 UeciJe all notation Kr, c. 10. Any eitiien of the Santiam Forka , . . a .... . . . ... may cecum a member oi me l lull hv inhur h ni. 10 inwre jjy laws. J o rt.ATroaw. Istl their 2d. (ttolred, That all Govern mcnls derive ut powers from the consent of tho governed. That the Constitution of the United States U the measures of power of the Federal Govern inealJ 3l.f-That an enforcement of tho Constitution. the e xercise by the Federal Government of all powers clearly granted by the Constitution, and retent ion of all other powers by the people in their severs! btate Organizations was the intention of the frimer of our Government ; and will main tain tile federal Government in all its vigor, and protedtthe several States in all their reserved rightsl; and that to these principles, in this hour of our national calamity, we cling as the ship- wrceacu manner clings to toe last plank when darkness and ibe tempest close around him. 4th,4 That the States alone are to determine the qualifications of electors within their respective limits. Mb.r-Tbat we invite all good citizens, what ever may nave tcca their former Affiliations, , to un-te with us in opposition to neirro eiaalitv. ne gro tajTrage and the usurpation, and tyranny of ue pnwwni ingress, wntcn is shown by its hav iag refused representation to ten States of the vuiuuinuus 11 continues 10 tax in em in onen via- 01 ids constitution: by abroeatin civi G 0 vent men t in tea States of the Union, and get ting up a military uovernment in its stead; b denyin to the ciUxens of ten States trials bv by forcing opon the people of ten States, and al the Territories of the Lnion rseero Snf- frage without their consent; by attempting to in timida e too President in his opposition to its rev olution ary proceedings with threats of impeach- ment; money by squandering millions of the peoples upon lasy, vagabond nesrocs. throuzh the workin gs of the Freed men's Bureau. Bill; by ex empting threo Billions of Dollars in the hands of the riclji from taxatioa thus increasing the bur dens of the poor ; and by many other acts of ty ranny and oppresion which render it unworthy the confide ice of ft frco people. 6th.--That we invite all good eitixens to unite with us who are in favor of a strict construction of the Constitution ; who are in favor of a restored Union; who are in favor of the supremacy of the white r&ce npon this continent ; who are in favor of a ham money currency ; who are in favor of equMitv of taxatioa and representation ; who are iu favoi of an economical administration of pub lic aflaiis, and whoso motto is "Equal and exact justice ta au men speciarprivilcges to none' 7th.-fThat the United States Bonds should be paid off in currency. (Greenbacks.) Tho plete t Preaid society men proceeded tcr com peir organization by electing for jnt, O. M. Stroud ; vico-President J. A Fennabaker: Treasurer, B. Bur tenshawj Secretary, J. J, Dorris; Cor responding Secretary, Robert Watkioson TheiPresident then appointed Messrs D. V. Baldwin, P. Munkers, and J. C Dickey a Committeo on Finance ; and J M. Johns, D. B. Marshall, and Jas. Wil hams a Committee to solicit speakers. On motion, each member be a Commit tee of on 3 to zealously labor to promote the principles as'set forth in our platform After which there were enrolled abou 70 names.4 Oni motion, tho Secretary was instruct ed to send a copy of these proceedings to ot the following papers: Stktt Rights Democrat, Oregon Her aid,' (T aion ist a nd Ta Crosse Democrat ; and, also, a copy to be retained by each business house in Scio. On, motion, adjourned to meet on Sat urday, Feb, 22d, at 1 p. m. ' , G. M. STROUD. President. J. J.Dorris, Seo'yi R. Watkisson, Cor. Sec. Liberal. A modest individual in tho Nutmeg State announces that his golden wedding will come oS just tnirty years from,now, and.offers a liberal discount on any presents his friends then, desire to make him. 1 : JA gentleman who had a very deaf servant was advised by a friend to dis charge her. " No, no," replied the gen-, tleman with much feeliag,- " that poor creatuxo would never hear of another sit uation." " u . ? The 'Sugar Wedding," thirty days af ter marriage, is tho latest fashion. IIow to Seen re Publicr JLanCs, The following from Commissioner J. M. Kdmonds, gives the necessary infor mation relative to purchasing or securintr public landii by bounty land foca(i6&8, pre emptions, or homestead. in order to acquire title to pubh lands the following steps must be taken i 1. Application must be made ta the Bcgister of the district land tfSca in which the land desired may be situated. The minimum price of ordinary public lands is 1 lb per acre. The even or reserved sections falling within railroad grants arc increased to double tho mini mum price, being 82 50 per acre. Lan Ja offered in the public market and not afterwards kept out by reservation, or otherwise, may be entered or located. 2. By the applicant filing with th Register his written application describ ing the tract, with its area, the Register will then certify to the Receiver whether the land is vacant, with its price; and when found to be so, the applicant must pay that price rer acre, or may locate tho same with land warrant, and thereafter the Receiver will give him a "duplicate receipt," which he is required to surren der prior to the delivery to- Lim of the patent, which may be bad cither by appli cation for it to the Register ot to the Gen eral Laud Office. 3. If the tract has not been oScred at public sale it is not liable to ordinary private entry, but may be secured by a party legally qualified, upon his compli ance with the requirements of the pre emption laws of 4th Sept. 1841, and 3d March, 1843 ; and after such party shall have made actual settlement for such a length of time as will show he designs it for his permanent home, and is acting in good faith, building a house and residing therein, he mav proceed to the distriet land office, establish his preemption claim! according to law by proving his actual residence and cultivation, and showing that he is otherwise within the purview of these acts. Then he can enter th land at 31 25, either with cash or with bounty land warrant, unless the premises should be 82 50 per acre lands. In that case, the whole purchase money can be paid in cash, or one-half in cxh, the resi due with a bounty land warrant. 4. The law confines llomestead entries to surveyed lands; and although in cer tain States and Territories preemptors may go on lands before survey, yet they can only establish their claim after return of survey, but must file the preemption declaration within three months after re ceipt of official plat, at the local land of fice where the settlement was made he fore survey. Where, bowerer, it was made after survey, the claimant must file within three months after date of settle ment; and where actual residence and cultivation have been long enough to show that the claimant has made the land' bid permanent home, he can establish his claim, and pay for the same at any time before the date of public sale of lands within the range of which his settlement may fall. . All unoffered. surveyed lands not ac quired under preemption, homestead, or otherwise, under express legal sanction, must be offered at publie sale under the President's proclamation, and struck off to the highest bidder, as required by Act of April 24,1820. Rates of Ioraeslic Postages Letters to any part of the United States. 3 cents for each half cunce. Drop letters, 1 cent where carriers are employed, 2 cents. Registration Fee, fbi Yalaable let ters, 20 cents. Transient Newspapers, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Blanks, Proof Sheets, Book Manuscaipts and all mailable printed mat ter (except books and Circulars), 2 cents for each four ounces. Books 4 cents for each 4 oanees or fraction thereof. Unsealed Circulars, not exceeding three ia number to one address, 2 cents, and in the same proportion for a greater number. Seeds, Cuttings, Roots,- etc. 2 cents for each 4 ounces. All packages not charged with letter postage must be so arranged that tho same can be conveniently- examined by Postmasters; it not, letter postage will bo charged. Daguerreotypes, when sent in the mail, are to be charged with letter postage by weight. Photographs on Card. Paper, and oth er flexible material, (not in cases) can bo sent at the same rato as micellanous print ed matter, viz : 2 cents for each 4 ounces or fraction thereof. Photographic Albums .are chargeable with book postage cents for each four ounces or iraction tncreoi. No package will bo forwarded which weighs over 4 pounds..':.... AU Letters, for delivery within the Uni ted States, must be prepaid by stamps -(except duly certified letters of soldiers and sailors); otherwise letters are sent to the Dead Letter Office. Newspapers and Periodicals, not exceed ing 4 ounces in weight, to any part of the. IJnitcd States, if paid in advance -d&i)y per quarter, 35 cents; six times per week 30 cents ; tri-weekly, 15 cents.;, semi-weekly, 10 cents; weekly, 5 cents.. SesiiL monthly, monthly, and quarterly periodi cals, 1 cent for each copy. Newspaper and periodicals, when weighing over four ounces, double the above rates. POSTAL ORDER MONEY SYSTEM". The money Order System is intended! to promoto public convenience, and to ia sure safety in the transfer of money ' through the mails. Orders may be ob tained at ay of the Moay Order Offices, for any amount ; un to fifty dollars,, otv payment of the following fee t On sums up to and including $20, 10 cents ; abort "a. . d C A '- T mAvm sk - v m sa v dorsed on. the back of each order.. : JKAs an -old woman, lately was- walk ing through one- ot th streets of Montre al at midnight,, a patrol called out, Who's thero ?." " It is I, patrol,'? said she, " doa't be afraid." -.