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P. . !i i i jimjm. JJJLLILE CT. S. Official Paper for Oregon. - SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1S70. H jam iw. im mmMHmxmMJMf awe-! rapreas Uun County Union Convention. "A Bill To provide a national cur rency of coin notes, and to equalize the distribution of circulating notes," which passed the Senate and it is thought will pass in the House, has been received, In pursuance to the call of the late Union Re publican Central Committee, hold at Portland, March 26th, lust, for tho nest State Convention, the 'Cnion voters of Linn County aro requested to meet at their respective places of voting in their precincts, on Saturday, March lOtli, leTO, to choose delegates to represent them in the County Convention, to bo held at tho Court House, in Albany, on Thursday, March SJttu ISIO, -Vetoed. Gov. Haight, of California, has vetoed the bill giving Hall & Garri son S5,000 for the destruction of their rebel newspaper concern at Yisalia. There was one righteous exercise of the veto power. Newspaers Free. In the House ct Representatives, 7th instant, Mr. Getz, introduced a bill to promote the diffusion of knowledge among the people. It provides that from and after the first day and will be published in our next issue. I of Jul v next all newspapers and periodi cals published within the limits of the United Statesshall be transmitted through Water-. An exchange says : "No city ever, had too much water." Until we saw this assertion we labored under nt 11 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing J the impression that some of the antede- Eighteen Delegates to the State Convention, to be held in tho city of Portland, April 7th, next. ... The several Precincts are entitled to Delegates as follows: Albany Brownsville , Brush Creek...., Center.... Franklin Butte Scio iSantiam .......... Harrisburg , Lebanon Orleans Peoria. Sweet Home... Syracuse Waterloo Total. . 2 .52 luvian cities had at least a slight excess of that element a few centuries ago. J. H. VOSXKR, Chairman turn Ct. Central Com. We publish the testimony elicited be fore the Congressional Investigating Committee in relation to the " gold con spiracy," to show how unfounded and libellous are the charges of Democratic journals that: Grant, or any member of the administration had anything to do with it. As Trith the charge that Gnict was an, interested party in the gold con spiracy, so with, the many other charges made by, the Democracy when probed to the bottom they are found' to cave no foundation whatever, but aro utterly and l 1 ' rr" . - i oaseiy laise. xnese Doing tne only iuna brc.rer committed suicide by placing the of weapons, used by Democracy ia its ; nniK,M of a loadeJ double-barreled shot warfare against Republicanism, it is fair . , . w d - f . o ' " Capital Removed. It is thought probable that the effort now being made to remove the capital of the State of Wisconsin from Madison to Mihvaukie, will prove successful. The Area. Oregon contains an area of ninety-five thousand two hundred and seventy-four square miles, three-fourths of the entire amount, or 70,000 square miles of it, lying east cf the Cascade rantre of mountains. the mails free of postage when sent from the offices of publication to actual and regular subscribers. This bill is in ac cordance with the recomendation con tained in the report of the Postmaster General. That official asserts that if the franking privilege were abolished the t ost Ulnce Department could aaord to transmit all the newspapers free through the mails. . It appears that the revenue from newspaper postage is about 750,- 000 annually, whereas the Postmaster General says it costs 85,000,000 to main tain tho franking privilege luxury. The newspaper is held to be the best medium of communication between Congressmen and their constituents, and as the only argument in favor of the fraking privi lege is that it enables members and Senators to communicate freely with their constituents, the passage of Mr. 1 Getz's bill will do all that and more ; it : will at the same time aid in diffusing intelligence of a more valuable and gener al charatcr than the windy speeches and public documents. Oh, the Honest Democracy. Telegrams of the 1st inst. state that the great Rcpudiator and leader of the Democracy in the House, Mungen, of Ohio, is found to be implicated in the sale of cadetships. It seems ,'hc didn't hold his honor very high, as he only ob tained 300 for the appoiutment. The boy appointed to the cadetship by Mun gen is the son of a promineut Republi can, .which Mungen wa3 not aware of till the investigation disclosed the fact and here's where the joke culminates. How have the mitey fallen ! And this honest, high-toned, chivalrous leader and pet of the Democracy' valued Jtis honor at three hundred dollars greenbacks. The Democrat a right in insisting on not leaving the nomination of Senator to a Democratic Legislature. It is said Bel linger has been there. Telegraphic Summary. SEWS ITEMS. The Republicans of- Louisville, Ky., have nominated Wni. II. Granger, a merchant, for Mayor. There are three independent Democratic candidates in tho field, and unless the Democracy con centrate their strength, the Republicans will elect their whole ticket. Suicide. In San Francisco on the . . - , 1 . r 4 4 i Hi 1 z?uiuit., vrii.si.ruug, u wcu Known to presume that they have no other. ' O'Meara oxe ahead. O'Meara. of the Portland. Commercial, goes after Rcl- Ibger thusly : The last issue of the Albany Dn.io crat says : It is a noticeable fact that the Independent newspapers on this coast all have black Republican predilections. We ask the Democratic journals to'-iuake a note of it." The Portland JleraU a Red Hot in stitution j copies the paragraph, and ap provingly adds : ... "It is duly noted." fact." It is that the "Red Hot" r.nJ - vear "candidate for Delegate to Congress "First Class" Democratic dailies of Ore- ; in opposition to Hon. S. Garfielde, died gon are muchly written up by Republi- : at Seattle, Puget Sound, on the 27th can writers. We ask their Democratic j jast Sunday. 'Daring the war he received patrons to "make a note of it," aai let . , . , , , . , . it.- rr n i4i. 4. iiT. i i pi shot through the langs, from which he the Herald record that "It is dulv notod. : " ' Aud there is another "noticeable fact" ! bad never rsallJ recovered. . which the Democrat can "make a note of" i ., .that men who conduct Inde- wire discharging both barrels. Part of his Lead was blown eff. Cause pecu niary difficulties. Great Revival in Progress. The telegraph gives an account of a great re vival cow in progress on Long Island, X. Y. One hundred and sixty conver sions r.rc reported, one hundred and forty of whorahave joined the Methodist church. Dead. Marshall F. Moore, ox-Governor of Washington Territory and last Navigation op the Umpqua. A State telegram from Roseburg dated Feb. 27th says : Capt. Haun treated our citizens to a ride on our steamer Swan to-day, the boat being crowded with delighted people,after which he was presented with a suit of cloths, accom panied by thanks and hearty congratula tion, all of which the hero of Umpqua received in his usual fclecitous manner. Tho Swan has a carrying capacity of 150 tons. The water is only at a fair stage, and the rapids were passed with much more facility than was anticipated. Weather fine. Weak I'diNT. The so-called Demo cratic papers have been laboring to create the impression that K. 31. Stanton com mitted suicide from remorse of con science! What a silly set? Ilav'ct they been declaring the last six years that Stanton was a " brute" and every thing that was mean, and without a con science ? It seems to us that tlicsc same fellows are now impeaching their own witnesses, and proving themselves falsifiers. pendent newspapers do not sell ou? cr bc tray the constituency trJa'clt -snjiports th'-m. '. And that last sentence, fitaiijiseJ by us), ia rather a strong "scald" on the "bell-weather" of the "oldest Democratic paper in Oregon." A The Honest Democracy. The firt note of the campaign was the charge, on the part of the severely virtuous, hon- Public Debt. Private advices from Washington state that the public debt statement for last month 13 likely to show a decrease of 5,000,000. IIxu Pnrsic On last Saturday no less than one hundred and forty doctors graduated from Belveu Hospital Medical College, New York. They represented twenty-four State3. Under the next apportionment for members of Congress, Ne.v England is likely to lose six Representatives, Xew York four, and Pennsylvania three. Even Ohio, it is thought, will lose one, and the gain will fall mainly upon the upper Mississippi States. The ouly way by which the Eastern and Middle States could retain their present number of Representatives would be by an increase of the whole number of members. In Montreal must have a nice, cheerful climate. It' is said that horses freeze to death in the street. Among the students at the Propaganda in Rome is a jet black negro from South Carolina. A woman up-eountry killed a skunk with a butcher-knife. She says the bat tic is not always to the strong. Ireland is at last satisfied, and has con sented to receive the Land Reform bill as introduced by Gladstone. The Pittsburg police court has so much business that it has to sit on Sundays. The Lord High Chamberlain of the King of the Saudwich Islands is an Irishman. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell has com menced the practice of medecine in London. The Queen of Prussia gives 50,000 a year ia charity. Tho people give it all back in taxes. Turtle soup made from tho hind portion of frogs, 13 the latest novelty in Paris. One thousand women were found by a Brazilian scouting party in a starving condition. 875,000 of the " Ocean Bank" bonds that were stolen, have b;en sold to the As sistant Treasurer in New York. O. L. O. Hughes, an editor of color, has been admitted to the editorial conven tion of Pennsylvania as a member. It is said that Olive Logan is on her way to California, and at last accounts was at Omaha lecturing to large audi ences. A young man in Stonington tried to St. Locis, Feb. 28. A bill passed the Lower House of Legislature, Saturday, almost unani mously, requiring the School Board to appropri ate to every private school now or hereafter es tablished iu St. Louis, $10 for each scholar re ceiving fre tuition in such school. It is said, if the bill becomes a law, it, ean be made to almost entirely break up the puljic school system. An effort will be made -o defeat it in the Senate. New York, Feb. 28. Justice Buckley, of Brooklyn, has been indicted for a refusal to ex amine complaints, by Henry Bergh, against a swill milk man. The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co. has sued the Franklin Co., to enjoin it from violating a contract and for the appointment of a receiver. Great interest is felt iu the Edwards-Collyer prize-fight. The principals and a large number of snorts have left for the scene. The celebrated Fullerton ease is postponed till next week. Specials say London letters state that tho capi tal for laying the cable from London or Wales to New York has been promised to a Company fully organized. Contracts will be made immediately for manufacturingthe cable. The Great Eastern will be secured for laying it next year. A further decline is predicted in gold. Even bets were made yesterday that it would reach 112 within two days. Havana, Feb. 2S. Santa Anna was sent to Nassua yesterday on a Spanish man of war. Havana, Feb. 28. A detachment of a huudrcd insurgents on the line of the railroad between Puerto Principe and Nuevitas a few days since. The insurgents were driveu off. A great many people of Puerto Frincipe aro coming within the Snanish lines. Several of the rtfost prominent Insurgents of the Puerto Principe region have asKeu permission ui iuc w,ii muut. auiuviiuco to surrender, and tho Captain General has con sented, if the insurgents will come to Havana di rect instead of going to Puerto Principe. In ad dition to the party of Col. Garcia, eighty-six more insurgents surrendered themselves in Cinco Villas district. The Fourth Military District is abolished, aud the State of .Mississippi attached ta the Depart ment of the Cumberland, under Brevet. Alaj. Gen. Cook. The public debt statement is to be issued to morrow. The expenditures on account of pen sions have been very heavy the past few days, but the indications now are for a slight decrease. Official notification from all the States which have ratified the Fifteenth Amendment, have not yet been received, which accounts for the delay of the official proclamation. What is known as the cotton cases, involving a large amount of abandoned cotton taken by the Government, were to-day decided by the Su preme Court, which affirmed the judgment of the Court of Claims against tho Uuited States. In the course of the opinion it is stated that Con gress recognized August 20, 18fliJ, as the time of the cloeatif the rebellion, and that the day must lie racognized for all purposes of litigation as the day when the rebellion ceased. In executive session the Senate was occupied by a long discussion on a motion to reconsider the confirmation of Strong as Justice of the Su preme Couit. No action was taken. It is reported that, extensive frauds have been committed by white men not residents of the Cherokee country who have established tobacco factories in that nation nearthe borders of Kansas and Arkansas. The Postmaster General in reply to tho Senate resolution says the number of blank petitions for tho abolition of the franking privilege sent out was 75,000. The number accompanying circu lars was 28,000. Total cost, $1'J'J 00, defrayed by the office of the Congressional printer. The petitions, and circulars were prepared under the direction of the Postmaster General in accord ance with the views expressed by the President in his late message in response to whathe believed tJ be a very geueral wish of the people for the abolition of the franking privilege. Returns from '51 post-oillcesfor Jauunrv show thehumber WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Office, So. 6 Front Street, Adjoining this Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon. Special Collector of Claims, Accounts, Notes, Bonds, Drafts, and Mercan tile Claims of every description throughout Ore gon and the Territories, WILL BE MADE A SPECIALTY A.VI) PROMPTLY COLLECT ED, as well as with a due regard to economy in all business matters intrusted to his care and the proceeds paid over punctually. Real Estate Sealer. Sept. 11. tf. i ALBANY KETAIL MARKET, Albaxt, March 5, 1870. NEW TO-DAY. A. CAROTHEBS. I B. gALTKARBH, A. CAROTXXERS & CO., DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES, AND DEALERS IX Wheat, white, bushel Oats, bushel Potatoes, Tg! bushel .. Onions, bushul Flour, 33 barrel.. Butter, lb Ecrgs, $ dozen, Chickens, d'aen Peaches, dried, a lb.. Soap, ib Salt, Los Angelos, !p lb... Syrup, p keg , Tea, Young Hyson lb..., " Japan, " ... " Black, ... Sugar, crushed, lb Sea " Island, , Coffee, lb , Candles, f lb . Rice, China, "p lb Saleratus, fh Dried plums-, lb Dried apples, lb.... Dried currants, lb. Bacon, hams, ? lb ......... " sides, " " shoulders, lb.. Lard, in cans, ft .i I012 JJcans, ff io. 1 A (in a Devoes' Kerosene oil, 59 galIoB.. T COfrtll 25 Turpentine, gallon $1 2 5 (ail 50 Linseed oil, loiled, J gallon 51 62(a)I 70 .... oo 25374 751 25 .... $3 50(2)4 00 20 15 .... $2 503 00 20 ..- 5(a5i .... $5 2560 2 1 oo J 00 75 1 00 1820 14ail6 12 1 23 25 25f$33 1216 16 .... 1520 ..... . 6 I PAINTS, DYE-STUFFS, OILS PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Toilet Goods, Ac. Oar Goods are FRESH ul arrante PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED. STQJtE OPEN DA Y AND NIGHT. Front Street, three doort below Connor't, Albany, feb 12'70-23 Oregon. White lead, "t keg... Tar t4 gallon Powder, riflo, "pi lb. Tobacco, t lb ......., Nails, cut, "pi lb Domestic, brown, f yard Hickory, striped, yard , Bed ticking, per yard Blue drilling, p yard Flannels, 'tfi yard Prints, fac't colors, vard Pork, P- ". Mutton, "ft head............ Beef, on foot, lb.. .. $3 75 (at 4 25 t sn 25 TSl 00 $1 00((iil 25 lfa,71 J5(ii,lS 1630 25(c55l T6(,25 50(rt62! 12i 5(S6 . $1 752 "50 OfOifi ,L...-.imr -v.av'j.4.TO.' ' mv. .m., NEW- TO-DAY. clean his gun by putting a red-hot poker i office letters to be fiOC.yitl. The postage thereon down the-barrel. lie Wt find one of j J?Uw his fingers lioston has outlawed tho wooden abo rigines in front of the tobacco stores. f tal 'ft ol free matter sent from la4 post-othees. f 1j9.704 97. The estimates in dollars of the total matter, is two hundred thousand, monthly. The Postmaster General adds that the recent a?i- JOSS' COXAEES, DEALER IK GENERAL MERCHANDISE, DRY GOODS, CLOTIiING, Boots, Sliocs, e220. Closed out at about cost. II JS Tfc T "W IS, HI , A well Selected stock now on hand, and will bo filled up constantly, and SOLD AT REDUCED RATES. i i anama any event theirpower m Congress win be the end relatively diminished. a will bo lighted with pas about ) la!i'm t,r repeal has increased the, sales , of st r , fn. e , ' and stamped envelopes m January ,111..'.- ovi ot .March. a he rate charged j Mme muth of last year, lie ri-uews his n amps eVtho ! A MovsTFH Pf.tittov. A Tiptirlnti est and patriotic Democratic papers of bearing twenty-two thousand signatures Oregon, that the Republicans were colo . nizing importing votes into counties where the vote was so eveniy balanced that a few votes either way would decide the day." Yet all the time these simple and high-toned ink-slingers were engaged la.hurliBg anathemas against the Repub lican party for attempting to "per petrate so foul a wrong against a virtuous ,jnd happy people," they were busily en gaged drumming up recruits and begging for money to accomplish the very same end. This colonizing votes being an old and familiar" Democratic dodge, they hoped by being the first to cry "stop, thief," to distract attention long enough for them to perfect their plans, and thus secure the end aimed at. The Democra- " cy feel their weakness, and no effort of fraud or chicanery will be left unem ployed to. secure the coming June elec tion in their favor. Their leaders have Already declared that if 000,000 will not' be sufficient to carry the State for Dem ocracy, more will be raised. This is their last and only hope of success. The in flux of population brought here by the - grand system' of internal improvements, but now inagurated in our State, will as surely give the State over to Republican rule, as that they are necessary to our future prosperity. And the leaders see this, and therefore this last grand strug gle' for one more short lease of power, and one more chance at the public crib. Oar Linn - county Democrats have been tryijng their band in a colonizing way in Denton county, sending fifteen persons, taken from this and Marion county, the first of the present week. And notwith standing their colonizing plans, and the importing of votes into "weak counties," we expect to hear them from now till next June, crying out against the Republican ' party for importing votes, and thus de priving citizens of those counties of a choice in the candidates to rule over them ... ' ': -' ' :-: The Alpine Press Is the title f one. of the : handsomest periodicals we have ever seen.) 'It is a Typographical Art "' Journal, 1 showing ?-the highest " achievements reached in this country in ink, paper, type and presswork. Jt is published by Sujtton, Bowne & Co., New York, at $2 per annum. StbaVbebbies. Ripe strawberries are quoted at $1 per pound in the Marys tills (Cab) xnark.t. was presented to the Mayor of Chicago, requesting that liquor saloons be closed on Sundays. Repealed. The law prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons has been repealed by the California Legislature. Law chiding citizens have now an equal ' chance with rogues in that State. Rain. Late rain falta in Southern California have filled the hearts of the people there with joy, and saved the utter destruction of stock. Dedicated. The magnificent M. E. Church, recently erected in Broadway, New York, was dedicated last Sabbath by Bishop Jaynes. Vigilance Committees. Again it is announced that vigilance committees hare been organized in New York and Brooklyn. Rejected,. The Fifteenth Amend ment has been rejected by the Tennessee Legislature. Female J. P. Mrs. Morris has lately been qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace in Wyoming Territory. Earthquake. A shock of earth quake was experienced at Santa Clara, Cal., on the 17th ult. The presence of Le Boeuf (beef) and Buffet (sideboard) in the French Minis try is considered an indication that it is only a provisional concern. The Odd Fellows Temple. The Odd Fellows Temple, of Portland, is a magnificent building, equal, probably, to any other on the coast. We get the fol lowing description cf the Lodge room from the Oregonian : The main Lodge room is 65 feet in length by 40 in width, an arched and paneled ceiling, 21 feet high in the cen ter. This ceiling is also beautifully or namented with scroll work in plaster of paris. The furniture is of rich and ele gant patterns, and in all respects equal if not superior to any hall on the coast. The tapestry over the chairs of the offi cers is of fine quality and is well ar ranged. The ehaira of the several offi cers are all of black walnut, and orna mented with appropriate emblems well known in Odd Fellowship. The superb and rich carpeting, as well as the walnut settees, with green plush finishing, add much to the elegant appearance of the hall. Chandeliers of the most tasteful pattern will afford abundant light and in crease, tbc attractiveness of the room. The Asylum. The number of pa tients in the Asylum at East Portland on the 1st of December last, was 112, of whom 79 were males and 3o females. Since then 11 have bem admitted and 9 have been discharged, died or escaped. The number now in the Asylum is there fore 114, of whom 83 are males and 31 females. Vce are indebted to Dr. Gilt ner, Visiting Physician, for these figures. Oregonian. Going South. A modern Africa is growing up in the far South. While the whites direct their steps toward the setting sun, flie extreme South is attract ing the negroes from Virginia, Ken tucky, Deleware and other States. Flor ida is the land of promise for the sons and daughters of Africa. Going the Whole Hog. Mayor Selby, of San Francisco, returned to the- Board ot Supervisors, last week, a bill calling for 88 for ruling four reams of paper. Bookbinders said the work could be done for 4. The party presenting it didn't believe in doing things by halves. Coming to nis Senses. The editor of a Grass Valley (Cal.) paper says : "There must be a hell. There must be an eternal hell, where fire and brimstone ever exist, and where there is weepings and wailings and gnashing of teeth; It such a place does not exist, justice fails." : . At Work. We observed a large number of hands at work yesterday, making excavatious for the liast Side Railroad depot in East Portland. The point selected is at the upper end of the bluff nearly . opposite the gas works. From the preparations now being made for the prosecution of work on the road, it will very likely be completed to Salem before thefirstof September. Orejoniau, Had a Felleu. A blushing damsel called at one of the agencies recently to buy a sewing machine. " Do you want a feller?" inquired the modest clerk in attendance. The ingenious maid replied with some asperity, "No, sir; I have one." . A little four year old in Richmond, very fond of a certain dish, when asked by his mother if he wouldn't ' like to be an angel with wings, and fly about Heav en like his dead brother, replied after a pause, "No Ma ; I'd a heap rather be a hawk and live on chicken I" At a late revival meeting, an impul sive young sinner praved that God would bless the two young ladies between whom he had been sitting, "especially the one on the right. Fast Work. Iu a match for the championship, and a purse of 50, R. M. Stratton, of Omaha, lately madclOO horse-shoes in 2 hours and 19 minutes, beating his opponent 11:30 minutes. Anna Dickinson is evidently changing tactics. She now admits that is, almost admits that, men are a tolerably respect able institution. There will be a wedding within two years. " The London Directory for 1870 makes a volume of 2,300 pages. " Mr. Burlingamo got 70,000, in gold, a ycar from China for traveling expenses. will be 0 per 1,000 feet. The abrogate number of doss in the United States is 'given at 0,000,000. The New York Legislature has a mem ber in it who has served thirty years without a break. Mrs. Horace Cooke is profiting by her husband's wicked conduct, the church subscribing liberal sums of luouey for her. The Paris Gaulois, as an inducement to each fresh subscriber for six months, offers one large and ttvo small bottles of champaign, accompanied by an ingenious patent for bottling wine. " If people knew beforehand all the j misery it brings," says a Japaucse poet, j. " there would be less going out with j young ladies to look at the flowers at ! night." i A county in Iowa paid 82,700 for a j safe for the purpose of securing its loose ; change. At the beginning of the 3'ear its j treasurer had just eleven cents to put j into it. j menJutions for repeal. Financial and Commercial. Portland legal tenders, 8tl !7. New York gold quotations, 115&. No advanec in Liverpool or New York market prices reported by tdegr:vph. " General market quotations remain same as last reported. Flour Is s'lCa.Iy at notations, w'tu more firm ness, and less supply. It is thought to have touched the lowest price to bo reached during the season. . Oats There is no increase in demand, but choice qualities are firm at -If. (Vi ,.",0e. Provisions being in good supply generally, prices arc rather in favor of consumers, with no increas ed demand forborne consumption, a,nd no call for export. The dry goods trade is reported as improving. Wheat Fair to good, $1 51' OJ I 57 ; choice, $1 05 "j 100 lbs. Oats Oregon black, $1 55 ; choice California, $1 25(1 50 "jj 100 lbs. IRON AND STEEL. The best assortment kept in the city, aud con stantly receiving fresh supplies, SOLD AT THE LOWEST BATE?'. CLIMAX KNITTER! IN presenting the claims of this SEW KNIT TING MAClIiNK to popular favor, wo aim at no more tban a brief and eandid statement of its actual merits. We confidently claim that the CLIMAX KNITTER is iirperior Wall ether ma chines i the follwing respects t 1. Simplicity of construction and operation. 2. Completeness and excellence of work. ' 3. Convenience of shape, size and weight ef machine. 4. Durability of machine. 5. Rapidity of work. 6. Cheapness, It is so simple in its construction and" fn ft workings, that less than half the time is required to learn to knit on it than on others. With it the children of the- household can do all the knitting. It is made sntijcl? ef ivos and steel. A bud's sock can be made in thirty minute. II makes the regular old old-fashioned knitting needlo stitch or loop, (with several others if desired) ; turns the heel, making it of as good shape as by hand, withottt any sewing ; narrows or widens, at the pleasure of the operator, and stakes a per fect toe. : Any article that can he knit by hand, can be manufactured on this machine. Persona who wish to see the machine in opera tion, are requested tt call on the agent in this city. S. S. MARKHABI & SON, Agents for Oregon. Albany, Ogn., Fch. 12, I870.-23 WAR WITH SPAIN I CUBA TAKEN ! OUR MINISTER WITHDRAWN 1 Great Giants. In one of his recent lectures Professor Silliuian, the younser, There ia a sisation preacher in Iowa, j alluded to the discovery of the skeleton wno eonuuets nis ounaay services in a i ot an enormous lizard ol eignty ieet billiard saloon, opening church with beer all round, and closing with a treat for the eonsreeration. lie draws immense auui ences. A Sacramento bar-keeper threw a bot tle of whisky at a loafer who was bother ing him. The fellow caught it on the fly, extracted the cerk, tasted it and ob served. " Whoo ! this is poor stuff; can't you give us something better t" Of the 150,000 schoolteachers in the United States. 112,500 are females. The city of lioston has 553 females to 02 male teachers New York city has 2,200 female to 176 males employed in that occupation. ' In New Orleans there is a man of whom the papers say; "lie commenced his career as a pirate, 102 years ago, and now at the age of 118, he is a dock rat and a river the if." ' i The Board of Brokers in New York have been somewhat puzzled to furuish an appropriate name for the two women brokers who figure "on 'Change." They cannot class them as "bulls" or "bears," but prbpose to call them " cows" or "she bears.!' -The opinion is gaining ground that it will be impossible to get the funding bill through Congress this season. Senators who have canvassed pretty thoroughly both branches of Congress say there is no chance whatever for the passage of such a bill. - 'Is 'Ighness Prince Ilarthur, says the houtskirts hof Washington hare hinferior to those hof Ilottawa. "They can't 'ave hanny hale in this dod blarsted country because they 'aven't got the 'ops I you know." A carpenter at' work in Sacramento, Cal., squirted his tobacco juice on the fine cloak of a lady passing by. lie tried an apology but that failing, he paid her fifteen dollars and went on with his work. V On the 25th ult., an infant child of Clinton Kelley, who lives about four miles south of Hillsboro, was terribly burned by crawling backwards into the fire. At last accounts it was still alive, but no hopes were entertained of its recovery. , . - Rich silver mines "discovered in Ky. From this the professor inferred as no living specimen of such magnitude has been found, that the species which it represents has become degenerated. The verity of his position he endeavored to enforce by allusion to the well-known existence of giants in olden times. The following is the list upon which this sin gular hypothesis is based : The giant exhibited at Rouen, in 1830, the professor says, measured nearly eigh teen feet. Gorapius saw a girl that was ten leet high. - The giant Galabra, brought from Ara bia to Rome, under Claudius Ctwsar, was ten feet high. , The giant Perrcguss, slain by Orlan do, nephew of Charlemange, was twenty eight feet high. In 1814, near St. Germain, was found the tomb of the giant ""Isorant, who was not less than thirty feet high. In 1580, near Rouen, was found a skeleton whose skull held a buhel of corn, and 'who was nineteen feet high. The giant Bacartrwas twenty-two feet high.; his thigh'- bones wero found in 1704 near the river Moderi. In 1823, near the castle in Dauphine, a tomb was found thirty feet long, six teen wide, and eight high, on which -was cut in gray stone these words : "Kinto lochus Rex." The skeleton was found entire twenty-five and a quarter feet long, ten feet across the shoulders, and five feet from the breast .bone to the back ! t We have no doubt that " there were giants in those days." And the past was, perhaps, more prolific in producing them than the present. But the history of giants during the olden time was not more remarkable than that of dwarfs, several of whom were even smaller than the Thumbs and Nutts of our own time. At the funeral of Miss Ilattie S. Put nam, at Chester, Vermont, Sunday before-last, six young ladies, appropriately dressed for the occasion, acted as pall bearers, and sung a dirge over the re mains of their departed friend at tho grave. In Java, after the bride and groom aro at the altar, the law requires her to wash his feet before the ceremony can go on. All wbb want bargains give me a call. JOXXH COINTHEH. Albany. March 5, 1S70-1C. BUSINESS STILL RUSHING i. AT T n B MEW JEWELRY STORE - - Oregon. AGEST FOR THE C ELK BRAT ED American & Swiss Gold & Sifter Watcl.es Of every description. Direct Importer of the very best SWISS MADE WATCHES, Cents and Ladies Sizes. THE FINEST SELECTION OF JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS, Of all Kinds constantly on hand. P. uronviTiisTANDnvo all this C. HARPER & CO. Have just received from Stint Francisco, a very large and well selected stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE! .. WHICH IS OFFERED At -Prices to Suit the Times ! ! Their stock consists, in part, as follows : supply of A large- REPAIRING. OF WATCHES, SPECTACLES fr JEWELRY A T San Francisco Prices. o Every Article Sold and all Repairing Done, Warranted. We claim to keep all FIRST QUALITY GOODS, 14 and at prices that jfefy competition. If you want the very best. Cabivkt Pho tographs, you must call on BRADLEY A RULOFSOX, 429 Montgomery street, San Fran cisco. 26 6m F. RUSSELL, Attorney at Law, P. FERRY, Notary Public. RtTSSELL & FERRY, Real Estate Brokers & Collecting Agents, Portland, ... - Oregon. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE Sale of Real Estate, Jleal Estate Litigation, and the Collection of Claims. Office, North-west eorner of First andAVash mgton Streets, Portland, Ogn. feb26-70-2o TREES, GRAPEVINES AND PLANTS , FOR SALE At THE ' ALBANY NURSERY. Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum & Cherry Trees Best Selection of Grapes in the State. Gooseberry, Currants, Strawberry, etc. ORNAMENT AX. ' TREES, Shrubs, Monthly Roses, Honey suckles, Dahlias, Gladiolus, etc., etc. Er ORDERS SOLICITED "" - . J. A. 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In fact, almost everything usually kept in a re tail store. t Having bought our goods on the best terms the market will afford, and selected them with great care, we feel warranted in saying that we can offer as great inducements to customers as any house in the trade, and hope, by strict at tention to business and the wants of customer, to merit a liberal patronage from the public. Remember the place. The house for merly occupied by D. Mansfield Bro, P. C. HARPER, CCt Albany Oct. 30, 1869.-. . :