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Newspaper Page TextRATES OF ADVERTISING 3 ra TBantOa Column, $100 j Half Column, $00 ; Quarter CeU Column, $35. " FCBLISBBD BYIBY FRIDAY, BT BELLING Ell & BROWN. II Transient Advertisements ter Square of fn Ines or less of this sized type, first insertion, 3 J ' each sobfoaucbl Insertion, fl. O. B. BKLLIRSBB. I u. v. bbow. A square (a one (neb la space down the eoumr counting cuts, display lines, blanks, Ac, as solid OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET matter. : Mo advertisement to be considered less than a square, and all fractions counted a full , square. All advertisements inserted fur a less, period than three month to be regarded as tran stent. !, . . TERMS, isi an yaxcb : One year, $3 Sis Moatbs VOL. V. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1870. $1 Oo Month, &0 ets-f Single Copies, IS) U NO. 45 STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. "UVvV til JlL 4 v' jL i C 'munnduti writing over assumed signature r nonymously, must make know tbeir proper Bines to the Editors, or no attention wiwoe All letters and Communications, whether on atnesa or for publication, should be addressee, to lUttWfer A- Brown. BUSIN KSS CARDS. nr. s. du bois, CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND RECEIV ING a largo stock of Groceries and Frovi aious. Wood and Willow Ware. Tobacco, Cigar, Confectionery, Yankee Notion, etc.,etei Wholesale and Retail. .W-0ppeite R. C. Hill Son's Dm Store. Al ten. Oregon. junl0vin43vl G. W. BIGGERS, M. D., BOTUTIO PHYSICIAH ABB STJEQE05, CRADUATE OF THE PHYSIO -MEDICAL OR CURTIS v - COLLEGE OF CINCINNATI. OHIO. .XmpWysia practice neither mercury, arsenic, morphine, nor any other poisons, bat relis on such agents as aot in perfect harmony with the laws of life and are entirely harmless. n...... P.rrUh'a Block, ud stairs. Residence OB I Water street, below Pierce's ferry. D. B. RICE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. - ALBANY, OREGON. Office : On South, side of Main street. Residence: On. Second street, opposite Pearoe'e Ferry. aprliv5n3jU. C. B. BKLLMCBB. TBBODOBB BtTMWBSTBK. BELLINGER & BURMESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ALBAKY, OEEGOH. March II, lSTO-n.tOf tf. X. II. CRAXOR, lTTOmi iSD COnSELLOI IT LiW, " "OrrtCB In Noreross Brick BuUding.up-staire, ' Albany, Oregon. i tt4 S. A. JOHNS. ATTORNEY AT I A W, - . ALBANY. OREGON. ILIGEST attention wiU be given to alt busi ness in his line. jan23 ln23lf. . JOHN J. WHITNEY, iTTOMEY 1XD COnSELlOR AT LIW and Notary Public . Special atteauun given to collections. Orpica la t&e Luutl urax. Albany, Oregon. v3nUtf. 4. HANNON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ALBANY. OREGON. Offio np stairs ortr Brenner's store, opposite the Port Office. v5nvl J. C. POWELL. " - POWELL efc FLINN, ATTORNEYS ASD COUNSELLORS Al LA WAXD SOLICITOUS IS CUASCEB Y, (L. Fliaa, Notary Public.) A LBANY, Oregon. Collections and convey ,J ances promptly attended to. oe20nl0ly UlLfAUIUKL A. CO., .iTDDa re rtRnr-KRIES AND PR0VT I f .ion., Wood aod,WUlow Ware, Confeeuon 5j. Tobacco, C-gars, Pipes. Notions, etc. fctore . X-Uue street, adjoisiog the fcxpress office, Al- any. Oregon. TrfEEVTES! THE EARS ! ,. rjR.rT. L. GOLDEN, OCULIST AND AURIST, ALBANY, OREGON. t . ... ,.r h. mt-l Old ODhthalmte Doctor, S. C. Golden), has had experience in treat tag Uft-Tariuns diseases to which the eye and ear are subject, and feels confident of giving entire -saturation & those who may place themselves under bis eare. - J. C. MEN DEN HALL, NOTARY PUBLIC, ALBANY, OREGON. Legal Instruments of all kinds made and attested: .Conveyances and Collections promptly 4 ' attended to. - vSneltf O. W. GRAY, D. O. " GRADUATE OF CINCINNATI DENTAL" COLLEGE. WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR ing Artificial teeth and first-class Dental f .I . ... rm him . al 1 VWWPWBI W Specimens of Vuleanite Base with gold plate linings, aad otner new styles 01 .. "-J y seen at his office, up stairs in Parruh Co. i Residence, eorner of Second and Raker street. ji(aprir88v3n34tf ALBANY BATH HOUSE t - PTISE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT 1 r.,u. ififnnn th. iiiuins of Albanv and vi- . .einity that he has taken charge of this Establish ment, ana, Dy Keeping clean m. pj " strict attention to business, expects to suit all those ' -who ni-iy favor him w.tb their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing bm - - First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, -be expats to give entire satisfaction to all erUhildiea and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and shauToooed. - JOSEPH WEBBER. apr4v3n33tf ADJIINISTNATOR'S NOTICE. NOrlCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE undersigned has this 25th day of May, 187". beeit appointed adininistratMr of the etate 'of John tlosKins, aeceasea. All persons claims a? lirnt said est it5 are hereby requested to present them, with prpsr vouchers, to me at niy residne3 7 miles southeast of Seio, within six mouths from' this date. , v n41w4 DILLON nOSKINS, Adm'r. " PARTNER WANTED. A GOOD CARPENTER WITH A FEW nUNr dred dollars, can find the best opening to -make mony honestly, in Linn eonnty, by apply ing to J. W. Mack, by letter at Lebanon. Oresron, r personally at Waterloo on the South Santiam above Lebanon. J. W. MACK. aprAv5n34tf. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MY wife, Merinda Shaver, having left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation, 'all persons are hereby warned not to credit her or her two boys. Thos. P. and Samuel A. Craig, on my account, as I will not be responsible for any debts of theireontracting. DAVID W. SHAVER. Albany, 3 one 3, 1 879, v5n 4 2w4 . ADVERTISEMENTS. W.S.D.-1870! . 1 LITERARY MINDS AWAKE! W- S. DRIQOS, INTENT UPON GRATIFYING THE SOULS of those who buaser and thirst after wit and wisdom, has, FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE I Opened a New and well selected stock of Standard and miscellaneous BOOKS! ranging from School Primers to Shakespeare. Also, constantly on band. SHEET MUSIC ML A T E 8 T AUONIKSI" STATIONERY! Albums, Diaries, Writing Fluid, Etc., Etc, I've goods to suit all kinds of folks, la palaces or hovels ; I've Bibles, Poems, Antic Jokes, Blank Books, Gold Pens and Novels. COME! Call for anything in my line o & mcevmmndated. rYio will find me ia Hill s Drue Store. Albany. March 4, 1870-ly. W. 8. DKIGGS. Wa the) Undnrsirned Gommtttaa, ap pointed to decide apoa the merits of the washing done by Kane's Condensed Soap and Common Boiler, decide that the washing done by KANE S CONDENSE! SOAP, is the best, doing the work in a superior manner with less tabor, no nibbing being done in using Kane's Soisp ; but that borax was used ia the Automatic Boiler. D. RUNNELS, North YamtiilL DANIEL STRANG. Salem. R. C. CRAWFORD, " Salem. June, 12th, 1869. Committee. Eaaa's Coadanaad Soap. Vancoovan, W. T-August 7. 1869. Mr. Kae Sir: Yours of the 6th received, and in sowcr ! your inquiries, I ean sav that Tour ifmp has eiven pcrfrel satis factionhas performed all it was recommended to perform. On giving it a trial, the abwman washed six dotea or pieeet . wituoui toe am m any machine or rubbing. Iour. reapecuuiiy. auxI2nS2r4tf. j. riA.-in. MARBLE WORKS! -A J. MONROE, DEALEB IX MONUMENTS, OBFUSKS, TOMBS. Head and Foot Stones Executed in Cali fornia, Yermout and Itaitaa MARBLES! Also. Mantles. Grates. Fire Bricks, Washftands, Esreau and Counter Tops larnuhca to vflcr. State St., Bet. Commercial and FroaL SALEM, - - - vtoiltf. OREGON. REAL ESTATE. STITZEL & UPTON, REAL, ESTATE BROKERS, AMD t GENERAL AGENTS. BRANCH OFFICE-Alby, Oresi J. O. KEiaXSIVHAXX, Afut. General Land Agency for Oregon established July, 1888. a. ..m: .w.r.i itiKirmi I ion nincrrniDr the resources oi Oregon can be obtained ree uf charge. Loans negotiable on nrst mortgage, ww e.ii Have for sale a large amount of property loca- i :n .u. t.r A 111..,. Also faruiinr lands of every description ia Linn and other counties of the State. .... t. .;ti,..i r a hn ud vieinitr. ana to .t. .... T 1 mm lair, thi. method of calling your attention to o-r place oi ousincss iiaving uetermmea u open a Drmmu ; . Air- VAM MMli,M fii. nHl.inin. nnr- Clljf W. WimMM WMB J " B W I chases one that is appreciated by buyers, as it saves them much time anu labor in securing what s - : I O.. 1 nd toey want, um pnnci . w. , n i. .u n nt.l- Kltakf.fl. .nd the office so well furnished for giving information upon real estate, tnax it anoros uw nv.. whiw r. 1 1 -ka.in lintiiMu in our l'nc. ,ur - , . .-You incur no expenre in placing your ' . . -. i i t ... property on saie wun us nnw . Office on First street, opposite post office. -J. C. MEN DEN HALL, Agent. Albany, Oregon March 23, 1870. v5n32yl. UMATILLA HOUSE! DALLES CITY OREGON. UADLEY efc SIXXOTT, Prop'ra. PTiniS WELL KNOWN FIRST-CLASS HOUSE having been recently repaired and renovated tbrouehout. offers spperior aeeommodations and gives better satisfaction to the Traveling Public than any Hotel in Dalles uity. it is toe only First-Class Hotel in the City, and really the only Hotel the Traveling Community patronize. Suits of Booms for Families, and 8uperior Accommodations for 300 Guests ! This Hotel is located near the Steamboat Landing ana Hailroaa vepot. THE HOTEL OMNIBUS Will always be at the Railroad Depot and Steamboat Landing on the arrival of Passcngi-rs, to eon vey them . nd tbeir baggage to and from the Hotel free of charge. pS" Particular attention paid to calling guests in the morning for the boat and ears ; and extra attention paid to seeing fam ilies off on the ears and boat. fitff They have two large FIRE-PROOF SAFES in the office, for the use of tbeir guests. Sf Hotel open all night in charge of a care ful Watchman. In connection with the Hotel tbey have a fine ' Billiard Saloon and Beading Boom! . - March 11. 1870-v6n30tf. , B. F. RUASEIX, ; Att'y at Law. C. P. FERRY, Notary Public. RUSSELL A. FERRY, REAli ESTATE BROKERS, -' . ' - ABO , ' . - j ' ' COLLECTING AGENTS. "Speeial attention given to the sale of Real Estate. Real Estate Litigation and the Collection of. Claims. Office, N..W, Corner First and Wash ington btreeta. . ".. .V Portland, Oregon. Feb. 12, 1879. v5n28tf. REVEILLE. Brave locust, turn out, turn nut I Spring's soldier you are, then corns) All the woods around a reveille sound On your magical bidden drum. Beat, beat on your hidden drum I All the Insect tribe will bear, And at every pass through the land of grass Come thronging from far aud near. 0 honey bees, one and all, Come out of the bivo, I say ) Let a queen be found and a king be crowned To welcome the Spring to-day. Puib, push with your rosy horns, Aud hasten your speed, slow snail ; Ah. never you iu!nd leave your house behind. With over the door--" For sale." Awake from your sleep, blaik mole. And sharpen your charmed plough; - There is wot k in the field for you to do. And the meadow is grassy new. You are very blind, I know j In darkness you guide your plow j Far under the ground your furrows are found, But the Master teaches you how. Come out of your house, poor toad Don't wear such a solemn facet There la n m for you in this fair world, too. And you claim but an humble place. Wild briers, shake out your tents. And stretch them across the land Encamp by bill and encamp by rill A wandering gypsy bsnd. Lay bold with your thorny bands. Climb high with your thorny leet. Grow thick aud tail, tor the wild birds all Are trusting in you for meat. Unlock all your pearly ga'es With diamond keys, oU Dew I By the golden libt ( the start, to-night. Let tlie souls of the flowers through. All the earth la fresh and green, Aud lile such a plewanl thing, 1 will out in the sua. and in joy possess My portion n God s tree Spitng. Ob, the wurld Is so fair and sweet. And heaven and Uod so Uear, To be deaf aud dumb, as 1 go and eome. Is more than my heart cau bear. Sing heart, sing heart, with the birds, 'iho glsdde.1 ol all tb Ihruwg, And the King will bear, ob, never you fear. Each uoh uf your happ, soug. CHIPM. A Jerscyuiao, iu reply to iho charge I hat women cau do ho tight'iuK ia lime ol war, nay a liia wile doe uoihiag ele. A Inuiruuic party, who hud heard a guud uuul about lite "ihettre ul war, auggexta. that the buck aval Utust be verji desirable. The Detroit Free J'rets Cuds another argument auuiuat hard work m the Kiel that a tiiau receotljr died wttlun five min utes after Bplittiu some wood. A uiau may be ever bo poor, I e ma) be ever o unlonutiate, but he need nev er be hard up lor candles mo long as he tuakea light of hia ouucriugs. A Down East paper say, ia an obitu ary notice, that "the dccenied had been ir reveral years a director ot a bank, not withatandiu which he died a Chrialiuo, and universally repected." A tradcHoinn objected, the other day. to rceivc Iroui one of his customers a noie at 3D day, on the ground that he niiyht die before that time. l)ie ! esclnmed the cuaiomer, '-who ever heard ol a man dying within 3U days." The following advice is from a New burg paper: 'Press on, young man. though jou be poor. e know one. with only hia twohaudaand a crowbar, opened a jewelry store and uow ho ia liing iu a cue stone residence iu cmg sing. It may be interesting to our sportinjr readers to know that there is a favorite dog at 1'ortlaod, Me., that is so well trained (hat he came to a dead statid in front of a door pktc with the name A. Woodcock. Two wealthy citizens of Wilmington. JUcl., have just built taue residences, and have found that they are on another man s lo's. lhe other man says he will show them where he has jrot some more lots, it they want to build some more ilo will not sell the lots, but gives them a week to take i way their coofouuded bouses. Detroit students try and pass away the time by putting powder in each other's stoves. 1 hey sometimes succeed ia blow. ing a comrade out of a second story win dow, but dou't often kill one. New Orleans policemen won't stand still over fifteen minutes, aod let people pouod them and stick knives into them One of them struck a man severely wiih lits club just lor that, aud has been laid up sinco, baviog the koile holes sewed up. Illinois has a preacher who gets his congregation in church, locks the door. and preaches to them until the deacons collect a specified amount, lie preached three hours lul hiinduy, before they cumo down with a hundred dollars, which he had levied on theui. , A school teacher at Elkhorn, Wiscon sin, has been hauled up aud discharged lor haying that General Uobert 1L. Jee was oue of the bent if not the bust generul the war produced. Wo presumo there are places, cvr-u iu the North, where a man with those sentiments will be allow ed to live. A delegate from Wyoming says he wants to recotiiujed a girl as cadet to West Point, when' his turn comes. Things are going to get mixed there at West roiut, among the white boys and girls, and niggers aod Indians, and we don't much care which comes out ahead. The Cleveland Ledger says : ' ''When the women conventions shall be purged of feminine men , who wear rinsrlete and part their hair in the middle, and speak in a falsetto voice, and ot mas culine women who uon trousers, crop their, hair short and alk slang in oVep bass, they will command more renpect." Well.' "not to put too fine a point upon It." we should say that when the said conventions are thus purged', there will be no such conventions at alL Ibais where they live. THC UIMUL'ISED II KI It EMM. Miss Vernou fiat thougbtfully at her window plunged in deep thought. This need scarcely bo wondered at, for the question!) upon which she was pondering aUected her deeply. She was an heircHS, having come in to possession, at her majority, of fifty thousand dollurs. She was prepos sessing in her appearuuee, and this, aa was natural, added to the report of her wealth, which, as usual, was con siderably exaggerated, brought her suitors in plenty. Among tliein she made choice of William Winsor, and in a lew weeks they were to be mar ried. William was engaged in the whole sale clothing trade, and hod the repu tation of a sharp, active man of busi ness. He was of eood apnearanco and so far as could bo judged was a match even for the heiress. Nothing to his prejudice had come to the e ir of Miss eriIou, until the day before. A poor woman had come to tho door in evident poverty, and asked for re lief. On Leing questioned, she said she had been employed in making shirU at twelve cents apiece for whole sale deolears that after making a doz en and carrying thim to the store, she had been roughly told that they were spoiled, and nothing would be paid her for her work ; but she might have some more if she agreed to make them better. She added that this was one of tho small ways in which the firm made money out of poor women, by pretending that the work was unsatisfactorily done, when really no fault could be reasonably found with it. The sum, small as it was, of which she had been defrauded, was all im portant to her, as it represented .ear ly a week's work. "Only a dollar and forty-four cents for a week's work 1" exclaimed Miss Vernon in dismay. "That's all," said the poor woman. "How, then, do you live ?" "It can hardly be called living. It is just barely keeping soul and body together." "And who is Una extortioner, that first offers you starving wages, and then defrauds you out of them?" asked Miss Vernon, indignantly. "William Winsor." "Who?" demanded Miss Vernon, quicklr, "William Wiusoi." "I can hardly believe this. I know the gentleman." "It is true, and if you investigate the matter, you will find it to be the truth." "I will investigate the matter. Here is five dollars for your present needs. Come here to-morrow at this time, and 1 may have some work for you to do." The poor woman dejarted, invoking oieiutiugg upon uie neiress "I will look into this," said Marga ret ernon, resolutely, "and if it proves true, the engagement between William Winsor and myself shall be broken. I will not give myself to such a man." "Nancy," said Miss Vernon, the next morning to the chambermaid, "have you an old dress and shabby cloak and bonnet that you can lend mer "I have some that are so poor that I am not going to wear them again said Nancy, surprised at such an in quirv. " Will you lend them to me ?" "Of course, Miss : but what would the likes of you want of such old clothes?" "A little fun, that is all," said Miss Vernon. "I am going to disguise my self, and see if I can't deceive some body." With this explanation Nancy was content and produced the clothes, Miss Vernon put them on, and in ad' dition borrowed of another of the servants a thick green veil, somewhat the worse for wear, and then set out on her mission. No one in her dis guise would have recognized the usu ally elegantly dressed heiress, Miss Margaret Vernon. Miss Vernon slipped out of the base ment aoor, ana look ner way to a large store, on which was inscribed the name William Winsor, in large gilt letters. She entered, and after awhile a clerk spoke to her in a rough voice : "Well, what do you want?" "I want to get some work,", she re plied in a low voice. "We can give you some shirts." "Anything.! "Can you sew well?" "I think so." "At any rate, we will try you." A half dozen shirts were given to Miss Vernon, and she was informed, if satisfactorily done, she would be paid twelve cents apiece. .These she carried home, slipping in at the back door. x wo nours later tue poor woman called. "' "Here are some shirts for you to make," said Miss Ternon. "Why, they are the same as I have been making," said the woman in sur prise.1 -: '- 1 ' " '' " wi- J ' "That is true, and they came from the same place." "Am 1 to bring them back there? "No. You will bring them here. I will rjav vou for the work whan done. double the price you have been receiv ing." ."Thank you, Miss : you are very kind." "Sew them as neatly as possible. I wish to see whether they will be re jected as poor work." '- " xes, Miss vernon, l will take pains with them." ' . . , ,;. Three days later the poor woman returned with the work' completed. Miss Vernon paid her for them, and requested her to call the next day, "Nancy," said the heiress, after her Erotcge had departed, "I shall wish to orrow your old clothes again." "Certainly, Miss," said Nancy, "if it is not ashamed ye are to appear in such rags." "No one will know me, Nancy. ! "Sure, Miss, you can take them whenever you like," "I don't think I shall need them again, Nancy, but I thank you all the Maine." ' ! Not loftf afterwards Miss Vernon, in her shabby disguise, entered the establishment of William Winsor, with the bundle of shirts under her arm. - She went up to the counter and laid them down. "What have you got there?" de manded a pert young clerk. "Some work, sir," said Miss Vernon, humbly. "Well, why don't you open the bun dle?" said the young man, picking his teeth with nis knile. Miss Vernon did so. The young man deigned to tumble over the shirts, glancing at them care lessly. "Shocking! shocking!" "What's the matter, sir?" "They're wretchedly sewed. That's what is the matter, flow do you ex pect we are going to sell such shirts as these?" "I am sure I thought they were well done," said Miss Vernon. "You thought, did you?" repeated the clerk, mocking her. "Well I think differently, and that's all about it. We shan't pay you for these shirts. They will have to be sold at a loss." "But what shall I do?" asked Miss Vernon, in seeming distress. "That's your buHiness, not mine. We will try you once more, and give you another half dozen shirts. If they are done better, you will be paid for them." "These are well done," said Miss Vernon, snatching the bundle from the counter, "and I will -show them to your employer." TV the indignation of the clerk, who was not used to such independence in poor women who worked for the es tablishment, Mi Vernon took the shirts to another part of the counter where she saw William Winsor him self. "Mr. Winsor, your clerk will not pay me for thewe shirts. He says they are not well done. Mr. Winsor took one and pretended to examine it. "No, it is poorly done. We can't pay you for these, but you may have another bundle, and if they are satis factory, you will be paid. "Didn't I tell you so?" said the c:erk, tnumpnantiy. ".ow, young woman, how much did you make by that operation. "More than you think, perhaps,' said Miss Vernon. "Do you want any more work?" . "No I don't wish any." "Oh ! you are on your high horse, are jou? Well you may be glad to get some work some day when you can t Lave it. That evening was the one which William Winsor usually spent with bis betrothed. When he was intro duced, he went forward warmly, as usual, to greet Miss Vernon. She drew back coolly, and did not offer her band to grasp his. "What is the matter, Margaret?' he said, surprised and startled. "What have 1 done to entitle xne to sucy reception?" "My hand has taken yours for the lost time, Mr. Winsor, said Marga ret. - "Good Heavens! What is the meaning of all this 1 . Margaret, ex plain yourself, I cannot understand it?" "I cannot take the hand of one who grows rich by defrauding poor women out oi their scanty earnings. "Who says this of me? Some one has been slandering me. Confront me with my accuser. There is some mis take here. . "I will do as you desire. Wait five minutes." Miss Vernon left the room and soon entered in her disguise. The young man strode up to her angrily. " Are you the one who has slan deredme to Miss Vernon?" he de manded. "I told her the truth." The young man reflected. Violent contradiction, ' he saw would ' not avail him. He would try another course. "Hark you, young woman," he said in a low voice, "there was a mistake, and I will make it up to you richly. will give vou ten dollars on the spot, and all the work you want at double rates, if you will tell Miss , Vernon it Tf'A Q A 1 1 A i 5 4- rt It- " ' ! nno nil U lUlOMaJav e "Too late, Mr. Winsor," said the veiled- figure, throwing ; up her veil and showing the contemptuous , face of Margeret Vernon. "Your bribe is offered in vain. Good evening, sir." ." " " Confused and astonished, William Winsor found his way to the doOr, and has never ventured to enter the house of the heiress since. He was paid for his meanness in his own coin. Professor Agassis says that men can train themselves so as to acquire the tact of breathing under water. We know of men who manage Very uccessfullv the feat of always breath- iag under whiskey. : Why is a blackboard like the earth ? Because the children' of man multiply upon the face of it. 1 ' : - ": MOUTH PAt'ine RAILROAD. The Senate Joint Ilesolution granting lands to the North Pacific llailroad was the subject of animated debate upon its passage in the House. Fol lowing is the speech made by our mem ber, Hon. J. S. Smith, in' the ten minutes allotted to him. It will be read with interest by the people of Oregon: Mr. WHEELER. I now yield to the gentleman from Oregon Mr. smith j lor ten minutes. Mr. SMITH, of Oregon. Much misapprehension exists in the minds of gentlemen ol the House in regard to the reasons for some of the provisions oi this oenate joint resolution, Mow, Mr. Speaker, a residence of twenty five years on the northera Pacific coast has enabled ine to become ac quainted with the country west of the ltocky mountains, through which this road is to pass, and I should be glad to give me House ine uenent 01 my local information at some length if I had time in the few minutes allotted to me. But I shall confine my re marks chiefly to two points very close ly connected. The bnt is, a to the propriety of permitting this company to select the point of departure from the main line for its branch road; and the xecond, as to whether there is any danger of the power to select being abused 11 it snail ue granted. Jrnst, in reference to the point of departure for the branch road. If the country for three hundred miles irom the western terminus of this hue were a level prairie country, such as exists in Kansas and Iowa, there would be no reason why the point of depart ure should not be within that dis tance; but gentlemen must remember that between that point, wherever it may be located, and l'uget Sound, there is a lofty, rugged chain of mountains traversed by very difficult passes. So far as investigation has gone up to this time, there are but two passes nortn ol the Columbia riv er between the line of this road and Puget Sound. One is the Cowlitz the other is the Snoqualmie. They are barely practicable, and it is there fore eminently desirable, if further ex ploration should develop, what is hoped for, a more favorable pass fur ther north, that the point of departure may be fixed accordingly. If either of the two passes already explored is adopted then the point of departure may be as provided in the original bill, within three hundred miles of fort land. If a better pass should be found further north than either of those named, as is not unlikely, then, to make the point of intersection with in this three hundred miles, it will be necessary to lengthen the branch road, aud after clearing the mountains, to run it in a southeasterly direction in stead of a northeastly, as it ought to run; and thusgentlemei, in their anx iety to shorten this branch, will make it both longer and less direct than it need be or than the company would make it if given this necessary latitude in selecting the point of junction. If this road shall be built from Puget Sound, near the forty-eighth parallel, then it will he necessary that the point of junction should be some four hun dred miles from Portland. So much for the first point, as to the necessity of giving some latitude to tins com pany, as to fixing the point of depart ure. This grant, if made at all, should be so framed as to enable the company to select the shortest and best route for both the branch and the main road. This resolution in its present form gives that power, and it oucnt not to be changed. Now as to the second point. I hold there is not the slightest danger of any abuse of this power if it be extended to this company. 1 call tne attenUon of the House to the language of the joint resolution. ' It provides that the company shall have power " to locate and construct under the provisions and with the privileges and duties provided for in its act of incorpora tion' and amendments thereto, its main road to some point on Pu get Sound, via the valley ot the Col- umia river, with the right to locate and construct its branch from some convenient point on its main trunk line across the Cascade mountains to Puget Sound. It seems to me that it requires an immense stretcn 01 imagination to conclude that this language would give this company the right to build its branch parallel to the main road, It must select its point of departure at some convenient point to reach Puget Sound. No court, no Secreta ry of the Interior, no sensible man would say it gave a right to built parallel road lor a single mile. I here is no danger on that point. Further more, in the region of country be tween tne ltocky mountains and a point three ' hundred miles east of Portland, the country is of such char acter as to offer no inducements to build an additional line or to lengthen the road one mile for the purpose of increasing the amount of land to. be obtained. I am familiar with that country, and while I do not under take to say that it is a desert, or mat there is no good land along the line of this errant, I do say that tne poorest part of this country is between a point three hundred miles east from Port land and one hundred and fifty miles further east, where the location of the passes is such as to make it inevitable the road must go. There is, there fore, not the slightest danger that this company will build one solitary mile of : road more than is necessary for the sake 01 the land. While the amendment proposed will limit this point of departure to a point three hundred miles east of Portland,. ; and might lengthen that branch road, , it would do no possible good. The: danger apprehended on this point is entirely imaginary, and no gentleman' 1 familiar with the the country ' would. have raised it in honest opposition to? tie resolution. I do. not suppose it was raised for any bad purpose, but ; irom ignorance of the character of the country, i ' - ; r I have single remark to make u regard to one other point, and that is this: it is claimed by many gentlemen, that the interests of the people 1 vingr' in the region of country traversed by this rood requires restriction as to the price of the land and the time of ita sale and the quantity to be sold to each person. It is feared that thi company will resist the claims of set-' tiers and oppress them, - - Mr. Speaker, along the line of this. ; road, in Washington Territory, in Or-. egon, and in Idaho, and I will ven ture to say in Montana, though I have-' no positive knowledge, there cannot" be found aa individual who is not anxious to have that road built on, such terms as are offered here. The people who are directly interested sre willing that the grant should be made ' as provided for in this joint resolution The men who live isolated from eivili--zation and commerce are not those, who complain of these land, grants; but, as has already been well said, the opposition comes from gentlemen whose eonstrtueaas have been here fore gorged by land grants. Having secured all they want, they very' un graciously oppose extending like fa-' vers to others. The actual settlers-,, present and prospective, will not thank these gentlemen who thus misrepre sent them. They want these roads the country through which they are to. run is of little value without them. This proposition will secure the con struction of these roads, so much needed, and for which our people will have reason to be thankful, and the building of which no one will ever re gret. Mr. COBURN. I ask the gentle man from Oregon whether he will vofca for an amendment to this joint reolu tion to fix the point of departure of the branch road at a point not more than four hundred miles east of the western terminus of this road ? Mr. SMITH, of Oregon. I would do so most cheerfully if it were not for sending this joint resolution back to the Senate, although, for the reasons. I have stated, there is no necessity for it. I will state again to the Gentle man that the character of the country is such as to offer no temptation to the company to increase the length of its branch for the sake of additional land. Mr. COBURN. The question ia not what the gentleman states, but the question we have is what construc tion will be put upon this language. Mr. SMITH, of Oregon. I will vote, after this joint resolution passes, for a resolution fixing the point of de parture at not more than four hun dred miles east of Portland, if it is thought desirable; but I know it is not necessary. "The fact is," said an orderly wife, "a man does not know how to straight en np things. He does not know where to commence ! I do not won der, that when God made Adam that he went right to work and made a wo man to tell him what to do." " x Josh Billings says: " Menny peo ple spend their time in trying to find the hole whar sin got into the world. If two men break through the ice into a mill pond, they had better hunt for some good hole to git out, rather than git into a long argument about the hole they fell in." A friend offered to P eome milk to drink. P replied that milk had been distasteful to him from his earliest rec ollection. Being pressed to partake, he lifted his eyes and gazed upon the proffered cup. Beer in all its glory met his vision. "Oh," said he, smil ingly. "I thought it was the udder kind." . - - An old bachelor geologist was boast ing that every rock was as familiar to him as the alphabet. A lady present declared that she knew a rock of which he was wholly ignorant. "You don't say just name it, mad am." "It is the rock of the cradle," she replied. '' ' - . r It is rumored in Harrisburg that Governor Major General John W. Geary was recently invited to address the children of a Public School, and in alluding to Washington's birthday, put the following question : " ' "row, boys, wny snouia we cele brate Washington's birthday any more than mine I" '- . ,- In the midst of profound silence a little feHow at the foot of the ' class rose and replied : Jr L "Because hs never told a ue." Mrs. Williams said in a speech in San Franeisco recently, that "she knew a wo man in the East who was a doctress. She was the mother of four children,', and when the youngest was a babe, her. hus band left her. At that time she bad o nrofe.Bion. hut she had previously learn ed the harness-maker's trade in Iowa. She worked at that till she had saved money to begin the study of medicine. Now she owns two houses and lots, and is etill practising, and supporting another husband." Couldn't get along without the husband, it seems. - - - J t ''."-' . A wiR-right ed man walked off the bridge into the Kenne beck river "and upon being miraculously saved , was " darnation glad be didn't lose his cane and specs." ' '-: