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Newspaper Page TextSTATU RIGHTS DBMOCRA J OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. , ibd bvbt rumr, r tjrr.u..T. V. BROWN. j OFFICE IK PARaiSK'BlOCIC, FIRST STREET, ; iWlMHj iq AnrAicon I Out year, t3f fill . tki, tS i Thro moHthi, (1 ; On raonth, 60 '!Si,n t'oplel, 12) osnts. Crrondentl writing over assumed siiroa or anonymously, must nuke known thlr f pr rmm.s lo tb. Kdltor, or no attention will , P'rfve, to tbelr oomraunloatlons. I', i-US.INESS CARDS. .B. RICE, M. . ; fHYSIIAN ; & SURGEON, iOrrme on Main fltroet, betwen Fnrry and pmtlMblii. Kui)dnoe on Third itrtmt, two : .lin!M wit, w wiuwi me rauiuoawi Unuron, 8. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I ' " ALBANY, OllEOON. WOfllo In trio Court House. t VSnlitf. W. 0. JONES, M. D. ftlomosopathic Physician, ALBANY, OBEuON. ''' V7n2(lyl. " L. A. CBIMOWBTB. I. IT. SUITS. Comllii. Una Co, CHENOWETH t SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, oorralus, Oregon. "0rric at tho Court Uouie. v8n27 JOUST J. WUITNEY, JTTOBNEY JJiD COUNSELOR AT LAW , . . nd Notary Public. ' ftpeeial attentions givon to oolloctions. Orrio Up stairs in Psrrilk'i Brick. Albany, Oregon. Y3n33tf. . H. JOKES. I HIIL JONES & DILL, JrHiSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBANY, 0RE00N. T. W. HARRIS, M. ., PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. V Ofltae on Main street, over TurrcH's Btore. fte.ldonae on Fourth street, four blooks west of Court House. vSnlSyl. W. C. TWEEDALE, DBALBRIrT ' GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. ' Tabaooo, Oigars and Yankee Notions, ALBANY, OREGON. I will strive to keep on hands the best of ev erything in my lino, and to merit public patr ronage. vBnilSyl, J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Will practice In all the Courti In the 2d, 8d and tth Judicial District; In the Supremo Court of Oregon, and in the United States Dis trict and Circuit Court. Office up-stalrs in front ' room lu Fan-bill's brick block, First St., Albany, Oregon. vUnlttyl, GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice In all the Courti of this State. , , OFFICE! ALBANY, OREflON. Nov. 11, 1870. ' . ST. CHARLES HOTEL, CORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON BTS., ALBANY, OREGON. N,1 S. LUBQIS. PROPRIETOR. This bouse li the most commodious In the iltv. Table supplied with the best the market "fiords. Free coach to the house. Bale for valuables. Office of Corvallls Stage Company. G. F. SETTLEMIER, Druggist and Apothecary! SEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Glass, Dyestiiffs, Liquors, jj Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeriei, An. Prescription. Carefully Compounded. All art cles and Drogs in our Una warranted f Ih. best quality. first street, Post OOee building, Albany. JuL16v6n48yl COMMERCIAL HpTEL. OriM KOTOW BLOOK, SALM, OBrJOOK. MBS. A.J. BsELT, Proprietor. This house will be kept In first class order, and with attentive and obliging servants. No Chinese CoeJca Employed. I am prepared to furnish good aocommoda Sn. ravelin, public, and wU' us. every ndeavor to merit the patronage of the public Uegular boarding at very low rates. Fret Coaob to the House. .'' v8nJ7tf. . ALBANY BATH HOUSE I THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT felly luform tbe oltiiens of Albany and vi etarty that he has taken charge of ton BstaWisD nnit, and, by keeping clean room, and paying strict attention to business, .snoots to suit all thos. who may favor him with the r patronage. Baring heretofore carried on nothing bat Flrat-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, b. tsneets to give entire satHfactlon to all. 'r-Childien and Ladle.' Heir neatly cut ..drtampeeed. JOSEPH WEBBER. SOMETHING NEW Jrf DENTISTRY 1 PJJU JE. O. SMITH, KrV8f , HAS LOOATEB IW ATBANY f' " V and bal (lie new Invention Q jy, v , (i mMe wesh, wh eonslnts tn --y wsam Hie fnw niie of the tongo. to toa roof of th. nurtiUi in taHtlng w wisg. ... - i--Bmrrh Fsrv patent. J; . w,L, k.n. or divided. Offlo n deot tut of Conner's Bank, p stairs. ; r vfntf. ' ' 1 ' FRANKLIN; i: R. ItERRKS, Prop. wrTf,!, KKffl rONBTANTT.Y 0" HANS i tl' iKSt moat the market afforrls, jnj will lv 1 fud reaoy K arooiniBuw thv " hmV favor him with a " a u t"- mastetjiri paid for portB .WJI-tvAStl'TE Aril AFT S IIATK I'M L r L I titer mt. tn i !' v wtil i f nostrum A'y to t--w . en 'i i. .'I s aad K-l " A V f eaeh wm Al wsi nath a best frwrs A'" vr Tsr Porflaud an.t iBteroHwltAte plaoeean lfm 4liMfMtok A Go's wharf, i F 'mi nlM. i. I. ! J. H, I71. ..." 1 Aj. "" """I mwmmmmaammm-mM-JL----. Hnm IWM B ,M , bii, ii, ; j ' , 'tmi , f t'ii: ill k i iiimVi'jiiIi i iiijuimij. iii, b , wjNl ZTfjmimmmm i , urn i jnr t V'UX. ' ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1873. ;. ',': y ( ';NO: 2 plIKK BONO FOB PATItONS. Wnluin the "Oshkosh Times" that a ladv inininnaie, Mrs. M. F. Tucker. tcobIvbi) the prlmlllzs, offered by the National Grango, "'f ""owing approved Bong : rsourstognurdasaeredtrust, ' we shape a Heaven born nlan i Jo noble purpose wise and Just, j u aia our lellowman. from Maine to California's slopo, , . itesound the reapers' sons: i nVe oome to build the nation's hope. p liny uie giant Wrong." , j pot long have avarlee and groed with ooffers running o'er. f ' - brought sorrow, and distress, and need, To labor's humble door. , , From Maine to California's slope; , ncsound the reapers' song j -We oome to build the nation's hope, To slay the giant Wrong." . it royal road to place and powor, . , , Have rank and title been : . Ve herald the usplcioui4r9ur, When honest worth may win. From Mains to California's slopo. Resound the reapers' song i "We come to build the nation's hope, . To slay the giant Wrong." ( Let every heart and hand unite - : ' In the benignant plan; : The noblo purpose, Just and right, v To aid our fellow man. " From Maine to California's slope, . Resound th9 reapers' song; i ."Weoome to build the nation's hope, ,; Toalay the giant Wrong." KOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER. j . ! A TRUE STORY.- ' Tlie ancestors of tbe good people o these United States came to this country ostensibly to escape, the per-" seditions of aristocralio England,-but, alas lor the inconsistency of human nature, they were yery lar lrom abandoning aristooracy when they left the mother ' country. They brought it with them, together xwith all its aocompanvina notions and ab surdities, an J have left it to their clnl- rei as an-iualienable legacy whioh we seem to be trying to increase every day. ' p' 1 In the days ot the good coloi.y or Virginia, the distinctions between rich and poor were based upon laws, uicn, like tnose ol the Modes and Persians, altered not. One of the molt devout followers of this 'code was a.wealthy planter, living in what wai known as the JNonhern JS'eck. lie was in all other respects, a frank, pen-hearted, manly gentleman, but estimate ot his leliow-men ' was fouided upon the principle that gov- Lyntri his selection of horses blood. Wealth, too, was by no means an un important feature with him. He had our human weakness, and like all of us as influenced more than lie ever believed by pounds, shillings, aud pente. mis Mr. l had quite a large family, and among them was a daugh ter whose beauty was the standing toist ot the country. She was just gb.te.en, and budding into a lovely oruanhood. Not only was she beau tiful in person, but ber amiable dispo sition and many accomplishments nado her more than ordinary attrac tive, and half the gentlemen of the Northern Neck were already sighing for her love. There was in tbe country at this time, a young man who was already rising high in tbe esteem ot his neigh bors. He came bf a good family, but was as yet, a poor surveyor, who had taught himself his profession, and who had spent much ot his manhood tra versing forests with nothing but his compass for bis guide, and his chain tor his companion, locating lands and settling .disputed , titles. He was a model of manly beaty and exoelled in all the varied feats of strength in which the old-time Americaus took such a pride. He was calm and re served, and there was about him a digmned sweetness ot demeanor that accorded well with bis irank inde pendence of character. He was t great favorite with all who knew him, and there was no gathering to which be was not asked. Mr. G. seemed especially to like .the young man, and it was not long before he insisted the latter should abandon all ceremony in his visits to him, and come and go when he pleased. The invitation was heart ily given and as promptly accepted. The young man liked the planter, and he found the society of. the beautiful Mary G a very strong attraction. The result was that he was frequently at the planter's residence; so frequent ly, indeed, Mrs. G felt called op to ask her husband if he did not think it wrong to permit him to en joy such unreserved intercourse with their daughter. The father only laughed at the idea, and said he hoped his daughter knew her position too well to allow anything like love for a poor surveyor lo blind her to ber duty to her family. ' Nevertheless, Mary G was not so fully impressed with this conviction of duty as was her father. She found more1 to admire in the poor surveyor than in all her wealthy and aristocral io suitors, and, almost before she knew it, her heart passed out of her keeping, and was given to him. She loves him with all the honesty and devotion of ber pure heart, and she would have thought it a happiness to go oat with him into the wilderness and share his fatigues and troubles, no matter how much sorrow they brought her. Nor did she love him in vain. The young man, whose knowledge of the world was afterwards so thorough, had not been learned to consider as binding the distinctions which society drew1 between his position and that of the lady. He knew that in all that makts a man, in integrity and houesty of purpose, he was the equal of anyone, lie (elieved that except in wealth, he toot upon a perlect equality with and loved ber honestly antully, and, no soonor had he hi. .l 4ail himself upon the state of his em feelings than ho confessed bis de v ion. simply and truthfully, and re-c-i from his lady's lips the awor a. : t!- it she Iced him very dearly. coniifg to ocrppy doubtful posi -SLVi - " I I tion, or to cause the lady to conoeal aught from her parents, tho young man frankly and manfully asked Mr. G , for his daughter's hand, Very anrry grew the planter as he listened to the audacious proposal. lie stormed and swore furiously, and de nounced the young man as an ungrate ful and insolent upstart. . "My daughter has always been ac customed to riding in her own car riage," he thundered. "Who are you, sir?" . "A gentleman, sir," replied the young man quietly, and raising, he lelt the house. The lovers were parted. Tbe lady married soon after a wealthy plainer, and the young man went out again in to the world to battle with his heart, and conquer his unhappy passion. He subdued It, but although he after wards married a woman Whom he loved honestly and truthfully, and who was worthy of bis love, he was never wholly dead to his first love. . The time passed on, and the young man began to reap, the reward of bis labors. ' Ho had never been to the house of Mr. G 7 since his cruel re pulse by tbe planter, but the latter could not forget him, as his name soon became familiar in every Virgin ian household. Higher and higher he rose every year, until he had gained a position from which he could look down upon the planter. Wealth came.to him, too. When the great struggle for independence dawned, he was in his prime, a happy husband, and one of the most distinguished men in America. The struggle went on, and soon tho "poor surveyor" held the highest and proudest position in the land. ' ; When the American army passed in triumph through the streets of Wil- liamsburgh, the ancient capital of Vir ginia, after the surrender of Cornwal lis, the officer riding at the bead ot the column, .chanced to glance tip at one of the neighboring balconies which was crowded with ladies. Recognizing one of them, he raised his hat and bowed profoundly. 1 There was a commotion in the balcony, aud some one called for water, saying Mrs. Lee had fainted. Turning to a young man who rode near him, the officer said, gravely : "Henry, I tear your mother has fainted; you had better go to her." . Ihe speaker was George Washing ton, once the poor surveyor, vbut then commander-in-Chief of the armies ot the United Stales. The young man was Uolonel Henry Lee, the com mander of the famous "Light Cavalry Legion," and the lady his mother, and formerly Miss G , the belle of tho "JNorthern JSeok." TUB GENEVA AWARD. , Heavy Commission claims for the Syudl wte. Bffeets of Bang-Una legislation. There is authority for stating that the Syndicate will present a claim for a commission on the five per cent. bonds in winch the (jrenova award is to be invested under the act of Con gress. I his will result in a reduction of tbe principal to tbe amount of $155,000. It is also supposed that, owing to tbe negligence of Congress in providing a court or board for the immediate payment of the' claims, that the claimants will be entitled to interest from the date of the receipt of the money up to the time of set tlement, which cannot possibly be in less than a year. , , This statement has often been de nied by parties who did not take the trouble to hunt up the law and tbe facts. The contract between the Government and the Syndicate al lows tbe latter full oontrol of tbe five per cent, bonds until the 1st of December next, and any person pur chasing such bonds, tbe Government included, must obtain them from the Syndicate. The law on the subject, approved March 3d last, provides that immedi ately upon the payment awarded to, the United States by the Tribunal of Arbitration of Geneva, to be paid by the ' Government of Great Britain, tbe same shall be paid into the treas ury and ued to redeem, so far as it may, tbe public debt of the United States; and the amount equal to the debt so redeemed shall be invested in the fiver per cent, registered bonds of the United States, to be held sub ject to tbe future disposition of Con gress. The Syndicate has not, as baa been stated, presented any such claims as mentioned above, but it is stated that they will do so when the investment is made in accordance with the law recited above. BEAUTY OP KADICALISK. . Legal proceedings have been taken in South Carolina for the purpose ot judicially invalidating about $7,OU0, 0U0 of the fraudulent debt of that State. The Charleston JYeus and Courier has no doubt of the proceed ings, and congratulates the taxpayers upon the prospeot, But whatever the courts of the State may decide in the matter, the debt in question is already practically disavowed by the State Legislature. This body is Re publican now, as it was when the laws were passed under color of perver sion ot which the bonds now contest ed were corruptly issued, but the ne gro members, who largely predomi nate, find plenty of use for all the cash that can be squeezed ont of the taxpayers and begrudge even the pay ment ot interest on tbe honest and ondisptited portion of the State debt. Of course they will not, if they can help, allow the cash to elude their clutches for the satisfaction of the portion whioh is notoriously tainted with corruption and fraud, The South Carolina Legislature under stands addition, division and repudia tion Jiurlimjton (Iowa) Gazette. It is a carious fact that the farm ers of Illinois or Missouri must sell two bushels of ripe corn to get eno jgh money to buy k can of sweet corn, put op green au'd holding less man quart. ( SKETCH OF A UKMOCRATIO ADMIN. , j (, .riajXHASlON. .' - i An article of much interest will be found in the last number of the Atlan tic Monthly issued for August. It is attractive from' its style; in which few periodical writers approach its au thor, Mr. Parton, but it Is also im portant because it revives) now tbe memory of those traditions, of good government Which are fast) fading out of mind. It is a chapter in the life of Thomas Jefferson, end' is en titled The Art of Being President. What is also important is that the art does not seem difficult. It was so exercised by Jefferson as to estab lish rules.of good civil administration, and these were adhered to so closely by Madison and Monroe , that ' tbe whole period of their successive terms, extending over twenty-four years, was an example of the practical effect in government of what are now known as - Democratic principles. Except during the war with Great Britain, in the term of Madison, it was a time of tranquility. Mr. Par ton is under, We suppose, a sort of political obligation to ': suggest the single possible objection, the exten sion of slavery but the instance of this was the peaceful acquisition by purchase, for a.trifling sum, of the vast region west of the Mississippi, by which the Oontrol of that river and the possession of its mouth we acquired an act of statesmanship and the foresight so important to our country that one cannot but smile at any objection to it now. In after times-followed the acquisition of Texas, in which foreign powers were conspirinig to foster a rival and hostile State; and the completion of our national territory by its extension to the ooast of the Pacific, in the ac quisition of California, These are toe only "lanlts that can be im puted to a Democratic policy. Of all else our author says: Vine old Democratic party ruled the United States for sixty years, for no other reason than that on every leading issue except one the exten sion of slavery, the rock on which it struck and went to pieces tbe Democratic party was right." cut as there is now no contiguous and desirable territory for us to act quire, and slavery exists no more, it is ibteresting to look at the principles of civil administration of Jefferson, to which ingenuity can, no longer frame a plausible objection. It is pleasant to find that there was nothing extraordinary, or mysterious, or difficult about .them. They seem so simple and easy that we are in danger of under-estimating the merit of the great man who discarded Eng lish traditions which were then bo strong in the minds of men born British subjects, and justly attached to many free institutions of the moth er country. It was the singular ele vation and purity of Washington s character that saved the formative character of the new government from conforming with too much fidel ity to the abuses as well as the mer its of the old government. But it was for Jefferson to inaugurate a system bo simple, natural, and ap plicable to tbe administration of a free ' popular government that it seems to demand not the signal and heroio virtues of a Washington rarely met with in the- history of mankind but only tbe simple, com mon qualities of honesty and good sense. One is struck, in reading the history of Jefferson's administration, with tbe ease which government may be well administered in a time of tranquility. There is an obviousness about bis policy that seems to sug gest that any man ot good intention and fair ability could copy it It was a signal illustration of that simple maxim that honesty is tbe best policy. His first care was to simplify the management of the finances, which, the ingenuity of Hamilton made complex and abstruse, in accordance with the inclination of his subtle mind. President Jefferson recom mended tho discbarge of all super fluous officers. Ho said the public would never be made to believe that an appointment of a relative is made on the ground of merit alone, unin fluenced by family views.- . He de manded honesty and capacity in every office bolder. It is scarcely possible to imagine in Jefferson's time a creature like Bingham, tbe double hero of the Credit Mobilier and the salary grab, rewarded with a foreign mission. On the subject of pardons, bis practice was thus laid down by him self: , 1. "To entitle a criminal to tbe remission of the penalty, extraordi nary and singular considerations are necessary ; otherwise, to pardon the criminal would be to repeal the law that condemned him. 2. The opinion of the judges who sat in the case, I have regarded as indispensible to ground a pardon. We cannot imagine in Jefferson's time the prompt pardon of an elec tion cheat at the request of other cheats so infamous that their names could not be disclosed to tbe public. He maintained the liberty of the press, though it was largely in tbe hands of bis opponents. In his day, the attempt of a police oourt at the Capital to restrain tbe press of the city of New York would have been an impossible experiment. He said to bis friends: "Let ub prove. to the world that an administration which has nothing to conceal has nothing to fear from the press.", His administration was admirable, but its chief lesson is that it was not inimitable its traits are not those that bespeak a "Washington or Bona part, or a Richelieu. It was not a personal administration, but a sys tem founded on tbe natural, funda mental principles of a popular gov ernment. They are ' as applicable now as tlioy ever were. They are as acceptable now to the mass of tbe people as Ibey ever were. For the, corruption under wuicn cur countryame time, groans is tbe corruption of back politicians and office-holders, and great as their-number 1b, tbey are still the few as compared with the people who are the many. ; The problem of tbe day, in our city as in our country, is to get government ad ministered in the interest of the many, and not of tbe few. The government of tbe few is an aristo cracy whethr it is made up of Dukes and Barons, v-bo are legis lators by birth without any election, or whether it is made up of election cheats and thievs, who are legisla tors and office-holders without any real election getting in by a fraudu lent election law. ' The iDemocratio principles of Jefferson put into practice will suffice to restore and purify our government. True reform is completely expressed in his test for office holders "is. he honest, is he capable, is be faithful to the Constitution?" Let those who read this interesting sketch in the Atlantio Monthly consider whether a government in tbe interest of , the many, instead of the corrupt rings who are tbe few, is an impossible thing to re-establish. Let us make j the effoit here in our own oity. 1 ,- BUCHANAN'S PLEASURE TBtP. ' Apropos to Mr. Buchanan, t must tell you a story of his administration which I had not long ago from 'one who knew the facts. In those days the use of a publio vessel by -orfioials for a private' purpose was a rarity, but it seems that there was a grand excursion on the "Harriet Lane," -at which Secretary Cobb, of the Treas ury Department, waB the presiding genius, and a number of officials, sec retaries, etc, "assisted." They had ladies along music, dancing, wine, and a good time generally. Mr. Bu chanan's righteous soul was much ex ercised when he heard of it. He dis liked official junketing or merry-makings oh general principles, but the main point with him was a dread lest somehow or other the expeuses ot the frolio might be saddled on the treas ury. He consulted his law officer about it, fretted a good deal, ' swore mildly, and finally solved the prob lem. Said he, decisively : "There is one thing I can do I can pay the bill myself." Imagine bow he must have been Wrought up, when he announced such a conclusion; for the old fellow valued his money, and disbursed it carefully, even if he did not think it respectable to be holding his hand open for gifts all the time. The next time the cabinet met, Mr. Buchanan turned to his Seoretary of tbe Treas ury, and said: - "Mr. Cobb, J want you to show me the bill of expenses of the trip of tbe 'Harriet Lane.1" Cobb promised, but took good oare after the oabinet adjourued to ask a brother official, who knew the secret, what the old fellow meant by asking him for the bill of the "Harriet Lane" trip, .- "Why, he means to pay it him self," replied tho brother secretary. Cobb gave a long whistle, and at onoe took in the whole situation. He made no reply; but at the next cabinet meet ing handed Mr. Buchanan the bill. The President looked at it carefully, noted the amount, and then in aston ishment exclaimed : "Why, you have paid it I" '"Certainly, sir; who should pay it except myself?" said Cobb. And thus ended tbe little bill of tbe "Harriet Lane." Imagine, if you can, President Grant acting on such ethics as theje I In those days the Treasury Depart ment had just one vehiole to carry the mail for general purposes. Now every clerical puppy in favor at court boasts his turnout, if we are to credit statements published and not denied by the official organs. The Demo cratic secretaries rode in their own ve hicles. Cobb bad bis own team, hired or owned, and so with all the rest of them. But I ain getting on a theme which deserves not oue, but several separate ohapters. To Whom it Mat Concern, Are you insured? Do yon pay the prin ter?.. , . ' . Do you feed tbe poor? Do you kiss your wife before you leave in the morning and when you return at sight? That is nobody's business. Do not sleep in a garment at night that you wear in the day time. Do you fail to keep good the prom ises you make to the children? Do you speak of your father as "tbe old man," or of your mother or wife as "the old woman?" Be ashamed of it if you do, and quit it. Do you talk about your neighbors, and thus teach your children to do likewise? It is a sure sign of low breeding if you do and a very dirty habit to fall into. Do you scold? If you do, and are a man, go hide yourself; you disgrace the household of which you are sup posed to be the bead? If you are a wife and mother, quit the country and go to Salt Lake. , You are be yond saving there; drowning in salt may do it. ' How Boys are Lost. A five year old boy, who attends the primary sohool, one day (ailed to come home at the usual hour, much to the alarm of the household, and, after a long search, he was found, sometime after dark, at the Providence depot. And this was his explanation of tbe cir cumstance: "I'll tell yon, mamma, how it happened. After school I went part way homo with Mary, and at the corner of a street, where she left me, I kissed her, and she kissed mo, and then I found I was lost." It is tuspeoted that this is not the first young gentleman who has been lost under similar circumstances but they do not always go straight home and tell their mothers about it. 77 , ' . . rr , :.' l .A lailW mnalv.a r vnara rA l,V-. ..it u j, jrrpBmre, is suuenuiz ixu iooping-eough and teething 0 WHAT THE FARMERS' MOVEMEUT ' - MEANS. A great many are at a loss to know what the great uprising among the farmers means. Some persons think it a dangerous indication. ' It may be dangerous to bad men; to illicit com binations; to unscrupulous rings and oliqueB; to soulless monopolists, who live like leeches on their life blood; to unprincipled schemers who form comers to plunder them but it is only dangerous to men like these. Tbe farmers can be trusted. Tbey are honest and patriotic. They find they have been tools in the hands of bad men ; that others bave led tbem about by the noses long enough, and in fact, bave made themselves accessories to their degradation and Impoverishment. This movement means that a stop is to be put to this sort of business that instead of being led hereafter; that as they hare the power in their bands, which Of rights belongs to them, tbey in tend to exercise it and they feel cer tain by so doing they can bring about needed reforms. This move ment likewise meaug a greater self reliance among farmers. It means that they are going to do a portion of their own thinking; that they are going to qualify themselves to act as leaders; formers of public opinion and sentiment; that they are going to devote attention to' brain work as well as farm work, that they are going to become better farmers, mors influential citizens, true' patri ots, and be firmer and bolder iu tbe expression of their rights. ' Can any harm oome of such a movement? Is it dangerous to let the farmers organize, unite, talk and tbink for themselves. It is danger ous for them to become more in telligent, influential and active? Per haps they lack leaders and tbey will develops these from among them selvesmen they oan trust, who are indentified with them in sympathy and interest. Those oonnected with tho movement will likewise see the importance of qualifying their sons for the duties of citizenship. If tbey themselves are not competent to boldly advocate what they believe to be right, what is necessary for their own protection, they will see the im portance of qualifying their sons to do it. Tbe farming classes' are al most totally ignored, when it comes to representation. With a majority of all the votes in the land, they in relation do not have a single farmer in congress to represent them. They depend entirely upon other classes to legislate for them, and they have given legislation that has impover ished them and emicbed others. The whele farming country is now suffer ing in consequence, and will continue to suffer until relief is obtained in juster and more equitable laws. Just in proportion aB the rich are be coming richer, the poor are becoming poorer, and it will not be long before we shall have here an' Aristooracy of wealth equalling that found in tbe old world. This movement then means that agriculture, the great nursing mother of all the industries, shall not be starved and robbed to enrich others, but shall bave the sime protection and care in the legislation of the country, that is awarded to any other interest. She wants no advantages, but she insists upon giv ing none to others, and she claims tbat she has a right to demand repre sentation in proportion to the num bers of ber followers. Colman'8 Sural. A Rr-MAHKABI.B WEDDING. A remarkable wedding recently took place in Baltimore, Md. The bridegroom was Jesse W. Upperon, whose name bos figured somewhat prominently before the publio during the past winter. Nearly a year ago he was arrested on suspicion of hav ing caused the death of his aunt by shooting ber, Circumstantial evi dence, it was said, pointed bim out distinctly and the suspicions whioh were at first entertained regarding his guilt became strengthened into be lief as evidence was accumulated. The prisoner was indicted for murder and put npon trial tor his. life. The evidence brought out was entirely ot a circumstantial character, and after a trial of unprecedented length the case was given to the jury', the prevailing belief being that he would be found guilty. The jury consulted together lor a long time, and busily resulting in the prisoner's acquittal, All tnrougn tne two long trials a young laoy possessed 01 unusual attractions and oocnuving a hnzh social Dosition in Baltimore, was observed watohing tne proceedings day by day, and when the prisoner was acquitted she fainted away in the court room. A fow days since tne lady became Mrs. Upperou, and beside the relatives of the bride and bridegroom at the wedding cere monies there were present the Judge wno nan presided at the court, and the counsel both for the defense and the proseoution. Thurman, of Ohio, tells the "op position" an unpalatable truth, when be says "a mere ohange of name ef fects nothing. An attempt to form a new party with no higher object tban auccess, never did and sever will succeed. The first result of a new Sunday htw iu Lafayette, Ind., was tbe arrest of the city editor and five compositors of a morning paper, a milkman and twenty-four railway hands; and the sextons were notified not to ring the bells. . , A father and two sons, a few years ago, married three sisters in Iowa. The undutlful sons have driven their unhappy parent to the Verge of insan ity by trying to explain the relation ship of their children. I Jffi I" illing says : "I have often Id that the best war is to take by the boms: but I think, in instances, I should prefer the now. JEFFERSON AND PRBSIDBNTI AI. PAT. RONAOK. In the August number of the At tantic Mr. Parton has au article on the "Art of being President, gathered trora the experience of Ihomas Jeffer son." This art seems so easy, as you rend, tbat you wonder why it is so seldom acquired. Jetterson was faith ful to the party that elected him. But be would not appoint men to of fice merely because they were eon spicuous partisans. He took great care to get the right man for tbe right piace. ue would not give an ap pointment to a relative. Of this Mr. Parton says: . At the first view this seems unjust to the honorable and capable families who were related to the President. It has the air of oourting cheap and eaBV popularity, and itisopentotbe ob jection of pitching the note to high lor the limited rango 01 human nature. cut tiis convictions . on the point were clear and strong,, and Professor 1 ticker records that he acted On this principle throughout life in the admin istration of trusts. Thus, as Reotor of the University of Virginia, he op posed tne appointment ot a nephew to a professorship, thoucrh he was well qualified for the place, dreading lest it should open a door to the system which has made universities and church endowments in other lands mere appendages to the estates of governing lamilies. lie was .nobly seconded in his resolution by bis own kindred. Imagine his delighton receiving from of tbem, George Jeffer son, a few days after his inauguration, a letter spontanously declining to be candidate tor a federal othce, to which his neighbors and friends de sired to recommend him. "The pub lio," wrote the President, "will nevef be made to believe that an appoint ment of a relative is mi? nn the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views; nor can they ever see with approbation offices, the dis posal of which they intrust to their Presidents for publio purposes, divid ed out as family property." He owned that the rule bore hardly Upon a President's relations, but the publio gbod, he thought, required the sacri fice for which their share in the pub lio esteem might be considered some compensation. "1 could not be satis fied, said he, "until I assured you of the increased esteem with which this transaction fills me for you." GREAT GOI.D DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA. A startling announcement comes from the Argentine Republic, South America, which, if true, bids fair to rival the brightest days of California, the golden dreams of Australia, or the diamond glitter of South Africa. In the lower valley of Famatina, situ ated in Rioja, fertile only in spots where the soil is subjected to irriga tion by streams, came a thoughtful German. He bad dreamed of gold amid the mountains of the Velascn, and like a hardy pioneer, he womlcd his way unchecked by a disappoint ment, until he bad reaohed the happy valley. Sure of bis discovery be purchased one league, two leagues, aud shortly thereafter nearly the whole region. Tbe secret spread like wildfire. Gold, rich goltl'lay in vir gin heaps upon the soil, and Buenos, Ay res, for some years falling into the' backward traok, opened its eyes, and has again prosperity at her gates. Messengers have sailed for England, and tbe enormous sum of (1011,(100, 000 in currency has been paid for the lands. Everybody eagerly awaits the report 01 toe engineers, wno have' been eent to investigate. Should tbe result be favorable, tbe hungry seek ers after wealth will no doubt strike for the La Plata and the land of sil ver will be hereafter known as the land of gold. A CHAPTR ON CHEESE. The following story of a lost beir is told by a Tasmanian paper, the Cornwall Chronicle: "About seven years ago, in the city of London, a cheesemonger died, leaving cash to tbe amount of 100, 000 to be quarreled over, fought and disputed for, by the reputed heirs-in-law. Advertisements were inserted at different times in the English newspapers, and many a claimant a la Tichborne was forthcoming. Tbe lawyers, however, were not satis fied that any of tbe numerous claim ants were tbe right tuen,' and what has just transpired proves they were oorrect in their judgment, as the right man has turned up in the person of the deceased cheesemon ger's brother, George Hutley, who arrived in this colony about forty years ago. He was discovered by F. Stevens, a Victoria barrister, splitt ing up in the ranges of that colony, taken to Melbourne, shipped on board a steamer, and brought to Latinoestort, and then taken to Hobsrt Town, where be was indenti fied a the veritable George Hutley, who arrived at Tasmania .some forty years ago. After all the necessary documents are prooured to prove, without a shadow of a doubt, the man's identity, be will proceed to England to claim his inheritance," REMAnUABLE. A correspondent of the Fredrioksburg Ledger, writing from Essex county, mentions the death of a remarkable and worthy old gentleman of Richmond county, John B. Sisson, in the eightieth year of his age. He was an Industrious man, and had accumulated some prop erlyj which he left to his only daught er. He was a soldier in the war of 1813. He often remarked that he never owed any one but five cents during the eighty years of his lile, and that was a balance on a bill of goods purchased of a Mr. Hutt. He said he could not 1 eep that night be cause of bis owing Aiat five cents, aud he got tip very early the next morn ing, went to see mj. Hutt, and pa:d tho five cents. Ne$r before or terwsrds did ns - 1 ir.t."litnif)i cent. lor church," and u,;,,! .," th relieved toorllw, tr ItATKS OP AJiVS ( W I 1 M I M j 1. 1 Inoh, 1 ml .1 mi t r... 1 '' lo. II 0(1 0 Otl t 00 I J '! 3 In. II III! IH) 1.1 nil I I', 4 In. ' 4 no o " ' '" t Ool. 6 00 IW II 0 f .', i Col. I SO 12 HO 18 (III SO i Cot 10 0(1 15 m So (10 40 1 Col. 15 00 I 20 00 40 00 l Bualnes. notloes In the Local Columns, 2 cents per line, eaob iosortlon. For legal and transient advertisements $1 00 persquare of 12 linos, for th. first lnmicr, ood 91 00 per squarn for .aoh subiequuat tr-.. ertioo. MIXings-ishs; Clams travel on their musole. Hawks are dangerous to chicken. , The crow i born of black parents, j The hornet is the red-hot child oil nature. Few men rarely appreciatS the? rarer nectar of a genuine kiss. Angle worms are ot the earth ear thy, and crawl for a living'. lbelrog is always on tbe jump. The frog is a literary bird. Kobmn red-breast is so named lrom bis habit of robbin' fruit trees'. . . The monkey has a head that he scratches like a school boy, for per haps similar reasons. A bantam rooster Would as readily fight a meeting house as a wagon if it was saucy to huh. All snakes are of one sort, the pes tiferous, and they travel on tho under1 side of themselves. The man who drinks Jersey light ning for seventy-five years gets hot ter and hotter all the time. , Swine, as1 a" general thing, have four . legs, but there fife some striking ex ceptions to this rule. A man who" can wear s fiarrer col lar a whole week and keep it clean is not good for' anything else. ijove it line the measles: we can I take it but once, and the later id life we take it tbe harder it is". The goose is a grass animal, and there Should be five acres to a goose. A goose is good eating, but not good chewing. All cook roaches are born on mov-; ing days, and four are hatched from every egg. Their food is not sd Much what they eat as what they gt't into'.; : i . . : If Noab bad had a pair of eaoh: sort of dogs, and only ofle pair ot fleas it would have been a paradise for the dogs. The yellow dog lives on persecution and Brickbats. A Nw--Gland dorf is usetul to save children JTEmi drowning; but io-atake. him usetul you have got to bare pond and children; It would be' a pleasure tcr keep a rat dog of purs! breed, but tben one would have to keep rats for bim to kill. COURT1NO AMONG) ' Btfai.IWH EMU . . OR ANTS IN AUSTRALIA. , "now did you manage to win her' affections so quickly, Dan ? Tbe re oipe's worth knowing." "Oh, that's simple enough," replied he. "The first flight I arrived at the lodging- house in Auckland 1 found myself sitting next to a young womau at supper, who I soon found was one of the newly-arrived emifirante. ,t look ed her over, and saw she was a round, strong, eherry-looking lasn, with a laughing tace, and thought she d do. didn t know how to go loolm around her as I am certain you would have done, sir no offense to ydu ' but just spoke a word or two with her, and when we name out into the passage gave her a squeeze and a kiss. Says she. 'How dare you?' Says I, I want to marry you, my dear, i Marry lfioP cries .she, 'lailghinglyj 'why, ! don't know vou.V'No more do I know you, my dear,' says I; 'so that makes it all lair and equal.' !3t""--'V didn't know how to put a clajs t. 1 bU&b, BU Blltt OU1J lUllgllP" j couldn't think of it. .t ;,- : ! j ,! it,' says I, artful like; 'ndi. , , j' ; have oome all these tbousaknr; ' ' for that purpose!' 'Wh?"" f "f mean?' says she, starin' ', '' now,' says I, 'don't tell 111)00,000. i , J what's what: . When a mi ' 'j ' V tionizes, it's lo get work; man emigrationizes, it's to JJ; ried. You may as well do ifiui'Sr. Well, she giggled a bit, aud we it . ' spliced two days afterward." i , '' : , "Where A thieV Was found. An Indianapolis wag a few daye'-'''"' ago Was standing in front of the ( Young Men's Christian Association j building in that city, when he was s hurriedly accosted by a stranger man, who asked if be had seen such a v' looking fellow pass witbid the last " minute. No, be hadn't Been him. . "But you must' persisted the stran ger and then went on to say that the fellow was a thief from Greencastl? ,. whom be had tracked, and was poet, tive was somewhere in the vicinity, having seen him as be turned the corner. Tbe joker suggested the fellow Was upstairs, pointing to the Y. M; C. A. 1 hall. Greencaatle wanted to kuow ' what kind of a place it was, andtn learning was ready to aJErwflJLvUnaa " 1. was-Bot, there.- -Then the wag w facetiously offered to bet ke was, for, v said be. "all the thieves en IIihto." Greencaatle accepted tbe wagtr, aod like the doubting Thomas,' .crept up -the stairway, peered into tho reading room, and sure enough, there Was tne imei calmly poring over a paper; The services of an officer were oalled into requisition, the fellow was arrested, confessed bis guilt and was1 taken to the Station-house for securi ty, when he registered as James P. Ellsworth. Greentiastle departed for home evidently believing the worst ooncernibfl this Christian bodyT It was at the second battle of Bull Run that a cannon ball oarrled off a poor soldier's leg. . '. 'Carrv me in tne ronrl' Tia rt,1 a tall Yankee companion; who 'had oeen ngnting by his side. Tha Vsnkan mi.U. ,1-m u.-.. J-.s w ,i,o WUUUUHU soldier up, and as he was abdut to put him aoross his shoulder) andther can non Ball oarnod oil the poof fellow's head. The Yankee, howeyet-, iu thtfv Confusion: did not proceeded with bis burden towards tne rear. . 'What are yon carrying that tbinof for ? cried sn ofrioer. " 'Thing!' returnod the YanW 'It's a man With his leg shot oft'.' 'Why, he -basu t any hi i,si ( ! ' , oflloer. The Tun1 !',.' for t " tt "....,- . : -,v.,( ,- . - f uko. for i f a'C A t I' 1 V: