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1 3 VOL. 3. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26.' 1370. "'; '' '''' '' ': ""' - -' ;' .-'i ... - TO So J PCBMSUED JSVK11V S.ITCBHAV BT COLL. ViOCLEVE. OVFICK OS COMER OP FEItRY AND FIUST-STS. PORTLAND CARDS. E. F. RUSSELL, - Attorney at Law, P. 1 EURY, Notary 1'uWic. TERMS IX fine Year Sis Month? SingU: Copies ADVANCE. i Three Dollar T Two liolhirs I Ten Cent? A D V E RT 1 3 1 N Q RATE.. Transient a lverti-:orneuts per Fqnare of ton lines or les, Urt insertion, $2 : each sii'ocucnt Insertion. $1. Larger advertisements inscric I on the most ibrrai term?. ' ' J on WORK. Having received new type. st-icl: of colored inks, lanli, a Urn-don .LibWr. ct ., vj are pre p ed t- ctusulis all kinds d pvhoin;.' in a bettor mann.r and fifty per cent. cheaper ts-.an ever be fore offered in thy city. Ag-ents for the Register. The full iwiag gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for ub.riptLKi,. advertising, etc. f.-r the Ri-BisTrn - III P. AM SMITH. Est llarrisl.ur.;. .Tndtrc S. II. CLAU'Uil rOX. Lebanon. PKTKR HUME. Esq :...t5rown3vil!e TV. 11. KIRK, -K-i K. R. WllKKLKU. li- Set.. T.'H. RE i XOLDS, E-l i.Ui.i. O. P. TOM PK IN 4, Est lL.rrUbnr-. L. P. If Li HER, Uso Tsisco. RUSSELL & FERRY, Real Estate Brolcers & CQHectlng Agents Portland, ... S1 Oregon. TECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE Sale of Ileal Estate, Heal Estate Litigation, and tbo Collection of I'luiuis. Ofiice, . North-we.-it corner of Eirst and Vnsh-in-tou Streets, Portland, Ojrn. feb 6-70- a 6KO. NOAII. JAMBS JWilllJSlIN'. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, formerly Sew Columbian, Corner Front and M.:rrisn:i streets. PORTLAKB, CKEGON, i Scab & Morrison, Proprietors, j Free Co:i;-!i to a:ul from tbo I"!o-.T3e. -COnXM: OP and Washington AD V ERTTSE M EN IS. BUILDERS, ATTENTION ! .SASH, ISLIXD .AXD-E00R F .A C -T O It Y ! i l" rout I.. V. W. Quiniby, s. h. Atmovst-.. s. wr.Tcnx. j. r. r. ackessto. ' LVOS STREET, (OS THC r.IVETt BANK), ALBASV, : : : oiikcos. T7- EEP ON II AND A rrLL Aa.SOUTMF.NT, and ar- prepared to Beers, ction- Mol l and PORTLAND, OREGON. - - - Proprietor. Streets, j Crown, Panel, Hand, and ! of all si.es. (Late of the "U"e.-rern Hotel.) 0AR1 J. C. MEN DEN HALT,, M.BANY. "5 E5 L IN5THU M1-N made aod att- 't-A. K:L-ii n attei di-d t . .vs,BA?fT, oiir.:;o?f. JC.-f V.KCEIVED. A LA LOU AND WELL scit i-icd .to -k of Vrcu.-h !..!.. cifii.oi vi C:is.-;mt-rt.'.-', Eeavi:: -. id lvo.ii;i- ;i. oi:d ail manner (f Vaocv 1 iO'N of L':it.- bt."t q iriUiy. Z-ij' i?uilz inad" to ur.I:r. 4y ' L. i?TS:rCK:.:EIEiX i CO. j riTit.-? HOCSK is the most fonrraodius in tiie I tatc, newiv (urnislirrl. an. I it v.-ul be ths i iiirievcr of t'ae Vr.i;5rif!or to u.ar.o hi? g!ie??e c'..mf.rtatL. Nearest llotf-l to t!ie stcaiaboiit ; lan-iinir. I .7f The Con'-or-l Cva -Ti will always be f. u'. i at th lan-Unp. on the prrival of s'c-amrhip ar I river boats, carrying; yr.rsn-'zvrs av;!l their V;a; -n;re to and fr.-ra tl boats r'rre ff rhnrrr. iI:V.-: :;.;lieil Kith I't':t ' Uitjii i-7( .-,-.. j WINDOW Af0 DOOR FRAMES I j Ploor'Iia.gr, and ad other l:uols of : : ftilEti-ilN. c-'-v yur.. nv.de.d- NEW A 1 V EUTISEM ENTS. t:.!-o Are p--ra-e! to MILL WOUK : r,;ri.:,h Sha ker Fu;is, 7.z7--'--. "oak-r.a. Suction Fa-.iS. Drivin Po'lej-s. of a:iy Ktnu. nf our i-a ?trei:t, foi the river ba-k), next Lo.ov. ivarehotisc. Albai-.v. F.-bruarv 0, 1S&3- 4 The Little "Roosters." r- Dluc-eyed baby Bertie, Sober as a priest ; Self-itnportant like tho Yankees "from the East" faultily the gravest Ol tbo baby kind ; Full enough of mischief . When he has a mind. Kisses are a favor . Baby Bertie give Only to his mother; s.. Vain another strivo. 13:ack-eyed fcaby Frauky, With dark and carlicg hair; Cunnir.i; little fingers, M.-ddling everywhere. Laughing, jumping, playing, EveTy funny trick Of hi3 own invention. When be is not-sick, . Or in fairy dreamland When nis gentle snrila Tells us baby Franky'a Happy all the while. Each wiili loving patents, Happy in their we.il, There's one kind of grief thesa Babies need not feel. Eeavuii ttaeh the parents IluV to guide the feet Trusted to their kee ping, Fjr time God will mete. When thoe lset grown Iar,;er- Sek th-.-ir peace to win, May they uevor wanuer In the paths of :n. The Alabama Claims Tlie Views of an j abroad liffore consulting those, at home American and a Patriot. (it appears an aL'ent was employed) must Thp f..ll.itrim lottnrtn Koi-rctiirr l'isli I intimate to the English that there - is on the Of e aul.ject of tho Alabama claims, is diesatisfaetion here with the wsy in which in reply to a couple of letters from Mr. A. 1 l"e uegotiatiou is conductca, ana .ol Parker oti the samo subject, which have 1 - J.y;.ll Mrki:uiu'r Ct?. had WHEAT tm FLAXSEED DEPOT. ff LEANING a-.d L'HSTINO capacity j I.Ofx IJuslicIs per Day ! A ?!:aro t f p::tr,'!iae iiv:t d. -li'TO1, , E. CARTWRTHHT. ;-'J The h:i'hr-;t ca'-it price- p.iid f -r W!;cat. STOVE DEPOT! I ccui E'aragrapLs. Our f..iin-jr.i sov we have not vet rain enough for bnccc:ful jduwing. ltcanu at uayijiatioa haj betn again discubthiued. Cauc w;':ke chuck. 'i he voad.-s through the county are got i titur yood'ag.5n,aitJ with j resent weather ; 'the mud W;H sood disappear. appeared in the Now York' Eiieniny Post. This letter will be found an admirable review ot the whole question, as well as of Ir. Parker's position : New York. October 28, 1870. Hon. II i mill on Fi-h'. 51 Y Dear. Sir : A few days ago a let ter t'ruuj Ir. Parker, in relatiou . to the 'Alabama Claims,'' appeared in the Evening J'ost, in which the writer propo's-(-3 that the individual claimants hali be allowed to ticgotiate directly, and without the intervention of our Government, with the Government of Great Britain, to re cover their money. This letter w-as ad dressed to Mr. Frelinghuyscn.--Lust evening another letter is given . in . the Post, addressed to yourself, .after, your official refusal to permit the application abroad. Both theae letters the J'ost very earnestly endorses. It seems that the British Ministry had been approached even before you were appealed to, and it was understood they wcro very willing to pay these claimants. The grounds and illustrations on which the wri'.er aud tho Post advocate this course- are certainly plausible, but, upon reflection, must, I thiiik, appear fallacious and unsound to a candid, uninterested leader, a;id perhaps a few words from one who is neither a politician nor a claimant, showing how this proposal strikes his mind, may not be disagreeable to you. I-Mjppose tit the outset that ihepropL'r operation, if not the letter of intertiation j ui l::w, would stand in the way if .there were no positive statue ot the country to be ii.l'iii -red. Surely this must be re rurded us Settled ill osdiuary cases, that Governments transact wish Govern mrnts where claims are to be enforced; and Ih'w is not a. caso where British .M.E& IN Eoouiih irou has beeu received -at Portland to complete the O. & R. II to within two or thieu miles of this city, ! perform a uiveu work fj and other iron is on the way. I price, and .tif.ght pss.lly authorities employed the to necessity eccourage Bora Granville to raise obstacles and to resist a' fair settle ment i It injures the country ; bat it likewise injures their own cause; The letter to Mr. Frelinghuysen -was it courteous to the Government ? Was it proper toward Mr. Frelinghuyscn ? These parties are bent apparently on ignoring the Government. But Mr. F. was ' not to be their agent, or the - agent . tf any private parties, but of his Government, to represent its views and to cary out its purposes. To address him, therefore, as if he would side with individuals" against his Government, to represent its views aud to carry out its purposes. . To addresa him, therefore, fas if he would, side with individuals a;.ajinst his Goverhitreiitf ecms the height of iidecoruru, ' which might very properly have been resented. Mr Frelinghuysen is a man of more nobility of miud than to be made a tool by any parties, and I know him -well.-.: v ."-' i Iiavingbeen very recently in England, and, ,liaviiig.couvered with gentlemen of intelligence there, I not only feel : some special interest iu this Subject, but be lieve I know somewhat ot the sentiments common anions the English. I believe there is a strong friendship among them (the people) toward us, and they wish these matters of dispute settled and out of the way. But I am also convinced that they should not be huddled tip by a hollow truce, but bo terminated on grounds of justice and right, in which the honor or sensitiveuej-s of neither, party hall be needlessly invaded; . in which however, great fjuestiou of international right and courtesy (an tinperlect right) shall be 4'eQucd, and the friendship of the two :reat Protestant peoples of ..the ! worid siiali not hereultcr Le endangered, j nor their influence for good over the civilized world be impaired, by the stu- ,p;d:ty or seliii-.hncs, cr cnpidity end love g 1 kntl::men- i:x 11 on sh'-rt uotie-', .li iTS MAF-K TO iitD::il latc:i. . jSXr Al A av. . mads cf P.cjai-ir.s-XJ2. .Tac 11, i .-:o -:( FasMoiiaMo Iliiliasry an! Fancy GooSs, i STOVES, 100S, PARLOR S im. Ciauninta .1 s..r;a.axa j 0f jrj., or pride or ambition or. ill will of b j impleadei ; t.itgor part7. a result such as this woure reparation is ; ,.r,,:., ( ,ic- ,r,K,..ti' blguiueu inc-ii- reauiiie.-s - to s-ervu our . . nnt . c ,..o-l wmm. w1tr-1i it. Ten Ible, but too True. Quite a number of ircutlemcn have ! in their courts but ;cH ; ;ticv citizens, at irrcat sacrifice to tliemselves, ' the dutv of the G ivernment to see rialtt- ! summation most devoutly to be desired. is i ,rl,l'l. ,v. ,..t... ; as csty ciiiccts uest year. i The ''tie'.v era" which has dawned o ' ed, and individuals ! a&nmustratton prominent Ajiain : dduals can not right. , gU1,hcd' througl ihesc claimants arc indebted the wljole to a' , U. 52, Albany, - - - FICE -ON THE 5". ri irtnt. . - All any, April :-V2 - G-ort. SIE-E MAIN ioivs SJrcss :id t'.itir vari :aciies and pk l-i L ;tc t tf; vie Cljsl; T.-?,k.i?.z ' -.; I.r.mflici. ,-i.-'iE3 FTTtAW U( ftod btsi u;at.:;cr. STA.VP FOP. !:P.!J A.yji EMEHOIDEIIY. X. V.l.auy. -opper Ivon : r ti f F.lnus'.I-: j: flooda : our cit' seems to be (itiite a and the uuise made 'o nights noisy one Pulc,-V a,"V y , V"- mcin I and cents, and then to place j ii. cut ujs a.icatr, uuu- it-i inc i.a; mat 1!,lUf'5 "Ot J-jMlantl is now ready to recomzo Ct'X.ST.V'..TLY ii -.r.-l ul ni;t ; 1 .r.-c ... -i; f - Groceries aid Provisicn'!, Ynn an I Wii! ,w Ware. Toba;-e-, Ci-ar-f.-.-n-.n -rv, Yatikeo X.iir.. .t".. .li.-.. V';. and ltat'.ul. ppite It. O. Hill .t .. ttor.". Aiba -v, Ore.-oa. a little our quiet, staid citizens. Mr. liobert Bampey, druggist, of lias i isbur:, made us a thort visit on Moiiday. Always pleased to see our it ; en its. l ave a i OF "O 3. 2iitabiaei i Co., j I li.VI.E!S IN : UOCEItTES AND PRO- i rUionx. Wood and Wtlb.nr Ware, Cnnfe-.j ti in-.-ry. Tobacco, Cigars, ripe. Not: .;,?, tt;-. Maiu Street, adjoining'tha Express "ni -e, Albany drejoa. I S. A. Frcelaa-', BEALER IN EVERY DKCrtlPTION OF School. Mi.'eoilasrc ms and ISiank Jii-nks, lationerv. Gobi and tte;d Pen, IoU. cic. Post- trli-e Itnildin., Alba-ay, Ore'in. Ii oks ordered ( front New York ami Franci.-co. I 1 , . ; j. H. uiTt-ifEt i.. J. .v. noi.rrt. a. sk:tii. ; , .Blitclis'.i, Solfh l Staith, j 4 TTQRXF.YS as COUNSELLORS at LAV.', j -olieiorrf ia Ciiuc-erv aij.l Fructoi-c in A.l- iiuraUy. O&cc over the oil Po.-t Offiee, Float .'reel, P.-rtlaTid. Oreo-i. I , " jArs3 - A: t7ar:-:eh, j Civil i3i2Jfiace Sz Sijrveyov. Irl PREPARES TO KO SURVEY IN if AND I-lnriaf?erinr. ; I.e-- iaijjrr.vei .Solar iVmpafs. 1 Orders by mail promrrtiy att -nlt-d to. Kcsidoijee tn 4th St., opposite Lr. Tate's r'i-ls.n-;e, AINany Oregon. . nlt C:u roa-ttt. i. n.ixs. !oeS! & FSiiiis, 4 TXjRNEYo & COUXSLLLORS AT LAW X nd Solicit rs ia CUaueery, (L. Flinrt, J-Jatary fubUsr,) Albanjv Oregon. C.l'.e-;i.ms ua I conveyances - protnply attended to. I ii:aler in jfc maxi.ka;;ti:r:-:r rT3 r f1,- 5" x-ra Tt-f ?r CA1UNET WARE ! Corner First an! Dread ARin streets, ALP.A.Xr, OREGOX. t r;:fk?-'iii:i-r. m.ke b'tj ' frsnt street .Albacy. ;xt door t-. f in-f;el 1 C-i dce5'GS.l anv olaim whatever on their part if that Uovi-rntmiit 13 s;j far willing, as tney j allege. If they had stood a Kmc, and our Governmeiit ha 1 not iiiterfurred, biyon.l j all Cjin .-iion not otits dollar Would thoy. j ever have bon able to recover 'or Eng- 1 laud wou'd I vet have allowed. be str; J then, if nt tho moment when j they believe the Gnvemmetd has placed them in ti condition t regain their losses, they should be permitted to ignore its .lohny jfelimeer brought down five fat j authority and vahie, turn tl.eir backs up ! ducks at a fdosito shot the pther day. ! " . and csp-vc its honor to - the ridi- ers, rs u it were an mcap vo Frouian proposes to remove those ; old irauies on Firs:, between .Washington 1 and Ferry stitets. aud erect brick busb i uess houses in their stead, next season. ana U'.sun- h all time. But to narrow eve question ot dollars it in the ! hands of the money changers for. col'ec- ti'uj at a discount, would be ua oppio i biiiiiti to our country. 1 nope you win par-Jon ttns lutrns-.on. my dear sir, f r I see the interests of religion, humanity, aud national advance incut snd usefulness bound up with this isiiLlnct A lid Imlivo niio. v.rv Tfr.it.- 1 1.1 ! - .-J ' . ' - 1- jl nwui'.i , l ,- ...,,. ,,. .( crvunf A Stitch ia Timo Saves ivjine S" I'ARTiret.Art atti .. 110s r.vm to tit on usns or .axr. mriius in his liuo. October ISf.S 3 ' BLACKSgvliTliifC5 ! PLOWS ! PL0V. S ! PLOWS i STOCK1IOI.T1EK3 INE IV IDC A LEY LIABLE i Cash Capital, in CJoIl ( em, S50,fJOO. IJcjiosit in Orcg-oi:, SoO.OOO. Ijo-sses Promptly onil Equitably Adjusted And 1'uid tit Gold Loin. GEO. W. GRAY, O. J3 r-QULD SOLICIT THE PAT T T ffmatje of all persons desir ing ARTIFICIAL TEETI1 aud , Filt-ST CLA?S DENTAL opcra- " lions." Kitrou.-i Oxide a-lmiuistered for tho pain less extraction of teeth, ska desired. Charges moderate. . Office in Parrish & Co.'s brick l.loek. Resi- - deneo, firt house south of Couregntiouul Charch. front-tog on Conrfc liousa Idoelt-- Albany vOr?gen, duty 2, 1S7-J-4S fJIHE nndersisned gives notice to the gcnern.1 9 public, that he is now manufacturing tho CiaJesbsirg' Patent PJow ! and any other style of plow that may be ordered. Also, partieuiar attention paid to Wagon TCaking end Korsc-shocing. Wagons 6r sale atTny shop at SI I0 and $100. Horse shoeing as follows : Cash, f 2 ; ercdit, $3 All work entm-ted to me will receive prompts, attention, and be cx"cuted iu the best possible manner with good material. A share of public patronage is s dic-ited. Shop on eorner Ellsworth and -Second streets, opposite Pie-ee' Feriv. F. VO'D. Albany, Ji'ivcmber I, IS6S-II IS HERESY GIVEN, THAT I HAVE openod a Jiivcry and Feed -.Stable ! " in tbe town of LEBANON, where I will be con : ctantly on hand to attend to the wants of the people. , - I will run a bark fioin "Albany to Lebanon and Soda Springs, oa Saturday of each week. All basines ehtruetod to ray card will be promptly attended to. , W B. DON AC A. Iebanon. Sept. 10, 1S70 Iv3m3 1 GT. CHARLES HOTEL, - Corner First an l Washington Sts., ALBANY, - - - ' OREGOX. v II. BHEWNEIS. Proprietor. WITH A 1 NEW BUILD IXO, XEWLY ' Furnished throughout, tbe proprietor liope tu give entire satisfaction to the traveling; jinldic. The be.ds arw supplied with npring-bot-loma. The table wi!I ratieivs the el-jnest atten iioa, nd everything the market affords palatable to guests will be suppliod. , ;jan 9- I FRANKLIN MAR K E T, . . Main street, - Albany, Oregon. JTIeatK of, All Kinds, -r ; - a an' OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, , Con-iUuitiy or bau I. , - 4? A. Z. SEARS. mUE UXIER3IGXED WOULD RESPECT i. fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi eioity that he has taken charge of this establish ment, and, by ke-pin;r clean rooms nnd paying strict attuitk . to business, expects to suit all those who may favor hiuj with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing" Saloons, he exie:8 to rive entire satisfaction to all. .&f- Childreu and Ladies' hair neatly cut and hampoocd. JOSEPH WELBER. sej I9y2 We had to putlaU-h to the extent of forty et'iits per pound for butter during the week. It was good butter, however came from Brownsville. We are sorry to learn that Mr. S. Montgomery contemplates removing from Fire anil Marine Insurance Caapay! ! t distant day. j Xos. 116 and California itreet, t-'hi istmas and Xew Years both Come I Saarraseisco. - - - - California. I ou Sunday this year. Strange, isn't it ? j n j Mr. Pike will Mjon establish himself; in tiie music busiuess lierc, where you c:m obtain anything in tbe musical line from a piauo :o a French harp. Every thing used iu schools aud more is to be had at Frecland's book store. 'lhe di.arcst spot on earth -where they don't advertise. It i.-a oruli.-il.ln tbo pniintv will preet a TUI.-S COM PA XV havintr eomr.ticd with the 1 , - . t laws of Oroi-o;:. by mokin ' n deposit of fifty larca aiJd imposing jail next seasoa. It j thousand dollars, i- now prepared to effect insnr- I will bu.hnilt n.tno anno. anee ajamst Lois or Damage bv l ire, and also 1 , , 'r acainst Marine and Inland Saviatioa risks, ou - The Methodist Society is negotiating for the lots south of tho Court House. If the purchase is made, the church edifice will be removed from its present site to that poiut. , An eclipse of the moon is announced to come otF January Gth, 1871. No matter, '. If the prediction uf Bev. John Cum- mi rig, of London, prove true, this world's affairs will be wound to a close with the present year. Wo see 'or Cumming John. Yount; Bill I'itcher'i head collided with the windlass the other day. Result a cracked crown. . Is it not written that "the itcher shall be bruken at the fountain ?" We hear of several parties who propose making brick here next season. There liboral terms. cni?. P J. o, OFSTAVK TOUCHARI). Pres. HAVEN, See'y. Albany, Ja r.irr-xEiviiAi,r., Ajcnt for Albany. anuary b, 1 !i U-lb ELKIIMS BLKINS & tt. sore, sow, sow, milAIIVG. - - TlTILW- an 5 53 I AM I-IIEPAREO TO DO ALL KINDS OK TUKN1SG! I ke- p on hand and make to i.rdcr RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS, ' ' ASD ' - , Spinning- Wheels. Shop near the "Masnolia Mills." JOHN M. METZLER Albany, Nov. S, j.tbano.'i. Oregon. Icbanon, )rcjiou. l.cbanou. Oreou. NEW GOODSS'.MALL PROFITS, QUICK SALES PROMPT PAY. "?rE HAVE JLST 11ECEIVED A CHOICE f T Selectiou of SPRING AND SUMMER GDQD3, Imported direct fr- ra Xiw York via the Pacific Railroad, and can, f t Cash or Produce, Five customers bargains iqual to any firm in A! bany. All of our stock is bought at the LOWEST CASH P It I C E. Buy of 231X33aL5 C&3 Son, DRY GOOD?, BOOTS & SHOES, CROC E II I E S , Hardware, Itrost and Steel, ALRAXY ALBANY Al PRICES, PRICES. ALBANY ALBANY PRICES, PRICES, Wholesale and Retail. , bicuest prices paio roa -'ft EGG S, BUTTE R, E T C, ET C. j;, E. AH persons owin.j us will at once come forward aud pay up, so a; to re?in new accounts. L. ELKIXS i. SOX. Lebanon, April 1 , 70. -fimO'l B LANK Deed?, Mortgages, etc', on band latest Flylcs, aniior sale low, nt thii" office will be a lurge demand for tho article, or we'll miss our guess. 1 Mr. Sam. Farmer, a resident of Sweet Home valley, some forty miles from this city, on Friday of last week, while out hunting, accidentally shot and killed himself. Ho remarked to the gentleman who was with him at the time, immedi ately after the fatal t-hot, "Tell my wile I killed myself accidentally," and imme diately expired. Our mechanics are all busy as bees. Our saw mills, running to their fullest capacity, are unable to supply the present demand for lumber. Business of all kinds has greatly improved within the last two weeks, and indications are very favorable for a brisk winter feaaon. All this is chargnble . directly to of course not to Ilolliiday's '-crushing monopoly." tho Oregon & California Railroad, oh, no ! rbut to tbe "war in Europe I" cuie ui un able or untrustworthy agent. Beat patri otism would hardhy proceed in such a manner. And suppose they should fail after nil ? Is the Government again to take up at all this disadvantage the cause which they have so seriously embarrassed. It is (o be remembered ; that whatever might be imagined respecting a cause not vet touched, this cause, either by tho requirement or the very cordial acquies cence of thesa parties, is now and from the first has beeu, iu the hands of our Government. There then, it certainly appears, it should remain until finally settled. At least, if the Government chose to permit a different course, yet the claimants ernld have no right to demand it. But farther'. The money claim if but part of the case made with Great Britain. that ol itself became a au.m, necause 01 the wrong under which the money was lost ; and to assert the dignity and honor of the county- aud repair this wrong, so that the like may not again occur to jeop ard the pecuniary iulcrcsts or the inter ests of peace and righteousucfts betweeu two great nations, is at least as high and valuable an end 'as the recovery of any given amount of money. Would the paymeut of these claims in tho manner proposed fairly and , frankly meet that object? It might be .interpreted, indeed into an admission on the part of " Great Britain that there was some remissness on the part of her officials w hich might impose upon'her a degree of responsibil ity ; and that, I think, she bus admitted, and thereon is willi.ig - to cudure some amount of damages. But would it repair the indignity ot the hasty eud unfriendly neutrality act ? the ir.decon.im of Bord John BusseSPs sneers at"the bite United States' while he was the member of the Administration with whom tmr ; country (at amity with them) was to deal? the injury infl cted by other privateers ? Mr. Gladstone's depreciating speeches, and the bad moral influence of their whole : course while our dreadful war continued? Could it do.JiU this ? I think not.. On the contrary, it must weaken the position of our Government fatally, as it seems to me. It wouiu ue a imseraoic. oacKiug out from the hih, but just position "we have been uuderntood hitherto to main tain, and would go very far to render us contemptible, and justify Great Britain and uny other nation in inflicting indigr nities ; for if only a money consideration should be offered it would heal all wounds of honor. But where the dignity of a na tion is nt each a point, its-usefulluess, its urand life, all its motal power .over the world are gone. No creditors, for , any amount of money, have the right to ask, to hint at, any such sacrifices, on the part of their country. It seems little short of treason. And that this applica. tion was, therefore, promptly denied by our Government is matter of no surprise or .complaint. Thete aro incidental points deserving notice. The appeal to thi authorities Tut: Gesmas Flao. The black, red and Ljuid flag, the national German one, is said to come from the times of Barbar ossa. The EiuperoT was crowned in 1152 ruler of Germany, in tbe Frankfort Cathedra!.-'- The way from the Uome to the Roman Palaee, where the public, fes tivities were held, was laid with a carpet representing iho colors black, led and gold. After the coronation, the carpet was given to the people, and everybody tried to cut off a piece, which was carried about the city a.? a flag. In the year 1184, at Mayance, these colors were re cognized as the true. German cues, aud they were retained until Napoleon put an end to the Empire, in 1806. . i?ince that time the , Burschcnschsften have kept the old colors in memory. -- In the revolutionary year 1848, the German colors were again brought to light by the members of the National Assembly at Frankfort. 'There waa'cousiderable dis cussion at lh-time as to which had the precedence, .j Fredigrath sang, "Powder Li black, blood is red, and golden flickers the flame ! That is the old Imperial standard."- Frederick Wilhehu 11.", however. was the meaning of tho German (Standard ilFrom night, through blood, to light !" The German national flag. is now seen in Germany instead of the separate coun tries, and it is a Weighty fact that even iu Berlin the German flag had recently to be hoisted by order of the public, " The murderer Wilson, who tried ninoj days of self starvation in the Connecticut State Prison, thus describes his feelings i "On lhe fourth and tilth days the trial was terrible j: theciavings ot hunger were fearful; I eould hardly stand it. After that, hunger ceased. On the sixth day, my thirst was o intense I involuntarily brought the wash dish to my lips J I eould not help it.' This was the only time I- drar.k during tho woe days cud a half." He chums to liar been cn-ja- ed in over lr)0 burglaries, besides having broken out ot jail several times. r-.r i , Before the Magistrate. Stephen Sprasrue was brought before Judge Bur nett yesterday-and examined on the charge of horse stealing.' ,He ii quite a young man end seems to have' acquired that meek and lowly expression much in vogue among 'Scriptural teachers. He was meanly dressed and altogether the hardest looking; guide-board to Zion we have ever seen." It appears that h6 hired tho horse' of Mr. Simmons in December 180$, for the purpose of coin over Into Linn. ' lie did not return and something over a mouth afterwards ' Mr. Simmon heard o! his horse at Salem where he had been sold to a man by the name ot Stew. art. ! Sprague was bound over to, appear at Circuit Court, and iu default ot bail fixed at 500, was given into tho' custo dy of tho Sheriff Corvallis Gazette. . V Five years ago the Democracy went into power in the State of Kentucky, and found a balance iu the treasury of, $25. 000.' Now the State is ,.io; debt, - the treasury is empty, nnd "ih taxes are doubled. Evidences ',' of " Dcmo.ratic "economy"' like this, arc universal. From a Canada paper!, we glean the . , following facts in relation to a wild woman recently caught there : ' , Many yeais' ago, iu the Dominion ' off Canada, lived a family of well to-do French, people, who immigrated . hitJier in the year 1S58. A fair young flower wus the dark-eyed Celia, and her' three sturdy brother were jealous of" the man who might iu future years secure the bud ding rose full blown and break tho chain of happy hearts around the social hearth. Time pussed. ; -The war and its reward had called the brothers from their home ) '. the father, allu.cd by the rewards which smuggling presented at the time, and which wad cugpged in to such an-extent on the lake shore-in tli3 years 1861-64, i had turned his honest fish boat into a . , dark -sailed, x smuggling t craft. ,i:t Celia, . flattered , by: tho - commoners ana recog- uized by the "select" on account of Hll GRACE St BEACXf,- All UDConscrous of tho lawless father and r the fate of the three warrior' brx)thcii, laughed on, all heedless of what was in store for her becoming vain, careless, and fond of -dress. - Vanity is always the thin ice of destiuction, uud. in Celia' casei it proved no except ion. The spoiler, was on the watch j ho recited to " the daughter the story' of her fathof's crimes, j her brothers death in Southern prisons, and ended with the . fairest proposal of '-marriage. In her terrible despondency, caused by these horrid revolutions, the uirl Celia accepted lh.; proposal of her destroyer, in the recklessness of her des pair. "Shortly after one of hcr brothera returned from the war alite and well aa ever, and through his instrumentality the real character if the villain was discov ered nod, made known to his sister. Knowing the disgrace and degradation into which f l.e had faUeti, her reason be wail to fail her, and in a short time V SHE "DISAPPEARED" . , Fioiu, the ueigbbor-hood, going no ono knew whither. !. During the fall of 1S65, some two years after the dbappearauce of the Frenclimau's daughter, two huuters I from the townshin of White Rock disco- ered iu a wild and untenanted forest the .. footpriuts of a humau being, bare footed and bloiie. ,' Their curiosity was at once aroused, nnd by the aid ot dogs, after a , chaso of tighteeii hours, they succeeded in obtaining a view of the object of Iheir pursuit. Nearer they approached, the lorin becoming more palpable at . every st p, when the i ject btm ing tho ap- j proaeh turned lull upon them in all ita horrid semblance of the humanity it wm not. Bevoltiiiir cud hideous as was ita anper;ucesr tho hunters r recognised through alltiis ghoul-like, aspects the person of ' A FEMALE LUNATIC. The dark, wihl, insane eyes, the mat ted and entangled hair ; the ehreda of filthy covering ; the scarred and festering ske'eten form ail told -of reason lot, of a life wrecked, of a eouT perished. With a scream wild aud unearthly she gathered up a buodle fioiu the' ground, flung, . it across her shoulders, and disappeared with the swiftness of tho wind, l he peo ple of the neighborhood were aroused ; the excitement ran high, and long into the early part of! the Winter hunting parties were scouring the woods in search of tlie lunatic wouian. At last, the .was captured, just over the line in Sanilae county and taken to the common jail. People gathered iu crowds , to see the strange phenomenon. .The bundle which she was always seen tf) be carrying while on her flights in the forest, was opened to the public gaze, nnd there oh, horror of horrors! lay the skull and - ; . SKKI.ETO F AN INFANT, Her babe, which she had carried through . all her tedious marches by hight and by day-for two lonx years or more. She, was un inmitc of the jail during the , whole of the Win'er and th9 following Summer. The only service which the rendered at the time was kniuinjr, at which she was an expert.; There aro mauy . yet who. recollect the 'old crazy woman, and but a few who raw her will believe ua when wo state that her age; instead of being from fifty to ,j "sixty, , as . it .really seemed, was less than thirty years. At times she would mumble, over a list . ot names, which the jailer "would hurriedly take down an near ua posrible - iit : their jumbled state, and then - inquiries would . - .-. . . , ... - . - II oo instiiuica anu icciers written o i parts, but all to tio porpose.: ' s. ? 1 HER NAME AND UISTOItT , i : Remained a sealed volume.';Tbe follow ing Autumn, however, she took, advantage of lhe liberty . allowed wandered' away and was never heard of mote. Following scmo ignis fatiius of her unsettled brain, she died perhaps alone, ' unknown, with only tbe wild beasts to listen to her ex piring cues. And this was Celia toe lost link in this chain of circumstances was only discovered a short time since, and the writer of this article is one- of the ' three who knew the real, facts. . There may, be soma slight errors in the . dates above giver. ; a false name has been given the subject, and the picture may be slightly colored, but in the main" the do-" tails are correct nnd ilia statements facta. TJie brother above alluded to is yet aliye, an orphan, sullen, iu his desperate , pur pose of Wreaking vengeanoe, and the trag edy may be but half told. " W:1 t 9 7 ,, Convenient. A Iondou Journal adTvertises- a fairy ,, air pillow, which weighs but twp ounces,, and when not in flated eao be packed in a uoto envelope; also a pocket life preserver, weighing three ounces.'1 ; Ono of the most decisive political rcT- olutions of tho vcar is in the Ninth Uhio District, where Dickinson, Democrai.naa 1.615 majority two years ago, and roster, Republican, has 1,161 -majority now.