VOL IV. ALBANY, OREGON, APRIL 2, 1872. NO. 34. Cr to r? PC&USIUCl) KVKKY SATl'RBAY, By COLL.. VAX CLEVU, IN REGISTER BUILDINGS, TEH MS One year six tumult Single copies IN ADVANCE. Tln-ce dollars. ,, Two dollar. .It'll Wilt!'. ADVERTISING RATE! Inwiciifadve.rtlwniOTits.pM' KM of ten linen or lew, flrst Insertion w;oacq mhsi'mienl insertion It. Larger MWerj tiseniontii inserted on the nt(tt UDcro) tenus. JOB WnltK. itovtti received no tjiw of owl ink-. car.U, n tiordon Mi'Ti ;:, c arc rtwiHITed t.iesoeiiteiillkin'liif pilMt-i'tjitttinit,.,- manner, MAJtty Wt w t chinncr tlw" over liefm-e ofljijd Ui inis elty. AKVDta for the Hrjrltiter. Tlw followlnii pteiitlemen tuv niuliori'l to mviw and receipt mi' sutacrlptlon, advert Mill', ete.. I'll' UlHiTBB5 Hiram smith, Harrlsbiiiif. (i. 1'. Tompkins, Htirrtsbivw. l'eler Hntnc, Brownsville. W. II. Kirk, Brownsville. J. ll. In I tie, mm". T. II. Rcnoldi Salem. I.. 1'. Khmer, Sun KmncilwO. Ii. 1'. Porter, shcl-l's .-mi ion- .. Klotclier A well, Biusna Wta, PoIX o ClliW. Slckell, Jacksonville. BUSINESS UAUD3. J. U. MlTt HKI.L. ' POU'H. TBI I -. 33 & DOliPH, Attorneys anil t'oiiiweloiii MW) otll.ll 1 1 IKS IN CHANCER ASH I'BOC -n tors In admiralty. Olllco over the old Hlst otBee, Krout street, l'ortluiid, Oregon. tV4 J.C.rOWM.L. Ij. FlilNN. POWELL & FLIXX, Attorn- j nml I'ounaelura nt Iaw( AMI SOLICITORS IN (ilANCKKV (L. Hii mi notary publM, Albany, Oregon. Collections nud conveyances promptly tended to. . ! x. n. rnA.NoK. n. irmi'Ukkv. KOtary Public, i'RAKOB & HCHPBHEir, Attorneys ami Counsellont at Law, ALBANY, OREGON, , ,. .,. ,, r,. Office In 1'arrish brick, np slaii-s. jv . GEO. W. .',. B. 1 RAM A I E OK t J mitl IN'ntuI CoP.VSte, makes Hrvrral .Vtitirtiid in-1 tuWllMllllrXiif I'ln'iHJtir .if- i,H,i,il Inih. tllso. does AM. mm work in the line of his profession In the best and most approved met hod, and at as reasonable rates as can bo had elsewhere. Nitrous oxide administered for the pain lessejttiiMitlon of teeth Ifdostred. offleeln I'ai i ish hrlek lilock. no Sllttrs. Kesltlenee I tint house soul h of tyOiigreKiitliinul enareh. fronting on court house liks-k. JiS-W ! W. ii. JOXKS, M. HOMEOPATHIC PHTSI3IAN. OKKK'K ON FIRST STREET, ONE door west of llroadali'in, in BurkflartWtWo story brick ,np stairs', over Geo. Turn-IPs sioii'. IIi-sIokmk lonier sixth anil fer ry streets, Albany, OregOHi ilii-Tl Li:i'FEL & nYER WaterWheels tU'liERlCAL FLUMES, Aud WeiierBl Mill Maelituery. J. F. BACKES8T0, Agent, Albany, Oregon. S, s. in nois. w. 'ccw.ocn. . S. BIT BOSS & CO., HAVE UN HAND AND CONSTANTLY receiving a In me stock of Uiocorie mid Provisions, Wood mid willow ware, tobacco, cigars, ennfectlonery, Yankee notions, etc., etc., wholesn'eanil retal'.at lowest inH-. Olipusite It. u Albany, i iregon Hill A son's drug store, 831 1 ALBANY BOOKSTOBE. i:NtablllM'd in IK36. E. A. Frecland, IvE.M.Elt IN EVERY VARIETY OF J 7 niiscellanoous bisiks. schtsil books, blank books, siaiioiiery. Uooks luijiortud lo order at short notice, Albany. Hee.il, 1S70. TlKMStfi TFR!VIi. I AM PREPARED TO MO ALL KINDS nt lllllllttgi keefinn hitnd and make to order rawhiuo-bottoined chairs. ami spin lilni; win-els. Shop near the "Mmiiioiia Mills." JOHN M. MET.LElt. Albany, Nov. S, IHSS-l ALBANY BATH HOUSE. 'IMIK fi N PKRSlli NED WOITD RK- 1 ancct fully infonii thecitlzensof Albany and vicinity that he has taken charge of this estnbllslmient, and by kinping clean , rooms mid pavlnff strict attention to bust-1 nnssexiieetst'osult all those who may fn- I vor lilm with their laitronngo. Having heretofore nrricdon notliliiKbut 1'lrat-elaaa Hair lrmlnff Nntoona, Ho exneets lo uivo entire satlHfhctlon to all. ('hllilren's and latlles' hair neatly cut unci nhn nnmoeU. Sop. Iyl JIKOCI'H WKBBKR. rCM! rVTRIl FURS! THK HIGHEST PRICKS P All! IN CASH for oil kind of rUM, hv BLAIN, TOfJNG A CO. Albany, Fl. 8, 7Mf X BUSINESS CAHDS. JOHN CONNER, B A N KINO AM) Exchange Office, AMIAXY, OIIM.ON. I VEPOSITS RECEIVKIl SCBJECI' TO ItUfreSt'liiliSnm tliue deposits In coin. KxeliallOT on I'oi-tlltnd, Nin Francisco, itnii New Vork, for sale nt lowest rates. Collections inadOHtid promptly remitted. Refers to 11. WCoruett, Henry t-'ailinjf, V. s. Ladd, IlankfhK hours from 8 A. M. tot P. M. Albany, Feb. I, Ufll-SirS MAKBLE WORKS. INOSltOI? & 8TAIGEB, Dealers in Monuments, Obelisks, Tombs, Heud and Fool Stone, Executed in California, Vermont and Italian Marble. SALEM, OREGON. HRAM'H MIOI' AT AI.BAXY. 1. VOW. M- B. CKAKE. DOW & CRAXE, Dealers In Boom, Sinn's, nml Finding ALHANV, ou -:, INVITE THE ATTENTION OK THE piililtc to their mil slock of the latest slles In jtentlcnicn's and youth's I units, shoe, (jailers, Oxford t ies, etc., fete., as well as to the very latest thhia out in the lino of ladles' and RliWOS' Wiiters, hahimmK , Newiiort ties, Antoinette DUSKIna, iiiki I niniiv nt her new and fashionable styles, Inst iiweivert at the City Itool store, which ns m,,,v M they mn lind nurt hasere who w ish tirst-class guilds at the most lrnsonahle rates, lltey respect fnlly Invite you to conic and see their sti:k. Hoots'. Bhoes.ete,, madeor repaired to order, and all work irannif. CTTl HOOT STOKE, FIRST STREET, rirst door West of Iteylster nuild'K. it va C 1 T V M A li K K T ,..KV. hTKKirr, AI.lt ANY, OKHJON, J. L. HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, "a ENDEAVOR TO KEEP CON- stantly on hand a full supply of AIX KINKS OF MKATK Which will lie of the very )ie! quality. The highest market price paid for beeves, hoirs and sheep. Third door west of Ferry, on south sale of First street. J. L. HARRIS. Albany, Ikr. LI, 1871-Uvt J. W. Van Bt'ii Bcrgli XI. B., WttKM IMM'KHl, SALEM : : : OBEGON. MY long experience in dlsraues caused liy WORMS, rannot l- snrmissod by any puyslctan In Enrol ,,r the t'nited suites, office rooms, Nos. 3$ and 3U, over the Post Office. t jT Consultations and examination fnv uf chttr&i, vtuitdmfi Albmi) Collt'Klulc Institute, Ai.it in y, onrxiON. THIS INSTITUTION WILL REOPEN ON ! I Monday, September 4, liULwllbacoi'iis j (if tenclters callable and earnest. Itistrue I lion will be thorough and practical, and i the systcniof ordor unsniTassod. forpap. iieiiiarsnuuixwn R. R. W ARREN, A. M.. President ; Or. Rev . E. K.OEARY. P.I .,AI1 any. The E)ca! The Etir! BB. T. L. CiOLOE, OrnllHt and Auriat, Albany, Oregon. I Mi. 1 t son of the noted old opiliahuic doctor, S. C. (ioldctl. Dr. Golden has had cpcrlenl in mating tlte various tliseasi's tti which I he invalid cnraresuhjccLnml feels eontlilent of irivlna entlix' satlsliiction to those who may iilace llieiiiselvi-siiniler his care. April IS, , B. E, O. SMITH, BEXTIST, HAS LtK'A'i El) IN AL Iwuy, ami Is now ready to wall on the cltizensof Al t -ui i y and vlelnlty.wil Ii a new Invention ill dental work. It consists in supiHirtlng Ike plate to the month without Those wishing artificial teelh are ivouest ed to call and examine ror thumsrlros. Also, plah mended, whether partially broken or divided. Teeth, extracted wltli- out pain. Office over Ttirrell's store. All work warranted. 7v4 PlcrlMiBflng, Calcemlnlnr , Decorating, Ac, Fit WAHSWORTH will lr prompt , attention to all ordera for Panar banicinjr.CalremlnlnK, IteoorallM, .. In this city or rlctnlty. AU work executed In Ilia kUMt it via. In the beat manner, and at lowrt IWInn mien. BiHlrdrra left at rural! or Waranmnt ofOiat, Maalfy wtl teottW prompt Unt ton. fftri CHASM, Y A MAILMAN. BY GOSH. It was a long time ago, and yet it scorns but yesterday, that an event occurred which even now when 1 think of it thrills mc with an indescril able sensatioo. It was on an eve following an election, and the victorious party was celebrating in honor of the event, with bauds of music, torchlight procession and general rejoicing. Everybody seem ed to be on the street. Houses were illuminated, bonfires were kite I ii'ii i cheers and hoots mingled with deafening uroai',and altogeth er it presented a scene at once grand and beautiful. To a dispositirjti like mine it was truly edifying, and so lost was I in the carnival of the night, that it was near twelve o'clock before I thought about starting for home.; and as this was the latest that I had ever storied out, I began to feel a little anxious. My home was about three mi'es from where I was, and the way lay through a thick grove of timber for about half the distance, and it was one of those gloomy, winding roads, with deep dells skirted by thick underbrush, with an occasional brook running across spanned by log bridges, to vary the mouotany. One of those places my imagination had conjured up as being the center of everything infernal. Whether it was the ta'es the old women told, or my own fancy, I did not know, but certain it was I felt so, and could not help it ; and even in the daytime when passing that way I had more than once felt half inclined to whistle. On this particular night it seemed darker than usual, made sd by the lights in the town. Ap proaching the old wood with a tim id port, I pressed on until I came to the verge of the forest Here I stopped and tried to peer through the darkness, but I could see noth ing; all was dark and lonesome it put one in mind of a long tunnel running through a high mountain, so dense was it. Nothing was mov ing, all was silent with the excep tion of a forlorn bullfrog rendering a melancholly dirge that was in unison with the surroundings. I plucked up courage, however, and pushed on in a kind- of dog trot fully prepared, if occasion warranted it, to increase my speed according ly. By this lime I had reached the first hill, and had started down the grade at a pretty smart pace, look-, ing from side to side as I moved along, when all at once I heard a into the darkness, I turned and re noise as if somebody breaking a sumed my way. I crossed the stick and, on looking ahead to the j bridge in a smart walk and hur- left, I saw something white peering ! through the thick brush. My first j impression was to get away as fast , as possible, but then I had walked up so near to it that I wotlld not ' have much chance if I made the at-; tempt. But I quickly came to the conclusion that I would try and got by it, as soon as possible; so, turn- ing well to the right, I made a smart ; run, with the intention of leaving t liia lioiinr in thn mar but. he avm. : ingly defined my object and bound- ed out of the woods and stood in the middle of the path before me. I now began to get scared, and I naturally thought of ghosts and hohgoblins, fairies and elf's, but which of these this one was my ideas were not clear enough to de-: tine. I began to shake with terror, j and was alwut to turn and try to get away, when the figure spoke, and wanted to know where I had been. To hear a voice in a place like the one described would have been some relief in an ordinary c ise, but the thought that this man must be mad divested ray mind of the fencied security that 1 bad indulged in but moment before. As he j spoke he advanced towards me, while I in turn tried to get back. But it was no use ; i could not stir, and I was obliged to wait for his noNt move. As he came up I could sec that he had nothing on but a shirt or loose wrapper thrown around his Moulders ; his feet were bare, and take him all in all he was as wild a looking specimen of a hit man being as one would be apt to meet in a life-time. About this time I began to recollect that I had heard somebody say, some days be." fore, that there wa a crazy man sotnewhfre in that-section of coun try, and as this idea struck me it made me creep all over for if there was anything in tlte world that I feared it teas a mad-man, for I had often listened to my father relating talcs in connection with them, how strong they were, and how in one particular case t took five men to do anything with a crazy man. I had also heard him say that at times they could talk as rationally as anybody, and then again a spell would come over them. Again he wanted to know where 1 had been. I told him that I had been down town to hear the music and sec the torchlight procession, and also that there was going to lie a big supper, and everybody was invited to attend. I grew eloquent in describing the performances of the night, hoping he would like to see some of it himself. My descri- tion of affairs seemed todelighthim hugely, and hccommonccd todance around and clap his hands in high glee. lie then proposed that I should go back with him. I told him that I was just going home to get a light so that I could march in the pro cession, and that he might go down there and that I would soon be back again, and overtake him. All this time he was dancing around me, and I could see his eyes glisten ing through the darkness, and he would hold his hands up before him, apparently feeling for some thing, then he would laugh in a wild way, and clap his hands. I had almost despaired getting rid of him, when all at oiioe he turn ed and told me to make haste and hurry back, all of which I promised faithfully to do ; he then started up the hill on a kind of a leap. I stood for a moment and watched him, thinking I had plenty of time to contemplate the situation, and at thesamo time thanking my stars for my escape. As he passed out ried up the rise just ahead, and when I had reached the top I turn ed and looked back, but could not sec anything. I then started on a kind of a jog-trot, and had ran abouta quarter of a mile when I heard something blow behind me I quickly turned and like to have fell down with terror, tor there, not six feet from me, was this maniac, frothing at the mouth; and when I turned he yelled like a fiend. I i . ..i i i..'.. ,.. ... .,.:!. COlll'l SCI" llllll It.ll'llllif; 101 mr mm his long arms. Now he would laugh, then chuckle to himself, flat tering himself that I would soon tall into his hands. After the lirst scare was over, I 6oon recovered myself, and settle! down to hard work, for I knew I had it to do for ny life. Now he would scream and whoop; then he would clap his hands, and occasionally he would rub me very close,espocially on lev el ground. But I was a very fart runiMir, and I had practiced run ning long distances, and I was sat isfied that on a clear road that no body could catch me. By this time I had gained very little op him; 1 was not doing my best ; I has) saved myself for the last quarter of a mile, and I thought he had lieen running longer than I had, and might pos sib'y lose his wind. From where we first started it was alwut two miles to my home, and we had ran alxiut a half a mile at least, the most of the way being pretty rough. 1 could soon see that I was gaining on him. At intervals he would shout, but his shouts were growing very taint, and as he commenced to slack up I increased my speed until I got'in sight of my home, when 1 made a straight run right ap to the foot ot the stejis, .md with one spring I landed on the piazza, some live steps from the ground. One jump brought me to the door, which I went through in a twink ling, landing in the middle of the sitting-room, right side up with care. Mv father was setting up, engaged in reading, when I so un ceremoniously entered the room. He sprang to his feet and demanded why I came into the room in that manner. As rapidly as my remain, ing allowance of wind would admit, I briefly stated the reason of mv great haste. He listened attentive ly to my story, but when I was through, with an incredulous air, he intimated that the story was only the old dodge merely an excuse by which I hnjied to evade a repri mand for being out so late. How ever, the next day the crazy man was found in the wood, and secured, satisfying my father of the truth fulness of my story of the chase. This night's adventure may account for the fact that, although a young man, my once dark hair is now un timely sprinkled witn gray. A Bid Scare. Mark Tw ain says the following story was told to him by a fellow passeiijjer. who said lie had never lieen scared since the time that he loaded an old Queen Annie's musk et for Ids Cither. You see the old man was trying to teach 'nte to shoot blackbirds, and Is'tists Unit tore up the young corn, and such things so thai I could 1st of some use alsuit lite farm, because 1 wasn't big enough to do much. My gun wa-i a single-barrel shot gun, and the old man carried an old Queen Anno musket that Weighed about a ton, making a report like a thunder-clap, and kicking like a mule. The old man wanted me to shoot the musket sometimes, hut I was afraid, One day, though, I got her down, anil, taking her to the hired man. asked him lo load her, because the old man was out in the fields. Hiram said. "Do von see them marks on the stock an X and a V? U'ell, that means, ten halls and live slugs Unit's her load."' "lint how much powder:''' (), it don't matter; nut in four bandittis,'' So I loaded her Up in that way, and it was an awful charge 1 had sense enough to see that and I slatted out. I leveled her on a good many birds, but overs' tune attempted to pull the trigger my heart failed me; I was afraid of her kick. Towards sundown fetched up at the house, and there was the old man resting (Ml the porch, "lieen out hunting have you:-'' "Yes, sir." said . "What did von kill?" "Didn't kill rthVlhiug, sir didn't Shoot her off. I was afraid she'd kick." "Gimmus that gun!" roared the old man. mad as sin. "l)o you see that sapling:'" I saw it mid la-gan to drop hack out of danger. The next moment I heard an eai'thipiakc, and saw the Queen Anne whirled end over end in the air, and Hie old man spinning round on one heel, with both bands on his jaw, and the leiik living from his sapling. Theoki man's shoulder was set Ixick four inches, and his jaw tinned black and hlne. and he hud to lay up for three days. I haven t been geared since. The lloslon llulkliu has the follow ing valuable piortnai'v (it-: "Mcthu- lah died of liver complaint. Lot's wife of snlt-rlieutn. AIhiiIoiu fell a wig time to HairysiiH'las. (ioliali died of the -tone. HaruHUl of the dropsy. Nebudchadnezsar of too much vegetable diet, leaving Mrs. . u gross widow. John liuuvan, troub led with corns, took his pill grimly and progressed. Desdemona also took a pill ow . SaniDson was killed by a pill-ar. too. Montgoltler as (s) kill ed in war. John Rogers died of an overdone tM: lbuneo died of lieart disease. Governor Hoffman dyed his moustache. Art emus Ward was joked to death. In Massachusetts, the other day, a inongiu ne comu cross the track of a locomotive. Tha servient at the gram were very ImpresiWe. The Ritssian stvi.kok Pboposixo. it is well known hciv that marriage here has come to be looked upon as a luxury to h indulged in only by the bettor circmiistaneod. Tlie largo number of servants, waiter, day-laborers, and olhers without any regular trade, rarely many at all. Thev find it enough toearn a' decent living them selves. Those who do marry wait until about the twenty-seventh year. If he is a merchauL hi; must wait un til his business is established.; if a professional man. until lie has a-good practice or position. Kvery t la-s. as h rule, marries lute, for that which is necessary with the poor has, from its generality, come to be regarded as a custom for till. It is not customary, as in America, for young gentlemen and ladies to .t sociate much together, since the ex penses of gallantry are thought i yund their means. Young men go with young men, and live in clubs or bachelor bands, whew each one pays his expenses, and lives as eco nomically as he can, When they seek female company, which Is only now and then, it is tit the public balls or in worse connections. This custom has become so established that it works the other way, and no young lady wlio values her reputation will allow herself to be seen alone in company of a gentleman before she il engaged to him, and before the engagement is du ly published in the pre-;. The f(,.m. alilies of betrothal are celebrated In the presence of her friends. They much wonder at the liberty of Ameri can yoongjladles In (lermany, who al low themselves to go with any young gentleman acquaintance whatever, being one evening with one ami the next evening with another. Chases by a Saw Loo, A Pitts burg iikt tells the following : "Did you ever hear of being chased by a stiw log. as It chanced to a French i 'a uadlau out in Curtis' woods last week? It happened thllSwUe. They were cutting lite timber from the brow of a hill in these famous woods, and roll ing it to the bottom when-a steam saw mill is to he erected. The Frenchman was attempting to manip ulate a huge log for a safe descent, when he discovered it was getting the better of him. He was on I he under side, and it would not do to "let it, slide," so he screamed for help, lint no helpea His strength was sure ly and rapidly failing, and there was nothing to do hut run for it, and run he did ; a fearful race. The natural philosophers say tliat a log gains in rapidity as it descends. Ft is other wise with human legs on a run. even when as ill this ease descent is steep and icy. There was no turning out. and the log g.dtiisl with terrible timid ity on the frightened Chimuuck, and was just now on his heels, when luck ily be spied a hollow in his path into which he popped with abound; hut had hardly time to huddle himself in to his hole, when crash ! crash! the log thundered oyer him ami left him safe, but abrul the worst seared man that ever hallooed in Curtis' woods, if his nerves are no stronger titan ours claim to Is-. And that is how a saw log chased a Frenchman." The Pooh Man's Frikmi. The Democratic parly has the brazen assu rance tO Claflri (0 be -. sv the poor man's friend, and if is a lamentable tact that many, in their ignorance, are disposed to believe it. Lul it has u,it only never done anything for tin- la boring classes, btlt bitterly opposed every measure calculated to benefit them, It opposed emancipation ; it opposed the Homestead Act ; It Is a lis' to protection of American indus try; and it has just shown its aiiimo-i-ty to the working men through the vote of its representatives in the lower House of Congress on the proposition to pay the employees full w ages f, ,, eight hours' work. With the reduc tion of the number of hours, there was a corresponding reduction in wages. The proposition was to reeogutisc the eight-l r system by making up the deficiency in the past, and authorizing Government ofllclals to pay a t'nfi day's wages for eight hours' work. The Democrats vote almost unani mously against this. f1(w giving n,,, working-men due warning tliat they ueed not expect any favors in the fu ture from the Democratic party, It is true to tradition, and continues the foeof the Id ustrla I classes. Ii believes in oWHCBSimd drivers for colored men, While it favors caste among whites, and would cut down wages i n,,. mint where want would he n hi'li more oleni and more scourging to the soul of the white man than the "black snake" is to the back of the negro. Vttoi Untold, The Indianapolis A'wg says : a i.aiayelte lover seated himself on a barrel turned on its side, while sere nailing his heart's mistress. In his ecstney lie rolled the ban-el over, slam med his guitar against a shutter in his enbrta to regain bis balance, and dis appeared in the cistern. The bub bling err of file strong swimmer in his agony, brought out the entire family, including the bulldog, in various brief and picturesque costumes, ranging all the way from an elaborate robe de unit anil curl papers worn by the in nocent cause of it all, to a simple yet serviceable collar, ornamented u'iih spikes, worn by tlie bulldog. Pi S. He wtw fedied out. One of 'Hmr young girls," at an ex. animation in grammar, tlie other day, when asked why tlie nw bachelor was singular, blusbJngly answered: "Because it Is very singular they don't get married." She went nil bead.