VOL. 1. ALBANY, OltEGON, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1869. NO. 37. jpimnu register. SATURDAY, MAY 22, liStil). pin Fi.r tile UegUu;r. ; The Orphans' Ilouc. Mr. Editor : While in Salem I visited, among other things of public interest, "The Orphans' Home." Thin institution is situated about one and a halt miles from . the central part of the Capital, near the old Missio Cemetery. The site is elevated, and wiJI, when the timber aud undergrowth are removed, be ia full view of. tho city.-; The building is now nearly finished, at a cast of about twenty-five hundred dol lars ; three hundred dollars more would probably complete the present building. The construction Is both neat and con venient. There is connected with the institution tea acres of land, donated by Mrs. J. L. Parrish, of Salem. The main building is 3D feet square, two stories high, with a large cellar and wood-shed attached. One of the rooms above is designed for a schoolroom, and will ac commodate thirty or forty students. We are informed that' the institution is sus tained entirely by voluntary contributions from those who sympathise with the destitute, placing it at once in the hands of the charitable. Hence its success aud prosperity will be an index of our sym pathy, and the measure of our piety as a people: "For pure religion and unde fined -before God is this : To visit the ' widow and the fatherless in their afflic tions." Our charity cannot be more I profStably bestowed than upon this insti tution, which is designed, not as a "Poor House," nor a "House of Correction," but as a home where the neglected chil dren of our country will find care, sympathy and kindness, until they are otherwise provided for by their friends or relatives, or are qualified to provide for themselves. Hence every parent is per sonally interested to the extent of their liberality to misfortune, and should con tribute to the extent of their ability to the support of such an institution. It will be remembered that the support of those children who arc sent will only be supplied by the funds contributed by the people. There are several orphan chil dren now ia different parts of the State, who will be sent in as soon as the "Home" is in readiness. It is under the control of the ladies of Salem, being the work of their own hands. Mr. C. W. Royal and his excellent lady have been engaged to take the immediate oversight and supervision of the "Home," and from our acquaintance with them, we can assure the people that nothing will be neglected to make the place a home for the fatherless. We understand that the ' 'Home" will be ready about the first of June. All communications should be directed to Mr. C. R. Wilson, Salem. Yours, H. C. J. Proceeding's of the Xinn County Teach ers' Institute. Tuesday, May 4th, 1809. The Linn county Teachers' Institute met, pursuant to previous notice, at Ir- ' Tine s school ' house, on Inesday, May 4th, at 1 o'clock P. M. No quorum be ing present, a short time was spent in social conversation, and listening to music by the choir, when the Institute adjourn ed to meet the next morning at ten o'clock. : . : 1 SECOND DAY'S SESSION. Institute met pursuant to adjournment, "P. H. Wigle in the Chair. Singing by the choir j prayer by Rev. Thomas M. Martin. . Jas. A, Ayre3 was -appointed Secretary pro tern. Rev. ; W. H. Shaw introduced the subject of orthography, followed by Mr. A. M. Brock and others. Music by i the choir. Mr. P. H. Wigle introaucea m s uiycci ul icamug, xui lowed by Rev. Thomas M. Martin, Mr. Phillips, and others. A motion to adjourn for one hour was carried. Song by the chois. Adjourned. r . EVENING SESSION. ; ' -Institute met pursuant to adjournment, Mr. I. "W"; Mack in the Chair. ; Opened by music on the organ ; and flute, followed by an address by Rey.S. G. .Irvine, on the subject of moral education. Arith metic, introduced by Mr. - A.. D. Mc- I Michael, aud discussed by Mr. Olin, Mr. j Phillips, and others. The subject of j algebra, introduced by Rev. S. Q. Irvine j by a short discourse, was very instructive. Ou motion, a committee of three, con sisting of r. it. Wigio, Rev. ?w.;n. Shaw and V . Guess, was appointed on resolution.". j On motion, the following officers were elected by acclamation: J. W Mack, President ; A. M. Brock, Vice President; A. P. MeMichael," Secretary; I). IJ. Porter, I. W. Mack." P. II. Wigle, Ex ecutive Committee. Motion to adjourn until to-morrow morning atD o'eloek, carried, lustitute closed with music by the choir. THIRD DAY'S SESSION. Institute met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. ."W. II. Shaw; music by the choir. The miuutes ot the preceding day were read and approved. The Com mittee ou resolutions reported the follow ing which was read aud adopted : Whereas, The arts of .spelling and reading, accordiug to our present system (if system it can be called) of represent ing, is and long has been acknowledged to be exceedingly difficult and laborious, consuming much valuable time, and never acquired so that either the correct .spell ing or pronunciation of an umuomorized word can be known with certainty, ' Resolved, That we earnestly recom mend all persons, and especially teachers, to procure phonetic books, aud familiar ize themselves (which can be easily done) with the only true, natural and beautiful system of representing spoken language, so as to introduce the system as practi cable into general use, and thus make reading an easy- and speedy acquisition and pleasant recreation, and accomplish the task of learning to read our common print in one-half the time now required, and at the same time laying the true foundation of elocution. And Whereas, Writing as at present gen erally practised, is slow, cumbrous and laborious, unworthy of this iige of im provement and progress, Resolved, Phonetic short hand, com monly called phonography, should be acquired by every teacher not already initiated in the art," that ere long our race, especially the rising generation, may write with almost breathing easa and with the rapidity of thought or speech, and be capable of truly and unmistakably representing the sounds of speech. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the views of our County School Superintend ent, that certificates for teachers should not be granted to persons of intemperate habits. . Wjiereas, It is a matter of fact in history that the Papists do not educate the masses of the people in Roman coun tries, but oppose enlightenment, free government and civil and religious liber ty? , Resolved, That the practice of Protes tants in patronizing the schools of Catho lics has a tendency detrimental to the in terests of an enlightened people, injerious to our social and educational interests and dangerous to our civil and religious lib erties. And Whereas, The Holy Scriptures are the great charter of our liberties, as there is no security for our liberties without virtue, and no virtue in its highest sense, at least, without religion, and no true re ligion without the Bible ; and, Wiiekeas, The Word of God is the only source whence we can derive knowl edge of the way of happiness, therefore, Resolved, That the Bible should be read in all schools. And Whereas, Teachers' institutes, when made what they should be and can be made, if liberally encouraged and punc tually attended, are well calculated to raise the standard of education, promote the interests of teachers, public and pa trons, and thus advance the cause of ed ucation in general, and promote acquaint ance and good feeling, among teachers and also the people of the several locali ties where held, and prove beneficial in many respects ; therefore, , ' Resolved, That it is the ' duty and would be for the advantage of teachers to take a greater ipterest in our institutes, be more punctual in attendance, and show mare readiness in taking part in the pro ceedings. Hon. Mr. Arnoup addressed the Insti tute on the subject of our daily life. Music by the choir. The motion to ad journ until T o'clock was carried. EVENING SESSION. Institute met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Starr, followed by music by the choir j followed by an es say read by Mr. James Crawford, and also one by Miss Denny, entitled, "No Excellence Without Great Labor." Mu sic by the choir, followed by an address by Rev. Mr. Starr, on tho subject of Religion in Schools. Music by tho choir. The subject of School Government was next introduced by Mr. Henderson, fol lowed by Mr. Guess, Mr. Wigle, Mr. Mack and others. Music by the choir. Professor Jones introduced the subject of Grammar.' The Committee cn resolutions retired and in a short time returned and reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolvfd, That a vote of thanks be tendered to the Rev. Si G. Irvine for his excellent address on Moral Education ; also to Hon. Mr. Arnoup lor his excel lent address entitled, "Our Daily Life," aud an address by Rev. Mr. Starr on the subject of Religion in School. Resolved, That a copy of these pro ceedings be furnished our county papers, the (Jreyoniau, Herald and Unionist. A motion was made aud carried that the Institute meet at Harmony Meeting House on the first Tuesday in October, at 10 o'clock A. M. Motion for all who wish, to consider themselves members of the Institute, was carried. Motion to adjourn, to meet at Harmony Meeting House, on the first Tuesday in October, was carried. ; 1'rayer by Rev. S. G. Irvine. Adjourned. JAS. A. AYRES, Ciloverson, the Mormon. BY ARTEMUS WARD. tec. "Snow Me Christ. A man blind from his birth, a man of much intellect ual vigor and with 'many eugagiug social qualities, found a woman who, appreciat ing his worth, was willing to cast her lot with him and become his wile. Sev eral bright, beautiful children became theirs, who tenderly and eaqually loved both their parents. An eminent French surgeon, while iu this country, called upon them, and examining the blind man with much interest and care, said to him, "your blindness is wholly artificial; your eyes are uaturaly good, and could I have operated upon them twenty years ago, I think I could have given you sight. It is barely possible that I can do it now, though it will cause you much pain." "1 can stand that," was the reply," so you enable me to see." The surgeou op erated upon him and was gradually suc cessful ; .first there were faint glimmer ings of light, then more distinct vision; the blind father was handed a rose; he had smelt one before but had never seen one; then he looked upon the face of his wife, who had been so true and faithful to him, then his children were brought whom he had so often fondled aud whose charming prattle had so frequently fallen upon his ears, but whose beaming coun tenances he had never beheld. He then exclaimed, "Oh, why have I seen these things before inquiring for the man by whose skill I have been enabled to behold them ! Show me the doctor !" And when he was pointed out to him he embraced him with tears of gratitude and joy. So when we reach heaven, and with unclouded eyes look upon its glories, we shall not be content with a view of these. No, we shall say, where is Christ? he to whom I am indebted for what heaven is ; show me Him, chat with all my soul I may adore and praise Him through endless ajres. Beautiful Extract. The follow ing waif, afloat on the "sea of reading," we clip from an exchange. We do not know its paternity, but it contains some wholesome truths beautifully set forth : Men seldom think of the great events of death until the shadow falls across their path hiding forever from their eyes the traces of the loved ones whose living smiles was the sunlight of their existence. Death is the great antagonist of life, and the cold thought of the tomb is the skel eton of all feasts. We do not waBt to go through the dark valley, although its passage may lead to paradise ; and with Chas. Lamb, we do not want to lie down in the muddy grave, even with kings and princes for our bed-fellows. But the fiat of nature is inexorable. There is no ap peal or relief from the great law which dooms us to dust. We flourish and we fade as the leaves of the forest : and the beautiful flower that blooms and withers in a day has not a frailer hold upon life than tho mightest monarch that ever shook the earth with his foot steps. Generations of men appear and vanish like the grass, and the countless multitude that throng the world to-day will to-morrow disappear as the footsteps on the shore! . v ; A Chinese laborer not long ago mur dered a whole family of seven persons in Peru. He was arrested and while the parties who had made the arrest were taking him to the judicial authorities he was rescued from his guards by the in habitants of the town Guadalupe. They took him io the public plaza of the town, covered his body with 1 kerosine oil, and then burned him alive in a fire which had been prepared for the purpose. - - The ten Western States have increased their vote 500,000 the past four years. , Tlie morning on which Reginald Glo versou was to leave Great Salt Lake City, with a mule train, dawned beautifully. .Reginald Gloversou was a young aud tbiifty Mormon, with an interesting family of twenty young and handsome wives. His unions had never been blessed with children. As often us once a year, he used to go to Omaha, Nebraska, with a train of mules, for goods ; but although he had performed the rather perilous journey many times, with entire safety, his heart was strangely sad on this particular morning, and filled with gloomy forebodings. The time for his departure had arrived. The high-spirited mules were at the door, impatiently champing their bits. The Mormon stood sadly among his weeping wires. "Dearest oues," he said, "I am singu larly sad at heart this morning ; but do not! let that depress you. The journey is a perilous one but pshaw! I have always come back safely heretofore, and why should I fear ? Besides, I know that every night, as I lay down on the star-lit prairie, your bright faces will come to me in my dreams, aud make my slumbers sweet and gentle. Y'ou, Emily, wi:h your mild blue eyes ; aud you, Hen rietta, with your splendid black hair; and you, Nellie, with your hair so bright ly, beautifully golden ; and you, Mollie, your cheeks so downy ; and you, Betsy, with your wine red lips far more delic ious, though, than any wine I ever tasted and you, Maria, with your winsome voice; and you, Susan, with your with your that is to say, Susan, with your -and the other thirteen of you, each so good and beautiful, will come to me in sweet dreams, will you not, dearests ?" "Our own," they lovingly chimed, "we will 1" "And so, farewell !" cried Reginald. "Come to my arms, dearests," he said, "that is, as many of you as can do it con veniently at once, for I must away." He folded several of them to his throb bing breast, and drove sadly away. But he had not gone far, when the trace ot his hind mule became unhitched. Dismounting, he essayed to adjust the trace ; but ere he had fairly commenced the task, the mule, a singularly refractory animal, snorted wildly, and kicked Regi nald frightfully in the stomach. He arose with difficulty and tottered feebly toward his mother's house, which was near by, falling dead in the yard, with the remark, "Dear mother, I have come home to die !" "So I see," she said ; "where are the mules ?" Alas ! Reginald could give noanswer. In vain the heart-stricken mother threw herself upon his inanimate form, crying, "Oh, my son, only tell me where them mules is, and then you may die if you want to !" In vain in vain! had passed on. Reginald The mules were never found. The funeral passed off in a very picas ant manner, nothing occurring to mar the harmony of the occasion. By a happy thought of Reginald's mother, the wives walked to the grave twenty abreast, which rendered that portion of the cere mony throughout impartial. ; That night the twenty wives, with heavy hearts, sought their twenty respect-, ive couches Reginald would nevermore linger all night in blissful repose, in those twenty respective couches Regi nald's head would never more press the twenty respective pillows of those twenty respective couches never, never more! " . j ? : In another bouse, not many leagues from the House of Mourning, a gray haired woman was weeping passionately. ''Hedied," she cried, "he died without signifying, in any respect, where them mules went to !".. - . . " Two years are supposed to elapse be tween the third and fourth chapters of this original American Romance. A manly Mormon, one evening, as the sun was preparing to set among a select apartment of gold and crimson clouds, in tiie western horizon although, for that matter, the sun has a right to "fcet" where it wants to, and L may add, so has a hen a manly Mormon, I pay, tapped gently at the door of tho mausiou of the late Reginald Gloversou. The door was opened by Mrs. Susan Gloverson. "Is this the house of the widow Glov erson ?" the Mormon asked. "It is," said Susan. "And how many is thcro of she V inquired the Mormon. "There is about twenty of her, includ ing myself," courteously returned the fair Susan. "Can I see her V "You can." "Madam," he softly said, addressing the twenty disconsolate widows, "I have seen part of you before ! And although I have already twenty-five wives, whom I respect and tenderly care for, I can truly say that I never felt love's holy thrill, till I saw thee ! Be mine !" he enthusiasti cally cried, "and we will show to the world a striking illustration of the beauty and the truth of those noble lines, only a good deal more so : Twenty-ouo souls with a single thought. Twenty-one hearts that beat as one.' " They were united, they were ! Gentle reader, docs not tho moral of this romance show that does it not, in fact, show, that however many there may be of a young widow woman or rather docs it not show that whatever number of persons one woman may consist of- well, never mind what it sltows. Only this writing Mormon romance is confus ing to the intellect. You try it and see A Novel Plan. A short time ago, at a wedding in South Carolina, a youn lawyer moved that one man in the com pany should be elected as president ; that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all the communi cations that should be forwarded to him in his official department that night ; that each unmarried gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a piece of paper, aud under it place the name of the person they wished to marry, and if any lady and gentleman had reciprocally chosen each other, the president was to inform each of the result, and those - who had not been reciprocal in their choice, were to be kept entirely secret. After the appointment of the president, commu nications were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found that twelve young ladies and gentlemen had recipro cal choices, and eleven of the twelve matches were solemnized. This is an entire new and rather novel "style," but it might lead to more real happiness in married life than long courtships. The Chicago Tribune of April 30th says Senator Sprague is no sooner extri cated from one trouble than he is plung ed into another. Under date of Provi dence, April 26th, Francis W. Goddard, "late Captain Carbineers, First Rhode Island Regiment," addresses him as follows : "Availing yourself of your position in the United States Senate, and abusing its privileges in a base and cow ardly spirit, you have, m your speech of the 8th of April, charged me with having deserted my post in the hour of danger, while a member of the First Rhode Island Regiment. Gen. Burnsides hav ing, over his own signature, denied the truth of your assertions, it remains for me to pronounce you before the world, and with a full apprehension of tho words I use, a liar, calumniator and poltroon." The enterprise of Chicago merchants is shown by the fact that their agents have recently been at Boise City offering to place upon the shelves of the Idaho mer chants, at : greenback . prices, dollar for dollar, the very same classes of goods which have heretofore been purchased in San Francisco for gold. The San Fran cisco Call and other Bay papers contin ue to sound the alarm for the Nevada trade, expressing the opinion that unless quick action is taken Chicago will mo nopolize it. - . :r The Emperor of China is 14 years old, while his intended wile is nearly eleven. Wonders of Modem Surgery. The following is a brief summary of an article in a late number of the A tlantic Monthly, on the recent discoveries aud improvements in surgery : By the local application of a sufficient degree of cold, insensibility can. bo pro duced in any desired part, so 'that a man with ia most exquisitely painful wouud ou the arm, or felon on the finger, can now ipok down in his perfect senses, upon the knife as it enters his own body, and performs tho most difficult operation without giving him the least pain. A French surgeon has invented an instru- i - - - , inent he calls the "ecrassur," oi crusher, to perform operations dangerous in sur gery, on account of the loss of blood from the smaller vessels, if performed with a knife. It is formed of a fine chain gathered into a loop, which encloses tho part to bo removed, and by turning tho screw the chain is to be tightened till ?he parts are separated. Tho blunt chain so turns up and twists the ends of tho blood vessels that hemorrhage is pre vented. The eye is now examined by an instru ment called the opthalmoscope, by which the depths of the globe of the eye can bo readily and fully explored, and through us aid a great deal ot wnat nas been written and conjectured about diseases of the eye lias been found to be wrong. The intricate passages of tho ear, tho nose, the whole of the windpipe and pas sages of the lungs , are now carefully explored. Perhaps one of the best results of modern science has been through what ia called "conservative" surgery, tho rule of which is to save all that can be saved from the amputation knife. Many of our brave soldiers complained of the reckless haste with which, in the late war, some surgeons would cut off arms and legs ou account of trifling wounds. This com plaint was often just. But one of the most distinguished surgeons in the world has lately written : " ' "At King's College it is rare to see an amputation ; iu nine cases out of ten excision (or tho cutting out of the deceased portion of the limb) should be performed in its stead." . j A boy at the Wrest was caught under a fallen log, and had his leg broken and twisted upon itself at right angles with his thigh, the buncs protruding through the flesh, and no doctor near. . He lived, and after weeks of suffering, was taken' a hospital. Modern conservative surgery' instead of amputating the limb, as the old fashioned surgery would have done,. sawed off the protruding bones, turned the leg back again to its placo, and put on an instrument to keep it of equal length with the other, and now the boy stands, runs and jumps with two sound legs. .- - : 1 y 1 Railroad Matters. The Sacra mento Union of April 29th, contains a dispatch from the Pacific Railroad, dated April 27th, from which wo extract the following : " - , The Central have discharged and sent west nearly 2,000. In a few days they will begin sending the Chinamen back to various sections to ballast the road and complete it. In a month or six weeks others, with many of the teams, will be sent to tho Western Pacific, on which line the Company will concentrate all the force that can be used.' The Central Pacific will also move men and teams to Marysville to commence the Oregon road. Gov. Stanford says they will push the road north as quickly as possible. The Central Company have bought the California end of the California and Oregon road, and will connect with Ben Holliday's road on tho east i side !of Portland. The heretofore strongly Democratic city of Quincy, Illinois, elected a Repub lican Mayor on the 26th of April by 600- majority. -.;;;,,". Cheap. -Fifty thousand dollars is now tho standing prico in California for promising to marry a lady . and I then backiD out. .The dear creatures arc very reasonable in the price they place upon their "fond little hearts'." : Rather Pointed. A cotemp. com plains of the lack " of enterprise among the wealthy men in his town, and says, "the great want of - the city is about thirty-five first class funerals." x , - Two dry-goods clerks in New ' York are reported to have each received .salaries amounting to ? 25,000 the past year.