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VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1870. NO. 28. MBM9HBB ETEHT 8ATCRDAT BT 0. jCOLL. ,-YAX GLETE. erriCB ox corker op fekrt asd first-sts. TERMS IN ADVANCE. One Tear. .-. Three Dollars Six Months Two Dollars Single Copiea....,. ......Ten Cents ADVERTISING RATES. Transient adrertisemcnts per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent Insertion, $1. Larger advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. i "T : 5 JOB WORK. Having received new type, stock of colored inks, cards, a Gordon Jotier, etc., we are pre pared .Uijexeeute all kinds ol priutine ia a better Hsmm kn'flfty per cent. eMSkperAn eer be .fore offered in this city. - . ' ' ' ' , . Agents for the Register. - , The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, etc., for tbe Register : HIRAM SMITH, Esq Harrisburg. Judge S. II. CLAUGUTON Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq -Brownsville W. R. KIRK, Esq - " E. E. WHEELER. Esq Seio. T. H. REYNOLDS, Esq Salem. Geo. W. CANNON, Esq -Portland. L. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. p Z WHEELER, IV o t ii i y Public. BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS made an I attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. 12 6S 3. IIAlYXfKY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's Click. " o Hiltabidcl & Co., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO visions. Wood and Willow Waro, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. E. A. Freelaud, DEALER IN EVERT DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery. Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, etc., Post office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco, I S. II. Clang-hton, NOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. OSSee in the Post Office building, Lebanon, Oregon. - . - - ' Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. - I J. M. MITCHELL. J. jr. noi-rn. A. SMITH. TCitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS ad COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. Otfice over the old Tost Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. I JAMES A. WARNER, Civil Engineer &. Surveyor. IS PREPARED TO DO SURVEYING AND Engineering. Uses improved Solar Compass. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Residence on 4th St-, opposite Dr. Tate's residence, Albany Oregon. nI9-6m TOimt. L. FLIICX. Powell &. Flinn, A TTDRNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, . (Z. Flinn, Notary Public,) Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances prempfy attended to. I P. V. REDFIELD. P. V. STINK. H. M REDFIELD & CO., CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac. Ac, Wholesale and Retail, opposite R. C. Hill A Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon. 5oct9 ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Corner First and Washington Sts., ALBANY, - -" - - OREGON. XT. BRENNER, Proprietor. WITH A NEW BUILDING, NEWLY Furnished throughout, tbe proprietor hopes to give entire satisfaction to tbe traveling; public. The beds are supplied with spring-bottoms. The table will receive the closest atten tion, and everything the market affords palatable to guests will be supplied. ' jan29-2I ALIMYY BATH HOUSE. rilHK UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT -1 . fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that be has taken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict att-mtit a to business, expects to suit all those who ma favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing' Saloons, be ex pec's to give entire satisfaction to all. ' Children and Ladies' bair neatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. seI9y2 OTt TO HIT " WADSWORTH & KUHN Are now ready to execute all kinds of Plain and Fancy Painting ! x . - such as Signs, Carriages, Buildings, ,.r . as well as Graining;, Paperhanging, Calcimining, ' and in fact all kinds sad styles of -PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL WORK, that can be dose with Paint and Brush, at 39-FAIRi LIVING RATES. . Give as a call. Shop on Ferry street, over Kuha A Adams' wagon shop. CHEAP SEWINQ MACHINES. tG)Q HOME SHUTTLE SE WINGrV G, Q f?JiCj Machine. A double-thread ffrs&Cj lock-stitch Shuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both sides. . 1 GGUfY Celebrated Common-Sense tf C7i JjisiAJ Family Machine. Both ma- tfaZ&ij dunes fully Warranted for years. Machines sent to any part of tbe coast by express, C. O. D. 'Agents wanted in every town on the Pacific coast. Liberal commission. ,i v i Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Co., 2y G. G. JRAVER, 131, First St., Portland. UNION REPUBLICAN CONVEN TION OP OHHUON. The Union Republican voters of the State of Oregon will meet at the City of Portland, at 10 o'clock A. 51., on Thursday, the 7th day of April, 1ST0, in Delegate Convention, for the purpose of placing in nomination a State Ticket to be sup ported at the approaching election in Jane, and the transaction of such other business as shall properly come before said Convention. Counties will be entitled to delegates as follows: Baker f Benton 1 Clackamas 12 Clatsop 3 C003 4 Curry 2 Columbia lourlas 12 Grant ...... ........ 7 Jackson 10 Josephine 4 Lane ..........12 Linn 1 8 Marion 24 Multnomah. . .. ...... 20 Polk Tillamook Umatilla. Union Washington Wasco...... ....... Yamhill ........... ...11 ... 2 ... 5 6 ... 9 ... 6 ...11 The Committee recommend that the County Conventions for the election of Delegates be held on Saturday, the 2Gtfi day of March, 1870. By order of the State Central Committee, M. P. BERRY, Chairman. T. B. Odeneal, Secretary. Portland, January ISUb, IS70. PORTLAND CARDS. S. D. SMITH. THE GEO. B. COOK. OCCIDENTAL, FORMERLY "7V7"ostexxx Hotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon. Messrs. SJJ.ITH & COOK have 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, makiDg it by far the Best Hotel lit 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 honse for the benefit of guests. 60 Portland, August 15th, IS69. AMERICA!? EX1IA1E, -COBWEB 01- Front and Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. X.. p. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) THIS HOUSE is tbe 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. SJSS- The Concord Coach will always be font at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar river boats, carrying passengers and their bag gage to and fptm the boats free of charge. Haute enpplied tctfi Patent Fire Extinguithert. COSHOFOIjITA!? iiotejl. (fokverlt irkicoji'b,) Front street : : : Portland, Oregon. THE UNDERSIGNED, n.WIXO PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now pre pared to offer tbe traveling public better accom modations than can be found elsewhere in the city. Board and Lodging $2 OO per da)-. The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to eon vey Passengers and baggage to and from the Hotel free of charge. 3. B. SPRENGER. OHice Oregon A California Stage Company, B. G. Whitehoi-se, Agent. 2tf iew Columbian Hotel, N-s. US, 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 ani Lodging- From one to two dollars per day according to the room occupied. 7gX Rooms newly furnished and well ventil ated. Superior accommodations for families. The New Columbian Hotel Coac'i will be in attendance at all tbe landings to convey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 JST Free ot Charge ! -3 69 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. MEALEY DEALER IN. t MANUFACTURER OF and CABINET WARE ! Bedding, Etc-, orn er First and Broad Alb in streets, ALBANY, OREGON. ' ggf rARTlCCLAK ATTBHTIOSr FAI9 TO " ORDERS OF ALL KINDS in his line. October T8B3-8 a o s w m I AX PRKPABED TO DO ALL KINDS OK TURNING! I ke p on band and make to order RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS, ..c.'.f' : -fi ad Spinaiar Whel.;? SSf Shop near the "Magnolia Mills." . JOHN M. METZLER Albany, Not. 28, I888-IS LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, j Precinct Meeting. At the meeting at tbe Court House on Saturday last, the following named gentlemen were elected delegates to the Linn County Democratic Convention: S. Montgomery, John Par ker, Mart Paine, Geo. Patterson, C. P. Burkhart, Isaac Hayes, Asa Jones, Milt. Houston, A. W. Stanard and Mr. Hale. From Scio. The Netcs advocates the building of a good road and the estab lishment of a mail line between Scio and this city, and says Scioans will build half the road if Albanians will finish it. This is a good suggestion. Albany should have good roads, leading to the different towns in the county, that can be traveled at all seasons in the year, if she wishes to profit from their trade. Will our bus iness men think of it? The second term of ths Scio school, under the management of Mr. Carter, closed on the 8th. The full term ex pires in April, when a vacation will be given. The school under the present teacher is most prosperous. Mr. Jas. A. Hichardson, living about three mrivs from Scio, who accidentally shot himself last week, is in a fair way to recover. The editor speaks of the bacon put up during the season, by Messrs. Wheeler & Ostrander, as first quality. A beet brought into the JVeics office measured 34 inches in circumference! and weighed 15 pounds. x A parcel of Indians prowling around town, got hold of some whisky, and had quite a row among themselves, last week. A. C. Jones, of this city, delivered an address before the Democratic Club of Scl on Saturday night. Todd, the spir itualist, was to lecture at tbe City Hall the same evening. Western Monthly. The March number of this excellent magazine is filled to the brim with interesting read ing. The engraving of Robert Kenni cott, the great Naturalist, is a striking resemblance, and the sketch of his life and labors, which follows, of the deepest interest, especially to .Illinoisana. The Western Monthly is one of the best pub lication issued in Chicago, and is fast gaining in popularity. Published by the Western Monthly Company, Chicago, 111., at S3 per annum. Willamette or Walla met.- Judge J. Quinn Thornton and Judge Wm. Strong, of Portland, have each given to the Portland public their opinions as to the manner in which our river should be spelled the former contending for Wal- lamct and the latter for Willamette or Willamet. Laws of the U. S. We this week finish up the printing authorized by tbe first session of the forty-first Cong: ess. We shall soon commence issuing in sup plemental form, the acts and doings of the second session. As some of these measures will be of great importance, we issue in tbe shape of a supplement that they may be the better preserved. Thanks. For late copies of the Lead's Times and ITorJcshire Post we are indebt ed to Mr. John Briggs. o F ALL KINDS, printed at tbe very lowest rates, as orderoa at tau etnee. Signed. A proclamation for the pro mulgation of the Fifteenth Amendment has received the signature of President Grant, says the dispatches. Reduced. Under Republican man agement the debt of Indiana has been reduced from $13,000,000 to $2,100,000 while in the national finances better re sults have been obtained than the most sanguine had hoped for. Sent to tbk Asylum. Terrence Cassidy, who threatened President Grant with assassination, and used very abusive language while the latter was walking on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City, on the 10th inst, has been pronounced insane and sent to the Government In sane Asylum. Roasted Cat. Yesterday, says the Portland Call ot the 10th, a little two year-old was playing with pussy for some time,-and while his mamma's back was turned, put the feline in the stov'e oven and closed the door. Tbe cat seemed to be satisfied with the situation and' made no noise, and the little toddler went about his business. , The matron toon after started a fire in the stove for culi nary purposes, and when heated suffi ciently, she opened the oven door and lo I there was the household' mouser "done brown," roasted up to the most approved rules of Gallic cookery. A young man in Indiana worked all last summer to clear an eighty acre tract of land belonging to a young woman who had promised to marry him. . -When, just as the weather began to get cold, he went to claim his reward, she married another fellow who had looked on while the victim was working. - ' William B. Astor has raised the wrath and rent of bis tenants five per cent, for the coming year. A Journey from - Albany, : Oregon, to Oberlin, Onto. In company with Mr. Bartges, I left Albany on Saturday, November 13th, 1869, at 4 o'clock P.-M-, per steamer Fanvy Patton. We glided down the placid Willamette to the little town of B'uena , Vista, and there lay over night ; thenf ran down to Salem. It being Sun day, our boat lay over for the day. W'hile there saw several of my acquain tances, among whom ws Dr. J. Linsey Hill, a medical student who remarked that he would be prepared , to administer pills to ma on myircturo," provided , my delicate health needed jthem.t' . Success to him, was my rpJy, tliough I didnot wish to be his subject uyself, individu ally. We remained ob board the boat during the night to be ready for her in the morning. Wo left at 5 o'clock, with an increased number of passengers, among whom was Mr. R-C. Gecr, Co. Clerk of Marion, an old acquaintance, who, after learning my design, gave me cards of introduction to different person ages in Illinois. - He remained on board as far as Oregon City". There were two other persons on boardfrom Salem, who we learned were to be Our traveling com panions to the East, . by the name of Thos. Ingles and Geo. W. Taylor, the former a miller by trade, bound for St. Louis, Mo. V! We passed smoothly down the river, stoppirg now and then at the different towns and points of shipment for freight. We reached Oregon City at 11 o'clock Monday, there to await two hours for the loading of the steamer " Alert, during which time we ascended the cliff in the back ground, which gave us a magnifi cent view of the city;- and-also of the falls a bird's eye .iew of the city, as it were, for the cliff overhangs the city with a height of over one hundred feet with an almost perpendicular wall. We left Oregon Oity; at 1 o'clock, reaching Portland at 4. Here we see the steamer AJax, wjrteh was to be our future home upon thoffcaters. She had not yet unloaded hor eargo, which con sisted chiefly of railroad iron, and it ,is doubtful whether she-WU aavc ecfthe morrow, the appointed time. ,- --..! We put up at the Cosmopolitan hotel, with a very hospitable proprietor, Mr. J. B. Sprenger, formerly of the Pacific, of Albany. Tuesday morning the steamer chauged her advertisement for leaving to Thursday. We are favored with copious showers of rain, so familiar to " Web foot "climate. Quite a bustle in town, though it docs rain. Getting tired of the place, it being so wet and disagreea ble. We go to the theater to while away the time. edncsday noon tne steamer is unloaded, and moves over to this side, to Couch's ' wharf. We go down and inspect her somewhat. I vis ited the Central school, which is in charge of Prof. R. K- Warren, my former teacher. Thursday morning the steamer's advertisement is changed to Friday. I went across the river to East Portland. " While there the Iron horse " came puffing up the first I ever saw. A party of Albanians arrived from an excursion across thq Cascade range. We all attend the theater to hear Shak speare's Macbeth. Friday morning ar rives. The day dawns with a clear sky,J and continues fair and beautiful that our remembrance of Oregon may con tinue lair and bright, it being the day for us to leave. We go aboard at four o'clock, and the old slpp was cut loose at half-past four, so we bid farewell to Port land. We went on our way rejoicing for about three hours, and cast anchor for the night opposite St. Helens. ; It was foggy in the morning, so we did not start till near ten o'ciook. when she went at pretty fair speed. In the afternoon we came incontact with the sea breeze j met the steamship Moses Taylor, , whose decks were lined with passengers from San Francisco, , bound for Portland. There were a lot of sea-gulls following her. We put into the wharf at Astoria for the night. The next morning (Sun day) we set out for sea. Presently we came in sight of the breakers, which roll in and show their white-caps, and at first sight present the appearance of a city in the distance; but as we near them we saw their frothy mouths shoot forth their angry tongues as if eager to devour us. We stear oar course for the sea, but" it is deemed nnsafe to venture through, so. her course is turned, and we retrace our steps. Twice she stears for for the sea, and twice she returns to the harbor. A steamer is seen lyiug off . the bar, waiting for the maddened waves to quell. We cast anchor for the night m Baker's Bay. Monday morning the steamer Gutsfe Telfair is seen crossing the bar, which seems to be Calm -she comes in all, right. At half-past nine Captain gave orders to hoist anchors, which being done, we steared for the sea. We cross the barr all right, but our ship rolls and plunges like she would dive to the very bottom.; but" as each wave comes to engulf her, as it seemer, the mounts and rides them triumphantly. The sailors say it is very calm. ... There is , not ve y much sickness on board, though some vere unable to retain the control of their stomachs though my consumed eatables were kept down, I had no particular hankering after a new sur piy.T ,v.?! ... , We have a fair wind in our favor, so the sailors hoisted sails. The day passed slowly on, and it is now that I spend my first night on the "ocean wave." Tues day morning dawns, and the coast is still in sight. We pass a vessel between us and the shore, several miles distant. I see the spouting of the whale in its home amid the watery deep. We make fair progress, -though are getting somewhat wearied. I saw a couple of seals show their golden breasts above the saline sur face. We pass inside the , " Golden Gate," and are in sight of San Francis co, whose outskirts are scattered over the hills. We landed at the wharf at six o'clock, 24th inst., and are glad enough We put up at the Brooklyn hotel, and came to our appetites. After supper having done the subject justice we go out to see the town ; also attend the the ater. The Dext day we explored the city a little, of which three or four hours' walk shows us but a small portit n. We buy our railroad tickets. - Our acquaint ance with San Frincisco is short, yet have formed a very favorable opinion of her so far. On getting in the omnibus, our old Albany friend-, Njoods, and wife, hail us. They had ju&t arrived that day from the Sound couutry. ' We leave at four o'clock P. M., the 25th November. We crossed the bay on the ferry boat, and take the cars. There I got my first ride behind the iron horse, which is quite a contrast from that upon the sea. We skim the ground in our flying- speed, and reach Sacramento at half-past ten o'clock where we remain till five next morning, when we resume our journey, gliding over the prairies of the Sacramento val ley. We soon come to the old mining camps of the '49ers, some of which are still being worked. The miner is still at his post with pick in hand searching for the hidden treasure, for which purpose there arc pipes and flumes in sight (or the conveyance of water. The Sacramento valley is. a very beautiful country. We proceed at a merry rate over the level meadows, swinging around the head of the canyons. We come to the Emigrant gap where we see the old emigrant road, which looks like an almost impossibility to travel, on the mountain side. No more will the emigrant toil over the long and weary journey ' behind an ox team, tender footed, and with sore necks from the wear of the yoke, but will ride be hind the tireless iron horse, whose hoofs are guided by the iron, Bail. 1, It ascends the steeps, snorting and. puffing like.. the frightened roebuck, it goes on, leaping chasms, burrowing through the moun tains, edging the preefpice. Thus it ever goes ou night aud day in its untir ing strength, oaly stopping now and then to get a drink, or to take on wood to keep itself warm. This is the kind of " buggy " for me. I don't think I want much of sea riding in mine. I dont believe the author of the following lines : - " Ob, for a life on the ocean ware, A home on tbe rolling deep," ever saw tbe ocean, much less to ride on it and get sea-sick, and all that sort ot thing, or else he must have been au escaped convict from the States prison. As for riding on the cars, I think the writer of, . ''What is so provoking-as riding on a rail ?" mustbave had the tooth ache very badly. But I have run off from the road some what, I guess. As we ascend the moun tains we come to snow and a piercing wind, while only the day before we were in a climate of warmth and sunshine. Here we pass through several tunnels in the mountains, and also pass under neath miles aud miles of snow-sheds, the longest of the number is 1,700 feet long. The total length of tbe sheds is 40 miles. We pass the summit of the Sierra Ne vadas about eiiiht o'clock at night. On the morning of the 29th we came to Wadsworth station, 45 miles from the California and Nevada line, on the Ne vada side, 189 miles from Sacramento. During the day we pass through a vast alkaline desert, surrounded by bald hills. We alto pass by hot springs the safety valves for the discharge of the steam from the fire-works of our little globe. But for fear of getting scalded we pass on to the Humboldt river, whose wind iug course we follow for many , miles. Sage-biush is the principle shrubbery here. We also get a sight of the " Dev il's Peak," a perpendicular rock about 1,500 feet high, rising from the water's edge. On the morning of the 28th we take breakfast at Carlin, a station 446 miles from Sacramento. During- the day. we pass near the White Pine conn try. On the morning of the 29th we came in sight of Great Salt Lake, whose waters are said to be so salt that from three pails of water one pail of salt is obtained. Next we come to Promontory, the junction of the C. P. and U. P. Rail roads. Here we are in the Mormon country. Brigham Young is building a railroad connecting Salt Lake City with the IT. P. Railroad. About dusk we p&.ss through what is called the " Devil's Gate," whose huge stony posts, or walls, look as though . none other than him could keep the gate a swinging. He gave us a permit to pass through, and we left him to gaze on the wild scene. On the -30th we stopped at Bryan sta tion, 914 miles from Sacramento. ? We next go through the Red Deserts. The morning of the 1st of December we stop for breakfast at Lookout station, 1,167 miles from Sacramento, where the vast herds of elk, deer and antelope are found. We saw bands of elk but a short distance from tbe road, which were hurrying to get ont of the way of our flying cars. I borrowed a pistol : from one of the boys, and fired a shot among them, but nope tumbled that we could see. - Here we have an upward grade, with snow piled ou the track at places, although there are snow-fences on either side ; but we havo two locomotives at tached to the wagon, so we make the as cent with fair speed. The station on the summit of the Rocky Mountains is called Sherman sta tion, named in honor of Gen. Sherman, the tallest i General in the service. We go the down grade with good speed, and when the morning dawns we are in Platte valley, whose' level plains we travel for many miles. ' We; crossed the North Platte several times. At half-past eight o'clock of the 3d we arrive at Omahar. Thus we have passed over the Pacific Rail-road, a work of great importance. We crossed the muddy water of the Mis- IsauriLW JcrrxJbct5lere iflLB abstt- nance or ice in me river... w e leit coun cil Bluffs in the evening. Our road is somewhat smoother, than the- P. R. R. The weeds are scattering and look very scrubby. ; We crossed the Mississippi at Clinton, when we are in Illinois, my own native State.' Cornfields are numerous on either side, which seems to be tbe principle grain raised.. We arrived at Chicago on tbe evening of the 4th, called the "Queen City of the West," but that was before Oregon and California were, with their fine commercial cities. We remained in Chicago . till 6 o'clock the next evening, when we took the cars, went at a lively rate all - night, and ar rived at my destination, Oberlin, Ohio, at R o'clock A. M. of the 6th of Dec, 1869, in which place I have found shelter from at least some of the cold so usual in Ohio winters. R. H. MARKHAM, , I..-,-. 1 Shoo, Kly This ludicrous, yet popular song with the mas ses, was sung "by the negroes in Georgia long before ths late rebellion. A fire engine bora the name of "Shoo Fly," in Savannah, as far back as 1856, having derived its name from this simple and senseless song. As a, matter of curiosity to oar readers, we give the words of what may truth fully be termed' the song of the period : SHOO, FLT, DON'T BODDER MB I I think I bear de angels sing, Ijtbink I bear de angels sing, I think I hear de angels sing, De angels now are ou de wing, I feel, I feel, I feel, Bat's what my m odder said ; De angels pourin' 'lasses (Iowa Upon dis nigger's head. Cdobcs. Shoo, fly 1 don't bodder me I .-.. . - Shoo, fly i don't bodder ms I ' ' Shoo, fly I don't bodder me I I belong to Comp'ny O. 1 I feel. I feel, I feeL I feel like a morning star ; -t'..-,.: ...l feel, I feeL I fee!,. " ' " "' I feci Ijfee a morning stari I feel. I feel. I feel, I feel like a morning star; I feel, I feel, I feel, j I feel like a morning atari If I sleep in de sun, dis nigger knows. If I sleep in do son, dis nigger knows. If I sleep in de sun, dis nigger knows, A fly come sting him' on do nose. I feel, I feel, I feel, Dat's what my modder said ; Whenever dis nigger goes to sleep. He must eober np his head. Chorcs. Shoo, fly ! don't bodder me I Fiskian Scollops. A newspaper wag says the reports from Washington give us only a garbled account of James Fisk, Jr.'s, examination before the Con gressional " Committee. The following, he says, is the only correct report of the interview which we have obtained from an entirely reliable source: Q. What has become of Mrs. Grant's $20,000, her profits on the sale of gold ? A. "Gone where the woodbine twin eh." i Q. Do you know any bank Corbin is interested in ? A. "I know a bank where the wild thyme grows.'' ' ,, Q. When will Corbin be all right? A. "When he can read his title clear." -? Q. What is Grant's duty to the aged Jesse ? A. "Father, come home," and stay there. Q. w here did yon first broach the gold question to Grant ? A. "On Long Island's sea girt shore." Q. On board one of your Sound steamers 1 . - A. "Sound the loud timbrel." Q. -When did you speak of it again ? A. "When the swallows homeward fly." -,'.., !v.:..,.u :: Q. Where has Speyer gone f A. (Sings) Up in a balloon, boys, . Up in a balloon." ' '- Q. When do you expect to be free from your entanglement i A. "When the spring time comes, gentle Annie." Q. At present- . A.- "Jamie's on the a-t-o-r-m-y sea." Q. How do you feel, anyhow f .. A. (Song and walk around) ' ' -oh, I feel just as happy ' i As a big sunflower." A Wisconsin negro suspected a white man of interviewing his wife, and watch ed things through a stove pipe hole. Soon his worst fears were realized ; he rushed into the bedroom, when the white man fled with his hoots in his hand. Tbe colored man was going to sue him for $250,000 damages, but on finding a good coat and vest, and a pair of pants in the room, h;s wounded pride was healed. v A recent applicant to one of oar stage managers for a " posish " was asked if he bad ever " been on the boards 1", "Cer tainly, sir, often I was in the lumber yard this forenoon a couple hoars. My folks live - next door to a huge pile of 'em." He was engaged , at once to make his exit by the rear door. ; In Cincinnati a Welch woman announ ces a poetical reading in her Dative tongue It will be apt to sound like the fracture of many bottles. - - ' . ; . ' ; A Scientist's Somersaults Dr. T. D. ' Verano, one of the most distinguished astronomers of the day is about to publish a book, whioh as com pletely upsets the astronomical system now indulged ia as Copernicus and Gal lileo upset the system prevailing. The system of Newton, the ded notion of Kep ler, and. the opinions of all the great lights of our present system, are utterly . X. J I . 1 . vontrauicieu. it is unaersiooa mat these new doctrines are not the opinions of one man, but. are the opinious of a against existing institutions ; and we may look for a lively battle among scientific men. The author sets forth some of his conclusion Mtrlqirit Ctrar t-o-teaohings of the sys- Mn ot xperaiow , theoety ooe'thatBOw' gives law to astronomy, the" sub is now placed in the centre of the ,. planetary fivatnm mnA V.n . I. ' 1 . 1 1 t - -j , nu auu iuo planets uu not revolve annually around that lumin ary. " vj. Contrary to the belief in the system of Ptolemy, the earth is not situated in the centre of the universe, and the sua and the planets do not accomplish their! an nual revolving around it. i - Contrary to the system of Tyoho Bra. che, the earth is not motionless in tbe centre of the planetary system, and the sua does not revolve annually around our globe, carrying with it, in its revolution, all the planets that circulate around it. ' - Contrary to the doctrine of the astron omers of our days, the. orbit of tbe earth and the orbits of the planets are circles and not ellipses Kepler having mistak en illusions for realities in ascribing to the ellipse a power in space which it does not and cannot possess, i 'Contrary to their, doctrine, the moon does not reyoive around the earth while the latter is said to revolve around the sun. ' ' : ' Contrary to their doctrine, the earth, the moon and the planets pursue their course continually in. the plane of tbe eliptic, and never go out of it. Contrary to their doctrine, the dimin ution of the obliquity of the eliptic is a chimerical idea. - "i' , , . ; -: Contrary to their doctrine, the proces sion of the equinoxes, upon which .the most important works of modern astrono my are based, is something that does not exist. ". '- -.... .. . Contrary to their, doctrine, the equi noctial points and 1 solstices always pre serve their same positions. : ' . Contrary to tneir doctrine, the terres trial meridian varies .annually, and the latitudesod st art ingoinjtojlqricilfldes Shange from year lo yeafl"' '" Contrary to their doctrine, our civil year is not of constant equal duration, as their , almanacs represent it. There is never a year of duration equal to the one that preceded or follows it. ' . . Contrary to their doctrine, the Grego rian rectification was founded upon do astronomical basis. Instead of prevent ing it has augmented confusion ; at a future day Easter will come round again in the middle of spring, although the almanacs will eall it winter, if they per sist in keeping the 21st day of March as the date ot the spring equinox. Contrary to their doctrine, the climates of the earth are not nearly invariable, bnt are subject to extreme vicissitudes. Contrary to their doctrine, the stars have a general movement that carries them from West to East. Contrary to their doctrine, the dimen sions, distances and movements of . the planetary bodies, as set forth in their computations and tables, possess no real ity whatever; for they have been deter mined without taking into account pne of the most indispensable conditions. Contrary to their doctrine, no comet ever precipitates into any sun . whatever in the realms of space, or can in soy event come into collision with the earth. Contrary to their doctrine, Kepler's laws are but pure illusions. I ( It is only necessary to study . them experimentally in order to recognize the fact that they have not the least connection with the fundamental law of celestial mechanism. Contrary to their dootrine, Newton's theory of gravitation offers neither evi dence nor probability. It is a fantastic commentary, built upon the, chimerical ideas of Kepler, radically foreign to all mathematical truth aud even transgress ing the limits of common sense. New ton stepped beyond' the; sphere of the difficulty only to enter , into impossibili ties. I '-Ii i . : .n, . - After speaking of the intimate and in separable connections existing between astronomy and geology, he says ir The astronomy of the time we live in has to undergo the fate of all human aberrations.. It : clings ..tenaciously,'. to what is not, yet does not see . what is. One of the, most, remarkable arrange ments that responds to one of the most important astronomical necessities Of the flanet we inhabit it -overlooks entirely, refer to the mathematical regulation that has collected all the land on one hemisphere of our globe and covered the other with an immense ocean-r-e mechan ism traoseendantly simple, yet which, more than any other, perhaps, throwi into relief the hand of the Creator in the v.- i i i a , . i iji i n i l V. . , . . Tt T?.. Tta" TTaajwwKt'l nf RllAU needs to be born again, if it is true Chat he said in a recent discourse that there is as - much reason for demanding the reading of the Bible in a planing mill or woolen factory as in the common schools." ., 'VA'-; ? ;!",'" '!: A Georgia paper says it has no doubt, from the immigration of mules into the State during the past year,' that they ore largely in the majority. : n . t-, ", " A Chioago" reporter, ia describing the dress of a well known lecturer, says thai the "black velvet waist wae plain, and well lined with. Oiira Logaa." ' ..