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Newspaper Page Textmi STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. FCBLISBBD BVBBY SATURDAY, BY ABBOTT & BROWN. u. b. abbott. I M. T. BROWS. CFFICE IN HANNON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET. , TERM8,ix advascs: Oaejcar,$3j Six Months $3 One Month, 60 ets. Single Copies, 12i cts. - Correspondents writing over assumed signatures r anonymously, must make Known tbeir proper num.i to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communications. All Letters and Communications, whether n business or for publication, should addressed to Abbott Brown. BUSINKSS CARDS. t. c. rowBtu POWELL t FliINN, ATTORXEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LA W AND SOLlUiTVttz v. - (L. man, Notary Public.) ALBANY. Oregon. CoUecUon. and convey neea promptly attended to. oc20nl01y erncE of couxn school siperinteyt, I T WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB- A on the Santiam. Post office address, hX won, on tne .anuam. MACR ' TnWly Co. School Superintendent. O. P. S. PXUMMEIt, 11. D.t Physician and Surgeon. ADBANT, OREGUX. OTFICE OS MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE sYttlemierV Drug Store. Residence, on the D. B- BICE, 51. Surgeon and Physician, ALBANY; OREGON. Tn VKFCL FOR TUB LIBERAL PATRON. .tTrSred continues to Under his services v. tjsstf&n rwrt'rrecetrtwo" try. Ofice and residence, on Second street, two easier Sprenger's hew Hotel. T3n37tf J. QU1XN TIIOBXTOX, ATRORNEY AND CQUNSaOR AT IAW. TU1 oracUce in the superior and inferior Courts S Orot Office up Iui if Fcr'. fire-proof brie, nearly opposite the post offi ce. Albany, Not. 2. lS67-v3nl2vl JOHN J. 1THITXEY, 1T10WBT IT LAW AND 50TABY PUBLIC, ALBANY, - - - - OREGON. jgy-OEce up stairs in Foster'. Frame Bulldog, posite the "State Rights Democrat Office. F. 31. TVADSWOBTII, SIGX. CARRIAGE AND ORNAMENTAL PA 1 NTR. Orer MeRride'a Wagon Shop, "n Fjr-t B4 Second, on Ferry street. . First-class work done on short nbtica. vSnlOvl X. II. CCAXOB. ATTORXEI AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Orrica-In Norcros' Brick Building, up -suirs, Albany. Oregon, - W. i. HILTABIDEL. F. M. SEDFICLD. IIIETABIDEL !fc CO., T.Tr.c TV r.UOCERIES AND PROVI- I) I sions, Wood and Willow Wan, Confecuon- Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes Notions, etc. fctore mtrmt. adioininz the Express office, Al- erv ob Mione street, adjoining bany. Oregon. e2Sv3n"tf JL. BEXJ. UAYDEX, .Uoraey and Counsellor at Law, Wilt attend to all business entrusted to him by eitiieisof Polk and adjoining counties. EoU July 28, 1867. v2n51tf X. B. HUMPHBEY, ATTOWEI AT LAW A5D NOTARY PUBLIC, ALBANY ----- OREGON. OClee in the Court House. mar9v2n301y FRANK DALTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Ofloe ia Foster's Brick, 1st street, Albany, Oregon. feblr3n2Uf S. BABBOWS, BLAIST, B. B- TO PBS. J.BABUOWS & CO., (7jeATR.lL fc COMMISSION MERCHANTS Tm EALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods, If Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon. -nRf Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf E. F. BUS SEEL., ATTORNEY AND -COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Solicitors in Chancery and Ileal Estate Agent, Will practice in the Court of ihe Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme Court of Oregon. Cfice in Parruh'i Brick Building, Albany, Ore iron. J&F SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the col lection cf Claims at ail points in the above named District. . , . v2n46yl GRADUATE OF THE GHCINMAT1 DENTAL COLLEGE, Would invite all persons desir- ising first-class dental operations to f Ogive him a call. The Doctor makes NyjQpST many new and improved styles of plates for artificial teeth. Among others he would solicit particular attention to vulcanite base in connection with gold wire gauie (a superior work In many respects), and a new improvement (late ly patent! by Dr. Cool), which consists ia lining the entire concave surface of the plate with fine gold. This style of plate admits of a very fine finish, arid in its use there is no disagreeable blaek in g nd roughening by tobacco smoke and other deleterious agents (as is the ease with ordi nary vuleanite 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 do well to give him a call. Ofiice up-stairs la ParrUVs & Co.'s brick, Albany, Oregon. aprll'(3Sv3n3itf -. : ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UND'ERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fullf Jaform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity th it h has taken charge of this Establish ment, an 1, by keeping clean rooms and paying triet attjntion to Dusiness, expects to gmati tooee VOL. III. A D V 11 T I S K M K NTH. MRS. 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She has also secured the Agency of Mm Dtmorcsfi World-Rf nowned Pttterai, and all of the many ucful and orna mental articles advertised in her Justly popu COME LADIES I "all of you togslbsr," nd see if I hare not the Cheapest and Choicest niUinery Goads! EVEB OFFERED FOB SALE IX ALBAXV ! DRESS AXJ CLOAKM.VKIXO In the Latest Styles ! Perfect Fit tVarrauled. BLEACniNG AND pncfesiNG: In the bet manner at tk rtry lwet rUf. NEW STAMPING PATTERN! BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS ! 2rDon't frgct the place. Soutbwet orner Main and Broad Albin trec;, Albany March 30, ISSS s2Sv37ly PACIFIC HOTEL T HE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY informs the public that this House ;has JUST been finished, ASB IS- jsr o "W open for the accommodation of all who may farof him with their pttlronage, THE FUIlNJTUltE js entirely new in every department, and is oft the latest and most approved styles. THE TABLE will always be supplied with the bt the market affords, and no pains will be spared for the poinfurt and conre niepce of bis guests. Persons arriripg by boats accommodated at all hours, day or night. Saits of rooms and superior accommodations for families. A long experience in the business warrants tbs proprietor in promising satisfaction to all W bo may favor bim with their patronage, if it can be done by bountifully supplied tables, pleasant rooms, cleanly beds and assiduous attention to tbeir wants. i, D. SPREXOER. Albany, June 6, 1868, . v3n4Jtf LOOK HERBl Patronize Home .Industry, nnd m Money! The undersigned, having opened a TAJfcORISG ESTABLISHMENT (On First street, north side, net door east form Washington), in Albany, takes this method of informing the public that he is prepared to MAKE, CUT, AND REPAIR CL0TH1XS ! OF ALL KISDS, ITJ THE LATEST STYLES! AND AT TJJE MOST REASONABLE RATES ! T2n41tf H. W. FARMER. IBA A. MILLBB. A. r. MILLER. MILLER & BRO., (Succet$ort a fhilip Miller,) MARBLE WO RK8 , ALBANY, OREGON. Shop on Washington, bet, 1ft and 24 St'f. THESE GENTLEMEN BEG LEAVE TO IN form the publie at large tbftt they are now prepared to furnish HARDEE MONUMENTS; ASD-r- G K A V E - S T ON E S ! OF EVEBV STYLE AND PATTEBV, At tlie Most Reasonable Prices, TOEIDSTONBS CUT TO ORDX3R On the very shortest notice. . . Mar7T3n29tf MILLER f BRO. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1868. A Part of lieu. Duller Nollloquy. Wo copy tho following frota tho La Crotc Democrat : And hero I utuat tuan'a cututc, a living evidence of rascality, corruption, double dealing, trickcrv, fraud, swindling, cow ardicc, bauk-rubLiog,et)ooQRtealiug, woni-ao-insulting, house plundering, enemy, aiding, coun(rybetraing, govcrnoicot sucking, treasury-filching, eoldier-killing, priioo filling, Ood.furgcttiug, hell dencrv tog, truth.ignoring, virtue-wrooging, no-gro-loving, vice-carcsHtng, tuau-decicviag, law-destroying, church-pilfering, bullion bagging, cotton-stealing, diamond-finding, vessel-clearing, crockery making, town Backing, coemy-hclpiog, powder-wasting, oiBccr-uiurdcring, npite loving, nution disgracing, fricnd-forgotlcn, and ull do toatcd thief, robber, brnart, pluudercr, bag-eyed bullion bugger, and tho moat detested, corrupt, elfih, fnUchearted pet of perdition io ail tho annaUof crime and Inluuiy, paat, prospnt or to come. I am rich in money all Ktolen. I am rich io spoons -all stolen. I am rich in Banks all stolen but exempt from tax atioo as I wish I was exempt from tho pen pictures of "Urick" Pomeroy, of the La Crosse Democrat. L glory ia all my meanness, as I glory in the fuel that all over tho land are Christians who think I am honest as I glory to rcprescntinir Ma&jachusctt io a Hump Congress and I glory io the fact that 1, and. such as I, hold milli os of dollars of United States bonds, on winch jo taxes are to bo paid, and on the intor ejit of which, wrung by labor from poor ineu and women, all such thieves as I can livo in ease a other, support ux, and in no fear of juviice o long an thieves can make laws. Look ou me. world) hero and elsewhere, for there never wa, thero uevcr will bo, there never can be, another Beast JJutlrr. I am a good thing io my place, and hell is the pla.ee for me. Xo wonder tho person called my fatti er went to tea after begetting me, where bis death at the yard arm for piracy were preferable to owning tuc a. a uu. Hut he did uot know to what 1 would come to what greatue ! l'irt a Democrat then an iustigator of rebellion then an advocate for war to punish thoe who once believed me honot then a cuward in uniform, thief at all lime a woujmi insulter among my belter a traduccr of virtue, morality and -honesty from my birth! I blew up Fort Fiher, and man aged tha iuipeuchmoui ea-c-, a lizzie cjual to the Jiutch (Jap Canal ! Tot much on a jtedigree It, a au o ecr nothini: an a taiesuiiii uier excclleut at a thief but too t-uwar JIy for a highwayman ; lata ju.-t fit to be the lejulcr of a Uol-and miraHty party, and manager of their political law auits. My iuiquitie. fill my kio my virtuen would not fill 3 mhwo whieh-'-rtii vvli vici : Dfllculfj lu ComprcheucJIns tlie art of writing. This mode of communicating senti meuU was an inexplicable puzzle to Fin low (the kiug of the Tonga Lslands;) he took the letter again and examined it, but it afforded him no information, lie considered the matter a little within him- Belt', but hi thought) reflected no light upon the subject. At length he ent for Mr. Mariuer. oud deired him to write down something. The latter u.kcd him what he would choose o have written . he replied " put down me : he accord ingly wrote Feenow," spcl ing it after the strict english orthography. The Chief then scot for another Englishman who had uot been present. and command ed Mr. Mariner to turn his back and look another way; he gave tho man the paper, and desired him to tell what that was ; he accordingly pronounced aloud the namo of the king, upon which Finlow snatched the paper from his hand, and with a2toni&hmcnt looked at it, turned it round, and examined it in all directions; at leqg'h he exclaimed, 'this is neither like myself, nor any body elae ! Where are ray legs ? how do you know it to be I?" and then, without stopping for any attempt at an explanation, ho immediate ly ordered Mr. Mariner to write some thing else, and thus employed him for three or four hours to put down the names of different persons, places, and things, making the other mau read them. This afforded extraordinary diversion to Fioow, and to all the men aod women present, particularly as he now and then whispered a little love anecdote, which was strictly written down and audibly read by the other, not a little to the cou fusion.of one or the other of the ladies presont. It was taken in good humor, how ever, for curiosity and astonishment were the prevailing passions. How their names and circumstances, could be com municated through so mysterious a chan nel, was altogether past their comprehen sion. Finow had long formed his opinion of books and papers, and this as much re sembled witchcraft as anything he had yet seen or heard of. Mr. Mariner in vain attempted to explain, lie had yet too slender a knowledgo of their lan guage to have explained the composition of elementary sounds, and of arbitrary signs expressive of them, to a people whose minds were already formed ou oth modes of thinking, and whose language had few expressions but for what eon cerned the ordinary affairs of life. Fi now at. length thought he had got a no tion of it, and explained to those about, him that it was very possible to put down a mark or sign of something that had been seen by both the writer and roader, and which should be mutually understood by them but that he could not write down anything he bad never neen. The kipg directly whispered to him to put Tooga Ahoo, tho king of Tonga, whom ho and Tooba Iuba had assassinated ma nyveara before Sir. Mariner's arrival. This was accordingly done, and the other read it; whan Finow was VCt more as tonished- . Ho then desired him to write " Tarky," tho chief of tho garrison at Bea, whom Mr. Mariner and his compan ions had not yet seen; this chief was blind in one eve. When Tarkv " was read, Finow innuired whether he was blind or not I This was putting writing to an unfair test, and Mr. Mariner in formed him that ho had only written down the sign standing fur tho sound of his name, and not for the description of his person. He was then ordered, in a whisper, to write, " Tarkoy blind in his left cyo," which wa done and read by the other man to the increased astonish ment of everybody. Mr. Mariner then told hint that, iti several parts of the world, mcMsagcs were sent to great dis tances through tho same medium ; and, being folded and fastened up, the bearer could know nothing of the contents; and that tho histories of whole nations were thus handed down to posterity, without spoiling by being kept, as he chof-o to ex press himself. Finlow acknowledged this to bo n most wonderful iovcution, but ad ded that it would not do for Tonga Is lands, as thero would bo nothing but dis turbances and conspiracies, and ho should not bo suro of his lifo perhaps another month. He said, however, Jocularly, that ho would liko to know it himself, and for all the women to know it, that he might mako love with less rikof discov ery, and not so much chance of incurring tho vengeance of their husbands. Mariner's Account of the Tonga laiult. Dlalr'a Platfbrm. Sinc the cessation of hostilities bo twceo the North and South, no man has opposed moro earnestly, effectively and powerfully Radical heresies and usurpa tions than Francis P. lilair. Ho is one of the men who, both during and since the war, tegarded it us waged tomato tain the Union and' vindicate the Consti tution. He believed, theo, wheo, in 1801, Congress so declared, it meant ex actly what it said. It is not surprising, therefore, after imperiliog his, lifo to make good this declaration, the guilty conspirators of the liutup, in their efforts to bring to naught the stupendous strug gle through which the couutryhad passed hhould find no favor in his eyeJi. For three years his opinion aod actions have bt'Cii in perfect accord with the Democracy- His herculean efforts have already redccmedSt. Louis, by 4,000 majority, from Mo.irclistu, and the rest of the State only needs a favorable opportunity for a popular vote to follow suit. As liluir ha been put upon the Dem ocratic ticket as one of its standard-bear- cm, a statement of his views, at this time, becomes a matter of great interest. The following from a Washington cor respondent of the New York -Herald, writiug uudcr date of June 25th, will be read with pleasure by every sound Demo crat: General Frank Hlair- of Missouri, is now in Washington, and is daily visited by friends who desire his nominatiou for the Presidency. Powerful influences are being exerted to this cod, and his friends prof cm to be f anguine of success. His views of public policy are expressed freely, and are of the most em phatic and pronounced character on the issues of tho day. They are given with tho point, terseness and vim of a positive and earless nature, and are the applica tion of fixed opiuions to the existing situ ation. The following is their substance as derived from personal conversation, and is entirely authentic. I Gen.ral Blair now as always, scouts tho idea of giving the ballot to the ne grocs. The question of negro suffrage! he regards as the cardinal issue in the can vasa. lu his judgment inflexible opposi sion to this radical doctrine is the chief i-suo on which the conservatives must expect to triumph. He holds that mili tary despotism and negro suffrage in the South aro unconstitutional, null and void, and that tho Democratic National Con vention should so declare them just as1 the Supremo Court would have decided if tho case of McArdle had been adjudi cated. The laws of Congress disfran chising persons who were embraced in Amnesty proclamations or special par dons, aro illegal, arbitrary and void. Test oaths for voters are unconstitutional; and this is why Central Blair refused to take the Missouri test oath. His appeal to tho Supremo Court in that case ought to have been decided at tho last term, and he re grets its postponement. The reconstruc tion acts establishing negro suffrage and government acts based thereon ho holds to be usurpations, and declares they have no basis excepting by the lawless violenco aud force of the army, and the federal government must withdraw this coercion, correct its own wrong and leave it to the white population of each State to -egu-late the question of suffrage. The; bas-' tard and spurious governments set up at the South have no right to control this matter and must fall as soon as the mili tary despotism is withdrawn. Ho asserts it is the duty of the incoming President to see that Justice is done and to restore the governments which aro the creation of the white population to those to whom they belong. General Blair is not , will ling to accept or acquiesce in anything done by the Jladical Congress on this subject of reconstruction. He is for pon fining the government of the country exclusively to the white race. He is very confident of an ovoiwnelming de feat to radicalism if the issuoa of the hour and future are boldly made by the New Yoik nominations and platform and dead issues ignored He predicts such ao uprising of the people as has never been seen in America, and says this is already felt by the Radicals. , '' Subscribe for tho "Democrat " . ; From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Interesting Hum day Reading. Letter From th Holy Land. Hebron, March, 18C8. THE TOMB Of RAC1IAKL, Tho Tomb of lUchacl is located about six miles from Jerusalem, and consists of a littlo square building by the road side, with a dome upon it. Its isolation gives it prominence, aod we experienced a sense of reverence as we itood there, becauso there can hardly bo any doubt but that it is the very place whero Ilach acl was buried. A gefralJy received tradition makes this placVas tho one "in tho way to Kphrath, which is Bcthle hcm,'"and where Jacob set a pillar on her grave. There is something touching io the life of Hachacl, and something not a little romantic in her marriage with Ja cob. When good old Jacob first saw tho maiden he kisved her, and lifted up his toicc and wept. There is something very sentimental about the first meeting at the well. We can intginc how Jacob was impressed, as he tocidcntully met Kachael thore, and how, with commend able gallantry, ho watered her father's sheop, but we can scarcely understand his presumption. Now this impression mado upon Jacob, unliko many others, was permanent and lasting, for Ilachicl was beautiful and well favored. The courtship, however, was of long dura tion, notwithstanding the fact that Laban was very favorably inclined toward his subsequent son-in-law. With a modesty uot at all characteristic of the prcseot time, Jacob offered to serve seven years faithfully for Hachacl because he did not regard himself alone as an equivalent for the sacrifice she would make in accept ing of him. But thote were seven years of pleasure, and they " seemed unto him but a few days for the love he had to her." The Bible narrative does not forget to tell us that he made a prompt demand for his wife when his days were fulfilled. It was in the form of a contract, and what a handsome compliment was paid to itachacl in the sacrifice that Jacob was willing to make for her, aod in the fact that she was claimed for his own the very moment he was entitled to her. What a love was there manifested, and how different was the lovo of the first centuries from that of the niotccnth cen tury. How many young men of to-day would water sheep and perform manual labor seven years long for a Hachacl 1 We only kuow definitely of one, and wc fear that in his case both Laban aod Ha chacl would refuse to accept cither of his fccrvicca or of himself. ucimox. The. Hebron of to-day is situated near ly three thousand feet above the level of the'sca, and contains about ten thousand inhabitants. It is built on the declivity of a beautiful valley, and is externally one of the most attractive places in the Holy Land. By the natural arrange ment the houses appear to the very best advantage and in the distance Hebron seems like one of our thriving country towns io tho interior of Ohio. The buildings are generally of stone, and there are apparently two divisions of the city, one being separated from the other by extensive gardens. The gray walls of the Jiaraui appear most prominent and riso like some huge castle above all the surroundings. This is at the Hebron of the nineteenth century, after an eventful history of more than three thousand years, and this Haram of which we speak covers the cavo of Machpelah where sleep Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and Sarah and Hebekah and Leah. Hachael should be there too with this goodly com- Eany, out her scpulchcr is on the way to lethlehem whero sho died. There can scarcely bo any doubt but that the Turkish Mosque covers the spot. and the walls of the Haram inclose a por tion, at least, of the field of Lphrah. which Abraham purchased for four hun dred shekels of silver, current money, with the merchant. It in held in great veneration by tho Jews and the Mahom medans guard it with the strictest jeal- a a a -aer ousy. ino one outside ot the .Moslem re- litrion is permitted to enter there, and when the Prince of Wales, through a special firman from the Sultan of Turkey, gained access some time ago, it was found necessary to protect his person from the enraged multitude by & file of soldiers. Dr. Thompson, in his work, thinks that there is no room whatever tor skepticism. The buildings are evidently of great an tiquity. They have been computed at two hundred feet in length, one hundred and sixty feet in breadth and sixty in height. They are located on the ueclivi ty of the hill on which Hebron is built, aod present an imposing appearance from the distance. There is no attempt at architecture, and the masonry seoms to be of a very massive character. A writ er of the tho twelfth century, who gained admission says that you enter through an iron gate, and descending into ono cave you then pass through another and finally reach a third which is the scpulcher ot Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as well as those' of Sarah, Hebekah and Lea. These tombs aro said to be directly opposite to oach other, and the ono whero Abra ham sleeps, oon tains the inscription, ' This is the sepulcher of our father Abraham, upon whom bo peace." We walked about this venerable pile, and looked in upon the very pavement which covers the Cavo of Machpelah, but Mos lem fanaticism would not permit us to in vestigate any further. We eould be bjit profoundly imp'ressed as wo stood by tho last resting place of the old patriarohs. There Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, and there Isaao and Ishmael buried their father, who " died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years." There Is uao was gathered unto his people, and there he was laid away by his sons, Esau and Jacob,"T)here, too, Jacob was bur ied, after he had been , brought from Egypt by his son Joseph with so much la mentation. Vi NO. 50. Abraham's oak. When &oses sent his spies into the Promised Land to learn of the character of the country to which they were, jour neying we read that " they ascended to the South and came to Hebron," . "And they came unto the brook, of Eschol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it be tween two upon a staff; and they brought of pomegranates and of figs." These same declevitiea are covered with vineyards, and these slopes yet prod uce the same clusters of grapes which tho Kpics carried off to Moses as an evidence of the fertil ity of the land. These vineyards with their circular watch-tower, could be noticed on either hand, ex tending off into the distance, while the fig tree and pomegranate tree flourish in great luxuriance. As we rode out toward Abraham's Oak we could not but be imnrexsed with the surrounding of Hebron, and could not but think of the satisfaction with which the spies beheld them after their tedious journey in the wilder ness. The oak under which Abraham en tertained the three angels, tradition says, is in the plains . of JUamre, aud perhaps two miles from Hebron. It seems from the Bible narrative that the old patriarch was sitting- in the tent-door, in tho heat of the day, when three men stood by him. With the Oriental hospitality, he insisted that they should rest under the tree, and that water should be brought to them, and that they should partake of i .. . t, i ii a morsei wuii mm. ii is nanny nec essary that we should fcpeak .of how .braham entertained the three angels and how Sarah laughed at the strange promise, and how the destruction of Sodom was revealed, and how the old patriarch interceded for it. The tree which tradition points out is an evergreen oak, and is nearly ten feet in diameter, while its branch es overspread a space of over two hundred and sixty feet in circumfer ence, Xear at hand is a well which evidences great antiquity, and from which the water was brought as men tioned in the chapter. Wc extempor ized a cup from an orange, and drank of the water, which hax an agreeable taste. While this oak cannot date back so many centuries a this tradi tion says, yet it is very probable that umler one of its immediate ancestors, and in this very plain of Mamrc, hap pened the events mentioued in the eighteenth chapter of Genesis. At any rate the belief was so pleasant that we entertained it, and are now far more willing to lay down our pen than wc were to leave its cooling shade for Bethlehem, from which place wo will next address our readers. S. F. II. From the ClercUad Plaindealer, Msy 20. ttuftfendel Animation A Young Iadjr in a Trance Nearly Tiro Week. Ooe of the most remarkable cases that we have ever been called upon to chroni cle, has lately come under our notice, and we propose to lay the facts before tho pub lic exactly as they are: On Loraio street, above Jersey! there resides with her step-father a young lady, Miss Ellen K. White, who is probably between seventeen aod eighteen years of age, very prepossessing in her maooer, aod very fiocly educated. About six weeks ago she was taken dangerously ill with what the family physician pronoun ced typhoid fever, and for some days was so low that all hopes of her recovery were given up. She rallied, however, and un der careful nursing and skillful treatment she was in a fair way to recover, when, about two weeks ago, she had a relapse, and sank rapidly, until the breath seemed to leave her body, and she was proooun ced a corpse. Her body was prepared for the grave, and preparations were made by her bereaved pareots and friends for the funeral, when her mother, who could not be made to realize tho faot that her only daughter was dead to her forever, noticed that though the limbs of her daughter were rigid, yet the body retain ed its warmth. Physicians were called, but they decided that she was dead, and every attempt to resuscitate her failing, it was determined, last Sunday, to con sign her to the grave, and a coffin was procured. On Saturday, while one of the neighbors and mother were standing by the side of the supposed corpse, the door, which had been left open, blew shut with a loud noise, which had tho effect of so acting upoo the girl as to bring her to and set her life-blood io motion. She sprang up in bed, and, throwing her arms around her mother's neck, wept tears of joy over her escapo from the horrid death of be ing buried alivo. Our reporter yesterday : visited the house and was granted an interview with tho young lady, whom he found sitting up by the window, apparently as happy as the birds, to whoso music she was list ening as we entered the room. THE YOUNG LADY'S &TQRY, Miss White said that when she felt herself sinking, she had no fear of death, but turned upon her side, aod as she did so all pain disappeared, and she sank , to sleep as peacefully as a child. She lay, sho thinks, unconscious for an hour or; more, for when she came to herself, though she could not move or speak, she found that sho was laid out for burial.- She could see her mother by her side, and all those who came to see her; could hear them tajk and understand all they said. Sho tried to speak to them, but her tongue refused to do its office ; she tried to move, but could not; and there she lay, blessing her mother for her refusal to allow her to be bunea. upon two oc casions, when ner motner was alone in the room with her, it seemed as though RATES OF ADVERTISING: : tbab ; Oc Column, $100 ; Half Colamn, $50; Quarter Col nmn, $35. ' Transient Advertisements per Square often lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent insert tioa, $1. A square is one inch in space down tho eolatan counting ctttsAdiplajr lines, blanks, Ac, as toli4, matter. No advertisement to bo considered than a square, and all fractions counted a fu square. All advertisements inserted for s lest period than three months to be regarded as trao lient. ' - 2 she left the body, could look down upon, u as ne could tier mother. She said she was uoabjo to describe the feelings she experienced upon those occasions. When not tortured with the fear of bciog buric4 alive, she was perfectly at rest, perfectly happy, and when the door slammeef, which brought her to, it seemed as (hough she was, to use her own words, "compelled to commence a hard day's, work." Mifcs White is now in a fair way to re-, cover. Her strength is gaining rapidly, and from ever? indication we should judge that she has a long life before her.. The Alligator. The alligator is a natif of the south. He lives upon a raw pig, and don't besi itate to take them whole, if there don't happen to be a smaller one bandy. lie is al.o fond of a little negro once in a while by way of fresh bite. They areatnphibicus, and several other; kiods of cuss tew plenty to menshen. What on earth they arc good for, i don't teem to know, unless it is to. watch; for pigs. Their hides can be tanned into leather, but they are as hard to skin as a beech tree izj and the leather, when tanned is just about as limber as a cookiog stove, . , dux, one pair uv boots maac one uv alli gator will last as long as a man's namo duz ! the only way to wear them out is to heave them away. Alligator meat is not lucious. If yon ask for it' at first klass hotels they alwna tell yu " that they are just out." It tastes as I should think the beef uv mule would who had been worked forty years in a brick yard, and then been, struck by lightning to get rid uv him. When the alligator's mouth is wide open, the head is just about in the centra uv hit body ; but they have one virtcw I came very near forgetting -they make a very still noise, altho they have more jaw than any other critter I know nv. These are some of the heaviest fakts I have been able to gather about the alli gator. The alligator seems to be a seckond addition to the krokadile, made out uv what was left, I think the krokadile usually lays eggs when they want some more krokadilcs, but I dou't k no but if they do, and I ever nuu me oest, ana tne o;a xeiiowain s on the nest, I shouldn't, hesitate to hatch out the eggs myself with a klub. This is all 1 kno at present about the alligator Josn. Billings. One Thousand a SUniite, It seems that the United States Treas ury Department is busy in preparing a schedule for paying the interest on five twenties and the 'HI bonds which fall due on the 1st of July. The amount of in terest which the Government will pay out amounts to 832,000,000. The Treas urer will anticipate the interest, and be-. . . . i ..t . .i. . gin payment toward me last oi me pres ent month, . The total amount of interest on the public debt is about 837,000,000 per quarter or 150,000,000 per annum in. gold, which being reduced to the curren cy of the people make $210,000,000. Now add to this 300,000,000 more, for the ordinarv and extraordioarv exDcnsea of a corrupt and profligate Radical Revo lutionary administration, and you have a tolerable idea of the burthens of the peo ple. This 500,000,000 being divided makes 40,000,000 per month, $10,000, 000 per week, Sl,400,000 per day, 60, 000 per hour, and 1,000 per minute.. Datton Ledger, Koinikal Itllnpings. A gent and lady from Carthage at a hotel table, in Bowen, was asked by tho waiter what kind of meat they would have, the gentleman replied ; "It is immaterial." The young lady blushiugly said she "woultl take somo of the same." Tlie Servant brought her a codfish ball. What is taken from you before you get it ? Your portrait. Why is a goose like a cow's tail? -Because they both grow down. What is it the more you cut off of, both ends lengthens it ? A ditch. Who thinks a nigger wench as good as his own sister ? A consistent mem ber of the radical party. What is the aifterence between trnth and ews ? Truth crushed tft earth will rise again, but broken eggs wont. An exohange says there is some thing sweet about littlo girls. Pren tice adds that "it grows on them as they grow bigger." 'Do you like codfish balls, Mr. Wi gins "I really don't know, MisS; I don't recollect ever having attended one. A southern editor says his coten porary drinks so much whisky that musketeers, biting him, $ie of the de lirium tremens. A Mrs. Back named her first baby Green. An editor, in speaking of it, said ho hoped it was a legal tender. ' Josh Billings says : "I always ad vise short sermons, especially on a hot Sunday, If a preacher can't strike ile in boring forty minutes, he has ei ther got a poor gimlet or else he is bo ring in tho wrong place." , A gentleman ; onco asked a Miss Knapp what she was making? "A knapsack," was the quick reply. Two Visions.- The Petersburg Ex- Eress says : Two visions aro passing efore us. Study well the grouping and note which is the more pleasing picture of the two. Lee, : the con quered, cloistering in calm dignity at Lexington, moulding the youth of our land ibr exalted usefulness in the world Grant, the conqueror; chang ing with every shift of the popular breeze, the slave of party, the acces sory of Stf;nton,the radical nominee for President, ; '