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Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-10-11
SAVAGEs AND SETTLERS.

Four of the Modoc savages who were
9 ncerned in tie murder of General
CAn y aud Peace Commissioner Thomas
have been hanged, by au hority of tn
Federal Government. But by the
oders of the same Government, the
dozen or more savages who massacred
the peaceful and inofensive settlers on
Lost River, last ovember-American
citizens, every one of them,-are not
only not punished at all for their
atrocious crimes, but are actually
protected from just punishment at the
hands of the civil authorities, and
armed escort Is furnished to convey
them to comfortable homes provided
for their abode in Wyoming Territory.
The English or American, we ought
to call it of this is : Indians shall be
rewarded for massacring settlers but
if they murder an officer of the Federal
Government they shall be hung.
Settlers have no rights which the
savages need to respect, and the Gov
ernment will sustain the savages In any
excesses or atr cities perpetrated upon
settlers. God help the settlers -
the Government stands by the savages
II settlers expect the Government to
protect them they must become sava-
ges. This Modoc business, panned out,
is virtually Offering savages premiums to
murder peaceful civilians. Pity the
Quaker peace crowd eouldn't be obliged
themselves to try life and hazard death
on the frontier, as the brave and un-
protected settlers do. The scalpiBg
and massacring of few of their num-
Der might work q most wholesome
change of sentiment among the survi-
vors, as regards the red handed
Children of the Forest" the wolfish
pets Of the Government.- Bulletin.
A GENERAL AssAssINATED A
base murder was committed on the / lth
of September, at Yankton Dakota, the
victim being Brig. Gen. E. s. McCook,
Secretary of the Territory. He was
shot at a railroad meeting by man
named Wintermute in a dispute about
some bonds. Gen. McCook was the
fifth son of Gen. Daniel McCook OF
Ohio, who was killed at the head Of
John Morgan's pursuers at the action q,
Burlington Island, and was one OF
eight brothers who served with dis
tlnction in the late war, three of whom
were killed in battle.
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sits A YEAR

to report, and then all was silent as
the grave.
Never before la' l seen tie Speaz.
er at all disconnected, but he hesita-
ted and his usual loud, clear voice
hesitated as be at last announced:
"One hundred and four in the mega
tive. The ayes have it, and the de
mand for the previous question is Sc
conded. Shall the main question be
now putt"
Victory had at last favored free
dom. The main question was now
put and the vote by ayes and noes on
reference Of the Kansas question to
the committee on Territories was:
ayes l13, nays ia. Then came the
vote on the reference to a select COM
mittee Of fifteen, and Speaker Orr had
toannounce the result; ayes ia, nays
Ill; and from that hour the power of
Democracy has waned. Mr.. Orr en-
deavored to remain trul to the Union
but was swept into til, maelytrom Of
secession, from which he escaped at
lie earliest possible moment, although
he has never, | believe, been allied
with the existing state government
of South Carolina.
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AliStcllanu.


from the Christian Union.
Miss Plumtrea's s Magic Lantern.
/ There certainly was something very
peculiar about Miss Perugia Plum
tree; every one observed it, and it
became more and more striking as
time went on. 1t was not that YOU
could not tell what she might do or
say under painful circumstance
that would have left her very com
mon-place indeed. The very pcculi-
arity was that at those times vou
might be sure of her always doing
and saying the very same thing. Mis-
PiUmtree was one Of those gentle
souls in whom the lookers-on can
discern no need Of discipline, and yet
to whom afiliction mysteriously takes
the form Of a trip-hammer, sure to
fall at regular intervals and with re-
lentless weight. Or, perhaps, to Miss
Plumtree, il came rather like some
grim guardian Of the night, ptroling
at stated intervals with the stern fiat.
lights Out.' and so throwing all her
peaceful arrangements into sudden
eclipse. But no sooner did some new
grief or some fresh reverse swoop all
her former joys under its dreary shad-
ow, than Miss Plumtrec Immediately
produced from under her meek little
heart sort Of psychological magic
lantern, illuminated it with one of
the most beautiful of smiles, and
suddenly a view Of something new
and delightful that nobody else had
ever thought of, was thrown upon the
great darkness. brilliant and magni-
fed manifold.
1t was with one Of those illuminat-
ing smiles, enough to make a rain
bow Of the tear she was wiping at
the moment, that she turned upon
the friends who left her on the thresh-
old Of her echoing house, after the
last sad ceremonies had been rendered
to the last remaining member of her
family,
In sure / don't know what
ever should have DONE" she said. "if
it had not been for the old house
falling to my lot. So kindly ordered!
| don't know how l could have borne
it to go anywhere else!"
And with this quiet transfer of her
affections, Miss Plumtree set herself
briskly about the care of their new
object, until she seemed to make it
shine brighter and brighter every
day. She could not lack for occupa-
ton with all the cares that come
where there is no man about the
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P0EIRB.
Left Alone at Eighty.

What did you say, dear, breakfast
Somehow I've sl'9t too late
fou are very kind, dear EfRe,
Go, tell them not to wait
{ III dress as quick aS ever can,
I My o EN- Oe,
And Polly, who used to hep, dear heart.
/ side o the loog.
Put upthe old pipe, deary,
I couldn't smoke today;
, I'm sort O dazed and frightened,
/. AnddDn't know what to say
/ It's lonesome in the house here,
And lonesome ont O door
l never knew what lonesome meant,
In all my life, before.
The bees 90 humming the whole day long,
And the first June rose has blown,
And am eighty, dear Lord, to-day,
Too old to he lef: alone.
o. heart OF love, so still and cold,
o, lips, SO white
For the first sad hours in sixty wears
I You were out OF my reach last night.
You've cut the flower. You're very kind,
) rooted it las I1.
II was only slip-I pulled the ro e
And threw the stem away:
But She, sweet thrifty soul, bent down
And planted il where she stood:
" Dear maybe the flowers are living" she said.
Asleep in this lit Of wood
can't rest, deary-I cannot rest,
Let the old maa have his viii,
And wander from porch to garden post
The house is 50 deaf ly still;
Wander, and long for a sight Of the gate
She has left aiar for me
We had got SO used to each other. dear.
So used to each other, you see
Sixty years, and 50 wIsc AMI good,
She made me better man
From the moment kissed her fair young face.
And our lovers life begll
And seven dne .a- she has given me.
And ont of the seven, not ne
But the nohieSt father in all the land
Would lie proud to cal his son.
o, wen dear Lord, III he patient,
But feel sore broken p;
At eighty years its an aweSome thing
To drain such bitter cup.
l know there's Joseph and Tohn and Hal,
Aud four good men beside,
But a hundred sons cou- -dnt be to me
Like the woman ! made my bride.
Ny little Polly, 50 bright and fair
So winsome and good and sweet
She had roses twined in her sunny hair,
White shoes on her dainty feet;
And held her hand-waS it yesterday
That W. stood up to wed?
And-No, remember, I'm eighty today,
And my dear wife Polly is dead!
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"Philip then you Heard after all"
One week from that day friends once
more escorted Miss Plumtree to tn
door of her olden home, but this time
as d blushing bride introduced by her
husband to the house he had pur-
chased as her wedding gift. Once
more she turned and illuminated
everything with her smile.
II don't know what ! should have
done" she said, ''if it hadn't been for
Philip, for really there were only a
few things in the satchel after all, and
! shouldn't have thought it right to
stay at the deacon's very long"
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Slavery's First Defeat.

Slavery's First Defeat.
( Pellev. the Washington corrcspon-
dent Of the Boston Journal. gives the
| following interesting rcminiscencc:
The appointment by the President
of Judge Orr as Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to his Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias, recalls
the eventful scenes Of the Thilty-ffth
/ Congress, in which he presided over
the House as its Speaker. and especi-
| ally the turning contest Of the anti
slavery struggle on Monday, the eth
of February, 1853. II was the great
question whether Buchanan's mes
sage on the Lecompton constitution
Of Kansas should he referred to the
Democratic committee on Territories
or to q select committee of fifteen.
On this there had been an angry dis
cussion on the preceding Saturday
prolonged through the night and en-
livcncd by regular row at n very
earl Y hour on Suday morning in which
a lncmher-not Grow, of Pemsylva-
MIA, although he had a gold medal
presented to him thcref0r-knOcked
keitt down, while the wig of Ba, ks
dale was >natched from his head and
sent spinning up nearly to the ceiling.
Speaker Orr shouted at the top of
his stcntOrian voice "orler, order"
and Sergeant at-Arms Glossbrenner,
Pennsylvania Dat, hman. who was
here as 4 representative in the last
Congress, seizing the huge mace rs
!he emblem Of li- authority with both
hands. rushed into the midst Of the
melee and was hustlcdunccrcmoniou--
" about. mace and all. old General
Quitman ii! ally stilIcd the tunult,
but it was not until halt-past six on
Sunday morning that the Democrats
l,o+ .n.,,Ii = .,.
a.. ,,.;.,.,,. a..-.,
l:io...,. ~, '>'|'
,,oII,t u,,,,,.,.i -. IL
no,, ., lfanI,,. o,,I,..; -.
lurdrei .,,l dim. Co.., ,,..-,.
tivcs were absent and tba goIr.,;o.
were hacked Iila hnx.. ,r S,,,-,-,o
fc>. Or. Samson made a rorr;lio-
tory PRAYER. journal was read 4v-o
enrolled bill. were ,,resontoJ 1,. NJ.
Davidson. and The ~paaker il an nm.
usually earnest tone. stated the ou.s-
ton. Tcllcrs had been ordered and
he appointed Mcs,rs. ButIinton. Of
Massachusetts,, and Craioc. Of North
Carolina.
-. the demand for fine nrcyiou,
question xecopd.J2"
The hnposing f,,,p If H,ei,+,,
was seen maxine his way down IN. (
area before the Sneaker. +abI. ubaro
Craiga met him Tho two .bool-
hands and there was then > o,,icL
,hadianca to tha c,a.I,o,.- 49,.
that gentlemen in favor Of the morton
would no.. 1..4u.oo,, ~. t,,1. =
har c;d5;n,.s ,-l,,.u.l .,.;.I, .,
.ncr,. Ia1 ~ pa,,,,,,I;,a,, 49,. l
.iL....
r.n,.aa .us 60:
u--,
,I.. r. ".
- -
-, p., p,.
- IN '' ','' " ~ " " "Si'
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II do feel a little nervous, though,
she added, lighting up into one Of
her smiles. Il don't know what /
should do, if you wern't spending a
little time with me, cousin Peri
winkle.'
Miss Plumtree listened in vain; no
knock was heard at the door, not
another rustling of the grass outside
the window. But the next day all
the town was astir with news. Jack
P.umtree had come back with the
old will in his possession and was
trying to prove flaw in the second,
and eject his sister from the Plum
tree estate. Unfortunately it is easier
to prove evil than good, and Miss
PIumtree was very soon notified that
she had one weeks grace in which to
resign all claims and vacate the an
cestral halls. At the end OF that time.
the friends who had accompanied her
home on the day Of he funeral
wended their way to a little cottage
which had come to Miss Plumtree
from her mothers side, to see where
she had taken refuge and how she
had survived the storm. But she d
got out her lantern in advance Of
them and illuminated everything
until they hardly recognized the stu
alton.
There she stood, in the middle Of
the little bare floor, with the irrad,
ating smile on her face, the two sill
ver candlesticks and the oval mirror,
that had been her mothers. shining.
tie stove and the window shining.
and Miss Plumtree's canary singing
mcrrily in its cage.
er .ho,,r1 h..,.a s,,,n -, .,;, ~ ...,.
hadn't been for the cottage. 50
kindly ordnre5tY
No Ionoar oncu,,,h.ro,7 v.;.n
wants or relations. Ni.s PI,,tre.
manared to live deIirbtfuIIv in hor
new nusrtcrs and r.var ad,,i.4.1
that She missed . e;r.rIa ,,,rc,,.t.
until one lov tb,. rcvys aor,a tbo+ +l,a
-ayipps bank. where her ,ipy m,44r-
nal fortuna vo.. troo.,,ol lol f.;Ia5
1u,l nor n .p,rnD, was lng. Tor on.
moment Miss PIuntrap stood s.;u
1s She listened to the tale, but in
another the marie lantern WI. rro-
luc..d. and a new object throw, in
bold and brilliant relief upou tn.
-hadowv foreground of her future
I'm sure | don't know what
should do now. if hadn't amused
myself once by learning drs@.rak-
NO, So kindly ordarrdr, =, .ho .sfl
with such smile that nnopIn var.
almost readv to believe that This ,y.s
he pIcasante,t thing that ever hap-
,cncd to her. From that day Miss
pluntree no longer lived alone
Every morning she trimmed forth
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The following extract from the
/ Debates of the Constitutional Con
yentiOn is laid before the readers of
the JOURNAL because the facts sta
ted are of great import, although the
section was not adopted. The ques-
tion will recur to all: What is to
be done for the unfortunate children
that are below the common schOols?"
In the Constitutional Convention
the Article on Education being under
consideration, the Ith section was
read, as follows:
SEC. :. The Legislature NAV cs-
tablish industrial schools and require
the attendance therein, of vagrant,
neglected and abandoned children.
Mr.. Whcrry.-Mr. Chairman:
desire TO offer few words of expla-
nation with regard to this section, cs-
pccially in view Of its relation to the
following clause, section seven. with
which it is intimately connected.
However unwilling We may be TO
recognize the fact, however distastt.
tul it may be to gentlemen of tender
Scnsibilities to hear it said, there are
two distinct classes of children in the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
alike demanding her guardianship,
her fostering care, her elevating
influences. There is that class for
which provision has been so nobly
and 50 effectively made; the hun
dreds of thousands of well fed and
well clothed innocent. hopeful. hap
py children who do now attend the
public schools, or may attend them,
who are educated in the common
schools or may be edUca, ed there, if
their parents desire it, and if not, are
educated 10y other means at private
expense in private schools. But. sir,
down underneath this, in dirt and
despondcncy, suffering the realities
Of cruel want, and breathing an at
Of vice, there is lower stra-
tum. 1t is but idle vanity and un.
wise craftsmanship to longer ignore
the unpleasant fact that there is a
large class Of children in this Com
monwealtl who, by reason Of the ig-
norance, the indifference, the idleness,
the impecmiosity or the vices Of
their parents ard guardians, are abso-
lutely hindered from attending the
common schools Of this State. 1t is
to provide for that class Of children
that this section is drawn.
For these we want compulsory ed
ucation. We want a system that
will require and achieve the moral,
mental and industrial education Of
these neglected and abandoned chill,
iren, and save them from a doomed
inheritance Of want, and crime and
woe.
This is all this section is intended
70 provide for, aud it has nothing to
10, directly, with the common school
system of the. State, as we now un.
lerstand it.
Mr.. Hazzard.-But where are the
children?
Mr.. Wherry.-All over the State,
n every city, town and county. OF
his class of children you find twenty
thousand reported to the school au-
.horities of this city alone.
There are in my county alone no
ess than twelve hundred and thir.
cen children between the ages of ten
md twenty-one, who cannot rcad-a
housand, at least, Of these, owing to
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! = BREUNLE,
co., / r. w DIRK
DER>PORT, PA.

:, r.sra,t stones, etc. finished n order
a,.as..r .'.5.t Style aud worAsnanshIp, on
's 'Ty, a.. ~ .rtt al the oNice Of .ror-E-
prompt attention,
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been so happy in thinking of his
having everything, and now she
heard he was running it through very
fast, and sure to get into trouble be.
lore long. She wondered if he would
ever consent to come and share with
her If the worst came to the worst
She was afraid he would not. every
thing would seem such a change
And there was some one elsel How
changed every thing would seem to
him-tO Philip-if he were ever to
come back. But he could not have
heard that there was no one now to
interfere. She did not think he
would ever hear; probably he had
gone great way off and would never
know"
One Nov ember night Miss Plum
tree as usual slept her twilight
thoughts quietly away and awoke to
ind great surprise awaiting her.
An invitation from some friends liv-
ing fifty miles away, to come and
pass few days with them. 1t was
the first invitation of any kind Miss
Plumtree had rCca.ved since she left
the old house, and she really did not
feel that she ought TO have any, now
that she had no longer any hospital
ity 10 offer. But here was the letter,
very positive indeed, and refusing to
take no for an answer. SO she put
some things III a satchel and Set off
the next morning by the daily stage.
j shall certainly be back the last
day OF the month" D." she said. ''for | am
engaged all the first week in pecem-
her.
Tho days glidcd by as such days
=. ,.,.,. - 40
last 3a,. r. ,I,,, ,,,,,,,,.,.., ,.. N',> Wv
tn,,iucr ,+.,o uos faara ,o,.1:. ,.,I
dovn tho VILLAGE lin and ,haro -
the drivers box, her nose little red
with tie cold, but luXuriating IN the
free fresh air sat N;.. pI5,,,+r.o
to the bour and ,oirr+o
How oood i would .oon, 3 ... -.
little cott.ga o.-.int Tr.,. .no,,1,
mak, # in another ,oir,,+c 1.,. n,
con CrnL..rry.s Lru,c ", 50 ,nrcI,
I.irhnr. i emf or ,ha ,.;.v. inc. r..n
Now they were pas.ipo ta4 deacon.
AMI Miss Plum1trcr hra.p :, Io,l,
under tle onrop fnr L.r s.+,,,.I
..Jpr,,saI,In," rv,l,i,ocd +ho I,i,.or
and Mis- pru,,4,,. I.ol.,l ,,;,,-r
nm e,u., oLfu,,.,,. e.,I-, ;,
oned 4;,ohar. a,,I.Ifti,, o,,,I...,,.
,,..,r. III
The two .I,..,. c,o,1l,.,;I.a +,a~7i
inirror-all were zone ONLY the cam
,rv Lird f,r+,,a,nI,.1 :. - -. 49,
,on'~. and pothip, for >fi.. pIn,,+r,,.
.,D+ - take sbaI+cr r,l.r -, -,
kindly roof until sbe co,,IJ L.,,.o ti,,,o
10 taigk what must ha don. nox4
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g,' .' ..a ana PAl Err HANGING done
'' -."otueSS and Ii-par1H
APnb. Is. NEEFE,
.m.l'lA q GE FACTORY,
1f>PORT, PENN'A.

a--.s,s a1.l,oA-mahng, Blacksmithing.
so. r,,.. trimming and Repairing done
p -A-a- ana durability, Charges
2425 ~
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-30

A FISH STORY. "A clergyman OF
this city recently received by express
from the country box, which, when
opened, was found to contain large
trout, surrounded with moss. High
ly gratifed at this token of apprecia-
ton from some absent admirer, he de-
termined to feast few select friends
Herewith. He sent invitations to a
few of his Fifth avenue friends. and
there was joyous gathering around
his hospitable board but. while each
took his full share Of fish, no one ate
more than a mouthfnI, circumstance
which puzzled him exceedingly until
he received a letter from a brother
clergyman in the rural disctrits stating
that.its author had obtained the fish.
which he had feasted on, two years
previously, and had preserved 1t in al
cohol. on account of its monstrous
size. Hearing, however, of the Mus
cum of Natural History in the Cen
trail Park, he now sent it to his friend,
asking him to have it put back into
alcohol aud presented to the Museum,
~ r zsi6atne
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-30

FREEMoNT's DIscLAIMER.-Gen.
John G. Fremont has written a letter
to the New York papers, in which he
defends himself against the charges
made in regard to his connection with
the negotiation in Paris of the bonds
of the Memphis, Ell Paso and Pacific
Railway Company. The chief points
of this defense are that the transac-
tions in question did not occur while
he was President of the road, but ex-
listed at least nine months before he
assumed that position; that the
French courts have taken a kind of
snap judgment against him, and that
whatever may have been the mistakes
and misrepresentation committed in
the matter, they originated in Paris,
and were neither suggested by nor
known to Gen. Fremont.
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". a. 7. CO.'S STEAMER,
"Cov. GROVER" |"
Up Fr't. Down Fr't. Pas

Will leave Albany for Corvallis every TUES.
DAY and FRIDAY; and for Portland every
are the freight and passenger rates:
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CASH OR PRODUCE !!
NOTICE.

AREGON d CALIFORNIA RAILROAD
" Company. Land Department, Portland.
Oregon, April 5, I872.-Netice is hereby given
that vigorous prosecution will be instituted
against any and every person Who treespasses
upon any Railroad Land, by cutting and re-
moving timber therefrom before the Same is
BOUGHT Of the Company AND PAID FOR.
ALI vacant Land In odd numbered sections,
whether surveyed or unsurveyed, within : dis
tance.of thirty miles from tho line Of the yoad
: : g u j. 4. Mo0REs.
v1n3stf. Land AGENT
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-24
RETROSPECTIVE.
FROM THE KENosHA TELEaRAPH OF
Isl JULY 24th, 1918.

From several of our exchanges we have
lately obtained valuable Information concern.
Ing Inc business affairs Of the great cities o.
our State. 1t seems eminently proper that
we present at this time in the columns oil
the TELEGRAPH an account of the immense
business interests Of kenosha. The natural
advantages or our city have so often been
written upon, from The dav when It con.
tanned 5000 souls. and the boys, sometimes,
played baseball on the ground where our
magnificent city hall now stands,-and the
people all over our thickly settled country
are so we'll acquainted with them, that we
deem 1t unnecessary at this time to spend
time thereon. It may however be well
enough to say that the recent appropriation
of $50 600 by the City Council for the i'm
provement Of docks will greatly enhance
the lavish endowments of nature. Looking
over the history of Kenosha for the past cen
fury the thoughtful man of 1878 will find
cause for rejoc cling. The advance moves of the
city during that time have indeed been glo-
rious, and cannot be contemplated without
feeling thrill of satisfaction pass through
the soul,-p-ovided always that the soul is
to the manner born. A splendid line OF
steambo ITS regularly carries the produce of
the surrounding country and the manufac-
tured articles OF this growing city to all the
principal ports of Europe. The telegraph
stretches it's electric nerves over the noun
tains and through the valleys of every land
on earth, putting our. thought in communi'
cation with that of our brethren of the
North, South, IA and West The mind
can now travel with the speed of lightning
from pole to pole, comprising the whole Of
creation. Thus we are the observers and the
observed of the world. With. an intelligent
and active population, numbering 100000
souls. whose workshops are palaces, and
whose dwellings are of surprising splendor,
we shall progress until that day when Keno
sha shall swallow up all adjacent towns and
the glad cry of victory shall reecho through
the land. Let every citizen adopt this SEN
tence,-"My Lite is Devoted !'-and con-
scentious!y labor for the dawning of, that
day when we shall raise, high up under The
spangled heavens. the shield of our city