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i STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. rCBLISHKD KTERY SA.TCRDA.T, BT ABBOTT & BROWN. . V. ABBOTT. I M. V. IROWJf. CFflCE IN HANNON'S BUILDING. FIRST STREET. TERMS, advascb: 0neyear,$3j Six Months $Ij On Month, 50 cU.; Singlo Copies, 121 cU. Correspondents writing over assumed signatures r anonymously, must mako known their proper Bases to the Editor, or no attention will be glren their communications. All Letters and Communications, whether on business or for puhlication. should be addressed to Abbott A Brown. BUSINESS CARDS. JOIIX J. WHITNEY, ATtnmT AXD COUNSELLOR AT LAW and Notary Public sSpceial attentions given to collections. - OrriCK In the Court House. Albany, Oregon. v3n33tf. SI. CANTERBURY, M. !., Physician and Surgeon, CORYALLIS, OREGON. 3J-0mce, B. R. Riddle's Drug Store. bot14'6S r4nl3tf ALBANY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. THE NEXT SESSION COMMENCES HOXD1Y, NOVEXBER 23d, 1868. For Partieulart address REV. H. BUSHNELL, va!5T3a52jl Albanj, Oregon. G. TV. CRAY, D. D. S., CRAD3ATt OF THE GXC1KSAT1 DENTAL COLLEGE, WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR ing Artificial teeth and first-eiiu Dental Specimens f Vulcanite Usie wtta goia plate liaiars. and other new styles of work, mar b see a at his fiSee. up stairs in FarrUh A Co.'t Brick, Albany, Oregon. Residence, corner of Second and Raker streets aprllMT3n3Uf j. c. rowixL. l. russ. POWELL fc FLIXX, ATTORNEYS AXD COUXSELLORS AT LA W AXD SOLICITORS IX CHANCER Yt (I Flinn, Notary Public.) LBANY, Oregon. Collections and eonvey- ances promptly attended to. e20nl01y OFFICE OF COLYTY SCHOOL SiPERINTE.VT, i T WATERLOO. SIX MILES ABOVE LEB- f anon, on the Santiam. Post office address, Ceo an on. J. W. MACK. T9nt51y Co. School Superintendent, C- Or. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALEM, OREGON: Will practice in all the Courts of this Ftate and will attend the Circuit Court terms in Linn county and the entire District. 05ce in W atkinds k Co s brick, up tirs. T.nl3yl D. n. RICE, 51. D Surgeon and Physician, ALBANY, OREGON, THANKFUL FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON are recsired, continues to tender his services to the citizens of Albany and surrounding coun ter. OBee and residence, on fcee nt Street, two blocks east of Sprenger's hew Hotel. v3n3"tf F. 31. TVADSWOKTII, SIGN. CARRIAGE AXD ORNAMENTAL PAINTER. Orer HcEride's Wagon Shop, between First and Second, on Ferry street. First-class work dine on short nbtice. r3nl9yij K, II. CRAXOK, ATTQESEr 15D COUXSELLOR AT L1W, Omcx la Norcross' Brick Building, up-stairs, Albany, Oregon, tt V. J. UILTABIDKL. F. M. BEDItLD. IIIITABIDCIs t CO., TkEALEBS IGP.OCERIES AXD PROVI 1 f ions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confection ery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store en Maiae street, adjoining the Express office, Al- Lao, Oregon. e2Sr3o7tf . BCXJ. IIAYDEX, Attorney and Counsellor at Lair, Will attend to all business entrusted to him by ' 4iiienaef Polk and adjoining eouunes.. Eola, July 26, 1867. Tlalltf Iliiioiri, l ilaijt, s. . TDcaa. J. BAKKOTVS & CO. GENERAL & COMMISSION MERCHANTS DEALERS ia SUple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Bot aad Shoes, Albany. Oregon. Consignments solicited. oc$n8tf ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and yi , einity that he has taken eharge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping elean rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore earried on nothing bat First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he expects to give entire satisfaction to all. ayChildxen and Ladies' Ifair neatly put and .shampopcL . . JOSEPH 7EBBR. apr4v3n33tf WHEAT AND OATS WANTED! THE SUBSCRIBERS WILL PAY TIIE highest cash price for whpat and oats deliv ered at tlieir Warehouse in Albany. Also wheat and bats Unti &id Shipped at the Lowest Eatei ! Good" of all kinds received and chipped from tiie Wkug, ' MARKUAM k SON. ' " v3n52yl f. T. RrSSELL, 1'Att.' at'Law'. JXMKB KLKIHS' Notary Public BUSSEIIs & ELKINS, , S Office in Parrish's & Co.'t Block. First Street, ' ALBANY, OREGON. Tlaying taken into co-partnership Jam e Elkins, Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn' county, Oregon, we-are 'enabled to add to oar practice of law and collec tions, superior facilities for ' ' ' Oor-veyancing, Examining Eecords,' ' AND- - : i Attending1 to Probate Business. ' Deed?, Eonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made sand Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on reasanable rates. . ' ; All badness entrusted to them will be' promptly attended to. RUSSELL & ELKINS. Oct. 6, 1863 v2ai6tf VOL. IV. A D V 1J It T I S K M K NTS. D. M AKSNKLD. U. C. BILL. II. MAJI9FIKLD D. MANSFIELD & CO., DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ALBANY, - - OREGON. IN FOSTER'S ONE-STORY BRICK. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. milEAROVE FIRM TAKr.s rtEAMttr. i J notifying their friends and the public gener ally, that thoy aro CONTINUALLY RECEIVING DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &C. "Which we will Exchange FOR CASH or ruonuci;: AT THE- VERY LOWEST PRICES. We respectfully ask the public to Call and Examine ofar Stock and Friers Before purchasing elsewbero ; and wo assure all tnal we win give tPillrlt dftllirftUllUN lurnumn wiwhuw. Albany, Feb. 16. '07 2n27tf PACIFIC HOTEL T HE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY informs the publia that this llouso HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED, jtjro is JCT o w o :p e 1ST for the accommodation of all who may faTor him with their patronage. THE FUllMTU It lu is entirely new in erery department, and U of the latest and most approved styles. THE TABLE will always be supplied with the bet the marltt affords, and no pains wui ie parvu for tba comfort and cotjrre nitnfe of hi guest. Persons arriving by boats accowuiouaiea ai au hoars "J or i"1- Suits of rooms and superior accommodations lor families. A long experience in the I.omiicss warran? the proprietor in promte:ng samr ti-n toau may fr.r Liui with their patronage, if it can done t, LoiiiitifuUv autiplied tables, ideaant ru.i. clcanlT beds and as Juous attention to their wants. 7 J. B. SPRENGKU. Albany, Juna,lS63. v3i,42!f WILLAMETTE STEAMBOAT CO.'S NOTICE. F ROM AND AFTER THIS DATE UNTIL further notice,. THE STEAMER WEXAT! WTT.T. LEAVE PORTLAND fcVJiUI DAT. (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), FOK OHEGOX CITY, At 6:30 A. 51., coaneetins with the Steamer SUCCESS, Oa MONDAYS and THURSDAYS of each week For Salem, Albany and Corrallis and all intermediate points ; and with the STEAMER, ANN, On the same days for DAYTON. RETUItXIXG Will leave Oregon City at 1 o'clock P. M., except Wednesdays and Sat urdays, on which days she will await the arrival of the steamers iSLUUfeftS aaa iromaoove. Sr For Freight or Passage, apply to ,J. II SMITH, at the American Exchange Wharf. sep26v4n6tf. Ji. IIAIJN, President. IBS. A. MILLIE. A. P. MILLER. MILLER & BR0.f (Suece$on to Philip Miller,) MARBLE WORKS ALBANY, OREGON. Shop on Washington, bet. 1ft and2dSt's. THESE GENTLEMEN BEG LEAVE TO IN form the public at large that they are now prepared to furnish MARBIiE MONUMENTS AXD GRAVE-S TONES! OF ETERT STYJJS AND PATTERN, At the Most .Reasonable Prices. TOMBSTONES CUT TO ORDER ' On the very shortest notice. Mar7v3n29tf MILLER y BRO. NOTICE J OOK OUT FOR THE CARS 1 JUST RE- ceivedi very large stock, or DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES! by 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. R. CHEADLE'S fpr4v3n33tf Cash Store, Albany. ALBANY, OREGON,. SATURDAY, 10 K T 11 Y. rar BETTER THAN GOLD. Better than grandeur, be tier than Kld, Than rank nnd a title a thoutmnd fold, Is a healthy body, a mind nt ense, And siuiplo p'oaxiires that always ploaso j A heart that cun fei'l for another's woo, And his joys willt a gniiitl jilow, With sympathy lurgo itiouh to enfold All men as brothers, is better than gold. f Rotter than cold it a eonncietico clear, Though toiling fr bread in nn humblosphcro, Doubly blct with content nil 1 hcultii, Untired by the ItiKt nnd cares of wealth, Lowly living nnd lofty thought Adorn and ennoblo a poor mau's rot, For itiiitd nnd inorol in riaturo's plan Are tho genuine te.it of a genthinau. Better than gold in tho nwert r- poxo 'Of tho sons of toil wh'ii tbi.ir labor eluso ; Better than gold is a poor man's sleep, And tho balm that drops on his ulumbers deep Jtringa sleeping draughts to his downy bod Wheii luxury pillows his aching Lead, Hi simple opiate labor doiuio A shorter road to tho laud of dreams. Better than gold is the th inline mind, That in the re alio of book can liud A treasure urpuiug tho Auxtrnlian ore, And live with the great and good of yore The sagu'a lord ami the pf lay, The nlorieK of empiies paed away, Tho world's prent drama w ill thua unfold Aud yield a pleasure belter than gold. Better than gold is the peaceful home. Where all the fireidde charities cuine, The nhrine of love, the heaven of life, Hallowed by mother, or sifter, or wife. However humble the homo may ho. Or tried with srrw by !navci)' dcrrce, ' Tho Llein'i that never were bought or sold, And centre there, are better than gold. NEVER MIND. Wbat's the uteof always fretting At tb? ttiaU we shall fill 1 Ever otrown aloii the pathway? , Trawl on, and "never mind." Travel onward : working. Loping ; Ciit no lingering ylain-o behind At the trials once encountered; Look ahead, and "nevvr mind." What is 1101 i pot forever! Let all tho fretting be resigned ; It will never help the iiiattrr Do your best, and "never mind." And if tbo--e who might befriend you, Whom the ties ttt naturn hind. Should rcfiice to do their duty,. Look to Heaven, and "never mind." Friendly words are often fp ken When the fc lifffs are unkind; Take thm f.r tb-rir rr.il value. Pass them on, and "oet'tr mind. Fate may threaten, rlu Is may lower, Knerni'.-s may be omhicc'l ; If yur trut in (jod i steadfast. He will help y..u. "M-v.r mind." M AIi: A N i:ai-iiook. l:ery lotcuictit, prorca-itvo larr.icr, take.? a raicr. This i a fixed fact. It is tote huj-cJ, too, tliat lie lias hall a dozen as. a journals, ot one Bort ur anotr.cr, comiu every tuouth; but however that way be wleu he reauS them over he vl'icu aay 44 Now I vrwh I could remember that item, aud jut it in practice next -caHt. I believe I will cut it out and save it tomcwhere." He doe cut it out and put it to his vest pocket, or between the leaves of a book, or in some old, out-of- the-way dace, where there is little chance of Ins ever feeing it aa:n. .ow, wuen ne cut it out, no toot a step iu the rtht direction. Why did he not jro a little lurthcr, and paste it into a scrap-book ; f hen it would have been a . permanently tavc-U; ami very convenient for reference. Preserving papers io files would save all the article, but few would ever take the trouble to Lok all them f.r some point they wished lo read over again. It would heem to much like looking for the proverbial 44 needle in the hay-mow- lne fcrap-uooic gives you Use very cream of your papers. There are usually oniv a lew articles in eaen one wiucn fccem to have beeu writtt-n expressly for you, and you do not care to nave thot-e belonging to everrbody else. You do ot care to read the columns on bee- kecpiug, when you never owned a bee in your Hie: but probably your neighbor a. see a takes more interest in that denartment . .1 T. .1.. t . r T'-'T'.m u J -Vr good paper that tt has something m it for n, . ' . The house mother cao never buy us as good a receipt book as she can make by J , n . . , . i r , , fru i t t 1 1 1 i classification : the rceipes for cooking should be placed by themselves, those for geucral housework may be placed in another part of the book the same for directions oa gardening, care of children, &c. Such a book is a great means of econo mizing in the course of a year. Just the right thing in the right place often saves dollars of money and dollars' worth of tim and trouble. Juit puch hints k and directions we meet with from week to week in every good paper, and it is the carrying tnem out into practice mat . s i. makes the difierence between the thrifty, successful farmer, snd his opnosite. Of course if they are forgotten they cannot be put in practice. The mind, unless it has been severely disciplined, is apt to hold , knowledge mucli as a sieve does !r. It needs many helps' to make tho ibry useful. The very act of cutting water memorv useiui. itxc very actot cutting out the slip and pasting it in, is a great help toward recalling it; and if the de- tails are forgotten,, there is the article itself vou can turn to it rcadilv. Thus you can benefit by the experience of hun- dreds of people you havo never seen, but who have kindly otcd down their own success or failure in the various depart- ments in which you mare most interested, A Solitary Audience. Tho mana- ger of a country theater looked into the house between the acts and turned with a face of dismay to tho prompter, with iL. x v -If .UTL 1 . wie question oi " .v ny, goou gracious, where's the audience V "Sir," replied prompter, without moving a muscle, t4he is just now gone to get some beer." The manager wiped the pespiration from his ow and said, "Will he return, do you link ?" '""Most certainly : he expresses himself highly satisfied with the play, and - applsuded as one man." "Then let the. business proceed," exclaimed the manager proudly ; and it did proceed, Till: JOttll MI A AX tili VAiTAlH- I liav written essays on kissing before thiii one, mid they didn't Butin(y mo, nor dew 1 thtnk thin otto will, lor tho moro man undertake tew tell about a ki.i the sas f more Iio will reduce ins ignorance to a cienco. Yu kant analizo a kiw.H cnuy moro than yu kan tho breath ov a flour. Yu kaut tell what makes a kiss taato to good euny mure than yti kan a pouch. Ktiny man who kan set down, wharc it in cool, aud toll how a kins tatc, haint jrotenny moro real flavor tew his mouth than a knot hole haz. Such a phcllo wouldn't hesitate tew describo Paradise nz a lutst ralo jilaeo for gardin bams. The only way tew describe a km in tow take one, and then net down, awl alone, out of l!io draft, and fituack yurc lirM. If you kaut Matinfy yourelf how a kiHa tauten without taking another one, how on arth kan you ilea no it tow tho next man t I hav heard writers talk about the cgHtatick blki tharc wan in a kixH, and they really seemed tew think they knew awl about it, but theno aro tho hamo kind ov folks who perspire and kry when they read poetry, and then fall tew writiug Home of their own, aud think they kav found out how. I want it understood that I am talking about puro emotional kiating, that i L rtt in the heart, and flics tew tho lip, liko a humming bird tew her roost. , I am not talking about your lazy, ini'.k and uiidavKc.H ki-siug. that daubs tho face of enny body, nor your tavago bite that ue.s around like a roaring lion in search uf Home-thing to eat. kiting au unwilling pairov lips iz az mean a viktorv az rLbiu a bird neat and kissing too willing ones iz about at unfragraut a recreation az making bo (luc-ta out of dandelion 1 he kind ov kiting that I am talking ...... ..r about is tno kiu4 that must do it or spile. if ymi Kirch the rekords ever so lively, you kan't find the author ov the fuft kUs; ki.-Mfjg, like much other good things is annonymous. iJm thar is buch a a a nature in it. eitch a world ov Jau :uai e without word.i, iiuch a heap ov patchos without fuss, so much 1 honey and ho little water, ho che ;ap, HO Uud lcn and mi neat a mo le of Mriking up an aciuaintauce, that I consider ilaijood , that I consider purchase mat .vuam give aaa got me .1. - i ..i JU1! klAS. Who cau imagine a greater lump ov earthly bins, reduced tew a finer thing than kiting the only 'woman ou earth, in the garden ov Kdcn? A dim wau't the man, I believe, to pats Men a nana. a 1 I may be wrong in my konklusions, but cf enny boddy kan date kilning further back, I would like tew hee them do tt. I don't know whether the old Block Mulowittlicrs ever aib.ti enny boauy or a a l. not: if they did ihey probablv did it like drafting a theorem oa a black board, more for the purpose of proviug Homcthing ebe. I uo naie to s-ce mi ueiigiuiui inviger- ating beverage adulterated, it is tiektar for the god", but I am often obliged to slnad fetill and sec kiting did, and not say a word, that hamt trot enny more novelty. r meaning iu it, thau throwing atones to a mark. I Raw two mayden ladys kks -csterday on the north side of the Union Square, 5 times to less than 10 minutes: they ktst everytime they bid each other farewell, aud then immediately thought ov sum thing else they hadn t fed. I couldo t tell for the life of me whether the kiising was the cflckt ov what they fed, or what they feed was the efTectof the kissing It was a which and tothcr scene. Crows-matched kissing is undoubtedly the htrcugth of tho grain. It is trcw, ItliCfC IS no btattu-rcgulahbun against two females kissing each other; but I don't , k u h fur . weM it iz done to keep tools m order: and . k- . Hfc h . . ' f cviJenc0 QV & Kissing that passes from parent to child, and back agin, sccsus tew be az ne ccssary az shinplasters to do bizziness with ; and kis.ning that husbands give and take iz simply gathering ripo fruit from one s owu plum trco that would otherwise drop oph or be stolen. Therefore l am drive tew konklude tew git out uv the cornor that mi remarks have chased mo into, that tho ilo ov a kiss iz only tew bo had once in a phcllo's life, in the original package, and that iz when . Not tew waste tho time or the reader, i havo thought best not tew finish the abuv sentence, hoping that thare aint no person ov a good edukashun and decent memory but what kan rekolekt the time which i refer to, without enny ov ini help. - . , mmeraal says on 4 Mr. Seward's n j.y corrcsnouucui oi mo Vinciunaii 4 P it. "!' i! the same subject : wnamo maumK imy u- : : r..n hounced. His bride is to be Miss Olive , a iauy not aoove years oi age. She is noted hero for her stately figure, larRC and almost masculine in her hight and fullness. Her eyes are dark and her intelligence is , remarkable. She will prooaoiy roaice ine most agreeaDie iauy n Washington society that we Have Had smce Madison. She hails from Chatauqua county, New York, where beward lived at one time, about twelve, years before she was born, and a year before he became Governor of the Commonwealth. He is lonely in his great establishments hero - 1 Z.A.' 4 .l V.! J uuu at, vuuurn, anu ueiug au auii'iuiei sportive, frisky, foxy and infatuating man of fame, and place, who would not marry him that was ambitious and tho daughter of a politician? This marriage is iff- dorsed by both families, and by jMr. Seward's mother-in-law, who called the young bridegroom to her bed-side and bade him to be happy. So says, the country that he has served so well and 'helped so largely to ciyilizo." - - ' -' : '. .- .7. .M., "-' DECEMBER 5, 1868. From tho Dally Examiner of Novomber 13. Till: CALII OUMA I, A nou EX CIIAiI'. Tho report mado to tho Hoard of Trus. tecs of tho California Kmploymcnt Kx ehangc, for the past six months, by its Secretary, II. 0. Bcnuct, Esq., is a docu ment of much value, as showing what that institution has done, and is doing, for tho working clashes in this State. Much pains have been taken to present the result of the experiment of its fouu . . . . uatton in as concise anu clear a manner as possible in the expectation that it wil be published in pamphlet form forgener al distribution in tho Atlantio States and Europe. THE BODY SHOULD BB TAUOUT TO WORK To show how necessary it is that the sturdy aud clastic muscles should bo taught how to do hard laborious work, and wha a great mistake it is now-a-days that young men's miuds aro developed at the expeuso of tlieir bodies, the Secretary gives a table exhibiting tho numbers each class of workmen oidcrcd in each month, with the wages offered for their services. This table shows that while al elastic of mechanics, skilled aud unskill ed laborers, have bcn in such steady de mand that an advance in the wages o bricklayers, carpenters, farm-hands, labor ers, plasterers, and plumbers Las resulted clerks, dry-goods storemcn, and other what Mre termed geutccl employments have been rarcjy called for. Out of a to tai of 8,700, 2,000 general laborers, 1,017 carpenters, aud 1,1-0 farm-hands have been provided with employment, while only 15 clerks and 4 book-keepers have beeu ordered. These figures teach a les sou to statesmen and parents; telling the former how fraught with evil to the com moowealth is all legislation which places obstacles in the way of the rising genera lion being taught useful occupations The future security and progress of the country will depend more on its becom ing a nation cf mechanics and producers than on its being one of clerks and shop keepcri. Parents may learn from these figures the probabilities their sons wil have of earning their living when depend ent on their own exertions, if taught to rely solely ou their mental abilities, un dcr the hUc imprc&ion that manual la bor is derogatory. A good farmer or me chanic may become a first-rate merchant and man of business, but clerks or dry- goods M.Uen never become good laborers or mechanics. This fact and the figures iu this table how unmistakably the folly of educating boys to fill positions which will render them more dependent in man hood than they were in youth. (Thokc ,4tradc!cs young men who lounge about .San Francisco, whining and complainiug that they cau't get anything to do. will please make a note of the above. 7tVj The total number of men ordered dur iug the half year was 11,031. NUMBER OP rtttiSOXS EMI'LOYED OCCU PATIONS. Persons in search of almost every con ceivable cl.is of workmen have been .able to obtain them at this institution by mere ly making application, without expense The whole number of males registered during the six months foots up 8,700. embracing 153 different occupations, in cluding a surgeon, apothecary, draftsmen, apiarist, brewers, carpet, cloth and stock ing weavers, druggists, engineers, cngrav ers, steel plate printers, etc. I he most suggestivo in the lift are the bed makers, butter makers, dairymen aud milkers all thoe services are performed by fc males in most of the Atlantic States and throughout Europe. Here tho scarcity of women willing to perform them causes the employment of men as bed makers, instead of chambermaids, while nearly all tho cows in tho Slate aro milked by men, who also make nearly all the butter, Iu addition to the persons registered as employed at this office, a very large num ber have been employed in the interior, by letter, whose names aro not recorded. It has been deemed best to prevent men loaving the interior to come to the city in search of employment, and, to carry out this purpose, agents have been establish ed in sovcral ot the interior counties, au thorized to act in tho namo of this insti tution. By this means a largo number of men have been employed without in curring the cxpenso of coming here. WHAT THE EXCHANGE HAS DONE 1011 WOMEN. The institution has been a boon to wo men who were willing to work. We find that from July 7th to the close of Octo ber, 402 females were registered as hav ing been provided with employment, and a nearly equal number were unregistered. lho whole cost of tho department has been two months' salary at 850 per month to the lady who has been appointed to take charge of it making an average cost of providing each female with em ployment less than tour cents. A large proportion of the females employed were new arrivals, nearly all of whom havo been distributed through the interior of the State, where their services were ur gently required. Of tho whole 1,402 registered, 1,073 were Irish, 121 Ameri can, 93 German, 57 Scotch, G Indian and 50 of various nationalities. The chief employment for which female labor is sought is general housework, for which $20 to $G0 per month m gold is paid. Orders have also been numerous for cooks, seamstrosscs, laundresses, governesses and a few for shop women, clerks, milliners, dress makers, nurses, and for other occu pations. A large proportion of the American females were girls born in Cal ifornia, who were employed to mindi chil dren and assist in the housework of fam ilies not able to meet tho expenses of a regular servant. THE MARINE DEPARTMENT. The Exchange, too, has been a lucky thing for 44 poor Jack." It has put new life into him, and mado him feel that he NO. 10 belongs to tho great human family and is not forgotten. The neatuen's shipping department, commenced in the month of September for tho ptfrposc of abolishing tho twenty dollars blood money levied on each sailor shipped at this port by the sailor boardng-houso keepers, and secure better treatment for seamen, lias accom plished these objects without any expense whatever to this institution. It is not deemed expedient to make any particu lar efforts to extend this department at present, as it meets with powerful opposi tion. But it will be well to sustain it, to prevent abuses which can only be reme died by competition in the business of shipping seamen. A movement is on foot to secure Congressional action to regulate this buniness, which will proba bly reader the services of the Exchange necessary. THANKS TO THE PRESS. The Secretary closes his ablo and in teresting report by thanking, m tho name of tho Board, the Press " for its valuable services in giving publicity to the opera Hons of the Exchange, which has been of great benefit to the working classes a a mm- " and employees, and has greatly encour aged immigration." FARMER' ftllOE-eiREAftE. Put into some water-proof vessel, one fourth of a pound of lard, or soft grcw?e like lard, one-fourth of a pound of tallow beel or mutton tallow one-fourth cf a pound of beeswax, half a pint of linseed oil, three or four tablcgpoonfulls of lamp black, aud a piece of pulverized gum cam phor as large as a hen's egg. Melt the ingredients over a slow fire, anpstir tbcm thoroughly after they are melted. Never heat so hot as to make it boil. Soft grease which has salt in it will not injure the leather. Now have the leather warm. and warm the crease not so that it will flow, but have it so soft that it may be appuea wun a brush, fchould the leather seem to need it, give the shoes or boots an f 1 a ' . oiling occasionally. It is cot beat to drv ttie shoe grease in belore the fire, but al .. -. ' . . - . j low it to remain on the surface of the leather. A light coat of this kind of grease will exclude the water, even if boots are exposed to wet all day. This shoe grease will not injure leather by render ing it hard and inelastic. When a man's boot are exposed to wet all day. ho should wash them clean at night, and hang them up in the kitchen, where the leather will dry gradually, and put on a little grease every morning. It is far better to trrease a Utile often than to grease bountifully every ten or twelve days. Leather should not be allowed to becomo very dry before greasing. Always apply the crease as soon as the leather is almost dry: then the leather will bo mellow, and never be .... ' come hard. iSothin lninres hoots and shoes more thn to set them aside to dry when covered with dirt. Keep boots and shoes away from the fire, where they are t 1 1 . 4W . . liable to bo heated. Heating leather in jures it. A Singular Bird. One day of the laH month a novelty in tho bird line was killed near Mound City, Illinois, by a man named Jim Harney, of that city. The Cairo Democrat says : "It is larger than the ostrich, and weighs one hundred and four pounds. The body of this wonder ful bird is covered with snow-white down, ana its ncaa is oi a ncry read. The wings, of deep black, measure fifteen feet from tip to tip, and the bill, of yellow color, twenty-four inches. Iu legs are slender and sinewy, pea-green in oolor, and meas ure lorty-eight leet in length. One of the feet resembles that of a duck, and the othe.- that of a turkey, Mr. Harney shot it at a distance of one hundred yards, from the topmost branch of a dead tree, where it was perched, preying upon a full-sized sheep that it had carrioi from the ground. This strange species of bird, which is said to have existed extensively during tho days ot tho mastodon, is almost entire- y extinct, tho last one having been seen in tho State of New York during the year 1812. Potter has it on exhibition at his office at Mound City. Its flight across the town and river was witnessed by hundreds of citizens." Some Consolation. New York and New Jersoy havo both gone for the de mocracy, and elected Democratic Gover nors and Legislatures, and will elect two United States Senators, in place of Mor gan and Frclinghuyson. The New York democracy have already announced thoir intention ot electing Horatio Seymour to the U. S. Senate, in place of Morgan. In addition to this it now appears that the mongrels will not have two thirds of tho next Congress, thus placing it in the power of the Democrats to sustain Grant's vetoes, and to protect him from impeach ment, should ho take a notion to cross the radical corruptionists. Tho Democrats lave, at three former times, had to come to tho rescue, and save, and defend Pres idents elected by the (Opposition, from tho fury of their own partisans. We re- er to iylcr, r illmore, and Johnson. If Grant has good intentions, ho may thank God for a healthy Democratic minority in Congress, with Democratic Governors and Legislatures in Now York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and California. Placer Herald. Remedy for a Bone Felon. The editor of the Savannah Republican has been banded the following , remedy tor his most painful affliction, which we re commend our readers to cut out and Jay aside, for it may bo found useful m a fu ture day. The gentleman who handed it in tested its efficacy with complete suc cess. "As soon as the pulsation which indicates the disease is felt, put directly over tho spot a fly blister about the sizo of a five cent piece,.and keep it on for six or eight hours, at tho expiration of which time, directly under the surface ot the blister will be found the felon, easily ta ken out with the point of a laucet'or nee dle. ' - RATE3 OF ADVERTISING i ni tkabi On Column, $100 ; Half Column, $60 ; Quarter Col nmn,$35. ' Transient Advertisements per Square often line or less, first Insertion, $3 j each subsequent inser tion, $1. A square Is one inch in space down tha column, counting cuts, display lines, blanks, Ac, as solid, matter. No advertisement to be considered than a square, and all fractions counted fall square. All advertisements inserted for a lets period than three months to be regarded as tran stent. LAWS OF OI&EGOX. PASSED LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 18C8. AN ACT to protect the Owners of Fire arms. ' , Whereas, Tho Constitution of tho United States, in article second of amend ments to the Constitution, 'declares tha 44 right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed;" and tho Constitution of the State of Oregon, in article first, section twenty-seven, declares that : 44 The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of them selves and the State ;" therefore, Be it enacted by the Lcyitlative Attemlli of the tSlate of Ore(jon as follow : ' Section 1. Every white male citiiea of this State, above the age of sixteen' years, shall be entitled to have, bold, and keep for his own use and defense, the fol lowing fire-arms, to wit : Either or any one of the following named guns, and ona revolving pistol: a rific, shot-guns, double or single barrel, yager, or musket ; the tame to be exempt from execution, ia all cases, under the laws of Oregon. Sec. 2 No officer, civil or military, or other person, shall take from or demand of the owner any firearms mentioned ia this act, except where the services of tho owner arc also required to keep the peace or defend the State. Approved October 24th, 18C8. AN ACT to facilitate the draining of lands, in certain cases. De it enacted by the Lrgizlative Auemf bly of the Htate of Oregon : Section 1. Any person whose land is so situated that it requires draining, and when any person or persons owning lands adjacent thereto object to ditches being cut or dug oa their land, may make ap. plication in writing to the county court of his county, at a regular session thereof, for the right of way and privilege to cut or dig a sufficient ditch or ditches to drain his land. Sec 2. Thereupon the court shall ap point three disinterested householders of his county as a commission, and cause an order to issue directing tbcm to meet on a day named in such order, and, after subscribing to an oath or affirmation to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, and after at least three days notice given to all per- - sons through whose lands such ditch is to be located. Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall proceed to locate and mark out the routo to as to do the least damage to the lands such ditch passes through, and they shall also at the same time assess the damage sustained by tho person or person owning such lands. Sec. 4. In assessing damage, they shall take into consideration the benefit such ditch will be to the aforesaid lands. Sec. 5. The commissioners so appoint ed, or a majority cf them shall make a report to the county court at the next regular session thereof, stating the loca tion of the ditch or ditches, the name of the person or persons entitled to damage. and the amount thereof, if any is assessed, and if the county court is satisfied that the report is just, and, after payment, by the applicant for right of way, of all costs of locating such ditch and the damages, if any are assessed, the court shall cause the same to be recorded, and the appli cant may proceed to make such ditch, doing as little damage to tho lands it passes through as possible. Sec. G. Any person aggrieved by the assessment of damages may appeal within wenty days to the circuit court. Sec. 7. In the absence of a justice of the peace, the said commissioners may administer the aforesaid oath to each other. Sec. S. No person shall be allowed to tap or bring water into a ditch already dug without paying a reasonable compen sation therefor. Sec. 9. This act shall not be construed so as to interfere with the rights of com panies or individuals for mining, nianu- acturing or watering towns or cities. Sec. 10. Inasmuch as there are no aws on this subject, this act shall be in orco from and altar its approval by the Governor. Approved Oct, 24, 1868. Singular. It is known that a man cannot marry his grandmother, but hero is a case not included in the list of excepted brides. A widower aged fifty having dried his tears, paid nis addresses to a very comely lass, the daughter of a very worthy citizen of a provincial town. "She" had money, and even a world of vile, ill-favored faults looks handsome under the cir cumstances. The marriage was duly celebrated, and for four years all went well, until the young, wife displayed the ovidence ot a splendid beard, and the truth came out the supposed "wife? was a handsome young mant and to prevent their being laughed at both agreed to keep their secret, until nature forced the husband to apply for a divorce, and the application will come before tho courts in a little timo- A Curious Piienomnon. The Og densburg Journal is responsible for- the following: Some of the youngsters ia this city . have made the discovery that every good, large, plump field cricket is - tho abiding place of a small, living snake, about as large in circumference as an or dinary knitting needle, and from five to seven inches long. By pulling off the head of the. cricket it may be taken out alive. . Some are light colored and soma a dark brown, and if placed in a bottle of water will live twenty-four hours. Here is an item for naturalists. Ever, young ster is after tho crickets for the purpof of dissecting" them to see the snakes. Th discovery was first made by observing in t a clothes pres J a couple of these snakea and some crickets. One of the cricketa : was killed, when tho third suake squirmed v out of his body.. r