STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
BY
MAET. "V. BEOW1T
rrU K. la -tseriliMlB.(aa-slalM
leraer Itrsmdalbla aast ktnl Ma.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
SInirIt copy, par mi. m m
Single copy, six mouths..... no
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Siii-ls number i"'"'""'""'!''""" 10
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MRS. S. NICHOLS, LL D
Ilomepathic Physician,?-;
Offtce and resldenc at Ne. 14 First stt, upstair.
- m uv .. imiv UIUVS. ,
. MStf
DR. ANGIE L. FORD.
OFFICfi ANI RESIDENCE, SECOND
door west of the Court Uouw, Albany,
Oregon. '
Special attention -riven to tho disease of
nuiiieu sou cnnureii. jstf
W. G. PIPER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
ALBA.T. BCCOX.
Will practice In all the Conrta of the
State. Prompt attention given to colleo-
jrs-OtHee on second floor of Brifffrs's
xuiiuiiig, iw uuor ui lao lell. 7-tf.
T. r. HACKLEMAX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
A LB AX Y. ORKtV
"Ofllce up stairs In the Odd Fellow's
4 euipie.-tt-
TlSnSO
F. M. MILLER,
ATTORNFA' AT LAW,
LKBAXOX OREGON.
Will practice In all the courts of the State.
r- -- p. - - w roiinwm con
vryauces aud exaraiuaUon of Title. Probate
- yrvi.im. vixnsutr.
J. A. VAA'TIS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
COBTAUIS, ORKOON.
"lll practice In all the CotirU of the State
uujm in me lourt House
vlundrvL
J. W. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
A nt practice In all the Courts In the Id. Id
and lib Judicial MstrlcU; In the Ma pre me
Com i ol Ure-fon, and In the United States Dia
ne and Circuit Court. utSce up-atalra in front
" ramana one block. lntUtAlbaa7,
D. M. Conley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
iUiT, SIECSJI.
FFICE, 57 WEST FRONT STREET.
Special attention given to collections.
Tl3nl9tf
o
S. A. J OD.V8,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. OREGON.
s-7"Offlce In the Court House. "
rtnat.
J. TV. RAl'BUR.V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CORVALXIS. OREGON.
Hpecial attention to collation of accounts.
sWOffiee one door Kru( h of Fishers lines."
vUmaevl.
CHAS. E. WOLVERTOJT,
ATTOMEY AID COTOSELOB ATLAW
AI.BAXY, OREXK)-.
la r ronian's brick, up stairs.
D. R. N. BLACKBURN",
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Albany, Oreg-ea.
Office Hp stair la the -dd FcUeWs Teas-
pie.
tar Collections a specialty. apJL
J. 2. WEATHEEFORD,
(NOTARY PUBLIC.)
attorney" at law,
ALBANY, OBECOX.
TiniX PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OK THE
I f State. Special attention giren to collections and
probate matter.
taroacm in Odd Fellw ' Temple.
Dr. 0. L. de Wolfe,
.A German Physician, Sur
geon and Accoucher,
f A RADC ATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
IJT of Jena, and of the Fredrie William
University of Berlin, and also ef the Col
lege Medicine and Sn rgery.of Pennsylvania
in regular piactice since 1862, begs lea v e to
state that he has permanently located in
Albany, an J will attend to applications
from this city or surrounding country,
day or night. Surgery, Obstetrics and
diseases of women and children are his
specialties. Office in the Froman brick,
over the German Drug Store. Hours from
8 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 in the
evening. In general cases consultations
will he free from 8 to 12 a. m., and in sur
gical cases from 12 to 2, together with Dr.
Schlesinger. Office hours on Sunday
from 8 to 10 a. m. . n31tf
R. ARNOLD, M. D.,
Homeopathic Physician.
ALBAtfY, OKECOX.
OFFICE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND
from 2 to 4, Chonic Diseases and bur
gory a Specialty. nlOtf.
H. J. BOUGHTOIS-.M. D..
ALBJL5TY, OKECO.Y.
THE DOCTOR IS A GRADUATE OE THE UNI
VERSITY Medina! College of New York, and la a
late member of fiellerue Hospital Medical Collar, of
New York.
tarOffice in City Drue; 8tore. Residence on South
'side ol Second St.. three doors east ef tiie main
tercet leading to depot.
Dr. T. L. GOLDEIY,
OCCULIST AND AURIST
SALEM, OREGON.
DR. GOLDEN HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN
treating the various diseases to which the
eye and ear are subject, and feels confident of
giving entire satisfaction to those wbo mas
place themselves under his care. noStf.
D. B. Rice, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE UP STAIRS IX M'lLWAIS.'S
brick. Residence on the street lett
ing to the depot, at the crossing of the
Canal. 13:29tf
PATENTS.
F. A. Lehmann, Solicitor of American and Fori?n
Patents. Washington, D. C. All business connected
with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the
Courts, promptly attended to. No charge s made
unless s patent is secured. Send or circular. U'12
Slf PHI f
VOL. XIV.
DR. H. ROZSAS.
Physician and Surgeon,
Albssjy Oregon.
GRADUATED IN ALLOPATHY IN
VJT 1847, In Uermany, and In homeopathy
In 15, in Austria. Co-isultstlons In
either English, French, Italian or Gorman.
jBtrotuce wuu nr. urituin, over kou
field's grocery store, where diplomas can
re seen. vi-iu.uii
DOCTOR N. HENTON,
Physician aud Surgeon.
TTaving permanently located In Uie city
JL a. AlWUJj MIU VlllO.vni II , T II II-.
thirty-Unit year of his practice, respectfully
tenders his profeaaional orvioes to the
citizens of Albany ana surrounding "oun-
try.
xV"r0(Tn at Krwliav A Mason's Driio-
ntore. KeHiaence ou rlrst Ktreol. Tlnto
iv. ii. now, ira. i.,
Physician and Surgeon
KeaMeaee, St. hsrlr Helel. Orare. for the
reseat, at Faaar c Xasea's Dras Hlarr.
ALBANY, OREGON.
J. O. Andrews, M. D.
Ida E. Andrews, M. D.
OfLP RESPKCTKTLLY TKSPEIt Til KIR SKR
VK'RS to th eitiieiM at Allunv uul vi.-ii.n.-.
Mrau Amlratn makes httrirti and dlMM of wo
men sad children apix-UHi-. TrmUuant nv-canUnir Ui
BMdern eclwUcim. RaidH-a. rurnrr Imt and KJI
warth WnU. Olttce, ov.r Sallmalah'i lrug Mora. -SI
D. R. N. BLACKBURN.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Albany, Oregon.
OfTice with J. K. Wcathorford.
aWCellectlea a Bpecialljr.
. C. rOW E 1.1, w. K. niLYKU.
POAVELIi & IJILYEU,
m
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
ALBAIY. ... ORKGOV.
Collections nmmnilv m a A. n .ii .. i
" -'- ' xumi piiMini
lans negotiated on reasonable terms.
?umee in Foster's Brick.-r
vUnlftf.
L. H. MONTANTE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AM
Notary Public.
Albany. Oregon.
Office upstairs, over John Hri!t
1st Mreet. vl4niif
RE.1I0VAL.
DR. E. O. SMITn. DENTIST. HAS
removed Irom his old location in
Frotnan'a brink, to the front
necond floor of tho Old Fellow's Teiile
iwmriuiwr iuu piuue. n.MXf
' Dr. G. W. GEAY
DEXTIST
Albany, Oregon
Ru rexnored hi office farto Fowtcr't trk k M-k (up
ptkira) ttntdoor to th nlit, where be will be hy
lo meet aH bie old friewls mi trHi, and m inty
new ones m may wih to avail Utenuelvea ut hi pro
Immtmml m rTitca.
Kemetnber tbe km bar rindow in VtpsUsr' brick
blue, is where lr. Oni'i new iei.tai Knum are
llAli
JUNIUSF. WHITING,
H OTJSE & SIGN
PAINTING.
KALS0MIN1NG, PAPERHaNQING, GRAIkING, ETC
RELATIVE KICKER BRANCHES and
BESIGXIJG A SPECIALTY.
Corner Second .And Ellsworth Streets,
4MAVV. U.V4if.
J. R. LOMBR.
ArcMtect, Contravitor and Bnilfier,
ALBAXY, 4KECO.
s
PECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FITflNO UP
stores and omces. Al.' orders, either fnnn city
or country, promptly attentiou to. and satisfaction
ruaranteed in sli cases, hoop in Ellsworth St.. next
deor to Rerere House.
U:32U
J. A. DAVIS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN, SUBGEOK & OBSTEJCIAN
Albany Oregon. . .
flMn.fc.M Ik. 1 II 1 TY .1, T " ,.t
sitjr of Louisiana. Office and residence on First St.,
opposite BsMters new brick block, over KedflrH's
WILLERT & BUSCH.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Carriages and Wagons.
Cer. Secead aaot Ferry Sts.
Vhebest carriaires and hufnrlaa In the nt.ta are
made at their shops. . Repairing'' and job work done
on short notice, arid everything warapted.
visnzstr
MARX BAUMGART
HAS JUS r OFBTTBD OUT A
New Liquor More
KEXPS OOMTrTAItTLY OX HiKD '
T'xIE FINESt'bRAXDS OP WINES,
LIQUORS, TOBACCO & CIGARS.
The Celebrated St. Lonl
STONEWALL WHISKEY,
The. finest whiskey in the State.
Whiskies, French Brandies, Sherry,
Port, Claret, and ail other kinds
of vriacg, Gin, Ale, Beer, -and
Porter.
Bitters of every kind, and the hest
- brands of tobacco and Cigars.
Eri want evrybody to understand tL
I nave opeined out a first-class new liq
uor store, where city and country deal-
era can procure their stocks at Portland
prices, was only -Ireischt added.
Rooms oa the corner of Front and Ferry
Streets,. Albans-, Oregon. 28tf.
TIIK BLOODY HORDKIi.
The aiory of The Hlrr Maaaarre. by Oae
Mae Drew a While IWaa.
The .vciiU recorded below took
place, Biiyi the Houston Telryram, at
Salado, Mexico, March 28, 1813, when
seventeen Texous of tho Mier expedi
tion wera shot by order of tho Mexican
authorities. The story is UU ly a
correspondent who signs himself 11. P.
It"., of lUiinco, Texas, a brother of ono
who drew a white bean:
One LuindrtHl ami fifty -ninu whito
Ix'ans wore laccc) in tho bottom of the
mug, and seventeen bluck ones jiluccd
on top of tlirni. The beans worn not
stirred. Such was their anxiety to ex
ecute Cupt. Cameron and perhaps the
other oiliecrs, that first Cameron and
afterward tho other oiliecrs were made
to draw a bean each from tho mug in
this condition. Cutuoron, in tho net of
drawing first, said with his usual coo.
iwss, "Well, toys., mo liave to draw,
let's to at it." So saying, he thrust his
hand into the mug ami drew out a
white bean. Next canto Col. U'm. F.
Wilson, who was chained to him; then
Capt. Win. Kyan, and then Judge F.
M. (tibson, all of whom drew whito
beans. Next came Capt. Kastland,
who drew a block one, und then csmo
the balauco of the men- They all drew
their beans with thut manly dignity
and firmness which showed them siiikj-
nor to their condition. Some of lisrhtcr
temper jested over tho bloody tragedy.
One said, "I?ovs, this leaU rattling all
to pieces." The knoclin otf tho irons
ot the uutoitunates told who t'lev wen-.
1 oor lu.bert lU-ard, who lay upon the
ground sick, said, "J'.rother, if yon
draw it bluck bean I'll take your place."
The brother sai.i, "No, I um stronger
and totter able to die than you." Sev
eral of the Mexican whoollU-iatedin this
cruel violation of their country's faith ex-
ptessed great dissatihfactiwn thereat,and
some wept bitterly. Soon afterward
the fated were placed in a sena-nte
courtyard, when about dark they were
executed. Several of our men were
(wrmttted to visit the unfortunates pre
viously to the execution, te receive
their dying requests. Poor Msjor
Coke said, "Boys, I told you I never
fail to draw a prue." and then he
said to J udjjo Gibson, 4,4jay to my
friends that 1 died in grace." Judge
Clibijon waj so aflecUed by this last part
ing that he showed it from his tears.
The Msjor said, "They only rob me of
forty years," and then sat down and
wrote a dignified and sensible letter to
(Jen. Waddy Thomjson, the United
States Minister in Mexico, aud know
ing that his remains would to robbed
of his clothes after his death, drew off
his pants and handed them to his sur
viving comrades, and died in his under
clothes. Poor Henry Whaling, one of
Cameron's liest lighters, said, "Well,
the;' don't make much of me, anyhow,
lor I know I have killed twenty live of
ihe ycllow-tollies." Then demanding
his dinner in a linn tone, saying that
"they shall not chest mo out of it," ate
heartily, smoked a cigar, and in twenty
minutes was l:iunchel inU eternity.'
Our interpreter, who was Jrn'iittcd
to remain with them lo the last, says
thut fifteen times they wounded that j
iron nerved soul, Henry Whaling, and
it would seem that Providence had a
special care in prolonging his existence,
that he might demonstiate to his ene
mies the national character they had to
contend with; for he gritted his teeth
and defied them in tones of withering
reproach until they placed a gun nt his
head and blew his brains agaiust Uie
wall. Snch was the ellect of the horri
ble nias-sacre ujion their own soldiers,
who were standing as a guard ujsjii the
wall above, that one of them fainted
and cany) near falling
caught by his comrades.
Poor Terry, quite a
spirit a giant, said he
over, but was
youth, but in
was perfectly
willing to meet his fate: that for his
country he had fought, and for her
glory he was willing to die ; and turn
ing to the officers said : "After the
battle of San Jacinto niy family took
one of your youths prisoner, raised and
educated him, and this is our requital."
Edward Eate spoke of iis fate with
coolness. Cash said: "Well, they
murdered my brother with Colonel
Funnin, and they are about to murder
me." J. L. Jones said te the interpre
ter: "Tell the officers to look upon
men who are not afraid to die for their
country." Captain Eastman behaved
with the most patriotic zeal. He de
sired that his country should never lay
down her arms until the most ample
reparation and freedom was obtained.
Major Ilebt. Dunham said "he was pre
pared to die, and would to God that he
had a chance to do the same thing over
again ; that he gloried in the demon
stration they had made, which showed
Texans without nrm to to equal to
Mexicans with tiieiii." James Ogden,
with his usual equanimity of temper,
smiled at his fate and said "I am pre
pared." Young- llobert W. Harris
behaved in the most unflinching man
ner, am' called upon his brothers to
avenge the1 murder, while their flowing
tears and bursting hearts invoking heav
en for their witness, responded to the
call. I have the utmost confidence
i that this pledge, so solemnly plighted,
will to redeemed. They, one and all,
invoked their country to do them and
herself justiee.
J ust previous to the firing they were
bound together with cords, and their
eyes being bandaged they were set up
on a log near the wall, with their backs
to their executioners. Tbey all begged
the officers to shoot them in front, and
at a short distance; "that they were not
afraid to look death in the face." Thib
they refused to do, firing at several
paces, and continuing the fire from ten
to twelve minutes, mangling those he
roes in a manner toohorrible fordescrip
tion. Can our government and people
forget these crimes 1 Heaven forbid.
The names of of the murdered men
were: L. L'Cash, J. D. Cocke, Rob
ert Dunham, W. W. Eastland, Captain
Edward Este, Robert Harris, Thomat
ALBANY, OltEGON,
I Jones, Patrick Malum. James Oi:
den, Charles Uoberts. Win, llowsii, J.
I Shepherd, J. M. Thompson, JiMiies
1 m in.. -..ii
lurrey, JiiniOH 1 urilldlll, J lenry hul
ing, M. C. Whig.
KTATIftTM'ft At r t'OK CIUI.
A young English statistician who
was paying court to a young ludy
uiougiit to surprise her with his iui-
incuse eiudition. Producing his note
took, she, thought he was ntout to in-
dito a love sonnet, but whs slighty
taken hack ly tho following ijnes
tion :
II.
dav'l
many lm-iiU ciui you eut every
Why three, ol course; but of all the
oddest questions
Never mind, dear; I'll tell you nil
about it in a minute.
His eucil wns mpi.llv at work.
At lost, fondly liiispiiig her slender
waist :
Now my darling, I've got it, and if
you wish to know how miii'h has pars
ed through that adorable Jittlo mouth
for the lust seventeen years. I cau irivu
you the exact ligurus I
lioodiiess gracious hut can you
menu I
Now jiiKt i;".e:i, says he, and vmi
will hmr exactly whnt you have been
obliged to ulisoib to maintain those
charms which urn to luako the haiM.i-
ness of my lift?.
Hut I don't want to hear.
Ah, you are surprised, no doubt:
but statistics aro wonderful things.
Just listvu : You are now tfeveuteeu
years old, so that in fiften years you
have aiMiortod oxen or calves, 5; sheen
and lambs, I I; chickens, 327; ducks,
2W; geese, U'; turkeys, 100. gsme of
various kinds, S2 I; fishes, I GO; eggs,
.1,1 -'0; vegetables (bushels). 700; fruit
(baskets), CO.'l, cheese, 103; bread,
cake, etc., (in sacks of Hour,) 40; wine
(barrels), 11; water, (gallons) 3,000.
At this tho msiden revolted, utid
jumping up, exclaimed :
I think you very impertinent, nd
disgusting besides, an 1 1 will not stay
to listen to you ! U-ton which sh.i
flew into the house.
He gazed after her with an abstract
ed air, and left, say sing to himself:
If slio kept talking at thut rate,
twelve hours out of tho twenty four,
her jaws would travel a dinMl'ico of
1,332,121 miles.
The maiden, within two mouths,
married a well to do green grocer who
was no statistician.
t ALituie isw:itiio.
! sboalil Itrarisbrr
To seal your ow n le't'-r.
Kudo
your own drafts.
To pay express charges and vt
changes. To sign your iiauni w juur
order.
To keep fish out of tiie
keep your tears fie., from
dampness.
SHU.
lllHt
To
ml
lo always cnclo a urn
p
say you do.
That Hiwi!i-r can onlv In
shipped iii I
a magazine and not wr'.ri oilier ..inI.
Visit the mm Let nt winch Von buy
at least once u veartwiiv a better.
lo examine all ondn on receipt, un.l
if imt n'l light, advise tho shipper at.
once. ,
Tinit kerosene oil c.llinlilv be h!,i...,l
on certain days, in n uiagiine, ami not
Willi Oilier gllOllH.
To exciiangc gooiU only for cash r e
quires nerve, but it demonstrates prin
ciple, and insures safety and success.
To exchange goods for promises to
pay is extremely hazardous, rind puts a
urircuant in tlio attitude, of a beggar fur
what tolongs to hilu.
T think twice, and cxnminu care
fully all goods that don't apja-ar right,
before you writo and charge the house
you buy from with an attempt to tako
advantage oi you. (
Whuuever you ojxui .1 barrel, half
barrel or kit of any description of fihU,
and it is not all right, to sure to give
the name of tho packer of the fish to
the house you bought it from.
Da You Consider Ibe linpurlnnrr or
Doing your own work.
Not paying too much rent.
Selecting a store in a good location.
Never buying more goods than your
store may require lor thirty days.
Not urging goods except to cash buy
ers, or men who pay bills when pre
sented. Always insure your stock, no mutter
what rate of insurance is, as no man
can aHord to carry all tho risk.
Making your store attractive, by
placing every article to attain this end
where it can be seen, and have it plain
ly labeled.
A FAMOUS lil'lUK.
Pike, the famous guido of tho Yo
semite valley has recently run down to
San Francisco for tho first time in
twenty-six years. Ho was born ia
Tennessee, but crossed the plains soon
after the discovery of gold, being ono
of the few survivors of the ill-fated
pary that first attempted the perilous
passage of the Death valley route. He
was an associate of Pegleg Smith, who
amputated ins own log with a hunting
knife, takinrr nn tli ari.nr!.ii unil ilwauc-
ing the stump without assistance. This
operation was necessary inasmuch as
he had received a wound from a pois
oned arrow in a skirmish with the In
dians, and illustrated an important
operation now familiar to every college
student that of sawing one's own leg
off shorb Pike first visited the Yose
mite in 1 851, the year after its discov
ery by white men, and ho has remained
in these mountain solitudes ever Bince,
this being his first excursion. During re
cent years he lias pursued the occupa
tion of guido - with thrift profit.' In
ascending Mount Whitney, however,
he contracted a bronchial uiliction and
lost his voice bo that ho cannot now
speak above a whisper. He has been
commissioned by hotel proprietors in
Yosemite to visit Oregon for the pur
pose of procuring new varieties of
plants and trees lor the valley.
EKtDAY, M KCII 21,
LAX l fOU TIIK LtMUXSS.
Kilitnr Jtrmixrat:
Itsrems strange indeed, that, with
such resources for people's support in
Qii'gon, wo should have so many men
who obtain a living by theft, fraud and
burglary. We have an area of over
60,000,000 ucrcs tif hind in the State,
with only ntout 105,000 inhabitants in
it. This would givo to euch one .'i03g
hitch of land. And yet more than one
hull' of our puoplo follow other lines tf
biisiiicKH besides farming. It is known
that a very largo proportion of the
Iniulsin KuHtcni Oiegon, heretofore for
wheat, are our Very bust wheat lauds.
Ami the very lurgo districts of brush
lands, in Western Oregon, provo to to
suKrior t;rnin UiuIm. And us Iregon
wheat and (lour prove to bo superior to
any other in thn world, it is fair to in
fer that they will continue to command
good prices ami good sales. The cli
mate, fceasous, soils, health, timber, nav
igation, water and water, swcr, outlet
to tho world's mar kets iuinertlM, fish,
and fruits of Oregon are attracting, and
will attract thousands of emigrants
fro hi l'urojio and tho States beyond tho
mount-unit t-rf our State. Tim stato
ineuts now from litre, us to what lands
luuds can to tought for sr acre, all
around our great renters of trade along
our rivers and railroads, urn doubted by
jH-rsous abroad. Tho prices seem too
low--past belief provided all things
around are us rcptente.. Ami there
tire vet hundreds ol thousands of acres
of vacant lands in our State
ou which good liviugx could to mode.
And of tho second hand lands belong
ing to tho State, to thn railroad compa
nies, to the school, college and internal
improvement grants, tho tost of pur
chases cau to made at low rales on
longtime. On the Western sloims of
ihe Cascade Mountains and on the
Eastern and Western slojs-s tho Coast
11 ills Micro are thousands of good quar
ter section claims ready f.r homeHiead
settlers.
Thieus rich, well watered and valua
ble lauds Weill to invito tho homeless
aud landless ones Ut their surface,
where they may bccottio iudecndent
land owners, and have a deep interest
in the welfare of our country. It is
grievous to us, that we v cotneilcd
to build a strong n i.iw-iiUiv, und ex
Ji lld hundreds of lliounurxisof dullsrs
lo feed, clolho and gutt'd it, wht-ii each
j Hum there sliuuiii to day be to a
i iticit land owner lJI our Stale. And
the many tramps, bummer s und outlaws
who am a terror to our good t-iiiA-n,
oiijht, each arid uil, to to land owner,
j and liiitkiug lor theluselves good Ihiiii.-.
And many pussableyoung men of Oregon
t.xi much iijiuH pa and in i fur supjkirl;
nnd f.ill t.i str ike ml', and pirn-tiro lands
f r tlii liiselvcs wliero they are cheap
me) plcnlv. Admitting that Many
liii-ir of Mirall Jneaiis miht have
pretty iiiird kcrntcliintj tijHni tlieir
chums fur a few of tin first years ; yet
peihajis ihey have harder Itue-n in
iiiiiiiiiiii;4 a living oil of the settlers ;
or in homo caet working for thn Slate
ten hours iu htricd clothing in Hush's
hotel at the State, Prison.
With the multitudes of ways and
means in Oregon by w hich men nan
live well and in good esteem, it does
si cm ulr.uige that there should to nc
many men who live by fraud, theft and
robtory. This is u land of plenty ; the
earth never fails to yield, if properly
tilled, lurgo returns to the tillers of tho
soil ; oirr .water abound in endless
quantities of stqicrior fish ; our forests
abound in vast amounts ot superior
tirntor, and our grassy plains are utmost
boundless. Hut our buried and exten
sive mines contain in their tosofns bil
lions of wealth yet to be brought forth
to enter into tho wealth . of our State
and Nation.
And on most of our lands the tost
fruits that grow in temperate zones
can be raised in endless quantities.
And for butter, cheese, fowls, and all
manner of domestic animals, Oregon
stands unrivaled. All these lunds, and
the products of them ; all that I have
enumerated, and much of good here
to which I have not referred, send forth
a voice of invitation and welcome to
many thousands of down trodden ones
of the old World, aud to our friends in
the old States to come to our shores,.
and oast their lots amongst us, and help
build up a great, and a mighty State,
whose people can to healthy, wealthy
and happy ; and whose commerce, puss,
ing off to Asia aud the "Islands of the
Sea," will help to swoll tho great wealth
of the most prosperous nation now -upon
earth, whose boast is that of being the
"Land ef the Free, and the Homo of
the Hrave.
DAVID NEWSOME.
Amiaxv, March 11,. 2879.
Ci:ll H AM KTIIUKU llltlNU DIYOKt'Ll.
Tho remark is frequently heard that
it is tiie moHt gifted, the "generous fel
lows, who are most apt to fall into in
temperance. The saying is neither true
....r..i tt i ,
nor useful. However it mav have been
formerly, it has come to pass now that,
as Prof. Swing suggests, the temperance
reform has reached first the minds that
are most gifted. "Many years go,"
he says, "it was my good fortune to
Berve my country us secretary of a tem
perance society, and in that official dig
nity I addressed letters of inquiry to
presidents of colleges and professors to
ask what was the quality of tho young
men who, in those days, marred their
college course by . the use of , strong
drinks. Long letters came from Pres
ident Woolsoy, of Yale, and from Hor
ace Mann, then of Boston, and from
Prof. Moffat, of Princeton, and they all
bore testimony that genius in their col
leges drank less than stupidity that
whisky was passing away from the
higher order of mind, and was to to
found only in possession of tha more
i sensual and less bright.
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A fHiW 0TITI TIOV.
Newspapers of California publish the
full text of thn promised new cons'itu
tion of the State, just completed by tho
convention which has been in session
for several months. Some of the jour
nals speak of it with uiiquallified praise
and others denounce it as a whimsical,
crotchet patchwork aflUir. In the con
vention there was a strong element
winch was swept in on tho wave of
that peculiar socialism which is so nun
pa nt in California; aud it is quite natu
ral that this element should project
some of its ideas into the constitution,
yet on thn whole there is less of this
sort of thing than might have toon ex
pecUd, and the instrument is entitled
to fair consideration at the hands of the
icoplo of California, It contains pro
visions well calculated to put restric
tions upon hasty or incoiisideriito legis
lation; it reduces salaries and emolu
ments hitherto extravagant; it prohib
it the loan of thn credit of the State;
it reduces the frequency of elections,
prohibits cororations makiag fictitious
increase of their capital stock, provides
ohock iiMin fraudulent transfers of
property to iwcajio taxation, gives the
(jovemor tho jsiwcr to veto any item
in an appropriation bill while approv
ing tho rest, and prohibits appropria
tions to all descriptions of sectarian and
religious institutions. In providing for
less fXMmsiyo government and intro
ducing methods for toiler protection of
the public against various kinds of job
bery in legislation and oppressions by
corporate power, the new instrument
contains much that will prove accepta
ble to the, jieople of tho Slate, and they
will to disposed to excuse certain fea
tures, evou though they have some
thing of tha stamp of dcmugogisiri Um
them.
There urn other features which are
admirable if any way could to found to
enforce them, among which wo may in
stance that against lobbying, which is
to to pronounced a fulouy. Iu defin
ing this offence it is declared that "any
iierson who seeks to inlluetice the vole
of a member of tha Legislature by bri
bery, promise of reward, intimidation,
or any other dishonest means, shall 'to
guilty of lobbying, which is hereby de
clared a felony." This sounds well, but
we do not see that it makes any rsal
advance toward the correction of an ac
knowledged evil. In every State there
are already laws which make it a fel
ony to influence the vote of a member
of tho legislature in any of the ways
above indicated. It is not readily seen
how this abuse can to more effectively
prevented by calling it by a new name
and prescribing M-nultie in the funda
mental law. The difliealty in these
cso is in ascertaining the fact con-'
cerniug a crime which all parties en
gaged iu it hs.o the strongest of rea
sons for keeping in concealment. There
is nlo an attempt to prohibit specula
tion iu iiiining and other stocks, which
it may to confidently predicted will
prove quim futile. A requirement
that unimproved hind shall to sm wiI
t the same rate us improved is so man
ifestly onjuht that no enpe will en
force it, even though it be commanded
by their constitution. These and simi
lar crudities aro noticeable; but it may
to arrswered that in aim st every con
stitution there is more or Itws matter
which is practically a dead letter. The
intractibin element in a constitutional
convention will insist on its whimsies,
and tho work of such a toy, w hen
this is the worst that can to said of it,
is to to pronounced fairly good iu pro
portion to the absence or harrolcssucss
of this class of notions.
In examining the article on educa
tion wo find that the sentiment against
high Bchools, supported at public ex
pense, has taken form in a provision
which reserves the use of the school
fund fer primary and grammar schools
nly that is, for common schools.
This is in accord with a growing public
opinion throughout the country. The
Legislature is prohibited from having
anything to do with the subject of text
books, a provision which will . remove
another fruitful source of legislative
jobbery. Text-books are to to selected
by the local boards of education, and
after such, selection has been made they
cannot be changed for four years. It
is evident that, much as this conven
tion has been denounced, it has pro
duced a constitution which contains
many excellent features. It will to
voted on by the people in September
next. Uregonian.
A COI KTSMH BISTED.
A young man and his favorite com
panion sat near the front at Burdett's
lecture tho other eveninrf. When the
llavokeye man jiad just finished convul
sing his hearers with an account of a
youth's firsb shaving encounter with a
baiber, the young man leaned over and
whispered:
"That's true to life, I can tell yeu."
"How can you tell me ?" inquired his
gin.
"How?' he replied in a whisper;
"why that's just the way I fait when
1 nrst got shaved.
"When was thatl" she asked. '
"Oh, before I raised my 'mustache,"
he returned. ..
"What mustachel" Bhe inquired a
little surprised.
"What mustache do you suppose V
he retorted, turning red.
"Why, Charly," whispered the girl.I
never saw any mustache. Do you
mean , ' - ,
"Never mind what I meat hissed
the young man between his clenched
teeth.. And he stared very hard at
the lecturer all the rest of the evening,
but somehow couldn't see anything to
laugh at. Sunday night he went to see
a new girl.
, .
Thomas H. Powers, who lately
died In Philadelphia, was not only
rich, having accumulated $10,000,'
000, but a great philanthropist, who
delighted in aiding . deserving chari
ties. Subscribe fok tub Democrat.'
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NO. 33.
THK rillSKSB KKSTKH'Tie; KILL,
Be it enacted, etc., Thst no" master
of any vessel owned in the whole or in
part by a citizen of the United States,
or by a citizen of any foreign country,
shall take on board such vessel at any
place or port within the Chinese Empire,
or at any other foreign jtort or place
whatever, any number exceeding 15
Chinese passengers, whether male or
female, with the intent ( to bring such
passengers to the United States, and
leave" such port or place and bring
such passengers to any number exceed
ing 15 on one voyage within the juris
diction of the United States. '
Sue. 2. That whenever the master
or other jxirson in charge of any vessel
takes on board the same at any port or
place any greater number of Chinese
jMissengers than is prescribed in the first
section of this act, with the intent to
bring such jmssengem to the United
States, and leave such port or place,
and bring such passengers to any num
ber exceeding 15 on one voyage, within
the juriidiction of the U in ted States,
he shall to deemed guilty . of a misde
meanor, aud shall, for each passenL'er
so taken on board and brought within
tne jurisdiction of the Uinted StaUm.
exceeding tho number of 15, to fined
8100, and may also to imprisoned for
not exceeding six months.
Ufa;. 3. That the master of any vessel
arriving in the United States, or of any
of tho Territories thereof, from any
foreign place whatever, at the same
time that lie delivers a manifest of the
cargo, and if there to no cargo, then at
the time of making report or entry of
tho vessel, pursuant to the law, shall,
in addition to the other matters requir
ed to to rejsrrUsl by law, deliver and
rerort to tho Collector of the district
in which such vessel shall arrive, a sei-
arate list of all Chinese passengers ta-
iten on board the vessel at any foreign
port or place, and of all such passeneers
on board the vessel at that time. Such
list shall to sworu to by the master in
the same manner as directed by law in
relation to the manifest of cargo, and
refusal or neglect of the master to com
ply with the provisions of this section
shall receive tbo same penalties, disa
bilities and lotieitures at are provided
for a refusal or neglect to report and
deliver a manifest of the cargo.
Skc. 4. That the amount of the
several -tensities irn'tosed by the fore
going provisions shall be "liens on the
vessels violating those provisions, and
such vessels shall to libelled therefore
in any Circuit or District Court of the
L:nited States, where such vessels shall
arrive.
Set. 5. That nothing herein con
tained shall to held to repeal r modify'
any law forbidding the importation of
coolies, or ef females for immoral pur
jMes, into the United Stats; provided
that no Consul or commercial agent of
the Unitd States, rVwiding in any port
from which any vessel taking Chinese
imssengers shall take her departure,
shall grant the certificate provided for
in section 2.1G2 of the Revised Statutes
for more than 15 Chinese passengers, on
anv one vesil.
Sec. C. That this act shall not ap
ply to ieroiis officially connected with
the Chinese government, or nny Em
bassay therwof, or to persons rescued by
shipwreck during the voyage of and by
the vessel -seeking a harbor in stress of
weather within the jurisdiction of the
United States, or to itersons who may
only seek a temporary residence for ed
ucational puqmses, and who shall have
a certificate from the Chinese govern
ment for thet pur-iose.
Sec. 7. That this act bhall take ef
fect from and after the firs day of
July, ISiU, and the President of the
United States shall immediately on
the approval of this act givo notice to
government of China of the abrogation
of articles five sad six of the additions'
articles of the treaty of June 18, 18Gt",
between the United States and China,
proclaimed February 5, 1870, common
ly called the Burlingame Treaty.
MARRIED VOm A CUARTL-t OF A DOLLAR
Yesterday forenoon, while a Detroit
Justice of the peace sat warming his
leet by the stove and his nose by a ci
gar, a stranger entered and presently
enquired :
"J udge, how much will you charge
me to read over about fifteen lines of
printed matter from a book I have T"
"Why can't you read themf replied
his Honor.
"I can, but I want to hear how the
lines sound when read aloud. I'll give
you a quarter to read tbem to me.
'All right," replied the Justice
"I can't earn two shillings any
quicker.
"A woman opened the door at that
moment, and the stranger put down the
Look on the desk and clasped her hand
and said:
"Begin at the pencil mark there, and
read slowly." .
His Honor's chin, dropped exactly
18 inches by dry measure as he saw
that the reading matter was the usual
form of marriage but he didn't back
down from his word. It was the
cheapest marriage he ever attended,
and he didn't half enjoy the chuckles
of the bride and groom . as they went
out. '
Anna Dickinson used to be era
ployed in the mint at Philadelphia.
She was turned out, she says, for
telling the truth about McQlellan
when she made her maiden speech.
When you hear a man say that he is
perfectly contented with his lot. take
him by the shoulder and lead him
wucio wm uou gev run over.
Whitehall Times.
It is said that a herring lives hut one
year. It is almost incredible that he
can develop such a wilderness of bones
in so brief a time. .
The young man who wrote and asked
his girl to accept a "bucket" of flowers,
became a little pail when she laid she
wooden ware it.! - .-.' .
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MESaTOK CROVKB TUB CMIKESE.
Senator Grover delivered a very ablo
speech, February 14, on the Chine
question. We wish we had room for
the whole of it ; but as we have not,
we cull a few extracts as follows :
We are now confronted on the Pa
cific by the Chinese Empire with it
four hundred and fifty millions of po
ple, embracing one-tbird of the world's
isjpulation, and occupying a region bat
little larger than the United States, in
cluding Alaska. Here a-e find the old
est nation; the oldest arts, the oldest
customs, unchanged from the toginnino;
fixed as if by laws of fate. We find
here a type of man unchanged through
all ages of tradition. His gods are yet
made by human hands, and he bows
down and worshii idols. He speaks
a language having no elements common
with outs. He writes with characters
drawn from hierogylphics older than
all other written tongues. His forms
are facts, and his governments are ap
solutism. His industry is unceasing
and in all his peculiar products ha lays
the world under contributions to his
treasury.
China has not to-day what we would
call an army. She has not what we
would call a navy, bhe sends out her
rotlucts upon trll seas, but never builds
nor sails a ship. This is the Mongolian.
V hen he comes among us he brings
with him all he has and all he is his
gods, his government, his language, his
hieroglyphics, his unchanged customs,
his clothing, his chopstics, and, as far
as possible, his food. He is a man
among us but not of as. He is not
bone of our bone.nor flesh of our flesh,
and never can to. Hut he brings also a
ceasless.machine-like, untiring indus
try which, though apparently unobtru
sive, works into thej recesses of. overy
employment, at wages a little lower
than Americans can live upoi, and
carefully hoarding every eent of his
earniiigs, ships it away to China on ev
ery available steamer. II never adds
to, but subtracts from, the resources of
the countrv. He never builds np but
hastens to a common decay every place
Inch be inhabits. .
He has become gardener, cook, laun-
dryman, cigar-maker, shoemaker, and
adept to many other industries through
out the i acitic stated, and wherever he
goes he defies competition, absorbing
the places of our -Miopia and driving
them away, not by force, hut as locusts
drive herds from the rich pasture to
starve.
res and srissoK.
A little five-j ear-old daughter of one
of our prominent business men, in of
fering up her evening prayer recently,
uttered the following : "God bless
mamma, bless papa, and make him buy
me a dog a great big one that'ill whip
the "devil out of all of W
SeXAToa-elect Call of Florida is a
grand-son of Colon's John Lee of Vir
ginia, a revolutionary soldier and a
member of the same family to which
General Robert E. Lee belonged.
General E. Kirby Smith happened
to to in Jacksonville when General
Sherman arrived, so the latter invited
the ex-confederate to run -over to St.
Augustine with him. General Smith
accepted.
B. F. Jones, the newly-elected
United States Senator from Louisiana,
will to the third Isiraelite who has oc
cupied a seat in the forum. The others
were David Yu!be of Florida and
Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana.
Notwithstanding the memorial of
our last Legislature, asking for a mili
tary post at or near Bs-ker City, the
Secretary af War reported against it
and the request was denied.
' The Grand Master Workman of the
Order .of Workingmen of California
reports that one-fourth of the deaths in
that Order during the past year in Cali
fornia was caused by drunkenness.
Coal oil discovered near Yreka, and
now coal oil and gin is the favorite
cock-tail among the Yrekaians.
One "lady" at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, comes down to breakfast
speckled with anywhere from $25,000
to $50,000 worth of diamonds, and
another one sports a $50,000 pair of
ear rings. ..-.-.
Brevet widow, Brigham Ann Eliza
Young, is lecturing in Central New
York.
W. J. White, who murdered Dr.
Mehring last September in his wife's
bedroom, at Vasalia, and - who was
bound ever by the last grand jury te
appear before the present one,' was in
dicted en the 17th nit. for murder in
the first degree.
kits r rnr. :,
Blessed is the tramp, for he Bhall in
herit the county jail. -Camden Past.
The man who goes often to his ante
eventually finds his way to his uncle.
Even the 'moon keeps eut of sight
for a while after getting full. Tulare
Times. " " ,
When a pickpocket pulls at your
watch, tell him plainly you have no
time to spare, .4
A town in Arkansas is named Tombstone-
but this is too grave a subject
to joke about.
Seven schooners went down (in a
Market street saloon) during the storm
last week.
Some tramps are good singers until
they strike cord of wood. Syret
case Sunday Times. '