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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1875)
nmanmrrmniBiTn COLL. VAN CIBJV3E. ALBANY, OREGON. THE NIHKATUMB BHAKEEXSS. It nl a gentle Bhafcereas, Jurt mfrom Hiekaynne,' Free miles beyond the turnpike gate, (tee pleasant afternoon. Aloft open the nn box, , . She Hi tn virgin state ; Ha spirit mewed me to in near And bold with her debate. I asked of her the price of eg ; She raised bar eyes, and then "If brother Jim were but here " j Then abe looked down again. She raieed ber eyes oaee nm, a4 length, Ton seem a modest youth " Too much ao for my (food," I amid ; My greatest fault, in troth." "Oh mmf not ao," she made reply, The fault beeocoa thee well ; Taw neert that harbors euoh a fault la virtue citadel. "Oh. heed," said .be, the earnest caU That aomea to such as thee, And be bright and chining light, -U our comiutuuty." , Before my eyes a vision passed ; I stood as in a swoon, ' And saw myself in Shaker garb, , At peaceful Niakayiiae. , Vjp hair cut short upon my brow. In long, straight locks behind ; A broad-brimmed hat upon my head. And nothing on my mind. I saw the bam-Eke meeting house It was the Hebbatb-day A crowd from Albany and Troy,' But had eme to stay. saw myself upon the floor, . A leader in the dance ; First on the heel, then on the toe, I saw myself advance. Then brother Jesse spoke awhile. And when he reached the dose I aaag an edifying strain I aaag it through my noee. The vision passed, and there I stood i Once more upon Broadway. "Wilt got" inquired the Sbakeress ; Witt go?" 1 faltered, " Say J" A teardrop trickled down my cheek. And fell upon my hand ; A sodden hope shot through my soot : Almost I waa unmanned. " But than wilt go with tme f I cried; Fair virgin let as be In holy bonds, by solemn rites. Out own community." " My life, my fortune, all I bars I tender now to yon ; I live in a three-story boose, And I am well-to-do. ' "Wilt go with me T yon hesitate? A brown-stone front, yon know " Down came she from the wagon-box And answered me, " I go." -Atbang Journal. AS U3 WELCOME CUEST. To get money and to keep jt, accord ing to Richard Whinstone 's catechism, -were the two chief ends of man. He was angle man on principle. It was the right thing economically, and therefore right indubitably. To one person in the world Richard vhinstone -was generous, . JWd. that was his dew friend Richard 11 uinwiw-i day's work. He had made one or two profitable bargains ; he had sold up the Widow Marten, and turned her and hex - six children out of doors for non-payment of rent ; and, finally, had read" a little boy with a pinched and pitiful face," - who had besought the price of a loaf of bread, and who said he had a sick mother at home, a lecture on the sinfulness of begging, that evidently touched the little wretch's conscience, for he turned aside . and wept bitterly. You're a good citizen, Dick," he . said, as he sat down to dinner. " and de serve to be rewarded." The dinner was one after , his own heart. It waa a treat he had Dromised himself if things went right, and they had gone right. He ate, drank, and was merry. If his appetite lost its edge, the bottle of Burgundy was there to whet it, and he fell to again, till the last morsel, like Macbeth's amen, stuck in his throat. Satiety normally begets placidity. The lion, the leopard, and the lamb might lie down together any day, with perfect safety to the latter provided the former hadt heir bellies fuIL The boa constric tor, gorged with an ox, betakes himself, for a season, to a life of quiet. But the effect on Richard Whinstone was differ ent. The expense of a whole sucking pig, wallowing in wine, rested heavy on his conscience ; and his brain began to busy itself with schemes of reimburse ment. The current of his thoughts was inter-a-upted by a loud knock.' Who could be coming on business at that hour ? Some . one, perhaps, with a bill to discount in an emergency that would bear no wait ing. So much the better, and he has tened to open the door. ' "How are you, Dick?" the stranger greeted him, with a familiarity altogether too careless for a needy customer. . " I have not the pleasure of your ac .. qnaintance, sir," said Richard, m a tone more freezing than polite. , , : " But I know you very well," returned the stranger ; " and pray don't let us stand here bandying ceremonies, for its confounded chilly ;" saying which, he led the way to the apartment Richard had just quitted. " Well, this is comfort," la continued, rubbing his hands . before the fire. "I haven't felt ft) much at home since I left there." - A hasty survey of his visitor added alarm to Richard s astonishment He was a wiry, ill-looking little man, in a rusty suit of black, with a wicked leer on Ms lace, and one dab foot. - . I say. Dick," the little man resumed. - txM'"g bis hands in the blaze, as if they were tire-proof, " what an inhospitable . dog you are v - - -' ww-iif.',; . . ' Whether hospitable or inhospitable. fixowled Richard, losing his temper as he rained his courage, " is not your busi- ness : but I would like to know what ' ml" j - It's bad talking baaanesa on an empty atamacn. - . l M I don't see how it's to be helped, , answered Dick, doggedly. , i " Don't see how it's to be helped, yon . cOTmudgeon !" thundered the little man, , fiercely. " With the remains of such . feast on the table, there most be more -where it came from. " ' " "Upon my word,' replied Richard, meekly, for be was getting frightened again, "there is not a bite in the house. "Don't lie!" roared the Other; " there sa a cold ham in the pantry, and a demi john of brandy in the closet," How do von Vnnw Oioi?" it warn cm Che tip of Richard'stongne to ask; but ' Jto was too much amazed to speak. , "How do I know it!" broke ia the aiacaager, as if reading his thoughts. why,. I smelt them: so bring them r.cfcard woul4 Laye demurred, but i 3 jrist made a movement .wfcich con yc , - ' I Liza .delay might be Zzxioxma, r I i e respired artistes were j--oJaced. iikost, rjwigiMr : bis fee kittle a cw T4p to &e table,, and, began to E.t. And Low he did eat ! A chunk of ham, big enough for a shark-but, was stock on the point of a carving-knife, and thrust down his throat with the audacity of a sword-swallower. Another and another followed, till nothing re mained but bone, which he crushed with his teeth, and then sucked the marrow. " Now for punch I" he cried. "There is no hot water," Richard ventured to say. " Water !" who asked for water f Bring me a lemon, some sugar, and a kettle." The kettle was placed on the fire. The stranger filled it with brandy, add ing lemon and sugar to suit his taste. As the liquor boiled over, it caught fire, set ting the whole in a blaze. Richard jumped up to take it off: the stranger caught his arm, and flung him back as if he had been a child, instead of a substantial citi zen of fourteen stone. " What are you about ?" he exclaimed. " The punch is doing well enough." " I was only afraid the house might be burnt." J "Bother the house," replied the little man; ' there's no danger." " Your health, Diok!" at length he said, and, raising the kettle all blazing to his lips, he drank like a dromedary. " And now, Dick, it's your torn," he said, after a long breath. " You must drink my health now." Richard drew back. " Drink !" shouted the stranger, hold ing out the vessel. Poor Dick took a single gulp. He left tha skin of his mouth on the brim of the kettle, his throat was scorched as with liquid fire, and his hair was singed by the blaze. "And-now to business," said the stranger, resuming his seat, and leaving Diok to sit or stand as he chose. ' You knew John Walter, I believe." "YeS yes," stammered Richard," I onoe knew a person of that name." "You and he went to California to gether." Richard acknowledged the fact. " You made money, and he didn't." "I believe I was the more fortunate of the two." "You and he started to return to gether, and he died at San Francisco. Richard bowed. " His wife and child are now desti tute," the stranger persisted. " I can't help that." " Of course not. It was his boy you gave the good advice to to-day ; I nope the young scamp will profit by it." The scene with the little beggar, Rich ard was sure had been witnessed by no one. How the Btranger had found it out was past comprehension. " You're quite sure John Walter died poor V the stranger went on. " Oh, quite," said Richard ; " I paid his funeral expenses myself. " That's a he, " retorted the little man ; " they were paid by the public. It's an' other lie that he died poor. He had twenty thousand dollars with him, which you stole." "I deny it !" Richard fairly screamed ; " and defy you to prove it." " Prove it ! What effrontery I Why, I saw you do it." " It's false. There was nobody pres ent." ; " Be careful, Dick, or you'll com mit yourself. I saw you do another thing." Richard shrank shivering in a chair, but said nothing. "John Walter would have survived his illness, but you put poison in hie medi cine I , ' A sudden fury took possession of Richard Whinstone, When he saw the secret of his life in another's keeping. The carving-knife lay within his reach. He seized it, and springing on the stran ger, with a desperate plunge, sought to bury the blade in his heart, but it glanced as from plate armor, and in an instant the Little man was on his feet. " Oh, ho ! that's your game, is it ?", And with a trip that sent his heels spinning in the air, Richard was thrown headlong, with a force that shook the house to its foundation. The club foot was planted on his stomach, and what a horribly ugly foot it was ! It was cleft like the hoof of an ox, and seemed to weigh a ton. " Then you are the- " " Pray keep a civil tongue in your head, and come along," said the little man Richard fainted. -When he came to himself, day was breaking. The old housekeeper, who had found him groaning and sprawling on the floor, had, with much ' difficulty, shaken him into consciousness. ; !$he as sisted hi to bed ; but Richard sever was himself again. The surfeit of pig had brought on a fever, of which he died in eight days. His last rational act was the execution of a will by which he left the bulk of his fortune to John Walter's widow and child ; which, after all, was a simple act of justice, for the Demon of Nightmare had told the truth. Missouri Bandits. tKearney (Mo.) Cor. Chicago Tribune. Bv popular verdict, the hiHtory of the James boys would be the criminal histo ry of the Southwest since tne war. There has been scarcely a robbery of any magnitude for eight years with which their names have not been con nected.' ,... f" - r 1 -i v In March. : 1868." the Logan County Bank, at Russellville, Ky. , was seized and robbed during business hours, and the robbers rode away on fleet horses with their booty,- and escaped into Missouri. To this day the Kentucky. officials are willing to swear that, the leaders of the marauding band were Frank and Jesse James.'-t " ;i In December, 1869, ' came the robbery of the Gallatin Bank in Daviess county, Mo., and the killing of John W. Sheets, the cashier. ' , Following right upon this was the rob bery of the cashier of the Kansas City fair grounds in his office the deed done in sight of 20,000 people. The bank of Cory don, Iowa, was plun dered in June, 1871. ., A resolute posse trailed the robbers as far as Daviess coun ty, Mo., overtook them, fought, and were repulsed. . In April, ' 1872, the bank at Columbia Ky., was -visited the same way; and the preying band were tracked to the borders of Missouri and lost, v , 1 i ; " The contents of the bank at 8$s; Gene vieve, Ma, went in May, 1873. Since then have came, in startling succession, the train, robberies of Iowa.' Gadshill. and, lastly, of Monde. : There is nothing ia the criminal history of the country to equal this - record of bold plunder- are' only the greater - crimes charged upon these boys. There are scores of - leaser charges which popular opinion has filed against them. For these past eight years more romance and more terrorism has attached to the names of the James boys than to all other des peradoes of .this half -tamed Southwest put together. There is the same handiwork evident in all these robberies. The party rarely numbered more than five, and the well laid "plans have been . always carried out without a bitchy tvJt is impossible aot to admire the superb daring and reckless- ness of these men. They face death with the nonchalance taught by a life's famil iarity with it. The James boys, while never denying their terrible record during the war, have steadily repudiated these cBarges of bank and train robberies. : Each succes sive Governor of Missouri outlaws them and sets a price on their heads, to which they regularly retort with an offer to give themselves up. and face the decisions of the courts if pledged fair treatment. The father of Jesse and Frank was the Rev. Thomas James, a Baptist preacher, who attained considerable eminence in the State. , V f Clay county was part of the debatable ground in the early troubles of the Jay hawkers and the Border Ruffians, as they were opprobriously termed by their ene mies on either side. At the outset of the conflict Frank James joined QuantrelL Jesse, only 16 years of age, remained on the farm. One day a company of militia came to the place and hung Dr. Samuels to a tree three or four times, and left him for dead; Jesse was ; taken from the plow and Jed about with a rope around his neck, beaten with the flats of sabers, and warned that the punishment would be worse if the family continued to har bor bushwhackers. Mrs. Samuels and her daughter were taken to St. Joseph, and for some weeks held in custody. Jesse James joined his brother under QuantrelL and from ' that day to the end of the war the boys were in every mas sacre and terrible encounter in the guer rilla warfare up and . doWn the Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, border. They served under those, most noted despera does, Quantrell, Todd, Anderson and Taylor, out of whom1 the only one now living is Taylor, and he is a cripple, with one arm shot away, : a shattered right lung, and a terrible scar on his thigh. The James boys were prominent in the sack of Lawrence, and afterward it was a party of twenty-seven men under their leadership who fell upon a detach ment of Jennison's famous 15th Tfanann cavalry on Cabin Creek, in the Cherokee Nation, and slaughtered twenty-nine out of the thirty-two. With his own hand in this meeting, Jesse James killed Capt. Goss, and also the Rev. U. P. Gardner, of the 13th Kansas. They were with Bill Anderson at Cen tralia," Mo., when a train of soldiers, some" armed and some helpless, was stopped. A few shots; were fired, and then the Union soldiers surrendered, only to be taken from the cars and shot down until not a man was left. Then the town was sacked. The train was set on fire, the engine turned loose with a full head of steam, and sent plunging away at a fearful rate of speed toward Sturgeon. When the place had been laid waste, An derson and his men retreated to the brush. From Paris, in Monroe eounry, a de tachment of Federal cavalry 300 strong, under Maj. Johnson, i came down to avenge the outrage. Anderson's men lured the troopers into their trap, and swooped down on them. Out of the 300, barely twenty got back to tell of the massacre. There were no prisoners taken. Jesse James killed Maj. Johnson and seven others. Frank James killed as many more. The blood that rests on these two men's heads is something so terrible that their old companions in arms shudder when they tell of them, j The war record of these men would fill books, but this is enough to show the character of their lives, t American ReYlralista In England, j Moody and Sankey, the evangelists who have been doing so remarkable a revival work in Great Britain j and Ireland, ore soon to be in London, ; where Mr. Spur geon has offered them, the use of his tabernacle, on the South Side ; the Agricultural- Hall, which will hold 12,000 people, has been secured in the North Division ; and in the East and West Divisions large temporary edifices are to be put up. The very fact of these great preparations will crowd their meetings, and that is all these men want. Given the people, and their peculiar influence, "God's grace," as they firmly believe, will fill the crowd with religious excite ment and emotion. All the Fjiglish min isters who have been engaged with them, and many Americans, including Talmage, have been invited to join them in re vital izing London ; and the grand scheme is to begin some time in March and con tinue till July. When London has been thus stirred up throughout, Moody and Sankey are coming home to Chicago. An account of one of their meetings shows that there is not a little of the theatrical about their management, and indeed about Mr. Moody's preaching, which is full of dramatic power. A writer in the London New calls him a Yankee Bunyan, who has the great gift of realizing the unseen, and describing his vision in familiar language to those whom he addresses. Me nils the lav figures even of the Bible narrative with life, clothes them with j garments, and makes them talk American. Reasons for Drinking. Old nam bo Sdhute, long since gone across the dark valley, was a worthy man in his way. and genial withal ; but Sam bo would occasionally get arunK. une day his employer took him to task, and read him a lecture, at the close of which he asked him if he didn t think he could do better for the future.) "Don'o, mas r, said the darkey. scratching his head. i v " But what do yon tliink i " Well, mas'r, I's afear'd I tink not. " Sambo, what do yon mean ? , Do you mean that von will not try i " iwouldn t ue oi no -use, mas r.: xaci is, 'twas born in me. : Rum is my nat'ral drink. ; xer see, afore 1 was bom, my father and mother were i boff bought on de coast of Africa, an paid for in rum This is about equal to the ' excuse of the old fellow in a New Hampshire bar room. It was 11 o'clock in the fore noon, and a number of thirsty ones had entered the tavern for their beverage ; and they, all offered an excuse for their indulging. One said he had a pain in his side ; another had ; a touch of the colic : another had a' severe cold, and so on. and so on. At lensrth a red-faced old Trojan stamped up to the bar, hav ing listened to the excuses ox tne otners, and said her : ).?- -t-j - ?": "Say. old hoss. give us a glass of old Jamaica, stiff. My old woman's goin to have codfish for dinner, and salt codfish allers makes me dry "New York Ledger. . ,. . : Fob several years past some unknown person was in the habit of sending checks for 1,000, at intervals, to the several charitable institutions in iondon. and all efforts to discover who it was failed. ' The John Butt now says that it was a Mr. Attwood. who died recently near Cheshunt. ' He was about 80 years old, and a bachelor; rich, but living very quietly . His books; show that he gave away 350,000 by these checks 45,000 within t&e- last year; He has leJt more than a million.- sterling.- and no wilk-, . A thousand pound note was found lying about tne xooia, as u u naa oeen waste paper. A Hanla?8 Wonderful Escape About a quarter before . 10 this morn ing pedestrians on Sacramento and Montgomery streets, and occupants of Donahue &"Kelly's bank and the ofliees over it were horrified to see a man, nude all but a sbirt, emerge from a window in the fourth story of the Alta boarding house and sustain himself at this dizzy height by clinging to the window-silL His screams of murder and the cries of the gathering crowd, who expected to see him every moment lying a mangled corpse on ' the pavement beneath, at tracted the attention of the JPoat editors in the adjoining building. On seeing the man's danger, the firfet thought was to throw the noose of a rope over him. He succeeded, however, in making a spring from the window-sill over nearly three feet to the perpendicular water conduit of the Port building a pipe of six inches in diameter. From that he made another spring and caught the large signboard of the Post. How he accomplished the feat of holding to so large a pipe with 'one hand, even for a minute, is inexplicable. When he reached the signboard he passed himself along hand over hand until he reached the iron balcony of the corner window of the Post building, and raising himself with great strength until he came within reach of some of the editorial corps of the Poet, when he was dragged into the room to the great relief of the crowd below. The poor fellow, panting and trembling, told a terrible etory, how he had been attacked by a dozen of masked men who had murdered all his companions and had attempted to chloroform him, stab him, and in other ways put an end to his life, and bow two, ten, and 1,000 men had been murdered -by these assassins, until his chamber was drenched with blood. The poor fellow was evidently crazy from some cause, and the 'officers were sent for. After procuring his clothes from the lodging house he was removed to the City Hall On examina tion by the Commissioners on Lunacy he was remanded to the Home of the Inebriates for a few days, that his mental condition might be ascertained. He gave the name of Thomas Allen, aged 24, and said he was a native of Ireland ; also, that he had been working on the railroad in San Mateo county, and had come to town yesterday. He repeatedly declared that he had only drank three glasses of ale, and had gone to bed sober; also, that after a short sleep the attacks on him began, and had been continued all night. Few of those who saw the poor fellow in his peril will easily forget the blood-curdling sensation this maniac's performance gave them. San Pran eiece Poet, Jan. 12. Justice Boiled Down. ' James Jackson charged with drunk enness what do you say 1 " exclaimed his Honor as " next" was called. " I say I wasn't," replied the prisoner. V Well, officer, arise, hold up vour hand, tell the whole truth and stop coughing. Now then, go ahead." Jackson was found seated in a public stairway, his back to the wall, eyes shut, and his nose being gradually frostbitten. w nen aroused ne said he wouian t go with the officer until he could have on a clean paper collar, a shirt which buttoned behind and a pair of sleeve-buttons with dogs heads on them. The officer had to tear his coat collar off before Mr. Jackson could be induced to .take a moonlight stroll down through the valley leading to the Central Station. All of which the officer said was the truth and nothing but the truth, and he held up the coat collar to add weight to his words. "Mr. Jackson. I can't liave you folo- ing around this town in this sort of way," said his Honor. You are put of money, look bad all over, and it seems that all the ambition has faded out of your character. X shall have to make it sixty days." " i won t wora, retorted the prisoner. " They won't require you to. I shall send up word to nave you dressed like a nabob, pen rimed up, waited on by three servants and given a room with velvet- covered furniture. Remember. Mr. Jackson, in ordering your oysters that the breast is the most nutritious portion of the n-nimfti, and if yon want luck you wm save your wish-bones. That ended the soiree, and as his Honor and the reporters left the room Bijah was getting off one of his old yarns oh Bnssia, claiming to have seen icicles three feet long on the spouts of boiling tea-kettles. JJetroi t r rce Press. Mr. Smith's Perplexity. A prominent church-coer of Willoucli by, Ohio, who is called Mr. Smith for convenience, entered the ' Methodist Church at that place last Sabbath, walked up the aisle very ' deliberately, chose a seat in front of the pulpit, in full view of the audience, took off his overcoat and commenced folding it. An audible titter passed through the entire congregation. and Mr. Smith could not imagine what was the cause of the merriment. - Having folded his coat very carefully and placed it beside him, he " was just going to sit down, when he discovered for the first time that he was presenting quite a pugilistic appearance, standing there be- iore tne auaience in nis snux-sieeves : When he fully comprehended the situa tion a look of utter dismay was depicted upon his countenance. The appearance of the Furies, "the" Harpies; or some Gorgon horror just then would not - have disturbed his peace of mind in a greater degree. Seising his coat he put it on in an incredibly short, space of time, and sat down . a sadder .and a' warmer man. Every few minutes he would fix his collar around his neck more tightly as if he were afraid his coat would slip off a second time of its own accord. The min ister who had to view the whole incident, with much difficulty and a large handker chief managed to restrain his laughter. A Wail from the Oil Region. ' Oildoui is, we confess, under a sad de presaiou, embarrassed with abundance. mi tnas once wotua nave brought six- dollars per barrel now brings Bixty cents ; a well that once would have brought 8250,000 lately sold for (15,000 all from the "excessive superabundance " of oil. If one remembers how this business be ganat the top -he can imagine how complete is its prostration. All Titus villa, the metropolis of oildom, is under the hammer. One man (only a speci men), who had but lately an income of 8100,000, is now hardly worth his hat. All is -dreary sa wintry midnight. Oil is here stored in huge tanks, enough to light the world a while; and still it comes. To strike oil, which once mads one's fortune, is a very moderate bless ing i nor can- our favorite Pennsyhrania ism, "protection, help us, for nobody competes with, us in supplying the world!. So we must suffer from our copiousness, while all make light of the cause of our trouble It is little comfort that on sea and shore, around the world, we shine, and thatPr. Newman saw us brightening even the Garden; of Eden, as long as oil is so dark at home I Letter tn .Zion'$ .saM.-fV :'-';,;.r -. v. vfj. Jr you are out in a driving storm,. don't attempt to hold the rains. MTOLY SCESE IS CONGRESS. Dfeaereement Between Ben Butler and a Member tram the Lone star State j B"w, and Almost fight. i It - MiuuiM ft UCLHtUJ UU UiO Civil Rights bill, and is thus described DV a corraannT?.an4. r rv.;, . 1 . Kyi. hUD . VIIIITIKV imee : He rBntWi nwv matize, by infemn nm'hr n fha people of the South, as murderers, ban ditti, and horse-thieves. This remark ftoxrea up the Southern members, and thev came crowding down to the front, with eyes flashing and threatening looks. They were unwise in this. Randall said during the row, "It don't amount to shucks," and that they should consider the source of the remarks before becom ing offended. The uproar and hubbub was so great that when McLean, of Texas, called out to Butler, "You are the only murderer I know of; you mur dered a man in New Orleans," he did not at first hear it. Some other words were exchanged, when a member ran to Butler and told him what McLean had said. Butler then bounded out in front of the Speaker's dik anH nniwl b McLean that the time had long gone by when such - ruffianly, - unparliamentary, and ungentlemanlv lanmiacfe could frighten anybody. There was now one of those lively scenes that occasionally occur upon the floor of the House. Con fusion reigned supreme for a moment. while Blaine pounded awav vurorotisiv with his gavel As soon as order was partially restored, Mr. Blaine condemned McLean's language as grossly unparlia mentary. ' McLean said he had understood Butler as calling the people of the South mur derers, banditti, and horse-thieves. liutler denied this, and then, to save any more recnmination. the House waited fifteen minutes for the short-hand reporter to transcribe Butler's words, as taken down. The scene was made fur ther interesting by Butler saying that it was true he had hung a man in New Or leans. He was proud of it, and was only sorry that he had not hung more. When his words were read, it was seen that he had not openly charged the Southern People with being murderers and the Butler gave way for Lynch, the col ored Mississippi member, and he began to Bpeak, but the confusion was so great that he could not be heard. Lamar, of Mississippi, ran over to Lynch, and got him to yield a moment, and then Tdimar called the attention of the Chair to the language used by Butler in reply to McLean, and asked if that was not unparliamentary. He wanted censure visited where it belonged. : Pelham, of Indians, crowded in front of .Lamar at this. " God damn it," said he, "there is going to be a fight now." There was another crowding of members to the front, during which De Witt, of New York, had some words with Butler. Butler told him to get out of the crowd, and stop mixing with other people's quarrels. Then De Witt went right over to Butler and shook his fist in his face, to show him that he was not afraid to talk without permission. The enmity between these men is especial, because De Witt is attorney in a case against .Butler to recover money taken by the latter, during -the war, from a New Or leans bank. The Speaker then enlivened matters by ruling Butler's language also unpar liamentary. A w Way to Pay Old Debt. : Benson Smith, a Chappaqua - former, was served with meat bv Mr. John Kipp. the butcher, until Mr. Kipp became sat isfied that Mr. Smith did not intend to pay him, and Mr.' Kipp's brother, who drives the meat wagon, became incensed at Mr. Smitn s failure to settle the bill. One day last week he met Smith. Young Kipp was on the wagon delivering meat. He stopped Smith and asked him to pay up. In the parley the boy lost his tem per and Baid, " If I was off the wagon I would take it out of you." : Mr. Smith smiled, and invited the boy to get right down and do it. Xhe ac commodating boy jumped down and sailed in, and after he had finished, Mr. Smith's countenance was a spectacle to behold. Young Kipp, unhurt, drove away whistling. : Mr. Smith then went before Justice St. John and sued out a warrant, and when the case was called for trial a jury was demanded. The jury naving been completed, Mr. Kipp's lawyer hurriedly asked. Mr. Kipp whether he had given Mr. omith a receipt. ".No, he an swered in astonishment. "Then give him one. " Air. Jlipp quickly complied, ana sax. omiin.tooK in wonaer. ! "Now, if your Honor pleases," said the lawyer, "I wish to call your atten tion to the fact that the assault com plained oi was tne rumiiment oi a con tract duly made. The consideration was the amount of the bill, which the boy was to take in his own - way out of Smith." i The Justice declined to deal with the knotty point, and turned it over to the jury, and they lost no time in deciding that tpe complainant had no case. The Use of Enemies. " : When a man complains of his enemies, it not only shows that his heart is filled with bitternesu, and that he L would not hesitate to retaliate if , opportunity should offer, but also that he lacks wis dom as well as charity in not consider ing how useful an enemy could be to him. A wise and faithful friend onoe spoke to his acquaintance upon this sub ject as loiiowa : " xou . are ever com plaining of the wrong and annoyance you suffer from your enemy, but you forget that more than half your trouble and tears come irom your own heart. Quard more against yourself, and you Will nave less reason : to tear other ene mies, for open enemies are far less dan gerous than secret ones. That man is an enemy to himself who indulges in hatred to his fellow-man, and meditates revenge against those of whose hostility he complains : for by cherishing such a temper of mind he makes - himself an enemy of the God who condemns all im placability and malevolence of disposi tion. Now, oonaxoer the matter calmly, end yon will soon see how much good Su may derive from an enemy, and ink God that so much good can come of evil." ! Iron in thb Ptbahtds or Egypt. Ac cording to the Iron Aae, a wedge plate of iron has been found imbedded m the masonry of the great pyramid in Egpyt, the indications being that it must nave been wrought in tne age oi (jneops, placed by some authorities as far back as 5,400 years ago. This makes the use of iron about 2,500 years more ancient than it is supposed to be, and affords oppor tunity for explaining the cutting of the sham- and well-defined . hieroMyohieB on porphyry, granite and other hard 'stones employed, in the construction of Egyptian pyramids, temples ' and 1 tombs. How these could have bean out before the age of iron has been a puzxling question to man. Farther investigation, may show iron to have been ia use 6,000 years sgoJ BU8INC88 CARDS JOHN CONNER, AND - Exchange Office, ALBANY, OREGON. Deposits receired subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on time deposits in coin. Exchange on Portland. San lymriim and New York for sale at lowest rates. Collections made and Dromntlr remitted. Refers to H. W. Corbett, Henry Falling, W. S. XAdd.- Banking hours from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Albany, Feb. 1, 1871. aarg J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Will practice in all the Conrta In the Second, Third and Fourth Judicial Pistrlcta, in the Supreme Court of Oregon, and In the V.- 8. District and Circuit Courts.--' . Office in Farrlah brick (UD-Btairri. in office occu pied by the late K. H. Cranor. First street. Albany, Oregon. tol6vG D. B. RICE, M. D., SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, FirsUst., Between Ferry and Washington. Residence. Third street, two blocks below or east ot Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. vSntO J. C. POWBIiTj. ' ' Ju FI. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND 80XICITOBS IN CHANCERY, I Flinn. Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec tions and conveyances promptly attended to. 1 Albany Book Store. JNO. FOSHAY, Dealer in Miscellaneous Books, School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, Ac. Books imported to order at shortest possible no- ice. v8n30 ' DR. taEO. W. GRAY, DENT IS T Albany, Oregon. Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. Residence, corner r mu ana rorry streets. Office hours from 8 to 13 O'clock a. m. and 1 to S o'clock p. m. 18v0 Epizootics Distanced. THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES, And is flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful for past favors, and wishing to merit the continu ance oi the aame, the hax i uak will always oe ready, and easily found, te do any hauling within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. l& ueuvery ot gooas a specialty. 20vS A. N. ABNOLD, Proprietor. W. C. TWEED ALE, Dealer in Groceries, ProTisions, Toliacco, Cigars, Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware, Albany, Oregon. 3 Call and see him. 24vS The EVIetzlcr Chair! Can be had at the following places : Rarrisburg Hm May Junction City.... ......Smith a Braaneld HrownsTiue .. turs s uume Halsey J. M. Morgan Scio .J.J. Brown Albany....... Graf Collar A full supply can also be obtained at my old shop on First street, Albany, Oregon. 4. M. Mr-izxir.H. H. J. BOtJGHTON, M. D., GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, and late member of Bellevoe Hospital Medical College, New York. Office in A. Carothers beny, Oregon. a Co.'a Drug Store, AW PilesIPiles! Why say this damaging and troublesome com plaint cannot be cured, when ao many evidences of success might be placed before you every day cures of supposed hopeless esses ? Tour physician informs you that the longer yon allow the complaint to exi-t, you lessen your ebaneea for relief. Bit- perunc sat taught thf in 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 abort time, aud are eonoetiimt to ve. This preparation is sent by mail or express to any point within the United Statea at 1.50 per package. Address A. CABO rHERS A CO , 27v5 Box 33. Alsbany, Oregon. JOHN SCHMEER, " PXAUBB IN Groceries anil Provisions, ALBANY, OREGON, Has Just opened his new grocery establishment, on Corner of FMsworth and First Streets, With a fresh stock of Groceries. Provisions, CSndies. Cigars, Tobacco, Ac, to which he invites the atten. tion of our cttlsens. In connection with the store he will keen a Bakerv. and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh uresu. uracaera, etc. BT CaU and see me. . JOHN CCHMEKR. February 16. " . ,4T The Old Stove Depot John Briggs, ' Dealer in ' Cook ; Parlor dfl Boi Stoyes ! OF THE BEST PATTERNS. . -A.3L. S O Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, And the usual aseortmeat of Furnishing Goods to . . be obtained In a Tia Store. . . - Repair neatly and promptly executed on reason- Die Snort Reckoning Bake Long Friend. ' Pbost Stbext, Aiaant. Dec.6, 1874. ' ' 1 A. WHEEELEK. , C. P. ROUGE. O. E. WHEEUEB. A. WHEELER & CO., SHEDD," 0EEG0IT, . FGRAESIK8 AND C02HISSI0N . IXEEC JIA27TS . , . j. . ' Dealers In af erehandise and Produce. A good aaaorlmsBt of aU kinus of Goods always la store I Jswsrt market rateaf,, jjRf, it .,t,.:,:,i f : Agents for sale of Wagons, Grain Drills, Cider Xiiis, Cbnme, he ao. CASH paid for WHEAT, OATS, POKK, BtTT- TEB, EGGS, and FOCLTBf, A. W. GAMBLE, M. D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, Etc. Office on First BL, over med' Grocery Sore Beeldence opposite late ?f ,0!,,MeB oennaii, near tne raimarj, - October 33 187S. Webfoot r.i arketr CHAP.LES WILSON, Having leased tba Webfoot Mareec, adjoining Oradwohl-a. respecuuiiy axs J" the nubile patronage. tmbbm"""v- tently supplied with ell kinds ot frees meats. CaU "rsfhe high. cash PiSSwSkmi. Albany, August 14, 1874. GEO. B. IUEI? Attorney and CcmseUor al Law, ALBANY, OREGON, V Will practice in all the Courts of this State. omoa in ros'a Brick auuoing lap-!. street. 6t7 ALBANY FflniryMIacIi Siiop, A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGXN, ; Manufactures Steam Engines,, lour and Saw Mill Machinery, Woo l-Worting & Auicnltural lacWuery, And all kind, of Iron and Brass Castings. Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds oi' machinery. 1t8 A. CABOTHEItS & C0. DEALERS IN Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, ' Dyes, Glass, Lamps, Etc- AH the popular PATENT MEDICINES, FINE CUTLERY, -CIGARS, TOBACCO. NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, And TOILET GOODS. Particular care and promptness giren physiciana" prescriptions and family recipes,- A. CABOTHER8 fc CO. Albany, Oregon. GO TO T3HEE BEE-HIVE v STORE I TO BUT Groceries, Provisions, Notions, &C, &C, &C.t Cheap for Cash I Country Proflnce of All Kinds Bought For Merchandise or Cash. Thia ia toe p'ace to get the Best Bargains Erer Offered In Albany. Parties will always do well to caU and ae for them selves. - H. WEED. First Street, Albany, Oregon. ; Xrve - MEXICAN Mustang Liniment Waa first known in America. Its aoeiita are now well known throughout the habitable world. It baa the oldest and beet record cf any rjolmeat ia the world. From the millions upon milllona of bottle sold not a single complaint has aver reached na. Aa a Healing and Pain-Subduing Liniment it has no equal. It ia alike BENEFICIAL TO MAX AND BEAST.. Sold by all Pruggtata. y OLD Homestead Tonic; Plantation Bittera la a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed of CaUaaya Bark, Boom, Herbs and Vmiia, among which will be found SaraapariUian, Dandelioa. Wild Cherry, Sassafras Tansy, Gentian, Sweet Flag, eto also Tamarinds, Datss, Pmnaa and Juniper aerrieal preserved In a aumdent quantity only) of the spirit f Sugar Cane to aeipiaaay climate. TbeyrBwi ably reUer and euro the following complaints Dyspepaia,jraBvdiea, I4ea Ctnnpiaiata Lorn of Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attack, Fever ana Ague. Summer OamDlainta. flew ntaaa. IWmi tiaa of tha Heart, General Debility, etc, They ara eepeciaUy adapted as a remedy lor tba disease to. Whk VOLTEfJ Are subjected ; and aa a tonic for the Aged. Feeble and Debilitated, hare no equal. They are stnotly iiw. tended aa a Temperance Tonic or Bittere, to be used aa a medio me only, and alwaya according to . directions. SoiJ3 BT AlaZi FTBST-CltABB DbUGGIBTS BR00H FACTORY. Who manufactured the nrst 'good Broom ' every made las Albany, baa returned Irom California, and located permanently in this city, where ha has" again comiseaeed aba- manufacture eg sii kuida of Ac, at a, Is factory an FOtST 8TRSST, a Jobs MeiaSer'a old stand, east of Magaolla Mills, where he iavjtea those wiahinc a arat-claaa broosa te - and eecare ef him, . ; , '! W. D. BKXDINO.' Albany, Oct. IS, 1874. ri