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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-16
How Mrs. Vanderbilt Laid the
Foundation for the Com.
mOdOre,S Fortune.

Somewhere about sixty years ago,
Cornelius Vanderbilt commenced life
by runninga 'perianger'h between Sta
ten Island and New York. During
the day he piled his vocation, and,
whenever his duties permitted, Wis
tied his second cousin, Miss Sophie
johnson, then beautiful girl of six
teen, who also lived on the Island.
Perhaps it was the outburst Of his
first love that made the young
sailor so ambitious, and inspired him
with the energy and enterprise he
has always exhibited. Certain it
Is, however, that the cousins married,
and old folks who knew them will
speak with delight Of the handsome
pair, for they were admitted to be
the comeliest couple Staten Island
has ever produced. It is unnecessary
to trace the Commodore from the
time he was ferryman until he was
promoted, or, more properly, pro-
aoted himself, to the responsible
position Of Captain of steamboat
which piled between New York and
New Brunswick, New Jersey. At
the latter place, however, he was
proprietor of hotel, at which pas
sengers from New York to Philadel-
phia used TO take meals, and occa-
sionally nights rest. TWAS kind
of halfway house. His wife super
intended the hotel while he was en-
gagged in his active aquatic vocation.
One evening, just after his arrival
from New York, and while sitting at
supper, he said to his wife:
"Sophie, wish I had $1,000 in
addition to what / have, to buy
shares in thesteam-boat line; think
1t would be good investment"
"Do you think so, Corneil:" re-
sponded his thoughtful partner.
81 do" said he.
She said nothing more, but next
day consulted Mr.. Gibbons, and he
advised the investment. Next even
ing at supper she accosted her hus-
band thus: @'
"Corneil, I've spoken to Mr.. Glib
bons about buying shares, and as he
approves of the idea, there's the So
600; buy the shares tomorrow"
AS she spoke she took the amount
from one of those old-fashioned pock-
cts that used to be worn under the
dress, and handed it to her astonished
husband. She had saved the money,
unbeknown to him; and it was prob
ably this same money that fioated
the Commodore into fame and for
tune. This incident shows what the
woman was. The money was wisely
sown, and, as is we'll known, the
harvest is great. The subsequent
history of Mr.. Vanderbilt is the in
heritance of all men; and though
the part taken by his wife in build
Ing up his immense wealth cannot
be made public, yet it is safe to say
that with him she bore the burden
and heat of the day, and melted him
by her cheering and courageous
words to embark in great undertake
tngs, and, by her wisdom, conduct
them to successful issues.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-16
TOWN PROPERTY
FOR SALE.

+ OFFER FOR SALE my Residence. one
i block from the Northeast corner Of the
Public Square, Notwithstanding of New
Dwelling House, eentaising Nine Rooms. All
we'll finished, with sxcsilent Cellar, good
We'll and Cistsrn, Barn and Wood house. and
choice variety Of Fruit and 6hrubbery, on
two Lots fenced together.
ALSO NJ BUSINESS ROOMS,
On north and west sidss Of the Public Square.
Of the undsrsignsd,
n. B. KEERER.
Knoxville, Espt. ., 1868. 2,l3N
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-16

To what color does flogging change
boys complexion? 1t makes him
yell-O.
The Aaperialist, the Bourbon organ
at New York, greets Andrew John
son as "a species of moral grandeur"
When Jonah's fellow passengers
pitched him overheard, they evident.
ly regarded him as neither prophet
nor loss.
Josh Billings says: eff I was in
the habit of cussing, wouldn't hest
tate to cuss a .bed-bug right to his
face"
An illiterate correspondent, who is
given to sporting, wants to know
when the "Anglo-Saxon race" 80
much talked about, is to come off.
1t is now said that the reason Chi
cago was not in the line Of the total
eclipse, was because the Lord was
afraid to trust that wicked city SO
long in the dark.
"The blessed man that preached
for us last Sunday" said Mrs. Part
ington, "served the Lord for thirty
years-frst as circus-rider, then as q
locust-preacher, and last as an eX.
hauster."
What's in a name? The New York
World hints at it in the following:
"Miss st. Clair We're de We're, the
newest female suffragan, is a cousin
to Lady Clara. We knew her when
her name was Murphy"
A quaint writer says: 81 have seen
women SO delicate that they were
afraid to ride for fear of the horse
runningaway; afraid to walk for fear
the dew might fall; afraid to sail for
fear the boat might upset; but new
er saw one afraid to be married,
Which is more riskful than all the
others put together"
An editor down South, who served
four days on a jury, says he's SO full
of law that it is hard to keep from
cheating somebody.
A gentleman being asked whether
he was seriously injured when a
steam boiler exploded, is said to have
replied that he was SO used to being
blown up by his wife that mere steam
had no effect on him.
Mr.. Pandurang Venayek Karmar-
kar, teacher, was married in June
last at Bombay to Miss Venu Bal,
widowed sister of Mr.. Waman Prab-
hakar. This was the first public
marriage Of Hindoo widow, and it
took place under the auspices of the
Hindoo Widow Marriage Associa-
ton. The bridegroom was bache-
Tor of % years Of age, while his
better-half was his junior by eight
years.
The editor Of the Dayton Ledger
says he has endeavored several times
to get the name of Samuel Bowles
into his paper, but thepcrverse COM
positor always gets it Bowels.
A shrewd old gentleman once said
to his daughter: "Be sure, my dear,
you never marry poor man. But
remember that the poorest man in
the world is one that has money and
nothing else"
A bachelor, in commenting upon
the large amount which Queen Vic
toria saves annually from her salary,
remarked that "there was a widow
worth going for"
Deaths are reported, in all parts of
the country, Of children poisoned by
eating the ends of lucifer matches.
1t may relieve parents to know that
the little dears can be cured by drink
ing spirits of turpentine.
Ifyou and your sweetheart vote
upon the marriage question, you for
it and she against it, don't fiatter
yourself as to its being tie.
Col. Fitzpatrick killed his wife the
other day in South Carolina, and at
tended her funeral two days after
ward. A real gentleman never
forgets his good-breeding even under
the most fruinU ri rcIIfnsfa noes
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-16

ter varieties for them. They will eat
its leaves, flowers, seeds and stalks
Prairie Farmer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15

A Pittsburg topper, on being consigned to
the lookup the other day, gave his name as
Abe Lincoln. On being told that he must
give bis true name, and further informed
that the late Mr.. Lincoln was not addicted
to drink, he said his name was U. S. Grant.
and he was positive Mat party drank. He
passed.
The building No. 500 Broadway, New
York, occupied rs hat and fur stores by
kingsbury, Abbott, Gay & Co. and l.. &
N. Chaser &c Co., was destroyed by fire on
Monday night last. Loss about $4,000
During the past winter not flake of snow
fell in Portland, Oregon. Only three or
four nights did ice form, and then only of
the thickness of window glass. Sowing and
Planting were going on all winter.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15
Light! Light! Lightly!

Light Light! Light!!!
SAFETY and Economy combined, by using the
y CRESCENT GAS GENERATOR and Ores
CENT OIL. This Oil is nOn-explosive and gives
brilliant light, without the use of lamp-chim-
neys, or the trouble Of cleaning them. Kerosene
Lamps altered to nse the Crescent Oil and Gas
formation and a suppiy of Crescent Oil and Gas
Generator, apply to J.&TR AGNEW.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15
16c. DRESS GOODS

WE open, on MONDAY a pretty line of DRESS
GOODS. at 163c. or yards for s1.OO, really pretty
and certainly CHEAP. We give our patrons from
this date the advantage of our having prompt,
good buyer, located in New York city, ALWAYS in
the market ready for these bargains.
May p r. q sHJyER
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15
Gardening for the South

Gardening for the South,
PY Wm. N. n White, OF Athens, Ga
ID The Grape Culturc-a treatise on the c,;lti-
vation of the native grape. By Fuller.
Phins Grape Culture and Winc-making.
Saunders Practical Treatise ON Farm-yard
Poultry-illusrated.
Breaking a Butterfly. BY Author Of Guy Liv-
Marooner's Island. BY author of Young Ms.
rooners. ."..
Friendships of Women. By Ager.
Anecdotes OF American Clergy.
And many other new books and novels at
DUFFIE Y CHAPMAN'S Bookstore,
april " Under Columbia Hotel
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15

The slave trade, now carried on along the
White Nile and the borders of Abyssinia, is
about to be destroyed, by an expedition
under the well-known traveller Sir Samuel
Baker, acting by authority of a commission
from the Viceroy of Egypt. Baker will
have 1.5OO soldiers under his command, and
Will have at his disposal river steamers and
other suitable means for Transportation. He
will advance up the Nile, destroying the de-
pots OF the slave dealers, and on reaching
the Albert Nyanza, will launch a steam flo.
tilla on that lake, and thoroughly explore
the nelghboring region. The wife of Sir
Samuel Baker. will accompany him.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15
MONTVALE SPRINGS. 1863.


FTlHis favorite Summer resort, situated in Blount
II County, East Tennessee, will be opened for
The marked beneficial results attending the use
OF these waters in functional arrangements of the
Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and Skin, and the euro of
Chronlc Diseases, attest their Medicinal Proper-
ties The buildings at AIontvale are now being re-
paired, reftted and repainted, and everything put
in apple pic order. f
All the accessories for enjoyment and recrea-
ton at the best watering places will be found here
The facilities for reaching Montvae this season
are increased by the extension of the Knoxville
running to Maryville whence passengers are CON
veXcd III coaches to the Springs, nine miles distant
Nates OF Board per day, $3.50: per week, SIC Co;
tainiag analysis and description OF waters, &c.
May 13 In,n
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-15

special Notices.
RB- PHILOSOPHY OF DIARRIAGE.-A
New Course OF LECTURES, as delivered at the
New York Museum Of Anatomy, embracing the
subjects: How to Live and What to Live for;
Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood Generally
and an Nervous Diseases accounted for; Marriage
Philosophically Considered, &c. These lectures
VIII be forwarded on receipt of four stamps, by ad-
"a West Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
ANOTmER AGONY OVER.

The telegraph can inAict us with the
international Boat Race no longer. -
The event has transpired and the Ok
fords have won. Presently the news
papers of the World will get through
discussing the whcrefore's of our de-
feat, and then the Oxford Harvard
contest viii go quietly into oblivion.
The fault may have been in the Cox
swain, it may have. been in the style, oi
rowing in ignorance of the water or in
the style of the boat. More likely the
Harvards were beaten because the Ok
fords were the bigger men. Modern
training seems to aim at emaciation as
the highest form of physical develop
ment. The Harvards were starved on
currants and milk until they attained
an average weight far below their nor.
nal condition and fur below the weight
of their opponents, and one that seem.
ed to be utterly inconsistent with the
laws of good health.
The conflict seems to have been be.
tween American currants and English
roast beef. In such contest the re-
suit could not be doubtful, and thai
the Americans should find their "pow.
er gone" in the middle of the race j.
not wonderful.
The currant diet as n plomotive o.
strength and endurance may be science
but it don't look like common sense.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

GooD.-A SUPERFICIAL highly moral
paper having denounced Gen. Frank
p. Blair for his honorable mention oi
the great Contederates, Gen. Lee,
Sydney A. johnson, and Gen. Stone
wall Jackson, the New York World dc.
fends Blair, and says:
Will not Lee, johnson, and Jack
son be heard of, just as mucr AZ, and
in better light than many of those who
Missed their names? For instance,
Lee invaded Pennsylvania so did
Sheridan the Shenandoah Valley. The
first assailed an army; the second
burnt barns and standing crops, and
boosted that he had left the country
as bare as the palm of q baby's hand. >
Which is the manlier and more Chris.
tianly? Compare johnson and Jack.
son with Butler, Banks and Neal Dow.
What warfare on women and children
and spoons and plate and pianos
stains the records of the former. Bah
gentlemen, your Kisses nre but the an
ticipation of what posterity will give
you.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
THAT AMENDMENT.

The following dispatch from Senator
Casserly to the Examiner shows the
present condition of the 18th Amend
ment.
Those individuals who are congratu-
lating themselves that the Amendment
will be adopted before Oregon has an.
other election are not entirely out OF
the woods.
SEw YonE. August 24.-The records Of shs
State Department show the following regarding
State action on the 18th Amendment:
Coaplese Rah6eatioH-No Carolina. wes
Virginia. Massachusetts, Wisconsin. Maine. Lou
isiana. Michigan. South Carolina. Pennsylvania
Arkansas, cenneeiicnt and PIoFlda-i2.
IDs(setsFe RasiieaGiea - Kansas and Missouri
REJECTED and Kentucky.
The above dispatch Is just received from au
thentic source at Washington. IL Il unquestIona
bly, accuEass, aud shows tho record 10 the Stat
Department. I. cAaAERLT.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
WHAT OF 1T.

The Marysyille appeal quotes Brick
Pomeroy at length as fayoring Chinese
immigration In California. Mr.. Pom
eroy is only hoping for an influx of
Chinese laborers In New York. IF
any other citizen of the aristocratic
City of New York and of the State
wants Chinese immigration they ought
to be allowed to have it. But If these
gentlemen propose to settle the ques-
ton for California, and Oregon, that is
quite another thing. This question
should belong to the people of each
State to be effected by it. There is no
reason why New York shall force Chi
nese population upon California and
rieerersa. Neither does it matter wheth-
er Mr.. Pomeroy or any other man or
number of mea have this idea respect
ing this matter or that. The question
Is capable Of an easier solution. Do
the men acho loorE tcd1,t their acaqes les
se'sed ? Do The men tcto erpectto Ece
IN Htls country tca,a its population de-
gradedf z That is all there is of it. II
you will designate the man who is will
ing to procure the reduction of his own
daily earnings from 81 so or 81. 90 to
40 or so cents per day, we will cheer
fully concede that there are more won
ders under the sun than we are yet
aware of. Such man Is certainly 9
radical, and never can be anything
else
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
THE LATEST SENSATION.

The latest sensation is created by
Mrs. Fl. B. Stoves forthcoming book
the life of Lady Byron. The book
charges Lord Byron with incest with
his half-sister, Mrs. Leigh. Mrs.
Stoves authority. is Lady Byron, and
she claims to have no other. The pre-
vailing opinion seems to be that the
publication is simplymonstrous. Mrs.
Leigh died some years since, having
passed through life with spotless rep
utation. And it now remains to be
seen whether the simple statements of
a woman wholly unsupported shall be
successful in covering name with dis
grace that was borne in honor through
life. The world will be slow to con-
denim these persons who have passed
beyond the opportunities of defence,
upon the accusation of the most un-
happy Lady Byron,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
APREsHDENTEAE takNAGEREE.
P,naident amnt and Ais shIw hn,

s II.
President GTant and his shbw have
finally reached Manchester, in New
Hampshire. The date Of thI event is
August 26, and the description there
of by the telegraph is as follows:
president Grant and party reached this city
this afternoon. and received ct he station by
the Mayor in short speech, TO which no briefly
replied, and then proceeded to visit tAg print works
where be was welcomed by the operatives. The
party afterwards rode through the principal streets
Of tho city, which were fully decorated. They
left for Concord at p. ".
Long before this he has probably
exhibited himself to the gaping multi
tude in the streets of Concord. While
the President is everywhere except at
Washington, his friends are excusins
his conduct by informing us that Mr..
Buchanan resorted every year to Bed
ford; that President Pierce visited the
Crystal Palace atNew York and tha;
President jackson spent several weeks
of his vacation at Fortress Monroe
But If these gentlemen, or any of them
resorted to bathing in the sea, they
did not take the precaution to have an
artist on the spot and they did not os.
tentatiously ride through the principal
streets of the cities they visited, re,
ceiving presents and edifying the boys
The good old Peter Stuyvesant is the
only historical character that offers
anything like parallel to Mr.. Grant
For If the history be true the yenera
bic Governor did ride through the
Connecticut towns with smiling as.
pect, waving his hand with inexpressi
bic majesty and condescension ;" veri
" believing ''that the old clothe:
which these ingenious people had
thrust into their broken windows and
the festoons of dried apples and
peaches which ornamented the fronts
of their houses were so many decora-
tions in honor of his approach. =
There is a remarkable likeness between
the reception given the great Captain
and his party and that of Peter and
has party-consisting of himself and
Antony Van Corlear mounted upon his
calico mare, for sober history saws that
the little children ran after the Dutch
man ''in troops staring with wonder
at his regimentals, his birthstone
breeches and the silver garniture OF
his wooden leg" These two remarka-
bic and ostentatious exhibitions of hu-
man greatness have nearly the same
location and are only about 800 years
apart. It is due to one of these char
acters to say that when it comes to
sea-bathing at Long Branch or to the
festivities of the ballroom, the COM
parison utterly fails.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

Stokes urges general removal Of Sen
ters officers in Tennessee. He has fiIed
q list in the Post Office Department and
one in the Treasury, which he hopes to
have acted upon this week. The plans Of
the Stokes men are regarded as Of the
most extreme character by the officials 10
whom they have been submitted. They
involve the eventual recognition Of Stokes
and his legislature as the choice Of the
legal votes of Tennessee.
LONDON, Aug. 30.--The article 10 the
Atlantic Monthly, by Mrs. Stowe, on Lord
and Lady Byron, creates considerable ex-
citement. The TelegropL comments edi.
torially, and says: Without further ex-
pIanation, this fearful story cannot be ae-
credited as true. The Post says, the question
arise, whether in the absence Of authority,
this article cannot be relied upon as Lady
Byroa's own statement.
ALBANY, Aug. 31.-The Democratic
State Convention is called for Sept. 22d
at Syracuse.
A Washington special says that Bur-
liDgame has telegraphed TO the Govern.
ment stating that il was not understood
that the Chinese government would ratify
the treaty before his return. He denies
that the treaty has been rejected by Chins.
Gov. Seuter had an interview with the
President at noon, when the matter Of
calling the old Legislature together to
ratiIy the Fifteenth Amendment was dis
cussed. Senter passed the opinion that
the new Legislature would ratify, and it
was agreed not to be advisable to assem-
bic the old Legislature on account Of the
legal doubt of its right to sit.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

That COTTAGE BY THE SEA.-The New
port correspondent of the New York
Figaro says: Mrs. Geo. Francis Train 8
cottage, which was built under her own
direction last winter, is at the end OF
the avenue, and has the best view OF
the sea to be obtained"
That, we suppose, settles it that
Geo. Francis really has cottage "by
the sounding sea"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
CALIFORNIA ELECTION NEWsl
SpetIaI Dlspat.Aes 10 The "Dsmesrat.

SAN FnAsclsco, Sept. a. selby's ma
jority for Mayor isi126.
Sacramento county elects the entire
Democratic ticket.
[Selby is the fusion candidate fol
Mayor against McCoppin, Democrat.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

WHo NExr?-A short time since it
vas announced that the infamous
Stanton was coming to this coast. 1t
is now authoritatiyely stated that Beast
Butler will leave Massachusetts on the
18th Of August for California. Some
of the evils of the Pacific Railroad are
now becoming apparent.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

New DIGoINGs.-The Idaho World states
that rich gold diggings have been struck on
Loon Creek, tributary of the south fork of
Salmon river, about l2O miles from Idaho
City. Everybody is rushing thither. and
gold has been taken from the mines which
assays $i7 per ounce,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

The following choice morsel of liter
ature is from the Vancouver Register,
one of the organs of the "God-and
morally and all-of-the-decency" party.
We shall probably soon sec it quoted
in some San Francisco papers as Dem
ocratic slang:
1--WE simply say that whoever said VIC uttered the
above is lying son OF q female canine. The ed
itor of tho Oregon City Enterprise know he Waa
lying ct tho time he published It,"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

GoNE BACK ON IT.-We have received q
circular from tho Medical Department of tho
Willamette University, wherein the time.
honored WaIlamet has no place. The Uni
versity has always been tho especial cham.
pion Of the Indian name for the beautiful
river" and it isa little surprising that it
surrendcrs its photography. But it is so,
and WalIamet succumbs to Willamette.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

AT SALEx.--Hon. VIM. ii. Seward is sup.
posed to bein Salem to-day. He will return
TO Portland on Tuesday. AS be was not in.
vited to visit Albany we shall probably not
see him.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

RAmEoAD.-It is reported that twen-
ty miles of grading on the East Side
railroad will be completed by the 18th
inst.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

GREATNESS ExEMPL1FTED.-We take
the following from the Herald of the
1st inst:
"Hc [Goy. Woodsl patted tho writer "of these
fow lines" on tho back yesterday. But he didn't
mean anything moro than usual. The fact Is, the
Governor likes us. and his pats were Glove pats"
That's all And socially we like him--"you BET" /"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04

Too Sick TO Go.-President Grant
and every member of his Cabinet =
Secretary Rawlins excepted-are ab-
sent from Washington. Rawlins is too
sick to leave, which accounts for his
presence. ''Eet us have peace.