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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.
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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
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! 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
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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.
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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 !
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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.
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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."
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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
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