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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16
Political Memoranda.

TIE ST. Louis Republican calls him
/" Amos" Cameron.
The New York Graphic thinks the
next Senate will be remarkable only for
the men who are not there.
WHEELER, of the Wheeler & Wilson
Sewing Machine Company, is a promi-
nent Democrat In Connecticut.
The Hon. Scott Wike, Congressman
elect from the Quincy Qll.) district, in
tends making an extended tour of the
Southern States.
ANDY JOHNSON will meet in the Senate
only one member who voted against his
peachment-Senator McCreery, of
Kentucky.
The Democratic gubernatural slate in
Ohio for next fall is made out. For Gov
ernor, William Allen for Lieutenant
Governor, S. F. Carey.
THUR1ow WEED has given the Tennes-
see Legislature new name. He says
stthe whirligig of time has returned Andy
johnson to the Senate. %
SENAToR-ELEoT EATON, of Connecticut,
writes a Hartford correspondent, Will be
a prominent figure in the next Congress.
He is bitter opponent, a rabid party
man, ana LnOfOugn DelleVef III tne Oen-
ocratic party. He will say 'ssalt'' when
he means salt, and not attempt to pass it
Off as sugar.
THE Albany Times reminds us that
while Virginia used to be called the
60 mother of Presidents" New York is
earning the title of the mother of Sena-
tors. The newly elected Senators from
Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin
Messrs. Christiancy, Paddock and Cam
eron-were all born IN New York.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin, says In
reply to the numerous reports here and
elsewhere which are in circulation rela-
tive to the probability that Senator Car
penter will leave the State and reside IL
New York or Washington, we can speak
from authority when we say that he has
no such intention, and that he does not,
in any event, propose to leave Milwaukee
to practice law elsewhere, or accept any
office which may be rendered him in the
gift of the President. He intends to re
main in this State for the purpose oi
showing to his friends that he viii stand
by them as they have stood by him, and
willleare the future to determine whether
he is worthy of that generous confidence
they have reposed in him.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

don't often get night out. Mix your
self glass"
did SO, and Lit a clay1pipe But
didn't care for it; so LIT cigar,
and sat, smoked, and looked at them.
That's good brandy" said the rol-
licking skeleton, after another draught.
&c say, what do you think died of y
Hung for burglary, I should say, or
entering peoples houses in their alb
sence.
ssGet out,'' he said. s. I had d. t.
horribly. Take care of yourself-don't
you2
"Not if I can help it," said.
And then I started, for Rattler had
gone. Now, didn't see him go, and ]
know he didn't pass my chair. But he
was gone, and there was an end of it.
It's curious life, mine, said the
ro1icking skeleton, s.w wired together as
I am. I'm glad of q change. A case
bottles all very well, but a glass case is
too much of a good thing.
Then he leaned over toward me in a
curious, sneering fashion, laughing with
his feet, if I may SO express the way in
which he made them quiyer !; and he
annoyed me so that said to him at last
Pray keep still. ?
ct would, he said, Sc but it's time tc
get up"
And he rose from the chair and walked
into the wall, straight in, without g
pause and somehow those words of his
made such an impression on me that they
seemed to hang in the air, and they were
the very first I heard later on in the
morning, when my hot water was
brought to the door.
All! you may say what you like, bu
if it's possible for two skeletons to ge
out of a case and come down severa
streets in the dead of night, and visit {
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16
The Idrl of the Streets.

She was stout, ford woman, remark
ably stout and Aerid, bat she wsas richly
dressed, and as she came Down Olive
street the manner Ia which she cJrled
her lip and turned up her nose at women
whom she passed more plainly appar-
eled was frequent, and painful, and free,
as the poet expresses it. She was lead
ing poodle by ubbon-rhy is it that
fat, horid women always wear poodle
and the dog was q marvel in its kind. 1T
was very SMALL and verT vicious, snap
ping at the feet of pedestrians, and its
diminutive Snd homely body covered
with frowzy wool, was almost concealed
by an elaboSate blanket, which left only
head and legs and tail exposed. And so
they came sailing down Olive street, fat,
aristocratie woman and small, aristocrat-
ic dog, and they were perfectly ss4iBfed
with themselves, though no one else
might be- But te3epora a1ettaRtttr, ct
nos naatteaaay in 6JJis, and sometimes the
change occurs with depressing sudden
ness. Some careless shop-keeper had
thrown pail of water upon the sidewalk
the night before, and the bitter cold had
transformed the water into surface hard
as adamant, smooth as the highway to
perdition. She came along with the
stately tread adapted to her style, but
she did not see the sidewalk in its icy
guile. Her double chin was elevated far
too highly, and her eyes too full
of placid and contemplative
inner consciousness to admit of
noting things terrestrial. Like a Span
ish gaIleon of the olden time sne came
still sailing on until she touched the ice
patch How shall one paint the trans
formation scene? Two pudgy feet
paved frantically the glisteazing surface,
then shot swiftly forward as the body
they supported started started back.
There was q fierce rush downward of
waving arms and .gros graiss and seal
skin and adjpose tissue, and the earth
absolutely shook with the eoncussion
Slowly and painfully the stately female
rose and glanced about her, but the dog
oh, where was he2 There he lay, but
what spectacle Come to the bridal
chamber, Death come in consumption s
gllastly form, the earthquakes shock,
the oceans storm, ct cetera, but do not
come to small dog in the shape of two
hundred and twenty-five pounds of solid
female flesh, if you want TO hear him give
q single yelp Crushed beneath mass
of quiyering humanity Truly in the
midst of life we are in death There he
lay, the aristocratic poodle, and though
he covered ground enough for a good
sixed fighting dog, you might have
passed him through crack in a door.
So late wonder among pets, he was
now better fitted for q book-mark in a
family Bible /! And the stately woman
sobbed automatically and hired boy to
carry home the corpse, and the tragedy
was ended.--iN. Louis RepttbEi bEicass.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16
HARD WINTER.

Hail monarch OF the leatless crown
Rare seen save with 9 gloomy frown,
With ice for scepter, robee Of snow,
Thy throne-the streams arrested now-
Stern tyrant! whom the AstninG sun
Doth 1oathe 10 serve, by vapprs dun
Beg1rt, melancholy train,S%
Der nature holding saddest reign.
Lo Of thy rigor birds make piaint
And all things meath thy burden faint
Nor cneered are they by message cold,
In answer by thy north wind ted,
The envy Of thy grevious sway,
When thou wouldst drive all hopa away
From nature, yearuing to restore
To earth the bliss it knew before,
When summer ruled with empire mild,
And autumn, still a raddy child,
Lay Graded 'mong the gfeenery
OF whispsr psring grove and laden tree
The brook that prattled TO the air
OF golden harvests, scenes as fair
As poet rapt In fancy's maze
Could scarce enshrine in mortal lays,
Now rude and angry hurls along
The hearers OF his summer song
The branch and leaf that once repaid
His music with their tender shade,
And catching zephyrss honeysd tone,
To his sweet tuning Joined their own.
Or bound, perchsnce, in durance slow,
Fun faint he wends, and meaning low.
Fit dirge he makes DER freedom lost,
In joy of which he Wanton tossed
The falling blossoms on his wave,
For water-nymphs TO catch and save.
Now stript OF his green bravery,
In piteous plight the weary tree
Is blown upon by mocking winds,
Whom changed now he sighing finds
From those gay p1aymates welcomed erst
In glee by his young leaves when first
They wove their merry breeze-taught dance
And broke their feathered ledgers' trance,
What time the eastern wave did gleam
Meath fore-feet of the golden team.
Not busy now with tender care,
For coming brood the birds prepare
Their airy cradle, rocked unseen
BY Dryad hands behind the screen
OF leafy curtains, where no eye
OF mischief curious may pFy.
The thrush that erst with yelling voice
Made all the tangled brake rejoice
In echoes of his nnellowed strain,
To NOPE in silence now is fain:
Nor ever pipes from straining throat
The varied wonders of his note.
So bleak the scene, so sad the day,
Too harsh, winter, is thy swayi
Chambers Journal.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

A Stow WRFrER. Yesterday, while
some negro steamboatmen were being
paid off, the clerk inquired of each one
as he came up to sign the pay roll, "Win
you write your name or make an X?"
The first one said he could write his
name, and the pen was handed him. He
looked at the pen, scrutinized the pay
poked him up. Let's see, mused the
darkey, as he looked up at the clock
ssit's now 10 o'clock, and I've got to
meet feller at the City Hall Mt noon; /
guess I won't write my name, but I'll
put down an x. =" Detroit Free Press.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

aa a
TWENTY years ago-on Saturday, Feb.
10, 1856 Vice President Wilson took his
seat I'M the United States Senate as the
successor of Edward Everett. The SEN
ate then occupied the Old Chamber, now
the United States Supreme Court room.
OF the sixty-one other gentlemen who
occupied seats in the Senate at that time,
thirty have passed away, and of the
twenty-four who survive, the only one
now ia the Senate is Hannibal Harnlin,
of Maine. The latter has not, however.
served continuously as Senator, having
meanwhile served as Vice President, as
Governor of Maine, and as Collector Of
the Port of Boston. Mr.. Wilson has
kept an autograph album, in which he
has secured the signatures of all with
whom he has sat in the Senate, accom-
panied by all the dates OF their births.
The signatures now number 26O, embrac-
ing many of the greatest and some of the
worst of the public men of this eventful
generation.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

ACCORDING to the Memphis appeal
o queer marriage took place at Jasper,
Tenn, the other day. The bridegroom,
Mr.. Martin, had attained his seventy
sixth year, while the bride was blush-
ing girl of only thirteen. To add to the
charms of the little, modest maiden, the
threescore and sixteen gave his bride
$3, 900 as q marriage gift.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

AND now the head of the family. re-
turning from his 9 club . through the
sharp midnight air, gently rolls his
sleeping spouse over to the cold side of
the bed, and sinks softly into the vacated
spot with sigh of thankfnlness.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16

A PHYSICIANS stopped at the shop Of q
country apothecary, and inquired for a
pharmacopaia. sc Sir, y said the apothe-
cary, g I know of no such farmer living
about these parts. !"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
HOoSfer History

Several circumstances unite to render the
early history of Indiana of moro romantic
interest than that of any state further west
and fully equal to the older states of the
east. Even Ohio, which most resembles In
diana In natural features and in her early
settlement, has less, perhaps, to tell OF
wild adventure, Indian warfare and
pioneer encounter. Indiana was the last
state on the western border to be
subdued by the slow progress OF iso-
lated or scattered immigration without
the help OF that great civilizer, the railrosd.
1t is true that portions of Illinois have Pic,
neer history closely resembling that
OF this state. but the real opening
out and occupancy OF Illinois
dates even with the building of the
Illinois Central Railroad, which brought up
the state at a bound. as it were, to the front
rank of commemorative. Beyond Illinois
the states have no history, as It were, to be
ranked among the contests with wild
nature. such as the older states have
seen. They have sprung into being at The
touch of q magican-one day vast deser
plains. the next traversed by IA ilrosd trains
sprinkled with cities, adorned wish schools
and competing with sister states in all thu
characteristics OF refined civilization
While this marvellous transformation WA
going on beyond us, Indiana stood still tor
time, overlooked and negleeted. But sh
has in compensation n story 60 tell, pictur
| of the past to look upon which viii becom
more aud more enchanting as the genera
tions march by. The suffering and privation
which gave to Indiana her present citizsnshi
i were of no trifing character. The pilgrim
on "a stern and rock bound coast' move
worked harder nor Jared rougher than III
fathers of the living Hoosiers. Much oftf
terrible romance of Indian struggle an
RI ws.'s was here, and no state in the Unio
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

you CAM ADDS this military Machiavelli,
take with you such gentlemen of your staff
as you wish, and it is best that
the trip should appear to be one as
much Of pleasure as of business. y
These are certainly strange marching
orders for IN American soldier But Sheri-
dan was to keep bis eyes open during this
little pleasure trip. He is told that the
president wishes hin, in the words Of
Belknap, "to visit the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and especially New Or
leans, La, and Jackson and Vicks-
burg, Miss, and ascertain fer yourself and
for his Information the general condition of
matters In those localities" And to make
the gay and festive soldier feel secure in the
course of his wanderiDgs, the following
extraordinary clause Is slipped into his
rowing commission: Enclosed herewith is
an order authorizing you to assume COM
'.mand of tie military division of the South
or any portion OF that division, should you
see proper TO do SO. II may BE- possible that
circumstances may arise which would rem
der this the proper course to pursue.
You can, II you desire If, see
General Mcdowell in Louisville,
and make known to him confident
tally the object of your trip. But this is
not required Of you. Communication with
him by you is left entirely 10 your own
judgment" Il is strange If even
the modest and unassuming Mcdowell
doesn't feel his blood Jingle when
he reads such statement IS this,
and Gen. Sherman must wrilbe under
the indignity. No wonder that Sheridan,
with such Unlimited powers in the palm OF
MS hand, TO be exerted whenever caprice or
judgment should influences him to interfere,
las stepped forward to overthrow state
government and demand the absolute
control of thousands OF her citizens in mat
ters of lie and death. II be has nisunder-
stood tbs duties of an American soldier
toward American citizens, he has merely
learned his lesson in arrogant assumption
from the curious marching orders with
which the president and the secretary Of war
have dispatched him upon his mission. This
order from BeIknsp in a greater disgrace 10
the country than Sheridan's infamous dis
patches from New Orleans.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
shericau = Orders.

Z Among sbe docunsa nts submitted to the
Senate. by the preside Mt. as explaining his
action and supporsin 9 the conclusions Of his
message Ga Louislan a affairs, is one that is
wortbysof eonsid Sra BILE attention, namely,
the order from the war department, in
obedisnoe 30 wifi IN Gen. Sheridan appeared
in New Orleans. One noteworthy circum-
stanoeih regard 30 it is this: The order does
not enaxlAte from the general of the armynor
does It esntain the slightest aNusion TO him.
He fseompletely ignored in the whole tran
saction. and hiSIsubordinate 10 dispatched on
impsrtant bus.r ess hsther and tbither with
out his knowledge. IN fact &c really appears
thai Gen. Sherman has as little 20 say about
the. army of which he is nominally the
commander, rs he has about the
msxsbsling Of tbs Prussian landSehr.
In general way this fact was well
known to the country before. Sherman's
removals 10 st. Louis to avoid the burden of
responsibility for acts in which be had no
part, left no doubt in tie public mind re-
gardfns the matter. But to the .pplica-
ton Of tie policy ofignoriDg the general ol
the trmy in spartlcular case Is, nevertheless,
somewhat startling. More peculiar than
even shis forgetfulness of the general
OF tina army Is the strange Style of the
order. L. Is not concise and direct
like military order, but it is vOrde1 like
the Instructions Of potentate to secret
ennisssry. There Is an air of mystery anc
deceit about tho whole document, with s
hint here and there as TO possible cc vi
sfetdt "rhe president thinks" remarks tn'
willy secretary OF war, land so do L, that
trip South might be agreeable to you, an'
that you might obtain great deal OF in
formation on the subject about which we de
I sire to learn" In such gentle and insinu
} s,ing fashion is the lieutenant general re
, quested to forego tho alluremenis of Chicsg
I hospitality for the furthersnce of the part
! Fan ends OF the administration. "Ot cours
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
SsmtfmsI.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10.

According to the Railroad Gazette, only
1923 miles OF railroad were constructed
I'm 1874, against 1883 miles in 1873. and T. 4t
miles in 1872. The promise for 1875 is fol
still further decline instead of reaction. II
is scarcely to he inferred from this thai
railroad improvement in this country is
destined 10 cease, for unless some better
ulau OF TRANSPORTATION shall be devised, The
railroad. in some modified form, will ulti-
xnateiy reach every point Of con-
siderable population and trade. The
wears 1872 and 1873 represent ex-
cessive activity in railroadlng, especially
1872, the Ike Of which can not rec~r for a
long time. In the new states and territories
railroad facilities sresconsiderably overdone.
Public convenience ia not surfeited, but alb
solute convenience is sometimes too expen-
sive TO be profitable. Kansas is almost
killed with railroad taxation. That burden
Is really more formidable eDcumbrance
on the state than the dread of 10
Gusts. In the older states the disposition
to build short lines is not less than
at any former time. For instance, in
the state OF Indiana at no tins have more
enterprises been agitated, perhaps, than at
the present. The supreme cause for the de-
cline in this business is identical with that
which stands in the way Of several other
desirable objects, the want of money.
When a man is out OF funds and can no
borrow OF his neighbor, his chance is bad
for branching ont in business. That is he
exact situation with railroad builders. All
the Tricks Of credit and fictitious capi-
tai have been played. Voting aid by taxa
tion has had its day, for the time being
no money can be had from Europe, and the
making of railroads has settled down to the
same basis al other business, you must
have your own actual dollars to pay the
cost. Under this practical aspect the rail.
road Missionaries are sobered down and will
have to be quiet beyond the end of this
year &C least. Hencetorth and probably
forever, railroads can not be built except
on lines where there is sure guarantee
of profitable investment. Meantime there
is enough business to engage the minds
OF genuine railroad men in modifying and
perfec.ing the management of roads now in
operation, so IS to eliminate abuses, and
make the system economical. 1t is like
pioneer in a new country clearing away the |
forest. The time comes when he has !
laid bare land enough, and the proper \
course is 10 stop and cultivate what is
cleared. But the tendency is always 20
oveIdo the clearing, "a it Is - make too
many railroads in new and raw territory.
If the time comes that railroads resume the
payment ofinterest on their bonds and be-
come generally profitable, the money will
again be forthcoming to go into new enter
prises.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19


The Now York Sun, in 3 recent editorial
on the candidates for tbecoming prssiden-
tial election, gives this prophecy to this
state: Indiana is equally emphatic in. her
claims. Mr.. Hendricks is in the field for
the third time. which does not improve ais
chances much. AS the, human palate tires
of thu choicest dainties csily repeated SO the
people grow weary Of even so respectable
and sound a candidate as the present gov
ern0r OF Indiana Is, when urged upon their
favor tor a succession of years. Mr.. Kerr
has recently been named as candidate,
founded on the probability of his being
made speaker OF the new House of Repre-
sentatives. Mr. Mcdonald, who will
probably s2cceed Mr.. Pratt In the Senate, is
also suggested, because Of his great
popularity in the state, and bis we'll known
worth and talents. Although this rivalry
is now less pronounced than that in Ohio,
vet il Mr. Kerr should be mace speaker. ii
will become keen and angry enough from
personal jealousies to produce discord and
distract the party, so that the
state will hardly present the solid
front that she has heretofore done fol-
Hendricks. Between the democratic lead
eJs of Ohio and Indiana there has long been
a violent feud, which breaks out with every
possibility OF political success, and appears
whenever presidential nomination is TO bt
contested. Their respective followers will
not be pacified or listen to the suggestion o.
one prevailing over the other. Hence, re-
fleeing men outside the limits o! both have
held, and will hold again. that Ohio and In
diana had better be set aside altogether as
the best method OF disposing Of their mites
tine quarrels.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

W. W. Pasko, secretary of the sFuste IS OF
the Printers Greeley Memorial. has iss ued
a circular stating that the building of the
monument is secured, and asking all ad-
mirers Of the great editor, inand cut of ths
craft, to contribute 10 the memorial fstnd.
A duly accredited collector is to.follow the
circulsrin due time. 1t really locks, a fter
all, as # the American people could rem en-
Der a mans virtues long: enou ugh
TO grant them the tribute OF
monument. 1t is curious how Ii tile
commemoratioa in brass or marble I rue
greatness wins. There is hardly pu bile
square in England which. is not ador ned
with a@costly memorial TO the memoir y OF
the prince consert, who was merely, as far
as the world knows, very decent and GEN
tlem&sly sort Of person, who sired re-
markedly dullsiot of princes andlprincei ses.
Futuce generations viii wonder what
sort of strange hero Albert the
Goods must hsve been, whose effigies
are set up, like idols, in the land of Al.
fred Cnur ds-Eion, Cromwell, Shakesp care.
and Milton. The Sentinel is. not of the
opinsonthst monument woeld give any
added honor to the name of Horace Gre eley,
bu. il might refleet, subjoctivelS some share of
credit upon those who show themselves ga
paDie of appreeisting his virtues and anx-
ions to express their appreciation. The
master poet of the language las well said of
ostentatious honor:
1.-The mere words @ slave
Dsbauched on every tomb; on every grave.
a, lying trophy; and aSoft Is anmb,
Where dust and damned oblivion are the tomb
OF honored bones indeed"