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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

UNArpREcnTIvE. swell, Father
Brown, how did you like my sermon
Yesterday asked a young preacher
'sYe see, parson," was the reply, 81
haven't a fair chance at them sermons
Of yourn. I'm an old man now, and
have to set putty well back by the
stove; and there's old Miss Smith,
a. Widder Taft, n Mrs. Rylan's
darters, and Nabby Brit, n all the
rest, setting in front Of me-. with
their mouths wide open, a swallerin'
down all the best Of the sermon; n
what gifts down to me is pretty poor
stuff, parson, putty poor stuff"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17
JOS. REILLY,
CONSTABLE AND GENERAL COLLECTOR
North Portland Precinct.

Reference by permission to the following
I.a-,r.- gentlemen;
His Honor Philip Wassermau, Mayor of No
City Ct Portland; Hon. Eugene Senple. Dr T
A. Chapman; DR.. J. C. Hawthorpe: h.
Davenport; f. s. Rosenbaum 4 Co.; Knann a.
Burrell & Co.; E. J. Jeffries; Clarke. Henapr
son Cock; $. G. Skidmore; Il. Martin a ~.
A. b. Richardson q Co.; Millard 4 Vanscpvvsr' w.
=, oFFIoE-25 Washington Street, between
v7n4Ttf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

In IlUok. Two ladies of Madison,
Georgia, Mrs. Campbell and Mrs,
Chambers, have fallen heir to a
fortune Of $l2,000,OO0 in France,
and have gone to claim their inheri-
tance. They received i letter from
Hon. Judah r, Benjamin, who is in
London, informing them that there
would be no difficulty in their obtain
ing possession Of their immense
estate, known as the Reunauleau
estate.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

BOGUS lard is extensively made in
Ohio. A largo quantity Of Indian
meal Is stirred into the melted lard.
IL becomes pulpy and escapes detec-
ton. Il isn't SO good lard, but it is
more healthy.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

A NuMRER Of Sea-horses were born
ii the latter part Of July at the
tanks Of the Manchester Aquarium,
III England. 1t is said that these are
the first sea-horses where birth has
taken place in Great Britain, There
are thirteen Of the young ones, and
they moved about with great activity
the day after they were born. They
are frat Of all fed on the milk Of hui
man kindness and then on seagrass
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

Rx-President Mulard Fillmore il
segenty-three years old. Fillmore
and Andy Johnson are the only OK
Presidents living, and neither Of
them was elected to tho Office.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

Ass bid lady from the country, with
Az unmarried daughters, went into
Augusta, Ga., The other day, hunting
for 3he Patrons Of Husbandry. she
meant business.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17

Al temperance movement is needed
Al Fort Scott, Kansas, one Of the
oitizens De that town having recently
seen 4 snake sixty feet long crossing
the road.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
THE WAR-CLOUD DISAPPEARS.
Settlement Of the Spanish Difficulty
TcTnls Of The PrOtucol.

The complications growing out of the cap
ture Of the steamer Nirginius have been finally
settled without 4 resort to war. Tie nego-
]tiations were %broughtto I conclusion at Wash
lngton ON the 29th ul:.. Secretary Fish and
the Spanish Admiral Polo having on that day
signed Il protocol. the terms Of which arc as
follows:
/. Tic immediate delivery 10 the United
States of the ship Yirlrius aud the iGrviyIng
passengers and crew.
,. \ sa!ute t. our ilag on tho 18th Of De-
cemher next. unless III tie meantime. Sgain
shall satisfy the United States that :hc Amer
can tiag was improperly borne on that vessel.
and further, that she had no nigh, to the
American flag or American papers. In this
event the salute Is to be spontaneously with
drawn. and Spain is 20 formally u.-cla,m any
intentional iudiguity To the hag ~ the acts
commi'tcs! By Spain against the y.rriuiyis.
). Ii 1t shalithus he aho'n tiutthe NrgIuius
had no right to carry tnc American Dag and
papers the UHitoi States viii institute pro-
ceedings aSa5u-s TIE vessel ard the surviving
parties WHO have violated either Law or tItaty
stipulat.ons.
4. The matter of rcrl4matious for damages
Is reserved for future consideration.
Adyicos from Madrid represent that Spain
has agreed u surrender the S!rr!l!u- ami all
the persons remaining alive Who were cap
turcd with her. leaving the question whether
the seizure OF the versel va- legal TO be ret
lied hereafter by a mixed tribunal. The
question whether dan!aEys shall be paid to
the faml!ie- or lie relatives Of tia mcn who
were shot II also to D.. sct,i"i in 4 similar
manner. Tins decision va not arrived At iy
tho Government before Il hat cpundGutiaily
consulted wIth lie Iow,Tn q: Europe. and war
informed Iy al II them that rcpAIatiuu was
duo for the capture of the steamer and the
execution Of the capt!vcr. The decision IL
also Ia conformity with the oliuIun 81 leading
Spanish rtGiezncn Of al parties, - whom
the question was submitted Ey the Govern
mont.
\ Havana Dispatch Of the LIT ir=t. SAYS the
news of the settlement Of tho difficulty and
tie terms upon which i: Is ba-cI, was received
there with much excitement. The Inazr q he
people, il IL said, oppose the surrender Of tie
VITIuius.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
In q Nutshell.

There may be II moral douh. as to
whether the NIrginius vas sailing bGHH
Rdc a. an American vessel, although she
carried the American flag at her mast
head. Eat that the duty Of the United
States Government may BE- understood,
it is only necessary to remember.
l. The American flag waa nj iler mast
head. Her American clearance papers
were genuine. OF both these facts, the
Spanish commander was perfectly aware.
Nevertheless, he hauled down the flag,
ran up the Spanish ensign in its place,
hurried the ship into Il Spanish port.
shot four OF her officers without trial,
and massacred II Of the crew within n
few hours.
.. II the Virgiuius we're not a jona
fde American vessel, the Spanish com
mander was not her judge. That wa.
the sole right Of the American Govern
ment.
3. Even if caught in piracy, the
officers and crew were entitled to trial,
and could be punished only after con
v%iction. They were massacrcd i'll cold
blood.
l. They were not caught in piracy.
There was nothing contraband of war
found upon the vessel. She was sailing
peacefully on the high seas, and her
capture and invasion would be exactly
p%arallelcd if the commanGeraDd crew of
the Spanish gunboat Arapilcs, being re-
paired III n New York n~avy-yard, were
to enter the City Hall Of Brooklyn, carry
OFF and slaughter the city officials and
i3 citizens.
3. The Government cannot deal with
the question as an optional one Of chiv-
airy or humanity. 1t is It question Of
law, as cold AS blue steel !; ard the
United States must so act upon if, or
retire from the business Of running Il
government.
6. The question is one Of these Two :
o., Spain captured Il bona .Gfc American
vessel, and massacrCd 80 or more per
sons in her service; or (2), Spain arroga-
ted 10 herself the right on the high seas
to capture an American vessel on Il sus-
picion, and, OF Il suspicion, massacrcd
so or more persons entitled to the pro-
lection of the American flag.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

How Rich Men Began Life.

Marshall o. Roberts is the possessor
of 81 1000, 600 or $1,000, 900, and yet
until he was twenty-five he did not have
800 he could call his own.
George Law, at forty-ive, was a COM
mon day-laborer on the docks, and at
present counts his fortune at something
like $40, 000, 000.
Alexander 7. Stewart first bought a
few laces at auction, and opened his way
to success in a little dingy shop on
Broadway, the site of the wholesale es-
tablishment.
Daniel Drew, in early life, was n cat,
tle-driver at the munificent rate Of 10
cents a day, and he has driven himself
into an estate valued at from SO, 000,-
GEO to $50, 000, 0)0.
the noted sugar rciiners, i'll their boy
hood sold molasses candy which their
widowed mother made, at a cent a stick,
and to-day they are probably worth
from $1,000, 900 to s 5000, coo each.
Horace b. Claiin, the eminent dry
goods merchant, worth, it is estimated,
from Sl2, 000, 900 to SO, 900, 900, COM
menced the world with nothing but en-
ergy, determination and hope, and see
how he has invested them
Cornelius Vanderbilt began life with
an old pirognc, running between Staten
Island and New York, and carrying
garden-stufr to market. With 81, 900 or
Z 1900 raised from that source, he EN-
tered upon steadily increasing enter
priscs until he accumulated $50. 900, 900.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Boss TWEED has been sentenced TO twelve
years imprisonment on BlackwelIs Island and
to pay a fine of SIC, 80.
IL Washington City, a few days ago, a Mrs.
Ioriarity was shot dead by a negro boz be-
cause she had not twenty cents to pay Inn for
a job Of wood-sawing he had done for her.
EIGHTEEN lives were lost by the sinking Of
the cable steamer Robert 4. Lowe, on the
Nova Scotia coast, on the goth of November.
An attempt was male, the other day, to
assassinate Comptroller Green, of New York,
by means of all Internal machine.
RAFFERTY,, the Chicago murderer, has been
a third time convicted ot murder in the first
degree.
MILTON MALONE, under sentence of death
at Atlanta, Ga, cheated the gallows by taking
a dose Of opium.
Ingersoll, the chair-making member of the
New York Tammany King, has been sentenced
to five years Imprisonment in ths State Prison
at hard labor; and Harrington, who helped
him III his forgeries, to eighteen months I'M
prisonment.
The Grand Jury at Des MONIES, Iowa, which
is composed almost exclusively of Changers.
has indicted ex-State Treasurer Rankin for
embezzlenent.
THREE Of Tweed's counsel ave been fined
$3.50 each by Judge Davis for contempt Of
court.
Il Montreal, Canada, last week, a man pur-
Joined a bottle Of coichicum from a sleigh
standing in the street, thinking it was sherry
wine. A large number Of his friends and
neighbors partook OF the poison, ard seven Of
them had died at last accounts. while five or
sIX Others were IN a precarious condition.
TWEED was arrayed in striped clothing and
consigned to a cell in the Blsckwell's Island
Penitentiary on the 30th nit. In answer to
tho usual questions he stated that he was 90,
occupation a statesman, no religion.
CHRIS. RAFFERTY, has been sentenced to be
hung at Waukegan on the Goth of December.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

b A SUMBER of mills atTroy, n. Y, employing
in the aggregate 5.GC0 men. haze resumed
work within n few days.
HENRY CLEws & Co. the suspended New
York brokers. are about TO resume.
JAY COKE & Co. have been declared bank
rupts, and a receiver appointed.
C~oSGREssN,H HAwLEY. of Illinois. will in
troduce 4 bill in Congress authorizing free
banking.
WASHINGTON dispatch saws the Western
and Southern Congressman are almost unani-
mously III favor Of the passage OF a bin i'll
creasing the volume Of the currency :l00. OG0.-
coo TO $3.50, 900. 600.
SENATOR FERRY, Of Michigan. member Of
the Senate Committee on Finance. proposes.
as a remedy for our monetary ills, to issue
eight hundred millions currency. convertible
into bonds bearing 3 G5-lGJ interest and to be
exempt from taxation.
THERE was al increase in the public doLt
during November OF 20, ops. $40.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

Personal.

SENATOR SUMNER's health was never better
than now.
Hon. RICHARD YATES died at st. Louis on
the 9th ult. after an illness of a few hours,
of apoplexy. He was member of Congress
from Illinois from 1851 to 1855, Governor of
the State during the war, and United States
Senator from 1865 to 1871.
SECRETARY RoBEsoN is convinced that Capt.
Hall, of the Polaris, died from natural causes.
TIL name of Acknowledgement Williams was
on the LIST inst. submitted to the Cabinet as
the appointee of the President to the vacant
Chief Justiceship on the Supreme Bench. The
Acknowledgement is to be succeeded by Col.
Bristow, of Kentucky.
SENATOR LOGAN, Of Illinois, q Washington
telegram announces, will mge immediate
action Oh his bill repeating the Bankrupt law.
1t provides that The repeal shall take effect
Immediately after its passage.
JOHN NJ. LANGsToN, the colored lawyer, has
been appointed provisional President of the
Howard University, at Washington.
i. i. s. PINCGBACK has abandoned the cor
test for tho seat as Congressman-at-LarSe from
Louisiana, and viii so before the Senate and
clan a seat i'll that body.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
4 New York Steamship Sunk at Sea-226
of Her PASSENGERS Lost.

Aoo'
News comes from London of another terri
BILE marine disaster. At 2 O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 23d of November, the steamship
Vile du Havre, which left New York Nov. Is,
for Havre. France, collided with the British
ship Loeb Erne, and sunk liz twelve minutes.
Two hundred and twenty-six passengers of the
Vile Gu Havre were lost, eighty-seven being
saved by the ship TrImountain. The Inflated
vessel WAS struck amidslips by the Loeb Erne.
The latter vessel Immediately lowered her
boats. which rendered all the service possible
by them. F~ifty-three of the crew were saved,
including the Captain, and those go to make
the eighty-sevcn saved. Among the passen-
gers lost were several members of the late
Evangelical Alliance, returning to their
homes.
The Vile du Havre was one of the largest
and finest steamers ailoat. Her dimensions
were 40 feet by As feet. Her carrying capac-
ity WAS 1900 tons, freight and measurement.
Her main saloon was fitted no with marble
wainscoting of three varieties, the uphol-
stery was velvet. and the woodwork was
carved in the most unique designs. Her en-
gines were compound direct-actinS, Of $500
horsepower, and made in England.
Among the lost were four children of Mr..
II. q. Spdfford Mrs. S. being among the
saYed), a son of Mr.. Il. L. Culver, and Mrs.
Daniel Goodwin and two children-ail of
Chicago.
The Loeb Erne struck the steamer amid
ships, ard made a chasm II feet deep and
from 25 to 80 feet wide. The exact position
of the Vile du Hayrc at the time was latitude
AZ degrees q minutes; longitude S5 degrees
IL minutes.
Panic took possession of the passengers.
Five minutes after the collision the main snd
| mizzen masts fell across two large boats
which were filed with people and ready for
launching. Tie boats were crushed to pieces,
aud many Of the occupants killed and injured.
In the brief interval between the collision and
sinking of thc'steamcr the crew were able to
launch only a whaleboat and the Captains
gig.
The Loeb Errc went a mile before stopping.
She then got out four boats TO pick up the
people struggling iu the water.
The Hurscr of the Vile du Hayrc, in his &C.
count of the disaster. says:
The scene was awful. and beyond descrip-
ton. The ar was rent with shrieks. but some
were heard saying calmly, As we must die,
let us die n0bly.' The water rushed into the
hold with incredible velocity. l undressed
my-e'f. and with n companion, jumped over
board and swan toward the Loeb EIne, then
half a mile distant. As | left | heard tae snip
cracking, and looking back saw her 60 down
with one plunge forward. For a moment the
sl!r!CLs were terrible, then all was silent. 1t
WAS tie silence of death. The Captain re-
manned on the bridge of the Vile du IIayTc
during the whole, and went down wit, tie
ship. He was picked mp an hour afteTward."
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

A WASHINGTON telegram of the 9th nit.
states that weighty dis patches we're being re-
ceiSed from Madrid, but none Of the contents
were divulged. There WAS a long conference
between the President and Secretary Fish. but
nothing regarding it Is known. 1t il stated
that the time for Spain to answer our ulti-
matum has been extended. A more startling
and Improbable story is that Minister Sickles
has 70 impaired his usefulness by his disagree
ment with Foreign Minister Figueras that
be is to be recalled. The Government. it il
raid, has conducted its negotiations for several
days without recourse to him, just as the
Spanish Government was said TO have ignored
Admiral Pclo.
The colorei men OF Kentucky, in State Con-
vention at Frankfort. last week, resolved that,
If they were not granted more equal division
Of the Offices, they would abandon the
Republican party. saE
SENATOR CGssERLY, of California, has re-
signed.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

the temporal and spiritual powers of Europe
suit in anarchy.
The new Captsin-General of Cuba has tele-
graphed an assurance to CASTELAR, that Span
island; but that has no significance. as
! the Captain-G General is quite powerless as
against the lawless and blood-thirsty volun-
teers.
MINISTER SIcKLEs authorizes a denial Of
the reports telegraphed from Madrid to the
effect that he (Sickles) had broken off his
social relations with the Foreign Minister, sand
thai he expressed the opinion that war il in
evitsble. There was no foundation whatever
for the dispatch. TIL official and personal
l. relations between Sickles and the Spanish au-
thorities are of tho best nature, and he never
said war was inevitable, or expressed all
opinion as to the result of the pending qucs-
tons.
THE Germans are increasing their fleet in
Spanish waters.
A RUMoR comes through British sources
that Marchai Serrano will probably be de-
clared Military Dictator of Spain.
A HAVANA dispatch says the Cubsns will not
permit the surrender of the Virsinius, and
that they will insist upon the execution of the
remaining captives.
DISPATCHES to the London papers give par
ticulars of the bombardment of Cartagena.
Spain, which is described as most furious.
Many houses were fired. and over 200 people
killed on Friday, The 2Sth ult. The insurgents
had riased the black flag, and are making a
desperate defense.
SEVENTEEN houses and the principal hos
pitsl in CartaSena, Spain, have been destroyed
by the Commandment. The city is full of
wounded. and there is much distress among
noI-cOmhatan.s.
\ DUE was lately fought near Berlin be
tween Gen. Manteufrel. who commanded The
German army of occupation in France, and
Count Goeber. The latter was shot i'll the
stomach and dangerously wounded.
TIE commander of the United States war
steamer JuniGta telegraphs from Santiago that
the exact number of the yirginius passengers
| executed was 81.
CARDINAL PEccI, Archbishop of Perugia,
has beca selected by the Cardinals as the sue
cessor of Pope Plus.
The reported duel between Gen. Man
tueffel and Count Goefen is denied.
TROUBLE has arisen between &c many and
Spain, growing out of the seizure Of a German
vessel near Manila, and the Government at
Berlin is putting its navy into a condition of
readiness for war.
News comes from Havana Of the brutal! muir
der Of two Americans. 1t is extremely peril
Gus for Americans TO be seen in Inc streets of
that city.
The Pope is again indisposed.
HAVANA letter says the yirginius has been
armed as Il war vessel and sent ont TO Tuise
for flibu1ters.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
GENsCRAL.

II Government Commissioners have eX-
amped and accepted 1870 more miles of the
Northern Pacific railroad, making 400 miles
in all.
From Sept. 1 to Nov. 81, $50. 292 hogs ar
rived at the Chicago Stock-Yards, being an
increase of 2S6, 4S4 over 1873.
Ir has been definitely ascertained that six
teen of the slaughtered EirSinius passengers
were British subjects.
The COMMISSIONS of Indian Affairs has
directed that no more rations be issued to the
Comanche Indians until i've of the tribe who
have been raiding and numbering are given up.
4 FIGHT occurred on boardthe Spanish IRON
clad Arapiles, at the. Brooklyn navy-yard. the
other day, between al American workman and
a Spanish officer. in which the latter was
severely chastised.
THE corn crop of 1878 is estimated by the
Agricultural Department at $751; GOO, 000 bush
els. and the cotton yield a. 8, 700, 900 bales.
THE grea: Hoosac tunnel has been COM
pletcd.
Thu closing of the Erie canal caused q
marked advance in the price Of all kinds Of
cereals in New York. The amount of grain
on the canal is over $500, 900 bushels.
MANY Thanksgiving turkeys were sold in
Denver, Col, Of the enormous weight OF forty
pounds and over.
WAsHIsG-oN dispatches state that a high
tariff will be pushed in Congress, and that the
duty on tea and coffee will be restored. It is
also said the tax Oh tobacco and spirits Will be
augmented.
The Government has been defeated in the
Credit Nobilier suits brought at Hartford, the
Court having sustained the demurrer to the bill
presented BIZ the Government, on the ground
that the interest of the Government in the
subject matter is too remote to be reached by
the courts, and that the corporation did not
occupy the position of trustee with respect to
the Government.
SOUTHERN Congressman are confident of
getting their scheme for refunding the cotton
tax through Congress.
Accommodating WILLIAMS viii appeal
the Credit Mobilier suits to the United States
Supreme Court.
There are l. 100 Oranges III Missouri. with
a membership of 20, 900.
THE secession of Bishop Cummins from the
Episcopal Church has resulted in the forma-
ton Of a new sect called the Reformed Epis-
copalian Church.
THERE are 100 Oranges in Missouri, with a
membership of 20, 900.
The trunk line from Chicago to New Or
leans, via Cairo, will be completed in a few
days, when one can travel between the two
cities without change of cars.
ANOTHER Mexican raid is reported on the
Texas border, 20 miles frcm Corpus Christi.
They murdered seven ranchmen and captured
considerable stock.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

an experiment to verify the claim
above made, can be made by employing
a mere fraction of the quantities above
named. A less perfect cur for insect
pests is to scatter the powdered alum
freely in places where they abide.
Powdered borax, scattered thinly where
Croton bugs and c~ockroaches travel or
abide, will expel them at once. 1t is a
sure expulsion for the Croton insect.
Almost all strong saline solutions are
efficacious in the destruction of these
household pests, which are destructive
and annoying, and the mixture of alum
or any other material need not ne:es-
sarilY be hot.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12

The Mason & Hamlin Co., whose Cabinet
Organs are unquestionably the best in the
world, have just reduced their prices to cor
respond with deprecated values Of material
and labor. They are also introducing this
season, a number of exquisitely beautiful
styles, containing improvements Of much
value, effected this season.
They now offer f~ve-octavo double-reed
organs, for one hundred and ten dollars, and
other styles at proportionate prices, being
about half the prices at which peddlers arc
crowding upon purchasers organs worth not
half as much,-ICom.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
Dead Shot for Insects.

Strong alum water is a sure death to
bugs of any description. Take two
pounds of puiyerized or of crystal
alum, and dissolve i'll three quarts of
boiling water, allowing it to remain
over the fire until thoroughly dissolved.
Apply, while hot, with n brush, or,
what is better, use a syringe to force
the liquid into the cracks of the walls
or bedstead. The pulverized alum is
worth about thirty cents "A pound, aud
that III crystal from fifty to twenty
cheap remedy. The latter requires a
little longer time to dissolve. OF course