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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1870. NO. 18, PUBLISHED KTEKT SATCRnAT T COL.L,. YA CIiEVE. OPFICB OX CORSKR OV FEItRT AND FIBST-STS. TERMS IN ADVANCE. One Tew. Three Dollar Six Months Two Dollar Single Copies Ten Cents ADVERTISING RATES. Transient advertisements vrr Square of ten lines or loss, first insertion, $U; each subsequent Insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. PORTLAND CARDS. 8. . SMITH. OEO. B. COOK. THE OCCIDENTAL, l-OKMEKLY Western Hotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon. JOB WORK. Having received new type, stock of colored inks, cards, a Gordon Jobber, etc., we are p re pa -ed to execute all kind t priunnjr in a better manner .aud fifty per Cent, cheaper tnan ever bo fore offered in this city. Agents for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, etc., for the Register : IIIRAM SMITH, Esq n.-irrisburg. Judtte S. II . CLAUUUTON Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq Brownsville W. K. KIRK, Esq K. E. WHEELER. Eq Scio. T. II. REYNOLDS, Esq Salem. . iKO. W. CANNON. Esq Portland. L. P. FISMER, Esq 'Frisco. Messrs. SMITH & COOK hate 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 West Hotel iu Portland. A call from the traveling public will satisfy them that' the above statements are true. .utiii vwj., x rops. N. B. Hot and cold Baths attached to the house for the benefit of guests. 50 Portland, August lotb, 1869. A.nEKICA. KXCMAHTOE, COKNER OF Frout and Washing-ton Streets, PORTLAND. OREGON. BUSINESS CARDS. A. WHEELER, t n i- ' Public. BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS made an 1 attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. 12 6'J J. UJLX'XOX, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALI5ANY, ORHCiOS. FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's Brivk. o 1-69 L. P. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) Tnr.S HOUSE is the most commodious in the State, newly lurnifhed, and it will be ths endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste comfortable. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat landing. ,Tff The Concord Coach will always be four at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar river boars, carrying passengers and their bai'-ga-re to and frm the boats free of charge. House mtpplied u?ifi f'tttent Fire Extinguixhera. ! COS3IOPOLITAX HOTEL.. (I'OEIUlLr ARRIGONl's,) I Front street s : Portland, Oregon. i ,. o jT.HE yXDERSIGXED, HAVING PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now prc ' pared to offer the traveling public bctier accotn : modations than can be iouud elsewhere iu the I city. i Hoard and Lodging $2 OO per day." Biltabidcl & Co., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO visions. Wood nud Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. I E. A. Prceland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery. Gold and Ste.l Pens, Ink. etc.. Post office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 C. Xllealey & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DFALERS in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet Ware. First strent, Mbanv. S. Bj Oawrbton, , - "BxTOTARY PUBLIC AD REAL ESTATE AGENT. Office iu the Post Office building. Lehnnon,. Oregon, 1 Will 'attend to making Deeds and othereonvcy- ances. also to the prompt collection of debts en . . j A .. l usiGt vr in , ...ail.. . The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Passengers and baggage to and from the Hotel free of ehtirye. J. B. SPRENGEE. j Office Oregon 4 California Stage Company, B. ! G. WniTKiiorsE, Ajrcnr. 2tf ! iVeiv Columbian Holel, 1 N"S. 11 123 and 122 Front street, ! POKTLAKS, : : : OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. ) The Largest. Best andmott Convenient j Kotil in Portland!" Located in the center of business and near all ! the steamboat landings. 1. a. MITCHELL. J. X. DOI.PH. A. SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. Office over tbe old Post Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. I POWELL. L. FLIXN. Powell & I linn, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (! Flinn, Notary FubSe,) Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances pruniply attended to. 1 J. QITIWN THORUTOW, Attorney aud Counselor at Law, ALBAN1, OREGON. WILL practice in tbe superior and inferior courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and Polk counties. '.-- Five per cent, charged on collections when made without sueiug. jl9-C9 r. M. BEDFIEI.D. ? P. W. SPINK. F. M REDF1ELD & 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 K. C. Hill' fc Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. aoctS W. KNIGHT, Bouse, Sign & Carriage Painter, ALBANY, OREGON. PAperhangingr, Glazing-, Kalsomine, &c. Country orders punctually attended to. First street, next door to Tweed ale Jt Co.'s. May 8, 1863-35tf . ALBAMY BATH HOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that he has takeu charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attmtic jto business, expects to suit all those wae may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressin? Saloons, be expec's to give entire satisfaction to alL J&r- Children and Ladies' hair neatly cut and .shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. sej.I9y2 Board and Lodging' F' .71 o. C t--. tV- Ci.-.)J ' J li. room occniiied. T Rooms neivly furrisbed and well ventil ated. Suntrior accommodations fur families. The New Columbian Hotel Coac'i will be in attendance at all the landings to convey pas- ... . l i ... 1 r . . i .: . 1 1 . i -1. . I l . . .1 li 1 1 Ui-UilC III Ullli 1 1 ; ! Ill LUU J1UICI 17 JsSTxee ot Charge ! -Si5 C9 X E W A D V E KT IS E M EX TS . EVSRS. DUNNIWAY ! fTAKES PLEASURE IN INFORMING HER 1 numerous patrons that she has on hand, and is in regular receipt of the ' Latest and Choicest Styles of Goods IN THE aiillixicry Lino ! RETCEISEl!, I.AUII'S ! If you purchase TEN DOLLARS' WORTH of Fall Millinery you wili bo entitled'to the Demorest Magazine, for the year 1869, as a premium on the purchase Dress and Cloak Making- in all branches. Bleaching and Pressing f in the latest and best manner. Goods Cheap andPaticnce Inexhaustible Corner Main and Broad A'bin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. November 7, 1S6S-9 . V. RUSSELL, ATTOHXET AT LAW. JAMES ELKINS, XOTAHY PCSLIO. RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office ia Parrish & Co.'s bloek. First street,) Albany, Oregon. F A VINO TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNER SHIP James Elkiks, Esq., ex-Clerk of jinn 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 fully drawn. . , Homestead and Pre-emption Papers made, and claims secured. ; Sales pf Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on reasonable rates. . ! -.-"' . AM business entrusted to them faithfully and promptly executed. RUSSELL A ELKINS. ' Albany; Oct. 10, 'd8-6y o P At.Ii KINDS, printed t tbe rrj faweit rmimwt mm wiuprou. t tut vutvv . C. IVSEALEY DEALER IN k MANUFACTURER OP PURMTITURES and CABINET WARE ! Bedding-, Etc., . orn er First and Broad Albin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. PARTICULAR ATTERTIOS PAID TO "&Si ORDERS OF ALL KINDS in his line.' October 18S3-8 raitrcin-Cr. - -'TURjm. ft S3 t t O H o a i i w CO 13 I I w I AST PBBPABEO TO HO ALL KINDS OP TURNING 1 I ke p on band and make to order RAWHIB5-BOTTOBXRD CHAIRS, ABB - Spinning' Wheels. 3S SbpP near the "Magnolia Hills." . JOHN M. METZLER Albanj, Not. 28, 1868r12 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Railroad Meeting. The meeting at the Court House last Mooday night, to take into consideration the proposition made by ldn. II oil ad ay in relation to the direction to be given to the Oregon Central Railroad, tbe loca tion of the depot, etc., was largely at tended, and the greatest ioterest mani fested. ; Jas. II. Foster was elected Chairman, and jas. Elkins, Secretary. The Chair man stated the objects of the meeting t i be to take into consideration a proposi tion made by Ben. Holladay to the citi zens of Albany and Linn county, said proposition being in " black and white," and to this effect : Ben. Holladay agrees to diverge the line of the Oregon Cen tral Railroad to a point within a half mile of the Court House in A'bany. and to erect a depot at that point, provided our citizens subscribe the sum of twenty five thousand dollars iu U. S. gold coin, and the same amount in towu lots or other real estate, the money to be paid and the deeds to the real estate to be ex ecuted to the said Ben. Holladay so soon as the road shall be completed and the cars ruuning to said city of Albany: Provided, said road shall be completed on or before the first day of January, 1871. The Chairman gave it as his opinion that the above proposition was the best that could be obtained iron) Holladay; that in conversations had with Holladay, he asserted positively that unless the full amount (50.000) was raised, aud the fact telegraphed to him (Holladay), the road would not touch Albany; that in bringing the road to Albany he would be compelled to di verge from a straight Hue nearly three miles, at a cost of SGO,000, and hat would not incur the additional expense alone, especially as all his interests and ends would be as successfully accom plished by leaving Albany some miles on the north of the line of road. Hol laday denied that he had ever offered to bring the road to' Albany fur tbe sum of S30,000 ; that this was his first, last and only proposition. Rev. 12. R. Geary, by request, gave the substance of his conversations with Holladay, and his own views in the mat ter, all of which corroborated with the views and statements of the Chair man. Mr. Geary believed that Holla day, in this proposition, had given us his ultimatum ; that if we failed to raise the amount asked .lor, we would not get the road. Mr. Douthit, Dr. Alexander, and others, addressed the meeting all of them agreeing that if the money wa9 not made up by the 10th inst., Albany would be " left out in the cold." On motion a committee of seven two for this city, and five for the county was appointed to solicit subscriptions to the railroad fund. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet at the Court House, on Friday evening to hear the' report of the Com mittee on Subscriptions, and to take any further1 steps that may be deemed necessary to secure the road to Albany. Previous to adjournment, amotion of Dr. Alexander's was adopted, and sub scription books were opened then and there, and we are informed that nearly $9,000 were subscribed before the meet ing finally broke up. It seemed to be the universal feeling that the time for badgering1 bad passed ; that immediate and prompt action is demanded at our hands if we would have a railroad to Albany. Mr. Holladay .said that he would locate the depot to suit the busi ness of the road ; that his aim in the selection of a site would be to accommo date the largest number of the business portion of the community; that no offers or subscriptions would be received bind ing him to erect a depot on or at a cer tain fixed point.,; : That the road will be built, we have the evidence of Mr. Geary that enough iron has been bought, and is to be deliv ered at East Portland between June and July next, to build sixty miles of road, besides the twenty miles already con structed; the fact that a car and black smith shops have been erected at a cost of tTo or three hundred thousand dol lars; that saw mills are erected on the line of the road, capable of sawing 90,000 feet of lumber daily, and that enough ties have been sawed out to complete twenty miles of road at once. These are evidences that Holladay intends to pros ecute the work, says Mr. Geary, or else his senses have forsaken him. Baptismal Ceremonies. A large number of our people were assembled on the bank of the Willamette, at the foot of Ellsworth street, to witness the immer sion , of new members of the Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Hill officiating. The weather -was cool. There was but one person baptised, we believe. ; FROM LEBANON. PROV OCB BEGULAB CORRESPONDENT. Lebanon, January 1, 1870. The holidays have passed pleasantly with .the citizens of our rural village. The Masons had a supper in their hall on ' Christmas Eve, on which occasion their officers for the ensuing year were installed. "We understand that all had a very pleasant time supper abundant and of the very best, and the company, as it was composed exclusively of Masons and their families, of course was pleas ant. The Good Templars had a supper in their hall Christmas evening. We understand' that it was a grand affair. Provisions of the very best were so abundant that not more than half was consumed, though there were about one hundred persons present. By the way, this Lodge, we suppose, is one of the most prosperous in the State. It now numbers about one hundred members in good standing; and new members are initiated at almost every meeting. Since the annual meeting of the " Lebanon Ditch & Manufacturing Com pany," the general impression is that the ditch will be dug and a mill erected by next harvest. The new Board of officers arc live men are determined to push it through. About fifteen hundred dol lars of stock has been taken since the annual meeting. By tho way, a delega tion from your city was up here this week to see if some arrangements might not be made by which Albany might have the benefit of " the ditch." We would have Albany to understand that this ditch is to convey water fo Lebanon. If you wish to use the water at Albany, you are welcome to do so, a fter Lebanon has had the benefit of it. Albany is too near Lebanon, at any rate, to ever make a place of much importance. From the great adoo which is made about the OREGON CENTRAL RAILROAD Passing through Albany, we are led to infer that the future prosperity of your city depends upon the accomplishment of that event. We are happy to be able to assure you that the prosperrry of our city depends on no contingencies. Leb anon wll prosper, let the Oregon Cen tral Riilroud " go where it may. It may be true that a branch of the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD, Crossing the Cascade mountains over the Willamette Valley and Cascade Wagon Road, will pass through the Main street of Lebanon, and intersect the Oregon Central at some poiut between Corvallis and Jefferson ; yet the prosperity of Lebanon does not depend on that. Now, sir, if you would be a million heir (mil lionaire) lay out several thousand dollars in real estate in Lebanon. But if you do not wish to do this, the next best thing is to buy a section of land at the junction of the Lebanon branch of the Pacific with the Oregon Central. But in order that you may be greatly bene fitted by either of these transactions, ytu will have to act promptly. RELIGIOUS MEETIXGS. A series of religious meetings have recently been held at Soda Springs, by Rev, E. A. Judktns, pastor of the M. E. Church at this place, which resulted in twenty-three conversions and accessions to the church. X. Letter from tbe County School Super intendent. Officb or Coiixty School Supkristesdekt") Fob Likk Coustt, Oregon, December 3utb, 1S69. J Editor Register : As there have been several applications to this office for copies of the school law, of which there are non for distribution ; and as several districts suffered loss last spring through errors in their reports, or through too great delay in sending them to this office, I have thought it best to call the atten tion of the clerks of school districts to this subject, through your columns, with your kind permission. The law provides that before the first Monday in March of each year the re port must be made to the Superintendent. This means that the report must be in the office of the Superintendent on that day, as that is the day on which the ap portionment of the school . fund among the districts is made, and he cannot know of reports still in the offices of the clerks, or in the mails, or perhaps in some one's hat, where some reports appeared to have been carried, a week or two before they reached the office, and were too late in consequence. V,"-;- It is evident that the 2?th of Febru ary is too late to" make a report, espec ially when that mouth has but 28 days, as last February. In fact, ' making the report should never he put off later than January, as then it will have all of February to go to the office, and it is hardly passible that accident of any kind, could delay a report if mailed before February. It is wrong, also, for the children of any dis trict to be deprived of their portion of tho public fund through the neglect of the clerk who has taken an oath to per form his duty. ! The report should contain : 1st. Number of legal voters. 2d. Number of persons over four and under twenty years of age. 3d. Number of male scholars. 4th. Number of female scholars. 5th. Number of quarters school tau;ht. 0th. Kind of books used. 7th. Number of scholars in average attendance. 8th. Amount paid teachers from dis trict tax. ' - ;n 9th. - Amount received and paid teach' ers from the county fund. 10th. Amount of incidental expenses. 11th Total amount of tax levied and collected. 12th. Names of teachers employed. The whole number of the male and female scholars, in the 3d and 4th items above, should amount to the 2d item, the number of persons over four and under twenty years of age. In two reports last Winter there was a discrepancy in thepe amounts. One in particular re ported 57 persons over 4 and under 20 years of age, 18 of whom were males and 21 females; 18 and 21 is only 39, leaving 18 persons who were not account ed for as male or female. There being an obvious error in this report, and the number 39 being probably the nearest right, it was made the basis of the appro priation for that district. One report also failed to mention any school taught; and had not the clerk happened into the office just in time to correct it, thac district would have lost its share of the fund. These mistakes arc brought to the notice of clerks that they may guard agaiust similar errors, as the items men tioned, the number of mules and females over f mr and under twenty years of age, and the number of quarters school taught, are absolutely necessary in order to eutitlc the district to a share in the fund. It is doubtful if there has been a single apportionment at which some district has not failed to get its just por tion of the county fund, through error in the report or its failure to arrive in time. But if the clerks will take this notice in good part and act accordingly, there need be no such cases the coming March. Perhaps they had better cut out this article and keep for reference, and, if in consequence, the reports all come into this office in lime, and correct, so that every district gets its fair share of the public fund, leaving no occasion for fault finding or ill feeling hereafter, I shall be amply repaid for writing this communication. J. W. Mack, Co. School Supt. for Linn Co., Oregon. . e Upset. A wagon containing eleven persons, on the night of the 30th ult., was accidentally upset en a steep grade just at the residence of H. A. Johnson, Esq., two miles north of Jefferson, pre cipitating the whole party to the ground. The soft condition of the ground pre vented the " serious killing " of any of the party; but two of the young ladies sustained painful injuries one lady's wrist being sprained, and another lady was deprived of consciousness for a short time. Nick Springer came out with a whole skin, but he was a perfect fright, being covered with mud from one end to the other ! The wagon turned completely over, aud " it's the greatest wonder in the world " that the party escaped with so few bruises. A Change. The Eugene Journal says that Ben Holladay has removed Chief-Engineer Brooks and appointed Hon. Jesse Applegate in his stead. The Journal further adds. " We regard this highly commendable appointment on the part of Mr. Holladay as beinz carticu- . i.j ularly to the interests of the people of Eugene. Mr. Applegate is a reliable and experienced man, and may be ex pected to perform the duties of the office satisfactorily. We are glad that one of the most worthy citizens of the State has received the position. : We believe, so far as Mr. Applegate will have power or influence, the road "ill be located so as to promote the best interests of all. i T, - Received. We are in receipt of the list of premiums awarded at the Or egon State Fair for 1869. It makes a pamphlet of some forty odd pages, and contains, besides the premium list, the opening and, annual addresses, and pro ceedings of the Board of Managers and Society. : '! The young man Boker, confined in the Eugene City jail for larceny, made his escape last week by removing some of the stones in the side wall large enough to crawl through. Search was being made for him. : . . '-,r.x -:,t- A jar of spirits containing the body of an infant was found buried near Orq ville, ' ; Baron Munchausen Outdone. The Panama correspondent of the N. Y. Sun, under date of November 8th, tells tbe following miraculous tale, which is equal to the best of the Munchausen tales : ; Your readers will remember the story concerning S10,000,000 in silver buried on the Cocos Island, which was started in San Francisco ten years ago, and has been , probably published in every coun try newspaper in the United States..' The tale was that a doctor in San Francisco was one night called to the bedside of a sick and poverty-stricken sailor. The doctor watched over him carefully, and made and paid for all his own prescrip tions." In spit 6 of att his precautions the" sailor grew worse, and at last the doctor told him he must die.' The man was deeply affected, and wept bitterly.' Death came over him slowly but surely. On his dying bed, with tears in his eyes, he thanked the doctor for all his kindness, and said he could and would repay him for all his trouble. In a f jw short breaths he told him that in his younger days he had been a pirat. With twenty companions he had shipped on a Spanish treasure ship at Callao bound to Cadiz. When five days out they rose and butchered the passengers, after which the course of the ship was changed due west. Three weeks afterwards, during a drunken carousal, the! ship ran upon a reef of rocks fringing an island in tbe Pacific, and before morning eight of the buccaneers were drowned. At the break of day they reached the shore in boats, and found the island fertile and pleasant. After three days' hard work they brought the kegs of silver dollars to the shore and buried them. . The treasure amouuted to over 810,000,000. As wa ter was scarce, and the provisions on the wreck were totally damaged, the twelve pirates took to their boats and steered for the coast of South America. Noth ing was ever heard from one of the boats, and it was probably swamped in a great storm which occurred tbreo days after they had left the island. The provisions in the other boat soon gave out, and the men gradually became delirious for want of sustenance. Two jumped overboard, and were drowned. Oue of their com panions died in the boat, and a fourth was killed by his comrades, who drank his blood. After drifting under a burn ing sun for two weeks, the survivors were picked up by a passing vessel. Oue of them died on the following day, and the other lived to tell his story to hundredstofi in-Crdslou listener, and to seek in vain for the means to return to return to the island. He was now about to end a life of disappointment in death. At the conculiiou of his story the dying sailor drew from under his bolster a roll of papers giving the lati tude and longitude of the island as near as possible, and handed them to the doc tor ; but before the physician could ex amine them the old sailor died. The mutiny occurred during the Peruvian revolution against Spain, and the sailor died in San Francisco, some thirteen years ago. A careful study of the chart located tbe island in the vicinity of Co cos. The doctor embarked iu the scheme with all his wealth, rigged out a schooner, and sailed from San Francisco in search of the Ei Dorado. He returned a ruined man, unable to discover the island. Oth er expeditions were fitted out, but none were successful- Iu July, 18GS, several gentlemen in this city bought a schooner and fitted out an expedition. There were twenty-six persous in tho party. They left in high spirits, with complete charts, and seemed confident of success. The most of tbe party were old Californians,. and were used to a life of adventure. Among the party was one George Cummins, a tnan of large experience,, who had accompa nied one -of the previous expeditions. They reached the island after fifty-six days' navigation, thoroughly worn out aud disgusted. They spent nineteen days there vainly looking tor the hidden riches, and then gave up the hunt as en tirely Utopian.. Setting sail again for Panama, they finally brought up in La Union, whence Cummins came up to this city with the news of their blasted hopes. It was thought that the failure of this expedition would pat an end to all at tempts to recover the specie. This was not the case. .Last winter some of the superstitious and wealthy citizens of Costa Rica began to agitate the subject anew. A company wis organized, composed cf some of tbe prominent; Government oih cials. The matter was brought be lore the Casta Rica Congress, and after an investigation they .authorized the pur phase of several shares of the stock on Government account. A large majority of the members of the new expedition were soldiers, probably sent to look after the interests of the Government. A priest was sent along to look after their spiritual welfare. They left Costa Rica in June last. Nothing has been - heard of them until yesterdayj when a letter was received from one of the party by a friend in this city, containing intelligence of the discovery of the treasure. The let ter states that all the treasure has not yet been found, and therefore no estimate of its value can be given. The greater part of that which has already been dug out is in silver, the most of it in Spanish dollars. - : .:; . .- U To Make Little Bot's Trousers Last. When you make a suit of elothes for them, finish the coat first, and, by so doing, you will make their trousers- last. It is the only way the thing can be done, A little boy having broken his rocking-horse the day it was bought, his mam ma began to scold, when he silenced her by inquiring: ' " What s the good of a boss till it's bToke?" " Holding Vanderbllt's Horse A, Trwo, Story. A young man from a neighboring State, who has been recently rescued from, a score of hungry creditors, and who still has a credit at his banker's of about $100,000, ; but who, not. long ago, was in reduced circumstances and obliged to live in mtirnniAntt nn Sfnfpn Talnnrl makes the folio win u solution of a comrje- tency.' The gentleman Holt by - name -was residing in one of the fashionable hotels on Staten Island. He was ex tremely down hearted. Tbia was the reasou of his low spirits : About two years ago he had married ft very hand some woman, on whom he fairly doted. At that time he bud $25,l)tfO in cash. : C! C .av. ' " .-1 TsTl removed to this city, and became a broker on Wall street. II t was too honest to Eucceed there. The . bulls and bears gored and tore him j-finaucially and in less than a month he had not a dollar left. Disgusted, hej left with as good a, grace as possible, leaving his cash to ful fill its mission. With wife and child ha went to the countrvl taid finally, as be fore stated, settled down in a hotel onj Statcn Island. His Wife had some means, and she gave it freely to the support of the family. I A V,,,..t !. r. . v.. r - vw u iv nccMflw, ftitltr uuo nut 1 - ternoon, a gentleman drove up to the ho tel where Holt was! living, and giuffly asked if there was a oy there who would hold his horse, i "I jwill do it, sir," said Mr. Holt, and he did hold the animal during the time consumed by the elderly gentleman in obtaining his dinner. A few days later the same gentleman, driving tbe same horse, stopped at the. same hotel and hunted again for a boy to hold his horse. Nd boy- being present, Holt again volunteered. He held the, horse until the hostler came to take the ani mal to the stable, and then retired within the hotel to dress for dinner. Mrs. Holt had a way of making her husband get him self up very respectably at least once a J .1 La . 1 . J uiijr, uuu mat was for ine uinner nour. Usually, he had been rather negligent of his costume, and since his financial fiatco, had already become quite seedy. When Mr. and Mrs. Holt entered the hotel dining room that evening Mrs. Holt was resplendeLt. Her husband was at least dressed in a gentlemanly style. At an adjoining table Eat the elderly gentleman whose horse Mr. Holt on two different occasions had the pleasure of holding. The eyes of the elderly individual were observed to dilate considerably. In fact, he stared at Mr. and Mrs. Holt. But he said wojjumr atAhat Jts.'i. " After din ner," however, Lo tooghVflut Mr. Hols and bluntly asked his name. ''Holt, sir, at your service." "And who do you thiuk I am ?" again asked the elderly personage. "Oh, you ? You are 'old' Yaderbilt ! I know you, and the horse I have held is Mountain Boy, an animal any man might be proud to draw a rein over." : r ;..':. .,: Instead of taking offence at the epi thet "old," Mr. Yanderbilt for it was tho Commodore seemed to like it, and he made some inquiries about Holt's an tecedents, took a fancy to him, and per emptorily ordered him to make his ap pearance at his up-town office on tbe en-' suing forenoon at precisely 11 p'clock. Holt promised to cbey, did so, and had an interview of over anhour's duratioq with the millionaire. " What was done o 6aid on that occasion no one has ever been able to learu. j But a few days later Holt made his appearance in Wall street aud speculated stiongly and successfully : - ! k i i iu a uertaiu miu oi fiiucas tuuwii iu ira mostly controlled by Commodore Yander bilt. So well did he work his card with tho instructions undoubtedly obtained from the Commodore, that in a few weeks he had cleared over $100,000, iu cash, which he deposited with a promii nent banking-house whose vaults are pro tected with burglar-proof locks, and who, keep day and night watchmen expressly paid to see that no unauthorized person tampers with those safeguards. Two weeks ago Yanderbilt sent for Holt again and said to him "Young man, t heard you had made some money. I am glad to hear . it. Now, just take my 'advice a second time. Never put foot in Wall street again. You ftrA nnfc aiiitArl fnv trier armnaririArA- Shun' 11 HO JUU WUUIU 1U; UCVU. AUU V UU enough. Keep what you have, and be contented." s ' Holt now shuns Wall street as he would a pestilence.) ! A Model Parlor Maoazine. For. beauty of typography, artistio engrav ings, and high-toned literary "articles, together with a large and beautiful dis play : of the Fashions. 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