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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1869)
""tw"""".;-". SATURDAY, J ULY 244.it;eD. j Decided. Twenty-five States have Ratified the Fifteenth,, Coostitti'toaal Amendment. Three-Fourths of the whole number of .Slates are required to ratify this Amcudment to make it the A terrible I tire" is raging its the llocky mr,reme law of the land. There are mountains bafek Of" Denver, destroying thirty-seven States, therefore it will re quire the approval of twenty-eight of acres of Vitlu'iible tihiber, It la that Seward's rheumatism in 111 e arm M tjaused by hand-shaking aod tfd great "a flow of spirits. " Carles, a brother of Beecher, also a Kevercnd, is reported to have played w as a condition precedent to their admis- h'lre at Curvallls About two o'clock ou the morning of Wednesday last,a destructive lire visited our sister city, Corv'allis, destroying two entire blocks of buildings on the princi pal business street, causing a loss various ly stated at ft om 30,000 to 8.0,000, on which there was an insurance of some them. -Three more States are requisite 16j000 to 818,000. The burnt district to make up the necessary number Rhode Island and Vermont will ratify it beyond a doubt, and as Virginia, Missis sippi and Texas are, required to ratify it fiddle at the Peace Jubilee. The health or Jeff. Davis is so' poof that his return to this country fo- doubt ful. Ife is at present in Parisr. During the election" disturbances ir Paris, a card was seen it afldZb- on the" boulevard, -Ttorncinr; Window3 to lot for to-nint's riot. Price, 20 f." sion to- Cougress, with these three States the Amendment will have received two more, than the required number, prior to the assembling of Congressin December next, when we may expect impartial suf frage to be proclaimed the supreme law of the land. The 5fa.ision' fouse; Northampton, Mfff-lVupetts", lias one" patron who has t)UYd"ed" there; in' the same room, without j jjsnej at,v. tne ftitef riiption for 25' years. Of course he gtat fe-an'old1 bavheloT'. - . I . comprises the block below (north of) the City Hotel ou the cast side of Main street' and the block, immediately opposite. The fire was first discovered in an empty building adjoining "MeConuell's saloon. We have beard no suggestion as to the oritrin of the fire. ' This is - a dreadful blow to that flourishing little city, from which it will take her some time to re cover. Following is as complete a list of the parties who suffered losses by the fire, as we havo been able to obtain at this date : & , Fisher, dry goods, insured Telegraphic, Siiuuiary. Chicago, July 17'.4AfhQ Republican's special has positive .uforuiatiou that Secretary Fish thoroughly endorses the scheme for the solution f the Cuban question by the Cubans purchasing the islaud for themselves, the United States endorsing thebouds for the .purchase money. Information, equally positive says that General Grant has declared his intention not to allow the iron clads be- OaEOox Statistics. We have re ceived from Salem a phamphlet of one Williams hundred and twenty-eight pages; com- for $2,100 j Stewart and Guirik s saloons, piled by A. J. Dufur, Esq., and i pub- 1 small insuraueewon. each ; McConnell, sa- fr the Alhmty Iterjiter. giautlam Academy Is located at Lebanon, about the cen ter of Linn county. The building, which is large and commodious, was erected at a cost of eight thousand dollars. The surrounding scenery is most beautiful and the location healthy. The academic year, which closed on the loth inst., has beeu a very prosperous one. At the closing exercises, on the evening of the 13th, the highest honors or me scnooi were , conferred on two young men who have completed the course of study prescribed. ' The next session will commence on the first Wednesday in September, with additional facilities for acquiring a thor ough education. A Vommirid, Course has been adopted for the benefit of those who wish to .acquire a strictly business education. Wo believe -that this Institution now, offers rare facilities to the vouth for ac- quiring useful knowledge. Among these j te annexation of the island is only a expense oi ine , vrecoo 1 wuu, luamvu 101 . , vauauv nuusc i e Agricultural. Society, entitled 4 djcniogfM ' Statistics of the Sfuie of Ortgon (; c- ng a description of its agricultural pwpeO. by Ureenberry Smith ; blasters ic j tn' hts sfrte'ch at Greenville,-A. J. re- I tso' riiinded IVis old neighbors that his first development, and natural and industrial 1 York, drugs, insured, for $4,000 ; Hid Jle i:fe. free to occupy that post again? political office was Alderman of that vil- resources, together with the physical, Was this a hint that he was now geographical, geological and mineral sta tistics of the State." The work has been compiled with great care and labor, from statements furnished by practical business men in various portions of the State, and can be relied upon as true in every particular. Thecirculation of this work in the Eastern States will greatly aid in disseminating needed information A Memphis (Tenn.) jury, having f-uud a man guilty of murdering a citizen vi'lio is alive and well, are deliberating whether to rescind their verdict or let tWaoovicted man kill the citizen. "lVibtottigibbct'Ms the title of a new English nnrgnzine that is announced for & Co., drugs, no insurance, drugs saved; "Holders, blacksmith shop; Simtnous & Kiger, livery stable, insured (just the day before)" for 2,000 ; -Wells, livery stable; Huut, saloon; Gearhart, black smith shop and dwelling, insured for 2,000 ; McConnell's stable, no insur ance. ' The City Hotel caught fire three dif ferent times, but by great exertions oh concerning climate, resources, etc., of tlie Part of citizens was saved, although the avoweif purpose of proclaiming war J our State. to the tnife , against humbug, snobbery, jobbery, corruption, sensationalism, ex tremes and extravagance. A correspondent sifggests that the in ebriated per sow who proposed to escort his girl to see "Crossiwgton Washing the Delaware," should do1 so on , "Birthing- tou's Washday." . Increase. The vote for Delegate to Congress iu Washington Territory, as officially reported for 1809, is 5,338 ; the Tote of 1807 was 4,640,' showiug an iu crease in the two years of 098 voters. damaged to a considerable extent. Since writing the above, we are in formed that the total losses will probably foot up 75,000, upon which insurance had beeu effected iu the suui of 20,000, divided among the insurance companies as follows : Pacific, S15.0U0 : Uuion. Gold Discoveries. New Gold dig- 84,000, and Ph.enix, 1,000 gings are announced to have just beeu dis covered near, Vancouver, W. T. The The New York Tiniea ,:has heard from Kold is coarse and heavy said to be Washington of a Federal" office' for which worth 519 per ounce. there are sir applicants u fckomcr Mroman, a lnyal negro; a reconstructed rebel, a Itepubliean Irishman, a woUnded uolJter and a red-hot politician"." ' l" Incipient jlN fidelity. It Democ racy, says the Marysville Ajipcal, is not a meaningless mummery, aud not a glos sy cloak for deniagogisni, thcu the Amer icans who are; identified as Democratic facilities, is the, -A ; LIKRARY, ,,v Which contains several hundred volumes' trf'preliweeVeading hjatter,6 wiiieh students have access under proper re strictions. ;' " ' A TPARATUS. Tho Academy owns complete Philo sophical and Chemical apparatus; full setts of Wilson's Charts for object teach ing; Cutter's .'Physiological Charts; Mattisou's Astronomical Charts Plane tarium,' Telluran Globe. littAHDIMi. ' -Arrancrenients have been completed by which young ladies can obtaiu board at low rates, in the family of-the Princi pal, who occupies the Academy building. Young men can obtain rooms, and board themselves at small expense. The manners and general deportment of the students will be watched over by the teachers. For further information address the Principal, W. D. W. Lebanon, July 22, 1SG9. MI' ATI MUM. The YellowJackcts are eating up all the blackberries in, Jackson county. " Umnoua Joe." ot atoirue liiver, a half civilized Indian, and one of Fre mont's party ,'on the 13th shot and killed a man named Morton. Cause whisky. The Jacksonville Smlinef, from which we geMhe above item?, says that a set tler in Sam's Valley has found ten bee trees during- the past month, some of ing built in this country for Spain to them containing a large amount of honey. sail. The same special savs resnonsible Last week a Mr. Tomf. Constant found persons, representing the Government of and cut down a large tree, containing San Doniineofluive recently been to fully one hundred and fifty pounds of Washington to secure the aid of the honey. A sweet neighborhood, that. Administration in their effort to negotiate On the occasion of the recent visit of annexation. They say this can be ac- Bishop Morris to Jacksonville, while ii complished witlfout the expenditure of the "stage, riding between Canyonvillo- money. They arguo that the coffee and and Croxton g, he was made the subject other products of thejsland will be more valuable to the United States than the product of Cuba. It is believed that of brutal and vulgar jests by a person . who rodo in the stage with him. Thor Senthul says that, " It Is doubtful if indecency is admissable under apy cir cumstances ; but in presence of a minis ter of the gospel, when exhibited wan-- , j tonly and with an insulting purpose, it but the-.)Uics -7W&uic thinks it is. not 1 reflects little credit on him who shows it. proljaoie. I MC icci buiijt iur ii mail om uisiuiu vi Special dispatches from Miuister Mot-1 eeu-respect, as wen as puDiic acceticy, ley report his reception in the usual a to oeuoeratciy msuit a ciergymau ot manner by tho Queeu, but failed to con- any denomination. I he Stage Company might with propriety establish and en- question of time. It i is reported; Uiat the l'resident is I about to issue arlcutrality proclamation, John C- Breckinridge recently "thank ed God for the old flag."- The-Detroit Eugene Semple is editor, and W. II. Ab Adrerttfcr says he has reason to, because1 1 bott, local wnaer no oti.cr nag .a ids worm wouw SxiMETHINQ New. The newest thing te g into a villainous rebellion for four under the sun is eratting potatoes: . The gonie out unhang " m(ifle operatioa is tQ! uke two potatoes latest Eastern papers say that in most one of each variety, the good qualities of of the States tbe yield of wheat will be which it is wished to combine. With a good, though the Iheacy rains which have pocket knife cut all the eyes clearly out been reported to cuaay sections may have of one of them, and" substitute in their srreatlv less el dm exneeted vield. A place the eyes Cat out ot the other ra - . i - - - I - Changed Hands. The Portland Herald has. changed hands lately, and for J partisans occupy a false and anti-llepub- the better." T. Patterson & Co. now run lican position. True Democracy, r lie- that institution, and we notice a decided publicauisiu, invites all nations of the improvement in every department, earth to come to our country and "join the standard of self government. It knows no exclusiveuess, and makes no distiucttous between the humau . family. It proscribes no peoples' religious faith. If there is truth in the christian thjaory -if the New Testament is a true revela tion all men are equal among mankind, and all responsible to one common Head. Modern Democracy is incipientiufidelity. The A New Vidocq. The Volt M,M Gazette, says : "The. districts in the neighboihood of the Austrio-Turkish frouAier, which some years ago were in fested by numerous hordes of brigands, have of, late ; become the scene of fre quent murders and acts of . pillage, and the Austrian Government has ordered troops toi be sent against the robber bands. Lazo Skundrich, one of the most celebrated and formidable of the brigand chiefs, who was for eighteen j'ears the terror of the 'military' frontier is now in the hands of the Austrian authorities, lie gave himself. up in 18G!i, after stipu lating that f neither himself nor his com panions should be sentenced to death or r imprisonment for life. He was then firm the report that he had an unsatis factory interview with Lord Clarendon, ou the Alabama question. He says the British Government, declines to release Col. Ilalphin or any other of the Fenians in whose behalf our Government made intercession Mkmpfiis, July 10. Captain George W. Gift leaves here next week for San Francisco and China direct, in the inter est of the Arkansas Emigration Com pany, by whom he is provided with funds. If possible he will arrange for laborers iu California, but designs visit ing Chiua at ouce. Sr. Louis.- July 10. A tornado visited a portion of Clay and Lafayette force rules to stop blackguards front rubbing their slime on respectable peo ple, while riding iu their stages." ' The State Teachers' Association will commence their annual session on the 27th inst., at Salem, and hold three. days. The stages aud the steamboats will charge but half fare on the occasion. The C'ntuiiist says that a private letter from Washington states that the officers appointed in the Indian service iu Ore gon are to be retained. Two dollars per day is said to be tho price for harvest hands in Polk county. A nephew of Aaron Rose, of Douglas rulin; .MAGNIFICENT C50CTII. H . is large dcfieieoy im earn is laoked for as J The eyes to be Inserted should be sprout-1 stated that after last year's crop, with ex-1 employed, on the principle ol ' set a thief eertam. : " f i-v j ed and cut ot the same shape and size in penses paiu,.the soutn retaineu two nun- to catch a thiet, as leader ot the Aus- On the 19th of AprtL information was 1 the other potato ; they are held in place dred millions in gold received in Loadon of the safety of Drr Livimrstooe. the indomitable! aad un- by hair-pins, and bass matting or twine, announced that six hundred thousand ThA fit'mnst be exact; and the" rind of dollars! worth of .manufacturing stock has ! Furthermore it. is j trian troops in their campaigns against counties, on Wednesday, doing a great county, was killtd on the 7th while amount of damae. In Lexington the felling a tree. - He had cut about half Catholic church was wholly aud the way through the tree, when it split, and Presbyterian church partly unroofed. A a lge splinter hit hhii on the head, number of private houses lost their roofs ll,1DS "" msanuy. : . and were Otherwise injured. Saw mills waaiauu, on even.ng ..Be m, on the river were unroofed and chimneys th dwelling of George MickfcTwas de- knocked down. Similar damages were strwed W nic- ibe lanniynajl.Deeii done at Dover, Waverly county. The K" ua- iUC ,u"", untuown. : The Salem folks are" luxuriating on fresh ripe tomatoes. ,. ." ' The corn crop in Jackson county is corn and wheat fields, orchards and fences, throughout the country were seriously injured. Houses. were toru to nieces. The devastation to the entire country is incalculable. .In Clay couuty tlMjstdrm was terrible. The - wheat, corn, fruit trees, forest trees and fences weut.dowa before it. The country on its line of march is in ruin. daunted African explorer. He had left each must just meet. 1 he graitcd pota- Zinzibar, on the east coast of Afriea, for toes are then to be planted. England, intending to go via Egypt overland. Dead. J. 11. Wataon, Esq., editor of the Territorial Republican, published at Iu a communication, to the St. Louis i Olympia (W. T.), died suddenly at that - tVestluke Rotl, forty young Germans of place on the 8th ins"t. ,;IIei was a young Kjuasas City,. Missouri, complain of a man of more than ordinary ability, and nvaiHd young women at the latter place, J the Republican party of Washington Ter- and im&e marriageable, especially Ger- j ritory loses in him an able champion and anen, wonten to come there, promising to j au indefatigable worker. annrrv finmn irfo-ht nflT L . Helping Providence. The Natiotf- . There 5s m . indon a- "Temporary f & Colored Executive Committee is of the Hue for Iost and Starving Dogs,", in opinioa that "if it is i part of the provi which ua fortunate cw of all degrees are jence of God to produce a new era in cared for. The epof!t for 1868 " states civilization, having its radiating point in i tiiatwMigAUcfifie months of last year! our couutry" then more niggiare necf- that the rjoliereglatwnB n4 arrange- e8gary in office and other high places, or men ts with the tl roe were in iorce, J 2,405 dogs were taken to the refuge. the thing cannot be done. Eclipse op the Sun. A total eclipse In Queensland, What attie tilling as f . ... th 7th of next required is done by the gentleman farm- j Atlnst. Tt m be visible as a partial er's wife. '.While the lady is at woric, 1 j-g. throuehout the ' whole of .North her lord and master sits in corner "L of . Kn tatM niinW nf thci -' sun . i amv. -4 f : . -. jde is a big sticfc. If. the, husbanaffo- .. - - . . .auntrv since i834. and none been subscribed for a cotton mill at Co lumbus, Ga.', and seventy-one others are in process of erection at Savannah and other points in the State for the uianufac- tsre Of cotton and woollen goods. " One j the brigands ; and ho proved so success ful in his' new career that in a short time tho country was, almost cleared of rob ber bands. He was then tried in a civil court for his former, offences, and was sentenced, together with his band, to eighteen years hard labor. As soon as reported as excellent, the dry weather not having affected it, j V '!J'. - ft v; j Tho Jacksonville Aer of tne17tH has the following: Mr. Win. C. Gfeeu man arrived here from Goose Lake ou Thursday last. He will remove to that Pacific Roads. Ou the 19th ex- valley, for permanent settlement, in about Senator Wade, of Ohio, had a long inter- two weeks. The Gooses Lake country is view with Secretaries' Cox and Boutwell, iu a flourishing condition. Two storert in regard to the Pacific roads. The sub- have been established, and a steam saw-. stance of his conversation is that both mill is being built in the valley. JLho companies have worked earnestly in J Fourth was celebrated in an appropriate- pushing roads across the continent, and manner at Geu. Crook's ranch. No that both are still working . with un- j Indians are to be" seen in the valley. usand dollars, and last year . however; the brigands again began to company to keep a force at work the re- or two gentlemen will start for the Lake early six and a half million show themselves, .and' their operations mainder of the season. in a few days. Explorations will be factory at Augusta has a capital of six 1 it became known that he was iu prison, hundred tho turned out nca yards of cloth. The Arizona cotton fac- have now become so formidable tha the tory, established in Claiborn parish, La.', Government has decided to liberate since the war, is now paying a ! net profit Skundrfch, and employ .him at before, in of twenty-four - per cent. ' per annum, the pursuit of his former comrades. daunted energy to bring the. roads to the best possible coudition. lie recom mended the immediate issue of the bonds still due the Union Pacific, to enable the A party, consisting of some five or six families are preparing to visit the wonder of Oregon Sunken Lake, or Lake Majesty, as it is sometimes called. One New Orleans is soon to have "a cotton mill with ten thousand spindles. . With these auspicious signs of prosperity before us, are we, not warented in proclaim ing the South as magnificent ? ; But. she has scarcely reached the threshold of her future wealth and grandeur, it her sons Short as Pie-crust.; "Brevity is tho soul ; of ' wit." The journeyman bakers of San Prancisco take tho pal in ; they met and said : - Ben. Wade applauds Secretary Bout- well's policy, lie is sore over the result in Virginia. He thinks we ought to enter a wedge for the separation of Cuba from Spain. He says he will probably stump Ohio for Governor Hayes. J the field, chewing sweet nuts. By his . viaiblJ jQ any considerabI0: por- aa s iadolent, her old man gets up and whacks her, ' Bully fott thb Wid. In Indiana : a widow and widower, each with a large family, were . married and united ' their v households. At family prayers the old aaa asked a blessing on his own child ! ren, bmt did not refer to those of his wife, thereupon the lady rose and hit him over the head with a fire shovel, since , which time he has mada hia petitions mere. general and inclusive. r'i ' J'.v'in :! , ' .: ' ill".... The laryaville i. Appeal,! one of the TttbhattHepnbl ican journals on ihe Pacifie coast, has entered on its 20th votaaie 3Iay it Jits thousand centuries. week's work Resolved. That twelve hours be consti- stop bothering tncmseivs aDout pontics tuted a day s work. and all put their shoulders to the wheel Resolved, That we demand weekly pay nP fliA oor fnrhinA - mentS. ' ' . " " .s-... : . I . . m . .1 . t 1 I ICesoicett, xnat tne stanuara oi wages Advices from South America to June 23rd state that the revolution in Ura- Resolved, :That six days cojostitute. a guay was increasing. The President had returnod from Monteviedo without haz- be made by boat and otherwise. . Bishop Morris, Episcopal minister, who preached in ; this place last Sunday; was engaged several days looking up a suitable lot upon which to erect a church and parsonage, the cost of which would be something near 815,000. ' ' '"r arding an engagement with the insur gents: " " ' ' '' ' : CniCAdO. According to a statement of the Chicago Tribune, 1,500 buildings will be erected in that city during the A Pleasant Family Party. TheTbe, as follows .wiw:. rr. w ii.Lj.i:-i 1 ". ' j 1 , '. For last hands. SI 5 Der week : for next .-. ., i I hands, $18 per week ; foreiran, $24 per 1 preseut season, at a cost of 810,000,000. A . comprehensive -family. - difficulty . . . obbepa.all rece: ' 81, i . nefliireil in Cavendish Vt.. the other day I , 4... i ' , .... . ' ... . , - aay aaaiuon. a nese wasres are exclusive jyirs. jyimerva uenc, . aner eettine i aer 1 . , j j tj Fl wtamm Jitilinrv IlA Will pe VUJHJK3 ailCl wig jrc!uuiiug v present century. ' The Memphis says that the Ten nessee" Democracy "in castinaLabout for candidate for Governor, have made ovef- tares to a popular colored clergyman to run for that office, hoping thereby to se cure a portion of 4ha colored . vote from tho Republican candidates; HThe Democ-; racy are not napphig: ' ' -s si 1 ' ' The army . worm is threatening Central lUinoU, destroyiogwhol fields. : bconi, in Cohjs county 5. and hincC u -;aTe thick north of Charleston and appearing ! in other places husband Samuel's estate decided to her, got a divorce and tried to "drive him eut of the house.". He held on to 'the flower part and brought a chancery action to recover his property. Un Friday she lor tified -his house against him in his ab sence, barricaded doors and windows and formed herself, two sons and A daughter in-law into a garrison. 1 Whed Bent re turned ho was s violently stoned. . but of board- and lodging.. The Olympia papers say that fires are destroying vast quantities of timber, &o., in , various portions of Washington Ter ritory.' . . ' ' ' It is said that John Kussel xoung, is to become managing editor of the ' New York Commercial Advertiser? ' .'My dear," , inquired a young wife of her husband, on his return from business. "have you seen the beautiful set of wal nut furniture which the Smiths have In Laporte county,' Indiana, eighteen bought marriage licenses wero issued in the "Hem. no, my love : but I have seen nLllllMll. IJU.U I ':-'- - . a. .1. - - - V - - - . - ; 1 k a I I . smashed a door with his ax. His son monui; Ul r"' -uo - the bill and it quite satisfies me. w i . ' 1 . j 1 4V thn.ma nnnnrv rranrn . rwfiirn ni. 1 ueorge ;immeuia e.X cracea ul IW .77 . - Plantation Bitters' is what the Rhode wuu a smaii oouiuer, nis sou . ai.ec 1 yorces. . - - poilred fit pail of hot water-upon him, his i ' son's wife, Camelia-,-fired4 a revolyex at i ; Od the 26th and 27th ultimo it was eo him, and the row stopped. The next ot ir Suisun Valley (Cal.-) that the bee- Island papers call Sprague's speeches: -Ji-V-l- r l.ii i.jtu. I-:.xt: . :;.t. - 1, " -- j -.- oay iu- uu partJ, Wpkur witii M f peter melted, drown- the idea that it was a free fight, werelar- ing the bees,-though the hives were ordK; rested and" bound over for trial. . ; 1-narily well sheltered. ; Chinamen are applying for .admission to the publio schools of Boise. v 'TTn England there is'said to be an aqua rium of performing fishes."- ' -i Frozen Facts. -Besides . the fact that ice is lighter than water, there is an other curious fact about it which most persons do not know perhaps; namely, its purity.- A lump of ice melted will be come pure distilled water. When the early navigators of the frozen' seas got out of water they 1 melted 'fragments off those vasimoun taina of ice called icebergs,, and were astonished - to find that they yielded only fresh water. - they - thought : that they were frozen sea water, "not know ' ing that they were formed on the .land, and in some. way launched into the sea. But irthey had been right,, the. result would have been all the same. The fact is, that water in freezing turns but of it all that is not watersalt, " air, coloring matter and all impurities. Frozen sea water makes fresh water i ice. If you freeze a basin of indigo water it will make ice as clear and-as white as that L made from pure rain water. - When - the cold is very sudden these foreign matters have not time to escape, either by rising or sinking, and are thus" entangled with the ice but do not make any part of it. " " ' " J. , .