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Will practice in the superior and inferior Courts
of Oregon. Office up stairs in Foster's fire-proof
brick, nearly opposite the fst office.
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ATTCBXEI AT LAW ASD SOTARY PUBLIC,
ALBANY, - - - - OREGON.
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Eola, Jaly 26, 1SS7.
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ALBANY - - - - - OREGON.
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m&DT new and improved styles of
plates fur artificial teeth. Among ottiers ne wouia
solicit particular attention to vulcanite base in
connection with gold wire gauze (a superior work
in many respects), and a nerr improvement (late
ly patented by Dr. Cool), which consists in lining
the entire eoneave surface of the plate with fine
gold. This style of plate admits of a very fine
fiaishaad in its use there is no disagreeable
blacking and roughening by tobacco smoke and
other deleterious agents (as is the case with ordi
nary vulcanite work). It can be made much thin
ner and adds very materially to its strength and
durability. The extra expense is trifling in com
parison to the advantages it possesses. . Persons
would d well to give him a call. Office up-stairs
in ParrL h's k Co.'s brick, Albany, Oregon.
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collected on commission, by suit or solicitation.
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LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS I JUST RE
eei red : a very large stock of
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-by steamt r from San Francisco. I. will sell for
cash or m srchantable produce, at low prices, jay
entire stotk of Goods, to make room for more.
Pall and eeo for yourselves." '
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HISS LTD. A. MtLlEft.
MRS. PAXTON & CO,,
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MANTUAnASCRS!
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tender ther services to the Ladies of Al
bany and vicinty, assuring them that they are pre
pared to make and trim
BONNETS AND HATS,
in the very latest styles j also,
DRESS AND CLOAK MAKING!
Any FaiXioH or StyU Detirtdl
For reference we will only state that our Dresses,
Bonuets and Hats were awarded the
FIRST PREMIUMS AT THE LATE UNX COUNTY FAIR I
We also receive constant supplies of the
Latest and Most Fashionable Goods!
generally kept in a
LADIES ri'RXISHIXG ESTABLISHMENT !
Cutting and Fitting Warranted Satisjactoryl
Stamping and Braiding done to order, and all oth
er work executed with neatness and care.
Octl2v3ntf
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TAKES PLEASURE IN INFORMING HER
patrons that she has received her Invoice of
MILLI3STERY
-asn
FURNISHING GOODS,
DIRECT FKOra NEW YORK!
and I am now ready to accommodate asr or TOC
with the
BEST AND LATEST STYLES,
At the Most Reasonable Prices !
As Agent for Madame Pcmorest's Incomparable
EXirror of Fashions, I am cnabicj to
furnish cbatis a copy of the Magazine
for one year, tegiuning with the July
number, to any pvron who
shall pur-ha. spring goods
in my line to the
amount of Ten
Dollars!!
Send in your orders et once, ladies, that I may
know bow many or you will give mo toe
pleasure of presenting you a first
class parlor Magaiioe
as Premium on
your pur
chases. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
Very Choice Millinery Goods!
AXD ALL TOE
OTHER NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON I
She has also secured the Agency of
Mm Demorfit'i World-Krnownfd Fatter ill.
and ail of the many useful and orna
mental articles advertised
in her justly popu
lar Magazine.
COME LADIES ! "all of you together," and
see if I have not the
Cheapest and Choicest Millinery Goods !
EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN A LOAN V !
DRESS AND CLO AK-M AKING
In the Latest Styles !
Perfect Fit Warranted,
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In the best manner at the very lowest rates.
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Sr Don't forget the place. Southwest corner
Main and Broad Albin streets, Albany
March 30, 1868 se28v3n7Jy
LOOKHERE1
Patronize Home Industry, and Save Money!
The undersigned, having opened a
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT
(On First street, north side, next door east
form Washington), in Albany, takes
this method of informing the
public that be is
prepared to
MAKE, CUT, AND BEPAIB CLOTHING !
OF ALL KIKDS,
III THE LATEST STYLES!
AND AT THE MOST REASONABLE RATES !
v2n44tf H. W. FARMER.
EIGHTS DEMOCRAT,
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1868.
POET 11 Y.
MOTHER'S GRAVE.
The trembling dew-drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at rest
The stars shine gloriously, and all
Save me are blest.
Mother, I love thy grave !
Tbe violet, with the blossoms blue and wild
Waves o'er thy head. When will it wave
Above thy child?
'lis a sweet flower, yet must
lis bright leaves to tbe morning tempest bow.
Dear mother, 'tis thine emblem dust
Is on thy brow.
And I could love to die
To leave uuUstcd life's dark, bitter streams,
By thee, as flmt in childhood, lie,
And share tby dreams.
And I must linger here,
To stain the plumage of my sinless years,
And tnouru tbe hnf.es of childhood dear
With bitter tears.
Aye, I mutit linger here,
A lonely brauch upon a withered tree.
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sero,
Went down with tbee.
Oft from life's withered bower,
In still communion with tbe past, I turn
And muse on thee, the only flower
In memory urn.
And when the evening pale
Bows like a mourner on the dim blue wave,
I stray to hear tbe night wlud's wail
Around tby grave.
Where is thy spirit flown !
I gaxe above tby look is imaged there
I listen, and tby gentle tone
Is on the air. - (I. V. Vendee.
SHOPPING. "
Sbe Stood behind the counter
Tbe day I'll ne'er forget
Sbe thought the muttin dearer
Than any she'd seen vet ;
I watched her playlul fingers
Tbe silk and satin toss ;
The clerk looked quite uneasy,
And nodded at the boss.
Show me some velvet ribbon,
Barge and satin turlr."
She said ; ''I want to purchase !'
Then gave the goods a jerk.
Tbe clerk was allobtHltcnce,
He traveled "on bUthape,"
At length, with Lesitat'tun,
She bought a yard of tape.
What Women's iUiiiiTJ" auk. If
woman step out of her r here, and tie-
uiaods to do what mcu do, to enter noliti
cal life, to enter the professions, to wres
tle with us for office and employment.,
she must undcrstau 1 that ho will have
to take low places ns well as hiirh place
of life. She will not he allowed to be a
roan and he treated with the tenderness
due to a woman. If he oe to Conjrrcst
she must also po to the heavy drudgery
of heart. I claim, then, fur her. that it
is her right" to Le treated with the ut
most lore, respect, honor, and considera
tion in herphcrc. I claim that it is her
riht" to be alone there, and not be
teased or flattered or wheedled out of
her place aud made believe what uevcr
can be.
She ha a "riht" then to be exempted
from certain things which men mut en
dure. It is her privilege and her rhrht.
She ouht to be exempted from the
Jrudircry of death. She ought not to be
made a eailor, to be hun at the yard
I Ml .
arms to cua&c, kin, ana try up whales
to be a surgeon, to pull teeth, eut off legs,
or cut out tumors go into the trincs and
dig ore and coal to burn over a nmelt-
intr furnace she ought not to be com
pelled to be a barber, a bootblack, to car
ry hods of brick and mortar up a ladder
to be a hoap boiler, to groom horses, to
dig out peat, tan leather, and ftir vats
to dig graves to go to the Arctic ocean,
for cals, or to upend the long winter in
the forest cutting down timber, and in
the now water of the spring, to drive
logs for hundreds of miles to get them
out of their native forest. She ought
not to bo made a butcher, bleed calves,
knock down oxen, stick swine, and
slaughter cattle. Now, she must go in
for all this if hc leaves her sphere and
tries to be a man. Suppose we allow it,
and admit that she has a natural right to
wear jack-boots and spurs, horee-pistoU
and a sword, and be a complete soldier,
and a "natural" right to sing bass, and
beat a bass-drum, and that men hive a
"natural" right to wear petticoats, dress
up with low neck, short sleeves, wear
pink slippers with paper soles but,
would it be wise to do so ? Dear sisters,
you cannot bo good wives, mothers, the
crowns of your families, and go into these
things can you? John load, D.D.
Booth's Dirty Shirt. It is said
that Edwin Booth, the play actor, is'con
sidered among the ladies a remarkably
handsome man. By way of illustrating
how the women, wherever he goes. " cot
ton" to him, one of our eastern ex
changes tells the following story :
"It appears that when the gentleman
last visited Boston he had occasion to or
der a dozen under garments (commonly
called shirts in families) and sent an old
one to the maker, whose store is located on
Washington street. Several young ladies
became aware of this fact in some way,
and, visiting the maker, asked to see the
garment. The dealer was somewhat sur
prised to see a bevy of good-looking, well
dressed young ladies making such a re
quest, but, nevertheless, he complied
therewith. The ladies had no sooner re
ceived the garment than it was torn into
shreds, each one slipping one or more of
the pieces, larger or smaller, into their
pockets. Having obtained the abject of
their expedition, they departed, leaving
me uiaa.ci vuujiivLcty uuruucitu.
In rainy weather,, if you have your
corn husked out, it is a good plan to see
to your plows, harrows, etc. and repair
them if repairs are needed, and not let
them go till wanted, as much valuable
time is wasted. , Every farmer should
have a small work-shop, where he can
make a handle to a plow, or head a rake,
or shoe hU own sled, or do a thousand
such things which nine out of ten farmers
can do themselves as well as to employ a
mechanic, who, qerhaps, lives two or
three miles away. And you can teach
your sons, so that they can use a saw or
plane tor many purposes just as a carpen
ter, '
Northern Taxes).
Hon. Samuel J. Tildcn, of New York,
is known to bo one of the most correct
statisticians and reliable business men of
that Stato. In his remarks before the
State Convention at Albany, last week, he
submitted a condensed statement of the
taxation being incurred by the North for
the support or tho machinery erected by
Congress "outside tho constitution," for
l. U 1 1. i .1.. . i-
ouvjuvwiig wiu OUUlll IU 1110 Miiercsis 01
tho dominant political party. After re
citing tho act of Congress oti tho subject
of Southern government. Mr. Tildon pro
ceeded :
"How my follow citizens, has this work
becu accomplished, and at what cost?
I ho main instruments have been the
Frccdmau! Bureau and tho army of the
United States.
The Frecdman's Bureau is partly an
eleemosynary csiablishmeut, which dis-
penscs alms to tho liberated slaves, aud
assumes to bo their protector. It is, to a
largo extent, a job lor its dependants and
their speculative associates. But, in its
principal character, it is a political ma
chine to organize and in an a go the three
millions ot negroes.
Its cost, as reported by itself, to the
public treasury, for tho last two years, is
about ten millions of dollars.
The army is used to overawe tho white
race, and (sometimes to work and some
times to fthclter the working of the politi
cal system which goes on under the mili
tary governments of the ten States.
Vou have seen telegrams announcing
tho reduction of the army expenses.
When I was in Washington week before
last, I took somo pains to nsccrtuiu the
truth. I am able to inform you, from au
thentic data, that the monthly payments at
the Treasury, for army expenses, up to
the beginning of the prc?nt month, ex
ceed twelve millions. I assert that they
are now to day ruoniog at the rate of
one hundred and fifty millions per annum.
They have not been lcs, but probably
more, lor the two past years. This docs
not include pensions, which are thirty-six
millions more.
Now, I acrt two facts:
First. The main employment cf tho
a a
army is m occupying the Southern
Slates.
Second. If the Union were fully re
stored the army expenses can be, and
ought to be reduced 100 and 125 millions
a year. The average for the ten vears
prior to the rebellion, was about fifteen
millions; and our experience in raising
volunteers hows that a standing army is
unucccKsary.
lou may safely count that reconstruc
tion carried on by thee military govern
ments cni you at least one hundred mil
lions a year in army expenses, unnecessa
ry for other purposes. To carry on the
experiment of negro supremacy in ten
.States for two years to bring tn twenty
Senators and fifty Representative denu-
ties of three mtuious of liberated slaves,
allies and instruments of tho party ob
jects) of the Itcpublicans, wilt cost you
two hundred millions of dollars in direct
mm a a
army expenses. How much more in oth
er expense, created or permitted to con
tinue how much in future years I can
only conjecture. I venture to predict
that five hundred millions will not consu
mate the system.
These immense sums have to be wrung
from the people in taxes which cost them
much more than the amount thus expend
ed ; at a time when the illusions cf pa
per money arc p&sing away, and the
country discovers itself exhausted and
impoverished by war; when no commerce
is profitable, and nearly all manufactures
are carried on at a loss; when labor is
scantily employed, and the cost of living
is high ; when taxation closely approach
es to the whole net income of all capital
and al! the labor in the country: and
when this condition is daily growing
worse, and can only be alleviated by re
ducing expenses, remitting taxes, liber
ating trade and industry, and restoring
them to their natural courses.
If those three millions of negroes elect
twenty Senators and fifty Representatives,
they will have ten times as much power
in the Senate of the United States as the
four millions in the State of New York.
On every question which concerns the
commercial metropolis, every question of
trade, ot finance, of currency, of revenue,
and of taxation, theso three millions of
liberated African slaves will count ten
times as much in tho Senate as four mil
lions of New Yorkers. One freedman
will counterbalance thirteen citizens of
the Empire State. These three millions
of blacks will count ten times as much as
the three millions of white people in
Pennsylvania; ten times as much as two
and a half millions in Ohio; ten times as
much as two and a quarter or two and a
half millions in Illinois : ten times as
much as ono and a half millions in Indi
ana. Theso three million blacks will
have twice the representation in the Sen
ate which will be possessed by the five
great commonwealths New York, Fenn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, em
bracing thirteen and a half millions of our
people. .
Why in marriage easy and universal
in such a country as Japan 1 Life there
is simple; two or three small rooms, a
few dishes, a mat upon which to sleep,
one dress, a little rice, and some fruit
these suffice for all, rich and poor alike,
in a great city like Yeddo, which has a
civilization as perfect and as old as ours.
And it is not a life of stupidity or barba
rism ; all can . read and write; manners
are good ; books and pictures are plenty ;
theaters abound; processions and festival
days enliven lite. It is easy to see, thore
fore, why marriage is not a fearful thing
in that far off land; and, by contrast, it
is easy to understand why few have the
courage to dare it here. Irutnam JLag
azine.
At a leap year party given by the ladies of
ijaiayette, Indiana, me oiaer nignr, some
craceless scamp mixed croton oil with the
I oyster soup, I he eaect on those who par
took of the soup was, of course, alarming.
Urunt'N Iraiikciitie.
Chicago, 111., March 7th.
To thu Editor of the Timet t
"Grant for President!" Could the
negro-worshipping fanatics, who clamor
so loudly for tho accidentally manufact
ured Jupiter who commands our armies
to bo chosen chief magistrate of the na
tion, have as clear and positive knowledge
of the habits, character' and ability of
the man us the writer hereof, it is doubt
ful if many would be so loud in their
laudations of his supposed virtue, his ex
aggerated bravery, his questionable wis
dom, his ovcrlaudcd heroism. It has
been my privilege to know General Grant
intimately since he first assumed command
of the forces of tho Mississippi valley,
when ho made his headquarters at Cairo;
and what I am about to stato of him, his
habits, character and conduct, I shalt
substantiate by the statements of gent lo
men well known in this city, and whose
word will not be disputed, if they may be
asked whether my statements may be
true or false. Not only will all I write
be corroborated by the persons I shall
name, Kadicals though they may be,
but scores of tho most respectable citi
zens of Cairo will respond most unequiv
ocally to tho accuracy of my allegations.
That sobriety was the exception and not
the rule of General Grant's conduct
while located at Cairo is a fact too well
known to need any confirmation, but in
dividual instances of beastly drunkenness
are not of rare occurrence. I will men
tion two or three which fell under tny
own personal knowledge, and which 1 am
ready to verify on call. On the 8th day
of November, 1801, the steamer Alice
Scott started from Cairo on a trip to Col
umbus, Ky., carrying a flag of truce, and
Gen. Grant, his staff, and a few other
officers, the newspaper correspondents
and some invited guests. When the boat
reached her destination a bevy of rebel
officers came on board, among whom were
General Cheatham, General Pillow, Col
onel Uusk, and a Gouctalfrom Arkansas,
whose name I do not remember when a
general drunk commenced, which was
kept up until late in the night, after the
flag-of-truce officers had separated and the
Scott had returned to Cairo. When the
boat reached Cairo, General Grant was in
fiuch a beastly state of intoxication that
it was deemed imprudent to take him to
his headquarters, over the City Bank,
where his wife was awaiting him, and he
was escorted and assisted to the St. Charles
Hotel, where he remained during the
night. When he arrived at tho hotel it
was found that he was so drunk that con
sidciablc aitancc was needed to enable
him to reach a room on the second floor,
and Capt. H. B. Hatch, Post Quartermas
ter, and Robert Forsyth, general freight
agent of the Illinois Central Railroad
one upon either side, and each with a
shoulder under the General's armpit
hoisted him up the stairs, to Captain
Hatch's room. A hundred persons wit
nessed this scene, and loud aud many
were the expressions uttered of censure
and of disgust at tbe spectacle. About
12 o clock that night Grant got musical,
and an orderly was dispatched for the
brigade band to come and serenade him.
The band soon put in an appearance, and
were about to commence playing, when
Mr. Bcdard and Mr. Landcn, the propri
etors of the hotel, attempted to stop them;
on word being taken to General Grant of
tho obstruction to the music, he. with
drunken and profane indecency, declared
that he was commanecr of that post, and
he would have the band when and where
ho desired. So the band proceeded to the
hall, outside the room, where the General
was rollicking iu his drunkenness, and
for a half-hour played to drown the up
roar of the hell within. A month later
tj a day the same steamer was the
scene of the same gorgeous drunk, upon
another occasion ol a "Hag ox truce vis
it to Columbus, when Grant became so
wretchedly drunk that his friends put
him to bed, and kept the boat iu the riv
er until he became sober enough to be
taken home. But of his most disastrous
spree that at Fort Donclson I shall
not speak untilanothcr time. If possible
to induce the Chicago 'tribune to tell the
truth, I would be glad to have Governor
Bross relate what ho saw and what he
said of the scene when General Grant
landed from his flag-of-truce visit to Col
u in bus, just after the battle of Belmont,
when he (Grant) was so drunk that he
fell a halt-dozen times in coins up the
levee from the wharf-boat, and the united
effors of Capt. Hillyer and Lagow were
insufficient to keen him on his pins.
would also be pleased to hear what the
fat writer of the same paper witnessed
upon the occasion of Governor Yatea'
visit to Grant, when ho (Yates) was ac
companied by Mrs. Major Iteynolds, who,
report Baid, was sometimes on tbe (lover
nor's staff. Eye-Witness.
Maine Law Gone Up. Twelve years
ago, the opposition to the democracy were
strenuous advocates of the so-called Maine
liquor law. This law originated in the
Stato of Maine, where it was adopted by
a -vote of the fanatio and bigoted people
of that state, and has been in operation
for about fifteen years. It prohibited
tho salo of liquor iu any quantity, and au
thorized any body to destroy tbe property
of any neighbor suspected of drinking or
owning liquor. Like everything else tho
opposition to the democracy have origi-
natea ana support ior a wane, tins iuame
liquor law has had. its day and played out
A few davs aero the legislature, ncarlv all
radical, of that state, repealed, by a vote
of 100 to 32, the famous and infamous
Maine law. In noticing this action of
the legislature, the New Haven Register
well and truly says : "Prehaps so unwise a
law one, that created more trouble and
bad feeling, and resulted in so little good
was never before on the statute book of
a New England state; and its history,
and fate, ought to be a standing monu
ment to the folly of attempting to contro
the opinions or the appetites of men, by
law. tyuincy Herald.
NO. 41.
How Lord lioKe Clreat Telescope
m made, -
The London Guardian, speaking of the
great telescope of the lato Lord llosse,
tells how it was made :
" Lord Ilosse's speculum is six feet in
diameter, and its local distance, that is to
say, the distance of the point at which
the reflected image is formed is fifty
three feet. This necessitates a wooden
tube of rather more than that length, and
at least seven feet in diameter. Let the
reader "figure the difficulty of suspending
such a tube heavily weighted at one ex
tremity with four tons of metal cast into
tho shape of a mirror, provided at the
upper end with the movable galleries for
tho observers, and the whole capable of
smooth though limited motion, and he
will have somo notion of the larger part
of tho problem which Lord Rosso had to
solve. For by far the most difficult part
was the casting and polishing of the mir
ror itself. Jheso lour tons ot tin and
coppor, mingled in definite proportions,
had to bo cast into the shape of an exact
paraboloid, and the wholo surface raised
afterwards to a faultless polish. Three
huge iron crucibles in the three separate
furnaces held these vast masses of fusing
metal, which, after three hours exposure
to the heat, were lifted out by huge
cranes and poured into the carefully pre
pared mould.
The spectacle of that casting muft
have been a sight fit only to be described
in the 'Song of the Bell It took place
at night. 'Above' we quote from 3Ir.
Vcld description in his 'Vacations in
Ireland' the sky crowded with stars,
seemed to look down conspicuously upon
the work ; below the furnaces poured out
huge columns of nearly mono chromatic
yellow flames ; and the ignited crucibles,
during their passage through the air,
were fountains of red light, producing
on the towers of the castle such accidents
of color and shade as might almost trans
port to tho realms of enchantment. And
when the crucibles discharged their seeth
ing coatcnts, for several minutes tbe met
al rolled in heavy waves like those of
melting quicksilver, and broke in a surf
of fire on the sides of tbe mould
"This, however, was only the first pro
a a
cess, if or sixteen weeks the moulded
metal was left in the annealing oven, and
when it was withdrawn it had still to un
dergo the delicate and hazardous opera
tion of grinding and polishing. These
were successfully effected by a small
steam engine, imitating with the utmost
nicety the light touch of the human hand
the only instrument which had hitherto
been thought capable cf this work. Not
even yet, however, had the speculum
passed all its dangers. The construction
ot which was to support it was a problem
of no small difficulty. Tho slightest
strain or flexturo sufficient to distort
the image of a star. It was necessary to
support the speculum by a pressure which
should tell with exact equality ou every
portion of its surface A most ingenious
contrivauce of a system of triangles, car
rying at their angles eighty-one brass
bclbt. capable of revolving freely, supplies
this want. Ou these balls the speculum
reposes with an absolute uniformity of
pressure, through the changes of direction
communicated to it by universal joint by
which tbe whole vast apparatus is con
nected with its foundation in the earth.
"This is a brief sketch of the many
difficulties which had to be overcome and
the many problems which had to be solved
iu the construction of this telescope. We
have enumerated them in order that due
meed of fame may be assigned to the
a a a a
genius, perseverance, industry and muni
ficence which triumphed over all. All
this was done by Lord Rosso himself.
The powerful and delicato machinery re
quired for all these nico and difficult op
erations was conceived and matured in his
hrain. The workmen who executed it
were trained by his care and worked un
der his own eye. The whole vast expense
was defrayed by his own resources.
The Party or Heroes. The radicals
may bo said to perpfectly revel in heroes
There is Butler, the hero of Big Bethel
and Fort Fisher; Grant, the hero of
Chepultepecand Snickersville : Schenck,
tho hero of Vienna ; Banks, the hero of
the Shenandoah and Bed llivers ; Wal
lace, the hero of Monocacy Junction;
Logan, the hero of no place in particu
lar; Brownlow. the hero of the whole
route from Knoxville to Cincinnati, over
which he ran at the approach of the ene
my to the former place leaving his fam
ily behind; Chandler, the hero of Bull
Hun, and Pope, the hero of the saddle,
who found that defeat was in the front,
and not in the rear. Detroit Dree Press.
Great injustice is done in the above
paragraphto Gen. Grant, who was not
only tho hero of Chepultepeo and Snick
ersville, but was also the hero of the soup
tureen, and rode the pony in the circus
equal to the other man's monkey. Give
tho devil his due. Grant isn't our can
didate for President but, still, we don't
want to see iniustice done him. When
his : great achievements are referred to,
the soup tureen and the monkey and pony
ousht not to be, omitted. Let him have
all the credit to which he is fairly entitled.
Quincy Herald. ' " -
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Railroads. As showing the prosperity
that invariably follows in the train of rail
roads, we copy the following, clipped from a
Missouri naner i v.. ?
"Build a railroad into a country without
railroad communication, and the value of
real estate will be doubled in fave years, me
statement may seem incredible to some peo
ple, but the experiment has been tried all
over the Northern States, and the result is
a M -s "BYT
as certain as the law ot gravuauon. wuw,
if anv countrv has real estate worth five mil
lions, and no railroad outlet,' it can afford to
give two millions to build one." Not the pit
iful sum of one or two hundred ; thousand
dollars, as is usual, ,but two millions and
the people in the country will make three
millions in five vears by the operation. By
giving largely, the country can control, or
The Sua is 95,000,000 miles frora the
earth.
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Transics t Advertisements per Square often lines
or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent inser
tion, $1. : J
A square if one Inch in space down the column,
counting cute, display lines, blanks, Ac.; as solid
natter. No advertisement to be considered
than a squire, and all fractions counted a full
square. All advertisements inserted for a less
period that three mostbs to be regarded 63 traa
lent.
Advice to a Djupcpiie.
You amk me to prescribe for you. Yon
expect medicine, perhaps you hope for
whisky, just now the rage for chronic
maladies, but I shall give you nothing to
swallow ; you have swallowed too much
already. Of all the maladies dyspepsia
is the most distressing; to get rid of iti
horrors you would part with your right
arm ; i believe you but would you part
with a portion of your table luxuries ? X
ir not; but presuming you are in ear
nest, I will prescribe for yoa.
1. Itisc early, drec3 warm and go out
if strong, walx; if weak, saunter. Drink
three times of all cold baths, this is the
best for dygpepsia; after half &n hour or
more, come in lor breakfast. , .
2. ior breakfast eat a piece of good
steak half as largo as your hand, a slice
of coarse bread and a . baked apple ; eat
very slowly; talk very pleasantly with
your neighbors ; avoid hot biscuits ana
strong eoace; drink nothing.
6. Digest for an hour and then to
your work ; I trust it is in the open air.
Work bard till noon, and then rest body
and mind till dinner ; sleep a little ; drink
water.
4. For dinner two or three o'clock
eat a slice of mutton or fish as large as
your hand, a potato, two or three spoon-
uls ot other vegetable?, a slice of coarse
read ; give more than half an hour to
this meal; use no drink.
5. After dinner, play anaconda for an
hour ; now for the social ; for pleasant
games a good time.
6. No supper a little toast and tea,
even, for Bupper, will make your recovery
very slow.
7. In a warm room bathe your skin
with cold water, hastily, and go to bed in
a well ventilated room before 9 o'clock.
Follow this prescription for three
months and your stomach will be 80 far
recovered that you can indulge, for some
time, in alfsorts of irregular and gluttin
ous eating; or if you have resolved in the
fear of heaven, to present your bodies.
living sacrifices unto God, and will con
tinue to eat and work like a Christian.
your distressing malady will soon be for
gotten. JJio 1eicts, Jl. V.
A Daskey Jury. A friend of ours
vouches for the truth of the following :
At a recent session of one of the courts,
in South Carolina, an entire negro Jury
was empaceiled. A cases was brought be
fore them the witnesses examined, and
the attorneys made their respective argu
ments. The Judge, after laying down the
law, and recapitulating the testimony,
gave the papers into the bands of the
ioreman an intelligent looking darkey
with instructions that, as scon as they
found a verdict, to bring it in without de
lay.
Thirty minutes or more elapsed, when
the Jury returned, headed by the Fore
man, and stood before the Judge.
As the Foreman appeared to hesitate.
and to wear a disappointed look, tho
Judgo asked
Mr. Foreman, have you found a verdict 7
"No, Massa Judge, we haben't found
em, "replied the ebony juryman.
"It s a very plain case, said the J udge.
"Can't help it, massa, couldn't see it."
"On what grounds V
"We didn't look into de grounds.
Massa Judge," repled the Foreman ; "de
ossifer didn't take us out into de grounds,
but he took us into a room, and locked
us in, and tole us when we found dever-
dict, he wud leff us out. So we began to
find de verdick, and searched ebery nook,
corner, ere bice, and cbery ting dar was in
dat room, but we foun no verdick-
-no,
nomn ob de land dar.
Noble Sentiments. The veteran ed
itor of the Louisville Journal, George D.
Prentice, who has said as many bitter
things of political opponents as any man
living who was formlerly and for many
years a leading and influential whig, but
lor the past six or eight years nas been
an earnest, ardent union man, opposed to
radicalism and rebelism alike in a re
cent numbei of the Journal utters the fol
lowing truly noble, patriotic and christian
like sentiments :
"I have written some bitter things of
men who have since passed away from
the earth, and whose memories I revero
and upon whose graves I could shed
tears of sorrow and regret. Ah I when I
look back through the twenty-six years
of my editorial life, and think how many I
once denounced who afterwards becamo
my personal friends, or proved their
country's friends, and how many I onco
eulogized and toiled for, who have since
turned their hands ruthlessly aud cause
lessly against me when I reflect how
often the most arduous and devoted politi
cal services are forgotten by those to
whom they are rendered, and how often
the deepest political injuries are magnan
imously forgiven by thoso to whom they
are rendered, and when I remember how
many political friends have striven to
crush me, and how many democrats havo
gathered around me as a band of brothers
in the days of my personal peril, I should
be guilty of an outrage on my conscience,
and on every feeling and impulse of my
heart, if I were not to weed out from nature
the partisan bitterness, that once flourished
there' ,V-i':-i ; ' : :
Never Ootjaws, -By a law of Congress
for the encouragement of publishers, the
proprietor cf a newspaper is permitted to.
continue sending his paper to subscribers
who are in arrears, (whether taken from the
post office or not,) and collect payment for
the same up to the time of settlement. Nor
does the amount against a delinquent outlaw
by the statute of limitation as do other debts
In consequence of this it is plain that no
debtor for a newspaper can ever enter tha
Kingdom of Heaven. One can easily imag.
ine the consternation that must seize upon
the guilty man, when at the gate St. Peter
presents a s oore of unpaid newspaper bills,
and closes the door against the damned soul,
-Verily there shall bo gnashing of teeth. -boumievUle
Messenger.
"Why should tying a slow horse, to a post
improve his speed ? Because it wouli maka
him fast.