STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT Pi w'y it ll A E3 OK AUVKI.1 JSIXU. H ft Hrri a Jin y.xjv " - Iff I M I 8 M 1 6 M ' I . ' I j j fit' lTitt ". :. t i? vr ; i: o ,i - ( . i j -12 r- a ' . ' i- is no 7 r j'5 to A f l I 7 9 1 i ; n i on :;n P 48 r 4 Cl. I in pn j a oo sa ro io on g ro 1 C.l. j 15 00 j 20 00 40 f)0 0Q 100 f:0 OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. " tCIMIIID TSf ritltUT, r MART. V. BROWN. Ay w 1 m I.I A I I I TUR WW OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TERMS, ta advanci t On jaar, 4 ; Sis Wathi, $2 ; Tbreo monlbi, $1 ; On month, 60 tesots ; Single Ct.piss, 12 cents. Corraspondents writing oer assumed irn tars or aaonymouslv, must tsk known their jropr nam to th Editor, or no attention will jrivca to tbsir aoaimanieatioa. BU S INK S S CARDS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. mrome ta th Court Houao.'Va v8o3tf. W. G. JONES, M. D. teexaceopathic Physician, ALBANY, OREGON. vTbMvI. bv a- cbbsowstb. I. sbitb. CorvallU. , L Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH. Attorneys at law, Carrallia, Orofom. a-0rrics at th Coart Hoot. tb57 " JOHN J. WHITNEY, inOIXET 1KB C0USSEL0 IT L1W ami It tary Public. plal attMtioa given to eulloctiona. Orrica Cp stair ia ParrUa'a Brick. Albany, Oragoa. vSaSStf. , JONES &. lllfX, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBANY, OREGON. Omnium South aide of Main atiw. over titan's store. A. W. ti AMBLE, H. f., maims, sewm isb ucttmia, AlBATtY, OSGOf. Office and resWeoee twn dnnrs eut of Mt7l faraww Bootna, First streec v&mmf. T. W. UABIIIS, M. D., PHTSICIAN ANO SURGEON, ALBAS Y, REOOK. tffOmea oa Warn street, ovfrTurfllvWorf, Residence on Fourth street, four block west of iCourt House. vSpiayl. W. C TWEKDALE, DCAUSIX GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. Tobacco, Cigars. K.d Yankee Xotioas, . - ALBANY. ORtON. I will strive to keep oa bands the best of ey rvtfciasiBCB7U.aJMi o aaent roaage, W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Wm practice In all the Courts In the 2d. ad and 4tli Judicial Districts in the Supreme Vaait of Oregon, and In the United StaUrS W trictand Cireiut Court. Ofliee upstairs in lront room In Parrish s brick block. r irst BtAlbany. Oregon. v an lip 1. GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW WW practice ia all the Coart of this State. OFFICE: ALBANY. OREGON. Nov. II, IS7S. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, CORKER FRONT AND WASHINGTON ST8., ALBANY, OKECOW. N. S. LUBOIS. - - PROPRIETOR. This boose is the most commodious In the ritv Table supplied with toe best the market atjorda. Free coach to the bouse, fcaie lor Vaiuablea. OfBc of CorvalUstaage Company. C B-BBIAIBMB. TBS. BOSBKSTKB. BELLINGER & BURSHESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ifo. 8t Finrt Street, -P02ZTLAZ90, - ORSGON. : Special attention gi'ca to matters in Baakrapt ej and all easiness ia United States Courts. v6o24tf. S. F. SETTLEMIER, Druggist and Apothecary: DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS' Paints, Window Ulaa. Dvestnfis, liquors, )aaej Soaps, Brashes, Perfaneries, A. f rtitriptioni Cirefillj Cflmponaded. AO art ele aad Irog ia oar lias warranted f the best quality. First street, Post Offio building, Alboay. jallraa48yl COMMERCIAL HOTEL. OPERA BLOCK. SALEM, OBEOOH. , 9JRS. A. J. RIEEY, Proprietor. This house will be kept In first class order, and with attentive and obliging servants. Zfe Chinas) Cooks employed. "I am prepared to furnish good aeeommoda Hons to the traveling public, and will use every endeavor to merit the patronage ot the public Keguiar boarding at very low rates. Tree- Coacli to tlie Honee. , r' 8n27tf. ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform tbe citizens of Albany and vi ciaity that he ha taken charge of this Establish eat, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to soit all thos who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore earned on notmng bo First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons. k jupaet to giv sntire satisfaction to all. SaVChildten and Ladies' Hair neatly ent SW4 sbanpooed. JOSEFii WEBBER yB33tf. --r. - S01"TK1N3 X9It. IL O. NEW IN DENTISTRY J SMITH, DEXTIST, fAS LOCATED IN ALBANY f aad baa tbo new invention frfT w la plat work, which consist in i "-UXLI-P inserting teeth in th mouth without covering Ah whole roof, a heretofore. It give the w sorer th free nse of tbe tongue to tbe roof of tbo month in talking and tasting. It U th Smith A Pnrvm patent. 3erTeeth extracted withont pain. Plates tended, whether broken or divided. Offieo ona A cor east of Conner liank, op stairs, v7n43tf. WILIAMETTB TRAflSPORTATION COMPANY. "YNROM AND AFTER DATE UNTIL FUB a ther notiea. tha fimn,.. j;-nu.k Soat from Albany to Cervallis on TUESDAY and FRIDAY- of eaeli e.k Also will dispatch a boat from Albany for t wuiBiuiM piaoesoB satae days aving Comrtock 4 Co'i wharf. Far at rednoed rstei. J. D. BILES, See, J8, T871, AjaBi. VOL. VIII, ADVKRTI8BM KNTS, CRANE & RICHTER, FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKERS ! AI.BAKY, OREGON. PRICF RFASOKAHLK AD WORK WAR ranted. Kepalrtnjt pminptry and satlsfae torily don at shortest nottoc. v8n3Uy 1. BOOTS MADE TO ORDER AT KKASONABLB BATES AT DEARY FLINDT'SSnOP, ALBANY, OREGON. 7"Work warranted to irlv satisfaction.. vsnsatf. . R. . UILL A SOIn DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, ALBANY, ORTOON. Drue and medicines fresh and pure. Prompt attention given to country orders and physi cians' prescriptions. Soua water Iresh from the A ret to regions. Btore on Main street, opposite Conner's Flank, vtinaetf. . C. HILL bON. HEMORRHOIDS. A. CAROTI1ERS A COS "PILE PILLS AN 1' OINTMENT" bav nuw beoumo one of tb standard preparations of th day; is pre pared and reooniniended for Piles ea'y (whether ehroni- or recent). Sufferers nay depvatl npon it. that this remsdy will gi tbem pertnsnent relief from this trvablssono and damaging om plaint. Sent postpaid to any address (withia the Uni ted Slates) apon receipt nf price, $1.50. A. CAROTHERS A CO., 40y1 Albany, Lion Co.. Oregon. DR. G. IV. GRAY ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE IX PARRISH'S llRICIC BIXVK. corner of First and Ferry streets. Oroce hours irom tt to Ll o'clock A. M. and from I to 6 o'clock p. M. Hesidence : Corner Fifth and Ferry streets. v8n3Mf. mm Utcst -atcat The latest and test. It has mil th laa. prwveaaent of every flrat-clas machine, be. ftld.-s a atawMo Motion (which no oth'-r haa.l frivtng a Cms or slv speetl to the knife or sickle an Important advantage. Hend lor II Instrated Pamphlet, and don't fall to see the "JSTXA," before buyinc. For sal" only by TREIDWELL A O., Sole A rents Pad lie States. Old Stand. Mar ket, bead of FrMit fctr -I. Sao Francisco. marltm3 THE PARKER GUN. SEND STAMP fOB CIRCULAR PARKER BRtfS WEST MERIDEN.CT. vflnlttf. jos. reilly, coxstible: id ge.mbil coxlectoi, North Pertland Preciact. Bfrene by nermw-i n to th following gentlemen : His Honor Philip Waesenusa. Ms Tor i-f tbe City of Portland; Hon. Eageti Femplr; Dr. J. A. Chapman; Dr. J. C. Ilawtburne: 1T I. A. Davenport; L S. Roscnbsam A Co ; Knapp, Barrrll Co ; E. J. Jeffries : Clarke, lirader aaa A Cwk; tf. G. Skidmr: E. Martin A C; A. B. Bwbsrdsoa A Co.; Millard A Vaascayvrr. OFFICE 25 Wasbiagtoa Street, kef ween First and Second. ' v7a4Ttf. GENERAL BUSINESS COLLECTION, " ABB IXSUBAXtE AGENCY, NOTARY PUBLIC. Particular attention riven to tbe adjudication of accounts. Collections made In all part of the Htate. By Office next door above tbe Bee-Hive Store. vAnSftf. BOOK BI7ER FAFEHCD. u I L HEiTt-I'iG, RasteriDi, 00FHbG, DEAFEN! NG CABPET XaXlTZJSCr Ssmpk'ssnd Circo Isrs stnt fn. by H. 0. CCSSSCE, fotaAsratfar Oregon. Wssblng. Uttx and Idkko. rnrtUD, tKsea. v8n!8tf. A 0 I fj c MUTUAL INSURANCE CGillPANY, , OF BAN FRANCISCO. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE. r CAFZTA1V $1,000 000 JOHN H. REDDINGTON., gko. H. Howard ........President. Vice President. CHAM. U. KTOHi. N. U, E1DV r H. H. biUEUJW ..jsecrftary. .uanuB secretary, ...Oeueral Manager. DIRECTORS OREGON BCANCHi P. WA88ERMAN, C. U. LEW 18, . OOLDW M ITH, D. MACLEAY, LAJJ D liltOOKE. Portland . Sale ra , Aibany.... IMlles... Lewiaton ...... ..,.-iJ, r. UKOVJfilt. A. CRAWFORD. .....!. M. FRENCH. IIAHtLlON BOYD, AGENT FOR OREGON & WASHINGTON TERR'V. EIJ CARTER, JjQCM ' Agent, ALBANY, OREGON. 8n39tf BACCALAUREATE DISCOURSE, BY' REV. S. IRVINE, Befarw th Ontdwattna' Clnsa of lTn, of Allway toll InsUtwta, Sssdsjr Kvoatua, 15 1Mk mm "I have finished my course.' Tim. IV, 7. There is no advantage in special aervicf"; they are not likely to be ao general as to apply to no one; aud, if, aa on this occasion, tbe number of per ona directly addressed ia amalli others wlio are present are likely to ue and app'y what may be said to themselves. Indeed, it olten hap pens that we hear best what may be directly intended lor others. We like to hear others preached at rather than ourselves, and tho vices of which we are fiulty, we can but condemn in other, as Nathan came to David with bis parable, and led the guilty King to say, of the supposed culprit, 'a the Lord liveth be shall surely die." Then, alter the parable bad done its work couldlhe prophet make the application and say, "thou art the man:" Others are present with us besides the Senior clasn, the (acuity and students of this Iuniituiion, and though we may address ourselves di rectly to the few, 'we hope the many may hear to their profit. These ape cial services may be new to l'renby terianism in Oregon, but they are not nesy to the church in the Kant, nor, in deed, to the church in Bible times. Then the various new moons and feasts called the willing feet of the glad worehipt-rs of old to ascend the Holy bill ofZion. Special occasions formed the teyts ol tua Savior's addresses. To the hungry in the wildernesn, lie spoke of the living bread. To theproud guest who t ln.ee the chief seat or uppermost room, He tpoke the lesson of humili ty; to lli weary tinder who had toil ed all night ami taken nothing, He gave the encouraging promise that he ehould be a tieher ot men. The church of Home has carried the principle of special services to an extreme in making almost every day in the year take its place in the sacred calendar, ami by these special services more than anything else, retained the appearance of life in her dead and lormal routine. We do not prenent the church tit Uome for imitation, but it ia right to be taught by an ene my and our blensed Savior com mentis the widom of the rerjM-nt and tell ns to hear what the nnjuai stew ard Kitiih. A special service to a graduating clan in new to our city: new to your Kieaker, ami as the candidate for a literary degree repeats the language of this text we ask you to learn lea sens of one who uned this language long before you, and said in bis vale dictory letters to his moat beloved son in the faith, " I have finished my courMs." His course of life, seen from the worldly human stand point, bad been a miearable failure. A Jew by birth, of the straight est sect, an im petuous and talented young man, brought up at the National Capital, wiilfihe beat educational advantages the world afforded. Itejoicing ill all the advantages of Jtouisu eilizenehip just at the time when the all-conquering eagle had made the whole world his prey, this Roman citizen and learned Jew embraced a hated heresy and with such, enthusiasm that he had sacrificed all prosjiect of ad vancement in life and was now a poor prisoner for the second time before the cruel Nero, and soon to expitate his folly with his life. So poor that an old cloak, a few books and parch ments were all the earthly possession he could call his own. A life of toil and suffering bad been the lot of this mad enthusiast; and now in disgrace he is about to die; to be remembered only by the full of victims writ ten in blood by the tyrant Nero. Such the verdict of the unbelievins worldling concerning this aged ser vant ot Christ. But vik-wine his fin ished course with the eye of faith it is no failure, but a glorious triumph. Such he sees it to be himself. He looks with no regretful longings upon the hoards of perishable wealth be might have amassed. He counts his early prospects as nothing, lor he has now, Christ. With joy he has sold all that he had and baa bought the pearl ot great price. He has counted the cost, he has made his estimate of profit and loss, and after the most mature deliberation and the fullest experience, he says : "I have f.mglit a good 'fight.'- 1 nave finished - my course." He does not allude to hia primary education. That had been lull for the age of the world in which he lived, and yet it was fir from what is enjoyed at, the present da. We can searcely appreciate the advantages in point ot early education which we enjoy. We stand on our fathers' shoul ders, and is it strange that we seem high er than they? The merest child in the poorest of onr public schools has the ivaniage of the son ot wealth and Itixuryin the-grided halls of ancient times. Then no printed books; no geography more than the guesses ot wonder-telling travelers ; no science tmt the horoscopes of astrologers and sooth-sayers. Pupils learned their whole curriculum of knowledge from a single instructor, communicating his instructions in private conversa tion, with an occasional lesson on the waxen tablet or sanded floor. The Apostle had enjoyed such an educa t ion at the fw-et of Gamaliel. He may have learned less of science than the I'OhiIb of Alexandria. or Alliens but he had learned, at least in the letter, the science of all sciences, the 44 word of uod. Iiut while he had learned in youth the 'form of sound words," he eua not learn what i truth, till on his way to Da-nasciis he -saw the light above the brightness of the sun and nearu me voice of Ilim who is truth itself.,' Then he entered on hia life course of labor, learning and. 'trial which he now declares finished. He conferred not with flesh and blood but immediately began to show to ihem Of JJamasgna that Jesus is Christ. He ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1873. recognised tho truth that God is a wise creator and has a purposo in all Hia creatures, and napro than all in Ilia highest creature, man, and that every individual has an assianed place, a peculiar destiny to fulfill iti the economy of Providence. He knew that Qod had made him not to live for himself and he had no sooner re. cognized the authority of Jesus ot Nazareth than he felt his obligation to live for roan ; to labor in tho field of his beloved master. .He began to preach Christ and repentance. It was a course of gospel preaching, and, like one who would succeed in any course, he made all things bend to it. He did tbe ''one thing," and did that one thing well. In this hia example may commend itself to every student. The student, who has the one determin ed purpose to learn as his only object in attending school or college, never fails. Paul's one course was cospul preaching. In Damascus, Jerusalem, Corinth, Ephesus and Rome, every where, he went with his one message. In the Temple, Areopogus, on ship board, in jail, on the seaside, or in his hired house, everywhere, in season and out of season, ho preached the one glorious message, and to every variety of character. King Agrippa and Felix, surrounded bv the insignia of royalty, the child Timothy, the women that resorted to the seaside for prayer, the learned philosophers of Athens, the inmates ot Ciesar'e household, the inhabitants of storm beaten Melita, who bad rescued him and bis companions from a watery grave to all, and in every place, this net aid or the cross had but the one message: "Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shall be saved." And be did not preach in vain either. The men of one idea have always been dis tiised bv the world: but thev hava generally afterwards astonished the world with their success. The pur pose of discovering the new world seized the very leing ot Columbus. Unknown dangers had no terrors for him. The entreaties of friends could not nioro him, and even pinching poverty could not detain him. Ills enthusiasm infused itself into the heart of the generous Isabella, and her private jewels are pledged to se cure the necessary outfit. Such men have alwaya succeeded whilst the changeling, the "double minded" man, unstable; in all bis ways, ia a miserable failure. The Apostle did succeed, but his success was not only assured by bis unwavering purpose and un flagging seal; but it was absolutely secured by a mighty power working with him. He planted, others wa tered, but God gave the increase. It waa a work of mighty heroism to un dertake to overthrow the religion of the world; to stand before the as sembled wisdom nf Athens and tell them : "Ye men of Athens, ye are too superstitious" to say to the literate of the world: "Whom ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you ;" but he did it not in hia owo power. He went forth as did the youthful David against the Philistine in the name of the God of Israel whom tbey had defied. The Apostle entered on his course only as a fellow laborer with God. Hia course was not only to preach but to live the gosnel. He had a body to keep under lusts to conquer; a law in his members to make, subject to the law of his mind, but he did it all, and se well that he conld honestly ask his followers to imitate him, to take him aa their example, to follow him aa he followed Christ. This course of liv ing the gospel is perhaps tbe hardest part of our moral course, and it ia what all are called to do. Wo are not to suppose that persona situated as the Aiostle have only their pnbliu trials, or such as result from their of ficial labors; they have many a mes senger or Satan sent to liaftle them ami it is only through the sufficiency of grace they can overcome. ., Many a brilliant genius, who might prove a success in the the church, ia dragged down by vile appetites. Many a By ron commands an admiration of hia genins, only less than the horror with which we view bis moral deformity, Our positions in life, in the church and in the world may be Various ; but in the same course of private walking with Uod we are all companions all equals. We ate passing over the course well beaten by Apostles, prophets and martyrs of every age. Paul had finished the good course of a ciiriHiiun me, ami nis re warn, was just before him. Labor, toil, privation and suffering were about to give place toA glorious crown. His course was not only a private success. He not only gained, as an indiviual, the prize which all may gain for a finished course , but his public labors were such a finished course as , the , world had never, before seen. Instead of being remembered only aa the victim of imperial Roman cruelty, he is now the great Apostle of the Uentiles. His. thoughts on the simple truth of the uospel and the mysteries of Divine purpose are the thoughta revolving in the minds of all deep thinkers ot every country. JJeing dead, lie yet speak eth as a living power, and even his earthly lame is greater than any mere mortal of his age. Not by an apo theosi , like the great of Rome, or a canonisation as by the authority of degenerate iiome, nor by having his earthly house of this tabernacle made immortal by. the art of the Egyptian embalmor ; but be lives and will live, where lame is fame indeed, in the hearts and lives of living men. Np mausoleum or costly monument is needed to perpetuate his name. It lives apd will live while men shall think and reason of the wondrous ways of God to man. Earthly power is something, but not all. Few oan attain it. No living man ? can even dream of leaving such a name and fame aa the Aspostle who thus finish ed his coarse. But cannot we all choose a wise course and at least ob tain the everlasting remembrance of the righteous? What coarse . shall we then choose ? ' Our earthly course ia not altogether under our control, yet, to a great extent, we are what we make ourselves what we choose to be. Unfavorable circumstances may Ere vent tbe developement of our rightest powers; but if we possess the spirit of true greatness of real manhood or womanhood, we will not want for opportunity. If we but go forward, the tea or tho desert will be alike our safe highway. The gunrdi an hand that holds the stars will at tend as; Hia cloud will shelter at by way ; Hia pillar of fire will light our dark path by night. Do not choose the world. Do not become like the thoughtless and un cultivated of your sex too often do the mere butterflies of fashion. Tbe world is chosen. Mammon ia wor shiped in a thousand different forms. Few are ao sordid aa Pollock's Miser; 'Few love the yellow dust for its own sake, and clutch their boarded stores, and with the dust in animate hold wedded intercourse." Yet there is still a god of this world and Mammon ia so served that tbe living God who made us is forgotten. Tbe mere desire the longing wish of even the poor : "O! that 1 had wealth, that I might live in ease and luxury; that I might enjoy the ease and splen dor of others I see around me" i the covetotisncss which is idolatry! Your intellectual and moral culture may be considered a sufficient safe-guard against the grosser forms of worldli ness, the mere love of wealth, or sen sual appetite ; but, O, be on your guard, even against the most refined forms of mere worldly ambitiou, for if such be your course you will surely find it vanity and vexation of spirit. Show Ly your example ibat tho men tal and moral culture ot our liberal system of education ia at least a pledge, an assurance, that yon will not live for the world in its grossest forma. The ambition of fame, of mere intellectual enjoyment, may be of nobler kind than that of the miser, but it is no less worldly. 2d. Consider your coarse of life to be for others. Your course of in struction here has not been as a mere accomplishment for yourselves. Col leges and Seminaries are founded and supported by religious bodies for higher ends than merely to add a lew accomplishments to the privileged onea who may enjoy tbe benefit of their course or instruction, lhe church, bv her work of education, pro poses to subserve tbe purpose of her organization the evangelization of the world, i hia may not be tho di rect work of all who shall go forth aa the graduates of this, or any other Seminary of learning, and yet it should be their real work their life's course which tbey are to finish. You may think it the work of the Ministry, aa our Saviour's special embassadors, to convert tbe world; but it is every christian's work. Even the humblest can work in the vineyard, and especial ly is it the work of the refined and educated of our land. What the church should be in ber triumphs in future ages no one can conceive But she will, in a great measure, be what her sons and daughters under God shall make ber. To convert the world to God ia my work; it ia your work ; it ia the work ol every mem ber of the household of faith ; yes, it ia God a work, and we are all fellow laborers with God. Choose then to work for God to work with God. 3d. Let your course of life, which is stitl before you, correspond with the coarse which yon have now com pleted. Choose a life of continued mental activity, and do not think that you are now absolved from all thought.' Let not the ulent already received lie rusting in the napkin, but go on in endlesa growth.- Your course may be cut abort; you may attain but little; but it is not tbe length of a coarse that gains the prize, but its successful completion, ll ia not the amount we do for God that ia any thing, for the best really do nothing- nothing efficiently, nothing in merit; but it is the spirit with which we do; the completion of our assigned task which will be the question at the great final examination. The christian life should have the beauty of complete ness, tho polish ot the finished work Such it is always presented to us in the word of God. It is the ..foolish worldling that builds the unfinished tower, that half runs hia race, that carrieathe oilleaalamp. Our Saviour himself finished the work which was given him to do; the apostle "finished hia course;" all the hero worthies of the Old Testament died in faith, and so should all true children of God, go on in every "good work. You rejoice in having finished a course of liberal education ; your firiends congratulate you in your acquisition of academic honors. But go on; aa we trust you have begun a christian life; so, finish your course and angels will rejoice. Uod himself will aay welt done. You may consider perhaps with vanity, your record of- the first . to finish your course in Albany Collegi ate Institute, a distinction. To havo your names head a grand list which we trust is to follow in future years as this Institution, supported' by the liberality of our community, and en joying the fostering care of the Pres bytenan Uhurch, shall increase in usefulness, and send abroad many to represent it in the world. -But such a distinction, yea 1 every earthly dis tinction, sinks into absolute insig nificance when we compare it with the completion of the oourse Which God haa set before ns all, and which many of us are finishing. . In fine, remember your responsibili ty to uod tor what you have here re ceived, ;: x our education is a power to help you in your coarse, and if not used thus it will be a terrible weight to drag you down to ruin. Consider your influence in community, and in the world of letters, as a sacred trust to be used lor God. He has work for loving hearts and willing hands of every grade of intel lectual culture. Blessed be God; He has found employment for: all who have a "mind to -work. Tbe hum blest and most illiterate can do the work of love, and witness lor Jenus, and this ia the most important part of the work ot Uod, and that which will be remembered when the final award is made. Still, there is a work pe culiarly demanded of the educated christian mind of our ooantry. If the adversary ia foiled on one side of the field he flies to another. - The sublimity, the morality, nay, the in spiration ot the scriptures, is almost undented In our day; yet there is an insidious method of attempting to nndermtne the great citadel of our faith in the garb of friendship. The Bible is admired and yet made nuga tory by impious criticism. ' The Bible is admired and then the attempt is mado to show that it does not harmo nize with the discoveries of science. To attacks of this kind the educated mind must lorm a solid breast work. Your course is to forward the king dom of God and shield our: precious faith whenever attacked. 4th. You are soon to leave these halls, to bid adieu to honored instruct ors and loved companions, who, on their turn, will follow you. You are to be here as pupils no longer; you have finished your course ; but of the high and holy course of living for Christ you have yet made but a be ginning. Through all the vicissitudes of life follow that course ; run with patience the race that is set before you. Ihcn perhaps, when yonr out ward man perishes, you may say, and say truly, "I have fought a good fight, 1 have finished my course. Hence forth there is laid np for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the Righteous Judge shall give." And to your young companions, let me sny ; wnue your amimion to iook forward to the day when you shall take the place of the class that leaves you is a high and good one, and we hope you will pursue it with honest, determined purjiose till your effort are crowned with success, yet do not forget to begin the christian course. Do not neglect to pursue it first, for it ia the "one thing needful." The knowledge of the school is not always beneficial, not alwaya practi ciil ; but if you have the knowledge of God you can never perish. It will be tbe present help in time of need. 31y christian mends, who are here present to night, we ton, have a coarse to finish. We are are here aa the friends and patrons of liberal culture; but we are here more as the Iriends of moral and religious culture. We should use our almost influence thai this institution shall be, in the future, even more than in the past, a pure fouutain whice shall send forth streams that shall make glad the City of our God. And when we atl have finished our course, may we find, that, aa tbe names of this class are written upon the records of this Institution, so our shall be writ ten on the Lamb's Book ol Life, as they who have fought the good fight, who have finished their course and kept the faith. And may Uod give us all the crown of righteousness at that day through Jesus Christ. Amen. Catchiso Bass. Mr. John Jack son waa walking along tbe river bank one day, when be saw a piece of string attached to a peg stuck in the ground he picked np the stick, of which one end waa in tbe water, and hauled in three fine ba&a, which by some means or other bad strung themselves through the gilla on the line. Jackson waa so astonished by this circumstance that be did sot know what to say, bat he determined to take tbe fish home and abow tbem. Before doing so, however, be looked about to see if anybody could give him an explanation of tbe affair, but only saw gentleman fishing a quar ter of a mile off, and not wishing to interrupt him in hia sport, picked up tbe prize and walked home with it. John Jackson bod hia fish for sap perafid pronounced them very fine, but to this day he cannot explain how throe bass could possibly atriog themselves arouud a peg, and go back in the water agaiu. The gen tleman who bad been fishing must have made such another curious cap ture and . have lost it, for he waa heard later in the evening talking very loud, and asking somebody, profanely, what the something had become of it. Tbe statement that "the man with the iron jaw" is dead in only true ao far as it means that a showman who waa adveraaing under that title died in MassachuBetts a few daya ago. Bat the man with the iron jaw sur vives in great numbers. He will be heard from when the fall campaign opens from many a stump. He is a member of both bouses of Congress, and tbe rest which he ia now enjoy ing wilf only make him-tbe nioro agressive and , intolerablewben the arena of his loudest and. longest ex ploits ia once more open to him,. Fi nally, be is A man of tbe cloth, and may be heard from many thouaandd of pulpits all over the country rather oftener than a hundred times per an. num. No, indeed, all flesh is grass, but the man with the iron jaw is im mortal. Chicago Tunes. An Ohio postmaster has received a letter wherein the ' writer proffers a curious . request, as follows: "If you can and will ascertain the names of some rich , old maid or widow woYth from 5 thousand, to 50,000 or more-let me know by return mail and I will pitch in and if I .make it, tie tbe Knot, it are a hundred dol lars in your pocket keep this a pro found secret between us two if it gets out all is spoiled. I am poor but want to marry rich." Among the oriminala sentenced to be punished at the public whipping post o i the 14tn of next roontb, in Delaware, is a woman, "la cmhza tion plaved out, and the -white wo man a failure?" The Boston Fabflo Library has reached 205,000 volumes. NO. 4C A AtlMOCljAn COCBTMHIP. Ia tbe family, picture gallery at Slums Castle, near Aberdeen, is tbe portrait of a dark woman, mascu line and resolute, not beautiful nor like tbe handsome race of the Hays, of wbicb she was yet the last direct re presentative. This is tlm famniia Countess Mary, one of the central figures of tbe familv traditions. The Hays were hereditary lords high constable of Scotland, and also one of tbe few Scottish families in which titles and offices, as well as lands, are transmitted through the female line, ao tbt Coontess Mary found berself, at tbe death of her brother, Countess of Erroll in ber own right, and Lord High Constable of Scotland. In one of tbe two ic tu res of ber at Stains, if I remem er right, she is represented with tbe baton of her office, with which badge she also appeared at eourt before ber marriage (after tbia it waa borne by her husband in tbe character of deputy). Her husband was a com moner, a-Mr. Falconer, of Dalgaty, whose reported history , in connec tion with her is curious and deserves to b told, though tbe old tradition is molded int so many, different forms that it is very difficult to dis entangle tbe troth from its manifold embellishments. Toward tbe beginning of the eight eenth century this intrepid and in dependent lady fell in love with Mr. Falconer, who at first did not seem eat-er to return or notice her affec tion. High strung and chivalrous bv nature, she did not drooo and pine under ber disappointment, but vowed to herself that she would bring bim to ber feet. Mr. Falcon er lft tbe country after some time, and went to Loudon. Tbe Countess Mary also traveled south tbe same year, and no news waa beard of ber at Slains for some time. Meanwhile she and Mr. Falconer met, but un known to tbe latter, who about the same time became acquainted with a very dashing cavalier, evidently man of high birth aud standing, but resolutely bent on mystifying bis friends as to bis origin. Tbe two saw each other frequently, and were linked by that desultory com panionship of London life which sometimes, indeed, ripens mto friendship, but as often ended in a sudden quarrel. Such was tbe end of this acquaintance; and one day some trifling difference having oc curred between the friends, a cartel reached Mr. Falconer couched in very haughty though perfectly cour teous language. These things were everyday mat ters in such times, and very non chalantly tbe challenged went in tbe early morning, to tbe appointed place to meet tbe challenger. Here tbe versions of tbe story differ. Some aay that Mr. Falconer and bis antagonist fonght, but without wit nesses; that the former got the worst of tbe encounter, and remained at tbe other's mercy; that then, and not before, Countess Mary made ber self known to him and gave bim his cbo oe a thrust from ber sword or a speedy marriage with berself, Others say tbai it was before the due! that she astonished ber lover by this discovery, and that tbe choice she gave him waa between marriage and ridicule. Tbe fact of her marriage, and that it proved a bappy one, is certain Mr. Falconer dropped bis own name to assume that of xlay. The aisle- of the old church of Slains contains the graves of Coun teas Mary and her husband, with an epitaph in Latin, of which the fol lowing is a translation: "Beneath thia tombstone are buried neither gold nor silver, nor treasures of any kind, but tbe bodies of tbe . most chaste wedded pair. Mary, Countes of i.rroI, and Alexander Hay, of Dalgaty, who lived peaceably and lov ingly in matrimony for twenty-seven years. They wished to be buried here beside each other, and pray that this stone may not be moved nor their remains disturbed, but that these be allowed to remain in the Lord until he shall call them to the bappy resurrection of that life which tbey expect from the mercy of God and the Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. . . - - ... : .: .. A certain doctor, who sometimes drank a good deal at xl inner, was sura moned one evening to see a lady pa tient when he was more than "half seas over,'1 and conscious that he waa so. On teeling her pulse and finding himself unable to count its beat, he muttered, Drunk, by Jove T Next morning recollecting the circumstan ces, he was greatly vexed, and, just as he was thinking what explanation he should offer to the laly, a letter was put in his hand. "She too well knew," said lhe letter, "that he had discovered the unfortunate condition in which she was when he visited her;' and she entreated him to keep the matter a secret, in condsideraiion nf the enclosod a hundred dollar bill. A young fop wishing to gain cred it for wit, pulled a spray of petunia from a voung lady's garden, and pre senting it to her, asked, "Why ia thia flower like you . "I give it up," she replied. "Because it ia forever blooming." "Very good: now why ia it like yourself, sir." :. '"1 give it up." "Because it is forever blowing." The New York Sun prints a list of some ten - murders occurring in different sections of fie country within two davs of the hanging of Nixon in New York, of Lsignani m New Jersey, of O'Neil at Mt. Carroll, III., and of Mortimer at San Fran cisco, as evidenoe that the strict n foroement of the death penalty . does not accomplish the purpose of pre venting the reckless taking of human life. i. , ... m i, ft, An Irishman, McHahonr Presi dent of the French Kej nbiic. nsineSS notieeS In Ihe T.swnl rl.. . ons, 25 eon "'. enco insertion, j For legal and transient adTertisemert 2 JStf t .. II . I f . per and .'i"'" v j lines, lor me nrsi mxcriioti, $1 OOpertanare for eacb subsentievt le - sertioa. MEW, PERHAPS, BUT NOT A BftOTncn. The leading naturalist of the world i' Prof. Agassiz. has been lectnrinsr iti San Francisco and is reported by tbo San Francisco Scientific- Press to' have said: "I have pointed out over a h'tin dred specific deferences between the bonal and nervous svstema of the white roan and negro. Indeed, their frames are alike in no particular; Tbere is no bone in the negro's body that is relatively tbe same shape, tize. articulation, or chemically of the same composition as that of the white man. The negro's bones con tain a far greater proportion of cal careous salts than those of the wbiW man. Even tbe negro's blood is chemically a very different floid from that which courses in tbe veins of tbe wbite man. The whole physical organization of a negro differs quito as much from tbe wbite man's as it does from that of the chimpanzee ' that is, m bis bones, muscles nerve and fibres, the chimpanzee has not much lartber to progress to become a white man. This (act science in exorably demonstrates." "Climate bas no more ta do with tbe dfference between tbe wbite man and the negro thau it bas with that between the negro and chimpanzee, or it has between tbe boree and the ass, or the eagle and the owl- Eiclx is a distinct and seperafe creation. Tbe negro and tbe wbite man were created as specifically different as tho owl and the eagle. Tbey were de signed to fill different places in tho system ofi atnre. Tb: negro is no more a negro by accident or misfortune than tbe owl is tbe kind of bird be if by accident or misfortune. The ne gro is no more tbe wbite man's brother than tbe owl is tbe sister of the eagle, or the ass the brother, of tbe horse. How stupendous, and yet how simple, is the doctrine that tbe Almighty Maker of tbe nmverso bas created different species of men just aa He bas different species of tbe lower animals, to nil different places and offices in the grand ma chinery of nature." Tbe name views were long ago ex-, pressed by emineut scientific men in tbe Southern States of America, and innu f pn or tarplra Toara nrro vrorri boldly defended by a distinguished member of the British Scientific As sociation in London. Tbe facts, if tbey are facts, are pregnant with tho' most important political and social deductions which . are sufficiently obvious. THE PIBHEB'S MOVEJttEVT. One of the most instructive indi cations of the drift of popular thought and feeling in tbe West is to be found in the farmers meeting that are now. ta.iug place in so many western States. It is a new thing to see farmers meet at all for tbe re dress of grievances; it shows thai tbere is some wrong which they have endured till they can endure it n longer. Theare a patient and long suffering class of citizens, the last to move in favor of any thing like reform; but when tbey do move in concert they are able to produce an effect. Tbey are moving now; they are form ing 'granges' "farmer's clubs," and other associations of various names, but with a common purpose. One remarkable f-ct is to be noted in all their discussions and resolutions. The Farmers are drifting into oppo sition to tbe policy and practice of the Repuphcan party. They cannot avoid it; the do not aim at party objects; they propose to have noth ing to do with party politics in their granges and clubs, and in this, they are wise. But the moment tbey be gin to discuss their grievances, they aaa that the urexent rrovurniri'v policy of the country is the fountain: bead of those grievances. Tho far mers of ICock Island county, Illinois, discover tbat tbe excessive railroai charges on their fruin are largely the effect of excessive tariffs on rail road materials; the farmers of an other county of that State denouuca t. a 1 tt 1 1 1 late Congress in terms of sturdy in dignation; tbe farmers of Kansas' justly demand that the salt tbey need tor their stock and tbe lumber they need for their houses and fences shall be admitted free of duty; and tbey also hint strongly at an op; csi tion to the National bank; and other, meetings denounce the extravaganco of the National Government at Washington, the corruption and venality of Congess, tbe subserviency of the Government to wealthy and powerful corporations and the ex oessive taxation to which the peop'o are subjected St. Louis llaptiblk-an. . Thb St. Louis Rt-pullwari fears that tbe present administration has not had justice done it. It nr pears that we are indebted to it for a great many blessings that we iTavo un gratfulty forgotten to give it credit fvr. One of the Republican organs, ia that oity thu9 enumerates them: Meanwhile the government still goes on. The mails arrive and de part with their accustomed regulari ty, the taxes are collected; the -pub-lio debt is being paid the field aro growing verdaut, with the proiniso of good harvests, and tbe sun shines upon a contented ami prosperous people, who seem totally unconscious of 'the dreadful tyrauqy by which they are oppressed." We have forgotten that the sua somas, the fields grow verdant, and the people pay their taxes by per mission of the Administration. Let all those who grumble about; tho tariff high rates of . transportation . the salary robbery and Credit Mo JuHier briberies think of this and hold their months. Cattle thieves aro flourishing ia Salt lake. They steal by wholesale taking a thousand he4 at a time. B