VOL. 1. dATlillUAY, JUIA. 17, lbli'J ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 17. 159. NO. 45. ZSBBGSBCflEEa IJIIzzard'a Vengeauce. " A TALE OF THE PRAIRIE. , s f if - " " -;- " The Gaming rays- of the setting sun threw a glorious goldcu . light; far and wide over a western prairie. The etherial Azure of the sky was tinted with crimson like, the bluatcd face of an alcoholic bum mer.' Not a zephyr ruGod -th jrrassy lrfaco of the plain, aud no sound broke the impressive stillness save the melodi ous cry of the slumgulion and the pensive wail of a solitary bullfrog. The glitter ing aheeu of a broad river lent additional charms to thia gorgeous scene, and on the bank of this river, in the calm even ti JeV" there halted a weary cavalier, mounted on a bobtailed steed of protru sive anatomy. i Thj rider, AJolpbua Blizzard, was a magnificent specimen of the border hunt er, and fought at two hundred and eighty pounds. His handsome face was shaded by a mass of wavy black hair, and a sixty cent straw bat ; a superb moustache graced his upper lip, and he had an ec centric squi-Jt in his starboard eye. His athletic form was encased in buckskin of rather; questionable sanitary condition, and there were indications that his own skin was in the same fix. lie was armed profusely, and a loaded demijohn dangled at the horn of hi saddle. For a time the ftalwart borderer gazed pensively upon the ruaguificeut landscape spread- before him ; then, with a pro found ?igh, he raised the demijohn to his lips, and a heavy snifter of the con tents went gurgling convulsively down his gullet. A .pleasant look irradiated his interesting phiz ; his classic nose as 1 sumed a deeper, darker tint of red ; his eyes snapped like clam shells at low tide; his ears flapped joyously, and tho ambi ent air was loaded with the odor of ben-' aiuc .whisky. , : Descending irom the saddle, he hoppled his horse ia true frontier style, by tying his left ear to his tail, and proceeded to build a lire whereon to cook his evening meal. An inspection of his grub-bag showed to bis dismay, that , the supply was reduced to oue corn dodger and two onions, so seizing bis gun he rushed madly forth in search of game. Fortune was in a propitious mood. At , a short distance a herd of buffaloes were playful ly tossing each othef aloft upon their spreading horns. Crack ! went the rifle of the hunter and a four year old bull fell headlong in the grass, with his, skull smashed to atoms, and nine inches of his tail carried, away, by the unerring bullet. Steaks from the rump of the animal were soon sputtering over the fire,sending forth an aroma that was grateful to the nostrils of our hungry hero. Bliz. was an tatist of extraordinary capacity, so, he slung the chunks of meat under - his moustache with a vigor that, soon filled out the kinks in his dilapidated stomach. During this sumptuous repast the demi john was repeatedly balanced upon his upper lip, and he thei lay .ackAoo, tho grass. , He was as happy asTi plantation, nigger with a bran new red shirt..., That air ia a bully supper, .now;' dog goneot ef it ain't " . said fbe" Jhunter, ap parently addressing a cloud of smoke that curled upward from his pipe; "and this wbiskj though I can hear it siss when it reaches' my stcmick-niakes a" feller fed good all over. Darned ef, I don't her a song all. to . myself, though 'tain't onoommon jolly out here all alone, by grab. "Ahem ! ' 'W''' . Tbe turtoy buztard'i a fragrant bird,. An' o tbo perary dotg ; ' r Tbo killilo, be singa to iwaet, V s An' so das a ole ball frog., ' ; i . . i . , . Frog, ob ( frogea, fro " t . , , , .,- Aa' s dux ole ball 1'rojt " - . 1 Bul-Iy' Jones l Tery niee' gsl, t ,a i , ; . . AU so's her brutber Sam t ! . ,. "'"If 8ml 11 onlj marry me; f '. I I wwMn't ear f r j .- v.j , ..s "Wah, njyTwhite'brother fcifjgs ' like a Oovcrnnjept male V'- said a deepi gutteral voice, interrupting the 4itty.-i l),ni;i, AdoTpTida Blizzard ' bounded into the air - and - descended jon t hia; ,. f ee t ith. a pistol in each hand, and -his. kqife ; be tween bifftcethi There waBvengeaBfce in his flashing eye, and death in bis com- pressed lips ; but there was also a big Indian on his backh and one grasping each arm, so that before he could pull a trigger he was hurled to the ground and tied hand and foot. lie swore fluently, he did. v, The white mau will shut the hole in his face !" howled a painted savage, as he seized a stick of firewood, and gave Bliz a belt on the jaw that knocked out four teeth. First blood for tho Indian. The captive shut the hole. - . ;- Wah! what does the pale face carry in the big bottle ?" inquired the chief of the party, raising the ' demijohn to his nose. '-Firewater ! Ugh ! Good ! Indi an like him"; and the red cuss threw back his head, and swallowed at ' least a quart The fiery- fluid nearly ! choked him, but he slacked his lips, aud passed it over to cuo of his companions, with a grunt of intense satisfaction. The other Indians, in turn, took a big drink. In ten minutes a happier lot of heathens didu't breathe. They laughed, danced, gang, kicked Bliz in the ribs, eat all his grub, drank the last of his whisky, broke the demijohn over his head, and,' premis ing to roast him in tho morning, went to sleep. An hour after the last savage had suc cumbed to the effects of the liquid light ning, our hero raised his head slowly, cautiously, and a ghastly, battered head it was. One eye was closed, and his nose looked like a boiled beet struck with a club. To say that he was mad would hardly couvey an idea of the vindictive passion that raged in his soul.. A fearful oath of vengeance escaped from his bleed ing lips, and the convulsive heaving of his breast split his shirt from stem to stern. By a mighty effort of his hercu lean strength he burst the thongs that bound him, then, crawling like a huge black snake through the grass, he reached the fire, seized a burning brand, and held it over the mouth of the nearest Indian. The effect was terrific. A volume of smoke burst from the potato trap of tho intoxicated savage, with a hissing sound like the burning fuse of a bombshell. The brand was successively applied to each of the prostrate red men, with the same appalling effect; and then followed a series of horrible explosions that filled the air with human fragments, red hot intestines, and flying scalping-knives. In the midst of this dreadful eruption Adolphus Blizzard danced and howled with fiendish triumph, but a flying head striking bim in the bread-basket doubled him up like a half-shut jack-knife, so he mounted his terrified steed and galloped madly into the darkness. !; There is a legend current on the piairie that the spirit of Blizzard, on a phantom steed, may be seen on dark nights gallop ing across the plain, chased by Indians belching forth blue flame; but a. strict regard for truth compels the acknowledg. raent that he is still a denizen of this mundane sphere, and runs a gin mill in the Pines." - ' - ' " ' "; ' " j: A Splendid Newspaper Build-' INO.- A. V. Richardson, wbo is -"writing a description of the Pacific Railroad1 for the New York' Tribune gives the follow ing account of a newspaper office in ; the -. The new office of the Chicago -Tribune is the finest newspaper building in the United States.' It is of white marble, fin ished interiorly in chestnut and black walnut,' four stories nigh, and with broad roomy halls' and staircases. V It cost 8200,1 000; and - the-1 portions'--. rented..! beside those required for the uso of the' news paper, return ten per cent, per annum on the entire investment. It is said that the profits of the establishment for fifteen months paid for the building. t , r.. '- "V- ' ,- ' ;! ; f--- A new proposition is started for pay ing the national debt. It is to be paid immediately -fey direct assessment on the property "of ; the ', country. " This is a charming prospect for ' wealthy Demo crats.- We commend" this plan to our brethren of the Democratic press in Ore gon. Oregonian. " ' " , : Proper ty purchased in Washington three yearso, fo.$$0,66O, cannot ow be bad lor' f 100K)0.. i So much for en franchiscment. E The West, aud Human Development. 5 Tho great West is .the land for a broader, healthier and more ennobling development of our race. IMen meet here' as they have uever mc ' before. They come from all quarters of the globe as they uever immigrated befoie. ; Freed from the cramping and restraining influ ences of old, and to many worn out social, political and ecclesiastical oustoius, we may expect, rationally, to see the zeal, energy aud ambition of the people, take j new directions,- and secure uiovtj. results. 3Ien will think, talk aud act from, new impulses, and towards new conquests in the cause of human progress. There may ba much that is. crude, and even harsh, in the struggles that must attend the peopling of these wide plains and lolly mountains ; but courage or i!pluck," generosity and hospitable interchange, and generous rivalry, will bring refine ment and the freer culture of all the use ful arts. The cast may affect contempt, but the less n is old, and none need mis take its indexing. The Assyrians con temned the Persians, but tho Persians undermined and overthrew their capital and empire. Xerxes, at the head of millions, "was overthrown in Greece, aud Jjoce becoming - haughty, bowed down beneath a Turkish power as a slave. Rome, whoso name was strength, and vyho was strong, contemned northern barbarians, but the barbarians overrun and divided the empire. Caisar carried his victorious legions through Gaul, but this day the army of the French is the protection of the latest ruler of Rome, in the very city of the Csesars. Wo need not speak of eastern England contemning the power of western colonies. The power of America to day among the nations of he earth, is the answering re sult. So eastern New England, eastern, southern and middle States,' may know, and do know, that the west is destined to be the seat of power, empire and pro gress. Here is room for a hundred States and. a population of hundreds' of millions, and the triumph inevitable is not one of war and desolation it is one of peaceful but certain progress; the re sult of a law of Nature in .her bestowals and decay of resources and no power of human assumption can stay its hand. Here are the virgin fields, and there aro the starving millions; and the scanty fare which older and exhausted lands arc compelled to offer in contrast to the wealth, influence and hopeful future in the new, will but repeat the old, old story that, "Westward the Star of Empire leads the way I" Shaking Hands. As a mode of salutation shaking hands as is common in this country has its advantages over many others practiced in various coun tries. There are nations, .indeed, or at least tribes, the people of which bid each other the time of day by rubbing noses. Now the inconvenience of this is manifest because unpleasant results might follow the contact of an acquiliae with a snub, don't you see! 1 Worse than this, "be cause more difficult, is tho gymnastic salutation in usage amoDg the natives of some mountain regions of Asia, the exact latitude and, longitude of which wc do not now remember. When two of them meet,' they abandon themselves to their feelidgs by stretching out each the right leg, and planting the sole of one another's feet together. Some of the sArabr wel come a stranger by rushing at him full tilt on horseback, pulling up with a jerk as the noble steed'a nose touches his, and then firing several pistols at him in quick succession.? There is something picturesque in this, but it has its draw backs. It would bo considered rather too boisterous for our civilizaUonl 'L Shak ing hands is of great antiquity, and it does seem tho most natural way of ex pressing one's greetings to a friend. Nevertheless, shaking hands may be car ried to the'estent 'of . a nuisance, and it often i is."- There , ai? i persons whoj not content with shaking your hand on first meeting you of a morning, will repeat the process every - time they meet you daring tbe day. 4. I . ; . , I Many, a good kiss has been nipped -in the had by a.eix-yeax.old nuisance bring ing a light into the room. " ' ' i; Mr'Xtackle' Law of Averng-e. The late ; Mr.' Buckle, in his . "Intro duction to the History of Civilization in Englaud," somewhat startled the world by announcing a theory of averages, which bo applied to all human actions, and from which he argued we might fore- east the future. It wa3 philosophy leach ing by statistics." In such a space of time there would be so many forgeries, arsons, murders. Not only this bnt the murders would repeat themselves in he laanlleioTv their perpetration ; just' the some number be" by poison', by the pistol, by. the bludgeon, etc. If in any! three months of 1$20, six sons had killed their fathers, the like number of cases of "par ricide, with a: certain increase for the increase of population would occur in the same three months of 1850. We are under the operation of a law seeming ly beyond our control or recognition. This extraordinary theory has seem ingly just received a striking cotifirma-' tion in the Registrar-General's reports of accidents in jthe streets of" London. For many years past it has been observed that for the first nineteen weeks of the year just savuoty-four persons have been killed by being run over iu the public thoroughfares. It was 'therefore expec ted, from the unfailing law of average, that the sihio uumbcr would bo killed for the first nineteen weeks in 18G0. On 'the 8th day 'of May,'' after the lapse of eigh teen weeks, the number of fatal accidents of this kind should have been seventy but it fell four short of that number. Obviously", then, the law cf arerage must fail, or the accidents for the week ending the 15th of May must be doubled. Cu riously enough for the first seven days from the 8th to the fifteenth, eight per sons were actually killed instead of four, and thus the seventy-four victims deman ded by the merciless arithmetic were fully made up. This was certainly odd. The. deduc tion from it would seem to be that when accidents or crimes are in arrcar, the pub lic should be notified, in order that, by in creased caution or vigilance, the expected disasters may be avoided. We iake precautionary measures against unusual peril, which we can confidently antici pate; we give additional props to build ings which "- are to undergo on unaccustomed strain, and double a police force when immense crowds of people are to be- brought together. Should there not also be redoubled care and watchful ness against periods which the law of av erage teaches us will be more than ordinarily fatal ? ; .: ' - Immoral. Practices. It has been discovered that a special Postal Agent on the Central Pacific : has lately, very cunnigly, opened a very lucrative vege table and fruit traffic, between this city aud Promontory. How long the concern has been running is not known, exactly, but might be ascertained with little trouble by parties interested on the out. side. The business (which is akin to smuggling) has been conducted by for warding the produce in mail bags, mixed judiciously with Regular J mail.; The trado baviug increased so rapidly, it was found necessary on Thursday morning to forward twelve bags. This rapid accu mulation of the mail excited suspicion, ana upon investigation, js was ; discover ed that: said bags were filled with cab bages, potatoes' onions, : cherries etc., weighing in ; the aggregate, 1,500 pounds. The bags were unceremonious ly segregated, from the mail proper, and placed in the Express ear. s The charges on the shipment on arrival at 'the point of destination; as marked on the bags, amounted to 690. This beats the opera tion of the celebrated Jones Vegetable& Dead Horse Company, all hollow. v Hero was a very enterprising firm broken up by the impertinent interference "of Cen tral PacifiCv Railroad officials. : .. , , Covr Choked. Mr. John L., Clark lost a valuable cow. a few days since," by getting choked with a potato. JPx-, r , We suppose jClark was trying to swat low his potato (w)holei causing the de mise of the kine I ' t x ' Why isireight in! a rvesgeL like the horses of a railroad company ? - Because they make the cargo. ,' The Bible aud . Suakspeaxe., Bible The Apostle says' : But tho 1 be rude in speech. 2 Corin.-11; G. ' ' " Othello Rude I:aui in speech. : : ' Bible Show, his eyes and gtjevo his heart. 1 Sain. 11, 23, , 1 Macbeth Show his eyes and grieve his heart. ' ' ' V J ' Bible Thou hast brought me into the dust of death. Psalms. l4; m t , - Macbeth Lighted fools the way to dusty death, " ' ' , Bible Look not upon me because -I am black, because the sun has looked upon me. Song SoL t 0. " : ; - Merchant of Veniee Mislike me not for my complexion, the shadowy livery of the burning cud.' , Bible I smote him,' I caught bim by his beard and slew him. 1 Sam. XVII, 37. . . ' ; Othello I took him by tbo throat, the circumcised dog. aud smote him.-, Bible Opened Job his mouth and cursed his day, let if not be joined unto the days of the year let it not come in the number of months. , - . . Macbeth May this accursed day stand, aye accursed in the calender. Bible What is man that thou art mindf ul of him ? Thou hast made him a little lower than tho angels.. Thou crownest him with glory and honor, didst set him over the work of thy , hand. Psalms. Hamlet What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how. infinite in faculties; iu form and moving how express and admirable ; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. The beauty of the world tho par agon of animals. Bible Nicanor lay dead in his harness. Macbeth Wo will on our back. dio with harness When professor Aytoun was - making proposals for marriage to his first wife a daughter of the celebrated Professor Wilson the lady reminded him thai it would be necessary to ask the approval of her sire. - ! ' 1 ' " ' "Certainly," said Aytoun ; "but as I am a little diffidcDt in speaking to , him on this subject, you must just go and. tell him my proposals yourself. " - : ' , The lady then proceeded to tho libary, and taking her father affectionately by the hand, mentioned that professor - Ay toun had asked her to became his wife. She added : 'IShall I accept -his offer, papa? He stys he is to diffident to name the subject to you himself." "Then," said old Christopher. "I had better write my reply and pin it to your back. J - .-.... ' He .did so, and the lady returned fa the drawing-room. There the anxious suitor read the answer to his message,, which was in these words, "With tbe au thor's compliments." " : ' .'-j- '' A Girl of ;tiie Age. A New York paper thus describes a specimen of this genius in that city: ' She went to the theatre and two parties in one evening,' carried on three flirtations at each, and the' next day refused three offers of mar riage, accepted two and broke off three previous engagements, read four ; new novels, wrote two lovo 1 letters and a hundred ' notes ' of invitation, practiced upon her music lesson, made herself a new waterfall, ato breakfast, lunoh, and dinner enough for two milkmen, took a walk on Fifth avenue, bought two pounds of French candy and ate itrode to the skating rink with one of her nances and walked home with the other. : 7 i ' Stephen Allen's Pocket Puce. . - Keep good eemp&xiy or none. , Never , be idle. If your hands can't be usefully' " employed, attend toT the' ' cultivation- of . your mind. ' Always speak the' truth. ' ' Make few promises. Liv up to your f ' engagements. Keep your own secrets if ' you have any. '-""r, - '. ' When you speak to. a person look Lin -in the fjee. ,- T t Good company aad good conversation '. are the sinews of virtue, , r j,,.Gocd Js"ab(!. all ihings.elee-, '. You . Ltracter-eannot beajsisentially. isjsrad . except of your own acts.' - ' ' ' i,u. If any one speaks ill of your, let your life be so that none-will helive hia. ' r 1 Drink no kind of intoxicating liqoort.' . Ever live (misforluae excepted) within , your income. ' :. t; When you retire to bed think over what i ? . yoa have been doing during the day., "... i Make no haste to- be rich, if you would .";' ' prosper, email ana steady gams give competency with a tranquil mind- ; ' - T . Never play at any game of chanea. L; Avoid temptation.: through fear you xaaj not withstand, it. , : , ' ' Earn xnency bgfore ; yon spend .it-t Never run into debt without you. sec :- way to get out again." " Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. ' " ' "K' , Do not put off until tomorrow that '' which should be done to-day. 1 ' ' v Do not marry until you are able to sup-1 1 port a -wife. . ' ' " ' ' Never speak ill of any one. r ' . ' ' ' Keep yourself innocent if you would be; happy. . . r '';.' : - , Save when you are .young, ton spend when you are old. . -, f .-, -. , t - ,;J , ' Read the above maxims at least once a week. ' In the pocket-book of Hon. Stephen Allen, who was drowned from on board tl.e Henry Clay, was found a printed slip,' -' -of which the above is a copy. It is wor-' ' -thy " a place in every newsraper, f and ' should be engraven on the heart oi every " 'A young man.- ' , . -, ..-j She tripped along with ribbons flying, : " from a bran new hat tha'd just been buy. - ' ing. She hell her head up yery high,'-'1 and thought "Well aio't I just old pie ?" An orange peel lay in the track, she trip- a ped, and flat Upon her back lay Miss Ma ria Simpkins. s . . J : ... . -r. , The authorities of Dresden and Vienna ' set free a larg number of singing birds,' which had been brought to those places ' for sale. In Saxony, and Austria,- the 1 usefulness of birds as destroyers of insect ' is ofiSeially recognized. '-' An English paper contains this advert tisements - 'If Samuel Bibo-will eall 'or write to Samuel Stern, " Paradise street; - ' Liverpool, he will hear of' something to-') his advantage. Hi8 itffe ia no more. '-'';. Two men have been fined in London for cropping dogs' ears, on the ground that it was cruel.--It was stated -on the trial that the Queen - would never fcavej the ears of one of her dogs cropped. - i J Mr. Mullius, the Tennessee orator, speaking of a man in Arkansas who met a violent death, says i "He sank to death in the soliloquy : of his own blood V w shall view him no moro till1 the ' chaotic torch of Gabriel wakes to living conscious ness the universal dome, and we shall see ourselves as others seo us in that bourno whence no traveler returns.'' - ,1. General Grant is credited with the epi grammatic femaik that l:Of2ce seeking is fast becoming one of the industries of this countrv." -: -' -' - ; r c t English coach builders are beginning to announce that they are' prepared to build light carriages on wheels imported from America. They have discovered at last that the Americans are half a century ahead of them in the matter " of carriage, ,,' A curious robbery is reported in Hun gary. Burglars broke into a glass manu factory, of- .Dnboka, ; near Pazcga," . and carried' off a chest containing ikr The only object of the thieVes appears: to nave neen 10 get puwenon ax. foe poion uo - 1. e-.i ff Keene, N. II., has ' twenty-five voters 5 ' tho same State, out of two hundred and fifteen voters, has twenty-five named Wig- --"- ' 1 ' '.' -.v.-.: &s-m Two hundred and sixty-three churchea.--. in Spaia havt. performed expiatory cere- - monies for the many blasphemies Tented in the Cortes by the Deputies- ... : r y.'' '' 1, ..." ' ";ij . "' The Queen ot Madagascar has Wen te-. ceived into, the Church " of England "bf " , 4 baptism, and ordered her ; ministry to do.'V ' likewise under penalties. - I ',, A' Boston paper says that ,.a man re r?tl cently applied ;to Gilmore for employ I meat. ' Ho wauted to shovel rosin on tho iil fiddle's during' tho jubilee. I ; . 0 ''.'fii ;" '..'.m'j" . ; '.' 'i-'t'.:-'.: ;'.'- . .'...;. j ,' A Kansas city paper contains the fol- ; ,"r lowing businesa .card : Notary Publio " " lMiss Fannie Lyons, Majn Btreet." t a "New York Hotel ia ' & '.,l4i,i.l 1'iWjh.en is aewsptper pieaharpeat :, When it,wgled.;;JJsv-- -, j ;v tt. j; ;t..- J TTfie EbgEsW journal' C:3e Z?ce fa to i3t' 'be sold afauction:'"5-' ;' - ':: jzt jr.' mi frWi lini'iiiHi'.'.'1 r-r'os , 0 At' Vienna erecting at a eostTTa.OOO.OOO! r ,'