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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT I r Iff IM S M CM I 1 l 1 Inch, I 1 3 I'll j, 0!) 8 0" 75 " 2 In. I 2 00 nan 7 CO 12 00 1? 8 To. 3 00 (5(10 f t0 1", AO 1? 4 In. 4 00 7 lid 12 ."0 IS (Id 27; Col. 01 U 00 is 00 S 00 ?5 - C1. 7 50 12 00 13 00 20 00 48 in J CI. 10 oo i oo 25 on. 40 oo r,o. t ti I Col. 15 00 20 00 40 00 lift 00 310 f.O OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. PUBLISHED EVERY miDAT, ST MART. V. DROWN. f IfciJ IK I IFV I J J OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TERMS, in Anvascn t One year, $3 ; Six months. $2 5 Three month, tt ; One month, 50 eats; Single Copies, 121 cents; Correspondent! writing- over assumed i(r na ture or enooytnonnly, wust make known their kroner aame.'to the Editor, or no attention will he siven to their communications. "BUSINESS CARDS. S. A. JOUA'S, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALB A NT, OREGOX. 7Offlco In the Court House." Srt2tf. W. G. JONES, M. D. Ilomccopatliic ri.ysician, ALBANY, OREGON. TTnlOvl. . A. cumeiTl. Cermllis. I. S. SMITH. Linn Co. CHENOWETH &. SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corrallim, Oregon. J-Owcn at the Court Home. v8o27 JOUX J. WIIITXEY, 1TTCRXEY AND COUNSELOR IT LAW and Notary Public Speeial attentions given to eulleeitooi. QrriCK Up stairs in V arrisn a omt Albany, Oregon. v3n33tf. JOAIvS &. IS ILL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBANY, OREGON.1 Owen -On South aide of Main street, over Layluu' store. v8n23J. Am W. CiAMBLE, 91. pnisiciix, scececs ixd icccrcLtTK, AXBATsrsr, OBSGON. Office and residence two doors east of Menley's Turnlture Koonui, first street. vSnV.'f. T. W. UAKIilS, M. !-, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBAXT, OREGON. W Office on Main street, over Turreirs Ktore. Residence on fourth ctrcet, lour block west ol Court House. vsnlSyL V. t. TWKEWALE, PEALEB IX GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. Tobacco, Cigars aid Yankee Eotions, ALBANY. OUEGOX. I will strive to keep on Lauds the best of ev- rjthui iu my Uoe, sul to merit 11 Uic ptU- J. IV. BALU1Y1X, ATTORNEY & COUKSELOR AT LAW, Will practice In all the Courts la the 2d. 3d -and -ttu Judicial lMatricfM; in lae Wipn-IM Court Oregon, aud iu t.-e UmUl tetc ixict and Circuit Uuurt. Otlloe up-slairs in iroiit iom iu Famau's brick bloci, i: oC, Albany, Jrcguu. suiiyl. GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice in all the Courts of this State. OFFICE: ALBANY, OREGON. Xor. 11, 1870. . ST. CHARLES HOTEL, X)RNER FROST AND WASHINGTON STR. ALBANY, OHZGOZV. JJ. S. LUBOIS. - - PROPRIETOR. This house js the most commodious in the fty. Table supplied with Uie best the marUtt Cords. t ree coach to the bouse. Bale lor -valuables. Office of Corvaliis stage Company. 4. 1. IILUIfilK. THEO. BCBIIESTEB. BELLINGER & BdR'.IESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , No. 89 First Street, PORTLAND, - - - OSEGOST. Special attention gieo to matters in Bankrapt arj aad all business in United States Courts. vn2tf. 6. F. SETTLEMIER, Druggist' and Apothecary, DEALER IS DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Glass, Pyestaifs, liquors, I ancy Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, Ao. Prrifription Carefully Compounded. AH art cles and Drugs in onr line warranted t the best quality. First street, Post OCee building, Albany. ' . jullSrSn48yl COMMERCIAL HOTEL. OPEBA HOUSE BLACK, SALEM, OBEGOX. .MRS. A. J. BIELY, Proprietor. This house will be kept in first class order, and -witb attentive and obliging servants. No Chinese Cooks Employed. JI am prepared to furnish good accommoda tions to the traveling public, and will use every endeavor to merit the patronage of the public. 2iegular boarding at very low rates. , ' . i Tree Coach te the House. v8o27tf. ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he sum taken charge of this Establisb snent, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying atrict attention to Easiness, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, lie expects to give entire satixfaetion to all. "Childten and Ladies' Hair neatly cot and. shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. v3n33tf. SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY ! DR. E.- O. 8 31 IT II, DEXTISX, WA3 LOCATED IN ALBANY ni h.i h. ir...tin ifW5 in plate work, which consists in Inserting teeth in the ' month without covering Che whole roof, as heretofore. It eives the wearer the free nse of the tongne to the roof of the mouth in talking and tasting. It is the Smith & Purvine patent. ESTTeeth extracted without pain. Plates coended, whether broken or divided. Office one door east of Conner's Bank, np stairs. .. . . v7n45tf. SEiVTlSTEY. GEO. W GHAT, D. JJ. S. DOES ALL WORK IN THE . line of his profession in the iatett. bit and stost approtud Anaesthetic agents nsed for the painless ex traction of teeth if desired. , . , i Particular attention given to the regulation or children's teeth. Dental consnltatioBS and examinations free. Satisfaction guaranteed in every case.- Call at his office and examine specimens of bis work. Charges moderate. Office in ParrUb's Brick lck np-ataira. . . - . , rgnULV VOL. VIII. J From tho t. K. Examiner. THE KKA OF COKRt'Pl'ION. The people of the UnitcJ States , have always been noted tor tl auri mony with which their election con sists have been carried on. The charges and counter-charges, abuse and criminatory vituperation in w hich politicians and newspapers have al ways indulged during the progress of political campaigns have been marked icaiures of that freedom of discussion upon which we have prided ourselves. To such' an extent lias this style of personal warlare gone, that men ot the very purest and most invulnerable character have dreaded nothing so much as candidature for public otlicc; because, although in most cases con scious of rectitude, they could scarce ly hope to go through a canvass with out some impiarnietil of reputation. All were alike subjected to this fiery ordeal of partisan license; but, not withstanding the severity of the at tacks in all cases, until ot late our noted publi men, with tho rarest ex peptions, remained proof against any charge of personal corruption. SIo man dared tp accuse our o'd race of public characters of selling themselves, their party, or their coun try for lucre. The idea of using offi cial trusts or influence for private fain never seems to have been dreamed of by the ante-rebellion leg islators aud oSicials. Nearly all our Presidents quitted office poorer than when they entered it. Governors ot States, members of tho State and Federal Leg'latures, and high officers, of all descriptions never perverted their functions or authority for private enrichment. Our record in this re spect shone brighter than that of any other country in the world. Hut this is now a matter of history. We have fallen iu the last dozen yetrs into a different groove. Whatever the faults of the leaders of the Democratic party during the half century or more of their suprem acy in the government, their lives were ever uutainted by the low and vulgar venal vices of their successors. They may have been headstrong, im petuous, domineering, iutoluratil of opposition, but they were never cor rupt for coin. Their private honesty and personal honor were conceded by their bitterest opponents. They treated public lateret-ts with more so licitude than they gave to their pri vate concerns. They guarded public property with a jealous eye, and be stowed upon the trusts confided to their keeping the very highest degree of care. All these old Democratic chiefs served the public w eal at pri vate cost, for they were invariably se lected from the ranks ot those wLose vocations were lucrative, and who could ill afford to exchange their or dinary occupations for politics, as a mere matter of gain. Consequently, when the course of events remitted them to private life, they found them selves no richer by their public employment- They were an ill-rewarded race of men. those old politicians, ii we measure their rewards by the gross standard set up nnder the new dispensation. They only sought fame, honor, the good of the country, the satisfaction of Laving jerforraed conscientiously high duties of patriot ism. And in justice to their old op ponents, we may say, that as a rule, they differed Inly on matters of prin ciple or policy in government. In re gard to private worth, i;i those an cient days, purity and honesty were common property of the prominent characters. Let ns turn from this picture of the old masters ot American politics and contemplate the change made appar ent by the recent devolopinents of Congressional Committees, only too willing to let the truth remain un toid. We are a professedly political journal, and as such subject to the im putation of bias in these matters, aud although we have ever held it our highest daty to treat all such subjects wuh the utmost fairness, regardless of their effect on the prospects of our party, our motives are still liable to misconstruction by our adversaries. But here is the United Mates Econo mist, a staid, even-ternpered, non-partisan journal, so justly penetrated by the continued exposures of the rascal ity of oar pubUc men that it feels con strained to 6ay the Credit MobiUer investigations have shocked the moral sense of the whole country. Men whose names stood so high that their simple word of honor was regarded as sufficient to exonerate them from the grossest charges, are now proved to have been even worse than they were represented to be. Worse still, they have added falsehood and even perjury to corruption. The list of persons whose names are linked with this affair is positively startling. It includes the ex-Vice-President and Vice-President of the United States, Congressmen and Senators. With brazen front some of these men deny the charges against them and swear that they are innocent. But the proof is conclusive. Uakes Ames, the man ager of the Credit Mobilier, states that he distributed stock 'and paid dividends to Senators and Congress men with the understanding, ex pressed or implied, tha aj an equiva lent, they would use their influence in favor of the Pacific Railroad Com pany's schemes. And what is worse, he proves his statements. Lie weaves a net of circumstantial evidence aronnd these Congressmen, from which it is impossible to extricate themselves. In response to these oaths and attestations he produces doc umentary evidence. A sum of 10, 000 is 'deposited by the Credit Mobi lier witb the Sergeant-at-Arms, snb- iect to the draft of members, and' these checks signed with these names are in existence as proof that they drew the money charged to them. But the Harlan transaction , may be regarded as in , many respects , the most remarkable of all, and the most disgraceful. He was formerly a mem--ber ot the Cabinet, and in his capaci ty as ex-Secretary of the Interior, he possessed an extensive knowledge of the publio lands, and had considerable influence with his party aud the coun try. Here was a man who could bo usual to the Credit Mobilier Com pany. So a check of 610,000 was forthcoming to securo his election to the United Stales Senate. Harlan tried to explain that the money was used for legitimate election expenses, and without his knowledge or con sun t, but Mr. Durant, President of the Pacific Knilroad Compnuy, swore that llarlau personally solicited tho money, and that checks were sent directly to him for the express pur pose of securing his election. The Credit Mobilier scandals are no secret. It has long been notori ous that the gravest coifuption exist ed in the construction H tho Union Pacific Kailroad. But it was never suspected that our leading public men were implicated in them. But it is now manifest that these frauds would never have been possible, if the men who lead Congress had been laithful to their duty. The were offered and received a share of the plunder as an equivalent for favorable legislation. The shrewd Credit Mobilier mana gers knew that they would receive a substantial equivalent for the cost of paying legislators from three to seven hundred per cent, for stock that cost them nothing. And they were not disappointed. They were enabled to extort ? 17,000 a mile for road that cos-t only 82J.000 per mile. Dr. Du rant swears that thr road could havel been built for about half the actual outlay. The builders grew rich and divided the profits with the Congress men. And yet this wretched Credit Mo bilier all air is only a portion of the scandals now current respecting onr public men. It is positively charged, and proved to a moral certainty, that four, and probably a great many more, United Stales Senators, ob tained their places by open and un blushing bribery. It is well known that it is not possible to obtain any legislation in the Stales of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, hostile to the interests of certain railroad corporations. The collection of a lax of a million dollars due by the New York Central Kailroad is evaded, and its payment is said to have been can celled by the Treasury Demparttnent at Washington for political or other considerations. All this may well excite alarm. It seems as if the old fashioned virtues of honesty and cCicier.ey in oar pub I.c men and legislators have become obsolete. Iu the old sn-eallvdj bar barous limes strong men built castles, an.l raided from them on the helpless population. This is changed. Now the plunderers are called speculators and politicians, and buy themselves into sjtaie Legislatures and Congress, and levy imposts and toils with iin ptiuity. Of course all our public men are t.ot of this stripe. Fortunately, we have siifScit-nt number of honest men left to effect a sweeping reform, when the public, plundered and out raged l.cyond endurance, turn upon their unworthy servants. The gener al indignation at these exposures shows that honor and honesty are still extant. And it is scarcely too much to say that of all the men who have beeu in any way implicated in the scandalous municipal, Slate and Con gressional corruptions, not one of them has a political future before him. They will all sink in a common in famy, ami their fate will long be re membered as a wholesono warning and example. AU OCT ,HA0S. The Olympia. Tribune contains the fol lowing: We have recently learned some thing further concerning those very Masons who so abused us the other evening, and we will relate the circumstance right here, without more ado. It seems that an unfortu nate woman in this place last Fall . -a oecame very destitute, one nacl a large family of small children,, to support whom, without means, in come or assistance, was more than she could do. Becoming indebted to a grocer to the extent of $00, and being perfectly bonest and anxious to pay what was due from her, she sent her furniture, bedding and kitchen ware to the auction room. with directions to sell, and turn over to the grocer enough of the proceeds to satisfy bis claim. Now this poor woman was not herself a Mason, nor was ever ber husband, brother. or other relative; in fact, she was undi-r no obligations whatever to them, nor they to ber, and there was not the least excuse for any officious interference on . their part. How ever, the Society met in their hall, as usual, precisely as tney did on batur- day evening, and, without solicita tion or excuse, as said before, one brother stated the case, about as we have, and appealed to those around him for help. Pocket books were brought out, and contributions freely made, until there was enough and to spare. Next morning, without pub lishing to the world how he had ac complished his object, this brother raia tLe grocer, and sent the furni ture home, with a purse of money lor tne widow s future assistance How we obtained this information is neither here nor there; it is all true, and we are prepared to prove it We are hungry for just such items, and, in our crusade against Masonry, we will not hesitate one moment in publishing others of a similar charac ter.' ;We propose to uproot Masonry and stand proudly on its ruins. Here's your in-waders, shouted member of the 11th Mississippi re iment, as Gen. Lee's veteran army plunged into the Potomac, on its way to AptlvshnW'-'lnil' hern's VOUr j -lva , .i ' wetter-uns, echoed a gallant soldier m , w-aa.a a.. or tne old Uh Alabama. - Tne value of horses exported from. England last year was nearly a mill-' ion aouars. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1873. t ONNTITimO.N AMD IIY-LAH I , of the Farmer' Club, of District No. 9, Llmi County. , aktIclk I. Skction 1. The Society shall be known as the SIX'. '2. Its object shall be tho im provement of its members in the the ory and practice of Agriculture, and to counteract, it possible, tho moneyed combinations that work bo oppres sively upnn tho farming community, and to advance the social interest and general intelligence of its members. SLC. 3. Its members shall consist of such persons ns shall receive a two- third vote for admission and pay into tho treasury the sum of fifty cents and the same sum annually thereafter. ARTICLE II. Section 1. Its officers shall con sist of President, Vice President, Sec retary and Assistant Secrelary (who shall also perform the duties of Treas urer), who shall jointly coiistitulo an Executive Committee, and shall be elected annually. KC. U. Its meetings shall bo held monthly, and at such other times as the Executive Commilteo may deem necessary for the good of the Society. M:c. 3. 1 his Club shall have pow er to pass such standing resolutions as from time to time may be deemed necessary, which shall be binding on Us members. Sec. 4. No part of this Constitu tion, or any of the laws of this Club, shall be altered, suspended or an nulled, except by a two thirds' vote at a regular meeting, a proposition to that effect having been offered in writing at a previous meeting. OUDEtt OP UU81NES3. 1st. Call to order. 2i. lioll call. 3d. Heading of minutes ot last eeting. 4th. Ileport of Special Commit tees. r)TH. Unfinished business. Cnr. New business. 7th. Essay. tu. Discussion. Otii. Report of Standing Commit tees. lOrir. Adjournment. STANDING HES0LCTI0NS. 1st. All flections for officers or members shall be lv secret ballot. '2u. Any member of the Club w ho shall violate any of its laws, refuse to obey the Chair, or otherwise conduct himself improjKsrly. shall bo subject to such penally, or fine, or expulsion, which the Club by a two-thirds vote shall determine. 3l. Any member who shall bo ab sent at roll call for three successive meetings shall be considered as hav ing ceased being a member, and the President shall so announce from the cna;r. 4th. The President shall appoint at each regular meeting one member at essayist, whose duty it shall be to prepare an essay on such subjects as he may choose, to be read at the next eeting. 5th. The Club shall meet on the second Saturday of each month at 1 o'clock p. it. Cth. The annual election of offi cers shall be on the second Saturday of January ol each year. th. rive members shall consti tute a lawful quorum for the transac tion of all kinds of business of this Society. V REAM IS I.E. We, the undersigned, citizens of McFarland's School House and vicin ity, being desirous of improving our selves in the science and skill of Ag riculture and the many branches of farm industry, and believing that the most profitable results in agriculture are based on science and common sense, and that all farmers should ex change with each other their various plans and modes of culture, thus teaching a more accurate method of calculation in the investment of capi tal and economy of expenses, together with ilie ability, to manage successful ly and profitably the in' erests of tho farmer; believing it to bo our duty to counteract, if possible, the moneyed monopoly and the so-called -wheat ring, we do hereby form ourselves in to an association, to be known as the Farmers' Club of McFarland's School House. BY-LAWS. 1st. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and Exec utive Committee, sjgn all orders drawn on the Treasurer by the Secre tary, and perform such other duties as appertains to his office by usage and custom. 2d. Tho Vice President shall per form the duties of the President dur ing his absenco or inability. 3d. The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Club and conduct its correspondence. 4th. The Assistant Secretary shall, beside his duties as Treasurer, assist the Secretary aud discharge his duties in his absence. 5TH. The Treasurer shall safely keep all moneys or any other proper ty belonging to the Club which may ue piaceu in nis possession, and pay out the same only by order .of the Club, which order shall be signed by the .Secretary: and President. He shall give bonds to tho Club in such sum as it may requjre, the bond being signed by two or more acceptable 6e curities. 6th. At the meeting next succeed ing the election ot officers tbo chair shall appoint, and the Club confirm by vote, eight standing' committees, consisting of one or more members, who shall take cognizance of the fol lowing subjects and report in writing at. each meeting, viz: - , .. "Soils and their Improvement ;" "Grasses Pastures and Meadows;" ; "Grains Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, ufce.;" , ' "Root Crops and Gardens ;" ; "Fruits and Fruit Trees;" t. ; "Flowers and Shrubbery ;" "Shade and Ornamental Trees ;" "Domestic Animals." " . .Geo. F. Simpsost, Sec'y HIIII'PING WHEAT. Misstatements of the llalletln Corrected. A8T0K1A, Feb. 24, 1873. Editor Willamette farmer: I have noticed several articles in tho Portland Bulletin well calculated to mislead the publio in regard to shipping wheal and other productions, and, to set the matter right, I will give here the case of a single vessel, the American ship, "Roswcll Sprngue," beginning with a quotation from tho Jlullitin of the l'Jlh iust., to show that she had more than an average dispatch. But to the item : "I ho "Roswcll bpraguo received tho balance of her cargo . to-day at Astoria, and is now ready for sea. This vessel has had remarkably quick dispatch, taking into consideration the fact that she had to be lightered. Sho arrived at Astoria January 28th, came up the river l'cbruary 8I, discharged her ballast, received most of her out ward cargo, and left Portland on the l'Jlh iust, taking on the balance of her cargo at Astoria." We now take this vessel, with ev erything so favorable to a quick trip and small expense, aud give the Mas ter's own statement by Teller in rejdy to one addressed him on tho subject by Mr. Welch and myself, which is as follows: "AsTOitiA, Feb.. 20, 1873. JfrMrs. Taylor and Welch: Gents: In answer to your ques tions relating to the cost - of towage and detention while in tho Columbia river, I would say that I arrived at As-oria January '2Hih, 1873, arrived at Portland Feb. 3d (in ballast). Paid for ullotnc" m iiv-r. on 12 ft. ut II . A 41 Tiiwi! ui nv r .., l:j flown, 17 -!, si II p- r lil... . Towai-it Uowu rtvrr.......... .... W Tot IT. tWI Left Portland for Astoria Feb. l'Jlh at 0 a. rn , arrived at Astoria Feb. Uih at 3 p. rn. No. of tons received at Portland, 7.rif; on way to Astoria, 10il; at Axiom. "iZ making I'SSZ tons. No. of days it would have taken to discharge, ballast and load cargo at one place, overage way ot working at Portland, 7 days. Average expense of ship per day, $100, charter party lor demurrage. C. H. Sawyer. Mnt-r Am. Hlp IUwt-ll sijrKU"." Now, from tho foregoing letter, Wti will see it took davs to to - Portland, load, and return to Astoria; deduct 3 days for Sundays, leaving 2U working days. Now deduct the 7 davs he says, it would take to "to discharge ballast and load cargo at any ono place, at average way of working at Portland, and it will leave 13 days more to go to Portland than to load at Astoria, at an average expense of 810 Jpcr day, making $1,30 to be adled It the pilotage and tow age, which are $191, making the round sum of ?1..U1. Now for the cost per ton The ship took in 75 J tonsot wheat at Portland, the cost of which, w hen sho got back to this port was 82.37 J per ton. Sho had lightered to her here and on tho way from Portland 472 toos, by river steamers, at a cost of $1.50 per ton put on board, showing a difference of hi ccnis per ton, or at the rate ot 81,009 on her whole cargo' of 1,222 tons by loading at Astoria, even with the present prices on the river with the steamers. Now, as this was one of tho most favorable trips a vessel ever makes to Portland and back to Astoria, and from reliable data we are safe in say ing that the average time and cost is one-half or two-thirds greater, making from S2.50J to 83,000 extra cost on vessels of that class, for sho had no slicking on the bars and other delays, causing extra charges, as is usually the case with most of tho larger ves sels. Now a question will naturally arise, Who pays for all this extra cost of shipping ? A Yankee would guess, "tho farmers." Witb reference to the JJullrtin again : A writer in the Daily of Feb. 18th, in replying to a letter of Mr. Low, of Linn county, shows so much ignorance of the whole matter that it is only necessary to refer to but a few of his statements to show that tact. He says : "I refer to that portion of Mr. Low's figures which apparently estab lishes a presumption that wheat is re shipjyed from here to Astoria, which is false, and calculated to do harm to Portland among those unacquainted with the facts." , . And, again, he says: "A thousand-ton ship is towed from Astoria to Portland, cost 8100; after loading, she is towed to Astoria, $100 towage both ways, giiOJ." How do ' these statements agree with Capt. Sawyer's ? . I will now 6tate, and challenge a contradiction, that there has not been a vessel draw ing over seventeen feet of, water (which most all the wheat-carrying ones do) but that has taken in more or less of her enrrro at the port ot As toria, as well as having lightered her in-going cargo; and there has never been a vessel of that class taken to Portland and back by towing for that cost, unless in case of opposition, which is seldom. . Only .three of the seventeen ships that loaded with wheat but what took in part of their cargo -here, and they were of light draft. v, In the Bulletin of the 19th there is more twaddle about' the big fish eat ing np the small ones, a fox and goat fable, and taking a mint of money to build wharves at Astoria, &c, &c, all intended to divert the farmers of Oregon from accomplishing their con templated plans, lue ' diflerenco in favor of , shipping ono-year's wheat crop from Astoria will build more wharves and warehouses than can be occupied for years- with the produce of Oregon, ; and, further;, we have men at Astoria who will contract to carry all the Wheat from warehouses along the' Willamette river to Astoria at a cost not to exceed eleven cents per bushel, v ' " ' ' It is only, necessary,, to, know how traffic in produce is carried on in baraes (not "rafts' as m the JJul- letin) on -the Hudson, Mississippi, and other great rivers, to know how it can and will bo dono on the Colum bia and Willamette rivers, and until it is so done the producers of Oregon will give a larco portion of their crons for freight and bo tributary to San Francisco, where much ol it will be re-shipped again. Tho "Roswell Sprague" and several other ships leave to-day. If they could have been dispatched with car goes from this port, they would have been some fifteen or twenty days on their outward-bound trips. J. TAYLOR, I From tho Idaho World). IKATH OV AN IDAIIUA.V. From F. B. Britten Esa .. who now liven at flnlrl Kill Km-mln no W.. ceived a few days ago the following extract from the Virginia Eveniwj Chronicle of Febuary 13th. giving an account of the death of Mr. Slosson, formcrlyaresidentof this city, where, for some time be was in the employ of Hon. G. W. Crafts, one of our prom inent merchants. Mr. Slosson bad a wide circle of personal friends in Idaho, who receive with sorrow the sad news of his untimely 'death. Dead. Mr. Slosson, who was so badly injured a short time since in the Savage mine, and who the Enter- prue says "is in a fair way to recover, though he stiy bos before him many a long day of confinement and pain," died this morning at the boarding bouse of Mrs. Plum on South E street. The accident which caused the death of Mr. Slosson was the caving of the c'ay wall while be was at work in the Savage mine, and which tore the flesh off the right side of the body and caused some very painful wounds from which bis rocovery has always been considered doubtful. The Masonic fraternity of Virginia City will send his remains to the Ma sonic Lodge in San Francisco, of which he was a member. The day before the one on which Mr. Slosson wan injured, he received a letter from a brother in Pioche in which he related a dream that be bad the night before. Tho letter says: "I saw you as plain as I ever saw you in my lue, working in a mine a great many feet underground, aud saw the earth slip away from it foundation and cover you entirely, and that you were almost killed when taken out. I have been very unt-asy in tiiv mind ever siuce then." Slosson took the letter to the mine with him and read it to several of the miners, who cau tioned him and told bun to look out as it might come true, for the place he was working in looked a little dangerous. He however, paid no attctitiou to them, and on the follow ing night was caved upon and injured in the same manner that his brother stated in the letter. When old Squire Crane was first el evated to the dignity of Justice of the Peace, down m bouth-western Mis- souri, he knew less of law and legal forms than he did abont killing "bars." It was rny fortune to be a witness of the first mariage . ceremony the old fellow ever undertook. The voting couple stood up in the Squire's office, and tho happy bridegroom desired the functionary to "propel" to which impiticnt request the Justice acceded, by inquiring. "Miss Susan Roots, do you love that 'ar man ?" "Nothin' shorter!' responded Miss Roots, with a subdued laugh. "And you, John Kennon, do you allow to lake Sue for better aud worser ?" "Sartin as shootin', Squire!" earn estly responded the enamored John, "cliuckin" Sue under the chin. "Then you both, individually and collectively, do promise to love, hon or, and obey each other, world with out end ? ' A satisfactory reply was given. "If that 'ar be the case," continued tho magistrate, "know all men by these presents, that this 'ere twain aforesaid is hereby made bone of one bone, and flesh of one flesh ; and, fur thermore, may the Lord hate mercy on their souls! Amen !" I left the office with the conviction strongly impressed upon my mind that the Squire, although not particu larly posted up iu the marriage ritual, had a very good general idea of legal forms and ceremonies. $ A Lady's Seat os Horseback. A lady's horse, to be perfect, should be all over handsome, and well upon its haunches. If slightly hollow in the back, so much the .better, for it gen erally tends to ease in action, and to less motion to the saddle. A lady should never be heard upon the sad dlethat is, there should bo no bumping noise, not even in a trot. She should sit 60 closely and, when rising to the trot, possess such elastic motion from the foot to the knee and the waist that her return to the; saddle should Beem as light as a feather. She 6bould sit "square to the front," and her horse's ears (to speak as a soldier) ought to dress well with the buttons on the bosom of her habit. Nothing is so bad as to sit with a lean to one side, and, when admirers are following after, to let them fear that a very little would cast her off from the stirrup side of her saddle. Her bands should be down, but light, and her arm, as well as every inclination of her figure, should harmonize with the motions of her steed, as if both possessed the same volition. Qranlley Berkeley. The following is said to be a sure test of a horse's age; After a horse is nine years old a wrinkle comes over the eyelid, at the upper corner of the lower lid, and every year there after be has one well-defined wrinkle for each'iyear of his age over nine. If, for instance, a horse has three wrinkles, he is twelve years , old. Add the number of wrinkles to nine, and yOti will always obtain the exact age, V'. . -. Cuba has 769,000 slaves " NO. 31 KM lA'K.VT WOME.V. Mother Eve by the "Pat Contributor.'" In writing the biographies of emi nent women, it is eminently fit that wo begin with mother Eve herself. Eve belonged to one of our first families, in fact the vej-y first. She was related to the first man, on the Adam side, although she bad deep cause to regret that she ever left Adam's side. Philosophers wbo have probed deep into the subject connect Eve's early career as t rib with the female funduesH of ariblxn. Eve became Mrs. Adum, and they lived very happily together for n time. There was no other woman for ber to be jealous of, and her husband was not pestered with dress makers' bills. She wasn't troubled by discover ing love letters from unknown fe males iu Adam's eoat-tail pocket, and Adarn never blew her up because buttons were not sewed on. Eve never saw a fashion book or a fashion plate, never wore high-heeled shoes (she made a slip, but she cauldn't make a slipper) or chignons; and if there bad been lots of newspapers )rictd, she wouldn't have known iow to make back numbers avail able. It never occurred to her to go into the lecture field, and as for vot ing, she didn't know what it meant. If tbey were going out to a party she didn't keep Adam waiting for her to dress until be was ready to Adam everything, and he was never known to come home with another man's hat or overcoat on. Oh, but those were delightful days wnen our nrst parents, in their inno cence and simplicity, wandered about Eden Park, band in hand, dis cussing the improvements that might ue mode: iiere an avenue, there a promenade, here an archway, and there a tunnel for an effluent pij e. There is little record as to how mother Eve employed herself when not wandering in Eden. There was no sewing society for her to be m-Psi- dent of, there was no clothes to be made op for the little heathen, as there were very little heathen until the settlement of New York city. She couldn't play the piano, because she bad none. Had she possessed one of those boons she would proba-' bly have driven ber husband out pf paradise without the intervention of the serpent. She couldn't paint or draw, as there wasn't a drawer on earth at that time, sny nothing about a pair of 'em. She couldn't em broider, although ber worsted work was a success she worsted tho whole human race. She couldn't receive calls, except when Adam called her, and got no invitations out to tea. She was totally ignorant of the de lights of -shopping, and never at tended a matinee in all her life. When she went out to promenade she never looked around to see what other women bad on. There was some compensations for beiug the only woman in the world; Eve wasn't bothered with a "hired girl." She didn't know what it was to have a servant in the kitchen. She was spared the aonoyace of changing kitchen girls every week, and there was no "feliars" hanging around the kitchen steps. Everything seemed to go well with Eve until the fruit season set in, and thtn well, every child knows the Btory. She was tempted into an apple tree to pluck some fruit that wasn't quite ripe, and fell. Adam fell, too that is, he fell-to and help ed her to eat it, although, with a meanness somewhat characteristic of his sex, he attempted to throw all the blame on the woman when de tected. Too lazy to shake the tree himself, . he was ready enough to partake of the fruit when brought to his hand. After the faux pas Adam and Eva were obligod to take their respective leaves of Eden. They were fig-leaves. Eve bad suddenly become possessed with a love for dress, and from that early period until 'the present that love bos gradually increased among the sex until now it amounts to a veritable passion with many of them. Eve founded a very extensive family. Besides the Massachusetts Adams, the entire human race may trace back to Mr. and Mrs. Adam, if traces are long enough. We don't learn that Eve cut up very much after that af fair in the Garden. If she "raised Cain" it was because Cain was tough and hearty. If he had been a sickly child perhaps Bhe , wouldn't have been able to raise him. It is recorded that Adam reached the good old age of nine hundred and thirty years before he died, but no mention is made , of Eve's age when she passed away. The well known antipathy to telling their age which characterizes women in all ages and under every clime, may perhaps account for this. Eve has numerous namesakes at the present day, Christmas Eve being the favorite. New York's Eve is generally welcomed. Then there is All-Hallow Eve. You can buy her at tho plaster of Paris shops, where she is made all hollow. To cut' the subject 6hort, there is no human abode, be it cot or castlo, pa lace or prison, but what has its eaves. Recently a proof-sheet of the list of membejrs of the Michigan House of Representatives was given out on which corrections were to be made if any errors were discovered. Soon after, the compiler of the manual re ceived the following note from one of the single men; "In proof-sheet of manual in House, I see you say I am married.-: Please correct, or send the woman around, and oblige." It was at Evanaville, Indiana, so the Courier says, that a well-dressed young man entered the portals ; of a decoration place, an evening or so since, and stepping rip-to the "gentle manly barkeeper," requested him to mix him a '.'red-hot toddy, for he was going to see, his girl's-, father, and meant business limine" notice In the Local Columns, 21 cent par line, etwh insertion. For local and transient adrertiseaierts $3 iO nersqusra of 12 lines, for the first insertion, and J I 00 per sqaare fur each snhseqnext insertion. THE CnrELET TESTISibXIAI The undersigned, an Executive Committee appointed at a meeting of the printers of he city of Port land, to collect and make proper disposition of such monty as they might receive in aid of the Greeley Monument Fund, would respectfully report that they have made a thorough canva of the various office in the city with the following result each subscribed contributing sixty cents, thft price of one thousand ems com' position : ontoojiiAS oirice. II. C. Hill. Ed. F. Robinson, tv. J. Hnmphrey, Henry Denlinrer, Geo. Dorri, Chas. S. Clarke, Philip Davien, John Micbell, Arthur JaeobL John Curry, F. Eastabrooks, John W. Cullen, J. L. McCown, R. D, Markland, Loiii F. Chernin,' H. L. PitU,ck, J. J. Hembree, W. Morgan, G. E. Strong. S. A. Moreland, J. M, Baltimore, W. - Lair Hill. Total, 813 2J. ekiuld omen. Wm. Beers, Fred, Waterman, George Good, Wm. Bowden, Chas. Cristie, ' Chas. Williams. Wm. Mc Cabe, Geo. Rogers, David Hunter, A. W. felany, James C. Peacock, Wm. F. Boardman. Total, $7 20 sculetei orncz. S. F. Blytbe, T. A. Darning, E". ' Thurman, C. Brown. W. S. Cameion, J. J. Curry, J. A. C Brant, C. Skid' more, I. Long, Tom Kieman, 3L Painter, M. Durkbeimer, A. D Smith, Jai. CMeara. S. W. Eavelv, D. C. Ireland. H. W. Scott. H. j Hodgkins, Walter Niles, A. M. Wbit elow, E. C. Carr, Joe. Niles, Tom Donnellan, Fred Field. Total. $14 4'J. ALBA3CT CEMOCBAT. Mart V. Brown, C. H. Stewart, John A. Spangler, Wm. H. Parker, Chas. H. Harmon. Total, $3. XEW XOBTHWrST. Willis Duniway, Hubert Duni way, W Collins Dnniway. Total, $1 80. FACmO CBKISTIAS ASTOCATB. E. Turner, N. Gilham. Total, 81 20. FBIXTZCS rEOi! JOB 0FT3CE3 A2R) THOSE OUT OT THE BCSISESS. R. S. Glosink, J. C. Gaston, Al bert M. Snyder, Peter Daly, John Atkinson. John Yates, Thomas Hoi mer, John Simcockes, John H. Hackleman, V. B. DeLasbrautt, Wm. H. Daley, W. L Mavfield. Tottl, 87 20. Total amount received, $44 40. The following offices has contribut ed a pound of type each, Daily Hn-ald office. Daily Jlulletin, Daily Oreyonian, Albany Democrat, 2euf A'orfhwtft, P. C. Advocate, W. I Mayfield's job office. The committee in concluding this report, cannot speak too highly of the willing promptness with which tne printers or the city contributed to this worthy objdet, nor fail to re turn thanks to those of the editorial fratf rnity who also contributed, and whose names are appended. The Treasurer, Mr. William Mor gan, has duly forwarded the money and type metal received the First National Bank furnishing a draft for. the money, and Wells. Fargo & Co. carrying the type metal free of charge. From information received it would appear thut the committee in New York having this matter in charge are in daily receipt of large sums of money from the various sections of the countxv, and san-. guine hopes are entertained that amply sufficient will be received to erect a monument suitable to the memory of the greatest of American printers. VAN B. DeLASHMUTT, A. D. SMITH. J. L. McCOWN, W. I. MAYFIELD, A. W. De LANY, Executive Committee. A STORY OP INTRIGUE. known in the highest circles of Pa risian society (writes the correspond ent of the Swiss Times), bad passed the latter part of the Summer in shootiug on the estate of one of his uncles, and hod seduced the wife of D., the principal game-keeper. After the young man's departure, the keeper was informed of what had passed by a servant of the Chateau. He said nothing to his wife, but de termined to be revenged. Last Thursday M. C. went to 6ee bis mis tress. The keeper, warned before hand, was on watchsaw him arrive aud then hid himself near the house. A quarter of an hour after M. C.'s entrance into his dwelling, he went toward the door, 6ingiog aloud as he went. His wife heard him, and Baid toM. C: "It is my husband! for heaven's sake ludeT yourself." "Where?" She showed him a cup board, the only one in the house, and through which passed the pipe of the stove. He entered rapidly and Closed the door. "Good morning, wife !" said the keeper with his natural Tuice and manner; "light the t fire and make my breakfast; I am dying with hunger." She obeyed; at the eld of a few minutes a thick smoke issued from the cupboal-d. She uttered an exclamation of alarm. "Dear me," said the husband with indifference, "the pipe has burst in the cupboard bnt it does not signify as it is empty I will have it mended to-morrow,' and he made her blow the fire, and affected not to hear the groan that proceeded from the cupboard. The fire was soon lighted and he told his wife to make him an omelet: she obeyed, but the rial was too great; she fainted while breaking the " eggs. The husband paid no attention, made his omelet himself, breakfasted quietly and went out. When a few minutes IoIohIIia 1 1 3 Ad. buu uui.)iuuiau, v uu unit 1 1 covered her senses, opened the closet,,' M. C. was nearly asphyxiated, lua life is almost despaired of. - . "