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JirrORNEYS .A.T LAW, Corvallis, Oregon, j J, Orfioi at the Court Home. vn27 j JOHN J. WHITNEY," .T.;BBEI ASD counselor at law and Notary Public. B . dial attention! given to collections, l, o Up lUiri in Parrlsu's Brick, iubany, Oregon. T3n33tf. U . JOKSS. I .!.. HIIL jones & hill; "IITSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBANY, OREGON. S. A. JOHNS, VTOBNEY AT LAW, I ALBANY, OREGON. yoffloe In the Court House." 8n2tf. W. C. TWEEDALE. I DEALES IN laOCERIES, PROVISIONS, fobaooo, Oigars ad Yankae Notions, i ALBANY, OREGON. mi ,rt boon nn hand's the best of ev ening ln.my line, and to merit P"0'- ! D. B. RICE, M. !., rjYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY. .OREGON, rM on Main street, between Ferry and .dalbln. Residence on Third street two ..nks east, or below, the Methodist Church. J. W. BALDWIN, TTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, will praotloe in all the Courts in the 2d, 3d d Wh Judicial Districts; In the Supreme irtof Oregon, ana In the United States DIs l and Circuit Court. OIKce uMtalra In front in in Farrlsh's briclt. block, First St., Al bBny, gon. ve"111)'1. DR. E. O. SMITH, , II I' l! -UIXU sW d ALBANY, OREGON. .FFICE : Two doors east of Conner's Bank. vBnlltf. GEO. R. HELM, .TORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW mi praetioe in all the Conrti of this Bute. ' SOFFICB: ALBANY, OREGON. Nor. 11, 1870. ' V. BABSIS. H. J. BOPOHTON. ' HARRIS Si BOWtHHTOBf, HYSIC1ANS &. SURGEONS, ALBANY, OREGON. t-Offloe on Main street, ovor A. Carotherj' ore. Dr. Harris's residence, on fourth street, ill DlOOHll west Ul -"un ,i'b residence, on Fourth street, opposlw pr. ate. . ST. CHARLES HOTEL, 1RNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON STS., ALBANY, OREGON. , S. LUBOIS. ; PROPRIETOR. house it the roost commodioiA In the t Table mipplled with the best the markpt trHB. Free coach to the bouse. Sale for tiables. Office ol Cnrvullis Stage Company, v8n-2(Hf. FRANKLIN 1EAT MARKET ! 1 J. R. HEBREW, Prop. FILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND the best meat the market affords, and 11 alwaya be found ready to accommodate me wno may lavor nun win. Highest market price paid for pork.1 vSuldtftf. G. F. SETTLEMIER, ruggigt and Apothecary! ) BALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Glass, Dyoitufls, Liquors, acy Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, &o. PrMeriptioni Carefully Compounded. All art olei endDmgi Id our line wananted Ibe best quality. first street, Post Offiee building, Albany. , jull5v5n48yl OMMERCI AL HOTEL. OPIBA BOMS BLOCK, SALE, OKEOOK. R8. A. J. RIELY, Proprietor. ils house will be kept In first class order, and tb attentive and obliging sen-ants. If a Chinese Cook Employed. am prepared to furnish good accommoda- deavor to merit the patronage ot the public. Prae Coach to the HonfiD. T8n27tf. . ALBANY BATH HOUSE) IBS UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the eitiiens of Albany and ri Ut that he has taken charge of this Establish- at, and, by keeping eloan rooms and paying let attention to business, expects to suit all ea who in&y farorhim w.tli their patronage. Ting heretofore earried on nothing bat First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, aspects to aire entire satisfaction to sll. 0srCbiidiea and Ladies' Hair neatly eat , shampooed. JOSEPH WKllUKK. - T3n33tf. IC. U. W. GRAY, MiJiljlJllul, I I SI III I II 1 ALBANY, OREGON. jFFICB IN PARRISH'S RR1CK BLOCK, ' comer of First nntt'erry streets. Ortk-e rs from a to Ul o'clocC A. M-, and from 1 to ft foca f. ar. kaaidenoe .- Comer Fifth and Ferry streets. TtlnMU. VOL. IX. ARCACHON. BY IDA GREELEY. This is a favorite watering-placo for tbo French in snramer, and iii winter is much resorted to by invalids from tho British Isles. Doctors consider the resinous exhalations from the pines wonderfully healing in lung and bron chial difficulties. ' Arcachon is the patois word for resin. The peasants live mostly by making turpentine; and- for miles around the village tho trees are gash ed, and no earthen vessel fastened on to receive tho gum as it oozes from the wood. There" was a settlement herein very aneient times called La Teste do Bucli, irom the head or chief of the tribe ot Boians, that at one time inhabited this part of the oountry. Three times it was overwhelmed by the sand, and afterward rebuilt. In the time of the first Napoleon, who, it would seem, found time to attend everything, small as well as great, an engineer called Bremontier was Bent by the emperor to plant there sandy dunes with pine trees, in order to keep oft' the inroads ot the sea. bo succcsstul was he, that we now have an extensive and beauti ful forest and a flourishing town. A monument to Bremontier is to be seen in the midst of the forest, and the finest chalet in the town is called after lum.' The principal building ono sees on leaving the depot is the huge Casino, an imitation ol the Moorish Alhambra. It struck me as rather a caricature of it, as it is painted in such gorgeous colors ;s to look like a houso built of cards, face-side out. However, the inhabitants view it-wiih great pride. It contains a fine theatre, ball-room, reading-rqorns, and library. It is situated in the forest, and is the centre of the Winter-town, or Ville d'Hiver, as is called the collec tion of pretty, romantio-looking Swiss chalets, which are dotted in among tho odorous pine. All these houses are owned by a company in Paris, whose agent lives in one of them, and attends to letting them, collecting rent, etc - . In the Casino garden . the" flowers bloom aud the grass is green all win ter, although 'snow aud ice are not quite unknown in the sunny south Of t ranee. In tact, one has a winter ot six weeks that is sufficiently disagreea ble and quite cold enough to make ono wish for New York furnaces; but, once that is past, the weather is quite heavenly, and February as balmy as May in these latitudes. Looking down from the Casino, you see, at the base of the hills, the Villo d'Ete, or summer-town, which runs for a couple miles along the sea. The private res idences are very elegant, and front on the ocean or basin ot Arcachon, as the inlot is called: their gardens, opening on the main street in the rear. Many French noblemen have contry houses here, iho Baron Talleyrand for oue. The rest of the village in 'made up of such queer little houses, not old and quaint, but all looking like Chinese pagodas, and painted pink, blue, or yellow, as the fancy of tho owner has suggested, and finished off with Ved tiled roofs. One owner of eccentric tastes had spent, I was told, ten thou sand francs for throe enormous gold balls that surmounted bis house. In his absence it was rented to an .En glish lady, a friend of mine, who was always known in the village as "Mad ame of the Golden Balls." English names were never attempted 'by the good people, who thought it quite enough to call you by the name of the house you occupied. The company, in naming the chalets, seem to have been anxious to conciliate all nations, as we saw there Villas Humboldt, Franklin, Shakspeare, and so on ad libitum. The cheapest and most soli tary cottage on the list was appropri ately called- Villa Robinson Crusoe. There was still, I recollect, however, one that surpassed Robinson in cheap ness. It consisted of one room, had no windows, at all, and was rightly named Villa Solitaire. Jt was. quite good enougbi I dare say, for auy one so crusty as to wish to live quite alone. Arcachon is famous for its oysters, fish, and game, which pe every day shipped to Paris in largo quantities. The basin is conneoted by a narrow inlet with the Bay of Biscay, the roar ofwhoB? waters is distinctly heard from the village. The strip of land which lies between the inlet and the turbulent Atlantic is called the Isle des Oiseaux, from the great number of wild ducks which make it their re sort. The light-house is situated on its extremest point. One day we went down to it in a yacht, and then, cross ing the tongue of sand, stood on the shore of the Bay of Biscay. How the wind roared! and the great waves came tumbling in, and the shore was strewed, not with the bright-colored shells we had honed to find, but with cuttle-fish bones, and uly bits .of wrecks. At the sea-ward end ot the village there is erected, on the shore, a huge iron cross. Tradition will have it that a monk, walking on the shore iu prayerful meditation, found there a statue ot the Virgin Mary,and erect ed his cross to commemorate what he considered a miracle. Once every year, on the feast of St. Peter, the bay presents a lively scene, ot which this spot is the centre. Hundreds of fish ermen come from fur aud near; the shore is lined with boats, whose gay oennants stream in the wind. At a signal all kneel, and, from the foot of the-cross, a blessing is pronouneeu oy the cure upon them, their wives and children, their boats and their nets. Our boatman's name was Denis; and, ever since he was married, twen ty years ago, bis wife Marie had gone out with him, fair weather or foul. and done a man's work. She could pull an oar, ot reef a sail, with any man on that coast. She at one tune won in a race of six yactls from the ducks to he light house, a dis tance of about three miles. The visi tors were as much pleased as amazed, as hors was the only boat managed by a woman. -The peasants are quite handsome in this part of France. The women have soft, dark eyes, and beautifully formed and very small hands and feet. They are vivaoioua and agreeable; but it is quite entertaining and almost in credible to see how little they know of what is goingon in the world. We bad a very pretty and charming little bonne, and I showed her a picture ot 1 heirs, thinking it might interest her; but, dear me! Jeanne bad never heard of the man. "Why, who do you suppose rules ovor France?" "Is it not, then, the good emperor and empress?" was Jeanne's bowilder ed reply. I wont ono day to the principle sehool, to see about sending my youn ger sister there. Madame A , the chief teacher, had nearly completed ar rangements with mo, when, in answer to the question if we were Englsih, I said no, we were from the United States. "Oh, yes," she "replied, anxious to shpv her knowledge, "I know the United States: it is a colony of Eng land." So much amazed was I at the good lady's ignorance, that I left, without explaining to her that she was a hun dred years behind time. "There is in the village a little Epis copal church, which the .people call the temple, to distinguish it from tho Catholic churches in the place. Half a dozen years since, a handsome young Irish gentleman, poor but ol very good family, come to Arcachon to pass the winter, lie had just been ordain ed for the ministry, but over-study had rendered a brief vacation neces sry to his health. Here he met a charming compatriot of his, whoso large, dark eyes and winning smile soon convinced hi in, ot the apposite ness of St. Paul's observation, that "it is not good for man to be alone." So, in spite ot lack of fortune on both sides, the two were married, and have lived there over since. Thad never before seen an example of love in a cottage, and it interested me greatly to see how olover and educated people could get along,, de prived of nearly everything that seem ed to mo necessary and desirable. I shall always remember how very agreeably we were all impressed with Mr. R the first time he called on us. After a very pleasant and enter taining conversation on various topics, he arose to go, saying he hoped I would come and seo his wife, who, from some reason or other, had not been able to call with him. I natur ally asked their address; and cheerful ly, aud without the slightest embar rassment, "Oh! we live over the shoe maker's." Every Sunday he preached in the little church, and the other days he labored amongst tho sick, the poor, and tho afflicted. Tho Colonial Soci ety allowed him just two hundred dol lars a year, half of which went lor the hire of the church, so he had to depend on his congregation, which was small enough, and in giving lessous, to eke out a bare livelihood for himself and his wife. The only amusement I ever saw him indulge in was more for the entertainment of the visitors than his own. I was invited to a paper-hunt, and when the morning arrived a doz en ladies and gentlemen met at the rendezvous mounted on thorough bred horses, whose ardor to be off their ri ders could scarcely restrain. Mr. R undertook the role of fox, as he know every intricacy of the forest. He was mounted on tho fleetest horse of all, and had two leather bags full of fiuely-cut paper, one on each side fas tened to his belt. Ho was given half an hour's start by the hunters. Every now and then the rules of the sport obliged him -to fling out a handful of paper, that mightserve as a guide to his pursuers. ' 1 As soon as Count L gave the signal that our time was up, off and away wo flew ovor hill and dale. The pine trees had so maty times shed their secnted covering of yellow spines that the ground Was soft as velvet, ai d made scarcely a sound beneath our horse's hoofs. For two merry hours did we chase the artful fox, whose paper missives generally led ns on a wrong scent,' as they were designed to do. At last a shout went np of mingled joy and dismay. There, on the other side of a narrow ravine, was careering homo ward the triumphant fox, when, to our terror, Count L , driving the spurs into his horse, cleared at one bound the narrow defile, and the game was ours. Appktun's. Siax of Death. Some time ago the Academy of Sciences in Paris offered a prize of $1,000 for some simple and positive . sign of death, which any non-professional person could understand and apply. Such a test, suggested in Virchow's Archiv, isj considered very satisfactory by the British medical press. It consists in tying a string firmly ronnd the finger of the supposed corpse; if tho blood circulates in the least in which event death has not taken place the whole finger wilf swell and turn a bluish red. It is conceivable that such a test would be very useful in cases of drawing and asphyxia. It may be legitimate to cite a case which occurred not long ago at Brussels. A druken man fell into a canal, and remained so long immersed that very little hope was entertained of his re covery. He was to all appearance a corpse. Dr. Joux, physician to the police, to whom application is made in such casee, did not share the con viction of the bystanders, and, hav ing used the most energetic means of restoration for three hours, ended by applying a hot iron to the patient, who iuatiintly moved slightly. The former measures were reverted to, and the supposed corpse stood up in less than h alf an hour, branded indeed, but none the worse for bis ac cident. ' ALBANY, OREGON", FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, STATU BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. REPORT OP THE BOARD TO HIS EXCEL 'LENCy, GOV. G ROVER SOME VAL UABLE HINTS RECOMMENDATION -THAT ALL COUNTY OFFICERS " BE SALARIED AND THAT FEES BE ABOL ISHED DIFFICULTIES WHICH EM BARRASS THE BOARD BULKS FOR COUNT!'- B0AUD3-AND FOR AS SESSORS. - . State Board of Equalikatiow, 1 tiAJiKM, NOV, 1, 1673. , J To Jlis Excellency L. F. Oro'ver, Governor ot Oreaon Sin: The law makes it the duty of this Board lo communicate with you "in relation to the assessment and collection of the revenue." In compliance therewith we are gratified to be able to say that there has been a positive, though par tial, improvement at least in the man ner in which the result of tho work of assessing has bcon prepared for the examination of the Board, Instead of various sized and unsuitable books, and in some cases of sheets of paper loosely fastened together, all moro or less ditt'eriug from the form prescrib ed by law, which heretofore com prised the record of the Stale assess ment, this year the assessment rolls are uniform in appearance, strongly and neatly bound in volumes, and measurably after the tabular form re quired by law. For the first- time in the assess mept of tile State, the different kinds of property are shown in detail in ap propriate columns. This is chiefly due to the measures adopted at the last session of the Board to accom plish such an end. - We regret to observe that too many of the Assessors are inefficient, either through inoompetency . or disinclina tion to do their duty in the manner directed by the law. Their neglect or failure in the performance of thoir official service is shown in the under valuation of property; inaccuracy in aggregating individual assessments, as well as in the addition ot columns; carelessness . in not balancing each page of the assessment roll, so that the addition of the columns of values shall correspond with the sum total of the column of "gross values;" a disregard of the proper mannor of qualifying a taxpayer when rendering an account of his property aud in debtedness, in not administering the oath in tho form of an affidavit sotting forth the items of taxable property, as well as indebtedness, instead of a ver bal oath ; deducting exemption from the assessment ol real instead ot person al properly. But the most serious in eih'oicncy of Assessors, is iu assessing property tar below its actual cash val ue. Those assessors who have per mitted themselves to be guided by tha rules framed by tho Board for that purpose have more satisfactorily performed their work, althougli the complete casn valuation is yet lo be reached. We are sensible of the ungracious ness of the work that is assigned us, that the more efficiently wo may do our part the more may prejudice and self roterest disparago aud misjudge. Yet we have no choice other than to do our duty to the best of our knowl edge and ability, and leave the result to the determination of experience and time. ' ' It is one of the objects of good government that its burdens should be borne equally by all that wo one should be compelled to sustain more than a just proportion Of its expenses. When all property ;s completely listed at the true value, inequality aim un fairness in taxation will no longer bo experienced, and the less the expense of government the less should be the tax. The accomplishment ot an ob ject so deirable and beneficial as a re duction ot the ratio ot taxes can only be attained by a lull and complete ex hibit ot all the assessable property of the State at its actual cash valuation as the law requires. Tho more nu merous the sources i ot revenue the easier is the obligation of the taxpay er fulfilled, I lie larger the amount of assessable proporty the lower will be the rate of taxes and the greater the relief from that burthen. To il lustrate: if the taxable preperty of the State could bo returned at one hundred millions' of dollars which the Board estimate to be nearer the cash valuation than the amount actu ally returned there would be no ne cessity for a further continuance of the Slate tax at five and a half mills, as it could safely be reduced under such circustances to less than one half thatfiguie, with a corresponding re duction in tho, taxation for county purposes. It is suggested that incompetency is the cause of inefliciency in Assessors that under the present system no better ability can be obtained without increased compensation. In view of future legislation, we would advise Assessors be paid au annual salary sufficient to insure that talent and competency so essential for a postion ot such importance, Ihere is no county official whoso intelligent and energetio service comprehends more beneficial results, or whose duties are of mdfe vital consequence. The com pensation could be graded according to the work to be performed. The terra of office should be extended to at least four years to mako tho incum bent more independent of interested influences, and to enable him to secure to the public the value of his experi ence. In connection with the subject of taxation we would further suggest the advisability of paying all county officials by a stated yearly salary, in stead of by fees as at present, that the fees for services be collected as usual and transferred to the County Treas ury. We are assured that after pay ing liberal compensation for the very best ability there would remain in the Treasury, under such an arrangement, in a majority of the counties a large surplus of money with which to liqui date comity liabilities and thus relievo the oppressiveness of county taxation. It would also be a movement in the right direction and a help to the tax payer to consolidate rather than in crease the number of offices. Th necessary1 legislation should be pro cureu that would require the num her ot positions ot a similar class be consolidated into one, especially in counties where there are city Iran chises, so that in such counties tliero would need to be but one Assossoi one Collootor, one Treasurer for coun ty, city aud perhaps school district purposes. The Board was very considerably delayed in. tno worn ot equalization in the . hist instance by the uiacoura- cies and incomploteness of the greater number ot the assessment rolls, the correction of which occupied a good deal of time and attention, and in the second place the session was pro longed by the- failure on the part of some of tho counties iu the transmis sion ot their assessment rolls, several of which were not received until late" in the month of October. Additional rules have been formu lated tor Assessors which it is hoped may render their duties more intelli gible and secure greater efficiency of service. Some of the County Boards of Equalization have misinterpreted tho law under wnich they act, and while they were in session for the full peri od Of the term, they sat to hear and answer complaints only, aud did not examine and correct the assessment rolls of thoir respective counties," or reduce the valuation ot property as sessed," where such action was neces sary as the law provides. Attention has been called to this omission in the performance of their duties with the hope that hereafter greater ofhoienoy wiil be manifested op their part, for without it the labors of the State Board are largely increased and to some extent rendered nugatory. The revenue Bystem of the State is very defective. Its thorough amend ment is ot the first importance. The necessity of the case is so imperious as to demand a oomplete revision of these laws as. toon as possible. They were enacted from time to time with out referenoe. to the present system of equalization, and the state and ooun ty Boards of Equalization seem to have been created without regard to the revenue laws, and consequently difficulties are constantly arising to retard and embarrass the action of these organizations in the exeroise of their functions. The- powers of the Slate Board should bo enlarged or made more definite. The number of its members should be increased to at least five oue from each judicial district which would have a tendency to place the Board in possession of increased local knowledge for the moro satis factory performance of its duties, more certainly insure a quorum at all times during its session, and in the wider division of ils labors secure a much greater efficiency. It was undoubtedly the intention of the Legislature, in making it the duty of the Assessor to deduct from the taxable property of the taxpayer his indebtedness within the State that the' indebtedness so deducted, in the form of obligations to pay in the pos session of the creditor, should be sub ject to taxation as tho property ot the oroditor. It otherwise, tho law is in vidious and unjust, and should be re pealed, as many of our merchants, having liabilities due elsewhere, are precluded from the bonefit of tho law. The Board have therefore directed Assessors hereafter in all cases not to deduct indebtedness unless the names ot the creditors are given. It was compelled to this course as a matter oi right to tho State and to the taxpayer, as well as justice to those who are excluded from tak ing advantage of the law, and more particularly because of the enormous amount of indebtedness appearing as an oil'sot to nssossmenlB. The aggre gate indebtedness throughout the State, which taxpayors have the bene fit of amounts to $13,621,145, while the column of "money, notes and ac counts," where said indebtedness should appear, aggregates only $9, 030,072, which is too sufficiently sig nificant of itself to need further com ment. Tho assessable property of the State for tho present year was re turned at $57,682,G91. Deducting in debtedness and exemption amounting to $10,982,532, the total taxable prop erty amounted to $10,700,159. The result of equalization increases this sum to $15,088,924 04. With the exception of Multnomah county, the assessments in the outside or border conntifls wore nearer a oaBh valuation than in tho counties situated in tho Willamotto valloy, which in clude the more desirable and valuable lands, because of cultivation and con venient means of transportation of products to markets ol exchange. The assessments of agricultural lands generally, with the exception of five counties, were so palpably below the actual cash valuations as to make an equalization, by an additional per centage on the grosi assessment, a matter ot the sheerest jtisuco. so im perfect and unfair have boon some of the assessments, that lands for which $20 per aero have been offered and de clined, have been assessed at $Sper acre; and in no county in tho Wil lamette valley, excepting Multnomah county, have the agricultural lands been assessed at any hguro approxi mating a Cash valuation. Also sever al pieces of personal property havo been assessed very much below a cash valuation, but as there was no assess ment in a single instance approxi mating a cash valuation of such prop erty, no incrcaso could bo made, the ISoaro) having to oo only wun tne equalization of assessments, iheso facts must be borno in consideration in reviewing the work of the Board in the matter of equalization. , ' For the first time in the statistics ol the State there is an exhibit of the number and value of the different kinds of live stock. It affords grati fying information. The more diver 1873. sified the produots of a co-miry the more assured is its prosperity and wealth. . ' In the counties east of the moan tains tho assessment of live stock gen erally approached nearer oash value than elsewhere, save in one county already Jnamed. In three of the chiefest agricultural counties of the Slate, convenient to water and rail road transportation, the average as sessment of cattlo was from $8 DO to $11 60 per head ; while iu tho two extreme sounlliern counties, Jackson and Josephine, the average excecdod $16 per head; in the counties of Clat sop and Columbia ttU bU and S-il US respectively; and in Baker, Grant and Wasco counties, from $15 66 to $17 56. In equalizing the assessments of the lands belonging to the grants to wag on road companies, comprising 484,- 002 acres, the Board took into oonsid eiation the fact that they were with held from present settlement for speculative purposes, and deemed that the Government pnoo, $1 25, at which they , were assessed in one county, although at a. higher price in another, was a propor assessment for such lands, excepting those in Wasco couuty, which wore equalized at 40 cents, on account ot their remoteness and inferior character of soil. Tho lands of the European and Oregon Land Company, embracing- 192,614 aores, were likewise viowed as held for speculative purposes, and their as sessment was equalized to the highest assessment $1 00 in tho central counties, and in other localities at $1 25. Some of the lands of the rail road grant have been sold at muoh higher figures; they wore all conveyod to the present company at $1 25 por aore, and are held tor sale at a price bevonu that rate. Iu conclusion, we have the honor to submit the accompanying tabular statements as part ot this report. It is believed that they contain valuable statistical information that may be useful in the future, in legislating and otherwise; at all events they will serve to show in part the labors of tho Board in the duties ol equalization : Jixhibit "A is a table ot the aero age, average value per acre, and gross valuo ot land, exclusive ot grants to corporations, iu each county ot the Stato, and por cent, of increase after equalization. It shows an aggregate incrcaso of 2,489,304 acres, and the assessed value of $19,010,508, with the value as equalizod to $22,220, 831 40, Exhibit "B" is a tnbleof the num ber and gross and average values of stock in each county of the Stato, and per cent, of inorease after equalization. It gives 65,789 horses; assessod value, $2,589,617; equalized value, $3,080, 237; cattle 232,132; assessed value, $3,416,946; equalized value, $3,783,- 061; sheep, 388,241; assessed value, $966,481; equalized valuo, $1,042,199; swine, 72,825; assessed value, $145, 641; equalized value, $212,854. -Exhibit "C - is a table ol the prop erty ot corporations, Bhowlng the description of property owned by each oompany, the assessed value there of, the per centage added or deduot- d, and tho equalized value. In is exhibit gives 427J miles of telegraph line; assessed valuo, $27,950; equal ized value $12,750; 257-1 miles of rail road, equalized, at $r,80ii eb.aj- per mile, or $1,494,500; 192,514 aores of land ol European and Uregnn Land Co.; assessed value, $146,698 03; equalized volue, $268,121 49; 483,562 oores of lands of wagon road compa nies; assessod value, $365,461; equal ized valuo, $477,922. Exhibit "D" is a tabii of the aggre gates of property' in eaoh county of tho suite, with the values assessod and equalized, showing the total taxable property ot the stale as eoualizod to be $45,688,924 94. All t which is rospoo'lully submit ted, ' N. 11. UATKS. GEO. L. CURltY. ' W. F. ALEXANDER. JAY COOKE ECONOMIZING. The reduction of his private estab lishment, writes a Philadelphia cor respondent, was ono of Jay Cooke's first acts after his disastrous suspen sion. He lives in a very large and handsome mansion, which he calls Ogontz, at Cheltou Hills, a few miles out of Philadelphia, on the North Pennsylvania Railroad. His estate comprises 180 acres, forty of which were bought a few days prior to his suspension. I need scaroely add that the proporty is very valuable, the mansion alone boing worth at least $800,000 to $1,000,000. Mr. Cooke has now closed up the greator part of the house, and occupies only a few rooms. Before his misfortune he had only five or six domestics, of whom the greater part are now dis charged. He bad a private gag ap paratus on the premises, by which the five hundred burners in the man sion were supplied; bat this is now unused, and common lamps have been brought into requisition. The large heaters in tho cellar are also not in use. The extonsive green house and conservatory are to be utilized in the way of retrenchment. Mr. Cooke's gardener has entered into partnership with Mr. Southwood, one of our city florists, and the flowers, etc., are to be sold in the regular course of business in that line, to an extent at least sufficient to pay the wages of the men employed in that department. Mr. Cooke has distinctly stated that his private for tune, estimated at one-half its actual cost, is included in the statement of his affairs. Queen Viotoria receives from the British nation an income of $1,925, 000, and $100,090 more from the Duchy of Lancaster, besidos the in como arising from her private estates and investments, which amount to as much more. The Prince of Wales baa an allowance from the nation of $120,000, and receives $300,000 more from tho Duchy of Cornwall. NO. 15 TUB FARMERS' MOVEMENT. Let the politicians say what they please about it, tho farmers move ment is going ahead like a prairie on fire, Several representative Missouri papers At hand speak the sentiment Of that region. One says: "The necessity for that reform in political administration which the united effort of the farmers of the country, especially of the West, can alone obtain is so urgent that it can not fail to be reoognized by even the most superficial." Another "TbiB movement of the agricultural interests of the country has not commenced a bit to soon, and however modest and timid may be their first action, they will soon find themselves caught up in the whirling tide of State and national politics, and will be com pelled whether or not, to consider all the grave problems now before the country, still another "The farm- era' war, as it ia sometimes called, is destined to have a political influ ence." A Nebraska paper asserts that lue grangers are loaning rapid progress in that State. Common cause is there taken with the farmers of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and other folates on all questions ef fecting the farmers' interests. An other Western paper declares that "the whole race of dishonest politi cians stand in awe of this great move ment, which is no doubt the truth. A St. Paul paper says it it looks as if the "potato bugs" (grangers) will prove a lively crowd in Minnesota. An Illinois paper declares "the move ment to be an independent one, com mitted to no one and to no party, but Kcommending itself to all." The Uatholio farmers of Olmstead oounty. Minnesota, although not members of the Order of the Patrons Of Husband ry, express themselves warmly in favor of its principles, excepting its secrecy. - In short there seems to be a general stampede in layor of the movement, regardless of religious predelictions or previous political affiliation. - Gen. Leo, grave man as he was. greatry.enjoyed the "sell" which a wag on biB stall palmed oil upon a reporter, who promptly inserted it in the papers. The reporter wanted to. Know lien, liee hour for dining. "Six o'olock exactly at six," was the reply, "i mfor, then it is rather a formal meal?." "Deoidedly formal in fact, I may say it is a rigidly military dinner." "Military 1 how military?" "Well, you Bee, General Lee sits at the head of table, and Col. Chilton at the foot, and every thing is done in red-tape style." Red tape at table! I dont under stand you. Please explain." "Cqr- lamly; (ion. Lee never corves, and never helps all that is left to Col. Chilton but General Lee asks the guests what they will have: they tell him; then ho issues his orders, and Col. Chilton executes them. That's all. "Go on, go on?" opening his note-book- -'Give me an example tell me exactly how it is done." "Suppose, then, that we have beef we generally have beef. Grace is said by the chaplain, then Gen. Leo raps on the table with the handle of his knifo and says "Attention?" Evorybody issilent. Every eye is turned toward Gon . Lee. He looks at one of us me, for example and I rise and make a military miluto. "Capt. C , what will you be help ed to?" says Gen Lee. I say 'Beef,' make another salute and Bit down.. Gon, Lee, fixing biB eye on Col. Chilton, says, 'Beof, forCapt. C -.' My plate is passed, helped, and then Col. Chilton handing it to the ser vant, eavB, "Beef for Capt. C . By order of Gen. Leo. It, H. Chil ton, A. A. G. And ting absurd story went the round of the South ern paperg. FAHlHIillS AND POLITICIANS. The Farmers' War, as it is some times called, is destined to have a great political influence. It hai already roused the people from that indifference to public virtue which we have looked upon ns ono of the most dangerous symptoms of the times, and has taught thorn that it is more important to ask about their . candi dates whether they are honest and capable, than whether they have the support of the rogular caucus and always hurrah for the rogular plat form. The effect of this will bo to raise the standard of the party nomi nations. Neither sido can afford to present ncandidats Who bo charactor will not bear the closest examination. We are not sanguine enough to pre dict that the permanent purification of official life will follow; but if we can only chook for a little while the decline of public morality, if we can' only banish a few of the venal legis lators who buy officeforlhesakoof the profit they can make by soiling them selves in turn, we eUjtll feel that the farmers' movement has accomplished a great good for the country at large, irrespective of what it may do in the matter for which-it was especially organized. Circumstantial Evidence. An Illi nois paper tells this: A Peoria boy in a vigorous chase aftor rats, recent ly broke down a shelf in the cellar and immolated six jars of preserves. He gazed on the ruins without a nigh, caught and killed a rat, laid it among the debris, and daubing his faithful dog's nose and legs with the fruit, sent him up stairs, while tho boy bid m the coal shed. He beard feminine shrieks of dismay; he beard the wrathful objurgation of his sire; ne heard the unsuspecting dog led into the back yard aud Bhot, and Spreading forth bis handg said solomnly, "another victim of circum stantial evidonce." An Illinois State Fair Committee avoided trouble by awarding first pre miums to all the varieties of sewing machines exhibited. "Besiness notices in tho Local Coli,u.u, cents per line, each insertion. ForloRal and transient aflvertinenertu 2 5fl per sqtiaro of 2 liuas,. for tU fi..t u.i,; and $1 00 per square fif each subic,uei.t in sertion. . .; . , CBEOLG CHARACTERISTIC!; . There U general integrity of ftliar-' acter in the Creole. ' Iu the city of his heart NewOrloans-T-ho may go to the theater and dance oir Suridu; el, (or which he is continuously reproved! by his i ti'ghbors but as a rule, he may be depended on for the fulfill ment of mundane obligations'. ' Hi, lives long. Fair good and wine, easy digestion, and a pleasant life, gen erally, carry him, with but little iuci- deutal sickness, past the line of fjiur- kcore. Thus 1 his death 'follows' with the natural sequences of ni'ht, to day. A Creole proverb puti it that at last he dries up and b'.owj away. , He is hospitable according lo his means, which are usually limited, com pared to those bf tho American., , IW is not cosmopolitan, taking liltlo in terest in anytbiug outside of his lo cal, affairs; but "whenever his mind moves out of his home groove, it travels Franceward, to the Cradle of his race. It is against his nature to feel that interest in our national' institutions and progress common to American citizens.- National pros perity and civilization are words, tbri fall still-born upon his iiidifl'oreut our: That part cf Louisiana inhabitod by his own people alone awakens bin in terests. Patriotism for tho Unite J Stages, as a rule, is a dead language which he does not speak. To assume' that he does, is an affectation, and he wisely refrains. . He is" halriturtlly polito.' nnd in this he is strikingly superior to hid Americnn neiglcbora. To employ a figure after the fashion of tho Creole, a rough manner is like raspy, crnda wine, which passes the paluto under a protest and grates the tin oat; polished manner is like line w u, which is welcomed, ohapeau has, by the sentinel of the stomach, en 1 slips down the larynx as smoothly as a velvet ribbon, conferring honor iu its' passage and leaving behind it a lin gering taste fragrance. EMBARRASSING AFFlICTiOnf. ' I 'l A correspondent of the- Courier d'Orienl narrates that when (J neeu Olga, of Greeco, was passiug through Gulatz, Her Majesty was requested to show herself to the crowd, who were most anxious to Bee her. The young quoen complied with tlje re quest, and giving her arm - to the Grand Duko riicolas, she landed t the court yard of the Ddnubo steam', ship company. She had just set hm foot on Bhore when' the conrt-yaid, was invaded by. such a . crowd of enthusiasts that her majesty was foroibly carriod away and ptfshed" by the crowd into the principal streeli ."Or the town. The orowd continued 1 to' increase, and the situation - became embarrassing if not dangerous. The queen, Who had been crushed by the mob, wished to return, but could not sncceod, aud Bcreamod iu terror.' The more euthusiastio begun to tear , her dress, n,nd carry off bits of it as relics, and it is hard t say wluU sort of costume would have been left hoc majesty if she had not the presence' of mind to take refuge in a shop, the door of which was closed. The1 polios came to the rcsoue, but at first their efforts were unsuccessful. If was not until they were sufficiently numerous to koop an open way be tween the Bhop and the : place of embarkation that the quoen could re turn to the yacht. After her majesty was on board a man was noticod com ing toward the yaoht, bearing' on his' shoulders the Prince Coustantiue,' the heir to the throne. The assistance' of the sailors was necessary to rescue the Princo from the arms of this; fanatic. . MAHCIJl.INia DISADVANTAGES, ; Some one has bSon writing on masculine disadvantages, and point to the experiauco of a school boy a ( illustrative of the fact. "Can he," says this writor, 'dodge his calculus, by complaining of a sick headache,' and breakfasting on tea and toast in bed? Can he slide ovor bis uutiaiiM lated Virgil by putting on a new cout,' his most bowitching cravat, and curl his hair, and looking down whim the grumpy old professor growls at bilii.. Can tearful oyes and quivorin lips,' and a sob or two condone iu hU case for a forbidden correspondence? Then look at the partiality shown the 'swoot girl graduates.' Tho reporters rhapsodize over their 'gracefulness,' their 'queenKnoss' their 'musical voioos, and give a roportorial part or two to their inaudible little platitudes; and in the next day's: pnpor figure some bon-mots from thoir sparkling essays. Nobody dilate on the 'majesty,' tho 'kinglinnss,'- the Apollo-lik'o charms' of ttiu voutig gentlemen graduates. They stand up there and bravely address the audience, conscious all the time, to tho vory centre of thoir' boiugs, that thoir hands are big and red, that there is one lock of thoir hair that will stick up, and that those coat sloovos will pull up," Macbeth Amended. When Mrs: Siddons was playing Lady M leliuth1 in Dublin, at that part wlu.ro a drum sounds, and sho exclaims, "A drum! a drum I Macbeth doth come !" there' was somo difficulty or neglect in ob taining tho noccssary instrument, and; to her amazement, n trumpet vai sounded, She immediately saw how absurd it would bo to say a "drum'! while the sounds of the trumpet lillej, tho audience, so sho said, "A trumpet! a trumpet I" arid stopped short amid breathless silonce, not knowing how to rhyme, when a voice from tiie gal lery called out, "Macbeth doth stump it I" at which lire houso broka into Tt peal of laughter and applause, and the tragedienne advanjetl to the foot1 lights and bowed her acknowledg ment for the relief. She Hl'iei-wniil triod to find out who it was, but fail ed to do 80, and novcr forgot what she consideioduhe most genuine pieco " of wit she had met with in all her ex