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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT KATES OF ADVEH'flHl.Ntt. r '. : , 1 ryr:-:-s '. 1W1MMM YR. lineh, i on a no Tog Toil iTTo , tin, i 00 t 00 7 00 1) 00 H CO - J in. '." oo oo moo hop, st eo v 4 In. 4 00 7 00 12 50 18 00 Sf 00 Col.- 0 M it I... Jo (, : Col., its 1J 00 U 00 SO 00 lit , , (' Col. 10 00 16S0 2( 00 40 00 M o 1 Cel. 15 00 20 00 40 00 M 00 100 OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON, PVILIIHID IVRRT FRIDAY, IT MART. V. BROWN. i - . J OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. 1 TERMS, in AnVARCRt One year, $3 : Six monthi, 13 ; Three month!, SI s On- month, 50 3 tents j Single Copies, 121 cents. Correspondents i"11'" or womed slirna tures or anonymously, must mske known their proper in" to the Editor, or no attention will be Riven to tbetr communications. BUSINESS OAKDS. J. GOUNSKEY, MERCHANT TAILOR, Hne opened n flrstrclass tailor shop In Albany, and wants customers. CaHHimerefl. Cloths. etc.. apeeduy made into ftuits of the latest styles. VOUA.LI. . A. CHRMOWETH. I. K. SMITH. Corvallll. , , Linn Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corvallin, Oregon. , r9-0rncR at the Conrt House. vdn27 JOHN J. WHITNEY, ATTOBXEY AND COUSSELOB, AT LAW 1 and Notary PAblic. I Epeolal attentions given to collodions. ! OrriCR Up stairs in Parrish's Brick. f Albany, Oregon. v3n53tf. I n. H. JONES. I J.L. SlI ' JONES & HILL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS ALBANY, OREGON. S. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, r ALBANY, OKEGON. aVOfflco In the Court Housed v8n2tf. 1B00TS MADE TO ORDER AT REASONABLE BATES AT HENRY FLIGHT'S SHOP, ALBANY, OREGON. taT'Work; warranted to jrlve satisfaction.! v8n35tf. w. C. TWKEBALE, . DEALER IN Groceries, provisions. ' Tobacco, Cigars and Yankee Notions, -' ALBANY, OREGON. I irlll strive to. koorl on hands the best of ev erything In my line, and to merit public pat : tronago. vSnaiyi. ' . A. W. GAMBLE, M. D., -" -. " I HITSICIAN & StRGEO.Y, r , ... I . , fiLBANT, OREGON. ' I ' OTTlcedn Malnetreet.onedonrwcstofWced's EToeery store.. Residence at the Into residence ; of John Mendcnhull, near tho Star Krewcry. i Jan. 12th, IS74. vSnlffltf, I D. B. KICK, M. D. j PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, t ALBANY, OREGON, Office on Mn!n street between Ferry ifcnd I proadalbln. , Rentdence on Third street, Iwo blooki east, or below, the Methodist Church.. , vsmatf. ,f J. W. BALDWIN, ! ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW j Will practice in all the Courts In tho 2d, Sd and 4th Judicial Districts; In the Supreme fcourt of Orpjfon, and in the United Htates Dis trict and Circuit Court, Mllce up-stnlrs in front too in in Parrish'i brick block, First St., Albany urei;on, Dlt. E. O. SMITH, ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE -Two doors enst of Conner's Bank, wmi hi. . GEO. R. HELM, Attorney and counselor at law Will practice in all the Courts of this State. ' OFFICE i ALBANY, OREGON. Not. 11, 1870. . W, HARRIS. H. J. BOUGHTON. HARRIS BOUGHTON, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, ALB ANT, OREGON. lff-Officeon Main street, over A. Carothers' Btore. Dr. Harris's rt'sldence, on Fourth street, our hlooks west of tkjurt HouBe. Dr. Bough ton's resldenoe. on Fourth street, opposite Or, Taus. vlmlttf. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, 1 CORNER FRONT ANO WASHINGTON STS., ALBANY, OREGON. N. S. LUBOIS. - - PROPRIETOR. Thiihoufieii tho most oommodloui In the elty. Table nupplled with the bert the market valuable!. Office of Corvallia Stage Company. tinM f. G. F. SETTLEIMIER, v maoran. rree concn w vn huubm. io iui JDruggist and Apothecary! 1a BALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, J Paints, Window Glass, Dyestuffs, Liquors, franoy Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, Ae, Freicriptioni Cirefully Compounded. All art cles and Drugs in oar line wananted W the best quality. First street, Post Office bnilding, Albany. JuUT5n48yt ALBANY BATH HOUSE! rTWE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT i fully inform the eltiiens of Albany and vi- Vinity that he has taken Charge el tnis tuaDiiin faent, and, by keeping e!ean rooms and paying Itriet attention to business, eipeets to suit all those who may favor bhn wAb their patronage, llevtng heretofore carried on nothing but Flrat-Clasa Hair Dressing Saloons, na exneete to give entire satisfaction to ail. ffieT'Childten and Ladies' Hair neatly ent and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. v3e'S3tf. DR. G. W. GRAY, ALtANV, OREGON. OFFICE IV PARISH'S BRTCK CTXCK. eornrrof Flm and Ferry Btrtt tn. Office ttouM frofo J4 to U o'cioek a. m., and from 1 to 8 O'clock P.M. ILeaidence: Corner FlHh r)d Ferry street, f wtn.Hif. WM. RICHTER & CO. FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER I f ALBA ST, ORtGOX. W R?F RFAWN"ABIE AND WRK VAR JL mntfd. Kpirin(r wromptly and MUivfac artdft&t at horun nouc a idtf. i (3ti&L VOL. IX. : ; A C0NTESTWITH FOILS. A STORY OF A BD8SIAN DDEE PRACTICAL TEST OP A TEACHER'S PROFICIENCY, Some thirty years ago I arrived in St. Petersburg, with the intention of establishing myself as a fencing mas ter in the capital. Introductions from distinguished individuals of my own country, enabled me to make a friend of Count Alexis W.; and that noblemah interested himself greatly in my success. Not content with procuring me several pupils, he urged me to petition the Emperor for the valuable and honorable appointment ol fencing master to a regiment; and toward that end gave me a letter of recommendation to an aid-de-camp of the Czarwitsch Constantino, who was then at the Castle of otrelna, near St. Petersburg. The morning alter, 1 hired droshki and set out for Strelna, armed with my credentials. I reach ed the Convent of St. Serg'uis, thfj saint most venerated in Kussia after St. Alexander Nieuski. A few min utes afterwards I arrived at the cas tle, and was soon ushered into the apartments of the Emperor's brother. In one of these I discovered him standing with his back to a large fire and distinguished by the most for bidding countenance r ever beheld He was tapping his boot with his riding whip, and the undried splash of mud on his pantaloons indicated. that he had but recently returned from a ride or a review. At a table near him. Was seated General Eodna. pen in hand, and apparently writing under the rnnce s dictation. The door was scarcely closed when the. Czarwitsch, fixing on me his piercing eyeu, uurupuv Hum; "What is your age t" "Six and twenty," "Name ?" "Gr ." "You want to bo a fencing-master1 to a regiment I "May it please your highness, such is the object of my ambition. "Are you a first-rata swordsman?" "I have fenced in public several times since my arrival in St. Peters burg, and your highness can easily ascertain the opinion of those who were present." "I have heard of you, but you had only second-rate fencers to contend with. "Which gave them just claims up on my forbearanoe, your tugliness. "Forbearance!" he repeated with flashing eyes, and a scornful curl on nis lips; "but if less considerate, what then ?" "I should have buttoned them ten limes for every twice that they touched me, your highness." "Ha, and could you do that with mo?"' "That would depend on how your imperial humness might wish to be treated; If as a prince, it is proba ble your highness would touch me ten times and be touched twice. But if your highnoss desired to be treated like any other person, the ten hits would be achieved by me, and the two by your highness." 1 "Lubenski!" roard the Czarowitsch, rubbing his hands; "Lubenski, bring the foils. We shall see Sir Braggadocio." "It is possible your highness Would condescend " "My highness orders you to touch me ten ' times if you can. Do you want to back out already ? Now take this foil and mask. Guard 1" "Is it your highness's absolute command !" "Yes, yes!" . "I am ready." ' "Ten times," repeated the prince, as he attacked me -" ten times, mind you, less wont do. Ha! Ha!" Notwithstanding this encourage ment, I kept merely on the defensive, contenting myself with parrying his thrusts, without returning them. "Now, then!" cried he angrily, ' 'what are you about ? You are play ing the fool with me. Why don't you thrust?" "Your highness! the respect " "Confound your respect, sir. Thrust! thrust!" Observing through his mask that his cheeks were flushed and his eyes bloodshot, I took advantage of the permission granted, and touched him three times running. "Bravo!" cried he. "My turn now. Ha! A hit! a hit!" He had touched me. I then touched him four times in rapid suc cession, and was then touched once. "Hurrah!" he cried, exultingly. ''Eodna, did you see that? Twice to his seven !" "Twice to ten, your highness," re plied I, pressing him very hard. "Eight, nine, ten! Now we are' quits'."- "Good, good! cried Czarowitsch, approvingly. "Very good, but that's not all. The small sword, not enough, no use to the cavalry; want the saber. Now, could you defend yourself, on foot, against a mounted lancer? Parry a lance thrust, eh?" "I think I could, your highness!" "Think so! Not sure, eh?" "Pardon me, your highness, I have no doubt of it." Lubenski!" again shouted the pnnce. The othcer appeared. "A lance and horse. Quick!" "But your highness" I interpos-l ed. "Hal Yon are afraid?" "I am not afraid: but with your highness I should experience equal reluctance to be the victor or the van quished." "Ail nonsense and Battery I ine first trial was capital. Now for the second." At this moment the officer appear ed before the windows of the palace leading a magnificent horse, and bearing a lance in his hand. "Now, then," exclaimed Constan-' tine, as he dashed out of the room, and made a, sign for mo to follow him. "Give him a good saber, Lu benski; and now, my Englishman, mind yoursetf, or you'll be spitted like one of the toads in my summer house. The last lived three days, Eodna," added he, turning to that general, "nith a nail through his belly." So saying, the prince spuang upon his steed. With great skill he put the animal through the most difficult evolutions, at the same time execut ing sundry parries and thrusts with his lance. "All ready?" he cried, riding up to me. "Eeadr, your highness," was the reply, and he, setting spurs to his horse, galloped on to the further end of the avenue. "Surely this is all a joke?" I said to General Eodna. "By no means!" was the reply. 'You will either Iobo your life or gain your appointment! Defend yoursfelf as if you were on a battle field." . Matters had taken a much more serious turn than I had anticipated. Had I considered myself at liberty to return blow for blow, I could have taken my chance without uneasiness, but finding myself bound to control, as well as to use, a keen-edged sa ber, while exposed to the sharpened lance of a reckless antagonist, the chances of the diversion were deci dedly asainst me. It was too late. however, to draw back. I summoned to my aid all the cool ness and tyJdress I possessed, and prepared to face the Czarowitsch, who had already passed the end of the advance, and turned his horse about. Tke animal advanced at full speed, Constantino being crouched down upon his neck in such a man ner that ho was nearly concealed by the abundant mane. When he reached me he made a point at my breast, but I parried his thrust, and bounding on one side, horse and rider, carried away by their impetuosity, passed by without doing the slightest injury. "Very good, very good r he said, "try again." v ithout giving me time for obiec- tion or remark, he took space for his career, and, after askfcig me if I was ready, returned to the charge with great fury. As before, I kept my eyes hxed on his, and not one of his motions escaped me. At the decisive moment I parried en parle, and, by a spring to the right, made his second attack as harmless as the hrst. Uttering a howl of disappoint ment, the Czarowitsch entered into the spirit' of our match as ardent ly as if it had been a real com bat, and had, moreover made up his mind that it should terminate in his favor, but when I saw him retracing the ground for the third assault, I resolved that it should be tho last. Again he advanced toward me with whirlwind speed; this time, however, without contenting myself with a mere parry, I dealt a violent back handed blow on the poll of the lance, which was severed by the stroke, and Constantino felt himself disarmed. Then, quick as thought, I seized the bridle. of the horse, and by a violent jerk threw him on his haunchos, at the same time placing the point of my saber on the breast of the rider. General Eodna uttered a cry of alarm; he thought I was going to kill the Prince. Constantino also had the same impression, for the color lefthis cheek for an instant. Stepping a pace backward, and bow ing to the Grand Duke: lour highness, I said, "hast now seen what I am able to teach to Eussian soldiers, and whether I am Worthy to become their Professor." xes, by my soul you are I .Never saw a braver fellow; and a regiment you shall have, it I can get it for you. Now follow me," he added, .as he threw himself from the saddle, and led the way to his apartments. When there he took up a pen rind wrote at the foot of the petition to the Emperor, which I had fortunate ly in readiness: "I humbly recommend the peti tioner to your imperial majesty, be lieving him in every way worthy of the favor he solicits." It is only necessarry to add that, after some short delay, I was fortu nate enough in procuring the post I so anxiously sought. POSSIBLE POLITICAL, ISSUE OF 1876 A dispatch from Washington gives us the startling rumor that before the lapse of many days a republi an member of the house will submit to that body a somewhat bold and start ling proposition for the relief of the Southern states from their present disheartening financial embarrass ments. This proposition, it is said, will be to advance to the southern states several hundred millions of cash, or its equivalent, and partly in consideration of uie heavy losses suf fered by the Southern States ' in the loss of their slave property. Of course there is no hope of the success of any such scheme this side of the presi dential election of 1876; but suppose there is an ambitious Ecpublican or two intent upon a new departure for 1876, it will be perceived that in gaining the good will of the South, through the proposition suggested, the Eepublican leading off this move ment will secure some capital to build upon. It seems to be understood that a powerful bolt from the admin istration party is bound to be made for the campaign of 1876, and so if some leading Eepublican this session shall lead off in some movement for the Southern vote not set down in the administration programme we need not be surprised, for they have be come desperate, and resort to desper ate measures. Hurliugion Gazette. The jury in the Challia libel suit against Woodhull k Claflin returned a verdict of not guilty. Judge Suth erland characterized the verdict an one of the most outrageous he had ver heard. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY MARCH 27, 1874. j From the Salt Litlto Tribune, February mh.J laii rnuruni s unb A Fall Expose of the Scandal Against Ann When Mrs. Ann Eliza Young left Salt Lake City she bore testimonials and recommendations from some of the most respefttable citizens of the place. Her recent connection with the unclean system ol polygamy ren dered such indorsement necessary to her success before the Jiastern public When the telegram announcing that she and her ogent .had been m fla grante delietu was published here, her friends said nothing publicly, but re solved to await further light,. We understand that they now pretty gen erally and fully reject the stones, since given in detail, as malignant scandals. 1' or thiB conclusion they assign the following reasons. A thoroughly responsible gentle man of this oity was in Bloomington when Mrs. xoung lectured there, After the lecture he went in company wiiu major ronti io me room occupi ed by Mrs. Young and the Major's dutghter. At about half-past 1U Ma jor Pond went to his own room, ac companied by our informant, who re mained with him until midnight. Obviously, then, the interference drawn from the story of the night clerk about the key goes by the board., ' vie. woodhtjll's share in the slander, The yarn telegraphc d to the Chi cago Times, and republished with so much gusto by the Herald, that v ic- toria Woodhull knew of the truth of the scandal, is contradicted by the fact that this notorious woman was not in Bloomington at the time, as well as by the fact that the rooms on each side of that occupied by Mrs. Young and Miss Pond were taken, the one bv our informant and the other by Mrs. Young's agent. Tho Milwaukee dispatch, to the Times has all the appearance of a malicious fabrication, the object of the creature who sent it being to yet further smirch Mrs. loung s charac ter by associating her with so notori ous a person. We feel entire confi dence that Mrs. Woohull did not make the statement to the Milwaukee audience that is attributed to her. If she did, which we will adrriit for the sake of argument, it was a bald and palpable falsehood, and her ani mus may be understood when the fact is stated that she had several months before attempted tb take Mrs. Young's cause under her patronage, and that the latter lady was warned on leaving the oity against having anything to do with her. Of course, she observed the warning, and hence the spiteful fling of the infamous ad vocate of free-loveism. The Herald stoops pretty low when it republishes the flings of Brick Pomeroy and Vic toria Woodhull as authority. . THE BLEEPINO-CAR STORY. ' So much of the story as relates to the sleeping-car was started immedi ately after the lecturing party left Bloomington. A note was promptly addressed to Major Pond, asking for an explanation. It came at once, and the substance of it was publish ed in the Tribune two days since. We venture the statement that no candid person, who knows the parties implicated, doubted its correctness for a moment. At every point the scandal seems to be met, and that, too, with the imperfect information furnished ap parently by accident. If anything further were needed to brand the sto ries as infamously falseit is found in the fact that their vendors did not dare publish thein until Mi's.- Young and party were more than a thousand miles away. More than a month had elapsed from the time they had left Bloomington. The hearty indorse ment of. THE YOCNO MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Of that city had been meantime pub lished throughout Iowa and Wiscon sin. Yet no breath of the great scan dal. But no sooner were the West ern lecture engagements fulfilled, and the parties off for Boston, than the dastardly agent of the Priesthood here emptied his filth and venom into the columns of the Chicago Times. The very day of Mrs. Young's engage ment to lecture in Tremont Temple was the time chosen for the publica tion of the falsehood. Of course it was supposed that tho telegraph would carry the news, and that she would be overwhelmed on her first appearance in Boston. In this the conspirators were disappointed. Mrs. Young lectured in Boston on the l'Jth to an audience of seventeen hundred persons. The impression produced is shown by tho fact that Ecdpath of the Lecture Bureau at once onored to engage her for a month for two thou sand dollars. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MORMONISM. . We have given in this article the naked facts, as far as they have trans pired. If others have fuller or dif ferent information, we are not oware of it. We concur with the friends of the lady in this city in saying we be lieve the stories to be utterly' false. At any rate, the evidence so fur is en tirely inadequate to sustain them. Doubtless the Herald will be able to fish up from the slums of the Eastern press some filthy morsels for the del ectation of its readers. But that it will ever adduce proof sufficient to convince impartial judges that the story over which it gloats has any other origin than a dastardly purpose to break down the victim, we do not believe. If the farts should fall out otherwise than we hope, we would be the last to uphold the guilty. We could not rejoice in her downfall nor needlessly wound the feelings of her friends. We would feel additional loathing for a system that produced such specimens of womanhood among ita fairest daughters. We might even take some credit that with others of generous and Christian natures we have attempted to rescue this victim from tho bondage of polygamy and Inst. A LETTER TROH ELIZA S AGENT. Since writing the above the eastern mail has brought letters to several of our citizens from Mr. Jrond, contain ing a full refutation of the lies so in dustriously circulated against th'e writer and Mrs. Xoung. X he follow ing was addressed td the IVibune. - Boston (Mass.), Feb. -21; 1874. , The Chicago Time has cefm'fe out with a stab in the back at Mrs. Young. I can only assure you that it is false as false can be. When Mrs, Young was first engaged by the Young Men's Christian Association, at Blooming ton, a party of men got up a protest against the Christian Association m dorsing such a woman. They wrote their paper and signed it, but the newspapers refused to publish it. There was a bitter counter influence there. I cannot account for it. Mrs. Young was so sick the night spoken of in that article that 1 had to carry her down stairs when we started for the depot. We left on a very cold night, and the trains were behind time and she being sick, I had to be with her constantly. , My daughter has not been away from her a mo ment until I hired a oompanion, Miss Euth Storey, of Evanston, a most charming lady, itedpath has written Mrs. Young that he will defend her hero. He is a sharp writer, as you know, and not afraid to defend the right. I think the Mormons are at the back of this. They started in Bloomington out of spite to Colonel Wickizer. iJythewoy, Wickizerwas with us that night, and spent some time in my room after the lecture, which will show that the hotel clerk s statement is no more true than the rest. We are going to win; and this is not going to hurt Mrs. xoung, in the end, a particle. J. B, POND. A MAN BANG ICO BY WOMEN.' Trinidad (Colorado), February 9. About ten days ago a woman by the name of Molly Howard came here from Las Animas and took up her residence in a small hut within sight of our post-office. At the same time a man arrived, who claimed to come from California. This man was an American. He was lame in one foot, having had his toes frozen, and was only able to wear n boot on one of his feet. He was of a sandy com plexion, medium height, heavy set, with a very bod face, He lived in a small hut with four or five Mexican men. On Saturday morning last the town was thrown into a state of greatoxcite- ment by the report that Molly How ard was found in her house murdered. On entering the cabin in which. the crime was committed a sickening tit was presented. The poor woman lay across her bed dead, with the left side of her head mashed to a jelly. On the forehead was a gash two inches in length, on herchin two ugly bruises, and on her throat the im prints of finger nails were visible. The opinion was that the deed was done by Mexicans. The Coronor took charge of the body and impan neled a jury. The stranger referred to was arrested on suspicion, as well as a big Mexican named Pedro Lu cer'o, a desperate character. The Californian, Lucero, another Mexi can and a negro wore all held to await the decision of the Coroner's pry. The uoroner gave permission to bury the remains, and yesterday (Sunday) the late Molly Howard was taken to her last resting place. About i) o clock Monday morning, groups of men with revolvers gathered together. At about 11 the groups concentrated into one large crowd and proceeded to the Coroner's of fice. .Finding that the inquest was over, they wendod their way to the office of one of our Justices of the Peace. There they entered, the building, and seizing the American they once more made their way down the street toward the river, followed by at least one hundred and fifty persons. At the river side a large cotton wood tree was sought and found, a rope thrown over a projecting limb and fastened around tho culprit's neck. Ho was then asked if he had anything to say, when he confessed to having killed Molly jlowara be cause she owed him one dollar. He was then told he would be given ten minutes to make his peace with his Creator. He replied that he did not want to pray. A woman by the name of Moline then fastened another knot on the rope around his neck, the word was given, and she, with three other dis reputable woman, and in the pres ence of at least two hundred and fifty persons, Mexican and American, nunehed the murderer into eternity. He died in about fifteen minutes. Cor.N.Y.tsun. CcbanNews. Tho rumored death of ex-President Cespedes, of Cuba, is generally " disbelieved by Cubans Lore, who regard it as a Spanish canard, intended to dishearten par ties and injure the cause. The latest news that has been received through Cuban sources of the progress of af fairs in Cuba is most encouraging. On the 9th of January a battle was fought between six hundred Cubans and thirteen hundred Spaniards. The Spaniards being much stronger in force drove the Cubans before them and entered thoir camp. The Cuban cavalry rallied, howover, and repulsed the Spaniards, who retired, leaving fortv-two dead bodies on the field. The Cubans took ten prisoners, fifty horses, ond twolve guns. On Wednesday next the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's new steamer, City of Pekin, will be launch ed at Chester (Pa.) President Grant and his Cabinet, Senator", Bepresen tatires and a number of prominent gentlemen from the Pocide Coast lavo been invitavj ttf tiitness the launch. ' j ' DBAl'B OV MILLARD FltXMOIlH. - A Biofrapuleai sketch of the Deceased t, ; - Kx-l'reilil.nt. Millard Fillmore, thirteenth Presi dent of the United States of America, died at his residence in Buffalo, Now York, at ten minutes past 11 o clock on Sunday, night, March oth. Mr. Fillmore was born in the town ship of Locke (now Summerhill). Cayuga county, New York, January 7th, 1800, and was, consequently, at his death, T4 years of age. Cayuga county was at that time a wilderness, broken by a few pioneer settlements, HIS 1ARLY EDUCATION. ' Young Fillmore's education was necessarily limited and confined to instruction in reading, writing and spelling and the ru'diinen'ts of arith metic. He was 18 years of ago be fore he saw either a grainmar of a geography. He wits appr6nticed at the age of 14 to icnm uio iuners trade and for the five! years following, his time was devoted to dressing cloth, carding wool and to labor up on his father's farm. ADMITTED AS AS ATTORNEY. ! In 1819 he conceived tlie idea of studying law, and entered into an arrangement with a retired lawyer, by which he was to receive his board in exchange for transacting tho gentleman's private business. "At the age of 20 ho delivered a success ful 4th of July oration. At 21 he removed to Buffalo. Here he taught school and continued his studies. In 1825 he was admitted as an attorney in the Courts of Erie, leaving New York, and began business in the town of Aurora, where his father lived.- In the course of a few years he en joyed a large practice. In 182G he married Abigail, the daughter of the Eev. Lemuel Powers; in 1827 he was admitted as an attorney, and in 1829 as counsellor of the Supreme Court of the State. In 1847 he was elected Controller of the State, and retired from the legal profession. HIS POLITICAL CARE?tt, . Mr. Fillmore's political life com menced in 1828, when he was elected representative to the State Legisla-, ture by the anti-Masonic party. He particularly distinguished "himself while iii the Legislature by his ad vocacy of the Act to abolish impris onment for debt, which was passed in 1831, and which was mainly draft ed by him. In the Autumn of 1833 ho was elected on the anti-Jackson ticket, or anti-Administration ticket, to Congross. He retired after one term, and was re-elected in 1830 to the same position as a Whig, and again in 1840. He was a decided Whig, and labored earnestly in sup port of the internal improvements and protective tarill policy ol tnat party. . . '.,... TUB ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. He was in favor of Congress exer cising all its constitutional powers to abolish the ulave trade between the States, and in favor of immedi ate legislation for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. This was during the Twenty-fifth Congress, when the struggle took place upon the question of the recep tion of petitions tor the abolition oi slavery. Mr. Fillmore expressly stated, however, that he would not pledge himself as to his future course upon any of these subjects, but re served the right to modify or change his views, as upon further roflootion or examination he might doom proper. , , THE TARIFF BILL. The tariff of 1842 was prepared by Mr. Fillmore, who had been assigned the arduous and responsible position of Chairman when the now financial system and an entirely new tariff ware to be devised and put in opera tion by the Twenty-seventh Congross, which assembled in 1841. The pre paration of the new tariff bill involv ed an examination,, digestion and arrangement of figures and statistics appalling to any but a mind strungth ed by years of toilsome investiga tions. ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY. In 1843 Mr. Fillmore retired from Congress. In 1848 he was elected to the Vice-Presidency (Zachary Taylor President) by the Whigs, and was inaugurated as such March 5, 1849. On July 9, 1850, President Taylor died and Mr. Fillmore took the oath of office as President on July 10th. Mr. Fillmore, by signing the i ugi tiva Slave Law, afforded . a pretext for the opposition of his enemies, and lost the support of a large pro portion of his party in the Northern States. Among other things, Mr. Fillmore s administration is distin guished bv the expedition of Com modore Perry to Japan in the Autumn of 1852, which resulted in a favorable treaty with that country. Treaties were also formed during his term of office with Peru, Costa ltica, Brazil, and other South American States. Mr. Fillmore carried out strictly the doctrine of non-intervention in the affairs of foreign coun tries. In his messago to Congress, Docembor, '52, he expressed hisopin- lon that the incorporation of Luua into the Union would be a hazardous and impolitic measure. Mr. Fill more retired from the Presidency March 4, 1853, leaving the country at peace within and without, and in the enjoyment of a high degree of prosperity in all departmental of its industry. After the close of bis administration he dovoted hirriself to tho study of general literature, and to tho society of his friends. In 1856 he was nominated by the Know Nothing party as candidate for the Presidency, but Maryland alono gave him il electoral vote, Mr. Buchanan being the successful candidate On the Oth Inst. Nosmitb , Of Oregon, introduced in the House of Bepresen tatifes a bill to indemnify the States and citizens of Oregon and California for expenses incurred in the Modoc war. NO. 33 PACIFIC COASTKBS. , A child fonr years old, son of t). M Nichols, oi Payette valley, Idaho, wss fatally burned by his clothes takiog fire on-the 16th, and died on the 25th Hit. " U, Z .'. ' There are three fire companies in Vancouver: No. 1, Hook and Ladder No. 1, Engiiie; and No. 3, Engine. The latter is i soldier Corhpany, With quarters inside the Q. M. Department. The steamer Beaver olaifns now to be the fastest boat on the tipper Wil lamette. She is said to have made the run from Portland to Salem, a few days ago; in ten hours and twenty minutes, including forty-five minutes in the locks. 1 .- ' ' Wash Obenohain, of Jackson coun ty, who was badly soratohed np by g grizily bear about a year ago, had 4 chase after a huge blaok bear, last week, which had killed one oi his cows, in both instances be succeeded in making meat of bruin. ' Le-liow-skin, an Indian about thirty years old, living on the Umatilla res ervation, sold two hundred horses, receiving therofor $3,000, in coin. Soon after he lost fifteen hundred hor ses by gambling with another "noble red man of tlie forest," &o. '. The Register says Yanoouver needs a City MarShnl. - Mr; Shea, the Mar shal elect, has removed to tbs Dalles, and is engdged in a mail contiaot be tween that city and Oohooo valley. That oity has virtually been without a City Marshal for six months post. A. D. Saunders, of Lafayette; wishes to know tho whereabouts of Johna- than Higgs and Isaiah Poteet, who came with him last fall from Kansas, and any one whe can give any Infor mation of their whereabouts will con fer a favor by addressing him as above.' ' ' . All those wiio have claims growing out of the Modoc war against the Quartermaster's Department of the IT' S, Army, should send their address to tho 'Acting Assistant Quartermaster at Fort Klamath, with instructions where they will have their checks sent, giving also the amount due them. .... Wilbur Encampment, No. 17, 1. C. R. C, Silver-ton, Marion county, was organized March 11, 1874, by Het. lt. G. nawn, 1 Tho officers are: C. W. Todd, E. C; F. Sutherland, E. Coun.; Miss Mory Hill, S. C.j VV. T. Moooey, J. C; Miss Mary Chapman, W. S.; Miss Hortense Read, W. T.j W. A. Mooccy, C. of II. : The Jacksonville Sentinel tells a yarn that is just a little hard to be hove. It is, that a Court in that boun ty fined two men each $5 and costs, and. as the men had no money, the Court took their notes for the amount, and thinking the State ought tb have security from its debtors, tho Court signed the notes as security. ' According to tho Statesman; proper ty in Je Hereon must be deolining. That paper says: "Property has been changing hands lately at ruinous fig ures. - That the Beavef Hosiery Co;, incorporated at $12,000, told for 85, 000. Consor's house, which two years sgo sold $2,000 waS to-day purchased for $520. B. Van Buren's property; purchased s few years ago for $1,600; has been sold for t'800." According to the report of the Su perintendent of Schools, there is in Polk county 1,033 voters, 2,189 per sons of school age, 074 pupils enrolled; average attendance In publio schools, 864; attending private schools, 08; at tending no school, 558; whole amount paid to school teach6rs during the year, $6,327 25; valud of school prop erty, $1,127, Tho number of teachers employed ftasSG, and number of quar ters taught CO. Mr. J, C, Grubbs is the County Superintendent. A petition, signed by Alofizo Le land and seven other citizens of North Idaho, praying that that portion of the Territory ho attached to Washington Territory-also a memorial from the Legislature' of Washington Territory, asking fof a portion of Idaho, were presented1 to Cortgress by Hon. J. W. Nosmith, and roferred to the proper comintteo. The Dolcgate from Washington Territory takes no action in the matter; "he is not hunting after more Territory." NoMo the m'trn bors from Oregon. , Liability of Express Companies, The case of Oppenheimer against the United btates Express Company, recently decided by the Supreme Court of Illinois in favor of the de fendants, is of importance to all ship pers of goods and packages by ex press. The consigners in the case were merchants in the custom of sending goods by United States Ex press, and familiar with the rules of the company, as stated on their re ceipt blanks. One of these limited the liability of the company to $60 on any one package when tho value was not stated and tlie insurance premium not paid. A package sent with mark of the value upon it was lost, and a claim of $3,000 set up. The company refused to pay, plead ing tho limitation of the receipt blank. Tho Superior Court of Chicago docided in favor of tho com pany, and tho Supreme Court of Illinois his confirmed the decision. , Basinets notices In the Looal Columns, it ents per line, each insertion. For legal and transient advertisements tl SS per square of 13 tnes, for the Srst Insertion, and SI OS per square for each subsequent la--sertion. sclssortiNoe. Seen Garden of Eden. . Adam Madam, I'm Adam. J?w Adam, I'm Madam. They embrace. A young mna wants us to tell him if W-o-r-o-e-s-t-s-r spells Woos ter, why K-o-c-h-e-s-t-e- don,'t spell Booster. L , . ,,, .,, A man whose taif turnect white in a Single night is surpassed by Boston girl, who lost hers complete ly in One dance. ' - - ' Excited Frenchman at ' Niagara Falls. "Ah Idis is de grand speo takle! : Supaarbl Magneflquel By gar, become down first-rate 1" - What is the earliest financial trani action on record? When Pharaoh received a checli on the bank of the Bed. Sen, crossed by "Moses M CO." A western enthusioit exclaims; "I'd rather be a doorkeeper ia the hall Of the grangers' than to shovet sugar in the stores of, the middle men." A Misdissippf patier say4i "Give1' a negro a spavined mtle, a1 single barreled pistol, and a brass watch. and yori make him; supremely ; hap py." ' , : , f .-.rr A spiritualist before CommiUinsr suicide made a memorandum, "I have punned toy Soul twenty-five or thirty years. ' I think I "must be a rectified spirit. ! ! -.w.ibs i An old lady ' in Washington wa reoently heard to observe, on taking up the morning paper, "I wondor if anybody hits been born that I know?" ' ': "i""- '"' A newspaper imp is responsible for the following cure for bed-bugs with salt-water: "This will make., the bugs dry, and while they are after a drink move your bed intd another room. . " ' ' " "Good mcTnintr. Mr.' Pecksniff.'' said a printer in search of female compositors, "have you any daugh ters who would make ,g0od type setters?'" "No, but I have i wife that would make a splendid devil. ' ' ! An old bachelor said.' There' M more jewelry worn! now than when I was young; but tbsre is .one -piece I always admired which I don't of ten see now. What is what? asked a young lady. v A thimble, was the reply. ' ''-' The postal card ist hot yet well un derstood in some places. A fellow down east reoeived one, and after tearing at the card some time said iA tlio r.nt.l t,AVA w kiln .uav iuwikm . , ug, , Jones, I can't get the darned thing onen.": ' ' ' V -i ' l A Cedar Rapids man left a' 'ponY steed on .the street the other day, and coming back a Bhort time afterwards, discovered that a funny youth- bad placed a card against the flesbless ribs bearing this notice: ' "Oats wanted inquire within." -: A Dubudue man recently . on bur"- rying his" wife reserved her false teeth for the reason, as he said that "however much weeping and wail ing there may he in the future world, he was determined, that so far as his wife was concerned, there should be no gnashing of teeth." . -t. ::i m . " 1 "ei i ' ii ... The Soutli Side TranserM man. over in Jasper county, thinks he has been abused, and .effuses ' th'usly; We don t want to Kurt any Irving thing, but if the sweet-scented indi vidual who Btarted out a preacher in Wisconsin arid graduated a rebel bush-whacker in Missouri does not stop bis lying we will, while - he is pacing) the street between the : drug store ana uie corner south some any, allow the clutched diirits Ot our rieht hand, backed by as much muscle at we can muster, to carom his beauti ful, riose and delicately , cliisled mouth, as he have often been ad vised to ddj as the orily treatment he deserves. . But then, on second thought. We would becomo ashamed for striking a dumb brute and go and have ourself arrested idr cruelty to long-cared animals."- He's bad aint hilt . r ..... , ..i.r "OOD IN TBB COKSTItItTOIv."' , The question of amending the pre amble of the Constitution of the United States so as to Recognise the Deity in the wording Of tlie same, which has been discussed by a cer tain class of religious enthusiasts far some time, has been at least tehrpora rily settled by the report Of the House Judieary Committee of Con gress. The conimittee after duly deliberating on the subject, decided adversely to the claim oi the peti tioners as follows : . 1 Upon examination of the mearro debates by the fathers d thai repub lic in tlie Convention which framed the Constitution, we find that tho subject of this memorial was most fully and carefully considered, and that the Convention decided, after grave deliberation to which tlie sub ject was entitled, that as this coun try, the foundation of whose Govern ment they were then laying, was to be the home of the oppressed of all nations of the earth, whether Chris tian or pagan, and fully realising tho dangers which the union botwoen church and state has imposed upon so many nations of til Old World, with great unanimity decided that it was inexpedient to put anything into the Constitution or frame of govern ment which might be construed to be a reforence to any religious creeds or doctrines; and we further find that this decision was accepted by our Christian fathers with such great unanimity that in the amendments which woro afterwards proposed in order to make the Constitution more acceptable to the nationly none ban ever been proposed to the States by which this wise determination of the fathers has been attempted to bo changed; wherefore your committee report that it is inexpedient to legis late upon the subject of the memo rial, and ask that they be discharged from th further can:i)danoa thereof.- " - "