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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OIIEGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23.-1869. NO. 7. SATURDAY, OCTOBER Sarah's Honey Bees. Relic Risley had gone week when I had my U. S. Official Paper for Orcg-on. The Mallei: and the Moon. O. Moon ! did you soo My love anil rue In tho Tale, beneath the sycamore tree .' What'ivrr befell, O, JI.n! Uurt't tell 'Ttra nothing iu:33 you tuow very well 1 O, Moon ! you know A long time ago You left the sky uii'i descended below Of a summer's night, , By your own sweet li'ht. To meet your Eu Jvaiion on Latimoa' night. And there, O, Moon I You gave him a boon You wouldn't Iiu sure h:ive granted at neon j 'Twas nothing amis.", Beiiifr only tire Mies Of giving and biking an iunocent kiss Some churlish lout Waa spying about, AVent oK and babUKd and so it got out ) iJut tor all tie sold The sea could hold, 0, Moon 1 1 wouldn't have enc and tuld. So. Moou, don't tell Of what befell My lover and me in the leafy dell j He is honest and true, And lemember, too, W'e Only behaved like your lover and you I from the city a disappointment 1869. , about Cape May. Then) was quite a party ot us who were going, but it was all brokc!i up because our chaperons failed us. and now, with midsummer close at hand, the city heat - intolerable, and my trunk already packed f jr a start, I was left absolutely aimless, nowhere to go. "So I wrote to Belle, and in two days had her answer. "Do come down here with me," she wrote, " it's desperate lonely, and I'm dying for the sight of a friend. There is actually nothing to do, and no one to speak to ; so you can imagine my state of. mind. Otherwise, the air is lovely, the scenery perfect, and it's a little old hum drum village, just as you like it. I've spoken to Aunt Km about it, and he wants you to come ; so hurry, do, and : you needn't bring any fine dresses, for i you won't wear them. I just keep on ! my camisole from morning till night, and j hum Ah hoh (riniue, and stare at the i roses. I cat bread and milk and So we went out in the front porch, while Sarah and her mother cleared the table and washed up the dishes. "How did you get acquainted with 3Ir. Brooks, Belle?" I asked, as I fas tened a pink bud in her light puffs. "Why, you know, I wrote ' you there was nobody here to spcuk to," she an swered gayly, "and I felt like wasted sweetness and so lonesome. And wasn't it queer, he came to call . on Aunt Em the very day after I sent my letter. I suppose he heard somehow of uiy being here. lie was away on business all the week before, so he couldn't come sooner, he said. And now he has been here four times, and I think he's splendid. He isn't very easy to flirt with, because he's so honest, I suppose ; but I mean to have him dead in love with me before I go home." ; - "And what then ?" I asked. "I should think you'd be tired of getting yourself into scrapes, Belle." She began to sing "Oh I won't be a nun," and we sat in the door looking down the path. What a dear old Alive forever grew on one side or the steps, ana a bush of southern wood tn the other. There were cinnamou roses and damask roses along the fence, and the clover grew deep and rich all over the yard. "He's coining," whispered Belle, and I thought to a conciuest is NeW Magazine. A new monthly, i called "Hitchcock's New Monthly Mag- , azinc," has made its appearance on our ; table. The October number, in addition j to the usual pages of choice reading, con- j Jains the words and music of "Tho Starry j Flag," "My Soul to God, my Heart to ; Thee" and "Kit Flanagan's Fairy,'1 winding up with that beautiful piece of musie entitled "The Kiss Waltz." The znagaziue Is tastily printed, on heavy paper, in the ordinary size and form of regular sheet musie, and is the cheapest publication of its character in the United States. It is published at 24 Beekman street, New York, by Bonj. W. Ilitch- cock, at S3 per annum. Omaha Rei-cblicax. The Omaha Republican comes to us in an entire new dress, looking as neat as a new pin, and filled with sparkling gems of thought, i fit li-l 1 t-Tlil-jf fMCrh .lliwt. tlnnir 1 . . . for you, Phetie dear, so come and get re cruited." I decided that I should like it, so re packed my trunk, putting iu fewer dresses and more books, thinking Belle and I could read to each other under the trees, and just a week from the date of her letter, the old yellow stage coach left me at the farm house gate. It was a great, comlortaole looking house, painted red, with butternut trees in front, and lilac and rose bushes. And there was Belle running down the path to nteefrme, while a handsome, ; stalwart young man stopped in the door lookiug after her. Caiuisoies and sim ! plicity indeed I Belle's hair wns crimped ; and puffed three inches hiuh, and sha "Why, rhene Bennett," myself, "have 'ou made already r it can t nc that the man disappointed because I am not going." In mi instant another thought struck me, and I looked around for Sarah, but she was up stairs makiDg beds. She came to the window when Belle was ready to mount. Mr. Brooks scarcely noticed her, but assisted Belie with the greatest caxe, paid her a compliment on the way she held the reins iu her tiny, gauntleted hand, and theu they rode away, Belle's merry laughter floating back on the air. I went up to our rjotn and tried to read a little, but the scent of roses and newly cut hay stole through the window, and the blue birds and robins were sing ing, s'o that I was soopglad to lay down my book, for it was "better to be quiet there and receive rest into my soul. 1 heard the bees humming and buzzing among the flowers, and I wondered if Sarah was watching them. "I believe I will go down and study into the nature of bees," I thought, sud denly, and on the impulse I went. "You'll Cud her right out by the back door, under the apple trees," said aunt Em, when I enquired after Sarah. So I went out exploring. I can fairly j you will do it, II u; see it now, that fine old yard, with its i mother right awav Mr. Brooks walked rapidly down the road, apparently with no intention of stopping, till Belie called and asked him if in the corner, hives, ten in a row, and croiug, full of had on her white alpacas and torquoisos. B-l!e was blonde, and always looked prettiest in white and blue. She kissed me on both cheeks, and theu danced a little waltz ahead of me as I walked up the path with my traveling bag. A moment more and she introduced "Mr. Brooks" to uio. '.My now friend, Piuuc. Latest but not least," she said, with a coquettish air; and the gentleman, bowing, made a few pleasant remarks about my journey; then, with the excuse that he was sure we would wish to be alone together, he ba lo us good afternoon and departed. T , 1, . 1.,H', 1 J It is one of the ablest papers in the est f . , . - , .. , r 1 i look straight in my eves. as wcu as one oi trie largest, Doing a thirty-six column sheet. It is published daily, tri-weekly and weekly, at 10, 55 and S2 50 per annum. We welcome it to our exchange list. "What mischief are you iu now, dear?" I asked. "Oh, don't pinch !" she cried, laugh ing, "don't you think he's nice' I call him my Corydon ; and now don't you begin to flirt with him, love, for he's my Regulators in Indiana. A ter- j CtfPcJal PPcy" tt.1 -..:-, :. , I ,i"'ua! idl,"I tiUlQ OU1W VM. MUlltl3 13 lCUUCU IU IMC vicinity of Taylorville, Warlock county, Indiana. On Sunday last two men were shot fatally in a quarrel with a band of regulators, to whom the men killed are said to have belonged. Several people have been driven out of the neiarhbor- o hood, and others have been wounded by these self-elected administrators of justice. One man, who had paid no attention to a warning, was found dead. Law abiding people seem paralyzed. Supreme Justice. A rumor from "Washington is to the effect that Judge Pierrepont, of New York, will be ap pointed one of the Justices ot. the Su preme Court, Attorney General Hoar preferring to remain in the Cabinet to accepting a place on the Supreme Court Bench. Unn County Teacher's Institute. The Linn County Teacher's Institute was Attended by a respectable number of the citizens of the county. Those in attendance, no doubt, were very profitably entertained by the manner in which the exercises were couducted, it being well calculated to promote our educational interests. The principles of Arithmetic were in troduced by C. Chingman, and discussed by H. d Phillips, D. Porter and others. School Government was introduced by P. H. Wigle, followed by C. Gray and others. Many other important questions, relat ing to common schools, were discussed with ability and shrewdness. The speak ers generally showed a familiarity with their profession, and a competency to give instruction to the youth. A very creditable and pleasing feature of the occasion, was the reading of essays, by H. C. Phillips, T. L. Porter, Miss E. J. Smith, Miss I. D. Watts, Miss M. A. Gray and Miss M. A. Morgan. - The following persons were elected officers for the next session : Wm. Mor gan, President ; P. H. Wigle, Vice Pres ident; T. L. Porter, Secretary; Thoa. Morgan, Treasurer, and P. II. Wigle, C. Gray and IT. Russell, Executive Com mittee. , Adjourned to meet at Harmony Church, the first Thursday in June, 1870. T. L. PORTER, Secretary pro-tein. Ohio- 'Late dispatches say that the Republicans of Ohio claim, and the Dem ocrats concede, 10,000 majority for Ilayes, and three Republican majority in the House, and one majority in the Sen ate. . wonder what Archie liussell would say. "I haven't accepted Archie yet," said 3elle, defiantly ; " and who knows but what I should like to live in the country, after all ! . Don't you think that Cordon has fine eyes, Phene ? But maybe you didn't notice." 'No, I didn't," I answered, a little shortly, quick to foresee that Belle and I were not to have such long, indolent, dreamy talks and readings under the trees as I had imagined. For flirtation put everything out of tune. But Belle only laughed, and led rac off up stairs to a large, pleasant, "easy chamber," that we were to occupy to gether. She flew around in her most winsome way, helped me off with my cumbersome dress, seated me in a little low rocking chair, and taking down u;y hair began to brush it for nie in our old school girl fashion, while she chatted about all the city news. By and by her Aunt Em came in to see me and make me welcome. She was a nice old lady, with shrewd, honest eyes, and I liked her in a moment. "Where's Sarah ?" asked Belle. "Oh, Sarah's out watching the bees," said Aunt Em. We're expecting every minute when they'll begin to swarm. And I must go right away to see after the milk, so you won't see me again till supper's ready." And away she went, full of housewifely cares. "Your cousin Sarah 1" I asked, vaguely remembering that I had heard a cousin Sarah mentioned some time or other. "Yes," said Eelle. "All the rest of Aunt Em's daughters are married, all but Sarah." "Is she nice and pretty V I asked with some curiositv. "Why, I "don't know," said Belle, laughing carelessly, "l'es, Sarah is good, very good in her way. She's as much as twenty-five years old, going to be an old maid, you know, and she is good and quiet in her little way ; and she makes the butter, and watches the bees. That's all there is about Sarah. Have you seen Archie Russell since I came away, dear ? And did he ask about me?" So we went back to our city gossip, and only finished when the call to 'sup per was heard. Such a supper, such bread and butter I such fruit, and cream, and honey ! while Aunt Em kept up a little friendly talk about her Alderney 1 .-11 n - . ana ner currant jeny, ana Saran, with a preoccupied air, said she was glad tho new hives had been sent np from the store that afternoon. I liked Sarah, she looked 'so gentle, so little self-asserting, it seemed as if she had grown up in her way of life as naturally and contentedly as the lilac bashes in theirs, and as firmly rooted. Going to be an old maid! I wonder why, for in those days I had not learned what beauty may lie in the lives of the unmarried. -' - "Come," said Belle, springing up from the table, "come, Phene, and put some rosebud in my hair, for Corydon will bo here this evening I almost know he will." he wasn't coming in. "I was going to the village, but this is pleasanter," ho said, opening the little gate and coming up to us. ".Miss Ben nett, I hope you are pleased with your first afternoon here. How are your aunt and cousin, Miss Riley? I have not sceu them to-day." 1 "Oh, they are out in the kitchen," said Belle, raising Ler smiling blue eyes to his. "Isn't it lovely here at this hour, Mr. Brooks ? Every day tii'tcr tea I come ; here to watch i r the evening star. See. I there it .is now, just over those clouds, j Isn't Venus beautiful ?" ! Mr. Brooks seemed to think that J Ycaus was beautiful, and sitting down by j us he appeared quite ready to join in I Belle's lively clatter and quick repartees, . But it occurred to me that he was not quite so susceptible as Belie thought. I A few belated bees were humming around the white clover. 'Some of Sarah's honey bees," I said. At that moment Sarah herself came through the narrow entry and sat down among us with her knitting. She was a quiet bit of background for Belle's bril liancy, only when one of us said anything witty she laughed as if she enjoyed it. 'Ihe sun went down and the -moonlight came instead, shining white on the silver elms and windows. "I am going," said Mr. Brooks, and he rose. "What do you say to a rido on horseback to-morrow, young ladies ? Don't you think your cousin would like it. Sarah ?" "Ves, indeed," she "said, "and it is such a pleasant ride to the cliff. Belle has not seen the cliff yet." "Very well," he replied; "I know your two horses are good under the saddlo, and I will bring my Brownie for the third. You had better take Brownie, Sarah, he. is used to you. Ana now I reallv must hasten awav. Good night 'all." And on he went. e prepared to so into the house. "He did not give me time to answer," said Sarah," in her quiet way; "but I have no idea that 1 shall be ahle to go with you to-morrow. And you shall ride Brownie. Belle, he is iust the- horse for you." "You're a good, amiable little thing, Cousin Sade," exclaimed Belle, joyously. "That is just what I wauted. Oh, how I shall enjoy riding with my handsome Corydon ! Promise me not to interfere, Phcne." Sarah gathered up her work silently, and went into the keeping-room, where her mother sat. But Belle and I went up into our own room, took down our hair and had a comfortable talk. "I like your cousin Sarah, Belle," I said, "she is such a harmonious person; she dont jar on one's feelings." ''Oh, no, of course not," Belle said. "Sarah is a good little thing, and I have quite an affection for her. But she is gray. Do you know what I mean. Some people seem gray all the way through all a monotone on a minor key no warmth, no sparkle in them, nothing to take hold of. Sarah is that way ; I never think about Sarah there isn't anything to think about in her." And Belle, with her shining blue eyes and hair rippling in waves all down her shoulders, sprang up and danced abou the room like a bewitched Uudinp. "I feel so full of life I" she exclaimed, stopping breathless, her rosy cheeks red. "And I'm tired, dear, I'm going to bed," I replied, feeling more and more the after fatigue of traveling. The next day Was lovely, bnt I felt still tired and had a headache. It seem ed to me that to ride on a strange horse that day would be intolerable, and I told Belie I would stay at home if she did not mind. "No, dear, I don't mind," she said, gaily. "Corydon and I can have a good time all by ourselves. Corvden came riding up to the gate presently, leading a lady's horse by the bridle, and Belle ran out to greet him, then flew up stairs to put on her pretty blue ridin" habit. . "But where are' the other horses ?" asked Mr. Brooks, looking surprised. "Oh, Sarah and 1 are not going," I said. ; "She is to watch the bees, and I am not well enough to ride to-day, so I shall keep her company." Mr. Brook 3 actually bit his lip and looked gloomy. row of fruit trees, and the little garden Under the trees stood the with the bees coming business and excite- l ment. And near by sat Sarah, with her work in her hand, in her quiet, contented j way, seeming a natural part of the sunny j morning, the bees humming in the sweet ! air. - I "To begin with," I thought to myself, ! you remind me of Isaac Walton and his j book, where he describes the" meek who J inherit' the . earth. You are inheriting I this fine morning. So far, gray is good." "An end of this bench is ail I have to offer you, Miss Beunett," said Sarah ; I "but wou't you set down I "Don't call me Miss Bennett I'm Pheue," I entreated. "Yes, I'll come ! there in a minute, but I want to look at j the garden first." j For I delight ia oldfashioned gardens, 'and this was just after my own heart, j The beds and oldfashioned pinks for bor I das, that double kind that fall apart, too ! fragrant to live. Uillvfiowers.. double and single, poppies like great quadruple I roses, amaranths aud "beetles," marigolds Oh, I hope they will settle in our yard, somewhere. Lust summer one swarm went a mile off." There was a clatter of horses' hoofs down the road. "There are Belle and Mr. Brooks," I exclaimed. Sarah had risen and Ptood with one hand resting on a low limb of the apple tree, while she looked first at the bees and then at Belle iu her pretty blue habit springing to the ground. Belie saw us, and running around the house, with her little riding whip in her hand, while Mr. Brooks fastened the horses, she exclaimed : . "Oh, we had such a splendid ride ! But, mercy, how these bees do act ! A Do coroe away; you'll get stung I" . " "Oh, no, Belle, they wou't touch you if you keep still," said Sarah. "Wer'nt you pleased with the cliff? It is so fiue in the summer, with the laurels and do dendrens all in bloom." "Bees swarming, eh ?" asxed Mr. Brooks, joining us ; "I'll hive them for you, if they settle soon, Sarah." "Oh,-thank you," she said; "I was just going in to blow the horn for James; he is down in the meadow lot. But if h, you had better ask for the gloves." The flying and buzzing now grew so formidable that I w..s alarmed , they seemed to darken the very air before my eyes. . "Go away, you wretch !" cried Belle, striking with her whip. "Oh ! oh ! I'm kill ing me stung 1 Oh ! they "Sarah ! Sarah I" screamed Aunt Em from the window, "don't you stir hand nor foot they are settling on your arm! Belle, run iu here as fast as you can, and I'll put some saleratus water on those stings." Poor Belle had been sfung twice on her lip. She was crying, and did ' not know which way to turn, till Mr. Brooks led her into the house. I was ttembling all over, for the bees were on every side of me, flying toward Sarah, and there was already quite a large black bunch of them clinging to her sleeve, as her arm was resting on the apple tree. " I am sorry," she said softly, " but you had better not stir away yet, of it may disturb them, and jou will be stung; but so long as you keep perfectly quiet, they won't hurt you." So I stood aud thought of Joan of Arc, aud Pocahontas, aad all tho hero- and peonies, swest pears and carsspurs, there were in rilentv. and a bed of micr- ! nonetre. Karlv asters were in bloom. ! iues I cculi icmcmber, to keep from i auu the chrysanthemums were iust be ginning to bud. Jhen there was a use ful bed, all sweet aud bitter herbs, aud it seemed so good. Lavender aud sage, rue and saffron, and a dozen stalks of spicy fennel. I like people who keep such gardens as that right along from year to year, thay seem to mean so much more than showy city gardeus with hired gardeners. I pulled a sprig of heart's ease, and went back to Sarah. "What makes you have to watch tho bees ?" I asked. "They are just about to swarm," she said, in a tone that showed her interest, "and we have to watch where they go, or we may lose them. They may fly to the woods or any other, farm." Pretty little brown things, ain't they?" 1 said, alter observing them a moment. "Yes, indeed. Brown all du3ted with bronze. Aud such busy, cheerful little creatures. I almost feel as if I knew them apart, and I have names for some of them. There's Dot, now I" she said, as a tiny bee poised itself for a moment on her arm, aud then flew off to the clover. "Why, how splendid ! I never knew you could make pets of them !" I ex claimed. "And here you sit these splen did days, getting the very heart of the summer into your heart, while Belle and I rush from place to place, aud get dizzy and tired, and don't know what we are about." "Oh, no!" she said, smiling. "Just think how much I can get from every place you go. I went on a journey once to the mountains, and I now remember every hight, every tree, every cloud; and the very roads we went by, and the people we met. Such different charac ters ! ; I felt rich when I came home, with so much put safely away in my life to think of." V "You're a regular bee yourself," I said, as I watched some of the little winged things flying home with the hon ey they had gathered faraway. "3Iy flights were almost like Dot's then," she said ; aud her contented look struck me more forcibly than ever. 'He always goes to the nearest flowers. But honey is sweet, wherever he gets it." Aud this is one of Belle's gray people, I thought, with no sparkle, nothing iu her character to take hold of. Why, she is as good reading as one of Auerbach's romances. "My headache is all gone," said I. "It is a great deal nicer to bo sitting here by the bee hives than riding under the hot sun with Belle and Mr. Brooks. I don't like the gentleman very well, do you ? ; 1 think love makes three-quarters of the trouble there is." "Why, no ; I think love is the most beautiful thing in life," she said earnest ly; but at the same time the color rose in her face, and she looked slightly un easy. ' One of Belle's old maids, thought I again, as she sits here thinking love ono of the most beautiful things in life ! "While we were talking, the hum and buzz of the bees increased" audibly, and there seemed to be a perfect cloud of them issuing from one of the hives and hovering over it. Some of them flew so near their wings almost brushed my face, and I started. ' i "They are swarming," said Sarah, iu a low, excited voice. "Don't move quick or act fnghtcued ; they vrcm t hurt you fainting on tho spot. Mr. Brooks, with his hands iu great buckskin gloves, was waitings little way off with one of the new hives all ready. , " It is fortunate I have on this loose sacque," said Sarah ; " I can slip my hand out of the sleeve so easily when the bees have done coming." I looked at her in admiration as she stood there so motionless in her graceful posture, resting on the tree, her eyes bright with excitement, and her cheeks the loveliest pink, her lips just a little parted, and without an atom of terror, almost tenderly watching her pretty brown bees as they crowded to her. It seems an age that we waited there ; but at last the swarm had all settled, and Sarah confessed she' was glad, for they hung so heavily on her sleeve. "I'll take care of them now," said Hugh Brooks, and ho looked ar, Sarah anxiously ; "you must be all but tired out, dear Sarah ; but if you can manage to slip your hand ouc of the sleeve as I hold it, I think you can get away safely." The words '.'dear Sarah" struck me. I felt very much enlightened, and began to move cautiously away, but I could not help hearing him say, as he bent toward her, releasing her arm from-the sleeve, something about her avoiding him for so long, and ho certainly asked her some thing about love, and I heard him say "darling." I glanced back at her as I reached the house, and she looked radiantly happy. If he was Corydon, she was Phillis evi dently no one else. In the kitchen sat poor Belle, her lips swollen, and her eyes red with tears of vexation. But Aunt Em was bathing tho poor lips with her famous saleratus water, and the pain was quite gone now, Belle said. The swelling began to dis appear too, so her spirits revived, and we sat together by the window watching Hugh Brooks hive the bees, with Sarah at his side. It seemed to take them a long while, and, when all was done, instead of com ing into tho house, they wandered slowly away down the lane. "Oh, wait for me," cried out Belle ; "I want to walk too." "Hush ! hush !" I whispered vehe mently "you mustn't go. lie has just proposed to her and she has accepted. Don't you see ?" Belle stared at me. "What! Cousin Sarah!" she uttered in bewilderment : "Mr. Brooks and Sa rah!" ' I nodded, and there was silence for a few moments. , ""What a littlo goose I have been !" exclaimed Belle at last, with a merry laugh. "Very well, Phene Bennett, just as soon as I get back to the city, I am going to accept Archie Russell, and love him dearly!" . Which she did, and is happy. ' Rut of all the engaged girls I know, I like best to think about Sarah. She is such a real little honey bee, gathering sweetness out ot everything Jlarper's Bazar. ;,. Admiral Farragut's condition wa3 such as to justify the most sanguine hopes of his friends for his recovery, unless some sudden violent relapse takes place. Iowa. Returns from Iowa indicate thot the Republican, majority will , be about 35,000. ' - CONVENTION - iBetween the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and tha General Post Office of the United States of America. The. General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the General Post Office of the Unit ed States of America, being desirous of establishing and maintaining an exchange of mails between .the United States on the' one side and tbc colony of British Honduras on the other, by means of tho British mail packet playing between New Orleans and Belize, tho uudersigned, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed upou the following articles ; article i. i There shall be a direct exchange of mail between the office of New Orleans on the one part aud the office of Beiize on the other, comprising letters, newspa pers, book packets, and packets of pat terns or samples originating in the Uuit ed States and addressed to British Hon duras, or originating in British Hondu ras and addressed to the Uuited States. These mails shall be conveyed by the British mail packets established between New Orleans aud Belize, so long as the British government shall deem it expedi ent to maintain such packets. ARTICLE II. The postage to be collected in British Honduras upon paid correspondence ad dressed to tho Uuited States shall be six pence per single letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion ; one penny for each newspaper, and threepence per four ounces fur book packets, or packets of patterns or samples ; and the postage to be collected in the United States upon paid correspondence addressed to British Honduras shall be twelve ecDts per single letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, heavier letters being charged in proportion ; two cents on each newspa per, and six cents per four ounces on book packets, or packets of patterns or samples. The postage in either direction must in all cases be prepaid. The correspondence thus paid shall be delivered at the place of destination, whether in the United States or in British Honduras, free from all charge whatsoever. ARTICLE III. The exchange of the correspondence referred to iu Article II, preceding, shall not give rise to any accounts between the British and the United States post offices. Each office shall keep the postage which it collects. ARTICLE IV. Every letter, newspaper, book packet or packet of patterns or samples, dispatch ed from one office to another, shall be plainly stamped in red ink, with a stamp beariug the word "Paid" on the right band corner of the. address, and shall al so bear the dated stamp ot the office at which it was posted. ARTICLE v. m Dead letters. newsDaners. &o.. which cannot be delivered, from whatever cause, shall be mutually returned with out . charge monthly, or as frequently as the regulations of tho respective offices will permit. ARTICLE VI. The two offices may, by mutual con sent, make such detailed regulations as shall be found necessary to carry out the objects of this agreement; such regula tions to terminate at any nine, on a reas onable notice by either officer. ARTICLE VII This conventiun shall come into opera tion on the 1st day of October, 1809, and shall be terminable at any time on a notice, by either office, of six months. Done in duplicate, and signed in Wash ington on the 11th day of August, 1860, and in London on tho 4th day of Sep tember, 18(39, seal. JNO. A. J. CRESWELL, l'ostmaster General. s::al. HARTINGTON, l'ostmaster General of the United Kingdom. I hereby approve the the aforesaid convention, and in I testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. . 1 i . U. S. GRANT. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. Washington, Aug. 11, 1869. - Tidal Wave. A telegram from Boston dated October 9th, says that two residents of New Castle report that they were on the beach, at 10 o'clock on Mon day night last, and that there was one tidal wave which was 18 feet high. They ran when they saw it coming, but ono fell among the rockf, - to which he clung, the wave going over him. It ran 125 feet above high water mark, and three minutes after, there were no traces of it. . V.-..;., ; .- Tiie G uard Published at Eugene City, is going to commence the now vol ume in .new dress, cte.( We can but ad mire the energy and pluck of tho propri etors, even if they do occupy the wrong political pew. As a Democratic journal, the boys raise a "big hand." ' " The Republicans of Iowa are dissatis fied with the new Secretary of War, Gen. Belknap. If he is a Republican at all, he is of a ( most conservative kind, and does not in any j way. represent radical Iowa with her 46,000 for Grant. Why is a beefsteak like a locomotive ? It is not of much account without it's tender. J I VARIOUS ITEMS. Two young druggists tried te shoot each other across a hotel dinner-table at Paducah, but neither got his dcs(s)ert. "We must part the dyo is ; cast," said a fond wife, as she threw a bottle of hair restorative at her husband's devoted head. . . ,'!- : The leader of a camp-meeting in Ohio anounced, "The brother-in-law of Presi dent Grant will now lead us in prayer." The rate of insurance on Mr. Miner's church has been increased in consequence of the pastor's free use of hell-fire. Hot ton Post. ' ' "That's a good gun of yours, stranger; but Uficle Dave here has one that beat it." "Ah ! how far will it kill a hawk with No. 6 shot ?'' "I don't use shot or ball either," answered Uncle Dave for himself. "Then what do you use, Uncle Dave ?" "I shoot salt altogether. I kill my game so far with my gun that with out salt the game would spile before I could get it." I ; Editor A poor wretch who empties his brain to fill his stomach. Men when looking at; the faults- of women should shut their eyes. No man will be able to build a houses by carrying bricks in hia hat. To live nobly, we must be noble; and we become noble by resolutely banishing; every unworthy thought and feeling. .If you kdow anything that will make brother's heart glad, run quick and tell it, but if it is something that will cause a sigh, bottle it up. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regtet, in tho last hour, his useicsB intentions and barren zeal. A . ; "The attempt," says an exchange, "to start an asylum for nseless yound men failed, as no building could be construct ed large enough." - "What is the difference between edito rial and matrimonial experience?" In the former the devil cries for "copy." In the latter tho "copy" cries- like the devil. A child in Hartford fell out of a third story window, and was. picked up. unhurt from the pavement. The next morning it fell to the floor and broke its neck. On one occasion, when Theodore Hook was dining, a messenger came to him from the John Bull, which he edited, but for which he had written nothing for ome weeks, and told him he must write something on the death of the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands; whereupon he sent back . " 'Waiter, two Sandwiches!' cried Death,. And their wild Majesties resigned their breath." A prominent physician of Portage county, Ohio, relates e case" within his knowledgo : where a boy, some fifteen years old, has used tobacco since the age of five months. When five months old, being a nervous and fretful child, a plug of tobacco was placed in his mouth, and produced a soothing effect. The remedy was often used during infancy, and thro the teething period, and before the child could talk plainly it was a confirmed to bacco chewer. - Memphis thieves hate being searched by colored turnkeys. It is said that a few sliced onions buried in an ant hill will cause the ants to leave it. It is stated that twelve million eggs are used every year, in England and America, for the albumenization of paper. , It is estimated that more copies of Lord Byron's works have been sold ia this country within the last fifty days than in seven years previously. ; . . Enthusiastic tourist iu Scotland te .i native coachman: "And is that indeed the house where Rob Roy was born ?" Native coachman : "Eb, 8r att' t 8, just ane o them." Take two quarts of best sperm oil, to one and one-half pints of refined coal oil. Shake before using. It is excellent for sewing machines, as it never clogs ; it will be as good six months afterward as when first made. '' , At the late meeting of the Presbytery, brother W. said that early in his ministry he and another brother were conducting a meeting iu which there was much re ligious interest. An old man gave ex pression to his joy by shouting, and con tinued it until it began to interrupt tho services. Brother H. said to brother W.: "Go'stop that old man's noise." Ho went to him and epoke a few words, and the shouting man at once became quiet. Brother H. asked brother W. : "What did you say to the old man that quieted him so promptly ? "I asked him for a dollar for foreign missions, ply of brother W. was; the re Ex-Governor Ritter, of Pennsylvania, aged 90 years, died at Carlisle, ou the 16th. J