Reformed Judaism.
The New York Times of Jan. 9th
Bays :
Dr. M. Ellinger, editor of the Jewish
Times, delivered a rery interesting lec
ture, last evening, before the Longfellow
Literary Association, in the hall of the
Young Men's Christian Association, cor
ner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-third
street, on the conclusion arrived at in the
late "Rabbinical Conference," at Phila
delphia. Movements have been hereto
fore inaugurated by the more liberal and
enlightened Jews, with a view of bring
ing the observances and avowed doctiines
of their religion more into harmony with
the spirit of the present age. Conven
tions for this purpose have been held in
Berlin, Frankfort and other German cit
ies, and many advanced ideas on the sub
ject put forth, but it has been found
almost impossible to overcome the ob
stinate prejudices and superstitions of
the people sufficiently to brin the re
forms into practice in the synagogues.
The lato conference in America went be
yond its predecessors in the thorough
ness of the reforms proposed, and the lib
ral basis which it set forth as the foun
dation of reformed Judaism. The reso
lutions of of this body formed the text
of Dr. Ellinger's remarks.
The old orthodoxy of the Jews he
characterized as a mummy of the past
which must be discarded for a liberal and
enlightened " religion- which :s in full ac
cord with the civilization of the day. It
enjoins a belief in the inspiration of the
Scriptures, and a strict observance of all
the requirements of the ancient law, but
the reformers deny all supernatural reve
lation, and incalculate a belief in the God
of nature and the Gqd of humanity.
They regard the whole past history of the
race as a revelation of God, and the
events of the pieseut as the best book in
which to study his attributes. The whole
history of the Jewish religi n proves
that circumstauces are continually doing
away with old laws, and making new, and
what was orthodoxy in ancient days or in
the Middle Ages may Le absurdity now.
The first declaration of the itabbi in the
"late conference was that the object of
their religion was not the restoration of
the Hebrew nation under the kings of
the House of IaviJ, as had been taught
for so many ages, but the extension of
the belief in one God, the Supreme
Ruler among all the nations of the earth.
They no longer regard the destruction of
this nation and the dispersion of its peo
ple as a Divine dispensation for the pun
ishment of their sius, but as imposing on
them the grand mission of spreading the
religion of the only true food over the
face of the whole earth.
Formerly they clung to the idea of na
tionality, and a final restoration to the
heritage of Israel iu Palestine, and thus
preserved their individuality and their
religion in spite of persecutions and all
the convulsions and changes which had
disturbed the established nations. .Now
they have come to be recognized as co
laborers with others, and it is time to
discard their ancient notions and work in
harmony with the times, and so exert
their full share of influence in the re
forms and improvements of the day. The
old prophets, in their predictions of Mes
siah, alluded to the mission of the Jews
as a nation among the people of the earth.
The Hebrew race is the true Messiah.
In matters of worship, the reformers pro
pose to discard all prayers and ceremo
nies founded on the idea of animal sacri
fices, and to introduce the vernacular
language of the people in all the exer
cises of the synagogue. They also rec
ognize the equal position of women, aud
the validity and importance of the mod
era enactments on the subject of mar
riage and divorce. In fact, nearly all
-the declarations of the reformere are fully
in harmony with the most enlightened
thought of the age, and deserving the
Attention of reflecting men.
A very singular elopement took place
in Washington township one day last
week, . in which a man named David
Swain and a married woman named Han
nah Naulton were the principals. The
joriBg man had formerly lived in Han-
nan naulton a lamily, and it seems that
Mrs. JNaulton bad bccoire so completely
infatuated with the trifling, . thriftless
fellow, that she made up her mind to go
off with him, and desert her husband
and two little children. Accordingly, a
lew days ago sue imparted the secret to
Ler husband, who told her that if she
would not go, and would remain with
him, Be would forgive her for what im
proprieties she had committed. But she
was determined, and would not be per
suaded from ber intended elopement.
Her husband thereupon informed her
4hat she could not leave until a debt
amounting to nearly $100 owed by Swain,
with himself as security was paid. She
immediately 'sold some laud she owned,
receiving a cash payment of $200, with
"which she satisfied the debt and gave
Swain enough to buy him a suit of new
clothes and a trunk. The husband, be
ing an exceedingly good-natured man,
accompanied young Swain to town and
assisted him in the selection of a suit of
clothes. On last Friday morning at
daylight Mrs. N. took leave of her hus
band and proceeded to the railroad sta
tion, where she was to meet Swain. They
met, had their trunks lablcd for Fort
Scott, Kansas, and on the arrival of the
northward bound train went on their way
rejoicing. The affair has created quite
a flurry in the neighborhood.
. "Dan," said a little four-year-old, "give
me a sixpen ce to bay a mon key." "We've
got one monkey in the house now," . re
plied the elder brother. "Who is it,
JJan ?" asked Ihe little fellow. "You,"
was the reply. "Then give me sixpence
to buy the monkey some nuts." His
brother could not lefuse. :
The following advertisement for the
recovery of a red calf was actualy pub
lished in a paper of Columbia county,
Pa., in the summer of 1869 : " Lost
A Calf Pet. His two behind legs were
White. He was a she calf. Every body
what catches him gibs tree Dollars."
' The messenger of the New Brans
. wick ba nk, N. J., was lately robbed of
3,000. - i -'
Curiosities of American. History.
" The American political history is full
of curiosity and singular incidents. For
instance, thr e of our Presidents, all of
whom participated in the Revolution,
died on its great anniversary, the fourth
of July, namely, John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, and James Monroe.
From 1S01 to 1825 the Presidential
office was filled by Virginians. During
the same iuterval, with the exception of
four years, the Vice Presidential office
was held by citizens of New York.
Of the first six Presidents, four of
them were taken from the office of Sec
retary of State ; the other two, being the
first elected, could not perform its du
ties. From this fact rose the precedence
that makes the Secretary of State the
first office in the Cabinet, instead of the
Secretary of the Treasury, which is the
case in Great Britain.
No less than five of the greatest
American statesman were born in the
same year, 17S2; Dauiel Webster, John
C Calhoun, Thomas II. Benton, Mar
tin Vau Buren, and Lewis Cass. From
1800 to 18u5, only two persons filled
the office of Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States. John
Marshal and Roger B. Taney.
The Capitol of the United States was
located at Washington in pursuance of a
corrupt bargain, by which two or three
members of Congress, who lived adja
cent to it, and whose districts would be
greatly benefitted by it.voted for the fund
ing of the National debt for that con
sideration. But two men of the United States
have, as they say in Odd Fellowship,
passed through all the " chairs," been
Governors of States, held a first class.
J foreign mission, been the head of the
i Cabinet, then Vice President aud Presi
i dent. Their names are Thomas Jefferson
and Martin Van Buren.
Three Presidents died in office. Har
rison, Taylor aud Lincoln.
Three persons were elected Vice Pres
idents before they became Presidents :
i John Adams Thomas Jefferson, and Mar
' tin Vau Buren.
Three Vice Presidents died in office.
Geo. Clinton, EUridge Gerry and Wil
liam 11. King.
Three Vice Presidents became Presi
dents by the death of their Chiefs. John
Tyler, Millard Fillmore and Andrew
Johnson, and every one of them pursued
a policy adverse to that of the party by
whom they were elected. Two of the
Vice Presidents of the United States,
the youngest men who ever held the
office, were indicted for treason. Aaron
Burr and John C- Breckinridge, and in
each instance the Government broke
down and dismissed the case without
putting it before a jury.
One Vice President, John C. Calhoun,
resigued his seat as President of the
Senate to take a place on the floor, where
he could have the privilege of debute,
and there elucidate his State rights views
under the Constitution.
Thrilling Adventure. Ou Thurs
day night, says the Cheyenne Leader,
three men named McKeuna, McAlister
and Wentworth, of Company K. Second
Cavalry, went out from this post hunting.
Night overtaking them near the cutrance
to La Pre He Canyou, fifteen miles from
here, they turned into a secluded glen,
stationed one of their number to watch,
and the others made down their bed and
went to sleep side by side. About mid
night, it being cold, the watchman made
a fire. Fatal mistake. Soon after this
he lay doarn by the side of his compan
ions, doubtless not intending to go to
sleep. One of his comrades (Went
worth) awakening for a moment, warned
him of his imprudence, but received the
assurance that all was well, and again fell
asleep. It is probable that the sentinel
did the same. A few moments after
wards a terrible discharge of firearms
from every side of the sleepers, in such
close proximity that the powder burned
their faces, proved the folly of their
watcher's feeling of security. One of
the men, McKenna, did not move a
ball had pierced his temple, another his
heart, and four had entered his breast.
Death itself had succeeded its counter
feit. McAlister sprang up with a single
exclamation, and fell back dea.d, pierced
by a dozen bullets. Weptworth, who
was sleeping between the two, was not
scratched. Being a man of great nerve
and much experience with the Indians,
his plans were instantly matured, and as
quickly executed. Seizing his pistol as
he slipped from the side of his dead com
panion, he shot the Indian who confront
ed him as he rose; jumped over his
prostrate body ; knocked down the next
in hi3 path with the butt of his weapon ;
dodged the resi ;- sprang in among the
ponies, from which the ravages had dis
mounted, and running through the herd
gained the creek, and under cover of its
friendly bushes escaped his pursuers,
and came barefoot over the jagged rocks
and prickly pears to the post. On re
ceipt of the information the company in
stantly proceeded to the place and found
the bodies as he had -described, but
strange to say, neither were scalped nor
mutilated. Stranger still, their guns,
ammunition, overcoats, saddles, and bed
blankets were all there undisturbed.
One of their horses had been shot and
left; the other three were taken off by
the Indians.
When our troops under General Mc
Clellan, penetrated the mountain range
of West Virginia, in May, 1861, they
encountered in a quiet nook on the side
of Laurel Ridge, a venerable matron
standing in the door of a log cabin. One
of the men accosted her with :
"Well, old lady, where's your flag?"
"I hain't got no flag," was the prompt
reply.
'Well, then, which side are yon for?"
" I don't know what you mean," she
answered, in astonishment.
" Are you secesh ?" asked the man,
amused at her ignorance.
"No! I hain't" she rejoined, emphati
cally.
" Are you union r
"No, I tell you.'?
"Well, what are you ?"
"I'm a good, plain Baptist that's
what I am." '
The men laughed heartily, and at last
one of them said :
"You'll not refuse to hurrah for 'Old
Abe' will you, old lady?' -
"Who is 'Old Abe V asked the dame,
growing more astonished every minute.
' Abraham .Lincoln, the President of
the United States."
" Why, hain't Gin'ral Washington
President ?" !
" No, he's been dead for mere than
sizty years.
"Gin ral Washingtou dead!" she fair
ly screamed. Then rushing into the
cabin she called " Sam ! Sam !"
"Well, what is it, mother?" said a
voice within. :
In a moment she reappeared at the
door with a veteran of fifty, who the men
afterward learned was j her son.
"Why, only think, Sam," she cried,
excitedly. "Gin'ral Washington's dead.
Sakcs alive ! I wonder what's going to
happen next!"
Failed.' The woman suffrage bill has
failed in the Colorado Legislature.
Telegrapblc Summary.
Sasta Fe, Feb. 23. Tha Post's La Missula
correspondent reports that Col. Barnard, with a
detachment of the 1st and 8th cavalry, had a scr
ies of rtinning fights with the Indian in Dragoon
Mountains, in Arizona, Jan. 2Mb. Thirteen In
dians were killed and two taken prisoners. The
Indian camp and a large amount of material were
destroyed. The bar of gold which Col. J 1.
Stone had with him when he was killed and the
mail robbed, was found iu their possassior.
Deiter, Feb. 23. There was a terrible mur
der yesterday afternoon at Burlington, near h re.
Kiuuey, a well-known citizen, and John H. Wells,
returning from B1.3 Thompson, overtook Bill Du-5
bois, twenty miles from Burlington, and after a
few words of conversation, Dubois drew a re
volver and fired several shots, killing Xiiiuey in
stantly. The murderer escaped to tbo mountains.
Citizens are iu pursuit. Dubois is a bail charac
ter, and was lately arrested fur robbing tha mails,
ne.ir that plat e.
Galveston, Feb. 23. A fire last night de
stroyed the entire block on the north side of the
Siramt between Front and Twenty-second streets,
and the opposite block on the South side of the
Strang. Many of the houses irere of small value,
but filled with goods. The loss is estimated at
$1,(100,000.
Louisville. Feb. 23. The jury in the libel
suit of Mrs. Evans against the Courier Journal
returned a verdict to the plaintiff of $200. She
claimed !?20,(H).
Port IIknby, N. Y.. Feb. 23. A portion of the
roofed lead mines fell in yesterday, crushing two
miners under 300 tons of ore.
.New York. Feb. 23. A large free trade meet
ing washcld tLis evening. Letters were read from
Congressmen Brooks, Cox, Henry Ward I.eecher
and others, and addresses were made by Samuel
J. Tihtcn and William Cullen Bryant.
Viexsa. Feb. 23. The birthday of Washing
ton was splendidly celebrated iu this city. Last
evening a banquet was given by Jay, tiie Am ri
can Minister. A great many celebrities were pres
ent, in duding B:ir.n V.-n Beu.-t, Prime Minister
of Austria. Jay toasted the European sovereigns.
Von Beust replied m the linglish language, lie
said the close and undisturbed relations between
the United f ta:cs nnd Austria wi're subjects for
congratulation. Union and freedom was the
mothei of both countries. Union alone promoted
progress, and freedom alone gave peace. In con
clusion he gave as a toast the memory of lieorge
Washington, the champion of freedom audpi-ace.'
New York, Feb. 24. An Albany dispatch
Fays that among ihe bills in the A sctnbly, was
one to reorganize the Eric Kailroud Company.
This bill was drawn by the counsel of the Erie
Company aud is designed to forestall the action
about to be taken by the English st'K k and bond
holders 10 put Fisk, Could A Co. in fu'l posses
sion of the roatl for all time to come. The inten
tion is to buy the bill through the Legislature, as
was done with the Legislature two years ago.
Marketable members and lobbyists are in hinh
glee at the prospect of the distribution of another
half million of Erie money.
Toronto, Feb. 2-1. The Dify lefcyrnph an
nounecs that a dispatch is received from the Im
pcrial to-erninent, recommending that money
for the purchase of the far northwest tcrrritory
be paid to the Hudson Bay Company, and that a
battalion be scut into the territory.
Paris, Feb. 21. The reception of ; Minister
Washburn last night was attended by all th-j Cab
inet Ministers, and was a brilliant aOair. .
Don Carlos, of pain, while travel ng through
Frauce with an Au.-trian pa?spo-t, was arrested at
Lyon?. He was reminded that he coulu reside
only in the Dorih of France, and if he violated
tbat condition he must leave the country. Previ
ous to his arrest he met the Duke of Madana at
Lvons, and completed all his arrangements fur
going to Spain and raising another insurrection.
The Duke of Proslin is about to marry Miss
Lilly Forbes of New York. !
The French Atlantic Coble Company at its last
meeting declared a dividend of 1 per cent for
five months from the opening of the line of busi
ness till January lith, the date of the agreement
with the Anglo-American.
A dispatch from Vienna says the Austrian Gov
ernment, if some co-operation of Napolecn can
be first secured, proposes to convoke the Catho
lic powers in order to oppose the Papal pretension.
There was a brilliant and crowded reception at
the residence of Minister Washburn last evening,
in honor of Washington's birthday.
London, Feb. 23.' In the Mordannt divorce
case, to-day, the counsel on both sides made clos
ing arguments. To-morrow the Judge will give
his charge.
The condition of Bright's health creates deep
anxiety.
Theelections atWaterford and Nottingham are
attended with seenes of violent excitement. At
both places disturbances occurred, and several
persons were roughly treated.
The weekly report of the bank of England
shows an increase of 123,000 in bullion.
The commercial treaty between Austria aud
Great Britain has been ratified by both countries.
A contract for a new line of steamers from Syd
ney to San Francisco has been signed. The steam
ers will touch at llonolula both ways.
Iofkicial. j
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT TBB FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY
FIRST CONGRESS.
POSTAL CONVENTION WITII SWITZER
LAND. Convention for the amelioration of the Postal In
tercourse between the United States of America
and the Swiss Confederation.
The post department of the United States, by
its special commissioner, John A. Kassun, esq.,
and tne federal council of the Swiss Confedera
tion, by Dr. Jacques Dubs, vice-president of the
federal council and chiet of the federal post de
partment, have agreed npon the following articles
subject to ratification by the respective authori
ties of the two countries.
Article I. There shall be an exchange of cor
respondence between the United States of Amer
ica and the Swiss Confederation by means of their
respective post Departments, and this corres
pondence shall embrace : I
1. Letters, ordinary and registered.
2. Newspapers.book-paekets, prints of all kinds
(including maps, plans, engravings, drawings,
ph tographs, lithographs, and all other like pro
ductions of mechanical processes), sheets of mu
sic, Ac, and patterns or samples of merchandise,
including grains and seeds. )
Such correspondence may bo exchanged,
whether originating iu either of said countries, to
which these may respectively serve aa interme
diaries. Article II. The offices for exchange of mails
shall be, on the part of the United States : New
York.
On the part of the Swiss Confederation : (a.)
Basle, (b.) Geneva (when the Swiss Confedera
tion shall find it expedient.)
The two offices, by agreement, may at any
time establish additional offices of exchange.
Article III. The principle is agreed, that each
office shall make its own arrangements for the
despatch of its mails to the other office by regu
lar lines of communication, and shall at iu own
cost pay the expense of such intermediate trans
portation. It is also agreed that the cost of in
ternational ocean and territorial transit of the
closed mails between the frontiers of the two
countries shall be first defrayed by that one of
the two departments which shall have obtained
from the intermediaries the most favorable pecun
iary terms for such conveyance, and which shall
effect such transport in that case in both direc
tions) and any amount so advanced by one for
tha account of the other shall be promptly reiin
bursed. .
Article IV. The standard weight for the single
rate of international postage, and the rule of
progression, shall be:
1. For letters, 15 grammes.
2. For all other correspondence, mentioned in
the second paragraph of the first article, that
which the despatching office shall adopt for the
mails which it despatches to the other, adapted to
th convenience and habits of the intrrinr admin
istration. But each office shall give notice to the
other of tho standard weight it adopts.and of any
subsequent change thereof. The rule of progres
sion shall always be an additional single rate for
caeh additional standard weight, or fraction
thereof.
The weight "tated by tho despatching office
shall always be accepted except in case of mani
fest mistake.
Article V. Tho single rate of postage on the
direct correspondence exchanged between the two
administrations, subject to the reserve mentioned
in Article VII., shall bo as follows :
1. On letters from tho United States, 15 cents
2. On letters from the Swiss Confederation, 80
centimes. . . .
3. On all other correspondence mentioned in
the second paragraph of the first article, the rate
hall be, for the mails despatched, that which the
despatching office shall adopt, adapted to the con
venience and habits of its interior administra
tion. But each office shall give notice to the
other of tha rate it adopts, and of any subsequent
change thereof.
Article VI. The prepayment of postage on or
dinary letters shall be optional, subject to the
conditions in Article VII. mentioned, but on reg
istered letters, nnd on all other corresr0r"3cnc.e
mentioned in paragraph second of the first arti
cle, it shall be obligatory.
Articlo VII. If, however, the postage of any
correspondence shull be prepaid insufficiently, it
shall nevertheless be forwarded to its destination,
charced with the deficient postage, adding full
fcamuuuts, instead of fractions, of 1 cent or 5 cen
times.
Upon tho delivery of any unpaid, or insuffi
ciently paid letter, or of any other insufficiently
paid correspondence, there shall be levied a fine
in the United Slates not exceeding five cents, find
in Switzerland tint exceeding 25 centime;". This
fine, and also the deficient postage on all other
correspondence than letters, shall not enter into
accounts between the two offices, but shall be re
tained to the ue of the collecting office.
Article VIII. Registered correspondence shall
in addition to the postage, be subject to a register
fee not exceeding ten cents in tho Unit' d States,
and not exceding fitly etnfimes in Switzerland,
and this fe shall always bo prepaid.
Article IX; Any correspondence may be regis
tered, as well international correspondence as
that originating in or destined for other countries
to which these two administrations may respect
ively servo as interni'-diarics in either direction for
the transmission of such registered articles. Each
department shall notify the other of the two
countries to which it may serve as intermediary.
Article X. Accounts between the two depart
ments shall be regulated on the following basis:
Irom the total amount of postages and register
fees collected by each office ot letters, added "to
the total amount of prepaid postages and register
fees on other correspondence which it despatches,
ihe despatching office shall detiuct the amount re
quired as the nirrccd rate for the cost of interme
diate transit thereof between the two frontiers,
and the amount of the two net suris shall b di
vided between the two offices in the proportion of
thrce-bitbs (3-a) to the United sutes ottice ana
two-fifths (2-5) to the Swiss office.
Article XI. The correspondence mentioned in
the second paragraph of the first article shall be
despatched umb'r regulations to be established by
t'ie despatching office, but always including the
following:
First. No packet shall contain anything which
shall be elosvd ngairst inspection ; nor any writ
ten communication whatever, except to state to
whom and from whom the packet is sent ; cud
the numbers and prices placed upon patterns or
samples of merchandise.
Second. No packet may exceed two feet in
length, or one foot in any other dimensions, or
the equivalent iu Swiss irieasarem mt.
Third. Neither office shall be bound to deliver
any article the importation of which may be pro
hibi'cd bv the laws or regulations of the country
of destination.
Fourth. So long as any customs duty mav be
chargeable on any article exchange! in the mails
such duty may be levied for the use of the cus
toms. Fifth. Except as above, no charge whatever,
otherwise than is herein expressly provided, shall
be levied or collected ou the correspondence ex
changed. Artiele XII. The two post departments shall
establish by agreement, and in conformity with
the arrangements in force at the time, the condi
tions upon which the two offices may respectively
exchauge in open iuuils the correspondence orig
inating in or destined to other foreign countries
to which they may reciprocally serve as interme
diaries. It is understood, however, that such corres
pondence sha'-l only be charged with the rate ap
plicable to direct internatienal correspondence,
augmeuted by the postage due to foreign coun
tries, and by any other tax for exterior service.
Article XIII." Each offire accords to the other
the privilege of transit of closed mails exchanged,
in either dir cti-n. between the latter and any
country to wLi-h the latter may serve as. an inter
mediary, l3' its usual means of mail transporta
tion, whether on sea or land. Such transit across
its own territory shall be reciprocally free of ex
pense. ;
For such transit by sea the United States office
shall receive as follows :
1. For tiansit across the waters of the Atlantic
Ocean : a. For letters, 8 ee-nts per single letter
rate. b. For other correspondence, 12 cents per
kilogramme,- net.
2. For transit across the Pacific Ocean : a.
For letters, 10 cents per single letter rate. b. For
other correspondence, 20 cents per kilogramme,
net ,
For such transit by sea the Swiss office shall re
ceive as follows : For transit across the ivotcrs
of the Atlantic Ocean : a. For letters, 8 cents
per single letter rate. b. For other correspond
ence. 12 cents per kilogramme, net.
For intermediate territerial transit each office
shall receive the amount it actually disburses for
such transit.
Article XIV. Oe postal accounts between the
two offices shall be stated quarterly, and trans
mitted and verified a spe iiiy as practicable.and
the ba'a' ce found due shall be paid to the cred
itor office either by t x hange ou Loudon or Paris,
or at the debt'T office, as the creditor effiee may
desire. The rate for the conversion of the moni-y
of the two countries, shall be fixed by common
agreement between the two oflr-cs,
Artiele XV. When, in any port of cither coun
try, a closed mail is transferred from one Tessel
to anoth t without any expense to the offiee of
the country where the transfer is made, such
tranKfer shall not be subject tj any postal charge
by one office against t'-e oth-r.
Article XVI. Official communications between
the two offices shall not be the occasion of any
accounts on cither side.
Article XVII. Le'ters wrongly sent or wrongly
addresse 1, or not deliverable for whatever cause,
shall be returned to the originating office, at its
expcns.j, if any expense is incurred. Registered
correspondence of all kinds, not deliverable for
any cause, shall also be returned in like manner.
All other correspondence which cannot be deliv
ered shall remain at the disposition of the receiv
ing office.
Any postages upon correspondence returned,
which shall havebeen charged against the office of
destination, shall be discharged from the account.
Article XVJ1I. The two offices shall, by mu
tual consent, establish detni ed regulations for
carrying these articles into execution, and they
may modify such regulations, in like manner,
from time to time, as the exigencies of the service
may require.
Article XIX. This convention shall take effect
at the time to be fixed by common accord of the
two administrations, and shall continue in force
until terminated by mutual agreement or other
wise, until one year from the date whn one office
shall have notified the other of its desire to ter
minate it.
Executed in duplicate at Berne, this eleventh
day of October, A. D. 1 S67.
seal. JOHN A. KASSON.
Special Commissioner 4c.
seal. , Dr. J. DUBS.
Post-Office Depabtmest,
Washington, November 13,1867.
Having examined and considered the aforego
ing articles of a convention for the amelioration
of the postal intercourse between the United
States of America and the Swiss Confederation,
which were agreed upon and executed in dupli
cate at Berne on the eleventh day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by
Hon. John A. Kasson, special commissioner, io.,
&e., on behalf of this department, and by Dr.
Jaquex Dubs, vice president of the federal council
and chief of the federal post department, on be
half of the federal council of the Swiss Confede
ration, the same are by me hereby ratified and
approved, by and with the advice anu consent of
the President of the United States.
In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of
the Post-Office Department to be bereto affixed,
with my signature, the day and year first above
written.
L.B. ' ALEX. W. RANDALL,
Postmaster-GeneraL
I hereby approve the foregoing convention.and
in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of tho
United States to be affixed.
L. s.l
By the President : ANDREW JOHNSON.
William II. Seward, Secretary of State.
Washington, November 12, 1867. -
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Weekly Newspaper,
Containing- 28 colnms of matter,
IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
In the City of Albany,
at
2?or Annum,
IX AVVAXCE,
Six months 52
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"LOCAL ITEMS" made a SPECIALTY.
THE REGISTER
JOB PRINTING
OJ?'JL'IC?33,
Flrtt street, 'opposite Parrish A Co.'a store,)
Albany s s s Oregon.
w
- J 1 'L-
AVIVG a very fair assortment of material
vc are prepare) to execute, with neatness
ami dispatch, all kinds of
iro:o xn.xrrTX3src3-
such as
Hand-bills,
l'rojrammef,
Hill-heads,
Card.,
Ball TicJcrts,
I'amphlets,
Labels,
Blanks
- of nil kinds,
at as low fi tires as a due regard to taste and good
work will allow. When you want anything in
the printing line, call at the Register office.
JIASTElfc J. El. BREXAEK
WILL GIVE LESSOXS OX THE
Pmo, VIOLIX and ORGAN,
AT
His own or Pupil's Residence.
Lessons, given in the 1' rench mgnaje.
For particulars, enquire at the corn Eroad
alhin and Second streets.
?Qk- Itefers to Prof. John Briggs.
BLACKStV3sTHlMG !
PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS
HUE undersigned gives notice to the gcncrnl
1 public, that he is new manufacturing the
Galcsbtirg Pnfcnt Plow !
and any other style of plow that may be ordered.
Also, particular attention paid to
Horse Shoeing. Wagon and Darrlage
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 Piece' Ferry. F. WOOD.
Albany, November 21 , 1 80R-1 1
CRAFTSMEN'S
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
OP NEW YORK.
mJCHAIVAT & ITIEA.RS,
GENERAL AGENTS FOR
Oregon, and Washington, Idano and
Montana Territories,
PORTLAND.
OREGON.
Cash Plan, Low Rates, Strictly Mutual.
All Policies Non-Forfeiting by their
Terms.
No Restriction on Travel, Residence or
Occupation.
Policies issued in Gold or U. S. Curren
cy, as desired.
No extra charge upon women.
All varieties of Policies issued.
Large Cash Value upon Surrendered
Policies.
E. S. MERRILL, Agent,
oot9-S , Albany, Oregos.
NATIONAL LIFE
Insurance Oompany
OF THE
UXITED STATES of AMERICA,
WASHINGTON, S. C.
Chartered by special Act of Congress,
Approved July 25, 1868.
Cash Capital,
81,000,000.00
DIRECTORS :
CLARENCE H. CLARK,
JAY COOKE.
W. . MOORIIEAD,
GEORGE F. TYLER,
J. HINCKLEY CLARK,
E. A. ROLLINS,
HENRY D. COOKE,
W. F. CHANDLER,
JOHN D. DEFREES,
EDWARD DODE,
H. C. FAHNESTOCK.
OFFICERS :
CLARENCE E. CLARK, Philadelphia, Presi
dent. JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance It Executive
Committee.
HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi
dent. EMERLON W. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary
& Actuary.
E. S. TURNER, Washington, Assistant Sec
retary. FRANCIS G. SMITH, M. D., Medical Director.
J. EW ING WEARS, M. D., Assistant Medical
Director.
FTHE attention of persons contemplating in
B suring their lives, or increasing the aiuonnt
ot insurance they already have, is called to the
special advantages offered by the NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED
A R E:.
The National charter, the large capital, the
Low Rates, the comuwJn-sense plan, the definite
contracts, the honorable and fair dealings, the
Non-Forfeiting Policies, the perfect security,
the liberal Terms of the policies, eta., etc., rend
ers the NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY of the United States of America worthy of
the patronage of every busincs man.
This company, during the sixteen months of
its existence, has issued
8,825 POLICIES,
COVERING
$20,800,000 INSURANCE.
The extraordinary rapid progress of the com
pany attests the estimation in which it is held by
the public, and the large amount of new business
transacted it is the best evidence of the popular
ity of its principles, nnd its adaptability to meet
the requirements of its Assurers.
ITS POLICIES ARE NEGOTIABLE.
By the Charter of the Company, certificates of
obligatioBS will be issued, arreeinj? to purchase
its policies at their value whirb, when accompa
nied by the policy duly assigned or transferred,
are negotiable, and may be used as collateral se
en r ty, in making loans from thu Company or
from other parties.
The Hon. Jno. E. Sanford. Insurance Commis
sioner of Massachusetts, in his Report for 18fS,
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 tbat prom
ise only eqnity, and render nil tbat 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 tho insured,
the Company taking all the risk. By the Mu
tual plan, the full value in insurance of the pre
mium paid, ia not secured to the policy-holder,
who takes a portion of the risk himself."
Policies Issued In
Groltl ot Currency.
WM. E. HALE, MANAGER.
WELLS, FARGO & CO.,
. GENERAL AGENTS
FOR THE PACIFIC COAST.
J. C. TlErVDEIIALL, .
TRAVELING AGENT
For Ore iron and Waahlaffton Territory.
Albany, September 11, 1869-1U
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ENGLAND
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF BOSTON.
Purely ITtx-tuLAX.
INCORPORATED 1835.
Gash asset. ........$7,600,000 00
Cash Dividend, 1867 626,673 55
Cash Dividend. 1868., 786,187 80
Total su.plus dividend 3,512,771 00
Losses paid in 1863........ 575,500 00
Total losses paid...... 3,342,100 00
Income for 1867......, 2,862.031 41
No extra cbareo for traveling to and from the
Atlantic States, Europe, Oregon, or the Band wick
islands. -
All Policies non-forfeiting, and governed by the
non-iorieitiog law 01 Massachusetts .
Policy holders the only persons who receive d ir
der ds 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 as
there is any surrender .
Talue.
XO FORFEITURES !
This old and popular Company, (the oldest Mb-
tual Life Insurance Company in this -country)
insures at the low
est possible rates.
The stability of this Compaiy, with its past his-'
tory, increasing capital and business, and the sat'
isfactory manner in which it has discharged it.
obligations in the past, are guaran ees for the
future such as far-seeing and careful men require
in their investments.
Persons generally, who thoroughly understand
the workings of Lite Insurance, are anxious te
avail themselves of its equitable provisions..
Full information will be given to those who
desire, at the Agency,
Horn' Office. 3d State Street, Beaten
Pacific Branch Offices,
303 Montgomery Street, Sau Francisco.
I
Room 3, Carter's Building, Portland, Oregon,
EVERSON & HAINES, General Arte.
RVSSELL&ELKIWS, A?t;
AZBAXr, OREGOX.
Albany, September 19, 186S-2y
T99
Farmers Can Ride and Plow,
BT SECCBIXO 0!E OF THI
GAY" PLOWS,
Manufactured and sold for the very low price of
8$0 and TSi.
o
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. The
wheels are four feet in diumeter, and run on the
nn plowed laud. Its entire construction is in no
way complicated. The plow is managed in every
manner with case, and requires only two levers
to be used in m iking any alteration. The supe
riority of the "Way" 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 "Oa.y" Plow, hereby certify that tho
same has given us entiresnrisfaction. Its facility
for adjusting to suit-the depth of furrow without
movi g from the scat, 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, 1 ecause it is strong"
and durable, all except the wood-work being con
structed of wronrrht iron no ca-ttnrrs are nm(1.
The wheels running upon the solid land is an ad
vantage over other gang-plows, in striking off
land and in plowing, not having to make the nec
essary changes in the machinery, and the scut is
always level, not thr wing tho driver forward or
sideways as in other plows, l.etter work and
more of it can be accomplished by the use of this
Plow than by hand.
We take pleasure in recommending the "Gay"
Plow to our brother farmers, as one having no
superior in Oregon.
J. G. REKD. Vf. P. ESHOM,
A. B. LOOXET, E. W. PIKE.
W. H.GOLTTREE. II. DAVIDiOX.
May 20th, 18R9.
The "Gy" Plow is manufactured by II.
Goulding, Portland Machine Shop.
All orders will be promptly attended to by ad
dressing, C. V.GAtV
Portland, Oregon.
Albany Agents.
J. BARUOWS A CO., Agents
for Linn A lSenton counties.
JOHN B1UGGS, Agent
for Linn & Benton counties.
May 22, '69-37
THE OX.U
STOVE DEPOT!
JO II A BltlOGS,
HZALER ix
STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX,
of the best patterns !
ALSO
Tin, Sheet Iron and
Copper W axo I
and the usual assortment of Famishing Goods to
be obtained in a j
Ejr Repairs neatly and promptly czrttrf,
on reasonable terms.
"Short reckonings, make long friends.' -
Front street - Albany
Next door to Mansfield A Co.
dec5'68-!2 "
FAMILY USEV
MAKING T
6m
At
lY VARIETY QF
VYN.AGT.
dieMQNTGOMERYSTj
GILBERT CHOs, AGENTS.
SALEM, OREGON, . '
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