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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-10

DEATa or Mrs b. W. eUSpIFY-The t'pale
messenger has again visited our city and sum
moncd from It's busy scenes another loved inhahi-
tant. Mrs. Cundia. after lingering illness from
consampsiJn, departed this life on last Monday
morning about o'clock. She was the wife Of b.
W. Cundif, Esq, at present one Of our City Al
dermsn, and the daughter of Hon. e. p. Burk-
hart, meraber of the Board Of County Commis-
sioners for Linn county. She has left large cir
Gle Of relAtiyes and friends in this community II
mourn her departure from their midst.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-10

CHASGED AGAIS.-Messrs Eugene Scmplc aud
T. Patterson have purchased the Oregon Herald,
and propose 20 run it in the interests Of Oregon
progress and Democracy. They say that they have
the Iner and means t. do il with, aud We believe
they have. Mr. semple has had very aat,ering
experience in Newspaper writing, and will make
the H.raid just what . metropolitan journal
sLunld he
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01
The Great Pictorial Annual.

Hosteters United States Almanac 1870 distribution
throughout the United States
the western Hemisphere will be published about
OF January and all who wish to understand
heat should read and ponder the valuable suggestions
contains In addition to admirable medical
causes prevention aud of great variety Of diseases
II large amount of Information the
merchant the mechanic, the MINER farmer, the planter,
anu professional man. and the calculations made for
LetalS ahd attitudes suitable correct
ant comprehensive NATIONAL CALENDAR.
uses and extraordinary sanitary effects of HOS-
tEh STOMACH BlTTERS, the staple tonic and alters
1--WE al mere than half the Christian fully set forth
~ Its which with oral ustra
o valuable recipes Tor the household and arm numerous
anu other instructive and reading matter
ogna ana selected Among the Annua appear with the
opening ol the This will be the most useful aud may be
op ne asking Send for copies to the Central annncto
~ Pa tO the dealer HOS fEFTEh
SIOMACH BlTrERS. The Bitters sold in every city,
tire civilized world. deel-lm
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01
THE GREAT CANAL.

You talk about the canal the shmus Of suez
the lsthmus of Danenwe Will talk about the canal from
Smyrna to the Delaware Bay
1t well remembered with older heads of SMYRNA
that the most ourshing town IN the State
when business all alive, happy and con-
tented But alas! what change and well can say how
the mighty have fallen. For the last eight nine years we
have been laid the shefbut broke the sky is
clear But yesterday insignificant
little INLAND tOwnOd3y incorporated city with an
Alderman an1 City Council with their satetes-town police
dOgcatchers and muzZerS;fUr well i'm
CITY, where the thronged with people, passing and
repaSng in the hot rabd dogs not knowing
what moment they be bit by those canines But our
city fathers have laid the Shelf harms way
And the used to at large droppin their
mud the pavemen-a nuisance inolerabe to be
borne All OF this has been swept by the dragging
of the ladies dresses but by the potential powers of an
man. As we said day has broke See what
have made in the last we have commenced and
nearly completed Town Hail. building that is going to he
credit to the town. with host of smaller all
going to show that enterprise and prosperity
again. We now turn to notice the Smyrna to
the Delaware Bay which is the topic hit US into tho
annals of fame and Improvement can be done for one
hundred thousand dollars and when we will
have the of the North opened to us and an nAx 0
the products of the souh-whch will the spirit Of
enterprise by starting cotton and wooden with
other enterprises which will spring lead great
Who wouldn't Smyruap So after we have done all
can for beloved town turn to the inner man.
SELF and show where get cheap cothng-where
you may find suits of Clothing Reiymade 81 up to s6
Under Cothing-Shts and Drawers SOO up to S4OO
splendid assortment OF OverShrts cents up to
splendid assortment of Buck Sheep Gloves and aunt
let's; fine stock OF Fancy Bows Handkerchie
Paper and Linen Cuffs and Collars fact all of the little
novelties that completes Gents splendid stock of
Hats aud Caps of the latest greater stock than can be
found elsewhere in Smyrna the Bee not excepted
full line OF Trunks. Travelling Bags and Valises.
We wish TO call especial our stock of Beavers
DOeskns Black Cloth and Fancy Cassmeres, the piece
which we will sell at prices little are
rou of quitting this branch business person
Ing to obtain Bargains in Piece Goods will well
as we are determined to close the stock
cost. WARD & PHILLIPS
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

MoRMoNIsM IN New loRK.-On Sunday
week there was large assemblagc of Latter
Day SAINTS at the Free Church (MormonJ in
Brooklyn, n. Y, on the occasion of sermon
by elder Theodore Curtis, of Salt Lake City.
who arrived on Saturday night. The New
York Times says:
Many OF those persons were young and
handsome Welsh girls, besides a number of
persons who had just come from England, and
who are waiting here for an opportunity to pur-
sue their journey to the valley of the noun
tain Elder Potts an EngliShman and the
presiding officer, received the brethren and
sisters as they entered, and to each extended
a cordial welcome, conducting the women to
seats in the body of the church, and the elders,
of whom there were more than score, to a
seat upon raised dais, on which was also the
reading desk. Previous to the sermon the
communion was administered, bread and water
being IL ed, and the congregation singing all
the while their peculiar religious songs. Elder
Curtis afterwards delivereda IA sermon in defense
of polgamy.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01
MARYLNND I,rIsNrS

lost O0icc -UdttcrS-A new office establish
ed at C0rdova, Talbot coanty, MARYLAND and
"A. w. T.. Robinson appointed P0stma star 1rT !.
between l1lllsbOrough and Easton. directly on !,
route Easton to Clayton, Delaware. Name Of
once at the Head OF Sassafras, Kent county.
Is changed to Sassafras, and Thos. p. Davis
Ictaih' Il as postmaster William v Straughn
has been appointed mail route messep@ar hnl .'l
tween Seatord, Del, and Cambridge. Md This
Is new mani service. AT Oxford, Talbot county
Maryland, James Stewart is appointed Post,
master, wee f. ). Harrington, removed At
H!N,ithYlIle, Caroline, CO., Md, VIM. II. Mere
dith 81 Is appointed Postmaster, vice James +
Ballock, resigned Wv '''''' 10
a stone larger than goose GOO was Talon
from hogs bladder killed near CAMBRIDGE last
week. 0''''' u i''s0 last
Interesting Dccision-A case tried and de-
clueu In the Circuit Court for Talbot county,
l;'S[ week settled the law adversely to the right
iS IoX hunters to cross the farms of land own
ers without permission. The law was tested
IN suit for treSpass. The jury awarded the
plaintiff one cent damages and costs. The de-
ciSlon, says the EastOn Star, explodes tie old
luea taat SpOrtsmen may follow their hounds
anywhere after fox.
Q. A. and K Railroad THE directors of
"Ni ih NlCW VI GtlC idCt IllaC the con-
tractors have suspended work without cause.
leaving large amount of iron and other mate
rial unused, hands unpaid, etc, have declared
the contract forfeited aud, having employed
Mr. Jennings Hood as Temporary engineer, are
now progressing with trackIaying to Suders
vile. To this point they expect soon to com
plIete the road and place it in running order,
after which they will proceeda as rapidly as pos
slble with the further construction of the road.
-Ccntrerdle Observer.
There is no school house at Crumpton, and
children have to walk half mile to school.
A new NJ p Church is building at Colds
borough, Station, on the Maryland T. Delaware
Railroad
Three pri soners escaped from the Elkton
jail on Tuesday night week, one Of whom has
been recaptured.
Cambridge wants Bank There is not
single, corporate or private banking house in
the whole county.
The people of Vienna are again agitating the
subject of building railroad from their town
to some point on the Delaware Railroad.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

G;CrMENICAL.-lhe exact meaning of this
word has recently become the subject of dis
putc. The general idea prevails that orcun nj
cal simply signifies general" The word.
however, is derived from the Greek noun oi&-
o99te"e, IN aiming the 9 inhabited world
which was used by the ancient EIellenes to des-
Ignate their proportion Of the EARTH as oppos-
ed to barbarian lands. Later it became the
appellation Of the Roman Empire" and per
sons who adhere to the primitive meanings of
words, and will not admit secondary senses.
contend that an 9cumencal council cannot now
be held. The first councils, it is contended,
were meetings of the bishops of the Roman
Empire, and were presided over by the reigning
emperor or his representative. In the New
Testament, oikumene' Is employed to denote
the 8 Kingdom of Christ and in this sense
may be appropriately applied 10 a consultation
of the entire household of faith
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01


In johnson county, Ark, few days since,
a planter named johnson had an altercation
with three field hands, when the latter attack.
ed him with knives He drew knife, killed
two, and mortally wounded the third. johnson
himself was stabbed in twenty places, but is
expected to recover.
:, George W. Bardwell, of South Deerfeld,
Mass, has gathered, this fall, nine barrels of
Northern Spy apples from tree which had
bore no fruit for seventeen years Instead of
cutting it down last spring as he intended, he
pIowed around and under it, and spread bar
rel Of ashes on the soil.
The Secretary of the Treasury will continue
his sales of gold and purchases of bonds. with.
out change, during December.
A new and Splendid assortment of Neck
Ties at greatly reduced prices by w. Ii. Baggs.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

lorhed' composed mostly OF Frenchmen. and
ferdlnand dc l4esscps, French engineer, was
gwen authority to commence the work, which
he dId In 1859. The company organized with
capltal OF $4,000, 900, more than half of
winch was consumed in two years. At this
point the difficulties seemed nsurmountable,
and the Sultan Of Turkey proposed to finish
the work and take it off the Frenchman' $ hands.
But Napoleon came to Lesseps aid in 1861,
an1 from that moment the work went steadily
on. After ten years of patient toll, against all
sorts Of obstacles and constant predictions of
failure the work has been completed, and Nj.
DE LeSseps is the hero of the hour.
The canal is one hundred miles long. thren
hundred and twenty-cight feet wide, and twen-
ty-Slx feet deep. Its entire cost is over S55.-
OOo,0". Part of the time there were as mapv
as twenty thousand men emploved ON If at
once.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

The coming Hcumenical Council will differ
from all others in one particular at least The
proceedings are to be reported phonographi-
caIly. The Latin language will be used exclu
sively, and as it will be pronounced in score
of ways, all widely different, this reporting will
naturally become most difficult matter. The
English and French do not pronounce ;he
Latin language alike, whilst the French, Span.
iards, Italians, Germans, Americans, Portu
guese, Russians and Hungarians, speak in such
manner as to be almost unntelligible to each
other. To overcome this difficulty in reporting
the dOngs of the Council an experienced Turin
stenOgrapher has been ordained priest, and
Is now training corps of reporters of all the
principal European nations, except Spain--the
journalists Of that country declaring that thev
see no benefit in the use of shorthand writing,
and hence the chief reporter for the Council
will have to do the best he can with the speech
es of the Spanish prelates. The Spanish pro
nounce Latin as they do their own language,
soft and broad, with slight lisp, introducing
the jota and other lingual and cultural peculi-
arItleS.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01
Wheeler n Wilson Sewing jI,,,,i,.n

we 'e'''"'ny bror" the Commi7-"oy~ r.-.a, H..
"'' 'n'Ah"t from observation ,It ,>r,iot.,,
'cel ms especial attention the sin?.ic.; Il, t ,i w.
need of repairs. a. 'l' b
ANliS-lt is very max, assertions r..
the following will testify: De" 'V"a
''"N SlhLEY' Iog"sci: " must declare h. wh.., ~,
50" |" De The most wonderful and co,,,,.,.rr-y
ever put out into tive American s..,.',,; :; !.
'''p'est as well As the most runuing III ,,i,..
se'"S ana h'%h mechanical nlllty N it. ,r.,..,.
''',i'V' " Is most reliable and easy t" hcc IL. ,r 7
i'"""'etTSS oil connection between the bower ,,
never iouh' 10y me IN the devices any Other i,y,
inc n''n"hca results follow II the highest posst, -
PuIe' ana easy movement, Viii, II ul. IT a loyi 'u'
cans thfEk it Just to dcnoninac it onc Of ,h,,
the age ' "''''-.' %
N B. STooPs, sworn: . have visited All ;I,,...,
Ing Machine manufacturers and have I.al w.
nn'ins out not Only what was best, hut why i,v, - F
wheeler Wilson is the simplest in par. ,h . '"v
quiet and rapid, in action of tht,. ,a, 'V''
eone back for exchange with many murirar, ami , ''
these never; once sold, they gone. and Il. An
ehan'ise, they always saesble." ''
M"s. PRESLEY >rRUAXCv
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

HENRY ). MCCOMB. The following article,
from the Chicago Tribune, written nv Cleo
Alfred Townsend it is said, is in reference to
one OF the = heavy men Of Wilmington Uar-
ry McComb, the prominent leather dealer:
II you are IN the habit of riding between
New orE and Washington, You will have no
tlced' at Wilmington, Delaware, a handsome
coupe Pc standing 10y the depot, with a negro man
ON the box in half livery. The negro man
generally waits minute or two after the train
comes In, and If nobody appears he drives
silently away lie meets in this manner every
train III the twcnty-fOur hours noon or mid
hlShC-waltlng In the same cOmpaisant vet
prompt manner, and sometimes you may see a
large ,clear-skinnned, handsome man descend
from your train and eater this carriage, when
1t disappears with him as quietly.
The big man is Henry McComb, Director
oi the Union Paclhc Railroad, and one of the
richest men in America, whose residence is in
this little metropolis of Delaware, where he was
brought up barefooted boy. He is one of
those tremendous, OX-like men who carry
abundant burdens without losing either their
health, sleep or spirit, substituting decision for
study, and making energy the great engine of
lfe You see McCOmb's name daily in the
papers, associated with Vanderbilt. Oliver
Ames, Thomas Scott, Daniel Drew, Ben. Hol
llday, and that school of mighty strikers, car
rerS and projectors, who remind one of the in
dustrlal types as COrtez, Pizarro, La SaIlee.
and the chleftalns of Homer. In McComb's 5
case 1t Is hard to see any reason for that success
except health, head and will He is worth
many millions of dollars, distributed in real es-
tate among all the growing cities of the country,
and his business name is worth millions more
IN credit and vigOr. He was All urchin in Will
mIngton, so far befriended by his Sunday-schoo
teacher as to start little grocery shop, and af-
terWards a tannery-nOw one Of the largest ex-
lStlng Coming up by slow degrees, he mar
RED socially we'll in Wilmington, and obtained
his first considerable stake" by the fees for
administering an estate. He saw the great
wave OF the war coming, and mounted it. He
was, perhaps, the greatest contractor of the
war, and at one time would run locomotives,
steamships, blankets. shoes, hay, lumber, pa
per- and whatever entered into that long strup-
gle; lie has never been sick day in his life.
and is capable of doing without sleep for days
In succession" Another paragraph saws: He
IS member of the Presbyterian Church,
where he went to Sunday-SchoOl, and although
IL Is very lncOnvenlent to him to live in VIII
mlngton, he keeps there out of regard to the
wishes of his family. Yet he is, by the nature
and extent of his undertakings, a man who en-
joys and cOnfers none of the blessings of home.
His wife does not know where he is at any
time, and there the carriage waits train after
train the night round, every train, perhaps, a
disappointment to those who awaken and hone
and do not hear him come"
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

The census of 1870 will show but little in
crease in the population of New England
while the West has grown so rapidly in the
citizen planting business as to secure the DO.
litical power from the East The Southern
States have had their population increased
nearly two millions of colored men. The mum
Der of representatives to which the States are
entitled in Congress is 24l, and this upon the
basis of one representative to every l27 900
inhabitants 1t is now estimated that the
census of 1870 will show a population not
much short of forty millions of inhabitants.
With the numbers of representatives therefore
at 24l, it will increase the ratio of representa-
tlon for each representative from l27 900 to
l6l 200 inhabitants, and the power will 90 with
the population.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01
STATE AND LOCALS.

SHORT ITEMS.-Last week the types mad,.
us say that Mrs. Bewley had bought the Short.
esS farm. 1t should have been Mr.. Bewlev.
A new post office is established at Herbeson.
Sussex county, and j. &. Thompson appoint.
ed Postmaster. 1t is on the route from George
town to Lcwes. o0
Nathaniel Hcarn, an old and highly esteem
ed citizen of Laurel, Sussex county. died last
Wednesday morning
Miss Olive Logan has been engaged to loo.
ture In MiddetOwn, on Thursday evening. the
10Th OF December, tor the benefit of the Pub-
lic School at that place. Smyrna is waiting for
the hall to be finished and then she NAV lee.
ture here -''
GoldSborOugh's fathers house, near Lewes.
was searched for the murderer, last week. bv
oherlf Layton and pOssee, to no purpose.
The remains of Jas. H. McCollev. late Con-
sui to CallaO, Peru, were inferred at Milford
last Friday. 1t was thought that the shin the
remains were on had fOundered, but she ar.
rived in Baltimore Wednesday.
The pile of wood at the railroad denot at
Mlddletown caught fire Wednesday night, but
was put out after some exertiOn. A little more
progress and it would have consumed all the
buildings.
The apparatus of the Hook and Ladder Com
pany OF Milford are seized for debt and are to
be sold. 1t it is worth anything the town will
be short sighted not to retain it.
Mr. Chas. a. Murphy's sale of stock. Thor
ses, cattle, &c.) at Newark, last week, netted
$1,000 cash. N''''
Mrs. Abigail Frary, of Bridgeton, n. J. died
on Wednesday last, at Odessa, at the residence
OF her grand daughter, Mrs. George. She onlv
came to Odessa on the Saturday previous.
The I. w. Il B. Railroad Company have
sold the locomotive "ThOmas Clayton" to the
KenG County Railroad Company, to be used
Tor construction purposes.
:, Robert q. Fraim, late Register of Wills for
n. Castle co. has been appointed General Trav-
cling Agent of the Delaware Mutual Lite In
Surance 70. for this State in place of George
+. Turner.
One of the finest schooners ever built in
this State Was launched at Frederick on the
10th. She was built by Lacy & IIank. for ],
w. Hall, and named the Jos. T. Con,cqys.
A fox chase came off at Dover last Tuesday
week. The fox succeeded in escaping
Senator Sumner lectured in Wilmington
Monday night on Caste"
The Postotfice at FELTON, was broken into
last wednesday night, and several watches
Another hop is to be given at the Delaware
House in this town on Thursday evening of
next week.
;, DIR. Dawson, of Camden, has again bowed at
Hymen's altar, with the daughter of a promi-
nent gentleman near Frederica.
A girl named Ida Paradv, of Wilmington.
was burned 50 badly by the upsctting and ex'
Plodlng of an oil lamp last Thursday night that
Read the notice to sportsmen in another col
umn. WI
Yesterday was notifying day" in this com.
to - GIT from their residence on or before
March 1st. There will be many changes in
business circles.
Ward & Phillips spread themselves in an
other column.
The weather is lovely.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

Some important changes have recently been
made in wedding etiquette. The card invita-
tons should be issued three weeks before the
marriage, and should be p. divided by the bride s
parents. BrideS-expectant should entirely Sc.
Guide themselves after the cards are issued
At large receptions each guest should leave his
or her visiting card, so that the hostess NAV
be positive who was present There should be
four bridesmaids and groomsmen present at a
wedding. Congratulations are out of place in
church. and should be reserved for the recep
ton. The display of bridal presents is going
out OF fashion among people of taste When
the collation. is announced, the bride and groom
lead the way to the dining room. The brides S
cake is in the centre of the table, and the bride
cuts the first slice. The reception lasts dur
ing the afternoon, and is sometimes followed
by dance in the evening. If the bridal party
go on a tour, their departure is usually the
signal for the guests to disperse The old SUI
perstition of throwing an old shoe after the
happy pair, to insure good luck, is faithfully
observed
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

A CHANGE IN THE CLIMATE OF THE WEST.
"A singular change seems to be creeping Owl
all our Western regions. Summer rains are
rapidly on the increase, and the necessity of
irrigation is lessening, especially for the grain
and slow growing vegetables When the Nor
mons first went to Utah, their was no rain from
April to November; but now Summer showers
are of frequent occurrence. 1t is so in Colora-
do and in California there is growth in the
moisture OF the Summer and lessening need
of artificial watering for the main crops Salt
Lake is growing in size and freshness, and the
Jordon Increasing in width and sluggishness of
movement The whole basin once filed with
water, is slowly returning to its old condition.
The lake is rising at the rate of foot year.
General Conors little steamboat that has been
carrying ties for the railroad across the lake
during the last year, certainly rode a mile over
what was good grazing ground five years before.
Does Providence propose to drown the Nor
nouns out, and with water solve the problem
that is puzzling our moral philosophers and
statesmen2
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

&cy DEAFNESS, Blindness and CATARRll treat,
ed with the utmost success. by j. lsAACs, NJ. D." anu
Professor Of Diseases of the Eye aud Ear in The Meu
cal College oil Pennsylvania, II years experience
Qormerly Of LeydOn, Holland) No. 8u5 Ar'h Street.
Phila. Testimonials can be seen at his office Inc
medical faculty are invited to accompany lhelI pa
tIenis as he has no secrets in his practice. Arllhrl
eyes inserted without pain. No charge for examna
tiOn. jeI7.ly
Smyrna times., 1869-12-01

TIE TIGHT TIMEs.-The shaky condition of
the money market is now one of the leading
themes in the daily papers. The depression
in mercantile circles in New York and Phila-
delphia is described as fearful, and there is no
Disgusting the fact that the shrinkage " so
long predicted, is now approaching. There is
now general expectation abroad in the count
ry, that prices are beginning to falI,-and that
a dollar will be worth more in value a few
months hence than it is now. Consequently,
consumers hesitate to buy except what is abso-
lutey necessary; dealers and jobbers are forced
to make smaller purchases or ito carry heavy
stocks; manufacturers and importers find them
selves with large quantities of goods ON hand
which they are anxious to dispose of, as their
price may continually fall. Money is in de-
mand to carry these various articles, or keen
dealers afoat till they find purchasers. But
lenders are becoming timid in face of falling
market, and great stringcncy shows itself, es,
pecially in the Western cities.