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' li f t! STAT RIGHTS DEMOCRAT OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPES IN OREGON. , - ' "' - , . , rtuuiiD ' rmioAT, V 7 MART. V. BROWN. RATES or ADVERTISING. 1 W f 1M I SM 6M I TR S 00 00 S 00 7 00 t 00 12 00 15 09 20 09 6 00 7 00 10 00 12 40 IS 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 S 00 IS 00 . ,18 00 ; 22 00 27 00 5 00 48 00 60 0 0 100 00 H2 oo 15 0 18 00 25 00 SO OA 40 00 SO 00 lines, I 1 00 Z to. 1 3 60 In. I I 00 4 la. I 4 10 i Col, t S t CoL "17 SO i Col. " I 10 00 1 Col. lS 00 Ji-l Jki OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. ' TERMS, in av.cb : One year, t3 5 Six months, 2 1 Three month, $1 ! One month, SO cents; Single Copies, 12 cent. Correspondents writing over assumed ifrua tnres or anonymously, must make known their proper names to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communication. BUSINESS CARDS. I. H. CttAXOU, ATTOmi AND C0OSEL0B AT LAW 'Ornc In Fairish' Brick Building. ap atairs, Ubnny, Oregon. v7n4Stf. i , 1. M. JOXES, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREQOX. JE3V-Offioe : On south side Main street, over . . .1 e ..J iieaeb. store. tiesiaeuce 5 v cwwu .m-, outb of the Cartwrigbt i arehouse. v7n40tf - W. G. JONES, M. D. ISoincEopatliic Physician ALBANY, OREGON. tfrrOHia' on Front street, orer TorrcU' tore. Residence on Third street, flrst door west of the Methodist Church. t.ozuji. r . A. caa.tvwBTH. CorvallU. 1. k. surra Linn Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corrallis, Oregon. gBTOrricc at the Court House. v6n27 ' JOHN J. WIIITSET, STT08XET l.ND COCSSELOB AT LAW and Notary Public. Special attentions given to collections. Orrica lia stairs in 1 arris u unw. Albany. Oregon. v3n33tf. I STBl'CKnEIEB, MERCHANT TAILOR 1 HAWKS RECEIVED FROM PORTLAND a splendid stock of goods, superior to any iu this market and made in the latest New York fashions, I guarantee to give satisfaction to U. L. STRCCKME1ER. . . n34tf GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY '.AX D COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice Bl all the Courts of this State. ! ' OFFICE' ALBAXY, OREGON. Kov. 11, 1870. PAPER HANGING, CALCEKIN1NG, Decorating, fcc. i- ... i.i ii 1 M. WADS WORTH WILL PROMPTLY . K've attention to -all orders for Paper hanging. Calceiniuing, Dtcoratiag. Ac, in this eity or vicinity. A J work executed in the lat est style, in the beat manner, at the lowest liv ing rates. Orders left at the Furniture Warerooms of Chas. Mealey. will receive prompt attention. v7nI4tf -C. S. BELUSGES. TBBO. BCBBESTSB. BELLINGER & BUflMESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, PORTLAND, - - OREGON. Special attention given to matters in Bankrupt cy and all business in United States Courts. v6n24tf. G. F. SETTLEMiER, Druggist and Apothecary! f DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, j Paints, Window UlakS, Dyestuffs. Liquors, J:'aney Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, Ac Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. All art cles and Drugs is our liae wan acted of tbe best quality. First street. Post Office building, Albany. jallSv5n48yl Sf..'rro Bois, B. w. ccclxocb:. X. . DU BOIS & CO., CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND RECEIV ING a large toek of Groceries and Provi sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Confectionery, Yankee Notions, etc., etc. ' Wholesale and BetaiL We sell at tbe I,oiret livfmg Bmtea, nd deliver free of charge, throughout the city. T-Opposite R. C. Hill A Son's Drug Store, Albany. Oregon. junl0v5n3yl ALBANY BATH HOUSE 1 THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fnUy inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping elGevn rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing bnt First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, lie expects to rive entire satisfaction to all. &"Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and shampooed. JvatiKU nautitua. . v3o33tf. RE OPENED ! FRAXKIslX JTIARKET!! " , J. R. HERREN, Prop'r. ' . HAS AGAIN OPENED THIS FORMER ly popular market, and keeps tbe best and freshest meats that the market affords, at the OLD PRICES X ' ' Cash paid for Chickens at all times. v7n39tf. METROPOLIS HOTEL. CORNER FRONT AND SALMON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON. This New and Elegant Hotel, with New Fnrni v t; , tare throughout, IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Bath room for the accommodation of guests. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. COXB AID 8KB TJg.-16 J. ; SPRENGER. t - - - Proprietor J CEO. W GRAY, D. D. S. Graduate of tbe Cincinnati Den- ' ;,tl College, Slakes Sereral, New and Improved - Styles of Plate or Artificial Teetfl- 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 trons oxide administered tor the painless ex traction of teeth if desired. Office in l'arruh's Brick Block np-stairs. Residence, first house couth of . Congregational Church, fronting on Court House block.. . v7nl7yl. ' NOTICE. ALL PERSONS OWING ON 6UBSCRIP tion or note on account of railroad eomple tiou to Albany please call and settle immediate ly. BEN. HOLLADAY, T?n6 tf. .By J. H. Foster. , GO TO TUBRELL'S FOR GENT'S Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods of all descriptions. He has also a large stock of Jiny's Clothing, Hats, Shirts, etc., which he is sell ins very low. VOL. VII. . FOUND A WIFE. When the theaters were letting oat in days when theater hours were longer than they are now there step ped forth into the frosty winter night, amid a crowd of play-goers, a man of about four-and-twenty and about tho middle height, broad shouldered, dark-haired, and, with black eyes a very handsome man, and dressed in a stylo which, costly and elegant, be came him wonderfully well. There came a little wail upon his ear a cry almost like that of an in fant and, looking down, Harry Bol ton saw upon the pavement, close be side him, a little girl not more than five years old. She wore what ap- E eared to be a handful of rags, and er tiny feet and curly head were bare. A more miserable object the moon never looked upon, and the moan she made touched the young man's heart lie knelt down and caught her as she passed by. Stop little one," he said. 4What brings you out this night ? Where do vou live ? And where is your motherT The child struggled to escapeV but when the last question came, stood still, and answered with a sob: "In heaven. I want to go there." "You are on the right road, then, this winter night; half-naked and starving, too, I fancy," said Harry to himselt. lie began to question her again. "Where do you live ?" "I don't know." "AVho lakes care of you ?" "Nobody." "It looks like it. Have you had any supper ?" "I don't want supper, I want my mamma," and the child began to cry. Harry Bolton endeavored to re member some portion of his childish education. "You want to go to heaven, do you," he asked. "It appears to me I remember being told that children who cried never went to heaven, and I am very sure that children who do not mind never do ; remember that." The child understood, and the ef fect of this doubtful moral teaching was at least to silence her. Then the moon witnessed a phenomenon. Har ry Bolton, the dandy, the dashing gambler, the man of betting-books, shouldering a ragged chjld and walk ing away with her in the most self possessed fashion. "We must have some supper," he said. "We must not be too fashiona ble under the circumstances, howev er : and so 6aymg he descended into a cellar eating-house, where, at the late hour, the few guests were too much intoxicated to notice the singu lar pair, and only the proprietor and a few of his employes remained to be astonished. Marching down the room with per fect sana troid. Harry Bolton perch ed the child upon one, of the chairs, and seating himself at a table ordered beefsteak, brandy and water for two. and the order being filled, ordered his companion to -'go ahead," and watched to see the mandate obeyed in vain ; the child stared at the viands in astonishment, bnt made no attempt to eat. Harry remained in a puzzled condi tion for some time, then beckoning to a grinning waiter made him his confi dant in this wise: "Yon look like a family man, wai ter. Do you know any war of mak ing a child take to its feed 'f "Not 6ach feed as that, sir, replied the waiter. "Milk and water is what they likes, and bread and butter; or if meat, chopped up into bits like. Bless ye ! look at her tiny teeth, sir." "To be sure," said liarry. "Well, cut the meat up, then bring her some bread and butter; but milk and wa ter youll make the poor thing sick, won't you? It would me." "Yon and ber is constructed differ ent," said the waiter. Harry nodded. Food being prepared to suit her ap petite the child ate greedily, to Har ry's satisfaction, and after sufficing her to her heart's content and strip ping himself of his overcoat, wrap ped the waif in it and started for home- " - He had a splendid set of bachelor apartments, and there he found a glowing fire awaiting him. The child, when he opened the coat, was sound asleep; so tncking her into bed in a grimy state, which would have shocked any good housewife's heart, Harry composed himself in a great arm chair, and lighting a cigar began to smoke. . All night he sat smoking and think ing, and by dawn his plans were form ed. ' A consultation with the land lady ended with the consignment of the child to the care ol , an elderly woman, warranted conscientious and amiable. Harry Bolton found him self the guardian of an adopted child. From that moment a change came over tbe young man's life. He had an object to think of and care for. He said to himself ; "I will bring up a daughter for my. old age,'', and set himself to work to become . a fitting parent for the wonderful woman he had proposed to make her. ,He quit his habits of dissipation, half his time was spent in visiting his charge, who, well dressed and well cared for, grew every day more lovely and engaging. He taught her to call him Uncle Har ry, and it was 6trange to see the young man devoting himself, as some old. grandfather , might, j to all the whims and pleasures of a little child. : As she grew older he placed her in a boarding school, and there of course saw less of her, yet still as much as the rules of the establishment wbuld allow nntil the child was somewhat past twelve years old, when a vio lent illness prostrated her , guardian upon came what near being his death bed, and the doctor ordered him . im mediately on his recovery to go to H.u rope, i bo they were separated, a regular co.Tespondence was main tained. lelicate beahb ' detained Harry from bb native land five years. , At the end of that time Harry Bol-1 ton returned home, Improved in health, and anxious to see his adopt ey daughter. He knew she had grown older, but so little do we re flect on the changes that time must bring, that when inquiring for Estella Gray (this Was the name the child had lisped whon questioned), as ho waited in the parlor of tho Beminary, a lovely girl of seventeen opened the door and entered the room, he could scarcely believe his eyes. Yet it was she indeed the child, he had left grown into womanhood. Estella was seventeen and Harry Bol ton thirty-five." There seemed to be but little difterence between their ages after all. Both fU this, and their manner towards each other was more reserved in consequence. A lovlier creature never met Harry's ryes. As he walked homeward he said to himself: "What if, after all, I have been rearing a wifo for myself?" "Then with a half laugh he mutter' ed to himself: "No, I am too old for her it is all folly." I oily or not, the thought remained. He paid Estella such delicate atten tion as suitors do. He anticipated her every wish aud did bis best to appear in an agreeable light At times he hoped, at times he feared, until calling one afternoon (a holiday) unexpectedly, he found Estella tete-a-tete with a young friend, Ernest Clark. It was a good excuse for intimacy, but the knowledge that Estella had another male friend so much nearer her own age than himself, annoyed and angered Harry. He thought they loved each other, and that he would have to give her up. "I will go back to Europe," said he. "I will forget her. Wedlock is not for me." And on the impulse of the mo ment, he ordered his baggage to be packed, took passago in the next steamer for Europe, and went to the seminary to bid Estella good -by. She came in smiling, but his moody looks made her grave at once. She put her hand in his ar.d he shook it coldly and sat down beside her and said : "I have come to say good by. I am going to Europe." "Mr. Bolton 1 to Europe ? Are you ill again ?" "No." "Will yon stay long." "Forever." The great tears swelled in Estclla's eyes, and she put her hand on her heart she evidently could not epeak. "I would advise your remaining here until you are a year older un less, indeed, you marry before that time. In that catc you will, of course, receive the necessary funds, and a cer tain sum I shall leave in my banker's bands for that purpose." "I shall not marry,'' sobbed Estella, "there is no need of any such provis ion." Harry smiled sarcastically. "The proposition has not come, then'r" he said. Estella s head dropped lower. "I fancied you were engaged to this young Ernest." Estella sobbed again. "I care nothing for Ernest, nor he for me. We are only mere acquaint ances." Harry caught her hand. "Is this girlish evasion," be asked sternly, "or the truth Y" Harry Bolton looked into the tear flushed face, aud took the other little hand. "Estella," he said, "do you guess why I was leaving America 'f She shook her bead. "Because I could not see the girl I love married to another. Am I too o'd to love ?" "O, no." "Too old to be loved ?" "You are not old at all." "Estella can you love me ?" She made no reply. Harry drew ber closer to hira and repeated the question ; then the answer came in the lowest, faintest whisper: "I love you better than my life; it would kill me to part with you." A week after he sailed for Europe, but not alone. His lovely bride went with him. Gcshtso, Vert. The wandering correspondent of the Whig went to church at Griggsvile on a recent Sun day and mounting "high horse" tells about it in the following fashions: ' The glorious "orb of day" rose brightly though not to - continue so all day the "human face divine" Eeemed to "catch the sunshine," whilst the trees under its genial influence ; were ready to jump into blossom and leaf, and all things ap peared to conspire to hasten the res urrection of nature from ber wintry sleep fit emblem of tbe resurrection of man; .and does not nature thus most affirmatively reply to Job's in quiry: "If a man die shall he live again ?" A balmy breeze from . the land of the orange and ' magnolia fanned our cheeks and seemed tremb lingly to whisper in our ear : "Win ter's cruel reign is over." We hoped it was. The bluebirds warbled mer rily from the leafless trees. A holy calm rested on all around, unbroken by the footsteps and voices of the people and children on their way , to church and sabbath school. . After letting himself down from lofty flight he gets to prosy business thus : . . ; :.. .. . There is a fine opening for another good barber in Griggsville ; If you don't wish to fall in love, keep away from calico. You can no more play with the girls without los ing your heart, than you can play at roulette without losing your money. As Dobbins aptly remarks, the heart string to women are like the tendrils of a vine always feelling about for something to cling to. The conse quence is, that beforeyou have any idea of going, you are gone, like a one-legged stove at suction, ! i. h.. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1872. Correspondence 8. F. Chronicle.) POLYGAMOUS MAINTN. Inercstlntj Goip About Celes tlstl Marriages. , Salt Lake City, June 25, '72. A general impression prevails throughout the United States that the Mormons are inclined to relinquish the doctrine and practice of polya my, and that this moral improvement has been induced by the experience the people of Utah have had ; in the clebrated "lascivious cohabi tion" trials wherein Brighara Young and other high dignitaries of the Church figured. Nothing could be more erroneous than this impression. The Mormons have not the remotest intention of doing any such thing. If they were to give up polygamy they would lose the great biuding force that keeps them together. PROMULGATION OF TJIE FAMOUS DOC TRINE. ; The doctrino of "Celestial Mariage," as it is finely and delicately termed by the Saiuts, was promulgated on the 12th of July, 1813, in Nauvoo, III., by the great Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith. It has been ascertain ed, however, that Mormons practiced 1olygany, or celestial marriage, long ;cfore the doctrine was given to the public. It was to hide the adultery practiced by the first Mormons that the revelation was put forth. Joseph Smith, himself, had several wives be fore he had his revelation on celestial marriage. One was his legal spouse, but the rest be married spiritual!) be cause they were affinities. Some of his followers thirsted for spiritual wives, also, but they were "not holy enough in the sight of the Lord" to be honored with such blesaings. They took umbrage at this and became jealous of tho l'rophot A division aroe and some of the oldest and most devoted Mormons were cut off from the Church. While Joseph Smith lived he did not permit any man in the Church or out of it to con trol his actions. He was often heard to say that be would rather be the only Mormon living than have "sticks" in the Church. By "sticks" he meant followers who could be easily driven away when things did not exactly mote to suit them. josEl'II AND URIGUAU TAKING A FE MALE HEART. Whenever the present apostates from Mormonistn wish to be merry at Brigham's expense they tell a good story of the way himself and Joseph tried to tame a female heart. The in cident occurred in IB 12, a year before the revelation on polygamy was giv en. This corroborates the statement that the Mormons practiced polyga my before Smith publicly proclaimed it a doctrine of the Church. But to the taming rrocess. The lady in question was Miss Martha A Brother ton, a handsome young Englishwo man. Brighara met her at Nauvoo and fell in love at first sight Ho was a married man at the time and had a family. Martha did not reciprocate Brigham's pabeion, aud so Joseph, was called in to assist brother Brig hara. Martha was invited to call at the private office of Joseph, which she did. After some preliminary conver sation the subject was broached. Joseph said it would be all right if 3Iartha married Jingham, and de clared . that he (Brighara) was "the best man in the world," next to himself. The Prophet then left, and tho next movement of Brigham was an attempt to kiss Miss Brolherton. The story does not say whether Brigham was successful or not; but be certainly made the attempt. Mar tha asked time to study over the seri ous matter of marrying another wom an's husband, which being granted, she escaped from the Mormons. To this day the incident delights the Mormon women, and they tell it with that quaint and relishable zeal charac teristic of the gentler sex. MORMON YOUNG GIRLS OPPOSED TO ' . POLYGAMY. There can be no doubt that the gretit majority of young Mormon girls are opposed to polygamy. They have not their own way always, and so are often compelled to give themselves up to this degradation. But those born in Utah are very rebellious, as are the young ladies who have in any way been favored with the society of respectable Gentile women. The principal converts to polygamy are taken from the females who arrive from England,' Wales, Norway and Denmark and other foreign countries. The English and Danish make the least objection. The strongest de fenders of the Mormon men, especial ly those who are Americans, prefer English women for polygamous wives to any other. The reason is that they are strong, healthy, active and firm in faith; An American Mormon does not like to marry an American wife in polygamy. Indeed, he might like to do it well enough, but such, a wife usually makes things mighty hot for him. She will have her own way. The first wife of a Mormon, that is of a Yankee Mormon is, generally speak ing, an American! woman. Wiile thus gossiping about male Mormons, I am struck with the strange fact that nearly all " THE LEADING MORMONS ARE YANKEES, From the very best Puritan stock. The two most eminent men the Church ' ever had were Americans, namelyJoseph Smith and Brigham Young. The famous Rigdon, . who did so much'; to foist the Book of Mormon upon the public, was a genu ine Yankee also. The Pratts and Hydes, names clebrated in Mormon history, are Americans. Among the foreigners, John Taylor and Geo, Q. Cannon, both Englishmen, are the most famous. Thus your readers will see that Mormonism is a genuine Yankee institution, and that in the matter of receiving its .supply of con verts, both, men and women, old Eng land comes nahdsomely tip to replen ish New England as represented by Mormonism. So much for this noto rious Anglo-American delusion. THE FUTURE STRONGHOLD OF POLYG AMY. ' ''; '' Salt Lake City, or, as it is called in prophetic language, New Jeru salem, is no longor the stronghold of polygamy. It is true that a vast tem ple is being built here ' that the mas sive tabernacle is already consecrated by the Saints, that tbe Endowment House, the Lion House, and other in stitutions of a like character will re main to make this burg essentially Mormon in appearance, but the real power of tbe Saints, that which makes them most remarkable among sects, namely, polyamy, is to bo transferred to St. George, Southern Utah. At that distant plate a new Temple will be constructed and another ICndow roent House planned. There the Mormons will, for a time st least, be free from Gcutil influences, - It will be for a time only, as railroad and mining influences are spreading all over the the Territory. It is mooted that St George is to be the grand center of a peaceful MOItMO.V CRUSADE AGAINST MEXICO. It has long been the ambition of Briz- ham Young to extend the "stakes of Aion toward Sonora, the most north ern Slate of the Mexican Uepublic. I am credibly informed that Brighara has already planned out settlements in Arizona and New Mexico. It is said that a few years ago he sent some missionaries to explore the States of orwiern mexico ana sounu me lead ing men on the subject of Mormon 'win. The result was all that Brigham could expect. As far as regards po lygamy, this institution has always ex isted jn Mexico. It was not, how ever, a religious doctrine with the Mexicans, but simply a social custom. I am told by men who traveled ex tensively in Mexico, that it is no un common thing to find JDons there with from two to seven qucrldat, The queridas are simply, with the Mor mons call spiritual wives. It tbe Mormons are to increaso in power they must certainly move toward the south and extend into Mexico. East ward they cannot go, for public sen timent is strong and bitter against tbem. 60ME LOCAL SENSATIONS. The book late published by .Mrs. T. B. II. Stenhouae has created a great sensation among the Saints. The authoress deals heavy blows at Brigham as a prophet, seer and reve lator. Mrs. Slcnhouse has spent the best portion of her life among the Mormons, and knows how it is her self. Mrs. S. was in polygamy, and on this particular subject she is scath ing. She considers this an infamous institution. It is strange, with her present belief, that she could ever have entered tho polygamous tie or have given her oldest daughter to one of Brigham's sons a man who Lad three wives at the time he married Mis Stcnbouse. But this world is full of queer things. A JOUR PRINTER WITH THREE WIVES. While standing near the theater a few days ago, a man was pointed out to me at the other side of the street who is the happy possessor of three wives. . He is a jour printer by trade, and evidently about thirty years of age. J lis first two wives he married the same day, and, characteristic of the financial conditiou of the best printers, it is said " be didn't have a cent in his pocket the day he married them." Since then this polygamous disciple of Ben Franklin has taken another spouse to bis lordly bosom. I am not well posted in the phraseology of printers, but 1 should say that bis "case" was "badly pied" and that he must be often out of "sort." How in the name of Heaven he can sup port three wives by his work as a jour is something I cannot under stand. It may , be easy enough after be gets used to it. A BLACKSMITH WITH FIVE WIVES. A son of Vulcan beats the jour printer, for he has five wives. One of them, I am told, has been bed-ridden for five years. - This blacksmith was pointed out to me in the street, and a more insigmhcant-looking man could not be met with. He was small in stature, careworn, as he well might be, and looked dilapidated in every way. He looked like anything else but a brawny blacksmith or the hus band of five wives. I might fill up columns narrating instances of tbe kind just mentioned, truly, JUor monism is an extraordinary institu tion. Toucmso Incident. A little news boy, attempting to jump from a street car, tbe other day, feu under the car and was fearfully mangled. As soon as be could speak he called piteously for his mother, and a messenger was sent at once to bring her to him. On her arrival she hung over the dying boy in agony of grief. . . "Motheiy' he whispered, with a painful ellort, "x sold four newspa' pers and the the money: is in my pocket. t , With the hand of death , upon his brow, tbe last thought of tbe sutler ing child was for the poor hard-work ing mother whose burdens he was striving to lighten when- he lost his life. : -:-f - ' ' 'v- New Mrii-PnoDtJctNd Tree. Anew milk-producing tree in the Valley of the Amazon has lately been brought to the notice of Europeans. It is known as the "Massaranduba," and appears to be a species of "Mimu sops," of the natural order of "sapo taeeae." The wood is valuable, and used for various purposes, and tbe milk flows freely from the trunk upon incision, but hardens on exposure to the air, and then has an elastic prop erty. Bimilar to that , of gutta-percha. This juice is used as food when fresh, but never in its pure state, being either, mixed with a small quantity of water, or with coffee or .tea like ordi nary milk. ' - IIUMKY WILSON , The Radical candidate for Vice President, is the illegitimate son of g'Py girl by tbe name-of Leathers, whose family have, been well known in the central portion of New Hamp shire for many years, where they have passed that species of nomadic life which characterizes the whole tribe. His father is said to have been Eastman. . Jexemiah Col- batb who is his half-brother, Las been kept by him for tbe last ten years as a door-keeper in the Senate. At the age of about ten years Hen ry left the maternal tent of the gip sy tribe, and subsequently by an Act of th Massachusetts Legislature had his name changed from Leathers to Wilson. ' :,. v s , He was born at Farmington, New Hampshire, Feb. 16th 1812. His early years were spent upon s farm, but on attaining bis majority be re moved to Nattick, Mas., where he learned shoe-making, and wae after ward quite a successful manufacturer of what is known among the trade as "common brogans." Having aspi rations above the lapstone, be soon took an interest in politics, and in 1840, was elected to tbe Legislature where he served for four years, and then four years in the State Senate, of which body he wae President for two sessions. In 1818 be became editor and proprietor of a now de funct journal called tbe Boston Re publican; iu 1852 be was tbe Free Soil candidate for Congress and de feated; in 1853 was a member of the State Constitutional Convention; and in 1855 was elected Senator in Con gress, and re-elected in 1859 for tbe long term. From 1842 to 1851 he was connected with the Massachu setts militia, first as major and after wards as Colonel and Brigadier Gen eral. In 1861, following tbe bent of bis military inclinations, be raised tbe Twenty-second Massachusetts regiment of volunteers, and in the capacity of Colonel joined the army of tbe Potomac, where he became aide-de-camp to McClellan, and re mained in that position until Con gress assembled. He was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, and discharged the duties of that responsible office during tbe whole war. He was re-elected rotbe Senate in 1866, and again in 1871, and has served on. several important committees beside the one mention ed. He has written a work entitled "Anti-Slavery Measures in Con gress," and also a history of tbe Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, and has been prominent ly identified with all the Radical leg islation since the termination of the tbe rebellion. Not long since be en tered into a controversy with Judge Jeremiah S. Black in regard to the record of the late Edwin M. Stanton, and received from his opponent an excoriation which not only put an end to all further discussion on his part, but placed tbe character of the deceased Secretary in an exceedingly disagreable light This, we believe, was the last ppearance of Senator Wilson in print. EANTEBX OBEUOX GOLD MINE The Mountain Sentinel contains tbe following, in relation to a discov ery which we mentioned a few days since : "Mr. White, a resiJent of Baker county, after having spent about $9,000 in prospecting in and near Auburn in tbat county, has at last been rewarded with unparalleled suc cess. Sometime ago be discovered a quartz lode, which undoubtedly is tbe richest in gold ever discovered on tbe coast In brief the ordinary quartz from tbe lode yields $600 to the ton, but it is the pockets in . tbe same where the riches come in. In one pocket be secured $4,000 of the Erecious stuff in four days, and others ave been struck much richer. Mr. Stacy, a reliable gentleman of Au burn, visited the mines and stated to our informant,' Mr. John Howard, that he saw in the pocket numberless nuggets as large as a mans fist. Mr. Stacy is known in this community to be a man of truthfulness and not addicted to exaggeration. Mr. White has four men employed in guarding his mine of treasure and no person but those well and - favor ably known can even visit it. Mr. Lacy asserted positively that he could in a few moments pick np a fortune in nuggets from the pocket alluded to. In consequence of this extraordina ry discovery property in the town of Auburn baa taken a sudden rise, and lots and houses which a week ago could have been bought for a song, have quadrupled in price. We veri ly believe that other discoveries and rich ones will soon be made in that vicinity, and experienced miners are of the same opinion, " ' , ' P. S. We, learn that Capt. J.C. Ainsworth of Portland is tbe princi ple owner (and capitalist) interested in the lode." . Edwin Booth was traveling on tbe (inr. . The nn.sKGncers hearinc be - ; ' . ' o . t was aboard, naturally evinced curi- ositv to see the great actor. Among t.ha nanaencera was i . a Pennine Ver i D o mnnter who oeeumed a seat some four or five benches in the rear of the great actor. By slipping . from one side to the other, be soon occu pied the one immediately "aft" of Booth. His anxiety was great. Reaching over and touching Edwin on t.hfl nhoulder he Baid: ,i "Ah ! eh 1 excuse me, sir; but is your name Edwin Butbf In his well-modulated voice, Booth rephed:,,.K . u-i ..- "Yfia. sir. mv name is Booth." , 'Ah! eh! excuse me, sir; . but is vour name Edwin Booth?" "Yes, sir my name is Edwin "Reallv, eh! ah! sir but you must v vets really exouse me, sir; out, am en sir. are von a brother to the centle man who had the little difScslty with Mt. Jjincom at tae tneaterr N0.49- . JOSH BILLIMGft ADVICE, TtW YOUBO XXKEOTM . , Don't preach the Gospel for less than 850 dollars a year, salary paya ble quarterly in advance. .,-. , A congregasbun who kant afford tew pay 850 dollars a year want a missionary more than they. do a kler giman. ,-. ?. Be sure you run the church; don't let the church run you. . : Az i sed np at tbe top, get as much ov yure salary as possible in advance for i don't kno ov toy det so bard to , kollekt as a minister's salary, after it once gits kold. i . ' ' ; TEW YOTJSO MEN. ' Don't be diskcuraged if yore mus tash don't gro; it sumtimes happens where a mustash duz tbe best, noth ing else duz so well. ' Don't be afraid ov ennytbing that iz honorable, and don't forget, tbat the best friend that God has given eyone iz biz conscience. Lurn tew wait! this iz a hard gait for a young man tew travel, but is the surest way tew git thare. If you have cot sum wild oats (and a phew won't spile yu) git them any and so tbem deep so they will rot in tbe ground. . tew BOSS IQCKIZS. If yu have got a boss yu ask 200 dollars for and are offered 75 dollars for him, alwuz sell bim; don't spile a good boss trade for 125 dollars. if yu shuld, bi acksident, git hold ov a sound boss, git shut or him az soon oz yu kan, for yu won't be hap py with him. If, in swoppin bosses, yo git cor nered and kant lie, postpone the trade until next day. oboddy expekts tew buy a boss without gittin cheated; therefore, if a boss jockey don't lie, he looses one of biz blessed privileges. TEW TCXO DOCTORS. Hire aa of&s on tbe main street of the village, and set in tbe ofSs. ben yu da oi out, alwus so on the jump. Don t never talk much on enny subjex, but alwus look kussid miste- nous. . Seldom go to church; but when yu do, alwus leave before the church duz. Charge everybody like thunder and litening. If to nholler these miles class! v. , l 0 and don't succeed, yu kan cum tew the konklusion tbat the doctrine Diz ziness ain't so good as it was last year. Dox't , Advertise. Don't do it. Don't advertise your buisness; it's paying out money to accommodate other people; if they want to boy your goods, let them hunt you up. Don t advertise, for it gets your your name abraod and you are apt to be flooded with circulars from bus- ness houses, and to be bored with "drummers from the wholesale es tablishments, of which also results in soliciting your order for new goods and money to pay for tbem, which is very annoying to one of a dyspeptic temperament. Don t advertise, for it brings people in from the country, (country folks, you know, are of an enquiring turn of mind,) and they will ask you astonishing questions ' about prices try your temper with showing them goods, and even vex you with the request to tie them up; which puts you to an additional trouble of buying more. ' , . Don't advertise; it gives people abroad a knowledge of your town, and they come and settle in it; it will grow, and other buisness men will be induced to come in and thus increses your competition. In short, if you would nave a quiet town, not too large; if yon would not be harrassed by multitudinous cares and perplexities of business; if you would avoid being bothered with paying for and losing time to read a great cumbersome newspaper, just remain quiet; don't let the people know five miles away where vou are, know what you are doing, and yon will be severely let alone to enjoy tbe bliss of undisturbed repose. Grandmother's Staff. What do vou thmk.it wasr A goia-neaaea cane ? : No, indeed. Grandmother was too poor to have anything like that. ' Why, her best Sunday-go-to meeting gown was faded delaine, and her woolen shawl-was worn almost threadbare. Yet, poor as she was, she wouldn't have given her staff for all tbe gold-beaded canes tbat ever were made. It was an odd sort of a staff too a sort one does not : see verv often. It was nearlv five feet high, and had a head tor all the world like that of a wide-awake, sunny-faced boy of fifteen. I had to look twice hefnra T could believe mv eves: and while I was looking, I heard a brave young voice say. "keep tight hold of me, , grandmother, - there's such crowd to-day." ; J3ut tbe best of it all was, that while he seemed very .proud of grand mother, keeping her arm in his all the way down Broadway, he didn't seem one bit proud of himself. Grandma was . proud r though of , her staff. Hearth and Home, . Selfish. Somebody locates' followintr in the Granite State : ' the A couple had quarreled during the whole term of their married life. At last the husband was taken ill, and evidentl v about to die. His wife came to bis bed-side, where, after she had seen his condition, the following colloquy ensued : : "Why, daddy, your feet are cold and vour nose is cold!" . , t "Wa'al let um be cold!" ; "Why,' daddy, your are going to die!" Wa'al, I guess I know "what . I'm "bont." ; "Why, daddy, what's to become of me if you die r . Dunno, and don't care ! What I want to know is, what 8 ta accoma oj mar-. . - Busines notices In the Local Coloams, 25 sent fe line eaeb insertion, t - ' ' or legal and transient adreiitsemerU $3 50 per sqoare of 12 Vtnei, for the f rst insertion, and $1 0Q per square far each eubrequnt insertion. (Fot the Orexoa HeraM.) COLUMBIA'S FIAT Cclnmfcia, all vexed with Grant, And his vols of bitter bate, , Has nwda voir (nbe'll not recant) - ; Tbe flagrant nuisance to abate. , No more tbe bayonet shall sway f 8be eraves again Ike rsle of law ; i So, bidding Grant to bie wT,. . t , rbe hail the Ssge of Cbacyaqoaw ' ' '' 7 - . . ' J - : So forth from ont tbe Whit Eons doer, v Next March will eee tbe tvraat leave, With berse. mules and dogs a Score; WbHe Bone bnt barsted ring will grieve. ' Obedient to BatkVs call,: . . .. . , Old fanner Greelev tfaes well sec Walk in, and hang apon the wall Hi bat, and -Take a rp of tea.' Tbrlcn. welcome then the coming refgw Of peaee, of friendship-, and sf law, Wbiek fair Columbia will deign - '' Ts- rive ber son with Chappteas, ... Then 1st a nation's earnest shoat Fill srtl tbe welkin with It Tm As files tbe stolid tvrent ont , . ., " And walks tb peaceful farmer In. i . t ,i ' ... i j ' .si J FV O meadow Sower, primrose and violet, Ye taeb ber slender ankle a she DMTes, Bnt x, tbat worship, ma set kis ber feet. 0 moantain air, where najeonfined float Her lock ambrosial, woald tbat I were you. To wanton with tbe tangle of ber hair ! O leaping waves, tbat press and hp and lav ' Her tbuasand beantiea, wbea (ball it be mis - ' To touch and kiss and elasp her even as voa 7 ( Bat b mora love the bloseem and the breeze Tban Ifp or band of mine, and thy eold elasp. O barren sea, tbaa tbese impassioned a ran. - - SCISSOBIXGfl. . Conceit: an ass who imagines him self to be an elephant. KV , Forgiveness: a kiss at the lips to heal a stab at the heart. Aim high; but not so Ligh as not to be able to hit anything. Hope may bud under clouds, but blossoms only in sunshine. ' - " ' A wealthy man in Milwaukee keeps bis mother in the poor house. In solitude is self-knowledge; in society is knowledge of others. . . r He who would fenow the height of joy must sound the depths of Borrow., A Miss Davis, of Norfolk, Vs.. has committed suicide becaoee her broth er is a forger. ' " Human constancy: two fools prom ising to make a starlight journey over a crooked road. . ,-; A Methodist church in Madison,. . Wis., lately got up an excursion to "Devil's Lake." ' At Ellsworth, Kansas. Pacific Rail road, 28,000 head of Texas cattle ar rived in one aay. So mo are bon to lead and com mand; others are as surely destined ta follow and obey. The petroleum business has been run into the ground from the begin ning- Pity, isn t it? In Detroit they measure the tem perature by the number of paper col lars consumed per week. - Mulberries in Tennessee are so poisoned by tbe locusts that bird and squirrels will not eat them. Twelve hundred and fifty dollars made the ancient "talent." It takes some talent to make $1,250 now-a-days. ,-.- '.'.'. : . .i.-.j The various charitable societies and institutions in New York State re ceived hist year $2,500,000 from vari ous sources. The ' Empress Eugenie had the pleasure of seeing her name set up -in an English newspaper as the "Em press Engine."; im, -;;. . Acknowledging that we have been in the wrong is only showing to the world that we are wiser to-day than , we were yesterday. .. . In the United States, during a pe riod of twelve years; 282 persons were killed by lightning, "and 430 v more or less injured. , , o v - - - He-never-weeps, is tbe name of ) Red Cloud's only brother, and some of the papers disrespectfully speak of him as Old-Dry-TJp. ' - , When a couple of young people. 6trongly attached to each other, com- c mences to eat onions, it is safe to -pronounce them engaged. .-":.! : f Milton says the hearts of men are their eloquence . The . reason - there . , is so litUe real eloquence ia that . there is so little depth and fervor of ' heart, ' --: - .-" ' ' If Bazaine be found guilty of the charges .brought against him; the. ; martial law of France condemns hiss iu aeaui. iuen uu auctauure.. punishment. ' ' ' : ' "Bulwar," a cotemporary remarks. , "says that poverty is only an idea"' It's a ". very bad idea, ; and one we should not care to entertain. We I? prefer the real, especially in property." " Tk ia vnrth in 'Ksier VavV in at ,. i-.iL mi. 1 . l: 800 to break a lad's ler under a car. wheel and $700 to kill him outright. ' , Decisions recently rendered in the - 11 ! A? " courts settle : uus proportion accu- rately., : .';' Josh Billings says there seems to ; be four styles of mind : First, them who' knows it's so; second, them who ' knows it ain t sO; third, them who ' split the difference and guess at it;"1 fourth, them who don't care which ' mv it is. . . . i .. r Old Scotch lady "Tak a snuff.; sir?" Gentleman (with large nassal promontory, indignantly "Do -" I ' look like a snuflexr" Old lady -"Well, I cannajistsayyou do, though I maun say ye hae grand accommo dations." - . ; : A disappointed lover in Tennessee." avenged himself upon the false one , by blowing up her pa's smoke bouse . durin? the -marriacre ceremony, dark- ening me sun at iniaaay wiui a vul canic eruption . of hams, sides and : shoulders. . ' , , ' As four or five darkies were psss- incr nn ncrrinultiiral imnlcment strre down South ,oce of theia, poit - -to a cultivator, said:. A man iist sit on dat thing and liue while L 13 ploughing." "Golly' replied tha other, "de rascals was tco sharp to tLik of dat 'for: de nigger was free."