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COLL. VAN OI1SVB.
ALBANY,
OREGON.
THE TIGER OP CATT5P0KK.
The capture of a man in India sup
posed to be the Nana Sahib; author of
the English massacre at Cawnpore in
1857, has caused an interesting review of
the horrible event -which marked that
holocaust of crime. It has been declar
ed that the man who surrendered him
elf is not Nana Sahib, but some other
enthusiast who desired out of the no
toriety of the veritable beast to create for
himself a momentary celebrity. Ambi
tion assumes fantastic forms, and certain
ly in the person of this half -naked Sepoy
ue desire for publicity has sunk as low
M it can well stoop.
Cawnpore lies on the south bank of the
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of Bengal. In the spring of 1857 three
thousand native troops were in barracks
there,, and of Europeans, including En
glish soldiers, there were a little over one
thousand souls. The native army had
, eased to fear. Discipline was lax. In-
subordination had been afoot since 1845.
, The British officers, steeped in idleness
and false confidence, had lost all control
over their men, but still they believed in
the fidelity of the troops. The mind of
the Sepoy soldier reeked with religious
xwejudioe. The fancied insult which had
been thrown upon their religion in greas
ing the cartridges with the fat of the hog
had excited in the Hindoo mind an un
quenchable hatred which it was found im
possible to overcome. Five parts tallow,
' five parts stearine, and one part wax were
the ingredients of that compound which
wiH never be forgotten as long as Eng
land and India have a common history.
It has been denied by English officers
connected with the roval laboratory at
Woolwich that hogs' lard formed any
part of the cartridge, but this is open to
srave doubts, inasmuch as the officer
who denied the presence of the lard was
also unable to testify as to the actual in
gredient which should have taken its
place. The supposed presence of hogs
lard, although without doubt a moving
cause of the rebellion was not the only
reason that led up to the terrible events
which followed. There was a man, and
bis name was Seereek Dhoonda Punth,
familiarly known as the Nana Sahib.
Bajee Ilao, the peishwa of Poonah, was
the last monarch of the Mahratta dynas-
. ties which shared the sovereignty of the
Central Highlands. The English de
throned Bajee Bao, confiscated his terri
tories, and then gave him a residence at
. . . m .at
istnoor, witn a nanosome allowance oi
$400,000. The peishwa had no children,
and so he adopted the man Seereek
', Dhoonda Punth. When Bajee Bao died
in 1851, the heir pnt in a claim for the
- continuance of the pension, which was
disallowed by England. He sent to Lon
. don Azimoolah Khan, a clever villain,
'. who began life as a kitmutgar or footman
in an Anglo-Indian family. This fellow,
speaking English and French fluently,
" and sporting diamonds and cashmere
shawls without end, became not only a
' lion," but a great favorite among the
aristocratic dames of England. He fail
ed, however, in his suit, and returned to
Cawnpore without having secured to the
' Nana the allowance of old Bajee Bao.
At this time the Nana was thirty-six
years old. He was fat, clean-shaven,
. with sallow complexion, and features
strongly marked. He was a voluptuary
.' of that sensual character which denes de
scription. Pleasant in manner, he
ought all opportunities to make himself
faymKar and popular with the sahibs of
the garrison and their families. While
the smile was on his lip, however, the
judgment of the East India Company
against his claim was forever a torture to
his heart. His sole purpose in life was
vengeance on the race that had despised
1 and rejected bis claim. With this for a
- private wrong in the hands of a desperate
' and conning adventurer, and the hogs'
"- lard of the cartridges to excite the fanati-
cism of an enthusiastic people, the be-
. ginning of the end was mode easy. In
. January the peasants of Bengal were re-
peating, 4 'Everything is to become red,'
' and in March the provinces of the Ganges
- were receiving two cnupasaes or oan
ztocks of salt and dough. It was the fiery
cross of India, and notified men that
they should be prepared, for " that
something was in the air." Meanwhile
the Europeans at Cawnpore ate, drank
and were merry. The commanding
- officer at this post was Ma j. -Gen, Sir
- Hugh Wheeler, a soldier of that class
.. which followed those who had won their
spurs at Seringapatam. He was seventy
five years of age, two-thirds of which he
had spent under an Tndian sun, a man
utterly unfitted from his years and his
, antecedents to deal with the bloody
, perils of such a time. On the 18th of
'. May, Gen. Wheeler telegraphed to the
government "All is well at Cawnpore."
' All was far from welL Nana Sahib be
ti insolent. He moved his quarters
from Bithoor to houses in Cawnpore oc
.. copied bv civilians and their families.
- The treasury containing 100,000 was
'. put under the custody of his body-guard,
.- and it was proposed that the ladies and
children should , be placed in Bithoor
palace. - This was declined.. The Oen-
eral might have, put the magazine in a
state of defense, out was content in his
. imbecile way . to throw up a mud wall
four ,feet high around what he. was
, . pleased to call an intrenchment. Peas
.. and flour formed the bulk of the supplies
- . and even these were . insufficient.
"What do you call .that place ; on the.
plain!" said Azimoolah to a Lieutenant.
. The Fort of Victory. " was the answer.
' ? No." said the hyena, ''.call it the Fort
of .uespair. un June a sir itugn
,-, Wheeler sent the last' telegraphic dia
. ' patch that ever reached the outer world.
... -, lie sent out two officers and fifty men
. and said, " This leaves me weak, but I
trust to holding my own until more
' .Europeans arrive.' .. .'
That night a drunken officer fired on a
cavalry patrol. He explained that his
piece had gone off by mistake. The
Sepoys, prepared for ., revolt, signifi
cantly remarked that their , weap
ons . also might go off by mistake be
l lore long.- Wires had been cut, mails
burned and roads , blockaded, and the
' corpses of an En.ffiah lady and gentle
- man, murdered above, turned into the
canal that traversed Cawnpore.' - This was
' ' the first sight of white blood shed. On
June 4, in the darkness of the night, three
' reports of a pistol announced that the
hour had arrived. Native officers turned
out their troops, and notwithstanding the
; exhortations of the British officers, the
rebels marched to the northwest suburb
and captured, without an effort, the treas
my and the magazines. The next day
was devoted by the English to gathering
' the remnants of the native forces. They
collected their luggage and furniture and
prepared for flight. But flight was not to
be. The rebellion had a chief, and the
" chief had policy. Nana Sahib was
- shout proceeding to Delhi, the head-
- quarters of the rebellion, where the flag
' of the prophet had been unfurled, but
Azimoolah persuaded him not to be ab
sorbed into the court of the Mogul, but
to conquer the country around Cawn
pore and so com in and the avenues by
which English reinforcements could ar
rive. Then when possessed ox ueini anu
Punjaub he might assume the Captain
Generalship of the rebel armies, and
drive the accursed Christian dogs forever
from the valley of the Ganges. Azimoo
lah was successful. On June 6 the Nana
announced that he would commence the
attack. The Sepoys murdered, robbed
and fired everything within their reach
in the native city. As soon as the muti
neers had begun the assault, no Sepoy
felt secure of his neck and plunder as
long as one Englishman remained on In
dian soil. Azeezum, courtesan of
prominence, rode up and down the lines,
haranguing the troops. The sun never
before looked on so sad a sight as that
crowd of women and children cooped
within a small space and exposed during
twenty days and nights to the concen
trated fire of thousands of muskets and
a soore of heavy cannon. By the third
night every door and window had been
beaten in. The shell and ball ranged at
will through the naked rooms. Women
and children were mangled by grape or
round shot or crushed beneath falling
brickwork or mutilated by flying splin
ters. Sir Hugh Wheeler was helpless.
Capt. Moore was in command. No hero
ever won his record of gallant deeds
more nobly from the field of Hastings
to the bloodiest fight of our own times.
He was everywhere. It would be impos
sible in this brief mention to give the
names of the heroes who sustained the
honor oi their country. One by one the
cannon were rendered useless. On the
eighth evening the thatched barrack was
in a blaze. A night of horror followed.
The guards crouched silent and watchful,
finger on trigger, while the forms of
countless foes prowled around through
the outer gloom.
There were two wells, one supplied the
besieged with water, the other was dry.
It lay two hundred yards from the ram
part. Thither every night the slain of
the previous day were borne. Within the
space of three weeks two hundred and
fifty English people were deposited there.
On June 18th reinforcements arrived at
Cawnpore for the Nana. He poured in
hot shot, and the dismay was frightful.
On the 23d the Nana made an assault with
the whole strength of the insurrection.
The English shot down the teams which
tuflrcred the artillery, burned the bales,
and routed them. That night a party of
sepoys desired to bury the slain, which
was granted. 1
And now comes the act of treachery,
which will cover forever the memory of
Nana Sahib with an unutterable loathing.
The English had determined to die, and
fought with a desperation that never was
exceeded. Among the rebels, disgust
and disaffection gamed ground from hour
to hour. On the evening of the 23d,
Azimoolah called upon a Airs. J acorn, a
prisoner held at a ransom of 40,000, and
directed her to proceed to Sir Hugh
Wheeler with the proposition that all
who were willing to lay down their arms
should receive a safe passage to Allaha
bad. The offer was unhappily accepted.
In another week they would be washed
out of their defenses by the annual flood.
Their stores had dwindled to less than a
quart per head of almost uneatable native
food. The choice was between death and
capitulation. That evening a council of
murder was. held m the tent of the .Nana.
Only five or six advisers were present, but
they anew to what they had been sum
moned. . In the morning Azimoolah
walked up to within a short distance of
the Britain outposts, and to him went
forth Moore and Whiting and Postmaster
Roche. The fortifications were to be
given up. The troops, such as were left,
were to carry sixty rounds of ammunition
each. Carriages would convey the
wounded, the women and children and
boats, victualled with flour, would be
ready at the landing. Can we imagine
what passed in that night ? Hoolass Singh
punted down the river, during the night
some two dozen barges, which were cov
ered with roofs of thatch. The Suttee
Chowra Ghaut is the landing place, a
mile from the intrenchment. At two
hours before daybreak, by , the Nana's
orders, five guns and as many hundred
picked assassins were placed in ambush
near an old temple on the bank of the
river. At an early hour all Cawnpore was
astir. Moore went about from group to
group and impressed upon all the neces
sity of pushing off as soon as all were on
board and making for the opposite shore.
On elephants, in palanquins, they set out
on the dusky road to death. . Lady
Wheeler had given her ayah a bag of ru
pees for her fidelity. A Sepoy slashed
her shoulder and took her treasure. But
why go on with the sickening details 1 On
reaching the water a bugle was sounded.
It was the signs!. The native rowers
leaped into the water, , the Sepoys
opened fire on the boats, which the En
glish returned, but in another moment
the roof of every boat was in a flame of
death, ignited by red-hot charcoal. Then
commenced the. slaughter. A trooper
rode to the Nana to tell him all was going
well. Nana directed to keep the women
alive, but kill the males. The order was
carried out. The women were returned
guarded by Sepoys, each of whom
claimed a fair English girl as his share of
the loot. Four -Englishmen, succeeded
by swimming and floating in escaping the
bullets of the murderers, and by degrees
landed at the estate of Diribijah Singh.
These were Thompson, Delafoase, pri
vate . Murphy; . and gunner Sullivaiu
They were saved, and lived to tell the
story as we tell it now. On June 28, the
prison list numbered, sixty sahibs,- twenty-five
' mem-sahibs, or females, . and
four children.- The men were seated on
the ground and ordered to be - shot.
Then Dr. Boyes' wife ran in, and sat down
behind her husband, saying, "If he
must die I will die with him. Then the
other' mem-sahibs ran in saying " We
also will die with our husbands, where
upon the Nana ordered them to be pulled
forcibly away, all except the doctor's
wife, who remained with her husband.
Then the ; sahibs shook hands all
around, and the Sepoys fired. They
were not all killed, so the Sepoys went
in and finished them off with swords.
This was from the evidence of a native
On July 1, the remaining prisoners
were removed to a small building between
the Black CSty and the Ganges. In India
it is known as the ' ' House of the Ladies,
and in England ss the "House of the
Massacre. " Here for a - fortnight were
penned 206 persons of European extrac
tion. The place was bo confined, and
the number of captives - diminished so
fast, " that the Nana began to fear he
would have no hostages to provide against
a reverse. Meanwhile, GeL Havelock
was moving northward front Allahabad.
The Nana took up a position to meet
him twenty-two miles south of Cawn
pore. The battle commenced at nine.
At four in the afternoon the tews of de
feat had reached the Tiger, fie ordered
the prisoners to prepare for dtiath. Five
Sepoys were bidden to fall on. They
entered the house. . Their knives broke
oft at the handles. They i procured
others, and re-entered. By the time
darkness had closed in, the men came
out and locked up the housed for the
night, but the groaning continued till
morning. We all know how the Nana
attempted to make a stand against Have
lock, how helled into the morasses and
how, in all probability, he died a quiet
death which we must all regret, and
over tho well where those brave hearts
lie stilled forever, rises a Christian tem
ple of honor that should last forever.
Near to it is an in closure which it"""
the boundaries of the " House of the La
dies, bo revolting a tale of blood and
treachery does not often, happily, disgrace
the historic pages of any nation. St.
Louis Republican.
JACK SHEPPABD OUT DOSE.
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Bill Rudlfer's Extraordinary Kscape from
the Hoataera Indiana Penitentiary.
rroro theLoolsrlltoCotirler-JonrML :
For bravery, nerve, and boldness, Bill
Budifer, . lately confined in the State
Prison South, at Jefferson ville, is the
peer of any man living. His last feat
caps the climax of his desperate and bold
adventures heretofore, and he stands to
day before the world as the greatest liv
ing specimen of a successful jail-breaker
since the days of Jack Sheppard and
" Sixteen String Jack."
At twenty minutes to 4 o'clock yester
day morning, the guard ill the north cell
house peeped through the glass door in
the main guard-room and discovered that
the main front door was closed, and all
looked secure and right, and the two
guards in that room were lying asleep on
their beds. He knew that all was not
right, and immediately gave the alarm.
The sleeping guards jumped to their feet ;
they discovered the open door ; they ran
out in the hall and found the outer door
leading to the street also open. They
rubbed their eyes, looked amazed and
dumbfounded, and then came the ex
clamation : " Budifer is gone !" And
he had.
An investigation commenced at once,
and the mode of Budifer's .escape discov
ered. . At the south side of the new cell
house is an iron water-pipe leading up to
a large tank on the top of the prison walL
The pipe goes up a distance of sixty feet,
and is but four and a half inches in cir
cumference. It terminates within twenty
feet of the tower where a guard is placed.
The tower is ten feet above the walls of
the prison, and on the top of the
tower there is a cupola, in which
is a beacon light. The light "is
made from five large gas burn
ers, which throw a light sufficient
to illuminate all of the inside of the
prison and also a strong light upon all
the walls, and can be seen for miles
around. Budifer, with the glare of the
light upon him, climbed the small iron
pipe, sixty feet high, and was safe on the
prison wall or the roof of the main
building. Within ten feet of the water
tank, where Budifer climbed up, is a
trap-door leading down into the main
building. He crawled to that, lifted it
up, and descended to the upper floor,
which is a hall, In the meantime, the
guard in the tower gave no alarm, and
was evidently wrapped in this thoughts
of home and friends, or else he was
dreaming the long hours away, or surely
he would have seen Budifer, who passed
in the strong light so near him just now,
pulled up the trap-door and disappeared
down tlie opening. There is a sky-light
in the hall from the roof through two
floors to the lower floor. From the third
or upper floor, Budifer could peep over
the railing around the sky-light and see
all that was going on in the lower room,
where the guards were stationed. They,
as we have said, were asleep, but Bud
ifer did not know that, lie descended
another flight of stairs, which brought
him to the second floor. Mere, again, he
could not only see what was transpiring
below, but he could hear every word
uttered by leaning over, the railing, peer
ing and listening. He could hear noth
ing ; not a sound ; for the sentinels
below were sleeping. Now was his time
to dare all or lose all and strike for liberty.
On his way down stairs he had picked up
a heavy iron poker four feet long a
formidable weapon and with this in his
hands he descended the last flight of
stairs, cautiously opened the door at the
foot of the stairs and in a moment more
stood in the guard-room, with only tv
more doors between him and liberty.
The two guards sleep soundly. All is
well for Budifer, and he is master of the
room and equal to the situation. He
goes to a desk at his right and , takes
from it a bunch of keys, used for un
locking the doors in other departments
of the prison. Next he must have gone
to the key-board to the right of the iron
door ; then he took down a number of
keys, selected the one that unlocks the
heavy padlock on the door, . applied the
key, unlocked the padlock and opened
the iron door, passed out in the main
hall of the prison, took down the bar and
unlocked the outer door, and stepped
out on the stone front step of the main
entrance of the Indiana State prison,
into the cold morning air, a free . man.
As he stands there on the steps of the
prison, r the indomitable will, reckless
daring and bravery of the man are to be
admired. He has overcome and sur
mounted difficulties and dangers in mak
ing his escape which one man in ten
thousand would not dare , undertake
much less to perform. He pauses on the
steps perhaps long enough to cast a
scornful look back into the : room where
the sleeping guards are lying, and then
he is off, leaving the doors wide open
behind hi in. . 'Hi. J.
Take Care of the Feathers. ,
" According to statistics very carefully
compiled," says a writer in La Nature,
"we throw away yearly a quantity of
chicken feathers the intrinsic value of
which is equal to the money we pay out
for cotton. A startling statement, but
the author considers it true, and he pro
ceeds to explain how the feathers are
prepared to render them valuable: The
operation is to cut the plume portion of
the feathers from the stem 1 by means of
ordinary hand scissors. The former are
placed in a bag, which, when full, is
closed and subjected to a thorough
kneading with the hands. At the end of
five minutes the feathers, it is stated, be
come disaggregated and felted together,
forming a down perfectly homogeneous
and of great lightness. It is even lighter
than natural eider down, because the
latter contains the ribs of the feathers,
which give extra weight. The material
thus prepared is worth and readily sells
in Paris for two dollars a pound. About
one and one-sixth Troy ounces of this
down can be obtained from feathers of an
ordinary pullet; and this on the above
valuation, is worth about twenty cents.
It is suggested that, through the winter,
children might collect all the feathers
about a farm, and cut the ribs out as we
have stated. By the spring time a large
quantity of down would be prepared,
which could be disposed of to upholster
ers, or employed for domestic uses.
Good feathers may be treated in a nimikr
manner, and thus two-thirds of the pro
duct of the bird utilized, instead of onlv
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nuuiib uuo-juuj, wibiu present the case.
A. T. Stewart damna tWn. t,a
ever has been a piece of lace worth more
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uiiui 3duu per vara, in aenance of all the
stories about the fabulous value of cer
tain historical pieces.
EECOSSTBUCTIOS.
President Unooln's Plan Speech of Fred
erick W. Seward in the New York Le-uv-lature.
In the New York Assembly, when the
resolutions condemning the President
and Gen. Sheridan for the action of the
military in the Louisiana pfffn'r came up,
Mr. F. W. Seward spoke in opposition
to them. We print that portion relating
to .President Lincoln's policy of recon
struction as agreed upon at a Cabinet
meeting on the day of liifl assassination.
The Albany Journal pronounces it the
first public and full account of that most
interesting historical event. In the . ill
ness of his father, Mr. Seward was him
self present on that occasion as the repre
sentative of the State Department, and
participated in the council. Mr. Seward
spoke as follows:
Hie questions about TmiiT are not new
ones. On the contrary, they are very old ones.
They arose immediately upon the close of the
war. . On the morning of the 11th of April.
1865, . when Richmond and Peteraborg had
fallen, and Sherman was holding Johnson'
army at bay,, everything betokened that peaoe
was at hand.' President Lincoln called a Cabinet
meeting at the Executive Mansion, Mid invited
to participate in it the victorious General to
whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox. At
such a meeting, in such a nine, there could be
but one question, and that a question of tran
scendent importance the Question of recon
struction, restoration or re-establishment of the
seceded States in their former relations as mem
bers of the Federal Union. The con
ference was long and earnest, with little divers
ity , of opinion, except as to details. One of
the. difficulties of the problem was,
who - should be recognized as State au
thorities. There was a loyal Governor in
Virginia. There were military Governors in
some of the other States. But the Southern
Legislatures were, for the most part, avowedly
treasonable. Whether they should be allowed
to continue until they committed some new
overt act of hostility ; whether the Governors
should be requested to order new elections ;
whether euoh elections should be ordered
by the general government ail these were
questions raised. Among many similar
expressions of the President, in that terse and
homely mode of speech, the memory of which
still lingers pleasantly in the hearts of the
American people, he said : " We can't under
take to run State governments in all these
Southern States. Their people must do that,
though I reckon at first they may do it badly."
The Secretary of War, Mr. "Stanton, produced
some sheets of paper on which he had drafted
the outlines of a plan of reconstruction, em
bodying the President's views, and, as I under
stood, those of most of the other members of
the Cabinet. In substance it was, that the
Treasury Department should take possession of
the CuBtoin-Housea, and proceed to collect the
rerenues ; that the War Department should
garrison or destroy the forts, take possession of
anus and munitions and maintain the public
peace ; that the Navy Department should in like
manner occupy the harbors, take possession of
navy-yards, ships, and ordnanoe ; that the In
terior Department should send out its sur
veyors, land, pension, andS TtmKmi Agents, and
set them at work ; that the Postmaster-General
should reopen his postomces and establish his
mail routes ; that the Attorney-General should
look after the re-establishment of the Federal
Courts, with their Judges, Marshals, and attor
neys ; in short, that the machinery of the United
States government should be set in motion, and
its laws should be faithfully executed and vigor
ously enforced, and that everything like domes
tic i violence or insurrection should be re
pressed ; but that public authorities and private
citicens should remain unmolested, if not
found in actual hostility to the government of
the.Union. In a word, it was apian based upon
the Constitution of the United States. That
night Abraham Lincoln passed from earth.
Through the madness of an assnssin, the South
em people lost a lenient judge, a just and gen
erous friend.
A Catamount Drives a Family From
I Home.
The Sioux City Journal relates this
story : " Settlers living on the frontiers
are subject to Indian raids and other
dangers, but we never before heard of
one wildcat raiding it and cleaning it
out. Such, however, was the case about
ten days ago. A large wildcat entered a
German's house near Granger's Woods,
about forty miles up the Missouri river
from this city. The inmates of the' cabin
comprised six persons, the mother and
five children. The father was a mile
distant in the timber, chopping wood.
Upon the appearance of the animal at the
door, which was ajar, the mother and
little ones fled the house by another door,
and ran to where the man was at work,
while a small dog and the domestic pussy
gave the intruder battle. Upon the re
turn of the German and his family," the
beast had taken refuge in a tree a few
rods from the house. The old rifle was
taken from its corner, and the cat was
brought to the ground with a bullet
through his brain. The dog and pussy
were both found dead inside of the
house. The cat was of a very large size,
and had been frequently seen in that
section." :
English Universities.
I.
We learn from the late report of the
Universities Commission, that the Uni
versity of Oxford has an income of 47,-
000 ; the Colleges and Halls, 336,000 ;
the University of Cambridge, 34,000 ;
the Colleges and Halls, 306,000. For
the year 1871, Exeter : College, at Cam
bridge, with an income of 14,000, had
from 170 to 180 undergraduates ; Merton,
with 17,000 a year, had 54 undergradu
ates ; and Baliol, with 8,000 a year, had
145. At Cambridge, Trinity College,
with 59,000 a year, had 445 undergradu
ates ; King's, with 34,000, had but 81 ;
and Corpus, with 9,000, had 130. . Ox
ford has 359 fellowships, with an average
value of 260 a year ; while Cambridge
has 340, with an average value of 280.
Oxford has in all 24 colleges, and Gain
bridge 17 -- The- average income of a
head of a house., at Oxford is about
1,600, and at Cambridge about 1,200.
Oxford also spends some 25,000 a year
on professorships, and Cambridge ouly
17,000. ;
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t A Model Love Letter.
' The following ' letter is given by a
Washington paper as authentic : " Dear
Miss Mag I sete myself to drop you a
few lines to let you know how I love you.
1 have loved you all my life ever since
you was born in the world. I have bin
bout ded all this time but I am gittin sum
beter than I was, and hope when these
few lines reeches yu it will find yu en
joy eing the same Dear miss mag the last
time I saw you it like brake my heart
strings in too, you art the very gal that I
have been hankering after this long time
but it seeams that you turn your waiyd
from mee. bh, don't do that miss mag I
have os hors but an ox he is all rite in
the buggy." Oh no not hat me miss mag
rite as often as you lean, direct your let
ters to Hy mountain. Bite often if you
kaht rede this pleze send it backe to mee
Dear Miss Mag love me all of your dais
with all your yuthful powars."
Mabrytnq in Fear. The young ladles
and gentlemen of Ulster county put
themselves in a situation one evening
last week that they now feel sorry for.
A ball was given at which there was a
large attendance of the young people of
the neighborhood. During the festivi
ties somebody proposed they should have
a marriage, so the young couples to carry
out the sport stepped forward before a
dignified gentleman, who speedily pro
nounced them man and wife. Since it
has been discovered this gentleman is a
Justice of the Peace, the couples are very
much disturbed in their minds. One
young lady is reported to have spent the
whole of the next day in crying, her grief
being intensified by the fact that she is
engaged to another gentleman. New
York Times. . -
The Japanese Minister's Wife, i
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune writes : " The Japanese
Minister has brought with him his wife,
and intends giving fine entertainments
here this winter. He says the Japanese
Embassy has hitherto made itself very
inconspicuous, and he intends raising it
out of the depths of humanity into which
it has fallen. His wife is the tiniest piece
of womanhood in existence outside of the
Liliputian kingdom, perhaps, measuring
only four feet eight or nine inches. Her
face is not pretty at all, but her figure is
round and symmetrical, and her hands
and feet are marvels of littleness. She
attended the reception given King Kala
kaua. in the costume worn in her country
by a lady of rank, and of course the petite
lady was gazed and stared at, and talked
at, till she felt anything but comfortable.
Her husband is desirous that she should
be clothed like lea belles Americainea,
and has engaged a modiste, Mme. Soule
by name, to manufacture an outfit for his
hvdy fashionable and becoming. The
madame speaks only Japanese, and de
clares she cannot and will hot learn En
glish, . whereupon her husband, under
standing woman nature sufficiently not to
urge the point at present, receives her
guests with all the affability imaginable
speaking English with ease, while his
wife smiles and nods, and snuggles up to
the ladies in the most confidential and
imploring manner. One day her hus
band came rushing down into the parlor
in the most excited manner, holding the
unfinished waist of one of his wife's
dresses aloft over his head. Banning to
one of the ladies present, he exclaime :
' See ! the dresswoman has Bpoiled this
waist. See ! she has cut these crooked
lines into it (pointing to the darts). Come
up, please, and tell her what to do. She
is cutting everything into ribbons ; and
all because we are strangers, and know no
better. The lady comforted him by tell
ing him that the 'crooked lines' were
necessary to the proper fit of the waist,
and the ribbons were to be transfigured
into beautiful flounces, and . that the
dressmaker was very reliable, and knew
what she was about. What will the little
lady do when all the mysteries of a civil
ized woman's toilet are displayed to her
astonished vision ? "
(
!
A Tragedy of the Sea.
The British ship Euxine, bound from
North Shields for Aden, was destroyed
by fire in the South Atlantic in
August last. The crew took j to
the boats, which soon separated
from each other. The occupants
of one boat lost all their provisions and
water, and, after enduring the pangs of
hunger for some time, drew lots to de
cide which of them should be killed to
Preserve the lives of his companions,
'he lot fell upon an Italian sailor, who
was killed and cut up. Only a few hours
afterwards the others were picked up by
the Dutch ship Java Packet. The Ba
tavia Handelsblad of the 3d of December
says : " For several days they had eaten
nothing, and had endeavored to quench
thirst by sea water, so that one of them,
wholly exhausted, strove to stab himself
in despair. He was, however, restrained
by the others, who proposed that,
considering the circumstances, it should
be decided by lot which of the six should
be the first victim to save his oomrades
for awhile from death by hunger, tin
conformity with this plan six pieces of
wood of varying length were cut; the
mate held them in his hand, and each of
the men drew out one ; he who drew out
the longest was to fall. Francis Shufus,
an Italian, was the unfortunate whom
the lot assigned for it. Meekly and
without a murmur he submitted, and
soon he gave up the ghost under the
knife of his hungry fellows. Some
hours afterwards, and when tney had just
commenced their horrid meal, a sail was
sighted on the horizon, whither course
was immediately shaped. On the even
ing of the same day August 81 ' the
five rescued persons, completely ex
hausted, reached the deck of the Java
Packet. Captain Trappeti and his sub
ordinates immediately did all they could,
by careful treatment to make the five un
fortunates forget as much as possible the
misery suffered. j
The Proper Clothing for Winter.
The London Sanitary Record of Dec.
26 has the following: "The extreme and
continued severity of the weather has
called public attention to the best means
of combating the fatal influence exercised
by the lowness of the temperature on the
vital powers of the young, the feeble, and
the aged. Many suggestions have been
made for the purpose of keeping up the
amount of vital heatnecessarvto counter
act the depressing action of the extreme
cold, of which none excel, if they equal,
the sensible advice contained in Mr.
Bawlinson's letters, lately published in '
the Times. In these communications he
advocates the employment of warm cloth
ing, so as to economize the vital heat
generated in the body, and to prevent its
radiation. He points out the inutility of
warming rooms to an excessive degree,
and at the same time wearing thin cloth
ing, since vital heat is generated in the
body itself, not absorbed from the out
side. It therefore becomes a question
what material is best adapted to retain
the heat, and to prevent its radiation to
the outer air. Experiments conducted
by Dr. Krieger tend to show that flannel
and woolen materials answer this purpose
more fully than any other manufactured
materials. The same series of experi
ments also demonstrate that loose-fitting
garments tend to keep us much warmer
than tight-fitting ones. 1 The reason of
this is that our clothing not only renders
the air still around us, but it also regu
lates its temperature by the heat that
leaves our bodies. We heat our gar
ments, and they continually heat the. air
passing through the meshes and pores of
the skin. We do not feel the loss of heat
which our ' clothing undergoes as we
should if the air were to strike our sur
face without having been previously pre
pared by our dress ; the differences of
temperature balance themselves within
the material we are clothed in, and of
which the ends of our cutaneous nerves
form no part. Inside our dress our
temperature averages about 75.94 degrees
Fahrenheit, which is best kept in by
rough, loose woolen textures, while gar
ments of silk and linen should be avoid
ed. All persons, old or young, feeble or
strong, who value the preservation of
their health or their lives, should, as far
as possible, in inclement weather, clothe
themselves in flannels, woolen, and fur
garments, eschewing silk and the lighter
materials until the advent of a more
favorable season. " .
After bright grates have been thor
oughly cleansed they should be dusted
over with unslaeked lime and left until
wanted. The coils of piano wires thus
sprinkled will keep from rust many
years. Table knives which are not in
'constant use ought to be put in a case
n which sifted quicklime is placed,
about eight inches deep. They should
be plunged to the top of the blades, but
the lime "should not touch the handle.
Just 26,430,500 cards, in 9,147 pack
ages, were shipped from the postal card
factory in Springfield, Mass., daring .the
quarter ending January 1.
BUSINESS CARDS
JOHN CONNER,
A3TD
Exchange Office,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Deposits received subject to cbeck at sight.
Interest allowed on time deposits in coin.
Exchange on Portland, San Francisco and New
Tork for sale at lowest rates.
i Collections made and promptly remitted.
Befera to H. W. Corbett, Henry Failing, W. S.
Xadd.
. Banking hour from 8 a. m. to t p. m.
Albany, Feb. 1, 1874. 22r0
T. If. JONES. J. IilNSEY HILL.
JONES & HILL, i
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Albany, Oregon.
. 87G
J. W. BALDWIN,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Will practice in all the Courts in the Second, Third
and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court
of Oregon, and in the U. S. District and Circuit
Courts.
Office in Parrish brick (up-stair), in offlde occu
pied by the late N. H. Cranur, First street, Albany,
Oregon. tolftvtf
D. B. RICE, M7 D.,
SURCEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Office, Ftrttrgl., Betrceen Ferry and Washington
Besldence, Third street, two blocks below or east
or Methodist unurcn, Aioany, Oregon. tomu
J. O. POWELL. 1a. FliTNN.
POWELL & FLYNN, j
Attorneys anal Counselors at Law,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCEBY, j
L. Flinn, Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Colleo
tious and coneyanoes promptly attended to. 1 -
Albany Book Store.
JNO. FOSHAY,
Dealer in
MUceUameoua Book; School Books, Blank
Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, Ac.
Books imported to order at shortest possible no
ice. - v6n30 ;
DR. GEO. W. GRAY,
13 E NT I S
T
Albany, Oregon.
Office in Parrish jtrick Block, corner First and
Ferry streets.
Residence, corner Fifth and Ferry streets.
Office hours from 8 to VI o'clock a. m. and 1 to S
o'clock p. m. 18v6 -
Epizootics Distanced, i
THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES,
And is flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful
for psst favors, and wishing to merit .he continu
ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be
ready, and easily found, to do any hauling within
the city limits, for a reasonable compensation.
Delivery of goods a specialty. j
20v5 A. N. ARNOLD, Proprietor, j
W. C. TWEEDALE,
Dealer in
Groceries, 'Proyisions, Tobacco, Cigars
Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware,
Albany, Oregon.
tV Call and see him. 34vS
The IVIetzler Chair !
Can be had at the following places:
Harriaburg 8am May
Junction City Smith ft Brastteld
Brownsville Kirk h Hume
Hslsey J. M. Morgan
Brio , J.J. Brown
Albany Graf Collar
A full supply eau also be obtained at my old shop
on First street, Albany, Oregon.
J. M. METZT.F.B.
Piles !Piles!
Why say this damaging and troublesome com
plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of
success might be placed before yoa every day
cures of supposed hopeless cases ? Your physician
Informs you that the longer you allow the complaint
to exint, you lessen your chances for relief. Kx-
ptritnt has taught this tn all
A. CaroMs & Co.'s File Fills & Ointment
Are all they are recommended to be. Will cure
Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very short
time, and are convenient to use.
This prepsratiou is sent by mall or express to any
point within tns United States at $1.60 per package.
Address A. CARO rHERS s CO,
97 v8 2 Boi 83. Alsbtiy. Oregon. :
JOHN SCHMEER,
XBALBB IN ,V '
Groceries anil ProMois,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Has just opened his new grocery establishment, on
Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets,
With a fresh stock of Groceries, Provisions, Candies,
Cigr, Tobacco. &o., to wuit-h he invitee the atten
tion of our citizen.
In connection with the store be will keep a Bakery,
and will always have oa hand a full supply of tresh
Breed. Crackers, ko. -r r
Fav Call and see me.
JOHN f CHMF.KR. !
Fehmsry 1 f v ;
The Old Sjove Depot
John Briggs,
Dealer lnl
Coot, Parlor alf Box Stoyes !
i OF THK BEST PATTKKNS.
.V, A. X. S O , . . i
Tin, Sheetlron and Copper Ware,
And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to
ba obtained in a Tin Store.
Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason
able terms.-ti ?. i. ;
Short Reckoning? M&ke Long Friends.
Fboht Stbekt, Axbaxy. -
DecS, 1874. . 1 - . . '1
Everything New.
GRAF & COLLAR,
. Manufacturers and Dealers in
F CJ RNITUI E
OF AIX KIXDS.
....... . - ,.
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Lounges,
Sofas, Spring Beds, Chairs, Etc.,
Always on hand or made to order on the shortest
. . ' . notice..
Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair rates.
Salesroom aad Yaetsrjr on Pint Street,
ar Kehmssr'i baksry, -Albany,
Feb. 38, 1874-35. GRAF k COIXAB. i
A. W. GAMBLE. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SURCEON, Etc.
Office on First BL, over Weed's Grocery Store"
Residence opposite late residence of John C. Men
denhall, near the Foundry, First street, Albany.
October M 1878.
We b f o o t F1 arketr
CHARLES WILSON
Having leased the Webf oot Market, on First street,
adjoining Grsdwohl's, respectfully asks a share of
the public patronage. The market will be kept eon
stantly suppUed with all kinds of fresh meats. Call .
and see.
W The highest cash price paid for Hides.
CHARLES WILSON.
Albany, August 14, 1874. f
W. H. E1cFarlandv
' (Late M. M. Harvey Co.,) -
Next Door to Conner's Bank,
ALBANY, OREGON.
STOVES; RANGES,,
Force and Lift Pumps,
Lead and Iron Pipe,
Hollow Ware,
House Furnishing Hardware,
Tin, Copper i Sheetlron Ware -
LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY
LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
June 11, 1874.
ALBANY
Fonnflir Bift MacliiB SIol
A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Manufactures
Steam Engines, ,
Flour and Saw Mill Machinery,
oo iWorlLlni& Agricnltiiral Machuiery5 ,
And all kinds of
Iron and Brass Castings
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds of J
machinery. 41v:i
A. CAROTHEKS & CO..
DKAXjEBS in
Drugs, Chemicals,,
Oils, Paints,
Dyes, Class,
Lamps, Etc.-
All the popular
PATENT MEDICINES,
FINE CUTLERY,
CIGARS, TOBACCO.
NOTIONS, PERFUMERY,
And TOILET GOODS..
Particular care and promptness given piiysiciaaa "
prescriptions and family recipe.
- A. CABOIHKBS fc CO.
Albany, Oregon. 4vc
GO TO THE"
BEE-HIVE STORE!!
TO BCY
Groceries,
, Provisions,
Notions,
&C, &C.y
Cheap for Cash. II
Conntry Prodnce of All Ms BangM-i
For Merchandise or Vaah.
This is the p'ace to get the
Best Bargains Ever Offered In Albany.
Parties will always do well to call and ss for them
elves. H. WEED.
First Street, Albany, Oregon.
S2vtl . .
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Waa first known te America. Tta merits are now
well known throughout the habitable world. It baa
Ute old est and bas record of any Liniment ' the-'
world. From the mullona upon millions of buttles -sold
not a aJncte eomptstnt has ever rase bed aa As.
Healing sad Pain-dabdutag Liniment it has no
equal. It ia alike
BE5EFICIAX TO MAX AND BEAST
SoldDWatll Drucforla- -
y: old
Homestead Tonic:
Plantation Bitters
Is a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed of -c'1y
Ksrk, Boots, Herbs and FrultsVamona
which will ba found tersaperiUian, Dandelion. Wild -Cherry,
Sassafras, Tansy, Gentian, Sweet Fla?. etc.
also Tamarinds, Dates, Prunes and Juniper Ssniea!
preserved tn a sufficient quantity (only) of the spirit
of Sugar Oane to keep in any climate. They invari- -ably
relieve and eure the following complaints
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, 1.1 ver Complaints, Loss of
Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and
Ague, Summer Complainta Sour Stomach, Palsita
tton of the Heart, General Debility, etc. They are
"peeially adapted as a remedy tor the diseases to .
which
WOMEN
Are subjected; and aa a tonic for the Aged, Feeble
ud Debilitated, have no equal. They are strictly in
tended aa a Temperanoe Tonic er Bitters, to be
fed aa a medieine onlyrand always according to
directions. .
Sold by all Fibst-Class Dbuooists-