I VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870. NO. 23, rCSLISHBD lUtT SATURDAY BT COJLI. VAX CLEVE. OX COBBER Or PERBT ASD FIRST-BT8. err ice . , - ; v TEEMS IN ADVANCE. One Tear Three tollarS Six Months - Two Dollars 6 ingle Copies.,... ......Tea Cents ADVERTISING RATES. Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or lees, trat insertion, $3 ; each subsequent iaeertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the moat liberal terms. , JOB WORK. HettbV receive new type, stock of colored Inks, ear, ordon Job her, etc., we are pre pared to execute all kinds of printing in a better manner and y per eeat, cheaper than ejer bo lore offered 1 this city. - " - Ag-sjnfa for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorised to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising. etc., for the Keoisteb : HIRAM SMITH, Esq. Judeo S. H. CLAUG11TON- PETER HUME, Esq. It. R. KIRK. Esq E. E. WHEELER, Esq T. H. REYNOLDS, Esq Geo. W. CANNON, Esq L. P. FISHER, Esq .........Harrisburg. ......... Lebanon. ...Brownsville ......Scio. ....... Salem. ...Portland. , ...'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. A. WHEELER, Notary Public. BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. r EGAL INSTRUMENTS OP ALL KINDS 1 A made d attested. Conveyances anu cox- lections attended to. 126 o J. HAAXO., Attorney and Counsellor at law, ALBANY. OREGON. FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's Brick. 1-69 ZXiltabidel & Co., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO visions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. E. A. Freeland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery. Gold and Steel Pens, Ink,-eto., Post office Building. Albany, Oregon. . Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 S. XX. Clanghton, NOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Office in the Post Offioe building, Lebanon, Oregon. Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted ( say earn. 1 4. . arrcaELL. , i. f. bolph. a. smith. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS ad COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty , Ofieo over the old Post Office, Front street. Portland, Oregon. I row eli.. i FXissr. ' : Powell Sc. FIii.il,' ATTORNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (X. Flinn, Notary Public,) Albany; Oregon. Collections and conveyances prompt r attended to. 1 J. QUI Nil THORNTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ; . ALBANY, OREGON. WILL practice in the superior and inferior courts of Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton and Polk counties. Five per cent, charged on collections when made without sueing. j 19-69 Sr. ST. BEDriBLD. P. W.. SPIHK. V. M R EDFI ELD & CO., CONSTANTLY - on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Previsions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tqbacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, in-. Ac, Wholesale and Retail, opposite K. C. Hill A Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5oct9 ALDAMlr It ATI! MOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citUens of Albany and vi cinity that be has taken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attintic 3 to business, expects to suit all (those who may favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing; Saloons, fce expects to give entire satisfaction to all. Srr- Children and Ladies' bair neatly cut and shampooed. - JOSEPH WEBBER. evl9yj E. F. RUSSELL, ATTOKSBT AT LAW. JAMES ELKINS, STOTARr PUBLIC. RUSSELL & ELKINS, (Office in Parrish A Co.'a block, Tirst street,) ' Albany, Oregon. HAVING TAKEN INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP Jakes Elkihs, Esq., ex-Clerk of fjinn eounty, we are enabled to add to onr prac tice of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Cewreyaacing, Examining Records, aad attending to Probate business. ' Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages car. Homestead and Pre-emption anade, and claims secured. Sales of. Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on -reasonable rates. , AU business entrusted to them faithfully and promptly executeo. , . i HTJSSELL A ELKINS. Albany, Oct. , '88-Sy Papers "Oil TO HIT ! WADSYORTH & KUHN Are now ready to execute all kinds of : Plata and Fancy Painting ! USIOW REPUBLICAN CONVEN TION OK OREGON. The Union Republican voters of the State of Oregon will meet at the City of Portland, at 10 o'clock A. M., on Thursday, the 7th day of April, 1870, in Delegate Convention, for the purpose of placing in nomination a State Ticket to be sup ported at the approaching election in June, and the transaction of such other business as shall properly come before said Convention. Counties will be entitled to delegates as follows: Baker 7 Benton 1 Clackamss- 12 Clatsop 3 Coos Curry 2 Columbia 2 Douglas .... ....12 Grant 7 J ackson 10 Josephine.. 4 Lane ...12 Linn 18 Marion 24 Multnomah. 20 Polk......... ..11 Tillamook 2 Umatilla- 5 Union... 6 Washington 9 Wasco 6 Yamhill IX The Committee recommend that the County Conventions for tboJelection of Delegates be held on Saturday, the 26th tUy of March, 1870. By order of the State Central Committee, M. P. BERRY, Chairman. T. B. Odexkal, Secretary. Portland, January 19th, 1S70. PORTLAND CARDS. 8. D. SMITH. THE 6EO. B. COOK. OCIDEIMTAL, FORMERLY Western Kotel, 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 bw far the Best Hotel In Portland. A call from the traveling public will satisfy them that the above statements are true. SMITH A COOK, Props. N. B. Hot and cold Baths attached to the house for the benefit of guests. 50 Portland, August 15th, 1869. AMERICAN EICIIAAGE, CORSES OP Front and Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. - - Proprietor. I. P. W. Quimby, - (Late of the Western Hotel.) THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be ths endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste comfortable. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat landing. 7&f The Concord Coach will always be four at the landing, on the arrival of steamships sr river boats, carrying passengers and their bae gare to and from the boats free of charge JJouee rupphed tcth Patent r ire c.xtinguiiher. COS.HOPOI,ITA HOTEL.. (rOSXEUT ABUGOSl'l,) Front street : : : Portland, Oregon. THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now pre pared to oner the traveling public better accom modations than can be found elsewhere in the city. Board and Lodging 82 OO per day. The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Passengers and baggage to and Irom tne Hotel free of charge. J. ts. bfKtJIjtK. Signs, Carriages, Buildings, as well as . . . ,;. : Graining, Faperhaaging, Caleinining, . and in fact all kinds sad styles of PIjAIN AND iORJs ABSENT AX. WORK, --'that ean be dowe with Paint and Brash, at Give us a ealL -Shop on . Ferry street, over Kuhn a Adams' ,wsgon shop. Tl LANK Deeds, Mortgages, -ate., on bead latest styles, and for pals low, at this office. Office Oregon A California Stage Company, B. G. Whitebocse, Agent. 2tf Jew Columbian Hotel, Nos. 118, 120 and 122 Front street. PORTLAND, : i OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. 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. T.T Rooms newly furnished and well ventil ated. Superior accommodations for families. 2m The New Columbian Hotel Coach will be in attendance at all the landings to eonvey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 jzS Free ol Charge ! 69 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Scio News. The initial number of the Scio News reached us on Saturday. It is a four-column paper, H. H. King, editor, published every Thursday, at $1 50 per annum. We glean aa follows from its pages : The editor thinks a macadamized road should be built at once, irom Scio td in tersect the railroad at the nearest point and urges immediate action in the mat ter. The number of pupils attending school the present quarter, is given by the teach er, Mr. Carter, as 86 ; whole number en rolled, 91. ! ' , . '1 Messrs. Wheeler & Ostrander have packed nearly two hundred thousand pounds of pork this season. They had forwarded ten tons of a superior quality of bacon to San Francisco. Although large quantities of dried apples have been shipped' from Scio to Salem, there is quite a supply still en hand. Farmers are studying economy, and are saving the products of both farm and orchard. ; W. N. Snyder left Scio on Tuesday with five teams heavily freighted with butter, eggs, intended for the San Fran cisco market. The young folks of Scio were enjoying themselves over oyster suppers during the evenings, and their excess of spirits de stroyed the rest of the editor. Mr. Biyleu has quit boteling, and Mr. A. Brigss assumed control. The death of Volley Clisby, eldest son of John and Amanda E. Miller, aged 5 years, 1 month and 1 day, is chroni cled as transpiring on the 1st. For Abolishment. -The House of Representatives, by an overwhelming majority, has voted to abolish the frank ing privilege. Bound Over. Archibald Rader, who had a preliminary examination last week, on a charge of forgery, was held in S600 to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court. At last accounts he had failed to give bail in the required amount. Scan Mag. It is reported that one of our citizens has been ordered to appear before the elders of one of our churches, and answer to the charge of bigamy. Appointment. The office of Pilot Commissioner, made vacant by the death of Capt. John II. Couch, has been given to Thbs. J. Dryer, formerly editor and proprietor of the Portland Oregonian. Railroad Item. The Oregon City Enterprise says it is confidently expected that work will be commenced on Holla day's road at Parrot's creek, about next Tuesday, the 15th inst., and that the twenty miles of road now constructed will be ballasted for business as rapidly as the weather will permit. Humbug and Rascal. The Port land Herald thinks Wood, of New York, or any other Democrat who advocates the payment of the national debt, is a humbug. Wood thinks the Herald, or atiy other Democrat who advocates repu diation of the national debt, is a rascal. Yet we continue to be told that Democ racy is the same everywhere. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. MEALEY DEALER IN A MANUFACTURER OF FTJll.ia"ia?ITIl.B! ' ... and - ' CABINET WARE i Bedding, Etc., er First and Broad Alb in streets, ALBANY, OREGON. f FaRTICULAB ATTEBTIOSr PAID TO ORDERS OP ALL KINDS in bis line. October ' 186S-8 S3 O m t- CO t ait rrarABcn to no 1 AIX KIHDS OF TCHNIKG i . J I. keep on hand aad make to order RAWHIDE-BOTTOlgSP CHAIRS, -'"'.'-"'' AM . SBlaalBr Wattl- Shop near the "Magnolia Mills." I ' ' :'' JOHN M. METZLEB i Albany, Nov. 38, 1808-19 - From Our Warm Springs Correspondent. Little Injun still exists, and now de scends from the mountains to the plain. As his winter's muckamuck is stored away, and his turn -turn good, he can now recline in enviable quietude, and watch the sportive antics of his clutchman as she carries in the nights'- wood, or he carries her shawl for her while she trudges along so happily, with three hundred pounds of flour on her back. ; Since my last letter the opening day of the new year has dawned on mankind, and with that" dawning has passed into oblivion's dark retreat, many a heart-ache, many a bitter Ttear lor tnisspent hours j hours that will perhaps cause remorse far years to eome.. To me it is. especially hard, as I cast my eye back through the dim vista of last year, and see the moun tainous pile of hopes forever wrecked the lost, loved and long to be remembered salt salmon and cammas. Well do I realize that the great pendulum of time never ceases to tick ; that thus days, minutes and years are being ticked away ; and that at tha final tick there must be a striking for either the Temperate or Torrid zone.. Thusly am I warned, and will commence anew to run on tick. 1869 is so more ; 1870 is upon us. To my tiUicums I cannot see in what the change has been an injury. They have grown older, perhaps, but not wiser. Time's variations affect them but little, as they know nothing about them, and the law forbids the use of hovr glasies. Thus are they denied some of the joyous times of the Bostons. While the liostons are passing New Years ia banqueting, dancing, hugum bussoming, tax-paying and turning up hour-glasses, we Indians are content with plenty of cammas and salmon, but never indulge in hugum-bussoming. We al ways observe the day. By the first glim mering of the morning sun our clutch men cuts the wood and gets breakfast ; combs her hair with her fingers, and greases it with salmon oil. She then has an of-fishal scent. Her toilet is finished by a red blanket and fifty pounds of beads, all of which make her look Mas losh ! We bucks dress ourselves in a striuk of beads, and are ready to accom pany our dearest Samantha Jane's. Our accing may be neither elegant nor en tertaining, but we enjoy it, and feel as happy as a big sunflower. The thrill of joy running through my heart, like a hog through a mudhole, when the maiden of the forest, for whom, only, my heart pul sates so quickly, casts that glance of ten der love from her dark almond eye full upon me, filled with, ah ! so much love, tenderness and dirt, makes me feel just like I wanted pap to see me. Then, when she reclines that uncombed head upon my manly bosom, my heart more rapidly pulsates at the thought of, the cussed tokens of remembrance which commence to crawl over vie. Now, Mr. Editor, I turn my hour glass bottom upwards for the success of the Albany Register through the present year. Xour paper is interesting, anu much thought of up here. So here s a turn of hour glasses to all the subscribers you have and all you're going to have. Little Injun. Oregon Railroads. Speaking of the bill granting lands in aid of the con struction of a railroad from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, Oregon, the Portland Evening Call says that the peo ple have this enterprise in their own hands. "They must be a unit and true to themselves over mere party ties, and select a delegate to the Legislature who will return a Senator who is in sympathy with, and can influence legislation at Washington. For a Democratic property owner in Portland to vote a ticket that agreed with him on the tariff or State rights, in the present crisis, is about as sensible as to go to market and try to se lect a turkey for its singing qualities." - The Fumdimq: Bill.- The funding bill offered in the Senate on the 3rd inst,, is regarded by leading bankers as the most practical measure yet presented in Congress for the reconstruction of financ es. It is thought the bill will undoubt edly pass both houses substantially in its present form. Parties of : wealth and standing in the commercial circles : of Europe sand ready to guarantee a mar. ket for 8400,000,000 of the five per cent, bonds. . OP Ail, KINDS, printed at the very lowest rates, aa ordered, at thU crfiee. Democratic Candidates. From the number of candidates in the Democratic party looking for promotion to office at the coming State election, we expect to see a (lively time during the meeting of the Slate Democratic Convention in this city. The "boys" wing or branch of the party In Oiegon, have already put upon the sate as their candidate for Governor, Gror, of Salem ; Rev. Smith, of Salem, for U. S. Senate, and Geo. R. Helm, Esq.ypresent Clerk of Linn County, ft r Congress. , But another branch of the Democracy claims a show in the nomina tions. ' This section of Democracy, Ifd by the "three laboring lawyers" of Port land, will probably play a big hand in the Convention. One of the trio wants th8 nomination for Governor, and with the help of the wing which -they control, will doubtless make it warm for the "boys." , Another wing of the party will present the name of Mr. Bush, banker, of Salem, but it is thought that unless this wing "comes down" liberally with the cash, it will cut no figure with the bed-rockers. It is thought that the chances, at present, are with the "three laboring lawyers," for if they put their wing up to the "rule or ruin" game, a nomination to suit them must be made, or a Republican victory will ensue. This "rule or ruin' game has been played suc cessfully before, and may win again Altogether1 it is a very pretty muddle, and promises to make the Convention more than usually interesting.'; Aa the Repub lican party proposes to elect its entire State ticket in Jane, it only shows what great exertions men will make for a short- lived'notoriety. Gold Diggings in Indiana. -A re turned California miner, of eighteen years' experience, has discovered gold in Clark county, (Ind.), "about twenty miles from Terre Haute. The people of that section were seized with the wildest ex citemcnt, and were leaving other business to search for the precious metal.' Population. Gen. Salomon, the new Governor of Washington Territory, is reported en route with two hundred Germans whom he has induced to make the Territory their future home. He could not well bestow a more valuable gift than this on that thriving Territory Large Gathering of Indians. Reports from Fort Fetterman and Lara mie say that Indians to the number of 4,000 are concentrating on Powder river. They consist of Sioux, Chey ennes and Arappahoes, small parties of whom are scouring the country, stealing cattle. TnE New Govebnoh of Idaho. Dr. Saml. Bard, the late nominee for Governor of Idaho Terrhory, was lately editor and proprietor of the Atlanta Aeto Era. The present Governor goes out by limitation, his commission expiring next May. Mrs. Mc Murty charges that the Paw nees, on the 8th May, 1869, left their reservation and came into Polk County, Nebraska, where they murdered her husband, and she asks that the Indian Department retain $25,000, as damages, irom the appropriation to that tribe. Received. The Chinese treaty, with, the official seals of the Empire, were re ceived by Secretary Fish on the 14th inst. Fatal Accident. We learn from the Enterprise that Mr. Nelson Harring ton, who lived a few miles east of Oregon City, was killed by the accidental dis charge of a gun in the hands of his son. Deceased was in an old house with his son, engaged in shearing sheep ; they noticed a rat in the upper part of the building ; the boy got a gun to kill the rat ; in attempting to climb into the loft, the gun was discharged, the ball striking the father in the back part of the head, killing him instantly. ' '. Congressional. A bill has been in troduced into the House.empowering the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each county in the United States either a National Bank, Postmaster, Assessor or. Collector of Internal Revenue, to prepare all pension, papers free of cost to pensioners. Pensioners will be paid every three months instead of semi-an nually, as now. -:- ; v- ; Clerical Soandai.. The Philadel phia papers report a remarkable clerical scandal. The delinquent is a Catholic Priest, name qnknown, and the victim of hU wiles. Mias Louisa Dolan. .Rev. Mr. Harley, of the Second Reformed Church has received a letter from the young lady, in which she says she is confined in a cell of the Catholic Church, and is to ; be sent to a nunnery in Milwaukee, The "affair created intense excitement in the staid city. . .'-V .. .-; x Late dispatobes say that General Pue blo's defeat in Cuba was more decisive than . at first reported that he barely escaped utter annihilation on the battle field. A Husband Publicly Horsewhip ped. Recently a wife in Philadelphia publicly horsewhipped her husband on the street. It appears the wife has a stand in the market ; the husband is a butcher. He was in the habit of getting on a drunk occasionally, absenting him self from home until all his money was used up, then going to his wife's stand in the market and taking all of her money, and spending it in the same way. A short time ago, on the recurrence of one of these sprees, she went to the saloon where he was spending his money, and presenting a pistol, informed him that if he did not accompany her home she would shoot him. : He obeyed her. Soon after, however, be was at his old tricks again. , His wife s patience was entirely exhausted, and, getting a huge " black snake " whip, she again made her appearance at his rendezvous, and im mediately commenced using the whip over the shoulders of her husband with all the power of which she was master, and did not cease until exhausted by the exertion. He accompanied her home at her order, and it is thought , the lesson will be a salutary one to him. : ,V i - John B. Weller is practicing his pro fession in New Orleans. 1 . " a The JCing of Prussia recently visited a needle manufactory in bis kingdom, in or der to see what machinery combined with the human hand could produce, lie was shown : a number of superfine needles, thousands of which together would not weigh half an ounce, and marveled how such. minute objects could be pierced with an eye. . Bat he was to see that, ia this respeot even i something finer and more perfect could ; be .created. The borer-r-that js, the workman, whose busi ness it J -to bore the eyes in these nee dles asked for a hair from the mon arch's head. It was readily given, and with a smile.: He placed it at once under the boring : machine, - made a - hole in it with the greatest care, furnished it with a thread, and then handed the " singular needle to 'the astonisheoVking. Free Trade. The Portland Evening Call, speaking of the effect of free txade on the interests of Oregon, says : If at all inclined to animal cruelty, we should rejoice to see free trade estab lished, just to see the "boap Creek Con federacy" feel its effects. For the past seven or eight years a good deal of atten tion has been paid to wool growing in Oregon, and many dozens of the Simon Pure Democracy are heavily engaged in that product, and we should greatly enjoy the wry faces they would make at swal lowing this Democratic draught. Take the 100 or more per cent, tariff off, and let bouth American wool into our markets at from seven to ten cents per pound, and the Oregon wool-growers would gladly hand over their flock to the coyotes. Maaafaoturioc would stop, lands would recede in value, and wages would fall to a European or Asiatic basis, and immi gration would almost cease. There would only be one or two classes of investment that would flourish under that order of affairs, and 'that ' would "be transportation lines both by sea and land, as also ship- pers and importers. We would produce the raw material and send it off to where it would be i manufactured, and then transported back for our consumption. From transportation monopolies in Ore gon, the Long-Tomers hare rather a hard task at present ; but a dose of free trade would settle their case in a way that would work in the kill or cure style. i , The Irving correspondent of tb&ZdcA- fiete Monitor, gives the following illustra tion of the power of a true wife over a husband who had entered onithe ruinous career of a gambler : ! I stepped into our new saloon the other day to gather what news items the place might afford. " All were busy play ing cards, billiards, and tipping the social glass save partner and myself when all at once the door opened and a lady stood quietly looking in. It was a young wife who saw the man whom she loved as her life her husband on whom her happiness or misery depended a frequenter of a gambling hell ! On seeing her husband at a table playing, with her voice ladened with grief, morti fication, and love, she said, '- Husband, come home ! Come, dear, and go home with me !" The effect was electric Had Gabriel sounded his trumpet it could not have created much greater con sternation in the ranks of rum, than did those ' loving words, " husband come home !" The kind but astonished hus band went home with the best friend he has in this world his wife. . I shall al ways think better of him for it. His partner in tne game trembled witb excitement for he too had a wife and loved ones at home. Billiards and beer all at once lost their charm iov him He shook hands with the bar-keeper, and called the attention of the crowd to the fact that he had resolved never to play another game m that . grocery. As ne re tired, the saloon keeper implored him to come back, saying, " it you allow your self to be scared off in this way by these women, you will break me up." In my. imagination, 1 see the gentle opening of a door, and hear the modest wild as in mortifying grict she lovingly says: "Husband, come home! Come dear, and go home with me I ! 1 - The above item is no fiction, it is ac tually true, save the suppression of the names of the parties concerned. Cuban Affairs. The following par agrapn irom uoionei J)orney a paper, quite in contrast with those which he was in tne babit ol writing some weeks ago, undoubtedly expresses the view now taken by the administration, of affairs in Cuba. He says ' The Cubans persist ently and flauntingly violated the laws of the United States, and blunted the ar dent sympathy with which the loyal peo ple of the North regarded them. Instead of spending their means in the purchase of arms and ammunition, the carriage of which, under the American nag, Mr. Fish informed them would be protected on the high seas, the Cuban Junta, under the advice of rebel privateers and ex- confederate generals and other militarv or naval officers, publicly organized an illegal expeamon or armea men in JNew xark and fitted out illegal vessels from the ports of the United States, Instead of bending their energies to rendering prac tical assistance to the men who were fighting for their cause in Cuba, they spent tnem in vain ettort to sow dissen sion between General Grant and his cab inet, and to weaken the administration in Congress and before the people. Left thus alone, the armies of Cuba dwindled away : place after place was lost, until not a town was left to them, and the per ipatetio movements of Cesnedes, which, but for the bad management and bad faith of the Cuban managers and their friends, might have put itself in a condi tion to be recognized by; a government whose sympathies were with it, has not a shelter to cover it nor a place in which it can safely hold deliberation, and the end of the insurrection cannot long be deferred." ; A non-exnlosive lamp used with non explosive oil and capped with a patent non-explosive ourner, expioueu a Cleve land, Ohio, recently. A gentleman in the room suddenly noticed that the lamp seemed to enlarge" and he drew back a Rten or two, ? when the lamp exploded sending a hundred pieces of glass flying through the room. It was standing qn a bureau at the time, and , was properly trimmed and in good order, with all the non-explosives, yet it did explode. ' The New York eorrespooden of the Buffalo CWierstates that Whitelaw Reid the managing editor of the New York Tribune, is encaged to marry Miss Anna I liMlrinenn - - - sa 3sa ' Oregon Matters In the fj feV Senate. In the U. 8. Senate, Jan. 1Q, Mr. Wil liams presented a petition of eitiaens of Crooked River, and Ochoco villages, in, ' Wasco county,' Oregon, praying for the establishment of a post route between their localities and Dalles City ; whicb. was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. He, also presented a petition of citisen of Oregon, praying for the establishment . of a mail route from Salem, in Marion county, to Sheridan, in Yamhill county; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. ; , He also presented a petition of MrsV Candace Griswold, widow of the lata Georere Griswold. who was killed in the Indian war in Oregon in 1856, praying . for a pension ; which was referred to the Coinwfteeotrl'wislonB He also preseojted a petition, fpjf eiti aens of Pine Cieek, Goose Lake valley, Oregon, praying for the establishment of mail route irom Jacksonville, via Lind river and Goose Lake valley, to Camp. Bidwell or Lake City, in Surprise valley, California, which was referred to the Committee on .rost Umces aad. Post Roads. ;: r - On the same dav Mr, Williams askerL and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No, 371") to estab lish post routes in the State of Oregon ; which was read twice by its title, referred. to Committee on Post Unices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Teaching the Alphabet. "PaU rick, do you know your letters 1" " Yis, sir" 1 know them by sight, sir. ut I don't know their names.' Well, this is A." "How are you, A !' "You must not speak in that way." "In what way should I speak thin,, sur r ' ---. "Say what I say." "Yis, sur." "This is a." "Sure, an' is that B f I thought it was an ox-yoke." , "What was the last letter I auoweoi you?" .:, '".'' ;.' ' 1 can t remember, sur. "What bird is it that lays honey and stings ?" . "It is a wasp, sur. j . . "No : it ig a bee." .v "So it is and . looks like an ox-yoke." " What letter is that on the third page?" "I don't know, sur." "What do I do, when I look at you ?'! "I shouldn't like to say, sur." . I " T want vnii in rll m ! " j . . "I am afraid you will lick me, sur." ..nn-ll I.-, -f j , ti.-i a aa , usu uwauBtiuuwsH istusaiea. " Well, sar, you squint ?" " Can't you say O without the squint 7" "Yis, sur." "Say it then." . C without the squint". " What ia the name of the next-let. ter?" . : - . - !'- " I don't know, sur ; I never saw it before." ' Well, it is D for dunce, just like yourself. Say that." " 1) tor dunce, just like yourseit. -"Take your seat, and the spelling class will come up and spell." 1 e r A Mrs Susan Jones, who has lived with a Mr. Ruben Jones for seventeen years, and borne him eight Joneses, seeks relief in the divorce Courts, on the ground that she has just felt an irreiti- ble passional attraction Jor a ncn 01a bachelor, a Mr. Ruben Garth waite. Poor poetical, passional Mrs Jones. .' 1 Insects. On the river Amazon are- to be found spiders with bodies two inch es, and legs seven inches long, that catch ana suck birds; butterflies mat are mis taken for humming birds : green snakes just like a creeping plant, and a lovely coral snake with bands 01 biacK ana vermillion separated by clear white ringsj monkeys with white bair all over tnem ; monkeys only seven inches long ; and owl faced apes, sleeping all da y and lively au night Labor and ; CAMTAi--The daily production of the combined capital and labor of the country is set down at $25, 000,000 j or $7,000,000,000 anually. With such a capital, and with resources, such as are possessed by the United States,' combined with the irrepressible energy and aspiration of our forty mil lions of people, who ean predict the fu ture of wealth and power which" our American people must attain at the close f the centnrv. when our population wiU. Teach one hundred millions of souls 1 A secret touching the fall in muslins has just leaked out. Sorague, of Previ dence, has in his employ, a young Ger man named Praff, who not long ago in vented a method by which the printing ef cotton cloth in the Providence mills is done at a saving of from one to two cents a yard. - .While engaged in bis expert menu, he m.ade .a" discovery of still greater importance, whereby the bleach ing, which now requires foTty-eight hours may be thoroughly ; completed in much less than one hour. These discoveries enable- Sprague to undersell all other wMinnratrnviiM r( nail svaas aawki) snr? VAt sS 1 fTa UitW im ftvvui 01 b , ui yeavpjj . , sa virtually the control of the market Praff a industry and practised scientific knowl edge have been liberally rewarded j but it is said that bis share in the result of the valuable discovery be has made wjiU be a little short, of $4,000,000- vv. , I - Several horrible eases of trieblaiaeia have lately occured in Illinois, resulting in the death of entire families. Tha lesson they teach is that pork eaters must not eat the meat of the hog without cooking- Tis process ia said to destroy the parasite which, when allowed tp mt into the human system living, multiplies upoa itself in myriads and invariably destroy life through the most loathsome and tiv jibhj malady that eveT aCicted mankisd,.