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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10
CALIFORNIA

San Francisco, March 2.-The charge
against Colonel Wharton, of assault with a
deadly weapon, was dismissed in the police
court to-day, it being shown that the shoot
ing of Lieut.. Ward was purely accidental.
CJl. Wharton, however, forfeited his bal, on
the charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
Overland kilograms report a decline in
gold in New York on Saturday to 1884 under
sales on Government account. The supply
is said to be in excess of demand hence the
depression. Sterling exchange steady at
1853 for best Bankers bills. Legal tenders
in cur market have measureably responded
to drop in geld with liberal operations at
739 and Il. National Bank notes are quoted
at III and ~
Virginia City. New. March Been. Bal
lou, fireman, and Billy Shepard. melodeon
performer, had a shooting ARRAY in front of
the Capitol Saloon, on c street. Ballou
called Shepard a id liar and struck him
when, while retreating into the saloon.
Shepard shot Ballou through the head.
Ballou has since died. Shepard is in Gus
tody.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10
EUROPEAN NEWS.

The advices FROM Europe arc 10 Feb. 10:
In tie House OF Commons, Sir Geo. Gray,
on asking leave to bring on bills suspcnding
the habeas corpus act in Ireland. said the
.Fe.ian conspiracy had only recently assumed
its nrcscnt proportions.s 1t was necessary to
strikcan effective blow at the Fenian scheines,
which were wholly discountenanced by the
American Government. The loyalty of the
British army was beyond doubt. The Lord
Lieutenant Of Ireland earnestly requested a
suspension Of the act, saying he would not
hold himself responsible for the safety Of the
country, if power was withheld from him.
DiIsraeli cDncurred in the remarks of Sir
George Gray. Bright protested against the
suspension Of the act, but said he would not
oppose the Government. Leave was then
given to suspend the haleas corpus act by a
vote Of 3G4 II G.. The bin was then passed
through all the stages, and sent to the House
Of Lords, who likewise passed it without OPP
position
y letter from ROME says that II is believed
that nj the next consistory, a Bishop q the
United States will receive a cardinals hat.
| Alarge meeting has been held in Exeter
Hall. under the auspices of the Frecdmen's
Aid Society, TO celebrate the passage of the
Constitutional Amendment in America and
the consequent legal abolition Of slavery.
Speeches in favor of a close union between
England and AmerieaT Tcre made and loud
is applauded.
London, Feb. I8.-Roya1 assent to the bill
lsuspending the habcas corpus in Irelsnd, was
given last night.
The London Morning Herald, the conserv-
alive organ. saws The Government will be
supported in this measure.
The Army and Navy Gazette says The
troops in Ireland are being disturbed more
and more among the small towns.
It is rumored that Sir Charles Wood. late
Secretary for the Indies, has been offered and
accepted the pecrage.
The Daily News believes the Government
has acceded to the proposition of the Roman
Catholic hieratehy in Ii leland, and thai hence
forth the SeAate Of the Queens University
in ireland. will consist of half Protestants
Iandkalf Catholics.
In the French Senate, Marshal Forey said
the return of French troops from Mexico
would not take place as speedily as it ap-
peared 10 be desired in Franco. and even adj
vised that French reinforcements be sent out.
In the debate on the address to the Emper-
or, NJ. de Persigny commended that English
parliamentary institutions were unsuited 70
France. The Emperor, he said, had given
10 France double liberty, founded on the solid
basis Of authority. 1t depended On public
opinion to develop the liberty granted by the
Constitution. After debate. the address in
respouce to the Emperor's speech, was unan-
imouslY adopted.
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had now two thousand wei drilled officers to

had now two thousand well drilled officers to
lead them.
St. Louis, March BY an act Of the
legislature tle name Of the Southwest branch
of the Pacific Railroad has been changed to
the South Pacific Railroad, aud three Com.
missioners have been appointed to conduct
sale under foreclosure of State mortgages.
Commissioners organized with Gen. Oster-
haus as President. There are two parties,
one headed by Daniel S. Dickinson, and the
other by Gen. Fremont, who are s~training
every nerve to get hold of the read.
Chicago, March 1.-The Minneeota Legis-
lature adopted n resolution by a strict party
vote, that il is to congreAs that the people
look for a true reconstruction policy, and we
rely upon its firmness andN wisdom in the
present e~xigeney Of public affairs. Resolu.
tons sustaining the Prcsidentwere tabled by
a party vote. Both branches of the Lcgisla.
ture adjourned to-day.
Chicago, March 1.-The Wisconsin Legis-
lature adopted the following:
ReSolrcd, That whereas, we have wit
messed with gratitude the noble and devoted
patriotism manifested by President Johnaon
during the dark days of the rebellion, we
should be guilty Of deeeiying him and mis-
representing our constituents # we failed to
declare that the message vet0ing the Freed
mems bill in its general tone and spirit, has
caused pain and disappointment among his
true friends and supporters, and has been
hailed with exuberant Joy and exultation by
every man who symPathi2es with the rebel
lion ; or who was c,ld and Indifferent when
treason threatened the life Of tie Republic.
ReSolced, That we most candidly indorse
and approve the action Of Senators and
Representatives in Congress who have per
sistently asserted the right Of Congress to
determine for itself when and in what man
ner it will admit representatives f.om the
States ~d;sorganized by the rebellion, and
%arnestly requests them to firmly resist the
aanSissiOn of Representatives from such
States>Qntil peace Is fully secured, and until
the people Of each State have positively
guaranteed equal and exact justice to all men
within her borders.
In the New York Senate, March lst, res
.%olutions Of an ambiguous character, sustain
ing Congress ard approaching johnson were
offered and referred 10 Il select committee.
w. T. Cogwell, Of Ohio, has been appoint
ed Minister to Ecuador.
The President assigned a bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Navy to detail steamers
TO assist the Buckley expedition TO lay the
telegraph cables acress Bhering Straits.
Nm. Browning. late private Secretary TO
the President. died Yesterday.
Since last October the public debt has
been reduced S29, COS, 600.
In consequence of the official declaration
of war against Peru by Spain, the Washing
ton GoverRnlent has dispatched orders to all
American forts, TO prevent either party en-
tering with vessels of war or prizes save in
case Of distress.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

SUSTAIN JoHNsoN-The Statesman says
the following prominent Abolitionists sus-
tain President johnson in his stand against
the Radicals in Congress: Judge Boise,
Jsdge Stratton, Elijah Williams, DR.. Bay
ley, B. j. Pengra, G. ". Lawson, J. W. P.
Huntington, B. F. Dowell, J. C. Tolman,
Col. Maury, J. B. Underwood, j. F. Galley,
W. C. Whitson, E. r. Geary, E. L. Apple.
gate, DR.. j. s. Watts, Judge C~heneworth,
Judge Kelsay, I.R. Maores, Judge Wilson
and Ben. Simpson. It also says the follow
ing Abolition papers sustain the President
The Mountaineer, State journal, and Cor
wallis Gazette. The Albany journal and
0~regonian are the only papers in Oregon
which oppose johnson and approve the Rad
zeal Congress.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

now denounee it as a " REASONABLE heresy."
They declared against interfering with
slavery in the States they now insist
that no State shall ever allow slavery.
They asserted that the liberty of the press
and freedom of speech were inalienable
rights they have since imprisoned men
and destroyed presses in violation of these
declared rights. They originated seces-
SION first threatened it, and now declare
secession treason. They advocated and
plotted for disunion for years, and now
claim to be the only Union party. They
denounced the nullifcation act of South
Carolina, and yet are the only party which
ever praeticed notification in any other
State of the Union-in their Personal Lib
erty bills, their Specific Contract bills, and
the bills to tax q. s. Bonds. Their SEN
ators are the only ones who ever counsel
led disobedience TO the laws of Congress,
to the decisions of the Supreme Court, or
the requirements of the Federal Constitu-
ton, and yet at this day we are told by
them that there must be a rigid submis-
sion to the laws, the Court, and to the
Constitutions they interpret it. They
declare the South rebelled against the
best form of government on the face of
the earth, and Jet are busily engaged in
the work of demolishing it themselves.
and converting it, from awhile mans, in
to a mOngrel, mixed, amalgamated, black
and yellow and white mans government.
But we need not extend the catalogue of
Inconsistencies which are to be charged
upon the Abolition party. We have
shown up enough for this4ime, and have
shown a good deal more than the Orego-
nian can answer in its W behalf, or for
Its party.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

OK THE FkNcE.-The Eugene Journal is
claimed by the Statesman as a johnson
organ, but the leader in last Saturdays issue
of that paper indicates that it is really un-
decided whether to stand by johnson or go
with Congress. The Astoria Gazette is also
on the fence in regard to the great issue of
the day. Applegate, the Federal Surveyor
General, really controls the Journal, just as
the lately robbed f21 Parson Billy Adams,
Collector at Astoria, controls the Gazette +;
and TO this fact in each instance may be at
tribute6 the peculiar attitude of the puzzled
organs. II is not principles which controls
them, or either Of chem it is oaice and the
greed for official spells.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

A Sc4xP SOMEWHERE. Our Yamhill
patrons and those who get their papers at
the Lafayette Postof6ce especially, COM
plain of the manner in which the DEMocRAr
reaches them. The packages are mailed
here SO that they should be taken every week
by the regular Monday noon mail from
Salem to Lafayette, and reach there for dis
tribution on Tuesday following publication
day. But it seems they do not. They
rarely reach Lafayette before the latter part
Of the week, md frequently one or two
weeks will elapse without the receipt of the
packages, and then viii follow two or three
weeks papers all come together. We call
the attention of the Po~stfnasters along the
route to this eulpable negligence of duty,
and if we thought it would avail anything
we would ask the Postal Agent, Mr.. Brooks,
to look into and remedy the wrong.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

An. USwoRrnY oFrrcER.-The following
appears in the last Salem Review:
We have receiveda circular signed by fifty
members of Capt. W. s. PowelPs company,
who were recently mustered out of service at
Portland, charging that officer with most
un~becoming conduct. There are eleven
charges brought against him, of the most
outrageous character, from stealing to thato Of
exposing the persons of his men to public
view. The preamble starts of with the fol
lowing: /" Having been recently mustered
out Of the q. S. Military service, we con-
slider it a duty we owe to our fellow citizens,
to place the following facts before them in
order to guard them from being at any future
time again imposed on by so filthy a black
guard as W. S. POWELL
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

ovxHEE LsDks-The Ruby City Ava
Ianche Of Feb 24sh gives the statements Of
the products Of some Of te rich Iodes in
that region. From a run Of nine days the
Moore & FOCUS 1s-stamp mill yielded over
SIS. 600. The rock was from the Orc Elmo
lode. The New York and 0wyhee mill
cleaned up loo pounds of amalgam from
Minnesota lode rock. The rock from the
Cosmos, Silver Legion, and War Eagle lcdes
was all proving first class.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

PArRIors the patriots-they
who are greedy to = serve their country
lin Lane county, appear to be on the
Abolition side. In the Journal of las;
Saturday are advertised the names of w.
Fl. Haley and NJ. H. Harlow as selF-in-
Fortunate candidates for Sheriff, and A.
A. Skinner for~re-election as County Clerk,
" subject to the decision of the Union
County Convention" No use of run.
ming, Messieurs; there will be good Dem
ocrats nominated for all the county off
GERS, and they Will all be elected, too
Lane county is good for from IS to 15C
Democratic majority next June. Haley's
Scott greenback transaction viii settle hi:
hash in Convention, no doubt. That was
a rough thing for any officer to do.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10
pnmOCRAr1C sTATn CONVENTION.

Ry resolution of the Democratic State Central
rOnmlttse, at the meeting held in Portland. Jan
aary 22d, the Democratic State Convention for
dissemination. Of candidates for State officers will
- hem inthee city af Portland, on THURSDAY,
APRIL5ah 1896.
Ehs~osnmittss r-ccosnmended that the Demo-
cetic Coung Conventions, for the election of Del
sgates to the State Convention. be held throughout
the State on TnunsDkr, MARCH ed.
with aefsssace 70 the Apportionment the Com
Hs
1RssoNeasHhat the superintendent Of represen-
tatioa for the Democratic State Convention, to be
held II the,eig Of Portland. April 9Th, 1868, be
~ Fellows 0ae delegate for each county at large,
enc X eseEyasve1ts i've Democratic votes castat
the last Presidential election for Mcclellan, and
sns for every faction Of seYenty-fre, of and over
Hrty-eight.
The superintendent under the rule adopted by
The gommifaee. win be as follows.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

fcrrcd to it, the committee proceeded to get
this information hy a tedious process. divid-
ing tie work among sub committees. These
have held daily sessions Of two hours each.
and all day on Saturdays. lie did not com
plain Of the Presidency action, but it was
Just that the country shBuld know the chief
cause Of delay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

D1ssoIyEp.-The last Lafayette Courier
ANNOUNCES the withdrawal of ". ]. Bowman
from the publishing firm of that paper. j.
b. Upton viii continue the publication Of
the Courier.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

wuosE FAuLrgzThe jacksonville papers
are published on the same day. We regu-
larly get the Sentinel (Abolitionl in three
or four days from its publication yet the
Reporter lDemocratic1 is rarely received
earlier than Friday, and sometimes not at
all. Both are doubtless mailed On the same
day@how happens it the Sentinel always
reaches here frst7 Who is at fanlta
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

Bovxr1Es FoR ScALPs.-The people Of
owyhee have adopted 3 very effective but
startling system to rid that country of In
dians. They offer bounties for sehlps-$lO0
for 4 bucks, $50 for asquaw's. a company
Of eEentyafge nen are actively engaged IN
hunting for the red Wretches.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

So1D.-The Lawyer lode 1t BASKERVILLE,
Idaho, vas lately sold il New York for
SEQ. 900. and report says the Banner lode at
Banner City viii also change owners.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

DnowxED-Beaj G. Cunningham, > lad
Of u years, son Of Joseph Cunningham Of
ST. Helens, Columbia county, was drowned
In the river at that place a Few days ago.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10

HoRsE THmTEs.-A horse was stolen from
the stable Of a man named Sturgis. in the
lower part Of Marion county, on the night Of
Feb. 22d.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10
PRODUCE
In exchange for Goods.

~Persons wishing to- buy Goods wia fHd 81
greatly to their advantage TO examine our Good
before purchasing elsewhere -
Albany, January zTth. 1866.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-10
Chffdren's shoes.

In connection with the above We keep sonstanty
-On hand a choice selection Of-
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-03-01
'Ihe Oazette &Gnttret

A SHREwD WAY TO GET A DIM
NER.-The Omnibus, of Naples, re-
lates the following story of a man
who within the last few days found
means to turn to account the popular
apprehensions of poisoners, which
have prevailed there since the ap-
pearance. of the cholera. The indi-
vidual in question being exceedingly
hungry, and having only single
coin, Of the value of a sou, laid it,out
in the purchase of powdered sugar,
and as he passed by the stand Of one
of those open air cooks, who make a
kind of pancake called t1ittalle, he
dropped, apparently by accident,
some of the sugar into the frying
pan. He was instantly seized by
the by-standers as poisoner caught
in the act. He denied vigorously
the truth of the allegation, and at
last to prove his innocence offered
to eat the contents of the pan. This
proposition was accepted, and he ac-
cordingly dispatched the pancake
with great relish, and then walked
| off, well satisfied with the success OF
his trick. st#
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-03-01

A PATENT PULPIT.-Some years
ago, according to the London Punch,
a benevolent and ingenious English
man coutrived an excellent article in
this line. 1t is to be introduced in
this country
1t was proposed that the patent
pulpit be built in the usual style, but
suspended over the preachers head
was to be an apparatus something in
the shape of a candle extinguisher.
This was to descend so as, in ex-
actly fifteen minutes, to completely
extinguish the clergyman, and of
course his sermon could never exceed
that period in duration. Eight min
utes after the sermon had commenced
a loud premature snap or click was
to announce the commencement OF
the extinguisher's decent; and it is
stated that upon several private tri-
ais no clergyman could be found who
had the nerve to continue his sermon,
after hearing this snap or click, over
three minutes longer, such was the
fear in his mind that his light would
be hidden under the suspended
bushel.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-03-01

The LONDON TIMEs.-Itis is stated
that this leading journal of the world
circulates more than $4,000 copies
daily. 1t was established January
lst, 1885, by John Walter; in 1903,
his son, John Walter, Jr., succeeded
to the management; and in 1887 he
in turn was followed by his son,
John Walter, the third, the present
publisher. The Times has secured
its immense influence by literary
merit, accuracy, and enterprise, and
chiefly by faithfully following, in
stead of leading, public sentiment.
1t yields its proprietors net profit
of about $225,000 a year. When
the secret at last leaked out, its editor
was John Delane, who was asso-
ciated with Mowhray Morris, the
manager, Besides host Of report
ers, there are numerous departments,
With a sub editor at the head of each.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-03-01

How TO DETECT INsANlTY.-In
an article on the subject of mental
arrangement, and the difficulty Of
detecting it, inasmuch as no real
madman will admit that he is insane,
the Richmond Dispatch says:
We recollect to have read, several
years ago, in magazine, review
of a work upon insanity, by Sir
Henry Halford, in which he treated
upon the extreme difficulty of de-
tecting lunacy when the lunatic was
determined to conceal the state Of his
faculties. Sir Henry had a wide
practice in cases of the kind for more
than thirty years, and had seen all
manner Of tests applied. Among
them all he says he never found but
one to succeed favorably, and that
one was what he calls the "Shaks-
peare test" It is explained in the
address of Hamlet to his mother,
when he is endeavoring to remove
the impression, under which she la
bored, that he was mad. @
-"Put me to the test, g..
And the mStter will reword, which madness
Would gambel from" ...#.."E
To" reword the matter" is to re-
peat what he had said before. Sir
Henry says that no mailman can do
this; at least, that he had never seen
one who could. Shakespeare, it seems,
knew more about madness than all
the doctors that ever treated it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-11-30
The Lvceun.

The Lyceum at the School House on
Monday evening was very fully attended
by both sexes, showing more interest in an
organization of this kind than we have
ever witnessed here before, but there was
apparently some diffidence in coming for
ward 10 participate in the discussion when
it was opened for volunteers. This how
ever we trust will wear away as the mem
bers become familiar with the proceedings.
The temperance feeling seemed to prevail
so strongly that they all went in against
the poor drunkard and in favor of giving
the wife a divorce for habitual drunken
ness, and Mr.. E. A. Darby had to carry
the negative alone. The declarations were
excellent.
The next meeting of the Lyceum will
be held at WIGHTMAM's HALL on Monday
evening of next week, at o'clock. The
following is the question for discussion -
"Does Diligence conduce more to Success
than Genius
Disputants-Geo. W. Spencer, affirma-
tive, J. w. F. Blanchard, negative. De-
claimers-Cyrus Royce, A. f. Roy. Read
err DIR. Whitman.