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VOL. 3. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1870. NO. 13. t: Slip jptaj) gli-gixtirr. PCBLlSaEU CVERr SATCBBAT BY COLL. VAIVCL.I3VE. OFFICE OS CORKER OF FERRY AND FltlST-STS. TERMS IX ADVANCE. One Year...... Throe Dorlars Six Months Two Dollars Single Copies...... Ten Cents adveh.tisi.no RATES. Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $2; each subsequent Insertion, $1. Larger a Ivcrtisemcuts inserted on the niost iboral terms. JOB W011K. 1 Having reecived new type, stock of colored j inks, cards, a. Gordon Jobber, etc., te arc pre? 1 pa ed to execute aii kinds ol printing in a bett-r J manner and fifty percent, cheaper tnan ever bo j fore offered ia this oil v. ; ! PORTLAND CARDS. E. F. RCSSEI.L, Attorney at Law. , C. P. FERRY, Notary Public. RUSSELL & FERRY. Real Estate Brokers & CQllectiug Agents Portland, - Oregon. SPECIAL ATTENTION (1IVES TO THE Sale of Ileal Estate, Ileal Estato Litigation, and the Collection of Claims. OEiee, A'orth-wet corner of First and Wash ington Streets. Portland, Ogn. f.;b 6-70- 5 OF.O. NoAll. J-lttS MORRISON. A;cais for the Keg is tor. The following- gentlemen are authorized to re- j reive and receipt for subscription, advertising, j etc., for the Register : j 111 U AM SMITH, Eso Ilarrisbtirg.: j .lu-lgr S. H. I'Ut'tlHTOS.- Lebanon. ! PET Bit HUME. Es. Brownsville, W. 1!. KIRK. Est . j V.. K. WHKREER. K-q....' Seio. T. II. REYNOLDS, En ... Salem. . p. TOMPKINS, E? i Ilnrrisburg. ' L. P. FISHER, Es" 'Kris. .. j 'BUSINESS CARDS. i- INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, I-'urnieriy Nfew Columbian, Comer Front ai:d Morrison streets, PORTLAND, OKEGOPJ, Xoah & Morrison, Proprietors. Free Coac-b to auti from ilia Hous-i. A ;T1E2(ICA -IT EX V SI A ZV f i, CORNER OF I-'rout and Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OR EGOS. ADVERTISEMENTS. SAX FKAXCISCO STORE! CORNER FIRST AND FERRY STREETS, ALBAS OREGON. . 1 Keeps constantly on band a full assortment of STOVES, PUMPS & TINWARE I I will have'for sale the celebrated Iiairton.cl ZO-ocslac cook stove, and other leading styles. Also, mannfacture all kinds of Tin. Copper ami Sheet-Iron Ware, in the best style, at lowest rates, FOfi CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE. L. P. VJ. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Lute of the Western Hotel.) j Always on ban t a full supply of The Purest Wines and Liquors, 1 for Medicinal purposes only. ! - A well selected stock of j Groceries and Crockery ! ! will always be found at my establishment. I will sull all goods in my house, for Cash or Produce on delivery, cheaper than ever before oifered in this market.- . 3 " Ail kinds of repairing done, on short notice, and entire satisfaction warranted, at my Stove and Tin Store. JULIUS GHADWOIIL. Nov. 13-11 J. C. MENDKNIIALL, ZV i il 1- .V is X lie. :j ALBANY. OREGOX. ;! TEGAL INSTRUMENTS O" ALL KINDS': A made and attested. CuiiVoyuiu-es and col- 1-h-ti ojs attended to. S6-70 L. STaUCKSVSOER & CO., ALBVSV, OREGON. rEIIIS 110U?K is the runst coir.m'uimi in the State, newly f:irnuslivdT And it will ho :ha tnileavor of the Proprietor to mnl;c lits trneste comfortaltle. Xeftresfc Hotel to the .steamboat lamlinsr. T-!f Thv Coueord Conrh will alway Ve foui Rt the landing, (x the arrival of a;oam.-hia or rivor bc-ys. farrytner, pass nirers and ti.t-ir La; -:riii;e to Tin. 1 fn-in the Lor.rs free r rhryc. ; ffrttse -ppft'ed tcifh Patent I'ne frfi'ttynihri BUILDERS, ATTENTION I SASH, BL1XD AXD LOOR V C T O II Y ! F Vi'HEAT Mm FIAT SEED DEPOT. Tl'ST RECEIVED. A LRiSE AND WELLE LEANING and IIOISTINU eflnnei Oj selected stack of French Woods, consisting' J IU.OOO Uushels per Day i ol t. asiiiB rcs, Ieavers i-.otl i-ocsiiw:s. nn;i all A r-f.aro uf p:itrio;t 40 sulirited. manner of Fancy ; .ods if the best quality. j 4-i'70i E. CARTWHTt ;5f Suits m:u!e To or-ic-r. 4:iv L. .STEU KMEiER CO. W. Senlfey. ;ht. The highest cash prie-f liaid f r Wheat. f 4 A I JK S 13 -TI POKI VSI. S. AUTHOf SC. N. "WKIcriT. J. F. P A TK KSSTO. AIniOt'SE & CO., I.Y'JN STKF.ET, (ON THE RIVER EANK), ai.hasv, : : : mkegov eep on hand a fell assortment, and are prepared to J.7" vn-iii is li to Order, I Jo or m.- C, ENTLEMEN'S BOOTS MADE TO ORDER 9 on short notice, ar.d with neatness and dij-laich. :fAi Kinds of Ilepairiiis' Done. , , . , , - , Albany, June II.. s;0 ii) : t folllUMUiS MUiilUl I dUil f (iilb V UUJUb. rans. a. j. ccsiway, jKAi.r.n in isnd l ullows rcss ana Cloaii IrZaking- in all tLeir varied br;in?.hes. 15. IS. KICK, .11. ! PHlSICIAN AND ; n;.EAflIEg andVrs straw goods Albany, ----- - Orej-oa, la L:itct tjtylo anrl best manner. OFFICE ON THE SO FT II SIDE OF MAIN S.roct. AD.any, April "70.-.12 such a? : Crown, Panel, liand, and Section Mold of all sizes. VSMDQW AfID DOOR FRAMES ! F'loorins, .STA.VP FOR nn.MlJ AXI) Ml;ROII)K!Y. 3T. S?2i2ol, (CONSTANTLY on hand ami raeeivin-. a j Ur--- t:.ck of Groceries aid 'Provisions, Vo! 1 au l WiUow Ware. Tobacco, Cigars, Ctn fji tt -n.'iy, Vaukco Noti ms, k... c., SVindesale in I Retail, opposite R. C. II rfl & S n' drui i .ro. AU auy. Oregon. ji;W7t v. j. Ej;.Til-.llit;I . i. anijiu: s. i!tabidcl & Co., J? '.".ALERS IN OROCERIES AND PRO Sr vision. Wuod aud Willow Ware-, Confcc ti'iiorr. Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc, M-iin -tree-t, ailjoining the Espies office, Albomy, ';'e;4on. I E. A. Frcelaad, BE ALEE IV EVERY DESCRIPTION OF j School. Miscellaneous anil Blank Dooks, j rt.iti nery. (lold and Sto 1 Pens, Ink. etc. Post- j Hi o Building, Albany, Oregon. Raoks ordered j from Xew York and Saa Francisco. I ' . j J SI. UITCHEI.I.. J. N. DOLrH. A. SMITU. f E3itche!I, Doljh &. Smith, j 4 TTOUNEYS and COUNSELLORS at LAW, V Solicitors in" Chancery and Proctors in Ad- j ii irulfy. Offira over the old Post OSice, Fqpat cm. l ortlaud, Oregon. I JAZZES A. WARSEH, Civil Biigrineer & Surveyor. XS PREPARED TO DO SURVEYING AND E-i incring. Fcs itnnrove 1 3 dar Cioiopass, Orders by mail promptly att.n leil to. Resi leuce en 4th St., opposite Dt". Tate'e residence, Albanv Oregon. nI9 6m " Corner First and Dr jada'bin street?, Albany, Oregon. j.(ulnl7-7i)" Bidin and ail other kinds of Oiiildiiiir Material ! a7 DEALER IN M AN CFACTURE B. OF 7T T T-.T T "To TT "5? TT and CABINET WAHE ! lJiciliiig-, IHtc, Corner First and Broad Alb in streets, A LB A XV, ' OREO OX. ' ALfO Are prepared to do MILL WORK : fni-nish Sha ker Fans, ZigEa Shakers, Suction Faue, Driviug Pulleys, of any Kind, ar our Factory on Lyon street, (on the rive-r baok), next IhjIow Markham's wnrchoose. AlrilOUSR & CO. Alu.tn3-, Ffcbruary 0, I860- 4 TZI23 OLI STOVE DEPOT! IEAI.ER IX l'OWEI.L. L. I roivcii At A'ismt, :3RNETd Jfc COUXSfcLLORS AT LAW aiid Solicit rs in Chancery, i (1. Flinu, Notary Pubii;,) Albany, Orejr'nw Collectbtus and conveyances promply attended to. X 1'ABricci.An atte.tios faib to ORDSRS OP ALL KINDS in his line. ; October I S.S BLACKSmiTHiHQ ! PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS GEO. W. GRAY, D. X. fOULD SOLICIT THE PAT- II persoDS Oosir- SgrZS mm ronacre of in A RTIFICIA L TEETH and fw I"IRST CLASS DEN'TAL opera nwiia. mirijui usiiie aamiiliiierefl tor tue pain less cxtraeti-m of tejth, when desired. Charges laoderate. Office in Parrish A Co. 'a brick block. Resi dence, first house south of Congregational Church, fronting on Co'trt House block. Albany, Oregon, July 2. 1370-43 ' 3STOTIC3S3 S Ig HEREBY GIVEN, THAT 1 HAVE opened a fiivery and Feed Stable ! in the town of LEBANON, where I will be con stantly on band to attend to the wants of the people.'"-:,. . I will ran a, hack front Albany to Lebanon nod Soda Spring,, on Saturday of each week. All buKiness eutrueted to my care will, be promptly attended to. . W Ii. DOXACA. Lebanon, Sept, 10, 1570 Ir3n3 ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Corner First and Washington Sts.. ALE ANY, - - - OREGON. H. BRENPJER, Proprietor. WITH A NEW BUILDING, NEWLY Furnished throughout, the proprietor hopes to give entire satisfaction, to the travel in; publie. The beda are supplied with spring-bottoms. The tabla will receive the closest atten tion, and everything the market affords palatable to guests will be supplied. jaa 9-1 FRANKLIN MARKET, Main street, - Albany, Oregon. Meat of All Kind, OF. THE VERY "best QUALITY, . Constantly e0 h4n(J . . ....... r 'A. Z. SCARS. riHE undersigned gives notice to the gcneiul puo'.ic, that be is now manufacturing the raesi;urr 1'atent Plow ! and any other style of plow that may bo ordered. Also, particular atUntioarpaid to Wagon leaking- and Horss-slioein. Wagons for sale at my shop at $110 and ltlO. Horse shoeing a follows : Cash, S2 ; credit, $3 All work entrftted to me will receive prompt? attention, and be executed iu the best possible manner with good material. A share of public patronage is solicited. - Shop on cornef Kllsworth and Secoud streets, opposite Pie-ce' Ferry- F. AVOOD. Albany, N&reniher 1,1868-11 STOVES, 100 Iv, PARLOR & BOX. uf thv. hest jiattGrw- I : "..at? - - I i- TiiB, Stjecl Iron nnd and tho usunl r.'foriraetit of Furnishing Goods t he obtained in a Jtf.pnirn neatly nnd promptly exvntetl, ?V jCT on rtavonahle f . "IVa.. 5hort reelioniugR make Ions; friend?.-' ALBAS Y BATH HOUSE:. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform tho citizens of Albany and vi eiuity that ho has tuken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms aud paying strict atfntk to busiuess. expects to suit all those who fnay favor him with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing' Saloons, he ex pec s to'give entire satisfaction to ail. Otildreu aud Ladies hair nently rut and shampooed, JOSEPH WliliBEE. se I9y2 : ruuAiivcr. - - jruitrviiYG. w CD -3 a t?J f . I All PREPARED TO 0 All KINDS OK TURNING 1 I ka p on band and make to crdcr RAWHIDE-BOTTOIHER CHAIRS, . ASP Spinnlntr Wheels. fST- Shop near tho "Maanolia Mills." JOHN M. METZLER Albany, Nor. 8, Is3-I Front street -. Albany. Next door to Mansfield A Co.. . dec5'G8-I Plre! r'iro! IT'ire! "A Stitch ia Time Saves Nine!" Fire aM Marms Insurance Company ! Nos. 41C and 418, 'California street, San Francisco, - - r California. STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE Cash Capital, in Oold Coin, $750,000. Deposit in Oreg-on, SSO.OOO. " Losses Pi-ompth and Equitably Ailjxtzted And Paid in Gold L oin. THIS COMPANY havint; complied with the laws of Oregon, by waking a deposit of fifty thousand dollars, is now prepared to effect insur ance against Loss or Damage bv Fire, and also against Marine and Inland Navigation risks, on liberal terms. " ! : GUST AVE TOUCHARD, Pres. CIIA3. D. HAVEN, See'y. J. C. niENDENIIALL, Apent for Albany. Albany, January 8, 1870-18 I I T T S 9 CHALLENGER! THRESBLER II AIKS' HEADERS ! Mowers Reapers And all kinds of Agricultural Implem'ts & Machines 1 - On hand and for sale by BLAIN, YOUNG A CO., May 2, '70 3" Albany, Ogn. Tbe Mysterious Organist. Years Ago at the grand cathedral over looking the Rhino there appeared a dis tinguised organist. The great composer who had played the organ so long had suddenly died, and everybody, from the king to the peasant, was wondering who could be found to fill his place, when one bright Sabbath morning, as the sexton entered the church be saw a stranger sitting by the crape shrouded organ. He was a tall, graceful man, with a pale but strikingly haudoiuc face, -.'feat, black, uiolaochuly eyes, and hair like a raven's wiug for gloss and color, sweeping in dark wavus over his shoulders. lie did not seem to notice the sexton, but went on playing and such music he drew from the instruuient no words of mine cun describe. The astonished listener de clared that the organ Bcetntd' to have grown Imuran that it wailed aad tghed and clamored as if a toitured Iruman heart were thrubbing through its 'pipes. Wheu the music at last ceased, the exton hastened to the stranger and asked: 4 ''Pray, who are you, sir?" "Do not ask my uauie," l e replied; "I have heard that you were in want of an organist, and have come here on trial."" , "You'll be sure to get the place," exclaimed the sexto;). "Why, you sur pass him that's dead and goue." uMu, no, you, overrate rue," said the stranger with a smile; then, as if declin ing conversation, he turned from old Hans, and begau to play again, and now the music changed from it . sorrowful strain into a uraiid old laj.n, and the mysterious old organist Looking upward full of grace, Pluys still from a happy place God's glory sinoto him in tbe face. and his con: tenance seemed not unlike that of St. Michael, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the melodies which swelled r.rnunu him, he sat, with his "far seeing" eyes fixed ou the distant sky, a glimps ot which lie caught through an tpc window, when there was a stir about the church door aud the royal party came sweeping in. Among them might be seen a bright young girl, with a wealth or golden hair, like violet's hue aud lips like wild cherries. This was the Princes j .Elizabeth, and all eys were turned tc- wards her as she seated herself m tru ! velvet cushioned pew appropriated to tie i court. The mysterious organist fixed his j eyes upon her and went on playing. .No j sooner had the music reached her ears ; than she started as if a ghost had crossed j her path. The blood faded from her i crimson cheek, her red lips quivered, i and tier eyes met those ot the organist in a long yearning look, and the melody lost its joyous notes and once uiure wailed and sighed and clamored. "By faith," whispered the King to his daughter, "this organist has a master hand. Hark ye, he shall play at your wedding." The pale lips of the Princess parted, but she could not speak she was dumb with grief. Like one iu a painful dream, she f aw the pale man at the ortran and heard the melody which filled the vast edifice. Ay, full Wt lln she knew who it was, and why the iustruuieut secuied breathing out the agony of a tormented heart. ' Yhen the services were over and the royal party had left the cathedral, he stole away as mysteriously as he had - come. He was not seen again by the sexton till the vesper hour, and then he appeared in the organ loft and commenced his task. While he played a veiled figure glided in and knelt near a shrine. There she re mained until the worshippers disappear-, ed, and then the sexton touched her on the shoulder and said : "Madame, everybody has gonebutyou and mo, and I wish to close the door." "I am not ready to go yet," was the reply ; "leave nie leave ma !" The sexton drew back into a shady niche and watched and listened. The mysterious organist still kept his post, but his head was bowed upon the ii.stru uicut, and he could not sec the lono de votec. At length she rose from the aisle, and moved to the organ loft and paused beside the organist 'Bertram '" she ruuraiured. Quick as thought the organist raised his head. There with the light of a lamp suspended to the arch above falliing full upon her, stood the Princess who had graced the royal pew that day. The court dress of velvet with its ermine trimmings, the tiara, the necklace, and biacelets, had been exchanged for a gray sergo robe and a thick veil which she now pushed back from the fair, girlish fad-. ""Why are you here, Bertram?" asked the Princess. "I catne to "bid you farewell ; and as I dared not venture iuto the Palao.-, I gained access to the cathedral by bribing .he bell-ringer, and having taken the seat of the dead organist, let my music breathe out the adieu I could not'trust my lips to utter." A low moan was the only answer, and be continued: , "You are to be married on the mor row?" "Yes," sobbed the girl.", Ob I Ber tram, what a trial it will be to stand at yonder altar and take upon me the vows which will doom me to a living death." "Think of mo," rejoined the organist. "Your royal fattier has requested me to play at the wedding, and I have promised to be here. . If I were your equal I could be the bridegroom instead of the organ ist; but a poor musician must give you up." "It is like rending my soul and body Bsunder to part with you," said the girl. "To-night I may tell you this tell you how fondly I love you, but in a few hours it will be a sin ! Go, go, aud God bless you." ' She waved him from her, as if she would banish him while she had power to do so, and he how was it with bint? He arose to leave her, and then . cause back, held Iter to hit heart in a long eta brace, and, with a half smothered , fare, well, left her. ? , The Belt morning dawned in cloudlwn splendor. At ao early hour the cathe dral was thrown open, and the Beaton began to prepare for' the wedding. Flam ing colored flowers nodded by the way side flume colored leaves came dashing down the trees and lay in heaps upon the ground; and the ripe wheat waved like a golded sea, and berries drooped in red and purple clusters over the rocks along the Rhine. At length the Palace gates were open ed and the royal party appeared, cscort iug the Princess Elisabeth to the cathe dral, where the marriage was to be sol emnized. '-'" I was. a bright pageant far brighter than the entwined foliage and blossoms where the turfs of plumes which floated from stately heads and festal robes that streamed down over the housings of the superb steeds. But the Princess, mount ed on a snowy palfry and clad in snow white velvet, looked pale and sad; and when on neariog the church, she heard a gush of organ music, "which, though ju bilant in sound, struck on her car like a funeral knell she trembled and would have fallen to the earth, had not a patre supported her. A few minutes after wards she entered the c-athodraL There, with retinue, stood the royal bridegroom, whom she had never before seen. -But her glance roved from him to the organ loft where she had expected that mysteri ous organist. He was gone, and she was obliged to return the graceful bow of the King, to whom she had been be trothed from motives of policy. Mechan ically she knelt at his side on the altar stone ; mechanically listened to the serv ices and made the response?. Then her husband drew tier to him in a convulsive embrace, and whispered : "Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look up." Trembling in every limb, she obeyed. Why do those eyes thrill her so? "Why did that smile bring a glow on her checks ? Ah ! though the King wore the royal purple and many a jeweled order glitter ed ou his breast he seemed the humble person who had been employed to teach organ music, and had tiught her tho lore of love. "Elizabeth," ii'urmured the monarch, "Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or gaoist, and King Oscar,(the Royal Free mason) are one. Forgive my stratagem. I wished to marry you but I would uot drag to the altar an unwilling bride. Your father was in the secret." While tears of joy rained from her blue eyes, and the new-made queen re turned her husband's ' kisses, and for once two hearts were made happy by a royal marriasre. A Woman's Influence. The Reck ford (III.) Ittgistcr of October 22d says : Dropping into the court room tbe other day, wc were struck with the hallowed precincts wherein his honor, Judge Brown, presides and dispenses impartial justice to all applicants. AVe observed fewer boot soles resting upon tables and railings, and less lounging in uncouth attitudes than usual, while we remarked an unwonted spruceness of - attire and evidence of more than oidinary atten tion to their back hair on the part of sundry of the younger rucmbjis of the bar, like our friends Cross and Warner. Looking around for the cause of this altered aspect of affairs, we soon discov ered it iu the peison of a charming young lady, who occupied a chair within the bar, and was watching the process of a case with as much interest as any of the legal gentlemen present ; indeed it is our opinion that she gave it closer attention than did some of the younger attorneys already alluded to, whose eyes would occasionally go astray .7 , Upon inquiry, we learned that the young lady, whose name is Miss Alta M. Hullett, is pursuing a regular course of legal study with Messrs. Lathrnp and Bailey, with a view to fit herself for the practice of the law. She is a young lady of more than ordinary personal attractions, bright and prepossessing in appearance, and evident ly iu earnest in her purpose to acquire profession. , " A Long Kick.: Two Irishmen, en gaged in peddling packages of lioen bought an old mule to aid in carrying the burdens. Each would ride awhile or "ride and tie" as the saying is. One day the Irishman who was on foot got close to his muloship, when he received a kick on his sh'us. To be revenged, he picked up a stone, and hurled it at the mule, but by accident struck his companion on the back of his head. Seeing what he had done, he stopped and began, to groan and to rub his shin. The one on the mule turned and asked : "vv nats tne matter f . "The cratur's kicked me, was tho reply.".-. , :. $ 7i. "Be jabers," said the other, "he's- did the same to roc on the back of me head." The Canal and Locks. Capt J. F. Miller informs us that the canal and locks at Willamette Falls' are to bo con structed next year. The corporation has engaged the services of Isaac Smith as (ho-Chief Engineer for the construction of the works, who has been and is now occupied on the survoys of the N. P. R. It. Co. Statesma n . -; . The Governor of Wyoming has ap pointed Mrs.. Martha West a Justice of the Peaoo for Corbia county. There are now two women holding this position 10 that Territory. Asleep at Ilia Post. A young soldier, the son of at Vermont farmer, w hi U? actios as sentinel -after a wearisome EBareh, during which he had carried the knapsack and musket of a sick comrade, fell asleep at his post, and was of course senteuced to Le shot. Prior to the time of execution he wrote to his father, explaining the facts, and closing as follows : "To.night. in the early twilight, T shall see the cows all coming home from the pasture Daisey, and Brindle, and Bet ; old Billy, too will neigh from his stall, and precious little Blossom stand wait ing for me, but I shall never, cever come. God ble. a you all I Forgive your poor Bennie 1" Late that night the door opened softly, and a little figure glided out and down the footpath that led to the road by the mill. ' She seemed -rather flying than walking, turning her head neither to the right nor left ; starting as the full mood stretched queer fantastic shapes all round her; looking only now and then to heaven and folding her hands as if in prayer. Two hours later the same young girl stood at the Mill Depot, watching tbe coming of the night train, and the con ductor, as he reached down to lift her in, wondered at the sweet, tear-stained face that was up turned toward the dim lan tern he held in his hand. A few questions and ready answers told him all, and no father could have cared more tenderly for his own child thau he for our Blossom. She was on he way to Washington, tj ask President Lincoln for her brother's life. She had stolen away, leaving only a note to tell her father where aud why she had goue. She had brought Ben nie 's letter with her ; no good, kind heart like the President's could refuse to be melted by it. The next morning she reached New York, and the conductor found suitable company for Blossom, aud hurried her ou to .Washington. Every minute now might be a year in her brother's life. And so, in an incredibly short time. Blossom reached the Capitol, and was hurried at onco to the White House. The President had just seated himself to his morning task of overlooking and sign ing importaut papers, when, without one word of announcement, the door softly opened, and Blossom, with eyes down cast and folded hands, stood before h:ni. "Well, my child," he said in a pleas aut tone, "what do you want so bright and early in the morning V, "Bennie's life ! please, sir !" faltered out Blossom. ' "Bennie? Who-is Benuie?" "My brother, sir."" They are-going to shoot him for sleeping at his post." "Oh ! yes,'' and Mr. Lincoln ran his eyes over the papers before him ; I re member. It was a fatal sleep. Yon see, child, it was a . time of .special danger. Thousands of lives might have been lost for his culpable negligenee." "So my father said," said Blossom, bravely, "but my poor Bennie was so tired, sir, and Jemmy so weak. He did the work of two, and it was Jemmy's night, not his ; but -'em my was too tired, and Benuie never thought about himself that he-was also too tired." "What is that vou sav. child ? Come rhere; 1 don't understand:" and the kind man caught eagerly as ever at what seemca to be a justiucaiiou of auy of fense. Blossom went to him; he put his hand tenderly on her shoulder, and turn ed up the pale, anxious face toward his. How tall he seemed ; and he was Presi dent of the United Statos, too ! : A dim thought of this kind passed for a moment through Blossom's mind ; but sho told her story now pimply and straight for ward, and handed Mr. Lin col u Bennie's letter to read. He read it carefully ; then taking up liis pen, wrote a few nasty lines, and rang the bell. ' Blossom heard this order given : "Send this dispatce at osce." The President then turned to the girl aud 'said : ! "Go home, my child, and tell that father of yours, who could approve his country's sentence, even when it took the life of a child like that, that Abraham Lincoln thinks the life far too precious to be lost. Go back, or wait until to-morrow. Bennie will aecd change after ho has so bravely faced death ; he shall go with you." "God bless you, sir," said Blossom ; and who shall doubt that God heard and registered that request. 1 Two days after this interview the young soldier came to tho W hite House with his little sister. He was called into tbe President's private room. - Mr. Lin colu said, "that he could - carry a sick comrade a baugago, and die for the good act uncomplainingly. " Then Bennie and Blossom took their way to the Green Mountain house, and a crowd gathered at the Mill depot to wel come them back, -and farmer . Owen's head towered above them all ; and as his .... ' . nana grasped tnat ot his boy, Mr. Allen heard bioa say fervently, as the best blessing he could have prooounoed upon his child : '' " :-V'. ' -"Just and true are Thr ways, : Thou Kinj of Saints." ' . L - That nisht Daiiv. and Brindle, ? and Bet cam a lowintr home from the pasture, for they heard a well-known voice calling them at the gate ; ana ueouio, a the old pete and Jooss lov.ogiy - in PTeat brown eves, catches through till .vnnini? air his Puritan south, keep not back ; bring my son from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth ; even every one that is called by name ; for I have treated hi in fer my glory, I have formed him ; yea I have uiado him." Sotjier' Record. A Sensible Corpse. tbe the father's voice, ss he repeats to his happy mother these jubilant words "Fear . not, for I am with thee; I bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 1 will say to the north, give up ; ana to the to TriLun . A REMINISCENCE OF TOE BACK S1TTL5- ME NT. . Now that corpse (said the undertaker, patting the folded hands of deceased ap- -provingly) was a brick every way you took him he was a brick. He was to real accommodating, and so modest-like and ' simple in his last moments. Friend's ; wanted metalic burial-case nothing else would do, 1 couldn't get it. There warn't going to be time anybody could tec that. Corpse said never mind, shake him p some kind of a box he could stretch out in comfortably, he warn't par ticular about the general style of it. Said he went more oa room than stylo, any way, in a last final container. Friends ranted a silver door-plutt on' the cofha, signifying who be waa and where he was -from. Now you know a fellow couldn't roust out such a gaily thing in a little country town like this ' What did the corpse say ? Corpse said, whitewash his old canoe and dob his address and gener al destination onto it with a blacking brush and a stencil-plate, long with a verse from some likely hymn or other, and pint him for the tomb, and mark him C. O. D., and just let him skip along. He warn't distressed any more than you be, -on the contrary just as carm and collec ted as a hears-e horse; said bo judged that wher he was going to, a body would find it coosiderabe better to attract atten tion by a picturesque moral character than a natty burial case with a swell door-plate on it. Splendid man, he wss. I d d-uther do tor a. corpse nite that 'n an v I've tackled in seven year. There's some satisfaction in buryin' a man like that. You feel that what you re do ing is appreciated. Lord bless you, so's he got planted before he sp'iled, he was perfectly satisfied ; said hit relation meant, well, perfectly well, but all them preparations was bound to delay the thing more or less, and he didn't wish to bo kept layin' around. You never see such1 a clear head as wnat ne naa ana socarur and so cool. Just a hank of brains that is what he was. Perfectly awful. It was a ripping distance from one end of that man's head to t'other. Often and over again he's had the brain fever a raging ; in one place, and the rest of tbe pile didn't know anything about it didn't aflect it any more than an Injun insurrcc- - tion in Arizona enects the Atlantic States. Well, tbe relations they wanted a big funeral, but corpse said he was .. down on flummery didn't want any pro cession fill the hcarso full of mourners ' and get out a etern line and tow him be hind, lie was the most down on stylo of any remains I ever struck. A beauti ful, simple-minded creature it was what he was, you can depend upon that. He was just Bet on having things the wsy he wanted them, and he took a solid comfort in laying his little plans. He had me measure him and take a whole rait of -directions ; then he had a minister stand up behind a lctig box with a table cloth over it and read hia funeral sermon, saying "Angcorc, angcore 1" at the good places, and making him scratch out every bit of brag about him, and the hafalutin ; and1 then he made them trot out the choir so's he could help them pick out the tunes for the occasion, and he got them to sing "Pop Goes the Weasel," because he'd always liked that tune when he was downhearted, and solemn musio made him sad ; and when they sung that with tears in their eyes, (because they all loved him), and ,; his relations grieving around, he just laid there as happy as a bug, and trying to , beat time, and showing all over how much he enjoyed it j and present ly he got worked up and excited, and tried, to join in, for mind you he was pretty proud of his abilities in the singing line ; but tho first time be opened his mouth . . and was just going to spread himself, his . breath took a walk. I never aee a man snuffed out ao sudden. Ah, it was a great loss it was a powful loss to this poor little town. Well, woll, well, I hain t got time to be palaveung along , here, and if you'll just give me a lift we'll skect bim into this hearse and meander along. Relations bound to have it ao : don't pay no attention to dyitg injunc tions, minute a corpse gone; but if I had my way, if 1 didn't respect bis last wishes and tow him behind the hearse, I'll bo cuss'd. I consider whatever a corpse wants done for his comfort is a little enough matter, and a man hain't got no right to deceive bim or , take the advantage of him and whatever a corpse trusts me to do, I'm a going to do, you know, even if it's to stuff bim aud paint him yullcr and keep him for keepsake you hear mc I" lie cracked his whip and went lumber ing away with his anciefit ruin of a . hearso, and I continued my walk with a valuable lesson learned that a healthy and wholosouie cheerfulness is not ncces-. sarily impossible to any occupation. The lesson ia likely, to be lasting, for it will take many months to obliterate tbe mem ory of the remarks and circumstssces that impressed it. ' ' ': ' - Gov. Salomon, of Washington territory h induced several -targe. paruea h OlvaiBii come, - - - Mmh,;- sta te a that thr. P-"- "- -fi nna tnOUano - poiww : ' come to that Territory - oext spring ihese results show what . ?- U ?OT' Salomon can do. President Grant did a great thing for Washington 'Jemtory when he gave Gov.' Salomon the plat occupied by that incompetent broMSj Flanders. i r J'