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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-02
The nssatAmi.ns

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Prussians lost in
killed in the battle before Amiens, IL
officers and l,@00 privates. The French
army north is in a state of disorganiza-
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Senator Sumner lcctured last evening at
Steinway Hall, New York, on the ''Duel
between France and Prussia" CrOwdep
an liencs.
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That s2a.OOO Watch Race.

The match between American and
English race horses for $25, 900, two mile
heats, arranged at the reunion of the lead
ing turfmen of this country at the Balti-
more Race Meeting, has fallen through.
The becker of the English horse, failed to
name his representative at the time ap-
pointed, and in consequence has had to
pav $500 forfeit.
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NEW YORK.
MOrIuaFy,

New YORK, Dec. deaths for the
week, 462, being four less than last week.
LOuisiana's Radical Majority.
The Radical majority in the State of
I Louisiana is "a. 643.
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The French Claim the Victory at
Baume.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-NOon-The French
claim to have won the victory at Bsume
Ia Rolande, little village 10 the Depart
ment of the Loire. The French say the
victors were young conscripts under fire
for the first time. They were gallant and
steady. The French forces have recov-
cred within the past few days the follow
ing places lately held by the Germans:
Bessie Nogent, lie Barnard and S.. Calais,
in the Department of Larthe, Mantoire
and Mandonbleau, in the Department of
the Loire Et Cher and Montargis in
the Department of the Loire.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-02
Prussians Abandon their Positions
on the Losre-A Nine Hours Fight

LONDON, Dec. lit is said that
the Prussians have suddenly evacuated
Amiens, retiring on Paris. This move
ment is regarded atLille as very significant.
In the latter city it is believed that great
battle is proceeding around Paris to-day,
The last number of the Paris Moniteur
chronicles six military executions.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
SUSPENSION OF LIFE.-A Queer
Theory.

1t il said that in the tombs of the
Metropolis of ancient Egypt two kinds
of mummies have been found. One is
incomplete--that is to say oil organs
necessary foi life have been separated
from them; the other, on the contra
ry, is quite complete. Having observ-
ed this, n Swedish chemist, DIR, Gruss-
elback, who has the reputation of be-
ing both great and learned, Professor
Mt the University of Upset, has come
to the conclusion that the Egyptian
mummies are not all, as has been said
and believed for some thousand OF
years, bodies embalmed by any process
of preservation whatever, but that they
are really the bodies of individuals
whose life has been momcntarially
suspended with the intention of res
toring them Mt some future time, only
the secret Of preservation has been
lost. Meanwhile Professor Grussel-
back adduces many proof in support
of his idea; among others his expert
ments during the last ten years, which
he says have always proved successful.
He took snake and treated it in such
n manner as to benumb 1t as though it
had been carved i'll marble, and it was
so brittle that had he allowed it TO fall
it would have broken into fragments.
In this state he kept it for several
years, and then restored it 10 life by
sprinkling it with stimulating fluid,
the composition of which is secret.
For fifteen years that snake has been
undergoing m existence composed OF
successive deaths and resnrrections,
apparently without sustaining harm.
The Professor is reported to have sent
n petition to his Government request
ing that n criminal who has been con-
demned TO death may be given to him
TO be treated i'll the same manner as
the snake, promising to restore him to
life i'll two years. 1t is understood
that the man who undergoes this ex-
pertinent is to be pardoned.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
ANOTHER EsTE.n.s CANAL.

The French seem to pioneer all the
great international canal projects. A
ship-canal through one of the Central
American isthmuses is the next grand
project for which international trade
impatiently waits. Lucien dc Puydt,
q native f'renchman, Chains TO have
discovered route very much shorter
than any hitherto designated. His cx-
plorations have been continued for
nine years past, and, after prodigious
ex rtions and hardship, have, he be-
lieyes, been finally crowned with sue
cess. A company, with heavy capital,
has been formed i'll Central Emerica
and France, and the project now
awaits only the assent of the Colum-
bian Congress, in order to be put in
the way of practical execution. 1t will
cost about SIC, 200, 600, and may be
completed in three years, or in five, at
the farthest. The Columbian govern
ment is asked to furnish the capital, in
return for which it will be put in pos
session OF the work whenever the lat
ter is finished. Then, half of the pro-
ceeds are to go the advancers of the
loan, and the other half to the Gov
ernment, for the interest and sink
ing fund, to repay the capital. The
line of this canal commences at the
fine, roomy harbor of Puerto Escon-
dido, upon the Atlantic; it runs to-
ward the valley of Turgandi, and then
follows the Tanela river, to the mag
nifcent pass which the new discoyerer
has named the In,ela Paya or Eureka,
in token of his delight when he found
it. At that point the loftiest height to
be passed is not more than $50 feet
above the level of the sea- The. pass
opens, as though cleft there expressly
by the hand of Providence, between
two splendid peaks, known as the Pico
de Esfola and the Pico de Mti, respect
lively, about 800 and / ,2C0 feet high.
Thence the line sweeps through the
valley of the Pucro to the Pacific
Ocean. The countries through which
this new canal is to pass are represent
ed as favorable in the extreme, and
the region on either side would contri-
butte richly to it's traffic.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
VI. ROCHEFORT AND THE ARMY
Of FRANCE.

The Paris Pays gives an account of a
visit lately paid by five military officers
to the chef editor Of the Norseilinise, 10
consequence of the manner in which the
Frcnch army was spoken Of in the series
of articles entitled LA Tribune Militairc."
These officers" says the writer, rcprcscn-
ted nil the grades Of the military hicrar-
chy that is TO say, there was II colonel,
n chcf-dc-batallion, captain, Il lieutenant
aud sub lieutenant, 50 the step took mp.
peared TO be sanctioned BY the whole
regiment. The Colonel spoke FIRST, aud
addressing VI. Rochstort made him clear.
u undcrsIand the object of their coming.
The reply of ". Roehcfort was per-
fcc,ly courteous aud nearly 60 the follow
ing cffcc;.-'My fellow laborcrs and my.
self have no complaint TO make against
officers for whom We feel personally much
esteem. Only our military tribune is the
political lever which we use to disorgan-
ize the army, the only way t. demolish
the empire To this the Colonel replied
that his officers had nothing to do with
politics aud least of all in the officers of
the Marseiiaise, but that NJ. Rochefori
might hold it for certain that If he did
not put stop to his offensive articles he
would have TO make his choice in the re-
prration that would be demanded Of him,
ei her by beginning with the Colonel or
with the Sub Lieutenant. The staff of
the joural accepted the lesson. and since
that day We arc happy TO see they have
put mute on the string of their calum.
uies"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
MARRIED LIFE.

In domestic happiness, the wife's in
huence is much greater than her hus-
band s; for, the one, the first cause
mutual love and confdence-beine
granted, the whole comfort of the
household depends upon trifies more
Immediately under her jurisdiction -
BY her management of small sums,
her husbands respectability and cred
it are created or destroyed. No for
tune can stand the constant leakages
Of extrayagances and mismanagement
and more is spent in trifes than wo-
men would easily believe. The one
great expense, whatever it may be, is
turned over and carefully reflected on
ere incurred-the income is prepared
to meet it; but it is pennies impercep-
tibly .iding away which do the mis-
chief; and this alone the wife can stop,
for it does not come within q mans &
province. There is often an unsuspec-
ted trife to be saved in every house
hold. 1t is not in economy alone that
the wife's attention Is SO necessary
but in those niceties which make we'll
regulated house. An unfinished cru
et-stand, a missing key, buttonless
shirt, soiled tablecloth, n mustard
pot with its old contents sticking hard
and brown about it, are severally moth
ings, but each can raise an angry word
or discomfort. Depend on it, there s
n great deal of domestic happiness in
a well-dressed mutton-chop or q tidy
breakfast. table. Men grow sated OF
beauty, tired of music, are often too
wearicd for conversation, however in
tellectual, but they can always appre-
ciate well-swept hearth and smiling
comfort. A woman may love her hus-
band devotedly, may sacrifice fortune,
friends, family, and country for him
she may have the genius of a Sappho,
the enchanting beauties of an Armida;
but-melancholy fact-if with these,
she fail to make his home comfortable,
his heart will inevitably escape her ::
and women live SO entirely in the af-
fections that, without love, their ex-
istence is void. Better submit, then,
to household tasks, however repugnant
they may be to your tastes, than doom
yourself to loveless home. Women
of higher order of mind will not run
this risk they know that their femin.
inc, their domestic are their first du-
ties.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

Since the Radicals have had control oi
Congress there has been no instance oi
contest for Democrats seat in which
the Democrat has not been unscated and
his opponent seated. No matter wha,
the majority was-whether fifty or FIVE
hundred, the result was the same. The
examples OF this kind have been numer-
ous and are still occurring. Only the
other day the notorious Covodc, of Penn
sylvania, was given the place OF a Demo
crat. In the last Congress Voorhees, was
turned out without right or decency.
We all remember the infamous treatment
of Stockton, of New Jersey; and yet, in
view of these precedents, Democrats OF
the California Senate seem disposed to
act with magnanimity unknown to their
political adversarics.- Examiner.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
COLONEL BAKERS MASSACRE
OFTkIE INDIANS.

| When the news came from til,
Plains, some weeks since, that mill
tary force, under Colonel Baker, hat
attacked an Indian camp, and slaagL
tered nearly every soul in it, includ
ing decrepit old men, and holples,
women and children, tho blood cur
died with horror ut the recital of sucl
cowardly and inhuman butchery. The
public could scarcely credit the report
and the press generally withheld it,
condemnation till more authentic in.
formation was received. That has f.
nally come, from u semi-oilicial source
and it shows Colonel Bakers attack tc
have been simply sickening and un.
necessary slaughter, and that the
original accounts failed to adequately
display its atrocity. The information
in auestionis is contained in letter from
Vincent Collyer, OF the 22nd, dated
from the Board of Indian Commission.
ers, Department of the Interior. The
PiegaLs, of Montana, was the tribe at
tackled. The affair has not one merit
to redeem its cowardly blackness.
Though the troops largely outnum-
bered the Indians, the latter were no;
called upon To surrender, but were
shot down without mercy. 1t would
not have been so bad, If the Indian
party had consisted solely of able bod
led warriors; perhaps. in that case, it
would have been proper to have killed
them like vermin, considering the in
humanity of their warfare; but such
was not the case. One hundred and
seventy-three unresisting people were
shot to death. ON the spot. That they
were unresisting IS shown in tho cx-
tent of our losses-Sone man killed, aud
one man "Hj,ord Ia faiiuig from has
hOrs :" OF the 173 Indians slain, only
II and 81 years old, while nj any rate,
only twenty-five were between the out
side fighting ages of twelve To sixty
nine. Besides these, there are eight
men killed over 60. Take these alto
gether, and we hive conceivable re-
sisting strength Of just thirty-threc.
OF the remaining 14o, 81 were women,
more than half over 10 years of age;
and the other 30 were children. MANY
of the children" says AIr. Collyer,
''were iii their parents arms" and al
were under Il years of age"
These are the horrible facts. No
wonder that the press il beginning to
express the detcstation felt 10y the coun-
try at such display of barbarity, and
no wonder the subject enSro3sed the
attention OF Congress, ut length, on
Friday The New York Times de-
mands that Congress inquire into this
massacre. If the slaughter of the Pic-
gans is n fair specimen of General
Sheridan's proposed Indian policy,
put in practice, let the names of Sheri-
dan and Baker be handed down to in
fanny.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
TEA AND COFFEE.


Taking into account the habits o.
tho people, TED and coffee for supper
and breakfast add to human healtl
and life, il a ingle cup be taken ut ei
ther meal, and is never increased in
strength, frequency or quantity. Il
they were mere stimulents, and taken
thus i'll moderation and with uniform.
ity, they would, in time, become ei.
ther inert, or the system would be.
come 30 habituated TO their employ.
ment as to remain in tho same relative
position TO them rs if they had never
been used, and, consequently, as 10
themselves, they had better never been
used, as they are so liable to abuse.
But science and fact unite in declar-
ing them to be nutritious M well as
stimulant; hence they will do new
good to the system every day, and To
the end of life, just as bread and fruits
do; hence, wenever get tired of either.
Bnt the use of bread and fruits il dai-
ly abused by multitudes, and dyspep-
sia and cholera-morbus result. Yet
we ought no to forego their employ
ment on that account, nor should we
forego the use of tea and coffee be-
cause their inordinate use gives neu-
ralsies and other ailments.
But the habitual use Of tea and cof-
fee, mt the first and last meals of the
day, has anothes high advantage-it is
productive Of inculculable good in the
way of ayerting evils.
We will drink ut our meals, and II
we do not drink these, we will drink
what Is worse-co cold water, milk, or
alcoholic mixture. The regular use OF
these last will lead the young TO drunk
enncss; the considerable of milk at
meals, by sedcntary people-by all,
except the robust-will either consti-
pate or render bilious; while cold wa
ter, largely used-that is, to the ex-
tent Of glass or two at meal, espe-
cinlly IN cold weather-attracts to it.
self so much OF the warmth of the sys-
TEN, III raising said water to the tenn
perature of the body (about one hum
dred dcgrecs), that the process of di-
gestion is arrested; in the meanwhile
giving rise to n deathly sickness of the
stomach, To twisting pains, to vomit-
ings, to purgings, and even to cramps,
TO fearful eontortions and sudden
death, which things would have been
ayerted had even the same amount OF
liquid, in the shape of warm tea or cof-
fee, been used. But as tea and coffee
are now universal beverages, are on
every table, and everybody is expected
To take one or the other us a matter oil
course, they are unwittingly the means
of safety and OF life TO multitudes.
They save life where n glass of cold
water would have destroyed il. So that
the use of these beverages is not mere
ly allowable, bnt it is polite, it is n
necessity Halls Journal Of Health.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

A REVOLVING BATTERY TO BE Worn
ON THE PERsoN.-Wc clip the following
from the Partisan correspondent Of the
New York Mercantile Journat:
"The newest inventions of double re-
peating pistols and impenerable breast
eclipscd by the suggestion of a facetious
mechauist, who proposes to furnish, at
comparatively light expense, a reoofre,
battery belt, which the individual using
it has merely to fasten around his body
in order to be nearly as formidable as a
whole squad of armed men. He may
have as many as six rows of revolver bar.
rels, one above the other, issuing from
the belt, and, by the aid of a spring ;-car
fire and reload them all at once. There
would be pleasant customer in crowd!
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

WATER on THE SrovE.-It is custo.
mary to put an open vessel of waite,
on stove to prevent the air of room
in winter from getting too dry; thus
by filling the air with steam, it is rem
dered ju as much less nutritious to
the lungs and blood as if filed to that
extent with the fumes of dead car
cass. This damp atmosphere has
something of a steaming process on
the skin, and thus renders the person
extremely liable to catch cold as soon
as he goes into the open air. We
want the air of a stove ventilated,
changed for pure air from without,
not to fill it with the vapor of water.
The only way yet known to improve
the air of any room warmed by artif-
cial heat, is to open a door or window
from time to time, as while the family
are at table eating their regular meals.
Halls Journal Of Heath.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

A superstitious clown went to the
clergyman of his parish, and told him
with great symptoms of CONSERVATION
that he had seena great ghost "Where
did you see it?" was the question
"Why," said Diggory, "asI was go
ing, and please your reverance, by the
church, right up against the wall, I
sees the ghost. ''In what shape did
it appear" For all the world like q
great ass" $50 home and hold your
tongue said the clergyman, 'sfor you
are very timid creature, and have
only been frightened by your own
shadow,'
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

DURING the war, and while Dayid Tod
was Governor Of Ohio. the latter was ar
rested on Warrant sworn out before
Judge Van Trump. who was then a Cir
cult or common Please JUDGE forget
which-at Lancaster. The arrest grew
ont Of the Edison b. Odds case, think.
and was based upon Tod's allowing a c;ti-
zen Of Ohio to be taken from the State
without due process Of law. Atany rate,
Tod had to appear before Judge Van
Trump as defendant. The War De-
par,ment here Instantly authorized him
10 employ counsel; and an eminent law
yer of Lancaster was retained The
amount Of service be rendered was very
trifling. My informant say she has known
the same lawyer to 90 more work for $50
than be did in this case. Yet the United
States Government had TO pay him for
services rendered" in the defense OF
Tod, fourteen thousand dollars. And
that amount was paid cut Of the Treasu.
ry. The rules of the Department requir
ed the Endorsement OF the Judge to tho
bill. Judge Van Trump. however, re-
fused to indorsc the bill of fees. but i,
was paid, nevertheless Washington
CJrrezpoHdent of Cincinnati Enquirer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

MAxIMs. Think before you speak
before whom you speak; what you
speak. Hate not each other because
you differ in opinion, rather love each
other; for it is impossible that in such
variety of sentiments, there should
not be some fixed point on which al
men ought to unite. We should new
er blush at owning that we have beer
in fault, for it is equivalent to saying
"I am wiser to-day than I was yes
terday."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25

Curran, conversing with Sir Thom-
as Burton, happened to remark that
he could never speak in public for q
quarter of an hour without moistening
his lips; to which Sir Thomas replied
that in that respect he had the advan-
tage of him. 81 spoke;' said he, "the
other night in the House of commons
for five hours, on the Nabob of Dude,
and never felt the least thirsty" cit is
very remarkable, indeed" reioined
Curran, "for every one agrees that was
the driest speech of the session.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-25
A. an enthusiastic Metbod;st meet;,

At an enthusiastic Methodist meeting
among the negroes in Blount county, N
c., last week, the mourners' bench was
crowded with penitents, when one o.
them, sable damsel of elcphantic pro
portions, sprang to her feet crying. III
dis nigga had de wings OBJ June bus
she'd fly right to heben." Her enthusi
asm was checked at that juncture by ;
matter-of-fact sister, who raised her heat
and brought the new converts Thoughts
back from the ideal, thusly: You fool
what do you mean? If you had a jun
bugs wings, don't you know woodpeck
ord gobble you fore you'd got half
mile ?"