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' - J ' ' ' aH . - -TTT"TTT '.n m? Ije tt$m tuhwtl :'JMCTUO-rvTwiwcraTiyTxriw.jiiiijjiiya laTw'"'1'w,TOM","g""f--'rt5a?SJTOu U PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 18G8. VOL. VIII NO. 79. I. O. O. F. Jacksonville Lodge rv ;u. iu iioKii tin rccm.-ir inert- iVtrikM l"l', " 'r"l".v " me fit tt lJBrk wcels In piw'Ii iiniiitli, mill on Jr;SjjJW' WPI.i ut tlio Miimuilc Hull, nt -. nXfi Ualnhrtv .r....l. !..... I.... 8 o'olock v. m. llrollipra In coml MniKllmrnro liiTltwl toattntul. VOI. UAV. N. II. Nius .1. DAT, It. Scc'y. Truilcci. Jim. SI. Billion. Ilntirv Dnlln-r mwl loo. II. Dorris. JWarren Lodge No, 10, A. F. & A. M. A HOLD their regular communl- P.i "vycntiotis mo Wednesday Evenings on ijlvvir preceding tlio lu II ftOKVIM.K, OUKOO.V. It- ALEX. Mi ill moon, iu JACK- MARTIN, W. M. TT. Im.oom. S'c'i. OKlXiON CHAPTER NO. 4, ROYAI AllCII MASONS, JACKSON VILLK, OREGON, Will hold itis regular communications on the Flrat Nat Mi-it ny Etc. of K wry Month. All sojourning Companions in good fending-arc cordially Invited to attend. G. W. GREER, II. l O. JAIWIIS. K. V, HUSSBM.. JACOBS, & RUSSELL, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS .A.1!? LAW, AND SOLICITOUS IN CHANCERY, JaOKSO.NVMJ.K, OkKOON. Ofllr iiioiilt the Couvt IInunc All business committed to their cure will If nromplly nl tended In. Jiilv 29. 'fi2. ll. WM. IIOtJTIIITT. JAMKrt II. KAY. DOUTHITT & FAY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, Jackfonvimr, Oiikoo.v, Will practice In tho Supreme and other Court ol' till Slate. Munch 4. (VX R. B. MORFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Jacksokviu.k, OltKOOX, WJihli nrnctico In the peroral Courts or y V the First Judical District, and in the Supreme Court. October 'JO. 'C2. b" f. dowell, 'ATTORNEY AT LAW, iMCKSONVIIXK, OltKOON. Will iirncticu in all tho Courts of the Third Judicial District, the Supreme Court of Ore trou, and in Yrcku, Cul. War Scrip prompt-ipjjolh-deiL Oct. 18. J. GASTON, (Succorxor to lie & Gutoii) ATTORNEY AT LAW. J-ACKSONVIM.K, OltKMOK. Special attention given to collection mm. June 10, ISM. -10 lly iijipo'ntmrfit. GEORGE B. DORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC FOR JACKSON COUNTY. Onice with 11. F. Powell, K-q. J. ROW, UKAI.UIl IN cigars, todaoco, fresh fruits, stationery, confkc- tionery. fireworks. etc., Bft-xt Uuor to lit Hillmi-y & IYaUc. Ihavc jwt opened a new Htoro and stocft ed it with a choico variety of the above mentioned urtinlcs. and oiler them for Mile At tho lowest living prices. Tho best of igarH ami chowlug tolmceo will be kept constantly on hand. Thoso desiring any rliclu in mv lino will save money by glv ijl me a call. J. ROW. Jacksonville. July J, 'fill, .illtf DUGAN & WAXil rOBWABDING 1ND COMMISSION , MERCHANTS, ttcJc BMlldtHKi Cor. Front tb FatrMta. V Y CRESCENT CITY, CAL. WILL attend to tho Receiving and For wanling of all Goods entrusted t their caro, with promntnehH nnd diepntch. Consignments solicited. Merchandise to eJvel on storage. Crcrcmt City, April 1 1, 1863. 1A N. IJ.-No goods delivered vutll tho freight nJ charges nro paid. P. & W. G, W. GREER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OMce nt hi IUslrtence on Oregon St. JArKHONVIU.K, OltKdON, Whoro all thoso knowing themaelve9 In debted to him. on note or book account, will plcaxo call and settle up, or their ne ount will be placed for collection in the 1uuiI of my attorney. My old I'utrons will si 111 And mo, at ever, rojuly to attend to my proleealouul duties, Hay 0, 1863. HI UII.IUO. I mayGtf Mlitlictl'n Sacrifice. The vnsFS of heliotrope in Miss DclforilV dainty little parlor were distilling their sweetest fragrance in tho delicious evening braze, that to..cd the muslin curtains to and fro, through the wide-openrd windows, nnd I ho cherry boughs overshadowing the pinm caves were hung with spnrltling jjwel spruys of crimson fruit. July was purpling all tho horizon with nincthyet light July brooded over the hills with len der warmth ; nnd Clnm Dclford, in lr dark, rich benuly, seemed like a lypic blos som of tho richest month in all tho year. Did Cupt. Vernor notice tho changing color in her olive cheek the blaze that glowed beneath licr jetty eyelashes, in strange seductive brilliance? Did lis- oh serve how nrristocratically sho hud pond herself on the tinny foot-stool, close beside Mildred Moore's shadowy white draperies, nnd pure, colorless features? Clara Del ford understood contract nnd harmony Captain Vernor did not ; he only knew that the two girls were like rose uiul lilly fervid sunshine, nnd pale with starlight. ' If I could only do something (or those poor, snlRriiig soldiers,!' she suid, breaking the momentary silence, as if iu enntinua of tho previous conversation. Would it not be possible for me to devote at least n portion of my small means to their com fort nnd happiness?" Captain Vernor indulged in a quiet smile ; for the heiress to spenk of her "smull means 'Uwemed, even to him, like u bit of ostentation. " Certainly," he said, " nnd I can assure you the money could not be spent in u bet ter purpose." " Will you object to noting ns my treas urer ?"' smiled Clmn, with pretty, appeal ing softness in her eyes. ' Not at ull ; there tire, in my own regi ment, many cases of hardships even desti tution which it would givo mo great pleasure to relieve. Tlmulc you" as she opened the tiniest of silken purses, and placed n bank-note in bis hand with blush ing confusion" I know from experience how much good twenty dollurs can do." All this time Mildred Moore had sat si lent in the shadow of tho cherry boughs ; uo'v she roe, and quietly withdrew. Cap tain Vernor's eyes followed her slight, wil lowy figure, with involuntary attraction. " You innsn't misinterpret poor, dear Mildred's silence." lisped Clurn, ns the door Closed ; " of course she is interested in your hospital reminiscences ; but I don't think she cares very much about the poor soldiers Milly's naturo is very sympathet ic, nnd" "And also." ndded the straightforward soldier, quickly, "her menus nro very lim ited indeed. She gives music lessons, or something, don't she?" He had risen, nnd stood there, tall and handsome, in tho golden July moonlight- Clara's beau ideal of n man, " Good-night, Miss Clara. I mint stop at liar wood Grnnge for five minutes, to tell ubout their two boys w1m fell at Fred ericksburg ; and I've two or three little errands to attend too- in town. Wo sol diers, you know, are scarcely at our own disposal." lie held the little jeweled hand in bis a moment, perhnps unconcious how closely he pressed it, und then vanished through the crimson-sprinkled branches of tho cherry trees. As ho weut along, whistling softly to himself, ho thought of Clara Id her straugo transcendent benuty of her melting, liqucd eyes, and her mouth, like capitis bow, carved iu scarlet coral. " It was generous in her to givo that money," he thought. ' Hut I can't under stand haug it ! it's no business of mine, I suppose; but why couldn't Miss Mildred have expressed htr sympathy in words, at least. It annoys me a little ; and yet, 1 don't, for the life of me, see why it Bhould." " You Bent that set of onyx to my moth er ?" lie asked, an hour or so later, us he entered the somewhat stylish littlo jewelry ... store iu the raulu street of the town. " i e? Then it is all right, nnd I may ns well set tle the bill." He tossed a fifty dollar Treasury nolo on the counter ns he spoke. " 1 hardly like to part with lhat money," he laughed. "Tho fact is, I've kept it about me so long that it seems almost like u lucky penny. However there it goes hand over your receipt" He dashed tho bit of paper into his pocket-book with the quickness tlint character ized nil his motions, nnd walked out again whistling the low rrfrniu that made n sort of company for his solitude. It was nearly midnight the air dewy and puI try, nnd stars blazing in the violet concave of heaven yet, Capt. Vernor still sat in his balcony, idly looking nut upon the summer night, with the faint fragrance of his cigar wreathed about him. Was he thinking ol Clara Dclford, or " Half-past eleven high time I was asleep," soliloquized the Captain, nt length, giving his cigar n toss into ihe quiet street below, and entering a room where n shaded lamp cast a circle of subdued light on heaps of disordered papers. II IT.illn U'tml'j lliw?" tin cnM linlT -.in.... . .. ri.i.i, aloud, and taking up a liny noto that lay lightly on the top. " This is a new ar rival in my chaos of documents, or I'm misinken." The direction, " Captain Vernor," was in a strange handwriting nor did the con tents afford any clue, nothing appeared further than a fifty-dollar note wrapped iu n bit of paper no which was penciled these words : For l he soldiers." " Clurn Delford again," was Verncr's first exclamation. " What n splendid crea ture that is 1" Tho next glance, however, showed new grounds for conjecture and perplexity he held the note in the full glare of tlio lamp turning it eagerly from side to side. " I thought I couldn't be mistaken," he muttcied, " it is tho very note I paid at Atkinson's to-night here ore my initials, 'E. V.,' in the earner. Now, how on earlh " He paused, apparently in deep thought. " Very provoking that I enn't find out to-night,' he murmcrcd ; " but I'll go to Atkinson's the first thing in Ihe morning." Tho eaily dew was yet weighing down the half-blown roses in tho simple garden, when Captain Vernor entered the jewelry store where he purchased the set of onyx for his mother. " What can I do for you this morning, Captain?" inquired tho biisk little jeweler, us ho came forward, rubbing his smooth, white hands. ' A great deal, Mr. Atkinson ; you can tell me to whom you puid out this treasury note, last night." He laid the mysterious " greenback " on tho counter j Alkinsou took it up nnd scrutinized it closely, then referred to his books. " Certainly I can," he said ; " I pur chased u very beautiful pearl ring of u ludy yesterday evening, and paid for it with that very identical bill." A pearl ring ! the simple words seemed to throw him ofT the cent again. The jew eler unlocked his show case, nnd took out a small violet velvet case, lined with white silk, in which glimmered a pearl of surpass ing beauty, set in a plain gold circlet. " There it is," lie said. Ten yeurs ngo I sent to New York for that very ring, ordered by Dr. Moore as a birth day gift for bis littlo daughter, then just twelve years old." " Dr. Mooro !" repeated Vernor. "Yes. Times nro sadly changed now, yet I did not suppose that Miss Mildred would ever have been induced to part with that favorite jewel -tho only relie, I may venture to say, she Iim ever retained of her wealthier days." Captain Vernor looked down nt the ring through n strange, unwonted mist. How different was this silent sacrifice of sweet memories and old associations to Clara Del ford's ostcutatioua gift from her overflowing coffins I "Silver nnd gold have I none ; but such ns I have T give thee." The words came to him like n rev elation of Mildred Moore's nature. Only nine o'clock, but not too enrly for Mildred Moore to bo watering her sweet p?as and geraniums in the cottage garden. Nay, so busy was she with n tinny pink blossom which had broken from its fasten ing, that she never heard approaching foot steps until Captain Vernor's slindow fell across the flower border. Then she started up, with large, dilated eyes, liko those of a Irightcncd fawn, and carmine burning iu her usually colorless checks. ' Captain Vernor !" " Do not be startled, Miss Mildred," he said, with gentle, reassuring accents. "I have only called to thank yon for your kind donation to (lie sick soldiers." She clusped her hands over her flushed face. " I beg your pardon ; I did not think I never intended" " Nay," he inlerrnpto.?, cnrnoslly, " 1 have learned tho history of the ring. Your sacrifice is npprecialed, and " He slopped, for she had burst into con vulsive sob ami tears. Jt was entirely a new phasu of her being. Capt. Vernor stood completely confounded. Had he known her nil these months, nnd ye 5 re mained ignorant of the passionate dvpth nnd emotion of her character? She was there before him, no longer the fair, passion less statue, but n lovely woman, made love lier still by tears I The citadel of his heart undermined long ngo, unconcious to him selfsurrendered nt this last attack. And who could blame him. "Don't Mildred 1" ho said caressingly. " My dearest girl, if you knew how it grieved me to see you weep" " Pardon me," she faltered : "I nm nshamed of being so foolish but it was nil that I had to give." "Mildred," ho whispered, opening tlw violet velvet casket, " 1 have brought back the ring ; will you nccept it again ?" She looked ut him witli sturtlcd eyes nnd glowing cheeks, as if some deep meuiiing lay hidded iu these words Let mo place it on your finger, love. Wear it ns nn engagement ring." He went on : " Oh, M tidied ! I never knew till now how dear you were to mo ! Will you trust your future to me ? Will yon be my cherished, treasured wife?" What Mildred's answer wns is not all to the purpose -only Mrs. Grundy thinks it strange that Miss Moore should wear a pemt engagement ring when dunnonils arc arc all tho fashion ! iii i Ridino Astkidk. Miss Harriet N. Austin, M. 1)., of Dancsville, New York, is decidedly iu favor of ladies riding on horseback astride. In tho Laws of Life for December, 18C2, slie says : The position which women nssumo in riding is so unsafe, ungraceful, unhealthy and unnutural, as almost entirely to coun teract the good eflVcts that might other wise be experienced. So great arc the dis advantages nttaehing to the style in which women have hitherto ridden, that the ques tion has really come to be whether they shall ride as a man does, or not ride at all. If parents understood tho value to women of good health, they would educuto their daughters to ride with their sons, and in tho same manner. Then, in n few years, forty women would bo seen riding where one is now seen, und humauity would great ly gain thereby. .. ! - i - m It is amusing to hear a hardened politi cian, whose political conscience is so tough that you can make no impression whatever upon it with the shrapest ax of honor that can bo found, sigh with pious horror over the want of principle iu thoso who oppose his political creeds Fence means disunion, and the man who oilers or calls for penco on any terms, is in favor of recognizing the independence of llw Soulbcru confederacy, and needs watching. K.IJIJUlUUUJJIUlfJIUlJJlllll.iBmjjjjUi1JHJUWJIH How Tom Fmnn wa Acquittku. An Arkansas advocate is defending his client, who is charged with stealing a hunk of yam : " Gentlemen of tho jury, do you think my client, Thomas Flinn, of Muddy crccU and' Mississippi, would be guilty o1 fitenlln' a hank o cotton yarn ? Gentlemen of tho jury, I rc?kon uob I s'pose not. Uy no means, gentlemen not at all. He are not guilty. Tom Flinn 1 Good heaving, gen tlemen you nil know Tom Ifllnn, and on honor, now, gentlemen do you think he'd do it ? No, gentlemen, I s'poso not I reck on not. Thomas Flinn J Why grcut snuke9 and alligators 1 Tom's o whole team on Muddy creek nod a boss to let. And do you think he'd sneak ofif with a miserable hank o' cotton yarn ? Well, gentlemen, I reckon not I s'poso not. When the wolves was n howling, gentlemen, on tho mountains o Arkansas, and Napoleon were n fighting the battles of Europe do you think my client, Thomas Flinn, gentle men, could be guilty a hookin' yea, hook in' gentlemen. I reckon not I &poso not. Tom Flinn 1 Gentlemen, I reckon I know my client, Thomas Flinn I lie's got tho fastest nag and the puniest sister, gentle men, in all Muddy creek and Mississippi ! That, gentlemen, nro a fact. Yes, gentle men, that uic n fuet. You can bet on that, gentlemen. Yes. gentlemen, you kin. bet your bones on that I 'N'ow, 'poo honor, gentlemen, do yon think he are guilty? Gentlemen, I reckon not I s'posc not. Why, gentlemen of tlio jury, my client, Thomas Flinn, are no. more guilty o' steal in' that arc hank o' cotton yarn than toad uro got u tail t yes, u tail, gentle men !" Verdict for the defendant. - A Gigantic Hum. Naturalists nre do lighted to rcud that according to a Into New Kelunri- paper u Moa has been seen there. It is u walking, not a Hying bird, supposed, from the numerous skeletons which have been found of it to grow from eight to nine feet high. It has hitherto been believed to be extinct, though it was known within the memory of men living on the island it had been killed and eaten by the natives. It was always hoped that in the unexplored parts of tho island some lost specimen of tlio nearly extinct rnco might yet bo found alive ; nnd now it seems that a gold miner, sitting by his ca my fire, saw one, peering ut him, from tho edge of n near hill. He took it nt first to be a man, but presently he saw it gravely start off. The track, or footprint of this great bird showed " three claws, nnd about behind, the mark of a pad, and behind that again tho mark of n spur." A reward or 82,500' has been offered for tho bird alive or dead ; nnd if the miner told tho truth,' wo may yet seo a living Moa a member of n tribe once sufficient numerous in New eland to be a souica of dreud to tho natives. A Pi.kasant TiioufliiT. It is a reflec tion most exquisitly set forth by John Forstcr in one of his inimitable essays, that tho faithful scholar, who has toiled, however conspicuously, for the elevation of his brother man, shall not be forbidden to sec the ripened fruit of his labors, but shall forever watch them unfolding into mightier and sweeter harvests from out of the peaceful chambers of eternity. The voiceless and invisible ideas, which it in our mission to plant in tho docile mind of the times, aro the forces which movo the world. a Among those who were drafted, was Jolui Morrissey of pugilistio fame. Upon learning of it, he, boing at Saratoga, wroto to his banker to furnish a substitute for him, who must bo f feet 11 iuches high, weigh 183 pounds ami bo a courageous mun in every scuso of tho word. To such a one he would pay SojJOO. Mr. Recchcr suys there are many people who think that Sunday is a sponge with which to wipe out their sins.