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YOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1870. NO. 17. ! WHIUBM KTMV SATCRDAT BT f : COI.L. VAN CaLEVE. rrica on corkek or pbkbt and mkst-sts. TERMS IN ADVANCE. us Year.. . ....Three Dollar Six Months Two Dollars Binglo Copies..... Ten Cents ADVERTISING RATES. . Transient advertisements per Square of tea lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. JOB WORK. Having received new type, stock of colored inks, cards, a Gordon Jobber, etc., we are pre pared to execute all kinds of printing in a better manner and fifty per oeat. cheaper than erer be fore uttered in this city. Agents for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorised to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, tc, for the Register : HIRAM SMITH, Esq Harrisburg. Judge S. H. CLAUGHTON Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq.- Brownsville W. R. KIRK, Esq - E. E. WHEELER, Eq Scio. T. H. REYNOLDS, Esq Salera. Oro. W. CANNON, Esq .Portland. X.. V. FISHER, Esq Trisco. BUSINESS CARDS. A. WHEELER, o a. i y P i b 1 i c . BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KISDS made and attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. 12'69 J. IIAITOOIY, Attorney and Counsellor at law, . ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's Brick. i o 1-69 Hiltabidel & Co., WEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PR0 ly visions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confec Cionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. ! 1 B. A. Freeland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF - School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, etc.. Post office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 C. Mealey & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet Ware, First street, albany. S. XX. Clang-hton, NOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Office in tb. Post Office building, i Lebanon, Oregon. Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. 1 PORTLAND CARDS. J. H. MITCHELL. J. !C. DOLPH. a. SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS Ann COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. Office over the old Post Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. I POWELL. i -H.IX3I. Powell fc Flimi, AT70RNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, . (X. Flin.n, Notary Pnblic,) Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances prom ply attended to. 1 JT. QUINN THORNTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. WILL practice in the snperior and inferior courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and Polk counties. Five per cent, charged on collections when made without sueing. j 19-69 P. V. BCDFIELD. P. W. 8P1XK. V. M REDFIELD 4c CO., CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac. , Ac, Wholesale and Retail, opposite R. C. Hill & Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5oct9 House, Sign & Carriage Painter, ALBANY, OREGON. Paperhanging-, Glazing;, Kalsomine, &c . Country orders punctually attended to. First street, next door to Tweed ale A Co.'s. May 8, 1809-35tf A.BAiVIf BATH DOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citixens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken charge of this establish , moot, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying , striet att-ntic 3 to business, expects to suit all I those who may favor him with their patronage, j Having heretofore carried oa nothing but IFirst-Class Hair Dressing; Saloons, he expects to give entire satisfaction to all. Children and Ladies' hair neatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER, . ., evl9y2 , E. F. RUSSELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. .AW. JAMES ELKINS, JCOTABY PUBLIC. RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office in Parrish A Co.'s block. First street,) Albany, Oregron. AVING TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNER SHIP Jamb Elkihs, Esq- ex-Clerk of inn county, we are enabled to add to our prac tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining Records, and attending to Probate business. ' Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages care- . foils' drawn. ' ' , ' Homestead and Pre-emption Papers made, and claims secured. . Sales of Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on. reasonable i .rate. Ail business entrusted to them faithfully and , promptly executed. , RUSSELL A ELKINS. - - Albany, Oct. 10, 's-5y g. D. SMITH. .. . GEO. B. COOK. THE OCCIDENTAL, FORMERLY - Western 33Cotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon. Messrs. SMITH A COOK hare 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 in, Portland. A call from the traveling pnblio 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 15th, 1369. AMERICA EXCHANGE, COUIB OP Front and Washington Streets, PORTLAND. OREGON. . X,. P. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be ths endesvor of the Proprietor to make his gueste comfortable. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat landing. ,f-if The Concord Coach will always be foul at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar.i river boats, carrying passengers and their bar gape to and from the boats free of charge. House eupplied with Patent Fire ExtingnUhen. COSI?IOPOL,ITAI HOTEL. (formerlt abrigoki's,) Pront street i t i Portland, Oregon. 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 92 OO per day. The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Passengers and baggage to and from the Hotel free of charge. J. B. SPRENGER. Office Oregon A California Stage Company, B. G. Whitebouse, Agent. 2tf New Columbian Hotel, Nos. 118, 120 and 122 Front street, PORTLAND, t : : OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. o F A LI, KINDS, printed at the very lowest rates, as ordered, at tius omce. The Largest, 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. 35sT" Rooms newly famished, and well ventil ated. Superior accommodations for families. J&ff The New Columbian Hotel Coach will be in attendance at all the landings to convey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 sr-S- Free oi Charge ! -fe 69 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MRS. DUNNIWAY 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 IS THE MUllTiery Tilne 2 BEEBER, LADIES ! If you purchase TEN DOLLARS' WORTH of Fall Millinery you will bo entitled to the Demorest Magazine, for the year I860, as a premium on the purchase Dress and Cloak Making in all branches. Bleaching and Pressing in the latest and best manner. Goods Cheap and Patience Inexhaustible Corner Main and Broad Albin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. November 7, 1868-9 C. MEALEY DEALER IN A MANUFACTURER OP XJ3EPH 3NTITXJ Xa.33 ! and CABINET WARE ! 13 e tiding, Etc., orn or First and Broad Albin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. JSr PARTICULAR ATTEKTIOIf PAID TO ORDERS OP at.t. KINDS in his line. " October 1868-8 TURNING. - - TURNING. n - M n a s- 35 en f CO . I AM FUPAKED TO DO ALL KINDS OP TTJRNINGt I keep on hand and make to order HAWHtSB-BOTTOBXSB CHAIRS, S p I n u i m z 1 s . 3r Shop near the '.'Magnolia Mills." ' JOHN 11. METZLEK Albany, Nov. 28, 1S68-1? LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Christmas As to tbe weather, was rather a drearf affair. Although the "mist" was quits plentiful through the day and the early part of the evening, the various plates of social gathering were thronged 'with our people, who seemed determined to enjoy themselves, let the weatherwoe ever so rough. At an early hour ahe M. E. Church was crowded with tu children and friends of the Sabbath School, all anxious to know who were to be the recipients ot the many gifts hung in tempting array on the three Christmas Trees, which were erected directly in front of the pulpit. A large number of lighted wax candles were- placed among the boughs ot the trees, which, when lighted up, produced a most beautiful effect. Soon the dis tribution of gifts commenced, and then the "jolarity" opened the blowing of tin whistles, the beating of drums, and the glad laugh welling up from happy j little hearts was worth double the trouble and co&t to witness. The committee of ladies and gentlemen to whom was entrusted the care and trouble of erecting and placing presents on the trees, done their work well, and are deserving spe cial commendation for the manner in which the gifts were distributed so that none of the children attending the school should go away without a gift. The sociable at Parrish Hall was very largely attended. By the union of the Presbyterian and Congregational Sabbath ! Schools it was thought more general and better satisfaction could be given than if the two schools erect Christmas Trees in their respective churches; and the suc cess of the sociable is evideoce sufficient of the correctness of this opinion. The evening was spent in sociable intercourse, vocal and instrumental music, and for the special edification of the children, the "magic lantern" was made to do duty. And some of these pictures "brought down tho house" muchly. The inner man was not forgotten, and probably more than twelve baskets filled with cakes, fruit, candied, nuts, etc., were distributed among the happy throng. It was a hap pily spent evening, and one which will long remain green in the memory ot par ticipants. The ball at Houck & Myers new hotel i3 also largely attended, and all we have heard speak of it pronounce it an agreeable party. The music is especially mentioned as being superior to any we have ever had at a ball given in this city. It couldn't be otherwise, as it was under the direction of Mr. J. II. Brenner, who, although young in years, has proven him self an accomplished musical artist. And thus passed away another Christ mas. Fined Again. Our newly elected Democratic City Marshal got into trou ble again last week, and for committing a breach of tho peace was fined, by a Democratic Recorder, costs and all, some eleven dollars. A few more such esca pades followed by fines, and the income of the Marshal's orfico will be swallowed up in fines. As a conservator of the peace and dignity of the city, our new Marshal don t pan out worth a cent. Wood's Household Magazine. This magazine for December has been received. It is a magazine of some fifty closely printed pages, full to the brim of choice poetry, literary productions, etc. The present number contains a thrilling Christmas story. A newand interesting feature will be added with the present year " answers to correspondents." For the amount of reading matter it is one of the cheapest of Eastern publica tions, being offered at $1 per annum. Send to S. 8. Wood, New burg, N. Y. One copy of the Register and one copy of this magazine sent one year on the receipt by us of $3 50. ? ; : Bills Introduced by Senator Wil liams. On the 6th of December, the first day of the session, Senator Williams introduced the following bills and joint resolutions. The bills were severally read the first and second times and were ordered to be printed : A bill (S.'No. 275) granting bands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Columbia River to Great Salt Lake ; ; A V.ill rs. No. 2761 to vacate and sell the Umatilla reservation in the State of Oregon ; -J A bill (S. No. 277) to establish a col l.f;nn Aurc-l in the State of Orecron : ivvuvu o j A bill (S. No. 278) to establish cer- tain post roaas in ine oiaie oi vregon j a Kill ra. No. 2791 to reerulate the im migration of Chinese into the United States J and A joint resolution (S. R. No. 65) to extend the port of entry of the collec tion district of, Oregon. The bill for the post roads provides for the establishment of a road from Cor vallis to Alsea valley, and one from the Dalles to Oohoco Valley. North Brownsville Correspondence. North Browmstuxk, Dee. 27th, 1869. Editor Keqistbb : . Thinking an item or two from this place would not be amiss, I send yeu the following : . Ou Friday last a bachelor, living oa Mr. Washburn's farm, two miles north of here, named HoHingsworth, in at tempting to get on a colt, received a kick from the colt which broke his leg below the knee. Mr. Wm. Cochran, who hap pened to be passing several hours after the accident occurred, found and removed him to shelter. He had crawled about one hundred yards, and was considerably chilled when found. He has been re moved from the fainr ii town where he can receive the needeS at&tiCon. We had a Christmas Tree, under the supervision of W. R. Bishop, teacher. It was heavily loaded with about five hundred presents, probably worth as mauy dollars. Your regular correspond ent got a little buzle to blow on. A hack load of young people return ing home, in going down a grade, got out of the road and were upset, slightly injuring the driver and hack. All who desired went to W. R. Kirk's spacious' building and partook of an oyster supper, gotten up in good style by J. Fleece and F. Smith and their wives. After supper those inclined went into tbe hall and " tripped the light fantastic toe " as long as they wished. But as your regular correspondent will perhaps give you the news in flowery style, I will desist. Robbery Near Eugene. The Eu gene City Journal is informed of the robbery of a Chinaman, committed near the city a few days since, by three boys. The Chinaman, who had been employed for some time past as a cook in the boarding house at Cartwright's place, was on his way to Eugene to buy some clothing. On reaching the top of a hill about seven miles from his destination, he was met by three boys, each boy armed with a gun, who demanded of the Celestial one dollar apiece. The China man being too slow in handing over the amount demanded, one of the young rascals " went through him," . taking three twenty dollar gold pieces and two rings one gold, and the other meer schaum from his pockets. Persons in the neighborhood are confident who the guilty parties are, and think it will be an easy matter to bring them to justice. . . - . The Tribune presents thus forcibly the rate at which the national deht has been reduced under General Grant's ad ministration : Reduction from March 1 . Reduction per month..... Reduction per week........ Beduction per day ......... Reduction per hour........ Reduction per minute Reduction per second...... $71,903,525 00 .. .. 7,989,2G1 00 1,843,680 00 262,421 63 , 10,934 23 1S2 23 3 04 Change. Messrs. Thompson & Victor, of Eugene City, have sold out their in terest in the Guard to Geo. JBuys and A. Eltzroth. The paper will remain in the interest of Democracy. 1 e The present daily yield of the Yellow Jacket mine in Gold Hill is nearly 400 tons of ore, including a large amount of low grade, which is being shipped on the railroad to Carson river. They are tak ing about 100 tons per day out of the Chollar-Potost. This epigram of Miss Dickinson comes from out West. The girls of the Pacific coast are indignat at Miss D- " because she talked eo" about them : Of all the girls on this coast, from Miss Dickin son's tone, A stranger might judge in harsh manner ; Bnt we know the poor thing has no girls of her own, T And that's what's the matter with Anna. Two Kentuckians have varied the novelties usually reported from that sec tion by bringing suit for 860,000 dam ages against a " Vigilance Committee " for banging them. The Committee un fortunately neglected to do its woitil ef fectually. ' The Wyoming Legislature has passed an act granting employees on railroads in that Territory the same right of action for damages against the company when injured, ; as though not ; employed by them; and, in case of death, to their widows or heirs. Mrs. Harrow, wife o? a Methodist minister in Los Angeles county, was lassoed recently by Californians ; and dragged till her life is despaired of. - Maine papers are discussing whether a Sunday school in Bangor1 which re quires the constant presence of two po licemen to preserve order, is a success. Beriah Brown, of the Salem Fret, proposes to issue a daily soon, it a suffi cient amount is guaranteed to ensure its success. .- . - ... . . : .. .The troops in Ireland ire hereafter to be more generally billited on the inhab Hants. ItOCK MB TO SLEEP. ("We remember reading an account of the death of a citizen patriot, eighty-five years of age.' The last words of the old veteran were I want to see my mother I' She had been dead more than forty years. This accident called to mind the touching lines. Rook me to Sleep :' " " Backward, turn backward, 0, Time in your flight. Make me a child again just for to-night 1 Mother come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart, as of yore ; Kiss from my forehead the furrows it care. Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair ; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep Rock me to sleep, mother' rock me to sleep I " Backward, flow backward, O swift tide of years! I am weary of toil I am weary of tears ; Toil without recompense, tears all in vain ! Take them and give me my childhood again i I have grown weary of dust and decay, Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away, Weary of sowing for others to reap ; Rook me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep I "Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue ! " Mother, Q. mother ! my hart caUs for ytru 1 Many a summer the grass has grown' green, Blossoming and faded, our faces between ; Vet with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I to-night for your presence again ; Come from the silence so long and so deep Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep 1 "Over my heart in the days that are flown, No love like mothcr-love has shone ; No other worship abides and endures. Faithful, unselfish, and patient, like yours; None like a mother can charm away pain From the sorrowing soul and the world weary brain : Slumber's calm o'er my weary lids creep, Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep I "Come let your brown hair just lighted with gold. r all on your shoulders again as of old ; Let it fall over my forehead to-night. Shielding my eyes from the flickering light, for on I with its sunny-edged sorrow onoe more, Haply will throng the sweet vision of yore ; Lovingly, softly its bright billows sweep Rock niq to sleep, mother rock me to sleep ! "Mother, dear mother ! the years have been long Since last I was hushed by your lullaby song ; Sing, then, again to my soul it shall seem Womanhood's years have only been a dream; Clasp to your arms in a loving embrace. With your soft, light lashes sweeping my face. never hereafter to wake or to weep ; Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep I" The Warning at the Bridge. In the year 1861 1 was superintendent of the Howrich and Rocky River railroad. It was a line which did a good run of business, connecting as it did a great city with a nourishing back country, and we ran a pretty good number of trains over the rails in tbe course of twenty-four hours. The daily trains were every hour, but after nine in the evening thero was only one train, until the steamboat accommo- Uon at half-past three in the morning. This intervening train was the Bel port mail. It was made up at Bel port and ran as far as Clinton, express all the way. Belport was the large city of which I have spoken, and it was there that my office was located, for the business was all settled and arranged at that end of the line. Of course I give fictitious names, and the reader need not expect to find Bel port on any railroad map. The 12:30 train, or the midnight mail, as it was more frequently designated, was run by ii,arl Ko?ers, a young; man ot seven or eight-and-twenty, who had been employed on the road for several years. lie was the best engine driver on tbe corporation, and for that reason he had been selected lor the tram, it being deemed expedient to put men of best judgment on the train, because there was a better lookout required by night. Earl, taken all in all, was one of the finest fellows I ever 6aw. Frank, handsome, generous to a fault, and well educated. He had fallen into the vocation of an engineer moro from his love of .excite ment and danger than anything else, perhaps ; and if there was ever any par ticularly perilous business to be done, Earl Rogers was our man. For some time he had been desperately in love with Laura Demain, the daughter of a rich old fellow just on the other side of the Rocky River, a half-dozen miles beyond Belport. This love was fully returned, for Laura was a noble-hearted girl, and did not care for wealth or ambition when weighed in the balance of love ; but old Demain and her were two, and there was no prob ability of his ever giving his consent. He had set his heart on her marrying Prince Carlton, a young blood of the vi cinity ; reputed wealthy, and of an old family. Domain's opposition naturally made the lovers more determined, and they only waited an increase of Earl's salary to be married, in spite of Papa Demain. Earl was a faithful fellow, and I was do ing my best to get an advance for him, with every probability of success. Somehow, I took a strong interest in .bar! s love affairs. - I am an old codger, and love matters are rather out of my line, my forte being the calculating of accounts, the regula tion ot freight rates, and the manage ment of business so as to secure the fat test dividends to tbe stockholders. Perhaps my interest in Earl's love for Liaura might have been because I most cordially detested Prince Carlton. He was always "blowing" our road, finding fault with the rate of speed, with the grade, with the carriages, with the ven tilation, with everything ia short, for notcing suited him. , Then upon one occasion he and I had a few words, neither very pleasant nor very cnoice, and -be had colled me a scoundrel, and I had returned the com pliment with interest. After that we were worse friends than ever. . One dark rainy sight in November, just after , the nine o'clock had been got off, and I was sitting in the office trying to balance an account that would not bal ance, the door opened and Earl - Rogers walked in. He had on his water-proof suit, the hood over his head, and the collar buttoned closely, but I saw that his face was very pale and his eyes gleamed with an unnatural fire. "What in the world has happened, Rogers ?" said I. "You look as glum as if you were going to a funeral" "Mr. Woodbury," said he earnestly, "do you believe in presentiments?" "No," said I, "I certainly do not! They are all old women's whims I" "Perhaps so. I wish I could think so," said he sadly. 4,I have been trying nard to." "What is it Earl ? Anything gone wrong with. Laura V for. I did not know bat the little jade had been playing off with him after th manner of women. "No. You will laugh at me, Mr. Woodbury, but I must tell somebody, or I shall go out oft my wits,'' said he, half laughing, "and before heaven I tell you it is all truth. Thursday afternoon I took a band -car and went pvaz -so Kooky River Bridge. ' I do Bur-nand-ocmressibg that I went on purpose, to get A glimpse of ber home perhaps of herself. I stood at one end of the bridge looking across at the house enraptured at' the sight of a scarlet shawl I knew was her's flitting in and out through the frost-bitten shrubbery of the garden. "And while I was looking at her I heard foot-steps, and glancing up, 1 saw myself approaching from the opposite side of fte bridge ! I was dressed in this suit of waterproof my face was pale as death, and my wide open eyes were blank and expressionless ! "Sir, you think I am dazed, but I am telling you only the truth ! While I stood staring at the vision, it disappeared; and weak and trembling I came back to town. By the next day yesterday, I had reasoned myself out of the belief in anything of the kind. It was an hallu cination, I said, and to prove it so, 1 would go out there again and eee if it would appear for the second time. I went again yesterday, and, sir, the same thing was repeated ! It will come once more end then I shall go to my death 1" "Nonsense I" said I. "Come, Earl, be honest, and confess thatyou had been taking too much whisky." "I never drink anything, as you know, Mr. Woodbury," returned he, "and this thins was fearfully real. And of one re sult, I am satisfied. If I run the mail train out to-night I shall be . killed, and heaven knows what will be the late ot the train ! " I suppose it could not be taken off for to-night ?" "Taken off I What in the deuce do you mean ?" snapped I "this road runs trains as advertised cowardly engineers to the contrary notwithstanding." He looked at me sadly, reproachfully and I could have kicked myself for the way I had spoken to hira. "It is not on my own account, sir," said he, "but it is only a few days before Thanksgiving, and the train will be a full one. It there is an accident it may ue a bad one." "Accident !" said I contemptuously, "fiddle-sticks. Como in to-morrow, and let us laugh at you." He iid me good-night gravely, and went out. Presently the clock struck twelve, and I heard the three successive whistles, that told me the train was nearly ready. A strange feeling of apprehension seized me. What if anything should happen ? Yielding to an impulse which would not bo controlled, I threw on my over coat, turned out the gas, locked the office, and hurried over to the depot just in season to catch the rail of the rear car and swing myself on board. Earl Rogers stood at his post, pale and silent, yet altered and watchful. By the head light in the locomotive he could see tho track for a half a mile and his keen eye scanned every inch of the track as the train swept on. Past Roman station past the Mill Cut past Hill's Embankment, and they plunged into the belt of woods which skirted Rocky River. Suddenly, as they swept around the curve, Earl's cheek whitened and he drew his breath quick and hard ! What he saw before the train, warned him that only death and destruction lay ahead. He could probably save himself by leaping off, but that would doom all on board. Not a moment did he hesitate ! The sharp whistle to down breaks sounded he reversed steam and did ev erything in his ' power to stop the train. When he saw that his efforts were in vain, that the obstacle which lay across the track only a few rods in advance could not be avoided, he sprana; over the wood box and unhooked from the car riages. The engine, released from the drag, shot ahead, and the next instant plunged into the gulf. . - There was a crash a succession of shrill whistles from the escaping steam, and all was still I ' Not one of the carriages went down ; the first one halted on the very brink of the abyss, as it the more fearfully to im press upon the minds of the passengers the terrible danger they had escaped. Before the train came to a stop I had jumped out and was flying farward, look ing for Earl Rogers. They pointed into the river in answer to my inquiries, and seizing a lantern from tbe hands of one of the brakesmen, I soon climbed down the bank and found him. ... ; v"'--:-'- v'o; He lay under the wreck of the loco motive, pale and 'bloody, with no breath coming from his icy lips. ' The two stokers were a little way off, stone dead.-'- .; u : I am an old man, but I did not feel the weight of that poor fellow as I ear tied him up the bank, and en to the house of Demain, which happened to be the nearest residence. : Of eeurse old Demain could not re- fuse him admittance under the circum stances, and in fire minutes Laura was with me trying to restore the lifeless man to consciousness. ' : it..; She was all courage and hope ; but for her we should have given him up for dead, and I to this day firmly believe, that her presence and her care brought him back from death. She never flinched while the surgeon amputated his leg at the knee; ii wsa the only way to save him, Dr Green said, and Laura held the poor head of the patient on her bosom and his hands, in her's through the whole operation. , The accident, it was found, had been occasioned by a stick of timber pinned across the track, and the railroad com paoy offered a reward of a thousand dol lars for the discovery of the rascally per petrator. . , ' i uuw w iuuna n oat, bc ts was ascertained '"beyond T doubt thaw Prince Carlton, was the guilty parry. He confessed it when we had him, snug and safe, and said that because he wanted Earl Rogers out of tbe way, and because he hated the whole concern (meaning the road and corporation) he had formed this plan of diabolical re venge. . ; His father . was a millionaire, and bought up our silence handsomely. Prince went to California, and I do not know what became of him..,. ;, Old Demain proved himsulf a trump, after all, and gave up gracefully. He is dead now, and Earl and Laura live at the old place, as happy a couple as ever I saw. . As for Earl's warning, you may believe what you like about it. I have no ex planation to offer.' A Child's Letter. Mark Twain says tho only letter he received when abroad that really did him much good, or told him of any news of interest, was the following, from a juve nile niece in St. Louis, and touched him up in a few passages ; but he, rather likes it, and considers that children are your only true letter writers. St. Louis, 18C9. Uncle Mark, if vou was here I could tell you about Moses in the bulrushes again. I know it better now. Mr. Snowberry has got ' his leg broke off a horse. lie - was riding it on Sunday. Margaret, that's the maid, ' Margaret has taken all the spittoons and slop-buckets and old jugs out of your room, because she says she don't think yon are coming back any more, you have been cone so long.' Sissy McElroy's mother lias got another baby. She has them ail the time. It has little blue eyes like Mr. Swimley that boards . there, and looks just like him. I have got a doll; but Johnny Anderson pulled one of tbe legs out. - Miss Dusenberry was here yester day. 1 gave her your picture, but she didn't want it. My cat has got more kittens oh ! yon can't think twice as many as Lotta Belden's. And there's one, such a sweet little buff one with a short tail, and I named it for you. All of them's got names now Gen. Grant, and Ualleck, and Moses, and Margaret, and Deuteronomy, and Captain Semmes, and Exodus, and Leviticus, and Horace Greeley all named but one, and I am saving it because the one I saved for you has been sick all the time since, and I reckon it'll die. (It appears to be mighty rough on the short tailed kitten naming it for me. I wonder how the reserved victim will stand it ?) Uncle Mark, I de believe Hattie Caldwell likes you and I know she does think you are pretty, because I heard her say nothing could hurt your good looks nothing at all she said, even if you were to have the small pox ever so bad, you would be just as good looking as you were before. And ma saye she's ever so smart. (Very.-) So no more this time, for General Grant Thb U. S. Trkasuker'b Omen. Some little idea of the labor performed in the office of the Treasurer : of the United States, and of the great responsi bilities that attach to it, may be gath ered from tho fact that during the eight years it has been in charge oi Mr. Spin ner, the transactions foot up ?44,(K0, 000,000 forty-four thousand million dol lars. And if any evidence were needed of the qualifications of the Treasurer for bis position, not one cent has been lost to the people of the United States, either through the principal or his subordinates This perfection of exactitude may well Challenge comparison with ' any other financial feat on record. The Govern ment and people will meet with an irre parable loss when - Mr. 8pinner retires, as be intends doing soon. The conclud ing portion of his report is a model of philosophy, and it evinces the careful, calculating disposition of the man. Too modest to base the success of his admin istration upon his own vigilance and skill, he prefers to withdraw when the tide of honor is full, lest good management might aftelr all not be sufficient to ward of apoi denta or make exceptions to. an unexam pled career of financial accuracy .-FhiU Champion Chickis (Jleawib. The Grass Valley Union says i . "? .. Friday afternoon Charlie Guirard, at the Winchester Market, on a wager, dressed a chicken in one minute and thirty-nine and a half seconds. Time was counted from the moment the chicken, was scalded until it was lain on the block, completely dressed. The ehiokon on which this experiment was made was a tough old euss. . Tbe day before Gharhe dressed one in one minute and fifteen sec onds. We have coin to bet that he pan snatch a foul bald quicker than any man in the State- ' : .-.-J vS - A California Chinaman made all hi arrangements to sell his wife . for debt. 1 when the defaulted by killing h&rtclf.