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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 .. ... ...
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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
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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-
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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 !
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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
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innn rn-ared in this wicked atteinnt naitut
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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." -.