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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Siafrie ofy, per seer. . $3 00
Single copy, six mouths:. 00
Siile copy, three months...... 100
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. FWIiLLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I.UB.4KOX OREGON.
" Will practice In mil the courts or the Sttte,
lYumijt tit'ntinn clvn to collections, eon.
veyanc? aud examination of Titles. Probate
ousioess a speciality, vmtwii,
J. A. YASTIS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
C OK V ALUS, OREGON.
A' til practlc In all the Courts of the 8tate
umce in me t.oun xxouw v
vlon2)vL
J. YV. BAK.DWI1Y,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
-Yi.i rrHTtlce In all the Courts tn the 3d, Sd
J Itli judicial lHstricta; la the Supreme
i our. k Oregon, and tn the United St a tee Di-
riCt aoa t ircuit l Olin, uraw upwiira m inim
-m tn Parrisli's brick block. First St., Albany,
jreeon. vonis l.
S. A. J OHIS,
VfTORNEY AT LAW,
AXBAKT. 0KEG0S.
aOfiice In the Conrt Haase.S
vSn2tf.
J. W. R&Bl:R!V.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CORVAX.US, OREGON.
9pecial attention to collection of accounts,
SWOiBee one door South of Fishers Brick."
vlOnSOvl.
(HAS. E. WOLVERTOS,
ITToRSEI ISA COUNSELOR iT LAW,
AI.BANY, OREOOX.
Office In Proman's brick, np stain.
D. R. N. BLACKBURN,
ITTQHHEY m COUSSELOR AT LAW
Druwatville, Oregon.
S7 Collections a specialty. ap21.
Dr- T. GOLDO,
OCCULIST AND AU RIT
SALEM, QREGOX.
Dr. uor.nEN HAS had experience is
treat ng the various diseases to which the
ve and ear are subject, and feels confident of
giving entire satisfaction to those who may
f lace themselves under his care. coStf.
D. B. Rice, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE at Dr Plumrner's Drag Store.
Residence on the street leading to tbe
pepot, at the crossing of the Canal.
J, JL -WEATHER FORD,
Koary Public.
W. O. PIPER.
WEATRERFORD & P'.PER,
ATTOBNETS L"W",
Albany, Brecon.
TTul practice in the different Courts of the Slate,
t V Special attention given to collecting, investi
gation of titles, conveyancing and all proVate miners
punctually attended to. Proceedings in bankruptcy
eodueteJ.
srBtee in Sd story, Brig;!" bunding. VISnS
R.8.STRAHAN.
Albany.
JOIIX BURNETT
Ccrvallis
8TAAHAN & BURNETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
rVfll practice in all the courts Sri Oregon.
vl2n4C.f
jLOUI A.
(NOTARY PUBLIC,)
1TT0SIEY1HD GOUSSSLOSATLAW,
Cor rail's, Oregon.
WILL PRACTICE IX ALL THE COURTS OF
the Bute. Convevaaamr done, collections
Biade, furmt booh- ud sold, money loaned, and notes
auoountea.
Ctfio m Court Hods np-eti:r. CStl
D. Li. Conley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
11UXT, BEGOX.
JVFFICE, 57 WEST FROST STREET.
w epecuu attention given to collection.
vl3n!9tf
G. H. Davis, M. D.,
Phyiician and jSurffeon,
SALES, KECvX.
Office on Commercial St. PuSt-office box,
No. 28.
TlSnlStf
P0CT0R N. HENTON,
Physician and Surgeon.
Having permanently located in the city
of Albany, and entered upon tbe
thirty-first year of his practice, respectful ly
tenders his professional services to the
ekirens of Albany and surrounding coun.
''Bsr-Offloe at tbe City Drug Store. Resi
dence on First Street. vl2n40tf
H- J. BOUGHTON.M. D.,
ALBAVT. eKEfiOX.
THE POCTOR IS A GRADUATE OF THE CSI-VEa--JlTY
Medieal Collece ot Ne V 'k. and is a
'hue mombw of Beiierue ihal Ml.c-i College of
New York. ,
lVifics in Dr- Heaton't Drng Store. vl3u.tf
R. ARNOLD, M. P.,
Homeopathic Physician-
ALDAXY, OKECOX.
OFFICE HOCRS FROM 10 TO 12 AKD
from 2 to 4, Cbonic Diseases and Sur
gery a Specialty nlOf.
G. W. WILCOX,
Komeopathie Physician,
ALBAS Y, OBEGOS.
SrOfQce over Tweedale's Grocery Store.
- ' vl3n8tf' ' :
R. N. BAKER,
Merchant Tailor.
(1UTTTITG, MAKING, CLEANING
J and repiUring promptly attended to
and all work warianted.
STShop two doors above Fox's store.
nln3
7 Business Cards, Visit
j in Cards, We tiding
'"JL Cards, or any other
yJ kind of Cards, call on
u ll.i,(iJil , iT..:u
! PriBters. Albany. Orr. n37t
VOL. XIII.
C. COHEN,
Dealer in
CEf.ECAL r:.ZRC!!Ar!DIS
r.iltofflco Bulluing, cor., 1st and Brcadalbla sts.,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Will keep constantly
hand a full
assortment of
CIolliHisr. Dry Gootis, B ur-
niithins Voods, Hats,
Caps, Boots, Shoes,
Groceries, etc,
and. will sell the above named goods
CHEAPER than any other house in the
city. Give him a call before purchasing
etsewnere.
SAM. COHEN,
AUCTIONEER
REGULAR 8 A I.K DAYS:
SATURDAYS AND MONDAYS
At 10 o'clock A. M.
Will also bo to an oart of the country
and hold special sales when directed.
visnsTti
GUN STORE I
SCOTT 4 MOSTEITH, PR0FKS.
Customers can always Bud at this piaoa a
splendid assortment of
GUNS, RIFLES m REVOLVERS
And Anunwitioa of AH Enda.
ALSO
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
WHOLESALE AND R5TAIL.
Baby Carriages, Steamboat!, dames
Mechanical Teya, LoeomotiTea, Dolla, Boys
w agons ana nieigna, in isct nearly every
kind of toys manufactured,
vl nStyL
DAVID ASDRIIfS.
moaT atocAXUT.
McCalley & Andrews,
tS TBX
Odd Fellow's BuIIdink,
-minis is
Dry Goods,
Clothing.
Boots and Shoes.
Groceries,
Crockery,
Willow "Ware, &c.
S"Onr atock is new and wLl be sold
cheap. Oive na a call.
McCALLEY A ANDREWS.
n36tf.
DRUBS AND MEDICINES.
JOHN FOSHAY,
(Suecesaor to B. P. Eettlesalar.l
Buun nr
Drugs, medicines, Toilet
Articles, Paints, Oils,
V Window ilass,
Etc Etc. .
IlATine faftd tverl year's x prlenr is th
init busioew. he feels fufftlfled In Mrurinc bts
cuMomera mmi proper er will be ued in the
preparation uai oiepeuinic oi meaicnDes.
The Office of the
Corrallis, Lebanon I Dallas
STAGE JLINES.
is at the 8t. Char es Hotel, at Albany, In
metid of the A merioan Hycbnfr, aa repre
sented by me proprietor tt uie latter notci.
D521I
JAMES DANNALS.
ptAua tStsa aAircTAcmn or
SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS,
EarMe and Weed Tee.
Parlor Sets and Lounges, Mar
ble Top Center-Tables,
Spring Beds and
Mattresses,
WALMT, I1FLE 1SD Oil ER1CIET5,
And n kinds of
Whatnots, Chain, Bedstead, Kxtemsioa Ta
Met, stand. Cilt a ad Faary
MtsMltp, Etc.
I intend to keep everything tn the foraitore Kse,
tnd will euartntee tmtwttction to .11 who will call oa
roe at Miser's Brick. JANE AJf SALS.
Albany M&rble Works.
MORGAN & STAIGER,
BROADALBIN STREET, : ALBANY, 0 BEG OH.
DEALER
MonnmeBts, Obelisks
-ASI
TTRAB BTETOggTTiF?, .
EXECPTED IS
ITALIAN AS3 VERSSONT (3ARBLE.
ORDERS FROM ALL PASTS OF THE STATE
and Washingtoa Territory recvived aud prompt
Ij forwarded. - rlSnljl
CUSTOM MILL.
Mrs E. B. Cheadle bavlac pnr
cbased the Coitom Flonrlng Mill,
heretofore owned by Bapheel
C-hettdle, a now prepared tm do
ny business of the milling or
efaepipBs; kind. I have geod
and competent miller employed
Satisfaction gnaraateed.
BIBS. E.H. CHEADLE
lSnS7tT
DAN'S PHOTOGRAPH.
The queerest fellow, without a single
exception, in all Wexford, was Daniel
Battler.
He was but sixteen years of age, yet
he had the reputation of possessing as
much knowledge about odd and out-of-the-way
things as any ten average lads.
He was beliered to hare an iutiuiate ac
quaintance withevery trout in thecreeks,
and erery bird in tbe woods, and every
rabbit in the burrows. - He had tbe larg
est collection of birds' eggs to be found
in the country; and it was reported and
solemnly believed by all the small boys
in tbe neighborhood, that he bad a secret
understanding with the king-fishers and
orioles, by which they agreed to surren
der an egg of each litter to him, in con
sideration of the premise to let all others
entirely alone.
He was always taking up some sew
idea to work out. If he did not know
all about many things, he really seemed
te know a iitaie about everything, lie
knew how to print, how to bleed a horse,
how to use a telegraph instrument, bow
to cultivate silk worms, bow to make
the most outrageous noise with his hands,
how to grow pears, how te play checkers
with his eyes shut, and in short, he knew
how to do nearly everything that came in
his way to learn.
One day the neighbors opened their
eyes and pricked up their ears at tbe
news that Dan had taken up photogra
phy ; not that they were astonished nt
anything Dan did, but they were inter
ested in this enterprise, though regard
ing it simply as another frenk of iiis
curious genius.
"Well, well, said thev, shrumr.nir up
their shoulders, "Dan is an old stick. It's
about time he went into something use
ful. Photographs, eh !"
The report was true. Dan bad ob
tained a camera of good size, and was
experimenting with it up in his "den,"
m one end of his mother s garret.
It would be hard to imagine a more
untidy, chaotic looking place than Dan's
"den. It was full of bottles, old gar
ments, jars, bits of machinery, musical
instruments, carpenter's tools, old maps,
torn pictures, pots of plants and chemi
cals, stuffed birds, and so on; and it was
so odoriferous that no one but Dan could
ever stay long enough to make an inven
tory of its contents.
Dan was as odd looking a character
as one would be likely to see in a year's
travel. He was thin and lank in body
and legs. His head was largH, and he
had light blae eyes, and long, whitish
hair, which he rarely combed, and which
straggled about all over his head, as if
the rats had made nests in it the last
time he slept.
He was not much of a talker. He
generally kept silent and stared. No
body knew what an amount of thinking
he did meanwhile, and in fact many
who had laughed at his greenness bad to
confess after wards that he not only saw
everything that was going on, but knew
more about what he saw than the smart
est of them.
Dan went on with his botorraphins
wfer several weeks. lie had learned to
take very good pictures, but he was far
from satisfied. His fingers were always
stained black and brown with acids that
he could not wash off, and his clothing
always gave out a peculfar scent of colo
dion. Dan's mother began to be really anx
ious. The boy was growing up a loose
Jack-of-all trades, but without ally par
ticular urn for one profitable calling.
It was necessary that be sbould ehooe
a single business and stick to it. ' 3!-
took the boy in hand and eypostuliite., j
with him. Dan looked distressed. j
"I'm trying to do something, mother;
I've just got hold of it now, I guess. I
only want a little more time."
This was about as long a bj eecli as
Dan was in the habit of making at oue
time. His mother was pacilied and so
let him al-ne for the present.
Two or three months slipped by. Dan
made pictures f everybody he could
get before his camera. He photographed
his "den" and all his miscellaneous
trumpery. He photographed buildings,
fences and trees.
Still he did not succeed te bis mind.
His pictures lacked the peculiar shading
or "tone" that he wanted. His drentu
was to achieve this, which he believed
would not only make them very beauti
ful, but give them a large and p.-olitnble
custom.
He labored incessantly, now trying
this plan, now trying that, but without
any perfect result.
In the course of bis experiments out
of hi garret window, Drn made street
pictures of people, both near and remote,
in divers attitudes, and at nearly all
hours of the day. Dan took them in
single figures and in groups; he could
take them looking tip and looking down,
making gestures, or kitting .ill ; he took
them a they t:r ! i window, and as
they went along below him, or rode
past in wagons. Many of the photo
graphs were good, but still the subtle
finish was wanting. Dan could not
realize his dream.
Finally bis mother begged him to stop
his amusement, as she called it, and go
into a store, or some business where he
might support himself.
Dan shook bis head.
"Can't, mother." "
"But, Dan, I can't afford to give much
more money for the acids you want."
VA.h!" sMd Pan. And he shook his
head once more and looked very dejected.
He was at his wit's end. He believed
he was on the verge of an important
discovery. He only wanted a little
more money. Whero should the money
come from!
This was a trying question. He could
not imagine that any one would lend
him cash enough to carry out bia project,
and he did net seem to think of any
way to earn a sufficient sum. He went
up to his "den" and sat down in the
midst of his bottles and rubbish, feeling
uncommonly blue. - Here was his camera
upon its three long legs, with a black
muffler thrown ever it, and with its brass
nose pointing out into tbe air.'
The kv'i thouchts nointed the same
way. He must g out into the cold and
ALBAtfY. OREGON,
find toniething to do, or some day be
might have to stay out in tbe cold. He
descended into the street, and wandered
about the town, moody and distressed.
About this time a trial was is pro
gress at the court. A man was charged
with ' having passed a forged check at
one of the banks. The teller fully
identified the prisoner, described bis
movements, and related what was said
between them at the time, with the
greatest minuteness.
On the other hand, the accused indig
nantly denied the charge and protested
that he was not in or near the bank at
the time alleged, but in the office of a
friend on B street He remembered his
whereabouts, far his arrest was not long
after the presentation of the forged
check, and nil his movements of that
day remained distinctly in his mind.
From the first he continued to assert
his innocence, and declared the teller
had mintaken him for some other man.
Unfortunately for him he was obliged
to admit that he was alone in his friend's
office at the hour in question, and failed
to produce any witness beside himself
to prove where he was, though he made
every effort to do so. It was a question
of veracity, man against man, but the
clear jnnd very forcible statement of the
teller a -iinst tbe accused, and the pos
sibility of some motive presumed to ex
ist iu the man's financial circumstances,
bad decided the direction considering
the interest at stake, to hold him to
answer nt the next session of the court.
And now the day of trial had come.
Everybody was extremely interested
iu the trial, for the prisoner was well
known in town, aad had always been
supposed to be honest. The anxiety
was intense to knew whether he would
be proved a criminal.
The case seemed to be going against
the prisoner, for one or two other per
sns bad been summoned to testify that
"to the best of their knowledge and be
lief," they had seen the man in or about
the bank at 1 oa the day whea the
check was passed. " "
The prisoner sat in the court room,
pale, but with a certain fearless look on
his features that scarcely seemed like
guilt.
All tbe known evidence was in, and
to the last, save the statements of a few
of his friends as to his previous good
character, nothing in his behalf beyond
his own unsupported word had been
brought forward.
The prosecuting attorney arose and
formally recounted the strong points in
the case, dwelling especially on the fail
ure of the prisoner to prove an alibi,
tha is, to show that he was elsewhere
than at tho bank at the moment of tbe
crime, when suddenly, to the unspeaka
ble astonishment of all present, a queer
voice from a distant part of the room
exclaimed:
"But I can tell where he was."
Evewbody turned to loek at the
eeaker, who was none other than eur
friend Dan. He stood with his mouth
wide open, clutching bis cap with one
hand aud with the other nervously pok
ing his fousled hair. Everybody was
laughing.
''Silence !" roared the crier, in a fierce
tone, oud then assuming that the boy
intended to make sport, he ordered bim
to sit ilnwn.
)," drawled Dau, "I guess net."
Of course that set tbe crowd into a
still louder laughter. Tbe crier then
attempted to get at tho boy.
"iitop!" cried tbp judge, in a way
that w:is beard in all parts of the room.
As soon as silence was obtained, he
turned toward Dan, who still remained
'Young man, do you know anything
about this easef
"Y-u-s, air," replied Dan, slowly, "I
know "
"I don't waut to know that, yet," in
terrupted the judge. "Come this way,
my boy."
The shrewd magistrate knew this
youngster well enough to surmise that
he would neither dare nor care to be
fooling at such a time.
Dan, all stained and spotted, picked'
h's way out of the crowd and walked
forward to the bench. A curious spec
tacle he was, with his uncouth form and
dress, and his mass of white hair.
The judge leaned forward and said
something to him in a low tone, and then
Dan whispered back to the judge. Soon
tbe people saw-the judge smile and nod
his head.
"Ah," said they, one to another, "Our
Dan has turned up something new.
It's just like him."'
Their surmise was turned to certainty
when the judge announced, "This young
man will produce important evidence for
the defence."
Dan made his way out of the court
room and disappeared. In ten minutes
he came back again, breathless. He
had never been known to run before.
In his hand he held a large paper and
this he handed to the judge. He looked
at it curiously; then at the prisoner.
In a moment he said : "Clerk, adminis
ter the oath to this boy."
Dan was sworn. .
I cannot repeat his testimony here,
but be sure it was drolly worded and
disjointed enough. It made everybody
laugh even while it profoundly interest
ed them. The substance of it was that
on the day the forged check was passed,
ho was making photographs between the
horn's of 12 in. and 3 p. m. Among
other pictures he made one of a man
standing in the window on the opposite
side of the street. The man that he
photographed was the prisoner at the
bar.
Immediately there was a buzz in the
room. The prisoner's pale face flushed
and he gazed at Dan with ty look of joy
ful gratitude,
But there was stiU a very important
question to bo settled.
"At what time exaotly was the photo
graph takenl"
Dan took the picture and looked at it
closelv.
. "There's the clock on St. Luke's
church up in the comer," said he, pointing
to the place aud handing the picture to
the i uuite
"By the dial here it was just one
o'clock at the instant when the picture
FRIDAY MAR. 1, 1878.
was taken." said the judge.
The jury and the counsel now exam
ined the photograph minutely. It could
not be disDuted; there WflJ) fill, idanfiittl
man, and therefore he was not in the
ana at the moment when tbe forged
check was passed.
The teller
the stand. He was confused Wv the
evidence he heard, and was by no means
ss Positive aa h wa l.fro A l..t
be reluctantly admitted that be might
'"wiring unuar a mistake. And up
on that he retired into the erawd with
an appearance of great chagrin. Dan's
inumpn was complete. He was a hero.
People forgot his strange dress and wild
lookinr head, arid axtnallw ulli,.:,"
him, Tbe prisoner was discharged. He
instantly wens to AJan and seizing both
of his hands, exclaimed:
"You have saved me; you shall have
anything you want. I cannot do enough
to show my gratitude."
From that moment Dan's star began
te rise. He had money to continue his
experiments and he eventually discov
ered a Drocess bv which he succeeded in
obtaining the richest and mot durable
pnoiojrrapns mat are now taken in Wex
ford. He Still keens the old camera
that made his fortune.
"WIJE WITH THE BIC FLEET." ;
(Fram tb Atlanta CoaitituUon.)
A negro was lamenting at the depot
over the disbandment of the Republi
can partyA Georgia
"Dat's de fust time sense I'se kne'd
dem dat dey act out dere prinserplus,"
remarked Old Si.
"Jesalissen at dat now!" said tbe
colored Jeremiah. "Go in' fishin' bet
addled de ole man's branes !"
"Nebber mine bout de fishin'; I kin
prove what I eez," replied Old Si.
"Lemma hear dat."
"Well, de 'Publicans all de time
sayin' dey's de niggers' bes' fren's ! Well
de fust time dey's showe'd up en dat
line wuz dis bustin' up de party an'
lettin' de niggers steer dere own fiat
bo tes."
" Whar dey gwine to steer 'em 1"
"Ebery nigger for himself, is de way
Fse shoutia' I De ribber's wide aa'
de san' bars plenty, but dis nigger's
bote's gwine wid de big fleet, ver heah
met"
"An" which way's datl"
"All down de Dimocrat cbennil, long
way's ahead an er safe wha'i in sight!
We's done got de big heuse in Kon.riss,
hoi's er full ban' fer de odiW, ,'ot de
'Publikan President a paJJlm' clo-a
'long 'nuff ter get picked up ef d kiew
on his bote flings him overbo'de! How'
datr
"Dat looks moubtr epiJeiaie, fer er
fuck."
"An' dat ain't all ! When you nig
gers sees so many ob dese late 'Publi
can parties dippm 'long easy, close iu
ter shore, and tryin' ter be dar an' lan'
wid d crowd, han't it time dat you
wuz scrougin' yo' canoes in wid de big
yawlsr
The crowd applauded the idea, and
Jeremiah said, as he left ;
"I feels myself fieatin' in dar now !"
rr.N nrrcKB or tbb few ropa.
LoNDOjt, Feb. 20. The Home cor
respondent of tbe Timet, in a letter to
that journal under date of the 14th,
present month, writes as follows of
Carpmal Pecci, to-day elected pope :
Pecci is tall, with a fine head, high
forehead narrowing at the temples,
long face and straight features. He
has a large month and prominent chin,
cheerful, open countenance and large
well shaped cars. His face reminds one
of Consuloi, renowned minister of Pius
VII. He has a fine sonorous voice,
gieat dignity, even austerity of man
ners in public life, but privately is af
fectionate, unassuming sociable and
witty. As camerlengo he has been the
head of that party which, without form
ally renouncing the right of the Holy
Sea acknowedges the wisdom of the
decrees of Providence, excepting what
he calls irrevocably accomplished facta.
The general opinion is that for learn
ing, tact, energy, dignity, ability, real
moral worth and sincere piety, the sa
cred college could net find a more de
serving pope than Cardinal Pecci. Car
dinal Pecci s private life at ail periods,
is above reproach. He has considera
ble literary talent and has written po
etry. He never hia bad intercourse
with the functionaries of the present
Italian government, but is esteemed by
them all, and those with whom the ne
cessity of duty brings him into contact,
are perfectly charmed with him.
HOW THB SBSATB WBESTIXB
VOOBHEXS.
WITH
As he went on, the Senate was an in
teresting study. Bayard sat behind
him, with knitted brows, his right arm
crooked about the corner of his chair-"'
back. At his right, in the order named,
MoCrcery, Thurman, Eaton, and then
Representative Finley, of Ohio, all pay
ing rapt attention. At the end of the
back row on the Democratic side, large
framed McDonald, of Indiana, aimlessly
twirling a bit of paper, wheeled round
to face his eloquent colleague. In front
of him, Ransom's kindly face; and in
front ef Ransom, David Davis, a thought
ful leok on his face, and a pucker in his
mouth. - About the speaker were group
ed Armstrong, Hereford and Dawes;
at the right, Pinkaey Why te, Booth and
Cockrel; in front Merrimanj Represen
tative Scales, Senators Johnston, Lamar
and Beck at the immediate left. On
the Republican side Conkling tat vrrit
ingbut ever and anon some new argu
ment, or some fresh burst of eloquence
caught his attention, involuntarily the
peri stopped in mid-air, and the Achilles
of New York listened to the "Tali
Sycamore of the Wabash." Grandpa
Hamlin, with hands clasped, bent for
ward until his attitude suggested a bad
case of colic. Next at Hamlin's right
sat Blaine, glossy and sleek in a brand,
span new suit of lustrous black, absently
stroking his gray beard and looking
steadily at the speaker. .
i From our tegular correspondent)
WASHUCTOS ACTTES.
Matter Ckiefly social The Fsree f Hrs.
Hayes Example aad Hrs. Sherman's I.et-te-Tfce
Misses Bvarts In Btekmasid The
Base and Amdaelty mt the Society Maiden
-The Detention from PeCrolenm-Pott.
es The Silver Bill The Army and Wavy
Bills Those lavestlsaUsns. ;
Washixotojt, D. C, Feb. 6.
Editor Democrat:
A member ef Congress distinguished,
I think, more for his learning, ability,
and influence with his party than for
his acquaintance with the exquisite
frivolity and hideous extravagance of
woman's dress, said to me last night :
"I am very much pleased to see a change
to a simpler and plainer style of dress
ing among the ladies. We are indebted
to Mrs. Hayes for it ; she set the ex
ample. I noticed it at first in the
Misses Evarta when they were at Rich
mond, Virginia, a few weeks since.
They had the good sense to appear ut
terly unconscious that they were the
daughters of the Secretary - ef State,
and won all hearts, not nim by the
cordiality of their manners than by the
tasteful simplicity of their dress." I as
sented to what he said about the so
called prevailing simplicity of dress
en the principle laid down by Carlyle,
that those who propose to differ from
men in great matters, ought the mere
readily to conciliate them by concessions
in little things. But in that confusion
of trains, diamonds, lace, and powdered
hair, I was unable to see any near ap
preach te ideal simplicity, and I am
half persuaded that the statesman saw
only his own beautiful slaughter, who
was dressed with comparative plainness,
in an elegant pink silk. It was with a
desire to get an introduction to this lady
that I had approached him, and when
he said, " I will introduce you to 'my
daughter," I inwardly complimented my
diplomacy. We found her surrounded
by a number ef gentlemen, one of whom
had just been(presented, and was saying
that he knew ker father very welL She
replied that she was always glad to meet
a friend of her father, especially if he
was unmarried !
It was thought earlier in the season
that the prevailing financial depression
would have a dampening effect on the
social life of tbe capital, and many
belltrs were gloomy ever the prospective
scarcity of hops aad receptions ; but, if
hard times aad Mrs. -Sherman's proaun
iauieuto against the waits have had
any effect on the gayety of Washington
life it is not discernible. Youth and
vanity, those natural forces, assert
themselves in spite of proaunciamentos
and financial crashes. The belle from
Sa Francisco, Virginia City, TitusvilJe,
Petroleum, or anywhere else that her
father may have struck oil, is here in as
great profusion as in the halcyon days
of contracts, Credit Mobilier and Bel
knap. Beaux, such as they are, are
always abundant in Washington, and
they are as respectable as those ef any
other locality, I suppose. In these
days of wide-spread political, moral and
financial bankruptcy it is not practicable
fer any section or coterie to be Pharisa.
ical or over nice. Society here U very
democratic, and almost every social
gathering is a pot-pourri of members of
Congress, department clerks, journalists,
judges, lobbyists, loungers, adventurers
the representatives and votaries of al
most everything. . The ladies cannot be
classified, hut, whether maiden or mar
ried, witlowdB" divorced, they All waltz,
or, at least, nearly all do. I sometimes
want to write homilies ou society, but I
have been so frequently admonished by
the editor that I know xaj business bet
ter. I cannot get ever an early con
tracted aversion to the "society woman,"
and when she is apparently young, ten
der, and apparently pretty (I say appa
rently, fer we must sometimes forego
tbe luxury of believing that all things
beautiful are what they seem) that ag
gressive ease, aplomb, and audaciousness
that she has makes me almost melan
choly. I would hesitate to say this ex
cept ever a nom de plume, for, after all
the trouble may be with my spleen, and
I do not like to be thought behind the
nineteenth century. But the reply of
tbe young lady that she liked to meet
the unmarried friends ef her father,
while it struok me as piquant and smart,
left an impression that was aet alto
gether favorable to the oratrix. I have
been wondering since why ene young
lady, the daughter of a member from a
Northwestern State, did not dance the
round dances. Can it be that scruples
are not all extinot f Before the war
they were not danced to any extent in
the South, but they have spread since,
till now they are almost as universal as
suffrage. Thus "we ripe, and ripe, and
ripe, and then we rot, and ret, and rot."
There is nothing new in political mat
ters. It is thought certain that the sil
ver bill will become a law. There is
strong opposition to the proposed army
and navy bills, but cooling mostly from
the military and naval lobbies., A
prominent member told ine that while
many in the House were not friendly
to the bills, he' thought they would be
compelled to vote for their economical
features by pressure from their districts
NO. 30.
that it was plain that the country
was in advance of Congress in its clamor
fer a reduction of national expenses.
The investigation committees are bang
ing are m default of art appropriation
for clerk hire. C A- S
' RfBlASA BEXacBACT.
The Indiana Democracy met in Con
vention on the 20th, at Indianapolis.
and nomiaated John G. Shanklin, of
Vanderburg county, for Secretary of
State. The following is the text of the
platform :
The committe ftfi tanl if tAna tvmm.1
ed a platform which was unammoualr
auopwsa. ac demands that national
bana notes shall h nnton :.t.
equal amount of Government treasury
.. .. . : . i- i i . , - .... J
icgai tenuer lor all debts ex
cept where orio'innl KirinM i,
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pressly provided for coin payment The
uoirramcM nas exclusive prerogative
to issue paper as well aa min a r.
bucu issues auouid fca made as tbe busi
ness interests of tho country demand
favors taxation of U. S. notes in com
. t t, .,
axuu wiin an otuer m-inev Hm cm.
uicxks w piace our loans abroad as in
expedient, and favor bwieWlnn
shall distribute the debt among the pec
it - ,,
pic, lima giving me masses sale invest
ment of their earnincrs r
lefflSlat: 1 to mal-fi maTlrann :nlu4
si per cent,; aem&nds restoration ef
the 4121 crrains silver lnllir ;ri. rn
legal tender quality, with unlimited
coinage upon the same terms as gold is
coined, and demand immediate and
unconditional repeal ef the resumption !
m; aemanu rigia public economy and j
reduction tit nffi.l .t-;,.
of tho bankrupt law ; deplore the lae
. , i i .
cuiue:i. oeiween capital and labor.
Several clauses looking ta the im- j
provement of the condition of working !
men were part of the platform. It de
clares for public
declares that the Circuit Conrts of the
United States
cised uniustlr DriiriWp-
individual States rights ; opposes class
iBgiai&tloa ana suosiaies; denounces,
Republican leaders who tVimixrli r.n.1
returning boards committed the mon
strous crime of defeatins the will of
the people in the late
tioD. The resolutions on this point Are re-
martaeiy severe, declaring that the
crime can only be condoned when the
malefactors who seated a fraud in the
presidential chair, are driven from
Pwer and consigned to everlasting in
famy. They denouuee the President
for appointing tbe returning board to
lucrative positions; for attempting to
interfere with tho prosecution of the
returning board for their crimes, also
requesting State Congressmen to favor
the bill for pensioning Mexican war
veterans.
WASTEB T "TAKE CARE OF CHABIBlV
A bridal couple at Wheeling, Vs.,
came, like Nicodemus, at dead ef night,
to the house of a venerable minister
and rang the door-hell with tremendous
violence. His wife went down stairs
in a costume consisting principally of
shawl, and found a stripling of twenty
and a gaunt creature of forty ; and on
learning their errand, brought her hus
band down stairs "Well !" he exclaimed,
rather drowsily. The bridegroom could
not speak, but motioaed to his bride.
"Mr. Preacher," she said, nothing loth,
"as I'm the oldest, IJexpeet I'd better do
the talking. You see, Charley has a
stepmother, and she don't nse him
right at all. Now I'm a widow, and I
want to take Charley home with me to
night and take care of him. Not that
I want a husband, because if I did I'd
get ene nearer my own age ; but 1
thought I would take care of Charley,
So we want to be married right away."
There was a hitch about the licence, bat
in thi end vho promised" to b more
than a stepmother to Charley, aad car
ried him Lome tw triumnk.
a uttle BrFrirrxrir.
Simon Cameron's newspaper at Har
risburg, Pennsylvania, expresses its un
biased opinion that Mr. Hayes -ought
to appoint to office "those who elected
him." Whereupen the Ppiladelpbia
Time says : It has been a little diifi
cult bo far to find anybody to answer
this description, as there was a prepon
derance of more than a quarter of a
million of voters on the other side. Mr.
Hayes, however, has done as well as he
could with such lights as be had to
work by. The Florida Returning
Board has been pretty well provided for
and three members of the Louisiana
Board were comfortably fixed until the
Sheriff of New Orleaus found more ap
propaiate places for them the other day
places in which they can serve the
people with more satisfaction.
cloomt PBasrxrra
The Congressional Committee . on
public hinds have reported in favor of
forfeiting all lands to a number of rail
roads, whose terms have not been com
plied with. This, says the Telegram,
easts a damper over the prospects of
Oregon railroad connection with tbe
East. Should tbe bill become a law,
not only will the progress of the North
ern Pacific be crippled for an indefinite
number of years, but ail hope for the
magnificient scheme of Senator Mitch
ell's South Pass and Salt Lake railroad.
will be forever blighted. Tbe danger
is of no small moment. Just how to
vert it, does not at the present moment
appear. Perhaps our senator from the
republican side of the house may be
i able to solve the problem.
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20 cents per line.
For legal and transient advertisement
SI 00 per square, for the first insertion, and
60 cents per square for each subsequent in
sertion. (From the Portland SSaadard. ' '
TMB KEFTBUCASS UT CO ISO A.
The Republican State Central Cota
mittee met in this city Wednesday, and
fixed the time for " holding , the State
Convention. There was considerable
talk and planning among tbe faithful,'
and the Federal officials were repre
sented in tbe person of a Deputy U. S.
Marshal for Umatilla ceunty, the editor
of tbe Pendleton Independent, and tbe
handy mn.n of the party. The aipor
t ion men t is very liberal, aggregating
177 delegates, and a few' measwith
proxies in their pockets will contra! the
Convention. It is understood that the
ticket which is te be placed in the field
was thoroughly discussed and a general
agreement entered into. We are not
aware who the favored ones are, but
one we know who is to be slaughtered.
Representative Williams is to be shut
out, and to this end the leaders of the
party are working. Mitchell is to have
the Legislature of Marion, Multnomah,
Clackamas, Washington, Yamhi l, Bea
ton, Polk and Lane. Thi3 will secure
hici the caucus nomination, and tkes, if
the Legislature is Republican, re-elect
him. Independent tickets are to be' run
in Jackson, Josephine, Lake, UmatilLi
and Usion in tbe interest of Mitchell,
and thus make up any deficiency which
may be caused by refractory aati-Mitch-V,
ell Republicans wucu may by accmeut
step in. This programme was agreed
upon and his Lenehiaen will follow out
the plan of operations. If Greenback
era can be captured by offices in Linn
and other Democratic localities,- and
thus be induced te suppert Mitchell
Republicans for the Legislature, this
kind of a compromise is te be readily
made. In Jackson they wer:t so far as
to agree upon a enee Democrat, but ef
late years a Pinto, for the' office of
Sheriff, and tbe Radicals to have two
Representatives. In ether counties the
candidates were picked out, and we
shall see a majority cf members fur the
Legislature on thsse Independent tick
ets of Republican proclivities, ' pledged
to Mitchell. The thing which was io
be gnarded against, however, was thai
in Mariou, Clackamas, Polk, Benton,
Yamhill and Multnomah, nhe but
Mitchell men, or sucb as could be con
trolled, should be nominated,- which
would give him 31 votes, and the Inde
pendents to rely upon from the coun
ties named. Bv this means they hope
Mitchell will be able to get the neces
sary 4G votes. The calculations were
well made, but it new remains te be
seen whether the people will ratify the
contract. It is with the leaders of the
Republican party just one thing: Mitch
ell for the Senate if all the other ceonty
ofSees must be given to mercenary can
didates. It is a safe ealculatioa that a
man who will accept a nomiaation cn
( ticket for any otilee under a compro
mise, will not Leiil-ite to cotupromiac
his honor when be is c-iseied, and ii
people should spot all sucb as dangers a
men to place in oSc of pablk- ti tut.
uaAtffARY f rrFEano.
A Urge part of tba Suffering of this
world cornea through -disordered
nerves, which excite the iucagicatioii
and '.reate a sense of pain Where
there is none. A tnau i rf took a
severe cold from a supposed- draught
at night from a broken pane of. gl.-t-,
but found in the morning that hU
cold was needless, as tho wfhdow
had been mended. The Boston 'Ad
vertiser" tells how a pajsetrger in a
car suffered in the same way :
An rid gentleman, wrapped up In
a heavy cap?C0Kt, was sitsinj near
the stove in a ear ori tfiO Eastern
Railroad the other c?uy, trying to
keep warm. After the (riiu had
started aad got about a far" a tb
Bostou and Maine crossing, the old
.'.rt'ntlem&B was observed to glanee
..cross the aisle rather nervously,
then beg'1 frhiveTing and wrapping
hfs cloak closer around him. At last,
with virtuous indignation expressed
ail over his face, he mpped his
neighbor opposite on the shoulder
witli his case, and said, in anvthine
but dulcet tones, "Here, shut that
window dows I You're old econb
to know better than t keep that
win low up ueh a day as this 'r On
investigation it was ascertained that
the window had not been raise, end
the old gentleman's disconifert arose
from a too vivid Irmgination.
WHAT 14 TBS BIBLE Ilk?
It is like a large beautiful tree, which
bears sweet fruit for those that are hun
gry, and affords shelter and shade for
pilgrims on their way to the kuigdota of
heaven. "
It is like a cabinet of jewels arid pre
cious stones, which are net only to ba
looked at and admired, but wised and
worn.
It i3 like a telescope, which brings
distant objects and far-off things bf the
world very near, so that "we -carl see
something of their beauty aud import
ance. - ... . - '
It is like a treasure-house, a store
house, for all sorts of - valuable and use
ful things, and which are to be had
without money and without price.
It is like a deep, broad, calm-Howin"
river, the banks of which are greea and
flowery, where birds sing and Iambs
play, and dear little childrea are loving
and happy.
Marriage, as well as cutting ef the
finger nails, has its superstitutions.
Among tbe Ramans no marriage was
celebrated till an augur was consulted
and a fortunate ! time selected. There
is an old rhyme which tells us to man v
on . , ., -
Tueadxy for health,
Wednesday the beat ti&; u! i&
Thursday for cros-'as,
Friday far ksoas,
Saturday no luck at hU." i 7 - .
This makes the first of the week pro
pitious and the last of the week an un
prophious time to get luani L 4 And
yet an eld superstition makes Thursday
marriages fortunate aud happy: