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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT '"OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. - , - ' r l.W f. 1 M- M I M f -1 TK 110 2 on .':) 4 rmuiiiD bvebt miDir, r 1 MART. V. BROWN. OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. j TERMS, in AOVARca One year, I Six montb, $2 ;. Three months, l J One month, 50 .ants;, Single Copies, ' 12J cents. Correspondents writing over assumed slcna--turea or anonymously, must mke known their proper um to the Editor, or no attention will be Riven to their communications. BUSINESS CARDS. W. G. JONES, M. D. 'Homoeopathic Physician, ' ' ALBAKT, OREGON. ia-Offiee on Front street, over Turretl's store. Residence on the corner of Sixth and iFerrjr streets. vTn20yl. i r A. CBMOWBTB. Corvalli. I. X. SMITH. J.inu Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ' - Corrallit, Crefoa. jar-Omci at the Court House. Tfln2T n. a. cbasob. X. B. HFMPBniT. CRANOR& HUMPHREY. ATTORNEYS AXD COUNSELORS AT LAW. (N. O. Humphrey, Notary Public) OrriCB In Parrish's Briek Buildinp. up- atairs, -lbanT. Oregon. 7uSU JOHN J. WHITSEV, ATTOSXET AND fOlNSELOS AT LAW and Notary PoTolic Special attentions given to eollet-tions. OrriCK Up stairs in Parrisu's Brick. Albany, Oregon. v3n33tf. . DANIEL GABY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. sexo, oaxiGow. jesrSpecial attention given to the collection of notes, accounts, le. declovOnlS. L fcTKl'Cla.5iEIEK, MERCHANT TAILOR! HA VIS O RECEIVED FROM PORTLASU a splendid stock" of goods, superior to any in Wis market, and made in tbe latest Sew "York fashions, I guarantee to give 'satisfaction .1ill'llt'll'U to all.. L. STHlCkMEiEK. n3tf GEO. R.. HELM, ATTORNEY ArvD COUNSELOR AT LAW ' Will practice in all the Courts of this State. " ' OFFICE: ALB AST, OREGON. Sot. 11. 1670. PAPER CALCEKIKIKS, Oecoratiag, Ac. FM. WADSWOKTH WILL PROMPTLV . give attention to all orders for jPafer feaaging. Calcemiofog, Dteoratiag, e-. in 'bis city or vicinity. A.l work executed in the 1 .t ect style, in tie best manner, at the lowest liv ing ratus. 0-Orders left at the Furniture Warerooins of Chaa. Uealev. will receive pr-rfept attention. vTnltif E. N. TANDY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW KOTA2T PUBLIC. 3ARRISBCRG. LISX COCKTT, OREGCS Will practice in tbe Courts of Linn and ad joining eoauties ; and will buy good negotiable jenrr at a reasonable discount. ai8'71 JSB ICU1T. josepb babsob. KELSAY &. HANNON, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. ALB AST, 02EGOS. Partners for Linn County. Offiee ap stairs in Post Office Building. v5n4vl. JOHNS & GABY, BCIO, ORSGOX, Real Estate Dealers T AST), IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED, I a is cheaper in tie Forks of the EantUm tkan in any other part ef the State. , Inquire ef i. M. Joass, Marion Station. r of Dahiel Gabt, Seio, Linn county. vn33tf. C. B. BBM-tBCEB. TBCO. BOKBESTBB. - BELLINGER & BdRHESTER," ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, . , POSTIND, - - CSSGON". Special attention giren ta matters in Bankrupt cy and all business in United Slates Courts. 6n24tf. Gi F. SETTLEMIER, . Ebruggist and Apothecary! tEALER IX DRUGS, MEDICISES, OILS, Paints, n indow Giaki. DyeetoJs, Liquors, iaaey boaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, e. Prescriptions Carefully Coaponaded. ' All art cles and Drugs in oar line warranted of the best quality. First street, Post OSee building, Albany. - - jniUvSn8yl K.. D BOM, - . V" WUOCI. " W. S. DU EOIS & CO., COSSTASTLT OS HAXD ASD RECEIV ING a large stock of Groceries and Provi aious, Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Confectionery, Yankee Kotions, etc., etc. Wholesale and SetaiL ' We sell at the Lowest Wring Bates, Mi deliver free of charge throughout the city. Oppoeite R. C. Eill 6on' Drug Store, .tAinany. Oregon. junluvanuyi ALBANY BATH HOUSE! fTHE USDERSIGSED WOULD RESPECT JL fully inform tbe citizens of Albany and vi- eujity that he ias taken cbarze of this Establish' SMnt, and, by .keeping clean rooms and paying Strict attention to business, expects to suit all chose who may favor him w.tb their patronage Having heretofore carried on nothing but ' , ';- First-Clase Hair Dressing Saloons. lie expects to rive entire satisfaction to all. S9Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly eut mtt unaicpooed. JUSJ2P11 WEBBER. . r3n33tf. GEO. W GEAY, D. O. S. Gradnate of tbe Cincinnati Den ... r-'tai College, Jaakes - Several ' New - and ' Improved :; Style of Plates for Artificial Teeth. k ' Also does all work in the , line , of his profession in the beet ' and most apcreved method and at as reasonable rates as can be had elsewhere.' Si aroas oxide administered for the painless ex traction of teeth if desired..' Office in Parrish's 33riek Block up-stairs. . Residence, first house oota of CoDgregational Church, fronting on Coort House block. , . Y : . vTnl7yL c ASH PAID FOR WHEAT. OATS, PORK isutter and iSggs by WHEELER at KIIEDD. VOL. VII. . MARTHA PHILLIPS. She was tleail; an old woman, with silvery hair ' brushed smoothly away from her wrinkled forehead, a Bnowy cap tied under her chiu; a sad quiet face; a patient mouth, with lines about it that told of sorrow borne with gentle firmuess; and two wither ed", tired hands, crossed with a restful look. That was all. , Who, looking at tho sleeping lorm, would think of love and romance, of a heart only just healed ol a wound received long, long ago? ; Fifty years she had lived tinder that roof, a farmer's wile. If you look on the little plate on the coffin lid, you will see "Aged 70'' there; and she was only twenty when1 John Phillips brought her home, a bride. A half century she had kept her careful watch over dairy and larder, had wade butter and cheese, and looked after the innumerable duties that fall to the share of a farmer's wife. And John had never gone with buttonless shirts or undarncd socks; had not come home to an un tidy housa and scolding wife. His trim, tidy Martha had been his pride; and though not a demonstrative hus band, he had boasted tonic times of the model housewife that kept his home in order. Jiut underneath her quiet exterior there was a story that John never dreamed of, and would hardly have believed possible had he been told. She did not marry for love. When he was nineteen, a rosy, happy girl, a stranger came on a visit to their vil lage, and . that Summer was the bright est and hagpiest she ever knew. Paul Gardner was the btranger's name; he was an artist, and fell in love wiih the simple village maiden, ami won her heart; and, when he went away in the Autumn they were betrothed. '"I"ll come again in the Spring.' he said. "Trust me, and wait for we Mat tie dear." She promised to love and wait for him to the end of time, if need 1 e; and will) a kii-s 0:1 her quivering lips, he went aay. .Mauie Gray did not tell her father and mother of her love, tor they had no liking for London folks, and had treated Paul none too hoi-pitaLly w hen he had ventured itihide their house. Springtime came, aud true to his word, l'aul returned; he staid only a day or two this time. "I am going away in a lew weeks to Italy, to study," he tald. "'I . be gone two years, and then I shail come to claim you fur my bride." They renewed their vows, ami part ed with tearc, and tender loving woi d-: he put a tiny ring on her lijige r, and cut a little curly tress from her Lrovtn hah; aud, telling her to be always true, and wait for him, he went away. The months went by, and ilattie wa trying to maLe the time seem short by studying to improve herself, so she might he worthy of her lover, when he should return to make her his wife.- "it must be about the time he is to start," she said to hejtlf one day. And by aud by, as she glanced' over a newspaper, ner eye was attracted by his name, and with white lips and di lated; eyes, she read of hh marriage to another. "Married! Taken another bride, instead of coining back to marry me! Oh, Paul, Paul! I loved and trusted you for this!'' She covered her face with her hands and wept bitterly. An hour afterwards, as she sat there in the twilight, with the fatal newspa per lying in her lap, she heard a step on the gravel walk; and, looking up, she saw John Phillips coming up the steps. He had been to see her often before, bnt had never yet t poken of love, and had of course, received no encouragement to do so. He was a plain, hardworking fanner, with no romance about him, but matter-of-fact to the core. His wife would get few caresses or tender words. lie would be kind enough would give her plenty to eat and wear. Now, he seemed to have come for the express purpose of asking her to be his wife; for he took a chair, and seating himself beside her, after the usual greeting,, reserving scarcely a moment to take breath, began in his business-like way to converse. There was no confession of love, no plead ing, po' band-clasping, no t tender glances, he simply wanted her; ' would she be his wife? His manner was hearty enough; there was no doubt he really wanted her would rather mar ry her ' than any other woman he knew; but that was all. . Her lips moved to tell him she did not love him; but as she let her eyes fall from the crimson-hearted rose that swung from the vine over the window, 6he caught sight of those few lines again. "Married!" she said to herself. "What can I do? He doesn't ask me to love him. -.If I marry him, I can be a true w ife to him, and nobody .will know that Paul has jilted me." The decision . was' made. Her cheeks were ashy pale as she looked up, straight into his eyes, aud answer ed quietly! "Yes, I will be your wife." Iier parents were pleased that she was chosen by so well-to-do a young man; so it was all settled, they were married that same Summer. People thought she sobered down wonder fully; more than that, nothing was said that would lead any one to sup pose any change had taken place. Yes, she was sobered down. She dared not think of, Paul. . There was no hope ahead. Life was a time to be filled up with ; something, so that she might not think; of herself. John was always kind, bnt she got so wea ried of his talk of stoek and . crops, and said :to-! herself, rtI must work, harder; plan, and fuss, aud bustle about as other women do," so' that I may forget, and grow like John." j Two years went swiftly by. . A baby slept in tbe little cradle; Martha nobody called her Mattie but Paul --sat rocking it with her foot as she knitted a blue woolen stocking for the baby'H father. Thcro wasakuock at the half opon door. - "I have got into the wrong road; will you bo kind enough to direct mo the nearest way to tho village!"' said a pleasant voice, and a strauger step ped in. She rose to give htm tho required direction, but stopped short, while he came quickly forward. "Paul!-'. ' : "Mattiel" His face lighted up, and ho reached out his arms to draw her to him. With a surprised, pained look, she drew buck. "Mr. Gardner, this is a most unex pected meeting." "Mr. Gardner?" he repeated. "Mattie, what do yon mean?'' "Don't cull mo Mattie, if you pleaso," she replied with diguitv. "My name is Phillips." "Phillips!" he echoed. "Are you married." "These are strange words from you, l'aul Gardner, did you think I was waiting all tin time for auolher wo man's husband? that 1 was keeping my faith with one who played 1110 false so soon?" "Played you false. I have not. I am come as I promised you. The two years are but just passed, and I am here to claim you. Why do you greet me thus? Are you indeed mar ried, Mattie ("ray?" She wa-i trembling like an aspen leal. For answer, she turned and pointed to the cradle. He came aud stood before her, with while face and folded a rm. "Tell me why yon did this. Didn't you love me well enough to wail for She went and unlocked a drawer, and took out a newspaper. Unfold ing it, ant! liii.liiig the piace.shc point ed to it with hr linger, uud he read the marriage notice. "What at' this?'' ho asked, a he met her questioning, reproachful look. "O, Mattie! you thought it meant me. It is my co'tsin. i am not married, nor in love with any 0110 but you!" "Are you telling me the truth?" she a-,ke.i in an eager husky voice. And then, as he replied, "It is true," she gave a low groan and hank dow u i into a cha.r. "O, Paul, forgive me! It nearly brokis my !iart! i didn't know that you ha 1 a cousin by the same name. l .ouj!it not to have duubted you; but it, wa there in bfaek au f white and thi-; muii, my huxLud, came and I married him:" With hitler uart, hh told him lmw it all happened. With clenched hand ho walked to and Iro, then stooped beside tho cra.ifc. and bent over the deeping child. Lower he bent, till his hps touched its Wee forehead, while he murmured aoftly, to bim.tclf, "M illie's bi!i ."' " , Then he tm ned, and kneeling be fore her said, iii a low voice, "1 tor give you. Mattie; be as happy as you can." llu took both her hands in iiis, ami looked Meaddy, lovingly, into her face. His lips t witched convulsively as he rose to his feet. "1 have 110 riIit here you are another mail's wife, (rood bye God bless you!" He turned, as he went out of t lie door, and saw her standing there in the middle ol the room, with arms outstretched. He went back, aud putting his arms around her, prenscd one kiM on her check, then left the house, never looking back. And she went down on her knees beside her sleeping baby, and prayed ior strength to bear her trial They never saw one another again. Seventy years old! Her stalwart sons and bright-eyed daughters re member her as a loving and devoted mother, her gray-headed husband as a most laiihful wife. "Never was a woman more patient and kind, and as good a housewife as ,ever was," he said, as he brushed the back of his old brown hand across his eyes while looking on the peace ful face. ' . And not one of thorn ever knew of the weary heart and broken hope that had died in her breast, nor ever dreamed of the sorrowful load she had borne through life. now to JVfttiE A XETO'SPA- To that class of people who esti mate the value of a newspaper whol ly upon the amount of original matter which it contains, we commend the following from the Literary Jourtmh It is comparatively an easy task for a frothy wiriler to pour out daily col umns of words words upon any and all subjects. His ideas may flow in one weak,', weshy, everlasting flood, and Iiis command of language may enable him to string them together like bunches of onions, and yet his paper may be a meager and poor con cern. Indeed, the mere writing part of editing a paper is but a small por tion of the work. The care, the time employed in selecting, is far more im portant, and the tact of a good editor is better tdiown by his selections than anything else; and that we all know is half the battle, but, as we have said, an editor ought to be estimated and his labors understood and appreciated by the general conduct of his paper its tone, its temper; its uniform, con sistent course, its aims, its manliness, its propriety, its dignity. To preserve these as they should be preserved is enough to occupy fully the time and attention of any man. , If to this be added the 'general supervision of a newspaper establishment, which most editors have to encounter, the wonder is how they can find time to write at all.. ' A. Detroit husband caught hia wife and the family physician kissing, like young lovers in the gushingist stage, and offered a few -remarks, whereat tha lady began to cry.' The husband inquired the reason. "Alas," replied she, 'I weep because, your utter want of confidence in me terribly affects my sensitive nature."' He looked thoughtful, , , ... ALBANY, OREGON, FllIDAY, HAY 0, 18T2. m:iCHA.U YOL'NC!. Ills tViven uud ( Uildreu. ' A correspondent of tho Cincinnati Commercial writes from Salt Lake City, us follows: imitillAM's WIVKK. I asked the Elder how many wives Biighatu hud, so an to get.Botae au thority upon that disputed point. "Living with bun bore in the house," replied the Elder, "he ban only bixteen, but then there ore 11 number of others, I reully don't know bow many, married to him all over tho Territory, luauy of whom he has not even seen biuce the hour they wtire married." "What's the use of that, nort of marriage?" I asked, with au eye to the practical as well us to the spir itual. "TUT.SK MAflKtAOKS aro for tho next world; they are pir itual marriages. We believe that niurriagcH are for time aud eternity. ljccuuNtf I murry a wutuuu it is no sign that I am going to live with her. She is staled to me ofwr eternity. For instance, a lady whom, perhaps, I have never ht-in before, comes to me with a letter of introduction from some of our Church oflicem, saying that she is u good, deserving lady, and desires to be united to a man for eternity, why I should consider it my duty to marry I hut Judy, although 1 might never st-o her again in this world." "J5ut Kupposo the lady already Las a busbatul?" I added. "That ilou't make uny difference; she can be staled to mo just the sumo. Pel hups ht-r husband U a worthlcsH fellow, and in every wuy unworthy of her." "Wouldn't your wives object?" s "Oh, no, wo understand ull that ; there it,u't ko much objecting going ouats you think, whether we marry to cohabit or himply for the nexi world. I didn't marry my second wife until my hint had consented. I said 1 wanted hoiuo more children some hoiii to bear iy nuiae. It was the Lord's will that 1 hhonld liavit them. My lirit wifo consented, emd told nit' to do tha Ijord s will, und I married again, selwling a much younger wonum than my r.t wife, und she bore me home tino boy." 1 GIVE IlilS AS A SJ ECllirX of the sort ot talk ono will Lear among the eiders and those hih in authority ia tho Mormon Church. They talk in freely about their fami lies us l!.ey do ab.jut their oxea. And all this wickedness, theso brutal practices, this degradation of woman, has nothing for its fotui'iulion but a pretended revelation to Joseph Smith from Heaven. Uf all thu humbug and bosh, suix-rstilioti and cit-ricul quackery that wi over pumped into any creed or wet, the Mormons have it. Yet their diubolicul creed is no more marvelous thuu their perfect sincerity. AIX Ol HUOUUy's filXTI JlX WIVKS with v. hum ho lives havo borne him children, except one, called Amelia. Amelia is his niot noted wife, spirit ed, pleasant, and of American birth. She is only thirty-two, lacking Home years of U-ing lmlf us old as her hus band. His wives are of ull ages, his last two being quite young, mere girls in fact, when thty married him. I uked a Gentile gentleman of their acquaintance why they should be such fools us to want to marry an old man with over a dozen wives already. Was it love ? "No, indeed," said he, "for I know they did not lovo him ?" "Were they compelled to marry Lira?" "Oh, 110, they did it of their own free will, as they thought it a certain way to get to Heaven." bkioham's chiuwex. ' Bribnm has sixty-eight children, about ftrty of whom are female. They are of all ages from three years to thirty. ' Several of his older sons are young men of promise and posi tion. If e is the father of a good deal of talent, and some of his chil dren will be beard of in the world hereafter. Last night, ot the thea tre, I was particularly struck with the good, I might say superb, acting of a joung looking lady, and quite handsome withal. I made inquiry, and learned that she was a daughter of Brigham, aud one of the five wives of H. 13. Clawson. Clawson being a man of wealth and standing, and a devout Mormon, has married two of Brigharn's daughters, in addition to his other three wives. Isn't that a curious way to do it? It certainly is to us Gentiles; but to the Mormons it is all perfectly correct and proper. In several of tho States a man is prohibited from marrying a dead wife's 'sister, but here in Utah it is much tbe style to marry two sisters at once, besides having other wives. But as long as it is necessary to have two or more wives, I think he is a wise man who mat ries sisters. 1 MASV OF BBIOIIAM'S CDTLDnEN are handsome and , lovable. Those by one of his, wives, Mrs. 'Decker, are particularly bo.- . .v :, -. He provides well for bis numerous sons in-law, and takes great pleasure in seeing his . children well married and happy,' if there can be any hap piness in the Mormon married state.' A marriage takes place in his family now, very, often, as his numerous flock are rapidly maturing. " One of his daughters married last Sunday. I hear of one who had to run away to marry, Brigham being opposed to the match because the young man who loved his daughter, also loved lager beer. .Brigham tried to break off tbe match, and kept his daughter at home, but his home hnd so many doors to it that he . could not . watch them all at once and sho got away.- If this teaches any moral at all, it is either to have fewer daughters ' or fewejr doors. . . ! - Subscribe for the Democrat. From the Kana City (Mo.) Tlmei. i IN C'HAINN AWA1T1XO MAO- Au Expected fr'nte Worse tha Tltat ol Prwiuetueuw There is a farm house about two miles from Arnold Station, Clay county, over which sadness and sor row and terror are brooding, for in one of the rooms of the house are two strong men heavily ironed and chained to the floor. Tlltr AKK WA1T1NO TflKKK for a most terrible malady to take possession of them, and utter putting them to a torture a thousand times worse than that of the Inquisition, to destroy their lives. WlltX A MAD DOO KILLED by Campbell, at Liberty, was on its destroying missiou throughout the country, several duys ago, these two men crossed its path, aud received its terrible bite. The mud-stone was applied, but, fearing uud doubting its eflicacy, they prepared for the fearful ordeal of un attack of hy drophobia. Not knowing at what hour the fell disorder might make its appearance, uud fearing tor the safe ty of their wives, little ones aud friends, they hud heavy irons made for the purpose, and bound them selves so securely that it would re quire almoHt the strength of bamson to break their fastenings. Their hands are securely manacled, a strong iron bund is locked around their wuixts, and to this band is welded a heavy chain, one end of which is fastened to a heavy ring bolt iu the floor und there they btuud WAlllNO for the dread approach of the awful luuddeuiug stupor that anuouncc-s the flow of the poison through the blood uud the brum; waiting for the stupor from which they will revive by the quick and sudden twitching of the muscles, deadly pains iu the head und through the body, and burniug eyebulls, while poisonous froth will guther ut the mouth. They will be heizod with on uucuntroluble longing to bite, to tear, to destroy. TUil STCJ-Oll OOSE they will bo writhing, snapping, snarling, growling, howling, tortured demons pressing hard upon thtir fastenings, glaring savugely upon ull around them, the ties of Jove, of blood, of hufiiunity obliterated from their understanding going in horri ble convulnions of ruge and puiu, clanking and rattling their chains iu order to free themselves from retruiiiU, und with but one thought, one dcrfire to kill and de stroy to rend with teeth aud nails every living thing, ami after this, with hot M-orchiug eyes strained and twisted buck in their sockets, and blood and foam streaming from their parched und burning lips, to die to die amid the couvuUive agonies und tortures of hydrophobia, worse even, it is said, than the pains of hell iU self. This is what these unfortunate men are wuiting for, und there is ter ror in evory breath they draw. IJTTl.E CUILDUEN'. with saddened faces, fondle and ca ress them with increased love, for the dreaded fate of their fathers has been whispered in their tars. Fond wives aud mothers, with tearful eyes und faltering hearts, tenderly care for them, and see that every want is supplied, and the bondage made as light as love and sympathy can ren der it. These loved ones are also waiting, watching, not knowing the hour when they will be drawn out of the reach of the two men whose very touch may soon be almost instant death. . TCP TO THIS TIME ' no indication of madness has been manifested, and as the time has already passed in which the disorder attacks its victims after the poison has been infused into the blood, the friends aro very hopeful that the mad-stone ban proved 'effective, but the mcu declare they will wear their irons several days yet, so fearful are they that the poison is still lurking within them. Till: NTATE OF All ICAXNAS SOLI) I'OK TAXES. Outrageous taxes imposed upon the State of Arkansas, at a time when they hod just recoverod from the the impoverishing effects of the war, worked the- forfeiture of the enormous quantity of about 3,000, 000 acres of land, or one-Beventh part of the whole State, through the non payment of taxes. . During the past few weeks the State Auditor has been engaged in selling these lands. Only about one-third of them could find purchasers, and that. on an average, at the small price of the amount of takes imposed. ; The unsold lands are now being re-offered for sale, with the prospect that the amount disposed of, added to that sold at the original Bale, will not exceed one half of the whole 3,000,000 acres. Thus the State will have gotten, after driving many of the , people into bankruptcy because they could not meet the'" onerous taxes ' levied by unconscionable' law-makers," about half the : taxes it . demanded. - The Auditor's office is now being flooded with petitions from all manner of persons, praying the donation to them of the unsold lands. Under the law as it stands, every man, wom an, and child is entiled, . upon. , proper application, to 1C0 acres of land. .A Western paper speaks - of the house cleaning season as that when the woman has her own way at the housed while the ,"old man" takes his solemn repast from the ; top of the flour barrel, and in sleeping en joys the freedom of ; the interval be tween his bedroom and the front fence. It is d season of meditation whitewash, and calm, unimpassioned profanity., .... V. From the Oregon llsrald. THE ISSUk-H OV TUU UOUlt. by nudes a Venn wick LoVEEiDaii. To break, politically, with old mends' is anything but pleasant, lo come before the public 111 any way i to render one's self a fair target for criticism. ' ' The author of these hastily written paragraphs proposes to outline, very brietly, some oi those meutal proces ses which have caused him lo believe that only through a return to the Democratic policy can the nation hope for prosperity uud histiug peace. lie wishes, in this connection to pay a tribute tohis old friends in the He publican party for that good which they accomplished, and, to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, who to-day, if living, would be the last to euuorse the present Administration, that has suc ceeded in making John Tyler's com paratively respectable, uud that of Andrew Johnson's decorous. The President of the United States came into power under circumstances of peculiar good fortune. A war-worn country wanted peace. Whether true or false, it was universally be lieved by the i Republican party that to General Grant was due the con quest of the rebellion.' it is entirely true that there were far-sighted men who had seen below tho surface," and whom the tinsel of the General's rep utation could not blind to the essential coarseness of the man. That the na tion should revive the graJe of Geu erul to honor him was simply an evi dence of its gratitude, and that the soldier should take presents was merely a question of taste. What the General did before com ing into olllce is only adinitsab!e as taken iu connection with, aud as throwing light upon, the action of the President. As respecting his subse quent actions, they are lair subjects lor cirilicisin. From his very first advent into tbe Presidential chair, Mr. Gram's entire course of action has been to foster and deepen those materialistic tenden cies to which our ae and country was previously all too proue. "To bend the suppiiaut hinges of the knee that thrill miiihl follow fawning." be came the national watchword. It be came very well understood that there was but one road to Government fa vor. .Men who had heeu veteran ut the ltepublicau cause were hounded down like do if they refused to fol low every beck of the most contempt ible Administration any Anglo-Saxon commonwealth has ever known. Our war vessel were used to iatimivhue a people) with whom We were at peace, and asnist in keeping a thing like J Java in power. Our policy to wards the South was the worsi that could have possibly beeu adopted, be ing neither vigorous enough to repress wrong nor mauaiiimous enough to re-csiab!ih law aud enforce right. In dealing with England we were at one moment abusive and at another truculent; and even Spain could af ford to snub us with impunity. Meu like Charles Sumner, Lytuatt Trum bull, Carl, Schurz and scores of other veterans, who were too broad brained and far-sighted to say that black was white, and loo thoroughly American to be oblivious to national dishonor, have been stigmatized by newspapers, at the leck of this Administration, whose editors were either too corrupt or too stupid to see what they were doing. A virulent partisan tone, that might he extenuated iu tho war time, characterized their every utter ance in times ot ieace. Instead of seeking to build up the people, check the mad spirit of speculation, and unite the whole country, the practical re sults of the Administration policy havo ueen simiuy 10 losier everv raonono ly, to cringe to every corporation, and obliterate every moral element of our political lite. The coudition of our shipping in terests siiouiu ot itselt unite the pee pie of this section in hostility to a par ty whose whole policy, if persevered in long enougn, would withdraw our merchant vessels from the hicrh seas. But reforms can better bo fonght inside the lvepubhcan party. So. un til recently, the writer had hoped, if ne couid not believe, lie is now sat ished, as at present constituted, all hopes of reform within it are but de lusions. 1 hat the voice of central iza tion is its deep-seated cancer. That its mission is accomplished, and that the nation can afford that it should pass away. That outside of the of fice-holding rings it has no friends among the people who think, and that it the Democracy shall act with any show ot conciliation and discretion the triumph of thoroughly American principles is secure, and, the 'downfall of the present Grant dynasty assured. -A DcMMYts A.jXurn.vt, Chamber. A laughable joke was played on ' the unsophisticated pair married by Jus tice McGrath, on Tuesday night,:at the Falls City brewery." The , happy couple just made one, lingered till a late hour in the Bitting-room and thus gave an opportunity to some mischeivous fellows to get up a black dummy;' resembling a negro man and place him in the : bridal chamber. The bride retired first and on, - enter ing her room, found, as she thought a black man standing by the bedside His intrusion roused her indignation to the highest pitch, and she flew at the figure and knocked it .down and kicked it several times, . .and . then picked it up in her arms and, threw it' down stairsv . The.; groom, . mean while, heard the' struggle and started to her relief. He imagined that' the dummy was a real darkey and struct' it several times with his fist, bruising his knuckles " considerably, r The crowd enjoyed the joke hugely, - and the building rang ' again , with their unrestrained ' laugter. 5 The parties were too indignant to' discover their mistake. They are, now fully : per suaded that Justice McGrath was right in Raying that the customs of this country are different from those of Europe LouUvQle Courier.- , NO; 38. iVS'I A sit'KttTlOX OR TWO; An exchange thus descants upon printing office bores, hitting the mark so fairly on the head, we cannot - fail to ' appreciate,: endorse and copy. Here urea few of .the" 'innumerable questions which' printers . are called upon to answer; ,' : , ' Do you print both sides of the pro per at once? . HoW long does it take to - make a newspaper? , :' , . Suppose you write'eyerythiag you print, don't you? ; '". ' ' Why are tho-ie boxes" of different bizes, and how do you know where to find. certain letter?,, ,u , .... j Can't you print a picture of any thing you want to? I t.kou!d think you could. Why can't you? ; ' (After printing Home horse-bills for a zun not l'ng, ago, ,he found fault with them became the 'cut' was not just like ki hone 4 ,Oa , an other occasion, s gectlemun came to us with the in formation that he had l-Ai his hore iu f rout of the , office, and he wanted a picture of it taken and some bills printed.) If you print one hundred bills for $3, I suppose you will let me have four for twelve cents? ' . 1 bLould think it would be fan to be an editor you don't do anything but sit down and read newspapers and fctorie.i all day! Dti you throw your type away after you have printed upon it once? . -: You don't care if I have a handful of this type, do you? It can't be very Lard to set type all day wit; now? t j Can't I help you print something? I wish you would print my name for me; it wouldn't be much , trouble to print off just one name.- What is this for? what do yon do with that? what makes that look so funny? what are you going to do now? what for? why? what makes you keep so still? You don't care if a fellow just talks, do you? By the time man g:es through with this list of questions, his com pany becomes so monotonous that he cannot fail to perceive its effects upon the listeners, and he walks off with the impression tbat'vre have treated liitu MTiViiillr nnil lmnnlitolv -All the above is to the point, and ...i. i: t. ,i . i t niitu tue quesuouer i&fces tue nine uud leaves of his own accord, we feel serene. ' But then, when, as occurred -with as the other day, a man comes in with a 32-page pamphlet, with - the backs torn off, and insists on us printing him a copy of that saue, backs and title-page including,' for ten cents, because that is all the orig inal copy cost him, we feel disposed to explain to him the quickest meth od of getting down stairs, free of charge. - THE ATLANTIC HOXTHLY OX ' GB.VXT. ; The Boston Atlantic Monthly, rec ognized as the leading Kepublican magazine of the United States, in its political department thus discourses about General Grant and hia adminis tration: , "Neither the Cincinnati Commer cial, not the Chicago. Tribune, nor the Springfield J'ejmltiean, nor the New "i ork Tribune would be displeased if General Grant failed in securing a re nomination. There are many reasons, too, why General Grant's continuance in the ornce would be regretted by other people. As a rule, military men are not the stuff to make good statesmen for an unmilitary and com mercial society. For the most part, they entertain a professional contempt for law, even when they avow their loyalty to it. Of thia peculiarity General ' Grant's administration ' has given at least one illustration. . De claring himself firmly opposed to in tervention in tbe affairs of foreign na tions, he has for sometime past main tained a protectorate of San Domin go, which is in reality, an illegal war against Ilayti, carried on in the teeth of a distinct provision of the Consti tution. ' Again, Gen. Grant seems ig norant of the elementary principles of economical science to the extreme of believing that the chief source of wealth of this country is to be found in the mines of California. His sys tem of appointments has been unin telligible. Appointments such as Mr. Murphy's and Consul General Butler's are possible, we see, because com misssions have been issued .to, v them; but how the same man who appointed Mr. Juurphy and consul General But ler should also have appointed Mr. Fish and Judge Hoar is inexplicable. Besides all this he has shown a singu lar want of delicacy to pay the, least, in ! receiving innumerable " presents, and indirectly profiting himself out of Government contracts.'.! lo' 'own stock in a commercial enterprise is one thing, but to own stock in a cor poration which is daily making valu able contracts with the' departments at Washington is for the5 President ; of the U nited States, quite another, , We do not Impugn his honesty., -fie js no. J management of s the f ''administration quarry,' but' such a scandal ought not to be possible."; : K:yy i,,,..!,,;. At breakfast one morning, in that quiet., and comfortable. ..old inn, the White Swan, in York Endand, a for- eigner made quick dispatch with' the eggs. ; x nrusting nis spoon in . xne middle,.,be : drew".:! out the yolk, Jde y oared it and passed; onito, the next.. When he had cot 'his seventh egg, an old farmer"' who " had already been, prejudiced against Monsieur, by c his moustachios, could brook the extrav agance no ; onger,T,and speaking -upy said: "Why, . sir, you leave all the white I . ".How is ,Mrs t Lockwood tq afford ' to ' provide breakfast' at that , rate ?? ' "Ay,' replied - the basbariafj; "you wonldn t have me to eat the vite? In a yolk -is , de ishicken; de,,vite de feders. Am I to make von bolster of my belly?" The farmer t was dumb-1 founded- ; v ' - 1 illUy. 2 Jfi. S Jn. 4 lu, ... I Col I (;,!. i Col. 1 Cl. Ill) . 00 1 8 U0 ,15 0 6 00 7 60 12 V0 . 18 00 B 00 li1)0 115 00 ' 22 0 i 7 00 12 iO 18 00 27 00 I 6 Oil IS 0 2i 00 i 00 i 00 )S 00 30 00 48 00 ! Id 00 25 (10 40 00 60 00 ! in on 40 oo oo oo loo o i ttZ ' -T-TS ". .. I 3 0f 'i '00 '6 (III 7 i! l( 0), IS (10 Business notices. in the Local Columns, 2i cents per line, each insertion) For lopt aol transient advtrtimorts $2 5t per sffiwre of 12 lines, for tbV.il rat insertion, and SU 00 per square for each ' subsequent in serti'.n. ' ' ' '' ' ' '." A HTOKT OF JOHN BI S YAH. One wet night in August there rode up to the house of Deacon Strudwick, on Snow Hill, a man of some fifty-nine years, whose clothes soaking with wet. The greeting between the two men proved they were old acquaint ances, and that a bond of more than ordinary friendship' existed between them. ' The stranger's face was that of a man of undaunted resolution, yet there was a dreaminess about the ex pression of the eye that betokened a religious enthusiast. His hair was iron j gray, aud there was a certain yielding of the frame, as of a man who . had long passed the prime of his days. -Since this man did duty as a soldier . at tbe siege of Leicester he had passed twelve years jo' prison, and the .chief product, of that imprisonment wa lh "Pilgrim's Progress." ,. It was "John Bunyan who was the guest of " John Strudwiek. Tbe great Baptist preach er was at home-with the independent deacon.': Of the visit only one fact is known; everything else is eonjectnre The difference in their religious prin ciples will hardly occasion surprise when Bunyan'g famous expression is remembered "I know no sect. I am a christian."' ...... ' In' all probability several '. days elapsed before Bunyan showed symp toms of illness. During that interval he seDt a sermon npon a broken heart to be printed at the Hand, and Bible, on London Bridge, and revised a few of the proof sheets himself. But be fore the whole of the sermon was in type he was laid up with a fever, caught through riding in the rain on the day of his arrival in London. Tbe deep concern which most have 'beset Strudwick's household at tbe illness of their gnest may be imagined. The distance' from Iledcrpss street was not great, and the first person consul ted would probably' be George Co kayn. Taken ill at the house of one of Cokayn's deacons, it is not unrea sonable to suppose that be was one of the earliest to visit the sick pilgrim, and render what help he could on such an emergency. For ten days Banyan lingered, waiting for the good hour," w hen ' tbe post should "come from the celestial city." Dor io this time be conversed with bis 'st and the frienda who visited him, unan "sn" "arSiction. "rpnentanca -r- sin, "amiction, "repentance and coming to Christ," "prayer," and kindred topics. Fragments of this conversation were committed to wri ting by Strudwiek, and afterward pub lished.; - 2 -try. ' : ";r. !"'.: TUE SOLDIERS U031ESTEAD BIL1V The inquiries regarding the exact terms of the homestead bill passed by Congress, are very numerous from all quarters As it goes to the President for his signature, it provides that every officer or soldier, seaman or marine, who served during the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, shall, on compliance with the homestead act, receive a patent ior 1G0 acres of pub lic lands, not mineral, including the alternate sections of public lands along the line of any railroad or other public work, provided that said home stead settler shall be allowed fix months after locating his homstead within which to commence his- settle ment hi improvement ; and, proyjded, also, that the time which the home stead settler shall have served in the army, navy, or marine corps, afore said shall be deducted from the time heretofore requised to perfect the title; or, if discharged on account of wounds received or disability incurred in the line of duty, then the term -of enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect the title without reference to the length of time he may have served; provided, however, that n patent shall issue to any homestead settler who has not resided on, improved and cultivated his said homestead for a period at least one 'year after he shall commence his improvements, as aforesaid. Any one entitled to enter under this act and has heretofore, en tered less than ICO acres under the homestead act, may enter enough un der the present act to make 16" in all. If any person entitled to the , provis ion of the act has died, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan ' children, by . guardian duly appoint ed, shall be entitled to all the benefits of the act. If any previous entry un der the homestead act has lapsed by reason of tbe pre-einptbr being in the army, or navy, the entry shall be re stored. Any. soldier, .sailor, marine officer or other . person coming within the provision of this act, may as well by his agent as in person, enter on said homestead,, provided that ' said claimant in person shall' within the time prescribed, commence settlement and improvements on' the' same, and thereafter fulfill the requirements of this act: . The " Commissioner-General of the Land Office is . to make all the needful rnles to carry the act into ef fect. ;' :"-- "--;y .' ' " ' - : .:tl Aetemus Wakd alludes to a very slow Tailroad as.breeder of injustice. and tells of a convict who was started to go to jail at the end of the road, but got so old while 'going that he' didn't answer the description when' he zotilhere. J Speaking. of -the ' saino' road, he .once told ithe conductor that! the cow catcher ought to be on the. other en d--there the dansrer" lav.- - "You can't 'overtake a cow," he said. 'but what's to hinder -one Walking in' the, back door and biting the' passen- . T8 r.-;t - ? . ..- T -"M 'I'M ;:.' I A New York farmer laughed when''.. bis prudent wife advised him not v to: smoke on a load of hay He footed r it home that nijht, with, his hair , siiiged,vmost of hia garments a" prey to. the devouring element, and 'then ' his wife laughed."" -5 J; 1 : fM"v-',f-i ; ' ' i .el - V ; : ! ' ' On Washingtonr8 birthday a tipsy Danbury; man braced himself against a lamp-post, and exclaimed: "Mer-'i ciful heaven I can it be possible that that great andr good man is dead."