STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
FC1MSBXD BYZftr SATURDAY, IT
ABBOTT & BROWN,
X. B. ABBOTT.
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to their communications.
All Letters and Communications, whether on
K.,.m... nubHction. should b addressed to
Abbott A Brown.
BUSINESS CARDS.
O. W. GRAY. D. . S.,
GRAOUATt OF THE ClHClllsATl fiEKTAL COLLEGE,
rt.Trrn tvvitp in. prnsnvsMSiR.
Jf ing Artificial teeth and arsl-ciass veniai
Operations to pive hira a call.
Specimens of Vnlcanito Base with gold plate
BH VUUf " - .
linings, and otner new sijios oi wor, mj
seen at his office, up stairs in Tarrish A Co.'i
Brick, Albany, Oregon.
Residence, corner of Second and Raker streets.
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.ALBANY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
THE NEXT SESSION COMMENCES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 18G8.
For Farticalars address
REV. n. BUSHNELL,
aul5r3n52yl Albany, Oregon.
J. MTtLL. FUSS.
POWELL fc FLIXX,
a TrnnxnTs: and COUNSELLORS AT
LA WAND SOLICITORS IN CHANCER Y,
(L. Flinn, Notary Public.)
A
LBANY, Oregon. Collections
and convey-
nees promptly attended to.
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DFFICE Or lULMi iiuuuiiatxtai.in..i
A T WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB-
oAnnm ernrrji vtrvT
n4n. on the Santiam. rosi omce iwur,
Lebanon. J. W. MACK,
vSnlMy Co. School Superintendent.
. C- Of. ctxirx,,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SALEM, OREGON :
Will -.i-j.tir in ll the Courts of this State and
will attend the Circuit Court terms in Linn county
brick, up stairs. T3a "J1
D. B. RICE, M. D.,
Surgeon and Physician,
ALBANY, OREGON,
m IT AX1TTI7L FOR TIIE LIBERAL PATRON
J age received, continues to tender his services
to the citizens ot Albany ana urrounuiu
, nK n.l i,lnpi. on Second street, two
Mocks east of Sprenger's hew Hotel. T3o3tf
JOHN J. WHITNEY,
ATTORXEY AT L1W AXD NOTARY POLIC,
ALBANY, - OREGON.
,-5-Offiee up stairs in Foster's Frame Building, j
opposite tne "aiaie rugnts ituiw.i v-v.
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F. 31. WADS WORTH,
MOW CARRIAGE AXD ORXAJIEXTAL
PAINTER
Orer McBride's Wagon Shop, between First and
Second, on Ferry street.
First-class work done on short nbtice.
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N. II. CRANOR,
ATTORXET A5D COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Office In Norcross Brick Building, up-sUirs,
Albany, Oregon,
TT. . HILTABIDEL. EFIELD.
HILTABIDEL & CO.,
"TkEALERS LN GROCERIES AND PROVI-
I II sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confection
ary, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. btore
on Maine street, adjoining the Express office, Al
bany, Oregon. se3Tnu
BENJ. HAYDEN,
.attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Will attend to all business entrusted to him by
Uizens of Polk and adjoining counties.
' Eola, July 26, 1867.
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9 n ay w
J. BARROWS & CO.,
GENERAL & COlfXISSIOX MERCHANTS
T EALER.S in SUple, Dry and Fancy Goods,
I I Groceries. Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
Boots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon.
Consignments solicited.
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E. F. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Solicitors in Chancery and Real Estate Agents,
Will practice in the Courts of the Second, Third,
nd Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme
Court of Oregon.
Cttloo 1 Parrish's Brick Building, Albany, Ore-
g nrm SPECIAL ATTENTION drcn to the col
lectin of Claims at ail points in the abore named
Cutset?.
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ALBANY BATH HOUSE!
hb undersigned would BESPECT-
' JL full7 inform the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity that he has taken eharge of this Establish
'ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
'strict attention to business, expects to suit all those
who may favor him with their patronage. Having
heretofore carried on nothjng but
"Irst-Class Hair Dressing Sfaloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
Cnildien and Ldies' Hair.neatly cut and
shacjpooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
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IIAUVEST OF 1868 !
THRESHERS,
REAPERS,
MOWERS.
J. BARROWS & CO.,
Agent for all kinds of
Agricultural Implements !
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, WHEAT AND OATS WANTED !
THE SUBSCRIBERS WILL PAY THE
highest cash price for whpat and oats deliv
ered at their Warehouse in Albany. Also wheat
and oats
Stored and Shipped at the Lowest Bates:
Goods of all kinds received and chipped from
the Wharf. MARKHAM A SON.
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NOTICE!
LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS 1 JUST RE
ceived : & very large stock of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES!
by steamer from San Francisco. I will sell' for
iish or merchantable produce, at low prices, my
entire stock of Goods, to make room for more.
Call and see for yourselves.
r . R. CHEADLE'S
arjr4r3n33tfj Cash Store, Albany.
y"QJ" J"y
ADVERTISED! E NTS.
MRS. DUNNIWAY,
mAKES PLEASURE IN INFORMING HER
A patrons that she has received her Invoice of
I
MILLHSTERir
ASD
FURNISHING GOODS,
DinEOT rKOM NEW YORE
and I am now ready to accommodate AST or toc
with the
BEST AND LATEST STYLES,
At the Most 12ea$omxhle Prices !
AsAficntfor Madame Demorcst's Incomparable
mirror or Fasaiona, r am enaoieu io
furnish ouatis a copy of the Magazine
for one year; beginning with the July
number, to any person who
shall purchase spring goods
in my line to the
amount of Ten
Dollars 1 !
Send in your orders at once, ladies, that I may
know how many oi you win giro mo mo
pleasure of presenting you a first
class parlor Magazine
as Premium on
your pur
chases. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OP
Very Cholc JlIHInery uoou.i
AXD Alt THE
OTHER NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON!
, She has also secured the Agency of
Md'me Dcmoresfi World-Rf Downed Patterns
and all of the many ocful and orna
mental articles advertised
in her jni-tly popu
lar Magazine.
COME LADIES 1 "all of you together,'
and
see if I hare not the
Cheapest and Choicest Millinery Goods!
. EVER OFFERED FOE SALE IX ALBANT !
DRESS
AXD CLOAK-MAKING
la the Latest Styles !
Perfect Fit lUrranteu.
BLEACHING AND PRE33IKO:
In the best manner at the very lowest rates.
NEW STAMPING PATTERN! BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS !
T3T Don't foreet the place. Southwest corner
Main and Broad Albin streets, Albany
March 30, 18CS se2Sr3o71y
PACIFIC HOTEL
TIIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
informs the public that this House
HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED,
ASD 19
JST O "W OPEN
for the accommodation of all who may
favor him with their patronage.
THE FURNITURE
is entirely new in eyery department,
and is of the latest and
most approved styles.
THE TABLE
will always be supplied with the best the market
affords, and no pains will be spared
for tbo comfort and conve
nience of his guests.
Persons arriving by boats accommodated at all
hours, day or nignt.
Suits of rooms and superior accommodations for
families.
A Ions experience in the business warrants the
proprietor in promising satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their patronage, if it can be done
bv bountifully supplied tables, pleasant rooms,
clean J v beds and assiduous attention to their wants.
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Albany, June 6, 1868. T3n42tf .
IB A A. XILLSB.
A. P. MILLET!
MILLER & BRO.,
(Succenor to rhilip Miller,)
MARBLE WORKS,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Shop on Washington, bet. 1ft and 2d St's.
THESE GENTLEMEN BEG LEAVE TO IN
forta the public at large that they are now
prepared to furnisft
MARBLE MOJTCJIENTS
ASP r
GRAVE-STONESI
OF EVERY" STTLE AND FATTER X
At the Most Reasonable Prices.
TOMBSTONES CUT TO ORDER
On the very shortest notice.
Mar!rr3n29tf MILLER ? BRO.
CHAIR MANUFACTORY!
AND -
THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESPECTFUL
ly inform the publio that he is prepared to
do all kinds of
- TURNING
in a workman-like ad expeditious manner. Also,
be keeps on hand, And for sale, SPINNING
WHEELS, and the best of
Raw-hide Bottom or Sitchen Chairs !
All of which will be sold cheap for Cash. Or
ders solicited. Shop near the old Flour Mill, at
the upper end of First street.
. JOHN M. METZLER.
Nor ,J367 vSnlSyl
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY,
P 0 K T It Y.
TAXATION.
We live In a day whon taxation is rife.
When we aro taxed for living and taxed
life.
for
our
From the crown of our heads to tbo soles of our
feet.
For all that wo wear and all that we cat,
Thouirh the aunlisht of Heaven is still free to
If it lights up our dwellings it must shlno thro'
tax'd glass.
And the air that we breathe, though still freo to
nss.
Ma"y soon bo strict measured and weighed at our
soar.
door.
We are taxed for our store, our workshops and
trade.
For the goods that we've sold and tho profits
we've made,
For the right to our business, though it be
small.
We are watched by AsscMors and taxed fr it all.
For the poor no exemption is ever besongni.
For poverty's paius there's not even a thought.
But the rich, who of splendor are ever most fond,
Are free from this cumo by the uovernment bond.
If you call on the Parson, remember your purse;
If you'll call on tho Dctor, you'll only be worse;
Ityou call on tho Lawyer, lie is a taxca man,
f? etirk to your biiKincM and live if you can.
Give all bright Ideals the wing of tbo wind,
For dreams of-prosperity will have you behind
Tho your effort be great, for your dimes there's a
way,
" The nigger is free," but the bills are to pay.
We're checks upon mining and check upon trade,
title duties nnd taxes on all things aro paid
Not even the screws of our cufhiis ara found
Exempt from taxation by parcels and pound ;
And o en the mechanic, as if 'twos a sin,
Is taxed for the risht of pulling tbctn In,
While the crave undrrtakwr mrveys with a smile,
And digs with a will as If striking for " He.
Thus we're taxed while we live, we're taxed when
we die,
We're forced from tils world to our home In the
k v.
We're followed with stamps, Just as if they would
Till tho riic are concluded with stumps on the
save,
Put whenever stern fate, by the powers that be,
From thi tcrrcMrial sphere shall set ine free.
crave :
If heavruward buuud, may 1 rca-h that bright
eo&l
Without a contemptible stamp on my sul.
Horga.
I lorgs are generally qualrupid.
The extreme length of their antiquity
ha ncrcr been fully discoi-ered ; they ex
isted a loog time before the flood, and
hav existed turn time sense.
There is a great deal of infernal tctc-
a a . a
nue in a hog: tnerc am t mucn more
waste in them than in a oyster.
Kven their talcs can be worked intcw
whiscl..
Jlorg aro good, quiet borders: they
alwus cat what Li set before 'ero, aud don't
ask any foolish questions.
They never hev any discaze but the
rucaslcs, and tl.a never hcv that but once;
once fceems to satisfy 'em.
There is a great many breed amongst
them.
Sura arc a close corporashum breed, and
ajnn ome arc built moro apart, ukc a iiem-
ock flab.
They used to have a breed in New Kng-
and a few years ago which they called
the striped hog breed j this breed was in
high repute with the landlords; almost
every tavern Keener nai one which lie
used to feliow to travelers, and brax on
urn.
bum arc full in the faco like a town
clock, and some arc as long and lean as
cow-catcher, with a steel-pointed nose on
to them.
They kan all rute well; a hog which
can t rule well hex been made if? vain.
They arc a short lived animal, and gen
erally die as soon as they get phat.
Ihe horg kan be learnt a great menny
cunning things, such as histing the frunt
gate off from its hinges, tipping over the
ewill barrel and finding a hole in the fence
tew git into a corn field : but thar ain't
nny length to tlfeir memory, it is awful
hyrd work for them to find the same hole
tew git out. cgpcshally if you ore anyways
anxious they should.
Horgs arc, very contrary : and seldom
drive well the way you are going; they
drive most the contrary way. This hcz
never been fully explained, but speaks
volumes for the horg. Josn Billings.
The Land op Despotism. Senator
Doolittle, in a letter to a Democratic
meeting thus concludes : "From where
stood this morn m upon the steps of
the Capitol, with the flag of tho Union
over rue, I can look upon the land of ab
solute, unqualified despotism. If I visit
Mt. Veraon and sit down by the tomb of
Washington, I sit under tho shadow of
military dictatorship, more unlimiijited(
than can bo found in any civilized coun
try the globe. Constitutional liberty is
already bound, scourged and crowned
with thorns here, in her own sacred tem
plo. Shall .the General of tho army,
urged on by the Jacobin chief priest, cru
cify her on this sacred Capitol Hill, in
her own banner, amid the scoffs and jeers
of all the despots of the Old World?"
Let the people answer.
" Will you have a daily Sun ? " said a
newsboy to Mrs. Partington. " Will I
havo a daily son ? Why, you little scape
grace I How dare you insinuate against
a lone woman ? No, indeed, I guees 1
won't have a daily son. My dear poor
husband used to complain awiuily when
I presented him with a yearly son. A
daily son indood 1 Begone you little up
start?" And the old lady called for the
turkey-wing fan to keep her from swoon
ing. The English journals, organs of the
oppressor, favor the .election of Grant
and Colfax. .
The Irish journals, organs of the op
pressed, favor the election of Seymour
and Blair. .
That is the difference.
A young lady being asked to waltz,
.", .ii ' ;t1 J :
gave tne iouowing eensime auu upp-rupri'
ate answer ; "$o, I thank you,
have hugging at home."
sir: I
What is the difference between a young
ladv and a night cap I One is born to
wed and jthe other is worn, to bed.
tirnnt nil n Dcnpot.
Gen. Grant's order against tho Jews,
while ho was in command of the western
division of tho army, is about as fuir an
indication of tho character of the man
as has yet been submitted to tho public.
Iho samo order that ho issued against
them tho same arbitrary, despotic pow
er that ho displayed aud exercised in
mar transaction, lie would exercise
against other citizens, if he were placed
in a position where ho could do it with
impunity. (Jive him the power, and
sooner or later ho will ride rough-shod
over all who may differ with him in re
ligious or political opinions. Depend
upon it, Grant will not do to trust with
power over tho rights and liberties of tho
citizen. Tho Jews, to tho number of two
thousand or more, in St. Louis, have pub
licly announccded their intention to re
buke tho act of tyranny by their votes at
tho polls. Tho following publication we
copy from tho St. Louis p.ipcru:
2o the alitor oj the St. Loui ALemh
zc it tint :
As the editor of an independent paper
you will allow us to make a few remarks
T . f . i
in regaru to mo nomination oi tne Jvc
publican party for the Presidency, not
from a party point cf view, but entirely
independent of it.
While we as Israelites claim in this be
nign land of religious liberty equal rights
as citizens, we ask for no more than what
the Federal Constitution in plain words
guarantees, and the several States vouch
safe by special enactment. Indeed the
spirit pervading the Declaration cf Inde
pendence is an irrefutable proof, that ev
en at that time, when a good deal of re
ligious intolerance and prejudice were
yci remaining, it was uouevea mat no
Hepubuc could prosper or even exist any
length of tune, if the doctrine of per
feet equality of all citizens was not ac
knowleuged by all and provided for b
legal onacltpent. With this doctrine the
Kepublic will stand or fall, concerning
which there can be no difference of optn
m a a i a a m
ion, ana lew there will be, at least in
this country, who will bo bold enough
to call it in question. Jeir wo say
mere win do, as u nme nwthi ur. wnos-e
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actions indicate, that they are no csticcia
admirers of this doctrine, or that they
will accept it any further than they can
conveniently reconcile it with their au
straci ideas ana tncorics oi me socia
compact. It would bo hardly worth
while to say a word in confutation of such
anti-republican sentiments, if they are
entertained merely by a few abstraction
its or simpletons; but should they bo
publicly espoused, or indeed officially pro
claimed by meu of influence or high po
sittons such as are looked upon as lead
crs ot political parties then it becomes
an imperative duty of every good citizen
19 raij-e nis voice against it, ne nuut rr-
puhlicn tletriniettti rttjtint. To thcC few
preliminary remarks, Mr. Kditor, you
will allow us to add a few words concern
ing the prc?cut Republican candidate for
the duel Magistracy, (ten. U. b. Grant
Jt will be obvioii that we aro not
speaking from a party point of view, be
cause 80uic of us belong to the Radical
some to the Conservative and again Rome
to the Democratic party, but we all agree
that the doctrine oi equal rights for a!
citizen.?, and general, perfect nnd unlim
itcd freedom of conscience should be
kept pacred by all, and that, moreover, a
man who aspires to the Chief Magistracy
of the United States should be far, far
above suspicion regarding it. But (ifcn
eral Grant, as Commander of tho l'Jth
Army Corps, by issuing tho following or
der, not only ignored or disregarded this
cardinal republican doctrine, butfadced
pronounced officially his unqualified con
demnation upon it. Here is the order
in full :
Hr. Qtt's 13tii Ahmy Corps,
Dkp't of the Tennessee,
Oxford, Tcnn.. Dec. 17, 18G2.
General Order, No. 11.
JL he Jews, as a class, violating every
regulation of trade established by the
Treasury Department, also department
orders ore hereby expelled from the de
partment within twenty-four hours from
tho receipt of this order by post com
manders.
They will sec that this class of people
are lurnisnea witn passes ana required
to leave, and any one returning after
such notification will be arrested and held
in confinement until an opportunity oc
curs of sending them out as prisoners.
unless furnished with pormits from these
headquarters.
No passes will be given this peoplo to
visit headquarters for tho purpose of
making personal application for trade
permits.
By order of Maj-Gcn. Grant,
JcnN. A. Kawlings, A. A. G.
Official J. LoVELL., Captain and A.
A. G.
Dr. Wise, of the . Israelite, in Cincin
nati, veay appropriately uses the follow
ing language in condemning this order :
Worse than Gen.-Grant none in the
nineteenth century in civilized countries
has abused the Jews, officially, in broad
day light and most barbarously. If there
are any among us who lick the feet that
kick them about, and like dogs, run after
him who ha whipped them ; it there are
persons small enough to receivo indecen
cies and outrages without resentment, and
creep about their tormentors for selfish
purposes, we hope their number is small,
and we know it is too small to be counted
in comparison to those who will not vote
for a man and oppose him who outraged
the Jews in a manner as. Gen. Grant
did."
Now, Mr. Editor, we do not wish to
bo understood that Israelites, like many
others, - transgressed th regulations and
orders above referred to, nor that they
rendered themselves subject to punish-
, xn lent, nor indeed the propriety ot pun-
OCTOBER 3, 1808.
idling them ; but to officially brand with
disgrace and infamy a whole nation on
account of the transgressions of a few
single persons transgressions that had
almost ceased to be considered a sin be
cause practiced on the largest scale by
both civil and military officers and to
designate tho Israelites as Ma class," to
bo arrested unceremoniously wherever
found, whether violators of law or not
this will appear to us, as if tho semi-barbarian
middle ages wcro about to be in
augurated again under the auspices of
Gen. Grant. Will the 2,800 votes from
the Israelites in this city help make a
President with the name of U. 8. Grant,
who, attaining power by accident, issued
an order expelling all Israelites, whether
guilty or not, from his department merely
bccauc they were Israelites? Hardly
can we believe that, in view of this in
sult, and unrevoked asthe outrage stands,
there will be one low enough found in
our midst to think of it. Without be
ing prophets, wc hazard the prediction
that there will be as few Israelitie voles
cast for Gen. Grant next November as he
had occasion to make arrests under his
infamous order.
To this publication aro appended the
names of two thousand Jewish citizens of
St. Louis. Tho names arc omitted here
for want of space.
Nfatement In Itegarsl to the Km-
Ire Cnrlotfu'M Condition.
There is unfortunately only too much
reason to fear that the recovery of the
unhappy Trincess will be neither o
ptfedy nor so complete as was inferrcc
from the improvement which took place
on tho removal of Her laiesty from
Miramar Ho Lcakcn. Withdrawn from
tho rigorous isolation to which she was
ordered by the medical men at .Miramar
and having returned to scenes dear to
the recollections of her vouth and to the
bosom of the royal family of Belgium
where she is surrounded with the most
affectionate attentions, the dejected spirits
of the hmpress Carlotta appeared to re
vivc, and hc seemed by
degrees to as
sumo h?r former serenity.
Her Majesty beguiled her leisure with
painting, and by keeping up a correspond
encc with tho - members of the Imperii
latntly ot Austria ana other menus, in
walking in the beautiful park of Lcaken
or by carriage exercise in the environs o
the palace. She took her meals regularly
in company with the King and Queen o
the Belgians : in sh
tiort of certain little restraints which were
itill nece.ary. hc appeared to be in
fair way of perfect recovery. Suddenly
iu the begiuing of June, on the approach
of the anniversary of the Queretaru, sym
torus of internal agitation manifested
themselves to such a degree as to occasion
apprehensions of afresh attcak of delirium
which soon developed itself. The hm
prcis is now a prey to tho most extraor
dinary excitement, aggravated by the ex
cesMvo heat and the want of sleep to whicl
her Majesty is subject. As at Miramar,
she has an invincible aversion to every
description of food, although sbo. her
self orders every morning what she would
like to have at her mcalti. She refuses
to sit at the table, and will not taste any
thing u&Iess it is offered to her by Queen
Marie Henriettc, her sister-indaw, who
takes a scat by her side and feeds her like
a child.
At bedtime it often happens that the
Queen is obliged to use her personal in
fluence to prevail upon the Empress to
retire to rest. It is altogether incorrect
to state, as some journals have done, that
the Lmprcss Charlotto seeks an oppor
tunity of escaping from the Palace of
Leake n to return to Miramar. On the
contrary, notwithstanding the disordered
state of her mind, she is able to feel tho
value of the care which is taken of her by
tho king and Queen of the Belgians, who
watch over her with tho most tender solici
tude, and she fears nothing so much as
the possibility of her departure for Mira
mar. lho apprehension, indeed, ot such
M
contigency constantly afilicts her.
and in a great degreo occasions her want
of sleep. Jn physical health the Empress
continues to bo as well as possible, and
her medical advisers are of opinion that
the only ofhcient remedy for the present
attack is by all means to spare Her Majesty
every kind of emotion. This will explain
why all persons excepting the members of
the royal family are prohibited from see
ing her, and why sho is allowed to re
cevo no correspondence ot a nature to
make any impression upon her mind,
which imperatively demands the most
perfect repose.
Donation Tor General Bntler.
Wo learn, says tho Richmond Examin
er, that for some months past that most
callous and impenitent pi thieves, U. r.
Butler, has ceen made to roar liko a
pricked bull calf, by the diverting perse
cutions of a countless host of torments.
From all sections of the country, from
Maine to Alaska from tho North, the
South, the East and tho West worthless
old spoons of wood, bone horn, pewter,
tin, iron and brass, pour in upon him at
all hours. The plague of spoons is be
coming more unendurable to Butler than
a plaguo of frogs, baskets of spoons are
brought to him trom the Jfostotnce, and
he express carts are constantly delivering
them at bis door. And the donor of each
spoon accompanies his present with re
marks by no means nattering to ISutler s
integrity. And as tho spoons are utterly
worthless, they are said to drive the Beast
almost mad with rage. It was once a cus
tom to pillory a rogue at some street cros
sing, where every passer-by might hurl a
rotten egg at him or a few abusive words.
Let the teorjle of this country keeD ud
a ------ a -
this wholesome custom of sending Butler
spoons. Let him bo reminded every hour
and day of his life that he is everywhere
remembered as a robber of plato chests.
et every family make annually the vo-
ive offering of a broken and battered old
spoon to "B. F."
NO. 7.
Tho Inte Adah Ismae Menken.
A cable dispatch announces tho death
at Paris of Miss Adah Isaacs Menken,
&c. I he chief events in the career of
this singular woman are facts of cofem
pcrary history. Her maiden came was
Isaacs, and she was born in New Orleans
about thirty-six years ago. Considerable
attention was paid to the education of
Adah, and from this souice she probably
iwcitvu mm W5u which uueu iier witn
a sort of literary ambition. Her first
husband was Menken, to whom he was
espoused ere her extraordinary adventures
had made her name celebrated. In 18G0
Adah Menken was introduced to the New
lork public by 31 r. James Nixon, then
proprietor of the circus on Sixteenth
street. .
Previous to this her liasoii with John
C. Hecnan in California, to whom she
claimed to have been married, after her
divorce from Menken, made her far from
a stranger to the public. Kenan's subse
quent disavowal of the marriage will still
be remembered.
About the year 18CI hc became the
bcttcrdnlf of Mr. II. -H. Newell, well
known as the contributor of the Orpheus
C. Kerr letters to tho fiunday Mercury.
This alliance, like all her others, lasted
but a brief time, and they parted with
'mutual satisfaction.
In 18G1, Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee
of the Theater Jtoyal, Astley's, London,
engaged Miss Menken for a season, toap
pcar in the drama of "Mazeppa," a piece
with which her name will be forever con
nected. This was produced at Easter,
and for one entire season, and, indeed,
part oi the season following, wag the rage
of the English metropolis. Despite the
storm of criticism her appearance in the
character of Iazeppa"evokcd. the season
an enormous success in a necuniarv
point of view. Mis Menken played
principally in Mszeppa," the " French
Spy, and pieces of a similar character
She was posewed of a fine figure, and her
audacity to displaying it together with
her numerous marriages, gained for her
the notoriety which attached to her.
Among the last of those who were capti
vated by "her charms, were Alexander
Dumas and Charles Swinburne, the Eng
lish poet. Miss Menken mad some pre
tensions to a literary reputation, but her
cooiriouuons were coonoed mainly in this
country to one or two weekly raners.
She had visited nearly all European coun
tries except Turkey, and had frequently
expressed a determination to play an en
gagement under the Sultan' auspices,
but had not succeeded. She did not lack
what the French called "Autlacr" and
evinced this trait when she dedicated
volume of poems to 7rr friend. Charles
jJickens. Mio played m Pans to crowd
cd houses, and has been one of the noto
rieties of that city. Paris, more than any
otner city, suited the peculiar genius o
Adah. She must have felt at home
among its scandals and excentricitics.
irfitofte Grant.
An exchange, reviewing one of out
complimentary notices of Grant, says he
tanned the hids of copperheads, rebels,
etc.
The exchange alluded to, ha3 tackled
the wrong person, with its statistics upon
this subject, by thus criticising our re
marks. Wo hope to have known Grant
before the war, and while it was going on,
and strange to say, a? we are dubbed a
"copperhead," we were in the same ser
vice as himslf, and under his command
When Col. of the 21st Illinois infantry,
at Mexico, Mo., he was a raving Demo
crat. One day he was in Ringgold's bank
in that city, aud upon being asked if he
thought tlie war was to be prosecuted for
the abolition of slavery, he first avowed
himself to bo a Democrat, and then said
he did not believo such to be its object,
but if such wcro the object of the war, he
would resign his commigsion in the federal
army. and go over to the enemy.
e were at Donnelson, and knew that
the only tanning process he indulged in at
that place, was the tanning his inner hide
with whisky. He tanned himself in this
manner until he was not ablo to sit upon
his horse. That battle was fought by
Ueneral brmth, and Urant got the praise
How did he tan the rebels at bhiloh 7
We were there. On tho 6th day of April,
1807, we a "copperhead," expended up
wards of one hundred and sixty rounds
of ammunition, shooting at the rebels:
our hide was tanned dnring the day,
slightly, however, by rebel bullets, while
tho great "rebel tanner," Grant, was down
the river at Savannah. When the sun
was shedding his rays over that bloody
day's work, we saw Grant, just from be
low, sneaking off on a transport to Pits-
burg Landing. "Who turned tho tide cf
battlo the day following? Grant was
there, but the fighting was done indef
the direction of a man who was subse
quently extracted and dishonored Carles
Bucll. - savannah. (Mo..') union.
A rogue asked charity on pretence of
being dumb. A lady having asked him
with cq jal simplicity and humanity, how
ong he had been dumb, he was thrown
off his guard, and answered, "From birth,
madam I" "Poor fellow I" said the lady,
and gave him a dollar.
" No, Biddy," said Patrick to his wife,
"you never catch any lies coming out of
my mouth." "l ou may well say tnat,
replied Biddy ; "they fly out so fast no
body can catch 'em,
A wealthy young Connecticut girl is
he working in a Meriden factory in
hope that some young man will fall
in love with her "for herself alone." ?
An old lady, when her pastor said to
her "God has deserted you- in your old
age," replied : "No, sir j I have a very
good appetite still I'
Troubles are like babies they grow
bigger by nursing. '
( HATES OF ADVERTISING im tear ; Ob
loinmn, yiow; Hair Colamn,$C0f Quarter Col
nmn, $35,
Transient Advertisements jer Sqonre of tea lineal
or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subeiet inser
tion, $1.
A square if one inch in spac? down ta column,
counting cuts, display lines, blanks, Aci, as solid
matter. 2o advertisement to be eonsidered
than a square, and all fractions cr'tinto! a full
square. All advertisements inserted for "a less
period than three months to be regarded as tran
Sent.
Tlie irrfnHnf 1; nnflin n St, A
I'rcMltlcntfal Campaign.
The following, under the above caption
in the New York Hernhl, a journal favor
ing the Presidential candidates of the Bad
ical party Grant and Colfax we decni
worthy of republication because the lief
old has been conceded to be a pretty surd
indicator of the changes in the political
atmospbcre; llcadwhat the Jleraltt hi
to say on the. greenback and bond qnes
tion, and the relative positions of the twd
parties thereto :
"What is understood by the greenback
question that is, the question of paying
that portion of the national debt known
as five-twenties in greenbacks is assum
ing considerable importance in the Presi-
dential campaign. Mr, Vollandinsham.
in a recent speech at Fort Wayne, strikes
boldly right into the snbjeet, and makes'
it the keynote of the contest in the Wcsf;
He docs not trouble himself about negro
suffrage, the reserved rights of the States
according to the old Democratic platform,
or reconstruction, but confines himself to
advocating the payment of the debt in le
gal tenders, to denouncing the grasping
bondholders and the Republican party.
which pretends to favor the bondholders.
and to the cognate questions of taxation
and economy. Other Democratic orators
take the same trjund, if they do not con
fine themselves so closely to this subject.'
Then there are the Labor Unions, an or
ganization numbering at least half a mil
lion members in goxi standing, which
make this a fundaroctal art:cle of their
platform of the July National Convention
in this city, in lact, in every direction,
particularly throughout the West, the
Democrats are bringing this question;
prominently before the public.
"A gTeat many Republicans, too, are
for payinglhe five-twenties in greenbacks,
according to the letter and spirit of tho
law, though the party as a whole has not
ventured to make this a part of its creed."
It was shirked in the Chicago platform,
though the Republican majority in Con
gress did not hesitate to pass a bill to re
duce the rate of interest on the debt one
third, which practially amounts to about
the samo thing as paying the debt in
greenbacks. The two most prominent
radical leaders in Congress, the late
Thadicus Stevens and Ben. Butler, have
been most earnest in advocating the pay
ment in legal tenders. Many other Rad
ical members entertain the Mine view,'
and, indeed, there are few Western mem
bers of that party who do not. Governor
Morton, of Indiana, gees with the Demo-'
crats on this question, and, as Mr. Val
landigham remarks. "The Indiana Re
publican Convention also went over to
the side of greenbacks, like sheep crossing
a fence, but were obliged to be led back
by the halter by the Chieago Convention."
It is evidently a popular idea, and the
Dcmc crats have got the wipehand of the
Republicans on the ifsue.
"Still, neither party is entirely united
on the question. The Republicans, how
ever, are most divided. The division inf
both parties is chiefly sectional, the Wesf
going for paying the five-twenties inf
greenbacks, and the North and East,
where the bonds are mostly held and where
capital is concentrated, go for paying in
gold and for forcing specie payments in
order to accomplish that. It was said
that the Democratic nominee, Governor
Seymour, was against the greenback men
of the West and in favor of the bond
holders: but Mr. Vallandigham de
clares that Mr. Seymour has made di
rect contradiction of that statement and
has emphatically accepted the Democrat
ic platform as Western men understand
it. let we see the assumed organ of the
Democrats in this city is under the con
trol of Belmont and other bondholders"
and capitalists, foreign and native. It
pretends to speak for the Democratic par
ty, when the mass of that party through
oat the country hold views on financial
questions directly opposite to this organ
and the email clique of bondholders that
control it.. With all its asumption it
dare not touch this important question of
paying the debt in greenbacks, tho' oa'
that question the Democratic masses are
profoundly moved and are going to make it
the most prominent one of the campaign.
Looking at the contest now commencing
in ail these points of view, and at the rival
interest involved, we may expect seine
curious developments atnong the factions."
But in tho fight we have no doubt the
greenback men will win, and, if Seymour
should be elected, will have the control
of the administration. The so-called Dem
ocratic organs and: leaders here the aris-"
tocratio bondholders had better look out
in time and trim their sails accordingly,
or they will be distanced in the race ancfr
eft out in the cold."
Another Convert. The Stockton Gas'
ette states that among the notable conver
sions to the Democracy in California is Hon.
John W. Wilcox of Mariposa county. W
are informed that he is an ardent supporter
of Seymour and Blair, and will not only
give them his vote, but will make himself
heard during the campaign. Mr. Wilcoxy
it will be remembered, was a prominent
candidate for Congress in the First District
last year before the Republican Convention,
and could have received tho nomination had
he desired it.
Gen. Lippencott, Radical caddidafe for
State Auditor of Illinois, challenged and
killed a young man named Tevis, in Cali
fornia some time ago. He is now a fugitive
from justice, but a splendid candidate for
the uGod and Humanity" party. If
he is defeated in Illinois he had better
South j he would make a model carpet-bagger,
and would shortly get into the Rump
from some of those States. -
' Did you know," said a cunning Yankee
to a Jew, "that they hang Jews and don
keys together in Portland?" 14 Indeed t
then it is well that you and I are not there'
returned the Jew.