The state rights democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1865-1900, November 07, 1868, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttans STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. , VClUIIItt BTBRT 8a.TUDAT,T ABBOTT & BROWN. St. a. A110TT. I ar. t. mow. OFFICE IN HXNNDN'S BUI101NG, FIRST STREET. j TERM3.I aDvascts: One year, $3; Si Months Ul OnMo?Ua,3its.; Single Copies, i. cis. Correrpondout writing oTcr asumed signatures r anonymously, raui maVo known tbelr Tropcr nsroes to the "Editor, or no attention will bo glTtti to their communications. All Letter and Communications, whether on baiinesa or far publication, should bn addressed to Atbott A Brown. BUSINESS CA11DS. JVLBAHY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. THE NEXT SESSION COMMENCES HOXDAY, NOVEMBER 23dtlSGS. 3"er Particulars address 1 - REV. II. BU SUN ELL. e,ul5v3n52yl Albany, On-pon. , IV. GUAY, I. IK CliLDUATE OF THE axaxtUTI DENTAL COLLEGE, WCLD INVITE ALL PERSONS I"?; ing Artiarfal teeth and first-class Iental OptraU-n. to fcivo blia a rail. Specimens of Vulcanite Bo wrth E,d plate Minia. and other now style f work. may l.e seeaathiaSTo. up sUr in Farrisb. Co. 3 Briek. Alhany. Oregon. Residence, corner of Second and Raker streets. aiwll'6Sv3n3Uf - . t. FUSS. J.SX.. TOW F.LL. . POWELL fc fiaxx, fATTORSBYS AXD Cvpr )VAXP SOLICITOUS f A CilAMLR 5 . (X riiaa, Notary Fafclic.) A LBANY. Orx-on. ClL-ctions OFFICE OF COUNTY SCHOOL SIPEMNTEYT, . .n-.TLM.nni civ MILKS ABOVE LEB- m i, 1 A i. cas"--"-. - , . A aaon,oothtfantiam. l:?'"' L.in n J. W. MACK. T$ulaly C. School Superintendent. O- CUKL,, ATTORNEY AT L A XV , SALEM. ORE'S ON : ATM practice in all the Curt of thl S !ie an 1 will aUenl Ifa Clr uit Caart .,r . 1 ihj entire DUtrk-t. OS, m W i brick, up Uir. u "? D. R. RICE, 31. IK. Surgeon and Physician, " ALBANY. OREGON, T'l VNKFUL- FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON reeircd. c.uut.u-. to tea kr uU cr try. 03aalrideir. ..n 'J-. t wo bl of ih w II - r ....... tr JOHX J. WIIIT.VEV, klUZSH IT LAW AND NjTAST riSUC, ALBANY, - - - - OU1V.ON. Un ia F..t:r' Fr.rn K 1 1.h . yp3iw tao".-;at M:-" TllJtf r. 3i. wasv..rt::, sig.r. cAitzrA'JE asu o::sam:.stal PAINTER.. Of,r MRril' A ; " First ! i. j fy .if-. i . it-elii work iue 'a h rt x. ix.cz: AX OR, ATTOSJEr. A5D C3L'5SELL3.5 AT LAW, Orrica la Norcro-f' Brick liuil liag. up -Uf, Albany, Orcoa, er.' . jiiltabiucl. r. P.tt,!l.t.f.. XIXETARIDEL. t CO., EALER3 IN GROCERIES AN1 PRO VI- - .... tc i V.il..jr Wr. C'itit'-o 9 V M'U., 1 ...... , e, Tukeco, Ci5. Pip-. N-K. ,u. w. . . i; a.m. P.t.r, u n'rl!. A 1- on Xune .tret, aaj ia- " bany, Oregon. nUiinAi BEXJ. IIAYDEX, Attaracy anl Caamsllar at Law, Will attend to all baaini ei.tru.tcd to biw by itiexof Polk n.l adjoining coumie. Kla. Jnly 20. vSwaltf BAaaows, t- lais, Tf. J. BARROWS t CO., vik.i i coxxissrox her cita xts TYEALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods, If GrK?erie, IUrdwr, Cutlery, Crockery, Uaati aal Shoes Albany. Ore -on. Consignments t.ilieitd. 0,rmS" ALBANY BATH HOUSE! rtlUE UNDERSIGNED WULD RESPECT 1 fa'.ly infona the citizens of Albany and vi 'ctaitF tkat he hue takn e'uare of tale EstaWish ment, aad, by keepio? e!en rooms an 1 paymjr strict ai tentioa U busine--, expe-t to suit all those ho may Ivr him w.tii thiir patr jna-e. Jlavin heretofore earriel on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, haVxp jcts to gWe entire atiifctim V all. -Childien and Ladie-' UW neatly cut and v,hiutpo,ed. J03EPJI WEBBER. prT3n.V.tf HARVEST or THRESHERS, REAPERS. - MOWERS, ' ' ' J. BARTiOWS i CO., If et f jr all kinds -ef Asricnltaral Implements I TSn39tf . 7HAT AMD, OATS V ANTED ! THE SUBSCRIBERS WILL PAY THE hifbeet cash pricfe for whpat and oats deliv rd at tiie'vr Warehouse in Albany. Also wheat and oats Stored and Shipped at tlic Lowest Rates! Goods of all kindj reeeived anr chipped from the Wharf. MARKUAM A SON. "" v3n52yl r. F. RfSSELL," Att'y at Law. JAMES ELKtSS. Notary Public. ; RUSSELI. & ELKIXS, 'Office in Parrish's A Coi Block. First Street, . ALBANY OREGON. 7 Having taken into eo-pirtnership James Elkins, Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn couuty, Oregon, we are enabled te add to our practice of Law and collec tions, superior facilities fur rr OonTejaaciag, Txa-nkfog Eosords, " AXD Atiauilny t Probata Dasineis. Deads, F-otids, Contracts and Mortjraes earefnlly iriwa. Ilontcstoad and Pre-emption papers mde 'and Cldi niseourcd. Sales of Real Etate negoti ated, aa i loans eSeetod on Collateral securities on reasaaatl rates. " All hasiaess entrusted to them will bo promptly lteae4 o. RUSSELL ELKIN&. Csa 3 r2niftf VOL. IV. ADVKUTISK M KNTS. o. MAR.r.KLl. ft. e. mi. . ai.iriai... D. MANSFIELD & CO., DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ALE ANY, - - OUT CON. IN FOSTER'S CNE-STCRY BRICK. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. fTIHE ABOVE FIRM TAKES PLEASURE IN notifying their fricaJs and the publ'to gener ally, that th. y !iro CONTINUALLY RECEIVING DRY GOODS, Gil OCEIUES, HARDWARE, &C. Which we will Exchange von cash on produce AT TOE VERY INVEST P11ICES. We mepcclfuUy .k tLe public to Call and Examine oar. Stock end Pritti Before purehasiins de here ; and wai.ureall tunt we wiit gie ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO P?QM?T CUSTOMERS. Albany, Feb. 16. ,GT--v2n2rtf PACIFIC HOTEL iuf..ra4 tl.e public t..t bi lluo.e HAS JUST BEtfi FINISHED, AD 19 for the ere'Kuwl:- f ! "bo may fror hsta with iheir pAtr-nae. T II E F U 11 N I T U IMC is eitirly I" tty A .p.irtuaent,. end i f tl Uet and ta..st jppr-i ed it) It. Tin: TABLE f.!:rye be ra;--lfcd with lb W-t the taarktt Si-l. nt if . i'.n wilt b red iV.r tbj e'Mi.iort 4'l e ne- P.rM artiiit by H..! i.r'ia latsd at all l.wr. d.i .r iibt. ?ri of f j"wi" and mij. rir acejpimo'Jati'jnf fr t.itn:l.;. A Ion cirp'r'.cree in tb: bu-ia?cs narr-tn's the propri. t r i. T.ri;r -aJi-ffti-.ti to all who niy fav. r 1 itn w'.th tbtir p.r ..-e, f it " x 4M-e Lr b .uf.tlfa'.ly ij p:i.-l t!.'.. pb t r -"ft: e:e ulr b -d n 1 4-i lu .u atir.ti. t- thir wa.:. J J. B. KPRKS'iLK. Alb.n . Jjneo, 1?.C4. Ca42if WILLAMETTE STEAMBOAT CLVS 3STOTICE. F rni iv-?. jvTt-R THIS DATE UNTIL further uoliee, THE STEAMER WILL LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY DAY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), FOR OREGOX CITY, A! A. M., eoanecti2 with the Eteamer SUCCESS, On MONDAYS and THURSDAYS of each week, For Salem, Albany and Corrallis and all intcrintdiate points ; and with tbe STEAMER ANN, On the tame days for DAYTON. RKTCRXIXG Will leave Oregon City at 1 o'ciork P. M.. except Wednesdays and Sat urdays, on whi'.b days the wll await tbe arrival of tie ft-atners hl'CCE.-S and ANN from above. firFor Frdbt or Paae, apply to J. H SMITH, at tbe American Exchange Wharf. sep26v4nGtf. X. IIAIJX, Irciidciit. IAA A. MILLza, A. P. MILLER. MILLER & BRO., (Succe$ort to Philip Miller,) MAR B.L E' WORKS, ALBANY, OREGON. Siiop on Waihington, tct. Xt anl2dt'. a k nitvcp. fiPVTT.r.MEV REG LEAVE TO IN- JL form the public at large that they are bow prepared to lurnuu JIARBLE 3IOXU5IENTS AXD GrRAVE-STONES! Or EVERT STTLE AND TATTEtX, At Hie 3Iot Reasonable Prices. ToransTOwes cut to order On the very ehortest notice. Jdar7v3n29tf MILLER T R0- NOTICE! LOOK OTTT FOR THE CARS t . U3T RE ceired : a rcry lare stock of DRY. GOOD3 AND GROCERIES ! by zteamer from San Francisco. I will soil for evsh or merchantable prMluce, at low prices, mj entire stK-k of Goods, to make room for more Call and see for yonraelvcs. R. CnBADLE'S ALBANY. OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1808. r o i: t u v. GMILE AND DE CONTENTED. The world prows obi, and ntci grow ! J Te each a bile reeking trc a'iro, AnJ wbt with waat, eud rarea and toil We scarce Lave time for pUasure Bet ncvor niin't, that is a bts Not meib to b Uiuintfd ' Life r lis ou KStly, it we will liut in Ue aud be euuKbUd. If we are poor, and wouM It rkh It wilt ii4 I by pii.injf ; No steady bum-Is an i bcpefkl taibds Are life's Lrtl.t i)t ry Home. There's Bvver Mien thai iJjred t hope Ustb of bis chott r. p' t .'dj Tho happict ais on tartb aro tl.e Who riailo aud be cvuU.-i.Uh1. When grief doth fomo to rack the Leart, And fortune bids u sorrow, From bpo we n.ay a hi. iuj raal, And eor..utatia burrow. If thorus uiay ris. and rce bloom. It catinot 1h prcrsntt'd So tuske thi bi-.t of life yo'i ran, Aud sutiie su I be cuuUuU'd. I WISn I WAS AN EDITOR, A "printer's d' eil" in (hu.La, io.pir.d by tl.o late EditorUl Excursion, got cl the following staaza4 : 1 wish I was an Editor, To join in jlly sprees, To go un bij ex-uions Aud s,e tb "iitf Pawnees;" To bob sod nob with "Turkty Foot." Whit IW and p. tied Tail," And jvr Nvbrik rtri. s Rideou tie U. P. Kail. I wbh I was sn Edit.-r, My !-n sway I'd throw, T frp f.r once my rifle tJti.l rlV and Jrbi ; To dino on roa-t.-d prairiw dojj, I..n. up in Kiily's Iw .t, And etht brik rnu'jo".tu That rvvl in tie W. t. I wih I ws an E l'tor. Or Ureat t;rs Francis Trin. I'd jo on e-rry bnd-r Ttsrja?h moni;n. lk and plia ; I'd thn f rrt st ri r. Aid tite bfl- fiat tbey we; I'd !aEy ut i.e f b -otiu s!i k. To sbo d tbe tu ?!!. ulitz, tiis: WIZARD. TLc DJioyhuet ll.injr that Ullti ever ii'l waa to iilurb a Orri meeting Varn 9zo in lU'lkoap trett, llt-vm. T!e story i not p-m-rjlly known, 4 it woul 1 M;r!ia j. have t mt rri3i 1 roulL to him, kaJ it been rej-reM-ritcl to the autlioritif. All luton Im- knovu or hz h'arti of l Ik m j.rcifl.iT, Fatlit-r Sriowdcn. w!io ln;.J f..rth to hi 'tfuihreJ bre IJcrin" in lifiktjjp ftrrot fr many year. It wj. a jiiet muitijor'n af'crti'ioii, tieii the hue vii pretty well GiU-.j th-re i-.n a revival of relict'" i! u iuti th. emtuen o!i chr" h.!i tt with ionic other ) t-px.t.s (a'ith uh he U hiui M'lf ai tlark a inula to. a:il hi curly hir" to hor) cti'ercl t liv hft-. It w:i. jietty warm weather, ! ro:fpM(i!y the h:i'l wi not a little tdTeu;.e to the cii'-e jM.lite ; 1 fit thii.j wni on tiiely en.uyh until the iiiini.-'rr h J ;"t wurio cl uj inlii ihjet, aoJ w u-in inl iiiu-t toi I ti; lr : foM.tnon ne.l il e tiimary, when Uli'z tlon.ht it a about liiae to io ttmviiU. Ami 'he lorI aaiti uiifo Mim" 'IJow-wow wow," came aj-j-artutly l'ntn lK-hin l the . -taker. I he etmrrjration h"ke4 each other tn the laee with countenance" d.ifker than ever, whi!e Father Snowilen, af:er Rtar- itijK LthinJ hiiiilf, ef ififl t cnc to the CoticluMon I hat th tiote Ttnt!r'l fr.-ixj the street, and a he commenced :ain. And the Lord fiatd unto Moes" 'Staod from under'' cried a voice ap- parenlly at the top of the houe. The etartled enureliou rI!d unth'; hit; whiten of their eye. to the eeilini; in amazement, while the minister drew m l deuly to oue hide, expecting aomethin eoounpr dwn. Uut, after a moment paac, all ;eewcd quiet, aud to Mr. Suow- den resumed. " And the Lord paid unto Moee" "Ain't you ashamed of yourself?" take your hands off me!" ruhl a voi:e proceeding apparently from a very neat mulatto girl, who at in the front pew, and upon whom all eyes were turned. "I di lu t tech yer I ratd a unu next to her, in amazement. Some Mailed and faid, ".Sam Johnon ought to he ashamed of him-elf to net so in meeting, and tluj minuter frowned upoo him in a way thnt would liave thaw ed a snow-ball outright, after which Mr. Snowdcn attempted ouce more to rcMinic his remarks. " And the Lord taid unto Mo5es" "Well, what did he Kay T" came tzd denly from the'hi; lip of au attentive listener in the ide aisslo. The minister was abounded. He hwk- cd at the man a though his holdticr-K had electrified him, while ome of the con gregation began to thitik that, under the circumstance, the inquiry was a very natural and, appropriate one. An to the tninigter himself, he was a little vexed now, and repeated with emphasis: V And the Lord faid unto Moses" "Fire ! fire I" roared a voice which .seemed to come from the entrance of the hou.e with startling earnest neys. This waa too much to bear tamely. Even the minister rushed to the dor. and the affrighted women screamed like mad. as they huddled aud pushed earh other out of the pews and down the ai!c Bonnets suffered otne on the occasion, and when they all got fairly out the) hniked up to the top of the meeting house patiently awaiting to rco the flaiucs burM through the slated roof. And there Illilz left , them standing their eyes rolling heavenward,"- 5. d Par sou Snowdcn in a brown study. Tiif. Editor of the New York Mnh ays that the crimes of the negroes of th Unifed States are to. the agrcate criu e f the country in about the ratio of oik to a hundred." What mortification hame,aud regret ho must 'e d at bein. i white man! Doesn't he prfy thre times a day that he may be born agaih and the next tne. be born a nigger t Tilt: rx:at:i op h::xzi:x. A SKETCH OP HEU LITE AXD ItAr.ITS UKH DEATH ELD. Miss Adah Isaacs Menken was buried a few d.tys mijco. It was a sad funeral not from the team hed nor the visible grit f, but because thcrn was not a tear fched tor a tsinjle grief faco behind her hearnc. Moreover, because thete were so few eopl to pay this last tribute of com paMon. Of atl her lon companions, of all those pararites who Jived on her, drauk her wine and brandy, borro wed her money, abused her, not one was to be found to reo her to life's door. There were ju.t twelve persons at her funeral. Half of these were tradesmen orM-rvants the rest wertj actors from the theatre whero r-he was playing. 1 know all that may be -aid agiint her ; yet I cannot re-pre- some pity at her fate, dying among 'larpiew without ote kind fr'end or rym p! biting human lieing near her. Hor rible was her death. She died of vvtiivt ttjtotu, compliealcd with inf!;itom ttion of the l.ow! and Conef-ti'ti of the lrain. .She ett for I)r. Sims a mouth before she died, but he soon saw his skill was itnpo tent except to alleviate her p3ago to deith. He did all he could f.r her. I find a fragmentary ketch of her habit in 1'aris in one of our papers which you may read -with interest: Whihj I was in London about three years ago, I came nigh lifting run over in Itegcnt street by the tranest turnout I ever raw. The hitruefr cf the horses which came near trampling to? under f ot wa tt$ gaud and a vulg-ir as iIm carriage was arito eratic and in go'1 tate. I'Ltc and hm kli'S ot copp-r tudded the bright yel low haruesa, and on tha traces hung a hundn d red t3"els. I sny nothing . tle hor-cw heads. The strange turnout trpjed suddenly I was knocked down by ttte right hand h rcc. and I aioe hrued an ( ill-humored. A f-itman in a L cry of doubtful tate rati up toward u e, aud aPcr kitig if I was eriouly iiij,ired..begg.d tiie 'o C'.tuc to accept h'sj u htre- ecuo-s. Turning round, I mw, Ivitig iuviitio-ifcly ntt the earria-e ru-hioii, a beautilul creature, whotc black eyc re-tel oti me with interest. Iursei io a vc!et ni3?it;lla, sn i sciritig a round hat adorned with a floating feather, hc held out her right hand (which she hid lustily ut'glotcdj to u;e, and livl 1 the reigns in her left hind. After I told her ttho I wjh, !o? f aid: ' Ah. you ate a t.ew.paper r;tcr and a Freiud.tnait ! I am delight ed ; Merkci' In res have had the honor to kuak yu down. Can't yu c'He ti.U ecii:ug to take lea v;ith u.e in toy dr -U!g io.iio at Athy 'a theatre, nlo re I am playing MaZeppa ?' J hywed. Fho aw I er horn - a heavy bow, and dror raj iilyrff. 'J'hree hours afu-rwards she fold me, bet wen two aefs, the history of her hie, w !: h everxh.-Jv U now f.oiili.ir with. Ler)b!y knows that she js L.e I a smattering ot a 1 l.utnau knowl edge, h'he knew and talked on every ufjvet ith uiddyin f.u ilsty, fr-m the) o'trfU f-tn 1 tlo New World totranreudeti-1 tal in .'hi n.at ;c. trou Lit'n to j hil.f.j by t'r..i:i vvr-ifieath'tt to theology. The astonishing trait of this rare nature Lit in n in' wraknee, or rather Mine vice, inherent in the character d won;cn who have hst ta'e, and of ordinary men. Alter discusing the immortali'y of the s oI a id the divine essence of Jehovah, MifS Menken would confess t-hc was our had and cars in love with au Irish prize fighter, and she would interrupt the ni't abstract di.crtations and quotation from sophists id Hebrew dogmas to toss off glares of brandy with the gluttony of a drunken hostler. While fhe showed of! to itiC her n.iod and soul, she changed co:ume, and let me see, without modesty and without eiiibarrassiucnt, the marvel ous beauty, of her body. She showed me the trace of the balls he had receiv ed in war, and lifting up a tres of black hair, which r-hc dropped on my brow with a thoroughly feminine art, she begged me tone's the depth of the scar left on her! head by a bullet. bh admitted she was the blind slave of her passions, and traced to heaven the deplorable delights found in the satisfaction cf the guiltiest appe tites. Hhe was a Jcwc, and yet her beauty had nothing oriental about it. Her I lack eyes, edged with long lashes, had a gamut of characteristic expressions like a fiugtr board with a scries of notes of diflcicnt tonalities. Her eyes .ex pressed anger, love, lenmity, gentleness. Her to-aj had the aspirations ot the wild beast lit r-onictiines invited kisses, and sometimes made threats, or gave insults. As for her boily, imagine not that body of classical Vcnin, but the body of some eculiar V cutis with round, obtrusive, al most thick outlines. Her flesh wts fiim, but slightly tanned by the climates in which hhe had lived, and al-o by the violent exercises in which die had iituulgcd since her childho d. Her flesh almost burst the stockings that she wore. As soon as she reached Paris the sent me her ad dress. I forgot what pi evented me from going to sec her. Nevertheless, one (lay I contrived to call on her. I found her n a fourth class hotel giving the last touches to a volume of poetry which her Loudon publishers imperiously nsked of her, and. on a table lay utilini.shcd the sheet of a political letter destined to some ncwspapcr(?) in the United Stares. She 1 ways wore a long white tunic spotted with tho nsl.es of cigarettes, which never quitted her lips. She always had around Iter. people who lived on her j chamber maids female friends and Americans(?) uncorked her champagne uud emptied her brandy bottles. I assure you none of them wcro ahead of her intucsocxcrciscs She spoko with enthusiasm one day of an idea of M. Dumas, Sr., and of one of M. Dugue's pieces. With the hope of play ing the parts sketched in these projected vorka the studied French, which she spoke with difficulty, but which she 1 . . ,1 1T .1 ! wrote quite wen. tier urcsing-room at ;he Gaito 1 hcatre was quito elegant. She had stipulated iu her engagement she should have a drawing room to receivo visits might smoke and might servo tea IIh1 M((l(r I? a np to her friends. The lat time I saw Miss Menken was two mouths since iu the ho tel in the Kuc Caum astin, where her fu neral took place. She wrote inca note to say ho wa.1 ill. and I called ou her oue afternoon. She aid to mo with a very sad smite : ' My poor dear boy I feel I am very ill When I jested with her about her apprehension, although the great chango which had taken place iu her features filled me with the worst fore boding, she replied : I have received my death wound. I am lost to.artand to life She fetched a resigned sigh, and added : 1 After all 1 have lived more than a woman of a huuorcd years, so it is but justice I should go where they carry old people I succeeded iu giving her some confidence, but the idea of death continu ed to return in her conversation. She said : Yoa have never written an article about tnc. Make haste, for if 1 die I shall not re:d it I replied : Don't talk of death; the manager of the Theatre du Clrttclct wan's you for the revival of the Pirate She exclaimed: Nonsen-c ! he'll easily find another Leo V She burst into tears and exclaimed between two robs: 4 Poor Leo!' I fevcrcly scolded her that day for keeping con stautly iu bed with her a little dog, to which she was greitly attached. I told her it was unhealthy. She gravely re sponded: My dear fellow, I have been told dogs smell death coming, and run away. So long a my dog remains by tr. y side, I shall know I mut live. If my dog runs away I sfinll understand my lat hour his come, and I shall pray God to have mercy on my soul Three weeks afn-runrd I received a telegram from JJougiv A, whither her physician had sent her. It v.a iii tiie.. words: Come quick ; Menken is dying I went at once to IJ..u-ival. She was dcliri'ju. She did to.t recognize me. She talked rapidly in Lnglish. In the chas of in coheient expression which fell from her Colorless lip I heard thesu words: 4Gic me mro brandy The poor creature mide the drgtou f her disci" it was au iufl imin iti-.fi .f the dL'c-tive tube, caused I y the abu-c of a!e.h! ami the de fiance she had Constantly hid her vigor ous c'iu-titati'jji by indulging in super human exercise. A rabbi Wji with her at her last iii.tiin's, au 1 she was buried accefding lu the HeLrvw rife." c::oik:;tt oiT:orsn. "Talk of Crockett! Why. V.uk'cX Nivh, a g'n'itne Iiowuc.vicr, roi.ld se A him to eternal Hindi right off. Nah chaws chain cables for tobacco, take gun powder fr siiuJT, and !.!. hi io.c with u tin ket handkerchief. He shens be tween ir .n sheet, which in winter are i.i .de red hot. His m..:l..-r mi.-ed him when a baby, and f-.und him at last in a hornet's net, p living at b-pccp v.ith a couple of ra'l!euakcs. As au infant, Kzekitl w.i a wonder. He had rzors and bayonet f.,r toys, walked in tophojt when he was three vear old, nicked hot coal, and used to tub his gums with a nu'meg gr:cr. They weaned him the o.iy oe w:i irn, an.i to i It tut on pap m dj of fliutstone and lignum vit.-c. soak ed in prussi.M? ac l. His appetite, for a boy, was awful. He once three parts of a h ise. and then asked if tea wasn't ready. When he rides on a railroad he gets out to walk a matter of forty or fif ty mihs, and waits an t our for the train t j overtake him. The engine comes np panting am! blowing, and often says, with a forced 1. ugh, Uud my biJe'r, Zckicl. but of all mortal critter you're the big-gc-t I reckon you're father was a flash of lightning, and your mother an earth quake A a speculator, Nash is really lucky. lie held sou:c canal shares once, which went up to such a premium that he wa obliged to send a broker up in a balloon to rc'd-GUt." t The Snow Phoelem on the Pacific Kailkoad. It was reported lat winter that the shed built by the Pacific Hail road Company to protect their taack from . a i- .1 i X- t . me uccp snows oi toe oier.a iicvaua mountains, were crushed by the weight of snow that fell upon them, and that some other method of protection would have to be devised. It i-cems, however, by a letter in the S.m Francisco HulUtin, that this plan of shielding tho track has not Wen abandoned. Tho company arc now engaged in erecting sheds over the cuttings and other exposed points. They are of heavy timber framework, with pointed gable roofs, and look as if they could withstand almost any pressure of snow. Nearly forty miles of the track will havo to bo thus covered, and the quantity of timber required will be enor mous. Not less than 22 saw mills, most of them worked by steam, are run night and day, employing nearly 2,000 men, and yet they do not work up to tha needs of tho company. In a few weeks 28 mills will bo running. It is estimated that it will require no less than 800,001' feet of lumber to "construct a mile of sheds. So great is the demand, that the country on both Miles of the track is be ing rapidly denuded of its forests. Ultni ! An old man, whoso sight was defective and who had to use glasses, was reading a newspaper on tho train be tween Wheeling, Va., and Washington, a few days ago. When the cars reached the first tunnel tho quick disappearance of the light caused him to look up. Tak ing off his spectacles and wiping them, ho replaced them and again tried to read. Perceiving that all was still dark, ho dropped both paper and spectacles, ex claiming m a loud voice, " My (Jtod, tin blind, I'm blind!" This aroused tho passengers, and it was a long time before ho could bo convinced what was the mat ter. On coming again to sight, he thank ed God fervently for his sight. - , . - A countryman entered a New Bedford restaurant where a lot of flaming meuaga rie bills were posted, and on being asked what ho would have, replied ; " I guess I'll take a cup of coffee and three menageries," NO. 12- a nixtmVi.An rojja?sCj:. M. Do Pcne nanafe, in the lnU pendens Jhlje, tha following extraordi nary story: 1 know a young gentleman namel (I will say) Charles, who has been a hero of a singular romance. On coming of age he entered on a Parisian life with 25,000 francs a year. Forty years ago, the young mir!jlvr$ in Paul dc Kock's romances played satanicaily on six thousand francs, rolled in cabrioletc, and kept danscus. Times are changed unce I hen, an 1 Charles could not Lecp a carriage, nora stylish dansuc, and no one ever spoke of his los ing money at the club. liut he contriv. ed to ruin himself though. He went into the world, he went to the club, and kept a mistress, but did all this within his means. His weakness was that of lending toany iriemi woo asktMi. jj.j was never repaid, and when he found his fortune more than half gone, in lead of economiz ing, he tried speculating in slot k, at which he was continually unsuccessful. Nearly ruined, he had, however, nosh ing of the air of an unlucky follow. He went to the first ball of the carnival. There a lady in a black satin domine and mask showed a marked preference for hi society. Through her iua$k it was evi dent that tcr teeth were magnificent, and her figure was tall and strikingly elegant, while a l.'ttlc hand fccatly glowd, waved iu graceful gesture, l or two hours the piir passed the time delightfully. " Lei u go to supper," sai l Charles. The lady unmasked and displayed a fice which atop growing old at thirty, though its foessor may he forty. It. lines were jerfectly statuesque, and the young man thought he had never fcen a m re ench iiitiug vroman. Suddenly hc asi'jnished him by saying: " I have a sou of your ge." ThU wa startling uay, incredible. The lady contiiiced: 4 1 am a widow, and for reasons which I will explain have had occasion to make the strictest inquiries as to your life. I find that you Lave been ruined, not by vice, but by geocroMty, and that you have rare talents, and are in every re spect, save your recklessness, a man to be loved and esteemed. My husband left me two million of franc, and I hare a charming daughter. There arc family reason, unknown to you, which gives a right to our intimacy and a fcLare in our fortune' These reasons were very singular. The lady's hu ban I had Wen steward to the grandfather of Charles, and not a very faithful s?cxari, since ho had, by id-using his trut, made a fortune and run away to Poland. Here he increased his ill-gotten cnpital and married info a rich and noble family. Here he died, leaving the two millions, the widow and children. The widow, who knew hi history, em ployed a secret agent to ascertain if Charles was a deserving young man, and found that he was something mora. The young man married her daughter, and now all gcs well. EARTH CIVXXG LX ITS DEAD. Private letters from Lima, Valparaiso, and other ports subject to the recent ter rible commotion, gives many facts and in cidents not alluded to in .newspaper ac counts heretofore published. One writer reports a singular and horrible sight that occurred at Arica oa tho south tide cf the ruined city : " As the earth opened and yawned, there came up five hundred mummies, who stand in long lines facins the fea, every one of the skeletons in a perfect state of preservation the hands doubled up aud supporting the chin, the knees drawn up, and the feet supporlieg the fleshlcs body I This must be one of the most frightf ul rights possible, and quite beyond desert n. The spot" where these mummies now stand was ouce an old cemetery some ninety years ago it is said and these skeletons are doubtless the fabled Iucas aud Iudians, who buried themselves alive or wcro iutcrrcd in this manner. They correspond exactly to tho old mummies of the Incas, which I described in for mer letter as among the curiosities to be sevn in the museum at Lima. As tho ground receded, what a ghastly rectaele, amid the throes of an earthquake, the coming up again ro earth of these long buried skeleton remains five huudrcd ghostly mummies. Scene in the Alabama Legisla TURK. " Do federal rclashun ob which wo am do committee, am dc rclashuns ob do black man what libs by de buro which am de federal part oh dis govern ment. An its your duty to hab all your relashuus brought to the buro, dat dc whilo trash in do noaf may support dere federal relashuns, which am us. Dat's what's de'mattcr, aud dat's what wo tm hca for !" A young lady in Uloomington III., a few evenings after her marriage was lock ed out of her bed-room by her husband. She repaired to the wood-pile, took the ax and chopped her way through the dor. Young wives do not often have occasion to be demonstrative iu such & forcible manucr. Ax Insckiftion. A gravestone in tho West Durying-grounil at Litch field lts the following inscription: "Sacred to tho memory of inestimable worth, of unrivalled excellence and virtue (then the name), whose ethere al parts became seraph on tho 25th day of May, 1SG7." How ? A black boy, who serves as "devil" in a Southern newspaper of fice,' was asked, the other day if he in tended to vote. "No sar," said lie, "I ain't t wenty-ono' yit ; but if I was how I gwine to vote Saturday and kelp edick is paper too?" ' eaasa RATES OF ADVERTISING! j nr. tea On Column, 1100 Half Column, $60 j Quarter Col umn, tn. Transient Adrerttstmcnti per Equt Ti r f fen liat or less, frit Insertion, (J i each aUtqfrtf.t laiOT. Hon, If. A sncre ! eae fneh 1fl tpf.ee down the eo!oaa, counting ents,ilstdsy line, blsr.ks, Ae., a solid matter. N a!ert!sement to be coneldered than a sinnte, .( u fractions otinteu' a ftrtl sqnare. AH advertisements" Inetrled for a Icrs period than three month to be regarded as trsn' stent. I.O'R.LETTi:ROr TIIEAtiE, Wlio, after reading the epistle helow, addressed to one of th3 "fast young men" of Dyerrburg, Ohio, is prepared to ay that tho art of telling a love etcry in tropes aud figures of tpcech has become one of the Lh arts 1 No one, we opine. If there is another charming and sugges tive smilo that can be added to the long -list called into requisition by the fair wri ter, wc would like to know what it is : DrcnsouRO, Aug. 5, 18C3. My Own Dear Pleas : Every timo' I think of you, my bean Cops p and down hkc a churn-dasher. Senfxtions o. unutterable joy caper over it like young goats over a stable roof, and thrill through it like Spat is'i nced!cs through tow-linen trowscrs. As a cosling fwimmeth with delight in a mad-puddle, so twim I in sea of glory. Visions of ecstatic rapture, thicker than the hair of a blacking brush, and brighter than the hues on a humming bird's pinions, visit men in my clumbers, and borne on their invisible vjogs, your image afaads before nic, and I reach out to grasp it, l.kc an old pointer snapping at a blue Wttb-fiy. when I first beheld your taintly rerfectiens I was bcwildcrcd and my brain whirled around like a bumble-bee under a glass tumbler ; my eyes ,tood open like cellar doo-t in the country towns. And I hfied up my ears to catch tho silvery accent cf your voice. My tongue refused to wag, aud in silent admi ration I drauk in the sweet infection of love, a a thirsty man r-walloweth a tum bler of hot whisky punch. Since tho light of yctir face fell upon my life, I sometimes feel as if I could lift myself by my shoe utraps to the top of a church stee ple. Day'and night you arc my tboughtJ. When "Aurora," blushing l.ke a bride, r.scs from her f affron couch j when the jay-bird pipes his tuneful lay in the apple tree by the spring house ; when the chan ticleer's shrill clariou heralds the coming morn ; when the awakened pig ariseth from hisbcd.au l goeth forth for his mor niug refreshments; when the drowsy bee tle wheels his droning flight at sulky noontide, and when the lowing cows come home at milking time, I think of thee. And like a piece of guui-clasttc, my heart seems to stretch clear 2crcs my bosom. Yuur hair is hkc the mane of a aorrel horse painted with gold, and the brass slides to ycur immaculate neck-tie fills me with uabj in Jed awe. Your forehead is t moot her than old coat aai whiter than seventeen hundred linen. Your eyes are gloriou- to behold. In their liquid depths I sec legion of little cspi Js battling and fighting like cohorts of aa old army cracker. When their fire hit me fall in the onisnly Lrea-t, it perforated my entire anatomy like a load cf bird-shot would go through a rotten apple. Your coe is like a chunk of Parian marble, and your mouth puckers with swectncsi. Nectar lingers on your lips like hcaey on a bear's paw, snd myriads of unfledged kisses are there ready to fly out of their parent nest and liglit soEucwhe c like bluebirds out of their parent uet. Your laugh ringsT ou my cars like tbe wind harp's strain, or the bleat of a stray Iamb oa tbe bleak hill side. The dimples in yoar checks are like bowers in beds of roses, or like hollows in cake? of home-made sugar. I am dying to fly to your presence, and to pour out the burning eloquence of my love as a thrifty housewife pours oat the hot coffee. Away from yoa I am as mel ancholy as a sick rat. Sometimes I can hear the Juuc-bug of despondency bux xing in my cars, aud feel the cold lirxards of despair crawling down my back. Un couth fears like a thousand minnics nib bling at my spirits, and my soal.is pierced through with doubts oa au o'd cheese is bored by skippers. My love is stronger for you than the smell of old butter, sweitxer kase, rr tha kick of a mule. It is purer than the breath of a young crow, and more 'unselfish thin a kitten's first cattcrwaul. As the song-bird hungers for the light of day, the .cautious mouse for the fresh bacou in the trap, as a lean pup hankers after new milk, so I long for thee. You arc fairer than a speckled pal let, sweeter than a Yankeo -doughnut fixed in sorghum molasses; brighter than the top-knot plumage on tho head of a Muscovy-duck. You aro candy-kisses, raisins, pound cake and sweetened toddy, altogether. If these few remarks will en able you to see the inside of my soul, and me to win your affeetious, I shall be as happy as a wood-pecker in a cherry tree, or a stago hor.'C in a green pasture. If .you cannot reciprocate my thrilling pas sion I will feci very bad. and I will pine away like a poisoned bed-bug and fall away from the flourishing vine ot life an untimely branch! And in coming years, when the shadows grow long from tho hills, and tho philosophic frog sings his evening hymn, you, nappy iu another's bve, can como aud drop a tear and toss cloud upon tho last resting-place of Alice. His Onxiox. An unfortunate . bachelor gives it as his opinio;, that' tLo trulls of hidiea' ' - ------ tiiio.ivrii Arc mier- nal machines, fVom the Wt'that a "blOW-Uli t.nnlr rdnro : .1 wv llf 11 lit '.ta e -1 -nr. - . " All of TiiEit. Smithers says that when tho law says that a . man can't marry his grandmother, or his aunt, or wife's mother, tho law makes an ass of itself, for when a man marries now-a-davs ho marries tho wholo fam- T:teir Game. The dentists have been holding a convention for the purpose of devising some means whereby they can all pult together. Stone Fence. Take equal parts j of whisky and cider. This is the reciprocal stone fence ; the more you lay of it, tho more it will-" lay" of you. , Gen. Grant isu't out of wood3, and be tween .the Ivapidan and the James he came very near never getting out of " the Wilderness"