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A Legend of New York- Many years before the war of tho rev elation, there stood a time-worn edifice, of mouldering brick and crumbling etonc, in the now majrnifictnt pleasure ground which we call tho Central l'ark t New ' York. Isolated aud bleak, iu those days, with no attempt at ornament upon its rudo walls, the old home had been untenanted lor years, when Hugh Garbolt saw tit to make it bis habitation. No one then living could say to whom it belonged, or by whom it had been built ; though gray-haired men told that it had sprang as trotn the earth ; unmade by mortal hands, and fit ouly for the lurk ing place of smugglers, desperadoes or demons. The last man, within their recollection, who had, lived their before Hugh Garbolt made it his home, had died there alone; nor was he known to be dead until a wandering hunter, de manding shelter at its iron-bound door and prison-like windows, and receiving so reply, forced an entrance from the rear; and after striking a light with flint and steel, beheld a human skeleton, clad in decaying leather garments, in an oaken chair, in ghostly grimness. Before this hideous figure was spread upon a table, a goodly store of gold and silver eoins, which their owner, per chance, was counting when the hand of death smote hiui sudden and sure. The hunter was a man of nerve, and did not hesitate to appropriate the treasure ; and though he did not fail to tell of what he had seen in the chair, he did not say a word of what he had taken from the ta ble the latter truth leaked out when the hunter became a man of money. Tho honest burghers of New Amster dam, as its first white settlers defiantly persisted in calling New York, smoked their pipes for three months in deep cog itation and resolved unan;mously that th hunter was a tremendous liar, until a tall, gaunt and evil-eyed man from France set the town in an uproar by declaring that be intended to penetra'e to the spot and make the house his abode. From tha very day that the hunter had told his tale the shunned dwelling hud been called "The Skeleton's House," and no urchin, however daring, had ventured within a mile of it; and as for any sensi ble Knickerbocker's going there, the very idea-was preposterous. ! But Hugh Garbolt, with a sneer that liad been grooving his thin, hard face for sixty years, defied all known and un known demons, with a scoff that made the good burghers hair brist'e over their Tieads, and went alene to ''the house, of the ekeletou." The burghers waited two days, and then nodded through clouds of .smoke that Huh Garbolt was a fool, i 'But when he returned on the third day ' with a bag of coin so heavy that he staggered under it, the burghers opened their, eyes and whispered that Hugh I Garbolt was a very wise personage. "I searched about the place," said jGarbolt to a score of listeners, as his sneer deepened around his lips, "and found sonu mu-ty papers which told me than an old buccaneer hud lived there, and where to dig for this. I dug thse 20.000 golden crowns from under the table." "But," said Hans Von Schleepcr, the innkeeper, as he slowly filled his pipe, "the skeleton ?" "Is there," said Garbolt. "My dear friends, you are all welcome to that." ; The burghers smoked several hundred pounds of strong Jamestown weed dur ing the following week, and on the eighth day resolved to claim the 20,000 golden crowns for the township. But Monsieur Garbolt had disappeared, and with him went the crowns. Twelve months rolled on and still the skeleton of the dead buc caneer held grim and unmolested wat.-h over the table, when young Albert Van demeer paid it a visit. Albert Yande meer was the only son of a most worthy and respectable widow, whose huaband had paid the great and final debt when Albert was but ten years old. Ten years more had passed, and though the ,8ad hearted widow held her head droopingly, as she thought of the time past, here soft eye sparkled with joy as she gazed upon her manly son. Kind, generous, handsome and affectionate, with his tall, lithe frame, keen blue eyes, and bounding step, he never paced the street ungreeted by gossip, glance or smila front the rosy damsels that fes- tooned the windows like living garlands of beauty on either side. But the jrood burghers and their better wives shook their heads as he stepped so gaily, and said he was by far too daring, as had been his father, who bad lost his life in trying to swim through Hell Gate with out putting out the fire of his pipe, an exploit that extinguished pipe and life forever. One fine day some phlegmatic youth, who envied Albert for his famous courage, bantered him to go and spend a Stormy night in "the skeleton's houe." "I've a resoect for tombs," said Al bert, a his, handsome face flushed with indignation, "and have never made them a butt for sport. And that is the only reaeon I have never entered that bug bear. But if you, John Bloof, will go with me, I will stay there any night you may appoint." John Bloof turned pale at the idea, and took to his heels as some of his young companions vowed the challenge was fair; but Albert declared that he alone would dure the unknown horrors of the place that very night. "For," said he, glancing at the sky, "the clouds that seud above, foretell a stormy night to my sye." j Arming himself with his father's trusty pistols, and good old cutlass that had cloven the scalp lock of some dozen or more red savages, Albert was soon on his way towards the awful spot, nor did many hours pass ere he found himself before it, despite the roughness of the journey and the tangled maze of forest and , undergrowth- that then' covered the now well cleared park. " "-. tfTb& skeleton house'.' was of one story and a-half, square in shape, and built in the midst of a dense wood, here and there broken by the -rugged ; backs of huge rocks, that seemed like stony giants forc ing their way to tho upper air. One iron-bound door in front and - two strong, oaken shattered windows, all as firmly closed as the entrance cf a tomb, met the youth's first glance as he paused be fore it. He walked cautiously around it and found similar entrances in tho rear, but the door yielded to his touch, and cutlass in baud, he entered not fearing forty skeletons, though brawny sinews nrglit clothe them. At first he could discern nothing, but when his eyes be came accustomed to tho gloom he saw the silent and fleshless sentinel still grin ning iu terrible mockery of mortality over the worm eaten table, while many a mouldering bone of its frame lay damp and dark around it. Looking e'osely, the youth saw that wires had been used to keep its ghastly skull erect, and as his keen eye looked sharply around, he no ticed a part of the earthen floor much more beaten down than the remainder, and following this slight path as his sight grew clear and true, he traced it to a corner where he saw a row of grea iron spikes driven into the wall, and end ing at a Mimll trap door above in the oaken ceiling. To loosen his pistols in his belt and ascend with his cutlass ready fur anj-thiug unexpected, was but the work of an instant with the active Al bert. A steady pressure forced up the trap, and a flood of light poured iu upon the small apartment above, from a win dow there wide open. Kntering stealth ily Albert stood' erect and looked about him. Perceiving a door near him, Al bert boldly opened it aud found himself in the presence of a "most lovely girl of some fitteen or sixteen years, whose look of terror aud disgust, as he entered, im mediately changed to one of hope, joy and surprise, as her beautiful black eyes gazed into his frank and manly face. " Ah ! you have come to take me away." she exclaimed, grasping his hands. "But where is lie the monster ?" 'lie? Who? What monster?" said Albert. "The monster that ray uncle has placed over me to keep me in this horrid place." 'I have seen no such animal," said th bewildered Albert; "but if you wish, to escape, I will place you in safety in spite of every monster that ever breathed." A shrill yell, like the cry of some fierce beast, thrilled upo,n the ear, and as Albert turned to greet the uttercr, the door leading ii:to the other chamber was rudely dashed open, and the cry of terror that pealed from the young girl's lips tt.U that the enraged new-comer was her dreaded jailor. The monster was a horribly deformed man, of perhaps thirty years of age, with a savage aud brutal visage, as scarlet as vermillion itelf; with yellow, shaggy hair and tangled beard, and arms so long that the hunch-backed monster resembled a huge ape. more than a human beiug. With flaming eyes, that rolled fero ciously over the undaunted front of the athletic youth as he placed his tall and deep chested form in front of the trem bling girl, and griping with ' its long, spider like claws, this thing clad iu loose lobes of a reddish brown, snarled, "What are you here for ? Go away ! She's to be my wife when Hugh comes back. Go away !" "Oh ! he will murder me if you go!" cried the girl, claspiug her snowy hands. 'Oh ! if j-ou go take me away with you. My uncle stole me from my parents iu Yirginia he is keeping me to force my father, the husband of Garbolt's sister, to sign away all his property to hitu to get me back do not leave me." With a yell and a bound the monster was at his throat. Manfully then did Albert's stout sinews, toughened in many a wrestle with his burly comrades, second his struggles. The monster was a giant in strength, and as active as a panther. He howled, snapped his s.iarp teeth and tried to sink theiu into Albert's throat. For fully half an hour the contest was doubtful, but at length Naodemeer. ex erting all" his powers, hurled his foe head long down the trap, just as the face of Hugh Garbolt, pale and death-like, was peering from below. The weight and impetus of the vanquished monster bore G'trholt down with him against one of tho iron spikes, used as a means of as cent, a:id there, hanging by the great jagged nail, piercing fully four inches under his right car, Hugh Garbolt, shrieking with agony, was for a moment suspended, uutil a desperate plunge and struggle cast him to the hard earthen floor, as dead . as if a knife had cut his throat from car to ear fit ending to bis long unpunished career of atrocious vil lainy. Albert safely descended with the joyous but trembling girl, and instead of spending the night io "the house of the skeleton," he slept in his own snug bed, after hearinir the brief story of the res cued one, who gave her name as Ella Avail, who was warmly welcomed to the home of the kind hearted widow Vande meer. - Ella Avail was the neice of Hugh Gar bolt, who had for many years led a life of infamy, all along the colonial coasts, and she had been kidnapped by him three months before her rescue, aud hid den in that secluded house so eagerly shunned by all ; aud there the miserable offspring of her step-uncle, for her own mother was dead for many years, kept guard over the helpless girl ; though the ghastly, thing in the chuir in " the lower room, left there by Hugh to terrify her and such as might venture too nearly, would have been to her timid mind a guard as fearful as a thousand savage men. . , - When nugh Garbolt first visited the spot, its adaptability as a place of con cealment struck him at once ; for even then he had it in mind to abduct the only child of Leonce Avail, his sister's husband, a wealthy and noble of Vir ginia, who had often filled the purse of the ungrateful Garbolt. When his life was so abruptly ended, he was just re turning from Virginia with the solemn agreement on the part of the half crazed father to sacrifice every dollar he had in search of his lost and beloved child. , ? When Albert, with some dozen or more burghers, returned to "the skeleton house" the next day, they found the place a smoking ruin. The very spot where the dwelling stood is unknown, though I have often fancied I saw tho hi Jeous scarlet visage of the unhappy monster peering from ragged . rocks at the noisy skaters as they whirland dart around his ancient home. The father of Ella soon reached New York,"and in the following year all the burghers and 4goot vrows' within a mile of widow Vandemeer's house were seen one evening slowly rolling arm in arm, and puSiog with placid joy, as the frisky lads and gigantic 'frauliens' rejoiced at the wedding of Albert Vandemeer and Ella Avail. A Ministerial Mistake. The Car son, (Nev.) Appeal is responsible for the following : An amusing incident occurred at one of our churches on Sunday last, ; which it will do well to make a note of. A sombre-dressed and well-behaved young gentleman, and a stranger in the city, wending his way to one of the places where the Gospel is dispensed, and upon entering the church the minister politely bowed as in recognition of the young gentleman, which salutation the stranger could but return. The minister then arose from his seat in the pulpit, came down to the place where the young man had seated himself, and asked him to take a place iu the pulpit, aud make o prayer. Stranger "Guess you're mistaken in your man, sir." Minister "You are the gentleman, I believe, with whom I had a conversation yesterday." Stranger "No, sir, I am an agent for a wholesale liquor house in Chicago." Minister, retiring to his pulpit dis gusted, breathes a prayer of more than ordinary force and fervor. Wisconsin, says the Portland Commer cial, ought to be called the "Biver State." Here is a list of streams (and their lengths) which irrigate that thriving Commonwealth : Wisconsin, 870 miles long ; Chippewa, 220 ; Fox, 225 ; Hock, 25; Monomonee, 150 ; Wolf, 1G5 ; St. Croix, 1G0; Red Cedar, 95; Black, 145; La Crosse, 45; Lemonwier, 55 ; Manito woc, 45 ; Milwaukie, 75 ; Sheboygan, 50 ; Montreal, 34; Kickapoo, 70; and Mississippi, 212 miles in length. . i A western clergyman, determined to raise a contribution of S20 before he dis missed his congregation locked the door and put the key in his pocket. The hat went around several times, and at last S19 50 had been taken. The last half dollar came hard, and the minister was about to give it up and let his flock out, when a hand reached a half dollar through a window, and a rough voico shouted "Here, parson, here is your money ; let out my gal. I'm about tired of waitin' for her." Pere Hyaciuthe lectured in the Acad emy of Music, New York, on the Oth iust., to a crowded and brilliant audience. His theme was religious union of all sects on the principles' taught by Jesus Christ, and a reconciliation between the church and the spirit of the nineteenth century. He took occasion to pay a very high compliment to the United States, whose people he said teach Eu rope that civil liberty is perfectly com patible with the christian faith. . ... - . . . Hon. Cassias M- Clay will continue his residence in Madison county, Ky. The Lexington Statesman says that his old battle, commenced thirty odd years ago, is nut quite through, and that he has come back to add his energy and ability to that of the bold, true men of the State in organizing the Republican Party, this time for .ictory. Won't Apologize. The London Times, iu commenting on the President's Mes.-age, says the Ui.ited States will probably be willing to aceppt an apology from England in lieu of money for the damages done by the Alabama, but that Great Britain cannot do anything of th.-sr;. A Tender -Hearted Sox. A short time ago, a close-fisted farmer on the Sandy river, in Main, died, after! devis ing one dollar to his only son. The old gentleman was duly buried in the vener able churchyard, which suffered a terrible washing away by the lata flood, and a sh rt time ago his body was found oppo site the son's place, having been brought down the river a long distance. When the tender-hearted sun was informed of the fact, he made the touching remark, Probaly come back after that dollar." VARIOUS ITEMS. Almost any young lady has public spirit enough to be williug to have her father's house used as a court bouse. '' How came you to have a wooden leg?" " 'Why, my father had one, so had my grandfather. It runs in the family." The track between Marysville and Chico is being laid at the rate of one mile a day. When you make a suit of clothes for little boys, 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 young pupil of the New Orleans grammar school was scolded by his mother. " Sammy, Sammy," said she, " why did you do that ? You might have known you would hurt yourself." " How could I know, mother ?" re plied the youngster, as the pain from his bruised skin ceased for a moment. " Am I a future tense ?" The last case of modesty is that of a lady who discarded her lover, a sea cap fain, because, in speaking of one of his voyages, he said that ho " hugged" the shore. , The President declines to discuss the subject of removing the capital, and saj-s it is not proper for him to take sides one way or the other ; it is a question for Congress and the people to decide. At a recent prayer meeting in Troy, an enthusiastic brother prayed that the meet ing might be annointed with the " Isle of Patmos." " Grandpa, did you know that the United States has been in the habit of encouraging and acknowledging tories ?" " What kind of tories, sonny?" " Territories ! Now give me some pea nuts, or I'll catch the measles and make you pay for them." Never lay a stumbling block in the way of a man who is trying to advance himself in the world honorably and up rightly, for he is likely to walk over it and laugh at you afterwards. ; John Onion is the suggestive name of an Illinois editor. When he peels him self and gets down heartily to his work he must bring water to the eyes of his readers. What is that which a man does not want and struggles against having as long as possible, but when he once gets it he would not part with it for all the world ? A bald head. At Lansing, Iowa, thirty young men have formed themselves into a club, and ! vowed a solemn vow that no member shall marry any except a widow. The husbands of the place are also cultivat ing clubs mostly of hickory and swear ing that there will be a multiplicity of bachelor funerals forthwith. An editor, describing a church in Min nesota, says: "No velvet cushions in our pews ; we don't go in for style The fattest person has the softest seat and takes it out with him at the close of the services." " What does the minister say to our new cemetry?" asked Mr. Hines. " He don't like it at sll ; he says he wont be ' buried there as long as he lives, i " Well." said Hines. "If the Lnrd snares my life, I will." An applicant for a certificate to teach school lately presented himself before the superintending school committee of a town in Main ; and, after having answer ed correctly several questions in mathe matics, he was asked, " In what year did Columbus discover America ?" The young man paused, scratched his head, and replied : " Well, Mister, you've got me now !" " Was it before or after the birth of our Saviour?" continued the committee-man. The youth spent a mo cent in thought, and then, raising his huge fist and striking it upon the desk, exclaimed ; " You've got me again, by thunder '." The certificate was not irrantcd. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NATIONAL LIFE Insurance Company OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D. C. Chartered by special Act of Congress, Approved .....July 25, 1868. ADVERTISEMENTS, Osxsli Capital, $1,000,000.00 DIRECTORS : CLARENCE II . CLARK, JAY COOKE, W. G. MOORHEAD. GEORGE F. TYLER, J. HINCKLEY CLARK, E. A. ROLLINS. HENRY V. COOKE, W. F. CHANDLER, JOHN D. DEFREES, EDWARD DODE, II. C. FAHNESTOCK. OFFICERS: CLARENCE E. CLARK, Philadelphia. Presi dent. JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance A Executive Committee. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi dent. EMERLON AV. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary i & Actuary. j E. S. TURNER, Washington, Assistant Sec ! retarv. FRANCIS . SMITH, M. D.. Medical Director. J. EWING MEARS, M. D., Assistant Medical Director. THE attention of persons contemplating in juring their lives, or increasing the amount ot insurance they already have, is called to the special advantages offered hy the NATIONAL i LIFE INSTANCE COMPANY. Here is a funeral speech which a Paris paper assures us w:g actually prcn iut c.-d at Moutmartre the other day, by a faihei at the grave of his son: "Gentleman," said the lather full of emotion, " the body before me was that of my son. He was a young man in the prime of life, with a strong constitution which ought to have insured him a hundred years. But mis conduct, druukenness and debauchery of the most disgraceful kind, brought him in the flower of age to the grave which you see before you. ' Let this bo an example to you and your children.; Let us go hence." Recently 'a pale-faced, sorrow-stricken woman, wl He in a dry goods store in Kansas City, Mo., was observed by a salesman concealing a bundle of laces ui.cLr . her shawl. Very quietly, and without attracting the attention : of a single eye in the store, the salesman said to her, " I am not able to pay lor tho lace under your shawl, or you might keep it and welcome.. Please put it back while I walk to the other end of the counter." Large tears came into the woman's haggard eyes, her whole face expressed gratitude, and without a word put the lace back and walked put of the store. , In Bangor, Me., a few daya ago, a man noticed a large and small spider in pursuit of a fly. ; The email one caught the fly and was carrying him off, when the large one attacked him, took possession ot the fly and marched off. The little one crept up behind the large one, bit him on the leg, and ran away for dear life Instantly the large spider commenced swelling, and in five minutes was dead. The strong minded women, by their constant efforts in that direction, are opening to their sex all the avenues to success in life. For instance, Miss Kate Gorman has made, it is said, no less than thirty-five thousand dollars by picking pockets in New York. ! A couple of old Californians hare found gold diggings io Lapland, they made, as a summer's work, sixty ounces of good gold. ' There was a strange and startling scene in a Good Templars' Lodge in-Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday night, 16th inst. John W. Alexander, a young man, was about to be initiated, and as part of the ceremony, was offered a glass of water. He drew back with a shudder, and the recollection ot the fact that in August last he was severely bitten by a dog, flashed with terrible intensity across his mind. The next day he was out, but the memory haunted him, and he said to a friend that he would go home and go to bed and die. He went home and to bed, and in spite of drugs and uursing, the horrible malady, hydrophobia, rushed rapidly to its conclusion in death. Wed nesday afternoon he weut into his first spasm. Wednesday night he foamed at the mouth and yelped like a dog, and his paroxysms continued and grew in inten sity. Strong men held him and powerful anaesthetics : were administered. He begged to be shot, and prayed for death. Thursday, about 2 P. M., he died. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 6 m. EVERY VARIETY OF R.C.BRO;YNtACT. JlDMONTGGMERYST GILBERT ERO., AGENTS, ...... , SALEM, OREGON;,, 9a THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED ARE: It is a National Company, chartered by special Act of Congress, ISfiS. It has a Paid-up Capital of $1,000,000. It offers Low rates of Premium. It furnishes Larger Insurance than other Com pnuics 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. Every Policy is Xon-forfeitnhle. Policies may lie taken which Pay to the Insnrcd their Full Amount and Return all the Pre miums, so that the Insurance costs Only the Interest on the Annual Payments. Policies may he taken that will Pay to the In sured, after a certain number of years, Dur 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. ITS POLICIES ARE NEGOTIABLE. By the Charter of the Company, certificates of obligations will be issued', agreeing to purchase its policies at their value which, when accompa nied by the policy duly assigned or transferred, aro negotiable, and may be used as collateral se cur ty, 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 Compa nies, says , " The sooner such guarantees cease 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 Gold or Currency, . . ; -' -.- j. . ; VM. E. HALE, MANAGER. WELLS, FARGO & CO., GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE PACIFIC 130 AST. J. C. JTIEIVDEJlfDAI.Ii, '.- ' l ' TRAVELING AGENT For Oreffon and Washington Territory, Albany, September 11; I869-JW GY NEWS. Farmers Can Ride and Plow, IT SECURING OSB OF THE "GAY" PLOWS, Manufactured and sold for the very low price of $63 and $75. THE simplicity 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 use. Tho wheels are four feet in diameter, and run on the nnplowed land. Its entire construction is in no way complicated. The plow is managed in every manner with ease, and requires only two levers to be used in making any alteration. The supe riority of the "Gay" Plow will be clearly shown by the following certificate : We, the undersigned, citizens of Linn county, Oregon, having purchased and used upon our farms the "Gay" Plow, hereby certify that the same has given us entire satisfaction. Its facility for adjusting to suit the depth of furrow without 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 is strong and durable, all except the wood-work being con structed of wrought iron no castings aro used. The wheels running upon the solid land is an ad vantage over other gang-plows, in strikine off land and in plowing, not having to make the nec essary changes in the machinery, and the .eat is always level, sot thr wing tho driver forward or sideways as in other plows. Better work and more of it can be accomplished by the use of this Plow than by hand. We take pleasure in recommending tho "QcKl" Plow to our brother farmers, as one' having no superior in Oregon. J. G. REED, TV. P. ESIIOM, A. S. LOOXET, E. TV. PIKE, TV. II.GOLTTREE. H. DAVIDSON. May 20th, 1869. Tho "Gay" Plow is mannfacturei by H. Goulding, Portland Machine Shop. All orders will bo promptly attended to by ad dressing, ' C. V. GAY, ' Portland, Oregon. Albany1 Agents. . J. BARROWS CO., Agents for Linn Benton counties. JOHN BRISGS, Agent for Lins" & Benton counties. May 22, '69-37 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THE OLD STOVE DEPOT! JODJV DR1GGS, DEALER IN STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX, of the best patterns ! ALSO Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper -X717-a,io 2 and the usual cs.ortment of Furnishing Goods tu be obtained iu a JZTJCT- Repair nrntty and promptly exerted, oh reannnttble terms. "Shoii reckonings, make long friends." Front street Albany. Next door to Mansfield & Co. dec5'68-12 BLACKSlVaiTH.ftgC 1 PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS THE undersigned gives notice to the general public, that he is now mauufacturing the Galcsbtirg Patent Plow ! and any other style of plow that may be ordered. Also, particular attention paid to Horse Shoeing. Wagon and Darriage Making, and General Jobbing. All work entrusted to me will receive prompts attention, and be executed in the best possible manner with good material. A share of public patronage is solicited. Shop on corner Ellsworth and Second streets, opposite Pie-ce' Ferry. F. TVOD. Albany, November 21, 1863-11 CRAFTSMEN'S LIFE ASSURANCE C0MPAM OF NEW YORK. BUCDAIVAIV & IttEARS, GENERAL AGENTS FOB Oregon, and "Waariio'rton, Idano and . Montana Territories, .. PORTLAND OREG ON Cash Flan, Low Rates, Strictly Mntnal. 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 Yalue upon Surrendered Policies. E. S. MERRILL, Agent, oct9-5 ' Albiny, Orogon. For Sale. NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF BOSTON. INCOBPOKATED 1835. Cash assets ......... Cash Dividend, 1867........ Cash Dividend. 1868 Total suiplus dividend....! Losses paid in lsoo.,.. . $7,000,000 00 ..... 52(1,073 .....; T8,m 8,412,771 80 575,500 DO Total losses paid...... .. 3,342,100 00 Income for 1867., 2,852,031 41 No extra charge for traveling to and from tb Atlantic States, Europe, Oregon, or tho Sandwiem Islands. , . , ;; All Policies non-forfeiting, and governed by tho non-forfeiting law of Massachusetts, . Policy holders the only persons who receive d It derds in this Company, which are declared ' and paid annually ; first dividend, avail- ( able at the payment of the second annual premiums. All Policies remain in force as long aa -there is any surrender ., ' value. .. i- A'O FORFEITURES t " This old and popular Company, (the oldest Ma tual Life Insurance Company in this country) insures at the low- . est possible rates. The stability of this Company, with its past bU tory, Increasing capital and business, aud the sat' isfactory manner in which it bas discharged it. obligations in the past, are guaran ees for tbo future such as far-seeing and careful men require, in their investments. . . :'.-;, Persons generally, who thoroughly understand the workings of Life Insurance, are anxious to. avail themselves of its equitable provisions. . Full information will be given to those who. desire, at the Agency. ' HOUSE AMP FOUR LOTS! IN this city, a good new dwelling wm 11 tre necessary outbuildings, and lour lots, about twenty minutes walk from the steamboat landing. ' For particulars inquire at the office of tha P. T. Company, of J. B. MQNTITII. : ' Albany, January 30, 1869- SB MURRAY'S - IMPROVED MAGIC Oil the Kag of Pain. ju5-39tf Home Office, 39 Stat Street, Boston. Pacific Branch Offices, . j . . ' 301 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Room 3. Carter' Building, Portland, Oregon t EVERSON & HAINES, General Ate. i RUSSELL Affts, ALBANY, OREGON. Albany, September 19, 1868-2y 1809-70, u Albany Collegiate Institute. THE NEXT TERM OF THIS INSTITU tion for youth of both sexes, will open on Monday, the 18th of October next. It will be in charge of the Rev. EnwAnn R. Geary- and the Rev. Sikhil O. Ibvisk, assist ed by a corps of competent teachers. CALENDAR. The first term will embrace 1J weeks of tuition, ending February 4th, 18V0. The second term will embrace 20 weeks of tu ition, from February 7th to July 1st, 1870. RATES OP TUITION (r:n quarter or tex weeks.) Preparatory and common branches- .& 0ft Advanced English... 7 9ft Ancient and Modern Languages, Higher Mathematics, Ac 9 Oft Tuition charged from date of entrance to end of quarter, and payable in advance. Organization of College Classes;. A Freshman cla?s will be formed and a course of study prescribed at the opening of the term. Principal Text Bootes. Wilton's Readers, Clark's . English Grammar, Robinson's iMutljeimitirs, Hooker's Natural Science, Qunekeubue' Rhetoric, Abbott's Aber rrumbiti's Mental and Moral Philosophy, liark ncss' Latin Series, Fasqucll's French Series, and the roost approved editions of the Latin and Ureelo Classics. -A Record Of every recitation will be made, and an average given in Quarterly Reports ; also, of attendance ana deportment. Government. The aim will be to develop in the student a hih sense of moral obligation, honor and integ rity, and those who cannot be governed by such motives, will not remuin in the school. Board May be had in families at $4 per week, and rooms procured where students may board them selves. By order of the Board of Trustees. EDWARD R. GEARY, Albany, Aug. 21, '6!-o0 President. ? "OW TO HIT!" WADSWORTH & KUHN Aro now ready to execute all kinds of ; Plain and . Fancy Painting ! such as , Sigrns, Carriages, Biiilding, as well as Graining-, Faverhanging, Calcimlainp-. and in fact all kinds aud styles of : PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL WORK, that can be done with Paint and Brnah, at . JS- FAIR, LIVING RATES. -S Give us a call. Shop on Ferry street, over Kuhn A Adams' wagon shop. . aug21-5u , $-5 GOOD AS GOLD. $20 BUY TOE ONLY GENUINE IMPROVED .- OROIDE GOLD WATCHES, ' . manufactured bt : i-. THE OROIDE WATCH CO. They are all the best make, Hunting eases; finely chased ; look anil wear like Jin gold, and! are equal in appearance to the best gold watcnea usually costing $150. Full Jeweled Levert.Qtat' and Ladies' sixes, at CIS each. Onr Doable Extra Refined Solid Oroide Gold Hunting Cases, Full Jeweled Levers, are. erHal to $200 Gold Watcke ; Regulated and Guaranteed to keep correct time, and wear and not tamwh. Extra fine Cam. at $20 each. No money la required lit advance. Wa send by Express anywhere within the United S a tea, payable to agent on delivery, with tha privilege to open and examine before paid for, and if not satisfactory returned, by paying the Express charges. Goodt trill be inl by mail aa. Registered Packages, prepaid, by sending cash, in advance. An Aqent mending for mix vatehem getm an Extra, WA TOM FREE, making mere $15 IKotcor $90. or rn $20 Watckem for $120. Alao, Blegrant Oroide Gold Chains, of latest and most costly styles, for Ladies and Gentlemen, from 10 to 40 inche. long, at $2. $4, $. and $3 each, sent with watches at lowest wholesale prices. State kind and size of watch required,and to avoid bogus concerns, order only from , - OROIDE WATCH CO., 13to : 148, Fulton Street, New Yor. . Dissolution. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between Charles Mealey and William Plytnpt ton, under the firm name of C. Mealey h Con is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All moneys due the firm must be paid to C. MeaJcy. .All debts eontraeted by the firm will be paid npon presentation to the undersigned, who will eootinna in the furniture business at tha old stand, eorner of Broadalbin and First streets. CIIARLE MEALEY, WILLIAM PLYMPTON. Albany, June 16, '6U-4I Hiac . Chare o ! . ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to i. i r f Mnalnv i Co.. are re- sal suv juw as ui ' vn w quested to eome forward and. make immediate payment to the undersigned, ; iva- worn WW,'' SEC. V. June 19, '09, . . .i