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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09
Wonders of Easter Island

In the middle of the vast Paoinc
Onaan three thousand miles distant
from the nearest continent, rises the
Tnvstorious Easter Island, aboundlng
With the remains of remote antiquity,
which greatly interested and Perpiexed
a party of savants who recently VISITED
them. The island is about forty miles
in circumference, barren, without trees,
destitute of resources, inhabited Dy
few savapes, who lead the most mlsera-
BILE existence imaginable.
But upon this marrow strip OF land, SO
barren and unproductive, the astomshed
eve of the explorer beholds forest OF
gigantic stone statues, about tne oIign
and meaning of which the race dWelIne III
around know absolutely nothing. Inc
smallest of these statues measure tnlrty
feet. and few attain the ncredlple u-
mensions of fifty feet. Some repose up
on long platforms constructed IN tne
cvclopean manner; the greatest portion
of them wear crowns about SIX feet ID
HEIGHT formed of volcanic tufa, which
have evidently been placed upon these
.tatues after their erection. Ihe lore
heads of these statues are retreatlng ano
tbe months prominent, which Indlca-
tions NAV probably reveal the race VINO
constructed them.
Asrepards the workmanship displayed
mon them. IL is rude and clumsy, al.
tbouah not destitute of character and
aInression. The questions CONCERNING
them. presented for solution, are: What
do thew represent whose handlwort
are thew and how came they there
There are no metals In Easter Island
nor even in Slick; only few hard spe
, c;es of stone are found capable OF beln(
, fashioned into axes, with which perhap
those MYSTERIOUS statues were hewn
] The stone of which they are composed
is foTnd neither upon the island nor an.
of the surrounding islands; there nun
{ ber. dimensions, and character, 1orInln'
a a strange contrast to the narroWness an
!. poverty of the place whereon they az
constructed.
How could this barren island hav
nourished race of men capable OF rSl:
inc such mountains Where is TN
raee7 What country do they still II
babit2 In reply to these speculalon'
+ several scientific men of great author
% ~ hazard the opinion that the lslan
" IN question is only one of the summit
= of the submerged continent which ge.
r logical evidence proves at one time
s, have occupied the whole of that part
n tbe Pacific which is how called PoI
10 nesia. Several also show grounds i
i believing that the statues ID quesut
n, nresent Mexican piysiognomy,. al
< nav have been the work OF one OF u
kindred races of that people. Sever
= e it, ,,,oDumants are now on the
It way to the British Museum wneIe , ~
t. hoped, additional light viii be thro'
lie upon them.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

NJ AIPHoNsE KARR has addressed 1iG
following letter to The Steele; 4
write from Tours to you The peasant
;s hostile to the defense and to Francs
tirours. More than once the latter, al
ter having killed few Prussians, have
been compelled to withdraw, and the
enemy has burnt the village which they
had defended. The peasant has an IN
ordinate love for his property, wnlch ch
represents to him the fruit OF so mScn
labor and so many privations; Inc
country is only second thought II
he does not fight it is not on
account of any fear of death, but
because he fears to expose his properly
to any risk. The government, there
fore. ought to announce to all proper
ties houses or lands, defended by then
owners are assured and guaranteed D!
France. Injuries will be compensate
by the State. Every property not de
tended by its owner will be assesse'
with taxes for the assurance OF proper
/, ties which are defended by their own
/, / ers
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

Is describing the scenes that followed
the surrender of Metz, the correspond
eut of London journal says: A touch
inc incident occurred as l was walking
down a street. A veterinary surgeon OF
the Ambulance Corps came up, and salo;
scSionsieur, my horse is dying for want
of food; / have ridden him for four
Years: he has shared my rations, and
IatterIy nv bed; for three days have
had nothing to give him to eat. GIVE
him something; save the poor thing
life. and take him for your own; ne is
GOOD and faithful beast; you Will neye,
Teoret it.n / Immediately accompanied
the man, and on my way l bought twc
ioayes of bread, which we cut up as We
walked along. Arrived at the shee
where his horse stood, the poor peas
t1rned his head toward his master, anS
neiohed out a welcome, though SO veal
that he could scarcely move. The man
rushing up to his horse, threw ms arm
around his neck, and, while the tear
stood in his eyes, cried out, "Iu 9
eauvei tn es sauvei"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09
From the Atlantic Monthly for December.
THE PRAYER-sEEKER.


Along the aisle where prayer was Elsde
A woman, al ir black arrsyed,
Close veiled, between the kneeltng hoss
With gliding motion Of gnosi,
Passed 10 the desk and laid thereon
scroll which bore these woros ,aono-
R.st from the place Of worshipping
she rifded IKE guiltF fhing.
T1hs rlstie Of her drsperies, stirred
Hv hurrying feet, alone WAS heard;
Thi1e, fun Of awe, the preacher read,
Az cut into the dark she sped:
"Pray for mel"
Back TO the night from whence she came,
To unimagined grief or shnmei
Across the threshold Of that door
None knew the burden that she bore;
Alone she left the written scroll,
The legend Of . troubled soul
Pray for me!
Glide on, poor ghost Of woe or SIN
Thou leay'st common need within;
Each bears Hke thee, some nameless weight
Some misery inarticulAte.
Some household borrow al msstd,
EALAP Pray Tor ust i
Pass ori The type Of Al thou art
ead witness to the common heart
win face h ven sad seal on LIP E-4
In mute and strange conpani5nship, - ~-as
Ifke thee we wander 70 and fro, --s
Dumbiy fmploring as We 60:
Z - e.,-5 Pray for usi
All Who shan prcy, since he who pleads
Our want perchance hath grceter needsf
Yet fheyvho make their loss the gain -r
OF others shall not ask h vain,
And Heaven bends low to hear The prayer
Of love from lips Of sslf-despsir:
Pray for usi
e.
In win remorse and fear and hate
3 Beat with bruised hands against fafe
Whose walls Of iron only move =,
And open 70 the touch OF love,
He only feels HIS burdens tan a-.-
Who, taught by suffering, pities Al
Pray for usf
he ursyefh best who lesvee unguessed
The mysteries Of anotheras breast;
why cheeks grow pale, why eyes oernoE,
Or heads sre white, thou needst not Know.
Enough to note by many sign
ThaE every heart hath needs LIE thinss7 e..
PRAY for US 49, =
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

MIS-. SARAH JANE HAuE, the we'll
known authoress, is native Newport,
n H and in 1852 was dress-maker IN
that village. She is now seventy,fiy
years old, and resides IN Phlladeipnia-
MRs. BonnEs has knocked one sob
iectionn entirely out of sight BY the
statement that an invention has been
nerfected in Boston by which the cradle
can be satisfactorily, securely and con-
tinuously rocked while the women go to
vote.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

WINNIE REAM is in Berlin.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

SUrERvrsoR Emery, of Tennessee,
writes that under the new ruling OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau, allowing the
nae Of certain mechanical means OF dls-
tiIlation; several hundred new distller-
les viii be started
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

DIR. DECHAUMoSr, 81 English lecturer
on military hygiene, regards tea, conee
or cocoa the best beverages 70 work on.
He considers the issue OF spirit rs1iohs ,
to soldiers a mistake, but thinks thas =
moderate ration of good beer OF rea
vine would be beneficial
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29

1--WE favor the payment Of the public dsLt Of
the United States rapidly rs practicable; all
moneys drawn from the people by taxation, except
so much as is requisite for the necessities OF the
Government, economically administered being
honestly applied to such payment, and where the
obligations of the Government do not expressly
state upon their face, the law under which ihey
were issued does not provide that they shall be
paid in coin. they ought, in right and in Justice
to be paid in the lawful money of the United
States.-safioHaE Democratic Platform OF IsGS.
Resolved, That the assumptions of the opposi-
.on that the Democratic party is in favor of repu-
dating the public debt. and that it is in favor Of
nuilihcation and secession, are slander"us and
falsc.-OregoH Democratic Platform Of 1866.
Resolred, That good faith asd justice to all de-
mands that the public debt shall be paid in like
currency as contracted, and we favor action by
Congress submitting United States securities to
be taxed as other prvperty.-Ore9on Democratic
Platform Of 1865.
We are willing to pay national debt in stric;
compliance with cur contracts. whether i. was
made payable in gold Or greenbacks, but VIC are
unwilling to do more than that; and we declare
that the fye-twenty bonds payable in green
bucks or tbcfr equivalent; aud we condemn the
policy of the Administration which IS sauaudering
millions of money by buying such bonds at a high
rate of premium when the Government had the
clear right to redeem them II par.-E.diana Dem
oerafic Platform Of 1870.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29
4 PARALLEL CASE.

Human Experience exhausted its
originality long since. The events of
to-day are only repetitions, in mod
flied form perhaps, of the events of
other days. Whether in the wide
range of history or in the limited one
that circumscribes the single individ-
ual it is the same. Go where we may,
there are always footprints before
us.
These reflections are forced upon us
by the manner in which the Radical
newspapers and orators treat the Sth
resolution of the Albany platform.
We aver that it is not the first time
that men have been afflicted by an
incurable madness by which they were
prompted to fight enemies when and
where there were no enemies. Upon
reading the Oregonian of the 25th
and observing the valorous manner
in which the editor of that paper makes
still another onslaught upon what he
is pleased to consider reputation, we
were reminded of famous individual
of the long ago of whose valor and
discretion the faithful historian has
not preserved more fitting illustrs-
ton than this
!" As they were thus discoursng, they perceive c
some thirty or forty windmlls that are IN that
n nj.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29

Their conduct, indeed. in this particular. war
rants belief ip the report heard while 10 Salem
last week--.bat the old Salem band Of Democrats
fso esiledl actively bat furtiycly trading
other candidates iie State ticket for the prom.
ise Of votes for Grover. and that Slater, for Con
gress. and Patterson. for State Printer. were tbt
two who offered IN sneE.ace for Dir. Groycri
benefit cDnaHsereiai. 4s
We suppose that We ought TO be really
grateful fnr the manifestations Of disinter
estci interest in the concerns nf The Demo
cratic party that VIC find ia o Mcara's paper
But, really, we can't afford it. The yer,
ingenious and dex,rnus editor has our adni
ration, though. His tactics dn him honor
By such insidious means he NAV succeed il
dividing The Democratic party as easily n
Archim;des might have succeeded in givins
the earth tiit--onIy in this case, as in that
the parties hav Mt got the necessary footing
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29
TAXING STOCK IN NATIONAL
BANKS.

The Supreme Court of the United
States sustain Kentucky in taxing the
Stock in National Banks. We trust
that the Oregon Legislature at its
coming session will see to it that the
institution ut Portland, called the Ma
tional Bank, is notallowed to escape tax
alton any longer. A Bill accomplish.
ing this object passed the last Legis-
lature but at too late a day to receive
the Governors signature before the
disruption Of the Assembly Indeed
it is very questionable whether tho
Governor would have signed it. The
Bill in question passed the Senate by
o strict party vote, but nnaccountably
received several republican votes in
the House.
There is no substantial or even
plausible reason why National Banks,
should enjoy the protection of govern
ment and at the same time exemption
from any part in the burdens of taxa
ton and no party less devoted to the
interests of capital than the republican
party would ever have permitted such
such an exemption.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29
LETTER FROM PORTLAND.
PonrLAND, April &c, 1870.

PORTLAND, April &c. 1870
Editors Democrdt:
Col. Kelley tells me that he never
advocated the reputation or the dis
gorgement theory of Fay. He has
advocated the payment of the debt az
co,'ding 10 The terms ef The confract-the
Pendleton and Voorhees, doctrine
He has been shamefully misrcpresont-
ed by the Radical press. The same is
true of Mr.. Slater. Neither OF these
gentlemen have ever limited at an
abandonment of the old Democratic
position on the. debt question.
Your article in reply to the Herald
was capital. 1t was we'll received here.
No Democrat has the right to miscon-
strue the action of the Democratic
State Convention or misinterpret its
platform, or, what is still worse, pro-
claim platform of his own. There
is no doubt but that the Fay letter
was written for the purpose of injur-
ing the Democratic ticket. The wri-
ter's proclaimed hostility to Mr. Gro
yer leaves no doubt of this. He and
O'Meara are cheek by jowl in the at
tempt to disorganize the Democratic
party, and it was singularly appropri-
ate that the disagreement epistle
should make its debut in the columns
of that gentleman's paper.
The Democratic party is not party
of many-headed policies. 1t pro-
claims itself unmistakably upon all
essential questions, and every man who
is riding to the charge under our torn
but flying banner must
Ride bolding the poipme
| Ii he has not the wit to get hold of The rcn."
The prospect in Mntnomah is good.
The contest is severe but the victory
will be all the more decisive. SMITH.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29
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by TELE GRAPH.

& z = q ~ Il p & 4
ALBANY, April 20. The bill repea'.
ing the Registry Law throughout the
State, excert in New York City passed
che AS 9, bly, also the bill amending the
Ele ii N Law. by placing colored vo-
ters on an equality with whites.
NEW YoRK, April "a. The Fepiau
Executive Council, Of Chicago Congress-.
have issued ans address announcing the
removal Of the control TO Philadelphi, 4
Il charges O'Neill with usnrpatioD, mali
fcasance and misrepresentation of SO 900,
intimates in strong terms that actual mil.
ifary operations will soon be begun, and
promises an early statement Of the work
Of complete equipment Of forces.
1t seems settled that Sanford Z.
Church will be the Democratic candidate
for Chief Justice Of the Court Of APP
pcals.
Maj. Sigournoy. claimant Of the aul
tborship Of 'Tbe Beautiful Show" coils>
mtted suicide day.
A rumor isafoat in London that Queer
Victoria intends TO marry the Prince Of
the House Of Schleswig HOlstein.
BosTos, April 23.-The late Minister
~ 4
with Masonic funeral rites.
The bill for the enforcement Of the
18th amendment, reported by the Senate,
provides penalties Of iue and imprison-
meat for the failure Of an officer to allow
negroes TO perform any necessary act id
the States or Territories under the laws.
The United States District Courts have
exclusive Jurisdiction In suits growing
out Of the amendment. The President
is authorized to employ the land and the
nayal forces or the militia to cpforce its
provisions. - s@ szj1s
| NEW YoKK. April 20.--It is now q
well understood fact that Gen. Jordon
lately It the head Of the Cuban army
will in few days reach our city. The
contract entered into between himself and
the Junta was OILY for one year, which
term of service expired in February last
The Mcfarland trial (14ih day. was
resumed this morning. Several pbysi
clans testified as to the abnormal high
state Of the prisoners pulse, and highly
frauglt condition since he was committed
TO prison. They also found that conges
tion Of the brain mad developed ifself
| ""e N~"'"'S" fpc piFopCE tDr3Ue WHef
. he committed the deed, and morally ire
spousible.
NEW York, April 26 Special dis.
patches from Washington state that there
IS almost certain prospects of an Indian
war. Twenty thousand Sioux Indian.
are on the war path. Troops arc bein;
hurried 10 the frpnrier to meet tho crisis
The 18th aud 9TH regiments of infantr,
are ordered to Sioux City. The recruit
! ing officer in This city is ordered to senc
forward every available man at once.
/ LOUISVILLE, arrii ,25.-Diepsiehe
< TO tie toNrier-.Ioarnaf indicate The clee
ton Of Gen j. II. Lewis, Democrat. t,
j. Congress from the 81 Congressional Dis
d triet. Negroes voted without disturbance
Golladay spike a. Bowlibs Green to day
k announcing him. elf still member. Ii
= inda'sed in abuse Of newspaper men. II
= will probably contest the seat OF the men
!. Der elected.
LONDON, April e5.-TLe telegram say
: pieces of wood ha,i dritteds ashore un II.
O northwest coast of Cornwall bearing ;h
IL inscription in large letters, City of Bo.
n ton sinking, Feb.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29

LAUscuED.-The new Steamer .G.lK-
oPe. bu'it 10 this ETY. by the Willamette
Frsishtiag Company. was success
fully launched at point in the Willanl-
e te opposite Harris. Robinson & Cos.
miil, on last Saturday in the afternoon.
\ large eoneourse ef our citizens. of bol Ia
sexes.were present and witnessed he IA.
dcriaklng. The Gaitiope is a beaa,ieal
and admirably constructed boat. Mr.
John Thosiias. a ma ter Of his business.
directed the work, and The perfeetness of
this boat in alf1of itsappointments Arrests
,ha, he is indeed superior workman in
his line. With machinery all in, the
Caltope will diaw only 9 inches of water,
while her bow is SO admirabl. constructed
that loaded TO her guards. she viii encoas.
ter comparatively but irifiing resistance
as onward she ehdes. The 70. ward cab
in has circular front. The pilot house
is oc;a:on shaped and enclosed on all
sides with sliding sash. All told. the
people CT Benton county. have reason to
be proud of this boat. Another and lar
ger one WILDE on stocks ere Cor
ral9is Mercury, st9s--..
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29

very proper man, and then talk as Hon
esty, {so-called) talks because he was
nominated for Clerk2 What have you
to say of his duplicity, veracity and
cheek?
I do not believe that there are any
lifelong Democrats who endorse Hon
esty, (so-called). They don't do that
way. They have too much every day
sense to endorse such nonsensical let
ters and to much patriotism to en-
gage in such treachery. TJtat may do
for the bread-and-butter hunting and
the comfortable getting Democrats
the fellows that got iachrymose when
Lincoln died-but itwofi't wash with
the ife-longers.. And while I think
of it, must say that / think the wri-
ter Of the Register letter has taken the
responsibility of forging another mans
name to that letter. ] must also con.
gratulate the Republicans on their re-
cruits. They hayn't exactly got " the
man on horseback, " but they have un
doubtedIy got 'the man il
the Forks" and they have got hisrigh
bower with the remnant of his s60t
worth of long-handled shovels--wbicl
two circumstances entitle him to b,
considered genuine "jack of spades;'
and they have, in addition to IN,
quantity of negroes, got San Wa ane
Calipooyia Pete.
All of which is very respectful,
submitted. II. NJ. PowEEs.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29
EXIT KU KLUx.

Sensation is fashionable. Myths
are societys pets and deception its
pastimes. One by one they come up
on the stage, live out brief triumph
over susceptible public aud then dis
appear. We have to chronicle the de-
mise OF tho distinguished Ku Klux.--
1t was born of evil minds--conjuted
from the vast depths of the unreal by
bad men. 1t held its sway i'll the in
famed Imagination Of the North and
Western Statos. 1t served the pur-
pose of its creators. 1t opened wider
the food-gates of indignation upon
the unhappy South. 1t gave zest TO
the prescription of Congress and adj
ditional bitterness to the reconstruc-
ton cup. 1t was the raw head and
bloody bones Of the Republican party
in every election in tho Northern
States. And now having served the
full purpose Of its creation, n Con-
gressional Committee with breath
dissolves the monster into thin ais. -
The Ku KluX, as 1t was painted for
the North, was one of the most stu
penduous, persistent and wicked lies
that ever claimed paternity of mar OF
| demon.
On the 9th OF the present month the
Reconstruction Committee was engag.
ed in hearing the statement Of Judge
Lee, of Nashville, on the condition o.
affairs in Tennessee. Judge Lee. wht
has unusual opportunities for ohser
vation, stated that the sources Of mur
ders and outrages with which tht
newspapers are filed and which have
been brought to the attention OF th'
committee, are either groundless oI
grossly exaggerated. Nearly all th'
murders, robberies and other crimes
that he had heard of III Tennessee
were committed by the vagabond ne
groes, who refused to work and were
driven To this mode of obtaining
living. He secuted the idea OF th'
existence of such an organization Il
the Ku Klux Klan, and said the nc
counts published in the Northern pa
pers about its operations were til,
subject of merriment at the South
Judge Lee stated that the laws wer
as well enforced now in Tennessee n
they were under Governor Brownlow
and that tho condition OF affairs il
Tennessee was more peaceful nov
than at any time since the war. II
did not think there was any necessit.
for sending troops into the State o
for Congress intcrfer ng in its affairs.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-29

ScKoruLA is taint or infections in the hu
man organism, which weakens she vital for
ces, and disorders or disarganges the func-
tions of the whole system. This taint or
infection IS most usually heredifary in the
constitution, but it may also arise from
habits Of life, nnwholesone food, etc. In
time, if this disease does not show itselfin
an ulcerous or tubercaious form, il induces
those other diseases. such as consumption.
ulcerations Of the liver. stomach and kidneys,
salt rheun, dropsy. etc, The best remedy
ever yet discovered is DR.. Walkers & VEGE-
TABLE VINEGAR BITTERs. 1t will cure the
disease If rot toa far advanced, and vii erad-
icatc the cause.