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OUR LEBANON CORRESPONDENT. everything is moving on quietly and pleasantly. The series of religious meetings, which have been held at the academy for several weeks, closed last Monday evening. Result one person professed conversion and united with the church. The membership is much re vived. Divine service is held here every SundayfThe M. E. Church meetings; were held in the academy, and the Southern Methodist and the Cumber land Presbyterians in the " Hall." A very goodetate of feeling exists between the members of the M.; E. Church and 'thj members of the Southern Church. They attend each other's meetings, and tate part in the services. This is as it ought to je. Whatever cause there may hae beau for estransementJurincr our war, as the war is over, they should no love-each other as brethren They beJLteveJe same " -doctrines , have the sajjfe forms, and, 'ta faet, are but one Unfit the day is not distant when tae" Southern wiog will drop the stfJiz South, and then-theyw ill be but THiHtBANO!t WATER DITCH CO. II old their annual meeting this evening, at whico time the fate of the proposed dtt4h is la be determined. This compa ny was vrganizedjnore than a year ago fotheSfposi of bringing the water of the SanCani into Lebanon for manufac toHng -purposes. Six thousand dollars were subacribed for that purpose. When thnv Rnrvavsd and lnenfrl the route thev ascertained that they would need nine tluiusa4 ' dollars. The additional three thousand could not be raised very easily, and the ' Tight of way could not be ob tained through one of the farms without arlawsuit; therefore, the work on the djjbbh ba See n"delayed. Some members at the Sompany have become diseour aS 51$ they wish to dissolve the or ganization. But, we believe, a large majority tfrtough,at cHipletttJ, arc in lavor ot putting it all hazards. If it should be property will advance one hundred per cent Dr. Meridith, a dentist from Salem, lias been stopping a few days In our yagOjrepairing people's teeth. He is kept quite busy, and I believe gives gene rat satisfaction. His mission is cetainly a benevolent if not a moral one, as much of our happiness depends on the proper mastication of the food. Napoleon lost the battle of Lepsic by eating his dinner too hastily by not taking sufficient time to masticate his food. His dinner not digesting easily, befogged his mind. How ranch trouble tbat one dinner cost? Napoleon might have avoided this. But many poor mortals whose mastication is necessarily poor, have to suffer pains in numerable, while the make those with whom 'they associate unhappy by their low.spirita and writable temper, all of which- W -caused 'by ''poor-' teeth. The destist on rear these diseases by removing the cause. Hence, on the principle ?thar everythiag, that" relieves .suffering ia benevolent, his mission is a benevolent one. ; " X. TtjiEBANON, Deo. 11, 1869. IfffBZkifp Di3COVEaiJE8. Late dis-1 eoveriea have been made of what may turnout to 'Be1 very rich diggings, "on the divide batweea Salmon and Weiaer rivers, . about forty miles north of Warren's dir- gingsl A company of six prospectors a litUpCjej ajmonfh. since, fsunk pros pect hole and took therefromSlO. This was suf5cieot s evidence or dier ?JBten claims were staked off and water rights secured. There .'are twcsfefflsTir waft? niclArUf furnish jabont&OOmebei of water three months in the year!"' In "digging a trench across , gah,ften. distinct and separate gold ad eflver bearing quarts ledges were discovered, that r promise to "be valuable ibVnear future. , As the quartz is de composed it" thought , th gold iu the gulches was washed, down from them years ago. One ' pan of dirt yielded 'wenty-five cents in gold and considerable silver.) -The discoverers revel in high an- ticiptions of large ' yields 'the , coming seaaoflr. "'Kay their hopes be more than realized. We get the above facts from the'LGindfSWtW.,; ;Si fTpxrsycuyo3EL-yThe Commission thaif 'neinVgagedfor two" or three years past iat codifjiog the laws of the United Statea.:wUl, probably be able, to rae & report of the progress made at At jseseatc sessipn of Congress. The laws have been codified up to the begin- import of about twenty volumes imperial fKitave.Theld coctfca 5nfmbered fifty volumes. Hon. Caleb Cashing and Jadgefr Johasoa and.-James form, the rCotawiasioa, t aahwy of $5,000 each, Ttr Ji iaV'Walefl a railway of fonl JwxLioet gagae---The. engiaes and cars re about ooe-fcrarth the ordinary size and w iiy-4. Mm the-ianing peesa are pro portionate. It demonstrates the feasi bility of Utile- reads and little cars, and they may, perhaps, be extepsively adopt -h., ntaiek whieb taVo net' sufficient traffic to support the larger snea. " r Seventy-fife weddings are spoken of in Athat,' Oeergiaall at one wbis I . Cupid Bamst be on the rampage.' ' ' - :r ;' ' - 5TASBV. " - Mr. Sasly in jeur 'iorte 'Affain--ITe is Started in Htuiness by the Democratic ' , ManagertV and ha a Good Thing in hi tilcwih, ibitt, .JVhisJcy JilighU hi Iogptis, viiiKa nutny time bt fore. From tbs Toledo Blade. New York; Nov. 9, 1869, Retrospex, nraj be- profitable, but when yoe casi your piercln eye back and onto a time when you; made a cussed ass uv yourself, thoy are far from' bein pleasant! 1 am uoia that thing at this present mo ment.' Wunst agki-a fore boon has been within? my grasp,, and wunst agin hev I permitted it to slip from me! Ij cot 1 Fool t. i Loonatic !' I arrived in thia city two days before' the .recent elecshun, feelin that where votes was in such de fend there must be suthin to be made for me. By inquiry I found where the headquarters uv the Democratic General Committee for the city wuz located, and at about , 10 A. M., which means in the mornin, I went there intendin to offer myself ez a man uv all work for the two davs succeedin. I found there a vast crowd uv men, all uv em like me in some respeets -varyin uv eourse in maay pints, but all of the same 'species. The chair man uv the committee was distributin funds to em to be yoosed, and they was a walkin up to get instructions in a sort uv procession. Noiiein that the bizness was bein done loosely, I dropped into the procession, and snoor enufi the man dis tributin handed me a package, sayii: 'Terrence, be shoor yoo git all up from the ship Barney McShane will give yez the papers for em, and tell yez what names to vote em under I" He bed mistook me for Terrenco some body. Shood I undeseve him ? Never! So, slippin the package into my pocket, I answered, assoomin the Irish brogue : "Arrah, musha, be jabers my jewel, I'm the bye !" Fortunitly I was crowded out before I had time to air, much more Irish. I wuzn't a success as a talken Irishman. At the foot ov the stairs I opened my package. It wuz greenbax! "This money," I sed to myself, "wuz given me to help the coz of Democrisy ; for that purpose I'll use it. , I'll start a grocery." And forthwith, that day, I leesbd a room in a Democratic locality, purchased a a counter, barl of whisky, a dozen tum blers, a lithograph portrate uv Gineral Jackson and Gov. Hoffman, and wuz all ready for business the morning uv the elecshun. There wuz a rush the moment I took the shutters down, and I took in money faster than I ever , had, before in my life. - "At last' sed I to myself, exultingly, "at last I hev found my epeer. Nasby, yoor in luck. I'll drink to my luck." And I took a "nip." Skasely wuz it down before si ward politishun cum in with three or four voters wich he was takin care uv. They drank, the leeder of the party askin me to jine em, wich I did. Ez they went out I ceodent avoid drinkin to the success uv the ticket ; then to the confooshen of Horris Greeley, then to the memry of James Bookannon, then to the memory of Franklin Pierce ; then to Jeff Davis, and by this time I found myself outside Of the bar, into the mid- ll. w t-.a anftwatj of mind and body. In short, I wuz' very drunk. Noo York whisky aint like the Kentucky article. r At this critikel moment a man entered hurriedly, and seein me leanin up agin the wall, went behind the bar and helped himself. Seein him behind the bar, I forgot that I wuz landlord myself, I knowd I wuz in a grosery that bein where I am most uv the time but in mv intoxication X forgot that I wuz landlord, and the miserable wretch behind the bar comprehendin the sitooashen, let me go on in f my ' delooshen. Staggerin up to the bar I sed, 'set em up agin,", which he did, and I drank solemnly to the memry uv George H. Pendleton and the other, dead Democracy nv my own whis ky, and taen, like the loonatic 1 wuz, 1 paid for it out uv my own pockit, and I kept payin for whisky for others ez long es I. had a dollar ! . The man behind the bar then asked me to drink, wich I did ; then I asked ' a crowd nv fellows which come in to drink with me, telling the new bar-keeper to charge it, wich be eed he wood, laffin uproariously. ' ; 4 Its astonishin how' strong habit is ! The moment I found I bed credit, I commenst improvin uv it. "Set em up." I shreekt ez each .new squad come in. "Set em up !' and the alacrity with which they drank wuz wonderful. The news got out that in eich a place there wuz a loonatic treatin everybody who eame in, and a perfect stream rushed in. j 1 1 remember but -very little uv wat oc curred. I recollect distinctly ov votin three or four times, and uv returnin each time to my place.. and treatin the crowd, tellin the bar-keeper to charge it. I re member . wunst feelin . bad for him, , and savin confidentially to a man who ..was takin suthin with me, that this house wouldn't' last ' long ef it oontinyood to give credit miscellaneously, forgettin in my drunkenness that it was my whisky and I wuz drinkin and givin to others to drink all the time ! . J I needn't -eon tinyoo this confession. Suffice it to say that the next mcrnin I awoke' in the same room' chilled complete ly thru. There wuz no whisky in the barrel, -not -ennff for my morain's nip, and I hedo't a cent in f my pockit, ez I bed paid all that wuz left uv the commit tee's money and Wat I bed taken in early in the day Jot mi own Jikker to the fel low who had Ukeni advantage uv my condishn to usurp my place ! I shel never succeed Ob that side uv a bar. 1 am hot kalkilated to take care of aj own whiskey Ail Illinois Hardshell Preacber on the I Four Gates of Hell A Q.ueer Sermon. An Illinois paper is responsible for the following : William Beynolds, of Peoria, is well known as an enthusiastic worker in the Sabbath school cause. He is, perhaps, better known than any other man in the State, and we give the following story as he tells it, as near as we remember. The main facts aro all absolutely true. He was in the southern part of the State last week organizing Sunday sehools, when he encountered a hardshell Baptist neigh borhood. The minister settled over the little flock looked with jealousy upon the movements of the new lights, and finally announced his intention of preaching a sermon against them., ,.On the Sabbath designated the Sunday "school men gath ered in force, when the preacber announc ed that well known text, " Thou art Pete! and on this took will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall Jiot prevail against it," ; , . , After giving- Peter a good setting out, the, minister closed as follows, in that pe culiar singing tone that is indiscribable, excent to those who have heard it Yis, my bretbering, ah an' the gates of hell she! not pervail agin' it, ah. Now. vou'd like to know about these ere gates o, hell, ah. Well, my brethering, thar air four gates to hell, ah Thar is. firstly, the Sunday school system, ah. That thar is one gate to hell, ah, and onder the lgee of teachin on em the Bible, they set 'em hankerin arter one another, ah, and so open wide the sate o, hell, ah. An' the next gate o' hell is wuss'n the fust, ah ! That thar is Bible so-ci-ties, ah, whar they put the word into the hands o' them as baint larnin' sufficient, ah, fur to understan' it, ah, an' this here, brethering, is ono of the wust gates o hell, ah. of which we read about in the Bible, ah.- ' ; - r , An' the next gate o' bell, my brether ing, is temperance societies, ah, whar they go right into yer house and bust into ycr rooms, ah, and try to diskiver ef ye hev enythiD , ah, that is good ler the stum- wick's sake, ah, and when they find it they spill it on the groun', ah, an' let it all run to waste, ah. . (Signs of dissatisfaction among his church members. Greatly excited he continued : ) ' Yis, brethering, they do, ah. They air boun to bust up all o our buziness ah an', ah, tharby they open another gate o' hell, ah. These air the men that air, ah, goin to come among us, and pre vail, ah, agin the rock on which will I foun .my church, ah. Yis, brethering, ah, they air sot out to do it, ah, an we must jine hands an' war agin em, ah, that they shel not pervail ah. - An the next gate ot hell, ah, my brethering, ah, is the republican party, (Signs of approval from his auditors.) Yisbretbering, ah, the republikin party, ah, wot hez set all the niggers free, ah and turned 'em agin thar marsters, an' ah agin them .as put thar money in em, an hez cheeted and robbed the South, ah outen its natural rites, ah, an the gates o hell shel not pervail agin it, an, We can give the preacher's name and address it necessary, lhe party were too much annoyed to take accurate notes, Books. Our readers who desire . to send their ' orders to a reliable firm should address Hunter & Co., Hinsdale, N. II. For ten year this house has led in the mail nook: trade. - J. hey have no equals - in prompt attention to orders lhey often recieve Irom six to seven hundred letters daily, and load down the mails with, books tcf sent to their cus tomers. If you- desire to deal with: a " fair and 'square" concern, who will do Just a they agree every time, bo sure to avoid " the city swindlers, add address For Catalogue, &c., 42c-iIUNXEB & CO. Publishers, Hinsdale, N. H. FnjjNQ trt. From the report of land companies out West, it seems that Euro pean colonization on the Plains is becom ing extensive.- iTwelve hundred Knglish families have founded a village which they call YV akeneld, in , Kansas,, and have es tablished there a school for the reception of orphan boys from the reform schools of Xiondon. .Large- numbers of emigrants from other countries are settling this'way and will soon ml up all of the intermedi ate country; , - , , ; Three thousand tons of coal are used each day in the -gas-works of London The aggregate consumption per year is iu,uuu,uuw,uuu cubic teet. : it own arnKey - 'Tt'ii srr Tshel not, bOwevef, leave 'Noo York. We hev got the Legislature now, and I thelt find sfcthia to fd. We shel, nv course, repeal the Metropolitan Polece law and all other laws wich takes the control out nv the, hands uVrDemoeratic offishels. and ef amongst so much steelin es thar is goin to be, ther ain't suthin for ma it will be singler. This is the troo Democratic paradifce. We hev- fat Ab- lishnestaio 'tax, and 'the control in our hands, and here I stay. To git an office I may hev to change my name to Mich ael, ez I,did wunst befere, but I shel do it. I am too Old to wandernp and down the earth, and here I Btick. . , '.c.... , Pbteouetm V. Nasby, '. ;i (Wich wuz Postmaster.) NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . tub O O L. O TL S Tliat Photograph Best, ," ... ' ARE' " s BLACK. BROWN. GREEN. SCAR LET, M0R00N(deeP ORANGE Those that take White, or nearly bo, are Purple, Bine, Crimson, Pink, &e Sept. 18. '69-2 3. A. WIXTEB FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE Insurance "Comp any1 Nos. 416 ia 41 CalifaxaOa-'Straet, . San Francisco, Cal. Stockholders Individually Liable. Caah Capital, In Gold Doln, T50KK. DepMtt In Oraon, 940,000. Lories Promptly and Equitably Adjusted. rTTHIS COMPAKT baring eoinplfee 4rit th ' JL of Oregon, j making a dpoit of fifty uaunranu nouxn, u now prep area to easot urai. mae mgniaa Laurn 1mmmg by Firs, mmd mlmo (guul Hute and Inland Kavigatira rioks, on STJSTAVB TOUCHARD, Pre. HAVEN. See'y. ' -- CUAS. D, W. W. Parrisli fc Co., Atwto for Albaay. ... Albany, January 9, 1869-18 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 . WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OK NEW YOBItf Organized,' 18CO. Policies Exempt from Execution. Cash Assets, - - - $3,000,000, SECURELY INVESTED. over 12,000 msamnRs. PUREL Y MUTUAL. Dividends paid one year from date of Policy. All Policies and Dividends Non-Forfeit- ablo. .1 Over 5.000 Policies issued in 1868. THIS COMPANY POSSESSES A COMBI Sation of desirable feature, which bo other organization can claim. Its g-rowtn aaa nean steady, its success marked. It. system of busi ness is pre-eminently adapted to benefit the hold ers or its policies. , f.VKENNEY & LIKDERMAH, General A (rents, 131 Montgomery street, San Franciseo, directly opposite Occidental Hotel. "W. WIIITWELL, General Agent for Oregon and Territories, PORTLAND, OREU OX. K. . '69-T OTer 10,000 Persons fJIESTITT to the wonderful cares of Balsam for the tiver and Blood, Katore's own remedy. " One of the celebrated physicians of Portland bays ho is cared or tne iMag ana litver complaint, and says ha ewes aia lire to Dr. Murray'. Xanc and 1.1 re r Balsam Kead what he says t'.'. .-. ' . vPortund, May 21, 1869. I bar. tried Dr. W. Mnrray's Lang and liver Balsaaa. , I osed it in say iamily with the best of sneceM. I was sick for some months and used everr remedy. . I eaU.d in ..Teral physi eians. bat thev did me no rood X. exhausted ererv remedy known to the medical profession, and received no benefit, xnis unnt ana raver Balsam eared me. and X do not hesitate to recom mend it to the public as a rood and safe remedy to the public and my friends. It is good, and those who know me, as many do in this State, as I bare lived in many-parts or it. Know tnat 1 would not recommend them to nse a thing that had no meriUbeeaaae'l nmr- opposed to qnack remedies. G. WVBKOW3T, M. V ; General Agents t . SMITH 4 DAVIS. Portland, Oregon. HODGE A CALEF, " " . JTnna S, ,'6-Stf . , - r j;, : - : TO THE WOKKIXa CLASS. Wo are now prepared to famish all classes with constant em ployment at home, the whole of the time or foa the spam ; momenta. . Basiaess new, light and proatable. Persona of either sex easily e from 60e to $s per evening, and a proportional ram by devoting their whole time to the business. Bovs and Jems can earn nearlv ae mneh as men That all who see this notice may send their ad dress, and test the business, we make tbl. unpar alleled oiler : To .nch as aro not well satisfied, we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, a valuable sample, which will do to commence work. on. and a eopy of The An' Litmram Companion one of the largest and beat family newspapers published all sent free by mail. Header, u yon wans permanent, nrofitable work, address. K. CALLS! 21- Co, 10m3 Augusta, Maine. 6m GILBERT CSO., AGENTS, SALEM, OREGON. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " NATIONAL- LIFE Insurance Company OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D. C Chartered by special Act of Congress, Approved...............-... ...Joly 25, 1868. ' ADVERTISEMENTS. ' ' ' CJL-Y&. NEWS.. Farmers Can Ride and PUwy 4. Cash Capital, )gl, 000,000. 00 DIRECTORS: CLARENCE H. CLARK, JAY COOKE, W. Gt. MOORHE AD, GEORGE F. TYLER, J. HINCKLEY CLARE, E. A. ROLLINS,' HENRY D. COOKE, W. F. CHANDLER. JOHN D. DEFREES, EDWARD DODE, H. C. FAHNESTOCK. ar skcuruo oxt or the , gM plows, Manufactured and sold for the very low price of &tCZ ' and " THE simplioity and practicability of this new Plow commends it favorably to the special notice of every farmer. It possesses a decided superiority over all other plows now in nse. The wheels are four feet in diameter, and run on : the unplowed land.. Its entire construction is in no way complicated.' The plow is managed in every manner with easev and requires only two levers to be used in making any alteration. The npe riority of the "Gay" Plow will be clearly shown by the following certificate : We, the undersigned, citizens of Linn county, Oregon, having purchased and ased upon our farms the "Gay" Plow, hereby certify that the eame has given ns entire satisfaction. Its facility for adjusting to suit the depth of furrow- withont moving from the seat, is simple and easy. We like the plow for its draught, because the same is brought to bear directly upon the plow-beam in stead of the carriage ; also, because it ' fs 'strong and durable, all except the wood-work being con structed of wrought iron no castings are used. The wheels running upon the solid land is an ad vantage over other gang-plows, in striking: oft land and in plowing, net having to make the nec essary changes in the machinery, and the seat is always level, not throwing the driver forward or sideways as in other plows. Better work and more of it can be accomplished by the use of this Flow than by band. . . . . . W. take pleasure in recommending the "HIT Plow to our brother farmers, as one having no superior in Oregon. J. it. KtBll, . i A. B. LOONEY, W. II. GOLTTREE, May 20th, 1869. The "Gav" Plow is manufactured by H. Goulding, Portland Machine Shop. -All orders will be promptly attended to by ad dressing. j. tr. cat, -.- ., -i Portland, Oregon. , NEW ENGLAND ujf. MUTUAL LIFir INSURANCE CO. or BOSTON. Cuh tiS9Ctsl - Cah Dividend, 18474. Cash Dividend, 1 808... Total surplus dividend. Losses paid in 1808 Total losses paid... Income for 1807, OFFICERS: CLARENCE E. CLARK, Philadelphia, Presi- dent. . JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance A Executive Committee. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi dent. EMERLON W. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary A Aetnary. E. S. TURNER, Washington, Assistant Sec retary. FRANCIS G. SMITH, M. D., Medical Director. J. EWING MEARS, M. Assistant Medical Director. -. THE attention of persons contemplating in suring their lives, or increasing the amount of insurance they already have, is called to the special advantages offered by the KATlOitAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED ' ARE: , if .'V"' It is a National Company, chartered by special Act of Congress, 1868. It has a Paid-up Capital of $1,000 ,0C0. It offers Low rates of Premium. It furnishes Larger Insurance than other Com- - pantos for the same money. It is Definite and Certain in its Terms. It is a Home Company in every locality. Its Policies are exempt from Attachment. There are no Unnecessary Restrictions in the Pol- icies. ; 1 --.,.!.,,! i Every Policy is Xoa-forfeitable. Policies may be taken which Pay to, the Insured their Full Amount and Return all the Pre miums, so tbat the Insurance costs Only the Interest on tne Annual Payments. Policies may be taken that will Pay to the In sured, after a certain number of years, Dnr- ing Life, an Annual Income of One-Tenth the Amount named in the Policy. No Extra Rate is charged for risks upon the Lives of Females. ' Insures not to Pay Dividends, but at so low a cost that dividends will be impossible. W. P. E8HOM, I' E. W. PIKE, H. DAVIDSON.. Albany Agents. J. BARROWS A CO., Agents for Linn A Benton counties. JOHN BRIGGS, Agent for Linn A Benton counties. May 22, '69-37 V avti-a eh.rva for travel in r to and bowt the Atlantic States, Kurope, Oregon, or the Sandwio. Islands. ( v ,..,,.. All Policies non-forfeiting, and governetfby tin non-forfeiting law-of MassaenaseMs, r , Policy holders the only persons who receive d IV t deeds in this uompany, wnion aro - and paid annually; first dividend avail- . i-j i. able at the payment of the second , i annual premiums. All Policies if ; remain in force as long as " "'t ;;r there is any snrrendet --. .- t -f'ii.ii ; .valae. ; -3 - JfO FORFEITURES I This old and popular Company, (the oldest Mu tual Life Insurance Company in una - f i country) insures at the low- '.'-' r '"'", ' ' est possible rates. "' ' " tory, increasing capital and business, and tko ana- -isfaetory manner in which it has discharged ita ' ' obligations in ine pasx, are pmrnm ivr m luiure suca as iiix-secing mu vkiuui in their investments-. , - ;- 1 - Persons generally, who thoroughly understand .1 e 1 ; TnH.w&nMB A M .11. tA avail themselves of its equitable provisions, i Full information will be given to those ho -desire, at the Agency. - f . . - Heme Office, 39 State Street, Boate. ' Pacific Branch Offices, j" 30 Montgomery Street. San KraaeUeo. Roam 3, Carter' Rrn'Mtng, Portland, Orgn, . ETERSON St HAINES, General Aftey : 1 1 ALBANY, OREGON. " I i THE OX.D STOVE DEPOT! JTOIIiV BRICrCS, DEALER IW STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX, of the best patterns ! -ALSO Tin, Sheet iron and Copper W are S and the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to - - r be obtained in a Repair ncatty and promptly efrruted, 2r-o rctttonabfa termm. "Short reckonings, make long friends." Front street....... .........Albany. Next door to Mansfield A Co. . decS'68-12 - DLACKSMITHINC ! PLOWS ! PLOWS ! PLOWS ITS POLICIES ARE NEGOTIABLE. ' By the Charter of the Company,. eexiiScstes of obligatioas will be issued, agreeing to purchase its policies at their vain which, when accompa nied by the policy duly assigned or transferred, are negotiable, and may be used as collateral se curity, in making loans from the Company or from other parties. The Hon. Jno. E. Sanford, Insurance Commis sioner of "Massachusetts, in his Report for 1868, speaking of Dividends in Life Insurance -Companies, says , " The sooner such guarantees eease to be made, and such expectations created, the sooner Life Insurance will come to rest on its true motive, and men insure their lives for security, and not for dividends. The best and the most popular companies will then be those that prom ise only equity, and render all that they promise, and furnish the best security, with the most up right and judicious management." ' By the Stock plan the full cash effect of the premium is immediately secured to the insured, the Company taking all the risk. By the Mu tual plan, the full value in insurance of the pre mium paid, is not secured to the policy-holder, who takes a portion of the risk himself." Policies Issued In O-olcl - or Currency, WM. E. HALE, MANAGER. ft'. . -- r . WELLS, FARGO & CO., O .4 1. . . GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE - PACIFIC COAST. r IlIXE nnderaignod givea notice to the gcncru.1 iL.t v- , r i. : su. Galesburg: Patent Plow ! and any other style of plow that may be ordered. Also, particular attention paid to Horse Shoeing, Wagon and Darrlage Makliifj, i and General Jobbing.' All work entrusted to me will receive prompt! attention, and be executed in the best possible manner with good material. A saue o: public patronage is solicited. Shop on corner Ellsworth and Second streets, opposite PieTo' Ferry. F. WOOD, Albany, November SI. ISoS-ll - i CRAFTSMEN'S LIFE ASSURANCE COMPACT OF NEW YORK. JfEV ADVERTISEMENTS. INCORPORATED ltS35J; ' , '.; t i ........... $T,oo,eoe ea 8,512,771 00 ! &7&,M0 60 j 3,342,100 00 i 2,852,WH.r4l ; 9a a. cOTEWiEJWiiAi'i'r ': TRAVEHNO AOEST ror Orcg-on and Wahlfftea Teiritery. Albany, September 11, 1869-lt asmniL Aer.jrrs Ton , Oregon, and "Washington, Idano and Montana Territories, - PORTLAND OREGON. Caah Plan, Lew Rates, Strictly Mutual. All Policies Non-Forfeiting by their Terms. No Restriction on Travel, Residence or Occupation. Policies issued in Gold or U. S. Curren ey, as desired. No extra charge upon women. All varieties of Policies issued. , Large Cash Value upon Surrendered Policies. - oet9-5 E. S. MERRtlX, Agent, Albany, Oregon. For Sale. HOUSE Af.'D FCUR LOTS! - . ':. .,: housntt IN this city, a good new dwelling wua 11 tee necessary outbuildings, and four -lots, about twenty minutes walk 'from the steamboat landing. - For particulars inquire at the office of the P. T. Company, of .... J. U. MONTEITH.. Albany, Januarv 30, 18fi9- Albany, September 19, 1868-2v J- 1869-70. " f - 1 i Albany Collegiate Institute THE NEXT TERM OF THIS IN8TIT1 tion for youth of both sexes, will open on Monday, the 18th ef October next. It will be in charge of the Rev. Eowabd Geabt and the Rev. 8ahvkl 6. Irvikk. assist ed by a corps of competent teachers. , - - M CALENDAR... - - The first term will embrace 14 weeks of tuitions ending February 4th, 1870. M i no bcvuiiu teriu wui viuiiikv a with vi ition, from February 7th to July 1st, 1870, RATES OF TUITION (PER QUAttTKR Or TEH WEEKS.) ' Preparatory and common branches- ...... .$5 Advanced Englishn.M.... 7 Ancient and Modern Languages. Jlijrber . Mathematics, Ac ......... 9' Tuition charged from date of entrance to en. of quarter, and payable in advance. - Organization of College Claasea. - A Freshman elass will be formed and a eoun of study prescrrbud at the opening of the term. Principal Text Xtooke. . Wilson's Readers, Clark's English Grammar Rubinson's Mathematics, Hooker. XaturaA - Science, Quackenbos' Rhetoric, Abbott's Abvr- -eromhfcs's Mental anil Moral Philosophy, Uark- neas Latin bones, tasqaell s b rencn Beries, anil 1 the most approved editions of the Latin and Greek I tIassics. - ' A Record ; i" 4 '' Of every recitation will be made, and an aver.ro given in Quarterly Reports J also, ef attendance and deportment. Government. The aim will be to develop in tne student a high sense of moral obligation, honor and integ rity, and those who cannot be governed by such, motives, will not remain in the school. Board ' ; . " May be bad in families at ti per week, and rooms procured where studcats may bourd them Selves. : : w-i- : i- : .'i'.' . By order of the Board of Trustees. .... EDWARD R. GEARY, "Albany, Ang. 21j.'ol-0 President ' I - - , - , , . ''ON TO BUT V -" - WADSWORTH & KUHH . Are upw ready to execute all kinds of Plain and Fancy Painting J, U SE MURRAY'S IMPROVED MAtJIC Oil tbc King of Tain. jui-9tf Sigrns, Carriages, Iliiilclingw, as well as ' '-y: Graining1, Paperbanging, Calciminingr and in fact all kinds and stylos of 1 PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL WORK, . that can be dono with Paint ami Brash, at : . 3B-FAIR, LIVINO RATES. -2SS. Give us a call. Shop on Ferry street, over Kuhn A Adams' wagon shop." . , . aug21-50 , $13 GOOD AS GOLD. BUY THE ONLY GENUINE IMPROVED OROIDE GOLD WATCHES, MAXi-rACTtrneD ar THE OROIDE WATCH CO. , They are all the best make. Hunting eases finely chased ; look end wear like fin, gttUi, and are equal in appearance to the best gold watcheM usually costing $150. Full Jeweled Z.ecer,Uent's and Ladie.' si.es, at vlS each.? .!. - Onr Doable Extra Refined Botui Oroide Gild Hunting Cases, Fall Jeweled Levers, are )at to $200 tiM Wntrne ; Regulated and iiJorntiterd to krp correct time, and wear ami no tarninh. Extra Fine Cam, at $20 each. - No money la required lit advance. Wo send by Express anywhere within the , United States, payable to agent on delivery, with the privilege to open and examine before paid for and if not satisfactory returned, by paying the. Express charges. Good mill be ent hf mat mm Registered Packages, prepaid, by sending cash, in advance. - An Agent enoVtuf for eix teatete gmtm an Ertrm WATGU FREE, making eerrm $15 Watekear $90, or terrn $20 Wot-he for $120. Also, Elearant Oroide Gold Chains, of latest and most costly styles, for Ladies and Gentlemen, from 10 to 40 inches long, at $2, $4, $6, and $3 each, sent with watches at lowes. wholesale prices. State kind and size of watch required,and to avoid bogu concerns, order only from OROIDE WATCH CO., 13U , . 148, Fulton Street, New York. Dissolution THE CfO-PARTNERSUIP hcrrtofore existing between Chiwles Mealey and William Plymp ton, under the Arm name of C. Mealey A Co., ia this day dixsolred by mutual consent. AU moneys due the firm most be paid to C. Mealey. All debts contracted by the firm will bo. paid upon presentation to the undersigned, who will continue in the furniture businesv at the old stand, corner of liroadalbin aud First streets. , - - . i . - ' . CHARLES MEALEY, . , - .. . ! WILLIAM I'LYMPTOX. , ' Albany, June 16, '69-41 r ..... f , ,,, . - :s, .jj.o: i . . Biae Chareo ! ALT, persona knowing theinsolrr. indebted to the late firm of.C. Menlcy A Co., are ran quested to come forward and luako iuimidiuto payment to the i undersigned. "A word to the Ac, June ID. 'CD, C. -MEALEY.-