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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. RATE3 OF ADVERTISING. 11 W MM 1W I 1M 3M 6;.i 1Y1 1 Inch, 1 00 S 00 li on 1 S f0 I 15 0 2 la. 2 00 6 00 f 0D 12 P0 ! IS I) J In. 8 00 6 00 JO 00 15 00 22 4 In. 4 00 7 00 12 50 18 00 27 V 1 Col. A 00 0-flfl if, 00 2r 00 fS Of i Col. 7 40 12 00 IS 00 30 00 48 01 4 Col. 10 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 60 01 1 Q.. 15 00 20 00 40 00 00 00 100 0C CLUD SVERT rklDAT, IT MART. V. BROWN, MP 0V OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TEltMS, id advakc j One jm, $3 ! SI months. $2 ; Three months, ft ; On month, 60 cents; Single Copies, 121 cents. Correspondents writing over assumed ipn tnras or anonymouiily, must mslte known their proper name to the Editor, or no attention will bo given to their communications. BUSINESS CARDS. s. a. jonxs, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, OREOOX. 7-Offloe In the Court House."VS -8n2tf. W. G. JONES, M. D. Homoeopathic Physician, ALBANY, OREGON. v7o20yl. r. a. c ,TB- "Corvallis. - I'inn Co CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corvallis, Oregon.. SfOrrrct at the Court House. v6o27 JOI1X J. WIIITXKY, ATTQMEY 1.XD C0OSEL0H AT Un and Notary FMc. Special attention given to collections. Orrica Cp stairs iu ParrUu's Brick. Albany, Oregon. v3n33tf. JOXES & HILL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBAXY, OREGON. OrrrcK -On South aide of Main street, over rayton's store. vsn-ai. A. W. GAMBLE, 31. D-, FHISICUS, SUEGEOX ASD iCCOUCHEn, ALBANY, OBXGON. Offlcr and residene- two doors east of Mealey's "Furniture ltooms, First suvet. vSn3J. T. W. IIAItniS, 31. u., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY. OREGON. tar omce on Main street, over TumMl's Rrsidenc on Fourth street, lour block w.-st of Court House. - vanlisyi. W. C. T IV Ei'DALE. DEAI.EH IJJ GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. Tobacco, Cigars aid Yankee Notions, ALBANY, OREGON. I will strive to keep on hands the best of ev erythimru iny line; aud to merit public pot roUe. vsmtyL J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Will practice In all the Courts In the 2d, 3d and 4tu Judicial Districts: in the tsupreme Court of Oregon, and iu tee United State Dis trict and Circuit Court. u:Bce up-stairs in Iroiit room iu Farnsu,s brie bioc. Viral tel.. Albany, Oregon. snMtyL. GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice in all tbe Courts of this State. OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON. Nov. 11, 1879. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, CORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON 6TS.. ALBANY, OREGON. H. S. LUB01S. - - PROPRIETOR. This bouse is the most commodious In tbe . T.hlp KuDDlied with the best the market Kurds. Free coach to the aouse. Sale lor -valuables, vunce oi uun wu. ou.- uijjbu; . n. BCLLISGEB. TBKO. BCRSESTBB. BELLINGER & BURMESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, PORTLAND, - - OREGON. Special attention given to matters in Bankrupt. 7 and all business in Lotted elates Courts. v6n24tf. G. F. SETTLEMIER, .Druggist and Apothecary; DEALER IX DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS' Paints, Window Olacs, Dyeatufis, Liquors, l'Hcy Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, Ac. f reicriptioni Carefully Compounded. AU art eles and Drugs io oar liae wan anted of tbe best quality. First street, Post Office building, Albany. jull5v5n48yl COMMERCIAL HOTEL. OPUA HOUSE BLOCK, 8 ALEX, OREGOW. SIRS. A. J. Ill ELY, Proprietor. Tills house will be kept in first class order, and with attentive and obliging servants. tt Chinese Cooks Employed. "I am prepared to furnish good accommoda tions to the traveling public, and will use every ' endeavor to merit the patronage of the public. Regular boarding at very low rates. Tree Coach to tie House. . V8n27tf. ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that be has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying atrict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage. Baring heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, be expects to give entire satisfaction to all. Cbildien and Ladies' Hair neatly eat and shampooed. jusisru VEiitft,K. T3n33tf. , SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY ! DIt. E. O. 83IITH, DEI5TIST, HAS LOCATED IN ALBANY and has tbe new invention In plate work, which consists in inserting teeth In the mouth without covering the whole roof, as heretofore. It gives the wearer the free use of the tongue to the roof of the mouth in talking and tasting. It is the .Smith k Purvioe patent. -Teeth extracted without pain. Plates jnended, whether broken or divided. Office one .door east of Conner's Bank, np stairs. v7n4Stf. WIMiAMETTE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. -fJIROM AND AFTER DATE UNTIL, FUR tj tber notice, the Company wiil dispatch a boat from Albany to CervaUU on TUESDAY ad FRIDAY of each week. - Also will dispatch a boat from Albany for Portland and intermediate places on same days, leaving Cometock A Co's wharf. Fare at reduced rates. J. D. BILES, Dee. 16,1871. Agent. VOL. VIII. WOOING. BOTH, WINNING NEITHER. "Well, I delare P ' j Miss Chirrup was always "declar ing !" might be eaid, indeed, to bo in the Indicative Mode. Declare, wo may add, in her idiom, was a verb in transitive, unless the note of admira tion with which Bhe invariably fol lowed it, might be taken to be its ob ject. KVell, 1 declare! ' said Jliss uuir rup, in a shrill whisper. "Did you ever" replied Miss Chirk, in another. It was lwollin West's will that the two were discussing. It was very brief and explicit. "I bequeath ray entire estate, real and personal, to my niece, lluth Mor gan," with date, signature, and attes tation, was all there was of iu The Misses Chirrup and Chirk were too distantly related to the testator to have eulertained any considerable hope on their own accouut. A iri liiug reminder, in deference to family etiquette, was as much as either had a right to expect. But that Kollin West should have left his whole for tune to one ot his nieces, to the ex clusion of the other, whom everybody had supposed to be his iavorite, took more than Misses Chirrup aud Chirk by surprise. Mr. West had teen, for many years, a widower. His children had all died in infancy, and a couple of or pan nieces, cousins to each other, and reared under his roof, constituted his household. That his large fortune would be left to them equally, was a point people took for granted ; but should any discrimination be made be tween them, uobody would have hesi tated to say it would b in favor of Millie Granger, her uncle's pet, whose blithesome smiles he had been wont to call the sunlight of his life. Millie's loving heart was too full of sorrow at her uncle's death, and in gratitude for his kindness in by-gone years, to leave room for any feeling of reproach at his last unaccountable act, which the Misses Chirrup and Chirk so earuestly protested against. An elderly maiden aunt came to live with the two young ladies, and the household remained uubroken. Except the changes caused by the va cancy in their home, tbe lives of lluth and Millie continued as before. It was not till the cousins had re sumed their place in society, that Mil lie began to notice the difference made ai her altered prospects. It was Hulh now, not herself, that was the centre of attraction. To be rid of the common herd of fops, and be no longer pestered by their silly flattery, Millie felt M as a thing to be thankful for. Dut uhen Orville llyors turned his back upon her, and joined the ranks ot her cousin's admirces, she must have been other than a woman not feel it. Mr. Kyors was the pet beau of Billingdale. Handsome in person, ac complished in manners,' and of fasci nating address, he was not one whose attentions were likely to prove dis tasteful in any quarter, and when they were directed toward Millie Granger in a manner sufficiently marked to ex cite no small degree of envy, we need not be surprised if, .instead of repel ling, she just a little encouraged them. It would have required a closer an alysis than Millie had ever made of her feelings, to show her how little she really cared for Mr. Byors, ud bow much she cared for Arthur War ren, whom she had known and liked since they had played, and sometimes quarrelled, together, in childhood. But Arthur's self-examination had gone deeper. He devotedly loved Millie, and knew it. If he had never said so outright, it was from motives of delicacy, prompted by the differ ence of their positions. She was a prospective heiress; he. was without fortune, and void of expectations, save those whose realization depened on himself. Having never spoken out, it may be that Arthur Warren bad no right to feel aggrieved by the attentions paid by Mr. Byors to Millie. He should have remembered that young gentlemen who have nothing to say for themselves, are not privileged to stand in the way of others who have. But Arthur was not reasonable. was not even candid. He quarrelled with Millie on the scores ot Orville Ryors, without a word of explantion as to what concern it was of his, if she married that gentleman the next day. Now Millie was a girl of spirit. She not only refused to decline Mr. Ryor's attentions at the unwarranted dictation of Arthur, but received them with rather more encouragement than before. People began to say it would be a match soon, and it might have been, bad not Millie's uncle died. For Mr. Ryors, as we have said, was a very at tractive person, and Millie bad not sufficiently scrutinized her heart to be aware that ber chief interest In him sprang from the pleasure of having triumphed where so many others had failed, and a disposition to assert her own independence. . When Arthur Warren left bis na tive village without so much as call ing to bid her good-bye, Millie cried a little without well knowing why, and that evening went to a ball with Orville Ryors, and was among the gayest of the gay. It is very likely she would then and there have accept ed Mr. Ryors, had he said the word, just to show how little she cared for Arthur Warren. The grief that Millie ,felt at her uncle's death for a season overshad owed all other thoughts. But when time, at length, bad so tempered her sorrow that her life began again to flow in its accustomed channel, it was with not a little chagrin that Bhe be held tbe man whose attentions had been lately so devoted to ber that people began to couple their names significantly, turn aside and follow ber fortune instead of herself. .Millie knew now how little sne bad ever cared for Orville Ryors; but would others understand it? The thought stung her past endurance. And the meanness of him who thus humiliated her, scarce exceeded, in her eyes, that ot her cousin Ruth, who permitted, iustcad of spurning his ad vances. In the bitterness of her heart, Millie resolved to quit her cousin's abode, and make her way to the great city, trusting that where so many live, there must be many ways of living. Borne of which would bo open lo her. She had been liberally supplied with money during her uncle's life time, and had husbanded enough lo meet the expenses of her journey, and for a time, defray the expenses of liv ing. So, one day, without a word to any one, she secretly packed her trunk, caused it to be conveyed to the railway station, aud took tho train for New York. The day and night her journey last ed M as one of alternate hopes and misgivings. At times she wouin have fain turned back ; but when she thought of the jeering tongues behind, her eyes would flash through her tears, and though her lips quivered, her heart would again become firm aud resoulte. Millie hail never seen the city be fore. Its din and bustle confused her. Surrounded by importunate hack men and hotel runners quick to per ceive her inexperience, Bhe found her self at last, without her own volition, seated in a carriage whose driver un dertook to convey her lo tho Kick shaw, the best house in the city, he assured her, though it had not a very inviting look, Mille thought, as the carriage stopped in front of it. "Your fare, Miss," said the driver, jumping down "five dollars, you know." It was not the extortionate de mand that brought a troubled look over the girl's face. Putting her hand into her pocket, she found her money had disappeared. She searched every where, but in vain. She had doubt less been robbed in the crowd alter leaving the train. Millie tremblingly explained '..er situation. "That dodge won't do!" said the driver. ''No, it won't do !" added a frowzy looking clerk, , who made his appear ance just then. "We cau't lake peo peojile at the Kickshaw that have no money, you know." "It's a rank swindle, an I'll call a pTteeman !" exclaimed the driver. A crowd began to collect. The frightened girl sobbed and glanced appealing!) from one coarse face to another without encountering a single look of sympathy. At this instant the driver and the clerk, who stood together close to the carriage door, found themselves simultaneously collared and thrust a considerable distance asunder by a ri"ht and left shove from a pair of vigorous arms. "Millie Granger!" exclaimed a voice that brought the blood back to the maiden s blanched cheeks. "Arthur Warren!'' was all she could answer. "Well, I declare!" uttered a snrill voice none other than Miss Chir rup's, who, without Millie's knowl edge, had come to live in the city, and who chanced to be passing at the time. Matters were soon explained, and Miss Chirrup, who had the kindest of hearts, invitel tier relative dome with her; aud Arthur, hauiug paid the driver his just due, called another car riage and escorted tho ladies to their destination. He called round that evening, and spoke his mind to Millie. And Millie found out she had always loved him. And Arthur explained that it was only the difference in their former prospects that had kept him silent. And Millie said she wouldn't care to be rich if it wasn't for his sake And Arthur said he was glad she wasn't rich, and added that he was earning a salary that two could live on comfortably. And, in short, the two lovers were perfectly happy. Ruth Morgan's anxiety at Millie's sudd-n disappearance .had been re vived by intelligence of her safety, and Ruth was in high spirits wheu Mr. Ryors called, determined, this time, to bring matters to a crisis. He had more than once tried the plan of gradual approaches. On tbis occasion he resolved to come directly to the point, aud had actually gotten half way on bis knees, when xtuth said, quietly: "Don't be too hasty, Mr. Ryors ; you may regret it." "There is but one thing I can regret your refusal." "My uncle's will " Ruth began. " "I know it left you all . ho had," in terrupted the gentleman; "but that is nothing to me. , "And quite as little, I assure you, to me? said Ruth. "When his will took effect, my uncle had nothing to leave." The kneeling process was suspend ed midway, and Mr. Ryors remained in a very uneasy, and not altogether graceful posture, while Ruth contin ued : " ' " , "My uncle had some time before made a deed, you see, conveying bis entire estate in trust for the benefit of my cousin Millie, reserving only life interest to himself." Tho binges of Mr. Ryors' knees suddenly uncrooked. "Good good-morning, Miss Mor , he stammered. "Good-momms, sir," said Ruth, bursting into a ringing laugh when the discomfited suitors oacK was turned. , "It shall never stand !" said Millie, when she and Ruth met. a few days later. Your claims on our uncle were as good as mine, and the property shall be equally divided." , - "Don't trouble yourself, little one," said Ruth. "Before Uncle Rollin provided for you, our aunt, by an un derstanding between them, settled her fortune on me. "" - ' "But that will of uncle's " ' ' "Was made to save you from a fortune-hunting husband," replied Rutb. . ALBANY, OREGON, FIUDAY, MAY 2, 1873. from tho lli'inlil's Hiilem Corivsuundi.-noe. T1IK MUKDEIt. The ! Ctnftrene Meachnm's t crtptlun ortlia JUaunrr :itt. dark's HHr.l TraaeUerjr f the Indlans-The JUunlvr of Uin, Canity sail lir. Thomas. Salem, April 23, 1873. It is probable that wo shall never know, in exact detail, the full history of the Modoo war. The suddenness of the attack and the rapid succession of tragio events inevitably perplex the memories of eye-witnesses, and throws over tho crimson lettering of that day's work perhaps in charity the blot ot hopeless coulumou. And yet enough is known to ive us the memorable picture of that solita ry sage-brush lire iu the gray desola tion of those accursed lava-fluids, around which are disposed a unique group of persons, representing the antipodes of mankind. There sits Cunby, the stately and trophied war rior, whose life is a chronicle of our advancing flag too noble of mind and true of heart to harbor a thought of treachery; and by his side is Dr. 1 homas, every feature illumined by the Christian l'uitti that is iu him, hopeful ot great things this day, and trusting all else to God. Further on are Commissioners Meacham and Dy ar, resolute still to stand by the orders of tho Government, but feeling now, at last, in their souls, the chill of an awful doubt. Opposed to them sit Captain Jack and his chosen accom plices sullen, taciturn, and apparent ly indifferent, but watchful of every nove ! x hero is soinnllniiir in iheir dark, stolid faces which their victims might read, but they cannot, and it W loo late if they could ; it is the blank inattention of minds made up the ennui of fixed resolution, impatient of everything but the denouement. An April sky, serene and sweetly blue, benus abovo t lit in, aud ilia glo rious sunlight pours over the crests and caves of that disheveled wilder ness of rock, a silent and resplendent sea of gold. There is suddenly the quick, exultant utterance of tho pre concerted signal ; the cra-.li of mur derous shots ; the leap of those agile fiends through tho smoke of the tire, their tawny faces red-lttten with un utterable paxsion; and then an odor of blood recks up, aud the heart is sick. Your correspondent, through the courtesy of Mr. A 11. Meacham's fam ily, is enabled to lay before the read ers of the lltrald his account of the dreadful affair, in which he received nearly mortal hurt, from which ho is now as it Mere, from the red bor ders ot death creeping slowly back to life. ilK. MKAtUAM's STORY is fuller, more detailed, and, in some respects, different from any yet yiven to ihe public. After a few prefatory remarks he says : Finally, through Bogus Charley and Boston, arrangements were made on Friday morning to meet them that day at noon. Gen. Canby. Dr. Thom as, Agent Dyar, and myself. M ere to meet Jice unarmed Indians at Council Tent (one mile beyond the military lines and within the lava-beds). BOGUS CHARLEY ale breakfast at my table, and seemed very sanguine of an adjustment of the whole matter that day. Frank Riddle, and Tobia Riddle, his Modoc wife, our interpreters, called me to one side before starting and said : "Meacham, don't go; they Mill kill , you." This warning was repeated to Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas. Mr. Dyar and my self protested against going, but, ow ing to the proximity of the troops and tho utter recklessness of any at tempt upon our lives, it was decided to go. Dr. Thomas remarked that be did not believe that God had sent him to do so noblo a work with such an end in prospect, and that ho would go to the council. Mr. Meacham then reiterated his fears and said : "I will go, although I consider this the most hazardous expedition and the last of my life." Mr. Dyar and I, when everything had been arranged, started for tho COUNCIL GROUND On horseback, over tho bridal path, while General Canby and Dr. Thomas preceded us on foot. In going out. Tobia Riddle, the Modoc squaw, said to me : "Meacham, keep close to roe. I don't know what they will do to day. I don't understand them." Frank Riddle, the husband of Tobia, had said, in presence of all tho Com missioners before leaving camp, that he bad been cautioned, if anything happened, to turn toward the horse. WHEN WE ARRIVED At the council ground, we found seven Indians sitting around a sage brush fire, armed with revolvers and knives. Mr. Dyar and I dismounted and they arose and shook hands with ns in a very friendly manner, no others being in sight. Pulling off my Alaska great coat, I bung it on the born of my saddle, and said, substantial ly, that we had been there sixty days trying to make peace and were not tired yet, and that tber President was not tired. That we were all ANXIOUS FOR PEACE, And that I bad come this time hop ing to fix up a treaty which would end all further trouble. Capt. Jack here interrupted me by asking wbeth er I bad anything new to talk about, saying that it was not worth while to talk, any more, unless tho soldiers were going away. About this time Hooka Jim went-to my horse, and, taking my overcoat from the horn of tbe saddle, put it on and walked about, saying that he was "Meacham." I then resumed, .telling Jack that the President desired the soldiers to re main until the trouble was settled, and said further, "l want you to come with me to Shasta or Fairchild's Ranch, and we will try and have everything closed up. v SCONCHIN ' , Then made a speech, saying: "If you will take the soldiers all away we will go with you to Fairchild's Ranch. While the soldiers stay, wo will not go. This is all I bare to say.'' , ... - GENEUAL CANBY then addressed them, saying: "When I was a youug man I began, to meet tho Indians; my heart was always good toward them. Twenty or thir ty years ago I moved two bands of Indians from Florida to the west side of the Mississippi. They did not like me at first, but I won their hearts, and each tribe made me their honor ary chief. The Sumiuoles culled me the "Tall Chief," and the other tribu gave me an Indian name which signi fies "Friend." I visited thciu many years afterwards, and they camo a long way to see me. So I think it will bo with the Modocs. The Com missioners will give you a good home, and I am here to see that thev carry out all the promises thev make you. That is what the President sent mo hero for." , ; DR. TII0.MA9 then made a speech, iho substance of which is as follows : The Great Spirit put it in the heart of the President to send me here, believing that my heart is good toward the Indians, and that I will not get tired of talking peace lo them. I have known Gen. Canby and Mr. Meacham a long time, and never knew them to tell a lie." I then spoke again, saying that the Commissioners would go with them lo their new home in California, Ari zona, or the Indian Territory, as the va might be, and remain with them until they were permanently settled. Jack said he could not talk about a country he had never seen; and Scon chiti again said: "If you cannot give us Fairchild's ranch w e need not talk any more. At this juncture TWO AltMKD INDIAN'S AI'i'EAUK.) in sight, aud we all got upon our feet. Captain Jack drew a revolver from his breast, and, saving "This is what it means!" snapped it at Gen. Canby, with a further remark m huh I t-ould not understand. Dyar, Riddle mid iiysclf broke for the rocks, and at the same instant Boston shot Dr. Thomas in the left breast. As he fell the Doctor exclaimed to lite Indians not lo shoot him any more, as he would die with the would he had. BOGUS GUAKLET asked him if he believed now what Tobia had told them that the Indi ans Mould kill him and another In dian came up aud shot him iu the head with a rifle. Captain Jack shot General Canby in the head and stab bed him in the neck as he fell. The Indian woman did not run, but kept pleading with the Indians for our lives. I was running, Dyar and Rid die being in advance, when I slum bled and fell behind a rock Scon chin, Mho had pursued mo from the first, Mas upon me in an instant, and drawing a single-barreled derringer, I tired at him aiming at his body. He stooped down, and resting his pis tol on his knee, shot me in the let l eye brow. He tired a second time, the ball striking me in the right hand aud comiug out at the wrist. The next shot took aMay my lelt fore-fu- per. lie then retreated, and I am un der the impression that my shot had taken effect. 1 he tent screened Gen Canby and Dr. Thomas from my sight. Here I became unconscious; and when my sensibilities returned, some one was trying to scalp me with a dull knife. Tobia called to him lo run, as the soldiers were coming, and he ran awav. Her timely exclamation saved my life without a doubt. V hue un conscious I received a enn-shot wound in the temple. The next I remember was "Come up on Ihe left," spoken by an officer to his men. KNAB. TUB TARIFF MYMTEM. Does the farmer understand that an increased amount of $146,233,472 is collected off of the people bv a ruinous system of tariff? The Hon. Mr. Burcbard, of Illinois, in order to show up the beauties of tbe "pro tection theory, compiled tbe an nexed table from official sources, and it shows that the people, under tbe tariff, pay annually, in the way of in creased cost of borne manufactured goods, tbe following amounts on the article named : ilanufacturtri of Cotton goods. . . . Pig iron , Silk Wire........... Woolen goods . . Railroad iron Wroughtiron. . . , Steel.:......... Paper , Imcretued Coat .$ 51.241,000 . 12,950,000 . 11,250,000 . 1,003,000 . 60 28G.000 . 4,340,000 . '9,230,000 . 2387,340 . 3,536,132 Total tax of, . ... .... $140,283,472 This goes as a bounty to monopo lists in tbe East, and is taken from tbe pockets of an already impoverish ed people. But "American industry' must bo protected even though tbe West be made one vast poor-bouse. A traveler on a miserable lean steed, was hailed bv a Yankee, who was boeing bis pumpkinB by tbe road side "Hallo! friend, where are yon bound f . "I am going to settle in the west ern country," replied the other. "Well, get off, and straddle this ere pumpkin vine it will grow and carry you faster than that ere beast. One of bur citizens went to the cars tbis morning to see bis wife off, and having two or three minutes, be fore starting time, "Stepped around the corner an instant." He returned just in time to see tbe train, moving on, ana slapping ma leg emphati cally, ne regretfully enunciated, ' ought not to have taken sugar." Tbe Chicago Evening- Post savs: o . - Women of Xiouisvijle are, as a rule, pigeon-toed, and wear washing cop pers on thir big toes so as to pre vent accident when tbey interfere. Mrs. McCord, a Dubuque woman, is worrying because Bhe cannot get ber bands in the hair of her husband, a beautiful blonde, with false teeth and a false heart, who has . deserted her. I'LA'I f-OKM OVX1IK II.I.I.OtM irAUSltAlH I Following is full set of resolutions adopted by ; tbe Illinois Farmers' Stute Convention on , tbe 27th of March. .They have tbe ring of tbe genuine metal: lli-solved by the farmers of Illinois in muss meeting assembled: l. X hat all chartered monopolies not reguluted and controlled by law have proved in that respect detri mental to the public prosperity, cor rupting in their management aud dangerous to republican institutions. Z. Ihe ruwwuv of the world, ex cept in those countries wbere they have been held under the strict regu lations and supervision of the gov- erument, have proved themselves arbitrary, extortionate and us much opposed to free institutions and free commerce between states as the fx-uual barons of tbe middle ages. 3. That we hold, declare ud re solve that this despotism which defies our laws, plunders our ship pers, impoverishes our people aud corupts our government shall bo sub dued and made to subserve the pub lic interest at whatever cost. llfjuAced that we believe the state did not and could not confer any of its sovereign power upon Kiiy cor poration, und that now is the most favorable time to settle the question so that it may never be hereafter misunderstood; that a tate cannot create a corporation it caunot there after control. Itemolvcd that in Tiew of the present extortions we look with alarm upon the future of an interest which can combine iu the bauds of a few men a capital of nearly $250,000,000 in our sUte and l.WU.OCU.UUU iu the Unit ed States, and we believe it essential to the population of all classes that this contest continue until those coipo- ralions acknowledge the supremacy of the law. lleaolwd that we regard it as the undoubted power and the imperative duty of the legislature to pass laws and H'atutc-s fixing reasonable rates for freights aud passengers without classification of rouds, and that we urge upon our genenal asssembly the passages of such laws. llewAved that the existing statutes providing for the acclamation of rail roads, with a view to adjusting a tariff of charges according to the gross amount of earning, is a delu sion and a snare, and is so framed that the railroads are able to classify themselves, and that it ought to be carefully modified or repealed. Iteitolccd that inasmuch as tbe su preme court bos clearly pointed out the way to reach the unjust discrim inations niado by the railroads of this sLtte we cau see no reason of delay un the prat of the legislature in en acting necessary laws on the subject, aud we urgo immediate action there on. Jleiolved that we urge the passage of a bill enforcing the principle that railroads are public highways and re quiring railroads to make actual con nections with all roads whose tracks reach nd cross their own, and to re ceive and transmit all cars and trains offered over their roads at reasonable maximum rates, whether offered at such crossings or at stations along their roads, and empowering tbe mak ing of connections by municipal corporations for that purpose and for the public use. Jlenolvcd that we heartily indorse the action of the general assembly in looking to the enforcements of the performance of their duties by monopolies as common carriers, and that in addition thereto we believe that railroads should be required to carry all the freight and passengers offered from the country through which tbey pass, and not permitted to limit the amount of their busi ness and destroy its natural increase. llewlved that tho constitution' and laws of Illinois are as binding upon railroad corporations as upon tbe citizens, and that the state must re quire obdiet ce to the law alike from all, whether tbe same be deemed constitutional or not be parties affect ed, until repealed or declared uncon stitutional. Resolved that we indorse most ful ly the action of those who tender legal rates of fare upon the railroads and refuse to pay more, and that it is the duty of tbe legislature to pro vide by law for the defence by the state of Illinois Buits commenced, or that hereafter may be commenced by railroad companies against indi viduals who, in good faith, have in sisted or hereafter may insist on tbe right to ride on railroads at legal rates. s Resolved that the presentation of railroads passes, to. our legislators. whatever may be the spirit and in tent with which they are accepted, are demoralizing in their influence, and we look to our legislature now in session to rise above all personal con eiderationa of pecuniary interest or convenience, and to pass a law mak ing it a misdemeanor for any senator or representative, or other state or county omcer, to accept any railroad pass, knowing as we do that tbe peo ple look upon the acceptance of these passes with decided and almost uni versal disapprobation. ; ,. .'. r - Whereas, the constitution of 1848, article ten, prohibits the legislature from granting special railroad char ters in the following words: "Cor porations not possessing ; banking powers or privileges may be formed under creneral law but shall . not be created- by special acts except for municipal purposes, and jn cases where, in ". the judgement of - the general assembly, the object of tbe corporations cannot be attained un der general laws." Therefore. v Resolved that it is extremely doubt ful whether any railroad - charter granted since April 1 1848, by the legislature of 'Illinois, is of any validity and that the ' vested 1 rights of railroad monopolies in. this state I exist only by the assumption of ' the NO. 38 monopolists and the suffrage of the people; and, WiiEKEAS the constitution of 1870, artical 11, section 13, prohibits any railroad company from issuing water ed stock, in these words: , No rail road corporation shall issue any stock or bonds' except for money. labor or property actually, received and applied to the purpose for which said corporation was created, and all stock dividends and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or iu deblness of any such corporations shall be void, the capital stock of no railroad corporation shall b increas ed lor any purpose, except upon giv ing sixty days' public notice in such a manner as may be provided by law; and f . Whkukas this article of tbe con stitutions has urobablv been violated by nearly all the railroad companies in the state; therefore Resolved that it is the duty of the railroad commissioners to Ijok carts' fully into this matter, and to com mence proceedings in all clear cases by quo warranto, or otherwise, against all railroad c iu panes which have disregarded this important provision of the organic law of this state. Resolve d that we regard the - im provement of the Illinois river not sectional but of great importance. and we request the rx.ember of the bouse of representatives to vote for tbe bill cow pending for tbe improve ment of that river, as it will give our state absolutely in the bands of tbe people. Resolved that we demand of con gress a repeal of all laws preventing tha competition of small vessels which may choose to engage in tbe carrying trade on our inland lakes, between ports in tbe United States, without regard to nationality. RrsiAvrd that we are in favor of tbe immediate repeal of the protective duties on iron, steel, lumber, and all materials which enter into the con structions of railroad cars, steam ships, sailing vessels, agricultural implements, kc, and that we urge upon congress immediate action for this purpose that cheap railroads and cheap ships are necessary to cheap freights, and that we invite the railroad companies, to co-operate with us to that end. A SLAP IX THE FACE. Mr. Curtis, who baa been running the civil service reform, has hit the president a knock direct between the eves, which bos sent him clear into New York, full into the sympathiz ing embrace of Murphy, who did so much stealing and so satisfactorily to the president, while he was collector of the port. Mr. Curtis tells the president in pretty plain language, that he has violated the civil service rules' and regulations so palpably and so often, that there is no use for the commis sion holding together any longer, consequently he resigns in disgust. Tbis is what becomes of the boasted civil service reform, of which we beard so much from Grant's friends during the late presidential canvass. It is a humbug in tbe hands of its enemies. The opposition - were its true friends and forced it upon the Grant party reluctantly, and the very first moment they thought it would do, tbey have trampled it under foot. In doing so, tbey have disgraced the men who attempted to run the commission honestly, and, of course, no one with a particle of self respect could longer remain a mem ber of it. Consequently Mr. Curtis and Mr. Med ill have taken French leave, and told the president to go to thunder with bis civil service reform. Burliugton Gazette The St. Louis Democrat man rid icules the manner of examining can didates for office under the Civil Service rules by suggesting the fol lowing, among other, questions to be answered: Were you born before Sumter was fired on, or after the black bird of war had ceased to flap its dark pin ions over our beloved land? Do you believe in Darwinism? If 60, how many of your ancestors do you calculate you would be com pelled to dig up before you found an extra length of spine? When is the bejt time to trim corn? Is bathing hereditary in your fam ily? Do you differ from Webster in your style of spelling? If so, in what words?- When did New Jersey secede from the Union? . At the present rate of punishing crime, bow long will it be till mur derers are pensioned? What was the number of acres in Rhode Island when first discovered? Do your shirts-open in front or behind What was the name of the son of Austerlitz, and did the old man hare any daughters? Who was the Secretary of the Navy while the Erie canal was being built? A Nxcs Old Lady. Saturday even ing, a chirp young miss,, escorted by her gallant through the crowd of Danbary's main street, caught the eye of an old lady, and her delighted voice sounded above the noises of the street as she cried, "Why, gracious goodness, Almira Ann 13oardman poor dead Miss Pinckney's basque sets almost as snu? to you as if it had been made for you." 'And the old -lady rubbed- her : nose very pleasantly, while Miss . Boardman turned black with suppressed grati tude. , J .'''--J-: . - -, ; A Cleveland lover, while going home from the fair one's firesidet af ter a delicious evening of .sparking, had his nose split by the frost (so be said,) but when this statement reached the ears of another youth who: was sweet on the same girl, he ' simply gazed at his fist, 'smiled, and said "frost ." - : r Cosines notices in tha ! ri... cent par Iido, each insertion. For legal sod tmnownt ndvertiieAicrt' f 1 50 fMsrnoreof 12 lines, for tbe flmt ir,crtiD and SI 00 per square for each subsequent ix- f Written for the Oregon Herald.T Ol'U ANSWER TO BEECH EK. BY , t. SIMPSOjr. ItMinr Wanl tlAA.t.. I n ...... , . . . j ...... i.,ut.( iu .p-rMifnj isn niznt Invoked the Ka(h-rof ll monklrirl to rtmm- .. t.i. s i,v ,T,,iiur"n oi in ior-L vnof-fent-up wroncs had driven tb-m to bloodshed 'Jjteal murder-Xev Yorlt Dlspatcn, Sow loosen the crape that has clouded the ; stars. Of oursorrowlnz flair m It hum. at Lt tbe sun kiss Its tipples tha wind hit tt oars. Our dead have been burled, our walling -is part; In sllcnm it cluoz, and each slow-fctavlng sw-il, - Was a Mgh for the soldl'-r that carried It weU, Cut UD I to the D?ak ! let It float Is, t ho .nr Of th; cavalry hu(fle that rings on the trail ji wc erueiesi in order and deadliest wrong That has made woman weep ot tho strongest grow pale. Hurrah ! It lias risen like ribbons of flr. Tbe stripes llaralng vengeance leap froe to tni un. And iu constellate glories burn red with an Ire That i splendid In battle where victories are won; And wild as the resonant swing of the sea. The wrath of our thousands is mighty and free I Tbe olive must wait it has withered with, corn; And tho white flag must down it Is spotted with blood. In the gospel of crimson that blushes tit mora From desolate Shasta to helmetted ll-jod. And the courtiers of IX.-aven the potted and sleek. Who think of the "papers" whatever they . speak. And cUib to the Throne on a flowery stair; 1,-t tbeiu flatter the Lord with, their richest boquet It Is pale by the blood of our murdered to-day S Aha! they may kneel on their velvet and ak. That the aru of the Highly be gracicusiy thrown O'er the path of tbe fugitive sweet Is the tank Of their souls la forgiving oil wrongs but thair own! We, too, have a God! and bis temples are here,' Where the sj.ires of the uiouiitains are wreathed with tbe stars; We, too, have God! and we know be l near. From the pledge that is wnt on tbe red shield of Mars, By the sua which on Gibeon waited thy word And kindled the rush of thy glimmering sword ; y the widow that kneel wherj the fatherless sleep. And the ashes of homes that were altars to thee; Dy the blood they have sown and the blood they must reap. We ask for a border unshadowed and freat A FA3I1X.Y OF IRISH CIA XT. Perhaps we may make no excuse for departing from the custom of not noticing exhibitions, when we call attention of our readers to tbe most remarkable development adipose tis sue which Las, probably, ever been observed in Europe, at least within one lamily. it is interesting, as testing the laws rf heredity, to ob serve the peculiarities of the O'Ntal family, of which a careful examina tion by a writer in the Medico-CLi- irgic-al Keview leads him to vouch for the accuracy of the extraordinary measurements we give. They &ro natives of Ireland, Queen's cou: J?. forty-seven miles from the city of Dublin. They are born of respect able parents, hard-working farmers. The father stood six feet, and v.eigh-. ed twenty-seven stone (or 073 pounds). The mother is foitv-vtj years of age, stands five feet two inches in height, measures around her arm twenty-six inches, across her shoulders three feet, round her waist five feet six inches, and weighs the enormous weight of twenty-one stone (or 294 pounds). Her elder son is twenty-five years of age, stands six feet two inches, weighs eighteen stone five pounds (or 257 pounds), and, at the present time he is a Life Guard. All the sons and daughters were of large dimensions. Miss Ann O'Neal, the eldest daughter, is twenty years of age. She stands five feet six inches in height, and measures round the aria twenty-seven inches, across her shoulders one yard and a half, around her waist eight feet, and is the enormous weight of thirty-nine . stone (54S pounds). Her younger sister is eighteen years of age. She stands five feet two inches in heighth meas ures round her arm twenty-five inch es and her shoulders three feet, round her waist six feet, and weighs twenty-three stone (322 pounds). Her eldest daughter is, as may well be imagined, . on account of ber obesity, scarcely able to walk. She appears to be uneasy on , her legs, and compelled to lean up against, the wall for support. Tbe vaccination marks on her arms having increased with age and development of adipose tissue, are as large as ordinary sau cers. As there is no padding or arti fical method employed to enhance the enormous weight of the speci mens, the disproportion which strikes the observer between the gigantc bodies and the relatively Fmall though absolutely large crania is al startling. , Tbe hands are coarse and large-boned. In Ann -O'Neal (affectionately and absurdly named "Liiy" by her smaller relatives) the malar bones are enormous, and tha mbuth is much underhung by the forward projection of the lower jaw. Although the month showes signs of excessive alcoholic consumption, there is do disease noticeable or complained of; and tbe subjects do not appear to suffer, from any other f affection than the incovemence of having . to support so much fat. irj.- ? t : i . A farmer who wished to invest the accumulation of his industry ia. Unit ed States securities, went into a broker's office to obtain some "five twenties." The clerk inquired: VWhat denomination, will you have them, sir?" Having; never , heard that word used excepting to dis tinguish sects, the farmer, after a little deliberation, replied: Well, you may give me part in the Old School Prespyterian,- to please , , lip oid lady; but give ma the hefs ciit inFree-Will Baptist." ',, , , Don't take too much interest in tha affairs of your neighbors. Tea . p cent will do. ' 4 k-V