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Newspaper Page TextRATES OF ADVERTISING: tzk yeab) On Column, $100 ; Half Column, $C8 j Quarter Col umn, $35. Transient Advertisements per Square often ncs. or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequeat inser tion, Ii. V . A square Is one inch in space down the column, counting cutu, display lines, blanks, Ac., as solid matter. No advertisement r to be considered than a square, and all fractions counted a frtl square. All advertisements Inserted for a less, period than three months t4 be regarded as trail slent. . v- PUBLISHED STKBT SA.TDRDAT, BT ABBOTT & BROWN M. It. ABBOtT. I if. T. BROWN. 0FFIC3 IN HANNON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET. TERMS, is avasc : Oneyear,3j Six Months VOL. IV. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1868. NO. 11. 2j One Month, 50 ets.; Single Copies, 121 ets. STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. STATE DEMO CM AT Corrsspondeuts writing oTer assumed ilgnatuses or anonymously, must make known their proper names to the Editor, or no attention will bo gtren to their communications. All Letters and Communications, whether on business or for publication, should Ih addressed to Abbott Brown. BUSINESS CARDS. ALBANY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. THE NEXT SESSION COMMENCES aiOXDAY, NOVEMBER 2al,lSG9. For Particulars address REV. H. BUSnNELL. aul5r3n52yl Albany, Oregon. G. IV. GRAY, D. . 8., GRADUATE OF THE CINCINNATI DENTAL COLLEGE, WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR-in- Artificial teeth and first-class Dental 'Operation., to tfire him a call. -Spe.e f Vulcanite Base with gold plate tinitgs. an other sew styles of work, may be ee at V See. Uira in ParrUh A Co.'i Brick. Albany, Oregon. ' Residence, corner of Scec4 and Raker streets. aprir&$Y3u3ttf . C. row tit- l. rtw.1. rOWELL & M.IX3T, JLTTORXEYS AXD COUNSELLORS AT LA WAXD SOLICITORS IX CHASCER I , (I,. Flinn, Notary Public.) A LB ANY, Oregon. Collections and convej- anecs promptly attenaea to. oc-vmuij OFFICE OF COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTEND, A T WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB j anon, on the Santiam. Post office address, Lebanon. J. W. MACK, T9n4$ly Co. School Superintendent. c. o-- oxrieaL., ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALEM, OREGON : Will practice in all tho Courts of this State and will attend the Circuit Court terms in Linn county n 1 the entire District. Office in Watkmds A Co s briek, upstairs. T3ntSyl D. B. RICE, 31. D.. Surgeon and Physician, ALBANY, OREGON, THANKFUL FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON age reeeired, continues to tender bU services t the citizens of Albany and surrounding coun try. O lea and residence, on Second street, two blocks e.t of Sprener'a hew Hotel. T3n37tf JOIIX J. WHITNEY, ATTOSXEY AT LAW AND XOTARY PUBLIC, ALBANY, OREGON. .-rOics up stairs in Foster's Frame Building, op- i-ite the "State Rights Democrat" Office. Ton-"53tf F. 31. WADSWORTII, SIGX. CARRIAGE AXD OR XA 21 E X TA L , PAINTER. Orcr M,Briles VTa a Shop, between First and Se-nd, on Ferry tr-jet. Fifit-tLiai wrk duue on short nbtice. val3ylj II. CIIAXOK, ATTORXEI AXD COL'aSELLOR AT LAW, Office In Norcrosa' Brick Building, up stairs, Albany, Oregon, aut .W. J. HILTAB1DEL. T. B. EEDFIELD. III1.TABIDEI. sffc CO., IN GROCERIES AND PR0VI JkM si 'His, Wood and Willow Ware, Confection ery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store on Xaioo street, adjoining the Express office, Al bany, Oregon. . e2Sr3n7tf BEXJ. IIAYDEX", Attorney and Conntellor at Law, Itill attend te all business entrusted to him by citizens cf Polls and adjoiniDg counties . Eola, July 26, 1S67. v2n51tf SaBBOWS, I BLAI3T, TOC0. jr. n arrows t co., GEXEViAL & COMMISSION KERCH ASTS DEALERS ia 6Uple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon. - Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf .- ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he haa taken charge of his Establish ment, and, bv keeping elean rooms and paying atrict att eatioa to business, expects to suit all those who may faror him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he expecU to give entire satisfaction to alL y-Childten and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and himpooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. 5- :. Pr4v3n33tf HARVEST OF 1868 ! THRESHERS, REAPERS, MOWERS. J. BARROWS t CO., Agent for all kinds of Agricultural Implements X v3n39tf WHEAT AND OATS YANTED ! milE SUBSCRIBERS WILL PAY THE 1 highest cagh prto for whpat and oats deliv ered at their Warehouse io Albany, Also wheat and fmfa Stored ml Shipped at the Lowest Bates ! - Goods ef all kiads received and chipped from the Wharf. MARKHAM BON. T3n52yl - ,: w. r. Rrsseix, 'Att'y.atLaw. JXUKB ELKINS, Rotary Public ;:;;russeix & ELKIXS, : Office in Tarrish's & Co .'a Block. First Street, , ' , ALBANY, OREGON. Havins taken into co-partnership James Elkins, Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we are enabled to add to our practice oi taw and eollec 'Jtions, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining Eecords, ' .... ' ; . A5D - - Attending' to Probate ; Business. Deds, Bonds, Contracts aud Mortgages carefully dr two. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made and Clr."ms secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on 'reasanabla rates. . All business entrusted to them will bo promptly attended to. RUSSELL & ELKINS. pet. f, 1368 v2n46tf A D V Kit T I S K M K N T S . D. lUKSriELD. R. C. HILL. K. HAMSriCLD. D. MANSFIELD & CO., DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ALBANY, - - OREGON. IN FOSTER'S ONE-STORY BRICK. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. . THE ABOVE FIRM TAKES PLEASURE IN notifying their friends and tho public gener ally, that they are CONTINUALLY RECEIVING DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &C. Which wo will Exchange FOR CASH Olt PRODUCE! AT TUK VERY LOWEST PKICES. We respectfully ask the public to v Call and Examine oar Stock and Prices Before purchasing elsewhere ; and we assure all that we will give ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO PROMPT CUSTOMERS. Albany, Feb. 16, 67--v2n27tf PACIFIC HOTEL HIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY informs the public that this House HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED, A5D IS JST O "W OPEN for the accommodation of all who may faror him with their patronage. THE FURNITURE is entirely new in every department, and i of the Ulest and iaost appro vtd styles. THE TABLE will always be supplied with the best the market an"jrK and u pains will be upared (or th cooi!rt and cntre-ni-nc f hi gnosis. Ptrsons arriving by boats wwinmo laec 1 at all hour, day or uuhL. SciU of rooms and superior lu-'oiutuodalions f--r 1'atutli.S. A long cxpirkr.ee iu the bu.-incss warrants tho j proprietor in promidng ,ati, fteti..n to "j" favor him with thetr patrotsagc, if K cau be U-.i.e bj hountt:u:iy euppuo 1 tabic., pk-.i-.arit rKorai. le3nlr beds and assiduous attention to their wa:.U. J J. B. MT.EXGKit. Albany, June 5, 186S. vSniSlf WILLAMETTE STEAMBOAT CO.'S NOTICE. F ROM AND AFTER THIS DATE UNTIL further notice. THE STEAMER WEIwAT ! WILL LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY DAY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), FOR OREGON CITY, At 6:30 A. M., connectins with the Steamer SUCCESS, On MONDAYS and THURSDAYS of each week, For Salem, Albany and Corvallis and all intermediate points ; and with the STEAMER ANN, On the same days for DAYTON. nrTl!rt'l'... Will leave Oregon City at 1 o'clock P. M., except Wedncsaays ana mi urdays, on which days she will await tbe arrival of the steamers SUCCESS and ANN from above. !SrFor Freight or Passage, apply to j. ii tilTU, at the American Exchange Wharf. eep26v4n6tf. N. IAUN, President. IBA A. MILLER. A. P. XILLEB. MILLER & BRO., (Suceeor$ to Philip Miller,) MARBLE WORKS, ALBANY, OREGON. Shop pa Washington, bet. 1st and 2d St ft THESE GENTLEMEN BEU LJSAViS xu in form the public at large that they are now prepared to f urn ia b. n ARR MONUMENTS A!fD GRAVE-STONES! OF EVEttY STYI-E AND PATTERN, At the Most Reasonable Prices. TOnDSTONES CUT TO ORDER On the very shortest notice. Mar7v3n29tf MILLER BRO. NOTICE! OOK OUT FOR THE CARS I JUST RE.- ceived : a very large stocK oi DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES ! bv steamer from San Francisco. I will sell for cash or merchantable produce, at low prices, my entire stock of Goods, to make room for more Call and see for yourselves. V It. CHEADLE'S apriv3n33tn Cash Storo, Albany. P O 12 T It Y. THE TORCII'LIGHT PROCESSION. In the dark, with a child on her bosom, A woman is walking tho floor; Moaning, while hushing her darting, Oti, Cod ! whnt is it to bo pour. In the dark, with a child on her bosom, In tho dark of a comfortless room; Not even a candlo's dull ray to soothe The terrible nclio of tho gloom. Down tho street throngs a joyous procession. With thousand of lumps nil alight ; And tho glare of whispuring rockets Aoccnding the shadows of night, Oil enough for the multitade's marching, And music, and banners, and (lowers j While tho blue of the tcr,'.lh is blazing With grand pyrotcchuical showers. All alone with her poor little burden, A woman with hungering ryes Soothes with lips that are pulid with fasting - H-r famishing baby's cri s ; She catches the echoes of loud bnrxas, "Ureal Jod t" she nighes under her breath, "Whilu iipulciice MjuonJors si much nway, Must iny litllo one starve to death ?" Hark! tho tramp if the marches como nearer Transparencies gleam pat her door; "Our Cause," "Our Kind," -Our Country," the reads, But never one wottoed "Our Poor!" And she looks at tho flickering torches And conn's the magnificent flag" ; Then turns with a gsp to h- r dmkness again And her sc ant and uucctitly rags. Like a river of light tho pnn e i n Flow awy tl-iwn tbe atony street, Aud the star-studded gates of tho midnight Close on the retreating fet-L. Tbe music dies out in the dim afar All is fib-nee, and pence, and rct. Save a maniac mother pacing the floor A little cold corpse on her bre;it. BURIAL OF A CARPET-BAGGER. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As hi corpse to oblivion we hurried ; Not a roan escaped a gentleman's throat Wben tho c jrpct-begger wsu buried! We buried him d-cj in dirty ..! .So deep that they ne'er will uncover him, I'nU-ss some ltadu ai boring for oil. By tbe dearly loved cnt should discover him. His coiTtn was made of a ballot-box ; With white men's votes we bound him ; And be lookrd like a baboon taking hitrcet With llunnicutt's paper around htm. Few and short were the speeches wo made, And so sung not a doleful ditty; But hi body and spirit together we laid, Ju.t out of the White Man's City. And as wc were hastily tramping Lack, 'Twassaid if the d I don't Ukc bim, Ilc'lt quietly sleep in that grave dt-ep. 'Till the trumpet of tiabrkl ha!l wake him. THE GRECIAN BEND. When lovely woman stoops to fr"He, Aud rue the rue, ! too late. What balm nh tll soothe her mclancdic? What art shall set her ba -k up ulrjibt? The only thing for her dis.-i.atr The only wy btr wo to cud, Is t-i apply a muftarJ.platter Jt she won't do it, let Uat bend. tiii: c ost or jiatuiho.w,. iK.zefiS jf article are i.nMl.hpd inflected the nation to Mich reril. Tbe ucw.i papers in various parts of tlie United States .setting forth the expenses now a- Ju-A attendant ttt matriluon)', and cvi Ueiltly with the .!cSitt of making out . . n , ... "innig ca.-u i i.nuroi ccnyacy. I he va- r'utua iivuii ot exj en.e iucurrcl iy t!c tuati whu niarric- arc K-t l'r in extendi, t . 1 f a ana in me air'rc'raic iorw a total ulli- c'.ent to hcarc uiunj' a uian tneditatiri": ujatriuiuny. We he ('Join .e the vxtvutt'a of siulc lilc fairly presented an an ofF-fCt to the coal or tuatriuiuny. If hjue reut aud furn tare neceitatc a lart;c expen diture, eurely room real and the co.n ol meals at a restau.aul fur a muIo man would iu many ca-es be more than an olf et. Against the little so called extrava gancies of a tjood wife we may set jrc- heuts to other women, billiards, balh, supper parties', cards j'st teams theatre two or three times a week, multitudinous drinks, cigars innumerable aud a thou sand other male extravagances. Kcckon up the cost of a supper fur two or three friends at one of our first class restaurants and then calcutate what a supper equally good and infinitely more comfortable costs when given by a married man ia his own home. Set the cost of one " spree" against the yearly trip into tho country with wife aud baby. Set the comfort and blessedness of having tome one to love you, one who belivcs in you, who mag nifies your virtues and is half blind to your failings, against pleasure of the companionship of sidewalk and bar-room friends. Private life is far less expensive than public life. To many j'oung men it may truly be said "share your income with a wife, and you, instead of having less, will have more; every drink you take is enough for two, every meal you eat is suf ficient for two or three; your tailor's bills arc sufficiently large to be divided be tween yourself and a wife, the cost of your lodging is enough to provide a homo for two." The tendency to rait-at matri mony so rife in the present age is a bad sien. Half the men who say " they can not afford to marry" arc either dishonest or thoughtless, and would if they looked at the matter in the right light plainly perceive that they could not afford much longer to delay being married. , chips. A fiery poet: Burns. A "burning shame": Arson. How to get branded : Drink brandy. Nature's garb ; Tho skirts of the night. The great Chinese game: Burlin-gamo. The honeymoon has been changed to mon ey moon. Cut the acquaintance of any lady who signs a letter with "Yours obediently." Song of Colfax: "I'm afloat, I'm afloat." Echo of Grant : "I'm a bloat, I'm a bloat." Three thingo to think about: Life, death and eternity. "Oh for a thousand tongues," as tho ur chin remarked wben inside a molasses hogs head. It !s JmnnssiVdA look at the sleerors in church without being reminded that Sunday is a day of rest. A tcreenliorn sat a long time,' very atten tive, musing upon a cane bottom chair, and at length eaid : "I wonder what feller took the troublo to find ail them ar holes and put straws round 'cm ?" Vllll.IAVH riIOTO;itAIJI.H II AIN'T. AVcndcll Phillips ii tlic ablest repre sentative mart of the Mongrel party. He did more to build up ilad tea I imih tm at present embodied in the no-called Repub lican party, than any man in the country. II6 ban a riht, therefore, to ppcak for and ib )ih party, with a freedom that mightitjot bo tolerable in men of letter tlote and calibre. This ri'ht at any rate ho indulges. In tho Auti-Slavery Stand ard of September 21 th under tho caption of " Our I)uty," ho ayomo hard thiujjjH of htK party und its nominee. Wo give somo extracts from it: A (iUAVK M1MTAKK. In 18G1, when Lincoln was nominated, wc made an earnest effort to rally a third party on a more Kadical platform. Wc rejoice that we mado tho tlfurt, and Mill esteem it evidence of wiy patriotism. The re-t hi tion if J r, 1ninAn wan u brave initiate?) from which a hind Pruvi thnce naval ua by his tLuh. NO Til lit D PARTY. Our effort and prote.it in 180 1 were vain. As useless and vain now it wcui.t to ux, would be any effort to organize a third party. And thero are .somo reasons which render it largely, if not wholly un necessary. In ISO! the nfltsscs were not, by any means, alive to the duty uf the hour. Keady for any htcp, they had no idea what tep was needed. Further, they leaned with far too much trust on Mr. Lint-obi's supposed etatcsmauihin and honesty. Now tftc cae is different. The people have been largely educated to tho Na tion's u;ceMdty and duty, and do not af fect to put i iX any tharo of it on the shoulders of Ci ran t, or fancy that he can or will lead anybody, or anything. 7'hy in hint a toot) not a Irtulff A SLAP AT T1IK 11 CM P. Our latent criticism cn the Republican party is that they, by their inrnjaciti, have put the nation into utiwcrmary jtt rit. When the impeachment failed, it was maduoa to go on aud admit the rebel States to their old places. Without laud, without arms, with but little organiza tion, the loyal vote lies at the mercy of the rebels, (jo to Powell and announce t) at whoever votes the Democratic ticket will Le discharged from tbe mills, how many will risk f offerings to support their principles? The negro not only rMs 8tar-attoti, but walk.- tuthc ballot-box with a pistol at his breast. If in j-uch circum stances he atands by tbe flag, wc tsball henceforth maintain that the Hark rare is fVj;rior our mrnthtrr is no p'ttjr in the Aiifrivan or Luytish hiitory tchich record a civil riyf.t wiintaiurd l,y tlie ": . mxirr Htrh ft-.arfwl rtnulitiuun. iCungrc betrayed its tru-t v. hen it hub- members j.rovcl ibcmelves thorougltly tiic.-itatito vr utMionc.ir, w.ieu inev aa- t . .. a: i ...i .t.... i jouruvd in the presence of such danger. A j:r.oAI:ll)E AT (iHANT. V have tittle coiijitlaire in Grant. Titr ttat tltiii'f about him in that he is dr $irous to exrettte. the Xation t irill, lie H no taaitor like Johnson, neither hat hr. any ttlutcfiiian-lih-c t onijircfuiinion " hour. We fear he belongs more to Mor gan, Conkliug and Howard than to Sum ner and W e. lie icas drunk in the public Strctt tinrr, the fir tt diy of Janu ary, litis is a (act as patent as the sun at uoouday ; v . but those too dishonest to be trusted : - public journals (bats passing ihMUff.. off for owls), deny it. lie is a West Point graduato with his sympathies all in the wrong direction. He has .jtist been through a war which was God's command to one race to do justice to another a war whoso root was shvery and whoso fruit was l recdom. jet of the half dozen catch xcordt the Nation has extorted from hi Upst not one hut any relation to Liberty. The mottoes he has lent to polities, or history, are such as a bull-dog might have growl ed forth. A nation battling for an idea takes for its leader a man confessedly destitute of ideas. A stout soldier, an honest administrative officer but had the nation been mado of Grauts, there never would have been an anti-slavery enterprise, an emancipation proclamation, any " North" or any " South." Franco might as well have taken Murat for her Napoleon, or England put Roebuck in Peel's place. Our King Log is not im posed vpon us ; tee select him ourselves. GRANT A MERE MITE. Nevertheless he is but a shallow and short-sighted critic who sees only Grant before him. Grant is only the almost in visible point of the broad and every day broadening mass of purpose and resolve and necessity behind him. Though the nation has not been lifted to the full com prehension of its own work, it builds do terminately, by instinct, as it were. It cannot comprehend, much more accept, a principle. It gropes, half in light, half in darkness ; has found out Fessendcu's incapacity, but still hugs the delusion of his honesty. Like 31ilton s lion, it has not wholly emerged into shapo or freed "its hindcrparts." Jt its purpose is clear and full over no matter howrauTiJ. prejudices, it will put beyond contingency the nation and leave it nothing to blush for when it stands iu the sisterhood of Christendom. A WHITE-HOUSE BUMBAILIFP. We must accept the hour, not force it. Grant's election means progress. We hope it means iron hand of a just govern ment laid relentlessly on rebels. We hope to see at last a lover of liberty in the White House, ono who loved and under stood what Lincoln oly submitted to. If we cannot have that, give us at least a constable who will remorselessly execute the laws. Ten days after such a will is recognized at the White House, Wade Hampton, Alexander Stephens, Forrest. Toombs, Cobb, and Seymour will slink like whipped spaniels to their kennels Grant's friends undeistaud so little the epoch they live in that their most 'lavish falsehood never claims for; him Anything which fits hfm for a leader in such au hour. J'opo said: " Feign what crime you will and paint H e'er so iirong, Borne rbdnjj gnniuM tins tip to your song.'? TIIK NEUUO TO XLKCT Til K I'ltKHlDENT. Grant's election mells the millions into indissoluble whole; calling us to stamp on it what legend God will. As in 1801, tho nation now can bo saved only as a nation of justice and liberty. To his amazement Lincoln found himself the emancipator of tho slave. To his equal amazement Grant will find himself borno up and on to bo the shield of the negro. Wc aid, in November, 1800, "for the first time in our history the slave lias elected a President." Tho fir&t day of January, ISO.'i, justified the asscrtion.--If, which may God grant, this November sends Grant to tho White House, we shall say, " the negro has elected his President" may the future justify us as amply. Thus discourses the leading and most active spirit of tho Mongrel party. What he has the manliness to say, more wary party managers think. Grant was nomi nated not because of his possession of c single qualification for tho high ofiice of President. Ilii greatest admirers will not accord him this. But his selection was a necessity the last desperate cast of a gambling and bankrupt faction. It was not a statesman they wanted, but a man to do their bidding a man whp would have no wilr euvc their own whoso policy would not interfere with theirs in short, they wished a White IIou"j Humbailitr to execute their edicts. It is in this view that Phillip is willing to swallow Graut, and has the manliness to say so. Congress, as at present or ganized, U supreme. It knows no law, no Constitution. The only limit to its power is its own discretion. With a two third majority in both branches of Con gress, it can do as it pleases. Hut as it is not at all probable that the two-thirds power will reach to the next Congress, it m all important to them that they secure a President rrady at all times to execute the will of a majority. Hence the nom-! nation of Grant. Put, unfortunately for them, the people comprehend the situa tion, and will place the statesman, Hey niour, at the helm cf State. S. F. Ex am in r. Iluiiioroti Incident In tlie IJfeori 1 Itlm tint! Ilrsii. At one time a quartctic of friends din ed weekly together, of whom Kdmund Kcan asid Kl'isjn, we think, were two. Iter dinner, one dark wintr- .vening, a hackney coach was cal.'cd, , .ie four friends, each secretly carrying a small bag under his r -'ifcrt-d the vehicle, which wa d, - a street of the Htrarid, which t very brilliantly il luminated. . had reached a gloomy pot whC ., j gas Limps were widest apart, the driver was to! 1 to bait and open the door, aud from the steps dt ;ndcd a gentleman iu full mourning c-'--t tie, cloak and hat-band; then anoth er " Marly caparisoned, aud another, and an ; but these were not all! The flow oi mourners continued without in terruption, till the line seemed likely to "stretch to the crack of doom." The mufiled driver, who stood at the door holding his arm to assist the strange com pany as they alighted, bore it for awhile, but overpowered at last with fear and horror, ran off, shouting for the watch to exorcise Ui3 demoniacal procession. This was a bit of Kdmund Kcan's wild fun. He had furnished his companions with their funeral gear in the bag. The cloaks, etc., were assumed as they drove along, and the opposite Joor of tho coa'ch was quietly opened and the step3 let ddwn before the occupant got out from tho oth er side. To tlip un perceived round the back of tho coach, and pass nimbly through again before the coachman, who was of the true Jarvcy type, could dis cover the trick, was easy enough for such old stagers; and whether they had not "all melted into air, into thin air," be fore tho roused Dogberry could be drag ged from the watchbox, and brought to the scene of action, must bo left to the reader's imagination. Iladical Politeness. The shocking exposure of bribery and corruption in tho late Republican Con vention of San Francisco, where tho par ty has claimed to bo composed of tho " purest and best" citizens, has opened the eyes of many to tho venality and treachery of the men who are now at the head of the organization in this State. So long as they indulge their swindling propensities at the expense of Pcmccrats, but little notice is taken of it ; but when practiced among themselves, as in this in stance, for tho purpose of defrauding one another, a howl of indignation is sure to follow, let it is strange that tho wore honest among them do not see that those who will defraud a political opponent would not hesitate to play the samo game on their own party friends, whenever self interest demands and the opportunity of fers. How can tho Radicals of the State oi Nevada expect honest, fair dealing from tho men who resorted to sucii outra geous frauds in tho election of Senator Nye I Or, how the San Francisco Re publicans expect anything better than was exhibited in their lato Convention, from the men who bullied primaries and manipulated Conventions in the interest of Gorham ? The truth is that tho Rad ical organization has passed into .the hands of as reckless and unscrupulous a set of political tricksters as ever cursed a party. The people of San Francisco know by bitter experience what it is to trust such men, and the recent exposure shows how little could be expected from them if elected. Fortunately, thero is no danger of this, as tho Democracy are united, harmonious, and certain to carry the city, by an overwhelming majority. Capital -.Reporter. Vote for Seymour and Blair. tiik ;i:ixian iji;m. WHAT "DOK8TICKH" 1 A.iKH OF IT. I don't often ay anything about the feminiuo fashions about the absurdities of cut, color or material in which they choose to array themselves. In the sin gle matter of head gear I have conscien tiously held my tongue when it was about as hard work to do it as ever I undertook. They have worn big bonnets and little bonnets, and finally they have got to wearing absolutely no bonnets, but only a sort of diminutive plate or platter stuck up edgeways and held in that elegant position by fiomc inscrutable means to lovely woman only known. While they wore bonnets they adorned them with the birds of tho air, the fishes of the sea, the beasts of the field and the vegetables of the earth, with no word or remonstrance from me. They wore birds of paradise, humming birds, peacocks and spring chickens, to gether with partridges, grouse, pigeons, snipe, woodcock, and other game birds, in such profusion that if a city girl thus attired had ventured into the country she would have stood a good chance of getting a big charge of shot fired into her chignon by some enthusiastic but erring sportsman, who might well fancy that a flock of quail had settled in her back hair. Thty indulged in flow ers of all sorts and sizes lilies, daisies. marigolds, roses geraniums, hollyhocks, dandelions, mayweed, sunflowcis, red peonies, morning glories, verbenas, and even cactus blossoms a foot across. They heaped vegetables upon their bonnets. 1 watched them from green peas and radishes up through cucumbers, tomatoes, currants, cherries and cauliflow ers, and have no doubt that they dually reached Summer quashes, pumpkins and the largest cabbages. In fihcs, they tried the minnow, the trout, the gold and silver fi.sh; then the flounder, the porgie, the Connccucut shad, the soft and shining bullhead, the gtacclul eel, and so on to the lordly blue flsh and the noble sea-bass. Shark was also essayed without much success, and one lady, fired by a noble ambition, actu ally marched up Uroadway staggering under the weight of a huge sturgeon, but this wos too inconvenient to become the rage. 1 hey have trimmed their heads with squirrels, rabbits, rats wicc, meadow moles and " such small deer," and I heard of a young panther and a wildcat, stuffed and mounted to the life, and re posing on the fashionable bonnet of a Mad son avenue belle. All these dcings, besides countless other absurdities and innumerable pre posterous inventions of women, to make themselves hideous, under the name of " Fashion," have I noted, observed, re gretted, and mourned over, but said never a word about. One reason for my con tinued silence wa3, that the ladies haven't got all the montrositics of fashion, by a good many the tailors, hatters, and oth er silk and broadcloth engineers, who tell us what we must and shall wear, on pain of being considered unfashionable, have arrayed men in about as many ridiculous nonsensicalitics, in the way of dress as ever the other sex have worn. And a second reason for my keeping so very quiet is, that if I once begin to write about Fashion I coultl never tell when to stop. Rut there 13 a limit to most things there is, I may say, an end to all things, even to the silence of my gray goose quill, on the subject of Woman, as ruled by Fashion. I now behold the fair daughters of my country deliberately strivtng by night and day to perform and distort their lithe and graceful figures, and convert themselves into a sort of human camel ; or, rather, into an Australian kangaroo. The other day Mary Magee, my coun try cousin's friend, came to see the said country cousin, who is visiting us. When I came home at evening, I was glad to see Mary, bntt I observed something queer about her. She walked with a crook in her back, and I thought the poor girl had been washiug, perhaps, the day before, aud so had got. a lame back. I felt sorry for her, and so went out and bought one of Sticktlght's Poor Man's Plasters. When I got home I called her ono side and said, " Mary, if you'll get Maria Semantha (my country cousin) to put this on your back to-night, hen you go to bed, it will take tho soreness out of your bones before morning' I continu ed : " It will draw pretty hard and smart some, but I guess you can stand it for the night, and you'd better stand almost any thing than havo that back crook. I'm truly sorry to seo y5a afflicted so, but this plaster will be certain to cure you. It's called Poor Man's Plaster, but I'm positive it will do for a poor girl just as well." Who would believe the ungrateful re turn for my troublo f Mary threw the plaster in my face (where it stuck so fast that it pulled out one whisker by the roots), burst into tears, and ran up stairs sobbing out that sho was never so insult ed in her life. Pretty Maria Semantha came down stairs and gave me " Hail Columbia" in tho scolding wav. and I'H tell you that when that girl goes in for a good square jaw sho can't be beat by any thing that wears " back hair." She told me that I had insulted her friend and abused her, and she was go ing to leave and go right home. I tried to hod out what all tho low wa3 about, and explained to Maria Semantha that I wanted to do Mary Blagee a kindness, and had offered her tho plaster to take the " crick" out of her back. . " Crick 1 " said Semantha, in her most vicious and spiteful way : " crick ! You must bo a fool. That's no crick that's the Grecian Bend." " Weil, ' said l, " wnatever yon may call it, Mary Magee has got it bad; but I'm sure that plaster would cure it before to-morrow morning; At last; after a long , series of scold ing, on Semantha's part, the" whole thing came out. The ."Grecian Bend" ia not. a deformity to be pitied it is a fashion to bo followed. It seems that Mary had seen a girl who had become a " Grecian Bender" in England,' and sho had told, the girls that all the aristocracy are " Benders" and go all the time half bent , as if they were anxious to become hump-j backs, and had just got the hunch well started. Semantha said that all the girls in' America w ho eared for style -were practic ing walking round thouldcred, and were, becoming "Grecian Benders" as fast as they could. 1 noticed next day in the street that Semantha had told the truth. Every un married woman we met was walking with her head thrust forward, her shouldcra humped up, elbows drawn back, ami the 'arms raised to a level with the stomach, while the hands were hanging loosel. from the wrists, as if there was no bone there. You can't imagin'e a more awk ward, ungraceful, ungainly posture. Er- cry woman looks Jike a kangaroo in pet ticoats. Semantha says that for fear they should forget fashion and should straighten up for a minute a nature intended them to, they wear a sort of harness called a "Pan icr," which answers a double 'purpose it adds to the size of the hump and it keeps, the poor deluded patient all the time humped. Can anything be imagined more hide- Jnst thint oi a sracciui. trt made woman making a "Grecian BeLd cr" of herself by crocking her spine, humping her shoulders, and strapping; herself into the shape of a dromedary as nearly as sh? can ? I observed cirefally yesterday all the " Benderi" I n et in the street. They all wore an affecte J, idiotic sa i!e, which they can't help. They all lookedasham ed of themselves, for they knew every body was liughing at them, and so they walked two together, to keep each other in countenance. Not a " Bender" could face the jeering crowd alone. They all carried their hands flapping p and down, with the fingers wide ap'art, for all the world as if they had been boiled and the bones taken out. Their humps looked as though each had a pedller's pack on her shoulders half covered up with a shawl. They all looked like , well, to put in a sentence, my idea of a " Grecian Bender" the - hump on her shoulders makes her look to roe as if she had done a hard day's work over her wash-tub yes terday and couldn't straighten her back to-day; and her flapping hands look as if she had just taken them from a bowl of starch, oud that sticky finid wa3 dripping off the ends of her lingers. I think, in fact, the ' Grecian Bender" should be called ' The AVasherwoman's Stoop. Sorrowingly. Q. K. PHILANDER DOESTICKS, P. B. Tho Hebrew Xtace. In the journal of the Statistical Socie ty of Paris, and the annals of hygiene and legal medicine of the same city, the following interesting facts are recorded relative to the history and conditions of the Jews: The history of the Hebrew is, in many respects, one of the grand episodes of modern civilization. We can not but wonder at their persistent and eventually victorious struggle against implacable per secutions, instigated as well by religious hatred as by a desire to become possessed of their great riches; their force of ex pansion which led them to all parts of the known world ; tho concentration in their hands of a large part of internation al trade ; the tripple agency one, of an admirable special aptitude for trade and finance; two, of sounder notions of the power of credit, at a time when unpro ductive concealment and hoarding were the method of saving; three, the exclu sion of the law of countries which tolera ted their stay in them from all active em ployment ; the adhesion to their religion, notwithstandingtthe incessant endeavors to proselyte, which were often strength ened by the secular arm ; the not less de termined retention in the land of their exile of the manners, traditions and cus toms of Judea ; their refusal to mix with the races by which they were surrounded ; finally, a certain vitality, superior to those races, which enables them to be readily acclimated in all parts of the world. Their sobriety has always been known; intoxication is rare; habitual drunkards can hardly be found. We see here a practical commentary on the say ing of the celebrated Haller, that by far the larger part of those who were noted for their longevity were sober and lived pla nry. The Hebrew population in the differ ent countries of Europe is estimated in a table before us to be 3,792,132, Prussia not included. Russia contains the lar gest number, 1,425,784. Next comes Austria, 1,053,174. Third on the list is Poland, 599,879. England shows 45, 000, and Ireland the lowest figure of ail, being only 322. The National Almanao for 1864 sets down the Hebrew popula tion of the United States at 300,000. This is an estimate evidently not too ingh, : A Dutchman once met an Irishman on a lonely highway? as they met each smiled, thinking ho knew the other. Pat, on seeing his mistake, remarked with a look of "disap pointment : "Faith, an' I thought it was you, an' you thought it was me, an' its nay therovus.M The Dutchman replied : ,4Yaw, dasisdhru; lam anundher man, und you ish not yourself : wepe both some other pod- ies I" . ;,- .-. - .: . --': -:. A TcHnftss In a Iloosier court was asked how he man and 'em scoldii The evidence was conclusive. kne-v that two certain parties were wife. "Why, dog on it, I've heard y each other moro'n nlty times." An administrator on the estate of a de ceased female, advertises for sale at auction. "The wearing appare ctf Mrs. A " dt0 ceased, consisting o bed, Xo carpets, and one slagh.".