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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
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A SAD STORY OF NEW YORK

Here is story of the saddest side
of New York life.
Not many days ago there was a
fashionable marriage in one of our
uptown churches. The bridegroom
was remarkably handsome man, of
nearly thirty years Of age, well known
in what is called fashionable society
as an agreeagble, liberal bachelor
and "ladies' man." The bride was a
lovely girl, belonging to one Of the
best known families, and esteemed
for her character as much as admired
for her beauty. Tho friendes of both
were present! and nothing surprising
occurred at the ceremony, save that
all present remarked upon the ap-
pearence of the bridegroom. He
was apparently so oppressed by some
great sorrow or anxiety that he GOULD
not smile nor command cheerful
word.
The pair had spent but q few days
together when the husband, after an
interview with his young wife, which
left her almost crushed in mind, has
tily called at bis late bachelor rooms,
which he had not yet given up, burn
ed a large number of papers. packed
up a few precious articles and sud-
denly disappeared; and no one of his
friends knows where he is to be
found. But one dreadful truth reach
ed their ears too quickly. At one of
our new hotels in the center of the
city, but few blocks from the church
in which the marriage was performed,
there were found woman and sew
eral children bearing his name, and
she found no difficulty in establishing
her right to it. She is many years
Older than he.-Tbey were married
when he was scarcely more than a
boy, and have never quarrelsd nor
separated. He still! supported her
and visited her; and OH the very day
of the second marriage, at noon, he
made her long visit in his usual
manner.
This event has been q sudden
shock to both families, and the abso-
lutte concealment of his marriage from
all his friends for many years, while
his wife and children openly bore his
name in public hotols in this city, is
as unaccountable to them Us it will
be to others. The young man was
for several years an internal revenue
officer in this city, but for several
years has been employed in bank
down town. He has paid So 900 o
year for the board of his wife and
children, while receiving salary of
only $4,000; and has yet maintained
his bachelor life with lavish expendi-
ture. In his rooms are said to have
lain not far from q hundred suits of
clothes with expensive books and
many other evidences of wealth. But
his accounts at the bank are said to
be entirely correct. His fulIunder-
standing of what he was doing ap-
pears from the fact that he carried to
the alter pistol, with the fixed pur-
pose, as he afterward said, of blow
ing out his brains there if the ceremo-
/ ny should be interfered with.
We draw no moral from the facts.
But the very shock they give to all
who know of them, is proof thai
crimes of this kind find nosymathy OF
liberation in this community, and
that the standard of mortals here il
not SO low as some writer's have said
who appeal to such cases as thsse TO,
illustrations of New York society, in,
stead of what they really are, fright.
full and exceptional outrages upon it
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

The following will be appreciated By

The following will be appreciated BY
our student readers;
Doctor F. was the President Of
Southern College, Who professed 10 hs
very grammatical in the nee Of his ls,,<
guage, and therefore, expected his p..=
pills to be likewise: Playing eards Wa,
strictly forbidden on the school premis=
es but, as is always the case, this lay
is often violated By the students, with.
ont being detected. A number OF
freshmen collected together il one OF
the numbers room. and vsre enjoying
game of anchre, when . kneok ras heard
at the door.
"Who's there Z" one exclaimed,
"Me !" was the laconie reply.
aWho's me 7'
Professor F."
ssYou lie! Ha, ha, Professor
wouldn't say me- be would say sHis
sir!!
The old Professor tnrped on his heal
and walked of, knowing they had hina
there. ss| s.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
..MORE THAN A MOTHER"

Among the deaths published in the
Baltimore Sun of the l7ta ult., was
that Of Mrs. Maria GLENN, the aunt,
mother in law, and never-failing friend
Edgar 4. Poe. Mrs. GLENN was born
in Baltimore on the 18th of March,
1909. Her family was one of the old
est aud most distinguished in Maryland.
Her father, David Poe, was quarter-
mr ster- general cf the old Maryland line
during the revolution, and the intimate
friend of Washington, Lafayette. and
the leading men of the time. In 1886,
while editing the Southern Literary
Messenger, Edgar A. Poe married his
cousin, Virginia GLENN, lovely and
beautiful girl, whose memory he en-
balmed in Tho Raven" She was the
Lost Lenore" of that extraordinary
poem. From the time of Poe's mar.
riage to her daughter. Mrs. GLENN
adopted him as her son, aud never had
a son more devoted mother. To have
won and kept the love of such woman
through all toe vicissitudes of such .
career as Edgar Poe's, shows more for
chilly than words can tell that the in-
nate goodness of the poet was not lost
even in the midst of wasted genius, un-
paralleled misfortune, and utter misery.
When he was i'll, and his wife dying, il
was touching sight to see this 'stireless
minister to genius" poorly clad, going
from Office to Office in New York with o
poem, story, or critique of Poe's tc
sell. To her Poe wrote the sonnet "Te
My Mother" in which he tastiies to hel
care and devotion by saying that she
had been ..more than mother, to him
After the poets death, on tho 9TH ol
October, 1919, Mrs. GLENN resided
With different friends in New York and
Virginia. until five or six years since
when she was received into tho Church
Home in Baltimore. a charitable insti
tuition under the management of the
Episcopal Church. and there shs died
on the 10th ult.. in the eighty-irst year
of her age. Pos died in the SAND
building, which was then the Maryland
Hospital. Her funeral took place on
Friday, the 17th. At her own request
she was buried by the side Of her 'dar,
ling Eddie in Westminster chnrchyard
corner of Fayette and Greene streets
Baltimore. Besides the four pail bear
ers. there were present about q dozen
ladies and two gentlemen, admirers o.
Poe and friends Of Mrs. Clelnm.-
Among the ladies was Miss Rosalie Poe
sister of the poet. N r Tribune.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

you still wear our engagement ring.
Can you SEQ your own Herbert's face
in its dazzling depths rs you used
Marie ?"
And a sarcastic smile elevated the
dark moustache, and quizzical look
danced out of the eyes as he contem-
plated the deceitful figure at his side.
Yes, Herbert, dearest; you al-
most broke poor Marie's heart with
your dreadful accusations.
"Then you love me still, Marie ?"
Eyes, Herbert, and | have always
loved you" replied tho coquette, iii
the softest tones.
"You took strange way to show
it, then"
Marie looked timidly into his face,
but nothing there betrayed him, and
the beauty kept on, while sighs and
tears, to all appearance, choked her
utterance.
"But. Herbert. you do not reply
to me Mt all. Have you not kind
word for your own Marie ?"
"Come into the conservatory, Miss
Genore, have something to show
you"
And Herbert, with Marie clinging
lovingly to his arm, walked into the
apartment, where roses, heliotropes,
aud geraniums, mingling with the
perfume Of costly exotics, made the
air heavy with their fragrance.
The same elegant little woman,
Herbert's companion. whom Maria
minutely criticised, stood in one cor
ner OF the room, the principal at.
traction of an admiring group.
Lucy, will you excuse yourself
for moment? / have friend 10
whom | wish to introduce you, y
asked Herbert of the lady in ques-
ton, while smile OF admiration and
gratified pride lit up his handsome
face. Marie still clasped his arm
lovingly.
'Lucy, you have often heard me
speak of Miss Genore. This is the
lady" continued he, quietly. with
drawing his arm. "And this little
woman" affectionately drawing hei
to his side. .'is my wifc-Mrs. Nal
trayers. Under the peculiar circum'
stances, I think it il no more than
justice to reclaim the symbol OF oui
engagement.
Marie slowly, and like one in {
dream, Withdrew the heavy ring
while Lucy, with an expression o
pity Ola her sweet face, quietly re
sumed her place among her friends
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

The Tar OF TIE JoHS l.. STEPHENS.
1t is pity We can't find room for
all the rumors published in Califor-
MIA about the way Ben. Holiday
played his legal adyersaries by de-
tanning this steamer there, and them
with it, while he went kiting overland
TO Oregon, but we have some reliable
information about the voyage itself,
that confirms the story thot it was q
case of intentional detention. 1t was
u stormy time and there was rough
sea on Saturday evening when the
old Stephens ruiz her nose up to the
Columbia river bar. which gave u
good excuse for the order to head her
out again for q safe oiiing of fifty
miles. This was dono, and strange
to say it took the poor thing all the
next day to paddle back TO the bar.
which she reached again on Sunday
night, and giving another groan at
its roughness, put out to sea again.
Monday morning she managed tc
enter and climb the Columbia river.
Our informant says he figured ur
420 passengers, and he gives an
amusing account of the anguish oi
mind that prevailed on board in the
storm of Saturday night, when the
word came up from the steerage thai
the boat was filing with water. Even
the Cinnamon in the foreeastle came
rushing up shouting call water! al
water!' CONSERVATION sat on the
faces of all the passengers. they stared
at the storm in horror and dismay
Even Elliott's lawyers thought thai
death had made out case and ISSUED
o final mandamus for John. b. Eel
ton and VIM. II. Patterson, and ths
Nightingale could not sing q note
This doleful state of affairs was alle
waited by the discovery made by tn.
Mate, that the hawser holes hadn'
been stopped up and the water came
in that way. The Stephens finall,
arrived all right and the Holiday
Elliot suits are to go on-if they cal
find Ben. Holiday, who has disap
peared, and we have heard that ,
thousand dollars reward is Offered
for him by John B. Felton.-Salen
Statesman.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
ALBANY BATH HOUSE!

vTHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT.
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity that he has taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
strict attention to business expects to suit all those
who may favor him y.th their patronage. Having
heretofore carried on nothing bnt
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to ali
Children and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and
shanpooed. JOSEPH WEBER.
apr4v3p33tf
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

A Chicago minister, in repeating the
story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife,
has hazarded the opinion that not many
boys of 20 would have ataken the bold
stand he took" This would depend a
good deal upon the looks of Potiphar's s
wife and the shooting propensities Of
her brother or husband.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

The Columbus (Nis,) Democrat says
that, in cemetery IN the little village
of Wyocena, in Columbia county, there
is rather terse epitaph. It is as fol-
lows: Seventeen years d maiden; one
year wife; two months . mother, and
that took her life.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
MAUD MULLER's REPLY.



That Summers day is in memory yet.
Though its golden sun 10 forever set
The fragrant scent of that new mown hay
Still lives for me In its sweet surprise
The kindly glance of those stranger eyes.
Bat our paths in life were vide spart,
And what to thee Was this simple hearta
A different speech and dress more gay
We're theirs who dweIt on your daily wsy.
For me the task and the endless toll /;
For thee of fOrtune the richest spoil.
For mo the waking at breosy morn
or thee the dance and the song till dawn.
For me the faces with sunshine burned;
For thee the beauty that mine had spurnsd.
For me vain struggle and vsiner prayers,
For thee the freedom from arosser cares
For ms the place that 1owIy birth
Gave mid the unhesrd Of mon Of earth;
For thee the stamp Of ancient name.
And path from thy childhood suosthsd to feIge,
What lay between us when by thy side
otSsS ~ sA1b SAAshsptt 1b4z8s Dss Ett<@
My ebeeks with the suns warm kisses brown
Had been but jest for the fair Of the town.
And gentle lips had taant soon found
II mine had uttered . rustic sound.
So the slayish fear that with you rode,
Kept back the speech that your manhood ssef.
And rather than brave your kindred's sns~rs
You turned tbs smile Of ysGr heart 70 tears;
To tears that triekle with bitter weight.
because they fall on your check too late.
For sad as is mid the griefs Of men.
That cry Of the spirit 'it might have bssa,s
Sadder and laden with darker fate.
That cry Of the spirit, "lt is too late"
Too late mid tresses but thin and gray
To twine ths gaTiands Of blushing Msyf
Too late to wiring from hopeful youth
hs gift of fond hearts trust and tsuth
Too late to lean an arm whose hold
Had closer ciang when the world grew cold
Too late to gather. to stoop to find
Tie flowers now scattered and isft bshini,
'Tis we'll to dream that beyond the sky
Revive the blossoms we left to dis.
But what shall give us while living on,
The truth and passion forever gone;
Or pour the cup that we idly spilled,
That once, but once, for our lips 10 fllsaf
Why hope hereafter to sea arise
living light in the faded eyes,
When you in your youth-time turned away
From the timid glance Of their first iovs-rsy,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

Mother it is no use; can never
love Mr.. Sprowler. j" "Well," said
the mother. looking at her with SUR
prise, "that is no reason why you
should not marry him."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

A sensitive New Orleans spinster,
aged eighty, recently married a young
man for the reason that she feared his
frequent visits might lead people to
talk about her,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY,

Each thin hand resting On grave,
Her lips apart in prayer,
A mother knelt and left her tears
Upon the violets there,
o'er many rood of vale and lawn,
OF hill and forest gloom,
The reaper, Death, had revelled b
his fearful harvest home.
The last unquisf SummsF shone
Upon fruitlsss fray;
From yonder forest charged the blqs-z
Down yonder slope the gray.
The hush Of death was on the scene,
And sunset Ger the dead,
In taat oppressive stiffness
A pail Of glory spread.
know not, dars net question hov
met the CHASTITY glare
or each pptuTned and stirless face
That shrunk and whifened there.
knew my noble boys had stood
Through all that vithsring day.
knew that Willie wore the blue.
That Harry wore the gray.
! thought Of Willis's clear blss sys,
His wavy hair Of gold.
That clustered on 4 fearless broy
OF purest Saxon mould;
OF Harry, with his raven locks,
And eagle glance Of pride;
OF how they elasped each others hand
And left their mothers side;
How, hand in hand, they bore my praysss
And blessings on the way-
A noble heart beneath the hlus,
Another meath the gray.
Tho dead with white and folded hands,
Thpt hushed our village homes,
I've seen laid camly, tepdefly,
Within their darkeHed rooms;
But here saw discelored limbs,
And many an eye aglare,
In the soft purple twilight Of
The thunder smitten air.
Along the slope and on the sward
In ghsstly ranks they lay.
And there was blood upon the blnk
And blood upon ths gray.
looked and sav--his blood and his;
swift and vivid dream
OF blended years flashed DER me, whse,
Like some cold shadow; came
A blindness of the eye and brain-s
The same that sieses one
When men are smitten suddenly
Who overstars tia sun
And while, blurrsd with the sudd6a stsske
That swept my soul, I lay,
They buried Willie In his blus.
And Harry In his gray,
The shadows fell spon their gysyss,
They fall upon my heart;
And. through the twilight Of my SOUL
Like dew the tears will start.
The twilight comes so silently,
And fingers where they rest,
So Hopes revealing starlight sinks
And shines within my breast.
They ask not there, where yonder heaven
Smiles with eternal day,
Why Willie wore the loyal blue
Why Harry wore the gray.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

A Western editor remarks that tho
thermometer stolen from his Office will
be of no use where the thief is going,
as it doesn't mark higher than Sl2 de-
grees.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

Emigration societies to supply
wives to the young men in the far
West are to be formed in some Of
the New England State.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02

The Governor OF Massachusetts, has
appointed Mrs.. Julia Ward Howe and
Mrs. Stevens Justices of tho Peace in
and for the city of Boston.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
MEETING OF THE PREsBYrERIEs.
The Knoxviile Presbyfery,

This body met yesterday morning at a quarter
past eight o'clock at the First Presbyterian
Church, and after prayer by Rev. Mr. Morrison,
proceeded to business. :
The roll was called by the stated clerk, Rev
James Park, and the minutes of the preceding
meeting read
A letter of dismission, granted to Rev. w. +.
Chittenden, by the Presbytery of Buffalo, N
Y, was read. On motion, Mr. Ohittenden was
examined for admission to this Synod, and the
examination being sustained he was enrolled as
a member and took his seat.
On motion of Rev. JAS. Park Rev. W. A.
Vernon, of the North Alabama Presbytery, and
Revs. McNeilley and Cowan, Of the Nashville
Presbytery, were invited to sit as corresponding
members.
On motion, Rev. A. 4. Chandler, of the Pres
bytery of Cherokee, was allowed to labor among
the churches in the Tennessee Valley until the
spring meeting OF the Presbytery.
The Presbytery then adjourned to meet at the
call of the moderator.
Prayer by Rev. II. Brown.
The North Alabama Presbytery, which was
to have had a session yesterday afternoon at 2
o clock, we learn, failed to meet
The Holston PresbyteIy meets this morning
at 6 o'clock.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
WOuld Have a WIG.

Mr. Solomon Stansberry is carpenter He
is widower and inhabitant of North Knox
vile. Furthermore he is sixty-fve or seventy
years old, and his wife not having been long dead
living alone has not been going very pleasant
of late. So the old man went out a counting
south of the river last week, and on first acquain-
lance struck a bargain with Sarah Bean a
sprightly farmer girl of twenty-five. Sarah's
father lives in the 14th District and 1t was ar
ranged that Solomon should 90 out Sunday and
bring her into the city and they would be mar
ried here The license were procured on Satur-
day and on Sunday our hero repaired to the
house of his intended in fond anticipation of
prospective matrimonial bliss But when he ar
rived the young lady had changed her mind
and fatty said "she wouldn't" After renoiter-
ing awhile Mr.. Stansberry gave It up as a bad
Job, and came home much detected but not with
out hopes. On yesterday things came to such
crisis that ahouskeeperhem usthave. Somebody
recommended Rachel Roberts as a suitable girl
to hire Mr.. Stansberry posted off to see her,
and after few minutes Conversation (they had
never met before,) it was suggested "Why not
marry?' 'Of course, why not?" replied RAJ
chel and the thing was settled Mr.. BLANC,
County Court Clerk, very obligingly scratched
out the name of Sarah Bean from the license
and inserted that of Rachel Roberts, the Rev,
j. l.. Lloyd was called in and the twain we're
made one flesh.
After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom
walked out to their home in North Knoxville
and in the afternoon were seen in a one-horse
wagon making their bridal tour around the
principal streets Of the city.
Mr.. Solomon Stansberry is q man who is not
TO be discouraged by trifes
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
East Tenneanee Items.

New depots are contemplated by the railroad
officials for both Athens and Sweetwater
Frank Smith raised 1856 bushels of corn on l6
acres of ground near Athens, McMinn county,
this year. ,.
The Post learns that the streets of Athens are
to be lighted on dark nights by lamps, before
The citizens of Cleveland go pigeon shooting
down TO Ootewah. --HE
An interesting revival has been in progress at
Jonesborough, at the Baptist Church, for some
time, resulting in several conversions and addi-
tions tothe the church N ~
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01

On last evening, at the Second Presbyterian
Church, by Rev. n Bschman, Mr. Chas. b.
heGuhey to Miss Julia A. Clark
II is always pleasant TO witness the public
piignung OF troth Of young people in the flush
OF youth and high hopes, and we were moro
.nan usually interested in our friends whose
marriage we record above.
Al, our warm friendship for the bridegroom and
.oe beauty and winning grace of the bride led
u, W 20 present ourselves promptly at the church
Il fiisa =, inc interesting ceremony. We found
:. aniee u, an early hour with friehds eager 70
catch glimpse Of then. as thew passed nm the
aisle, which they did exactly az q s'clocL az
Ien9ed oy two couples, Gen Dewey with Miss
Marion Smith. W '''
Although belonging TO tho Presbyterian
ChurSh, the bride and groom showedtheir appre-
u,S.rGn OF the beauty Of the Episcopal form Of
marriage Ny having it used Mr.. Bachman
reaqing u WIN as much feeling and familiarity
as tnough Il, nc MD been always accustomed to
use selI Wnlie tne responses were uttered in low
The bride, at all times, lovelv. looked mora
than ever SO in white silk poplin with lone
train, and veil of tulle fasteneS tist above the
forehead with bunch of orange biu.soms and
floating back and around and over heI like a
teecy cloud. "
The bridesmaids looked charming in robes
of white swiss, and the etceteras of faultless
toilet and altogether the scene was most beau
tiful and happy one.
The pulpit was festooned with evergreens and
white roses, while vases of flowers adorned tho
After the ceremony, they repaired to the re-
sidencs Of the brides father, Mr. Harvey
Clarke where they received the congratulations
of their friends and partook of an elegant cola
ton The bridal pair took the midnight train
for Cincinnati intending to spend the honey
moon in Ohio.
On the evening of the 2Gth inst, at Thorn
Grove at the residence Of the brides father, by
Rev. Il. M. Miller, Miss Cordeia Roeder and
Mr. John Sherman.
After the ceremony, congratulations were Of
fered when q supper was served, which WAS
done ample justice 10 by the citizens who were
present in force from the FLAT WOODS.
On Wednesday, October 25th, 1871, at the re-
sidence of the BRIDES parents, by Rev j. How
ard Smith, of st. Johns Church. Knoxville
Mr.. VIM. i. Pettee aud Miss Julia L., daugh-
ter of John E. Ensign.
On yesterday, the Goth inst, at the residence
of Robert Alexander, by Rev. G.. w. Levere
Mr.. William Brooks, Of this city, and Miss NJ,
Blanch V, Harris, of oberlin, Ohio.
Mr.. Matt. S. Mcclellan, of the wholesale
house Of K. s. Payne & Co, was married last
evening" the 18th inst, to Miss II. 4. Wallace,
daughter OF Robert Wallace, of Grassy Valley
Messrs. John Mccoy and Willie Lyons were
the groomsmen and Misses Maggie Woodward
and Matte Crawford the bridesmaids. All of
| this city.