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MART. V.
FtOWN.
OFFICE IN PMIRISH'S BLt. FIRST STREET.
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f nemee to the Editor" no attention will
Riven to their oomtnunllons. ',
BUSINKS
AEDS.
D. B. ItlfLl 31. !.,
PHYSICIAN a
surgeon;
ALBANY, pQON,
Office on Main: Btietf etwmm' Terry and
BroiMiM,lbtn. Residence j Third street, two-
uiocki Bast, or uciow, tniumouist utmrca.
s, a. jam,
Attorney
AT LAW,
. ALBANY, tfcuON. ,
"jesfoiffloarnthe Oft House."
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JQomacopathic
Physician,
AtBANY, dQO.
v7n2M,
r. A. CBiauwKTB.
CervellU.
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I.inn Co. -
. CHENOWETJ-& SMITH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
, ,. CorVallia, rejon.
- jarOrric at the Ooui House. VSnCT
j JOHN J. 1HITMEY, ,
iTTORNEY AND COllSELOR AT LAW
. ant Notaryfublic.
Special' attentions elveni) collections.
"Orrica Ud ataira in Pe-ish's Brick.
Albany, Oregon. , I v3n33tf.
S. H. JONES.
JONES & mix,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
ALBANY, 015QON.
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M. V.,
PHYSICIANAN
SURGEON,
ALBANY. OEQON,
fair office on Main street:
Residence on Fourth streo
liver Tumll Store.
four blocks west or
Court House.
vsnisyi.
W. C. TWKpALE,
'.,-.;',', DEALEB H
GROCERIES, PlQVISIONS
' Tobacco, Cigars asdiiniee Notions,
jALbany.'orIuon,
I will strive to keep on haids tho best of ev
erything lu my line, ana ui mem K"
ronoge.
j. w. bal wirr,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Will practice In all the Colrts In the Sd, 8d
and 4th Judicial lMstrlcU;, In the Supreme
Court of Oregon, and In the tnlted Status Dis
trict, and Circuit Court. Offlci up-stairs in front
room iu Parriah'i brick blockFlrst at.
.Albany.
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GEO. R. HELM,
i.vnt..irj inn firvmiocinD at i all
KriUnntl lriu tiuunwtkuiint unas
Will practioe In all the Court of this Slate.
OFFICE i ALi ANY, OjtECON. ,
Not. IV, 1870.!
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
CORNER FRONT ANI WASHINGTON BTS.,
ALBANY OREGON.
N. S. DUBOIS. "M PROPRIETOR.
rlrVj. vtm TSiach U the house. Safe for
;Sbie o'fif Caliuatago Company.
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' BELLINGER & BURMESTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
No. 88 First Street,
PORTLAND, - - OREGON.
Special attention giren to matters In Bankrupt
t ud all biuinoaa in Uaited Status Courts.
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G. F. SfTTLEMIER,
Druggist and Apothecary;
B BALER IN DRtOS, MEDICINES, OILS.
Paints, Window Glaaa, Dyestuffa, Liquors,
jy Soaps, Brushei, Perfuuieries, to.
Freseriptioni Carefully Compounded.
All art olea and Drugs in on line warranted
ih. heat oualitY. i
COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
opzba Hocrsa bixkik, saleic, ohkooh.
MRS. A.J. BIEltf. Proprietor.
This houae will be kept in rst olau order, and
1U auenUvo aud obligui eervauts.
. : N CbinaM Cook Employed.
"T am prepared to furnhh good acoornmoda
Tiinn to thetravellng pulllo, and will use every
U merit the p-ronage of the pubUo.
Jtigular boarding at vorj low ratea.
Im Coaoli Wthe Hoxue,
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;iaiiiyiY Bg housei y.
fi.Ilv inforia the ciiiaons of Albany and yi-
oinltT that has takenj-barge of thl. k.ubli.a
M.nVaB4, ly kenplngh1"" rooms ahd paying
ilrit attrition kuaHeaa, aapeets to auit all
those wKo war mvornnw. .nvit p..u.
UaTWg B.iratoteto ard n nothing bat , ...
jtr'MJtaSa) SaWDressinfe Balobna,
. ..h .a 'wln nira aati.faotioh to all.
i f-Cfci!iii and LW air aoatly out
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T, and n ne aw anuun
C work, which tMieMs la UiXF
faHieek 0,t ' "ring
ttwwhel wf, aa hwetorore. It gives th.
vaarar the frae ef ti tm" to th roof of
koiilb in talking d taadaf. It is the
Bssl' ft A Purrina pat. , .. ,
-Toli eiiraatcd wlllioet pain. . Piatea
doif, whether hu'-a oc di.ld.d. Ofioa ooe
loot east of Conner' IiiiV, npalaiia. . (
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VOL. IX
AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER.
... i ! THE PEDDLEB'8 stoby.
'.'A cold winter's night several years
since, found a stage load of passen
gers gathered together around the
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wanirfireof a tavern bar-room in
we arrived, a peddler drove' up and
ordered that his horse should bo sta
bled for the night. After we had
eaten suppper we repaired to the bar
room, wh
ere the conversation flowed
freely. Several anecdotes had been
relatod, and finally tho peddler was
called upon to ewe us a storv. as men
of his profession are generally full of
auveniures ana anecdotes, tie was a
short, thick-set man, somewhere about
forty years of age, and gave evidenoe
of; great physical strngth. He gave
his name as Lemuel Vinney, and his
uuine was in uover JS . li.
"Well, gentlemen," he commenced,
knocking the ashes from his pipe and
putting it into his pocket," "suppose I
tell you about the last tiling of any
consequence that happened to me.
You see I am now right from, the
West, and on my way home tor win
ter quarters. It was during the early
part of last spring, one pleasant even
ing, that I palled up in front of the door
of a small village tavern in Hancock
county, Indiana. I said it was pleas
ant I meant warm. I went in and
called for supper, and had my horse
taken-care ofi After I had eaten I
sat down in the bar-room. It began
to rain about eight o'clock, and it was
very dark out of doors.
"Now I wanted to be in Jackson
the next morning, for I expected a
load ol goods there tor me, which 1 in
tended to dispose of on my way homo,
The moon would rise about midnight,
and 1 knew if it did not rain 1 could
get along through the mud after that.
So I asked the landlord if he would
see that my horse was fed about mid
night, as: I wished to be off about
two. He expressed some surprise at
this, and asked me why I did not stop
for breakfast. I told him I had sold
my last load about out, and that anew
lot of goods was waiting for me at
Jackson, and I wanted to get there
before the express agent left in the
morning.
"There were a number of persons
sitting round whilo I told this, but I
took little notice of them. Only one
arrested my attention. I had seen
notices that week for the detection of
a notorious robber. The bills gave a
description of his person, and the man
before me answered very well to it.
tie was a tall, well-formed man, rath
er slight framed, and had the appear
ance of a gentleman, save that his face
bore those hard, cruel marks which
an observing man cannot mistake for
but the index ot a villainous disposi
tion. . . ,
"When I went to my bed-chamber
I asked the landlord who that man
was. describing the individual, . He
said that he did not know him ; he
had oome that afternoon, and intended
to leave the next day. The host
asked me why I wished to know, and
ltr was acquainted with mm. - v
"I resolved not tfi let the landlord
into the secret, but to hurry on to
Jackson, and there give information
to the Sheriff, and perhaps he might
reach tho inn before the villain left,
for 1 had no doubt of his identity.
"I had an alarm watch, and having
set it to give the alarm at one o'olook,
I went to sleep. I was aroused at
the proper time, and dressed .myself.
When I reached the yard I found the
clouds passed away, and the moon
was shining brightly. The hostler
was esilv aroused, and by two o'clock
I was on the road. The thud was
deep, and my horse could not travel
verv fast. However, on we went, and
in the course of half an hour I was
olear from the village. At a short
distance ahead lay a large traot of
pine forest. The road lay direot
through this wood, and, as hear as I
can remember; the distance was 12
miles. . Yet the moon was in the east,
and as the road ran nearly -west, I
thought I should have .light enough
"I bad entered the wood and gone
about half a mile, when my wagon
wheels settled with a bump and jerk
into a deep hole. I uttered an ex
clamation of astonishment. But this
was not all I heard another exclama
tion from some source. ' What could
it mean? I looked quietly around,
but could see nothing; yet I knew the
sound J heard was very near me. ai
the hind wheels came up I heard
something tnmble from one side to
the other of my wagon, and I oould
feel the jar occasioned by the move
ment. It was simply a man in mj
oarll I knew this on the instant. Of
course I felt puzzled. At first I im
agined that some one ' had taken this
method to obtain a ride. My next
idea wag that somebody got there to
sleep;' but this passed away aa soon
aa it came, for no m3n would have
broken iuto cart for that purpose.
And that thought gentlmen, opened
my eyes. Who ever was there had
broken in. My next thought was of
the auspicious Individual I had loon
at the tavern. lie heard me say that
my load was all sold " out, aud of
course he supposed that I had lome
money with me. In this he was right,
for I had over two thousand dollars.
I thought he mcnt to leave the carl
when he supposed I had reacted a
safe place, and then oreep over and
shoot ine, or knock me down. All
this naosed through my mind ty the
time I had got a rod from the hale.
In a few moments my resolution
was fanned. Mv horse was knoe
deep in mud, and eould slip off with
out noise. So 1 drew my pisioi, ana
having twined the reins about the
whip stock, caretuliy snppeu aown
tho mud, and as tho cart pasted on i
ent behind and examined the hasp.
Thn ontar door of the cart leu down,
mid is fastened by a hasp which s!'i" !
cvw I'.: aal! nnd is t' , r
wheel wrench stood in a leather bucket
on the side of the cart, and I quickly
took it out and slipped it in the staple,
the iron handle just sliding down,
"Now I had, him I Ikly cart was al
most new, made of a stout frame of
white oak, and made on purpose for
nulla on&. oim m.uo vu pi ,vow .v.
nAh&ri usage, I did not believe any or
dinary man could get out. I got into
my cart as noiselesly as 1 got oft, and
then urged my horse on, still keeping
my pistol handy. I know that a dis
tance of half a mile or further I should
come to a hard road, and so I allowed
my hoi'Be to pick his own way through
the mud, .
"About ten minutes after this
heard a motion in the cart, followei
by a grinding noise, as though some
heavy force was being applied to tbf
door. I said nothing, but the iJe
struck me that the villain might judge
where I sat and shoot up through ti e
top of the cart at me ; sO I sat on tU
foot-board. ; '. ' j ; i,
"Of course I knew my unexpected
passenger was a villian, lor he must
have been awake ever since 1 started,
and nothing in the world but absolute
villainy would have caused uim to re
main quiet so long, and then start up
in this particular place. The thump
ing and pushing grew louder, and
pretty soon I beard a human voice.
"'Lot me out of this I' and he yelled
pretty loud.: -
I lifted my bead so as to make him
think I was in my usual place, and
then asked hir hat ho was doing
there, i .;; ttJ -;
'"Let me out and twill toll you,'
ho replied. '
"'Tell me what you are;' in there
for,' I said. I ' '
" 'I got in here to sleep on rags,' he
answered.
" How did yon get in ?' I asked.
"'Let me out, or I'll Bhoot you
through the head !' .
'At that moment my horse's feet
struck the hard road, and I knew that
the rest of the route to Jackson would
be good going; the distance was twelve
miles. I slipped back on the foot
boand and toot the whip. Id fifteen
minutes we cleared the woods, and
we went at a keen jump, the chap in
side yelling to be let out. Finally he
stopped, and in a few minutes came
the report of a pistol one two
three four one right after theother,
aud heard the balls whiz ovor my'
head. If I had been on my seat, one of
these balls, if not two of them, would
have gone through me. I popped my
head up and gave yell, and then said,
'Oh! God save me I I'm a dead man I
Then I made a shuffling noise as
though I was falling off, and finally
setilod down on the foot-board again.
I now urged up the '.mare by giving
her an occasional poke with the whip
8took, and she peoled it faster than
ever. .
"The man called out to me twice
more pretty soon after this, and as he
fot no reply, be made some tremen
on's efforts to break the door opon,
and as this failed him be made several
attempts at tho top. But I had no
fears of his doing anything there, for
the top of the cart is framed with
dovetails, and each sleeper bolted to
the posts with iron bolts. I had it
made so I could carry loads there.
By-and-by, alter all else had failed,
the scamp commenoed to holler
'whoa' to the horse, and kept it up
until he became hoarse ; A" this lime
I kept quiet, holding the reins firmly
and kept poking the mare with the
stock. We-were not an hour going
that dojen miles not a bit of it. I
hadn't much fear; perhaps I might tell
the truth and say I had none, for I
had a jiood pistol, and more than that,
my ptjssengerwas safe; yet I was
arlad When I came to the flour barrel
faotory that stands at the edge of
Jackn village, and in ten- minutes
more hauled up in front of the tavern,
and found a couple of men in the barn
oleining down some horses.
f'Well old fellow,' said I,' as I got
down and went to the back of the
wagon 'you have had a good ridq,
haven't you?' .
'"Who are you?' he cried; and he
swore as he asked the question. 1 '
'"I am- the man you tried to shoot,'
vas my reply. i,, v :'-.',
y 'Where am I? Let mo out.'
" 'Look here, we've come to a safe
stopping place, and mind! my pistol
is ready for you the moment yon show
yourself, . Now lay quiet.' , t
' "By this time the hosllershad eome
to see what was the matter, and I ex-..
plained the case. After this I got
one of them to run and root the Sher
iff, and tell him what I believed I'd
cot for him. . The first streaks of
light were just coming, and in an hour
it would be broad daylight, In less
than that time the Sheriff came, and
two men with him'. " I told bim the
jjrhole affair in a feW words, and then
made for the cart. He told the chap
inside who he was and if be made the
least resistance he'd be a dead man.
I then slipped the iron wrench out,
and as I let the door down, the fellow
made a spring. -1 canght him by the
ankle and he came down on his face,
and the moment I saw the chap I
recognized him. He was marched to
the lock-up, and I told the Sheriff I
should remain in town all day.
"After breakfast the Sheriff came
down to the tavern and told me that
I had caught the very bird, and if I
would remain until the next morning
I should have the reward of two hun
dred dollars that had been offered.
"I found my goods all Bafe, paid
the express agent for bringing them
from Iudianapolis and then went to
stow them away in my cart The
bullet holes were found in the top of
the vehicle just as I expected. I hey
were in a line, about five inchos apart,
and had I have been where I usually
sit, two of them rauet bare hit me in
the small of the back, and both char
ges of powder were heavy ones.
"I aftorwards found a letter" in the
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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15,
AUDHKKS of d. v. AUAMS TO tub
: r AraoNB p husbandry.
' Bhother Patrons and Brother
Farmers: It is no ordinary occasion
thu on which- we meet, but one of
thf so uuique events that make eras in
the history of the World's progress.
Tie lives of Confucius and of Christ
w.ere religious events of such impor
tance that they are, used as starling
lointg tor the recording ot tune.
From the disoovery of Coperpious,
dates true astronomical knowge.
The declaration of our national inde
pendence is recognized as the birth-.
.lav if aniinllt.v NAWtnra trim law
-feof gravitation may be considered as
Ui ,lln .inrtinM nnint. nf a LnnwIoilfTA fit
true philosophy. Fulton's steam boat
was an event which we may look upon
as the initial point of our present
system ot steam transportation by
water and land; and when Franklin
captured the lightnings he made pos
sible the wonderful system of eleotrio
telegraphy. . As these events were
the. commencement of great results
in religion, astronomy, liberty, philos
ophy, transportation and communica
tion, so may the convention of the
State Grange of Patrons of Husband
ry mark the beginning of a new era
in the agriculture of the great State
oi Missouri. . The occupation in which
we are engaged, from the very nature
of the case, causos us to be scattered
and more isolated from each other
than the members of any other indus
try. While this has someadvantages,
it has also worked to our serious dot
riment. There has, from this cause,
grown up among us a want of sooia
bihty a lack of sufficient acquaint
ance with each other and our own
and each other's wants. Ourdistance
from each other has caused an igno
rance of each other's character and
ability, and we have often overrated
the strength of the inhabitants ot
towns and cities and the members of
other callings. We are, to be truth
ful, compelled to admit that in the raoe
of life we have not been as successful
as our numbers, wealth and common
sense deserves.' This has not happen
ed without a cause? Cad we discov
er it, and if discovered) does it lie in
our power to remove it? My own
oonviction is that the first cause (out
of which others grow) is our insola
tion. We labor on our farms tho
year through; for days sometimes for
weeks, we have little communication
with any human beings, savo our own
families. The routine of the farm
life is not very exoiting; our thoughts
are not called into active use; listless
ness slowly and imperceptibly attaches
itself to our minds, and year after
year follow each other in the swift
procession of time. While we are at
home quietly holding the plow or
wielding the pruning hook the poli
tician is making our laws; the monop
olist fixing the price'of what we buy
or tell, and the merchant regulating
the oommeroe of our 'bountry. . Why
then do we continue in 'it? Simply
becanBe we are too far apart and too
unsociable to know eacti other's wants
and to rouse each other up to action.
One solitary flint kept by itself will
never emit a single spark of fire, but
bring it in violent oontaot with other
flints or highly tempered steel, then
yon will see the fire fly both steel
and flint will chow" tho fire which is in
them, and a conflagration will be
kindled. So it is with us. Alone on
our farms we are like a solitary flint.
There is nothing against which we
can strike hard enough to bring out
the secret fire that is in us. Bug
bring us out, let us strike against each
other's flints, or against monopolists
steel (stoal) and a blaze will be kin
dled by the light of which wrong can
be distinguished from right. ' If the
l atrons Jf Husbandry .will accom
plish this; if it will bring us together,
stir up our, thoughts; rub off the rust;
arouse us fi-om our lethargy ; bring us
out in the' world, flint against flint,
steel against steel, in a fair contest for
life's blessing and honors then the
day in which the work is inaugurated
here will well deserve a high place
among the memorable days in history.
To bring us together in social meet
ing; to cultivate tho friendship and
amenities of life; to inoite and develop
habits ot thought and aotion; to cause
us to bring into us each other's latent
force were "the primary objects of
our order.1 When we meet in granges
and look each other in the face take
each other by the hand--exchange
with each other our inmost thoughts
look over our past and prognosti
cate our future it sets us to thinking;
thinking Bets us to acting, until to-day,
as never before in the history of our
country, the power of the farmer is
felt and his rights acknowledged.
We have, on consultation with our
selves, discovered how that we have
erred ourselves. While onr politi
ticians, speculators and monopolists
have sinned by commission we have
been equally guilty of sinning by
omission. i .
;We are living in the nineteenth
oentury of progress, ot uutiring ac
tivity. The men of this age are full
of "push," and their schemes arc guid
ed by wits kept sharp and bright by
constant use. . Evade it we cannot;
meet it we must, and meeting it we
must conquer or surrender. Can we
meet the enterprise and intelligence
of the age by solitary staying at home
and quietly and unthinkingly tilling
our fields day after day, year after
year? Never, never. We must take
things as we find then and meet them
as they are. We must suoooed in the
battle of life and never say die, bat
puch right straight on to victory.
To do this we must work our hands
less and onr brains more, study more,
think more, sharpen our wits, polish
our thoughts, and hnroy right on the
plane of the nineteenth centnry, meet
our politicians, the monopolies and
tho speoulato.g, and set wit against
wit. mind astrrinst mind, and stern in
to 'rity csrrsiust trickery, Thnt fitted
ami armed trie larincia ot .Missouri,
skill M usJ. on a level vnih tho proud
e l c ;,' ii ff t'.j ?.i'", hi, 1 own and
1873.
not to be accomplished by he Na
tional Grange, or by any dozen men
whom you may eleot officers of the
State Grange. , Yon: yourselves; are
the State Grange; you are the soul of
its soul, and the flesh, of its flesh, and
it will be just what you make it, and
not one iota more; we are assembling
and organizing to fit ourselves agaiust
the sharpest wit in the world;: if We
fail it will be for want of ability, or
want of effort; if we subcoed, it will
be because we individually and col
lectively put our shoulders to the
wheel and lift like men, and not be
cause the National Grange or any
thing else has come along and spread
the mantle of the millionares upon us.
The old saw is still sharp, which says:
"The gods help those who help them
selves.", - . ' ,
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S VOTING.
The Action of Judge Hunt In tbe Case.
A dispatch from Canandaigua,
New York, under date of the 18th
instant saya that , in bis opinion,
Judge Hunt argued as follows:;
The right of voting, or the privilege
of voting, is a right or privilege aris
ing' under ' the constitution of the
State, and not of the United States.
If the right belongs to any particular
person, it is because such person . is
entitled to it as a citizen of the State,
where he offers to exercise it, and not
because of citizenship of the Uuited
States. If tine State of New York
should provide that no peraqp should
vote until He had reached the age of
thirty-one years, or after he : had
reached the age of fifty, or that no
person having gray hair, or who had
not possession of all his limbs should
be entitled to vote, I do not Bee bow
it oould be held to be a violation of
any right derived or held under the
constitution oi the United . States,
If the legislature of the State of New
York should require a higher qualifi
cation in tne voter for representative
in Congress that is required for a
voter for. member ol the:: Assembly,
this would, I conceive, be a violation
of a right belonging to one as a citi
zen of the United States. That right
is in relation to a federal subject or
interest, and can be guaranteed by
the federal constitution, The inabil
ity of a State to abridge the right of
voting on account of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude, is a
federal guaranty. : Its violations
would be the denial of a federal right
that is, a right belonging to the
claimant as a citizen of the United
States. This right herein exists by
virtue of the fifteenth amendment
only. If the fiifteenth amendment
had contained the word "sex," the
argument of (he defense would have
been potent..' She would' have eaid
it was an attempt by a State to deny
the right to vote, because one is of a
particular sex, and is expressly pro
hibited, by that amendment. The
amendment, however, does not con
tain that word. It is limited to race,
color, or previous condition of servi
tude. The legislature of the State
of New York has seen fit to say that
the franchise of voting shall be limit
ed to the male sex. In saying' this,
there is, in my judgment, no viola
tion of the latter or of the spirit of
the. fourteenth amendment. This
view is assumed in the second section
of the fourteenth amendment, which
enacts that if any right to vote for
federal officers is denied by any State
to any of the male inhabitants of
such State, except for crime, the
basis of representation of such State
shall be reduced in ' the proportion
specified. ' Not only does this section
assume that the right of the male in
habitants to vote was the especial
object of its protection, but it assumes
and admits the right of a State, riot
withstanding the existence of 'that
clause, -under which . the defendant
claims to the contrary, to deny , to
any of the male inhabitants the right
to vote which is allowed to other
male inhabitants. The regulation Of
the suffrage is oonceded to the States
as a State's right. The case of Myra
Bradwell, decided at the recent term
of the Supreme Court of the United
States eustaiha both of these po
sitions. ' .
The fourteenth amendment gives
no right to a woman to vote, and the
voting by Miss Anthony was in vio
lation of the law. If she believed she
bad a right to vote, does that relieve
her from the penalty? It is acknowl
edged that the knowledge referred
to in the act referred to relates to her
knowledge of illegality Of the act,
and not to the act of voting, for i it
said that she must know ' that she
voted. Two principles apply here :
First The ignorance of the law
excuses no one.
Second Every one is presumed to
understand and to intend the neces
sary effects of his own acts. ;
- Miss Anthony knew that she was a
woman, and that the constitution of
this State prohibits her from voting.
She intended to violate that provision;
intended to test it perhaps, but cer
tainly intended to violate it. The
necessary effect of her act was to
violate it, and then she is presumed
to have intended it. There was no
ignorance of any fact, but all the
facts being known she undertook to
settle a principle in her own person.
She takes the risk, and she ought not
to shrink from the oonsequences.
The court declined to submit the
case to the jury upon any question
whatever, and directed them to
render a verdict of guilty against the
defendant.
Judge Selden, counsel for Miss
Anthony, then requested the clerk to
poll the jury, which request was de
nied by the court, and a verdict of
guilty was rendered. .
The defendant's counsel excepted
to the decree and action of the court,
and insisted that upon the co' -"-,
tion given to "
there b-
Statr'
Co-
Jones, Marsh, and Hall, inspectors
of election, who registered the names
and received the votes of Miss An
thony and her co-defendants, was
placed on trial. The proof on the
part of the prosecution was similar to
that in the case of Miss Anthony.
The defense proved the good faith of
the parties accused m receiving . the
the votes, and rested. The case was
argued on the part , of defendants by
Van Voorhies, of, Rochester. At
the close of his argument the do.
fendant's counsel asked to be permit
ted to address' the 'jury in . their
behalf, which request was refused by
the court, , He then asked the court
to charge the jury, that, if the jury
believed that the defendants acted
honestly and according to their best
judgment, they should be acquitted.
This the Court refused.' ,
Judge Hunt then announced his
decision overruling the defense and
stated that instead of ordering a ver
dict of guilty, as he did in the case
of Miss Anthony he would submit
the case to the jury, with instructions
that there was no justification for the
act of the defendants, and that in
effect they were all guilty; and then
stated to the jury that they could
agree in their places or retire for de
liberation. The jury chose the lat
ter and retired.-
The Post in its latest edition oon
tradicteeits statement made earlier in
the day, that Drew manipulated the
late corner in Erie stock, and says it
is well understood that nearly all the
stock: is held in. Europe, principally
in London. Since the recent elec
tion there has been a disposition on
the part of English holders to sell
stock. The price being higher here
than in London, they have sent over
orders to sell in this market. Their
brokers have executed their orders,
selling in advance of the arrival of
Stock, and trusting to their ability to
borrow for deliveries from day to
day. : The result is that those few
German banking firms who hold
Erie here, availed themselves of the
situation, and have refused to lend
their : stock ' or sell except at high
price. . They have the power, and
will probably keep the corner . up
until steamers arrive having on board
Erie stock recently shipped from
London.
Liberty .According to McMa-Hoisr.-
The new Prefect of theKhone,
France, seems to be sufficiently con
servative. Having prohibited the
sale of newspapers in the streets of
Lyons, and civil burials from taking
place after seven a. m., he has now
suspended the Petit Lyonniaa for
two months, La France llepuplicaine
for indefinite period, and has ordered
the prosecution of iheJPregea deLyon,
for what is considered a very innocent
joke. '
This reminds one of the liberty in
this country some ten years ago, when
the radicals bad full sway, with a
million bayonets to support them.
It seems that every .member oi
Congress eleot who holds the proper
certificate and whose seat is not con
tested, now draws a salary monthly
at the rate of $625 per month. Thus,
there having been no March session,
members may draw $5,625. before
they take their seats iu December,
which is $025 more than the whole
amount of the old salary, and is to
be paid before a day's service bas
been rendered, or before even the
form ef-membership has been com
plied with. .
On Saturday afternoon a State
eonstable, assisted by local officers,
visited a large number of saloons in
Worcester (Massachusetts), where
beer is sold, and seized all that could
be found, the total amount being 100
kegs. Immediately after the seizure
some of. the saloon-keepers got a new
stock, and second seizure was
made. In the evening nearly all the
saloons were open and doing busi
ness until their stock vas exhausted.
A great earthquake was felt at
Valparaiso1 July 8th. The shocks
were worse thanjthose of 1S37.: A great
deal of damage was done to many
houses and churches, though the
affair was nothing compared with the
late earthquake at San Salvador.
Some, few lives were lost by the
falling of walls. One lady died from
fear.
Grace Greenwood relates as an in
stance of the extravagance of New
England humor that when a young
farmer's wife made her first boy's
pants precisely as ample before as be
hind, the father exclaimed, "Good
ness! he won't know whether he's
going to school or coming homo.''
A Meadvilljn Pa., girl who was look
ing at a circus clown whirling a hat with
a stick, remarked to her young man
that she "need to do that." The
young man was looking at a contor
tionist in another part of the arena
who had his legs tied around bis neck,
and an explanation was necessary.
The will of a Kentuckian, which
was made before his marriage, and
gave all his property to the lady who
afterwards beoame his wife, bas been
successfully contested by his legal
heir, it being held that the marriage
acted as a revocation, and that the
widow is entitled to only one-third.
Mark Twain, in speaking' of canni
balism, grows serious for ODoe, and
solemnly declares that for his own
part "he would go hungry for two
days rather than eat an old personal
friend." ' .
Why is blind man's buff like sym
pathy? Because it's a feller feeling
for a feller critturl . Another feller
Bttva the same would apply to the
' -w beaded boy who acratcbid.
h the difference bet.v
twC
NO. I
TUB PATRONS IN CALIFORNIA.
A State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry was organized in Call
fornia last week: by N. W. Garret-
son, Deputy of the National Grange.
Thirty-five Granges ; were repre
sented.-: The Convention adopted
the following::.'.: , ; :
. ii "m DECLARATION 0 POKPOSESY
1st. That our order having- been
recently organized in California, we
have accomplished little bj yet to
wards the furtherance of our objects
and principles; but, from the ear
nestness with which our people are
.entering into this movement, we feel
confident that we can and will suc
ceed in carrying out our purposes.
2d. We beg leave further to report
the following resolutions expressive
of our intentions as Patrons of Hus
bandry. .,; "
Resolved, Tbdt in addition to the
various purposes of Patrons of Hus
bandry, as set fourth in our Consti
tution and 5y-Jjaws, looking to our
social, intellectual and material ad
vancement, we, as the State Grange
of California, believe it our duty to
mature and put in practice, through
our subordinate and state ttrange,
at the earliest possible date, the most
feasible and eneotunl plans for ac
complishing the following objects,
to-wit : ,,.,'!
1st. The establishment of co-operative
systems of trade, by which pro
ducers and consumers shall deal as
directly with each other as possible.
2d. The establishment of .banks
from which farmers can obtain loans
at reasonable rates of interest.
3d. The purchases of farmers im
plements, : machinery and sacks at
the manufacurer s lowest rates, mak
ing no invidious distinction in the
mode of purchasing headers, and
sewing maobines.
4th. The disposal of our grain and
other farm productions at the high
est market values;' or, direct ship
ments on the most favorable terms;
or, the storage of our grain at low
rates, drawing upon it advances to
the' largest amounts practicable at
the lowest rates of interest, reoeiving
saok for sack on its delivery.
6th. The establishment of Grange
stores.
. 6th. The gradual substitution of
the cash for the credit system.
7th. The eventual introduction cf
shipment in. the bulk.
- Resolved,) That we believe it our
duty to endeavor to secure by all le
gitimate means such legislation as
will best protect us against all ills of
which we may justly complain; to
labor for the reduction and regula
tion of railroad freights and fares;
and the reduction and regulation of
ocean freights by reducing port char
ges; by abolishing the present sys
tem of recbartenng ships; by giving
timely information to ship-owners
throughout the world of the amount
Of freight we can furnish them,- with
a view to chartering sumoient ton
nage for our own purposes; and, by
offering other inducements, to draw
to our coast such shipping as will
amply meet the requirements of each
season, including among these in
ducements the1 importation to our
State of the best classes' of European
laborers. : ... ;u V) ;
Resolved, That, since the success of
general systems of irrigation for our
vast inland valleys is now recognized
as identical with successful farming,
it is a paramount duty of our State
and Subordinate Granges to keep
constantly in view the best means of
protecting all the rights and interests
of farmers; to do everything in their
power to oo-operarte effectively with
our National and : State Govern
ments, and with reasonable and safe
offers of capitalists to secure for
California that proper distribution
of her surplus waters which Will in
sure certainty of crops and variety
of productions, make our farms self-
sustaining and nil our great valleys
with millions of prosperous people,
where thousands by our present
system of farming obtain for them
selves at best but a precarious exis
tence, i .
Resolved, That the interests of far
mers, meohahics and onr laboring
classes are too olosely allied to admit
of any estrangement, and we deem
it our duty to patronize home
mechanics in preference to foreign
ones, and would here say that ours
is not an organization for the pur
pose of reducing or degrading
mechanical or field labor, but we
consider it our best interest to bestow
a liberal patronage and fair re
munerative wages on the mechanical
and laboring skill of the country, j
Although we propose to dispense
with the service of "middle men"'
and buy direct from the manufactur
er, while we ship direct to the con
sumer, we fail to soe in what way the
mechanic or laboring man is to be in
jured. Our experience already proves
there is a material difference between
the manufacturers' price and that of
the retail dealer, also between the
producers' price and that of the Eu
ropean consumer.
These differences being in on'f fa
vor, when we deal directly with the
manufacturer and consumer, we
have money left to buy other manu
factured article- and extend oivr va
rious enterprises, thus increasing in
stead of diminishing the demand fur
mechanical and other skilled labbr.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published officially as the Declara
tion of Purposes of the State Grunge
of California;.
The following named officer were
elected: J. W. A. Wright, Master;
J. M. Hamilton, Overseer; Thomas
II. Merry, Lecturer; N. L; Allen,
Steward; W. M. Jackson, Assistant
Steward; W. H. Baxter, Sec'y.,-1 J.
I. Fowler, C?ate Keeper; T. H. Hy
att, Chaphnin; lira. J. O. Gardner,
Lady Assistant Steward; ?fs; G. W.
Dayis, Cerea; Mri L.-'xtur,
irnoi,!).;"
" . -p'Vi.'"-3
;iv
. Flora.
Business notices in the LocJftv Colubiua,
oents per Hoe, each insertion. g
For legal and, transput advertisortu'i't ?2
per square of 12 linos, fur the Srnt fmw
and $1 00 per square for each subnequoi :
aertion. .
The first Grange was orgivm'
1868, in Minnesota, the st'vo
Iowa and soon after the ordr
troduced into Wisconsin and III , ,
For four years it made b-it Mile
headway. At the close of . 1871 it '
numbered in the whole West only '
sixty thousand members, lut tho
farmers by this time began to bo .
educated into the benefits nccruing
from the organization ; both in a
social and co-operative business point
of view a boy next saw tuattnrougu
these Granges the farmers' power
could be greatly augmented While
recent events, especially the f fcarV ,
against railroad monopolies, de"
veloped thff movement evorywherd
so that to-day the order numbers
half a million members. ,
The order has a grantl hoa'd styled
the National Grange', which -meets'
every two years, while the Stato'
Granges are required to meet fitery
year, and thd subordinate Gran,'
every montlf, oi as often as necessak. i
ry. In the inferior branches women!
as well as men are admitted to all the
degrees (which are four) and are also
allowed to hold office. "The fifth
degree is conferred upon men only,
and is peculiar to the State Grangos.
Those, only are eligible who hy'
served as Masters of subordiuftb .
bodies. The sixth degree is oon
ferred only on members of the Coun-
cil of the National Granges. This
Council is composed of Masters and
Past Masters of the State Granges.
The Council meets once in every year;
The seventh is the hihes to which :
any patron can attain. It is con-
ferred only on members of the'
National Senate, which is componed
of members of the Council who have
served one year in that body. The
functions of the Council and Se;'
are similar to those of Representa
tives and Senators iri legislative
bodies. The supreme executive
authority in the Order is lodged in
the Master of the National Grange;
but each subordinate Grange has its
own Master, Overseer, Lecturer and
other officers. The halls or rooms'
used for the meeting of many Of the :
subordinate Grange are elegantly
fitted up, and furnished with every
attraction and incentive to attSi-
dance. Libraries some of the:;:
number thousands of Volumes
pianos, pictures, ohess tables, and iff
fact everything that may serve y
amuse and instruct are the almoi
invariable concomitants of thesi
places. Private concerts and social
parties are of frequent occurence,',
the very intimacy thus engendered i
rendering the body more firm nud
the action of the organization more
Oombined arid powerful.''
PACIFIC COASTER
The Portland ferryman has-tAkh a
little soul that when the Salem firo
m'got on his boatSkTrofis tho river
to the Dre; tie astea-yferi for tiioir
fare, find threatened td atop , tho -engine
if they didn't "punglo." It
is needless to say that the boys didn't
pay, and also wont across jn a hurry;
too. ! , ! ,
The stone in the foundation of tha
State Capitol building has lately been
measured and found to contain 2,350
perch of rough rock. For this ro
.
there was paid at tho quarry 75 conl,,'
per perch laid down at the building,'
making a sum of $1,418, all of which
has been paid out to parties living in
the city.
The hoodlum's in Junction City,
sifter getting a superfluous amount of '-
Bacdhus' nectar aboard, attacked and
put to flight the peace-loving Good
Templars, as they were going homo
from their last meeting. The afore
said hoodlums were the next morn-
ing arrested before a different kind "
of bar than that they patronized on
the evening of their hilarity, the'
which process reduced their finances'
considerably.
A lady in' Providence was accosted!
4 teti evenings agb by ; a . F'ranr;;ij4,
who banded her a ,
tainicg a sum of rao
had stolen from" her t
fofe'. lie simply retr
it back, "L took it.
company, and temptc
meant to' keep it."
Ai professW
plaining to a .
the theory aoci
body is renewed evei , e
nam, --.inus, iUiss ii.. in sev
you wul in reality, be to
tf. "1 reftlly hope I f
do-.
murely responded the young
la.1
casting down her eypj- ' '
A- Tm.l. ..ll.iTtlsll.pd nil Isinnronr.
1"..'
"Hit sniirincs. sip-," "In in
11 V lLr
to'untry, m"y dailiua, you mi
gilt my
"Why
didn't yon remain iri your dear conu ,
try,' thenr Muso we- had no aur-t
pence, tne joWel." y
A youth who was taking an airing
in tho country tried to amiiHO himaelt'
by tiuizzinR an old farmer about his
bald head, but Was extinguished by
the old man, who solemnly remark
ed r "loung man, when my head
gets rdffc as yours, x can raiso hair to'
self."
Katy, cgod three years was tryir
to think of ft pro.iHii.nt surr"'"
her father ou bis tirthdajr''
she cried: "I know,
know." "ft'hat, my dea.
me a little hi !"r without
thing to pai;? .'1
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