The state rights democrat., August 29, 1873, Image 1

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' STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT
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PDBLID VRT miDAT, BY
MART. V." BROWN.
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FICE IN PUSH'S BLOCK, FIRST STREET.
TERMS, in AnvMci : One year, $:) i 61i
fnonths, (3; Three montha, $1 Ona month, DO
kontai SinjfU Ooples, 12 cents. .., . '
Oorreapondenta writing over assumed aiirna-
Inres or anonymously, must mnke known, tholr
yroper names to the Editor, or no attention will
la given to their communications.
BUSINESS, CARDS.
D. It. IllCE, M. !.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
! ALBANY, ORBtSON, "
rOffloo on Main slfnot, between Ferry Tin d
iTIrofulKlblQ. RnBfdcnoe on Third Rtraet, two
ujwtu euu, or uoiow, me fiieiuouist (jaurcn,
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"S. A. J Oil IN S, .
ATTORNEY, : AT LAW.
' . . . ALBANY, OltKQON. : , ,i
to"Offlce In the Court Hpuae."l
: 1 -. .. , .vSniltf. ,
W. Q. JONES, M. D. '
Homoeopathic Physician,
'" . ALBAXY, OREGON.
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"A. HMUWBTII.
Corrallll. . .
(. V. IH1TO.
I.lnn Co.
-CHENOWETH &. SMITH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CorvaUii, Oregon.
n ."Ofpicb at the Court House. v6n27
JOHN J. WHITNEY,
4TT0RNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
and Notary Fnblic.
V . Bpeoial attentione glvon to aollootione. ; r.
Ofpioi Up stairs in Parrish's Briok.
Albany, Oregon. v3n.1Stf.
JU. X.J0NK8. J. L. UJLL,
JONES & HILL,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
ALBANY, OBBQON.
T. W. HARRIS, M.
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Physician and surgeon,
ALBANY. OHBOON.
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' ''-VT Offlce on Mnln streot, over Turreil'n 8taro.
Roalditnoo on Fourth street, four blocks west ol
Court House. . vtoWyL
W. C. TWKKDALE,
' ' DEALER IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS.
Tobaooo, Cigars and Yankee Uotions,
ALBANY, OREGON.
1 wilt atrlvo to keep on hands the best of ev
rythlnB In niy line, and to merit public pnt
rouuito. - . . YSniJSyL
J. W. BALDWIN, t
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Will praotlee in all the Courta In the 2d, 8d
and 4th Judicial Diatrlcts; in the Buprome
Court of OreL-on, and in the United States Dls
trlct and Circuit Court. Ollioe up-stnlrs In front
room in Parrish's briok block, KlrstSt., Albany,
Oregon. v8nll)yl.
GEO. R. HELM,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Will practloe In all the Conrta of this State.
r ! OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON.
; Nov. 11, 1870.
; , ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
CORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON STS.,
ALBANY, OREGON.
N. S. LUBOIS. PROPRIETOR.
Thle houw a AW-mwI oomnVodlous In Ttns
' r't'" rable cupplled with the belt the market
"kiriirda. Free coach to the house. 8afo for
valuables. Offlce of Corvallls cttugo Company.
vSnmf.
, G. F. SETTLEMIER,
"JDruggist and Apothecary;
Tj-kBALEB IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS,
' J Painta, Window Glass, Dyestuffs, Liquors,
fanoy Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, so.
. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
; All art.elea and Drugs In onr Una warranted
' Af tbe best quality.
. first street, Post Offlea building, Albany.
; ... jull6r6n48yl
COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
- - - OPERA HOUSS BLOCK, BAZ.EH, OBEOOH. '
MRS. A. J. RIELV, Proprietor.
This house will be kept in first olass order, and
with attentive and obliging servants.
; No Chinese Cook Employed.
""I am prepared to furnish good accommoda
ITons to the traveling puullo, and will uso every
endeavor to merit the patronage of the public
Xtegular boarding at very low rates.
Free Ooaoh to the House.
" ' ' ' . v8n27tf.
ALBANY BATH HOUSE I .
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the oitisens of Albany and vi
cinity that be has taken charge of tbie Establiab
aseat, and, by keeping olean rooma and paying
strict alteal'oo ti b djnesa. eipecta to auit all
' Mn w!0 may favor him ;th their patronage.
1 Saving heretofore carried on nothing bnt
'7 J Flrst-Olass Hair Dressing Saloons,
' be aipeota to give antlra aatisfaction to all.
i rChildien and Ladles' Hair neatly eut
anoahampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
T . T3n33tf.
SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY I
DR. K. O. SMITH, DEKTIST,
J f ASIOCATED IN ALBANY 1
1 and has tbe new invention jm.i
plate work, wblob eonslsts in -AiXJ-T
' InMrting teeth in the mouth without covering
th whnU roof, as heretofore. It nives the
M wearer tha free use of the tongue to tbe roof of
. euie moutn m laisiog anu uuiiug. w .u
CalUh A Purvine patent.
. aa-Teofb eitraoted without pain. . Plates
sntndad, wViatbar broken or divided. Office ona
door east of Connor's Bank, up ataira.
v7n4tf.
FRANKLIN)
f.'HAT MARKET!
J. R, HEBREW, Prop.
WXlJj KKEP CC.NBTANTT,Y OS HAVI)
the best mnt th market Rffords, nnd
will alvvayB be found rpfidy to accommodate
ihi" who may favor him with call.
INr-iitf-hest market price paid for pork.'fH
WE1LAETTE
Pa:;:pc3Taticm company.
Z?1lQti AND AFTER DATS TTNTTL FUR-
Uit notice, thu Company will diepntoh
DO'
out from Albany to CcrvaillfiA lUHDAY
td FRIDAY or efteh week.
Alio wfli iiiflpAtoa ft boat from Albany for
Portland l't tu termed it placet on tamo daji.
lavin r A tV wharf.
Frr t.. -rrfniB. J. P. BILES,
VOL. IX.
CAPTAIN BOB. ;
' BY KICEARD rENWICK.
Captain Robert of the Twm-
tieth N. H. Dragoons, was a person
on whom the gills' eyca might rest
wilu satistacuoii. tie was tall, mus
cular, brown in the face, erect ot car
riage, had a quick, brown eye, as neat
a moustache as any in the State, and
bad tho name of being as good a box
er, fenoer and rider as any man he
ever met. He also had the baleful
reputation of being rich: and ud to his
zoin year tue livery-men, tailors, boot
makers, hotel-keepors, dog-fanoiers,
narnoss-maierB ana trie whole host of
tradesmen who had tho pluck to
charge him twice tho value of their
wares, in consideration of payment at
some vague time in the future, indulg
ed and encouraged him in this sweet
fanoy until one terrible day when his
friendly uncle's will was- opened, and
it was discovered that all the 'good
tanner's property was left, not to Bob,
but for the promotion of a svslem of
fish culture in the rivers of Maine.
Uhen did the hungry swarm of
creditors swoop down upon their debt
or and demand their oroner duns ..
lie was'1 bewildered, and, to tell the"
truth, profoundly sorry lor them, but,
wun His hand upon bis heart, he pro
tested that lie had in his possession
not the twentieth part of their de
mands, He told them in good faith
that he would fro to work and niv
them off to the last cent; that nex't'i
month would find him diligently Ap
plying uirasen to some employment
at which he could earn sufti-.Vent mon
ey to satisfy them to 4ie utmost.
Tbey pretended to believe him, but
the ihrewd men Vnew the tempera
ment pit-'t'neir gracious debtor too
well: They had been too long inti
mate" with tho young gentleman's
qualities nut to laugh to scorn the
picture ot Ins shapely hgure posted
on an office-stool, or his wild head
fixing on anyjjjaie plan jbr piacti
get nothing but promises, and they
cast about them for some way to put
ou the thilmb-screws, and to force
him to borrow the aggregate sum
from some of his rich relatives.
Therefore it came about that Capt.
Robert of the Twentieth N. H.
Dragoons, which oorps was encamped
with the State militia at S , was
in a very unhappy mood, also. in a very
precarious temper, when the commis
sary officer one day sent him word
that one Reuben l-'aniliam refused to
sell a single pound of hay to the bold
soldiers whose horses had 'but one
day's feed in the military stables.
"By heavensJ" exclaimed the indig
nant gentleman, striking a sounding
blow upon his camptable, "that close
fisted farmer has made more trouble
and vexation than all my creditors
put together. First, he refused to
sell me water, then he refused to sell
me wood for the fires, and now he
declines to let me have his hay at $40
a ton, which is more than it is worth
in market I He is down upon us, Mr.
Commissary, and I go for making
war upon him."
''Wiik-Jie jkiAMnoased the
gentleman addressed. -
Capt. Robert laughed grimly. "No,
no, tot with the dragoons. I would
not t'uat them to face a drove of cows.
T!iSJ are beauties on parade, but if I
eveij ordered them to charge the
deuill bow I hate that word 1"
Captain Robert instantly forgot the
threatened starvation of his horsos,
the perils of his doughty comrades,
and' his anger at Farmer Reuben, and
relapsed into the miserable contem
plation of his host of private troubles.
His friend sought to rouse him by
setting forth his knowledge of the
farmer in question.
"Did you ever see him, Bob?"
(They were intimate friends).'
"No," said tlat gentloman, absent
ly, "but l think I should like to."
"He is a curiosity," unmarried,
shrewd, very rich, and is engaged to
be irprried to the prettiest girl in the
town."
"Ah-b-h-ha," groaned the Captain;"
"and I suppose she loves him."
"Perhaps she does," returned the.
friend; "but he is a red-faced dolt,
with a long, thin body, and I halt be
lieve her family put 'her up to it.
They want money."
"Poor wretches T' returned Capt.
Robert Suddenly he looked at his
friend with great -interest. He gazed
for some seconds. Then be fell into
a brown study, and looked at himself
in a hand-glass. He was considering
something. Presently be asked,
pointedly:
"Is she pretty f" -
"Upon my word, Bob, she is. She's
not a grand eauty with a towering
figure and 'flashing orbs you knowj
but' she is rather - smallish, with a
laughing mouth, a pretty hand, bright
glancing eyes, and she's fresh as a
daisy." , ... .' ......
"Educated?"' ''
'"Good heavens ! She's a Yankee
girl I- '"-."
"And this cursed farmer. Is he
rich?" .',;,.-
"'Two hundred thousand they tell
me, and I'm told he has a weakness
for this jewel of a girl, but such a
scoundrel can't, understand lovo as
you and I do J". . .,;...''"
"No, he can't. " Decidedly noil"
returned tbe Other, and then lie fell to
laughing. When ho was alone he
brought out his account book, which
he always carried with him, just as
soino men lug abont their Jroubles.
He 'calculated. Then he ordered his
unifirm brushed and his accoutcr-
merits cleaned.. It was remarked that
Captain Bob looked the soldier on
that particular day. .
Fbr why? The reason was dear.
There was to bo a fham fi.'lit, and he
kneV that all the pwple m the ad
joinkig towns would l present, and
that'Uto pretty Miss Kiuily swl her
wain would be thci o to m o, Capt,
isoo appeared in lite cluirri, 'ler ol a
schemer. Before parade in; i; it lii
friend to hunt tip tho party and to
take him rnnnd and iniiodues him.
r armor
R
arrtulil lilro a tlinn
dor cloud when the two gold-laced
and scailet-ooatod gentlemen drew
near; but pretty Hiss Kmily openod
her bright eyes and blushed with
pleasure. Captain Bob could smile.
uuu iijui, witu tue grace anu ease oi a
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isrummel, and as he turned his broad
back upon tho xokel, that uersonace
fell a desirn to get his charge out of
the way ot danger. - '
But this was more easily wished
ior man achieved, Captain Hob did
his very best, and as he oould be witty
when be chose, he made little MisB
Emily laugh and grow merry. t After
tne ngnt was oyer, in which he swung
his bright sword and charged ana
halloed off his ohestnuc horse with
all the fire and vigor of a Dahlgren
raider, he came and gave Miss Emily
his arm, and in spite of the black looks
of Farmer Reubon ho led her up to
show her the tents, the cannon, the
neighing horses and the officers' quar
ters. She was delighted and amazed
beyond expression. "
Then ha arranged a little lunch in
his tent, and the servent (who was a
gem) set forth the rarest spread that
was to be obtained, and down to it
sat the captain; Miss Emily, the cap
tain s irieud, and a charming miss who
was engaged to his friend, It is to
be perceived that there was nothing
theleast uuPvoper in the whole thing,
ya'J farmer Kimiuen stood aside and
sjtvoro vengeance and walked up and
down with naminc eves. -
But what did the brave captain
care ? The next day he went to call
upou the little beauty at her pretty
house and he stayed to dinner and
then be took her to ride.
This went on for three days. Miss
Emily was all the time at the oamp,
looking at something new in the day,
and the captain was always at her
cottage in the evening.
But about these two there was re
volving a ball of fire in shape of Far.
mer Reuben.
A hundred protested to Miss Emi-
But they couldTly, Uut, It fid no good.- A thousand
times did he bend baleful glares on
the haughty captain, but it only made
matters worse. He roasoned, swore,
pleaded, begged and finally took to
violence. The captain while on bis
usual destination on horseback, one
evening encountered Farmer lieuben
on tho road and accidentally, came
near running him down. Reuben
charged at the gallant soldier with a
pitchtork with murderous strength.
Captain Robert drew his cavalry
saber, and just in the nick of time
caught the farmer's dangerous weapon
in the center of the handle and shiv
ered it to pieces.
Ilien he descended and gave him a
sound thrashing. After this was over
the farmer in a pitiful voice complain
ed that the captain had ruined his life
for him. Said the captain to himself
"this is my time." He begged the
farmer to oome to his tent. They sat
down together and conversed ration
ally upon the matter which interested
them most. Said the captain in ef
fect.
"My dear sir, I am a man ot fine
feelings. My object is to be fair to
all people in the world. 1 am in debt
to-various poor
'-.en to the ex-
tent of twenty five hundred dollars.
My heart bleeds to know they are
sufiering while I am unable to afford
them any relief. On the other hand
I respeot and admire Miss Emily.
Nay, I almost love her. Let us be
sensible. You and I. are men of the
world, and we both know that I
am a better looking fellow than you
are; but not half so worthy. I oould
get Miss Emily for my wife if I wished
to. But I respect your claims. So
you see there are just two points to
consider ; am I to pay my debts and
quit the accusative, charges of my
heart and, Emily forever, or am I to
persist in my pursuit of her, and car
ry her off in the end and leave you
desolate, miserable, heart-broken ?"
Captain Bob buried his face in his
hands.
"Suppose suppose," faltered Far-.
mer Reuben, with a sidelong glance
at the saber, "that I should advanoe
you the sum would-would you
quit herr
"Man I" thundered tho oaptain, leap
ing to big feet. "But, stop! By Jove,
it must come to this give me time I"
lie sat in seeming misery, but with
inward joy, while the nervous farmer
trembled and began to grow sick with
anxiety. .
In teft minutes Captan Bob arose
and extended his hand. The farmer
clasped it with both of his. "Yes?"
groaned Bob, and the farmer fled in
hot haste, fearing a repentance on the
part of the captain. '
But alas, the unhappy soldier 1 Ho
had bargained without oounting on
Miss Emily. The picture of her pret
ty face, tho sound ot her low, sweet
voice, , her quiet, soft step, her
merry laugh, could not all be shut out
as he dreamed they could. Tbey as
saulted him tbe livelong night, and
kept him awake. Not see her again?
It was cruel, intolerable, impossible,
impossible I Ho sat upon' his camp
cot and thought over. lie bad bad
tour days ol bliss and had never
known it until now; and wag it
to be stopped ? Was she who evi
dently liked him to be surrendered to
this vain countryman, who only wish
ed to add her to his establishment as
he would wish to add a beautiful
head of cattle ? Shame, Captain Bob!
But what about the debts ? What
about his promise to Farmer Reuben'
lie did not sleep. His bead began
to ache. He commenced to grow
sick. He got up before the bugle
aroused the camp and' went out into
tho cool air. Captain Robert began
to awake to tbe fact that he wag in love
with the adorable Miss Emily.
Ho dragged through his morning
inspection, guard mounting and drill,
and all the time bis mind wag far off.
At noirtn lie was worso than ever. Ha
was like a thirdly or a hungry man.
y 9 reaouniaine captain wagtruly.
nr,.: C WW.
lie was in a auaaVm?.
If he loved ho was in debt. I
he
pifl his bills he oosld not have
ilo was wretched. -' -!'
ova.
ALBANY, OEEGON,
At UOOn an event OOOUrred.
! Farmer,. Rebcn burst in upon him
full, of excitement. "Captain," he
wiiwpereu, iioareeiy, 1 11 give you
hve thousand, doublo your amount, if
you'll take her oil" my hands I" ,
j.iHj m nam swore a oraco oi oains.
.The farmer rushod on. "I've come
across a half cousin of mine, a rather
pretty girl, and she has the advantage
of being as rich as I am. Miss Emily
is poor. , You can have. her, captain,
if you'll take lor, afad pll stand in the
background." . i
' With a fierce yell of rage the cap
tain siezed upon tbe contemptable
cur, ana turning Him about adminis
tered a sound kicking on his stalwart
person, and followed it up by leading
him out the camp by the collar. He
came back hot but smiling.
Ho posted off to Miss Emily's and
in ten seconds he was a happy bnt
poor man. But he came to no harm.
Men like him always get taken care
ot in some strange fashion, While we
who have all the virtues go to tho
wall. Iu his case another uncle died,
who was a mortal enemy to the pisca
torial gentleman, and be left Uaptain
Bob all his money to spite his brother.
But Miss Emily breathed the faintest
wish that her heart's darling should
give up playing soldier, and be there
fore abjured the dragoons.
Terbitokial Eloquence? Capt,
Thomas Stratton has been appointed
Custom House Inspector at Neeah
Bay, in place of R.' L.' Doyle, re
moved. Ex.
The gentleman above named is one
of the pioneer Republicans of Puget
Sound and if ever office was properly
bestowed as a reward for eloquence,
it was in the present instance. Last
Fall, he went to Port Discovery, to
electioneer for Garfielde who had
previously loaded Tom up to the
muzzle with eugar-coated sentences
and gracefully rounded ' periods,
such as only Felukius the Fust could
devise. About the time that Tom
had fairly begun his exordium, n
mean looking, read-beaded fellow
came out of the mill and .began to
file away at a huge circular saw that
was screwed into the vice of a bench
opposite the speaker's stand. Tom's
patience was always bomeopatbio in
quantity, but he kept cool till Brick-
top got to rasping with both hands.
"Yes, fellow-citizens" continued the
eloquent Palinurus, "I rejoice that
we live in a land where the blessing
of popular education comes to allevi
ate tbe burden of toil from the burly
shoulders of the bardfaring poor.
I rejoice that the religion is spread
ing its celestial radiance over our
land, and that the sound of the
church-going bells find a grateful
echo in the hearts of a God-fearing
people and if that d d red headed,
cock-eyed sun of a gun don t knock
off a-filing that air saw while I'm
makin this ere speech, 1 11 go over
and put such a head on him that his
own mother wouldn't know him from
a Revolutionary ghost!" The result
was what might have beeu expected.
That county and nothing else, went
for the silver tongued Garfielde;
while the aged MoFadden, with
streaming eyes declared it was use
less to resist the apostolic fervor of
Tom Stratton'g eloquence. Coos Bay
New, .
Gam-eim and Modesty. A Nelson
Street dry goods man who is well
known for bis politeness, has a father
who is an excellent citizen, but not
a very smooth talker. . They were so
busy at tbe store Saturday afternoon
that the old gentleman was called in
to help. Among the customers was
a young lady who Bppeared to be
waiting to trade with him whose eld-1
erly appearance invited her confi
dence. Soon an opportunity offered,
and leaning over the counter as an
invitation for him to do the same,
she whispered her order. He bent
closer to her, and said, "what's that?"
in a voice that started the perspira
tion to her forehead. Again she
whispered. "O, elastic:" said he in
a tone that could be . heard on tbe
walk, and looking mnoh pleased with
bis suocess. "What kind of elastio?"
be added, bending his head closer to
the burning face of tbe perspiring
maiden. Once more she tremblingly
whispered. "For garters, hey?" be
repeated, even louder than before,
without noticing tbe horror-struck
expression of tbe almost fainting
young lady. "Something fancy, I
suppose, he went on to say, in
happy oblivion of tho store full of
people; "young people now-a-days
want things nice. My old woman
nses a shoe string, and sails around
without noticing the difference."
Then he got down with the box, and
turned around to show it, but the
customer was gone. He stood around
with the elastio some five minutes in
waiting, but she did not return, and
it is likely he has forgotten all about
tbe circumstance now.
A silent, but veritable revolution
has taken plaoe in English fashionable
world. Hitherto it had been the
practice when friends or acquaintances
were about leaving town to call on
one another and leave a card with the
letters in pencil, J'. J'. C. At pres
ent, if that missive be left by the own
er, and no departure takes place with
in eight days, no umbrage is to bo
taken ; but it a fortnight or a month
elapse, and there is no prospect' of
the departurer tbo p. p. e. is to bo ac
cepted as a notice to quit all visiting
a decision as definite and unchange
able as the laws of the Medes and
Persians. -
"Now Johnnie," said a venerable
lady to her six-year-old nephew, who
ivas persistently denying offences of
which she accused him. "I know you
tve not tellin' me the truth; I see it
ffi your eye." Pulling down the low
er lid of the organ that so nearly be-
trayed his want of veracity, Johnny
exultingly replied: "loucan t toll
anything about it, Aunt;
was alw?vj t
FEIDAY, AUGUST 20,
j .- Wora (Oregon) Cor. Sacramonto Union.)
"atou mitcuhxi,hippi.b.
J. II. Mitchell, our Senator, newly
looted, has become a titling hero fo:
rvdime novel, and has won a national
J reputation oven sooner than his best
Uripnria miiM hav hnnarl AlronHv
his Dortrait. and a verv rrranhio one
too, figures iu the Daily Graphic,
and his ante-Oregon career furnishes
a sensation that comes like a cool
shower on a dry Summer to waiting
newspapers. lbs worst ot it is that
tbe worst: of it all seems to be all
true. Tho story is one of the seven
wonders of Oregon, and much the
largest-sized of all Oregon wonders.
The Arabian Nights will soon vanish
from Oregon libraries, and in plaoe of
hadi we win have Mitchell s abandon
ed Sadia. Tho fortunes of Hippie
will assuredly rival thoBe ot Aladdin,
and Sinbad the Sailor never made a
moro surprising flight than that of
Mitchell from Oregon to Washington.
At 26 a school teacher seduces a girl
of 15, who ' is bis Scholar; at 27 be
marries her to father a fatherless
child; at 30 he defalcates with his
partners' and their client's cash, and
uses it to abandon his wife and chil
dren with another woman in his com
pany who is not his wife, and it pays
their passage to California; they live
as man and wife for 'several years at
San Louis Obispo, and in July, I860,
tbey leave there, and be, in ten days
after, turns up in Oregon, a Borrowing
widower whose wile Had lately - died
in California, and he is almost penni
less and has an only child, which, by
the way, is Sadia's first-born. When
he left the East his name was John
M. Hippie, and now its J. II. Mitch
ell. No one here ever knew about
MITCHELL'S ANTECEDENTS.
And be soon sucoeded in making him
self famous, for he had a resistless en
ergy, and lie carried on with it an air of
the most consumato innocenco, which
would have thrown the evil one off
his guard. Soon after his arrival here
he remarried, and here he hag lived
long veare in bigamy, with an actual
wife in Pennsylvania, an everyday, so-
called wife in Oregon and a psuedo
wile in California or somewhere else;
and the remaining unanswered ques
tion of Mitchell's life problem is what
has become of the woman he eloped
with from Pennsylvania? Then he
commenced to build himself up, and,
strange to say, no avenging Nemeses
in all these thirteen years followed
upon his traok and effected his expos
ure. He became a Republican leader;
went to the Oregon Senate of the
United States. No man could man
age the tricks of politics like him; no
man oould surround bimselt with
such willing and pliant adherents. In
18G1 Col. E. D. Baker told me about
a young lawyer who had lately moved
to Portland and was
STARVING TO DEATH LT" ' -
With a handful of books and no
practice; but the young man soon
grew into note and acquired business.
He was prosperous before Uolladay
oame to Oregon, and when he had
only been six years in the State he
and his set undertook to put up the
Legislature to Bend him to tbe Senate
ot the United States, and so success
fully that he only lacked two or three '
votes ot being able to oarry the cau
cus nomination. When Uolladay
came he and Mitchell affiliated, and
the speculator and the lawyer wore
almost as one mind. Then primaries
were put up and corruption and brib
ery ruled the land; and at last, after
as stupendous frauds as Oregon could
hoia were palmed oa on us Jfort-
land being swept by railroad influen
ces and carried by the literal sowing
of golden seed that produced an im
mediate harvoBt and so overrode the
known will of the people at last the
Legislature was manipulated in his '
favor, railroad interest did its worst,
every office in sight was promised and
plighted over and over, and Mitchell
was elected to tne united states sen
ate. It was sickening to behold, and
I beheld it all. It seemed to be the
general remark that if Mitchell failed
of his election be was
A RUINED MAN,
That he was over 830,000 out ot
f rocket. How could he make good
lis losses in any honest way if he was
elected to Congress? These political
conundrums have always puzzled me.
So Mitchell went to the Senate, and I
have no hesitation in believing that
only for this exposure, which necessa
rily takes away bis influence, he would
soon have become the mostdangorous
man in the body, for he is smooth and
clear-eyed and low-voiced and mod
est appearing, and wily withal, as
Mephistopbiles himself. It is posi
tively stated that Uolladay has his
notes for 822,000, but I venture to
say that amount would soon bave
been lifted and he would have gone
on more than ever prosperous. He
is & natural ally to corporations, and
he would soon have won the hearts
of every soulless one of them that
bad a congressional end in view.
How the question rises.
""""WILL UB BESIGN? '
Not mncb. The man who has dared
so much and carried his burden of Bin
so long does not lack the metal the
front ot bronze as well as the iron
will to brave public opinion and sit
as long as opportunity lavors in the
United States Senate. . As to his ca
reer here in Oregon, one cannot say if
it is ended or only just begun. That
depends on tbe stock of publio virtue
and general patienoe. I imagine that
he is politically dead here, but Re
publicans will not insist on bis resig
nation, ob tho Governor would ap
point a Democrat as bis successor,
and that would bo worse than any oi
Hitch ell's orimes. What a poor, piti
ful, miserable state of things there is
existing in this world when a groat
political party Can tolerate such a
criminal record a Mitcholl bears in
preference to seeing him resign his
place for a few months to a politioal
opponenti 11 is to oe nopea uiamie
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1873.
presence of1 one whose name even
a fraud and whose lightest shade of
crime st ems to be the gentle ones ot
adultery and bigamy.
A MARTYR VOJl MANY.
So rare, says the London Daihi
laeqravh, is heroism in these days of
strikers and corners, of money-mak
ing and ootton-spinning, that wo are
now, more than ever, disposed to
welcome a noble deed, and a nobler
deed than that of Plate-layer Elliot
we may go far to seek. Elliot was
one of a gang who was repairing the
metals of the London' and South
western line near Surbiton. when
the Exter express cams thundering
along. The plate-layers, of course,
dispersed, tuijlwere standing to let
the train pass7hen Elliot's quick
eye caught a heavy iron chain lying
across the metals, and he saw that,
in another moment, the train would
leap from the line and roll down a
steep embankment. .-With a courage
as cool as that of the little midship
man who picked up and threw over
board a loaded shell, Elliot, dashed
forward and was just in time,, to
snatch the obstacle from out of the
path, and to avert a most terrible
accident. He was just in time to
save the lives of others, but he was
just too late by a second to save him
self. : 'xne buner-board of tbe great
express engine caught him as he
stooped with his heavy burden, and
dashed him high into the air a corpse. ;
For those who love a brave deed, the
memory of Elliot, - the plate-layer,
will live long with that of Elson, the
pilot, and J ord, the breman. .
Eoloot on General Lee. A writer
in theEdinburgh Review, who presents
most beautnuiiy written eulogy of
the late Robert E. Lee, the great
leader of the armies of the Southern
Confederacy, concludes as follows:
So passed away the great victim of
tbe civil war. Even in tbe farthest
North, where he had once been exe
crated as the worst enemy, of , the
Union, the tidings caused a thrill of
regret. But though America . has
learned to pardon, she has yet to at
tain the full reconciliation for which
the dead here would have sacrificed
hundred lives. Time can only
bring this to a, land which in her
agony bled at every pore. Time,
the healer of all wounds, will bring
it yet. The day will come when the
evil passions of the great civil strife
will sleep in oblivun, and North and
South do- justice to each other's
motives, and forget each other's
wrongs. Then history will speak in
a clear voice of the deeds on either
side, and the citizens of the whole
Union do justice to the memories of
the dead, and place above all others
the name of the great chief of whom
we have written. , In strategy mighty,
in battle terrible, in adversity as in
prosperity a bero indeed, with tbe
simple devotion to duty and the rare
purity of the ideal Christian knight,
lie joined all the kingly qualities of a
leader." , .,
ONE OF LINCOLN'S I.ITTI.K STORIES.
A Kentucky paper relates the fol
lowing in connection with an account
of an interview a citizen of that State
had with the late President Lincoln
at the breaking out of the rebellion:
Tbe subject of the war was being
diacuBsed, and Mr. R was asked
his opinion by the President as to the
contemplated polioy of coercion of
war. Mr. R .being a States'
rights man, suggested that to pre
vent the effusion of fraternal blood
and strife, "the wayward sisters be'
allowed to depart in peaco," or at
least bloodshed should be avoided.
Mr. Lincoln replied that whatever
his sympathies and feelings might
be for the South, he, as ' President,
was sworn to proteot and defend the
Constitution uud laws of the United
States. He said he was in the con
dition of the boy who went out with
a party of coon hunters, when- a
small, young coon was caught, tied
with a string, ana the young lad re
quested toli61d the coob until the
ratuijJt' Che party from the pursuit
of more game., The coon tugged at
tbe string to get loose, looked wist
fully at the neighboring woods and
then at his guard, whose sympathies
for the .little prisoner were thorough
ly aroused After witnessing the vain
struggles of the coon for some time,
with feelings of sorrow fully aroused,
he soliloquised aloud as follows:
"Cooney, I am sorry for you; I was
told to hold you, I promised to do
so, and won't let you go, but I do
wish this string would break.
Woman's Rights Among the
Modocs. A correspondent who has
visited the Modoes as prisoners of
war says: "The harmony existing in
these Modoo families is wonderful to
behold. Never have I seen its equal
in any other country. Tho woman
has things her own way all the time.
She Can get up first in the morning,
build tho tire, clean up tbe premises.
lug all tho rations from the Commis
sary's to her home, do the cooking,
wrap the rags about tbe children, and
never be interfered with onoe. The
male Modoc never gels under foot,
He remains under tho blankets until
he is satisfied tbat 'muck-a-muck is
ready, and then he comes forth and
eats. Ilo seldom or never trifles with
tho domeslio economy of the estab
lishment as long as he gets enough
food. Under these circumstances the
wives ooght to look bright andhappy.
But thoy do not. Mrs. Steamboat
and Mrs. Iluka and Mrs. Bogus and
every other woman who has tho priv
ilege of taking care of the man, and tho
ohildren he begets, look proiuaturoly
aged and ox' -nv
Charley
says th
en i"
,se worn-
or four
not
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HOW 8HB8AWH 11(11).
Did you ever see a woman under
take to saw wood it is always a
little while before dinner, dfcjien the
pies won't bake, and the potatoes
absolutely refuse to come to the
boiling point, and the only stick of
wooa is exactly turee inones 100 long.
After vain attempts to prove the
elasticity of matter by putting a two
foot three inch stick into a two-foot
stove, she goes out to tbe saw-horse.
puts her knee on the refractory stick
in the way she has seen men do.
But the edges of the wood are sharp.
and she takes it down with an ejacu
lation, and with a growing disregard
for appearances puts ber foot on it
instead. Her hair-never fails to come
down at this juncture, and she has
to stop to twist it into a bard knot
behind, before beginning to saw.
Here the saw commences a frantic
jumping and skipping on its own ao
count, and the whole femenine mind
being contracted on keeping up the
foot that should be down, until in an
unlucky moment the center of gravi
ty is lost, the stick flies op- and
launches a blow at her nose just as
somebody is going by. She stops
and pretends to be looking for some
thing, while dark thoughts of divorce
and separation flash through . her
mind, and she vows in her- innocent
soul that Bbe will never attempt to
saw wood again if there is never any
dinner- But- her pride and her
dinner are at stake, and all her
native obstinaoy comes to the surface;
Bbe will conquer that stick or die.
Fired by a new fury she succeeds in
sawing two-thirdsof the way through,
and breaking off the rest tit is a rot
ten rail she goes into the house to
find the potatoes boiled dry, and tho
pie in a state of sodden uncertainty.
The children come home from Bcbool
and the husband from his shop, and
finds a kind of hushed solemnity in
in the air, and no pie for dinner.
The meridian al meal was eaten in
silence and bitterness of heart, and
then the wife of his bosom inquires
if she is expected to take care of the
stable and feed the pigs, as well as
saw wood? The man says, "Hang it
all, I forgot;" and the woman drops
ber sarcasm and breaks down in the
declaration that she n-e-v-e-r w-i-1-1
d-o i-t a-g-a-i-n, never; but she will;
she will do it to-morrow, or the day
after, or the next day, for one of the
things that woman bever will learn
is that she cannot saw wood. Dan
bury iVeU'8..'.! y 7 ( ,
A CATJDLINO WIFE EFFECTUALLY
) : (SQUELCHED.
The 'Brantfbrd (Canada) Courier
tells of a gentleman ot that town who
recently tried an experiment, which,
he says, has completely cured his wife
of jealousy. He says he was subject
to a nightly curtain lecture from bis
better halt, at a time when he wished
to be wrapped in the arms of Mor
pheus, for returning an affection for
an old lady friend. He bore it for
several nights with a Christian-like
resignation, but bo at last devised a
plan for putting an end to it. He
procured a pieccof wood formed in
the shape ol a human being and dress
ed it in some of his Wife's wardrobe,
and then plaood it in the garden, sit
ting in an iron chair, To this graven
image he knelt down and poured
forth' impassioned addresses. Tho
servant girl was standing at the kitch
en door at this time, and overheard
these appeals. She immediately in
formed her mistress of the fact.
Presently both ot" them emerged
from the kitchen, armed with broom
stioks, and made an attack upon the
"dummy woman," while the husband,
who had retired in good order, sat at
the back, enjoying the soene. After
knooking the image over, they pounc
ed upon and tore the clothing in rags.
lbey soon discovered the cheat, and
rushed into the house torribly morti
fied.'' The husband followed them
Sod said exasperating things. When
ever she shows any disposition to be
jealous be has only to mention that
little soene in the garden, and she
changes the topic. The servant baB
since been induced to go to the
States, whore "wages are high""
AN AWKWARD "CATCH."
A man named Gilsey who, by
strict economy and severe industry,
had succeedod in getting his family
a little place, free of incumbrance
wan iiniiiu iu k?uu iivui, iiunr inu
Beaver brook mills, on a Sunday af
ternoon. After sitting on the bank
for a couplo of hours, without catch
ing anything, he was gratified to Bee,
on a flat stone ' in the water, a snap-ping-turllo
sunning itself. Tho butt-
end 01 the turtle was toward nun; and
lie thought he would capture it; but
while be was looking tor a plaoe to
step, the turtle gravely turned with
out bis knowledge, ana when he got
in reaching distance, and bent down
to take hold of what nature designed
should be taken hold of whilo hand
ling a snapping turtle, that sociable
animal just reached out and took hold
of Mr. Gilsoy'shand with a grasp that
left no doubt ot its sincerity. Xhe
shrieks of tbe unfortunate man aroused
some of the neighbor, but when they
arrived it was too late to be of any
benefit to him, or even to themsolves,
for they just caught a glimpse of a
bearhoaded man tearing over the lull,
swinging a small carpet-bag in one
hand" and they at once concluded
that it was a narrow escape from high-
way robbery. However, it was not
a carpet-bag he was swinging it was
that turtle, and it clung to him until
he reached the White streot bridge,
when it let go; but the frightened
man did not slacken his gait until he
got home. When bo reached the house
the ludiorou'sness of the affair burst
upon him, and when his wife looked
at lna nale lace, ana bare neau, ana
duBt-begiimed olothos, aud asked him
what was the matter, no saiu, - iiuui-
-s the matter, only he was atraid he
be too late lor oliurch," ana
''""mvj relieved to ''I'd
Business notie.
cents por lino, oac.
i''r Jc;r.'tl and tr.-i., a
p-jr ."TUn, of 12 lines, feu
and $1 Ull per square for
seitioo. ,
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JlillElUV COT DM Wlt'lSi,
Mr.'Jeromy White, one of Oliver
Cromwell's domestic chaplains, a
sprightly man, and one of the 'chief
wits of the court, was so ambitious as
to lilahe llis ftuui'OSMes to Oliver'a
youngest daughter the lady Frances.
me young lady did not discourage
iiiid; out 111 so religious fl court this
gallantry could not bo carried on
without being taken notice of,
The Protector was told of it, and
was much concerned thereat; lie-off
derod the person who had told liiml
to kocp a sharp lookout, promising)
him, if he oould give any substantial!
proof, he should be well rowarded,!
and White severely punished. ' I
The spy followed his busifiess sol
olose that in a little time ho dogged I
Jerry White, as he was generally i
called, to the lady's chamber, and ran I
immediately to the Protector to ao- I
quaint him that they were togother. I
Oliver, in a rage, hastened to tha (
chamber, and going in hastily, foiiud"
Jerry on bis knees, either kissing the
lady s hand, or having just kissed it.
Cromwell, in a fury, asked what was
the meaning of that posture befora
his daughter Frances? White, with
great presouce of mind, said:
. "May it pleaBO your highness. I
have for a long time courted that
young gentlewoman there, my lady's
woman, and cannot prevail; I was,
therefore, humbly praying her lady
ship to intercede;pr me." '
The Protector, ' turning to the
young woman, cried:; .
" What s the moaning of this, hussy
why do yon refuse the honor Mr.
White would do you.' Ilo is my
fricDd, and I expect you should treat
him as such." ,
My lady's woman, who desired
nothing more, with a very low cour
tesy, replied: ' - . '
". "If Mr. White intends mo that hon
or, I shall not be against him."
"Sayest thou so, my lass?",aid
Cromwell; "call Goodwjn; this busi
ness shall be done presently before I
go out of tho room." -
Mr. White was gone too far to go,
baok; his brother parson came; Jorry1 ;
aud my lady's woman were married
in the presence of the Protector, who
gavo her five hundred pounds for her
portion, which, with what she had
saved before, made Mr. White easy
in his ciroumstances, except that he
never loved his wife, nor she him,
though thoy lived together near fifty
years afterward.
A FATAL FAMILIAR.
In Jorscy City, according to tha
journal, there is a physician whpjias
won considerable fame from, the suc
cessful cures he has mu1o both in
medicine -and surgery. . For- some
years past, the doctor says, whonever
one ot his patients dies, no matter
where he is, what time, day or night,"
a small white butterfly comes dii qotly
to him, and flits about until it has at
tracted his notice, when it departs.-
The moment the doctor sees the little
winged messengor of death, he is at
once made aware of the demise of a pa
tient; and if at night the notice comes
to him, he invariably remains iu -Mj
oftico in the morning in-order to give
a certifioato of death. (Tho first -time
the dootor ever saw tlii butterfly was
a few years ago, while ho" was looking
at the body of a dead child, which
was vory dear to him, and the butter
fly alighted on the breast of the child,
and there remained, slowly raising its
wings up and down, until the body
was cloned up in its liltlo collln. A
few evenings since, while the doctor
Was attending a patient in Clark
plaoe, tho buttorfly entered the win
dow, and commenced flitting about
the doctor's head; he looked up at it,'
and'one of the ladies in the room,
thinking "it annoyed him, said "Oh,
leave it alone ; it will soon burn its wings
by the blaze of the gas." "No it won't,"
said the dootor; "it lias coma on. a
mission, and will soon disappear. I
have just lost a patient, aud in the
evening I shall be called upon for a
certificate of death." Sure enough,
the next morning, the father ot the
child that had died the night before
called upon the dootor, and notified
him of tho loss of his little one. This
is only one of many instances where
the dootor has received this strange
visitation, and kept a record of the
circumstances, besides that of callling
the attention of those present to the
fact of the butterfly-warning of death
among his patients. ' j
At Fullorton, Missouri, on htirii
day, Peter Kester was sentenced for
five yoars for horse stealing. Colonel
Lowe, the sheriff, and a posse of four
men started with the prisonor, when
they were overtaken by armed men
and the surrender of the man de
manded. Upon the refusal of the
sheriff to surrender the prisoneif
several shots wore fired into the back,
mortally wounding the whwiff, se
riously wounding the Prosecuting
Attorney and John G. Provines,
editor of the Fulton Tress, John
Watson, a merchant, and a young
man named Panbury, who were act
ing as guards for the sborul. Xbe
prisoner was taken out of town and
hanged.
Throe women have been arrested
in Brooklyy charged with murder in
.lbal!J. luf wook; 0nf oI thom
'""u" ;
man found horribly murdwed a week
ago near Albany. One of tlio other
,
Btein. Anothor revolver was touud
on her with five barrels empty. An
other woman unknown was also ar
rested. It is believed Weaton's wife
assisted Emil Lowenatein in murder
ing hor husband, that tho wife of
Lowenstoin -witnessed the murder,
and that tho other women was cog
nizant of the nffiiir.
A morning paper is of the opinion
that nothing was too low fw the
Forty-second Ctmgrcrs. Jw
mistake, or thfir nc,hirr v j
so tlm ii-'ombfTS lvi':i 1 . '
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