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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1875)
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Free C'oarh to and from llie Home, Escliaage Hotel, j , Cornet First and Waliington streets, 'ALBANY, OREGOJf,: , S, Merrill & Co., Proprietors. Vnder the new management, tlls pOTn5r Hotel lia- been retltiptt nntl refurnished. an ;l now offer the traveling puijUcihe best aecbin inodii: ion on the tnt reasonable terms. Ca9Frce coach to and from the Ilouae. 33-7 A CARD. A if. t PARKKR, late of Orejron Cily. . besr loave to Intorm the public that they have purchased the entire stock ot drncra. med fcines, 4tcl.,fbrmerly ownedby K. C Hill A Son. and that they design continuing: the business at the old stand, where t bey purpose keeping iu he furure a full assortiuent of Drvgs, Chemicals, .Patent Medicine, toilet Article.; Perfumery, And everything usually found in a first-class drai arocu. . While earnestly soliciting a continuance ot the llhcral patronat- heretofore extended tolho old house, we hope at the fame time, hy fatr and liberal dealing, and careful attention tot ho wants of customers, to merit the esteem of any kw friends who uuiy lavor us with their or der. Particular attention will be fjiven to the com pounding of physician's prcr-criptionsaiid tain Uy recipes, at nil hours of the (lavor iHijt. A. H. I1CLL A- PARKR, Successors to It. C. Hill a SOJC. " Albany, October 8. '?i-EtT Here's the Place ! Has received ai5d Is offering for sale a well sclec- - tCvisloclc of GEHEBAL; ; MERCHANDISE ! "WTiicU ho Is determined to sell . AT THE LOWS3ST PKIC ES for- " -. IC.;V C a s li , cr MercliaitaMs Prcto ! Flease give tne a call, and examine G-oocts; and ; Prices. . -S.-.,. : '- IS. II. XAlGnTOJt. ' LebanoAt Or. r ; I15v7 0. v: s. FLoniEir, m. p., BOOKS ' AWB STATIONERY.,.. , A fuH stock of Trasses and Surgical anpHaneea, T7 -: . ' A3CZBSCAII. SICHAKflE. u28 Dealers In'-'' , " '. 7Ioliil.Tt Btl and hboes, Hats, Uroce ' rtes, r Moodsn, SiotlonM, fcbtj:ui Mtd PUtols, 9a9) KP Hirror, -,W:3Isjr" Wood nod billow . - Wsrcv Trctnkts uid Valises, . . , . j 't-r - J"efc "srtirr . ' - ' Bold rery kyw elfher for cash, or to prompt pay bs , . .. to cnstonnws on time. ; j (vl Zzili Kcuss &; Barber Shop. Tns 'rim?TOEu woctn b.- bct fui vli the cit teens of Alban.. And vl . entity vr t'raevrat patronage besrowed on h.ii trw tne wves years, and hopes for the ftt!.trw a elnuftt.ion of tnelr lavors. - Forthe gtcnoc" :'' ' ';on of transient customers, and rwsoi i' true urper part of town, he hasonen edatmia . lit tM suoe next door to Taylor Bros. , wiMsn agood workman wtil always be ia f t. )-e to wait opoa PW"B;..,i ' Iiws. i. liJi. . , JOJE WEBBEE. ' PtCHH lilltElEiSTS .1 ' . Mowers and TJifesliara s.H? i Tiiado. almoMt r. good as nw iB4 jsj, f f f f F t oir jr w ;red to do all kind of . r : r-ir snd penersl JllacksmUh. ... ...... -A"rt ir 1 r rti , - . ' xli . -liW si-fir .).-.. "-r; : 'j7:,.1 " Rpeclal Notices. f . , Cork Soles. II. FHndt makes a. pair of genuine 'cork aolctl boots' for iflG, and makes any kind of boots, just as ordered. He also ha3 boots On h.mcT. ' ' "JOnil I.UJiBEit EOlt SAtr.Jt.Mr.- F. E. Kobin oa is prepareil to1 furnish first quality Lumber at the foot of Washington Street. Call before contracting. ; f ,sr f - , 3otf t" Albji!iy Collegiate Institute , opens Monday, September Cth." For particulars address,. -: K. K. WARREN, Pres. 43td . . To Whom rr Mat Coxcerjj.-AH those knoiving themselves indebted to the under signed,' will please ' be prompt on the maturity of Bonds.' Respectful lyi &c.,r G. H. BABER. Sept. 1, 1875 3w A TtS IiOT 6 Sheep FOR;SAi.E.-Jay Blain has ibout one hundred and forty head of good, young, healthy sheep to sell. They sheared an average ot five and a half pouuds ot wool each,, last spring. Call "at S. E. Young's store. ' ' - For elegant and cheap glassware, most any pattern, go to the Dollar Store, Lost, Stuayed or Stolen. Some lny9 ago Messrs. II, B. & T-C Sprenger missed a valuable Devonshire bull, Victor Second, from their farm two miles north of Shedd. When last seen the bull, a dark red In color, had a board fastened to his head,' a brass knob on the end of each horn, and was side-hoppled. Victor is the finest animai in the State, and the owners value him correspondingly, and will pay a good reward to any one returning him to tliem at their farm as above, or will reward any one giving them information which will cuable thetu to regain him. The latest styles of jet jewelry, way down, at the Dollar Store. Totbo Fiinaenef Linn Comtty. Hold your orders until yon see the Chi cago Pitts .Thresltcfs. Ask old' Illinois farmers and they will tell yon tlisit they are the best iu tle world, without any ex ception. Sold only by laniorth, Kellogg & Co., Portland,-and tlwir agents through out Oregon and Washington "Territory. We also have a full line of farming imple ment and machines, consisting of the following A No. 1 goods: , Wm. Anson Wood Mowers, whk-h took 32 first pre miums, in field trials. In 1374, and could go into the field with any machine 011 this coast to demonstrate that they are the best, which we are prepared to prove, and chal lenge any machine to the contest. Extras to all machines supplied from onr Portland house, without delay a full supply always on luand. Please sendh, for price list and circulars. Address, A. SLOCUM, Agent. Portland, Oregon.- it:rs v. v i 43m2 The fall term of Albany Collegii-stensfl- tute eotbtnenced last Monday.- - . l ! t .... -r-.;- v -;;;'' V,""' School books, noiie books, music books, historic.-!, , financial," '. poetical, political, religions and medical works; jwcordnons, violins, organ" amf'otlier'' tnnst'cal Tristru nienU . and, goods; ;ca p, ;,tiote and ' letter'' paper-peRsviitkr,' envelopes; and various and" sundry other good and novelties at the P; 0.':, Book' St orerj presided over .' by that'escellent and accommodating gentle man, Jnoi.Foshay. Esq- tor sale at living rates. You are Invited to call ahd see I1I3 stock. ." - '. ; - , ,:? r If you want an 'armful' ot cotton socks for four bits, go tq the Dollar Store. ! v New FtBBt. Snra Mllterhws tuiuffht the Wnsr im nnil Rmithshop heretofore occupied by Peters A Socldcl, together, with the uiatcrliil' sndunflnished work, and is now -preparcM to furnish . aayihinff . in his line, conststin ttt f.-arriaKCs. Bugrles, Iumber Waxonn, itocks, tuB and ftenera) sinilhinjjf neatly nn;l with dis patch.: I employ none but the best of median and Insure sal iefaetioiv.-All work warranted- i 1 can niako It an object for j ou to buy of me, in price, Z'.yla and dumbilii j of work. I use the Test of materin,, pickoiy and oa!c. from tne iuastern Miates. iail ana e- amine forsoursclves ; all I want Is a HUrlrliu. I have had several years of experience on this coast, and wtth the knowledge thus gained, t.10 certain I can please you. I Kimmntcc to sell tor cash as low as can tie bought tn this city. A iarxe lot of Iumlier wuicons, side and end spring cnrriaKes and backs on hand. Patronize home manuCietory do not send your money off out of thocountry. Act the part of wise- uton.and build up your ova Btaus, ana -ou ,will prost-wr, ., . '',' . ;,.-'.-.' SBtX . Paxton takes elegant pictures, large or small. " ;..-. 1 . Ma. Jam eh Moore Wilt commence, on. or about tho 10th day of May, delivering fresh Milk. Butter, Eggs and Vegetables to the citi zensof Albany. Now Is the time to make your arrangements, as Mr. Moore will run a team dally, and do as he Bgrcos. U, nSStf. f - j, i--i: - - i 'i1-1 ''' f'- Pbeshcm CHAiRS-Those 1. wishing to procijte Uie celebrated Metzlep chair, wll take notice that none are Genuine unless the name J. M- Metzleb appears ou 'the back of each chair. . ' 44 tC Mark Twain.in a letter to the Inventor of a mosquito pet, talks m this way r "There 1 nothing tliatA just arid rightfielhi man rejoices in more than to see a mosquito im posed on and put down and brow-beaten and aggravated, and this Ingenious contriv ance wUt doit. And it Is a. rare thittffo worry ally. It wlir stand off and cursethls invention till language: utterly fails Iilm. I have seen them do It hundreds ot times I like to dine in the air on the back porch In Summer, and so I would not be without this portable net for anything, t When yon get H hoisted the files have to wait for tho second, table. We shall see the Summer day come when we shall sit tindefc our nets In church and slumber peacefully, while the discomfited flies eln'j together and take it out of the minister. THere are heaps of ways of getting priceless enioyment out of these cHmrraing things, if I. had thnd fa point them-out and dilate on them a little. Cliina has streets paved with - granite blocks lain over . three, hnndml years .ago, n'l as gooil as- new.- " -- " ' ' ' -. ' 'TBJBASVaX.CWM. yj.v'.i OSB Off. THEM TELLS ' CS:"Al' ABO.uir '' THKiri-HOW -5 THEY 5 COCNT ThfCXS t-j SAJt'S'IONETHufl'5 Ji'til'lJit . f ' ' y . I ' y.i .V..T fVTashlng-ton Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. "Tresnry irls," lye it knowri, iare hot all young J'lhlact.eome of them';1 rio doubt, have .chil4reu.as.ild as your cor respondent, while many are yet in the full Moony of girlhoody aiid 1 more5 liave entered the cypress-hung portals of ol3 maidliood,or have worn, or-still wear; the widow's weeds. Still, according to ye (estiva correspondent, all 'ladies en gaged' in the Trecsnry Department are "girls," feveii flibhgh they be gray-haited matrons and heads of families. As I have said, "Treasury 1 girls, are not at all either young or pretty, as is gener ally supposed, and in looking over the "sea ot faces" I have discovered oni few who look as thongh their owners consider life as a great flirtation made tip of little flirtations; on the contrary, the majority of faces " beloneriiijc" to' "Treasury girls' bear the impress of an earnest purpose earnestly pursued, while many are evidently shadowed by sorrow or disappointment; in fact, ' the ladies who are engaged iti the Treasury De partment are only a small detachment of the great army of women who find themselves dependent 011 their own re sources, and have, as' is natural, sought oot! the best places they could com. mand. : ; The average "Treasury girl"- does not go. to work in silk and lace, accord ing to the popular idea ;. but, - on the contrary, wears a loose sack and over dress of some light wash goods over a worsted 6kirt; and, by way ot taking all romance out of the matter, carries a little lurch done up in a paper or pinned up in a red napkin. Neither do all "Treasury girls" preserve tho lines of beauty in form or face;' on the contrary, there are thin, argnlar. and peipendicu lar women among them' and there are some who are burdened with fleshj most certainly, there are some who evidently did not win their positions by means of personal beanty. ' Near the table at which I sat, on my first day Was a plain looking Michigan girl, with no nonsense about her, who had her tsleeyes pinned Tip and her dark hair cut short for con venience. She counts well, and every day do&s' a square day's work for Uncle . Sam. . To my lefl was a sweet wotnaiTy girl,' who was an adept at Tier Work,' and who acted as my teaehcrp $irst,' I had ten- cer.t notes to cotnt.- which'' wefe given' me in'a buh'dW nVade utt of ten snial.fer packages.' :' X will write What'she taught me,0 that if any of Jmy 'readers ' ever become Treasury eirls they will know how 16 "beginv" First,, each-"small pack age is Wiindp' fn d raper 'sirapj upon which Is mArked &10, Wd ''these'' 1 sruali pnekngev are" boiVnd together ''with rub ber bai-dsi-1 After removingone of these 1 bands, Miss Tl. told me td take one of the shiall packages and" count it care fully, one,' twoj three, iiptb twenty-five, when l-should "lay the' notes together aiid count' twenty-five more, 'mail t had counted four limes tetity-five, of one hundred notes, which is what each pack age should contain; The paper' strap which binds the package ' is - kept until the notes are counted, and if there should he a note or two over or under one huiidred,the cast off strap must be marked eo much -"over" or so much "short." ,.-'-' ' " ' .Different issues of money must not be put; together; fbVTustaucc, it one finds an old issue of dimes in a., package of uow ones, they must be culled out and laid aside, and their loss made up from another package, which leaves' it "short.'! "When you get tired ot being at odds,'' and want to square up, you borrow what ' you lack . to , make up a package ot a neighbor; but perhaps all this time you. have been accumulating an old 'issue ot dimes that is, you have probably taken five or six out of each package you have counted, and ' if yon are a beginiier these"' worry you im mensely, at least they did ' me, to euc)i an extent that I asked Miss R. what in the world I should do with'the "ragged edged" thhigs. VWby said ray pretty teacher; "If yotfha'vViiearly enough to make a package, count' them and bor row of a neighbor, wfiat yoil' lack, and in that way you will get rid of all your odds and commence fHjn&ro again.' :. : i $0 this is Hie principle 'upon ' Vhicb raoiiey is cotintod,' from tdime$ . ou. np to tho larger 'denominations. VV"fetJ .you liave finished your work" "for tho day, yon take your riiioney 'tb a"' part of the room, w Here mere is man and a ma-; cbJse,. anl the, jroftnT'diid, nsacnise: 'to gether punch, an wgly; hole in each pack, aea-of bills, nndstheu it ,ia :cAl!edi "can celed.". ;Af lejr,4lii the packages ardent in two,, and each baloft the. package is sent to a diflerent .department i and re counted, and, if any mistakes are found, I don't know what comes, next; . butj if I should disappear suddenly at any time, my friends raayj conclade that "Treas ury girls" who f have,, the audacity, to make mistakes .jrQ.-;4aictly.., madeftwiy with, and that. , qnestionrf must Jbe aked',,ir ...vr;,,f;'',.? .t 'i-,t ''yii It is" not desirable to advance rvery raptdly; in( tlie ar t -of cotitkigw money, J fbruthe reason that ' when. you become quite proficient you are given ..notes of liighei denominations to count, and even among fiffcy-cetrtV notes there ftre many counterfeits, and if. yon put these spurious notes, among . Uncle . Sam's money you will be obliged to make, it good to him out of your. own. little pocket-book. Miss R. showed me three counterfeit ' fifty cent notes from her work the other rat ,'ning, but I couldn't see anything wrong with them, and she did not attempt to explain, how she told them,, for as General Spinner says, "No woman ever could give a reason why a bill is a. counterfeit, r only, that , it 4s a counterfeit, and ninety-nine times oht ot a hundred.she is right." i,;. I have, had a peculiar,, liorror. , of "odds,'' because they' must lie .. about loosely on one's table until they can be made into packages, -nd the. fear of brushing them off is a constant , night mare to me, partly on account of dread ful story which I read in the Capital two or three weeks ago about a luqkle: s Treasury girl "'who dropped" an "odd" and was ; immediately , collared, as it were, by an, official whose name' the Capital spells with three letters, which, when , pfonounoed, mean intestine Well, the lady was marched up to the Treasurer's room tor a reprimand, where it was administered as kindly .as possi ble, but still she, was indignant at being taken befure the Treasurer for , a repri mand, like a school girl drawn up be fore the principal for some act of willful naughtiness. fawj" tini-j. So far as I peimlly am concerned I might endure correction of this Jtind with angelic meekness,, but for the fake of preserving the dignity . of the Indiana. press, with, which Ihave beencowiccted for a few yoar?f I shall endeavor prayer fully 'to avoid suc.h , ofibnseB as , would make it necessary that I. should - be led ap stairs by one lug to Mr. ?few; for punislimciit.;,-!'J.-; v, , y.o hu. '1,1 I happen, to know a small joke all to myself on this same official '5 whom the ' Capital does not love. ! Tt - was a few mornings ago White waiting ! to ''see a lady friend at the Treasnry a! fine took frfg gentleman Came irf and ' nsked Mr. 'G. if he could: see' - MttiA. ' dbit't know, sir," answered' Mr." G.in alnglily official a manner j -"tlib rules are3 very 6trict iii regard to seeing vtsitofs'.'unless it be-on verympottant business. -. This answer would liave annihilateti utterly an ordinary person' but this 'gentleman only looked squarely at the 'official and said : 'It is not business ot the slightest importance to me,1 sir? T am -United States Senator J, And 'Mrs. A. wishes to" see mo abbnt getting a leave of ab sence." - The transformatiori Which- this sentence produced upon the official face was something wonderful to boholdi It relaxed all it stony outlines and melted at once into Uie most delightful genial ity, as its owner said, -,Olhj that alters the case. - Xon can - see ' tlw lady in a moment,"" aud instantly lie disappeared, and almost: mimed lately'! '.reappeared with a very pretty, -modest looking lady in tow,' who at once centered into iouC versatlon with thr U. S. , S. ' about rlief leave, li j, n'i '. -t'; SolJ lave already learned that " the name U. S. 8;- haa 'a! ' magio "Influence Upon stony-hearted officials,' ifrid" that the. most 'iirflexibla' rules cart be made to yield when the prdperkind ofpf assure isWoght to bear " ? ' " In iatking with the laiies of the Treasnry'i f find that Mr. . New is very well liked, even by ; thosowho are strongly attached to' General Spinner; it is a matter not of loving N6iy the less, but Spinner the more. One lady who has been longTn the .Treasury said ehe liked MrNew very mucli,'biU that the ladies could not exjject to feel the sacno freedom .with Liin as they had with General Spinner, who was an-.cid gea- tletaan whciti- every lady in tbo, drt. - . - - . f 1 fjij, snc crew to recam as a,,iersoi!i end, and felt free to, talk, about sr interests of Jicr troubles, as the could not do. with a younger jnant , It seems to have, been this1 state, of affairs, -and nothing"fmbre, or 1'mig.ht say jDOtliing vorsej which gave rise. to some unpleas ant newspaper insinuations and to the term"Treasury pets.-' ' . . TAKIOVS 'JFODIlEIt." A reignt of terror Yearns to bo prevail ing in some portions of Utah,;growing ont of the audacious and' insolent atti tude of the Mormons in connection with the Lee trial. - i --.i yrVii--- flume fifteen-miles lorg has recent ly been put up in Nevada, , at a cost of 250,000, to carry . firewood,' logs and timber to a mine. Among the latest labof-saring inven tions.' is a 5 patent ft painting fnacliine, which is said to paint 600 laths of ordi nary size for Venitiai blinds io an hour. Immigration into: the United States shows a decrease ot 86,000 for the year ending June &9, 187&, . as compared with the year , ending June 30, 1874.J ' The Spankh Government intends to : send ten thousand men i to.i Cuba, that Captain-General r .Valmazeda may i exe cute his plans for the reduction of the inaurrection. . A number of postmasters . of small offices throughout the country, liave been removed tor unlawful ; disposition of postage stamps, unjustly increasing their salaries thereby, v , ? ; ' fnurr. Fifty commercial corporations and trades unions of Pani, will send - dele gates to the i centennial exposition tit Philadelphia to study and . report upon the various objects exhibited. r; s Recently nineteen American horres were sold in; Liverpool at a remarkably good price, thus making,- perhaps, the commencement of a new trade between England and Amefi6a.M .ritrt f':' ; Recently two inkstands and a pen were dug up at Pompeii. J The pen is of metal, and made almost ' similar in shape .to. our q-iill pfihsj so in the wrHmg line tlie moderns are not so far ahead after all. - They have-just-finished, at South Boston, Mass., the largest breech-loading rifled cannon- in the world, f It is steel t lined, i weighs 82,280 pounds,' is twelve inches calibre, carries a sir hurt- died pound, slvot, and requires a charge of seventy'!, pounds : of potvder.' It is dcstiiied for Sandy-ITooks ; js r A. yon tig man, who was quite a dog- fancier before bis marriage, now has a boy ar year and a half oldr ard is qnrte enthusiastic over his training. He says be believes the bfamed little thing' has got as much sense as "a tat 'teirier, and with proper training can be taught as many ; tricks. '' ' ''i"" .jb:-.'" " Ex. President Johnson was well in snred The aggregate of tlie policids on his lite is said to be ud less- than 350,000..' His heirs will be comfort ably situated for the remainder ot their lives,, and the loss that the ex-President sustained in the failure of Jay Cooke's baiiK is a lilliputian matter alongside of " John D; Lee, the Mountain Meadows fiend. is" the father of 64 children; 28 of whom are grownr- men;' lie is gratid- father of 150" children, and has" had 18 wives; seven of whom still call him hus. band, - Ho regrets that1 he didn't have more wives and that his children do not number 500. The old devil incarnate has been removed from Heaver to Salt Lake ahd'wilFbe "tVied ' again' In' No vember.1 -4 -r 'i-y llarper'a "Weekly gives tiojortraits" ot James and Daniel Pnnce, the oldest living twins in this country, 1! not in tho world.1 They wero!born in" William. ,burg, Mass. on the 22d ot December, 1784, 'and during' the 'ninety ; years of their hie 'liave enjoyed uniform, good health. ' One' has,' for, many years re I sided in C"e?terfield, Mars., and ' the other in West bpfingfaoVl.. .There re sides also j.at, Gill Fratikliu , county Mass., a pair of .tvvhj Sisiers eighty years 01 age. ,, ,t ln-i-fi- t:? ti. . " The Sucramcuto Jiecord. Union Las au article on the , trouble at Jorriune which has the true ring t6 it. It says: "If the Gentiles of Utahiraiu danger, a d help is wanted, a call for volunteers in CaTifur'nia will be' responded ' to by twenty, tlioufand - armed" men' inside of twenty -lour hours; and i these volan- CSTisequcnc:3 of their fcdigoatibn. Thej Mormons, in f ct are playing, with raatehes "atf the c-en doo of a. powder, magazine.'!! .'., . ., Our Centennial eibibiiion must -seem a etnall. thing' as wgards' time td the Japancpr, who arc gti-.g to havo what : teen, should go.To" Utah" , "nd , find hoi tiiities in orraiipnwe'eliou sorry to have to answer tor .tho : 7 . .! . r TTT ttrn -V7T it is to pe neia in .. tug town O ; j ara, wliich was the residence of tbeMikados more" than a , thousand'years :8gq, fu which a building rtill stands,, erected before tho court left, tho t- wn, A. t. 704, and whatiis t more : remarkable, is made of wood. It is paid to . have been examined every sixty-first year since its J erection and repaired whew necessary. There may be : seen, the AttjasoJesi placed i thero more than a thocsaud . j eart ago, by the Mikados which ha-e escaped the danger.pf firej ? robbery and ( ie volirtion during that long periods Itt .addition tqxbeee aotiqnitiwitlutheir iBTemoty,4 made m the eighth ; century are tsome fresh objects which have in tho course ot oenturys been added, so - tbfr whole exhibition is a curious -record of 1,000 years of national existence. -r ; 1 -Mark Twain, in the August Atlantic mourns oyer the' diminished, length of the Mississippi, in this strain : The Mis sissippi bet .veen Cairo and New!. Orleans was 1,215 miles loner 176 years ago. , It was lt040 after the American Bend cut-off (some 16 or 17 years ago.) It has lost 67 miles since. Consequently its length is only 073 miles at present. In the space of 176 years the lower M fssissippi has shortened , itfelf 242 miles. 5 That is an' average of a trifle over one mHe and ' ajthlrdper year. Therefore, any calm pcrsdn,wno . is not blind or idiotic, can see that in the Old Oolitic Silurian period, just a million years ago next , November,', the Lower Mississippi river was upwards of 1,800, 000 miles forg, and stuck out, over the Gulf of Mexico like a fishing-rod. A.nd by the same token any , person , can see that 742 years " from' notf the lower" Mississippi will-Only be a mile atid three quarters long, and Cairo and New, Or lean3 will have' joined ' lheff streets '. to gether,: and be- ploddaig comSartably along under - 'av singlorayor and , b mutual Board pt 5 Allermen.-r iThere is somethiiigl fascinating t about i-eoience, One gets such whalesome return ;jof conjecture oat of cb tt- rrtlng 'tnveist metis ot fact I '.': TJse ZAte Wm, .... ',' i t The following paragraphs, cut from tho S. F, CArofcfe,.w'itl enable the reader to -form a; oorrecf! idea ft the great ; banker -and 'financier, WraJ C Ralstoa, of San Francisco, California and of the causo ,'ot . his snddotv dcathy whicli occurred ; August 33 tb :i?.iiT 'Fipm an intimate personal ctriendof M"r. Ralston wo learn that for J several years past; Mn Ralston; has-been labor, iiig under ; an-. . Organio - a ffection'i of , the heart ot a ' 6erkus clia racier, and has been the constant subject of anxiety: to his wife and more intimate family friends lest in some moment of unusual- excite ment iff lhduidtemraate'..'&UIly.l Haines hisrphysiciai,!- ariei" Dr.- Deane have advised iiitzi of tfi6 necefsity, of re- iiei irora ve greiAi, strain, upon pia men' tal and physical " powers. . Under 'this advice he gave up bis BeluiohtJ drivei, aud entered upbn a' systerri' 6f ,Bea bath ing to invigorate and sustain him,'; His wife has long sufiered1 with fears and apprehensions lest; lie should be Over taken witli' sudden death, knowing how energetically he labored, and bow little personal care be gavehimstlf. , Ho had been advised by physiqians of his. pre. disposition to appoplexy: or some dis- turbanoe of thebraia.'- " ' - , r . , . . , ... , -; . t A 0RBAT MENTAL STRAIN. , , ,r ' Under the events of the last , month lie has suEtaiued great : .mental anxiety. Ho has been steadily eonvertirjg his pri vate fortune intdrnoncy and turning it in for support' of the Bank; His last important transaction was to sell bis in tercst in the Virginia and Trtsckee Rail road , being a one-fourtb interest to T) O. Mills for $700,000. "This void was steadily- paying- 8100,000 "per' mouth His Belmont residehcor Jiia Pii-ostreet mansion were sold arid, tbe proceeds a p. prcpnatsd in-the same -direction.- H?s Tu'areValley pr6pciij; Suit purchased with the mouey ldevisedTby liia'firmcr partner, Mr. Iretz, u bj wife and cbil, dren. Thia rlroeftv- also Bank creditors, .a i. 'v O" the mormncr of his death bo aWn at 5' o'clock and informed - bis wife that he iad conveyed to th:Bank' iJ.y 'Pi'iie street residence a-rwi farDitarcf "a that she mustS isave 'forthwitb.takJfig only herjfothing and rreoBSir'tf,ieii'2 wiat.no had made temporary arranre- meutswilb" her vnce,"' Colonel' X D. Fry, 'of a -iemporary "hotae" uUr'he could make furtlK-r"afranst--c,it,s,"ad Ihat he propofcad to start1 lifo a..w ad achieve for himself otfior lortune. may , "bo, called "ja" llley :il. exhibLt,ion, i--V?-5'. f"l.!. ----: '- Beforct Ig.that day' fcfaf fpailyvias Sosa-' icjled at Qolonel';, Fry's, taking with''' tbecn the family clkhirig and such per-" eooal articlea.' and ' g"fU m bad Leerf fomltme to ticie presented to hla wif leaving ; hcBe, furniture, .beddirs uo&' carpet intact and Lis larcily v.-I'-hcut 1C horoo.of their own J f ils 0" THIS JflOHt FEttVtors, Being the day 'of the failure, - ha 11 calleibgether the clerk ot tbetssk -and exhorted thorn to be of good beatt -"rljSA to Alter in.coar?ge; thttt thir-a'. would be broogbt out afl right If tbelr.' mtt.itA . ' ILW t"mrt? "nvrl lfi t blow be bad not lost" conro- or hofse fat the fut'ore:1 "After the Dl.-ea-' tors mcetirig at boon of the following day;Vheii it bad ' been determioed if the-Board that bis Presidency should .' terminate, he seemed cverpowered witSf , emotion and crushed In 'ppirit,' and tat ' , at his 3csk In the ft ont office' pressing his heated, perspiiing brow, nhtil at a quarter past 2; he left the bank to take .' his usual salt water' swim at - North' Beach to refresh himself, instead of fil ing, as had been his custom, having 5-' posed- of Ms horses, he walked from the bank around Telegraph Hill at a rapid paoe and on his arrival at the place of , bathing he was wet with perspiration.- After his death thera were found' in huf clothes.no le6s than five handkerchiefs,' ; of wlijch he always carried several, and three of them were wet with perira-' . - tion.: il-Mii .'.:4. i ; He entered . the ; water in bis tuuaf manner, swam opt, and when some dis-" lance from the shore. ;wa observed t' " throw up his; arms tand itiugglejaod ,. then lie motionless,, drifting ; with Uo . tide, f A; boat imraediatelyrwent; to hi assistance and, brought hini tbe shore, frothing; at' the mouth,: with all the'evi- dencesoff:, anapoplectlo attack, n The' i suddeatbock; f the cold water and Lis mental condition undoubtedly produced the fatal resalt Uiatiisii kw long Ibem predictddi'.. r. r?:'. s'L-.iu. -w.;3HiKLiCT'aiFAB4TLT.,-- -i!- , '; iln Ralston bad1 four children,' two' -sons, J4 and IG years ot age, who have ' lately i returned -ii rom MaBsachuectt, ' wheteiTbeyjJiae been ' at school, and who, under-escort of a tutor, bad beeny travelinj? throughout the State for three" weeks past, it being Mr. Ralston's de-1 ' sire. ;ll4ftt. bis' boys' should familiarize themselves with their native State. IIia daughters. are, opo 8 . and: the other 3" years; f, ag.Tbey are with their . iiXpth&r.tiPClje sons arrived in San Fran- : cifcociattiray't&oraingl i' :. . d t-' . t i.IIa was ti- devoted f .- and ; afieclioiiate' - father and husband and especially aU tached to his baby girl. ; ' ;?,'v.f - Mrs. Ralston bore the' blow of; the' . loss of fortune whsh perfect chrfohiess,- nor gave a tangle anxious tliought to" . ., the future except in her fear of the cf." fec of 'this "xitffemenlJ ipon her hus- . . iatnd.' In. riding from her PiDe-streeti' , home she remarked to "a lady friend, ' ffrhis'nsytast.rld' in this carriage ; Wo wilf have to start j life anew." . "We forbear to speak of her anguish when ii was announced to .her that her: worst! fears were realized" and that the dead1 - body of her husband was on Us way . to temporary residence.' " - '. .."Oltj InoxsruEs." An excursionist down' tho ' Delaware river from PMla-' dolphia can caTcely fail to notice, as he" passes the naval ' station,' an old and . battered hulk, snugly !anscoiiced upon oneof the several docks "fot the yard. The hulk in question belongs' to ODe of the finest vessels that ever floated the Stars, and StripesVand One which, of all our decaying navy has the most interert-' " ing and historic associations.- The Con-t " stitotiotiior bid Jrdnide, as she u; better Ibtown; is freely 'outlined in the shattered hul'A: whose ghostly ribs, seS against the shadows of the Navy Yard, is all Ihat remains :ot thd" once proud fnate hfch'didfsuch'gallant;. isrvicsr . ainst'theAlgerine pirates-la 1S0 ',' aahe.Briiish-iri " . down to the beginiunfrof tU iu active servioa in thtr -Uiused Statsr ; fcarine- , The CoHSiL'tttion -was at Boston iu 1797. fc he 4 KT- - herttaunchnesaand 'prthir, . ? .. . Tripoli I f. Ler v ictory e vri t ... 3 C -riire U crptufetfi'.';f. ' - -J " tr. r.r.s she wok uu" ' ' 15 2- awl for the ncre t .. : . j v?i- or aeon i - ber U cur n&yy- , ' S9 ht.9 I.'l-" ,ha ?;avvf YarJ.isl - t: a ilashv c;anlx?,: KiOnitors and ironcii euruction- bvo the rie, ar , wr: V peopl o's s Lvct k t- s.