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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
ALlEA's DEFINITION o. DEMOCRACY.

When called upon, many years ago,
to respond to toast. William Allen
paid this glowing tribatc to Democratic
priEciples
Democracy is a continent not 10 lie
appalled,, corrupted or compromised. II
knows no baseness, covers to no dan-
ger, oppresses no weakness. Fearless.
generous and humane, it rebukes the
arrogant, cherishes honor, and sympa-
tilizes with the humble. 1t asks moth
ing but what il comedies il comedies
nothing but what it demands Destrue-
tive only OF despotism it is the sole
conservative Of liberty, labor and prop
erty it is the sentiment OF freedom,
of equal rights, of equal obligations. IL
is the law Of nature pervading the law
Of the land. The stupid, the selfish,
and the base in spirit may denounee it
as vulgar thing but in the history Of
our race the Democratic principle has
developed and illustrated the highest
moral and intellectual attributes of our
nature. Yes, that is a noble, Inagnani-
nous, sublime sentiment, which ex.
pands our affections, enlarges the circle
of our sympathies and elevates the soul
of man until, claiming an equality with
the best, he rejects, as unworthy of his
dignity, any political immunities over
the humblest Of his fellows Yes, it is
an ennobling principle and may that
spirit which animated our fathers in the
revolutionary contest for its establish
ment continue to animate us, their
sons, in the impending struggle for its
preservation I"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
TME REASON.

The following short extract from
Voorhees, speech in the q. S. Senate
accounts for the why, that some of the
Southern brigadiers are SO passionately
loved while others are so cordially hated
by Republican strikers:
1 have heard of means of grace. I
used when boy to attend campmeet-
ings. / heard the richest outpourings
of the Gospel. l have heard grace de,
scribed as = fountain flowing in bound
less beauty and illimitable wealth. I
have listened when it was claimed that
this grace washed away all stains.
cleansed the murderer's soul ON the gal
lows, purified and gave peace to the
guiltiest conscience ever called shiver-
ing and quaking with fear from this
world to the world beyond but / have
never before heard of fountain of
grace so wide, so deep, so exhaustless,
so spontaneous in its unceasing flow, as
that of the Republican party to Con-
federate officers If they viii only vote
the Republican ticket r
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
ALMOST 4 svvISDLls.

A. S. Barnes & Go. only give six
months time for the exchange OF
books of the old series for the new,
and for the introduction Of the new at
the low rates. A great many Of the
small districts in this State only have
one term Of school during the year,
and If it is taught just after the hoIi-
days they will lose all the benefits Of
the low rates in the exchange OF
books. The time given should have
been one year.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

WE are having very poor crops in
this valley, but still our people should
not complain. The Eastern States
have lately been visited by severe
storms, England and Russia have had
their grain injured in the same manner,
but to a greater extent, while late in
telligence from Ireland is to the effect
that famine is in prospect there, ow-
ing TO tho failure Of the crops At
many points the farmers are unable to
pay their rent, and in Mayo alone no
less than 800 ejectments have been
served within a few months.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
TELEGRAPHIC GIEAxIxGs.

Gov. Sprague repeIs Indignantly
Inuendoes against his wife's virtue.
He will not reply TO her published
statement, and Is more bitter against
her advisers than her.
An oil well at Pecker. Pa, was
struck by lightning on the 14th.
The flowIngoIldestroyed several wells
and dwellings communicating with
another 1000 barrel tank. Damage
$40, 900.
King Cetewayo made another ef-
fort on the 22d ult., to ascertain
whether his liberty would be granted
him II he submitted. He said that
he had been completely deserted by
his warriors.
General Russo, supposed to be di-
rectly connected with the Russian
ministry Of foreign affairs, publishes
an article stating that Germany has
abandoned the friendship of Russia
for that of Austria and England.
Eighty-five thousand barrels of oil
have been consumed In ell by the
fire occasIoned by lightning at Titus
vile. The oil running into the river
became q sheet of fame. A timely
change Of the wind saved the town.
France, having refused ex- Khedive
Ismail Pasha to reside in Alglers, the
powers have intimated to the porte
that they do not object to his living
In Constantinople. The Sultan, how
ever, Is opposed to having IsmaiI in
his capital.
Zulu prisoners report that King
Cetewayo with his army are on the
marshes of Umvolosi river, where he
intends fighting. Two British col
umns will readvance on the Sd OF
August and meet at Magnlbonim on
the 9th of August.
War between French Canadian
ship builders and Irish ship builders
Of the Coves Of Quebec has begun.
Several have been wounded and one
Frenchman killed. They number
over thousapd on each side and are
well armed. Stores have been sack
ed by the rlOters for guns.
The treasury agents report great
deal of illicit trade in firearms, am
munitlon, rum, and etc., carried on
by vessels from San Francisco and
Honolulu at Ounalaska, and one
schooner, the Soleta, was seized offSt
Paul Island with contraband goods
on beard.
It is stated that King Alfonso and
Archduchess Maria of Austria will
have an interview during the coming
month, and that their marriage viii
be solemnized at the end of October
Emanuel Silola, minister of the IN.
terror, win be appointed ambassador
extraordinary to accompany the arch
duchess from Vienna to Madrid.
The Herald has another story Of
Stewards body. A special from
Montreal says that the city is much
excited over the discovery of body
believed to be Stewards which war
brought there in a canal boat from
New York November last. The po-
lice got on the track and notified Su.
perintendent Walling, but the lat
ter dIscredIted the report and %
action was taken
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
AFRAID OF HIN.
paper.

Republican papers in this State now
devote about half their editorial matter
to running down Mr. Tilden and his
"bar'l." The fact of it is they are very
much afraid Of that old gentleman, and
well they may be. If he gets the nom
ination for President at the next cleo
ton, instead Of beating his Republican
opponent over quarter of million
votes, as he did Hayes. he will win by
such a large majority that the Radical
thieves cannot keep him from occupy
ing the White House.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

differ with them in their political views,
and the continued and healthy exist
ence Of the Democratic party makes
them howl with rage. They want but
one party in this country, and that
their own, while all opposition must be
dealt with AZ treason" That is the
tone Of large number Of stslwart or
gans. II is the old talk fnrbished up
for new service.
The British government Is now
building two steel clad ships of war,
which are to cost S5,000,000 each,
without armament. They are to be
plated with sixteen inches Of steel, to
carry four guns each, TO be sf 9,1O0
tons measurement, with a speed Of six
teen miles an hour. No sooner were
these monsters laid on the track, how
ever, than IL was found that one Of Sir
Joseph Whitworth's new guns was ca
pable Of driving a bolt Of chilled steel
through a steel plate "a inches thick,
and thus once more the defensive side
Of naval war-making is found to be al
the mercy of the offensive side.
ALL honor to L. l.. Rodgers, Meth
odist minister who has been stationed
at Ashland. He was the only one in
the late M. Il. Conference that spoke a
word in favor Of our people, and against
the treacherous Chins.se heather. lie
was in favor Of their receiving moral
training, but he was opposed to thii
Chinese slave working amongst us
principally because our working peopl,
cannot compete with them in the cheap
ness Of manual labor. lie said oul
people have families to support, edn
cate and prepare Tor useful mem
bers of society, and they should b.
helped first il there is anything lef
tet bhs GtlNelc nave ~.
FALSE philanthropy, like false o.
misplaced charity, becomes incendi.
airy. There are few OF the criminal
pardoned out OF our penitentiariea
who do not return adroitly 10 thei
old habits Of murder, arson, burglary
or as the case may be. A certain
class Of morbid phiIanthrophists seiz'
upon the criminals and make heroea
OF them, surround them with an at
mosphere Of sympathy and pity
magnify their virtues, gloss owe
their sins, and screen them from
punishment. The sequence Is tina
rascalIty Is at premium, and thrive
under the treatment. When tn,
punishment of crime Is Inevitable
sure and severe, It viii be feared &C
cordlngly, but when crime makes he
roes IL viii be considered heroic an,
profitable TO commit crime.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

HOW TO SAVE M0NEY.-Instead of
going to doctor for prescription, If you
have Rright's Disease, Diabetes, Pain in
ton, Calculi, Briek-dust Deposit, or any
trouble of the Kidneys or Bladder, buy 8
bottle of DIR. Mintle's Nephreticum, the
great Buchu Compound. It is the most
Wonderful prescription for these troubles
ever compounded. Messrs. Abrams q
Carroll, wholesale druggists, say: We
regard Nephreticum as the best kidney
and bladder remedy in the market. ?
Woodard, druggist, Portland, o.. says j.
81 tsEverybody speaks highly of it, Childs,
druggist, Portland, Or, says: "Sold lots
of it: it alwaya does the work. Many
have been cured of obstinate kidney COM
plants after the doctors have given them
up. Price, Sl.25. For sale by all drug
gisCs.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

The Wilton theatrical troupe Is in
Lake comfy.
Ashland boys are trying toorganize
q brass band.
What the rust didn't destroy in
Lane county the late rains did.
Mr. ". $. Hite and wife, Of Phil
omath, claim that the Cruci5le has
libeled them.
A saw mill Is needed at Dallas.
There Is large and constantly grow
Ing demand for lumber.
Self binders are said by YoncalIa
Douglas county, farmers TO be more
economical than headers.
d. n. Guthrie Of Polk county,
raised this year thirty-six bushels OF
wheat for every bushel OF seed sown.
A mineral spring containing mag
nesia, iron and sulphur has been
found near Deer creek, Douglas coun-
ty.
Notwithstanding the blight the In
creased acreage in grain in Douglas
county will result 10 IaTgererops than
ever.
It Is claimed that mail service in
Polk county Is not certain or prompt.
Monmouth girls give hazel nut
picnics.
Henry Eigenbrod, the cook Of an
Independence hotel, has fallen heir
to SO, 900 BY the death OF an aunt
at New York.
Last Monday the Harrest QUEEN
brought 487 tons OF wheat TO Cello,
which Is the biggest load ever carried
on the upper Columbia.
Mr. HaIstead Of Turner, who mys-
teriously diappeared some time ago,
IL at his old home in the east. He
says that he will return soon.
Harvest hands in theneIghborhood
Of Lewiston arc at work briskly in
the field under the hot sun, with the
thermometer at from 95 to 105 IN the
shade, and no perceptible weakening.
The plateaus aboutLewiston, which
have been considered unproductive
wastes heretofore, have produced
good crops of wheat this year, the
experiment having been made by DIR.
Kelly.
Mr.. Strotcher has discovered rich
mines on Grave creek and a spring
that cleans clothes of grease and tar
by merely soaking them In It. Some
Cinnamon will start laundry there
some day.
It Is not certain that the Dayton
narrow-guage road viii be completed
to Dallas this year. II the receiver
can borrow the money it will be COM
pleted at once and viii do an inn
mense business this fall.
A few days since, says the Pendle-
ton Independesst, while on drunken
spree, q son Of Umapine shot at an
Indians dog which came running out
of the wigwam as he rode by, the
ball passed through the wigwani and
struck an Indian named Peno-le-
shin-le-cutz, and made a severe
wound in the thigh.
The taxable property in Whitman
county amounts to about 81 200, 900
and the population viii exceed $500.
There are In the county 1900 mer
who pay poll tax. The county ta1
for the ensuing year is fixed at sever
mills. The territorial and school taz
are the same as last year, four mills
each. In 1877 the population wa.
300 and taxable property, $780,
900.
The Dallas Riverside says Mr.. ]. S
McMurray, living near Monmouth
brought us bunch of wheat, from
one head of which we shelled and
counted one hundred and forty-fivt
grains; Mr.. David Parker of Luck
iamute, brought us four heads of :
new variety of wheat which weighed
In the chaff, two and one-fourtt
ounces, and the heads yielded from
one hundred and twenty-five to on.
} hundred and forty-eight grains to tn,
head.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

Comptroller Porter OF the treasury
department says that the national
board Of health is of the opinion that
contributions for the support Of the
people of Memphis in camps is abso-
lutely necessary to prevent the spread
Of yellow fever Ia other states. a
reQuisition upon the sl00, 600, appro-s
priafed By congress win be honoEeds
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

Bishop HAVEN, of the N. 2. Church,
came out to Oregon and presided over
the Al. e. Conference just closed at
Portland, and last Monday fatty told
hia hearers that the leprous Chinese are
50 worse morally than our old pioneers
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10
Financial Affairs,

WASHINGTON, April 5th.-The Sccre-
tary of the Treasury announced that
the subscriptions for the four per cent.
cOnsOls made and forwarded before 3
p. M, April 4th, will be accepted.
These subscriptions amount to about
fifty millions OF dollars. The Secretary
OF the Treasury has issued the Goth
cali for the redemption of fve-twenty
bonds of 1865, cOnsols of 1868. The
call is dated yesterday. The principal
and interest will be paid at the Treas
ury on the 4th Of July next. The fol-
lowing is 4 description OF the bonds:
Coupon bonds, dated July l, 1865
$50, No. To No. 80, 719, both inclusive;
$500, No. ! to No. 1911, both inclu-
siye; $1,000, No. to No. 26,455, both
inclusive.
Registered bonds, redeemable at the
pleasure of the pleasure of the United
States after July |, IS73-$50O0, No. ]
to 2.CS7, both inclusive; $1,000, No. | to
No. 7,0SS, both inclusive; 5000, No. l
to No. l,SIG, both inclusive; $4,000,
No. TO No. 2,6I3, both inclusive,
These bonds are the entire amount
outstanding OF those issued under the
act Of March 3, 1865, known as oonsuls
of 1868, and are the last Of the United
ive-twenty bonds.
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Something for Federal Soldiers
10 read,

This Is from the Okalona, Miss
Southern States: The Yankees are be.
ing driven to the last ditch. One more
campaign and the world will hail the
Confederacy a. the conqueror. 1t may
become the imperative duty OF Pre,i-
dent Davis to accept the United States
~SenatOrship, whether he wants il or
not. These Yankees must be taught a
lesson. Down with the reconstruction
laws. Let the last one of them be re-
pealed! Stand back there, We Federal
.brigadiers stand back, we say. The
old Confederate boys propose to run
this republic from now on. Lincoln
and his mob, yclept the Union army,
were traitors; and their treason must
be made odious. Mississippf las more
power in the Union of to-day than
Massachusetts,! Three cheers and a
Bengal tiger! Yes, sirs, we repeat It,;
the Federal brigadiers must take back
seats in the work of restoring the
Union. Lincoln hi:elings Se played
ont in ibis republic of ours, now that
we have captured the Capitol. Yam
kec blne-cOats have fallen way below
par in Washington City. The Con-
iedcrate gray commands a premium.
Glorious! Push on the column.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10
RECENT
Large Republican Gnins In
Democratic SirOnghO!dS.
OHIO.

ONO.
CINCINNATI, April Sat 40 o'clock
this moi ming returns showed Jacobs
iRep.) elected mayor beyond a doubt.
His majority will be from ] 900 to J.
900.
Toledo, April S.-The city election
yesterday was quiet and orderly, A
very full vote was polled. At 4 very
early ho9r this neutrality-suspicious. from
all but one ward indicated the election
of the entire National ticket, with the
National ticket, with tie possible eX-
ceptiopspfsPolice Judge,s.by from 400
to 800 majority &The Board Of Alder
men stands two Republicans, two Dem
Ocrats and four ltiOnals. The Ma
tional ticket was headed by Jacob Pow
,ers. The vote of the Nationals shows
about thc..same strength asjat the cleo
lions lastifall.
MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, April S.-Returns from one
hundred and sixty towns, including
Detroit, with a Democratic majority of
ove 1900 gave Campbell, Republican,
for Supreme Court Judge, 7l9; Gros-
yeuor, Republican for Regent, 500, and
hparer, Republican, for Regent, 427
majority. Tie majority on the Repub-
lican State ticket is estimated at from
5000 to 10000 over the Greenback and
Democratic coalition ticket. At Grand
Rapids, the citizens ticket, composed
Of hard money Republicansa Demo
Gratis, was elected. At lansing the
Republicans elect the entire city ticket.
At Jackson Democrats elect mayor and
Republicans the rest of the ticket. At
Fast Saginaw the Republicans elect the
mayor; balance Of city ticket mixed
At Adrian Republicans elect mayor.
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VETER&Es OF MEXICO AND
1912.
Some Interesting Facts from
the Pension Rolls.

Washington. correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial says: Gaze
fully prepared estimate. show that if
die soldiers of the Mexican wal we're
pensioaed Gas is now being urged, and
Inns been urged for many sessions),
tour-dfths Of the sum required would
20 into the Southern States. This is
not urged as an objection, for if the
soldiers of that war are worthy Of be-
ing placed on the pension list, il mat
ters not where they live, but the fatal
weakness in The scheme is that it
would take from the Treasury millions
AMI Mullins of dollars and distribute il
among a~blC-bodied men, who arc as
competent 10 earn their own living as
other people. Invalid soldiers of that
war arc already pensioncd, which is
considered sufficient for the present,
although it is generally believed here
that within five years the remaining
soldiers Of the Mexican var will all be
placed on the pension rolls.
A study of the pension rolls reveals
the curious fact that 10 pensions ever
granted so to all sections In such uni
form proportion as the disbursements
10 the surviving soldiers of the war Of
1872 and their widows. That there
should be so many Of these as has been
developed is Il matter Of surprise in
the Pension Office. OF surviving SOL
diers of that war, there are now on
the rolls l0,407, and of widows Of SOL
diers, 3,S25. Considering that a man
to haze been q soldier in that wal must
now he at least eighty, the pension
rolls show examples Of longevity as
numerous as they are remarkable.
They are, however pretty evenly dis
tributcd over the country, and the
money to pay thcm annually goes into
the following States in about this pro-
portion:
Maine, New II mpshirc, VT, 5000
Mass, r. J., and Conn. 1900
New York, l72,t 900
Pennsylvania, 75,coO
Ohio, $500
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would he vote to repeal those stat
utes until every man in the South,
whether white or black, whether a
carpotbagger from the. North or a
scalawag from the South, should bear
a free aud equal chance at the bollot.
box. (Applause on Republican side.)
He was not authorized to speak for
the President, but be knew that if
the President was a good Republican
be would veto the bill.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10

The elecsionnrws in to=day's paper
Is encouraging to Republicans. Gin
cinnati has gone Republican by II good
majority, while Evansville, Ind, has
done the same thing, for the first time
in many years. Michigan is ever true.
so much for the h~ot-headed Democrats
in Congress trying to stop the wheels
Of the Government. The election of
Grant TO the Presidency in 1880 will
leaEN them to behave themselves.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10
The Oh Mar Shirt.

Among the letters presented by a
Southern woman 10 secure a position
in the POstOfice Department at Wash
ington was n sent by a K|entuckian
10 Mr.. Blackburn, which contained
the following: ''Press her claim in
every possible way, for the Confeder-
ate service never had 4 better friend.
al through the war no woman in
Washington did more for the Southern
Causc,n
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10

Michigan, $1,000
Illinois, 5l,4OO
Minnesota and Wisconsin, $500
Iowa and Nebraska, q, coo
California, Oregon aud Nevada, 6,2OO
Indiana, 5000
Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas Ala,
Ca, S. c., and Florida, l25,OOO
Tennessee, North Carolina, West
Virginia and Virginia, $4,000
Colorado, Kansas aud Missouri, 1900
District Of Columbia, Del, Mary
land and New Jersey, 10000
Kentucky, 5000
Rated according to population, the
most survivors live In Western New
York and in the mountains of Tennes-
see, Kentucky and North Carolina.
Are these sections of our country the
healthiest or did they furnish an UNI
due proportion Of soldiers?
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AppoRrIoNMENT OF SCHOOL FUND

n EN- vi oNhbOb a AEb'
Comptroller Gaines semi annual re-
port apportioning the school moneys of
State to tle various counties says: "By
section ~ Of the acts, Of 1879, chapter
%, sli moUcys In the Treasury Of tic
State for the annual support Of the
public schools, on the first Mondays in
October and April Of each year, shall
be@ppoltioned by The Comptroller
among the several counties Of the State
according to the scholastic population
as reported to him by the State super
inttndeuts.
In accordance with this provision Of
the law, the following opportionmonts
have been made to the counties named {:
Scholastic Apporiion-
Counties. population. ments,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10

The ex-Confederate officers In the
United States Senate are Morgan, La
mar, johnson, Garland, Cockrell, But
Ter, Walker, Vest, Hampton, Call,
Ransom, Harris, Gordon, Vance, Coke,
Williams, Wilhers, Maxey, Jonas.
The ex-Federal officers are Logan,
Plumb, Burnside and Kellogg.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10

be issued until July !, at which time
the interest natures. The warrants
will also be cashed at that time.
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TIE q Debt Bill.

luS lOIiSN iuS - lft Iull bcAI Vi lhc
bill passed by the General Assembly
providing for i settlement OF the State
debt:
An act to settle the bonded debt of
the State:
Section ]. Be It enacted by the Gem
eral Assembly of the Safe ofTcnnessee,
That the following described bonds,
purportiug to he the bonds OF the State
of Tennessee, with the accumulated
interest thereon, DC settled and funded
in the coupon bonds of the State at the
rate OF fifty cents on the dollar upon
their face value, bearing interest at the
rate Of / per cent. per annum until
paid. said bonds TO be in denomination
= follows: One-tllird at from five
dollars to one hundred dollars, one
tliird at from ] hundred dollars to five
hundred dollars, One-third ut one
thousand dollars, falling due at the end
of thirty years, hut rcdecmable and
renewable at the pleasure o.; the State;
the interest OH said bonds being due
and payable on the first Of Jenuary Of
each and every year, at the Capitol Of
the State ar Nashville, in the Tleasur-
cr's office. The bonds herein referred
to being known and designated rs