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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

4 BUsINEss-LIKE CoURTsHIp.-
There is story extant about a FIVE min
utes courtship between a thriving and
busy merchant. of a watering place in
England, and a lady for whom, in con-
junction whit deceased friend, he was a
trustee. The lady called at his counting
house, and said that her business was to
consult him on the propriety or otherwise
Of her accepting an offer Of marriage
which she had received. Now, for the
FIRST time, occurred to the Bristol mer-
chant the idea Of this holy estate in his
own case
Marriage" said he, listlessly turning
over some West India correspondence,
q well, suppose everybodycught to mar
~. though such thing never occurred to
me before. Have you given the gentle
man an affirmative answerY !.
"No."
Are your feelings particularly engag-
cd in the matterY"
Not particularly"
Well, then, madam said he, turn
ing round on his Office stool, I" If that be
the case. and if you could dispense with
courtship, for which I have no time, and
think you could be comfortable With me,
| am your humble servant to command" /"
There were people who thought that
the lady had a purpose in going there, but
if so, she prndently disguised il. She
said she would consider the matter. The
Bristol merchant saw her out with the
same coolness as if she was one Of his cor
respondents, and when she was gone FIVE
minutes, vas once more immersed In his
letters and ledgers. A day or two after
he had communication from the lady
accepting his offer, very considerably ex-
cusing him from an elaborate courtship,
and leaving him to name the g most con-
veuient day"
They were married
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
TITLE

SIC. J. That all taxes for the support
Of the government of this state shall be
assessed on polls, and on property valued
in equal aud ra,eablc proportion; and all
property, real and personal, within This
state, nor expressly exempted therefrom,
shall be subject to taxation in the manner
provided by law.
SIe. 2 The terms "real property "
aud land" whenever used in this act,
shall be held to mean aud include not
only the land itself, whether laid out in
town lots or otherwise, with all things
contained therein, but also all buildings,
structures, improvements, trees and other
fixtures of whatever kind thereon, and all
rights and privileges belonging or in any
wise appertaining thereto.
SEC. 3. The terms personal estate
and personal property" shall be con.
strued TO include all household furniture,
goods, chattIes, moneys aud gold dust, on
hand or on deposit, either cithin or with-
out this .Stute; all boats aud vessels,
whether ut home or abroad, aud all capt
tai invested therein: all debts due or to
become due from solvent debtors, wheth.
er on account, contract, note, mortgage
or otherwise; all public stocks, and stocks
or shares in all incorporated companies,
liable to taxation on their capital, as shall
not be invested in real estate.
SEC. 4 The following property shall
be exempt from taxation:
|. All property, real and personal, oi
the United State, aud of this state;
=. All public or incorporate property
Of the several counties, cities, villages,
towns and school districts in this state
used or intended for incorporate pur.
poses;
3. The personal property oil all liter,
ary, benevolent, charitable aud scientific
institutions, incorporated within this state
and such real estate belonging to such In
stitutions as shall be actually occupied
for the purposes for which they were in
corporsted;
All hous.s of public worship, anC
the lot on which they are situated, anC
the pews or slips, and furniture therein
and all burial grounds, tomhs and rights
of burial; but any part Of any building
being house of public worship, which
shall be kept or used as store or shop
or for any other purpose, except for pub
lie worship OF for schools, shall be taxec
upon the cash valuation thereof the same
as personal property, to the owner or oc
cupant, or to either; and the taxes shall
be collected thereon i'd the same manner
as taxes on personal property,
5. All public libraries, and the real o
personal property belonging to or connect
ed with The same.
6. The property Of all Indians, wh'
are not citizens, except land held by then
by purchase ie
I. The personal property of all per
sons, who by reason OF inirmity, ago o
poverty, may, in the opinion Of the as
SCISSOR, be unable to contribute toward tn
public charges.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
New York-IGs Condition.

The New York Herald draws the fol-
lowing picture of the State Of New, York
aud the country generally. 1t is not fiat
lering, but true. The United States,
as Nation. .'aud half the individual States,
are hopelessly insolyent, and fit subjects
for the application Of the bankrupt law.
Some fine morning there will be an ex-
plosion that will be remembered for a
century or two;
"N0thing is more certain than that We
canpot continue any longer in our present
condition. Returns recently made to the
secretary ofthe state comptroller, under
the law authorizing the convention, show
that the local indebtedness Of the cities,
towns and counties in the state will reach
nearlcy ninety millions. The state debt
is over fifty millions, and the people of
New York therefore owe at the present
moment about one hundred and forty
million dollars, exclusive oftheir proper
tion OF the national indebtedness-oyer two
thousand FIVE hundred millions. These
figures are startling; and they become
the more alarming when accompanied by
the knowledge that both the national and
state governments are in u condition bor-
dering upon anarchy. At Washington
the executive and Legislative branches
are in bitter opposition to each other
both Of them weak. laundering and obsti-
nate, and doing their best to bring ruin
upon us ut home and disgrace abroad
In our own state we are without any ros-
ponsblc government, and given over to
corruption aud political confusion. The
vagares Of our politicians are making mat
ters worse, by proving the war to have
been failure establishing the fact that
treason, against WHICH we have fought at
such ruinous cast, is no crime after all,
and. familiarizing the country with the
hateful word g repudiaton. In word,
we are at crises in our history, both as
state and as nation, aud there is no
hope Tor Us but in q prompt and thorough
change. The November election will in
augurate the new era in New York, by
sweeping away the old political organiza-
tions and building up a strong party OF
and from the people. This will form the
nucleous for the great movement Of polit-
ical reconstruction throughout the Union
which win confound the plots and schemes
Of all the old party engineers, raise Grant
to the presidency, and restore permanent
peace and safety to the nation
!
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
Billings, Philosophy.

want to bet three dollars that no man
ever matched himself again the devil but
what he got beat.
Aim hi, If you strike low. Tho man
who undertakes TO jump three hundred
and seventy five feet ahead will certainly
make good try.
never knu man who was alwus nnx-
ious tew repent Of his sins before he had
committed them who didn't want the
sharpest kind Nv watching.
mover bet emmy stamps on the man
who is always telling what he would have
did If he had been thare. | have motto.
ed that this kind never get thare.
Faith don't appear to me to be enney.
thing more than tiptop good sense aud
the faith that is iD this world now Won't
keep man from falling to the bottom OF
n well If he lets 90 OF the curb to spit On
his hands.
When get to not having any good
luck, it does seem TO me that | kan have
more Of it than any man | ever knew,
and not half try; ] suppose it seems just
so 10 you, my friend, don't i'll
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
Josh billings ON the Goose.


The goose is grass animal, but don't
chaw her cud
They are good livers, about one aker to
a goose Is enuff, altho thar is sum folke
who thinks, one goose tew It's akers is
nearer right.
The two calculations are so fur apart. ii
IL difficult tew tell now, which will finally
win.
But don't think if had q farm ov
175 akers. awl paid for, that i would sell
it for half what it was worth. just bekaze
it didn't hav but one goose on it.
Gees stay Aell, sum ov our best biog-
raphers sez 20 years, and grow tuff tew
the last.
Tha Ia one eg at once, about the size
oy goose eg, in WHICH the goslens lies
hidd. IS
The goslen is the goos's babe.
The goose don't suckle hiz young, bat
turns him out tew grass on sumboddy's
vakant lot.
Tha seem to lack wisdom, but ar gen.
rally consiercd sound on tho COOS.
Tha ar good eating, but not good chaw-
in, the recon ov this remains profound
sekret tew the present da.
When the femail COOS IL at work hatch
en-, she iz hard burd tew pleze, she riles
clear up from the bottom in minet, aud
will fte q yoke oy oxen, if tha sho her the
least bit oY sass.
The goos IL excellent fur fethers, which
she sheds every year by the hanful
Tha ar also amfbicuss, besides several
other kind ov cuss.
But tina ar mostly very GURUS about one
thing, tha kan haul one leg up into their
boldly, aud stand on luther, awl da, and
not tuch anything with their hands.
| take notis, THAR amt but dam fue
men kan dew this.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
They were married.

Our SENTIMRNTs.-The Columbia
Press, in speaking of the future ac-
tion of those who claim to be the
leaders of the Democracy, thus ex-
presses itself:
Democrats demand that our deela-
ration of principle shall announce an
unqualified return to the Constitution
as our fathers made it: as it was beI
fore the late war. They care not what
laws may be revived by the revival of
the old Constitution. We lived I'M
der that for many years, and all there
is in our land, or has been done to IA
cilitate the march of Empire has
been done under and by virtue of the
provisions of that instrument.t They
have had too much of policy, and if
superannuated politicians, by smooth
words, and the desire of personal gain,a
seek to impose a temporary and tem-
Iporizing policy upon them, they will
find out when it is too late, that they
have committed great error. 1t viii
not do to act with the timidlty of q
child, or the deception of a cowardly
enemy. There are hundreds of men
now remaining in the ranks OF. the
Republicans, who stand ready to ap-
plaud with the Democracy, whenever
we put'on a bold front, and show that
we have the nerve to declare for the
right and maintain it. The politician
who advises concealment will be repu.
dated. =
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

THE PANAMA RAILwAY--Sinee the !
construction Of this road across the Isths :
mus. il has carried nearly 400 900 passen-ls
gers and s675,OOO, 900 Of treasure, tho
latter from The Pacific to the Atlantic
side of tho Isthmns. The silver ship.
ments over tie road are gradually decline ]
ing, and most of tho silver transmitted is
shipped to the Isthmus from the Paci6d
coast Of South America. OF freight the
road has transported 6I4,585 tons,but
this year it IS estimated the traffic viii q
mount to 10000 tons. America now
controls the road, which runs through the
territory Of New Grenada, but England Is
making great exertons to get possession
oft. ssss
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
The Tax Law.

We pript this week various extracts
from DeadY's Code relative to the assess
ment Of property. As the county assess
or proposes paying his annual visit to the
ci,izeus of this section, shortly, it may
be satisfaction 10 them TO know how the
Law siands.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

AN Exchange says that Senator Will
son is trying to raise himself to the Presi
dency by his speeches. We have nj
doubt that he expecrs to climb, ike :
parrot, by his mouth.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

ALwAYs.-ssI have the best. wife in
the world, z said long suffering husband
s'she always strikes me With tho soft end
of the broom.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

DEEP man in this city has got so
deep in debt thar not ono Of bis creditors
has been ablelto see him for months.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

SHOULD Malrlmony lsp game that
every young person should take q hand
at.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24
STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-08-24

Correspondents writing over assumed signatures
~ ANONYMOUSLY. must make known their proper
name. to the Editor or no attention win be given
to their communications.
All Letters and Communication, whether on
business or for publication. should b. addressed to
Abbott Brown.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25
ssE- Spain has fallcn-upoa new sys-

Bag Spain has fallcnsupon a new sys- tenn of internal government. A new decree cmbodyiag what is known as the Claw of public order" has just been issued by Narvacz. The following is q. synopsis of its provisions
 "It distinguishes three states of soci- cicty-the normal state of alaran and the state of war. The local authority of any town is authorized upon csncr- gency to declare either of the last two states. Until the normal state rccurs. the authority can at pleasure arrest, imprison, exile or put to death all per- sons whom it shall judge to be rebels.
 "The State of alarm can be declared upon suspicion. In the state of war every person found in the street is to be taken as rebel. If the person be- ing pursued takes refuge in house all the inmates of the house arc to be treat ed as rebels"
 This is very dcspicablc for Spain, but it is scarcely worse than the system which prevails ovcf nearly third of the United States. Ten of our States are under ''statc of alarm, in which any gentleman ornamentcd with pair of shoulder-straps can ''at pleasure ar rest, imprison, exile or put to death, all persons whom he shall judge to be rcb els
 If Spain feels at all lonely in posses sion of it's superlativc tyranny, it can find friends, sympathy and co-opera- tion in the republic of the United States.-[ Chicago Times.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25

BAD CRop PRospEcT.-The Jackson Clarion of Thursday has the following ar ticlc:
 In the present suffering condition of the Southern people, we regret that we cannot speak cncouragingly of their pros poets for making crops the present year. Owing to the late frosts the early plant ings of corn were completely cut down as to render another beginning necessary. In some instances entire fields::were plant ed over; in others, missing places were supplied by fresh seed, so that this crop is invariably late or very irregular. We also here complaints of an insect which is destroying the young plant. The cotton prospect is no less promising. It may brighten, and we hope will, after awhile. The late frosts and heavy rains retarded planting, and consequently this crop is backward also.
 These remarks have refrence, it will be understood, to the "uplands." The river districts it is known have been submerged, and their prospects for the most part en- tirely blighted.
 It will be an unsafe calculation to, es- innate the cotton crop of the present year at more than one million five hundred thousand bales. 3
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25
Mexico.

Amid the statements, contradictions of statements, and contradictions of contradictions, the attempt to discover ssthe situation" there is as vain as any thing Solomon ever denounced as van ity.
 The New York Advertiser has cudg- clcd its brains over the problem and produced the following:
 "Judging as best we can, however, from the mass of conflicting testimony, we infer that tho situation is about as follows:
 Maximillian is still defending Quer- etaro with near eleven thousand men, having made two or threo intellectual attempts to break through the Liberal lines and escape. Miramon is alive and with him, the Mexican consul's re- port of his death having been based up- on camp rumor which followed the engagement of the 23d ultimo. Esco- bedo is beseiging Queretaro with about 35,0O0 men has obtained possession of a portion of the city, and will soon oc- cmpy the whole of it.
 Diaz, rc-cnforced with the command formerly stationed near Puebla, is be- sieging the capital with perhaps seven- teen thousand men. Marquez is de- lending it with say thirty-five hundred. Vera Cruz is receiving supplies from Havana and New Orleans, and will hold out until Diaz's army proceeds thither from the capital, unless the Im- scrial defenders decide in the mean time to cvacuate and take to ship. Jua- reg is still with his Cabinet" at San Luis Potosi, waiting for Escobedo and Diaz to open the way to Mexico City. Alvarez has neither deserted the Lib- cral cause, nor has he had any idea of doing so. So much for to-day what the morrow may bring forth remains to be seen."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25

ENGLISH REroRM.-The question of extending the suffrage in England, and how far, is still exciting the English people. The New York Hcrald's spc- cial dated London, 18th, says numer- ously attended and very imposing meeting of the reformers of England was held in the St. James Hall, Lon don, to-day. The assemblage was called with the view of supporting proper and well adjusted plan ofhousc- hold and lodgcr franchise, and some of those present were inclined to accept what are know as the Cabinet conces- sions on these points. Mir. John Bright attended and delivered an address to the assemblage. He argued very for, cibly against the Disracli bill and it's amendments, and showed that, in mere justice to the will of the people, as ex- pressed at this and other meetings, the Liberal members of the House of Com mons should reject the measure alto gcther, by voting against it unaEimous- ly at the third reading, and thus com pei the cabinet to remit the question of reform to the people at large.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25
Loyalty.

In the days of old we were all taught that loyalty was love of Country, love of Union, and obedience to the Union. This is what wc wore taught 'coustitu- ted loyalty. Itwas this that dcterm- iued whether a,man was loyul or not. This was the definition of loyalty in the days of Whigism and Democracy. All this has been changed. The Sham Republican Party after it came into power, in 1861, defined loyalty to be submission to Abraham Iincoln, 'orthc chosen head of the Government; and now all this has been changed. The test of loyalty, is now, that no man can be loyal who does not give his willing assent to the action of a majority of Congress. In those good old days, we were also taught that our Constitution was written form of ofGovcrnmcnt, and could not be stretched, pulled and twisted as if it was nothing but piece of india-gyJbcr, as these Sham Rcpub- licans have been doing with it for the last six years. With such set of trail is plaim. live love our written Con stitntien, tho people must bring them down freM high places. and replace lilcM ~ ltL bSltil NHO VIII ODcy our written Constitution. And yet anoth- CT test of loyalty is now advocated by the Sham RcIMblican presses, and that is, the enforcement of the Ncyvo Ballot ill every Northern State. All who oppose this ncgro plank being put into our social and political system, are dc- nounccd as disloyal to the Government --t&at is majority of Congress. Eve ry Sham Republican organ ia the State has hoisted the banner of Negro Equality cr the Ballet for the Negro, which means thc same thing. We do not wish to see any e~ckiag out: we want these Shaun Republicans to stand square up to the mark. As they want the Negro to have the ballet, they must admit him as ORC of them at their pri- mary meetings; they must let him have voice in fo<snieg thcir ticket and they must give him an opportuni- ty to get on thc ticket. This then is now tire political issue, and we accept it. We will light it out on this iine.-- Warren Journal,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25

Hsy- The Chicago Times says that one effect of tho strike, already visible, is to bring to Chicago great influx of mechanics from other places. Proba- bly there never were so many mechan- ics iii Chicago, of all kinds, as there is at this time, and the number is rapidly increasing.
 Ii the strikers hold out, it is more than probable that every shop will soon be filled with new hands. The result will be--and such q result Is already predicted by many well-inf0rmed cm- ploycrs and master mechanics--a gen eral decline of wages, in all mechanical branches.
 The same result will be perceptible in St. Louis, in a few days. There arc thousands of working men out of em- ployment at Pittsburg, Louisville, Wheeling, and other places, where there is no cight-hour law. They would gladly accept work, at ten hours a day at the old prices--in other words they would gladly accept the places which the eight hour men of our city have abandoned; and If the move- ment continues a few days longer, they will do it. <,