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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. PUBLISHED BYCBT SATUBDAT, IT ABBOTT & BROWN K. B. ABBOTT. I X. T. BROW. CFFICE IN HANNON'S BUILDING. FIRST STREET. TERIIS,! adtakcb: Ontycar,$3; Six Months tJj Ona Mouth, 50 ets.; Single Copies, 121 cts. Correspondents writing Ter assumed signatures r anonymously, must maVa known their proper Karnes to the Editor, or no attention will be given U their communications. Ail Letters and Communications, whether on . luslaess for publication, should U addressed to Abbott & Brown. BUSINESS CARDS. C, H. RAFFETY, M. D., . .PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, UlU BUENA VISTA, OREGON. - 'March JT, 1869. v4n32m3. BEN J IIAYDEN, Attoraey suad Cennsellar at Law, "TVill attend to all business entrusted to him by -itixens ( TfA and adjoining counties. '.toia, ij icq, rSniltf OFFICE OF COnTT SCHOOL SCPERiXTEX'T, AT WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB- A anon, oa tha fcaniiam. post Gee address, Lebanon. -T W M AUK. ' T9nt51y Co. School Superintendent C- C3-- CXTBL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, v SALEM, OREGON : Will eraetica In all the Courts of this State and nriU attend the Circuit Court term, in Linn county a4 tha entire District. OEca in atkinds , Co . brik.ap.tai. v3a48ji ATTORNEY AT 1 A TV, ALBANY. OREGON. D ILIGENT attention wiU be gircn to all busi- ness In his line. ju23r4n23tf. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED ! DR. E. H. GRIFFIN Preposcs to make his rates for Dental serriccs fjr the sear 1869, as fwllows. rt : KuVpperand lower act of Art. Teeth. $39 0 Toll upper or lower " 44 " J ?. I irot teeth, $2,50 each. Filling teeth, from $1 to Sleaeheasitr. Extraetin. 50 cents re r tooth, acansing. 50 cents to $1,53, Other minor cpera toas ia proportion- Terms. L. S. com or u "'NB.OSee eer Bentley'a shoa store, in tha a!d post office building, opposite Foster's nnck, Alban" Oreffon. DR. E. II. GRIFFIN. ' Dee. 30, 1868 T4n23tf. K. II.CBASOR, 1TT0S5ET ASD COCSSELLOS AT iAW, OrriCE la Noreross' Brick DaiUing, up-stairs, Alb any, Oregon, ai C. A. BLACKLEY, FASHIONABLE BARBER A?i0 HAIR DRESSER. WOULD RESPECTS LLY INFORM THS eitiiens of Albany f. at be has opened a Barbor Shop, on Main strc: , duors above Parruh'a Block, where be is j r i ared to accotn m idats all who may desire anjtaing in the tonso- lial iine- , . . , He alo etates that bis icrrices can bo bad at any time, with due notice, to CALL FIGURES FOR PAET1ES CR BALLS, en reasonable terms. dcel2'4nl7mt JOHN J. WHITNEY, ATTORNEY ASD COHSELLOS AT LAW and Notary PuMic Special attentions given to collections. Office In the Couit House. Albany, Oregon. ' T3n33tf. 31. CANTERBURY, 31. D.. Physician and Surgeon, CORTALLIS, OREGON. - fiS"0&et, B. R. Biddlc's Drag Store. botH'CS T4nl3tf G. W. GRAY D. D. 8., GRADUATE OF THE GS05HAT1 DISTAL COLLEGE, -wirrnTTT.D TWITE ALL PERSONS DE3IB- V V inr Artificial teeth and first-class Dental Atwr.tim tn trirfl htm a cull. Vnlemita Bais with eold plate liniags, and other new styles of work, may be seen at his offiee. up stairs in rarrutt yo. t Residence, corner of Seeond and Raker streets. a?rllfG3r3n34tf jr. powitll. L. FLisa. POWELL Sc FLISS, ATTORNEYS AXD COUNSELLORS AT LA WAND SOLICITORS IN CHANCER Y, (L. Flinn, Kotary Public.) f A LBANY, Oregon. Collections and eonrey- J ances promptly attended to. oc20n!01y W. 3. HILTAJJIDEL. F. It. BZOriKLD. HILTABIDEIi fe CO., ITI E ALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI 33 ioa$, Wood and Willow Ware, Confection ery, Tobaeeo, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store a lUine street, adjoining the Express office, Al bany, Oregon, j . sc28v3n7tf ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and t'i inity that he has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict ttteatioq to easiness, expects to salt all those frho may favor him w'.th their patronage. Having Jieretofore carried oa nothing bat , ' I'lrst-Class Hair Dressing Sajoons, Ae etpects to gire entire satisfaction to alL 2grCbiidteo and Ladies' Hair neatly eut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. apr4v3n33tf r. r. xussell, ' Alt' at Law, Notary Public. Xf5e ia Parriah's k Co.'s Block, First JStreet, - I ALBANY, OREGOH. ,t5 naring taken into co-partnership James Elkins, J!sq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we arc enablsd to add to our practice of law and collec tions, superior facilities for -AKD ittendiosr to Probate Bu line at. Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully drawt.' Homestead and Pre-emption papers made and Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on reasai able rates. All business entrusted to them will bo promptly m to. RUPSELL, A ELKINiL 'TATE VOL. IV. ADVE11TISKMENTS. STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT JOB PRINTING FICE. FIRST ST., ALBANY, OREGON. W E hare connected with this office a first-class JOB and are prepared, at shortest notice, to fill, in the neatest manner, any order that may be sent us. Executed Speedily, and in a satis factory Style, at Prices CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST! Theatres, Concerts, and Publio Meetings, Accommodated at the Shortest .Notice ilEN SUPPLIED WITH CARDS, BILLS. DILL-HEADS. DILLS LADIN'J, CHECKS, LETTER HEAD INGS, lc. BALL CIRCULARS. ELECTION TICKETS, BALL TICKETS. CENSUS BLANKS, DRUGGISTS' LAIiELS. T.TOI70R LABELS- ORDERS OF DAN CING. NOTES OF HAND. DRAY RECEIPTS, LEGAL IJLANK5 OF ALL, KJ.U5, CIRCULARS. BILLS OF FARE, PROGRAMMES. SHIPPING RECEIPTS. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, CATA LOGUES, AND BY-LAWS. All Orders Promptly Attended to AliliU l i fc IJKUWaN, "State Rights Democrat" Job Office. Notice to Blacksmiths and generally ! the Public JUST RECEIVED By steamer direct from San Franisc, a let of IRON AND STEEL! which I w',11 pot in the market at lower rate" than ercr before oOVred in this place, Tor Cfts!l Or trade ! Also, 49 KEGS OF EXTRA HEAVY COLD 3 SYBCP, clear as Honey ; also a lot of No. 1 SUGAR, and a good aiiurtmtni of FANClr DRY GOODS of ail kinds, at the Cash Storj of March 20, lS5!f r4fc2Itf. R. CHEADLE. THE EYES! TIIEEA11S! DR. T. L. GOLDEN, OCULIST AND AURIST, ALBANY, OREGON. Dr. Golden (a snn of the not-rd Old Ophthalmic Doctor, S. C. Golden), has bad experience in treat ing the rarious ditcascs to which the eye and car aro subject, and feels ecafideat of giving ectire satisfaction to those who way place tbcmclrcs under his care. apr!Cv4u34tf SIIERFF'K HAM:. NOTICE IS HEREBY tJIVEN THAT BY virtue of an execution issued out of the Cir cu.t Court of the Stats of Oregon, for Linn county, and to me directed and delivered, in favor of IL IJ. Moore and J. Norcro. plaintiff, and against Charles Morton, defendant, for tbe sum of $151 50. judjintnt &nd eofts of suit, I have this I3th day of April. A. I. I SCO. levied upon tbe undivided otie-balf interest of :tid Charles Morton in tbe following described real estate, to wit: Commencing 40 rods Smth of the Nortb-Eaft corner of tbe South-East quart r of Stction 27, Township lb, South, Range 4, West ; thence South 60 Rods ; thence Went CO Rods ; thence North CO Rod ; thence East CO Rods, to tbe place of bo trianing, lying and being in the county of Linn, State of Or?gun ; and on Saturday, the Ibth day of May, 18C9. between tbe hours of 9 o'clock a. w. and 4 o'clock v. x. of said day, in front of the Court Home door, in tho city c f Albany, Linn Co., O'gn, I will sell tbe above described property for cah in hand, at public outcry, to the bigtust and bet bidder. Dated this 13th day of April, A. D. 1SC9. R. A. IRVINE. r4n35w4. Sheriff Linn county, Oregon. WOTXC23 OF FIWAL SETTiEaiEKT. D a P. FOOTE AND ALEXANDER KIRK, executors of the estate of Eleanor Foote, dee'd. have this day filed their account in tbe County Court of Linn county, Oregon, praying for a final settlement or tbe same, and to be dicbargcd as such Executors. Therefore, notice is hereby given that said ap plication and settlement will be beard and deter mined at the Court House, in said county, en Saturday, the Bth day of May, 1809, and all persons interested in said estate are hereby required to file tbeirobjections to said accountand tbe settlement thereof on or before said day. By order of said Court. S. A. JOHNS. , April 6, 18C9 n34w4. County Judge. Russell k Elkixs. Atty's for Executors. NOTICE OF PINAL SETTLEMENT B- CAREY, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE estate of William Terry, deceased, has this day filed bis accountin tbe County Court of tho county of Linn, State of Oregon, praying a final settle ment of the same and to be discharged as such Administrator ; Therefore, notice )s hereby given that said account and the settlement thereof will be heard and determined on ' Saturday, the Slh day of May, 18C9, at the Court House in tbe city of Albany, in said county, and all persons interested in said estate will file their objections to said account and tbe settlement thereof on or before said day. By order of said Court, , 8, A. JOHNS, March 1, I860 n34w4 . County Judge, - N. H. Cbakok, Att'y for Adm'r. NOTICE OF PINAL SETTLEMENT. 0 OIIN BRYANT, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE estate of J, M. Humphrey, dee'd, has this day filed his acoouot in the County Court of Linn county, Oregon, praying for a final settlement of the same and to be discharged as sucb Administrator. Therefore, notice is hereby given that said op plication and settlement will be heard and deter mined at the Court House in said county, oq Saturday, the Sth day of May, 1869, and all persons interested in said estate are hereby reauirod to filo their objections to said account and the settlement thereof on or before said day. Byi order of said Court. , . April 6, 1859. ' S. A. JOHNS, County Judge. N. H. Cbajtob, Att'y for Adm'r. n34w4 ALBANY, r o ii x n y. A DOMESTIOJPIOTURE. Snn sat on a sofa, her fret m a stool. In her bands wero uooillc and yarn, A bundle of stockings was piled ut her side, Which needed both stitching and darn. She took up a stocking, 'twas out at the tool, In llid Ifg was a gapjig wound J U'uilo gttaiug upon it her lips wero compressed, And it sociuctl to mo that shu frowned j But It passed liko a sliadgw from w'ur her swoct face, As if her good spirit said "no l" And bonding down cheerily over tha work, Her neodltf went fait to and fro i Her dark eves turned downward, her dark bair combed back. Her face very youthful and fair, Thus busily plying her needle and yarn, She Hitched with most wvtnanly care I As thus sbo sat darning in silence, alone, 'T was a tableau more etrikiog to me Than visions of rplendvr 'moug fashion's proud throng, In the rich balls of revelry. I've seen daitling beauties like fairies glide cn When the dutae and tbe musie went sound. But never before, on tho ocean or shore, A prettier picture have found. I've roeti senoritit take burp and guitar, And melody sweep from the chord, Mod enchunting "t was less attractive to ma Than the scene I have painted In words. Sicca then waves of Lctho have swept o'er my heart, Defacing youth's strong hopes and fears Frleuds trusted and cberuhed have changed or have perished, And dead is the life of g-ne years ! But I will remember, tilt death's chilling breath Has frotcu all life from tny heart, The action, the grace, and the face of the maiden. Who darned with such womanly art! THE OLD, OLD STORY, tr MixxenAtiA. I bade him good-bye whh a laughing eye, - In a careless, girlith way; But I turned slide In time to hide Tbe tear that wa bound to stray Vet I brushed it off with a joyous laugh, It nad fallen by him uacen; For be mutt not know, cm I turned to go. What a foolitb girl I'd been. He mutt cut know why I treinb'.ed so, 'Ncitn the glance of bis dark blue cyt ; But Lack la tny heart f r m wbeuce it would start, I tnut cruh the rebel sib; I hurried along through a inct'ey throng. Bet my eye with tears were d'm. Ad I my h:art wa for 'l wauld teat no mere, Willi the hope that I was tlcar to hint. For Lis words were cold, and bis parting told Me, eatb watta lore throb to sitit But my ptin wild, like a wayward child. Would yield nvt to reason's will. I ha'l loved Liin long, though I knew 'twas wrBg, For be gave me bo took, uo word ; Yet paasiug me by with a careless eye. The chords of uiy heart werestlrrcd. I have seen b'.m smile on tbe lovely, wbl'.s .He has o.'tculliati frowned on uie; Tet bis name and face I can ne'er erase From the book f my wuoorr, I wilt keep thcut there, and rfUu in prayer His dcarnaiae I'll waft above, And i!u angels aloue, whU the night wil d's o.4sn. Will bear of lay Li-j.:c; love. GRANDMA'S DREAM. I winder what grandma Is thinking' about, Aa she sits in the cornsr there, With tbe Erc'-ight sl.iaing im ber eyes. And over her silver bair? She has laid ber knitting across br knee, .And fvldvi her bands so tb-n, And I know tbot ber thoughts are far away, la spite of tbe children' dia. I'm sure it l something strange and sweet. That brightens her eyes s- dun ; Perhaps sue is se.ing the g -M -n gates. And bearing tbe bukcI' hymn ! And ah wiles to think that she soon will bo Where the winder,' iI river rol's. And g-ither the roses of youth again, In tbe bcautilul garden of souls! KTEAIJ.NG FBOII TIIK INDIANS. Mr. GarficKI, of Ohio, gives tho fol lowing illustration of the manner in which the public money is used ly the Indian Bureaus, in an extract from a letter written by a tlistinguiied ar my officer for many years in the ter ritories: "I fpeak what I know when I av that of every dollar appropriated by Congress lor the bioux during the last ten years, eighty cents have been stolen only twenty cents reaching the Indians. In 1850, when the af flicted tribes were brought from Tex as, a large sum was paid for moving them, although they moved without aid. They were settled on the Wa- snita and fed bv Government until . - a t mm tne rebellion urokcotit. incy never exeecde I twenty-five hundred in num ber, yet they were mustered on paper at mix or eight thousand. The con tract was let to feed them one pound of beef and, one 'pound of flour per soul daily. Texas cattle not averag over lour hundred pounds net were issued to them at eight hundred pounds; and although the contract call ed for good merchantable flour, yet, during the year and a half I was there the Indians never saw an otinec of flour. The agents gave them shorts and middlings, whifor the government paid for flour. These rogueries havo been, going from bad - to worse for the last 20 years. Fit&y SpoKEN.Hero Is a sweet pic turc from a sad setting ; At a funoral of a littlo child, tho silvery-haired pastor entered tho room. Heeding not tho chair placed for him by the small table with the Bible upon it, he walked first to tho littlo form, gazed upon it, laying his hand upon tho marblo fore head, spoko first to tho dead: "Dear lamb ! safe in the fold; safe. in the fold;'1 Every heart throbbed, and every eyo gave forth its tears at this sweetly solemn con gratulation. Tho words or comfort rest ed in the parents' hearts then and ever after, and those present who had also mourned, believed and looked upward. Syracuse has a scandal case. A travel ing ogent returned homo sooner than was expected, and arriving at night fouud a substitute in his place. Ho didn't have an attack of momentary insanity, but simply waited until his wifo and her lov er had time to dress and then " politely showed them the front door and bid them depart, and return do moret OREGON, SATURDAY, VVS AMD DOWNS IN THE WOULD. "Sir, bring nto a good, plain dinner," said a melancholy looking individual to a waiter in one of the priucipul liotelu in a Wcaicru iStuic. Yes, ir." The dinner was brought nad dovourcd, and tho outer called the landlord asido and ill us addressed hiui: You aro tho landlord?" Yes." "You do a good business hero?". 'Yes," (in astonishment.) You make probably $10 a day clear?" 'Then I am afo. I cannot pay for what I have consumed. I have been out of employment fur seven mouths, but have cnguged to work to-morrow. I havo been without food four and twenty hour when I colored your place. I will pay you in a week." 'I cannot pay my bills with such prom- ifics, blustered the landlord, "and I do not keep a poor house. You should dress tho proper authorities. Lcavo something for security." "I have notInng, "I will take your coat." If I go iu the street without that, I will Kct my death, such weather as this." You should have thought of that be fore ytu came here." You arc serious ? Well, I solemnly aver that ouo week from now I will pay you." I will tako your coat." Tho coat was left, and a week after wards redeemed. Hcvcn years after that a wealthy man entered tho political arena, and was pre sented to the caucus as ao applicant for a Congressional nomination. Tho Chair man of the caucus huld his peace. He heard the name and history of the appli cant, who was a member of tho Church, and ouo of the most respectable citizcus. Tho vote wis a tic, and he cast a nega tive, thereby defeating tho wealthy appli cant, whom ho met au hour afterward, and to whom he aid: 'You don't remember mo?" N'j." I once ate dinner in your hotel, and al though i was famishing, and pledged my word an honor to p,iy you to a week, you took my coat and Kavr me go out in the in cleoicut air, at the risk of my life, with out if." Well ir, what then?" "Xot much. You call yourclf a Chris tian. To-night you wero a candidate for nomination, and but for me you would have been elected to Congress $i Three year oftcr, the Christian hotel keeper bccimo bankrupt. Tho dinncrlcss wretch that wa. is now a high functiona ry. The ways of Providence aro indeed wonderful, and the world mutations al most bcyou J couiprcbcndoo or belief. vovit riirvr Mivi:i:Tiic.inT. aou ucver can lorct tier, fctte was o very young and intuccnt, and pretty She hud such away of looking at yu over her hymo book in church, bhe dune, of all tho world, did not think you a boy at eighteen, but wondered at your size ami your icarmnsr, and your Xaittt foreshadowing of a audy moustache, and believed you every inch a man. When at these stupid evening parties, when a a a a a ony Hirmid imvo been in the nuracry, and the girl, who should have eaten sup per of bread and milk, and gocc to sleep hours bclorc. wahzed and flirted, and made themselves ill over oyster and champagne, you were favored by a glance from her eye or a whisper from her lips, you acou'Jcd to the seventh heaven im mediately. When once, upon a memora ble eve, she polked with tho druggist's clerk, and never even looked at you, how miserable you were. It is funny to think or now, but it was not funny then, for you were awfully in earnest. Once, at a pic-nic, she woro a white dresi, and had ro?cs twined in her golden hair, and she looked so like a brido that you fairly trembled. Sometimes you thought, in just such snowy costume, with just such blossoms iu her hair, she might stand besido tho altar, and you, most blessed of all mortals, might place a golden ring upon her finger ; and when you were left ulono with her for a moment, some of your thoughts would force themselves into words, and though she blushed and ran away, and would uot let you kiss her, she did not seem angry. And then you were somehow parted for a littlo while, and when you met again she was walking with another, gentleman, a largo, well-whiskered man of twenty-eight or thirty, and had neither word or smile for you ; and some well-meaning gossip informed you shortly alter that she was "engaged" to tho tall gentleman with black whiskers, and that ''it was a splen did match." It was terrible news to you then, and sent you off too some great city, far from your native place, where, after a good deal of youthful grrf, and many resolutions to die and haunt her, you re covered your equanimity, and began to make money and to call love stuff and nonsense. ' , You have a rich wife of your own now, and grown up children aye, even two or three grandchildren, about your hearth; your hair is gray, and you lock your heart up io tho fire-proof safe' at your counting house wheu you go homo at night. And you thought that you had forgotten that littlo cpisdo of your nine teenth year, until the other day, when you road of her death io tho papers. You know sho was a stout lady, who wore glasses, and had daughters older than she was in that oldon time, but your heart went back and you saw her smilinpr and blushing, with her golden hair about her face, and yourself a boy again, dreaming of wedding rings, and you laid your gray old head upon your office desk and went for the memory ot your farst sweetheart Western papers call the strong minded women " Knights ot th,$ uar ter." . "... MAY 1, 18G9. From tbe New Vurk Independent WOMEN CXr.ItKfi IN WASHING TON, Wo publish tho following letter bear- - am- a a ing the signaturo or a woman, a clerk in tho Treasury Department,- though we havo no personal acquaintance with her. It Iter statements are true, they should arrest tho attention of tho public : if fake, let them be exposed: JUEA8UIIY DEPAUTMKNT, WASHING TON, v. C. March l'J. lyuu. Iu Iho lat number of the Independent I noticed a paragraph stating that tho compensa tion of tho women employed in the de partments at Washington was about to be mado the same as that paid to men; and, us a woman, and an employe of the Gov ernment, I trust there can be no objec tion against my presenting my views re garding tho subject. JLhc masses ot tho women at the pres ent time employed io the departments are not possessed of very brilliant clerical abilities. On tho contrary, very many of them havo scarcely education enough to tell the day of tho week by a counting houo calendar; and they owo their ap pointment and continuance in ofiice to their personal advantages. When a man receives an appointment to a clerkship, he ts obliged to appear before a band of de partmental o flic-cm, and undergo an ex amination ; and. although tho examina tion is not as strict as that imposed on tho graduating class of a New England college, yet it is so difficult that not one woman m a hundred could pass it satis factorily. I, for one claim that woroeo educa ted women; of courfe arc as competent to perform brain labor as men ; but I do, most emphatically, object-to having girls in their tccui. with no other rccommcn dation than a prc'ty face or a pretty foot, place themselves upon an intellectual par with men and women of education. I am xeiry to make the confession, but the truth lurces it, that tho department! arc filled with females crowded, I may say. with those tho serve the govern ment in no other way except to embarrass the public officials in the discharge of their duties. I could furnish the names of scores and scores of women, whom the heads of departments have tried to get rid of for months and years as being ut terly worthless, yet have been unable to do so oa account of outside influences. I could furnish tha names ot scores of women who do not pcrfutm an hour' work per diem fur the government; not to every instance because they are un willing. butbccaue they do not have the work there being too many engaged in tho sama labor. In the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, for instance, one third of the force employed would be quite suEcicnt to perform the labor. This is n i speculation on ny part. I know whereof I afiirm.-" In the post ofTico department the law provides fur fifty female clerks, and desks arc arranged for that number; yet ex Postmaster General Itandall appointed orw hundred and five. During the two weeks immediately prior to his exit he appointed thirty female clerks ; and for what reason heaven only knows, since nearly one fifth of those already employ cd had nothing to da nay, not even a scat in the office. I cart conceive of no earthly reason Randall had in appointing these women, unless it was to embarrass his succet-sor. In conclusion, I hob) that women who arc competent to perform the same labor as men should receive the same compen sation, atid be subject to the same condi tions, for violating which thev should be dismissed. - Every woman employed should be sub jected to the sa mo examination as men, and personal beauty or laxity or morals ought not to bo a recommendation, as is too often tho case. Tho examining board should bo wemcn. In order to prevent corruption in all bureaus where women aro employed, there should bo female auditors. I have ao instance in my mind where one malicious woman clerk caused the removal of some five or six faithful men, simply because they refused to lend money to her husbaud ( ?), a worthless blackguard, who never paid his debts. I am happy to state that the auditor who made these remove Is has just resigned aud gone to tho Wet. Congress or the President ought to af ford us some protcctioo, if they allow us to occupy offices. Wo ought not to be insulted by having the paramours and mistresses of members of Congress forced upon us, and bo obliged to tolerate their society day by day. Let Mr. Boutwcll clean out the riff-raff and pollution of his department. Let him appoint moral and competent women; then let us bo paid according to our merits, buch is the earnest prayer of every honest woman clerk. Hannah Tyler." i'OUTENESS. A simpio lellow onco said of a famous belle : "I could have courted and married her easy enough, if I'd wanted to." "And pray why didn t you y asked his Incnd. lOh, when I began to spark her, you see, she took mo on ono side and politely tsked to be excused, and so I excused her. " Pauticulau A few weeks since, in a Boston eating house, a man discovered a cockroach iu - his pudding. He turned the insect over, cxaimiocd it closely, and finally remarked to a person who was sit ting near him : "That .ain't right. I don't liko it, and if I find another I won't eat tbe pudding." A pedestrian in Ireland met a man and asked him why tho miles were so long. Pat replied : "You see, now, the road tire not good, so the contractors made up lor it by good measure" 'A Southern paper is, opposed to the education of women as surgeons. It Bays that, suppose that one wero put under the influence ot chloroiorm by Buch doctor, "what is to prevent tho woman from kissing you r NO. 37. WOSDEnS Of TCLCGIlAfll. Tho particulars, of an interesting , tele graphic experiment aro given by tho Buf falo Courier as follows : .For the purpose of arriving at tho dif ference io rncau time between San Fran cisco and Boston, the wires of tho West ern Union Telegraph Company have nightly been connected for nearly a month past from one side of tho conti neat to the other; and the ticking of a chronometer in 'Cambridge Universitv has been observed and recorded in San Francisco with a most remarkable decree of accuracy. This is done bv canmrtin? the pendulum of the chronometer at Cam bridge with tho wire in such a manner that the main circuit is broken, and in stantly closed at every beat or tick of the timepiece. At any time during sn evening of the past rnontli a visitor to the operating f . S -mm . ft rooms or uie western Union TeJcfrranh office in this city might havo heard ono ot tire littlo instruments beating the measured time of tho sixtieth part of a minute, with the monotony and regularity of a chronometer itself. Tick J tick! tick! One, two, three, four, five minutes elapse, and then the little monitor ceases Back comes i uo answer irom san Francisco to Boston : 'All risthtt vonr upennA came good, and havo been recorded for Dve minutes. Go ahead five minutes more Y Again, tick ! tick I tick ! for five minutes and then San Francisco says again : AH right. Are you ready to take my signals?' And the answer from Bos ton is : '1 cs, go ahead V Tick I tick ! tick I says ban l'rancisco for the allotted live minutes, and Boston says, in his turn All right!' nut notwithstanding the speed with which these pulsations of a clock fly from one ide of eur continent to the other, it is known there is a Jews of time in the transmission. How to arrive at this loss and measure it, w tho next question. Nothing easier; a second wire is switch 1-. , . ... ... cu into piacc, a 'repeater is added at Boston, and, presto ! 'tis done. Now the clock ticks made at San Francisco rush on the wings of light over the three thousand miles of wire to Bostoo, and back again to San Francisco orcr the sec ond wire, and record tfcemselves at the point of starting, in something less than sixty seconds of time, having, in the in terval, traversed 0,000 miles. Last night (I-ebruary, 28) witnessed the successful completion oi this last experiment, and the flight of electricity was actually measured, so to speak, as easily as one measures a yard of muslin. Never before in the world's history hasi sucn a wonacnui teat been attempted, and that this has been brought to a suc cessful conclusion is dee entirely to the beautiful working of the Western Union Company's wires, together with theassid ious attention and superior ability of its cmoloyces. Trace the route on tbe map, and mark the immense distances so light ly glided over by the subtle fluid. U he route i from Boston, through A! of course, doubled, forming for all practi- i . i ... ,. . eai purposes uui a single circuit. Teaching School. A gentleman from Swampville was telling how many different occupations he had attempted. Among others he nad tried school teach ing. How long did you teach V asked a by-standcr. ;'Did you hire out ?" "Wal, I didn't Lire out; I only went to hire out." - 41 Why did you give it up V Wal, I giu it up for some reason or nothcr ; you see I traveled into a district and enquired for the trustees. Somebody said Mr. Snicklcs was the man I wanted to seo. So I found Mr. Snick les named my object, introduced myself, and asked him what he thought about letting me try my lock with the boys and tho unruly gals in the decstriet. He wanted to know if I really considered myself capable ; I said I wouldn't mird hi asking me a few easy things in 'rithnietic jography, or showiog my hand writting. He said no, never mind, he could toll a good teacher by his gait." , "Let me see you walk off a little ways," said he, and I can tell jist'a well's I'd heard you examined." 'He sot in the door as he spoke, and I tho't ho looked a little skittsh ; but I was considerably frustrated and I didn't care much. So I turned round and walked on as smart as I knowed how : he said ho'd tell me when to stop, so I kept on till 1 thought I d gone far enough ; then I 'spectcd something was to pay, and looked round. Wal, the door was shut, Snicklcs was gone. 'Did you go back V i "Wal, no; I didn't apply for. another school," said the gentleman from Swamp ville. "I rather guess my appearance "William," thee knows I never call anybody hard names but, William, if tho Mayor were to corao to me and say, "Joshua, I want thee to find me the big gest liar in all this city," I would come to thee and put my hand on thy shoulder and say : "William, the Mayor wants to see thee. . , -' ; . .1 A "colored lady" called at a store in Appleton, Wis,, last week to buy a pair of 'flcsh-col6red" hoso. The matter-of-fact clerk innocently took down a box of black stockings for her inspection. Miss Dinah indignantly left the store. , - ": ,ii i ii "tfrar - " A DIFFERENCE. Streets differ from men in some respects. Tho former are of littlo account except when laid out. ; the latter of scarcely none when in a like con dition.5 ',"'7 '". -;7.; Fifty loyal gentlemen want to serve their country as consul at Frankfort, and thirty desire the privilego of going to Dresden. , bany, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Virginia City to San Francisco, and this route is. RATES 0 ADVERTISING t m rt a; Ob Co'asaa, $100 1 Half Column, $30 j Qtttrttr Ctl- QtBD, $35. ' ' ' - ' Transient Adrertlsementl per Square often lists or less, first insertion, $3 each subsequent laser tlon,$l, - - - - - "". -v- . " A square Is one Iceh In space down tha eclama. eonntisg euts, display lines, blanks, Jke., as solid matter. No advertisement to be considered lest than a square, and air fractions counted a full square. All advertisements inserted for a- less period than three months to bo regarded as traa JLIEUTENANT DEBDY, This person was a character in the ear ly settlement of California, and his book Pacific coast. As a humorist he had few W m - mt superiors. lie wrote nnder the com dd plume of John Phoznix. It was he who took editorial charge of the San Diego absence of Ames, the proprietor, and changed the polities of the paper from s Democratic to ft Whig sheet. He died several years before the war. The follow ing anecdote from the Oakland Tran- script, is illustrative oi ms pieasaniry ; When Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War, he Lsued circulars to all tho army officers, asking them for specifica tions for a proposed new uniform. Phoe nix, who was a splendid draftsman, set fo work and produced a design. He made 00 great change in the uniform, but he proposed revolutionizing the entire sys tem of modern tactics by an iron hook. This hook was to be attached to the seat of every soldier's pants. . It applied to every man of the service. cavalry, infantry and artillery. Be illus trated its use by a series of well-executed designs. He quoted high medical author ity proving its advantages in a sanguinary point of view. The heavy knapsack, be argued, induced, a stooping position and a very great contraction of the chest. But bung on tbe the hook by a strap connecting with the shoulder, it would brace the body back and expand the chest. The cavalry thus were to be ren dered more secure in iheir seat, hooked to a ring in the saddle. All the commis sioned officers were to carry a light 20 foot pole, with a ring attached to the end. This was to be used daring an engaement in drawing tbe stragglers back into the rank. He illustrated a terrific battle, the Generals and Colonels being thus oc cupied, running about hauling stragglers back into the ranks. In many other un heard of ways did he expatiate on the' value and efficiency of his hook. Jeffer son Davis was enraged. His dignity was wounded and the service iosolted. Ue instantly made out an order directing Phccntx to be eonrc-martialed for con tempt. 31arcy was made aware of Phoenix's transaction, as well as the cloud hanging over him. Ue looked over the plates.. He saw a regiment, their baeks toward him, drawn up in line,, knapsacks, blankets, hams and all manner of camp equipage, pending from each soldier on the hook. ?i a rcy uroice aown. saia ne io ivavis: 'It's no use to court-martial this man. The matter will be made public; the? taugn wilt settle entirely on us, ana Be sides, a man who has the inventive ioge-, ouity here displayed, as well as the facul ty of design, illy-drirectcd though it be, is too valuable to the service to be trifled with." Jno. Phoenix was not brought to wrrtoP ' .ml Tit-Ic nmir H'na fit lnoli' r..ee . t urea r vi , r joke. It docs not appear, however, that they adopted Phoenix's plan. AN OUTRAGEOUS DfSULTTO Oln COLORED SOLDIERS. Wo am informed by the daily press that "the Indian fd the nlaics trill net r take scalps from tbe heads of negro sol diers killed in battle " Is not this a flagrant violation of the spirit cf the civil rights bill, of the new amendment to tne uonstitatton, ana cr the reconstruction nolicv ol Conercss r This is the crowning insult to our col ored citixeus. Shall the red skins be allowed thus to make distinctions oa account of race and color X When the colored troops fights brave !y, may those untaxed Indians scorn their scalps as being no trophy worth the tak ing off? ; This contemptuous treatment of the black man by the red mas is no to be borne. Senator Sumner must attend to this, lie must fulminate speeches against the noble red man of the forest, ' who, when on the war path, dares to show a sarago disrespect to wool I . . " He has abolished the word "white" in the District of Columbia, let him abolish the word "black" on the plains. " Let him cause it to be enacted that when the untaxed ted skin says t "Ugh, big Indian no scalp nigger I" somebody shall shoot him on the spot. It is not because of the difficulty of tak ing off the colored man's scalp. No such thing. ; Indians scalp yery short haired, white soldiers. It is their contempt for tho negro as an inferior race. They must be taught better. Here is missionary work to do. And a new stipulation should be made in all Indian treaties, that no distinction of race cr color shall be made with the scalping knife. Tho insult is too cutting. "Bon," said a young fellow at a faney fair, "yoa are missing ail the sights ou this side." ."Nevermind, Bill' report ed Bob, "I'm sighting all the misses on the other." Pierre Soule, once an eloquent United States Senator, and a great lawyer, is in sane, and the New Orleans courts kava appointed a guardian to care for him and his estate., V v- I 727 ''" A fellow, who has some "mnsie in his soul," says that the - most cheerful and soothing of all fireside mclocies are th blended tones of a cricket, a tea-kettle, & loving wife and a crowing baby. v. . v.; A Palpable Hit. "How do I look, doctor V asked a painted young lady cf . .1 , T U i .11 S the family pnysician, "jl can s ten, masacj, till you ur cover your face," was the crush ing reply. -