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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. " rVSLIIHXD KTZKT SATURDT,BT ABBOTT & BROWN. Ha. AaSOTT. I K. T. BROWS. OFFICE !H KAHNON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET TERMS, M ADTisci t Oneyear,$3; Six Months t2 On Month, 50 eta. Single Copies, 12J cts. Corrwroondents writlni over assumed signatures r anonymously, matt make known their proper tames to the Editor, or no attention win . to their eommnnloatlons. Alt Tj.nr. .nA Communications, whether on easiness or for publication, should bo addressed to Abbott A Brown. BUSINESS CARDS N. II. CBASOB, 1TT0UET AND COCXSEILOR AT LAW, Orrict Io ttorcross' Brick Building, up-stairs, 0 Albany, Oregon, au4 C. A. BLACKLEY, f J&KttNABlE BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE ciUiensof Albany that he has opened a arborSbop,oa Main streo", two doors above Z?rrh Block, whero he is prijared to accom modate all who desire anything la the tonso gial litwt . . . . a also cUtee tfcat kit aexrkes can be had at aay time, with duo notice, to CA1L FIGURES for PARTIES or calls, a reasonable terms. decl2T4nl7mi jonx J. WHITNEY, JTTOBXEI AXD COUNSELLOR AT LAW ' and Notary Public gaoetal attentions given to collections. OmenI As Court House. Albany, Oregon. T3n3tf. 51. CANTERBURY, 31. D., Physioian and Surgeon, CORVALLIS, OREGON. 3-OEee, B. R. Riddle's Dreg Store. ovH63 v4nl3tf G. TV. GRAY. D. D. S., cbasuate or THt cnaiian dehtm. college, WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR Ing Artificial teeth and firsi-elass Dental Operations, to giro him a calL Specimens of Valeanite Basa with gold, plate Imiags, and other new styles of work, may bo eonathisoffiee. np stairs la Parruh A Co. i Ilriek, Albany, Oregon. ' Residence, eorner of Second and Raker streets. aprirSvJ34tf j. c. rowel. POWELL & FLIXX, JLTTORXEYS AXD COUNSELLORS AT LA W AXD SOLICITORS IX CUAXCER Y, (X riiaa, Notary Public.) ALBANY, Oregon. Collections and eonvey aaees promptly attended to. ocSOnlOly CFFICE OF C80TI SCHOOL SrPEBIXTES'T, A T WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB A won, on the Santianu Pfi.e(e Jdre" I.ioaaoft. J. . MALK, TSnlSly Co. School Superintendent. C- O- CUBL., ATTORNEY. AT I-AW, SALEM, OREGON: V?n practiea In all the Courts ef this State and HI attend the Circuit Court terms in Linn eounty aid the entire District. OSco in Watkinds A Co s fc.-kk.ap stairs. rZnjl D. B. RICE, 31. Surgeon and Phys cian, ALBANY, OREGON, THASKFBL FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON are recoired, conUaues to tender his services U the eUhena f Albany and surrounding eoun trr. 0 floe and residence, on Second street, two hlxts east ef Sprenger's hew IIoteL v3n3itf W. . BILTAJIBIO. . BPFIELD. HILT4BIDEL Si CO., B BALERS IN GROCERIES AND PBOVI sioBf, Wood and WUlow Ware, Confection er, Tebaeco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store a Uaiae street, adjoining the Express office, Al fca ay, Oregon. . se2Sr3n7tf BESJ. HAYDEX, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Will attend to all business entrusted to him hy itiieasof Polk and adjoining counues. Esla, July 26, 1867. T2a51tf SA&aOWS, U BLAIT, TOCKO. JT. BARROWS & CO., 03XE&AL ti COXUTSSIOX MERCHANTS i BALERS la Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries. Hardware, CuUery, Crocnery, intM and Shoes. Albany. Oregon. solicited. - ocn8tf ALBANY BATH HOUSE! fllHB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT I folly inform, tho citizens of Albany and tI oulty that he has taken charge of thii Establish sni,and,by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to suit alktbose b e may faror him with their patronage. Hating kei-etofore carried on nothing but TlrgrQlass Hair Dressing Salooos, he expects to giro entire satisfaction to alL Eff-CbUiien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and hlTpooel JOSEPH WEBBER. apr4T3n33tf r. r. arsszi, A ,t'y at Lay, AMeS SLK1HS' Notary Public RUSEEI & ELUIXS, Of les la ParrisVs A Cos Block, First Street, ALBANY, OREGON. its rla g taken into co-partnership James Elkins, Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we are jSniJbled to add to our practice of law and colleo jfcio it, tnperior facilities for OcsYeyancing, JlTaminiTig Eecords, Attendingr to Probate Business. J)eds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully ' -dn.wn. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made an l Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti jiua, and loans effected on Collateral securities on res srnable rates. , Mt business entrusted to them will bo promptly . aUsndedto. RUSSELL A ELKINS. ' (kt. 6, 1868 T2n46tf NOTICE ! alHOSE WHO WANT REAPERS, HEADERS, : Threshers, Mowers, Gang-Plowr, Self-Raking Jiiihines, Seed Drills, 4c, at Portland prices, freight added, (see hand-bill of E. A. Hawley A Co ., Portland,) will please call on - Vi';' ; ! ' CHEADLE, Agent, Srf T3o33tf Albany.. Oreron. NOTICE! T 00K QUT FOB, THE CARS 1 JUST RE- a J ceiTed : a very large hock. 01 DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES! fjy stealer from San Francisco. I will sell for path ox merchantable produce, at low prices, my entire stock of Geods, to. make room for more. 'Pal and see for yourselTes. R. CHEADLE'S ijri3a33tf Cash Store, Albany. STATE VOL. IV. ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OFDOSTON. PURELY MUTUAL. IXCOUPOIIATED 1S35. r.H !. ... 17.000,000 00 Cash Distributions of 1861 - - . ",68 55 Total Surplus Diviaea - - m,4Srttin an Lom Paid in 1861 - - - ?8.99 99 Total Losses P.td - - f'JS'ioi 00 Income fur 1861 - 31,203,808 00 No Extra Charge for Traveling to ana from the Atlantlo states, Europe, Oregon, and Sandwich Islands. ' w l s i i . i nnl,n.r fi.mtiaiiT !i rovcrned by tho N0N-F0UFE1TUUE law of Ma-sachusetts. ALL RET EARNINGS DIVIDED ANNUALLY AMONG THE rald nromDtlv. AlIpoUclesNon-forfeiUblo DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND TAID ANNU ALLY ! Firt Dividend A tall alU at Jtym ... . -J.-. Af nmniturl PollCV holders) in ilUlVU, i this Company, among whom he annual surplus is divide J. Unbiased judgment, bssed upon careful Invetl Ration, will show that this (the oldest Mutual Life Insurance Company of America) offers wore equi ties to tho insured than any other Company doing business on this coast. Life Insurance is ajuaicious inveswucniior c.p-i-.i- t :.. . .r invwiittnent fcr those in mod uli IS IS. II w m ov. , crate circumstances, by which they may, with a small amount of funds, leara to their families ample means for their support in case of the early decease oi toe insureu. Home OSUe, 39 State Street, Dotton. nintnn miVHI OFFICES! 302 M'-nt- .tn'cL an Francisco: Room 3, Carter's BuiUing. Portland, Oregon General Agents. Rt SSELI, EEUIXS. AR't. Parrih A Co's Block, Albany, Oregon. ppl9'68Tln5tf PACIFIC HOTEL THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY iaforas tho publie that this House HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED, ASO IS T O "W OPEN far the accommodation ef all who may faror him with their patronage. THE FURNITURE Is entirely new in erery department, and is of tho latest and most approved sty Its. THE TABLE will always be supplied with the best the market affordf, and nw pains will be spared for the comfort and conve nience f bis guest. Persons writing by boats accommodated at all hours, day or night. Suits of rooms and superior aceommodalions for families. fn the buirincf s warrants the proprietor in promising satisfaction to all who may faror biai with their patronage, If it ean be done i i .:r.,ii. .,iT,r.liol tii,lf. Tfkasant rooms, cleanly beds andassiduous attention t their wanU. Albany, June 1, 186S. " ' 3n42tf WILLAMETTE STEAMBOAT COS NOTICE. IROM AND AFTER TIII3 VALt. van further notice. THE STEAMER Jim?jr WEIVAT ! WILL LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY DAY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), FOR OREGON CITY, At 6:30 A. M., connecting with the Steamer SUCCESS, Oa MONDAYS and THURSDAYS ot each week, For Salem, Albany and Corvallis and all intermediate points ; and with the STEAMER ANN, On the same days for DAYTON. RETURNING Will leave Oregon City at 1 o'clock P. M., except Wednesdays and Sat urdays, on which days she will await tho arrival of the steamers SUCCESS and ANN from above. aar For Freight or Passage, apply to J. H SMITH, at the American Exchange Wharf. seP26v4n6tf. BT, IIAUN, President. ISA. A. JfltLEB. A. P. MILLER. MILLER & BRO.i (Successors to Philip Miller,) MARBLE WORKS ALBANY, OREGON. Shop on Washington, bet. 1st and 2d St's. rwxnwar. mrSTT.V.ME?! RKa LEAVE TO IN J form the public at large that they are now prepared to furnuh 31 ARR EE MONUMENTS - AND ' . GRAVE - STONES! Or EVE BY STYLE AND PATTERN, At the Most Reasonable Prices. TOr.lBSTOTJES CUT TO ORDER On the very shortest notice. ( Mar7v3n29tf MILLER qp, BRO. XTOTICE. A LL PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES indebted to tho undersigned, will please come forward and settle up, as the old Books must be - Closed by tho 1st of January, 1QC9. Albany, Dec. p6onirtfc A, COWAN. EIGHTS ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1869. FOE Til Y. OUR CHILDHOOD. IT OK0ROR . e D. rfiRXTICX. 'Tfs sad, yet sweet, to listen To the soit wind's gcutle swell, And think we hear the iniulo Our childhood loved so well To gaso out on the even. And the boundless fields of air, And feel again our boyhood's wish To roam liko angels there I Tbero are many dreams of gladness That oling around the past And from the tomb of leeling Old thoughts come thronging fast The forms wo loved so dearly In tho bappy days now gone, The beautiful and lovely, So fair to look upon.' Those bright and gentlo maidens Who emed o formed for bliss Too glorious aud to heavenly For sucb a world as this Whoso dark 'soft eyes seemod swimming In a sea of liquid light. And whosolocks of gold were streaming O'er brows so sunny bright Whoso smiles were liko tho sunshine In tho spring time of tho year Like the changeful gleams of April, They followed every tear! They have passed like hopes- away. And their lovelibess has fled Oh ! many a tear is mourning That they are with the dead t Like the brightest buds of sammer. They have fallen with the item Yet, oh t it is a lovely death To fade from earth like themt And yet the thought is saddening To muo on u h as they. And feet that all the beautiful Are panning fast away ! That tho fair ones whom we love, Orow to each loving breast, Liko the tendril of the clinging Tine, Then perish where they rest. And wo can but think of these, la the soft and gentle spring, When the trees are waring o'er as, And the flowers are tlooraing j And we know that winter's coming. With its eotd aud lrmy sky, And the glorious beauty 'round us Is budding but to die ! Lemons are now sold by tho dozen in Jioston at one-third the price asked for good apples. Not onejitcrarv man in fifty coiovs good health in this country; but it is quite -i r . !. me rvYcnK) ia ureal jjuuiiu. but it is ot very little consequence to a poor man with a large family. A white boy met a colored loci the oth er day, and aikcd him what he had ftuch a abort nose for. 4I epect'a fo it won't poke itself into other people's business," answered he. An incorrigible wag who lent a minis ter a horse which ran away and threw his clerical rider, thought he fchould have souic credit for his aid in "spreading" the gospel. An Alabama editor, in pulling a gro cery kept by a woman, says : "Her to matoes arc as red as her own cheeks ; her indigo a blue as her own eyes ; and her pepper as hot as her own temper." At a radical meeting in Jolict, III., the other day, a banner was carried in the "lotl" procession with thej following in scription upon it: "Let the Irish go to Ireland and stay there." According to the latest definition a bachelor is a man who has lost the oppor tunity of making a woman miserable. A Tounir Dhrsician. asking permission of a lass to kiss her, she replied, "No, sir ; 1 never wane a uoctor a uiu biuck in my face. Why is a watch dog larger at night than he is in the morning ? Because he is let out at night and taken in in the morning. The Pittsburg Journal invites men of talent to settle in that smoke-covered city, and says it "will just soot 'em." Situations are like skeins of thread : to make the most of them we need only take thein by right end. A respectable lady was sent to prison some weeks ago, in New York, on com plaint of her daughters, for being a con firmed drunkard. The Revolution recounts weekly "what women are doing." If its reports could be relied on a number of husbands would subscribe at once. New York journals advise rustic youths to remain at home, if they can possibly live there, and not migrate to the metrop olis to starve. It is spoken of as a remarkable fact that twelve nours recently e lapse a in London without tho occurrence of any firo that called for the service of tho fire department. ' ''Caught at last,". as the constable said to the shoemaker who wa3 guilty of theft, as be pounced upon mm at his work. Many who, in this world, occupy a high seat in the synagogues, theatres. and other high places, will, we fear, in the world to come, find only a place in tho "pit." Our friend Snizer, who is always study ing the appropriateness of things, wants . 1 ?i i U -i !. ' 10 Know II ll would not ue quue as prop er to call sewing circles simply sew cieties. New Orleans has a widow who haunts one of the Recorder's courts, Tinder the impression that some day she will see her son, who was once tried there tor mur der. Below will be found what is deemed a proper text from which to preach the funeral sermon ot Ben. liutier: urom Jeremiah iii., 19 : And , the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caul drons. and the candlesticks, an'd the spoons, and the cups, that which was of .gold, in gold, and that which was oi sil ver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away, TIIIJ PUIiPlT'M OPPORTUNITY. "Wo clip tho following scnsiblo article from a late New York Journal of, Com merce : Now is the timo for ministers of the gospel to give up political preaching. We aro satisfied that a majority of those pas tors who have mixed politics with their theology, in the proportions of nino to one, for some years back, have done it against their better judgment. They havo yield ed to the fashion of tho times, to their example of powerful and successful preachers, to tho real (or supposed) irre futable current of feeling of tneir congre gations. Wo havo always held them, as a class, to bo abovo the sordid aims of politicians. Ihey-liavo not preached pol itics for money, nor for vulgar applause ; but because they had not sufiicicnt moral strength to resist tho trcmcudous pressure which was brought to bear upon them by church conventions and assemblies, and by active aud influential occupants of pews. In some in Stan ess the pressure rom the pews was not real, but imaginary. The pastor, observing the tendencies in other churches, sought to anticipate it in his own, with unnecessary precipitation, and putting himself at the head of hi flock, led it into politics. Still, as a gen eral rule, the motive power, when it did not originate outsido of the church, came from tho pews, and forced tho pastor to write political addresses under the name of Ncrnions, and pray for the success of a arty more than tho coming of Christ ingdom. Their Bible was their text book their point of departure, chiefly in the sense that they departed from it but tho body of their theology was too often taken from newspaper editorials or from the platforms of excited public meet ing held during the previous week.- Many preachers reflected the varying shades of radical sentiment so truthfully, that hy stepping into their churches ou Sunday a person could learn the condition of the political atmosphere as from a bar ometer. There was a little garniture of religion in the reading of the .Scriptures (not always selected with reference to the topics of the day), in the short prayer possibly, and in the formal benediction, beyond any doubt, but these were merely trimmings to tho huge hot-joint of pure politics, at which tho preachers cut aud carve again. This political preaching has been the shame and scandal of Christ's Church. It has been the prolific causo of infidelity, not only outside of the church, but with in its pale: not only in the pews, but in the pulpits. At first it was a curious novelty, and pastors found their coogre gallons increased, perhaps an hundred fold. Men flocked to the political church cs as they went to the opera, the theater, or the circus, to be excited and amused. Thcv could applaud and thev could laush there at every etnart political hit, freely and without reouke. It was religion made easy: and, liko virtuo made easy, there was very little of it left when you camo to look for it. Newspapers were used to advertise those political sermons m advance. I ar tiran journals published the sermons next day, not omitting the cheers and laughter where they properly came in, and flatter cd the preachers in editorial articles. A great deal of hard work of tho campaign was put upon their shoulders, homo of them talked politics not only two or three times every .Sunday, but odd evenings du ring the week. They were too willing to work, they were too zealous in their new cause, and they overdid it. Satiety -in the congregation soon followed excess in preaching. Tho outside attendance fell off; many of the pew owners who had liked the thing when it was new, got sick of it at list, and these preachers finally found themselves in the condition of men who, having taken a false position, feel compelled, out of regard to consistency, to maintain it at all hazards. In this re solve they have been encouraged and sustained by small but active knots of politicians, who give the tone to many of our churches, lhcre are clergymen who have eccn their flocks scattered beyond recall, and their churches sold out or turned into places of amusement before they would consent to retrace their steps to religion, pure and undented. Now is the time for ministers to weed out politics from their religion. The political reaction, of which we see the sixns all around us, is a protest against political preaching and numerous other errors and fallacies. Iho reactionary feci ing affects all classes of society, in all their relations. We believo that, if a show of hands were called for in the churches next Sun day, a majority of votes would' be found in favor of excluding politics from the pulpit: or, if tho sentiments of the mem bers should be equally divided, we believe that there would bo an almost general ac quiescence in tho pastor's determination to eschew politics for tho future. Pastors would be surprised to discover how cheer fully their peoplo would now follow their lead out of tho miry paths of politics back to the ancient trodden ways. They must by this time bo satisfied that it is impossible to get out of radical politics by going to the end of it for it has no end. The possible crochets of the radical mind are infinite. Political preachers never can say that their work is done, and lay off their harness. "Excelsior 1" is still the cry, and always will be, of the frantic agitators who occupy the van of radica movements. They care nothing for the church, except as it aids them in their dangerous ventures. While they use it they despise it. This fact is made clear in the last number .of Wendell Phillip's organ, which says: ', ''Churches and the clergy are, as form erly, for tho most part, but make-weights, or a positive drag, where they should be foremost in leading the nation in the light of immutable, fundamental Christian principles through its, presont difficult and dangerous pass." This is the gratitude which the politi cal clergy receive from those who have sought to dictate their style of preaching for a number of years. How much long er will ministers of the gospel submit to these hardest of task-masters f JOSH 1111 A AS GH PAPERS. THK CpCKUOACH. The cockroach is a bug at largo. . Ho iz wun uv tho luxuries uv civiliza- shun. He iz easy tew dornestikate, yielding raccfully tew ordinary kindness, and nev er deserting those who show him proper acts uv curtesy. Ave are led tew believe, upon a clus.j examination uv tho outward crust uv theze fushunable insckts, that tba are a highly" successful intcmarriage between tho brunette pissmire, and tho " artikilus bevo," ur common Amerikan grass-hopper. Naturalists, however, uiUer, which iz ew be lamented, for a diversity uv senti ment, upon matters so important tew the pece uv mind and moral advancement uv mankind in tho lump, creates distrust, and tends tew sap tho substrata uv all ug cthicks. But let tho learned and polite pull hair az mutch az tha pleze about the ancestral claims uv the cockroach, it iz our bizzi- ness and duty, as bug skrewtinizers, tew show tho critter up az wo find him, with out caring who hiz grandfather or grand mother waz. Thare iz no mistaking the fakt that he m a . . iz wun uv a numerous lamiiy, and that hiz attachment tew the hum uv hiz boy hood specks louder than thunder fur hiz affectionate and unadulterated natur. He don't leve the place he wuz born at upon the. slightest provacation, like the tuay ana vagrant ilea, ur the leroshus bedbug, and until dcth (ur sum vile pow der, the inveohhun uv man) knocks at biz mint door, be and hiz bruthers and sis ters may be seen with the naked eye, ev er and anon camly clarming the shoogar bowl or ruaoinz foot-races between the buttur-plates. JIaow strange it iz that man, made out uv dirt, checpist material m markit, and tfie most plenty, should be so determined to rid tho world uv every living bug but himself. i uon t doubt it be cud hav hiz own way six years, every personal cockroach wud bo nocked off from the buzzum uv the footstool, and not even a pair uv them left to repair damages with. buch iz man I a a k . lUc cockroach iz bora on the lust uv May and thi fust Novembur semi-annual Jy, and iz reddy fur use in fifteen days frum date. Tha are born frum en egg, four frum ccch egg, and consequently tha are awl twins. I hare iz no sich thing in the an nals uv natur az a stogie cockroach. The maternal buz don't set upon the egg az the goose doth, but leves them tew Iio around luce, like a pint uv spilt mus tard seed, and don't seem to care a darn whether tha get ripe ur not. But I never knew a cockroach egg tew fail tew put in an appearance. Tha are az sure tew hach out aud run as a Kanada thistle, ur a bad kold. Ihe cockroach iz uv tew kullers, sorrel and black. Tha are alwus on tho moovc, and kan trot, I shud say, on a cud track and a gud da, cluss tew 3 minnits. 1 hare I ude seems tew konsist. not so mutch on what tha cat az what tha trav il, and often finding them ded, in my supe at the boai ding-house, I hev kutn tew the kookiusion that a cockroach kan't swim but tha kan float. Naturalists hev also declared that the cockroach has no double teeth. This an important fakt, and ought tew be iz in troduccd intcw all the primary skule buks uv Amenka. Jiut the most jntcrcstmg lecture uv this remarkable bug iz the luvlyncss uv tharft naiurs. Tha kan't bite, nor sting, nor skratch, nor even jaw back. Tha are so amiable I hev even known them tew get stuck in the butter, and lay thare all day, and not holler for help, and aktually die at last with a broken hart. Tew realizo the meekness uv thczo un kumplaining little fellers, let the philo sofick mind just fcr wun moment com pare f.hem tew the pesky flea, who lisrht upon man in hiz strength and woman in her wcekucss like a red hot shot; or tew the warbling musketo, wild frum a Nu jersey cat-tail marsh, with Az dagger in niz mourn asuinjr lor oiooa: or, uorror uv horrors I teY the midnight bed bu who kreeps out uv a crack az still and az lean az a shadow and hitches on tew the buzzum uv buty like a starved leech. Evry man haz a right tew pick hiz playmates, but az fur me, I had rather visit knee deep amung cockroaches than tew hcer the dicing embers uv a single muskceter's song in the rume jincing, ur tew know that thare wuz just wun bed bug left in the wurld, and ho wuz waiting fur my kandlo tew go out and fur me tew pitch intew bed. In konklusion, tew show that I aint fuleun, I wud be willing, if I had them, tew swap ten fust-class fleas enny timo fur a small sized cockroach, and if the feller komplained that I had shaved him in the trade, I wud return the cockroach, and swaro that we wuz even. flow to Raise a Shepheed Dog. In tho course of some conversation in re lation to dogs, Gov. Anderson, of Ohio, related a Texas practice in training dogs with, sheep. A pup is taken from its mother before its eyes are opened,4 and put with an ewe to suckle. After a few times the ewe becomes reconciled to the pup, which follows her like lamb, grows up among and remains with the flock, and no wolf. man. or stranger dos: can como near the sheep, and the dog wil bring the flock to the fold regularly at 7 o clock in tho evening, if you habitu ally feed him at that hour. It is said that Bonner feeds his horse3 from a box sitting on the floor, as he be lieves it is natural for them to take their food from a level with their feet. ' NO. 21 From the Bt. Louis Democrat, ?oy. 28. A HP! RITUALIST? EXPOSED. For several weeks a so-called spiritual medium, calling himself C.W.Jackson, has been holding "seances" in the city, and giving exhibitions of various kinds of miracles. , II is principal feat was havinsr himself firmly bound by the wrists, throw- iuk tnmsvn juiq a "irauce, ana entering a dark cabinet, from which ho would emerge in a few moments with his hands free. He claimed that he was united by peopls were simple enough to belfeve hu assertions. J f Shortly after Jackson commenced op erations here Harts, tho illusionist, com menced his performances as a magician. JIaftz, being thoroughly potted in all manner of slight of hand tricks, declared that there was some juggling about Jack son s rope performance, and challenged the bpiritualtat to a trial of skill. Jack- son accepted, and a few nights ago pre sented himself at Philharmonic half, where Hartz was performing, and was bound with a rope and placed in the cab inet. He proved too much for Hartz on that occasion, and after a short stay in the cabinet, walked proudly fbrth with the rope in his hands. The Spiritual portion of tho audience wero in ecstacies at this proof of the power of the Spirits, and the great illusionist was rather chop- laucn. jiartz, nowever, was not conver ted to the Spiritual faith by this miracle, and stoutly delared that it was a trick. His assistant had performed the same feet on many occasions, and of coarse Hartz knew how it was done. The anti- Spriritualist of the audience took sides with Hartz, and several well known citi zens offered to bet large sums that thcv could tic Jackson so firmly that all tho spirits cf the Seven Spheres could not 10030 lllS D0UQJ. It was understood that on Friday eve ning the final test was to be made, and ac cordmgiy a large audience assembled to witness the trial, which took place at the close of the performance of Hartz. A Mr. Goodwin the same gentleman who watched all night in the "haunted house" winter befere last, for a ghost, and saw only a big rat, appeared upon the stage, and a lormal demand that the gentleman who propsed to tie Jackson should come forward. The gentleman, not being in the hall, did not come. Mr. Goodwin said he came as an investigator, and went into a disquisition ou spiritualism. He said no doubt how the trial with Jackson might terminate, it would not shake his faith in the beautiful philosophy of spir itualism. He had baa proofs enough to satisfy himself independent of Jackson's demonstrations. Mr Goodwin then stated to the audi ence tjiat it would devolve upon them to to select a Committee to tic the medium. After a few minutes spent in speechifying umsioner, was selected as one of the committee. Mr. McBridge was chosen as the second, - but declining on the ground that he was not a skilful knot tier. Jenks, of the Democrat, was elected, and the committee proceeded to discharge the duty assigned them. Jackson was sitting on the stage looking as innocent as a lamb, and Goodwin appeared to be acting as his spokesman. The first thing done by the committee was to propose to search the medium. To this Jackson objected, but finally agreed to a partial search. He was ta ken behind tho cabinet, out of the view of the audience, and the search com menced. In his vest pocket was a horn comb, some bits of string, two or threo matches, and some other small articles. Jenks, who had frequently witnessed the process of searching at the police station, soon came across something which excited his suspicion. Running his hand inside of the pants of the medium, he seized hold of the end of a rope and drew the medi um forward in view of the audience. The rope proved to be a coil of six or eight feet wound around Jackson's body at thd waist, greased with coal oil, and knotted at both ends. He hauled the rope out, and holding it before the audience, an nounced that the medium had come to the cud of his rope. Jenks asked Jack son why he had the ropo around his body, and the reply was, "I guess I have a right to carry a rope with me." This discovery created intense excitement in the audience, and there was considerable confusion for a time, but Colonel Meyer requested silence, and tho crowd becamo calm. , The search was continued, and in one of the medium's shoes was found a small sharp-bladed penknife. This was another discovery that caused a murmur among tho audience The tieing was then proceeded with aud it was agreed that the assistant cf Hartz should tie Jackson's hands,' under supcrvison of the committoe and the illu sionist. Jackson's wrists were according ly bound firmly together, so that ho could not slip his hands through, qnd he was seated in a chair and soon went into his "tranced condition." The doors of the cabinet were then closed, and amid profound silence the spirits were left to do their work, Jackson had complained that his wrists were tied too tight, but his objections were overruled by the au dience, and he was made to face the mu sic. After remaining in the dark cabinet about five minutes, ho called out to have tho door opened, and stepped forward with his wrists as firmly bound as at first. He acknowledged that the "influence" was of no avail, and that the spirits could not set his hands free. The audience re ceived tho admission with varied emotion -the Spiritualist, declared that the man had not been allowed a fair chance, and the skeptics rejoicing in the exposure of a humbug. ' : ' ' : Hartz was jubilant,; Jackson was crest fallen, and had but little to say." ; This exposure revealed ; the modus operandi of the "Spirits" in untying Jack son, Ho generally had himself tied with a rope furnished by himself, and conceal ed on his person was an exact duplicate RATES OP ADVERTISING : rtn year j On Column, $100 ; Half Column, tCO j Quarter Col nmo, $35. Transient Advertisements per Square often liaea or less, first Insertion, $3 j each subsequent laser tlon,$I. A square is one inch in space down tbo column counting cots, display lines, blanks, Ac, as solid matter. No advertisement to be eonsidered than a square, and all fractions eounted a full square. AH advertisements inserted for a less period ti an threo months to be regarded as tran. lent. of that rope. After being tied', it was an easy thing for him to get the knife out of his shoe and cut the rope. The cut rope was concealed on his person, and the un a. m Z cut rope was brought lorth and shown to the audience, and they believed it to be the rope with which he had been tied. The trick was a yery shallow one. hoped that this will bo the last of this will not be so easily gulled in future. HARK TWAI3T, The following paragraph is regard to the celebrity known as 3Iark Twain, we find going the rounds of the newspapers: "31aik Twain (Samuel M. Clemmeni is a man of about 22 years cf age. sparse ly built, of medium height, and wears ou his face a dark moustache. His features are as fair as & boy's, and in his two eyes there twinkles boundless humor. He dresses in scrupulous black pants, test. and swallow-tailed coat, a small diamond glistens in his shirt bosom. In lecturing, he seldom casts a glance on the manu script on the tripod, but walks listlessly vu udu iro oeiore ms audience. A few years ago, Mark Twain that is, Sam. Clemmcns was a printer's devil, a newspaper carrier, at Hannibal. He workedwas a boy of all work in tho office of his brother,' who published a Whig paper in that city. He is now & man of some note throughout the coun try, but is indebted to nobody but him self and to the genius with which the Creator endowed him for his present po. sition. He has carried out his own desti ny, and will make it win. He might have been a third-rate switch-tender to serve a one-horse railroad, at a country station but he thought not He is a good fellow lias "gone in" on his brains, and will win. Clay and Randolph. The cause of the duel between these two distinguished men, was the following insulting language used by Mr. Randolph towards Mr. Clay, in secret session of the Senate, in the year 1835: "This man (manhood, I crave your pardon) this worm (little animals, for give tne insult) was spit out of tho womb of weakness was raised to a high er life than he was born to, for he was raised to the society of blackguards. Some fortune kind to him, cruel to us has tossed him to the Secretary of State. Contempt has the property of descending, 4 but she stops far short of him. She would die before she would reach him ; he dwells beneath her fall. I would hate him if I did not despise. It is not what he is, but where he is, that puts my thoughts in action. The alphabet which writes the name of Thersites, . of black guard, of squalidity, refuses her letters for him. That mind which thinks oa what it cannot express can scarcely think on him. An hyperbole for meanness would be an elipsis for Clay." How to Fit Collars to Horses' Shoulders. It is very important to have a collar fit nicely and snugly to the shoulders of a horse. It enables him to work with a great deal more ease, and to apply a great deal more strength. It pre vents galling and wounding, as the fric tion is avoided. Collars are made, or . should bo so made, as to throw the chief force on the lower part of the shoulders. The horse can apply but little strength on the upper part, and for this reason breast collars are coming greatly in vogue, as the strength is exerted cn the lower part of the shoulders of the horse. The collar should be purchased of the proper size. They are usually too large. If ob- , tained of the proper size, just before put ting it on the first time, immerse it in . water, letting it rematn about a minute, and immediately put it on the horse, be ing careful to have the hames so adjusted at the top and bottom as to fit the shoul ders, and then put the horse to work. . The collar, by being wet, will adapt it self to the shoulders, and should dry on the horse. Wheo taken off it should be left in the same shape it occupied on the horse, and ever after you will have a snug; fitting collar and' no wounds. Valley Farmer. To Cure a Cold. The following is from HalV 3 Journal of Heulth; "The moment a person is satisfied that he has taken cold, let him do three things: First, cat nothing : second, go to bed, cover up, in a warm room ; third, drink as much cold water as he can, or as he wants, or as much herb tea as he can, and in three cases out of four he will be well in thirty six hours. To neglect a cold for forty-eight hours after the cough com mences is to place himself beyond cure, until the cough run its course of about a fortnight. Warmth and abstinence are safe, certun cures, when applied early. . Warmth keeps the pores of the skin open and relieves it of the surplus which op pressed it, while abstinence cuts off the supply of phlegm, which would otherwise be coughed up. ' " .-'. s Following is an epitaph on a tombstone in New Jersey : "Reader, pass on I don't waste your time O'er bad biography and bitter rhyme j For what I am, this crumbling clay insures, And what I teas, is no affair of yours." A clerical diner is so addicted to scrip tural texts that ha invariably orders "Roast beef, well done, good and faithful v servant" . , . -?;,r..;' A woman is not fit to have a baby who ; does not know how to hold it J and, this is ; as true of. a tongue as of a baby ., . 7 What goes against a farmer's grain, His mowing machine, ' J e A