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Newspaper Page Text-. ISTATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT RATES OF AlA'Ell 1IK1M1 1 V R TTYn IH-00 J! liO 27 no us on 48 00 on oo 100 oo OLDIST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. , nnnin bvbbt mur, T - MART. V. BROWN. 1 W 1 V j :. M j 6 M llnoh, l oo "a To Tc" 6iT I In. I 00 6 On f r on l no 3 In. S 00 t 00 10 Iio It lio 4 In. ' 4-00 f IM) 1J mi is oo 1 Col. 00 Of) 14 on 2', on j Col. 7 50 13 00 18 00 HO 00 i Col. 10 00 15 00 !5 00 40 00 Col. ' 15 00 20 00 40 00 00 00 1 1 3 I . i i 1,3 1J t I I: J 11 11 19 If r tf FiCt N tUSiisrt KSK. FIRST JTKCT. ilJEMSia unmrni One year, S SI ' J,.'j. Hi Tin "ontbl, tl ! One month, 0 fZt$i Single Copies. 11 cents. ".. . .iLi'injn.j J -i rs Correspondents writing over e.iumd signa tures of anonymously, must make known their proper names to lh Editor or no attention will glvau to $eir oommanleetiona, : BUSINESS CARDS. T , BU B. BICE, Kl. D., 'PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, s orboow,. ,u., .v Office 'on Main street, 'between Kerry and Breadalbln. Hestdenoe on Third street, two nlooka east, or below, the Methodist Cburob. V8n48tf. - S. A. JOMWS, Attorney at law. 0:'f;.','i' ALBANY, OBEaON. nOmoo in the Court House. -t ysuall. W. Q. JONE8, M. D. tIomropathic Physician, . ' ALBANY, OREGON. f- '.. r ' ..-'' ,.,, . wTwMyt. . tv A. chuowitm. r. . una. r Corretlli. , ,i : Linn Co. ,! CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW v . ' Corrailia, Qref- on. ' JnVOrrica at the Court House. vto57 JOHN J. WHITNEY, Attorney and counselor it law ( ana Notary Pnblie. Bpeoial attention, givea to eollectlons. , .Orrica Up stain in Parrieu's Brick. Albany, Oregon. ' TttnSStf. p. x. loxza. I J. L. MIL. T johes & mix, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS .ALBANY, OREGON. 1 T. W. HARRIS, M. ., PHY8ICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. asr Offloe on Main street, over Turrell's More. Resldenoe on Fourth street, four block, west of Court Houae. vSnlSyL W. C. TWEEDA1E, ' ' - DBALBB IW GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. !, Tobaooo, Gigait and Yankee Hotiona, ALBANY, OREGON. 1 will strive to keep on hands the beat of ev erything In my Unc, and to merit publlo pat V J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney & counselor at law, Will practice In all the Courts In the 2d, 8d a.and 4th Judicial District.', In the Supreme , Co'Jourt of Oregon, and In the United States DiH tiW and Circuit Court. Offloe up-stalrs In front room H " Parrlsu'e brick block, First St.. Albany, SSS;-- . w-"y-- ; GEO. R. HELM, . ,-',ii- ' T-rnBurv nun pmiueci nn it i ivj 4, . nilUiini.1 nn uuwmuviini an Fill practiH In all tba Courts of this State. OFFICE : ALBANY, OREGON. Nor. 11, 1870. - ST. CHARLES HOTEL, C SEB FRONT AND WASHINGTON 8TS.,. ' ALBANT, OKSQON. r STlUBOIS. PROPRICYOR. shishouHii the most commodious In the r cit y, TaUe supplied with the beit the market fttford. ne coach to the house. Hale for WaUuttbloi. Office of Coi-vhULs tiiMgo Conipany. ... . vsoutf. ; G. F. SETTLEMIER, SirvgfM and Apothecary; TV BALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, J I Paints, Window Gists, Dyestult, Liquors, ' ; 4B0V Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, Ao. "rtiwiptioni Carefully Componnded. 11 art eles and Drugs In oar Una, warranted ha best quality. irst street, Post Offiee buUdinj, Albany. Jull4T4nl8jl OMMERCIAL HOTEL.. OPXBA HOtlBX BLOCK, 8AI.EH, OBBOOK. US. A. ,1. Ill ELY, Proprietor. Is house will be kept in first dais order, and th attentive and obliging servants. ' Ha Cbiaeao Cooks Employed. ' I am prepared to furnish good aneommoda rM to the traveling public, and will use every 'Ueavor to merit the patronage of the public, wgubur boarding at very low rates, ' Piee Ooach to the Hobm. vsnzrtr. . ; ALBANY BATH HOUSE! rnB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RKSPECT ' fully inform tbe eitiiens of Albany and vi .ititytkathebM taken charge of this Establisti uao, aa4, by Ueving eloan rooms and paying cimt attention to kawnass, ezpecU to suit all iiosa who may favor bin with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on notbfng but Flrat-Claas Hair Dressing Saloono, hi aiaeeU to give aatira satisfaction to all. aWCaildiea and Ladies' Hair neatly cut ad saaapoaed. . JOSEPH WEBBER. . ' VSnS.ltf. :;.:Eii!i?je W in oeStistby i !R. c a. smith, prnvrm, " TAS LOCATED IN ALBANY ' I I and has the new Invention fii k nutate work, which eoniistt mMlllJ nimtiaaj esetk iai tba neuth without eeverlng lie arhole noL as heretofore. It aires tbe in. the free aaa ef the eengne to the reef of to avoMk fa talking aaa tasting, u a w s mith A Parvina nateaa, . - aoMreetb ewtraetaar wttbont pain. FlatM n!ilM,.waetherarawdiviaa. 0leaaae jor east of Oonaer'a Bank, ap stakm. ; vTnlitf. FRANKLIN 51 'l AT. B. MEKJIEI, aTo. irttt. KEEP CONKTAVTI.Y OW AHD r the brat meat the snaarket afloeds, and valwajahe found rady to aonommodaso .. ,o i,,ay fav.w hlta with a oIL iWiwat market artr paid fur pork, vux. HILLAHIETTil , f laak I A I . Iiu ri.s ROM AND AFTKB DATS UNTIL -' Sher ami'ia, the Oowpany will ditpntek a I rrnm klbaay te Cwvaiiui OB IbunUAI fitlUAY ef eaek week. o trill dlioateh a boat tnm Alba? fe ia4 aad ioeeraeeiiats nhweaoa. saate daya, - J-; Coainoek A Go's wirorf. are at ndaaxl rates, i. D. BILK, ires. It, IoTL, Afaa. VOL. IX. PEECH Ok HON. J. W. NB8MITH. Th following it s abort ipeeob de livered by Hon. J, W. Kesmitb at tb State Convention on Tuesday, week, while the Committee on Resolutions were ont making; their report: MB. nesmith's speech. Mr. Meemith had in the meantime entered tbe room, and was next called for. He went to the since amid loud cheering. He aaid: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention I am not a mendicant at your doors. I do not beg for bread; I raise it loud applause I : and atler a lite ot fitly three years, thirty of which have been spent among you, I am not inolined to say to-day '.Pity the sorrows of a noor old man. whose trembling Uiabe have borne him to Laughter and applause.! I want nothing from you except to be let alone. I was waited upon at the ho tel a few moments ago, and told that a resolution bad been passed by you giving each of the candiates ten min utes' time to address, to Convention. But I do not know whether 1 can be considered in the category of a candi- date or not. " Some friends partial, kind friends have asked me to sub mit my name to this very honorable and respectable Convention of the Democratic party. In an imprudent moment, nerhaps, I told them that while I had no desire for the position, I would, if it pleased you, accept the nomination and do the best I could to bear . your flag to triumph and victory. Loud applause. If there is man on this noor who can get up and say that I have asked him or approached him for his support, I would like to see him do so. A voice ''Can't do it." I stand here, my lellow-eitizens, after a residence among yon of thirty years. Thirty years ago on the 24ih of last October", I traveled in a canoe past the site ot this place au humble mechinio, a poor boy without education, without means; and whatever I am I have wrought out by my own bauds, div own brains Cheers. Well, this is rather a singular procoeeding. I bad thought you. would have prepared your platform before asking your can didates to speak. I , am not here, then, to speak to a platform or .make one., J make only a few general statements. I wish it to be distinctly understood that 1 bave never breathed a word against any of the gentlemen who bave been mentioned as candi dates. I bave simply said, as I have always, that the great ultimatum which interests the people of this country is the suocess of the Demo cratic party. 1 might stand here tor two houra and tell you what I have done for Oregon. If time will per mit I will enumerate a few ot the things. When I went to Congress there never had been a dollar appro priated to defend any port north ot San Franoisoo. I got $100,0UO for the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia. I got 830,0UO to dredge the Willamette and open op tbe river to tne commerce ot tbe world. Then there was the wagon road from the Dalles ; . the wagon road from Eugene to Eastern Oregon; another from Albany aorosB tbe moun tains; and . one from Corvallis to coast. All these works were the re sult of bills which I drew np or sup ported in their inception and consum mation. The increase of your mail facilities was t work in which I also took some share, and I gave my ear nest support to the reduction of those great Indian Reservations which were overrunning the country, depriving white'men ot good farms and giving them over to savages a policy which we still have reason to deplore, along with that acoorsed and damnable Peace Policy, adopted by the present administration,, whioh tneaos simply free will to the Indians and the scalp ing knife for the whitos. Applause. Against 'this Peace 1 Policy I have raised my voice. If I wero a dema gogue, which I disclaim to be, this would be a fine opportunity for me to say a great many handsome things about our party. ; I dislike to do an. 1 tell vou honestly, at God-is mv judge, that I do not desire your nomi nation, few men would .nave tne frankness to say this; but as J said at the outset. Lam not a mendicant at your doors. I lived in Oregon before any man m this town stepped upon the soil. I worked for the bread I eat; I do so to-day. But I will re peat to you what I have said al way that I want harmony in the Demo cratic party. We have been opposed we bave been . robbed by this Credit Mobilier swindle this back salary grab this damnable Indian policy; and, worse than all, gentle men, what few of us apprehend by this abominable tariff of ours that robs a man of bis earnings.' Ap plause. Let me say that with the nomination of some other Democrat ic candidate I shall belter satisfied than with my own nomination. My personal affairs are such that I can ill afford to neglect them. I do not say this in any sour-grape expectation. I say it honestly and fearlessly, as every man who knows me will acknowl edge. ' Frame a pnre and strong plat form; select tbe man yon think best fitted to uphold it, and take my word for it, that on tbe 13th of October, as the setting ann shows its glimmering rays over your valleys and bathes your mountain peaks, it shall witness the great Democratic banner thrown ont in victory from the enemies' heights, wbila their flag shall be torn into shreds and trodden in tbe mire. Loud cheers. A Kansas lawyer aaid sic tratuit to the Jodcre. who thoncrht it waa swear ing, and fined him f 20. He aaid that do one could "sick" him in that court xnerw sa an uumn zuau .u w. Francisco. Ha is a tobaoooniat, who baa pat out a sign, reading, "Im ported cigars of our own manofao- ture. OBBOON REPUBLICAN' PLATfOBM. 1. Hetolved, That we look with pride and satisfaction upon the pros- peroua condition of our country as the natural results of its application of the principles controlling the Re publican party in the administration of national affairs, and that we reaf firm the principles of the party as heretofore enumerated in its Conven tions, and declare that their practical enforcement is essential to the welfare of the country and the maintenance of the rights and liberties of the people. 2. Jiesolved, That the Chief Exec utive of the nation has our unabated and unqualified confidence in bia in tegrity, ability and enlightened patri otism in the administration of tbe du ties of his high office. ' ' 3. Jiesolved, That we point the .1! 1 I 1 P.- l , uiscoruuiit anu unaotiu political ele ments which oppose tbe Repulican party to-day to the grand advance made by our Government On its polit ical standing, financial credit, commer cial importance and material devel opment of the resources of the whole country -as the direct, natural and in evitable result ot this enlightened pol lioy aud principles of the Republican party. 4. llesolved, That we denounce the recent act of Congress known as tbe Back-Pay bill and the voting for an unnecessary inoreased pay for ser vices already rendered. 6. Jiesolved, That we denounce all Credit Mobilier transactions, whatever their form, and we heartily approve of the action of the late Congress in exposing and punishing corruption. o. Metowea, xnat we javor re trenchment and reform and rigid economy in the expenditure of the public money in the rotate and Nation al administration, and the reduction of taxation as rapidly as consistent with good government aud maintenance of the public oreclit. 7. Jiesolved, That we cordially welcome to our shores the oppressed of all countries; and remember ing that our adopted fellow-oitizens bave always proved loyal to the Re public, we demand for them the full est protection of the laws, and favor increased lacilities tor naturalization. But we condemn the Coolie trade, and all forms df involuntary servitude, and affirm that the safety and pros perity ot tree institutions demand more stringent laws to prevent snch traffic , , . , 8, Resolved, That the interests of this State, and the demands of its commercial relations with the other States of the Union, both present and prospectively, will warrant a liberal expenditure on the part of the Na tional Government m the improve ment ot our harbors and river chan nels, and it is the true policy of our people that they should be so repre sented in Congress as shall most ef fectively accomplish this result. 9. Jiesolved, That true economy in the management of the publie lands of the United States, as well as tbe settlement ot our vast domain and the development ot its resources, de mand liberal grants of public lands in tbe construction of railroads and Other publio works, with suob limitations as will secure the ultimate sale to actual settlers. 10. Jiesolved, That we are in fa vor of Congressional grants of public lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Portland, Oregon, to1 some point ot junction with the Cen tral and Union Pacifio Railroads in Salt Lake valley, and of a railroad from the Rogue River valley to a junction with the Central Pacfio. ' . . i-i i . m . , . ii. Jiesoioea, xnat tne interests ot commerce demand the construction of a breakwater at Fort Orford in this State for that purpose. 1 : Resolved, That the protection of commerce of the Columbia river demands the placing of a steam reve nue cutter with all necessary appli ances at the mouth of aaid rivor. A 13. i jtesohed. That the producing, commercial aod industrial interests of he couutry should have the best and cheapest ot transportation possible, and while capital invested in such means of transit should have a reason able, remuneration those ' interests should be fully protectd, and the facil ities for transportation should be ad justed so far as possible to the wants of every part ot me State, with no unjust, discrimination as to any sec tion, persons or elans, and as capital and labor are iuseperably connected and mutually.depended, (?) the resour ces of tbe State will be best developed and the best interest of all classes pro moted by mutual noneessions and ac commodations between tbe producer and carrier. , ' , 14. Resolved, That we are opposed to the setting apart of Wallowa val ley for an Indian Reservation, and the candidate of Ibis Convention is here by pledged to nse his influence to se cure to white settlers the lands in said valley ; that the Modoc murder ers of the citizens at Lost river aod Tule Lake in November last, should at once be delivered to the civil au thorities of thia State, that they may be dealt with according to law ; that we are in favor of a humane peaoe policy towards peaceable Indians, but full and complete protection should at all times be given to tbe settlers on our frontiers against the depredations of hostile tribes. One of the most beautiful speci mens of sectarian steadfastness of which we have read for a long time is reported from the little town of Hy- annis, Mass. There is at that town a Universalis! and a liaptist Ubnrch. The former was lately struck by light ning and set on fire, and tbe only bell on which an alarm could be rung was that of the Baptist sanotuary near by, but the sturdy old sexton of that faith refused to give op the key of the church, declaring that be was "not going to interfere with the will of Uod." The wheat crop of Russia, which waa harvested about two weeks ago, was one of the beet ever raised, , ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, BBPDBLICAlf STATS CONVENTION. ; ; ,. - ateae4 Ifcny. ; f , , Albany. Sent 12. 1873. ' Convention called to order, and the ballot system adopted. Nominations beins in order, the names ot Rev.Dr, E. Ii. Geary, Hiram Smith and Dr. Watt, were placed! in nomination. Hiram , Smith's name was : with drawn. . ' On catling the roll, it was discover ed that Washington oounty bad se oeded. ; t-"- -m"''' - ,' When the counting of ballots com menced, Dr. Geary stepped upon the platform, thanked his friends for nom inating him, but, before the vote was declared, begged ' to withdraw bis name. Tbe Convention knew his re lations to tbe party ; fie had ever been a firm, decided Republican ; waa un changed; desired the success of tbe party, not for party's sake, but for the good of the common country; but, owing to the dissensions and divisions in their ranks, a younger, more aotive man. was demanded, One who better understood the ins and outs. He had formed no opinion on the Hippie ques tion, but held the resolution in abey ance. , , Again thanking the Conven tion, he respectfully declined.' The ballot stood: Geary, 79; Dr. Watt, 7 ; Blank, 4; Ben. Simpson, of Uktoni 1. ; .?'' "'-' i Convention took a recess of half an hour. i .. v. . .; On reassembling 3. N. Dolph was nominated. He belonged, to a "ring," waa tinotured with Hippleism, and re spectfully declined.'' 1 ' , Dr, Watt came forward, thanked tbe Convention for the, honor, confer red, but decolined taking any Hippie in bis.' ' - . Tim Davenport waa nominated. He had heard be was the strongest mad in the party. He had been requested by Mitchell to support the resolution. Mitchell told him he bad oome to Al bany to be endorsed I 1 He replied to tbe Honorable Senator that he could not run on that resolution. No man could stand upon it, The man who attempted it would bt beaten by from 1,000 to 2,000 majority ! The party ought to have too much dignity to sloop to such matters. He never was a success at talking at a funeral, but had made quite a speecb this time. It wasn't a good year for candidates, so hs would not reeeive the nomina tion. . Dick Williams was nominated. He was a staunch Republican, and did not decline for tbe purpose of 'heap ing ignominy on any one. He wasn't good at a funeral either. He did sot wish to go before the people and car ry any man's character but hia own ; God knew that it waa bad enough. Hippie's own oonfession, 'compared with the resolution, presented an issue that no man could defend. He de clined. , , . , . Jndore Boise was nominated He regretted that any friend should have presented bis name. tie baa univer sally declined. ' He bad been badly used by the Hippie organ. ISO omoer was better than a oitizen, or more en titled to respeot and endorsement. Mitchell had no business in the Con vention asking to be endorsed tor liv ing a bigamist in uregon lor nve years. , uy that resolution tne con vention bad endorsed polygamy i , lie desired tho success of the party, but, in any event, he declined the:' nomina tion. ' i ..' . v ;' i ;' -n-.v.ivi-'-y- ' ' On motion of Ben. Simpson, of Un ion, Hiram Smith, of Lion, was Domi nated by acclamation, ana made a member of the National Republican Committee. ;-.,t ' -. k""- '' Mr. Smith was called out. -, With a smile of triumph wreathing bis olassio brow, he mounted tbe piattorm. lie always abided by the will of the ma jority, and as he believed a majority ot the Convention voted lor Dim, ne would acoept, "and when eleoted, would labor for the beat interests ot the Stnte." " ' " t ' Adjourned die. "r ' - ' .V ' .Thus ended one of the most ' dis graceful exhibitions ever witnessed in a political body in Oregon. ( DOMESTIC TRIALS. When you are carrying several ar ticles and one of them slips it is best not to try to recover it. An Essex street man named Roberts was help ing bia wife prepare tbe dinner table oo Sunday, as one of the deacons was to take dinner with them. Rob erts took a plate of steak in one band and tbe coffee pot in the other, and bad a dish of peas on the arm with the steak. : Tbe wind blew tbe dining room door partly too as he approach ed it, and putting out bis foot to push it back, the arm with tba peas moved out of plumb, and that dish commenced to slide.' A cold streak flew up Roberts' spine, and his hair began to raise, and be' felt a sudden sickness at the stomach, but be dodged abead to save tbe - peas, caught them, made a wrong move, lost them again, jabbed at them with a ooffoe pot, and upset tbe steak dish, and in springing back to avoid tbe gravy, stepped on tbe cat that be longed to the family down stairs, and came to tbe floor in a heap, with tbe steak and tbe peas aod a terribly mad cat under him, and an overflowing pot of scalding coffee on top of bim. Then be bounded np, and stamped on tbe steak dish and threw it out of tbe window, and finished in time to hurl the coffee pot and tbe remaining contents after the cat, which was making tbe very best time down the front stairway. Tbe deacon didn't stay to dinner. Roberts retired to the bedroom with a bottle of sweet oil and roll of oottou-batting, and Mrs. Roberts went over to her mother's to cry. There is two kinds of bipolcrits, the bold and tbe bumble, and the hnmbls ones are tba wust. (Josh Billings.) Those who can make their bread by the sweat of their brow have a chap oa to start baker this not weather. . A parrRmKD fobjcst, r. . Mr. Wyman Dixon English engi neer in the employ of the Egyptian Government, announces the' discov ery of a remarkable petrified forest, located in tbe Libyan Desert, about three days' Journey from the Great pyramid. From Mr. Dixon a narra tive, as recently published in Nature, we condense tbe following facta re garding this natural wonder: On tbe western bonzon of the .Libyan lieeert, and in full view from the summit of the grand - Pyramid of Gheezah, though removed from tbe route of desert travelers, there rises a oonioal bill, which baa long been regarded as tbe ruins of a pyramid. , A nearer survey of this Supposed ruin deter mines it to be the conical end of a prison-shaped hill, stretohing west ward, and standing boldly ont of the desert plain. . It is upon the sides and at tne base ot this bill that this petrified forest is located. ' Descend ing the steep northern slope, the travelers, Messrs. Dixon and Grant, discovered, near the spot chosen for their camp, three large stone trees, lying prostrate on the sand. The largest of these was fifty-one feet in length, and three feet six inches in diameter at its widest end, and two feet at , its smallest. . They were branching, exogenous trees, appar ently a speoies of pine., Passing up the "wady," or ravine, to the north of the bill, the whole desert was found to be littered with fragments of petrined wood, from twigs tbe size of one's finger to sections of branches and trunks. On the northern flank of the hill, hundreds of immense trees were lying half buried in the sand. Some of these were seventy feet in length, and in many instances the bark was still attached. All of them were exogenous trees, not a single palm having been discovered. From the absence of roots, it is pre sumed by the writer that these trees had been drifted here by tbe sea. From tbe evident origin of this hill, upon the summit of which similar re mains were also found, it was named Kom el Khashob the Hill of Wood. A careful survey determined its height to be seven hundred and fifty feet above the Nile's level at Cairo, and therefore one hundred and forty feet higher than tbe summit of the Great Pyramid. In accountipg for the ex istence of these remains and their location, Mr. Dixon states that tbe "formation of the land would lead to the supposition that it had been tbe ancient coast-line, and that tbe trees drifted to where tbey are now found, and were left in the briny waters of an evaporating sea or salt lake, and, as the fibre of the wood deoayed slowly away, the space of each cell has been filled up by the crystalline silica held in solution in the water." We bave already noticed the fact that there have lately been, found in tbe sands of tbe Toorkietan Desert, well fireserved specimens of Marine Mo usks, living specimens of Which are still found in .the waters of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. In view of these and other equ&lly favorable evi dences, the theory of an ancient in terior coast-line is not without reason and authority. It will be of Interest to Eastern travelers to learn that this newly-discovered forest may be easily reached from the Great Pyramid, being only a three daya' journey either by donkey, or camel, or horse ; being also a winter day's journey from Cairov . Were the magnificent car. riage road whioh now leads to the pyramids to be extended a short dis tance, tbe Kom el Khasbob would be within an easy carriage ride from tbe Egyptian capital. ' ' : !,. , J,' : i'S. . 1 Ci " TDK COMING WOKEN, 1 Jl Ten-tTaar-Olel Box's Compoaltloau Girls are like curions looking crea tures. Most of tbem have long hair, and plat it up like a Chiuamnn, or twist it to took like a negro. .'I sup pose tbey think a black negro is nice. Some girls think themselves awful smart. I would like to see some of them if they were as large aa they feel. Some girls like boys very much if they have some flowers, but if he has none they won't speak unless the boy speaks nret and speak like they were mad. , " Girls have Voices finer than a boy and hollow like a panther it is enough to scare a person out of his boots. Girls are the biggest cowards that ever was on ground. If tbey see a mouse tbey bollow like a bear was after them,, and when they shoot a pistol they turn their bead the other way and point above the mark they try to shoot at. Girls ' used ttt be cooks, but now tbey are so lazy they wobt work, and the men have to get Chinamen tooook and wash, while - the boys' bave to go out in the field and work, while the lazt girls stay in bed till eight o'clock ana then tbey get up and go to their lunoh and then go to school and com plain how bard tbey have been work ing all the morning. If a girl has not two or three rings and a buckle aud earrings and breast pin of tbe purest gold, they go around with the pout. If they have to go to cburob with a oalioo dress aod coarse shoes or by themselves, thev are as mad as two old game roosters in a fight. Girls sit around on a hot day with a shawl on as if tbey were cold and about to freeze. Girls differ in their looks none are pretty. I bave never seen a pretty girl id my life. I have lived in thia village two years, and I never saw a a girl worth shaking a stick at here or any other place, and I suppose 1 never will. , . Some girls cutoff their hair because tbey are too lazy to comb it, and oth ers would if their parents would let them. Girls are whiter than boys, and look like tbey had been pounded in tbe face with s flour sack. Soma girls have red hair and their bead looks liks it was on firs Some girls smoks and chew tobsooo. 1873. ... , M. SMITH 1 1 Edward R. Geary, a Christian gen tleman and a man honored where he is known, was to-day nominated for Congress by the Republican Conven tion at Albany. He peremptorily de clined the nomination the endorse ment of Mitchell by the Convention being the cause. Mr. lieary's declina tion produced a sensation, aud the Convention adjonrned an hour-' to catch its breath.- Upon re-assembling It nominated Hi. Smith, of Harris burg, in Linn county, to be its candi date lor Congress.' The event has originated a conundrum. Who is Hi. Smith f Fortunately, by diligent in quiry, we are enabled to throw some little light upon the subjeot; He is not wholly to fame unknown. u About five years ago he ooncooted and prop ogated a compound which waa in that day described as, ' , ' ' " ' ' stlRAB aalTtl ,, ' ' OPTHALMIO. PANACEA, , : Number OuOi (Pnr Inflamed Eves. Granulated Lids, anal jiill other dlsoases ol the Eye. Pries, Slaj .uouie. , , mttmaamaBtmamtmam By the persistent use of printer's ink, the light Of Hiram Smith faintly illuminated the horizon ot hia neigh borhood for a brief period, and then sank into its aooustoroed darkness. We shall be informed that we have nothing to do with Mr., Smith's pri vate lite ; but he has no other, nor will he ever have. He has passed the Summer of his days in his retail store at Harrisburg, gathering ducats. He has developed no ambitious designs heretofore, save when he essayed nis Opthalmio if anaoea" fight. ' But we are advised that the latent spark has long slumbered bis bosom.; Some weeks since he made a trip to ClatBop for the purpose, as was reported at the time, of gaining the approval ot Ben. Holladay to his becoming a can didate for Congreis. ' The result of the trip is not known further than the aotion of the Convention at Albany proolaims it. ' tie is said to be a rath er oompeteut business man in bis way. He bas been, and perhtps is now, in the employ of the O, & C. R. R., in a collection or agency capacity of. some sort, aud is said to bo very satisfacto ry in his employment. He worships money, and nas accumulated some. We think be would take back-pay; but his chances are so remote aa not to deserve the name. He will be beaten not less than five thousand Votes if tho vots thould be a full one, by a larger majority. JVim. ' ::, HASTY .BURIALS. i V Tbe nraotioe of preparing suppos ed dead persona for the grave before life is possibly known to be extinot, is entirely too prevalent in this oountry. Theoase ofR. P. Mink, who was packed in ice and sent, off for burial in Indiana, recently, while he was still alive, was only one illustration of many. In this case the frozen man died at last in tbe hands of his friends; but in too many cases the victim of American haste and American, stupidity awakens in . ... . . ii nis comn, to aie irora suuuuatiuu, vainly beating the walla of his wood en prison, and gasping out, with hia latest breath, callB for aid i to those who, would sooner : die themselves than leave bim in such a horrible position if they were aware of bis situation, " - ' "" ' '" ' ,!- Thev manage these things much better in Europe, where the dead are exposed until there is no doubt oi their decease. Many of those in orodulouB people, who will believe nothing unless they they see it them selves, will not oredit the assertion that persons are often buried aliyo in this country, but tbe instances in which disinterred oornses have been found with their hauds full of their own hair, the skin torn from their knees and elbows in their vain strug gles, and even pieoes bitten out of their bands and arms in their agony and desperation, prove incontrovert ibly that many duch cases oocur. ; DEMOCRATIC N09I1NEB. ' " 'i The Democratic Convention that assembled at Portland on the inn inst., nominated James. W. Nesmitb as candidate for Congress on the fifth ballot. Tbe result of tbe ballot was Nesmitb, 62; Geo. R. Holm, 84; Jas. H. Slater, 18; L. F. Lane, 3; and 3 votes blank. The nomination of Mr. Nesmitb was therefore made unanimous, . . Col. Nesmitb is an old Oregonian, having come to Oregon in 1840. His history is part of the history of this State. He bas acquired a reputation, during tbe six years hs served as United States Senator, of being very attentive and successful in attending to any business with tbe Depart ments, which had been entrusted to him by any of bis constituents with out Uitttiuctiun of party,. It is in his favor, that he is acquainted with the various departments of government and with Congressional legislation which any new man must learn to be oome as efficient. Col. Nesmitb pos sesses another qualification para mount io all others, that Of hottesty. Ths people bate been plundered and robbed so nvicu that they pride in tegrity as the first qualification in their representative in Congress. Col. Nesmitb served six years as a Senator and has never been aocused or even suspected of dishonesty. It is generally known be returned from tbe United States Senate to bis farm with enough to purchase a good va riety of farming implements and nothing more. bullet ifountaiueer. Tbe young lady who refused to go into a rifle factory because some of the guns bad no breeches, is spend ing a few days in the' oountry. Let no stay. An Ohio lawyer includes in bis bill against bis client: "To waking up in ths night and thinking about your case iio." NO. 6 ANfeCDOTB OP TBE WAR. Captain H., formerly of the Massa chusetts Volunteers, was noted for being a wag, and fond of bis joke. He relates the following anecdote of bis hotel experience in Washington. Anybody who viaited, Washington during the into war, and bad tbe good fortune to secure quarters at tbe great 1 canavansary known as "Willard's," must have experienced the remarkable aptitude and ingenui ty which "mine boBt" or bis clerks displayed in the matter of "piling on the extras" , when making out the bills. ,i Captain H. was about taking bis departure, and therefore called for his bill. Tbe bill was brought to his room, where he was busily en gaged in the not agreeable occupation of packing up bis "traps." Among tbe "items'' on the bill appeared one for three bottles of champagne, while our friend could only plead guilty to having ordered one pint of porter. Requesting the officious and astonish ed "contraband" to send the land lord to hin, he continued his pack ing. ' After much delay the indignant Boniface presented himself, greatly incensed at being summoned to wait upon a guest something ; quite unusual, for an American landlord to do.-. On entering the the room he found Captain H. in a Btate of pro fuse perspiration, trying bis utmost to force a very large pair of cavalry boots into i a very small valise. "Well, sir, what do you wish with me?" quoth the irate Boniface. "I wish you would show me .bow to get these boots into my valiBe," replied H. "What have I to do with pack ing your luggage, sir? .That is not my business." "I suppose not," quietly replied tbe Captain; "but sinoe you are so successful in crowd ing three bottles of champagne into a pint of porter, as appears on ; my bill, I thought you could show me how to get these .boots into this valise' " -' ' ' . WERE THEY NOT RI0BT1 The opinion ot Hon, R. P. Boise, for years Chief-Justioe of Oregon and the most eminent Judge that ever sat upon the Supreme bench of the State, is not to be cast lightly aside. He told the Albany Convention, wben his name was presented as a candi date, that be could never oonsent to become the representative of a senti ment that sot at naught the ssoredness of the family relation, and substituted therefor open and bold polygamy.r-t Nor could he indorse as political or personal integrity tbe deception prac ticed - npon the Republicans of thit Stale by a man who secured hia elec tion to the United States Senate un der a false name. So spoke Hon. T. W. Davenport, Rioh. Williams, Esq,, Dr. J-. W. Watts, all ot them men of the highest standing in the party and men of unblemished personal charac ter. Each and all of these gentlemen warned the Convention that it was useless to attempt to carry the elec tion with tlif resolution, no matter who. might be the candidate. No man oould aocept the nomination and avoid being identified with the nomi nation and avoid being identified with tbe sentiments of the resolution, and no man oould go before tbe people successfully who had the resolution to carry, As Dr. Geary well said, the .Convention exceeded its power, aud its action was not binding upon any member of the party, when it under took to make the party responsible for the private life ot any man. Cm yonian, , ,. .... .,: - f ,,.'., , A sen-faring man; who was recent ly married, gives tbe following de scription of nis bride and her appar el, which we think will put some of tbe society papers to the blush: "My wife is just as handsome a craft as ever left a millinery dry-dock j -is dipper built, and with a figure-bead not ofton Beer) on a small craft. Her length of keel is five feet eight inch e, over all, five feet eleven iuohes; displaces twenty-seven Cubic feet of air; of light draught, which adds to her speed in a ball room; full in the waist and spars trim. ' At the time we were spliced she was rigged, fore and aft, with standing rigging of laoe and flowers, mainsail part silk, with foreetaysail of Valenciennes. Her frame was of the best Bteel, covered with Silk, witn wbalebone stancbeons. This rigging is intended for fair weather oruising. S'be bos also a set of storm sails for rough weatuor, and ia rigging out a small set of canvas (or light squalls, which ate liable to occur in this latitude sooner or later. I am told that in running down the street before tbe wind she answers the belm beautifully, and oan turn around in ber own length if a hand somer oraft passes ber. CoMPUOATEb. A man in Arkansas is the victim of a complicated series of marriages and divorces, tie sup posed bis first wife was dead) and then he married a second one. Two months afterward the first wife appeared upon the scene. She had caused a report of ber death to be circulated to get rid oi ber nueband, but on hearing of bis speedy marriage she couldn't stand it, and sd earns bask to plague bim. Tbe second wife then instituted suit for divorce, pending which the first wife died. Supposing bis second wife bad got her divorce, he married a third wife. JJut the lawyer of the second wife, it seems, bad . failed to enter tbe final decree in, 'he case. and on tbe unfortunate husband's third marriage, wife number two bad ber suit discontinued, and claim ed tbe luckless oreature for ber own. This disheartened bim, and be at ta runted to run awav. But croceed- ings were instituted against Lira for bigamy, an indictment was rounu, and bs was arrested and held to bail Poorfellpwl A schoolmaster, on being asked what was meant by the word forti fication, answered, two twentsfica- . : j I . , 1 Business notloes In the Loual Columns, ,!4 cents per line, each insertion. For legal and transient adverti.eeiepti (6 per erjuere of 13 lirfes,. for the flrit inmtlnn, and SI 00 per square for each subsequeht tr -senioa. ' , - ', , SClSSOItl.NO'd. Man respires; aspires, conspires, and expires1. . . , , The New York Stats' says the' devil's king-pin is rum. , Hints to singers : If your voice is thick don't you strain it. This country enjoyed only 90 rail road accidents last month. There are 030 negroes and 50 whiles In the penitentiary of Alabama1. Did you ever enioy the bliss of courting? If not, get a little gal an' try.' " ' " ". ' Cleveland bas commences throw ing away its babies at ten months of age. ........ ,;,;,,! .. ", , A Sabbath school excursion at Ashtabula, Ohio, lately; numbered 1,800. ' ' ' - " ,. . - , Artemus Ward used to say the best of everything woe good enough for. him., ,ii : ,. I,.,,,.- : m A secret has been defined as "any thing made known to everybody in a Whisper.''. -. ,, , Why is every winner of the Derby like the sun? Because be is a 'race horse (a ray sooree.) 1 Why was tbe elenhant the last ani mal to enter the ark? Because be had to carry bis own trunk. ; : Manufacturing is the poorest pay ing business, because it takes ton mills to make one cent. '" A man can't help what is clone be hind his back, as the loafer said when he was kicked out of doors. ' ' Why does a widow feel her be reavement leas when she wears coiv sets? , Because then she is so laced: A prominent white Republican of Dallas, -Texas, promenaded the streets of that place the other day between two negro women.. ' '; The Hitchcock family held a re union at Southington, . Connecticut, last week, at which between 200 and 800 members were present; .. ' Down East, when they want to speak of a man's liberality, and yet not praise him to much, they say ho bas a heart as big as Rhode Island. In spite of the drought, Ilia English crop of . poets' is abundant. In the last census no less than 1 ,927 . were reported as residents in London, A Frenchman, boasting of the in- ventive genius of his country, , "We Invented lace ruffles.'' "Ay," said John Bull, "and we added abirts td them. ,,, ;;. i , Ah! how do you like My mutbtacbe. Miss Laura?" lisped a dandy to a merry girl. 1 "Oh, very much. It looks like the hair on the back of a caterpillar."; , j .i-i ' i " - . All the Smiths Who go to , Europe this summer . will . come home Smytbes. Thompson Will drop the "p," and tbe Bakers will Btyle them selves Bacairs. 1 , , .. -- A mineral spring has been' JisJ covered io Nebraska of such curative1 powers that dilapidated ladies after quaffing it for a week, find no further , use lor ootton. ; The negro, who was banged at Suffolk, Va., the other day remarked as he was going to the gallows:. "I wish dey had put it off 'till after w termelon time." ' (!Wby are - the people who' havd nothing rfl be proud of but their ped igree like potatoes? Beoause tbe only good thing belonging to tbenl is under the ground, u --i i. i A Providence paper states that Mrs. ' Senator' Spragman invites clergymen, school-teachers, and the common people to fill eighty ' rooms of her home in Newport. , , ; "Now, children," asked a Bchool! inspector, "who loves all men?"', A little girl about fddr years old, evi-, dently not up in the catechism, ana. wered quickly, "All women." ' A Massachusetts postmistress baa resigned ber ofllco, as a matter of honesty, beoause she cannot find' time to read all the postal cards aud : attend to ber other duties besides. ' A youflg lady recently presented ber lover with an elaborately con-, structed pen-wiper, and was as'1 ton-shed the next Sunday to Bee bim come into church wearing it as a era -. vat. ..:! A Tennessee lady presented hor, husband with a pair of twins and in due season added triplets, "Deaf me," exclaimed an astonished neigh' bof, "I suppose Mrs. Stebbing will bave . quadrupeds next, and thou , contipedes." General G. T. Beauregard tole graphed from New Orleans to an in quiring friend in Nashville, Teun., a . day Or two ago: "Our carpet baggers must be rooted (bag and baggage) out of tbe State, or we shall be utter--ly ruined. Tho question is narrowing . to one of existence." . , Wl bear of an old Montana prooV ' peotor who went to the States to con suinmate a matrimonial engagement of four or five years' standing, and ; on arriving at the house of the young lady late ia the evening, waa invited to stay all night, and shown into an -elegantly furnished bed-room up stairs. But our bunch-grass herd was not accustomed to close rooms, , white sheets, and downy feathers, and could not sleep ; so, discovering a scuttle-hole, in the ceiling, ha mounted to the roof, and after an -anxiou search by the young lady next morning, waa found wrapt in , the top bed-quilt and in a profound slumber on the shingles. When ask ed to explain his strange conduct, he Informed bis Charity Jane that ha "never could sleep in euch a nico ; warm bed as tbathe wasn't used to -it." : . "Then you Just git! D'je think I'm goin' to climb up'hera witli you every night?" poutingly replied Char ity Jane. 'Oh, well," replied the penitent, "you needn't get mad 'bout it you can just nail up the bole in the rcof after we gat married."