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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1870.
NO. 27
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Orric In K.KlW DriokBaildlng, up-.Llra,
, , BENJ. IIAVDES,
Attorney and CoaMollor at law,
Will aU nd to all business entrusted to biua by
eitiient f Polk and adjoining counties. .
Eola, Jdy 28, 1S87. - r- - - vSaSUf
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ALBANY, OREGON.
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T5n4yl"
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en Maine street, aujuinm iu , .
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THE EYES ! THE EARS!
" " DR. T. L GOLDEH,
OCULIST AND AURIST,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Dr. Golden (a son of the nctid Old Ophtha!iai
Doctor, 8. C; Golden), has Lad experience in treat
ing the Tarius diseases to wbicb. the eye and ear
are subject, and feels confident of giving entire
satufMtioa to those who may pUce tb'emselres
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teaaoiu; . J. W. MACK,
- vjn4ily : Co. School Superintendent. "
r. v. aapriKtB.. , , ; , ( ? w-pisk.
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ING a large stock r. Groceries and Prori
sioai. Wood and Willow Ware, 'Tobacco, Clgnrs,
Confectionery, Yankee Notions, etc., etc
Tholesale and CetaiL
TOrpfii R. a Hill & Son's Drug Stre, Al
baby .-Ore 301L " ' ' c3rSn8yl
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WOULL -INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR
ing Artificial teeth and first-class Dental
Operail'rfj. to fcire him a call.
Kpeeiisens of .Vulcanite Base with gold plate
linings, and other new styles of work, may be
een at his oHe. up stairs In Parrish k Co.'t
Uriek, Albany. Oragoa,' r i
Residence, corner of Seeond and Raker streets.
aprll'68r3n34tf
,IA ii.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
. Proposes i make his rales Sot. Doatal : lerriccs
for the year 1869, as follows. t :
Full upper a id lower set of Art. Teeth, $30 to $a0
Full upper of lower $15 to $25
Pirot teeth, J20 each. Filling teeth, from $1 to
t each cfH J. Extracting, 50 conta- per ooth,
.neansing,'5l cents to $1,50, Other minor opera
tions in pre portion. Term a, U. S. coin or its
equivalent.' ' Jl I ', I ' . t '; ': -'.
N. B. Offee orer Bentley's shoe store, in the
ld post offio. building, opposite . Foster's brick,
Albany, Oregon. ? - DR. E. II. GRIFFIN.
Dee. 30, U 6S r4n29tf. . .
FRANKLINMARKET. '
GEOIICE miXER
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Has purchased the Franklin Market, where bo ;
. . ke.-ps constantly the rery best ; :
ieef llutttm, 3?oil& -3bI6ii. Sausages, Xtc.
Oaedjor west of A. Cowan i
Co's.;.:
1 v -. Call there. .... .
V COSMOPOLITAN : HOTEL,
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r03TLA.'D.- -' - - - OREGON.
FTUIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
annouree that baring purchased this widely
known and uell kept hotel, they are now prepared
to offer tape . nor accommodation to the traveling
publlO at ! - .;;-.; ; ;;-., ;
: Criatly Hednecfl Prices. , ;
Thl Ilot l is located not -est tho Steamboat
landing. .; -.- -i ;:.-
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! . . " ". - BEACH & Jl0NTETir.
THE BTJEIAL Or LOVE. ;;
Two ttnrk-cyed maids, at shut f day,
Pat where a rhrcr rolled away, ' : ,
. With c-alm, sad brows, and raven hair , '
And one whs palo and buth wero fair.
Bring flowers, they sang, bring flowers unblown;
Bring forest blooms of name uuknownj
Bring budding sprays from wood and wild,
To strew tho bier of Lore, tho child. :
Close softly, fondly, whilo yo weep,
His eyes, that death may seem like sleep;
And fold his bands in sign of ret,
Ilia waxen hands, across his brcaet.
And make his grate where violets hide, ' '
Where star flowers strcxr the rivulet's side.
And blue-birds, in tbt tnioty Spring
Of cloudless skies and Summer sing.
. Placo near him, as ye lay him low, .
.His idle shafts, hUloosonod bow,
The sitkeu fillet tbut arouud
IUs waggish cyes in sport he wound.
- But we shall mourn him long, and inks
His 'luring smile, his ready kiss,
The patter of his little feet,
Sweet frowns and stammered phrases sweet.
And grarer looks, sorene and high,
A light of heaven in that young eye
All these shall haunt us till tho heart .
Shall acho and ache and tears will start..
The bow, the band, shall fall to dust;
.The chining arrows waste with rust j
And aU of Lovo that earth can claim.
Bo but a memory and a name.
Not thus bis nobler part shall dwell,
A prisoner in this narruw cell ;
But he whom now wo hide from men
In tho dark g-uuuJ, shall lire again.
Shall break these clods, a form cf light,
With nobler mien and purer sight,
And in the eternal glory stand
Highest and nearest God's right hand.
A REPLY TO fttllTII.
Poutlo-d, Oregon, Feb. 5, 1870.
EJUors Democrat:
Getxemkn: In your issue "of Jan.
21, 1870, appeared a communication
dated Jan. 11, and signed "Smith," in
winch tho author vented his spleen
against my wife, Rosa Martin, and a
lecture delivered in this city by a spirit
through her organism, Jan. 9, 1870, in
a manner that evinces his utter disre
gard for truth and a coarse valgarity
that is insulting to the xublic eye.
His description of her person and
style of oratory is too contemptible to
merit a reply, but his assertion that
"she crucifies grammar with a reckless
ness that is refreshing," he would do
well to profit by, as will appear by the
following quotation from tho aforesaid
communication: "By .the way, has it
occurred to you how singularly fitting
it is that Henry "Ward Beecher should
be the chirftiU figure in the latest of
sensational nastiness ?" By referring
to Pinneo, p. 18G, Bullion, p. 20, Kirk
ham, p. 77, and Clark, p. 103, "Smith"
may learn something to Lis advantage
in the use of adjectives that will put
to blush his former c:r.xerience in gram
mar. Again, he asserts: "She is of course
a G reeley-Bcecher-Richard so'n-Bepub-lican.
This assertion has no founda
tion in any remarks made try her either
publicly or privately, and is an unmit
igated falsehood. '
Again: "And spoke out strongly for
Chinamen." She - stated that there
were persons of both, parties (Demo
cratic and Bepublican,) who wero un
tiring in public denunciation of the
Chinese, but who would secretly em
ploy them if their services could be se
cured for a smaller compensation than
that demanded by the white race; also,
that there were persons who fiercely
denounced the Chinese who were in
debted to them for washing, ironing,
&c., and that they never intended to
pay them j and that' this was one of
their motives for '' crying - oat, "Down
with the Chinamen!" ;Nowif "Smithy
can conscientiously apply these, cases
to himself, his irritability is not to be
wondered at. - '
Again, he writes: "I take her, to bo
very ignorant." This is egotism gono
to seed. r
Again: "She asserted that Confucius
wrote just as good philosopy as f ever
Christ wrote." ' This is another mis
representation, for she said that Con
fucius ia ugJU doctrines similar; to those
Christ tau ejlit which "assertion tho
learned ."Smith" may contradict - if, it
tickles his vanity or will conduce, in
any way, to Ins notoriety as an histon
cal wiseacre. ". : ; r ; I : ; ;
is' evidently, making An! cfort to gain
puolic sympathy a,nd notoriety at , tho
expenso of truth and good sense, a
V- : Yours respectfully .' , .1 - : '
' ; Joid? H. Martin,
- "...'! ' Boot & Shoe Maker.
After all there is not much dilTprcnce
between the followers and the opponentg
ot Br. Jenncr. , lhe ond aro'vaocinatorg
and the other vacioe-haters. ' ' '
! lie ward and punishment are sadly
warped If they are the two legs on which
society staDds, society is how-legged.
j Stoll, the New London Bculpiet has
compietea a i,uuu soldiers raonumcn
for Chicago. . '
A lady need not be particularly prim
because sho is a rose. There , are other
roses than primroses. : r ; ;
There are seven sisters Hvinp' in Holms
burgj Pa.j whoso average ae is 72 years.
- tFrom tho 1. V. Herald dispatehes. s ,!
THE SHOOTING OF VICTOR NOIR BY PRINCE
' - ': n ' BONAPARTE.' !. ' '
I Paius, Jan. 10 Evening.
This afternoon M. Fouvillo ami M.
Victor Noirof tho editorial staff s of
the MansrUlniw,- Itochofort's - journal,
proceeded to tho residence -of Princo
Pieri'o Bonamrte, as seconds in a con
templated duel between tho Princo
and Pasal Grousset, an editor of that
journal. ;They had an interviow with
tho Princo, during which an alterca
tion took placo. The- Princo -became
enraged and seizing a revolver fired
twico upon his visitors. Ono of the
phots took effect in tho body of Victor
Noir, killing him instantly. . , t-t
Tho tragedy causes great agitation
in tho city. : ., ,? k .:,t(
Princo Bonaparto has ;, delivered
himself up to tho authorities. ; , ;j
Ixi Mareillaie also publishes, tvp
days aftenrard, tho following state
ment of M. do Fouveillo :
"On tho 10th day of January, 1870,
at ono o'clock, Victor Noir and my
self repaired tiho residence of Princo
Pierre Bonaparte, No. 59j ltuo d'An
tbuil. "Wo were commissioned by 31.
Pascal Grousset to demand of Prince
Pierre Bonaparto tho reason for inju
rious articles against 31. Pascal Grous
set, published I'Avcnir de la Corn.
Vn o handed our cards to two ser
vants who stood at. tho door, and who
ushered us into a small parlor on tho
ground floor at our right hand. After
a few minutes wo wero conducted up
stairs to tho first floor, passed through
a fencing room, and finally entered a
drawing room.
A door opened and M. Picrro Bo
naparto entered. We advanced to
wards him and tho following words
passed between us :
- "Sir, wo come, on behalf of M.
Pascal Grousset, to deliver a letter to
vou." .
"You aro not come, then, on behalf
of M.- llochefort, and you aro not tools
of hi?"
"Sir, wo aro hero on other bustncf a.
and I beg vou to look at this letter."
I handed him tho letter. Ho ap
proached a window to read it. Ho
read it, and, after crushing it in his
hands, ho returned towards us.
"I havo provoked 31. llochefort,"
said he, "lwause, ho is the standard
lcarer of tho rabble. As for M.
Grousset I havo no reply to mako to
him. Aro you tho representatives of
these carrion (c chnrjtw)t"
"Sir," I answered, "wo como to you
to fulfil loyally and courteously tho
commission entrusted to us by our
friend."
"Areyou tho representatives of these
wretches?"
Victor Xoir replied, "Wo aro tho
representatives of our friends."
Then, suddenly advancing a step,
and without provocation on our part,
Prince Bonaparte Mapped victor 2mt
with his left hand, and nt the same
time drew a revolver of sir ehamlcrH,
which he had concealed in his pocket,
already eweked, ami fired upon Noir
with the muzrlo pi the putol close to
urn.
Noir staggered, pressed l.wth hands
on his breast, and sank down in the
doorway by which we had entered.
The cowardly assassin then turned
upon me and fired. I, then seized a
small pistol, which I had in my pock
et, and while I was endeavoring to free
it from the sheath tho wretch nis?aed
on me, but when ho saw that I was
armed he retreated, stood behind tho
door and aimed at me. It was then
that comprehending the ambush into
which wo had fallen, , and reflecting
that if I fired there would not be
wanting those who would say that wo
had Ixjen the aggressors, I opened a
door which was behind me and rushod
out, crying, "Murder!" As I went
out a second shot followed and again
passed through my coat.
la the street I found Is our, who had
had strength to descend tho stairs, and
who was dead. , , , , '
Those aro tho facts, just as thev
transpired, and I look for prompt and
exemplary justice for this crime. ,
' ; ULr.IC DE i OUVEHXE. :
Princo Bonaparte's version ; of tho
unfortunate afiair is furnished to tho
journals by Paul Cassagnac. He says
tho Prince made the following state
ment to him on his honor
:."M. Fouveillo and 31. Victor Noir
como to my residence with a menacing
air. with their hands in their pockets,
and presented a letter from 31, Pascal
Grousset.' ' -' ; V ;' I ; - ; v
I said, "It is llochefort, and not his
creatures, that I seek. J r, a:
"Read the letter, replied Noir, ,
1 Had my Hand on my pistol - m my
pocket
'Aro you rcsponsiblo for - it?"
asked : ,': ' !!: ' j -
At this I received a slap in tho faco
from Noir, when I 'drew; my revolver
and fired at him. - - --- -
: ! Fouveillo crouched behind a! chair ,
and from the protection that afforded
aimed his revolver at mo, but ho could
not get it to go oil.' ,, m ; ? ,-? u.
I fired at him while ho was in that
position, when he ran out ft tho room.
He stopped in tho next rooilt and again
turned his pistol toward mo. I fired
at him again and; lib fled." V , '
THE PI1INCE SUKItENDEES AND IS LOCKED UP.
The Journal OJJicicl, in its account
of the Bonaparte shooting transaction,
says tnat tno Minister of Justice, as
soon as he heard of the affair, ordered
the arrest of tho Prince but uvo
hours beforo the issuance of ..the order
he had surrendered himself into , tho
custody of the "Commissioner , of. Po
lice of Anteuil, and had been taken to
tho Conciergene. ' ' : ;n r ,
RT. IU)CHEFORr S NEWSPAPEK ON THE BONAt
- PASTE SnOOlING CASE. ' r',
i -The Marseillaise newspaper was pub
lished irt mourning on tho 'llth, and
contained tho following leading article,
printed in largo typo: h i
it
The Murder Committed by the Vr'mcc
Vierrc Niqwhvn Bonaparte Uj
i C U izm : Victor Noir Thn Alter
xm im
nitit to
I Murder Made, by the rmwe rwrrc
- KajMtlcon Jhnamrte Vjton Am Citizen
Ulrio de J'buviite. u i .
I havo had tho weakness to believe
that a Bonaparto could bo other than
an assassin. I havo dared to imagino
that a fair duel was possible in that
family, whero murder and waylaying
aro traditional and habitual. Our co
laborer. Paschal Grousset; has sharod
my error, and to-day wo mourn our
dear friend Victor Noir, assassinated
by tho ruffian Picrro 2siapoloon Bona
parte. V ; i Vr.'
. For eighteen years pat Franco has
been in tho hands of thoso cut-throats
who, not content with giapo-shotting;
llepublicans in tho streets, allure
them into baited traps for tho purpose
of slaughtering them at homo. Peo
ple of Franco, havo you not had de
cidedly F enough of this? (Peiiple
Franca, cut ce dfcidement la ne trouvc
las qii'm axxcz ") " -i
THE ROaiEEOUT-liOKArAttTJ: AFFAIR IS THE
LJtOISLATCKK.
At tho sitting of tho Corps Legis
latif to-dav 3f. Guyot 3Iontpayroux
proposed that memlers of tho Ira po
rial family lo rendered amenable to
law. He said ho had no intention of
creating trouble ; ho wished simply
to do away with unlawful exceptions.
3I. Henri fltochefort referred in
bitter terms to tho murder of Victor
Noir. Ho said Noir was ono of the
eople, and the people should judge
ii murderer, who, though cousin to
tho" Emperor, must bo allowed to
.31. Ollivier, in reply, promised
that they should havo justice. In tlie
courso of his speech ho used these
words : " Wo are justice, law, moder
ation ; if you force ua wo will bo
power."
A communication from tho Procurer
Imperial was laid beforo tho Chamber,
demanding the arraignment of Deputy
Henri llochefort for outrage against
tho Kwf ror, and for exciting disorder
and violence.
The demand was referred to a com
mittee, -j',.-
It is reported that 31. Ollivier, with
tho approval of tho Kmperor, lias is
sued orders permitting the free return
to Franco oi Ixdru Bollin and other
lerson3 in the eamo i-tition.
i.i:c: i. ti:m)i:i: dixisio.v.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Tho opinion of
tho Supremo Court on the legal tender
question is a very long and able view
of the case. Justice Chaso says no
lody fpicHtions tho constitutionality,
and not many fpicstion tlio expediency
of tho act bv which currency notes
tavo been authoiized in recent j'cars.
Doubt exists as to tho power of Con
gress to declare thcao notes legal ten
der in payment of pre-existing debts.
Tho only ground upon which this pow
er is asserted is not that tho issue of
notes was appropriate and plainly
adopted as tho means for carrying .''on
tho war, for that is admitted, but that
tho making of cthem legal tender to
tho extent mentioned was such means.
Justico Chase proceeds to argue tho
question whether making tho notes le
gal tendeis really added anything to
meircreuii or usciuiness. Jio says
the history of legislation shows that
ho relianco for tlieir circulation was
originally placed in tho rcccivability
and not in tho quality of tho legal ten
der notes, because the receivability
clauso appears in tho original draft of
he bill, while tho legal tender clauso
was introduced at a later stage of ; its
progress. Jio tilings it by no means
certain that tho depreciation of tho
notes would bo less if tho Government
pledged the holder its power to : com
pel his creditors to . receive them at
par in payment. If the ? quantity to
jo issued bo uncertain and tneir ro-
lemption fixed at a remotb, period,
great depreciation' would tako placo,
but if tho quantity only equalled the
demands of business, and confidence
in their redemption bo strong, tho
notes will circulate freely, whether
made leefal tender or not. If it is ad
mitted that some increase of availabil
ity is dcrivod from making tho notes a
leal tender under new contracts, it
does not follow that any appreciable
advantage is gained by compellincr
creditors to receive them in satisfao-
tion of inc-exisung debt, ino opin
ion pbiuts out the evils of an irredeem
able paper currency. He thinks mak-
inf? tnem legal tenner wiuens tneir ex
r i T1 n t H ii I
tontJ protracts their continuance and
ho cannot allow, therefore, that such
expedient is the appropriate and plain
ly adapted means for tho execution Tof
power to carry, on tho war. But there
is another vie w, by which it appears
nothing prohibited by or inconsistent
with tho spirit of tho Constitution can
bo regarded as appropriate, plainly
adapted or really calculated ; moans to
any such end. After a careful inqui
ry ho arrives at , tho conclusion that
making bills of credit a legal tender;
applicable to pre-existing contracts is
inconsistent with tho spirit and detter
of the Constitution, which forbids leg
islation impairing tho obligation of
contracts, and prohibits tho taking ; of
private property for public use without
compensation. It also declares that
no person shall bo, deprived of life
liberty or property without due; pro
cess of . law. An act which compels
creditors who, hold contracts for pay
ment in specw to '' acoept enrrency o
'-.'. L If 1 .
inferior value in payment thereof, do
prives such persons of property with
out duo process of law. It is difiicul
to perceive what act would tako prop
crty without duo process of. daw if
such an act would not. An act which
makea men promise to pay dollars in
legal tenders for tho payment of debts
previously contracted is not ,a means
appropriate, plainly, adapted or roally
calculated to carry into effect any ex
press power granted to Congress,
though it is not 'surprising nmid iho
tumult of civil war, under apprehen
sions for tho safety of tho Ilcnublic, a
different view was entertained by Amer
ican statesmen, and was adopted by
many. Tho timo was not favorable
for considerate reflection upon tho
constitutional limits of tho Legislative
or Executive authority, but tho power
was assumed from patriotic motives, and
tho asBumption found ready justifica
tion in patriotic hearts. But many
who then acquiesced in viowjof our
necessity since tho return of pcaco in
calmer times havo considered their
opinions, and now concur in tho views
hero announced, that tho legal tender
act can not apply to xn-existing con
tracts. "-- - , J . , ; . ' f. I
i Judge 3Iillcr, after arguing tho caso
at great, length, says tho , legal , tender
clauses were placed in tho bill reluct
antly and with hesitation," and only
after tho irapcrativo necessity of it had
Kcn demonstrated. How tins neces
sity alono could havo carried this
uauso also proves clearly that tho ex
istence ot that necessity refers to tho
owcr of Congress to establish a sys-
tern oi bankmptcy, tno essence oi
which is to discharge debtors from tho
obligation of pre-existing contiacts.
He declares tho arguments too fine for
lis perception ry which tho indirect
effect of a new public racasuro in de-
)reciating tho valuo of lands, stocks
and bonds renders such a law invalid.
rls to tho taking of. private property
for public use, or depriving tho owner
o it without duo process of law, thoso
aws have lecn received as valid with
almost universal acceptance, and paj'-
ment, nas been made in icgai tenuers
o tho amount of thousands of mil
ions of dollars, though gold was the
only lawful tender when tho debt was
contracted. The two houses of Con
gress, the President who signed tho
bill, and fifteen btato Courts of last
resort (being all but ono that have
passed upon tho question), havo ex
pressed belief in tho constitutionality
of theso laws.! "With all this ercat
weight of authority and this strong
concurrence of opinion among thoso
who havo passed upon tho question
previous to our being called upon to
decide it, whoso duty it was to pass
upon it, in tho light of tho Constitu
tion, we aro to reverse their action,
bsturb contracts, and declare tho law
void, because tho necessity for its en
actment does not appear so strong to
us now as it aid men to uonfrress. or
so clear as it was to other Courts.
Such is not my idea of tho relative
functions of Legislative and Judicial
Department of tho Government.
"Where thcro is a choice means tho
power of selections is with Gomrress
not with tho Court. If tho act to bo
considered is in any sense essential to
tno execution oi acknowledged power
that necessity is for tho Ix'gislatur,
not lc any Court to determine.
ti;lx;kaiiiic sujijiauy.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In tho House, thcFa'ciSc II. It. Com
mitteo have agreed to report a bill author
tztng the Northern Pacific 11.11. Co. to
iisuo bonds secured by tho lands of said
company, and change their vestern ter
minus from Puget Sound to Columbi:
river.: .- . -i "...
Ino Banking Committee, alter a pro
tracted debatedeciued not to subpoena
rresiucnt urant.
New York. Feb. 9. Horriblo crimes
havo been practiced on' board . the ship
Neptuno from Liverpool. Eisht sailors
prefer a charge against the captain and
mates, which read like a page out of the
history of 'the black hole of Calcutta.
Concord, 2S. 11., Jbeb. u. The Labor
Hefbrm party has 'opened the campaign
in this State; 'They claim to be able to
throw the election of a United States Sena
tor in Juno. , vr ) r.- :':
Washington, Feb. 9. Tho Sccrotary
oi tno interior ucciacs m wncn an in
valid pensioner ' dies without filing-
claim for arrears, his right dies with him.
Washington, Feb J 9; Tfumbull,
from the Judiciary Committee, presented
a substitute for tho Hou?e bill to admit
Mississippi. The subitituto declares with
but preamble or condition, that the State
of Mississippi is entitled to representation
tn .Conzress. Also, trom tho same com
mittee, a bill was reported to change tho
Judicial Circuits. Tho bill requires that
the Justices of the Supremc'Court of the
Uuitcd States must bo residents of their
respective circuits. . ,
I The President, to day, sent to the Sen
ate the nomination of Jessoli.G rant post-
Tho Senate Judiciary Committee Jmrd
tho delegation of Georgians, who take
ground that tho 'present legislature was
illegally organized, owing to the admis
sion of. minority, candidates. They argu
ed in favor of the reorganization of that
body.1 v"1" :7 ' .. -; ; -;; "; ';":
WAsntNaTON,' Feb. 10 In the Sen
ate, Schurz introduced a joint resolution
providmgthat no State which has not re
sorvod its proportion of lands donated by
tho United States for asricultural and
mechanical colleges' shall in future1 re
ceive such lands, unless the colleges' shall
bo freo to all without regard to raco and
color,' ', .-.. .r'.,;;;.,,
On motion of Basks. the "privilego of
tho floor for tho day was given to John
Kitts. a revolutionary soldier, who: ap
peared on the floor and conversed with
members', showing but slight indications
of his extrcmo age. ;IIoi was born in
Pennsylvania in 17C2, witnessed tho sur
render of Cornwallis, and served aba in tho
war of 1812.-; ; ( . v . ' '. f -:: ; .v"' ' '
x Tlio IIouso went into committoo of the
vyhole ou tho Legislative Appropriation
bill. Tho amendment offered yesterday
for keeping the CaptCal polico xx to the
present number and pay was dicused at
aomo length and rejected. The paragraph
for pay and mileage of; members having
been reached, Butler, of Masaachusetts.
moved to rcduco it to half a .million, with
a pmiso that no part shall bo paid for
mileage. He desired gentlemen to go to
no country on questions of cconomy.and
that they should vote on some rractial
thing. The debate was general. spirited
and exciting. Fiteh. Kelly of Pennsylva
nia, Farnsworth and Cox opposed re
duction. IdccmoU and Lafiin sunnoriod
it. , , ,
Cox improved tho occasion to attack
Butlor, tho man who, ho naid. oooscienti-
ouHly loved tho people, and would not
take mileage, either in eurrency or gold.
! Butler replied disdainfully 'Shoo fly.
don't bodder mo I" ' ' -
Cor in tarn nail evcrbody kncw; tle
gentleman irora jamcuusctts waa con
. 1 m , ' .
sidered a bad man.
Tho discussion was con tinned by a num
bcr of members.
Cox again got the floor and mado an ex
cecdingly personal speech, ia reply to
jsuticr amendment, which was rejected
Tho comraittco row and tho Hooso ad
journed. r ,
, Zlevesne Recefptf.
The official statement shows that dar
ing tho year ending December Hist, the
receipts from spirits were nearly 050.000.-
uuu ; touacoo, U,UUU,UUU j stamps ncar-
y IU,UUU,UUU. Tho acrrcato of re-
ceipts from internal revenue aro nearly
$174,000,000.
The select committe3 on the dcclino ot
mcrican commerce have nearly complet
ed their report.: They will recommend a
drawback on all ship-building materials,
and the repeal of tonnage duties on Amer
ican VCMCIS.
The Jlorraons are said to have made a
lar;e number of convicts on Lonz Island.
scattered through a dozen towns. The
majority of them are irls of eighteen to
twenty.fi vc years. They aro to be sent to
Utah-early in the spring;
Washington, Feb. 10. Charles Clay
ton has been nominated Surveyor of Cus
toms at San Francisco.
flew naxajstire Politics.
Coscoan, Feb. 10. The political con
test in this State waxes warm. The
Democrats will not put any sneakers in the
field, but will allow all so disposed to go
over to the labor reform. It is rumored
that it is to offset tho labor refurui move
ments.
Private dispatches report the destruc
tion by fire of the business portion of Port
Gibson.
.... ForciTS. ..
Paris, Feb. 7. llochefort was arrest
ed, at his residence, at Belleville, in the
north-eastern part of the city, af an tarly
hour this evening. His friends are assem
bling in great crowds, and serious trouble
is anticipated. - c
At 2 a. m. the troubles at Delleville
l9pkcd serious. The streets were filled
with shouting people and barricading bad
been commenced. A detachment of
troops arrived at 11 o'clock. Barricades
have been erected in Faubourz. Tcmcle
Hue, St. Maur Hue, Grange aux Belles.
and other streets in the vicinitv of Bel
leville. The scene of disturbance is near
the Northern and Stratsburg llailway Sta
tion. An additional detachment of troops
has arrived, but no fire-arms have been
used. Troops in garrison in tho vicinity
of tho city have orders to hold themselves
in readiness to march at a moment s notice.
Great precaution has been taken by mili
tary authorities, and it is believed tho ri-
tp will not bo attended with any serious
consequenco.
JATEH. The troubles at Belleville last
ed all night, and have extended north
ward to Lavillette, the extreme northwes
tern Arrondissemont within the fortifica
tions.. Troops havo not yet resorted to
fire-arms . The polico are active, and have
made many arrests. Tho excitement is
naturally incident to such an occasion;
The rest of tho city tranquil. v, Govern
ment continues precautionary " measures.
Paris, Feb. 8. The! following details
of disorder in northeastern Arrondissmehts
aro taken from tho newspapers J lloche
fort was arrested as he was on tho point
of entering the political meeting in Rue
Do r Iadro, coming from Bellville toLayil
lettoJ Although there was a great crowd
of people present, mainly his own partizans,
they made no resistance and no appeals to
the crowd. Soon as the arrest was made
known to tho meeting the wil4cst'scene oc
curred. GusUve Flourens, who was Presi
dent; roso excitedly, drew hfs sword and
fired his revolver and declared insurrection
had begun.. The meeting broke up in dis
order',' and' the crowd, under leadership of
rlourens,-' proceeded to barricade the
streets, which they accomplished without
loss of time by confiscation of omnibuses
arid " other vehicles from stables in the
neighborhood.' A commissary of police
accompanying a guard charged whh the
duty, of arresting . llochefort wa3 . forced
along with the crowd an4 badly injured
by them.- Districts dying between Hue
Do Fauborg DaTemplo and tho fortifica
tions at Davillette,' a distance of about two
miles, was in por.scssioa of, tho rioters.
At 11 o'clock a body of polico charged
the barricades in Buo dul Fauborg Du
Temple and attempted to carry : it, but
were repulsed. ' One of the commissaries
was dangerously wounded and one police
man killed. At other parts barricades
had also been erected .but not defended
The military are now but in" force, but
llhus far - have made' no use of their fire
arms although tho insurgents have. Tho
latter also having pillaged iatmories and
obtained fheir J weapons. ; Several polico
men wero wounded in skirmishes early in
tho evening. A great number of arrests
Wero.made. At 3 o'olock this morning
over threo hundred had been taken into?
custody and imprisoned in barracks of
Prinee Eugene; ; Many wero mere boys.
All were armed and most of them under
tho influence of liquor.; It is reported
that Gustavo Flourens who is looked upon
as tho leader of the rioters, ' has bccn'ar-" ,
rested, but this U not 'confirmed, lie is4 . 4
said to have announced to his mother be-,'.,'
fore leaving homo for the meeting, that
if llochefort were arrested she would prob
ably never ue him again. At this hour',
all i quiet. ; ?, 's;--j ' , - : " .'
;Paris Feb tKcport'fVom. Corp.
Legifilaflf, Kottrearcy, ono of the Liberal'
Deputies, demanded to know why Iloche-'
fort was not arrested before going to tho ,
political meeting, whero five thousand
persons wore assembled. It was not nce-;-essary
that this meeting should have been"
thus diaturiid, and tho pcoplo who wero'
participating in it aroused to violenco
The act of Government was a provocation ;
to ? the disturbance which took placo, "A
member of the Ministry explained that- "
the authorities had refrained from arrest-r's
ing llochefort at the Chamber to avoid;
tho scandal t? which his arrest at such a''
place would give riser ' Friends of Ilocho-4
fort were prepared., to make the demon- 1?
stration which they made, and upon this'
fact the Ministry would rest the responsi- i
bility of what had taken " place. ,, Tho '
country would judge between them and -J
tho rioters. He said there need be no'; ;f
unnecessary uneasiness for the pedplei Tlic' . 2
Government was animated by the best
ecnti ment ; towards them. The Minister
of Interior . followed, with the assertion
that friends cf llochefort had determined '
upon a demonstration had llochefort been ?
arrested at tho Chambers. Olivier praised' . fi
the conduct of the police in dealing with' ,
the disorder. They had acted with faith-'"
prudence ond humanity. , t , r . , j
Paris, Feb. 9. noon. The morning
journals have the following details of the;
disturbance last night : - There had bcenr
much excitement among the people dar; ?
ing tno aay, wnicn cuimmaieu aDoui mm r
night in new outbreaks. These were not
confined to one locality, nor are they ono ,
of tho?e suppressed yesterday, at Laval
lette and Belleville, but near the center ?
of the city, tnly a few squares from thor.
Palace Royal. New and stronger barri
cades wero thrown and vigorouly defend
cd. The police attacked several of these;"
but were quickly driven back. Military
forces were then brought into requisition, ' -s
and carried all the barricades, without
firing on the crowds. There seems to te
cn indisposition on the part of both troops7
and rioters to resort to tho use of fi re-arms
Strong detachments ' of police have beea :
placed in aU Boulevards, with orders for- -cibty
to disperse all crowds. - One hun-
dred of the rioters have been arrested andf
several wounded, mainly in conflicts with f
the police. It is reported that some were? ?
killed. - - c
The Marseillaue did not appear to-day? r
all its editors are under arrest for having ?
aided the rioters. One of the editors of -
tho J2cppel was also arrested for the same
offense. The Ministers remained at ther
headquarters of the police all night.
Paris, Feb. 9. The city is traquiL
A strong police force is patrolling - the -
streets. Many workshops arc closed tc I
day. Crowds of hundreds of people gath
ered in the city last night, who hissed
and in other ways insulted the police.-!?
They were ordered to disperse, but refos
cd, when tho police charged and made a
large number ot arrests. After cxamma- f
tion this morning only thirty were remand-
ed to prison.. ,',,r. V.ti -'.l-lq
A'ARrs, 1 eb. IU. 5 p. m. ne city w.;
tranquil. There is a strong feeling of
excitement unaer -the surtace, but the
amplo precautions ; of the Government;
prevent any manifestation of the disorder i
It is reported that at the begining of tho,:,
presenttroubles tho Emperor and his staff fa
ia full anifora, were prepared, irthe.riotilt
becamo an insurrection, ; to join thjs f s
troops. : ; - .:-. ,ii
cnips.
; Good Motives: Locomotiye3. . .
Fusil-eara : Whisky detectives
"Weather Strips;'
: Tho largest rojo in the world : Europe
,E Alexander H. Stephens is tbarely ,abloi :
to sit up. ..,,,:,.. f k
I To bo Eseit for nothing? Tho play of
the features. .-. X
Can a Shaker use dico any more IegitP
mately than other people? . - ifii.:'"?
"Knights of the Red' "Bag" is a Rich--
mond secret sosicty.s t .
Two ladies in Trenton have been fined
as "common scolds." v-'j: ; v
Appropriato song for tho cool nights -
"Come in and shut the door.
GenMosby is said to be enlisting vob
unteers for the Cuban army.-- -
A nephew of John C. Calhoun is
a
utreet car concluctor in Charleston, " i
! A young farmer who inquired how best 1
to start a nurssry was told to get married
Tho citizens of African "scent havo es
tablished a paper in Washington. ' u y-f-
Mr. Sumner, in his lato speech, invented i
tho now word "ridiculosity." ' He ia an-",
other : ' . : ' '
- . . j . ' v ' : ul
: Lovers, observe I Beforo a man enters
the door, of matrimony, he should ring tho v
beii. f ; . ' ; ";;
It is rumorei that another, attempt aV
an American Punch is to be1 made. r ,
- i" l7
! The Hell Staver is tho title of a relig4T
ious paper put lished "at Lancaster, Pa.ant:
; An "anti-candidate society" hast been
started in Salem by a sour Republican;
A Cleveland girl has dressed, ia. mala Ti
attire and driea a. horso car for seventy'
years.
f. Makingwais t places glad : Puttingyoaf, t
arm aroung a pretty girl. . Bring on. &U. .
your waist plaijos. ; . ,' '
' Mrs. Lincoli has gone to Nice to spendlo
the remainder of tha winter. That pen-- ?
tion gives-her ft Hico
thing, doesn't it?
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