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Newspaper Page Textax-. jt'f'iT.vji1 11 Sf ATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. KATES 01? AbU:r.TIPLV(J t rtn thaw j One (Mirmn, f 100 j Half Colutnn, $C0 j Quarter Col Colcmn, $.35 Transient Advcr iscmenfg jcr Srjnar of ted Inn or less of ihU lzcl fjxJ, firet insertion, $.'J tb iuWjaent !r crtion, 1. - , . A irtiAro Is ono lioh In upaco down the taAiUnn; oottnUng cnt. dip"nj line, Wan, A?., s 4il natter. No iMlrcrflaGmcnt t hv conntderfd Uri tbtt a iiaare, and all fraotloon counted full (jaro. AH aIrortiaeroonfa fnfortod for a 1 period than thtco tuoatti to la regarded M tri iont. , rClLtSBCD BTXBT rIDAT, T BELLINGER & BROWN. f cs. mtntii. k. v. aaow. vcrn'jiiAsH's eicck. first street. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1870. , r . nr.. iv ka ? Start Copies. 121 cU. I V 1 1 1 J. V . N0.2& 4 V MVI w a - - I . w w m I ' Crrpoud mt writing orer ajsuraod iljnMnrci mr eaBTmoa!r. mnit ko known, their proper j ts.at u to Eiitort, rm attention wUl bo f iron All Lttn and CommunietIoa, whotlior a or for rAUcaoa. olioald adimood to a. ... . a. f BUSINESS CARDS, .f. xi.cn ANon, A53 COCSSEtteE IT iiW, : Ovrtca la STorcrW Crick Building, mp-iUlr, Aly. Owr, . Zl EESfJ. HA YD Elf tttrat f and Casxiallar at Lawfe tnil attaad U oil Vattaou oatruUd to kltm kj c'U.csiof FU OB.44jolJSooftUO. . " Sola, Jalj 1 S 5 vSalltf S. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT I.AY7, ALB ANT, OREGON. ILIQEXr aUoatloa wiil kogiroato all kaat- aa ia kia lino. jaa?nM. JOIIIf J. WHITNEY, iTT22m 1XD CQUXSEL10S AT iiW Kia rloUry Xkllc. Spoelal attention! girea to collectiona. Orrie la' tbo Co art House. Albany. Ore r n. 3a53tf. J. HANNON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ALBANY. OREGON. oaeooa Mala atreet, oppoaito Footer Brick, T5a4yl . c rowsix. v. run. rOWELL & FI-IX-V, ATTnRVKr.l AXD COUNSELLORS AT LA WASD SOLICITORS .Y CHANCER Y, (X I Una, Hotary Paklie.) ALBA2IY. Oregon. CollceUona anJ coaty- aacoaproapUy attended to. oo2flal0ly r A. WHEELER, NOTARY PUBLIC, CxavoLxrille, Oreffca. T egal instruments of all kinds B A atad anl attested. CollecUoa and Con- Tvyaaeiag attended to. ; HH.TAC1PEE t: CO.. .. B'a'lkks Hi groceries and FROVi. Enau meet them in a brighter, a bet .T?"&"SlK tcr. a happier Wd than this, where m suiM atroet, adjoining wo aiptw fcaay.Uregoa. THE El Jib I inii jc Alto i Dn. T. ! uULUL.ii OCULIST AND AURIST, i a t ljiw opegon Dr. Gldea (a aon of the nattd Old Opktkalmie tVwtfnr S. C. UuIdeaV. baa had ezperieace in treat- UgtkoTarioaa diaeaaeato wkiektkoejoand n aabiaet, aad feela eonfidont of giving entire I aatijivfUoa to tltose bo may place tbemaelTea idor kia aro. aprl0r4n34tf CfFICE 6F COOT! SCS00L SUPERIXTE.VT, a T WATERLOO, SIX Aiiuv . ucu- AA aaoau en tho SaaUam. Fot oQeo adaresa, tVb.aoa. J. W. MACK, TlatSlj Co. Sckool Snperintendent. p. v. ariyc. F. f.1. REDFIELD & CO., rlONSTANTLY ON HAND AND RECEIY I TWO atoek of Groceries and Prori cUaa. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigara, voBiaeuoaery, jtanace iJumf '"' rTkidesala ant Hutafl. ?OppoaUo B. C. HOI A Sea'a Drag Store, Al- aaay. uregoa. "-'"0J Qm 17. GCAY. D. D. S tZHZmi CF CtKCIXNATI CENTAL COLLEGE, "fTTOtTLD IJ.TITE ALL PERSONS DESIB- V 4 lag ArtUetal teetk aad f rat-elaaa DoaUl Cratioai. to gi ra kia a call. fooiaeaaof Valeanito Base with gold plato liaiaga, aad thr aear atjlea of work, may bo Mt t his eSe. mp ataira ia ParrUk A Co.'t fjriek, Albany, Oregon. Rasideneo. eoiaer of Second aad Baker atroota. aprll'63T3n34tf " DSL a C HILL, (Success yr to ScUlemicr & Co.') T Tl XT Gr C3r X ST, - MAIN 81"KEET, ALBANY, 00 N. piiLia if . Pntrs, Clefieiaaa, Faiats, CUs, Dye- aiafTi, CI ass, Tarslsaes, fitc, &c yrPkyaiciaiia' Preacripttona earofolly Com- .poandeO. ysnoiu FRANXLINMABKET. CEORCE S. MILLER Jlaa pnrehaaed the Franklin Market, where ko . keepa constantly tho rery beat TJeef Hattcn, Pork, Bologna Sausages, Etc, One door west of A. Cowan k Co'a. Call there. : COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL, (rOJMEBLT ABBIOOXi'f,) THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY announce t aat having purchased this widely known and well kept hotel, they are now prepared ' to offer superior accommodation to the traveling public at Great: y Reduced Prices. This Hotel la located net est the Steamboat landing. 3The Hot I Coach will bo in attendance to oonrey passengers to and from tho House free clary. May 22 '69 nlOtf J. S. SPEEN3EB. iMOTICE. pAETiEs o ving FREIGHT bills WILL ,-JL call and ae, tie immediately. On. and after January 1st. 18; 0, no freight will bo delivered nntu charges an. fettled. Albany, Dec. let, 18C9 3ra. BEACH k M0NTEITH. I dvi i Uii,ii iatly and cheaply done a tkla 02 co. Written fur tho Democrat. TOW. 11. W. Oat fTuapM of utj faeo whoa &o dark cloud of sorrow IU witkortof Wo o'er taj tptrU Ukrowa. eonlaf Wkea sot a brlcat kop rudi tat to-morrow, And mUerj hu eallod mo oklld of kor own. Oao gUmpoo of tby f aco ia inch momoaia u Uiew, Dringi a balm to taj heart, U my aplrit at Eron o, aa tko tempest tta war-wind ta w5'n. A apar-brokoa abip, madly toaaed on tko tea. And tko sisbt-atar tkat cases aoreao oa tko raging. Ia Jait aa tby memory btamlng oa, mo. Oa tkat daoolato tailor, tkat atar-boaeoa boamo. Aa tko lit kt of tk amCo oa by lonely keart gloaaa. E w" w w WritUa for tko DgaecaaT. nors. Hope, liio tho "bow of promiso," gilds tho future, the prospective of man's life, and oven in the darkest hours of adTersity, casts a ray of sun shine through the thickest clouds. When the floods have swept away his earthly all, and death robbed ins house of its dearest treasures, when the conin has closed beneath its sable lid her whoso smile was the prido of his life, when tho King of Terrors has plundered his cradle, sealed forever thoso flashing, sunlit eyes, and stilled the prattling infant tongue whose very warblings were now his only earthly joy. Hope, the syren, tho fatal enti- cer, still lives in his half broken heart, lurinsr hi on with her tempting wiles to the broad, far-reaching sea of eter nity. Aye, as he bends over tho sod that covered all that was dear, whero weepijvT willow SWCCpS and tho x o , v .. rmuin rmc VflTOS n Till T f lrt WnllA rf K U &uw blooms and clambers over tho marbles slab whose vety inscription marked out life s brightest pleasures ; yes, I ... a 1 pwnile tears ol unavailing regreiuamp- en the cold clods that wrap tho loved ones, Hope is still there whispering at Lo ory- orLxl uf tie tonib, "ye ideatn and aaricness, sorrow ana sin, UJnrr nml tviin nrft nfiTfir known. I t 1- I.X. f - 1 .if ts4 wi m T. n . . . , . . , land court alone those to whom the frown of adversity is unknown ; tho schoolboy hopes to be through the or- Ma1 rf srlioola find school books tho , . . 4l Siuueui uupca iur iiaiuo ouu lomo , iuu blushing maiden Only hopes for the o ' realization OI her yOUUUUl OTeamS. I Go ask the sailor; he, too, has hopes ; what are they? a port before the brood ing tempest, and a harbor in heaven. Likewise, the soldier, who is valiant in the hope of future glory, but the his sing lead stills the pulsations of that ardent heart, and tho bravo and cow ardly slumber side by side in the same graves. Ask him who totters on the goal, for whose bent form, trembling limbs, watery eye, silvered locks, and furrowed brow, time alone is responsi ble. Ask him, and, raising his with ered hand above his recumbent head, he will whisper, "My help ia Heaven." rniricc BONA PARTE. The San Fraocieco News Letter has the following of this individual : ' He was born at Homo in 1815, being the third son of Prince Lccien, brother of the great Napoleon, by a second mar riage, which, as it was only for love and not for power, displaced tbo Imperial brother. In 1832 Prince Pierre joined his uncle Joseph, ex-King of Spain, ia the United States, and attached himself to Slander's expedition,to Columbia, lie stayed two years and then went back to Italy, wnere ne got into not water, ana the Pope asked him to leave the Papal Dominions. Surrounded by a troupe of spies be wounded two and killed their lea der, being himself wounded and mads a prisoner. Thence he went to England, and after that to the Ionian Isles, where he got into a row and was ordered off by the British authorities, do he returned to London and vainly offered his services to Mehemet All. The French revolution of 1848 was a cod send for him, and he hurried over to Paris, He was returned to the Assembly as member for Corsica, and joined the exteme left, frequently voting against tho party of the Emperor. In 1849 he went to Algeria as General of Division, whence be departed, without leave, just prior to the siege of Zaatcha, and was id conseqaence dismissed the service by tho Secretary of War, where upon Prinoe Pierre fought a duel with a Deputy. Since Napoleon III. assumed the purple the Prince has been but little about the Court and mixed bat little with politics. Must Live. Tom Hood wrote to his butcher that it was necessary, for the sake of cheap literature and tho interest of the reading public, that he should f urnish him with meat at a very trifling ner centals ftbovo ffit nriee. TITt. RfnW rfiTl?Ar1 ? "fXr-JflfienoMin " T Au7 vl 7 i , t 1 V" ) UUI 11UUJ, Aieup ilUJITilUjr IMS UUJWCU. Butchers must live as well as other ro- nel and if so be you or the readin' publick wants to have meat at cost . m,i mnct lunr toiw i .4 pnee, TOU must DUV your OWH beast- eses and kill yourselves. . : o. Tite Tsfrt. It is said that tha sf mode or exercising remember the poor. of the memory is to THE CaOI.D CONSPIRACY. FISK, JB. 8, STOUT BETOOK THE CONGRESS , IKVESnOAriXO C0MMITT&. Fisk jr., and Jay Gould gavo their testimony beforo tho Investigating Uommitteo on oaturday. Mr. Uould was examined first, and occupied at least four hours in (riving his evidence. Mr. Gould seemed to bo very reticent, and tho Committee could get nothing out of him except by continuous ques uons. iir. x isk, on ine oincr nana, began his story, and went directly through with but httlo questioning . . . ... T...... .. . " The following ia the substanco of his story: Fisk and Gould desired to raise the prico of gold so that they might bo able to employ their road in tho ship ment of grain which would remain in storo if gold was low. They accord ingly determined to interview Prosi dent Grant, and went with him to Bos ton, whero they gave him a supper. They then learned that ho favored specio payments and cheap gold. They argued against it. Fisk says: "I remember ono remark Gen. Grant made, after wo had talked about an hour and a half. 'Tllat, anyway, the bubblo might as well break at ono time as another, as much as to say that if tho crash had to come, it might as well como at one time as another. Our idea of a 'crash' is to have it all milk and honey with us, and to let the next fel lows stand tho brunt of the crash. v o want to sell 'long,' and Jet tho next man have all tho llurry. "Wo want all tho fun, and let tho next fellow have all tho trouble In other words, we want to make tho money, not to lose it. - But Gen. Grant didn't seem to reason it quito that way." Next Gould mado tho acquaintance of Mr. Corbin, tho President's brother-in-law. They saw Secretary Boutwell, but got noth ing satisfactory from him. "When the President started for New York in June, Gould wrote a "strong letter," which he gave 1 isk, jr., to put in the hands of the President. Fisk says: "Gould asked mo to take it to Gen. Grant, and have a talk with him, and if I saw fit to say to Gen. Giant, if Govornnicni would tout dl gold, we, for the sake of getting this transporta tion, (for the sake of getting employ ment for our 1,700 or 1,800 men, whom wo had for the purpose of moving this crop, whom we Lad to pay whether we moved it or not), would go in and put the gold market up to a point where we could ship this crop, and start up trade here. I went down and had a long conversation with Gen. Grant on the way to Newport, and at that time, when I left Gen. Grant, we decided that wo should come to Newport next Sunday, and in the interval ho should telegraph for Boutwell, and cither havo Boutwell come to Newport or have some decision of the matter, so that we could tell something about it. In other words, we were to have a con ference on tho subject. I learned in the latter part of the week that ho had not heard from Mr. Boutwell, and we did not go up. Then it got to bo about the 1st of August." Meantime Gould made the acquaintance of Mr. Cathcr wood, Mr. Corbin's son-in-law, and he was talked of for Assistant Treasurer in New York, but was subsequently dropped for Butterfield. Fisk contin ues: "It seems at that time Mr. Cor bin had taken up the theory that the crops should bo moved off at high prices, and he went one sup further. that a good deal could be mado out of i it. If you know anything about Cor bin (and I suppose you do) you know! that when he goes into anyihing, he generally wants to take all. When ho reaches up for anything ho generally wants to take cvcivthing there is on j the shelf , and ho does not even leave the shelf. Ho takes tho nails, the boards, and all. You know that anv scheme he touches withers. He prob ably never touched any one but Mr. Gould and myself who did not die, and he came very near lulling us both. I Corbin then concieved tho idea that, having Buttcrneld in there, Butter field, feeling under obligations to Mr. Corbin, there was a great deal of mon ey to be made, as I understand ho w&s speculating largely at the time ho was turned out. Mr. Gould, I understand aaa since, naa oougnt about two and a half millions of gold. He commenced at 137, at which prico he told mo Cor bin had told him that Mrs. Grant had $500,000, Gen. Porter $500,000, and he had a million and a half himself. It was at this point I got into tho matter. Mr. Corbin told me this afterward. It ran along to about Sept. 15th. Gold during that time kept settling down to 131, and Mr. Gould had got his own carpet-bag full of it, as I could see from the way ho was tearing up little pieces of paper and strewing them around tho noor. .Every man has his peculiarties. You know that the hatch et was on him very near up to tho han dle, and that about all of his consola tion was, when ho becamo thin and weak, to go off and counsel with this high-minded friend, Mr. Corbin. When he camo down to the office he would stop every morning arid take a doso of Corbin. Af ter I commenced to buy gold, I said to Mr. Gould: 'Where are you? Have you any understanding with Mr. Cor bin ? Has ho carried out any of those theories with Grant which ho com menced as far back as July?' He said: 'Yes, that everything was understood, and that Corbin had told him that no gold was to come out from tho Gov ernment. There was so much gold here, and we can put it to 145 'and shall not lose anything." ' I started, and I found I got what I Could carry every bit of it. Gold, when I started in, was 136J. It had been down to 131; but got up there again before I got in. Gould had gold enough to sink a ship. I novcr know all, but ho had plenty of it. I eaid to him after I commenced: "Givo mo a letter explaining to Mr. Corbin that I know all about this affair (that ho had ButtcrHeld appointed; that ho should get all tho information from tho Gov ernment and Gen. Grant, and that ho was pledged there should bo no gold sold on tho part of the Government), so that I could talk to him. I started to Mr. Corbin, and ho explained to mo that everything was all arranged; that ho had this stock with Mr. Gould, who had held $500,000 for Mrs. Grant, which bad been sold out. and ho had rcceired a check for $25,000, which ho had forwarded to Washington. Ho said that everything looked bright and ho was confident we were doing ft great national good good for tho country, as well as assisting tho road to sccuro this transportation." On the Monday beforo tho "Black Friday" Mr. Chap in was sent by Corbin as a special messenger with a letter to President Grant, then at Washington. Penn. Ho traveled night and day till tho let ter was delivered. "Gen. Grant open tho letter, and read it part through, and then wont out evidently aa if ho wero going to show it to Mrs. Grant, or some ono else. Ho was gono about 15 minutes, when ho came back ho said to 31 r. Cliapin: "All right," aud bid him Good morning." Mr. Chap in hurried to the first telegraph station, and about 11 o'clock wo received his dispatch. "Delivered. All right," was all tho dispatch said. Thursday night I was around to seo Corbin, and Cor bin said everything was working all right, and that letter which had gono forward had clinched tho matter." Fisk continues: "On 1'ridav morning or Tbursdav evening Mr. Bclden, then of tho firm of William Bel Co.. who had a brother-in-law w mino a partner of his, who had dono more or leus business for us all tho time, said to mo. 'If you havo all tho gold you want, and want assistance whatever, you had better Jet me como in to assist you.' I said, 'If you want to go in go it, and give your orders. Ho said, 'I havo not tune enough to see it, and hope you will at tend to it for mem the morning, when you coins down. I will bring my bro ker into the back onicc ol Jlcath &uo., and you may give him whatever orders you please 1 told him that ho must give me a letter of authority, and he did give mo tho following letter of au thority: baTorcca 21 a. ra. James Fisk, jr., esq. Dear sir: I hereby authorize you to order the pur chase and sale of gold on my account during this day, to any extent you may deem advisable, and report tho samo to mo as early as possible. It is to be understood tho profits of all such or- dcra.be longs to mo, and that I will bear any loss which may result. na. IJeldcx. On Friday morning, when I got down to tho offico of Heath k Co. at half-past ten, Mr. Beldcn brought in ouo Spcyers, whom, I suppose, you havo heard of. He introduced Mr. Speyers, and said, 'Mr Fisk, Mr. Speyers will execute any orders for my account you may givo hun.' He then turned to Mr.JBpeycrs, and said. Whenever you have executed those orders, you will report tho gold to me. Gold was then about 143, and I told Speyers the quicker ho got thero tho quicker he would get some at that price, hpeycrs, being one ox those iloman Saxonians belonging to tho German Order, felt that as soon as ho could fill Bcldcn's orders, ho would fill his own gut with tho same kind of stuff. It then got to bo about 10 o'clock, and I told Speyers to go it, and buy all tho gold he could. Away he started, but by the timo ho got thero, gold had reached 1C0. Speyers could not seo why, when it had gone up from 15 to 20 per cent, in 30 min utes, it should not reach 800, and henco ho began to load up at 1C0, and, judging from all appearances, ho got a pretty good cart-load of it." Fisk called on Corbin that evening and ask ed to seo his wife. "Sho camo down, and she was precisely of the same opin ion as Mr. Corbin, that some mistake had occurred; that Boutwell had sold the gold, probably, without consult ing tho President. Sho eaid that Mrs. Grant had written her a letter, in which sho stated that sho hoped this gold transaction would bo over as soon aspossiblo as it mado her husband nervous. I said something had to bo done; that wo could get out of this scrape, and into tho be?t possiblo shape we can. I said that tho best thing for him to do was to pack up and start dawn to tho White House along with Mrs. Corbin, and you soo what all this means. If they- are to sell tho gold, the sooner wo know of it tho hot ter. They said they would pack up and start on Saturday night. I went around tho next morning, and they told me that they wore packed up, and that they had telegraphed ' that thoy would breakfast with tho President's family at the White House on Sunday morning. Ho told me ho would bo back on Monday morning, and that was the last I ever saw of them." . The Committeo put tho following questions to Mr. Fisk over and over again: "Will you stato to this Com mittee whether or not, during the time from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27, any Gov ernment officials wero connected with you in gold transactions in tho City of Now York?" Mr. Fisk's answer was invariably : "I beg leave to -tatetoyou that I havo told you in good faith in what connec tion I considered the Government of ficials were figuring with me , in that gold speculation. I have stated to you the precise position in which I have considered Gen. Grant's family in this gold transaction, oa tho information j derived from Mr. and Mrs. Corbin, and that is au tho answer yon can get out of mo, for this ia aU tho informa- ... won a nave got. "Bo you know whether Gea. But- tcrficld was in thcsogold speculations. Mr. Fiskr" "Yes, I understood Gt-n. Buttcrfleld had a share, or was engaged in specu- 1U - 1 11.!. i! if 11 t. Muons wis umo in vrau-st. "Via Mr. AJutteriioid lurnish you with immediate news of tho dispatch ho had xoccivod to cell Government gold?" Mr. Fisk no was In communication til ok4 m m m a wiui us. wo know no naa ona and m half millions of gold with us. Wo had a messenger go down to Mr. Butter field's office throe ox four times, and OTcry timo ho camo back with word from Gen. Butterfield that everything was "all right." About 11 o'clock, when he went there ho did not Had Mr. But field. When ho camo back, after being gono about 20 minutes, 1 asked him, "Where tho devil havo you been t" He said, "I could not got in, because thero such a commotion, and when I did ho pointed me to another man who held a dispatch ordering tho salooffour mil lions of gold." Kvidcntly that informa tion had bees received by Gen. But terfield, and indicated to othor parties before it had been indicated to us. "Bid you stato that you carried somo gold for Gen. Butterfield?" Mr. Fisk Mr. Gould carried somo. WTiat becamo of tho $50,000,000 gold carried for Mrs. Grant, and $500, 000 clrriod for Gen. Porter, and $1,500,000 for Corbin?" "Oh 1 that has gono with all tho rest. Whero the woodbine twincth 1" "You stated that Corbin was paid $25,000 for Mrs. Grant. Was that in a check or in money ?" -Sir. l' isk It was in a check, drawn by Mr. Martin in favor of Jay Gould or order. Mr. Gould indorsed it, and handed it to Mr. Corbin. who depos ited it his bank for collection, and it went to Mr. (Joulds s bank, and was drawn and deposited to the credit of Mr. Corbin. This ehowod that thero was somcthingunusual about the trans action, for it is not tho way men do business in Now York. "Bo you know if any money was paid to Mrs. Grant?" Mr. Fisk I only know what tho old thief Corbia Rays; I don't .know of myown knowkdjr- "31 r. Fisk, do yon kuoirEiUibe neu uosa iur. iorum to ucn. urant at Washington, Penn., and which Mr. Corbin says had clinched tho thing V "No; that is tho only mistako made; that is whero wo wero ovcrreachod; wo ought to havo found out what that loi ter contained." tTRlOia ASTROISOJlItt&X OB SEXtVATlOJf. . Professor J. B. Steele has communicated tho fallowing to the Elmira Advertiser: There appeared in the advertiser, tome weeks ifiuce, a pargraph copied, I be lieve, from a Michigan paper declaring that a column of cagetio light is shooting out from the sun at a prodigious speed, that it already reaches halfway tho earth, and that in all probability by anotker summer we shall havo celestial and atmos pheric phenomena besldo which our ru dest winter winds will seem like a "Juno morning in Paradise." In fine, that when this big tongue of fire touches the earth, it will lap up our globe at one mouthful. Very many have made inquiries of me concerning this prodigy; and, with your leave I will try to satisfy their curiosity. aud perhaps allay their fears. It has bcoa known for somo time that during a total eclinse. red flames wero seen to play about tho edgo of tho moon. During the oclipso of 1603 and 1SG3 it was definitely settled that they were entirely disconncctodjfrom tho moon, and were vast tongues of fire darting ont from tho sun's dise. By observations with the spectro scope, and also means of tho wonderful E holographs of the sua taken by Bo La lue during the eclipse of 18C0, it was discovered that these fire mountains con sisted mainly of burning hydrogen gas. This was precious information to secure in tho midst of tho excitement, and nov elty, and in the brief deration of a total eclipse. It did not, however, satisfy sob cntifio men. For two years Mr. Bocker, aided by a grant from Parliament to con struct a superior instrument, had been cxporimonting and searching ia order to detect theso flames at other times than at tho raro ocourenco of a total eclipse. On tho 23th of October, 18C3, he obtained a distinct image of one of tho prominences, which ho afterward traced entirely around tho sun. AstronomorS can, thorofore, now study theso flamos at any timo. Tho result of observations now boing taken show that storms rago upon tho sun with a violcnco of which wo can find no conception. Hurricanes woop over tho surface with terrific violenoo. Vast cy clones wrap its fires into whirlpools, at tho bottom of which our earth would lie like a boulder in a volcano. Hugo flames dart out to enormous distances, and fly over tho sun with a greater speed than that of tho earth it3olf through spaoo. At ono timo a cono' of firo shono out 80,000 miles, and then died away, all in ten min utes' time. Bosido such awful convul sions, tho mimio display of a terrestrial volcano or earthquake sicks into insignifi cance. : - "'. -v. There is nothing in thoso phenomena to alarm us. They havo, in all probabili ty, happened constantly for ages past. That wo havo now means for investigat ing their naturo and measuring their height and velocity, furnishes no cause for anxiety. Humors of theso discoveries havo crept into tho papers, and, exagger ated by repeated copying and sensation al additions, havo given rise to these mysterious and uncalled-for predictions. ., o..' -;...: To keep a young, lady from sneezing : Catoh her by tho noso and twitch it. oomwmmski, mmvismn. Akt. 13. Seo. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary sorritudo, except as a punishmont for crimo, whereof the party shall havo been duly convicted, shall exist within tho United States, or any placo subject to their jurisdio- uon. 0. a. uongross snail havo power to oniorco this article by appropriate icgisiauon. Tim rouitTrxsm ASTZSUSnSST 18C3, Abt. 14. 6xo. 2. All poroOiis born or naturalized in tho united States, and subject to tho jurisdiction thero of, are citizens of tho United States and of the Stato wherein they reside. jmo Btato snau make or cniorco any law which shall abridge tho privileges or immunities of citizens of tho Urn led States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or proper ty, wiinouc auo process ox jaw. nor deny to any person within its jurisdic tion tho equal protection of tho laws. Bta. 2. ltepresontatives shall bo ap- . . poruonca among tno several states according to their rcspoctivo numbers, counting tno wnoio number oi pcr- boss ui coca Quite, exeiuuing xnuians not taxed. But when tho right to vote at any election for tho choice of elec tors for President and Vico President of tho United States, representatives in uongrcss, tho cxecuuvo and judi cial officers of a Slate, or the mem bcrs of. tho Legislature thereof, is de mod to any of tho malo inhabitants of such Stato, being twonty-ono years of ago, and citizens of tho United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crimo, tho basis of representation therein shall bo roduced in tho pro portion which tho number of such malo citizens shall bear to tho whole number of malo citizens twenty-one years ot ago in such btato. ou;. o. person Biiau uo a ocna- o v . i ii - r tor or lusprcseniauvo in tongross, or elector oi President and Vico Presi dent, or hold any office, civil or mili tary, under tho united States, or un dor any Stato, who, having previously taken an oath as a member oi Congress, or as an officer of tho Liu led States, or as a member of any Stato Legisla ture, or as an executive or judicial of ficer ox any btato, to support tho Con stitution of tho United States, shall havo engaged in ins urrection or robcll- efa mm ion against tno came, or given aid or comforTtoto enemies thereof. But Congress mayrbjftTolo of two-thirds ox cacn iiouso, rem oTrC lyauuiiy. 8rc. Tho yalidity of tho publTS debt of tho United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services ia suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not bo questioned. liut neither tho United b talcs nor any Stato shall assume or pay any debt or ouugauon incurred m aiu oi insurrec tion or robcllion against tho United States, or any claim for tho loss or emancipation of anyslavo, but all such debts, obligations, and 1"t shall bo held illegal and yoid. Sec. 5. That Congress shall havo powor to eniorce, by appropriate legislation, tho provisions or this arti cle. rnoroszD imixaia ixzzd-zzst 1S70. Anr. 15. Seo. 1. Tho right of citi zens of tho United States to vote shall not bo deniod or abridged by tho Uni ted bta tea, or by any btato on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Sec 2. Congress shall havo powor to enforco this crticlo by appropriate legislation. A xoucmxa beuc of rcu. In digging out tho ruins ot Pom peii, every turn of tho cpado brings up some relic of tho lifo, como witness of imperial luxury. For far tho great er part, tho relics havo a merely curi ous interest ; they belong to archeol ogy, and hnd appropriate resting Slices ia historical museums. But aero aro some exceptions. Hero, for instanco, tho excavator drops, an un invited guest, upon a banquet ; thoro ho unexpectedly obtrudos himself in- to a tomo. ua ono piaco no xinds a miser co wo ring on his heap : another shows him bonoa of dancing girls and broken instruments of music lying on tho marblo floor, in tho midst of the painted chambers, baths, halls, col- ums, fountains, among tho splendid evidences of material wealth, he some times stumbles on a simple incident, a touching human story such as strikes the imagination and suggests mourn ful interest of tho great disaster, as tho sudden sight ot a wounded sol dior conjures up tho horrors of tho field of battle. Such, to our mind, is tho latest discovery of tho. -excavators in this melancholy fiold. It is a group of skeletons in tho act of flight, accompauiod by a dog. Thoro are throe human beings, ono of them a young girl, with gold rings and jowel ry still on her fingers. Tho fugitives had a bag of gold and silver with them, Bnatchod up, no doubt, in hasto and darkness. But tho fiery flood was on their track, and vain their wealth, their flight, tho ago of one, tho youth of the other. The burning lava rolled above them and beyond, and the faith ful dog turned back to share the fate of his mistress, dying at her foet. Seen by tho light of such an incident, how vividly that night of horror looms upon tho sonso. Boes not tho imag ination picture tho little group in their own house, by the side of their foun tain, languidly chattering over the day's events and of the unusual heat? Does it not hear with them the troubled swell of the waters in the bay? see, as thoy do, how tho niht comes down in sudden strangeness, how the - eky Opens ovcrhoad and flames break out whilo scori'e. smd. and ruolteh rocks como pouring down? What move mcnts, wnat emouaa, wnac surprise I Tho scene grovrs darker very instant the hollow monotony of the bay lk lifted into yells and shrieks j tho air grows thick and hot with flamed, and at tho motmtiin'n fnnt ist Leant Ihh roll of the liquid lava. Jowols, household goas, gold and silver coins, aro snatch ed up on tho instant. No timo to say farewell : darkness in frani and fire be hind, they rush into tho streets choked -.!. t . jm i win iniiiux uou39B ana nying auzflzxs, How find tho way through passages which havo no longor outlets? Com fusion, danger, darkness, uproar rr erywhero ; tho shoots of parted f riends the asonr of men struck down far fall- Ing columns; fear, madness and dospill uncnangoa ; lusro penury ciutcmng ?pld it cannot keep, thero gluttony striking in tho dark to forestall death; Through all, fancy hears tho young girl's screams : tho firo is on her Tow elled hand. No timo for thought, no Eauso, tho flood rolls on, and wisdom cauty, and youth, with all tho storioa of their lovo, their hopes, their rank, wealth and greatness, all tho onco af fluent lifo, are gone forever. When unearthed after many years, tho name-' less group has no other imnortanco ta mankind than as it may servo - to "point a moral or adorn a talo." Ban ner of the Cross. ; ; 7 HI WtlTt TrT" T. TPTrintTt'i It is sot often that wo have found mat-'' till" rAmmsnrlifiAn 4 1i a nY.1?M of Senator Stewart, of Nevada. Hero is one measure of his, however, that wef cordially approve, and hope our Legisla turo wiil signify their approbation of it " v vmmiwuuhifivu xu uuuiiu aula "7 appropriate resolutions. Iti3;inlhe shape of "a bill to abolish the franking privilege and to establish a United States' Postal Telegraph system," and reads as? follows : "Be it enacted, etc., That the franking privilego is hereby abolished, and thrf Postmaster Genera is hereby authorized, after advertising as in other cases, to con tract with the hjwest respensible bidder for the construction of telegraphic lines' over the principle mail routes in thai United States, and to establish a postal telegraphic system in connection with thti Post OScc Department; and he shall regulate tho charges upon telegraphic? so that tho revenues of the system shall; as nearly as possible, equal the current expenses for operating the same ; and tho construction account shall in no vear ctlj TnLiho charge upon the Bcpartment of the franking pnrKjy34 ha fiscal year ending Juno SOth, lSCD " This bill meet tbo approbalioifof nine tenths of the people of the Pacifis side of the Union. In fact, it will liira thtf sanction of every ono except ihoka who own stock in tnat lnlansoasly corrur: francs monODOlv. tho Western Union Teieo-ratl Companv. and their favored a n d nc t omn s.- There is no more reason why the Governs meat should not transmit tho messages of the people over telegraph wires than there is that it should not send their letters by; other postal conveyances. Tho telegraph ic wires in present hands are not used for the benefit of the reosle. but to subserr private interests. They have been pros-' :. a i ;u r l umicu ku uuuu up ccri&ia layorco news-' papers and to brsak down ethers. It i not only the case here, but it is so in the) East Although the news is irather'ed there by the arrcnts of tho ComninTJ they refuse to sell it to any cave their fa- We hone Mr. Stewart will nresa bfrf bill with zeal and energy. We hops his enorts win oe seconded by tho entire del ejratioa from this coast. The Pacifirf Sutcs are deeply iatercsted in cheap tel cgraphing. They aro aick of the galling yoko which tho xionopolv forces them id endure. They are tired of bcinsr robbed. It is duV them that they should be raw lieved. A postal telegraph, with ra.U2 of trassxaissioa just su&clent to iovcr ex penses, would bo the zaoat benedeant iawr stitution ever created in the country. It would reliovo the people of a grievous Duraon. uivo us tne postal telegraph by all moans. iS'. I. Examiner. : A man and wife wero sitting at break fast tho othor day, tho husband was try-; ing to read the piper while his wife was lecturing him on his dissipated hours., no suddenly looked up from his paper" and said : "Hera's a perfect correct sea--timcnt. A writer in this paper says: Tho best capital to begin life with is etv capital wife.' " . "That's very truo, dear," replied the wife, similing, in order that her remark' should elicit a oompliment j " but where can you alwajs get them ?" : ' In . tho: Deat and Dumb Asylum, of course Asa sympathetic novelists say: uWe will not farther invado tho Bccno of quiet comoes tiofencity." i A proposition has boon mado to thd: Good Templars' Lodge of a town down cast, by tho liquor dealers, that if they (tho Good Templars) will send a list of their members to each one of. tho. establishments, they will not sell to' any ono whose name is on tho list.' Thoy consider this fair j , and if tho Good Templars comply, thore will bo a chance ox saving somo of thoso whOr aro liable to fall into error. A negro in Cohmbia. Ga.. has painted a picture ef Hetiven. It represents aa apple dumpling f enced in with sausages.-, A! jealous husband ia Heaphis broke f his wife's nose because he thought her beauty attracted to much attention. ; Mrs. Stowo's new story is well dcSneu ; by the Boston Times J; It calls it ltUst old ono hammered out thin' !r