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'"on- ICE 'ban ii an's brick, Main st. .r)uiarlS7J :'f. JOHfJSON & P1cCOVVN lirOMEYS AND C01.YSEL0RS AT-LAW. Orsgon City, Jregon. s.SrU U1 Irill t-'' in all the Courts of the -1'-. sp.-ouii atieiitioti Kiven to cases in I-. . Land OHie- ;it Oregim City. 5.'lrlS72-tl". L. T. B A II I ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, orewx crrr, : oregon. s'r,FICEver l'"iw's Tin Ktrre, Main 21mar7.Mf. ICE-CREAM SALOON A N D KT.v UltAMT! LOUIS SAAL, Proprietor. in Street, Ore iron City. l;-.n. ThVt'."the .Summer i- a,,,! AK'.W CAXDIES. 1 for nl . : wi'tnt Itl.s to suit. D P W J' W1 OitKGOX RECREATION! " HEALTH! Win ioit tlu Spring ! T h"t.,i TorVhLr,I:i,-T, SO CKI.K- Th..,'""1" for the reception of e'rPortlan.i or A.!1011 in one d:,y frorr Ju:iP CI. 1JS7'!IN f IL"'1T. Proprietor j ju5m4. J street, O&on City. Orrnra. . . ma soil, 1 1 . ... ... y. . '- v1 Li., eignt C locks ; warranted to be as . notice, and i: clviiJ li DEVOTED TO POLITIC Martha Phillips. She was deatl. An olj woman with silvery hair brushed smoothly away from her wrinkled forehead, and snowy cap tied under her chin'; a sad, quiet face, patient mouth with lines about it that told of sorrow, borne with gentle firmness; and two withered, tired hands, crossed with a restless lock. That was all. Who, looking at the sleeping form, would think of love and romance) of a heart only just healed of a wound received long, long years ago. Fifty years had she lived under that roof, a farmer's wife. If yon look at that little plate upon the coffin lid you will see "Aged 70" there, she was only twenty when John Phillips brought her "home a bride. A half century she had kept watch over the dairy and larder, had made butter and cheese, and looked after the innumerable duties that fall to the share of a farmer's wife. And John had never gone from home with buttonless shirts and undarned socks; had never come home to an untidy house or scolding wife. His trim, tidy Martha had been his pride; and though not a demonstrative hus band, he hail boasted sometimes of the model housewife who kept his home in order. lint underneath her quiet exterior there was a story that John had never dreamed of, and would have believed impossible had he been told. She did not marry her hive. When she was nineteen, a rosy, happy girl, a stranger came on a visit to their vil lage, and that summer was the briglitestand happiest she ever knew. Paul Gardner was the stranger's name; he was an artist, and fell in love with the simple village girl and won her heart; and when he went away in the autumn thev were be trothed. " 111 come again in the spring," her said. " Trust me and wait for mi', Alattie, dear." She promised to love and wait for him to the end of time, if need be, ami with a kiss on her quivering lips he went -away. "Mat tie Gray did not tell her father and mother of her ke, for they had mi lilung for .Loudon folks, and had treated Paul none too hospitably when he ventured inside their home. Spring time came, and true to his word, Paul returned; he staid only a ilav or two this time. I am going awav in a few weel s lie said. " I to Itaily, to sh.til Im one study,' two years, ami then 1 .-mil limn, liri'le. They renewed their vows and part ed with tears and tender loving words, he put a tiny ring upon her linger, and cut a little curly tress from her brown hair, and telling her always to be true and wait for him, he went away. The months went by and Mattie was trying to make the time seem short by studying to improve herself, so that she might be worthy of her lover, when he should come back to make her his wife. "It must be about time for him to start," she said to herself one day. And by and by, as she gazed over a newspaper, her eyes were attracted by his name, and with white lips and dilated eyes she read of his marriage to another. "Married! Taken another bride instead of coming back to marry me? Oli, Paul, Paul, I loved and trusted you too much for this. She covered her face with her hands and wept bitterly. An hour afterwards, as she sat there in the twilight, with the fatal newspa per on her lap, she heard a step on the gravel walk," and looking,, she saw John Phillips coming up the steps. Ho had been to see her often before, but never had yet spoken of love, and had of course received no encouragement from her to do so. He was a plain, hard working farmer, with no romance about him, but matter of fact to the core. His wife would get few cares ses or tender words. He would be kind enough give her plenty to eat and wear but that was all. Xow he seemed to have come for the express purpose of asking her to be his wife, for he took a chair and seated himself beside her, and after the usual greeting, reserving scarce ly a moment to take breath, began in his business-like way to converse. There was no confession of love, no pleading, no hand-clasping, no ten der glances; ho simply wanted her to be his wife. His manner was heartx enough; there was no doubt he really wanted her would rather marry her than any woman he knew, but that was all. Her lips moved to tell him she did not love him, but as she lot her eyes fall from the crimson-hearted rose that swung from the vine over the window, she caught sight of those few lines again. "Married!" she said to herself, " what can I do? He hasn't asked me to love him. If I marry him I can be a true wife to him and nobody will know that Paul has jilted me." The decision was made. Her cheeks were ashy pale as she looked straight into his eyes and answered, "Yes, I will be your wife." Her parents were pleased that she was chosen by so well-to-do a young man, so it was settled, and thev were married the same summer. People thought she sobered down. wonder fully; more than that nothing was said that would lead an3'one to sup pose that any change had taken place. Yes, she had sobered down. She dared not think of Paul. There was no hope ahead. Life was a time to be tilled with something, that she might not think of herself. John was always kind, but she got wearied of his talk of stock and crops, and said to herself. " I, must. ?xirk hard-! , HEWS, OREGON CITY, ORRfiON. FllIDAY, er, plan and fuss nn,i l,,,.. , other women do," tha I ZyZll and grow like John. 7 loiget Two years went swiftly bv. A ba by slept in the cradle in,l r IT sat rocking with on f,. ,. J , u icu a oiue woolen stocking w. .-sue Ivilll- for the r , liei'G was a knock at the half-open door "I have got on 'the wrong road; will you be kmd enough to direct me to the nearest way to the villa-e" said a voice, and a stranger stepped in. She rose to give the required direction, bu stopped, short, while he came quickly forward "Haul!" "Mat tie!" His face lighted up and he reached out his arms to draw her to him. un a surprised, pained loo! drew back. she i "Mr. Gardner this is a most unex pected meeting." .r'?r- G:mlmn":" Le repeated, Alattie. what do vou mean9" "Don't call me Mat tie," if vou please, she replied with dignity. My name isPhillins ' "Phillips," he echoed, married?" Are vou "These are strange words from you, i'aul Gardner. Did vou think I was wai tin '0 .in mm iimt iui anoiu- .ill !.;., t: r ... .i er woman s husband? Tlmr. T ivio keeping my faith with one who play ed me false so soon?" ." Played yon false! I have not. I have come as I promised you. The two years are but past, and I am here to claim you. Whv do vou greet me thus? Are you indeed mar ried, Mattie Gray?" She was trembling like an aspen leaf. For an answer she pointed to the cradle. He came and stood be fore her with white face and folded arms. " Tell me why you did this? Didn't you love me well enough to wait for me?" Sue went and unlocked a drawer and took out a newspaper. Unfold ing it ami finding the place, she pointed to it with her ringer, and he read the marriage notice. ""What of this?" as he met her questioning, reproachful look. "Oh. "Mattie, you thought it meant me. It is my cousin. I nin not married, nor in love with any one but you." "Arc you telling me "tiie truth?" she aske.l, in an eager, husky voice. And when he answered' " It is true," she gave a low groan and sank down in a chair. " Oil, Paul, forgive me, I did not know you imii :i cousin by tiie same name. I ought not to have doubted you, but it was there, in black and white, and this man, my husband, came and I married him." With bitter tears she told how it happened. Willi clinched hands he walked, to ami fro, then stopping be side the cradle and bent over the sleeping child. Lower he bent till his lips touched its wee forehead, while he murmured to himself "MattiVs baby." Then he turned, and kneeling be fore her said in a low voice: " I for give yon, Mattie, be as happy as you can." He took both her hands in his, and looked her steadily, loving ly in the face. " I have uo right here you are another man's wife. Good bye God bless you." He turned as ho went out the door, and saw her standing there in the middle of the room, with arms out stretched. He went back, and put ting his arms around her, pressed one kiss on her cheek, then left the house, never looking back. She went down on her knees be fore the sleeping baby, and prayed for strength to bear her great trial. Thev never saw each other again. Seventy years old! Her stalwart sons and bright-eyed daughters re membered her as a loving, devoted mother; her gray haired husband as a most faithful wife. " Never was a w oman more patient and kind, and as good a housewife as ever was," he said, as he brushed the back of his old brown hand across his eyes, while looking down upon the peaceful face. And not one of them ever knew of the weary heart and broken hopes that had died in her breast, nor ever dreamed of the sad hope she had borne through life. Somi; Vkuii-'ied Piiediotioxs So long as 1813 that great Whig states man and orator and life-long enemy of tiie Democracy, Henry Clay, de clared that tiie agitation of the ques tion of slavery in tiie Free States would: First Destroy all hormony among the Northern and Southern States; Second Lead to division; Third To war;. Fourth To pover ty; Fifth To the extermination of the black race; Sixth To ultimate military despotism. In the light of the present it is plainly to be seen that four out of six of the predictions of the dead patriot have been verified by actual results, and fear it is only a question of time as to the realization of his other two mournful vaticinations. During a storm the lightning struck one of the stove flues of the Court house in Canyon City passing down the pipe, thence down the two front feet of the stove, sweeping the sawdust that lay in front of the stove clean from the iloor and scattering it promiscuously over the bandies and tables and, strange to Pay, without doing any damage. About this time an unfortunate Celestial, who was confined in the county jail for pass ing off bogus gold dust for that of a bona fide article, made his escape. The querv is, did the lightning from Heaven unbar the prison doors and let the captive free ? The nearest approach to a confi dence gaine is pulling a mule's tail. LITTERATURE, AN 3 THE Misdirected Zeal. From the San Francisco Examiner. While heartily coinciding with all persons, whose efforts are directed towards the abatement of the evils of intemperance, in the general benefit to mankind which would result from the success of their endeavors, we as heartily disagree with some in their views as to the best means to accom plish the desired end. Their zeal is certainly laudable, but it is, also, as certainly misdirected. The way to remedy the ills occasioned by intem perance in the use of stimulants, is not by intemperance and violence in tho work of reform. Tins is becom ing the opinion of many, heretofore earnest advocates of strict prohibi tion. Among others, whose notions have undergone a change on this subject, we notice Pev. C. P. liovn- ton, ex-chaplain of Congress, now pastor of a Congregational church in Cincinnati. On the 2d instant he preached a sermon in the course of which he took occasion to express himself strongly in favor of a license system for the liquor trade. lie said he had seen all the phases and examined all the arguments in the temperance movement, and had concluded that tiiese arguments were mostly unsound, and that . the temperance people would have at last to re-argue the subject from a new stand-point.- He believed that the late phases of the movement were misdirected, in that they aimed at the liquor-sellers instead of the intemperate men who were the foundation of the trade. It was like trying to dip a river dry at the mouth instead of at the fountain head, lteform in tins matter must come from the purilication of indi viduals and of society. Recently, also, the London Times, in reviewing the debate in the English Parliament on the Licensing Act, declares that "the Prohibition ists seem to have learned nothing. They might do good if they were content to employ their energies in procuring tion of the a better legislative delini- conditions under which licenses should be granted, but, while they struggle for the power of suppressing licensed houses alto gi ther, they forfeit the help which might make more practical efforts successful, and condemn themselves to an irritating and resiiltiess agita tion. 'Although signally defeated this Year, these, worthy and well meaning, but misguided people, will try again next year to make tho many suffer for the sin of the few." It is rapidly becoming apparent to all but purblind fanatics, on this question, tli.it prohibitive or repres sive legislation cannot roach the root of the evil. Laws to regulate the tralhc in sprituous liquors, to a greater extent than it is no.v under control, should undoubtedly be en acted. These measures of restric tion might be gradually increased in stringency until, after a lapse of years, prohibit ion w ould become a fixed fact. 13ut any and every radi cal and sudden attempt, in that di rection, will, in all instances, prove abortive. The real remedy, at last, will be found to lie in the reforma tory influence of men and women over those c.f their relatives, friends, and acquaintances who are disposed to look upon the w ine when it is red. The energies of those who favor to tal abstinence would therein find an ample field for exercise, and proba bly bring forth good fruit. Pook rorAND. The defeat of Judge Poland for Congress in Ver mont proves the power of the press. He had before tiie recent session of Congress enjoyed in a high degree t lie esteem of his people, having been at one time a respected lladical Sen ator, and twice subsequently a llep resentative, but he concocted what he thought was a clever and adroit scheme to muzzle the press and pro cure the extradition to the "ring" courts at Washington of such men as Dana of New York, who have made so great havoc with the cor ruptionists of tho District of Colum bia. Hut Poland's little bill was as maladroit a measure as could well be devised and proved tiie cause of his undoing. He tried to defend him self before the Convention which nominated him, and denounced the pressmen as "liars," and so forth, but he couldn't satisfy the honest people of his district that the press gag bill was innocently conceived. The New York S"n, also, kept up its ssaults upon him and his record, and undoubtedly was the main in strument of his disastrous defeat. Poland lias fallen a victim to the ty ranv of the Press. Alas, poor Po land ! An amusing story is told in Srrib ner MKjiiziiie of a verdant youth who went to buy the practice of a village doctor. The doctor said his patients were so numerous that he could not remember them all, but his horse knew them and always stopped at their doors. The next day the country doctor drove his customer through the town and, as he said, the horse stopped at nea.ly every door. The barcrain 'was con cluded ami the money paid. The purchaser remained in town and for several days wondered why no patients came. He ceased to wonder, however, when he found his predecessor had borrowed his wilkman's horse in showing him around. Every capitalist, mechanic, stock man, and agriculturalist will consult their best interests by giving all pos sible encouragement to every effort put forth in the establishment of manufactories in the State, however small and insignificant they may ap pear at first. So says the Record, and wq concur. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BEST INTERESTS OF SEPTEMBER 18, Party Selt-lixamlna.tion. From the Xew York Tribune. Senator Morton, in his "great speech," at Terre Haute, Indiana, on the 151st of July, took occasion to glorif3 the spirit of the Republican party for w hat he called " its self-examination," the "exposure and pun ishment of corruption," and "its continued vigilence for self purifica tion in doctrine and practice." "Res olutions against corruption," he said and very trul3", "are the cheap clap traps of parties." The Republican party, however, had shown its sin cerity by this best test of honesty in parties, a disposition to self-examination and readiness to correct abuses. In proof whereof he pointed out that nearly all that is known of corruption and bribery and abuses of power by the adherents of the Administration has been shown by the diligent self exaniination of the Administration party and the prompt exposure of every political delinquent who has been discovered. Against this intro spective gift and this devout spirit of self-sacrifice of his ow n party, Mr. Morton sets off' the admitted corrup tion of the opposition. "Nobody," he says, " believes that the Demo cratic part' is particularly sensitive about corruption. In fact, when it was in power it was noted for the in dustry and skill with which it cover ed up the peculations of its own members. Committies to investigate the official conduct of its own mem bers were so rarely appointed by Democratic majorities in Congress as not to be remembered." To all which it is easy enough to reply, as the party attacked doubtless will, that the reason why investigating committees were not appointed under Democratic administration was not that the party covered up the pecu lations of its own members, but that there wa. nothing of the kind to be investigated. Retween Mr. Morton's loose charg es and the general denial we do not propose to come. As a matter of fact we do not suppose either party is k sensitive about corruption that it would provoke defeat or risk disas ter in exposing it. In saying this, however, let us be understood as re ferring to the managers, rather than the mass of either party. It is for the interests of the party managers only, not of the people on either side, to conceal political corruption. Our objection to the gentleman's argu ment is not to his arraignment of the opposition for protecting itself against public opinion by conceal ing the delinquencies of its members which is no doubt true in a certain sense but to the coolness and com placency of his claim that the Repub licans proceeded upon the priuciple that self-examination and the expos ure and punishment of the delin quent members are the best guaran tee for its continuance in power. It is easy enough to say, as Mr. Morton docs, that " the detection and expos ure of the Credit Mobilier, Sanborn, and District of Columbia transactions were the voluntary and earnest work of the Republican party." The only pretext upon which such an assertion can be based, however, is the fact that the party was in power, and the investigation could not bo ordered unless some of its representatives in Congress consented to them. We submit to Mr. Morton's cooler and more judicial sense that it was not " self-examination " that prompted airy of these investigations, though it undoubtedly was the conviction that to expose and punish delinquent members was " the best guarantee for its continuance in power" that led to whatever such results w ere ob tained. If he desires to be enlight ened as to what did prompt these investigations, we refer him to so much of the speeches of Mr. Butler, of Mass., Mr. Patterson of N. II., Mr. Pomeroy of Kansas, Mr. Carpen ter of Wis., Mr. Conk ling of X. Y. and other leading Administration statesmen, as refers to the newspaper press of the country. May we re mind Mr. Morton that self-examination did not prompt the Credit Mo bilier inquiry until after the election of 1872 had been carried upon the strength of the sworn denials of the leading Administration statesmen im plicated in the transaction; and the self-examination did not come even then till the press of the country de manded it, and the party loaders saw that to investigate was " the best Guarantee for their continuance "in power Mav we suggest' further that the Sanborn investigation, so far from being "the voluntary and earnest work of the Republican par ty" was forced by the press, and in stead of exposure and punishment following the self-examination, tho chief offender was promoted to a Judgeship by a Republican Senate? As to the "detection and exposure of " the District of Columbia trans actions being the "voluntary and earnest work of the Republican 2ir tv" is it possible Senator Morton did not read the Republican news papers at the Capital, during the investigation, and that lie had not heard rjf Babcock's measurements, Cluss's removal, and Shepherd's re appointment ? There is seldom anything lost, it is said, by claiming too much. Mr. Morton seems disposed to take the chances at any rate in this elaborate plea for his party. We should be glad to believe that party under its present management, acting even from so low a, motive as that indicat ed by Morton, to-wit, that it is "the best guarantee for its continuance in pover,"did practice self-examination for the purpose of self-purification. But the Senator may count upon the fingers of one hand the active and prominent men of the party in either branch of Congress who would in dulge in self-examination or expose and punish corruption in any case when such exposure endangers party- OREGON. 1874. success. They have only exposed and punished when not to do it en dangered the party. What the Sen ator attributes to self-examination is the work of the much-abused news paper press of the country. The Modocs and Their New Home. A correspondent recently visited the survivors of the Modoc tribe of Indians at their home in the Indian Reservation in Southern Kansas. The Modocs now number, all told, 118. Of these less than fifty are men, all that remain of the little band that for so long a time kept six times their number at bay at the lava beds of Oregon last vear. The chief of the tribe is Bogus Charley, whose name will be remembered in connec tion with the war. Among other par ticipants in that campaign whom the correspondent saw and with whom he shook hands were the "old fami liar" Shack-Nasty Jim, Hooka Jim and Scar-Faced Charley. The tribe live in tents, apparently preferring the open plain to the shelter of the woods. They are resigned to their fate; and while many of them speak English, the others are endeavoring to learn the language so as to be able to communicate with their white neighbors. T h e correspondent found them all comfortably dressed and adapting themselves, as far as was possible in their situation, to the ways of civilized life, Major Jones, who is in charge of the agen cy, lives with his family among the Modocs. Government provides partly for their subsistence, but clothing is furnished them by the Quakers and other charitable per sons. The correspondent visited the widow and sister of Captian Jack. The former, Lizzie, received him seated on her throne of skins and sticks, and the latter, Mary, a neatly dressed and pleasant looking woman, stood by. She looked at the visit ing party, shook hands with them, and then sadly covered her face with her hands. Since the removal of the Modocs to their new home nine of the number have died and four have been born. They express no desire to go back to their old lands around Lake Tide and Lost River, and say that Ihey fought because they loved their hunting grounds and the graves of their fathers, and there wanted to stav. Ike lr.Tix.;Tovs Composition. "Plymouth Rock" being the subject given out for the exercises of the school, the teachers and boys were astonished at the following lumin ous composition by Ike Partington, which displays great historical acu men and a most astonishing chrono logical faculty: " Plymouth Rock. This rock was brought to this coun try in the Mayllower, in the year U'J2, by the Pilgrims, under the direction of Elder Osman Brewster, who afterwards moved to Boston and became an alderman of that city. It was on this rock that Governor (Jurver first shook hands with Samo set, who said, 'Welcome English man!' It is recorded that when Samoset came up Governor Carver asked him if he was a real Injine or only a member of an Injine com pany. The rock has long been regarded as a famous place. The American Eagle, for a great many years, used to come and whet his beak on this rock, but in IGoo Miles Standish in order to keep it from being stolon, carried and put it in front of . Tilgrim Hall, where it re mains at the present time, invested with great interest and an iron fence. The fence bears the names of all the Pilgrims in cast iron letters that can't be rubbed out. The rock is a good deal worn out by the allusions touching it that are thrown off by Fourth of July orators. Plymouth is the corner-stone of the cellar wall of our Republican structure, parregorically speaking, and the spirit of liberty sits upon it with a drawn sword in one hand and the torch of freedom in the other; and if foes invade the shores of Plymouth at high water for they never can get in at'low tide they will throw this rock in their teeth. It is a precious legacy from the past to the present, and from it may be record ed the Pilgrim's Progress." A Radical, organ confesses that the political affairs of the South are in a very bad condition, and says : "That "they are in such a condi tion, the South can blame itself alone. The people of the South forced upon Congress the measure giving the negro the ballot." This, as we understand it, is a plafn con fession that the bad condition of political affairs at the Sotith is due to negro suffrage. We think the conclusion correct, but deny that the Southern people "forced upon Con gress the measure giving the negro the ballot." The necessities of the Radical party forced the measure upon Congress. It was necessary to invest the negro with the ballot in order to enable tho Radical party to carry the election in the Southern States, and Congress did it. Thad. Stevens, on the floor of Congress, during the pendency of the question, assigned that as tho chief reason for its support. It is true that other pretenses were set up in support of the measure, but they were all too thin to deceive any one, Some villain placed a railroad tie across the Dalles and Celilo Railroad near Willow bridge, and a rock on the track near Simpson's ranch, on the 30th ult. The O. S. N. Co. offer a reward of S5U0 for the apprehen sion and conviction of the scoundrel. A minister once prayed: "O Lord we thank Thee for the goodly num ber here to-night, and that Thou art also here notwithstanding the inclem enov of the weather." NO. 47. Voting Direct for President. Whenever an opponent,- political or otherw ise, utters a sensible remark we are willing to acknowledge it. Eyen the devil is reputed capable of wise and true speech at times; so, al so, may such a man as Morton of Indiana emit a ray of light out of the clouds of darkness and prejudice, such as the following from his late speech at Terre Hauto, which, to say the least, deserves careful considera tion: j Another question of paramount importance, rising high above the ordinary political consideration, 13 the proposition to amend the Consti tution so as to elect the President and Vice President by tho direct vote of the people. The dangers and imperfections of the present system are well understood and may plunge the nation into civil war at any time. The theory and reason for the es tablishment of the Electorial Colleges are but useless machinery, potent only for mischief. Electors being chosen by general ticket in all the States, a small majority may deter mine the whole vote of tho State, and this has often been controlled by the fraudulent vote in a largo city, which was the case in New York in 18G8. There is no provision in any State for contesting tho election of Presidential electors, however no torious the fraud or Aiolence by which they may have been chosen. If no candidate receives tho vote of a majority of the whole number of electors, then the election of Presi dent is to be made by the House of Representatives, in which each State has one vote; Nevada, with 40,000 people having the same vole as New York with 5,000,000. Such an elec tion of President is anti-republican, grossly inequitable, presents the grandest opportuninics for corrup tion and intrigue, and is fraught with imminent danger to the Repub lic. In 1S25, Mr. Adams, who had re ceived less than one third of the pop ular vote, was elected President by the House of Representatives over Gen. Jackson who had received a plurality of the popular and elector ial vote. In this election Mr. Clay, as a member of the House, cast his vote and influence for Mi Adams, afterward became his Secretary of State, and never recovered from the charges of bargain and sale. In the other election of President by the House of Representatives, in 1S01, Mr. J efferson -v? as chosen after a pro tracted straggle, running through many days, and it is now a well es tablished fact that three States final 1? changed their votes to Mi Jeffer son, giving him the election upon an understanding in regard to measures and the retention of certain per sons in- office, which would now be regarded as corrupt. The path of duty is the path of safety. We should brush away the electorial machinery and the election by the House of Representatives, and choose the President and Vice President by the direct vote of the people, giving the election to the candidate who has the highest num ber of votes. Eitamlner. Declined to Accept. Charles N. Davenport declined to accept the nomination of the Democrats in the Second Congressional district of Ver mont now represented by Judge Po land, but was nevertheless voted for at tho late election. Mr. Davenport said: I have no ambitions which prompt me to membership in a body which, as a whole, represents the monopolists and corrnptionists of the country; which, as now constituted, has neither the ability nor the dis- X"otion to give to a plundered and tax-burdened people an honest cur rency, an honest" revenue system, and, above all, an honest civil ser vice. Sensible Negroes. The negroes of Marengo county, Alabama, have resolved that they do not desire nor ask for mixed schools, and that as for social relations, they are govern ed by the law of nature, which can not, even if desired, be controlled, regulated, amended or repealed by any laws enacted by man. In Lee county the colored people declare that they are unalterably opposed to any kind of legislation, State or Fed eral, favoring mixed schools, mixed churches, or any mixture of races, or bearing on the question of social equality. Pat.sox "What's a miracle?" Boy "Dunno." Parson "Well, if the sun were to shine in the middle of the what would you say it was?" Boy "The moon." night, Parson "But if yon were told that it was tho sun, what would you say it was?" Boy "A lie." Parson "I don't tell lies. Sup pose that I told you it was the sun; what would you say then?" Boy "That you wasn'tsober." Talk Business. A young lady who had been greatly annoyed by a lot of simpletons who stop under her window of a night to sing, "If ever I cease to love," wishes us to say if they will cease their foolishness, come in, and talk "business," they will confer a favor. Warner Wygal, sent from Baker county, sentenced for two years for larceny, and William Andrewssent for same length of time from Union countv for larceny, were discharged from the penitentiary last Tuesday, having served the full time out for which they were sentenced. A man advertises in a Aew iotk paper for a bar-keeper, "who must be recommended by his pastor. 0 1T a"8 tr e o o o o o o o 0 0 G o it