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Newspaper Page TextSTATER1GHTS DEMOCRAT OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. Mi lit ii a if.,-) yt Au Vii,ii..-3i.w, ! ff-l-l M t-3 M 6M l 1 TR lloeh, 1 00 3 00 4 00 8 00 16 00 2 la. . 3 00 6 00 7 00 12 00 IS 00 . 3 In. 3 00 6 00 10 00 IS 00 J 22 00 ' -- 4 In. - 4 00 7 80 12 5 18 00 27 0 ) Col. 5 00 tot li 00 2i 00 r,i 60 i Col. 7 SO 12 00 18 00 I 30 00 43 CO J Col. 10 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 00 0 0 ' 1 Col. 14 00 '20 00 40 00 60 00 100 00 ' ' ' ' ' ' . ..... . II rCBLtlBED ETEST FEIDAT, IT MART. V. BROWN. WW III H 1 tap OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET; TERMS, in adtahci : One year, $3 t SU months, $2 ; Three months, $1 i One month, SO noU; Single Copies, Hi cents. Correspondents writing over assumed l la turd or anonymously, must make- known their proper name to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communication BUSINESS CARDS. X. n. CHAIOR, ATTOUIT.iSS COUNSELOR IT I1W Orrics In Parrish's tain, Ubany, Orejon. Brick Building up v7n4Stf. . SI. JONES, M. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGOS. rnffiM : On south tide Main street, over Beach's store. Residence : On Second itreet. south of the Cartwright Warehouse. v7n-40f W. G. JONES, M. D. Homoeopathic Physician, ALBAXT, OREQOJf. e0-Office on Front street, over TurreU's ..., Tt.iln on Third street. 6rt dnor west of the Mcthodift Church. v7n20jl. v. A. cstsowrta. CorvallU. I. X. SMITH. I I.inn Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corvallia, Oregon. jrOrriCB at the Court House. v6n27 JOHN J. WHITNEY, irrntm 1SD COUNSELOR IT LAW ana Notary Public Special attention given to collections. Orrica Co stairs in Parrish's Brick. Owes Cp stairs in . Albany, Oregon. v3u33tf. L. STBLCK3IEIEK, MERCHANT TAILOR! -wt AVISO RECEIVED KUJi rumua.-iw r AVISO RECEIVED FROM PORTLAND JT' a splendid stock of goods, superior to anj i this market, and made in the latest e l V-k ruhioma. I ruarant-- o rive satisfaction to alL L. STRCCKME1ER. n34tf GEO. R. HELM, ATTOnNtY AND LUUndtLUn Al Lftlf Will practice in all the Courts of this State. OFFICE: ALBANY, OREGON. Xov. 11, 1870. PAPER HANGING, CALCEMINING, Decorating, se. - M. WADSWORTH WILL PROMPTLY aP - rive attention to all orders for Paper- Banging. Caleeminiog, Dtcoratiog, Ae., in this Stv or vieinitv. AU work executed in the lat est style, in the best manner, at the lowest liv- in nJM. Orirri left at the Furniture Ware too mi of i -hmm aieaiev. wui reeeire prouipi . v7nI4tf C. n ELLIS 43 BK. TBCO. BCBHESTEB. BELLINGER & BURMESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, FOSTXAND, - OREGON. Special attention given to matters in Bankrupt cy and all easiness in united Biaies twru. 6n24tf. G. F. SETTLEMIER, Druggist and Apothecary! -r EALER IX DRUGS, MEDICINES. OILS Paints, Window Glas. Dyeftaffs, Liquors, Fancy Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, Ae. Prescription! Carefnllj Componadf d. AU art eles and Drags in oar line warranted f the best quality. , First street, Post Office building, Albany. jnlUvn48yl x. a. no BOU, . w. neccLLocH. ' J. S. Dll BOIS & CO., rlONSTANTLY OK HAND AND RECEIV I 1NO alar re stock of Groceries and Provi ' sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars. Confectionery, Yankee Aotions, etc., etc. Wholesale and BetaU. we sen at toe Mwen "ti and deliver free of ebaree throughout the city. W0poote R. C. Hill A Son's Drug Store, Albany. Oregon. jnnl0v5nyl ALBANY BATH HOUSE! VeriHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT- JL fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi einitv that he has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping elcan rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him w.th their patronage. Having heretofore earned on notbtng om FlrstClass Hair Dressing Saloons, he expects to rive entire satisfaction to alL S-Cbildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. v3n33tf. RE-OPENED ! tcw tkvw.w tvt r triw t f a aaimxiaaajaia xiava.AV'avm a J. R. HERREJf, Prop'r. H' "AS AGAIN OPENED THIS FORMER Iv popular market, and keeps the best and freshest meats that tne marxet anoras. at tne OLD PRICES X Cash paid for Chickens at aU times. v7n39tf. METROPOLIS HOTEL. CORNER FROfcT AND SALMON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON. , This New and Eleeant Hotel, with New Furni ture throughout, - IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ' Bath room for the accommodation of guests. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. &COMB AHD SEE VB. 3. B. SPRENGER. - - - - Proprietor Graduate of the Cincinnati Den tal College, nfaVee Several New and' Imvreved Styles of Plates for Artificial Teeth. : Also does aU work in the line Z2ETj:jr$ most approved method and at reasonable rates as ean be had elsewhere. Ni trous oxide administered lor tbe painless ex traction of teeth if desired. Office in ParrUh's Brick Block un-stairs. Residence, first house oath of Congregational Church, fronting on Court House block. . v7nl7yl. 4 : SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY ! DR. C O. SMITH, DENTIST, HA3 LOCATED IS ALBANY and baa the new invention in plate work, which consists in inserting teeth in tbe mouth without covering the whole roof, as heretofore, i It gives the wearer the free use of the tongue te tbe roof of tbe mouth in talking and tasting. It is tbe Smith A Purvine patent. 3eJ-Teeth extracted withoBt pain. Plates mended, whether broken or divided. Office over Tamil's Store. v7a45tC VOL. VIII. "EDITORIAL NERVE." A Boya Defense. The scene was in Sacramento street, in tront 01 a well-known hotel, it was twenty-two years ago, and San ! r ranciaco was m her infancy. Quite a crowd bad gathered on tho street, and the centre of attraction was a big fellow, who stood with a newspaper in Lis nana, raving ana irsing. "What's the matter, Wolf?" asked a new-comer, who was evidently la- miliar with the irate man. "Matter?" returned Wolf, for that was his name, "matter enough, an' rough enough it'll be for some folks. Them young whelps that prints this paper has gone an' published 6omo thin' 'bout me. O, 1 11 fix 'em ! They had better never been born ! They'd better co an' kill themselves after ten minutes; it'll be an easier death for 'em." Wolf was a noted desperado,, who, it was said, had killed twenty men, and but lew knew hun who did not fear him. He was at that time chief ot a gang of loafers and gamblers that were nearly always to be lound loung ing in the vicinity alluded to, aud dis turbing the peace ot the whole neigh borhood daily with riotous conduct. If there was any law in those days it was seldom executed against such characters, and in the full conscious ness that they were feared they did pretty much as they pleased. Ibe newspaper which had given deadly offense to Wolf was a little weekly journal, and its office was in . 1 ... V -! 1 : lue tetouu mui y ui a uuinuiivr un uie game street Willi the hotel I have 1 1 -. mentitioned, and a few rods distant. It was published by two young meu or I might say, boys, for they were only eighteen and twenty years old, respectively named Darrell and L'stmaa 'aPtan tvanAF Ark I itn eustt-t t 4 I proprietors were already well known in the city ot ban r rancisco The article which bad excited the wrath of the ruffian, Wolf, was a bold denunciation of himself and his crowd for their lawless conduct, and it par ticularly mentioned him by name, characterizing him as a "blustering bully. it was tne wort ot young Darrell, a fearless boy nailing from Ohio. Before leaving his home he had acquired a fair education, so that he could at least edit a newspaper in those early days; and he possessed, besides, that courage and daring which may be natural in the first place, and which are more thoroughly developed by exposures to dangers and hardships, oung Kaynes was quite a different kind of person, in point of courage, being of au unusual ly timorous nature. To return to the scene on Sacra mento streect. Working himself up into bis very worst mood and bis best was bad enough, heaven knows Wolf tore the paper to atoms and started to the publication office. lie was followed by a curious rabble, most of whom were elated with the prospect of a murder, though there were some present who would have remonstrated with the evil-hearted man, had they dared. Jest yon watch," said VS olf, as he reached the door, 'if ye want to see the'r blood v carcasses tumble out o' the winder! It won't be long. I don't spend much time ou such fel lers." It was the intention of the crael- hearted man actually t cut the throats of the two boyish journalists and throw their bodies ottt at the window, for the gratification ot the crowd, and the further exaltation of bis already fearful name. So, the mob on the street awaited the issue with feverish expectation, as Wolf, flourishing his knite and revolver, en tered the rude frame building and rushed up stairs. All unconscious of their danger, the two young editors were busily pursuing their usual work in their primitive office. If they beard the the noise without they paid no attention to it, supposing it was merely a row, such as they were aa customed to bearing every day. Dar rell was setting at a rude table, writ lner, and Kaynes was at the counter arranging some papers for the mail. Ihey beard the clatter ot heavy boots on the stairs, but supposed it was some rough miner coming np to subscribe for the paper, or, perhaps, to see a lawyer who occupied a couple of rooms on the same floor: for the building was only a two story one, and the second floor was occupied ex clusively by them and an attorney their rooms being separated from bis by a narrow ball-way that was reached by the flight of stairs alluded to. "Ah-ba! l ve got ye, my young imps!' exclaimed the desperado bursting in. Kaynes recognized him and turned pale. Being at the counter, which laced the door, and extended across the room, he was naturally the first mark for Wolfs vengeance. "Ye young devils!" he hissed scowling like a madman, "Ye'll never write or print nothin' more 'bout mel" Here he nourished his knife and revol ver above his head. "I ve got a sure thing on both of ye I" Saying this he looked about bim, with a carelu scrutiny, to see that there was no means of escape for the quiet youth at the table, who, of course, would not dare to jump over the counter: and try to pass him, bat would cower down in a corner and take bis turn at being killed : then he reached across the coyuter and seized Kaynes by the hair, which was unfortunately very long. After coiling the terrified youn man s locks around tbe great coarse fingers of the left hand, Wolf laid his revolver upon the counter without the . slightest apprehension that bis youthful adversary would snatch it up and use it on him, as he might have done had he possessed the nerve ; then flourished bis big gleaming knite, de liberately, with pure devilishness pro longing Kaynes' terror And pain. . ; "Now say yer prayers, d n yer," he hissed, "you've got a couple of seconds or so left just while I'm clippin' your ears oil'. I'll take 'era brst clean an smooth; thon i ll cut your throat an' throw yer out of the winder. D ye hear that r" Such was Wolf's relianco upon the terror his name everywhere inspired that ho never dreamed of resistance. He simply intended to butcher tho two young men, and such a thing as au obstacle to bis will was not to be be thought of. Had Darrell possessed no moro nerve than Kaynes there can bo ne doubt they would both have been murdered then and there, in ex act accordance with Wolfs pro gramme. 'Time !" ho said, grinding his teeth in an ecstasy of rngo, and drawing Kayne's while face closer to his own repulsive countenance. "They're a waitin' to see yer carcass drop down into the street." Hero he flourished his knife and settled his mark. "The right ear first. Watch how clean and smooth I'll take it oil. I won't even touch a hair." Kaynes bawled for mercy. "O O don't!" the poor fellow shrieked trem bling with terror. "Oh don't, Mr. Wolf. I didn't write that, upon my soul !" aud be whined like a school boy. "None o' yer lyin' !'' said Wolf, ferociously. Ye both wrote it, d n ye; and ye'll both nay for it." Here he executed decided circles with his flashing knife, having apparently pro longed the torture as much as he de sired. "Here goes; look out when I count three!" The knife was ready to descend. "One two ." He stopped and stared. He had not observed the movements of Dar rell during the last few seconds, and just as he was upon the point of clip- pill VU attj lies vai imu I'vunuci mauner he had descanted upon, he tound the muzzle of a rifle thrust al most into bis face. It was a loaded rifle which, luckily, a friend of Darrell s had leil in his keeping that very morning, while he went out to make purchaitcn. It bad stood in a comer of the room near his table, and Darrell had seized it cocked it and leveled it with tuch dexterity that he had Wolt covered before he had observed his movements ; aud he stood motionless as a statute his cool eye glancing over tbe nights, and a steady finger on the trigger. "lou great bully, he said, "drop that knife instantly. Mind, I come lrom a country where they shoot squirrels only through the eye. I can bit any hair of your big head that you will mention, at a hundred vards." The ruffian was fairly paralyzed. He released his grip ou poor Kaynes, who sank fainting upon tho floor, and his murderous knife leil on the counter. So unexpected was this bold altitude of Darrell that Wolt was more startled than he would have been if a dozen ot the roughest men of California had as sailed him. There stood the boyish editor, mo tionless as the wall, and the muzzle of the rifle did not move tho breadth of a hair. Darrell held the desperado's tfe in bis bands. "You cowardly bully I" he repeated contemptuously. "Don't you dare to move ; I can send a bullet through your eye-ball without touching the white. Don t move an eighth of an inch or I'll do it, and throw your filthy carcass out ot tbe window." Wolf glanced at bis revolver lying upon the counter within two ieet of his eyes, but he did not venture to reach for it. "Dare to touch that revolver, or so much as to look at it again," said Dar rell, "and I'll make a red picture upon the wall there behind you. You blustering, bragging knave! you are a coward at heart a despicable cur. You came came up here to murder two boys, because you thought it an easy task, and now you are pale and trembling with fear. I would kill you in your tracks, but that 1 don t want your dirty blood on my bands. Go now. Turn instantly. Leveyour knife and revolver where they are. 1 11 keep them. Ho down to your friends on the street and tell them that a boy whipped you disarmed you, and then kicked you down stairs. Do as I tell yon. If you hes itate you will never see tbe set. Wolf, trembling trom head to foot, glanced once more at his revolver, but did not dare to raise bis band. llis lace was pale and his lips were dry. "Do you hear me ?" demanded Dar rell, sternly. Yes, yes, don t shoot, said Wolf, turning about as commanded, lie was thoroughly cowed. "Do not turn you ugly face this way again," said Darrell, "or you will pay lor it with your life. Mover' Tamer than a whipped cur, the ruf fian walked toward the door, and Darrell, springing over the counter, was at his heels in an instant. "Don't look back or I will kill you." Meekly obeying the imperative or ders of the youth, Wolf moved slow ly out of the room into the corridor. "Be careful; don't don't let that gun go oft," Wolf stammered, as be reached the head of the stairs- At this moment the clamors of the impatient crowd below arose with terrible distinctness, and one shrill voice was beard to say: "liurry up, Wolt, why don't you throw them tellers outr" Exasperated beyond measure, he was on the point of turning back, at the risk of bis life; for after all his braggadocio how could he face those below, disarmed and ohased out of the building by one of the puny boys he had intended so terribly to chas tise? But Darrell was after him, and with one vigorous" kick sent . him bounding down the wooden stairs, with a thundering clatter, and rolling over the doorsill, the defeated bully actually tumbled but upon the street before, be could recover his equilibri um-' , v . f -, i "Hello! how's this? What's up?" asked a dozen voices at once, as the ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1872. dreaded man reappeared in this un dignified shape, without having sent any corpse down lrom the window. Why, I simply kicked him down stairs that's what's the matter," re sponded the boyish voice of Darrell at tho top; "and if he comoi up here again I won't let him olf so easy. Do not be afraid of bim ; I took all his weapons from him." Wolt struggled to his feet, rub bing his head, and presenting such a ludicrous appearance that ho was f reeled with loud jeers and bursts of aughter. So completely had ho tumbled from his lofty eminence in the eyes of those who either admired or fef red a bold murderer, that they who an hour before would have dreaded to offend him by word or look, now regarded him only with contempt laughed at and ueridud hun. Never before had the rough crowd seen a man with an eslabliHhcd repu tation liko Mr. Wolf thus suddenly fall to such a depth of degradation. All his name, fame, prestige, melted away like a mist, aud he was no Ioniz er feared no longer respected by the low thieves aud cut-throats around him only despised. Yes, despised by the lueauext of creatures, whom he had often bullied as though they had been hounds. The dread which had surrounded his name seemed to vanish like a mint. Licked by a boy !" "Kicked down stairs !" "Got bis barkers took lrom him I" were the murmurs of tho crowd At length a voice boldly taunted him with : Where's your knife?" and another proposed "Three cheers for the boy that licked him. Looking very little and pusillani mous, he slunk away toward Jilont gomcry street. buch was WroIf mortification, when he came fully to realize what a pitiable figure he had cut, that he left San r rancUco and was seen in her streets uo more. The fatality which had apparently thus far shielded and assisted him in his murderous deeds suddenly deserted him. lie was destined never to commit another murder, but was himself shot dead in Sacramento in three weeks after the events narrated. I do not know what ever became of Kaynes, or whether he is still alive; but-I know that Darrell, tbe brave boy whoso coolness andtcourage saved them both, is to-day a gentleman of positiou, residing in a nourishing city ot -Nevaua. DIAMO.NDM. Rumors have been in circulation lor some time or the discovery ol a valuable diamond and ruby mine somewhere within a thousand miles of San Francisco. One of the stock journals is responible for the follow ing iDiormauon concerning me some. which we would caution our readers cam grano Balis, although the gentle men mentioned as being connected therewith are all well-known citizens We give it exactly for what it is worth: We are authorized to make public a comparatively recent discovery. wbicb baa excited a warm interest among a particular circle ox ban i rancisco capitalists for a short term past. A few months ago a small lot of diamonds and rubies were brought to tbe notice ot some gentlemen well known in tbe mining world. With the information that the precious stones bad been obtained at a point designated, not far from one of the boundary lines of ' THE TEBBTTORT OT HEW MEXICO, These gentlemen among whom we may mention George D. Roberts, A. liarpending. W in. M. Lent and General Dodge authorized Henry Janin, the mining engineer, well known in our financial circles, to organize an armed party and proceed to tbe ground and - report. I hat gentleman did so, and returned with a considerable collection of both diamonds and rabies. Tbe rubies. while oi the valuable tints, were small. The v&lue of the collection of stones brought in by Mr. Janin was stated to be fully 100,U00. Messrs. Roberts and Harpending took prompt and energetic measures to secure the title to the ground on which these important discoveries were made, and have already received from tbe United States Government its patent to the claim. Mr. Janin was also instructed to organize a second and larger expedition and proceed to the ground in prosecution of FTJBTHEB OPEEATION8. Some of the stones brought in by Mr. Janin's first expedition, both cut and in the rough, are now in ban Francisco. It may interest tbe eti riosity of tbe scientific to know that the ground in which the New Mexico stones are found ia neither a sand, like that of Brazil, nor a marl, like the matrix of the new Cape-of Good- llo pe diamond helds. It is stated by one of the gentle men interested that a company has already been formed wi.h General George B. McCIellan and one of the editors of - the New York Tribune as directors, to develop this wondrous discovery. Articles of incorporation have been drafted and will Boon be put in force. ' ' The Oregon State Agricultural So ciety oners premiums ranging from $1 to $5U for the scalps of animals killed between January 15, and Octo ber 1, 1872. In the award of premi ums squirrel scalps will be made the standard, one jaybird being equal to 1, one panther to OU, one wolt to OU, one gopher to 18 and one wild cat to 20. , A man who was delivering an ad dress at Lawrence, a " few evenings since, accidentally stepped lrom the platform on which he stood and fell Bomfl diRta-nna to . the ground,, but, striking on his feet, continued! un- rliannnnArtrl: fcn fiomA rlnwn fn the t level of my audience.' - - - CIKAArT'M BBION Of TKnitOK. A correspondent of the New York Sun writing from Columbia, South Carolina, says so many persons have been arrested by the Federal Mar shals in their nigbt-riding expedi tions, that farm work in at a stand still, and the indiu -itrous colored man will look in vain this year for his share of the crop or his two or three hundred dollars in greenbacks. Much as the whites have suffered. the poor, starving negroes have suf fered more. Consequently, the col ored men are turning with longing eyes toward the civilian Farmer of Cliiippaqua, and I would not Le sur prised if Greeley were to poll two thirds of the colored votes of the State. Whichever way the colored vote may go, Grants incut-rulers seem determined to keep all tbe white men from voting who can be forced from the State or crammed inside the over crowded jails. Thousands have left their homes and sought refuge in Georgia aud Florida. Every day we heur of some new outrage. To be rich is a crime, and to go to jail or pay (i rant s Marshals a heavy black mail the penalty. Dr. Win. Ander son, a poor, but respectable pbyHi- ciun from Ueorgia, who was living in Laurens at the time of the last ruid, and occupying the splendid Louse of the late John D. Williams, was mis taken for a rich man. Old and in firm as he is, be was dragged off with the rest, and subjected to the vilest kiud of treatment. A woman in Columbia, who stands high with the Radical scoundrels, told them of the Doctor's real financial position, and be was released. Another citizen of Laurens, who had been marked for proocription, bad died long before tbe alleged of fense for which he was to have been arrested was corr milted. His name (John Kyle) had been found on the tax returns, and the hungry thieves wanted to squeeze a few thousand out of him. After midnight, ou the 10th of June, the wife of Dr. Edward T. Avery was aroused from her sleep by a great barking of dogs in her yard, and the tramp of horses' feet. Springing from her bed and rushing to the window, she saw the yard full of soldiers, who had dismounted, and were rapidly deploying on all sides of the house. Without per mitting her to dress, they compelled her to admit them, and ransacked the house. When they reached Mrs Avery's bedchamber, she said to them : "My httle children are all asleep. Please do not wake them. They will be frightened half to death if they see you? The search of this private chamber which in all other States is held sa cred, and which the law guards jeal ously from all intrusion , was thorough ly searched by these United States soldiers, whose cheeks reddened with shame as they stopped to look under tbe beds, or peep into closets and behind bureaus and clothes presses. After searching the grounds and out-houses, without finding the ob ject of their search the soldiers with drew. For two years previous to the late disgraceful raid, there bad been no disturbance whatever in Laurens county. The neotde were neaceful and prospering. Whites and blacks lived in harmony, and all signs of tbe . desolation of civil strife were disappearing. Early on Easter Sun day the inhabitants of Laurens found tbeir town environed by soldiers. every avenue guarded, and a compa ny of cavalry dashing about the streets, pouncing upon the citizens they met and hurrying them to jail. Among the victims was Mr. J. A Leland, who since manhood, bas been engaged in teaching. He has been professor in several colleges, and since the war has occupied the responsible position of President of the Laurens Female College. On Ulster bunday, just as as the young ladies of the college bad come down to morning prayers, a squad of cav airy dashed into tbe campus, sur rounded the college buildings, and several, armed with revolvers, rushed into the house and arrested bim He, wanted to know upon what charge. The young ladies were ter ror-stricken; the wife pleaded in vain; a daughter who bod long been in del icate health, and as dear to bim as bis hearts blood, yielded to tbe excitement and bad a hemorrhage from ber lungs. As be was dragged forth by tbe brutes, bis last glance rested upon bis despairing family, surrounding the prostrate form of his idolized daughter, the life blood welling from ber lips, .tie was thrust into tbe lower rooms of the jail, where he found scotes of other, equally inno cent and outraged as he was. He was not allowed to return, even under guard, to his family, butforced to go to Union, a distance of thirty miles. A mil received him there. Thence he was carried to Columbia This city was the home of the family. In it his father had preached the gospel for nearly forty years. A jail received him here. The company of way-worn, wet and hungry prisoners had often been to Columbia before. Their industry had helped to build up the city. Now they were treated to the hospi taliues of a dungeon, amid tne jeers and insults of a crowd of idlers, who are eating up the land like the locusts of Jbgypt. borne kind-bearted women gave food and drink to the prisoners through the bars of tbe jail. or weeks these citizens, beyond the aid of habeas corpus, without a hearing. and without a tna, were kept in prison. They were occasionally ta ken out and marched through the streets, to furnish amusement for the negroes. But finally even the little negroes wearied of the spectacle, and I when the 6h0W Ceased to draw, the Court of Inquiry determined to send the prisoners to Charleston. These helpless men were handcuffed in pairs, taken down to the depot, locked up in a box car like cattle, but unlike cattle they did not have free use of their limbs. Tbe United States Grand Jury met and soon returned a verdict of murder. Of course not one of the jury bad the remotest idea that any of the prisoners hod ever even thought of murdering anybody, yet, as it was a part of the programme, they hod it to do. And now the strongest thing occurs that has ever been beard of, either in civil or mili tary law. After all this display of force, tho refusal of bail, the free use of bars, bolts, and manacles to pre vent the escupe of prisoners deemed so terrible, and after the Grand Jury had rendered a verdict of guilty o'f murder, these outraged American citizens were discharged from iail. upon their own recognizance, and allowed to go home. One of tho most glaring outrages committed by Grant's Marshals was ou the 23d of June last. James Malloney, an Assistant United States Marshal, accompanied by Oscar Can non, a colored penitentiary convict, Willis John sou and Peter Simmons. colored meu, went to tbe store of Thomas W. Blease, at the cross roads near this place, and two of the Grant ruffians seized Blease's son, while Maloney stood in front of him with a pistil swearing that be inten ded to shoot him. After the boy had been held in this position several minutes he was released. Moloney and the negroes thed went to Blease's bouse. Mr. Blease, John J. Barre, D. M. Ward and T. T. Perry were sitting on the piazza, and Maloney and bis companions fired on thim without any warning. Barre received a severe wound, and several attempts were made to shoot Ward. Mrs. Blease was lying dangerously ill in the bouse, and was so much affected by tbe shooting that ber condition become hopeless. Having emptied their pistols, Maloney explained to the unresisting and unharmed men who were still on tbe piazza, that he had warrants for Ward and Barre. He permitted Barre to remain at tbe house, as the man was bleeding to death. As Malony was leaving, Blease told his son to go for a phy sician, at which one of the Grant gang turned aud said: "If yoo leave the house I will shoot you." Blease bas never taken any part in politics, having all his life pursued the peace- ful vocation of a farmer, artisan and W a mercnant. lie is now. however, a Greeley man. AS EDITOR'S LIFE. To what use some people would put an editor. Tbey would have bim say nothing but what is whis pered into hut ear in the way of friendly advice. Ihey would not. for the world, be thought to dictate the course be . should take. They would distill their own spleen and malice through his brain. Other people may have liberty, indepen dence oi thought or action, but the editor must please all; and in trying to do so be pleases no one. One in dividual entertained a grudge against another and be wanted an article aimed at him. For the ladies there is not enough about the fashions. x or some men mere is too much po litical, and not enough for others lou don t come out strong enough for some, and vice versa for others. There is a piece of 'scandal afloat. and the scandal mongers think it ought to be mentioned. Bad poetry is rejected; and tbe would-be poets are mad. Every feeling and passion is represented, and aU cry for re dress. lou may have rendered a great service in various ways; it is all forgotten in the desire to be gratified again, lou may be as fond of quiet as tbey are but they demand tbe ex citement that you can and must give them in a paper, xour indepen deuce they make slavery. Your brains are for them so much raw ma terial from which articles for their consumption are to be hammered out as long as they will last; and when incessant labor, by night as well as by day, has worn you out, body and mind, you are to be laid aside, like some old machine, and another found to sapply your place Such is the life of the editor of a daily paper, only the one-tenth part has not been told. But there is a remedy for all these evils, lie can deny himself to all the grumblers. and burn, without reading, tbe epis tles unworthy of consideration "Stop my paper! is tbe vengeance inflicted by angry subscribers. Tbe editor has only to smile at this and he is safe. It is said that womanly despair for the loss of a love endures three months in the winter and two in the summer; the second month a lady becomes interested in the new style of hair dressing; the third, she burns ber love letter. Twelve months after she hears of her former lover's mar riage, and wonders "how she could have loved a man with a red mus tache." ; ' In a trial at Okalona, Mississippi, the attorneys were nonplussed by the question, "Whether a wife could sleep with her bead upon ber hus band' arm all night without paralyz ing it." Proceedings being thus brought to a 6tand-still. the J udge finally called in an old physician to decide the question, who said: "She might, and then again she mightn't." Tbe decision of thexcourt waa.; re served. The Boston Courier gets off the following on a cotemporary: "It is a somewhat stale witticism that the most enterprising paper is the one that makes the most bustle. Judging from the sudden rise in dry goods since the first issue of the Globe, we infer, that said sheet is already estab lished in favor with the fair sex. NO. 2. BIIOW.VS LETTER 09 ACCEPTANCE. THE DELAT EXPLAINED. St. Lovis, August 10. A letter from B. Gratz Brown, accepting the nomination by the Baltimore Con vention, as Vice-President, is pub lished this evening. It is dated Au gust 8th. After acknowledging tbe receipt of tbe letter of notification, he expresses bis gratification for tbe dis tinction conferred, and his determi nation, if elected, to discharge tbe duties of office with fidelity to the trust, devotion to Republican inter ests, and an inflexible resolution to 'rove not unworthy of their choice, le reposes also upon the declaration of the principles affirmed by tbe Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and proclaimed without amendment by the Democratic party at Balti more. He gives assurance that in this combined expression' there is sought only a deliverance of the nation from a present great peril to its peace and its liberties; and con cludes: "To that end all minor consider ations have been subordinated. An illustration is presented to the country of the unselfish patriotism rather than any sticking partisan advantage, which should convince all of the perfect sincerity of this move ment. It bas involved no surrender by either party of any former connec tions; it has not been negotiated or bargained; its origin was from the people. Though differing in the past on some issues ox great magnitude, yet now that they are settled by the party wno nave since ratihed your action with such singular unanimity, I say to tbem that in accepting this, their nomination, I do so believing their is nothing in honor or in con science that should prevent a most cordial co-operation henceforth in behalf of the policy presented. In concluding, it is proper to state that a severe illness has intervened since tbe reception of your communication. which bas delayed this reply until my recovery and return home. With very great respect, yours truly, B. GRATZ BROWN." THE PtBUC DEBT. Senator Fenton, one of the Finance Committee of the Senate, has knock ed the last prop from under tbe Radi cal Administration. The apologists and white-washers have boasted like . 1 veritable Gascons: nf hnur flieir nhiof has been paying off the National Debt. The King, says Senator Fen. ton, -founds the city, the King builds the temple, Justinian and Napoleon . f t gave coues oi laws, and urant pays off the National Debt." He then goes on to show by a former speech ot BoutwclFs lhat during the Admin istration of the destined Andrew jonnson, me aeot was actually re duced in greater proportion than dur- - n W a ing tins, i ne iiauicais claim a re- l- a w auction oi one hundred millions a year under Grant. But it turns out lhat under Johnson, according to Boutwell, tbe reduction was at the At " i r r r fx rate oi ai40,vuu,uuu per annum, or nearly 33 per cent, greater. This re duction ot tbe public debt has noth ing to do with the merits of either Grant or Johnson, but when analyzed simply proves the enormous taxes to which the people have been subjected. i here are but three courses for the custodian of the publie funds, when a surplus product accrues in bis hands : he may pay it on the National indebt edness, hoard it in the Treasury, or steal it or allow it to be stolen. To claim credit for either of the former courses is as absurd as it would be to claim-credit for taking the latter. The public officers are the servants and agents of the people, and not their masters. if a portion of the public debt has been paid, the credit for it is due the people who furnished the funds, otten?at a sacrifice - which deprived women and children of many highly taxed necessities of life, and not to a President, bloated with pride of place, luxuriating at Long Branch, in a round of pleasures, and "selling his offices for gold." Sonoma Demo crat. Pen Picture op Jeffersox. Jefferson was a strippling of seven teen, tall, raw-boned, freckled and sandy-haired, when, in 1 1 1 0, he came to W illiamsburg lrom the Far West of Virginia, to enter the college of William and Alary. With bis large feet and hands, his thick wrists, and prominent cheek bones . and chin, he could not have been accounted either handsome or graceful. He is described, however, as a fresh, bright, healthy-looking youth, as straight as a enn-barrel, sinewy and strong, with that alertness of movement that comes of early familiarity with saddle, gun, canoe, minuet aud country dance that sure, clastic tread and ease ot beariug which we still observe in the country-bred lads who have been ex empt from tbe ruder toils of agricul ture, while enjoying in full measure, the freedom and sports of the coun try. His teeth, too, were perfect, which alone redeem a countenance destitute of other charms; his eyes, which were of hazel gray, were beam ing and expressive; and his demeanor gave assurance of a kind and gentle heart, and sympathetic, inquisitive mind. Such lads, eager and uniform ed, still come to college from honest, country homes, regions where agri cnlture is carried on upon a scale that allows some leisure to the farmer's family, some liberality of expenditure books, musio, a tincture of arts and hospitable habits. How wel come, how dear to instructors worthy of them, are such unhackneyed minds in -bodies unimpaired Atlantic Monthly. -. , - ;; ' -s Sammy was a little boy at school in a village far from his home. One day his father came to see him, and they took a walk together. Meetirg the principal of the school, Sammy performed the ceremony of introdic- tion. "Mr. S.," said he, "thk 'is a father otmine." Business notices In the Local Columns, 2S cents per line, each insertion, f For legal and transient advertisements 2 50 per square of 12 lines, for the first insertion, and $1 00 per square for each subsequent in sertion. , , r , THE OLD, OLD HOME. When I lone for sainted memories. Like angel troops they oome. If I fold my arms to ponder On the old, old home. The heart has many passages Through which the feelings roam. But It middle aisle Is sacred To tbe thoughts of old, old home. Where infancy was sheltered Uke rose-buds from the blaxt. Where girlhood's brtrf elysiutn In Joyousnese was passed. To that sweet spot forever, As to some hallowed dome. Life's pilgrim bends her vision 'lis ber old, old home. A father sat, how proudly, ' ' By that hearthstone's rays, . And Uld hi children stork-s Of his early manhood's days ; And one soft eye was beuniinit, From child to child twouJd roam s Thus a mother counts hsr treasures. In the old, old borne. The birthday gift and festivals, 1 he blended vesper hymn (Home dear one who was swelling It Is with theHeraphlm). The fond "flood nfgnts" at bed-time. How qub-t sleep would eome. And fold us all together In the old, old home. Like a wreath of scented flower ' Close Intertwined each heart; But time and change In concert Have blown the wreath apart. But dear and sainted memories Like angela ever come. If I (old my arms and ponder ' On the old, old home. UCEEX SEMIBASLW. The city and temple of Babylon were tirst begun by JSimrod. ''the mighty hunter before the Lord," of whom the Bible speaks. But various other persons eontribatedfc to its gran deur, me most celebrated or whom was bemiramis, the wife of Ninus, King ot Assyria, who, when her hus band died, became the sole ruler of the empire. She was very ambitious, and did not care who suffered so long as she could make herself great, and so she determined to conquer as much of tbe then known world as she could. Sbe was also a very courageous wo man, and one nigbt. word bein'? brought to her of a tumnlt having ta ken place in the city, she immediately mounted horseback, and did not re tarn to her palace till she had restored all tbe refractory to obedience. Soon afterwards she set out with a power ful army and conquered a great part of Ethiopia. Here she visited tho temple of Jupiter Ammon, and in quired of the oracle bow long she had to live. Her greatest and last expedition was against India, and for the conquest of this country she raised an immense army from every part ot her empire, anu appointed mcma as the rendez vous. W ben the King of India had nnltno rf hap annmonl. tm ly dUpatehed some ambassadors to inquire what right she had to molest one who was living paaceably in his own dominions and who had never troubled himself about her. She re plied that when she came to him he would know what right she had. The principal reliance of Semira mis was upon the great numbers , of her army, and the chief thing she feared were the elephants of the In dian King. To make herself equal to this point, and to inspire the Indi ans with terror, 6he ordered a large number of camels to be disguised, as elephants, in hopes of deceiving her enemy ; and, at a distance, the resem blance was sufficiently close to serve tbe desired purpose. She had now to pass the river In dus. A number of boats were pre pared, and a part ot the army entered them. On the other side of the river the Indians prepared to oppose her. and entered tbeir boats. Semiramus had the advantage, however, and after sinking a thousand of their boats, put them to night. &he also took above 100,001) prisoners. ' Encouraged . j this success she marched her army in to the heart ot the country, leaving sixty thousand men behind to guard a bridge of boats she had built over the river, that she . might get back again should she be forced to retreat. The Indian King was cunning and wished to draw her into the heart of his kingdom. . He fled, and she fol lowed. . , When the King thought that he bad got far enough lor his purpose, he turned his army around and a sec ond engagement ensued. ' Then it was thiit the Queen discovered the difference between a real elephant and a counterfeit. The Iudian elephants routed her army, goring her soldiers with their huge tusks, and trampling them to death by hundreds. , ibe Queen finding the day against her, and nearly mad with rage, rush ed into the fight as if she did not care whether she lived or died. The King advanced and wounded her in two places, and would have either 6lain or taken her prisoner, but for the swiftness of her horse. She, with all her army that had not been taken prisoners or slain, immediately rushed toward the bridge to repass the river, but through the disorder and confu sion many of her soldiers perished. When Bhe and the greater part of her army got safely over, she . destroyed the bridge, and left a large number behind to be slain by the enemy. . , , The Indian King would not pursue her any further ; he thought, perhaps, he might not get back again to his dominions. - It would, however, have been quite right had he followed her up to the very gates of Babylon, which she reached iu a very sad con dition, crestfallen and covered with confusion." ' . , Babylon was no longer a place of enjoyment for her.. During her jib Bence her own son was plotting against her, and after her return, she was obliged to abdicate her throne, and withdraw herself to the temple, where she lived several years, dying at the age of sixty -two. . After her death divine honors were paid her . we cannot tell for what. It is certain that she bad not' learnt to do others as she would others should do to her.' "Stjckeiu." When Boone, the cel ebrated pioneer of Kentucky, died, & member of Illinois Legislature an-' nounced the mournful event,' and bia desire for an adjournment of tho House, in the following brief but touching term?: "Mr. Cheennan,. Dan Boone ar dead; I,taova we put," j and the Bouse "put." i. .