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OFFtCIAL CITY PAPER. ALBANY, FKIDAY, NOV. 20, 1875. VM'K PHHiIDEXT W1LS. Henry., Wilson, Vice President of the 1 luted States, diet! in Washington City on the morning of tlie 2'2i. Henry Wilson was born at Farming, ton, X. H., on the lGth of February, 1812. I Us parents b-nng poor lie was denied the privileges of a thorough ed ucation, but having inherited a taste for reading and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, he let no opportunity es cape him to store his mind with useful, practical information, and thus in tlie onrse ot time became" one of the best " a . , . T x - liiiormeu men m ine naiii-n. l-mnng his younger years Ire worked on a farm, but after ottaining his majority lie went to Natick, Massaahu setts", wheie he L-arned the trade- of a shoemaker j at which.JiC worked until his fellow citi- Vitl I'll vnrJlirTf al-tilittr An.l tmnoctv , ""it" li I'll 1 1 J aim uviivi'ij of purpose, elected fum to positions of honor and trust. In 1840 he entered the Presidential campaign, de'iverisig more than tixty speeches aiid doing most effective service for Harrison, lie was thrice elected to the Massachusetts Assembly, and four times returned to its Senate. In. 1S45, together with Whittier, the poet, he was selected to carry-to -Washington aiid present the great anti-slavery petition from .Massa chusetts agati-jst the anuexati6n of Texas, lie edited the Boston Daily Republican from 184S to 1850, making it the lead ing. -anti-slavery journal of the country ai that time. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Conven tion of lSi3, and the same year was the Free Soil candidate for Governor of the State. .In 1855 lie was elected United Ssfatra 9niintnv I ci.w-.r-wl 17.?..... ..,4 Xi.. erelt, and was re-elected in 1859 by a unanimous vote. As a Senator he was an active opponent of the slave power, and was one of the very pillars of the Government during the late rebellion. All through the great reconstruction sMugg'e, says the Orejonian, he was one of the most careful of those states men who considered it their first duty to see that the advantages which liberty had gained in the war should not be frittered away." Kut when all these were secured, he was among the fore most in endeavoring to heal the wounds . ..u u'U ll.ObV'113 llilLLIIiai ilio- tions between the North and the South. Since hip election as Vice President in 1872, he has been so much out of health that his laliors have been subject to fre quent interruptions, but he found time to finish his great historical work, com menced some years ago, ou the "Rise ran ui ineiave iower in Ameri ca," which, if he had dAe no other public service, "would entitle him to the gratitude of the country, and placo-liim among her great men. lie goes to his reward mourned by the entire 'ion. - A S'ays the Virginia kronuk: Among the few who liave reason' to be thankful for the fire is a lady whose home was on-Xortli C street.: She had been bed rid pen for months having lost the use of her limbs.; When the .fire approach ed her dwelling site was carried out on n blanket and was as feeble as an infant. Within half an hour, to tlie amazement of herself and 'family, she discme.-ed that the use of lier limbs had returned, aid from that moment she has been a woll woman. Her great fright had worked a cure. . Jacksonville dates "to Nov. 24th say: The-lriaJ Sf David Briggs, who was in dicted', with h;s mother, bythe grand j iry "ot Josephine count yr for the murd er of John Delameter, : at Kerbyville, in June 1874, terminated .in the circuit . court for Jackson eounty, where it had been transferred, to-day; Tha jury re ceived their instructions late last 1 night and cama into court Ui is 'morning with a verdict of ronrder in tJie third degree. 'After Gen. Kauffmaii left Xamang ham for Khekand, the Kipls Cha ks rebels invested the citadel and Russian eimp. The Russians rented successful jVfbr three days, when. Gen. ScoplefF returned and attacked the Kiots Chaclcs who fled leaving 3,800 on the! field. Anarchy reigns throughout Khokand. Vi v . K- ;? . 5"". ' 'Thd'actiou of Chief Justice White, in discharging llriham Young for alleged contempt of ..court. ..j for disobedience to the order .of Judge 31cLean, requiring him to pay a'iiony to Ann Eliza; is isfactory to the goveTtrent.V..It ia ilJi opuuoh of .the Attorney General v that tlie woman inquestion, in manymg V,i wi ' Young, A iolatod. the U. S. sti , a r"l therefore could wot. avail Ik ' i of f t owij wrongs.. ' : j k -r Taa twet feet deep in', portions oi Payn, Norcrnbor TCt.li." ' v- Turkish Trouble. A special from Berlin says intelligence 1. as been received that from Ilaizogovina, that the TurkMi fort at Gornsko and Nicksic must shortly capitulate to tlie insurgents, Unless provisioned in time. A telegram from Constantinople states that the Porte has urged the Russian and Austrian ambassadors to remon strate with the Piii.ce ot Montenegro, because so many of his subjects are joining the insurgents. Dispatches from Cet tinge reports that .the Servian envoy has returned to Bel grade bearing suggestions which will servo as a basis of a treaty between Servia and Montenegro. Mixers' Luck. Minern' luck is il lustrated by an incident ot mining at Central City, Colorado. About two years ago two young men with a joint capital of $400, were offered a half inter est in a gold mine at Central if they would sink it 30 feet deejer. Upon each side were the Veto and other paying lodes, but these had good roads to the mills and furnaces" of wealthy companies- Moreover,'' the mine was difficult of access; it was necessary to carry the ore in gunny sacks for a con siderable distance; then to paek it ivpou ruulesjnnd thus bythe time it reached the mills the gold in it would not pay ex penses. The young workers when they had spent all their ready money becamo discounted and abandoned the con tract. This year two new speculators came and undertook to go on with the work on the same terms. They had not sunk more than two feet in this aban doned claim when they strucK ore worth $2,000 per ton. 'J"iic Mark Lane J&jwesii' weekly review of the corn trade says: Haiti has indefinitely postponed much of the autumnal sowing in England, with the bad condition of samples and continued large imports. Many maikets aie a shilling cheaper, but farmers arc reluct ant to accept lower prices except for poor samp'es. When foreign arrivals slacken, as soon they must, and rents are paid, belter trade at more paying prices seems more than likely. It appears that the French reports liave been favorable. No sowing has been done in some dis tricts. This has hardened prices of wheat in Paris and the provinces, al though flour is somewhat cheaper Prices in Belgium are firm, and in Holland stationary. In Germany the markets are inactive and generally un changed, though at Danzig and in Hun gary quotations are lower. The Russian markets show no change. Tub Geneva Award. A Wash ington special sajs the commission appointee, under the act ot congress on the distribution ot tlie Geneva award will finish their labors on the 20th of January, and will have about $8,000,- 000 of the $15,000,000 uuawarded to claimants. The insurance companies and individuals who took war prem - urns have made a combination, and will endeavor to have a bill passed through congress at its coming sess on to cover these losses. There is much feeling over the matter. The direction of legis lation and recommendatiors of eongress ional committees heretofore have been against such claimants, on the ground that the war premiums are excessive, and that with few exceptions insures made money. There are other claimants for indirect damages, ru'ed out by act ot congresa, who will join the insurance companies in the effort to pass a sup. p'ementary act. Insurers claim they took the risks with the expectation tha1 congress would relieve tnem if tney became baukrupt through ' the contin gencies of the war. There is a prospect of these bills being defeated, so that the $8,000,000 unexpended will go to keep company with the French spoliation fund in the treasury. -.-Reports fron Spain nUi Washington are eminently satisfactory. I Foreigners engaged in the insurrection in Cuba shall, on arrest and trial, be allowed counsel. 5. - 'vi '.-Jr.., Intelligence has been received from Madrid, : by way of Luhon, thst some Republccans were arrested there at mid nisht on th6 ISth instV Further arrests were feared. ..".,.!.-..'-,,' J..'-l,- . At f alem all the departments of State were closed ou the 23d, on account ot Vice President Wilson's death, and P11 t,,e ia the "tY wcre at half mast. The Alabama Claims Commission has a warded several claims to- persons in California again a total' this batch of $24,ooo.. ,: : - - - -! Postmasters appointed i Wm.'. B Clarket'Cole valley, Douglas couuty, Oregpu: I.'W. Quiun, Miltorij Umatil la county, Oregon. ; ' , :x,t . , A report, of a wedding in Kentucky concludes in this wise : "The bride was far from being handsome, but her father threw in a spa; of horses and 6even mules, and the bridegroom waTatia-. DM." Work has been stopped for tlie Win ter In the Ida Ellmore mine, O yhee Tlie Silver City Avalanche chronicles a good many sales ot mining property in Owyhee for the week. Eggs are a dollar a dozen in Silver City. Tlie Empire and war Eagle mines will bi worked this winter. Fresh discoveries of rich quartz ledges are chronicled in Boise Basin. One Chinese merchant in Idaho City has 45,000 pounds of freigdt on tlie way from Kelton. Very cheering word comes from Rocky Bar and other portions of Altu ras. The 6torm of last week 6wept over Idaho and left its traces in various ways of damage and destruction. The Rev. Wm. Ballard of Pennsyl vania, is expected to reach- Boise City, December 1st, to take charge of the Protestant Episcopal Church there, II is family will accompany him, and a teacher for St. Michael's school. Judge Clark will hold the December term ot Court in Boise City, in place of Judge Whitson, who is East. The total sum in Wells, Fargo & Co 's treasure box, when it was robbed near Poise Citv, Nov. 10th, was, coin value, $7,0G9. A reward of one-fourth is offer ed for all that shall be recovered. . It consisted of an amalgam bar, Virtue mine, circu-ar shape, 924 fine, assayed value, $3,075 ; silver bar, not stamped, value, $450 ; Poise City Assay bar, gold, 5874. fine, $808 22 ; gold bar, 733 j fine, $237 45 ; in tuckskin bag, $400 gold ; in packages, $22 45 ; $25 71 ; $52 CO ; $200 : gold dust, $1,700 ; gold notes, $100. Warm rains in the lower Payette and Weiser valleys, Idaho, have made the young grass to spring up finely and live stock thrives upon it. The Odd Fellows new hall was dedi cated in Idaho City, November 19th, with appropiate ceremonies. A messenger arrived at Port Town- send, W. T., on the night ot the 21st, bringing word ot the finding of another body ot the passengers of the ill fated steamer Paciju 1 his body was dis covered by Judge Hortou, of Port An gelos, and through in a bad state of preservation, is supposed to be that ot Mr. Hastings, of the firm of Crane fc Hastings, San Francisco, California. lis linen is marked "E. L. H.," and he lad a diamond ring on his tiinger. Tlie Steamer Phantom was at once dispatch ed by Collector Webster to bring up the remains, and proper appliances placed on board for the preservation of the body, in order to transmit it to his freinds. Daniel Bower, late of Kansas where his family reside died at Salem, Satur day, aged 71 years. The farmers of Polk county are put ting in an unusual acreage ot seed wheat for next harvest. George P. IIo!man, of tlie Salem Lin seed Old Mills, says he has contracted for the cultivation ot about 2,000 acres of flax next year. Three warehouses were blown down at Seattle on the 17th. One wss At kins', on his wharf ; a second was Mor rill & Morris, on the Stone & Burnett wharf, while the third was the new one on Yestei's wharf. The two first wcre tilled willi grain, hay and other stuff, and the bssilhings were not only blown down but were torn all to pieces. At Olympia a skylight in Tacoma Hall was smashed to pieces, Capt. Percival's honse on the west side was somewhat njured, and General Milroy,s residence a little damaged. Hie following is given as the descrip tion of the parties who robbed the stage on the road near Boise Ctiy on the 1 1th inst : One was a sljra man with three fingers on his left hand, about six. feet in hight , and known as Three-fingered Jackson. Another was medium sized, dark complexion' and belived to be Jack Henderson. The remaining rob ber was five feet ten inches high, dark complexion, full face, mustache and im perial, aiid well known by the name of Jim Marshall. All three are said to be notorious desperadoes, well acquainted with the trails and passes, and are like ly to give their pursuers a lively chase Mr. TP." Powersj Attoria, has been appointed lay commissioner to tlie Gen eral Assembly ' of the Presbyterian Church, which is to meet in Brooklyn, N. Y., on tlie 26th day ot May, 1876; Mr. Powers expects to attend, and will leave Oregon for that purpose early in May. While east he will visit the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia. ' Nine hundred head of mutton" sheep were Bold at the Dalles last Week, tor ei,8oo. . ; .. - , . ,( ; Dudley .Ilillery, of Jackson county wa examined latt week and pronounced insane.,-- -.- - ; , The lad Towle, ient to the peniten tiary from Wasco county, has- been jafc 1 40191 y trie Governor. . , , - A lady sold 600 lbs of butter in Pendleton last week, wlich she had hauled a distance ot 70 miles. The stages in Eeastern Oregon keep up good time, notwitlistanding the bad roads. In Southern Oregon they don't. On Thursday the Governor appointed Robert Newcomb, ot Roseburg, Doug las county, a notary public for Oregon. Fifty head ot Indian ponies were pur chased near Pendleton last week. The purchaser will drive them East in the spring. Bruce Wolverlon, a graduate of Mon mouth college, in this State, has chagre of the school at Hydesville, Ca!. He is a "Rev." now. A lunatic named S. B. Starr escaid from the depuly sheriff of Jackscn coun ty at Roseburg. and had not been cap tured at last accounts. A good many teams with goods are on tle road from the Dalles to Canyon City, and it is feared they will have a rough time before getting through. . The Jacksonville JYes ays : Jay G. Kelly, superintendent of the Fort land Company's mid on Althouse, Jose phine county, was in town last week. He reports the mill as being finished and in excellent running order. . Rock work ed once by the former owners of the ledge has been run over agaiu and yield ed $20 to the ton. The company is making preparations to prosecute work on an extensive scale. The James Gorden mine is situated about five miles east of Baker City and about four miles west of the Virtue mine. There has been considerable work done by the parties who own the quartz ledge. They have a shaft sunk to the depth of eighty or one hundred teet, well timbered. A short time since they had seventy tons of average rock from this mine worked in the Virtue mine mill, and sent the bullion to San Francisco to be minted. Last week iney received ineir returns ana iouna ; that the seventy tons ot rock crushed yielded ttiem the nice little sum ot $1, 844, or at the rate ot $26 34 to tlie ton. The finances ot Wyoming Territory are in very satisfactory condition. There s no public d ebt and the treasury has on hand the snug little sum of $8,000. The assessed value of properly is nearly $9,000,000, or nearly double what it was two years ago. The legislatute ot that Territory is now in session at Chey enne. A postsceript to a business letter from Willow Fork Umatilla county, says : "We consider ourselves a part of the common wealth of Oregon, although somewhat iso'ated, and we want to know what is going ou in the world. We have been blessed with more rain than usual the past fall, and grass came on fiinely, so that stock was doing well until snow commenced tailing on the 14th. The snow is now (Xov. 16th) four inches deep and the weather quite cold. - We arc praying for a "Chinook wind." The 1'htbulealr.r says James, the second on of Mr. S. IV Mooie, who lives some twelve miles south of Rose burg, was engaged in hauling timber from the mountain side t ear his father's residence. It appears that in coming down the wagon came uncoupled, throw ing him from the load, break ng his neck and killing him instai.t'y. The Woman Suffrage A.-s iciation for Yamhill county met at Lafayette last week and transacted the usual amount of business. Among other matters, a resolution was adopted authorizing the appointment ot one jersoii in eacti pre cinct in tlie county to ascertain the num ber ot legal voters who are in favor of woman's enfranchisement. The Dalles Mountaineer says : "A man, who seems to be deranged, lias lately been seen at different points on Three Mile arid Eight Mile creeks. Tlie supposition is " that it is Mr. Charles Walker, themanwho so mysteriously disappeared on the 5th instant from Mr. Gilmore's place, across the river. We have no means of knowing the correct ness ot the supposition, however. On Tuesday night, while a lady ot Tacoma was paying a visit to a neigh bor, the wind blew a tree across her house, which went crashing through the building, falling across tlie bed. Tlie Indian chief who arrived down from Fort Rupert, reports that the smallpox is ragi nf at Bella Coola and Bentimick South Arm, A great tuauy Indians have, died at the latter place, r The Hudson Bay Company will shortly proceed to the construction of a sidewheel steamboat of larger dimen. a'ora than the .Enterprise and a much more powerful boat in every respect. Tlie new steamer will be run on the route between Victoria and New West- minster. , With in a abort time past it has come out that a very large quantity of bogus metal Was introduced into the gold dust dag at Caseiar by some knaves south of the line : Tlie "mixing" was done at Cass iar. ' Tlie bogus stuff is known as spelter. It w uotcalculatedto -deceive an expert ensed person, except in the hurry and bustle of camp, where an examination is not always possible. The Denver Enterprise reports the mining interests of Southern Utah look ing up. Bonanzas are becoming as common as so many refuse piles in that section. . The British ship Green Jacket, 1,054 tons, has been chartered at San Francis co to come to the Sound and take a load of lum'jer to I piiqne, Peru, at $20 a thousand feet. A gentkmin who passed over the read from Seattle to the Masonic ceme tery says that he counted over 111 trees prostrated across it between the two places, and that the road is just about destroyed. At Salt Lake the Mormon women hold a meeting last week and about 40 of them signed a petition to Congress to admit Utah into the Union as a State. A respectable Gentile woman is to carry the petition to Washington and help Sargent to get the bill ot admission through tongress., Some time last week, four men started in a boat from Seattle with the intention of going to Port Gamble. When off Madison head the boat upset and three of them were fortunate enough to swim ashore, but one, named Murphy, was drowned. The deceased was lately a fireman on the steamer Politkofsky A circular is issued, signed by fifteen logging firms, ca'ling for a convention of the loggers of Puget Sound, to be held at Seattle, on the first day ot De cember, to fix the price of logs. The movement, it is stated, is not inimical to purchasers, but to secure uniformity of rates and a concert of action. Mid bwners are invited to be present. The Seattle Tribvne says : At Port Gamble, as at other lower Sound places, on the 16th, there was a great fall ot snow, it laying upon the ground from three to six inches deep. At Port Madi son the big shipbuilding shed was blown down, and we understand that some damage was done to the hotel. At Ereeport the wind raged with much force, but not to do any damage. The bark Jenny Pitts was obliged to let go her fastenings to the wharf and swing out at her anchorage. Boston. Xov. IS. The " suspension is announced of tlie wholesale provision Jionse of Asa Jacobs A Co., a very old concern. WPniLADELPHIA. Nov. 18. The steam rhi Illinois, which sailed for Europe to day, has among lier charge 30 dressed beeves, lou dressed sheep and a large quan tity of poultry and oysters, which it is pro posed to laud in good order by means of retnjri'raiors. Philadelphia. Nov. 19 Orders liave been given the commandant at tlie navy yard to hurry along the completion and equipment oi ine new stoops ot war lyiusr in tne Delaware, anu to put a numuer ot monitors In readiness for sen-ice. Galveston, Texas, Nov. 20. The Brit- sh brie Mastic Captain Poru. from Cien Feugas, Cuba, Nov. 10th, a rrlved off the bar yesterday in ballast. The captain re ports to Dr. Blunt, health officer, that his entire crew including himself, nine in all, have Iiad the yellow fever, lliree died in Cuba, one died this morning, two are still sick, but recovering, and three including the captain, nave recovered and are on duty. Tlie vessel is anchored a mile out side of quarantine. JNORWALK, conn- Jnov. 21. senator Ferrr. whose health has been fail ine for some months, aieu tnis aiternoon. Trenton, N. J., Nov 21. A coal oil lamp exploded in a shoetmakers shop ken : . . , , . . , -. - , oy VOii rati ergier iui veimig nuu iijurcu x persons : one named uco. Asrnnerwiii probably die. Utica. N. Y.. Nov. 21. Oil Satur day LiOdica and Albert Fredenburg, moth er ai.d son, were tound guilty of the mur der ot Oi lo Davis , in Gray ville, Herkimer county, last ,iuue, and wcre sentenced oy Judge Merwin to be hsnged on Friday, jjecemuer dist, at iiemuner. Philadelphia, Nov. 21. Fully 10,000 persons attended each ot the two revival services held to-day by Moody and Sankey. Tlie streets in the vicinity were crowded, despite the drenching rain. Chicago, iNov. ia. aecretary wi i-iow has directed that tlie expenses of ehe - cus tom houses tn cmcaso. Milwaukee anu elsewhere, shdil be cut down 15 . per cent. This utoba carried out by the collectors as tliev see tit. If thev desire to reduce the force 15 per cent., they can do so, or reduce salaries in tlie same proportion, without discharging any one. Tlie greater number ot collector nave aeciueu to uiscuarge ine requisite numoer oi assistants. The exnosure in St. Louis vesterdav in tins trial ot General McDonald, for whUfcy farud, were no less startline than on tlie day before. Babcock continues to eet a lilt from nearly every witness put ou tne staud. Several names were briHight in yesterday, in a manner calculated to utain- iaui puouc interest, ai ine iiignest pucu. Cinoinnati, Nov. 19 A lru i n Culver, Calvin Stepheus and Win. Sliepard, were arrested and Held in S9.UOU ball, at i ronton. Ohio, yesterday, charged with counterfeit ing. Tliese three are but a portion oi a band of counterfeiters who have been opeiv ating In Ohio tor some time. The busine consisted ill inanufaclurign nickel. About a bait tiusnei or utese coins were mouiueu Wednesday morning. ... , Sr. Lotus. Nov. 19. The following card is published this morning : . ' The naiues of many Washington officials and other par ties have been mentioned as being connect ed with the whisky ring, through or with me, 111 at, Jxhus. I uesire w say Mini, net titer Gen. Babcock. Orville Grant, Col !nav. 4Vimiuissioner Douglass. Col. Holt. Col, Luckey, nor any other officials of, Washington, liave to my knowledge, ellht-r rHrw.-t.lvorliifllrwM.lv- ben connected in auy way -Willi any ring, witn uie excep- Lion ot Wm. O. Averv. I make this state- ment in simple Justice to any of the parties named. C. G. MAGUIUIS. London, Nov. 16. -Cabinet . cou .clls have been held almost d'tlly the past week, Eecently there has been a reiteration of peaceful assurances by the Russian news- tapers. There are liowever. indicatons of early intervention in Turkish affairs accords ins t arrangment ot the powers that ' par 17th. lstn and I8th about Twelve Inches of ticlpated in tlie treaty . of -Paris. - The rain tell at this point, which more than Time discussing the Turkish Insurrection has fallen in the same lngth ot time in say She Sultan can't save Herzegovina, this country since its settltme it bv the it is as fairly out of his grasp as if destiny ,! whites: reservoirs on Sullivan ceek, ow.i had settled it by a conference between the !j ed by the Phoenix Ditch Comp-mr,-'-were powers. Pence can be brought about only carried awayt. .the lower one going tlrst by the extinction of Turkish authority. If the disturbed provinces were once in the safe keeping of Austria, the powers might take leisurely a survey ot the situation and pf-ovide for the necessity of the future. A special from Berlin says negotiations are now progressing wilh the great powers relative to the Turkish difficulty, based -on the understanding of the preservation of tne 8tau quo in regard to J iirKey. ine Sublime Porte has notified foreign powers of the impending issue of a circular declar ing the reform it proposes, ai.d states the guarantees offered tor their execution. A special from Rome says the terms for tlie purchase by Italy of tlie- upper Italian system of railways liave been finally arrang ed. They will now be submitted to Par liament. The amount involved is about 32,000.000 sterling. Ii-ntti of Vice President Wilson. Washington. - Nov. .22. The Vice President died suddenly at 7 .-30 this morn ing, lie rested well all nisrht. awoke nt 7 o'clock this morning, expressed himself as feeling bright and better, sat up in nei to take his medicine, lay down on his left side and expired in a tew minutes without a struggle. Washington. Nov. 22. It having been represented last night that the vice presi dent had so much improved that lie ' would be able to lesve tlie city tor the North this week, tlie intelligence of his sudden death this morning fell with startling force and suddenness on the community. The vice president seemed on Saturday to be a great deal btter tlian at any time since his late sickness, but yesterday was not quite as well. Postmaster Burt, of Boston, called in the morning, and Iiad a pleasant conver sation withiiiin. Mr; Grossman,' of New York, a literary friend, also visited him on business concerning an unfinished volume on the subject of slavery. The Vice Pres ident being in a condition requiring rest, Mr. Crossinan retired. The Vice President then slept from 1 to 3 o'clock, when ha arose. Mr. Crossman returned m tne airer- noon. at ills rcqufist, find remained nutil evening. The Vice rresident went to oeci at an early hour and slept tolerably well during the night, and in hU waking hours asked lor water. About midnight lie got up. walked around the room ami then going to his table, took up a little book of poems entitled "'Hie Changed Cross," with the motto "Not as I will, but as thou wilt," and read three verses from it. After read ing the verses, h soke wiih gratitude of the kiiidndness of his friends during his sickness, and of the wide-spread sympathy in his behalf- lie then returned to bed in a happy mood and slept. At 3 o'clock this morning he awoke, complaining of pain in his stomach. One of h's attendants rubbed him, and being thus relieved, he again fell asleep. At senen o'clock he awoke, re marking that he felt brighter and Detter tlian at any time, previous. He said he was going to ride out to-dav. as ins pnysi- cians advised him to do so if the weather was fair. At 8 :20 he said he would get up and tt:ke breakfast. He then asked for wa ter, which had heretofme leen presoiibed. and having drunk it he laid with hi left side on the pillow as with sudden exhaust ion, breathed heavily, uttering no word, ami in a few moment-died without a strug gle. The body has been laid out in the Vice President's room. . j A meeting of Senators now here, mem bers ot the Cahinet and -fudges of the Su preme Court has I een called to meet at noon to take action, and friend of deceived in Massachusetts have been sdv:setl of the sol emn event. Washington. Nov. 22. The following additional Information hrs bee-i 1 obtained trom Boydeu and Wood, alternately the Vice President's attendants last night. Bovden is lieutenant ot the canilol, and was requested bv Mr. Wilson to I be with biin as much as possible, on account of an o!d friendship for a tuimlier of years. Yes tenia v evening, between 6 and S o'clock, the Vice President said: "If the doctor were here, I would have a blister put on the back fo my neck instead ot this plaster." Wood replied ho could do so without the doctor, twhich Mr. Wilson replied: "Yes : but I don't want to take the responsibility." Wood asked it he would not like to have a messaga sent to the doctor, but he said af ter thmkiii"-: "No : it is not wortli while. Shortly after he re juested Wood to send a friend to Mrs. Carpenter tor anottwr nottie of Cape. Good Hope grape juice, from which he thought lie had some benefit. I At 8 P. M he s gi.alied his readiness to be prepar ed for sleep. Boydeu ,and Wood gently rublwd and manipulated his teet.i limbs and back, as usual, at intervals, till 9: 30. Dur ing the process Mr. Wilson wns Very cheer ful, ami said he leit uncommonly wen. At 9 :30 he fell asleep, aad between! then and 12 o'elock woke only once. At 3 A. M. he woke and dropped asleep again very soon and slept until almost 7 A. M., I when he woe and made a remark about jfe ling so uncommonly well. Hisileath coming but a few minutes after nil these evidences of improvement and a rapid recovery, couldn't at first be realized by the attendants, and it was not till tlie arrival of Dr. Cord who resides nea, and who had been instantly called that the melancholy tact found any credence. J The President was notified of the Vieo President's death about 9 o'clock, and im mediately called a special meeting of the cabinet for 10 :30, at which time! all mem bers were present except Seen-tary Robeson weo is absent from the city, i Secretary Fish was tequestcd to attend I lie meeting of senators in the city, at noon, on the part of the President and Cabinet, to nnite in any arrangements for the funeral ceremo nies. After tlie programme forj tlie fneral shall have been perfected, . the President will be notified by the Secretary of Stite, and an executive oitler will be Issued an nouncing the death of the Vice President, ordering that departments to be closed and other suitable marks of respect! be shown to tlie memory of deceased. ! The following order, announcing the: death of tins Vice President, was issued by the President this afternoon ; J Kxecctive Mansion. Nov. 22.' It is with profound sorrow the President I as to announce to the people ol the United States, the death of Vice President Wilson. wn aiea in tnevipnai oi wv umu: otnicc, his devotion to the cause of teedoin and ability brought to the discharge of every dutv. stand conspicuous and are indelibly impressed on the hea rts and nfR-ctions of the American people. In testimony of re spect for the distinguished citizen and faith ful public servant, the various departments otthe govenimei.t will be closed on the day ot the funeral, and the executive Man sion and .ill executive departments In Wash L.irroii will be drnned with the badge of m. urntnsr tor 30 days. The secretaries of war arid navy will issue an onler that ap prop i ite military aud i:aval honors be rvn W..rl ih tlu memoi-v of one. whose virtens a. ,A sorvic -s will be Ions bariie in rcccol- iM-tinii bv a grateful nstioii. ! " U. S. GRANT. Bv the President : i : "Hamilton Fish. Sec'y of State. i Madrid. Nov. 20 Government has de-' termbied that nil nu-eljriurs tried In Cuba for participating In the insurrection neai lowed to have counsel. El OmniMn says tlie lat dispatch 1mm Washington was dis- Aliased at a uamuct council . Yeimav. xne present saustaciory siiuiiuuu pnnmwa a tavoral le and early settlement of all peild- ' tug nueti ns affecting our' relations with ! th United States. . s 4. : i -' j . Washington. Nqv. 20 The postmaster general received a teU-srani from Browns- - ville, Texas, to-ilii3, reporting another mall robbery on tlie Corpus Chrlsti line, supposed - by bordur Mexicans. .j,fri;i t SdsoBS Cal., Nov. 2I.-r-Durlne the the upper One following in a boil t an hoN carrying off bridges aud houses, and drown ing several Chinamen; All malls delayed trom Tuesday till this evening. New Yokk, Nov. 19 A Londori special says that after the Cabinet Conncil Sundayj a telegram was sent advising the Prince or W ales to return. Tlie reason assigned by the correspondent for this action of tlie" Cabinet is the unsatisfactory attitude of the native pri'ices. Not a single receptihn lias been proffered by any one of these in tlie Madras Bengal presidencies. AH enter- ; t a in men t thus tar given have been given by Knglish. There is no concealing the ," fact that the native princes view the visit ' unfavorably. . Beulin, Nov. 19 The list of German " exhibitors at the Centennial exhibition at " Philadelphia will number 1,140. The pres idents of provinces, at the suggestion of the Empress, are collecting all articles connect ed with the treatment of tlie wounded ill time of war. Tliey willi be exhibited togrther. One or the objects of interest will be a complete train fitted 6t express- iy to transport ine sick and WOOlMled. San Sebastian. Nov. 10. Carlist Gen. Mirel is negotiating with the antliofities- ftf Puycerda with a view to bringing a truce. All Intelligence reeefvetl hers- indi cates that a settlement of the war is Inevit able in consequence of the xteaBtiof mid disorganization of Carlist. London, Nov. 21 The fcwt storm was most disastrous to shipping craft especially on the east coast. Fourteen lives are al ready reported lost and many vessels missing. The brig FlizabeOt. , wrecked off Whitby,and the bark Fairy Q'ee,ofCalai, and all on board both vessels, were lost. Washington, Nov. 21. The jury in the case of John Fowneri for alleged murder of Thomas A. Kinnard, the paramour of his wife, was discharged to-uar being un able to agree. Ten were for acquittal. London, Nov 20. The coast between between Yarmouth aub Lowestoft is strewn with wrecks. Three vessels are ashore on Goodwin. ' .,- . - Sloane Richards; metal broker at Birm ingham, tailed. Liabilities estimated at about $ 500,000. Vienna, Nov. 21. Francis V., Duke or Modena. who was dispossessed, is dead. London, Nov. 21 Don Carlos Is ill at Durango. The Mexican authorities have deliv ered 72 ot the catt'e stolen fiom th American side at I3rownsvil!e, and all was peaceful yesterhay But Gen. Ord, in his official 'repor ,,of thejl)e partment of Texas, recommends more? effective measures to prevent Ttfexicai raids and outrages on the froiiiieiF. ' ' The St. Louis jury found McDonald, the crooked whisky man, guilty on all the counts. Mis bail is fixed at $65, 000, and he was in the Marshal's custo dy. The maxium penalty is; 25 years imprisonment and fine unlimited almost, and the minimum four years. I O'I.eary won the walking match . in New York against Weston,;' and is now the champion in that walk. lie finished 1. is 500 miles in ' 5 days, 22 hours, 32 minutes from the time of starting. eston walked only 451. O'Leary was presented wiih gold medal. Pays the Olympia Standard : "NewcastV is the lame of the. new town of the Seatt'e I'oal Company. It already claims a population ot 400, and is petitioning fun daily mail. Some starving publisher will dodge in there soon with a hat-full of tpe, ahd then its progress will be steadily onward. Brick Potneroy denies that he lias suspended, and wiirsne f&r libel the paper that says he has. He' says he sunk $400,000 fighting Tweed's King, and is a voluntary bankrupt to retrieve his loss. He might as well be suspend ed, anyhow. - Navy officials say that reffitting war vessels has no reference to Spain 'of to c Cuban affairs. .. - " f ' f ; The down train killed a horse near Sliedd station, Wednesday. "! ALBANY FOUNDRY ind. 31 et c l i i t S li o"i 9 A. F. CIIEBnY Proprietor, , ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engines, Flour and Sar Mill Macliln- WOOD WORKING AGRICULTURAL UACHIKEny And all Klnas of j J.Ui . IROX AND BaiASM C'ASTUKIS " PartlTOlar attention pait tore pairing all ktnda of machinery. '--r: 41v . OHN SCHMEEl Groceries ':?& st. Provisions, ALBANY, DREG01w,r HA8 JtTSTOPEVF:Tm3'N E w ttrt6ttM estalli.hment on aomastM Kllnworth and First streets, with a luwli stock of frooerle. Provisions, Cnn5t(-, Cfmrs, 'o Imoeoj Jbo., to whlcli be invUu iIm fAtrra tion or our -eittocna. - - - 1 j In connection with the store tie will keep a Bakery, and will always save on hand a fuU supply of fresh bread, eraokora, Ac tSF Call and see me. JOHN SCUSIE'B. February !S-Mv4 VV- D. DELDI U..C WHO M.VNlTFACTURErv'THE FftSsfT Kod Rmom ever -made In" Albany, -lias returned from fnlifornla, snrt loonted- HH-tjiunently . hi this city, where Jin. Ua : tMn omtnuienoedahe auuavfHctfiaa f .all kind of - - ' ' - - - r-' i n Brooms, " Br is!ie ' Ac. at Ills litotry on Tlrst street, M John Mctslw old Ataml. cant of MaRTiolwi Miltn, broom to call and secure it. of him. . ' ' . "V. 1. BEMnKO, H ' : JVlbany, Oct, W, 18 WT - " . '