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it Iril-Nti 1 i-' i;t f Si! i 6 M 1 YR 1 Inuli, 2 !... -4 1 1 Of .1 (ill 1 tn j s on I 7 m ? u oft ; iw i Vi.-. i :t f-i 1 1 " is eo 2 27 eo -is 00 43 00 60 00 100 00 ma i PCBL1SBBD KVKRT FRtnAT, BT Ut.- - t ;-.i. 1 C..1. 12-"c4 j I'i (Ml j . on j,. t ,M j7 ii- ' 12 fly ij en lit) 11 W MART. V. BROWN. 2a urt 40 0 4) C;t 60 00 STATE U1UUT8 DEMOCKAX ' OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. I 1 r f 1 . 5 !::- . i i . tmW . I if 1 I TI .- j 171 ill S'J I & 1 1 ITI I S 1 11 I ft It 3 OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TERMS, in advasc : One year, $3; Six months, $2 $ Three months, fl ; One month, 60 'cents; Single Cupies, 12 cents. , , Correspondents writing ever assumed eiena turee or auonyuionslv. must moke known their proper names to the "Editor, or no attention will toe given t their enmrnnncations. 7 11 US IN E S S CARDS W.'G. JONES, M. D. 'HoincEopallwc Physician, ALBANY, OKEGOX. ; Str-Office on Front street, orfr TnrreU's tore. Residence on the corner of Sixth nd ,.nj streets. v7n20yl. . A. CBSSOWST"" Corrnllis. I. it. SMITH. Linn Co. CHENOWETH &. SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .. Corvallia, Orefca. ,V jta-Orru t the Conrt Uue. v0n27 CRANOR & HUMPHREY. ATTflSSEYS 1XD COHSEIOES AT liW. N.B.Hmmp&xey, Notary rwoiic) tw-c-tn ParrUh' Brick Buildm. up- stair. - Ibany, Oregon. vTnstr. JOHN J. WXIITAEY, JITOSiET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and Notary Public Special attentions given to collection. ? WriCB Up stairs ia Parrish's Brick. Albany, Oregon. vSnMtf. I. STBICKMEIEK, 1SIERCHANT TAILOR! HAVING RECEIVED FKOM PORTLAND a splendid stock of good, superior to any ia tuis market, and made in tiie latrst New York fashions, I guarantee to Rive satUfwetiuii to n34tf GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW practice in all the Court or this State. OFFICE i ALBANY. OREGON. Nov. 11, 1870. HEW SHAVING SALOON. '2THREE DOORS WEST OF COX XE ITS BASE First Street, Albany. ye.HE UNDERSIGNED IIA5 OPENED A j I Dcat and tieaut SLav tog J-iiuuu uxl d".'r I iv tT'rfije j-.iooii. aim rrs-e; .iu.iT iu. .ia;runa;e of t!ie loac. f h-.p .n r nil times. I1AIL BACKENSTO. I PAPER HAKG1KG, CALCEK1N1NG, leeoratins -c- -rjn ' 11. TAESWORTH WILL PROMPTLY j J?,, pr.stu.uv x"nd;'J r eitT or vicinity. A.l w-rk esecuied tn tht 1 t- . eitT or ie:city. .est rtyle, iu Vic fctst manner, tt iDsjustaui S-Orders left at tbe Furniture Warer.ioms of Chas. ilealey. will receive prompt aUei.lJon. v7n!4if E. N. TANDY, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW ASK SOTABY Pt E-LIC. BAItRISBCEG, LISK COVKTY. OEECOX . 'Will practice in the Coart of Linn and ad rrnrts 01 Linn ana ill boy good iftg..nable ! seooau i.s"7l j joining eunnties! ; ana wm oaj jim pi r at a reasonable disconuu JiCme KELSAT. JOfiErH HASXOS. . KELSAY SHANNON, iATTSRKEYS AJ.3 COUNSELORS AT LAW. ALEAXT. 0RF.G03T. partner fur Linn, Cuuntg. OEoe np stairs in Pst Ofiee Eoiiding. . v54yl. JOHNS So GABY, SCIO, OREGON", Heal Estate dealers LAND, IMPROVED OR UN'IMPP.OVED, is cheaper in tbe Forks of tto Santiam (au ia any other part f the State. arlnoire of J. M. Jons, Marion Etation. r of DASiELfiABT. 8cio, Linn connty. 6n2?,tC VC. .ELL1SCEB- TBEO. BVUJ)E8TEB. BELLINGER & fiURf'ESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, . POKTXAKTJ, - - CSEGON. Special attention pi Ten to matters in Bankrupt cy and ail business in United States Courts. : r6o24tf. . : ; G. F. SETTLEMIER, rngsrist and Apothecary! DEALER I3T DRUGS, MEDICIN'ES, OILS, Paints, Window (jlax, DyestaBs. Liquors, Faaey Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, Ac. PrescriptiftBJ CareCnllj Cn;ponRdtd, AU art cles and Drags in ocr liae warianted of the best quality. ' First street, Poet 0ee bnildin?, Albany. ' juU5v6n48yl . DU BOIS, B. W. MCCDLLOCB. - iv. s. Dirxsoss & co., , CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND RECEIVING- a large stock of Groceries and Provi cions, Wood and Willow Wars, Tobacco, Cigars, Confectionery, Yankee Notions, etc., etc. - Wholesale aad Retail. ' "We sell at the Lowest Living Rates, ,ud deliver free of charge throughout tbe city. TOpposite R. C. HilL A Son's Drug Store, . Albany, Oregon. , junl0yn43yl . - ALBANY BATH HOUSE 1 THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken ehare of this Eetablish pnent, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attention to business, expocts to suit all those who may faror him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing-but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, jffce expects to give entire satisfaction to all. Hf SfChildien and Ladies' Hair neatly ent nd shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. -,- v3n33tf. - . CEO. W GRAY, Z. Z. S. : Graduate of the Cincinnati Den- tal College,. XVIalces Seweral New and Improved Styles of Plates for Artificial Teeth. ' Also does all work in the line of his profession in the best and most approved method and at as reasonable rates at can be had elsewhere. - Ni trous oxide administered ior the painless ex traction of teeth if desired. Office in 1'arrisb'g Brick Block up-stairs. Residence, first bouse eouth of Congregational Church, fronting on Court House block, . , ., i . T7nl7yl. . VOL. VII. THE STRANGE PERFUME. Lounging carlcssly in his arm-chair, his eyes fixed on a lady beside him, with an open letter in her hands, was a tall, fair-haired young man. . ''What have you there, mother?" he said, throwing his arms around her in a caressing way. "That smile makes you positively young. I declare' 1 Losing his lather in India, when a child, a small legacy from his god mother hail, with the most severe economy, given George Roberts a lib eral education, while his mother had her Binall pension alone to depend up on. ' Long years had passed, her father was dead, and her only brother, who inherited the estate, had even refused any overtures toward a reconciliation. Not even in her wildest day-dream had Sirs, Roberts hoped to behold her childhood s home again. No wonder, then, that her cheek flushed and her eye brightened over the letter in her hand, for it contained au invitation to herself and son to spend the Christinas week at Locks ley Grange. Though expressed in cold and formal terms, it was cour teous, and the buried years of the past were not alluded to. The young man took the letter, which the gave him without comment, and, glancing through it to the signa ture "Paul Edward 11-llowcs" looked up at his mother. "Your uncle, my son," she said. A tlush of indignant feeling passed over the pleasant lace. Was I lus cold and haughty uncle, who had so long ignored their existence, to summon them to Lis presence by a wave of his haud? iy hard study and persever ance George had won a p!a:-c at tiio bar, aud he was comctit lo la'oor an J trust to time. Lut it was with au . in ward struggle, as he looked at the ea ger expectation on his mother's face, ami thought of her lonely lii'.-, that lie controlled his reseat menu "You would like to go, dear moth er;" he said, pleasantly. "Yes, my boy; it seems as if I could , die liapp.er li 1 saw the old place onco more.1' "Then we shall go," he said. 4;I will make my arrangement for a holi day, and v.e will leave town on Wed nesday," aud with a kiss he left her. The master of Locksley Giange, a tad, erect old man, ot most imposing ! presence, with snowy h.-.ir ad whiik cr, a!Jj Lrillinnt, piercing, deet.-sct black eves, shaded bv siia-'V 'eve- brows ike fierce tires OVl -rllUlig With jagge.l snow crags greeted Jus s;s- ter atid her son with stalely' courtesy, although no light of love beamed from his eye to the ;gentle woman who had been Lis chiluiiood's playfel low. , One sharp g'mce he shot, at his nephew, as he made some comment on the journey, and then bade a ser vant usher ihetn to- their apartments. When the dinner-bell sounded, George conducted his mother iook- - - .1-1 mg so la:r Mid gent.e in her soil gray silk, still with the delicate flush ou her (cheek into the Mate drawing-room, where they were duly presented to the rector of Locksley and his curate. Still they waited, and in .1 few mo ments n young girl entered the room, of such unusual beauty that George Roberts stopped short in the middle of a sentence addressed to the curate, and never completed it. Hhe might have been seventeen, with a slight form, graceful as a deer, j hair of a pale gold, whicti deepened j into shadows 0 a tawny sheen under I the mellow wax-lights, and sort brown ! eyes, shaded by curling golden lashes. A dark silk dress, without ornaments, displayed and (lightened the delicately-tinted skin and perfect figure. She approached the group timidly, and George, glancing at his uncle, saw, to his astonishment a scowl sweep over j his face a his eyes rested ou the fair vision. "Miss Kedar," said he, carelessly, presenting the young girl to his lis ter with a wave of his jeweled hand, a penniless orphan whom I keep out of charity, as her mother w as' an old friend of mine. She made a love match," he continued with a sneer. "You can take her in to dinner," tie 6aid to his nephew, with another wave of his white hand, as he turned to his sister with formal politeness. George felt his indignation stir, as he saw the deep 'flush rise on the young girl's face, and then fade to a marble paleness. But she did not raise her eyes to see the sympathy ex pressed in his. The dinner passed pleasantly. The rector was a fluent and graceful con versationalist, and the host excited young Roberts to bring forth his knowledge of men and things, in his manly earnest w'ay, by the display of his own versatile powers' to draw him out. '" '; - " ' 4 ; The young man had almost forgot ten the silent beauty by his side, when a glance from her soft brown eyes, lighted with appreciative feeling,' met his, and revived, tbe sympathy and wonder he had felt at his uncle's cruel nonchalance in alluding to her depen dent position. ' - 1 When the ladies retired, and the political" questions of the" day. came up. the young lawyer so startled the older men with his brilliant eloquence, with his fresh and racy, opinions pow erfully put, that they felt themselves in the presence of a master spirit, which would soar far upward when his wings were fledged. ; . f Long did George Roberts sit by his flickering fire before he retired to rest, wondering what might be the tie between his uncle aud the lovely girl what the cause of the singular ha tred evinced toward her ' hi so many trifling ways. : . . ' i: ::-v, ., His uncle's morning . greeting was cordial and. kindly, seeming, -to', have lo6t that disagreeable , air ; of patron age whicti had bo grated on his man hood the day before. J " . Alter breakfast he accompanied him on a ride over tbe estate, to view its improvements, and as they went the old man skillfully drew out' th particulars of his nephew's life, his viow and feelings, his plans ami hopes. In the afternoon George accompan ied hU miole into a; little ofi'iee, ad joining the library, and saw the ten ants come in with their yearly rents, where the bags of silver and gold were deposited in ftn iron chest. In this were secured tho most valuable 1 papers and the family jewels. Tho 1 litllo room was strongly protected j with bars and bolts, as it contained other articles of value. 5 The next day a grand dinner and ball was to be given, to which all tho gentry of tho country were , bidden, aud the lower hall was also to be en livened with a dance for tho tenants and servants.. . i , . u Considerable was the excitement, therefore, 011 this sudden opening ol its doors, and many a young belle prepared to enter its gray, time-honored walls, with the curiosity awaken ed by the tales of a mother or aunt. Virginia Kedar, simply dressed iu a delicate 10 bo of white muslin, with a wreath of scarlet berries on her silken hairs was the beauty of thew ho!o as scMnblage, and many were the vhis pers as to her birth and parentage. George lioberts had become more and more fascinated with her, aud this evening completed his enthrall merit. For the lirst time in his life he was iu love. Yet he could not but notice how his uucle scowled at him-when he ri;uu-ed with licr, and his mind was lilted with a dozen perplexities con cerning her. Jle iay awake till ho heard the great hall clock strike three, his heart too full of the blissful dreams which come but once in a lifetime to wit-h for slumber. Happy - visions flitted before his eyes, ;n which ho ami Mis Kedar played a prominent par;. Suddenly he heard a faint, grating noise iu the silence of the Ji'igiit, al though he coui I not tell from what dircciion it came, and listening allcn livcly sis it continued, he perceived thai it came from tins' library. The chest and its valuable out cuts flashed before lii iniiid, and, with. Hit "pausing a.u instant, he stole down the stairs. , Tin noise had ceased by the time he reached t!;i? foot ol the staircase, bui he hastened into the library as silent ly a possible. The dour into the of hot? was aj.:r, and a faint light percep tible. George looked through the crack, he saw a .lark figure bending over the diet, examining papers. .V sl.ght rxt lamalion i-scnped the robber ha he took up a parket of letters, tied with a broad b!t; ribbon, and thrust il info his breast. Then he roii from his kneeling po-turi-. put a bag of gold in each pocket, and as the- ligi.l from the dark laiilcru iu his l.c.n 1 ji.tdu d lor a - moment in his face, George t-xw a deep red scar fia his check, w!..re the black mask had slipped one '-ide. The , young man sprung toward the robber, calcu lating on Hie suddvniK'SH of the attack to he able t knock him down, but tripping oa the unseen foot-sti p he felt Headlong into the room, while the robber vaulted through the open win dow as lightly a a cat. When George picked himself uj there was iro sign of the thief, aud while he hesitated a moment whether to give cha.su or not, his uncle, arouncd with tile uo;e 01 his fad, entered the room. He shivered when ueore d described the robber, aud still more when Ibe young man picked up a glove on the floor a small, gray glove delicately, yet singularly per fumed. Grasping il in his, hand, the old man gro ined bitcrly, and paced the floor irresolutely for a time, while his nephew . watched him in amaze ment. Presently he turned to the window and refastened it, shaking his hea 1 as he examined the bolts and saw them nil unbroken. The thiel had evidently had assistance from ibe inside of the mansion.. Don,t say anything about it, George," he said, in anxious tones. "I know the man; no common ihief," and another groau escaped his lips. "Now go to bed. I ll tell you more to-morrow." , With his mind full of this new mysi tery, the young man fell asleep. When he had breakfasted a message came from his uncle in the library, and George hastened to obey. . A feverish flush burned on the old man's cheek, and his manner was hur ried and impatient, very unlike his usu al haughty sureuity. ' Motiouing his nephew to a seat, he plunged into the subject on his mind without further reflection.. ; , , "Those: papors taken last night, George, from the iron chest, were of incalculable value to me," the old man said vehemently. "Jiestore them to roe, aild you command anything I own. Renounce your profession for a time, devote your life to the 6earch, if need be, and Locksley Grange shall be your reward. , 1 will make my will ,tbis very day," and he rose from his chair, regardiug tbe young man with eager gaze. . . ' . ..George . hesitated overwhelmed with the idea. Ambition was within him, but . life was before, him and the reward great. t ; ', I "But Miss Kedar?". he murmured "You love that girl?" said the old man witli a sneer. " late, late!" "Yes, uncle Paul, I do. love her," said George; boldly. Add her hand to your otter, and I will give myself up to your will.-' - A great , struggle seemed raging within the old man s breast, and he paced the floor rapidly ."Young man,; yon are honorable," he said, with a piercing glance at his nephew; "promise me, on your honor, that you will not seek to marry Vir: ginia Kedar until you find those pa pers, aud restore them to me 11 I ani alive, or if not, burn them uuread." - 'I promise," the youug man ans wered solemnly. .: ' - . . c "Listen, then," his uncle said, with an air of -relief; "the robber was a wo man. All your legal skill and sharp ness will be needed to", trace her, i the perfume of tbe glove is the strongest clue. I will give you a written ties ALBANY, OREGON, tolDAY, MAY 17, 1872. cription to aid yon, and you must start at once.'' ' : When George Roberts left Locks ley, it was us his uncle's acknowl edged heir, nud what was of infinitely more moment to him, the accepted lover of Virginia Kedar.' With the little gray glove treasured carefully, ho proceeded to London, secured an accomplished detective, and pursued his search. His mother was to remain at the Grange.' , .' First, they endeavored to find a name for the singular scent, but no perfumer in London or Paris could explain it. Both cities were searched, and every possible ox impossible clue taken up, as the days lengthened into weeks, mid weeks into months. When Summer emptied tho cities, they visited tho watering places Ha tlciidjadcu, Hamburg, and so ou, but all seemed in vain. One evening, as George sat in Ins bedroom, in 0110 of the straugu little German towns, pondering over a. let ter from his mother,, which described hii uncle's failing health and growing irritability, and almost curbing his own folly in thus giving up everything to gratify au old man's insane whim hw was loused from his despondent gloom by the entrance of a fresh little maiden with his clean linen. As she sorted out her snowy burden on the bed, a sudden strange odor saluted his sciimm. "Good heavens! the perfume the glove !" Striving to conceal his excite incut, he approached the girl as if to examine her work, and perceived a small p trct I lying on one sidf, from which the odor came. He did noi speuk German how to obtain any cssii- front il '. With a sudden move ment he managed to overturn a table covered with book and papers, and while lluj girl with great good nature assisted iii replacing them, he had dt-x-tvrioutdy rolled the parcel under the draperies of tin; lied. Mie went uway without missing it, and Gcorgo instantly Miuinioned his ally to consult 0 e.r his unluoked for iood fort une. When nhc came back 111 a few hours in seaieh of it, the de tective soon ascertained that the laces bt-i'Uioed to a sick Uily named Mad am lierua-tiiie. Tin e!.u was raoid'.v followed i:i. Pratt fii med uu ncpiaiiitance ith the invalid's luaid who was Kngli-h, it seemed ; found from her sutlleiettt proof of her mistress' identity with the wiiin hi they nought, and in a lew weeks time, during u hii-h time Mad aim? Bei iiaNiiuc failed rapidly, ga.ued accfs to her private de.sL, au I seenr rd tht package of letter htill tied with the bine ribbon. Next day the maid found herself heiress to :dl her mistress' cfleci.t, for the adventure lay i.ead :;nd there was io one to claim h' r rod. George fk-w back to Jock!ey Grange to find his uncle dviutr. The old man roused from hi, apathy when he saw tho letters, ba le h.s nephew litirn them before Ins fvv, and with his last remaining strength drew a sealed pr.per from under his pillow. piaccd it in his iicpiicws baud, and fell asL-ep never to awaken. Ucorgfe opened the paper, "lhat woman was my wil- mi arttul fienu. Virginia Kedar Hollowcs is mv law ful daughter. I hated her mother and I hata her.'1 . i Accompanying this was a marriage and birih certificate. That was all. a rorrrtxt: -at om: jjii. The following is from a New York letter to a New Bedford nancr: I heard the other day of .a, profitable transaction made by two young Jews who recently arrived here penniless aud almost in rags, which for shrewd ness and succesrt haa been seldom equaled. They were walking about the town looking for employment, when they noticed in the custom house a quautity of slightlj'-daujaged coflco advertised to bo Hold at auction in a few days. At ouce forming their plan of operations, they imme diately visited various wholesale deal ers, and offered to secure them coffee at 5 per ccut. discount. . This was accepted and orders re ceived from reliable firms enough' to cover the whole cargo in tho custom house. . , ' On the day of the sale these' two poverty-stricken Jews were among the crowd of dealers assembled to inspect the various sacks of coffee. When the bidding commenced : these two adventurous ones bid very low.. The crowd looked at tho poor devils once, thinking they wanted a sack or two, let' their bid remain good, anI it was knocked' down to them at an extremelVj low figure, t ' , , ... "How much do' you want, more than one sack?" inquired the auction ter. --' .''!.-':..;. :. ; "The whole cargo; sir," they quicje ly replied,: ,,; , . ; ,Xhere was a general laugh at their audacity',' 'which increased when the auctioneer mockingly asked for their security. sBut tha tables were turn ed when the poor Jews quietly drtjw out orders from leading , merchants whose genuineness could not bo de nied, and the before paupers found themselves possessed of eighty thou sand dollars without ;- spending one cent to obtain it, or seeing the coffee at all. ' i . . . ' , The only respectable case of fe male suffrage "we have ever heard xjf, has just come to light. Mrs. Cum back, lately.deoeased in Indiana, when with her. husband, a resident of New Jersey, voted for Thomas Jefferson for President. The old lady, if she bad never done more than that 'one good act, entitled herself thereby to full and free admission to ; that hap piest' and i best division 'of heaven where tru6 Democrats find rest, when the .warfare ; with ' Radicals and . the storms of life are over).? .,, j?rora the Boston pommerciat, Bul letin's answer to correspondents; Son-in-law Arsenic is " the most certain. 'Put a little in her tea," ,, 31 AY JhAY jtMDUUKN,' Delivered by J. J. Whitney, JJwj.', at i tlui Fun" Uruurtdt, near Alljtmy, on the Alii day 0 May, la72, uml pub' . linked, by re'ueHt. ' Ladi:n and Genlk'men : Wo have assembled in commomot ration or a custom thut wus intro duced into the ancient governments of Greece -more especially of Athens mid Sparta somewhere ubout tweb-ty-tivo buudred years ago. , The name of May is of uncertain origin, consequently the precise time of the introduction of tho celebra tion of tho first of May cannot be definitely fixed. The Government's of Spuria utid Athens, which made the first advancement in the history of tho civilization of the world, was ueetistomcd to tho celebration of tho lirjt of Moy; and upon thono occa sions it was their custom to crown their luott beautiful inuideii us Muy Queen. Subnt-queutly it became sa cred to Apollo, which wan the great est umoug the great oruclcs 01 the Grecian gods. Tho same custom was uftcrwards introduced into the Jlonian Repub lics, but to a much greater extent; Almost the eutiro mouth of May was set apart by thn Romans for festivals and public games; these wero of dif ferent kind at different periods of the Republic, and constituted a part of th loligiouH worship, und hence, before they began, it was their prac tice to carry along ou men's shoul ders, or iu carriages, and iu frames, tho images of the gods. The sniiio cunloiii that ntnrted with tho earliest ad vaucemeiit of civiliza tion iu the history of Greece bus been promulgated and has come down to the-.present time. It has beeii practice 1 by the four greatest goemiiieiittt of tho world's history, cm bract tig Greece, Rjine, Kugland nd America. Tiio pritMU of the primitive iuuib itatits of lia'y, Gaul, Sain i.nd Br t uin wire accustoiued ti liht large liroH oti the summits of the bills ou the eve of May. ' Yugil says that it was customary to udorn, not only houses and gates, but churches, with branches and flowers. It has been utmost froiy t uns immemorial the custom in Lon don to joiu together and have their May purtii-H. , The young people Mould utt-.tmble around tho Muy-pole an I engage in a dance ou ti t green. There ha tome change in the cele bration of the first day of May since uucii-iil time, but tho diiiWeuce cau only be attr,but-d to.tLe d liferent b-lit-fs that havo been enterlained bv the people of ai.cicnt and tuodern t:u-t cJiiceriiiug iho supreme Uviug that controls the destiny of this uni verse, ..... What wo possess more than the Greeks and Roman I think can be attributed to the fact that we are liv ing iu that period of the world' his torv L(3ii iuc-ii'h miud a.o more set-tk-d upon the poer of that Being thut coutroi.s ibe destiny of man, and under the light aud teaching of the christian religion. That prob b'ia, which stooil preeminently above all others with the Greek and Roman, was simply a question of speculation, and they were governed only by their imaginations. With us it is "like a problem already solved; Cbiist being the key by which Us mysteries are un locked and explained so that it can bo roailily understood. " If this nation was compared with those Governments of ancient times, iu some respects, we might fall fur short. No man has ever Jived iu modern times w ho would bear a suc cesslul comparison with the Athenian orator or the Roman statesman, and I do' not know where, in the past few centuries, could be found a srpe rior to Plato, Socrates, Scipio or Brutus. If we should continue to draw tho line between the ancient mid moderns, and enter into the so cial circles aud examine society, as it ha existed through tbe various ages of civilization, tho scale would go down iu favor of the moderns. Society, ai it now exists in this country and England, ha been through many changes since the days of antiquity. During aud including the heroic ages society was unculti vated, and the greater portion of the people of those age wre as uncouth a the savage of this country. The element of society unionist the Ro man, during the earlier days of the Republic, wus very simple, but when the Roman empire beeame wealthy they introduced many of the customs that are now practiced in this coun try. The mission of society is to gratify the social; instinct. ' Human propensities and passions must . be subject to the restraint of law before society can be rendered a success. But society is not alone the offspring of sentiment and passion, but itgath-' ers its strength and receives its, snpr plies from, the acts of the people within its social rauge. It presides over the pleasures of childhood,1' the sports and convivialities of middle age, , the socialities, of more advanced' life, and, finally,, it throws its last glare over the inanimate, body, as it sinks to ita final resting 'place. The organization of ' fire' compan ies, for the purpose of " protection against incendiaries,; is oL quite an cient date. w . The first record that we have of fire engines is found in, the history of Rome. ' The engines used in England,1 France and Germany, were not of ; much Utility until about the close of the "t7th,centuryj when Newton's improved engines were pat tented. This Bame patent or kind of : niachihe is used1 in many ' places throughout this country now. Steam fire engines wero first brought into use in. 1853,;in.he city of Cincinnati, since which time they. have come into general use, in all the 'large cities throughout the' United States." Fire Companies are formed for the pftr pose of placing a wall of ' protection around public and privata property. In a portion of the largest cities ' iu this country each member of the fire at . . - department receives a salary from the city goverum(Ut. ...Firemen, Mtulo in the discharge of their duty, are fre quently exposed, to the cold ''and storms upon the one bund, while up on the other they are sometimes com pel led to meet the 'great aonllugra tions, whose giant 'proportions stand fortn in their very nature, equal to the eruption of oine great volcano. ' As some of our educational de partments are represented here it might be well to consider the devel opment of the faculties of thi human mind, and the training of tnem into harmonious action in obedience to tho laws of reason and morality. Sunday schools, a they were origi nally formed, were for . vagrant and vicious children, and for tb preven tion of crime by the reformation of juvenilo offender. Tue statistics of the city of New York, relevant to cjime. preHcut a strong argument iu favor of reform school. ihe num ber of petty thieves under the age of tin year had, within fie nine jears ending with 18fi(), diminished 80 per c i,t,, und vagrant children under that age CO per cent. The facts iet forth a , referred ' tlemons'iale that there i less than one-half of tho crime committed by minor where thoy live in the vic;nity and under the direct influence of Sabbuth School. The prevention of crime should not bo the only incentive why thi moral place of resort should bo fostt-rcd aud k-pt up, for it i nafe to infer that lh sinob kind of teaching that prevent disorder and cii.;.o have a tendency to instill info the youthful mind idea of a moral and religious ua'ure. The ancient bad no general pro vision for the education of all class es. Sparta under Lycurgu came near it, but tho education imparted by the State was merely physical au I did not reach the peasant c?ue. In Rome whilst private school were numerous, their r.dr.niagt enly ac crued to the patricians and such ple biaus n possessed property. The council of one of the Roman Catho lic churches by the name of LateraUj in the year of our Lord, 117U, es tablished a German school iu every cathedral throughout the Roman do miuioii for the gratuitous instruction of the poor; thus tho common school wus organized under the in fluence of the chriKtian church. But the csab ishiiifiit of schools on a more liberal basis than has ever existed iu the Kuropean nation was reserved to this . country, under the teaching of the Puritan netUc-r of ( Nfew Liigiand. Th free public school system was first introduced itilo tu State of Connecticut ut ILiiiford. In 1C53, at, tho city of Hartford, a vote was passed, which, iu il spuit, Htill governs tho educa tional system of ibe State. The vote was as follows: thas tho town should pay for the schooling of the poor. The wine policy wu subsequently adopted in soma of the other colo nics, in lSli lucre was considerable advunca made in publio school and nearly all of the northern citie com menced to muke some ndvancemeut in that direction. : If the human fam ily thou d be content with acquiring the knowledge that the authors on, the various branches impart to us, aud if we should cease to exeit our feciues in acquiring or seeking for knowledge, tiirougu our mental ex ertions, then philosophy, of itself would be at a stand still. It is the property of the mind to grow by what il is fed oh; It is the spark is sued from the great mental batteries that touches the great electric chain grappling with new and unknown problems, and solving them so that they can be understood by most com mon iuteilects It is the constant ex ertion of the mind that prcares it for its various duties Chat make it strong aud able to grapple with the most complicated questious. And to the young people let me say, that your success depe..ds, to a great, extent, upon the amount of en ergy that you posses. , In glancing back over tho history of the world we find the greatest, and most con spicuous characters coming from tho ranks of the people, and frequently inheriting from their parents nothing but that kind of an energy that never tires and a will that never falters. And returning again to the subject of May and contemplating the fact that thi month can consistently be compared with the earlier portion of our lives, which is undoubtedly the happiest hours of our existence, en joying, as the most of thi congrega tion do, good health and everything to make you happy upoi the' one hand, without the care and responsi bilities'of the business, world .', crowd ing iu upon your pleasures on the other. Taking into consideration, as you consistently, can, tbe time of the year, and your own life keeping peace wit h it and it will teach : you the fact that' the same kind of -cares and responsibilities thatare now hang ing aronnd ,tbe various . avocations of the business world wilbsooivbe sad dled upon you and you wfil soon be engaged in the various pursuits of a business life.. , - - ... ; ';. t:; ' We are here to mingle together and to celebrate upori this, beautiful grassy plain.' , Contemplating the fact that Spring" has come once more with all its pleasantness, dressing the entire faco of the earth with its beautiful foliage. ; ; 'How many unfortunates have fall en in warsaida spinster toi a, vet eran General, who was also a i veteri an bachelor. "Not half so many, madamyaa have fallen in lovel" was his terse reply. , ..!,...-: A Western girl, speaking from ex perience, says: "A kiss in "time saves nine" for she avers in every case when she has refused a man's chaste salute he has taken vi et armis at least twenty . - - A' Massachusetts woman made $500 last year by the cultivatian of lilies. NO. 40 , Auoirr riiojii: loik. The effort of the Kepuliean press to make it appear that the measure which passed the last Legislature, authoriz ing the construction of a Canal and Lock at thef Falls of the Willamette is a swindle;" ha proven a most dis astrous failure. It is remarkable and significant lhat every ' paper which makes this charge is strongly in the interest of our Railroad . Knig.-f But this matter wan completely, put to rest, on Thursday bight last, by Hon. J. W. Whalley. Mr. Whalley was a representative in the last Legislature, from Multnomah county, elected by Republicans, is himself a Republican, and i a gentleman of respectable standing in this community, a lawyer in good--practice. At a meeting of the "Republican Campaign Club," of this city, 011 that evening, Mr. Whalley was one id' the speakers, and among other points in his speech he made the following. We extract from a report of the speech: "Mr. Whalley relerred to the Lock bill, and said that when it pac-d the Legislature he was a member of that body and voted for the measure, and he approved the act to-day. With a railroad on either side of the river and ihe navigation ot the Willamette un der tho control of one man, this was a measure that would stand as a barrier against the oppreife&m of monopolies, and would lurnish the pepole a free navigation of the Willamette. The protection of the interests of ihe peo ple was to him far more important than the protection of the interests of capital. He would stand 110 dictation at the polls. The ficrht for the rights of the people had been inaugurated. and w ould be waged on to victory. Mr. Whalley, daring his remarks, was frequently applauded." ! ' - i will be seen, from this extract, that th'.-re are some Republicans iu the community who are unwilling to ratify the contract by which tbe party was sold out, at the late Republican Slate Convention, to the Railroad King. Such men. Republicans though they are, are slili unwilling to be par ties to so infamous a bargain, by which it is sought to betray ihe peo ple of Oregon. Nor will they lend themselves to the false and treacher ous cry, got up by the henchmen of the King, that the law authorizing the construction of the Locks, was a 'swindle." They know better, and they are candid enough to peak the truih, regardless of the false and de lusive parly clap-trap.. We can re spect such men, even though we nay dili'c-r from them on other political mailers. They know, too, that the positon in which their party iu this tetale i placed, by the action of cer- taiu treacherous leaders, in conspiring with the Railroad King, is a false one, aa regards the great and paramount commercial interests ot the jieople; and 1 hey would fain get the party out of this false josit:on. But , tbe ditfi cultyjas, they are. so surrounded by the meshes oi party discipline and trickery, and the tremendous money power of the King, lhat tbey find it to the Iat degree difUcult to get out. The party as now constituted in this Stale, belongs lo the Railroad King, lie controls its poljjry and directs its move roents. The party press is his, so completely his that it dare not say .1 word m opposition to his will or iu a single sc-uience question his policy or his supreme authority. Is this not so 'i Look around you and ask your self the question. Is there a Republi can paper iu theStaie lhat will espouse the cause of the people as against the grinding exactions and imperious will of the great Railroad Monopolist? Not one. s How then are those Re publicans, who would still preserve our commercial liberties, to strike the fetters from the party ? They cannot do it through the action of the party or the press. - It must, then, be left to their judgments to fiud the , way out from such a degrading vassalage. It is not for us lo advise them. Herald. SPORT IX THE ICE FIELDS. Great Seal Hunt oflS72. A Newfoundland correspondent of the Boston Traveller writes that prep arations are now in progress at Stl Johns for the annual seal hunt. ' r AS THE TIME DRAWS NEAR ; ! ' for the vessels to startj streets and wharves assume an appearance of bus tle and animation. The steamers and sailing vessels begin to take in stores and complete their repairs! The com petition is great, for far more men present themselves than can possibly obtain berths. ' The great anxiety now is to get a place . on board of the steamers, the chance of success being considered much better in them than on board a . sailing vessel. . The - mas ters of the steamers are thus able to make up their crews of picked men, voting, hardy' stalwart" fellows, well fitted to cope with . tho' hardships, privations and perils of: such a voy age. Each steamer has on board from 150 lo 200 men. . : v ., ...... , ; STEAMERS . . can make two or three trips to the ice fields each season,and "walk around" the" antiquated sealer that is ' depend ent on the wind. Although the cost of a steamer is heavy it is found of late years that the investment ot; cap: ital in steamers is more profitable than in sailing vessels. ' ' ' "' THIS tear a dozen larsje steamers will leave the port of St. Johns for the; ice,,; and six additional steamers fronv other ports; but only ix sailing vessels will leave our harbor. A few years ago our sailing fleet for the seal fishery num bered one hundred and tweuty sailing vessels lrom St. J ohns alone. Just as in alt other departments, the employe ment of steam in our seal hunting will at first throw, numbers out 'of employ ment arid concentrate' the business in the the hauds of a-few large -capital-" ists. The steamers , capture the same number of seals with half;, the number of hands as formerly.' Fewer men are required for the work, snd thus, sa Eiiifle ftd'ticrr In the Local Columns, 2 ccnW per line, cairh insertion. t''it izi aad tmooeiit aderriseierts tl SO por fqyare of 12 liiws, for tli .firat hisertioti, ad $1 ,(H per sqnnre for eath subsequent In- far, the employment of steam tells un favorably on the interests of the fish ermen, and benefits only the . capital ists, who, unfortunately, are absentees for the most part, and reside in Great Biitain, where th -ir profits are spent. The fleet of steamers for tbe ice thi year number eighteen and will carry upward of 8,000 men. The sailing . vessels will take closf. upon 7,000; so that RJ.OOO hunter will, in a nhort lime, be engaged in the work' of do st rnction amid tbe floating ice liclJd of the north. V , V '. ; : k' THE TOrjSI SEALS - are born on the ice about the miudle of February, and. to they grow very rapidly and contain a parer oil than the old ones, they are chiefly sought after by the hnntersJ By the midle of March they are fat and in perfect con dition. The 'Artie current, setting out of Bafliln's Bay, bears oa its bo som hundred. of square mile of float ing ice, which "are . carried past oar shores. Somewhere amid these float ing masses the seals have brought forth their young, who remain during the first period of their growth ou the ice for five or six weeks before taking to the water. The aim of the hunters is to reach these vast hordes during this period. For- this purpose they take their departure about tbe 1st of March; steer northeast, dash in boldly among the ice fields, and beat aboat, as hey can-, in search of their prey. How uncertain is the hunt, may be judged of from the fact that the floating ice masse are two hun dred mile in beadth very frequently, and the locale of the seals depends on wind and wave. The most skillful often fail. Great dependence is placed on "luck," and, in fact, in fact, ihe adventure has much the character of a lottery, though the employment of the steamers has greatly increased the chances of success, and will more tend to reduce the number of failures. From the Laiilie Coarier-JouruaJ.J HORRIBLE TALE OF SUFFER ' .-' ISC ' . ' Horror of the Passage fT-om En rope in an Emigrant Ship. We Lave beard of many stories told of the suffferipgs of a trip in au emigrant ship from Europe to Amer ica, and read details of many Tery shocking cases of '. barbarity prac ticed upon the poor emigrant by bar barous officer of ships; but we have been "furnished the particulars, by several Germans who arrived in this eity a few days ago from Germany, of a series of barbarities practiced upon the passengers of the emigrant ship Uulland, of tbe Liverpool and New York line, that exceed in infa my and outrage anything of the kind we have heretofore read., i . . . . THE ' HOLLAND arrived at New York on tbe 25th of March, after a long and . boisterous ' trip, with 550 passengers aboard, all emigrants, being at least 200 more than she bad accommodations for. A number of these emigrants were for Louisville, where , they arrived the latter part of last week, aud from some of whom we get these particu- a lars. Tbe vessel bad been at sea but a few days,' when it was discovered that the stock of provisions was not only of. the poorest quality, but it was also very light, In less than a week all tbe flour, potatoes, and oth er vegetables were exhausted,- and the passengers were reduced to a diet of ship biscuit and horse beef, and this of the p'oorest quality, aad doled out in the smallest portions. ''. . STAEVATIOX BEOAH to stare the wretched emigrants in the face, although the ship's officers and crew seemed to have plenty of good and healthy food. To : all ap peals for a fair division of . this food among the emigrants, the officers and crew answered only with curses and blows Sickness broke oat among the emigrants, and in their - despera tion some of them made, an effort to secure more food, but were knocked down and kicked and beat "by the crew. Many of these miserable, peo ple,1 men, women and children were exposed on deck to the cold and were badly frozen. ... .Our informants state that the captain and mate of the ves sel were particularly cruel" in their treatment to the poor emigrants, and as a consequence of all their suffer ings there was much sickness and iaany deaths during the trip. , ,. ,. TO SEfCH. A. DEGREE of starvation were these emigrants reduced that when their scanty al lowance of food was issued to them they had to fight for its possession, the desperation, of the half-starved passengers,1 under the impulse of self-preservation, leading them to try to' take by force from the weakest their share of the wretched food. The horse beef, our informants state, was absolutely half rotten, t and . its stench almost stifling; yet the emi igrants .were forced eat it to save themselves from a horrible death by starvation; :Hi The limbs of many wo men'aid children, as Well as a num ber of men, were so severely ; frozen that in many cases amputation will be necessary." 5 A report of the suffer ing of these emigrants was' made to the authorities at New,York, bujt our informants say do attention, so far as tbey knowwas paid to it. It is a case that requires the most rigid investi gation, and if .the facts are as stated to us, the captain and other : officers , -of the ship should be brought to the speediest and severest punishment.' Radical SxsALlxcik-i-The Wash- ington Patriot grou;s together the following army :f -nasty-, figures 1 "Pension frauds, $8,000,000 per an flumpir. Garfield;) pension frauds during GrantVincuniuehey, $24,000, 000; 'revenue loss ' by smuggling and fraud-one-fourtlf of the whole,' (re port, of. Civil, JService .Commission;) average .annual revenue," 500, 000, Me; average annual steilage, $125,0)0,0 30 ; : stealage durin; Grant's' incumbency,. S375,-5eO,COO, 'Total. fSKjB-M.IOf.