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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20

A Mississippi negro was recently
set upon by party in disguise and
Ku-Kluxed. On being questioned
he said his X. Il. friends were of the
colored persuasion. He was asked. .
why he thought so. smelt um,
massa," was the short and convincing
reply.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20
s,Vhen the hour of trouble come

"SNhen the hour of trouble comes
and seldom may it visit your lady
ship-and when the hour of death
comes to high and low-long and late
may it be yours; oh, my Teddy it is
ma what we hae done for ourselves,
but what we hae done for ithers, that
we think on most PLEASANTLY
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20

EPITAPHs.-For sailor--Anchor-
ed. For telegrapher-Dispatched.
For watchmaker-Stopped. For a
boot black With the shining ones.
For a baker--He kneads no more on
earth. For an editor-Suspended
circulation.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20

In Illincis, undertakers are not al
lowed to serve on juries in murder
cases. They invariably bring in a
verdict of guilty. Their strong busi-
ness bias warps their judgement.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20

An exchapge expresses doubt as
to Fisk's ability to keep hotel. "
It is our opinion that Fisk would
keep anything he could get his hands
on.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20
ALBANY BATH HOUSE!

yHyHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi
snliiy that he has taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping clean roems and paying
strict attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him with their patronage.
Having heretofore carried on nothing ba,
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons.
he expects TO give entire satisfaction to all.
Ear Children aud Ladies' Hair neatly cut
and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBER.
v3n3Stf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20
DvERTlS ENTS.
JOHNS & GABY,


u AND, IMPROVED OR uNTMPRovED,
Il A 10 cheaper in the Forks of the sautiam
,u..n in any other part Of the State.
E.-Inquirc of J. NJ. JoHss, Marion Station.
or uf DANIEL GABY. Seio. Linn county.
sGn33tf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20

RATES OF ADVERTISING FER rr1r.
One Column, 500 Half Column, SEQ Quar-
ter Column, $s5.
Transient Advertisements per square Of ten
lines or less Of this sized type, FIRST insertions
So each subsequent insertion. 81.
A square is one inch in space down the coli
umn, counting cuts, display lines, blanks, &c., as
solid matter. No advertisement to be considered
less than square, and all fractions eeunted
full square. All advertisements inserted for 3
less periSd. .tban three Nonths 10 be regarded
ransient.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23
The Chattanoogn RaiIroad.

The intelligence that reaches us
of the completed subscriptions to
the Chattanooga Railroad, viii be
received with pleasure by the en-
tire community. The idea of a
great thoroughfare between New
Orleans and Houston, Texas, is
now an assured reality. The diff
cuIties that have hindered COM
MERGE, that have retarded the de-
velopment of Eastern and Central
Texas, and indeed the whole of the
wealth of the State, will be re-
moved. Soon connecting lines,
centering at Houston, will pene-
trate the Trinity and Brazos val
leys, and even the vast plains that
stretch to the frontiers of Mexico.
These rich countries, rich in unex-
ampled resources, and capable of
vast agricultural wealth, will thus
be made tributary to New Orleans.
This has been the one thing
lacking in our commercial enter
prise. It has deprived us of natural
advantages, and kept from our
doors the requisite trade that will
make our metropolis rival the great
narts Of Northern Industry and
capital. #, .......~
Nor is it a matter of regret that
5he Chattanooga Railroad Oompa-
~ has supplied this want. Legis-
ative aid has been literally ac-
corded to it. The credit of the
State has been pledged to an ex-
ent, considering our embarrassed
that is unexampled. |
Hence we feel an interest in the
that makes it personal.
We rejoice not only for Texas, but
but we rejoice more that
his line, when completed, will be
means of peopling the great
7ezos prairies, will give to them
narkets for their produce, and will
1 deed and in truth make the
esert blossom as the rose,-[N.
}, Picaypne, 5th.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

Governor Wa1moth and Lieut-Gov
ernor Pinchback, Of the Stale Printing
Committee, have revoked and annuIled
contracts with thirty-fve newspapers in
Louisiana for public printing, previous
ly made by late Lieut. Governor Dunn
and Speaker Carter. This Is the first
important step towards practical reform
in public expenditures, and we hope to
chronicle others soon. Wearo sorry to
see that some of our editorial friends
have suffered By this action, but M
queetionably individuals should yield to
public benefit.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23
CHRISTMAS.

On Monday next the world vii
have a holiday. tt is a pleasant
reflection that while national holi-
days are generally commemorative
of national victories, and are there.
fore restricted ia their celebration
to ones own country, there is one
day in the year when all civilized
and enlightened nations may rest
from their labors, and laying aside
their national iealousies, give
themselves up to the enjoyment of
q common happiness. The word
Christmas signifies the birth of
Christ, and it is eminently proper
that the world should celebrate the
birthday of Him who created the
world, and who died to redeem it's
nations.
More, too, than any other holi-
day, is Christmas dear to all
classes, ages and conditions of
mankind. The young, especially,
await it's advent with the fondest
anticipations, and remember it
with the most endea1ing memories.
Even the little prattler who is yet
unable to pronounce the word cor
rectly is fully conscious of the ex-
istence and benevolence of that |
good st. Nicholas who fearlessly !
descends the sootiest chimneys,
and who stufs the tiniest stocking
with toys and candies. The hap
piness of the children is the happi-
ness Of their parents, and in add
ton thereto the custom of Christ
mas dinners and Christmas pres
ents has q peculiar charm for the
older folks. Indeed the most
pleasant memories of infancy,
youth, manhood and old age, linger
around this happy holiday.
We trust that the benign and
humanizing influences of the COM
ing festival may cause the pool,
the sick and the afflicted, to be
kindly remembered by their more
fortunate neighbors, and we spe-
cially hope that all our readers
may enjoy a merry Christmas.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

In common with our editorial
brethren Of New Orleans we re-
joioo in the now definitely settled
combination between Charles Nor
gan and the directors Of the New
Orleans, Mobile and Texas dately
Chattanooga Railroad, and Id the
assurance that the railroad from
New Orleans to Houston, Texas,
via lake Charles, will certainly be
completed within the next twelve
months. Ut IL, too, especially graft
flying to know that by means Of
this combination the railroad from
Brashear to Shreveport, via Ope-
louaas, viii be speedily completed.
When Lake Charles Is within four
hours ride 81 Opelousas, five hours
Of Houston, and Ton hours Of New
Orleans, we intond to SO the grand
rounds just To SEQ tho difference
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23
Railway Connection With
Texas Assured. 49,

At last the hope deferred that
maketh the heart sick may be ex-
changed for an expectation resting
on tangible grounds of assurance.
We have, heretofore, scrupulously
abstained from encouraging a
sanguine feeling of anticipation
with regard to any of the projects
looking to the establishment of di-
rect and regular railway traffic be-
tween this city and Texas. Con-
yinced, some time since, of the
financial impotency of the New
Orleans, Mobile, and Texas Rail
road Company, as then constituted,
to go on with the construction of
the road west of the Mississippi,
we deemed it both just and expe-
dent to call public attention to fhe
fact, and to impress upon our COM
mercial community the necessity
Of seeking elsewhere adequate pro-
vision for such a work, as also the
probability that the properties and
franchises OF this company would
at length pass under the prepon-
derating ownership and practical
control of Mr.. Charles Morgan.
The idea of compromise between
Mr.. Morgan and the company we
dismissed as simply absurd, seeing
that concession was out OF the |
question ON the part Of Mr.. Nor |
gan, whose attitude was that of o
man able, and ON suitable terms
to buy from a proprietor
constrained by financial distress to
sell.
And now the probable contin-
gency has actually come about.
The company, re-organized with
Mr. Griswold at the head of the
have made an arrange.
ment with Mr.. Morgan by which
he acquires q controlling interest
in its properties and franchises.
He is prepared to advance at once
the funds requisite for continuing
the New Orleans, Mobile, and
Texas Railroad, from its present
point Of westward extension, 1T
Donaldsonyille, along its already
surveyed route to Houston. Not
only that, but he proposes also to
complete the chartered branch Of
.ho same railroad from Washing
ion to Shreveport, and to connect
It with his Opelousas Railroad by
extending the latter to Vermillion-
vile. But he sees fit To insist upon
! condition precedent To the prac-
jical inauguration OF this general
plan and The nature 81 this condi-
ion il not impracticable, unrea-
ionable, or onerous.
III will be remembered that The
Legislature made a sweeping grant
% the New Orleans, Mobile. and !
Texas Railroad Company III n
ground on tho river front common
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23
The slaus hter Of The InnOconts,

The later developments of theslaugh-
ter of the college boys in Havana will
cause IN additional shudder Mt the hor-
ribIe barbality, and sink its perpetrators
to depth of infanny never reached be-
fore by &C. of man or fiend. The GEM
etery which was tho scene of the So
called PROCLAMATION OF the tomb OF Cas-
tanon, also contaius the grave of a dis
tinguished Cuban, Don Jose de Ia Luz.
The memory of this gentleman is re-
vered in all Cuban ci cles rs that of a
great and pious man, whose life was
passed in doing good. On All Saints
Day his tomb WIS teseclafed by being
oncirc'ed with strings of garlic and
onions, and it was we'll known by whom
the act was perpetratet. Friday is Ice
ture day for the junior class of the Col
lege Of Medicine, and Che lecture not
being given, the boys went, as was their
won, into the cemetery, and were lying
on the grass and playing around in thoie
sportive mood. Avolunteer entered and
made some insulting remar TO the
boys, to which they retorted. The sol
der in leaving passed by the grave OF
Castanon and noticed that the glass
which covers tho end Of the niche had
been marked by diamond, and some |
1ncomplimontary letters to Castanon |
unon ii, This was the whole |
ollense that had been committed, Der
naps by one boy Of the whole college. |
The courtmartial and its bloody sem
5ence followed, tho victims being chosen
~ lot, one out Of every five Of the whole
lass Of forty.two boys. Three 81 the
light boys selected were not ii the Gem.
ltery Of an on the day 81 the alleged
RESERVATION, and tho ages az Tie youths
'un from twelve to fourteen years. The
ather Of ono Of tllo lads vaa shot III and
wounded for the crime 81 claspine the
corpse Of his son Immediately after he
gas shot. On tho day u the execution
wo volunteer officers, eleven soldiers
ixteen hackmon and four negroes were
Tiled ia Ono streets. The above details
no condensed from d letter to the New
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

between q mule and locomotive
AS we have the telegraph already,
it's a pity we haven't got the rail-
road too, So that we could tele-
graph to-day to New Orleans,
send us a barrel of oysters to-
morrow for Christmas AS it is
ven keep that dispatch ready for
Dec. 24th, 1872.
A LUCKY AoToR.-A we'll known
acter has just drawn $4,000 in
South Carolina. The next distribu-
ton is under the auspices of the
South Carolina Land and Tmmi-
grafton Association, and will posi-
lively take place on the 8th of
January. BY subscribing $500 d
person is entitled to chance in
2405 cash gifts, of the total value
of 100000. Quarter subscriptions
are SLIPS each, and four quarters
make the probabilities of success
as about one in sixteen. Being a
State project, it is endorsed by the
Governor, Auguste Belmont, Chas,
O'Conor, Wade Hampton and
others. The President of tho AS
ISOLATION is Gen. M. @. Butler, late
for Lieut. Governor of
South Carolina. The Home Office
s in Charleston, and the Branch
office, 704 Broadway, New York,
where descriptive circulars may be
lad. ae &. .@sr.E .aaH
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

SINGULAR CAUSE on DEATH. The
Boston Traveller, Of Nov. 28, says :
Mr.. u. O. Chambers, the Park
street station agent Of the Medford
branch Of the Boston and Maine
railroad, met with his death Ill d
very singular way, some days since.
His little daughter was sick with
the diptheria, and he put his hand
on her mouth for some purpose on
other, and the child seized upon
his hand and bit IL. The marks of
the teeth were very slight, COM
paratiyely, but the skin was broken
slightly, and the poison from the
teeth was transmitted through MIR.
Chamhera svstan and altar, 1
weeks illness, during which timo
his body became much swollen, LIS
died,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

York Sun, written q sufficient lenotb %
time after the butchery for the facts -
become known and the passion which Il
engendered 10 have passed away r.
taking a retrospective view of the blood,
features of this horrible tragedy, il wero
mildness to stigmatize It as the most
y,llalnous and cowprJlly act Of the nina
teonth century IN. o. Bulletin.
A TRApEzE PERroRMER IN PERr.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of the lei
says:
During the performance Of tba
National Theatre last night an o.
currence took place which sent a
thrill through the entire audience
and caused the cheeks of MANY A
strong man to blanch at the pros
pect Of a fearful accident to one og
the lady performers. Fortunately,
however, owing to the presence Of
mind Of the lady herself, it ended
in nothing more than scare, and
not in a tragedy. a.
Among the greatest of the MANY
attractions Manager Sargent's es-
tablishment offers are the trapeza
of Mons. and Mile,
Bomelli, two French artists, who
are now here for the first time, and
who by their daring feats have won
The admiration Of al who have
seen them. Beginning with q va
riety OF ,gymnastic feats on the
Srapeze, suspended, some thirty
feet from the stage, they make
their final performance, the flying
cap, or swing, from one end of the
to the other. TO rem
Ter them perfectly safe, in the first
part they have a rope network
stretched near them, q precaution
which never proved necessary ua-
il last night. -
They had gone through with
heir performance up to the last
laring act satisfactorily and bril-
iantly, and were ready to COM
hence it. Mons. Romelli sus-
oended by his feet from the first
rapezo, swinging the frail form Of
is companion, threw her to'the
econd, while she with swift
woop, set out to catch the third
18th her feet. She had miscalcu-
Gted her impetus, however, and
GiIing to catch the bar with her
9et went clear through it, making
loop Of the two swings. Here she
Wung clinGing by one hand a min
to or more over the heads of those
tting in the orchestra chairs. APP
reciating her danger in a moment,
or companion called ont in q
oarse whisper, "swing into the
She did so, and was
sfe, and was received with a storm
applause.
WASHINGTON PASTRY. "A soiour-
81 in Washington sends the fol-
wing:
T ON y,ayAsn,,1o,,lx, Po,,J ,F IovooY
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

~ regarded as belonging to the
city, and which Mr.. Morgan had
proposed to purchase from the city
for landing, ferry, and other pur-
| poses in connection with the Pont-
chaltrain and Opolousas Rail-
roads. The city government le-
gally contested the right OF the
company to this ground, and Mr..
Morgan interviewed in the suit as d
co-oontestant. Not long ago, this
suit was decided by Judge Dibble,
Of the Eighth District Court, Id fa-
Tor of The company, and it might
seem strange, at the first blush, if
Mr.. Morgan, after stepping, so to
speak, into the company's shoes,
should not be satisfied with the
kind of title which that decision,
cumulative with the Legislative
grant, would give him to, the
ground in question. But it hap
pens that all the world does not
see in the incumbent Of the Eighth
District Court bench a personifca-
ton of judicial infallibility, and it
seems that Morgan is a consider
able skeptic in this regard. To be
brief, consistently adhering to his
original position that the disputed
ground was not rightfully disposal
BILE without the consent Of the city, |
by gratuitous cession of the
Legislature, he wishes, now that
he stands in the company's shoes, |
to have the matter quieted and as
sured as to title and use by con-
frmatory act of the City Council. |
This done, he is ready to enter
without delay upon the important
works of the trans ississippirail-
way extension which we have in
Dictated.
1t is hardly conceivable that the
City Council will hesitate to con-
cede the condition precedent asked
by Mr.. Morgan, much less that
considerable number of merchants,
men, and property holders
Of the city would hesitate to sane
lion the promptest performance of
such an act. Indeed, we feel per-
3uaded that the great body of our
after intelligently survey
ng the exigencies of New Orleans
n respect to railway facilities,
would deem the deliberate neglect ]
If the city authorities to give the
signal which Mr.. Morgan invites,
or the practical initiation of q
grand trans-Mississippi railway
as O crime against the ,
,ity's commercial interests deserv-
ng the supreme indignation of an
betrayed, and outraged t
community. c
To be sure, some abstract OBJ I
ections might be named to the ac- t
omplishment and management of f
system of Texas railway commu- e
ication under the preponderant C
uspices of single capitalist such t
S MIR. Morgan. But it is too late Il
. stand upon abstract objections. I
he crisis demands that we should v
" aside vain repinings and vainer g
examinations as to what might y
ave been, and that we should all I
ddress ourselves to the stern re- q,
Iities Of the situation, intent upon !.
ocuring oil the good within reach, q
ithout wasting q moment in fret !,
ng about desirable but unattain- =
bic advantages. With your COM !
ierce hanging by the eyolids, only I
be saved by the Indispensable Y
d Of a trans-Mississippi railway N
stem, You are surely not in POI Il
ton, fellow-citizens, to look q Gift Y
orse in tho mouth, or tn spurn the 7,
nallest crumbs of comfort which q
70 lazy gods may throw to YOU. 2,
\, 0. Bulletin, 18th. "
be-
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

That was d splendid reception
the General gave Alexis to-day,
said Cen. Dent, tliumphantly'
!" Yes, retorted Nibbles, Mo mar
il the world can beat Grant at ro'
ceiying. New York World.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-23

WASHINGTON PASTRY. A soiour-
ner in Washington sends the fol-
lowing:
| am particularly fond of lemon
pie and ioe-cream for dessert. AT
Hotel / went on peaoeably
for O. couple of weeks, but always
eating lemon pie under a silent
for I was q stranger, and
did not like to make objections.
/ called a waiter and said
John, / have nothing to say
about tho ice-cream, but what kind
of a pie is this ?"
" What kind Of a pie did you or
der, sal2"
!" 4 ordered lemon pic, but this
appears to be dried apple"
'tDat's lemon pie, sab. You
know dey has d way Of mixin'
Tried apples in the lemon pies here,
sab, to dat extent it requires a man
of ability TO 'stinguish EN- apart,
sah. De lemons ID scase, you
Know, and dey has to 'conomiso
EN- so as to mako one lemon do
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-14

We used TO have a Tammany ring in
Canton. 1t was kept in power by City
Council in which the Democrats had five
votes and the Republicans three While
this ring was in power, from March 1865
to March 1861 city debt of $500, 600 was
created.-Rep & Rep.
And that city debt was mostly created
for the erection of Water Works for which
the citizens of Canton voted nearly unan-
imous, among whom were the editors and
publishers of the Rep & Rep! They vo-
ted for and approved of this measure.
Our neighbors, especially one of them
are too large to crawl out at this small
hole.
1t is but 1nst to state also that the
cheapest and best water works erected in
Ohio are those of Canton.
Were it not for the water works oul
County Commissioners could not have had
the pleasure of expending some THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS in erecting that ele.
CANT Neptunian fountain IN the Court
house yard. This was not done at the ex,
pense of the city of Canton but of Starl
county. 1t was not the work of Tam
many" Ring.
We would inform our neighbors too
that the election this fall is for State anc
county oficials-not city officials. Cantor
affairs therefore need not enter into THU
canvass, unless the "great mogul' and the
little moguls insist upon it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-14
THE aREAr nrOarI.

In the despotic governments of the EastI
presents to the monarch are common, No
one ever makes visit to the Mogul with
out offering presents, which are always ac-
eepted; and he who gives the most valu-
able present generally obtains the best
Office. Our mogul follows the same rule
Murphy, of New York, made Grant q
present Of costly house at Long Branch,
and Grant at once made Murphy collector
of the port of New York. "a !.
A. L. Stewart gave twenty thousand
dollars toward buying Grant palace, and
Grant made A. T. Stewart Secretary o.
the Treasury.
Hoar gave Grant library worth TWEEN
ty thousand dollars Grant sold the H.
brary, put the money in his pocket, and
made Hoar Attorney General of the Uni
ted States.
Bourie gave Grant handsome house II
Philadelphia, and Grant made Bourie Sec.
.retary of the Navy. F-.l
"Like master like slave" When the
President accepts bribes, what can be ex.
pected of those who serve under him?
"Long live the Great Mogul," say al
the ofhce-holders in the Exchange
A phalanK of officials under Grant are
travelling over Ohio speaking in praise o.
Grant rule. In their localities some O
them are also Moguls, and they are en-.
gagged in the g,ll2ing business. These
offce-holders are busy in Stark county
Some of them have been in fat offices fol
years, and are anxious to continue it in
the family or in themselves.
The contest in Stark county is emblem.
ahc of the great issue over the country
1t is solid home-merit against carpet-bsg.
gerry.