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.4 . - 4 U f A Annexation j5 iaVssiyjiii , m-ill " ' " " ! 'fiTaii fi'?r y"'""!'J''' ' ' mmmm'' j!!!!"" -jy .1 " iII.-s- 5, j y . .. i - ' '1 ' . L SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, I860- U. S. Official Paper for Oregon. Mrs. Campbell, of Pittsburg, Penn., vis brutally murdered by her husband on tbe night of the 7th inst. 1 Y Free Trade League. Steps have been taken to form a free trade league at St. Louis, Mo. Terrible gales had prevailed on Lake Erie from the Cth to the 8 th, doing much damage to the shipping. op San Dominoo. t The annexation of San Domingo to this . . ... ! uovcrnmenw is Deins canvassed -Willi renewed interest by Eastern journals. A writer in a New York paper asserts that Grant is determined to secure not I 1 - V 1. i . uiiij nus aut; uurane ioc naval vessels in the bay of Samana), but the territory of the entire island as well. Gen. Babeock, a member ot the President's staff, was ordered to make an inspection of the island, and to report upon its resources, and the commercial value of its bays and harbors. After six weeks snent on the STATE ITEMS. Another man, who announced it as his intention to assassinate the Emperor and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, basbcen arrested in Paris. r '0 'A 5. Sentinel, was thrown from his bugjry on the 30th u!t., receiving a pretty severe irash on his head, and a painful bruise on his lej. At Jacksonville, on the 5th inst., as James Card well was driving along the street in front of the Court House, his horse shied and run the buggy against the fence, smashing the vehicle and throwing James to the ground. Nobody hurt. - On the 29th ult., at Cooper's Ford, i Rorue river, a liov. aced eitrht Years. gveatest kindness by the whole popula. j namcd Trip,et) w supposed to have been tion, the General reports that the annex- j (rowneJ whUe attempting to wade the ation sentiment pervades all classes to a A Supreme.. Court Decision. In Dr. Overbeck, savs the Jacksonville ft0. P" Court on tto 1st instant, in the case of Thornigton vs. Smith & Ilalsey, and decided that a promissory lslaou, where he was received with the remarkable degree ; he finds the pro ducts of tie island of the most valuable character, their growth beiDg of the Good Coi.t. On the 4th "rinnnnr'a i most spontat.eous and luxuriant nature. colt, Joe Elliott, made a mile to wagon in ! IIe fund there nearly all the climates 2:19i. 'known to man that of tbe mountains ! being exceedingly cool, while the high "Nearly Lirhtni.no." On the 3d inst. the government . corral at Fort Hooker was struck by lightning, and CO mules instantly killed. The First Spike. The first spike in the Mobile und New Orleans ltailroad -was driven at Mobile on the Sth inst., by CoL Manny, of the Register. Lands "Entered. During the last year about 7,000,000 acres of public lands were entered, under the homestead and other laws, yielding the government between four and five million dollars. plains are of the temperate zone, and the low valleys and plains of the torrid nature. Fvery species of vegetation flourishes, while the mineral deposits are of the greatest value. Tobacco, cotton, indigo, sugar, etc., are among the formcr, and gold, bismuth, cinnabar, silver and copper, among tKe latter. Senator Cole, of California, who made a tour of the island, speaks in the most glowing man lier of the advantages of this most favor ed spot. lie advances the idea that if Alaska was worth $7,000,000 in gold to river. According to the Sentinel parties had been searching the river for the corpse ever since, but without avail up to the 0th. A man named Chas. 'Wright was arrest ed last week for assault with a deadly i weapon, on the City Marshal of Jack i sonville. Asher Wall. He cave bonds and was released from custody. The McMinnville Blade claims that four pair of twins attend tho public school of that place five girls and three boys, the youngest pair being eleven and the oldest thirteen years old all bornin the same neighborhood, on the North Yamhill. The trustees of the M. E. Churoh ! building fund of McMinnville have pur ! chased a site, and will soon erect a church j edifice thereon. The Jacksonville Xeics says that a measures note given in payment ot property pur chased at Montgomery in 1864, when the authority of the United States was excluded from that part of the State and the only currency in use. was Confederate Treasury notes, is payable in Confederate notes alone, and that the United States Courts possess power to enforce tho same. The court also ruled that the contracts stipulating for payments in that currency cannot be regarded. as made in aid of foreign invasion in one case, or domestic insurrection in the other. They have no necessary relatious to a hostile govern ment whether invading or insurgents. They are transactions in the ordinary course of civil society, though made in directly and propose . ends ur.hiwful. Govenm'ent is without blame, except when it. its proved to have been entered with an actual intention to further inva sion or insurrection. Frauds. Charges of fraud, amount ing to nearly a quarter of million dollars, has been made against the appraisers and "collectors' department in the New York Custom House. finfTA o-ri'lv. - whfw track the I mted States, ban Dounnso is ; i i i u i. : i eicvuuiucues iu luujjm uuu iuu 111 wiutu, worth a round 850,000,000. The prin- j has been destroying fat hogs in the sub cipal export business is at present carried i urbs of Ashland of late. A powerful J on with Europe. The various favorable ' trap, has been set for him. 4udge Powers: An editor has been hauled down from tho tripod to the Judge's bench. The Solano I'rcss says : Solano county did well iu this election. O. P., Powers, the Republican candidate, is elected County Judge by a majority of 145 over J. G. Lawton, in defiance of a bitter fight waged against him by some recent members of the Republican party, and it is a personal triumph of which he may well feel proud, and a political vicr tory which must be satisfactory in the highest degree to the members of the Republican party. I SEWS PARCHAPAHS Kossuth county, Iowa, votes as follows : Republican, 355 j Democratic, 000. Ayer, th8 pillcr of the state of Massa chusetts, sends ten tons of them every year to South America. 1 A Providence young woman boxed the ears of her lover oh the street because he had escorted another lady home. Mrs. Dr. "Walker wants men to marry at thirty, not older. The widow of Col. Colt is to be mar ried about New Year's. . Fred. Douglas will lecture at "Wabash, Ind., this winter, on " Our Com posite Nationality." Mrs. Anrdfav Johnson is not ex pected to live through the Winter. Brigham Young, Jr. weighs 240, and he has 12 children. Another bull fight is on the tapis at Laddvills, Alameda county. The "Dev il's .Half-acre " is jubilant at the prospect of sport. The ladies of Austin, Minnesota, are very particular. A man was fined 13 for squeezing the hanij of one of them. The Princess de Metternich is tokre- tiro from the diplomatic world of Paris for a few months. She hopes it will be a boy. , It is asserted,- on f"Jfcd authority, that the reason why II. Off wears his historic white beaver, is to keep his brains in fur tile state. Emma Webb lectured in ferookly the other evening fn favor of woman modes ty, grace and beauty, and opposed the strong minded females. GooDNEssr It does not follow that two persous are fit to marry because both Milk is Kood, and mustard is Sensible. During the recent gold panic a frugal office clerk in a New York j are good bank drew all his savings amounting to ; good, but they are not good for each some 5uUU and speculated m the street. other. I'ortune smiled upon him, and he made , Defiance. Imperturbable good about Slo.UW pronts. Ills employers, I tcupcr is an effectual means of defiance , suipnscu ut ins iuck, auviseu mm u:Pa,Qst ill-natured sarcasm. The laugh ; inrest that amount with tliem, and they s newcr ion a!iainst the man who meets i reports received by the President, com- ir- Lmrbiu, who was killed near j would make !MUU,UUU tor him. llevery i bined with that of the foreign committee Jacksonv a wife aud cue child. In Honor of Peabody. By order j of the last Congress, induced the sending j team ruuuin f the Queen of "Eno-l-ind sprviprx: wptp t ,.r n.v.. . t waron on , - - - ut.. i (.umiui.ui tvj utuci iuiy uc- ' 4 r o V I si..,. 1,., ,.P f . . . - f . i , . i -v. v . iciuaius vi ucui,c , gotiaiions ior me purchase ot the j . Peabody t Westminister Abbey on the ; wl,0le bland. The writer referred i reath of a Beuctactor of Mankind. 1-th yesterday. fo abore states tllat this has been accom. j ille on the 5th inst., by his j naively replied, " Charley has made $15,- ,ning off and upsetting the j U0 co.ol uhari?y J'' , the side of a steep hill, leaves that night was worth Slo,0l0-Chaiiey's emplo3?eis not fifteen cents. Co-operative Market for Work- INGMEN. The nresent mnveripnt. hv -i The fame of George Peabody's disin- r-nrtion ef the industrial alas. 5n T,,rt. Postal Reduction. It is rumored i plished ; that the papers were drawn up, I tested beneiactions has iuieu me worm, j Jand) shows that thoy are aTare o the " "- lmpeuuins' cnanire mat is comincr ueatn ol one wno lias couierryu sucu that the present rates of postage on pre- duly signed by the authorized parties ef paid letters between this country and the both governments, turning over the United Kingdom, are soon to be greatly j island to this government, upon the per xeduced. foriuance of certain obligations by the Champion IJeaten. John Taylor, : Unitcd Sutes' and that sa!d stipulations htunpioa shootist of the United States i have been presented to and have met the was beaten in New York, on the i uuqualifi approbation of the President Sth. bv Ira Pavne. in a ri2con shooting ' ana D1Det? ana they will be pre match. large benefits on his fellow men. George Peabody was born at Danvers, Ma-sachusctts, iu February, 1705. Ilia parents were poor aud his education was limited. At eleven years of age he be came a grocer's clerk iu his native town, where ho continued until'he was fifteen. After thw he spent a vear with his grand- I sented to Congress immediately upon the i mother in Vermont, and then went to upon the labor interests of this uoast ; but their great error is, that they are allowing ridicule serenely Miss Olive Rand, who is playing at Wood's Museum, New York, is now en gaged writing a new protean comedietta, which will contain not only gems of opera bouffe. but also trems of " can can" and song and dance. A Suggestion. A lady and gent ad miring a poplar tree, the latter gallantly remarked, " If I add you to it, it will become popular." " Better add us," she .said, " aud it will become populous." professional politicians to take the lead iu i He took tho hint and married her soon their midst, befogging them with obsolete j alter. politics instead of taking mcasurs among T0X(K;aAM veiIs are now the latest themselves to obtain the largest quantify ; wriiukle am0 New York. fashionable of bread for the least outlay of money : j ad;e3 Those of faw color and The present rates for fannly supplies j aie mQSt iu vouethe monogram are above the ratio of working men s m- i embroidured ia color3 in the' cen- come; ana one tiling is certain, the A iost Tribe. In a district far in the interior of Abyp- sinia. which has hitherto remained a terra incognita aud a blank Bpace on the maps, has been discovered . one of the " lost tribes" a strange race of people called " Falashas." Mr Halevey, a renowned , French traveler, has visited these people and communicated an account of his jour ney to the French Geographical Society. The substance of the information he furnishes in regard to them ia as follows : There are about a quarter of a million of the Falasha. They speak an Agan dia lect called Faltsh'yia, or Kalina, and into this language they have translated a Gheez version of the Old Testament. They do not practice - polygamy. They circumcise their male children on the seventh day. Their proper names are derived from Hebrew, Gheez and Amha ric. The institution of purification js practised ; the children are taught the Bible psalms, prayers and sacred history. In their synagogues the sexes sit apart. Incense is burned during their services. v Their religious hopes are turned to Jeru salem, but their ideas of the Messiah are very indistinct. They are wholly unac quainted with Hebrew, and know nothing of the ceremonies ' instituted after the time of Ezra. They have a religious lit erature written in the style of the Mid rath. They keep the Sabbath rigidly; fast on Mondays - and Thursdays ; keep the Cth of Ab to commemorate the de struction of J crusalem ; they wash be fore and say grace after eating; they have a traditional mode of slaughtering animals for od ; they practice com memorative sacrifices on tbeholy days, and also for the repose of the souls of the dead. Their women enjoy equality with men, and they hold slaves, but liberate them after a servitude of six years. . . A thrifty old dame, in bygone years, made a pudding for a family dinner. Extravagant as she thought she had been, she was rather mortified to find that her boarders were too hoggish to appreciate her kind attention to their wants, and in relating her trials to a neighbor she pa thetically exclaimed i " I made a pud ding to-day and put a whole egg in it, but, after all, our folks would eat butter on it !" A certain lady had a custom of Saying to a favorite Utile dog, 'to make him fol low her " Come along, sir." A would-be witry gentleman stepped up to her one day. and accosted her with : " Is it me madam, you calleji" "Oh, no sir," said the lady, with great composure, " it was another puppy I spoke to.' The Grass Valley Union says there is only one distillery in Nevada county, and the population can support ten. NEW TO-DAY. X. COW AS. A. ft, BTAXARD. A. COWAN & CO., WHOl.eSALS AND RKTA1L DEALERS IX STAPLE! and FANCY DRT GOODS FIItST jSTRET.... ....ALBANY. They pffer a large and well selected etock of j x STAPLE JDKY GOODS ! r At Extraordinary Low Prices Cash or Iu addition to a very large stock, covering everything in tbe line of Cottons, wo have a complete assortment of FANCY DRESS GOODS! Latest styles oJ Boya- and Men's CLOTHING" ani FURNISHING GOODS I HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, 4c. Carpet, Wall-Paper, Paper Blinds, &.C., &c. & Linen. Especial attention is directed to onr stock ol IRON AND STEEL ' . - AND ri.EKAIi HARDWARE t Which is the largest and most complete this sido . of Portland. 5 You ore invited to call and exomino our goods and prices. , The highest market price in cash paid for Wool, Bacon and Lard I by Oct. SO, 1S09-8 A. COWAN & CO. Loss bv Fire. The Varieties The atre, at Helena, Montana, with several -dwelling houses, was successfully burned on. the 7th ins. Loss, 35.000. The .second logs of the theatre building in Helena within the past year. i opening of the next session. According ! to the same writer, a party of New York j i,rotu Aewburyport, .Uass., wneie.nc acted as , WOrkirc class must initiate a rdan to fnrn.: clerk in a dry Roods store for an elder j :sh hmBAlw t .).. no Wr , er. He uext went with an uncle to 1 ,he invetahl lkll in .. nr tW4 tre. A jealous wife in Chicago after taking two ounces laudanum, wrote a note : ' In capitalists have obtained a charter for a 1 Georgetown. 1. C. where he entrasred in j ,.,, cff, fi,., fr,.f c.t- ,.nt';uL.f 1UY col'l corpse you behold the victim of bauk in the city of San Domingo, with I a similar husiuess. In the year 1814 he j neg9. Instead of platforms proposed by i your coltl couduet and ot cold poison. The vote ot Philadelphia is about 1U0, Secretary lioutwell had purchased, up j to November 1st. 40,000,000 worth of I bonds, on account of the Sinking Fund, as 1 G a capital of $1,000,000, the Botes for j.bceamc a partner ot J.lisiia luggs in tne j lawyers, let the workingmen of all shades which are already printed, and will be I gooua ujui, ut ol opinion unite in the best flan to get ) shipped to San i)omingo on board the j business, and lis partner iurnwuiug tue j cheaper groceries, meat, wood, etc. apuui lur it. iicai j till iuu uuusc Jct fifty men su NEW TO-DAY. WAR WITH SPAIN ! CUBA TAKEN next steamer. bscribc but ten dollars ! removed to Daltiniorc, where it soon at- j eaen for tue purchase of some main arti : traded a large busiuess. 31r. Peabody cie or mo: aad dvi(ie ;t ther i i-.ij.tr r 1, :..!'.. i . ' Ti? nty-tra t'r Att crr t-mt.- P ntTi i M. XV -r JL JL .. JL. JLJ-TX. JLa JL ! X " a 1 . - . . n. . ..... . nere laiu tue iououaiion ui uis lunuuo. r ., i k f eu. fchermaa is credited with savins T.. i 1, Kn.., .t,i,i;ai,n i , ", , CT ; , : , , . . . ., : . . i j." -.u u.m- a, av s work :i w-k- n tiiA pcui purcnase, suoecc to rue luture . that in his opinion, if the capital should j i New York and Philadelphia, and the i vestment to each shareholder. If ! Inois happened at dairo. The day action of Congress. ; be changed from Washington to the i whole affairs were conducted by Mr. j thev invest douhli tlint.-imoimf the-v nT ! and the hour came but not the groom. re than lii- 000. The highest telnperanee candidate received ;!oG votes. It is gratifying to be assured that his vote docs not repre sent the number of temperance men in that city. The latest matrimouial felicity in Cattle Plague. Dispatches to the ' West, "a new place will be chosen on 9th from Cincinnati, state that a plague i tne Mississippi river, several hundred Jias. broken out among the cattle at a dis tillery ia Story township. Forty had (died, and the diease was still raging. Loss by Fire. A fire in Kendall viile, Ohio, on the Night of the Sth, (destroyed property to the amount of 50,000, on which there was an insurance I of only $1,700. I Weather. Dates to the 10th from .Yrekji, Cal., state that a drenching rain Was in progress there; the tops of the mountains in the vicinity were covered with snow; raining in every direction; snowing hard and fast oa Scott Mountain. r; . , Small Pox. Five hundred, or half the entire number of the Gros Ventre Indians of Montana, have died with the email, pox. Many of them have commit ted suicide by blowing their brains out with revolvers. The Indians still alive demand that the superintendents act as medlafors with the Great Spirit, and stop the ravages of the disease. " Dgh! It' is. related that a Mrs. Jagers, of j Marysville, Ohio, recently found a black snake, five feet long and as thick as a man's arm, crawling over the floor, with head erect, toward her little child, which was playin in the room. Mrs. J,, with .the aid of another lady, filled the reptile, and thus saved her child from a h6rrible death. miles above St. Louis." Nauvoo, the former, head-quarters of Mormonisni, is between two and three hundred miles, by the course of the river, above St. Louis, and is not only a magnificent site for a.city, but in its immediate vicinity are found extensive quarries of thc-fin- i est building stone in the Mississippi val ley. The Chicago Times says that " the opinion of Gen. Sherman, in this partic ular, is the opinion of a thoughtful and sensible and practical man." .... SiXTi 31-LEs.- Our California ex changes state that officers of the Califor nia end of the Oregon Central Eailroad assert positively that they will finish sixty miles of the road by the first of January. At this rate of construction the California Company will have com pleted more than 200 miles by Septem ber next, should the work be continued uninterruptedly; and should they keep up their lick," will reach Albany in time to connect with Holladay & Co. just three inches and a half north of Albany Col lege. Come on, McDuff all's one to us, so the road is built. lershop, and save at ! However, a telegraphic dispatch cxplain ud ou beef, seven on ! "1 the difficulty ;" Have to wait till wife has overhauled : they invest double that amount, they may start their own butche: least five cents a poui pork, and about live or six on tuuttou. j next .week my: Hotels would join them in this enterprise, i me aud contracts can be made for the deliv- j A dispatch from Los Angeles sa-s. that ery of auy amount of slaughtering stock on Saturday last a man and his wife passed at one-half the present retail rates. The j through that town, who had traveled all siLiiie with vegetables and the dairy pro- j the wayjrom. Oregon on foot. They ducts, one-half can be saved by making ! were bound for San Bernardiuo. arrangements with a trader at some of j jn the southwest part of Rhenish Prus the Willumete landings. We make sug- ! s;a number of wild swine has increas- gestious. to the common sense of the j ed so much that much damage is caused Peabody with great skill and success. His lirst visit to "Europe was made in 1827, when ho went over to buy goods. After this he frequently crossed tho At lantic, aud in 18o7 took up his residence permanently in Kngland. Having with drawn from the firm of Peabody, Riggs & Co. in 1S43, he established himself in London as a banker, where he remained in business many years. During the last twenty years he has been greatly noted for his munificent liberality in endowing and supporting various institutions tor I Workina;mens Association, as a real ben the benent ot his lellpw men. Loth j cfit wij-f0now lroul this policy, instead hemispheres attest his beneficence. 0f wasting ihcir energies on political T 1 1 . t-f T.l- . . . . ...i. j eaoouy oquare, j.ouuou, is a ui-uiu- j abstractions at the nod of politicians. Fata I. AccrnENT. The mas Johnson accidentally shot himself, near Oak Point, on the-Columbia river, on the 7th, while pulling a Whitehall boat up that stream. Ia attempting to pull the gun forward the hammer caught, exploding the gun, the whole- charge entering the right breast of deceased, killing him almost instantly. --" .V1'- :-: ''""y.- ., Disagree; The Unionists of Spain disagree with- th Progressionists on two oAer . points besides the selection of a King, ria.,: On the oath to support the constitution, and in regard to the election of Deputies to fill the vacant seats in the Cortex. . '"' ,: ' Wm. II. Sitwabd. Dates' from the City of Mexico to- the 29th ult, recite that Gov. Seward' had arrived at Enado feijara en route for the City of: Mexico, ond was everywhere received with en thuaiasm. Grand preparation are being made to receive him at the CapkaLwbere be was expected to arrive during the present uootb. , , '. Harmonious. Speaker Blaine ex presses the opinion that the coming session of Congress will be harmonious, and that business - will he dispatched with unusual celerity. The funding of fhe public debt and the financial question will be the chief subject of interest that will occupy the attentioa of Congress. Dangerously III. Telegrams from Florence to the 5th state that King Vic tor Emanuel, of Italy, is very ill Tn fact is dying, and that Prince and Princess Napoleon have been summoned to his bedside. O. K.--On the 5th inst., a vagabond entered the house of Mrs. Dodge, living near Troy, N. Y., and attempted to rav ish her, when she seized aoaxe and jBplit his head open, killing him instantly. Brave litte woman. Ox the Track The first locomotive for the Oregon Central Railroad was suc cessfully, landed and placed upon the track at East Portland,, on Monday last. It weighs 44,000 pounds. Impertinent. The Boise , Chronicle man, after quoting what Oregon can do ia the way of double crops, says that Webfoot is a threat country, but we'll bet (hey can't raise two crops of babies in one year." What impertinence ! . cent donation to theEpoor of that metrop olis, exceeding any similar charity ever bestowed. Baltimore, where Mr. Pea body resided many years, was always kindly remembered, aud his gifts to that city were numerous and large. Among his latest donations were large sums for the establishment of educational in stitutions in the Southern States. His native town, Danvers, has not been for gotten in his benefactions, and his ashes are now to be brought back for interment at the place of his birth. In George Peabody is seen the rare example of a successful business man anu a great philanthropist united in one person. To appreciate the man it is only necessary to compare him with Vanderbilt, who is building a monument to himself at a cost of a million dollars. : Peabody's monu ment is the great and permanent institu tions he has"founded tor tbe benefit of his fellow men. Oregonian. Hopeful. A correspondent of our cotemporary, the Democrat, writing from Roseburg, says : " The Democracy will make a clean sw,eep of this county next election." Whereupon the Roseburg Ensign remarks as follows : "That same prediction has been made before every election since 18G4, and with a more encouraging prospect than is now pre sented. 'Junius' is evidently a very sanguine individual. He says; he is ' as sured that Douglas county is now Demo cratic,' and - we suppose he gets that as surance from the tendency indicated by the majority given at the last election. At the last election, upon a strictly party vote, the Republican majority was 106, being the largest average majority in the county since 1864. The Republican party have certainly lost nothing by the changes that have taken place since last election- A Democrat who can see a gleam of hope with such facts before him, will never be likely to know what it is to despair." Mark Twain thinks that soda water is not desirable for a steady drink. It is too gassy. The next morning after drinking thjrty-eight bottles he found himself full of gas, and as tight as a balloon. He hadn't any article of clbtb ing that he could wear, except his um brella. '-I r .'-, Commercial. Another Pioneer Gone. Col. Wm. King, of Portland, died on Monday morning last. He was one among the earliest settlers of Oregon when a Terri tory, has filled several importau. offices, and took quite a prominent part in Ore gon politics up to within a few years of his decease. . . Admiral- Stewart died at town, N. J., on the 7th inst. Borden- i Santa Clara News. The . Santa Clara (Cal.) News comes to- us this week enlarged and touch improved. It is now one of the handsomest looking pa pers in California. Bully for it. Bio Paper. The good will, material, etc., of the San F rancisco Times has been gobbled up by the Alia, and is now a blanket sheet. Our Ajain. The Salem frcssia out again, after a two week's rest. Brown is determined to run a paper if he don't make a cent. Go it, old 60 cents 1 Captain Hall, the celebrated Arctic explorer, arrived at Cincinnati last week, accompanied by several Esquimaux. . . - jThe celebrated elnij near Webster's mansion, in Marshfield, Mass., was much damaged by the late storm, and the orchard, of which he was so fond, was nearly stripped of fruit. Pluck. We understand that -Mr Mallory will immediately proceed to crept a handsome brick hotel on the site of the Capital. That's what we like to see, and do see not unfrequently in this country. Oregonians die, but never sur render. Statesman.. r It is said that General Banks learned the printing trade, when a young man, in the office of the Boston Traveler. Mrs. Banks', when a girl, also worked in the same office. They left the Traveler office to start a weekly paper in Waltham, Massachusetts, which was carried on for some time, with the aid of one "jour printer." - -.-The Nevada Gazette 6ays the late suit for a sack of potatoes will cost both par ties about $700. and is a remarkable case of "small potatoes" to farms. . The cattle disease in West Prussia is diminishing so rapidly that the authorities at Marieuwerder have authorized the re opening of the markets iu the present week on the right bank of ,the Vistula. Hazing is worse than ever at Harvard College, and the Boston Traveller declares that such abuses aDd breaches of the peace, if subject to the civil law, would ! lodge half the " Sophs." in the house of correction in one week. A Monument of Patient Skill. The Oakland Aeirs .ays: I Anioncr the curious articles exhibited at the Mechanics' Fair, is one that the San Francisco papers, for reasons which are apparent, have not noticed, but which we deem worthy of -special mention. It is a large cushion upon which is a glit tering scroll add other emblems of tasty design, with the motto " Dedicated to the San Francisco Chronicle." The cause of the bright glitter, or the means employed to produce it, are not at first apparent, hut a close examination reveals, the fact that the ornamental work upon the cush ion is made up of a collection of ordinary brass pins, artistically arranged to form the ' design and motto exhibited. Some idea may be formed of the labor involved in the work, and the patience required by its completion, when we state that it contains upwards of thirty-one thousand pins. This pretty ornament ia the de sign and execution of Mrs. De Young, the venerable1 mother f the proprietor of the paper namcd, a lady . upwards of sixty years of age. " Gentlemen of the jury," said an Irish barrister, "it will be for you to say whether this defendant shall be allowd to come into court with unblushing footsteps, with the cloak of hypocrisy iu his mouth, and to withdraw three bullocks from my client's pockets with impunity." , Under the heading " Another Hash house Busted," the White Pine Empire has the following : " Another hash-house tossed the sponge' yesterday. The same old crowd of hash-house bursters' patronized it for ; one week, only. We are not saying anything, but Ben Here ford was yesterday seen hanging around St. Julian, and it is surmised for the pur pose of engaging board. He is spotted, however, and will not be allowed tccreate a famine in White Pine if it can possibly be avoided." , . - Prentice, of Louisville, calls George Francis Train " A oipher huuting a figure to pass for something. OUR MINISTER WITHDRAYN ! DIRECT IMPORTATION ! M-COn-MICISL'S 31 A tl MOT II STOCK OF- TOYS, FANCY GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, GIFTS, PRESENTS; BOOKS, &C, && For the Holidays of lS69-70,has arrived, Direct from lew York, And is now on Ebibition at SANTA CLAUS' - HEADQUARTERS, I05 FRONT STREET, PORTLAND, AVhcre every purchaser will find J Z7te liargett Stock ! The Greatest Variety I I , " ?he Cheaiest I'rice'sMi. 2ES This immense stock hnvinjr been pur-. , chafed for currency in New York, will bo scld to, dealers uud others in coin, at Less Prices Than Ever Before ! P. NOTAVITIISTAXDIXG A LI THIS C. HARPER & CO. Have just received from ! Sail. Francisco, a very large anl well selected stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! WHICH IS OFFERED At Prices to Suit tie Times Their stock consists, iu part, as follows : A largo supply of HEAVY CASSIHERES AND FLANNELS! Denims, Hickory Stripes, Checks, , Sheetings Bleached and Unbleached ! Asn French Cottbnades, i Cnntoii Flamiels, ASD Heavy Blar- 1g. ets Strnnpcrs mid citixors will find EAXTA CLAUS' "UEAIyUAllXERS most interesting place to viit, as the porpeons array of new nov el; u-g, aud the thousand comical toys therein, give the store tho appearance ot an K astern MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIES! pomo idea may he arrived at as to the extent of the stock when it is known that of. IitUrf alone there are oiie hundred nmd fifty-five tirrictie .' Making that Department a perfect BAZZAR OF BEAUTY ! Ssagu Full Peacriptive Catalogues now y;adya Call early to secure choice gifts. S. J. M'COllMICK, fmCt ' Agent for !anta Clans. A Spendid assortment of ... SUCH AS . SilliS, j ' :" j Poplins, Brocades, Empress Cloths, " JJerinos, ' -. .. ' J'rints, Delaines, ; Mohair, Fancy Patterns, Shawls, 1 JJalmorals and . Fancy Notions, Trimmings, i-c. Ladies and Misses Hoods, Hats, Nubias, Ac. A good Assortment of MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING! CENT'S FUUXISHIXO GOODS, c. A complete assortment of Men's and Boy's KIP AND CALF BOOTS AND SHOES, t TOBACCO -AND CIGAjjts. Also the latest style and quality of Ladies, Misses and Children's Shoes. A splendid assortment of Croccries, Qneensware and Glassware ! i Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery, Window Shades, Lace and Muslin Cur- tains, vCarpeting.l MEN'S, BOYS AND CIIILDREN'S HATS '! WOOD AND VLtOW "TAKE. In fact, almost everything usually kept in a re tail store. . T , Having bought our goods on the best terms the market will afford, and ' selected them with great care, we .feel warranted in saying that we can offer as great inducements to customers as any house in the .trade, and hope, by strict at tention to business and the wants of customers, to merit a liberal patronage from the public. Remember the place. The house f6r merly occupied by D. MausBeld A Bro.- . l G. HARPER & CO, Albany Out. 30, 1869. -ft ' " NOTICE Tp the Taxpayers of Linn Co. i WILL EE PRESENT TO RECEIVE JJ Taxes levied for the current year, at tbe times and, pi. let as follows, to-wit : j In November : Lebunon, Monday, 22d ; Waterloo, Tuesday, 3d ; Nye's fchool House, Wednesday, 24th ; ' Creek, Thursday, Z.ib r&outn Brownsville, i'riday, 20h ; North Brownsville, Saturday, 27th. Ill December: Harrisburgh. Tuesday, November 30th. and Wednesday, Deeeiubsr' 1st; Peoria, Thursday, December 2d Orleans, Fridny, Sd ; Albany, Sat urday, 4th ; Sc.io. Tuesdav, 14th t Frankliu Butte, Wednesday, lth ; iSantiam, Thursday, 10th ; Syracuse. Saturday, Sth Center, Mondny, 20th. As it will save time and trouble, I hope every tax-payer will be prepared to 761110 his.tax at tho times and places above named. ' It. A. IRVINB. October 23, 1809-7tf Tax Collector. Waltham Watches.' Let every one who wants a Watcn, read this carefully. , , Especially if in some remote out-of-the-way place-. Now that the railroad is open, we propose to give the residents of Onncox the opportunity of getting single genuine Waltham Watches at the The Lowest Whol emale New York Prices We sell more Waltham Watches than any other establishment in the countryeither whclesalo or retail ; we send great numbers to everQertion of the country by Hail and Express, carefully pack ed, and in perfect running order. Onr-plan it' this : You want a Watch, and see our advertise ment ; now, we want you first to write t us for our Descriptive and Illustrated Price Li.t ; wo will send it, post-paid, by return wail. It ex plains all the different kinds, tells the weight anil quality of the cases, with prices of each ; you then make a selection of the kind you Jlrefer, and send us your order. AVe will then send you the Watch by Express, with the bill to collect on de livery. We give instructions to the Expresa company to allow you to open the package and examine the Watch ; if it suits, you ran pay and take it ; if not, you are under no obligations to receive it ; and if it is taken; and afterward dees not prove satisfactory, wp will exchange it, or REFUND THE MONEY. As an indication of the prices, we will quote one Watch of our list. The P. 8. Babtlett, Lever Movement, with Extra Jewels, Chronome ter .Balance, Patent Pinion, Patent Bust Cap. aDd all the other late improvements, in a Solid Coin iUlvcr'case, ' 4 y $23 in Greenback, er about $20 in Coin. All the other kinds, both grild and silver, in the same proportion. Do not order a Watch till you have sent for a Price List, as it eentains a great deal of information regarding these Watches that " will enable you to make an intelligent selection. Bont forget, when you write, to state that you saw this advertisement in the Albaxt Rioistkr, and you need not put in stamps for return post age. Adi'res in full, HOWARD 4 CO.. Jewelers and Silversmiths, SIS Broadway, N. Y. We refer, by permission, to McHsrs. Wcix8, Farcio 4 Co., N. Y. and San Francisco. I. W. Raymoxr, Esq., T. U. BiTTLun, Esq., B c. IIoWakd, Esq., Sail Francisco. ' W. S. IIobahm, Virginia city, Nevada, T r