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.UATl'lH OF ADVKKTIHINU. VTATB UIGUTS DEMOCRAT Mm- & un i on 15 on V. II. STBWA11T. STEWART. i ,v,m- onnWN & ril1,lNhcrH ami 1'roiirletorn. ., pnDWSHED EVERT FHIDAY. OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER INMJREGON, ,fFICE IN IRISH'S BLOCK, FIRST STREET. TFRM8. m Ai-VAKCB i One yonr, J ! Six f. $2 ; THrcc months, $1 ! One month, 60 tnrefnS to "he , Editor, or no attention Suito Sf"itotliolrc..mmnnlMloM.:, p : Sir- Corvalln. ...rMMMCTH fi. SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAWj Corvallis, Oregon. 1 yn-ibirjOK t tin Court lIousajr0n2T it ft IIT Jjl : . my a m f 01 r I 'P 1 f if I h 1 P 1 1 '" 1 6 VOL. X. ALBANY, Oil EG ON, Fill DAY, MARCH 19, 1873. NO. 32, 2 In. i In. 4 In. ; (ni '1 (V.l 'A Col. 1 t: (III I mi I 4 on i; on 7 511 I 10 on 5 on A III) 7 no 11 no 12 110 13 nn 1 00 III nil 12 fill 16 III! IK 00 25.0(1 ju La no 2o oo I 40 no 12 ooj U on IS no 25 1)8 :a no in nn en on lit 00 22 (III 2P 00 on tK Oft CO (lO 100 10 ' 25. Business notlrca ia tho Local Column!, cents per lino, oiniii insertion. For legal and transient advertisements $2 SO per Potiaro of 12 lines, for the Brut insertion, nnil$l 00 'or H(uavo for each subsequent ir- Benion. - , - ,,:.-,,..; . . , : ; DOOMED AND SAVED. A Narrow Escape from llio GnHoivB Tim Dmifiers of Circnmstnnlfnl Evict fiiru. venvsu. IB. J. BOIItlIlTO'll,.lH. &4 ALBAEtY, OREGON. mm Doctor 'la a irndunto of tho University vi.li Colleen of Now York, ami la a Into raomuer o? ffidcvuo II.,Spital Medical College 0ty(Ju'Carlicti Drns Store. Residence on 1'ourth Street, opwsltcllr. Into 8. V lUll lltl BOOTS MADE TO ORDER AT REASONABLE JIATE3 AT HEiVRT FLIMMT'S S3! OP, ALBANY, OREGON. rVorlE warranted to fflvo Bat.tafactloii.-M vBnijolf. A. W. UAIIBI'K, M. I'll VSBCIA.JK & SURCSffiOW, ALBANY, OREGON. (inter cm Mnln street, one door west of Word crwerjrtn. Residence at 'He last residence KnSffo Patterson near tho .Star Brewery. Ian. lab, MM. Misu. 1. IS. KICK, Ft. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY. OSEGON, . .,.. ...w,,,, hfriwM.ii Fori-v ant Viwi He.ldeneo 'on Third street, two .locks east, or below, the Methodist Uiurch. vSuiatf. J. W. BALI WIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, ... u . 1.. nil Ihn rVmrtfl In the 2d, 81 ami 1th Judicial Districts; li. the "Pro'ne Court of Oregon, and In the United Mates 1) s .?,. in l f'ren it Court,, tlllleo uivstalrs n front fooin in l'arrish's brick block, First, bU, A ia ny, ureison. . bnuyl. i)R. E. . SNJTII. mi 31 rii M ALE AMY, OREGON. OFFICE Two doors east of Corner's Bank. VUIIIO.!. GEO. R, HELM, mORHEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice In all the Conrts ol thi bloio. 0FP108 ' ALBANY, OREGON. Nov. 11, 1870. W. C. TWEEMLU, t - DEAT-Efi IN GROCERIES,' PROVISIONS TnRMO'. CIGARS, YANKEE NOTIONS, - Cutlery, Crockery, 'Wood & "Willow Wavo, CALL AMD Store oil' Front street, Al bany, Oregon. vSnaiyl: ISA1115ER SIIOF L. B. KOYAfc. Ppoprictor. HAVING LEASED A NEW BIIOP ONE door west ol Fox's sloro, ami 11 te d It i ip in . neat and lasty .., rJ Ymitinuo Su mirn,,. and will Kuaraiitco saiislactioi to ill now Sues. , v"""0"- gTfT SETTLEMIER, lli-iiiNt and Apothecary OKALUBIN DIIUOS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Olass, DyestulTs, Lnjuora, f ancy Soaps, Bniiues, l'erfnmoriei, 4o. Prescription. Carefully Compounded. All articles and Drugs n our lino wanrated f the best quality. .,u First stroot, Post OBleo building, Albany. jull5v6n48yl ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD ItESPECT. fully inform the citiaons of Albany and vl ,..;!. ii, .(!,!,. , l-il:.ii clii!riroof Ui Establish ment, and, by' Vocping olean rooms and payinij strict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor bim w.tn thoir pairouuBo. Haying heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he etpcets to giro ontiro satisfaction to all. - a-Childlcn and Ladies' Hair neatly out ,nd shampooed. JOSEPH WEUIlhU. v3n33tf. 1 FRANKLIN F.1EAT MARKET ! W. O. PALHEU, Prop. limr, KKF.P rOKRTANTI.T ON HAND W the best Inenl the market nlfonls. and will always 1 ri.iinil ready to nnimilal t!i.ie who tnav ravnr him with a cull, lliult.nt iiiMrlf 'l price paid for KirK. Mmlstf. Ou a handsome lawn fronting an old ivy-grown mansion in tha State of Virginia, one pleasant afternoon, not many years since, a group of young people of both sexes wore gathered. Standing in tho midst was an old woman bout down with ago, looking as if she stood on the brink of the grave, but her dark, ; restless eye showed that, there was vigorous life in hor mind, if not in her body. She had been telling fortunes for the young people gathered around her, and to all but one she had fore told a bright and happy fortune. Tho exception to this rule was a handsome boy of nineteen, with a hard passionate lace, ana an expres sion which indicated perfect fearless ness.. ;.'; 1 ' Five years before tho opening ol this etoir an old seDtlomim and his nephew had moved to Virginia from some. Northern State, and buying a farm, had made it their home. Mr. Mercer and his nephew Frank were treated with kindness oy sue gentle men of neighborhood, and they re ceived invitations to l isit tho planta tions near thevn. J rank soon became acquainted with all in the country, but his uncle nover left his farm, and seemed to shun society.- For this many reasons were given; but the true one was that he had lost all his family, and Frank s parents naa lert him to Mr. Mercer's charge, he de termined to devote himself to "Hie. boy and found sufficient enjoyment in his company, and in cultivating his farm. Though reported very wnn.lt.liv. and that he always l;cpt a largo sum of gold in the house, Mr. Mercer ana uraiu "von m u niuuu way, and made no display.; . Thus passed Frank's youth from his fourteenth until his seventeenth year, and our story opens. A man J . t l: 1T, TVInwrtni. of superior euucauuu, -i- u.n.w had been his nephew's teacher, and had imparted unto him much kuowl ed"e of the world, of letters, and people, so that JJranlr, at nineteen, was as well informed as if he had possessed, a cultivated education. those in tho neighbor hood who roportod that the boy was wild and dissipated, and this found ready believers in others; so that Frank uaa some ciiuiiiiu .no -friends. ' Thus wo find him; and mo oicn a of the commencement of our story he had been mvitod to an en tertainment given by a wealthy plan ter his to children. Mr. Bewos, the planter, had three children, the youngest and loveliest of whom was Mary, a girl to twelve Mary and Frank wero tho best of friends, and loved each other dearly; so when the fortune toller predicted a dark and gloomy future for Frank, the tears arose to tho child s eye and she said, don't listen 10 ucr x nun,. But tho boy laughed, and turning on his heel walked awaj;. -' ; -t Two day's aILorwar.cts nc in-iw.u for a week's hunting m tuo moun tains, but the second night after his departure the neigliooruoou wiw L . i ,. Ai Aillv viAtua that. aroused DY me """""a - old Mr. ' Morcer had been murdered bv his nephew. Cne of the servants passing me uuu b. - crv, and seeing Frank s window open hall to Mv. Mrecer's chamber, from whence the cry came. Lying upon tho floor was the old man, dead, while near him stood his nephew, with a bloody knife in his hand. In fright tho negroe rushed from the hoSse and gave tho alarm. Persons from the neighborhood were sont for, and Frank was seized against every protestation that ho did not kill his uncle, and thrown m jail. . The trial came off and the charges wore made known. Frank was ac cused of starting upon a hunting ex pedition for a blind, and then le turning from the mountains by night, had entered lite room, ami ins to remove a large bag of go,d kent by nis uncle, had aroused him. :L homo discovered had auu. ui- . ,, xu driven his Hunting, muiu heart of Mr. Mercerr, the gold was on the floor, its weight-having torn rtirmio-h the bag when it was raised. S UK ; ifil, which Mr. Morcer J.UH ni" .-t-i.i t., was killed was ono no UUu e. Frank some days before and was a largo dirk-Uuifo encased in a silver scabbard. ,,,- n . Pate as deatn,. uu" ""'" , I . , ... ;it unnn his liand- sicn ol icar oi -i- some face, tho prisoner ri -vd by his sentence, which was to die up on the gallows. When asked if he ?"i,!lttoBav. Frank arose, and looking around the court room, m a clear voice answered: . . ' I have. (Jircuinstiint. - has condemned me! x " as if I did tlio deed, nun t k of murder! Dropping my per cussion cap tas in mounta.n stream. I returned home for inoro; fr wirtiout caps tny gtm i, useless. It was a lovely night, and I deter mined to enter the house by my room window, get t"e cap.. the ni eiifi DAivKlitJ JOHN CONNER'S Mf! mn CYPHiWPF PFFIHE ALBANY, OllKGOX. DEPOSITES RECEIVED, SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIliiiT. liiltrnll'loWf on Time Deposit in Coin. KXCHAXiSE ON flKTMND. AS PBAS C1.SCU. and XKVV VOiiK, (,irale at lowest rates. CJIUCTIOSS SAB kUQ PROMPTLY REMITTED howover, but fow who would believe tho youth's statement; among the latter wero Dr. Dewes and his fami ly, who through all, remained true friends. Frank Mercer was to bo hung, to die a an ignominious death on tho gallows, and hundreds flocked to the littlo town whero tho execution was to take place, to see him die. How they were disappointed to find that the' night bofore ho had escaped! How, no one know, but ho had left a note addressed to the jailor, thank ing him for the kindness shown him while he was in hischarge, and his regrets that his escape might cause him trouble, but sayiug ho had an opportunity of escaping, and took advantage of it, for he had no idea of dying ah ignominious death for an -act lie was not guilty of, merely to gratify tho curiosity of a gaping crowd. Freedom was offered him, and he accepted it, and ho hoped ho would yet bo able to prove his inno cence. This was about tho subject of the letter, and whon it Was ' published in tho local paper, there wore some who' wero glad that tho boy had es caped the gallows. . Mr. Mercer's property was, in his will, all left to Frank, and it was found to be considerable. Trustees , assumed charge of it, and before long the quiet community had settled down to its 'routine, and tho mnrdor and escape were almost forgotten. , Ten years passed away, and no word of tho fugitive had been heard, : and tho peoplo believed him deadr One exception was Mary Dcwes, now grown to womanhood. She had never believed him dead, and all through her life had treasured Frank's image in her inmost heart, the mystery that hung around, him but adding strength to her regard. Her sisters had married, hor mouther was dead, and together with their father they had lived at tho old homo stead. Business calling Mr. Dewes to Havana, ho took Mary with him, and they sot sail from Charleston in a lino ship running South. They had beou some days at sea, when in the dead of night the fearful cry of tiro was heard, which aroused all from slumber. In vain were tho efforts made to quonch tho flames. The seamen in fright rushed into the only available boat, and it sank with them, and left ' them struggling m tno ocean, born away by tho wind and waves, while Mr. Dewes and Mary, tlm contain of tho shin and a few others wore huddled away upon the stern awaiting tho jearftil doom that must, to all appearance, overuse iheiu. "Sail, ho!" The jovous cry came from the cap tain, who had been straining his eyes over tho ocean, in hopes of seeing some vossel to save them. . Swiftly flying towardB them came a low, rakish, three-masted schooner, which ever and anon sent up a light, to thoso on board tho burning ship that succor was near. "Hark! tho deep boom of a gun is heard, and as the captain lisLon3 ho exclaims, "Miss Doweo, -we- nwr -nti right now; cheor up, for thorp comes a vessel of war to our aid." "Ship ahoy!" came m ringing tones from tho schooner, as sho came near tho burning ship, which was being rapidly driven along by the wind. "'''', m i 1 i AW.l" nnnworcd the captain. "Throw a long lino from your ship and I will send you a boat," cimo in tho same clear tone. Tho lino was thrown, tho boat at tached, and, after, a little difficulty, the pooplo.from the ship wore trans ferred to tho schooner, ana i-i.uy, soon in the comfortable cabin, re joicing over their escnpo from a hor- i I-. In lUlfiril At breakfast tho next morning tho youii" captain of the war schooner descended to join his guests at the table, and, as ho entered, iutuy sprang towards him. "Frank Mercer! Oh! it is you is it not?" . , , ,., . , Ono glance at lUe ueauniui gu , 'and, though ycarfrhnd passed, Irani: Mercer for it was no other recog nized fho playmate whom ho had loved so well, and whom ho had never ceased to think of. Mr. Dcwes came forward, and what a iovful meeting was there; but seeing ft cloud as if bitter mem ories, came over the young captain a face, Mr. Dewes said, "First let me relievo you of ono thing- tour in nocence in V irgin.il lias noon uioi- 1, . i .1 1 . iri oM. '"!- dler was hung tho othor day for kill-in"- a woman, confessed just bofore hi death that ho had murdered your undo, and your arriving when you did had prevented him from getting the gold, but made his escape from tho house. Ho knew your uncle kept a large amount of money, and 1 - .. l... ll.. iilif lie being away, a:i m ""; rour Km w, an' i v.n st and the bride was Mary Dowos. Thus had his, life boon dark and bright in a remarkable degree,: , rjlHTINUUtSHlSD PKKSO.N'B 1 1IAVIS known. Asimmr jackson. BY MUS JESSIE liEXTOX FI1EJ10HT, ' WHO 19 A BKURL! . . i ..L.;ncr mV UllClC. J. Mt-'.l mj H1UIW"1 " " " sprang into unroll lu - . t . Z ti.Iow and then I hoard a eras. , u of mv uncle's room. I nislied tliuti eiadatk form rushed by mem the uncertain light of the room-.md I foil over With fear in mv ltal t 1 ro,3t7 1 ' f IV nd saw mv uncles body, a canaic, ana mi 'J .Knrol roveied with blood, gold seatterel c0,ti ., .,,.1 mvoitn kmfo, I -LMlZc'tb idl. lying ear. fXked npiuy knife, and thus was X ound by the ncs nd c b-v ath T?r V.hyX Is.- b";tr Btfer lo' rh l, i.wi-ji 8 . m. to r. B.-tf II. W. COISBETT. JIENKV FAIUSli, W. 6. LAW". prr who has and mv ia""r- 111... v.- t, ... .(,.,.,! mo turough lile, boiallovodiwlhongliBe dt-cd, but wibn.it to my fa.c. i fiendish A fi'.cnce Mi upu vou iriif-m'Cil i. :it,,l'lm fntal deed! ' Fnuik Htena to Sir. Dewen, al most breathless, and then, when he l,n,l concluded, ho bowed his face in hU hands and wept like ft child. "But come in," said Mr. Dev.e':, at length, "wo are hungry and need breakfast; ami are dying to know' how you became captain in Ho Mex ican WW?." , Mv storv i c.nHily toul, my d '" .t",.,r.lu. f.'.r nftf-i- MCaiiiiiK fr'n prison throu.:'li yourkiinliifW', I 'vent to Mfciico, etitciwl the navy, li-iVin;; rendered roiii ner.-icf.j t" my the mean.i of s;tvin,g your liven." Littlo more can bo nddml. Frank reigue-l hii coiiiio-- I '-'t and returned "homo, t.-Ik-h l-.o was lionized lv t'no whole fomiuiniity. He came i"a iioiatWoii of h'm t;,t.t'.f .i, v,-!iicli wero grerily in val- ne; and, six montiiit uftf-i'w.vi!, in tho town wberu ha wa.i to h r. e liad the hangiiiaii'n li,iH r y'w '1 ar..'::. 1 his neck for death, he ha I ,JM.? n matrimony thrown around Ur Mv. ' General Jackson, too, was tall and thin aud often suffering; but not oven a child could mistako the strong, self centred, steady naturo that marked his thin resolute face. Tho very qualities in me which tried Mr'.' Ran dolph, mado mo a favorite with tho Prosidont; and ho liked my father to bring me with him on many occasions when they consulted together. Ho liked to havo mo .near him whero hiB hand could rest on hiy head,- and smooth my curls, as my father had soon it years before, smoothing and drying tho fleece of a shcop a sheep which ho had brought in to pleaso a child who cried because 'its pet was out, in tho rain. " " -.:U 1 a-.i;u It was when regiment'! were form ing for the war liUS,; and General Jackson had his; many eneiujoa.wlio objected to his having tho' command of ono. After the way ' of that time he had fought many duels, chiefly for bin fi'iends-i-alliaiicos offcusivo and defensive were then thought as right and necessary between individuals as among nations. ' , ' 4-i- ;''' Going ono rainy ' ' iiiglil tor shovf General Jackson , an address ho had written in regard to this regiment, my father found this dreaded duelist with a littlo boy and a sheep between his kiftes dividing' his cares between thotwd. ! - - , ' i '! ' Tho eighth of January ended tho discussions of his fitness, but not tho harassments given him by old eno mics. Among cares ho had to bear wa3 tho having charged to his private account all tho expense ;of bringing Unit same rcaiment, without waiting consent to, his request to re move them from New' Orleans before tho eoniinghot weather caused illnoss. This, with other such causes, nearly swamped all .Oeueral Jackson's pri vate means.: , My father had a, position Of inJu euco even then in Washington, and used it so successfully tiiatthis.outlay was authorized, and so lifted from General Jackson. ,, i . - ' "' "At the very hour,! was at tho War Department," I have heard my father tell,) "at eight oMock.'svlioa I was sending off this notilicatiou of vpieaKO from' debt, my brother was carried in a .blanket throuiih tho fwot of Kashvillo. wounded m In: leg by General Jackson,' and that not for his own, but for n friend's qilarrol. I terminated his businsiss ior.JMin, and sent him a challengo, -Hp ref tilt ed to accept it from' mo, and !m;w cd he would not light mo. ;"'i'ut'ii, i notified him to go armed; for l-wouid attack him wherever I nut him. ' Which was done;: and a iiiipiuagnc and Capulet.businoas they lnadoof it; for it spread to tho' fiici'iita Of "each,' and ono result was -tu.it my " n party followed that of Goueivd Jui-k-son into the chief iiiii', of tho place,, and in the firing v.hieli followed jiaino 'uJh, ijujioU-iitua luU tiioilrnorpailoi', ,v,t.(,,. p.-.r.-,o Twru-oful- travolors wbre., hnn'.;rilinfii''rt'ladv:.,"tbia mi! -many years after that, tho iiamos,of Jackson-and Benton were si horrol',t.lier; for sho had been mado ill..,froin .the fright. . ' , , , i . ,: ,,,, i ; '' Her child," then two years ol brought about a' difiereut feelSlt;;, however, when wo were wwriotj and my father became known. t ,hff in 1i i.r.i'fecl.lv loveablo.. domestic l.ifot Onodav.l'ho President could, not. see my father at the 'Whitd' (Anso,; becauso "thd surgeons 'Wero -jWit ex tracting the ball from anold wownd,; and later my father was told, that it was tho ball ho had jjut j.ii 1) old, frioud's arm. .. . ' :' General Jackson Ayitilicd" to rnnko. my father Minister to- I1 ranco, imt neither thai nor any Cabinet position, nor indeed any evidettco . if porsonai favor did he think it right to accept,. To litisliiiii the parly '.and the admin istration was another thing, mid that ho did it magnificently nuid-u'ntiol- fishlytha country knows.. ,,, JJui my uncle would not. see tins diftercueo, and in his resentment against my'Tidlier for oven acting with General' Jackson politically, ho ceased to speak to my father'; Nor did be relent: but ho bequeathed to mv father his largo estate in Louisi ana. This my father would not aceojit. It touched him very" much, bin he would not take moiiey-v.-hei'o loie had boon withheld. ( .: , . "Whan the old king buy a djin? and from the pain and inconvenience ilv turn himself, he had the poitait of bin wife placed at the foot of Ids bed. "I have tried to bo a christian, he would sav, "and I know I do fully forgive ail my enemies, as I hope for forgiveness. But I cannot forgive tlio7; who killed my Kaehol with their slanders." 1 ; I havo an adiniralile jiortrait til C-uenil .TacT.son, taken before the I'reidtncy had weiighed upon li'sin. It only needs theliohnet ""d tnailed--coat to bo tv typo of the heluic, cru -iiading knight; bu!, as I knew him, (hick, white loci.-H inalo the helmet, .,. iji.. oii'-e iron hand was all gnu-1 tki:e;;s. . In a speech recently delivered in (ho Hall of the House of Representa tives, at Atlanta, Georgia, Hon. Bou jamin H. Hill, of that State,, perti nently said; Tho greatest difficulty in the way of saving a peoplo from a threatened danger, is to make that people conscious that titer danger is approaching. 1 There is not a sadder -feature .of tho world's history than this, that almost , all , peoplo who are dostroyed aro destroyed ehiofly by their refusal to see tho dangers ap proaching. The word ' which has perhaps been of toner spoken during tho last fqurtoen yoars than any other word in the. English language is tho word that is least understood by the Aniericari people.'0-In 'American pol ities, who is a- robol? In -Gormany, in Russia, ill France,,, oven in ling land whoro, we get tho most, it 13 true, of the grcafr principles of gov ernment,' the woi'ld"-"robel" has a well-defmed tsignri toation. Tholeleii nition in cither of those countries" is wholly iuapprppriafo in this.,. There, a rebel is!ouo!who resists the govern mcnt their government is represent ed in 'tho king1, -or tho emperor, Hero, govornmont is the, more ma chinery, "16 more organisation ioi the administration of the laws. Gov ernment is not tho king, is not tho power, is not tho sovereign in Amer ica. Tho question recurs, then, in American: politics, -who, is a rebel a rail rebel'!' When tho f rameis of tho Constitu t.ion were about to' concludo their work, tho question naturally occurred to them, as it did oil' several occa sions during their labors: In what way should thoy bind those, who should undertake to administer tho, n-ovcrnment to bo faithful to their obligations? : There was some discus sion, but finally it was determined that tha President and every oincor of tho government, State and Feder al, should take an oath to support the Constitution. Now, ' tho inquiry is pertinent, -why not take itn oath to support the Union'? . 'Why not toko an oath to support the government? Why did - they not -require mom to take an oath to prcsorvo liberty? Yet of till -thoso propositions not ono of them wa'J adopted;- Various sugges tions wero mado.:'l-0no' distinguish ed gentleman, who; liad takan ft hirgo part ; in framing : the Constitution, suggested fjhpra should be no oath at all, 'and lie'gavo this' signillcant rea son for it if tho government ia ad ministered by f?ood men, no oath will ho necessary; if: by bad. mon, no oath will l;p: r(g;ij.-ijed, But it was agreed oii ail jiaaitj; alter vaiqus siigge.itions thai' ilii-rb sliOiild be ftli oath. Then, whitt sort of -an- (ifith should it bo? FinalU-y one (.'onebnaon: snn arrived at,,..adoiiiiC'l, -a1ijd1iat,was that, every oUierr oflfiia govcrninont, Stato and I.,1.'dof:'i;'.i.l'ioiild bo rcfpiii'od to take art 6aih siipport h.e (Jiml'dutimil -Now, whvthati oath in picfo,rouce to allotheiw? Becauso when they took nn oath to nrosexvo tho Constitution, and 'kept that oath,' tlioy supported everything cfer..- Tho Constitution W nrdaibed'ttildi established as tho means by which tho Union wasiq bo made jww, i'.y wuici..ioinu)t' trauouilitv-wan to, .bo' iocured, . by wliich jualiee was Kitablished.'ptlblie wolfaro provide'd 'for'-and by which tho blessings of liberty (should bo so-oin-cd ti them and. thoir posterity. Therefore, thev required tho oath to support tho Constitution as the terms on which and Iho means by -w-hich Um Tinfoil"' lite- to 'boweirveililo MotliKf tranquility. Hcuurod,' ami the. ,htes,ings1(if,Ji,bevty ,aml jusUcpjwv- '. t',, .l,j;,i,jii t'o this requisition to t'.nkn nii oath to' support tho Coilstitu- 'tiort,"' fhey 'itUo'-providod 'that this Coiistitutiouy and tho, laws passed in iiiirmmnee uf it. should bo -tli" ml cates of that course came from Now England, becauso it was tho peculiar theory.. of Puritanism to havo the right to nieddlo in everybody elso's business. Tho idea of living under a Government without the right to meddlo with : everybody's business was contrary lo thoir principles , of religion ami otions of propriety. Therefore, the real enemies of tho Constitution canio from this school. Thoy havo never attaokod, tho Con stitution directly,': , Thoy havo labor ed from the beginning of tho govorn mont indirectly to centralizeit. Thoy liavo always sieved upon subjects of publio interest,, and sought by tho use of those questions to lnuauio tho minds of tho poople,. so as to secure power, and by that power centralize the government. . "' "' 1 ': Wo havo not spaco to-day to fol lowing farther the masterly argument of General Hill on this subjoct, but will rocur to it horcaftcr. . In,, the li'ht of tho facts already presonted wo ask all ciindid readers if the first real rebels in American politios wore not the Abolitionists, subsequently styled Black., Republicans, , and now known as Radicals.. Tho only rebel possible under our form of govern ment is a violator of tho Constitution, and such tho members of tho domi nant party have been since t)lP, incep tion of its organization. , . ., '..; , nromo lawtd' tho land. That is, the ly kiiig whose aiitiioi'ily, all power America waf rertiured to ouey wan the Constition of tun country. .. J hat was the impmno wwiJ.A) hat i..oiinii lutionV , l'ho .written Colistilutjon ni ndonled. to bo suiuiorlcil as the means bv which all tlio oilier end ) of frhvoriinicnt wero'-to ho Ktnven aim iienietualcdj ,i ir i, :, Now. uudar those circ,uiiiiia,)taiie-o who in-American politics- is a rebel? Tlin nnswer is plain. lie,' "and lie only, who is faitfdoss lo tho Consfitii tint!. Who in American 'politics is I iinl.!'ifit,V Ha. and lie, only,- who is faithful to tiio Constitution. Our fathers oxuihilcd great wisdom in requiring this oath to support the Constitution. 'J'hero wero two par ties in tho Convention! that framed liat inslrmnont irom the buuioiiiiii. One i-epi'oiicutcd tlio extreme idea o a stroll'', centrali.ed j'ovci'iimt nt, Tho other represented tlio opposite extreme idea of a loose ilncerilr.'Uii'.e (fovorniuent. Willi all powei oblig tory power in Uw States. Tlio Con stitutiou was tho result of n com uromiwi U-ttfccu those twf ostreiiif. Now. it is remarkable that our fall crs foresaw, with wisdom, that while thin Coarititutioil was adopted rtfiinpromifto measure, that tho pioli ablitioH were thut tlio ditcipie of ilie f!)ctivo tlmot-irei, ill tlio fiitum, might seek to inipre. s their scvural con .iriletiou-'i. even to tlio limti BUD- version Ol liio i.on.aiiuiion ".'. i Wli.it wiisi f-idldd the StitUti Rights licciuiao whiio '-' ' Axo'Tiren prominent Republican journal raises its protests against tho Administration's conduct of the Louisiana business. Tlio Boston Ad vertiser, which at first was inclined to take tho Kellogg side of tho ease, now says tho breaking up of tho Leg islature by Federal trooph ,was. .nn act of high-handod,, tyranny, and adds: , "For years the great Stato of Louisiana,1' whoso peoplo havo ns good a light to bo left alono to man ago their own affairs as tho people of Massachusetts, has been ruled not by its own citizens, but by carpet-baggers, holding Federal ottico, and having tho adroitness to enlist all the power of tho Government upon their side in: mo .inoviituuo. eoiuusiou which thoy provoked. , Whenoyor tho elections novo not ucou carried in thoir favor, thov havo overthrown the returns by Homo jugglery like Judge Durell's midnight ordor. or tho . .manipulations of a ivoturiunr. Board, and, when that has not sue. coded, 1 orders ' from ' Washington havo ro-onforced them, and tho pco-i pie havo had no alternative ! but to protest aud.bido thoir time. , i Under. such a stato ol things it, is not be cominL' 10 bo silent. This is' the time whon the voieo of tho Kopubli cm States should be heard. ' A "reporter of ono of Uio 'small jour nals ot runs tinned inu manager 10 trive him two seats lor a certain per lormanco-- Tha uianagor rtit'imod, and ,ho iouriiuhst said to: Imn- : ionr re fusal will cost vou -10,000 francs." For six inoiil.li alter, tlio paper praised tho theatre In tins wise: "Monster a. is magnificent director; Ho haa a good company and his cntei'Uiiimiciits arc excellent, llis management is uitei liconu, ,l.Ia knows what lliepeoplo of tans wain,.-). What a pity it ib tliat tli o staircases' ol' the' theatre aro of wood. If liny should break out tlio audience would havo littlo cltiinco of oBcnno," 'i'hn result of tins, was ttat llio mamitrci wan coinnullvd to build an iron Maircnsy wliich Cost liim ,',0, 000' ('. .'tu-.H. '" '')- I L'oes mo down do dom bolos volo, dei' odder day, und veil I puts in tnv (ticket vofc I vote, a liig follow ho eomo up mid me und ho -says Who vou .votes for, Hans!",,,! dells him it van, none ot his funeral, rigid avay 'und 'dots 1 volo for Cook, "Vat! tin fiay, "liow (faro" you te vote for Cook? Vv dldnn't, you vote for Brown?",. Don I tolo him ri avav dot it van none of his diiudeiii H.ZIICSS w ho l votes lor. unit Biiust so qmcli "is I. say me dot ho buciicd his lingers all into a pig list, und ho says, "Dticriy, sclimou oi dot I iaw. 1 iK-liuie-lle.it ot dot, iind, it, vas strung dot it, klioekod mo right down pv tarn. J makes ui'i no uioro mis, dakes lnio dot. to A Caiwrs Voi.'.nii .Man. Tlio other day Justice l'otl was, called up on lo nisi'i'V a couple on Foil a I rue I otiiit. and lie was a.s'iing tlio bride groom: ' ion promise to love, eucr ii, etc., wlicu tho young man b ed out: ''.See here! I want a I'air tin dcrntnudiiig alioiil lids thing. Does that itiOii.li iliat Tvo got to take euro of her whole lamily.' J is Honor explained, mid the young man contin ucil: , ''Well, go ahead. I only want ed t,,. !.n,.,v liow many ot t!t? t.l'ml I was marrying." "Kit vour bread, Charles do not Hintr it nwitv." "aid rt h-itnied Hood Judge to one of his family, ad dimr. "lor who Known, in tho vicishi tildes of ll,i lile, if you may loitid day want it." Tho old gentle man hod lo cough, look lennit'd, tint t'6 away, when the youU''Hl.ur nnnw ed more lotticaliy, "It 1 cat it, how can I have it when I want, it?" This i tho roaiilt ol a learned Judge hav ing children," II. "M r,hi('-: n hiitii- '- - -- -" part v became ;,atis!icl An old woman li-aveled from away I the ' l.'oiiKlitntioii did iuwirporuto no in the Ci e-eii MoiunaiiiH ilowo Ui M,n national failures, yet the sys- iii-noklyii lo gel, into un; roiii-i room i (,.m (,j oieiiimcui ive.i a imniu l.cr I con- j v,;; i .1i;;;it:e,i to the Wak'S (or ra!i- l!V.'! III ' C;,-;:',!:, 11, .;lllO of tllOlll, to rflHOVC ftll ,.r hnjl h"t-! di,n!iti on tlii-i point, lalilied item i.r i.i the ; condition that it number of am'jud i,.,ti iiTu.uhl bo adopted: one of i ...1.;..!, i, cv,ii-c-..,i dcchii'.-d ion that ...1 I,., I.,,.!. II lUunr. .,..(, .letc.mlcd til the , III' (illHCV ilOIIH'l IHO OHIO! (lay, Bllll tint flic I ricnor'a Govorni.ieiit 'were roM-rvcd ! tho waitois naid they hud e.ndding: .1...,. .,.' : i,. ll... til ,n .V, Ih.-.t duv the wm 'lT; ,,..H..,,lmis fixed bnacoikitu-iiMci., not anco.". Tlii in pr.,l,ahly lid. "Widow' mite" i timml fe-b-ral go.-crnmi -lit. L;it tuero ,.u-l-,l!v ni. the l:,st I .!-, p.! thf.L ciiii' -dav iiicn !i favor I.) v.h: i h:;ii and ( MT ve a r.!,,r,l.ie,il' ( itt a whit,,' Tomtoe a pee! kejiille for .SENS.yi'lONAI, CHRISTIANITY. In view of 'the rumors that the groat sensational revivalist, Rev. Mr. Hammond, ! will shortly appear in this State, to conduct a series of re ligious mootings, wo herewith append an-article from the San FranciBco Chronicle- -illustrating tho way this eminent, divine oarrios on his revi vals. This is- ah account of a moot ing hold in San "FrrinoiscO by Mr. Hammond-, for-tho special conver sion Of tho -young. ; Tho Ohroniole'g editorial remarks aroj to bur mind, exceedingly appropriate: -' ; i To various Protestant churches of our city, and ainder the immediate direction of their pastors, a now and strange 'specimen of proachor. has booh imported to Oxcito a now inter oat in religious 'affairs. This new and easy process of conversion is so entirely at, variance with established usago in our midst that even the ad mirers of the revivalist Will not be tmrprisod to loam that it overcomes us Willi a special wonder." ao sno- limo havo wo heretofore boon taught to regard tho solemn mysteris of re ligion that these now teachings strike us as strange and almost repulsive. Wo study -ecclesiastical history and find ourselves involved in tho mazes and labyrinths and intricate subtle ties that havo disturbed the greatest and most earnest minds o! tho world. Wo find tho words of Holy Writ in terpreted by over two huudrod dif ferent denominations, all claiming UiOdoxv of religious belief. ; Wo find, libraries of books in all printed laiis'tiasrcs, manuscripts of all ages, the life-long studios of the fathers of church, tho.rollootions of tho most subtle-minded and ingenious men of all nations widely and dis tinctly differing upon tio great plan of salvation'. " Yot this vexed prob lem of theology has beon solvod by baby of six years ol ago m tho Al lowing manner, according to tho re ported proceedings of tho childrmts' meeting at tho Tyler-street Tabor- n'aclo on'Friday: ' " ' ,; ' - Mr. IlftinmoiKl' thou took tlio plitHiu-iii iUid opened hy coiiiplimoiitinwlho ehihlren nn llin (iiiieliaws which was noticeahlc tlii'outtlioat tlio clmti'h. Yostenlny, naiel a. onn iminli canio lo I 10 lnaiioriu lino. went up ton littlo boy ol six, wlioin no took In liis iiiiiiM aiiet stutlt - "(low ol,l arc you, my boy'" "Mix, sir." - "llavo you sigueil tlio covenant mint" "Yus,Hlr." ' ' "llo you liivll.Tesiis?" ' , "Von, sir." .... '"Why il, vou love I rim, rlciir?" (illecuuse l to hi'hi iovoo inc.- , "M'ui-o you a aii'iit siniief, pet'" "Yes, sh-." ' - ' "And vim felt very sorry for your suit?' uVos, sir." : oyviutt itnt yoli (10 Liiai ntw kij wickohi Ol I'lii'irnt. .ir. " ,v,, ,i.- .him- clilhh-oti. tho littlo hov onld not ri'mrjiiiber all of his shin, but by liin inU'llKOnt unswurH biiowhu unit no niiiy illiilor.-rtotKl tho p.l'cat plan of salvation." Wo- havo always 'been taught to look rovarcuUv' ; upon religion. Tho ulorfrvman was, to our earlier train ing, the persoiiitication not oniy oi ovorvtlun;' Unit was good and puro, but ho was our ideal embodiment of bt'liitv. Again wo rovort to history and recall tho lives of our most' dis- tiugiiiscd . divines. J rem St. Paul iroaching at Athens, tho early fathom, LuthorMolanothon, John Knox : through tho lives of mattyrs, roformors and Puritan proachors, wo recall no such lnstanno, of, pulpit pi'caclung as tins: And tlioro wan n littlo wee bit, of a duck, only live (Iuvm old, and Its mother ivnstt lion, A.M sotmiiH 1 lin littlo Uiiclt siiWHoine watoril bcejlill lo toddkoiloni; to it just like 1tiU. llh'iii the i-tivomml Hpciikcr Imitated tllO Vi'lllUlllllfS Ol (((lllfli IU-1'Of.M tlio Slll'TO, nndil loud Iminhtor. Now, eliilih'en-, tho littlo dtn-lt kmiw v.-liiti was kooiI for liiin; mid now, my dear childn.-ii, you idioitht tuuo to .IcstiH IlkoiiueKri to tvitior. If this is tho corroct thing to do and wo do not say it is not wo only say it is novel to us and proploxes us an innovation upon mo old and sober method of teaching tho divine truths of roligion. In that beautiful passngo wero Jesuit took up a littlo child and blessed it, and said: Buffer little children to come unto mo. lor ol, nuoli is lito liiutrdom leaven, wo had novor heard that ho illustrated his religious teachings by waddling hko a duck. Ono more illustration will iufitco to indictit ) tlio stylo and character of this now religious porlomnnco. We onlv hopo tho practice will not largely pursued by our juvenilo mar ble-players, Two littlo bovii plitviini nmi-blox in a buck iillev hoardim old woman (lying In an utile nii, I liilimntim; hor di'i-ndl'nl lilii. Ono of IIiomo boys procured a ladder, and i-lliiil,itir up put Ins liioutn lo n nioMin rflniiHliud l-nld fHiltly nud in Ntlvory voice, 'JiwiiM Jovuh yon, niid if you love, liim you will hosiived," 'l linl old wonmii died imp py, bocimw) she ttioeglit It win lintel. Wo commeiicod this article intend ing to draw a' moral from it, namely, that such tilings as Ihcso were calcu lated to bring religioifiulo contempt; that all this pantomimic action upon tlio stage, this tolling of stupid littlo stories to children this slapping of grown people upon tho back and ask ini' tlieui if they, had found Jouua, the uso of 'tho crown of thorns so safely (Ico'ii iled upon tho brow of this modern evaliguiistas not to prick much, tho rolling upon tho platform hi A gentleman m want of a liouuo keeper tried nn odd experiment. Ho sent out two advertisements, ono for a lady of education and elegant nuiii nern, qunliuVd lo act an companion as well as hiiiisetcepei' and was over whelmed with replies. Tlio only r. (iiirment in Ififfl other ndvci'tiKcmcnt wn that tlio lady nhoulil bti plain in features, bnt not a solitary applicant appeared to answer that appeal. A traveler called for mint nance at A widow beta;; t.MSli-tie muii-der about tinting, ("(id knew it a wron-; lot in", win s lo :'!itt, but tiie bible jiiiHioiily. h Mi" was Ibi'lin "Our cock in.ikes all llio mitten into tiio Minn iravor.':! inm eaoe'i mr coin bi-e.vl," wh-'ti a waiter t:ud thai , , scissohikos. . Miisie by handle -a street organ... A Baltimore man was "delivered ol an address." ,. llo was a Warm Spring Indian the moment ho sat down on a hot stove. The dog who leads the blind man to the different free lunches is a bar-pilot. Tho sentinel who did not sleep on his' watch had 'left it, at the pawn brokers. , : AH games of chance except run ning Cor oflice, will bo suppressed by law in Virginia. A dressmaker's apprentice speaks of her cross-eyed lover, as the fellow whose looks aro cut bias, The Spaniards behove that, Jack- . the Giant Killer was a real personage, and that ho lived in Canada. Mark Twain says the Sandwich- Is landers are generally a unlettered as the other side of a tombstone. . A blind deg, which leads its blind master safe aboit), is one of tho curi osities of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Littlo Rhody proposes lo have her census taken. That's easy enough lot the people stand up and bo count- ed. . ; ' The lady who advertised n lecture on tlio subject of "Moods," was dis gusted at not having the first' pornon present. Avoid -annoyance; ba cautious and kindly. , It is not safe to trample on so humble a thing as a piece of or ange peel. Tlio best way to play billiards is to sit in a high chair and make remarks, becauso then you aro pure to win, however the balls may circulate. , It is noted that all great humorists tlio sober anil sedate, wiln uieitin- i oltoly eaBt of countenance, It is ilher serious business lo no ninny. . Tho: Cleveland Herald stands up three-card monto men, bomo . folks when thoy have scraped a little monov toaother, forgot old fricuds. Some people' don't got enough of . themselves, living with themselves every day, ao they keep a journal. Vcccher. That's not so bad ns writ ing letters. Another $25,000 cow will never . more bo bothered by blue-bottle flics - lit s world. Tho f ourth, duclious of Oneida lias been drivtn homo by tho Ansel of Death. It you should toll a Vermont man that carrying six Hack beans in his vest pocket wouhbi t keep contagious diseases away, he would act you down as ono who believed the world was flat.. - Said a gentleman to his mistress, you aro very handsome." "Pooh!" said tho lady; "so you would say ll you did not think so." ''And so you would think," answered ho, "though I -should not say ao." Forbearance is'iiot aiways a virtuo evon in a clergyman. Imagine the , feelings of tho rural divine who, after getting fifty cents for marrying a ' ootiplo, found that tho bridegroom had gone off with his new silk hat? A Dtibiiauo boy was rather troub led for fear that ho wouldn't know his , father when they both reached heav en, but his mother eased him by re marking: "All yoti have to do is to look for an angel with a rod mo on . him.". An Iowa judge named Noble, ro- , oontly sentenced a n; . -i to throe years in tha iowa l.egisiaiaro, inn tuo enor mity of the punishment dawning up on him , commuted it to tho peniten tiary. "A second Daniel come to Judgment." , ' i An Idaho ticnllemaii stripped him- ' sell", hung his apparel on the saw-back, . and retired on a pile ol coni-woofi. His mistake was discovered by his : wile, who overheard liim quarreling with an imaginary old woman about thcro not being cover enough on the , bed. A wonld-bo school teacher in Tole- . do, recently replied to a question by one ot tho examiners: "Do you think- -the world is round or flat?" by say ing, "Well, some poople think ona way and some another, and I'll teach them round or flat just as the parents ploase." Mrs. Lovit, of So itigfield Mass., has forced her husband and three grown up sons to hiko uoaau ni a neighbor's, as sho finds it Impossible to spare time for housework, while tho Tilton-liecchor trial is going on. She is a slow reader, aud trots up nt daylight. Kaiakiitta, at last advices, was hack in Honolulu, skirmishing nrotnid the bar-rooms trying to borrow a quarter, and wondering if theru is lo bo found under the bright canopy ot heaven such a choico lot of tools and llunl. eys as those ho met in the country . he has just visited. Colonel Trail, of Lexington, Ky., saya nn old lady on his pension-roll, now living iu that cily, was ono huu drod and ono years old last October. But tho old lady is killing herself .,nnliin n nine. Sho lias bun at it nown-for tho last, half century, aud ho m siuitlltitlion oi ;-tno agony mat Uhinks sho can't stand it nuiiiy yeais HWdft ; irrcat tirons iiko iuuou, i cm culalcd to destroy and tear down all that good and pious moil havo been so Ion;; in building up; that over re ligion it throws it vail of tlto ludi crous and absurd, and makes tho world look upon it as o sehemo of questionable propriety. If religion was a comedy or a tide splitting farce, and churches could bo properly used as a Htugo for the performance of plnvor pantomime, then it would bo liii-iilv Dioncr to laiciuo so excellent n nlar m i i now holding forth to do Ii;;htl audiences of children. It is time to stop talking About the sol'teuiiig inlliti-ncc ol women. A M'wmchiiiietta maii who has lour ccouu woiofv h on ,i-t- piitar fl'-i;oo!":'.;'d tint of what they called tt li rmeruiiient, and tho VX .ir-' .-ciilral I they bad none, a lditi-f, "Itm't il corn wives has just been sent to the lVni- ophe-r, resuming liti-'it advo-i bale yo niauoV , I tonliary for Mtealina horses. - , j search, and gum longer. Even in tho saloons, opinions up on gravo subjects are expressed torei hy.' A gentleman slightly under tha iniliienco of tho intoxicating bowl, furnished proot of this, a night or two ago. "Whiskey, sot," be said, "hie-brightens tho intellect. It ought to bo introduced into the public schools, y.nr." "Grandma, do yea kn"W hv I f - seo up in the !;y so i .i- a ,,.." lie, a littlo four-year old. " my dear, whv is it?" aid grandma, l-wol in it hor oyo eager to catch and reinwn ber the wise saying of the whm littlo pet. "i'.d'.ia-e thelitis i. ' iu tho way," icplu d t!n'"i( . t I his a.tioiioti - i duia Ikt ! in.' t