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ALBANY REGISTEH. T. . OSirtal Paper for Oron SATURDAY. MAY 1874. . A recent decision in ft Msaachu setts Court affords ai wilier argu ment against the pasfapp ot a pro hibitory Hqnor law, and h another point gained by those favoring tlio passage of a Civil Damage Law. According to this decision the strongest prohibitory law may not interfere with the vending of im. ported wines and liquors. The decision, as reported by the Cftron uik, is substantially as follows: It was held that the payment of im port duties to the United States, tor the entrance of such goods, en titled tbe importer to the right ot traffic in them, and that the laws of tbe land would protect him against any and all local legislation waiduig to restrain or prohibit his business. Under this decision a lot f valuable goods seized trom the proprietor of Young's Hotel, one of the oldest hostelries in the city of. Boston, were returned to him by the Constables who made the .seiz ure. It does not appear, says the Chronicle, upon any principle ot strict justice why the payment of oos class of duties to the Govern meat should convey greater rights and privileges than any other. The manufacturer ot American ine and liquors pays a tax, or at leak is supposed to do so, upon every gallon of his products. Why, then, should not this payment put him under the protection "of the General Government just at much an the importer is put by bis pay nent of up port duties? The point thus raised by tbe Massachusetts Court is a new one to us, but tbe view we suggest seems to be a logical eonclusioa from it Other, wise, there would be an injurious discrimination against the home producer, sad this is manifestly i it 1 against we wnoie spun oi our laws. The temperance folks will do well to look into this matter, for it certainly threatens to take all the wind out ot their sails, so far as influencing State or municipal pro hibition of the liquor traffic is twncerned From Swadk Creek. Among tbe visitors who took part in the celebration on Monday, we were pleased to meet Mr. J. Layman, of Pendleton, but more recently from dwauk Creek mines. As an evi dence of tbe richness of the diggings st Swauk mines, Mr. L. exhibited to as oa Twesuay, a speoknen gold nugget that is worth 85, taken finals clip near the bead of the veek. ; He informs us that be thinks the diggioga rich but spotted. The gold h ooaree, and pte:.wglfromito 4 are preset too high to ork thjs fiiggioffs, Mr. L , tak ,ng a spitt AfoNgh the valley, and louniy before fgggrotng to tbe nunee. .SaKjSMatkis some thirty fownilea Mi thinks, 'attentat tbj rsuebM ariotoa lay Ju tUj Ioiaa tnulitioae point to that portion of the moun tain range as the p ace where hiu ehtckamin was found' in former times; the t ' tltat gold has been found on both sides of the "divide," the lay ot Jha country generally, and the fort ) . r fact that t lie country has rever i n prospected. He also related a story current in tl at part of the country, that runs about in this wise : Som eight or more years ago the In ins reort that a white man can down into the valley toward ue head of the Yakima with two pack horses heavily loaded, hut without grub He struck an I: ian rancheric and asked tor something to eat, which . w .1 n i a me intnai a irrciy stave, lie un packed his animals, and disclosed to the Imlians two sacks well filled with goU nuets. He promised the Iudi.itw if they wonld give him sufficient grub with which to reach the Dalles, he wold return in the Spring and show them where the rich diggings were. The white man disappeai 1, and the Indians otthat section were supplied for some time with large quantities of gold nuggets, some of them very large and valuable. The sup position is that the Indians' cupid ity induced tihcm to kill the white miner and appropriate what was in sighthe ni ght tail to return and pilot them lo tbe diggings, and if he kept his promise they might not be able to obtain the gold without labor and the average Indian despises labor. We care nut to vouch for the Xruth of the story, but we should not be surprised to hear that good healthy diggings were found up in that region tbe comingsummer. We are sorry indeed to learn that a German chemist has suc ceeded in making firstrate brandy out ot sawdust. We are a friend of tie temperance movement, and we want it to succeed, but what chance will it have when a man can take a rip-saw and go out and get drunk with a fence-rail ? What is the use" of a prohibitory liquor law if a man is able to make brandy smashes out of the shingles ou the roof, or it lie;' can get delirium tremens by drinking the legs ot his kitchen chairs? You may shut an inebriate out. of a gin shop, and keep him away from taverns, but if he can become uprorious on boiled saw dust and dedicated window sills, any effort at reform must necessarily be a failure. It Will be wise, therefore, if temperance societies will butcher the German chemist before be goes any further. His recipe ought not to be made pub'ic. He should be stuffed with distilled board yards until he per Mies with mania a potu. Additional particulars of the ter rible double tragedy perpetrated near Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio, last week, have come to light. The victims of the crime are an old man named Hey wood, aged 70, aud bit wife, who wan in moderate circumstances. Tbe mur derer, John W. Goodwin, who was a neighbor and whose sole object saeraed to have been money, went 4 -.L ' A . ana m tpe twernpou to m. mywaoas ham, who a rifle, and asked him to go out ami head off a squirrel wuhtii we uw wwo, in omer tow he might shoot him. The old man readily asseated. and the two went oat lor tht purpose. So soon a um jsw was Mirpeo, uooowm ae Hbcrately raised his rifle and shot tSPold lady. To make bis work complete tbe pend then cut Mr. Haywood's throat from ear to, ear, Then, securing' the booty (about $200 in coin) next step was to con ceal the Imdies of his victims. He dragged them to Hog creek near by, and sank them in the water. about 80 rods apart, with a pile of logs and driftwood on each to keep tliem down. Overcome by thecoi -ciousnessof his crime, the murderer iccame im pressed with the idea thai a sister- in-law ot Ins had been a witness of the affair, ami so he told her what he had done, and threatened her with instant death if she divulged the terrible secret! She straight way gave notice to the neighbors, anil instant and vigorous pursuit was instituted, which resulted in Good win's capture the next day at Columbus Grove. He contes t"! everything, and also stated that ho had an accomplice, which is dmhted. It was with difficulty that the incensed community were prevented from lynching the fiend. Ulve the Hens Milk -Winter Ebrxs' and High Prlrea. We have generally had very good success in inducing our fowls to lay in Winter, but an acquain tance has, for three consecutive years, beat us at tfiat game. This season he has ln doing it with our own fowls ; that is, with pullets procured ot us, showing that it is management aud not breed that mnst account for t. We have visited his farmyard repeatedly, and made observations, aud he is very frank in describing his method, aud the result is, we arc convinced that an ample allowance of skimmed milk is ail the magic there is about it. His fowls roost in a lean-to, which is not only on the north side of the barn, but is not especially tight, either. The only chance they have tor sun is free range out- of-doors, and the run of several longeheJs, which, though facing the south, are uiiglazed, and entirely open on that side, and so high that the birds may be said to live day and night in an atmosphere nearly as cold as an open field. We men tion these particulars to show that we are not to look to warm quar ters for an explanation of the proliticncss exhibited. We add, that they do not lay on account of being latched extra early, but on the contrary, they came off last May. They commenced laying in October, arid have been at it ever since, to the astonishment, if not the envy, of the neighbors of the fortunate owner, who has been sell ing eggs for the past four months for forty-five cents per dozen, and upwards. Not one particle of meat, or scraps is given, and but the veriest trifle of vegetable food is fed in the shape of a few boiled potatoes, about once a week. Abundance of grain is allowed, ot various sorts, ground and ungroond, but never cooked, and plenty ofnn burnt oyster shells, pounded, are at all times accessible. They have a pailful of skimmed milk everyday, so that they can help themselves to all they want, no other drink being provided. Now there are other fowls, aud plenty of them, on hundreds ot farms, of just the same breed as those of our friend, and ot tbe same age, which are allowed just as good rations of grain, potatoes and powdered oyster-shells and just about the same sort of buildings and range, that do not lay from October to February. Moreover, it is not during one exceptional season that this has been done, but, as we nave sa d, it has occurred year after year. We are satisfied that it is the milk that accounts for it. Skimmed milk and the whites eggs are very much alike, and though the cream has been separa ted, undoubtedly the full allowance of Indian corn supplies the oily constituents ot the yolks. Some farmers think thev cannot afford to give milk to hens, but must save it for the pig- Bt if skimmed milk is worth J cents a quart to feed to swine, as some claim, it is worth s cent ior pouiwy B, try its use Winter eces can be obtained and sold at high ' Brkea-iWfirw World. A Hard Shell Baptist preacher thus characterizes the religious sects in Kentucky : "The Methodists go out into the wilderness and new countries and blase the trees tor the Baptist to come along after them and cut out roads for wagons aud carts. When macademized turn, pikes are made, you will see the sturdy old Presbyterians come lum bering along in their buggies and carriages; but after yon hear the steam whistle sounding over the railroads, then you may look out for kid-gloved and silk-stockinged Episcopalians running around ta Ic ing about the church, and succes sion, and ordination, and all such stuff as that, as if there never had been any church or religion until they got there.'' Libert; Tribune. , A enrrespomlen, writing to the St. Loui HepnWcan. says: "In South America, wliere the castor bean grows wild, neither cattle, horse, sheep. gnats nor lings Pilfer in the least from them. The province of Rio Grande de Sui in Brazil i almost entirety de voted to the raising of stock, where they run wild upon the pampas and where the castor liemi-grows in great abundance. In the fiandn Orhntal del Uruguay, where millions of sheep feed upon the prairie, and wliere the wistor bean is found In every part, they do not in the least suffer from them. In Chile the owtor bean grows ou every roadside ami in every pasture, ami. where tbe horses, cattle aod sheep, aLso goats, have free access to them and are not injured. Although the bean in these countries is soniewhitt smaller than the American bean, large quantities orcustor oil are uianntiic tured." She I)iD.4-Upon the announce ment that Anna Dickinson would deliver before a Chicago audience her naughty lecture on the "social evil" question, the Tribune raistd its hands in holy horror, and hinted to gentle Anna, that a nice young lady "hadn't orter" lecture about something which a nice young lady "hadn't orter" know anything about. Anna lectured, neverthe less, aud it is to be presumed the Tribune came in for a scorcher. A Yale student, who is evidently in the "journalistic" department, writes a twelve-verse poem, which is entitled, "We kissed each other by the sea." Well, what of it? The seaside is no better for such practice than any other locality. In tact, says the Louisville Cour-kr-Journal, we have put in some very sweet work of that kind on the tow-path ot a canal in our time, but did not say anything about it in print. The Mayor of Cincinnati has been importuned by a venturous New Orleans youth to look up and discover the precise reputation of a young lady of bis place, with whom the youth has been corresponding, whom he wishes to marry, but whom he never saw. Tbe Mayor is still considering the proposition ; but he will doubtless soon turn it over to tbe City Fathers, who will promptly appoint a Committee of ion. In a recent lecture on "Liquids," at the Royal Institution, Prof. Tyndall mentioned that he had learned from Captain Shaw, the head of the London Fire Depart ment, that a scratch in the nozzle of a fire engine delivery pipe, which an ordinary workman might over look, will reduce its throwing power from 200 feet down to 150 feet. A, WHISL1K. c. r. bocos. C. B. WHSKI.KB. a. wheeuoi a co., REDD, OBECON, Dealers In Merchandise and Produoc. A good assortment of alt kinds ot Goods al ways In store at lowwt market rate. Agents for sale of Wagons, Grain DrlUa, Cider Mills, Chums,., Ac. CASH paid tor WHEAT, OATS, POEK, BUTTER, KGGS and VOULTB V. For Bitle. AFABWt, ADJOIN IM TAX . weU Improved, with House an term, of DANIEL MILLEH, FN. Tangent, March ,74f namenui a an tho coarEsnosn or ah ixvaud, Published ae a warning and for the ben efit of Toons Men and others who suffer from NERVOUS DEBILITY, L088 OF MANHOOD, o'c., poinilnir out tlio. meant of self-cnrc. Written ly NaOiantel May fair, Esq., whoenrul himnvif after under iroinK consl'lemMo qunvliei'y, and mailed free on receiving a nos;-iald directed ei velopo, by tho pu'ilislier, Dlt. lonN M. DAGXALL, SiinS 11 Cliiiton-S;., Bn oklyn, N. T. W. II. McFARLAXD, (LATE M. M. HARVEY ft CO.,) JV.'ii door to Conner' Hunk, Albany, Oregon, STOVES, RANGES, Force Ami Lift Pumps, LEAD AND IRON PIPE, Hollow Ware, IIOVSK FVRN1XHTNU IIABDWABC Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. LARUEST STOCK IN THE VAIXTV. Lowest Prices Every Time. Repairing1 Properly Done. Mrs FOUNDRY. ALBANY FOUNDRY And Machine Shop A. F. CHERRY Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engine, Floor and Saw Mill Kfacbln crj, WOOD WORKING And AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, And all kinds of IRON AND BRASS ( ASTINUft. Particular attention aid to repairing aD kinds of machinery. 41v3 DRUGS, ETC. i. (MOTHERS & CO., - Dealers in - VHEMICAIA, OILS, PAINTS, DYES tiLAHS, LAHPN, ETC., All the popular ' PATENT MEDICINES, FINK i CUTLERY, CIGARS, TOBACCO, NOTIONS 1'ERFL'MEKT, and Toilet: Ctootf. Particular care and promptnesa (pn Physicians' prescriptions and Family Reo ines. A. CAROTItKRS A CO. Albany, Oregon- Iv j Murder In Albany HAR NEVER YET BEEN KNOWN, AW no threatening; of it at present. Death Is a thing which sometime must befall every son and daughter of the human fam ily ; and yet, At the Mid-day, Of your life, if disease lays hi tO hands upon you, there is still "a balm in tilload, oy wnicn you may oe rearorea to perfect ...... I V AnJnw,fnHn I . lous extent. How ? By calling on R. C. 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