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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, ( DECEMBER 11, 1SC9. PUBLISHED EVERT SATUTiDAT" BT COLL. VANCLEVE. office os corner or ferry axd urst-sts. TERMS IN ADVANCE. One Tear. -. l,....Three Dollar Six Months ..Two Dollars Single Copies...... Ten Cents ADVERTISING RATES. j , Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal term. JOB WORK. Having received new type, stock of colored inks, cards, a Gordon Joblier, etc., we are pre pared to execute all kinds of printing in a Better manner and fifty per cent, cheaper ttmu ever be fore offered in this city. 9 Agents for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, etc., for the Register : - HIRAM SMITII, Esq... TTarrisburg. Judge S. H. CLAUGHTON...i. Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq ..Brownsville W. R. KIRK, Esq E. E. WHEELER, Esq Scio. T. H. REYNOLDS, Esq- Salem. Geo. W. CANNON, Esq Portland. L. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco. PORTLAND CARDS. 8. D. SMITH. GEO. B. COOK. THE OCCIDENTAL, FORMERLY Western Hotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, t Portland, Oregon. Messrs. SMITH A COOK have taken this well known house, refitted and refurnished it throughout, built-a large addition, making thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarged the Dining and Sitting rooms, making it by far the Best Hotel iu Portland. A call from the traveling public will satisfy them that the above statements are true. SMITH A COOK, Props. N. B. Hot and cold Baths attached to the house for the benefit of guests. 50 Portland, August loth, 1S69. AJU5R1CAIV ' EXCILlKliE, . ' - ' ' , . OOBSEK OF; front and. Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. ' V. P. W. Qoimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) , BUSINESS CARDS. A. WHEELER, IV ot.iy Public. Brownsville', .oregon. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS made and attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. 12'tis J. HAIYKOIY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALBANY, OUEGOX. FFICE On Main street, epposito Foster's Brick. l-ou THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be ths endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste comfortable. Nearest 'Hotel to the steamboat landing. 33y The Concord Coach will always be four at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar.' river boats, carrying passengers and their baf gaee to and frfim the boats, free vf charge. Jlouse supplied Kith Patent fire Extinguisher. COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. (FORMERLY AKRICOXi's,) Front street s: : Portland, Oregon. o XXiltabidel & Co., BEALERS IN GROCERIES AND TRO visions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobaceo, Cigars. Pipes, "Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. y 1 E. A. Freeland, TTk EALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF 3 School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, etc.. Post office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and Sarr Francisco. 1 C. Mealey & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet Ware. First streot, Albany. S. H. Clanghton, TOTAT.Y PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE J3l AGENT. Office in the Post Office building, Lebanon, Orrgftn. Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. i 1 THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now pre pared to offer the traveling public better accom modations than can be found elsewhere in the city. Board and Lodging $2 OO per day. The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Passengers and baggage to and from the Hotel free uf charge. J. B. SPRENGER. - Office Oregon & California Stage Company. B. G. Whiteiiouse. Agi;ut. 2tf JVeiv Columbian ISotel, N"S. 11S, 120 and 122 Front street, PORTLAND, " : : : OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. i. H. MITCH EI. I.. J. !f. DOI.PH. ; Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, A TTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. ' Office over the old Post Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. I POWELL. L. FLIXX. PovreH & Flinn, 4 TTORNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (Xm Flinn, Notary FuMic,) Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances promply attended to 1 J. QUINN THORNTON, - Attorney and Counselor at Law, ALBANK, OREGON. WILL practice in tho superior and inferior courts of Marion, Linn, Laue, Benton and Polk counties. Five per cent, charged on collections when made without sueing. jl9-69 T. If. bedfield. P. W. SPIXK. P. M REDFIELD & CO., CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock, of . . - Groceries and 1 Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac. Ac, Wholesale ind Kelail, opposite ix. V. AIM a, ton's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5oct9 Iloiise, Sign & Carriage Painter, J ALBANY, OREGON. Paperhanging, Glazing, Kalsomino, &c . Country orders punctually attended to. First street, next door to Twee dale A Co.'s. May 8, 1869-35tf ALUAIVV BATH HOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fally infjprm the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict at tm tic 3 to, business, expects to suit all : those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing: Saloons, he expects to give entire satisfaction to all. Children and Ladies' hair neatly rot and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. E. F. RUSSELL, . ,t ATTORSEIT AT LAW. JAMES ELKINS, KOTABV PUBLIC I RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office in Parrish Co.'s block, First street,) Y:-;- ' ' . ' " J". Aftany, Oreg-on. H" AVING TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP James Elkihs, Esq., ex-Clerk of Linn county, we are enabled to add to our prac tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining' Records, aad attending to Probate business. Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages care fully drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption Papers made, and claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on reasonable rates. AH business entrusted to them faithfully and promptly executed. RUSSELL ELKINS. . 'Albany, Oct. 10, o8-4y. o F ALL KINDS, printed at the very lowest iies, as orqerea, at mis omce. The Larg-cst, Best and most Convenient Hotel in Portland! Located in the center of business and near all' the steamboat landings. Board and Lodging? From one to two dollars per day according to the room occupied. fcsT Rooms newly furnished and well ventil ated. Superior accommodations for families. 39- Tfle New Columbian Hotel Coach will be in attendance at all the landings to convey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 J3 Free of Charge ! 09 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. IV.RS. DUNN I WAY TAKES PLEASURE IN INFORMING HER numerous patrons that she has on hand, and is in, regular receipt of the Latest and Choicest Styles of Goods IN THE TkS:lXlx3.cx3r Tii-no 2 REHEBER, LADIES ! If you purchase 'TEN DOLLARS' WORTH of Fall Millinery you will bo entitled to the Demorest 3Iagazine, for the year 1SC9, as a premium on the purchase Dress and Cloak making in all branches. Bleaching' and Pressing in the latest and best manner. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Result. Albany . municipal election traDspired on Monday the 6th inst , re sulting in the election of the entire Dem ocratic ticket with but one exception Chaa. Riley (Republican), as Alderman. The election passed off quietly, very little excitement or anxiety being mani fested by members of cither party in the result. We speak more particularly of the Republicans, the mass of whom did not seem to care whether " school kept or not." The Democrats showed a little of their old " spirit" and the "mellowness " of some of them toward the time for clos ing the polls was marked. We have heard some charges of illegal voting, but at this writing have no positive proof of it. The principal causes of our defeat are to be charged to the general apathy gen erally manifested by Republicans, but few showing any signs ot interest, and that other fact that a large number voted a " split ticket." Had the party come out and voted the " straight ticket to a man, the whole Republican ticket would have been elected by a small majority. Messrs. Stanard and Alexander got quite anumber of Republican votes. A num ber of Republicans did not vote at all, j while Democrats who were absent from the city were sent after, brought in and voted, and taken back to their logging camps. It cost some money, but the Democracy " saved their bacon " by such little outlays, and get another lease of j one year in the control of the affairs of j this city. The Democracy polled their ! full vote as they alwaj-s do, no matter j if it is only for a school clerk ; when- ever or wherever there is a chance to ex- j ercise the franchise, they're on hand. It is a blessed privilege they have, won by i the forefathers and preserved to them by j the great Union Republican party. Rut ; a multiplication of words will not alter the fac that we are a " defeated cnuiniu nity" the Democracy have the control of the city government for another year The following figures tells the vote : To My Wife. Bay, darling, did you never Watch The shadows that from the cloud 3 do fall? And did you bever try to catch These shadows on the wall? As swiftly as such shadows fly, My happy days have erer flown, . E'er since that day, when from on high Uod spake your heart my own. A gentle stream, 'neath mossy banks, Has been onr life's sweet onward flow, Bc'gun with prayer and closed with thaukf, Our glad years come and go. And when the hills of life; shall cast -. Long shadows in the vale below. And that our day of toil is past Those lengthening shadows show -- I ' How blest we were, if, hand to hand, The solemn river just before. We might together reach the strand To cross our Jordan o'er. He lives not half a life who'lives Himself his God and end in life. He lives a three-fold life who gives Himself to God and life. REPUBLICAN TICKET. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. D. Reach Geo. "VVeller.. FO!: MAYOIl. ... 117 A. H. Stanard.. FOR MARSHAL. ..... 326 John Lon FOR rtKCOKKEK. J. C. Mendenhall... 112 A. C. Jones FOR TREASI'RKR. E. B. Purdoin 120 Jas. .Shklds FOB ALDERMEN. J. F. Eackensto 119 V. F. Alexander..., Chas. Kiley 12" J. Uradwohl Jas. H. Foster 117 Henry Mycr Walt. Ketchum 124 J. li. Cnmlry S. 11. Althouse 120 J. II. Hackieman... L. Cheadle . 114 R. C. Hill , 136 f I -12S j i 141 ! 141 120 130 134 126 137 Goods Cheap and Patience Inexhaustible Corner Main and Broad Albin streets, ALBAJTY, OREGON. November 7, 1868-9 ' C. MEALEY DEALER IN A MANUFACTURER OF PURNITUIIE S and CABINET WARE ! HetldLingr, Etc., orn er First and Broad Albin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. PAnTICDLAU ATTEBTIOS PAID TO tB ORDERS OF AU. RINDS n his ne. October? 1863-8 ITJRJTIIV. - - TUKJIOG. - I I o W CO TJl 3 o 3 M ) En t AX PREPARED TO DO AIX KINDS OF TURNI SOI I kmp on hand and make to order - W RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS, , AID Spinning' Wkeli. .22T Shop near the "Magnolia Mills." ' JOHN M. METZLER . Albany, Nov. 28, 1868-13 Lucky. Speaking of " lucky " or fortunate people, our fiieud, Hiram Smith, Esq., of Ilarrisburg, stands in the front rank. Here is one instance of his " good luck " : Eight or ten months ago, Mr. Smith had squie two hundred and forty-nine head of cattle on hia farm near Ilarrisburg, when, the grass getting short, they " broke " for better feed, and strayed through the country in every di rection. Mr. Smith's neighbors advised' him to "go for " them cattle right off, otherwise he might expect to lose at least one-half of them. He told them he would " take the chances" on findin" o them, and let them roam until about three weeks since he concluded that the grass was high enough, and the cattle ought to be fattening on it, and he sad dled his cuitan and btarted out. on the hunt. In a few days he had succeeded in finding and driving home two hundred and forty-seven head, leaving but two yet " out." And he would have got those two if they had been " branded." When it comes to finding cattle " High" can't be beat on the coast. 41 Luck's a fortune," you know. An Opportunity. Dcmorest's Illus trated Monthly stands at the head of the list, both as regards utility, beauty and interest. It is filled with paterns and plates of the latest stylps in dress; gard ening, both useful and ornamental, is fully attended to; model cottages, with their surroundings; and home matters, in all the various things of interest, re ceive the fullest attention. Besides original poems, literary and art gossip, spicy items, stories, ete., by leading writers, large space is devoted to illus trations done in the-hi'ghest stylo of the art, making it at once the moat beauti ful, entertaining and instructive maga zine published. Subscription one year, S3. Any one sending us $5 will receive the Register and Demorest one year. New Stove. The other day our at tention was called to a new thing in', the stove line, to bo seen at O. P. Tompkins & Co.'s, called the ' Richmond Portable Range." It seemed to us that this stove is the completest in all its details yet manufactured, and the special attention of housekeepers is called to it. The es tablishment of the above named gentle men is full of ornamental and useful arti cles, many of which would make nice presents for the holidays, and -would save many a weary step and lighten ,tho toil of the good wife at home. STATE ITEMS From the Entcrjtrise : we learn that a young man of Oregon City was caught stealing a pair of bootsi His connection being respectable, and as he paid for the boots, he was let off. j A frame house , opposite Oregon City was burned down supposed work of an incendiary. Oregon City Woolen Mills have re ceived an order for water-proof cloth from Northampton county, New York. The Mercury warns gamBlers to keep away from Corvallis, as the officers will "go for" them. John Arnoup's lecture against spirit ualism at Corvallis last week, pronounced a success, his audience passing a resolu tion of thanks. The Mercury has been enlarged and is now a seven column p&j.er. The Salem Statesman says that Wil lamette University is to have a commer cial college attached. J. L. Parrish killed nine dogs, two at one shot, who had been killing his sheep. A Splendid 1jrize for the Ladies ! The finest, most pleasing and costly engraving ever published in America, to be presented as a premium to each sub scriber to Demorest's Monthly, a Maga zine of practical utility in the house hold, a mirror of the fashions, and a lite rary conservator or surpassing interest and artistic excellence, acknowledged to be the Model Parlor Magazine of Amer- j ica. The engraving, 28 by 35 inches, is from the original painting, ' entitled, " The Pic-Nic on the 4th of July." The painting took a whole year, and is considered the finest of the entire list of numerous popular productions by Lilie M. Spencer. The engraving was the work of four years, by three- eminent artists -John Rogers, John Halpin and Samuel Hollyer; the last named having been induced to come from Europe to America expressly to -finish it. The en gravers have ably seconded the success ful labors of the painter. None but artists can fully appreciate the skill and labor lavished on this engraving. The general effect is very fine and impressive, and the delicate finish to the heads will bear the roosi minute inspection. The union of Hue and stipple 13 executed with unusual ability, and their skillful combination has greatly contributed to the success of the engravers in this un surpassed proof of their artistical genius. The work cn the engraving also cost over seven thousand dollars, besides the cost of the copyright, and is acknowl edged by all competent judges the most elaborately finished large work of art ever engraved in America. Fine copies of this magnificent pic ture, on heavy plate paper, worth 10 each, are to be given as a Premium to each subscriber to Demorest's Monthly Magazine. Yearly subscriptions only Three Dollars, and Ten Cents (which is to be sent with the subscription), for the postage on the engraving, (which will be mailed securely done up on a rollet.) This is certainly the largest, most lib eral and splendid premium ever offered to single subscribers by any publisher, and affords an easv arid economical way for any one to secure an elegant work of art. a Parlor Picture that is only next to a piano in the way of ornamentation, and a perpetual reminder of a day which ought to. be cherished and held in re membrance by every true American. The reception of this magnificent pic ture will take every one by surprise, and we do not venture anything io saying that 10 will not procure another that combines so much of interest and beauty. Specimens of the Magazine, with cir culars, giving full particulars, will be sent to any given address, post free, on receipt of 15 cents. Address Demorest's Monthly, S38 Broadway, N. Y. Not on " the Borrow. When the stockholders of the P. T. Company wa3 in session the other day, as we are told, in quiry was made as to the charges of our Democratic cotemporaries that the State Treasurer badgbeen loaning State funds to the Company, and an examination of books and accounts cash accounts es pecially showed that the Company had never had any use for loans from the State Treasurer, "or any other man." So, gentlemen of the opposition, you can sharpen your quills and try again. The P. T. Co say they have not been on the borrow.- Statesman. Gen. Charles K- Gardner died on the 1st, aged eighty-three years. He had filled many important offices, havina been Adjutant-Gtfneral of the Aimy, Surveyor General of Oregon, Postmaster -of Wash ington City, and Sixth Auditor of the Treasury. Romantic Episode.' During the storm of yesterday there occurred in this city, one of those epi-1 sodes in human life, the circumstances and particulars of which make it appear I more like a stage production than living reality the meeting of two sisters after long years of separation one of them for a few years past a resident of one of. our most fashionable thoroughfares, and the wife of a successful and respectable business man ; the other unmarried, and for some years past a plaything for the freaks of fortune. ' The meeting took place on the -pavement, in front of well known dry goods establishment, and was . witnessed by a number of passers-by, who, seeing the lady in silks, satins and furs, in commune with one whose ban net was old and tattered, whoso shawl was faded, whose dress was travel-soiled, and whose shoes illy protected her tired feet from the snow that lay beneath them, paused to observe the (to them) stfange spectacle. The facts, as hastily gleaned from the porter and an intimate friend of the family, are as follows : Years ago, the wife of whom we spdak lived with her parents in the State of New York, where she was courted and won, but in opposition to the will of her parents, by the man who is now her hus band. For a time the marriage was de layed, in the hope that her parents would finally give their consent, but the hope was vain. An' elopement was planned and successfully carried out, and from that day forward no tidings of her parents, brother or sister, were ever had by the eloping daughter. The couple came West, and by judicious and careful management, industry and economy, a nice competence was accumulated, and a tew years ago this city was selected as their future and permanent home. After the elopement came the war, and the two brothers, responding to their country's call, went forth to return to their homes no more. They fell in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Sickness eatiiu to their father, mother, and only child a daughter and with sickness and disease, other misfortunes that eat up the substance and estate of the parents, and", with a hope to recover, in some measure, their lost competence, they joined a col ony that was organizing for settlement on some of the tributaries of the Republi can river in Kansas. The fate of that colony is well known to those wlio are familiar with the numerous Indian mas sacres on the western borders within the last two years. The aged father and mother were among those who were mur dered, aud the daughter way left without home or shelter, or the knowledge, cf the existence of a relation west of her birth place, and to her friends there she deter mined to appeal for a home. Letter after letter was written, but no reply ever came to greet her expectant yearning, and after mouths of waiting, she deter mined to attempt the journey and make her way back to the place where she was born. With this intention she gathered together her scanty wardrobe, and, iu company with a returning family, started on her long journey. ' Their means were scanty, and by the time they had reachey the State line at Kansas City, they were left penniless. The family with whom she was stopping concluded to stop there, but the young girl decided to prosecute her journey to a termination. Out of money and destitute, she frankly made known her condition and the circum stances attending her checkered life to Col. Sam. Lowe, of the State Line House, and that geutleman, with his well known chivalry and liberal heartedncss, provided her with part of the funds to defray her passage . to St. Louis, and saw that the lack of the balance should not prevent her reaching this city. Oa Sunday afternoon last, she took, the evening ex press, and oa Monday morning found herself here, without a single dollar, and no clothes but those she wore.' Monday she spent in seeking- employment, but her garb was a poor recommendation, and she was turned away from every door at which she applied for the means of earning a subsistence. . Where she rested on Monday night is not known (o us, but yesterday morning she wandered out in the storm and snow, with, as may be supposed, a heavy heart, and a cold and suffering body as well.- In her tne anderings she cliaiiced to pause in front of. the palace of fashion already indicat ed, and as sho paused she sobbed and wept, and who similarly situated would not? While weeping and i sobbing, a lady, emerging from the store, happened to see her tear-stained face and hear her sobs, and, perhaps, some old memory was awakened, and, though her carriage was in waiting, sho turned aside and engaged the. wanderer in conversation." Question followed question, the answers were frank and candid, and in a few minutes the gaily attired and fashionable woman re cognized in the weeping girl the young est of her parents' once happy house hold, and, notwithstanding the wonder ing gaze of the spectators gathered around them, she clasped her in a long, fond embrace, and freely mingled her tears with those of her sister. The de nouement may be easily imagined. The carriage was called, and the two sisters entered, and again clasped each other in sisterly affection, were driven away to a homo of j- comfort and affluence. This was as singular as happy, and, so long as she wills'it, a home and life of joy and contentment is open to the one who has suffered so long and edured such trials. St. Louis Reptblican Oct. 20, BEMARKABE ELECTRICAL FEAT, TWO MEM DECAPITATED AND RESTORED TO tlPE-1 THE WKO.NO HEADS STITCHED OK TH8 TRUNKS, BUT HO HATTER THE DEAD-LIVE MEN WALK, i FEEM.1G A LITTLE STIFF THE 8TUXKI9Q.EST BTBRT or THE PERIOD. . , . :A Florence newspaper, JJltalie, ex tracts from the "Annates 2e la Medecine et de la Uhirrugie Estrangere " the fol lowing extraordinary history. The Ital ian paper, for reasons to be gathered, does not give implicit credence to this statement, nor lend' it the editorial sanc tion j On the IStii day of April, in the prison of Villa Rica (province of Minas Geraes, in Brazil, two men named Al veiro and Carines were executed at the same time. , In Brazil executions take place with closed doors, in the interior of the prison. Dr. Lorenzo y Canno, of Rio Janeiro, well known by savants for his remarkable works on electricity ap plied to physiology, his surgical skili.and his success in autoplastic operations, ob tained permission to profit by this event in order to experiment bn the power of electricity, and illustrate its analogy with some of the phenomena of life. The numerous experiments heretofore attempted have been made on the head.! and trunk separately. Dr. Lorenzo y.. ! Carmo's design was, if possible to unite rue neaa io me necx alter aecapuauou. The heads of the two criminals fell within a few minutes of each other in the same basket ; first that of Carines, then. that of Alyeiro. ; Immediately after this second execution a compression was effected by a pupil of Dr. Lorenzo on the carotid arteries of the heads; so as to stop the bemmorrhage. The body was then placed On a bed already prepared, and Dr. Lo renzo stuck the head as exactly as possi ble on the section and kept it in that po sition. The cells of a powerful electric battery were applied at the base of the neck and on the breast. . Urjder this in- WuiCH ? Rev. G- C. Dunbar preach ed on Mrs. Stowe, a short time ago, in All Saint's Church, London, and in the fervor of his exhortation, said ," For what did she do this thing f: For the pake of a notoriety as that of Judas Iscariot, or for tho thirty pieoes of silver J offered by a magazine editor i fluence, as in former experiments, the respiratory movements were at once per ceptible. As the blood, which penetrated in abundance through the surface of the scar, threatened to stop the passage of air, Dr. Lorenzo had recourse to trache otomy. Respiration then ensued regu larly. The head was fastened to the body by stitches, and by a special appa ratus. The physiologist wished to ascer tain for how long a time this appearance of life could be thus artificially main tained. His -astonishment was great when he saw'jthat at the end of two hours not only did respiration still con tinue under the influence of the electric current, but thatcirculation bad even resumed a certain regularity. The pulse beat feebly but sensibly. . The experi ment was continued without intermission. At the end. of sixty-two hours it was evidynt,"" to the astonishment of every one, that a process of cicatrization had commence'd on the lips of the section. A little later signs of life manifested themselves spontaneously in the head and limbs, till then deprived of motion. At this moment the director of the prison arrived for the first time in the experiment room, observed that by a' singular mistake due to the haste cf the operation, the head of Carines had been taken for that of Aveiro, and had been applied to the body of the latter. The experiment was continued notwithstand ing. Three, days later, the respiratory movements reproduced themselves and electricity was suppressed. Dr. Lorenzo y Carmo and his assistants were stupe fied, frightened at the result so unex pected, and at the power of an agent which, in their hands, had restored life to a body whose right to exist the law had forfeited. f -; The learned surgeon who had only had in view a simple physiological experi ment employed all his skill to continue this work, which science, aided, against all expectation, by nature, had so singu larly commenced. He assisted the pro cess of cicatrization, which progressed under the most favorable conditions. By means of an oesopbagian probe, liquid nourishment was - introdnccd into the stomach. At the end of about three months the cicatrization was complete, and motion, though difficut, became more and more extended.. At length, at the end of seven months and a half, Alveiro Carines was able to rise and walk, feeling only a slight stiffness in the neck and a t'eebleues in the limbs. A strange story has cot abroad in Ed- inburg recently, in 'regard to an aged female pauper in the St. Cuthbert's poor house. ' The woman has been a member of the poor house tor a good many years, and, in addition to her other many mis fortunes, she has been, afflicted with blinduess. Not long ago she was attack ed with a violent pain, such as the mcd cal officers could not understand, far less relieve. It lasled the whole of the nTght and part of - the following day, and was described. ' as of such a nature that it threatened to " tear her eyes out." -Af-last it reached its height, and the. poor woman for a time was "left in a state of semi-prostration ; but, to her delight, as soon as the Bain had cased off, she found that her eyesight had been - restored ! One can imagine the astonishment of one- of the officers when, shaking him heartily by the Jiands, she said : " I have often shaken hands with you before ; I have often heard your voice and spoke to von. but never . have seen your face till this morning. 1 ' .--u- - One Mr. Foster and his sons performed in London on a tight rope while playing on violins, and wound up hv a series of somersaults, each playing a fiddle, with out missing a note during the perform ance. ; J. ne spectacle of an orchestry performing a symphony by Beethoven, keeping time with the conductor's baton, in a series of jumps and somersaults, would be sure to attract a great crowd, KO,U4, Trotting Extra-obbmast. Tb New York Sum of tB I ith jrft th following j The gentlemen d were at' Prospect Parfc W Satwrday srfKrriewt saw Bomethtrrg aevef before aett itt tWt world. They saw- horae ttot m' Wlf mile in One minute' and four seconds the first quarter in thirty-three iecondi and the second in thirty one I 0 course the horse Was Dexter, and lie wear driven to sulky by Mr. Bonner. The track was in good order, o far a dry ness was concerned, and Dexter's tracks with the new shoes oh hia fore feet, were just where he put them down tbra Waa no slipping. At the same time the trees Was so rough, for the want of aCrapiDtr. As to make it unpleasant to ride over it. Dexter did not make, at break, and h -neter looked finer. .As he came in, ma experienced "horseman, who 'wfta Hsniofj him, 'exclaimed 'repeatedly,' It l sTftotw like flying than anything elee." ? -f. Railroads in th Vntno Btatx, A total of 45,258, miles of railroad have been completed in the last forty years find are now in operation !n ' thle countrybesides 15,000 additional milea which are now ' in progress of eoMtrac tion. In a short tima this list will, be swollen to 50,000,which, taking 94-1,000 as the avarage cost per mile, would make the capital invested in railroads in this country alone 52,000,000,000. The 15 -000 miles " of "'railroad which England ' owns cosjfc.0 verage of $160,000 per" mile total, 82,500,000,000 ) while the wtiolo ot tne o,uuu mnes in mis coun try only cost S2;000,000,000. So while4 we have three times as many miletof railway as England, we have paid iaW,UW,UW less man ouo yaiu iui hers. In the last year, too, our earning for the same number of miles were fully twice as much as those of our Eng lish neighbor. ' ' i ., , Josh Billinqb on Oonqs. -Jeelt Billings relateth his first experience with the gong-thusly.i I can never eradicate holi from my memory the sound of the first gong 1 ever heard 1 Was settin on the trout stupe of a tavern in the Bitty a Bufietlo, pensively smokin. The sun was goin to bed, aud the heavens fur and near were blushin at tho performance. The Ery Kanal, witli its golden waters, was On its way tu Albany, and I was a perusin tho line uv botes a florin by. and thinkin ot Italy (where I used tu liv) and her gondolcrs. My entire solo, as it were, wos in a swot."; -I wanted to klimc, I felt grate, I actaaly grew. There are things in this life tu big tu be trifled with ; there are times When a man brakes luso from himself, when he sees 'spirits, wheu ho can almost tuch the mane, and feels as tho he cud fill both hands, with the stars uv heaven almost sware h was a 1 ank president That's what ailed me. .'" -'J" " " ' ' ." ' . , Bat the course uv true love never did run smothe (this was Shakespere's opin ion too.) - Jost asl'was doiog my best dummer, duramer, spat, bang, beller crash, roar, ram, dummer, rip, whang, rare, rally, dummer, dummer, dummer dum, with one tremenjua jump, I stead ttiA ounlor nv r.Via sirivnlr. with another T stood in the middle of the street, snort ing like an Injine pony at a band of musick. Gazin in my wild despair at the tavern stand, mi heart swelled up as big as an outdoor oven, my teeth were as lnse as a strings of bedes. I thought all th krockry in the tavern lied fell down. - X thot of fenomeoons. I thot of Gabriel and 'his horn. I ws jest on the pint of thinkin ov soniethin eke, when the land lord kum ont to the front stupe ot, the tavern, holding by a string the bottom 'ofj an oia Drass xeme. e aawieu mo srentlv with his-' hand. ; I went slola and slola up to him, he kammed say ieeree, h said it was m gong, I saw - the cussed thins, he sod sapper Wos reddy; he asked me if I wud hav black or greea tea, and I sed .1 wud. , ,..; , . i 1 4t:1t Friizino thk BaAm'.-fThe discor-, cry that the brain of living animal eoald ; be frozen and alter wards eonia recover, . was made by Dr. James Arnott, who so-' lidified the brain of a pigeon by exposing if tn frepiinr- mixture. 14ere nuutUAS stopped, because with an ordinary frees ing mixture, it was not possible to act on the individual parts ot the organ ; rut the importance of the discovery i not the less on that account. It was a marvelous revealing. Think what it was L Her was a living organ ot, mind, a centre of power, of all volition. ? It took in every motion of the univetso to which it was exposed. It took in light and form and color by the eye it took the sound by the ear: sensation and substance bv the . ' . ... ... - . toucn ; oaor oy tn nostra ana -taste oy the mouth. It gave out, in return or re sponse, animal motion, . expression ell else that demonstrates a living animal. With it, the animal ; without it, the nat ural was a mere vegtable. And this organ, the very center and soul of the organism, was, by mero physical experiment, for a time made dead- all Its powers iee bound. And this ; organ,, net , free received ; its functions back again, and, as we know now by further observations, its function are unimpared. Surely, this was tne dis covery of a Hem worlds American Edm . cationnt .Monthly." '-' lj ' ' 'f. J, , t : General' John Bank head Magrnder, the well known Confederate generel, and formerly s bigh officer in the. United States army, has gon Into tb leetnrln business ' and; judging from the East aa newspapers, his leeture on - Msxi.J ian ind Mexico" to the jBosteis, have been very popular and Bnocest.- : ' Kate Murphy, tho "jumpwi man its