VOLUME IX. ALBANY, OREGON, DECEMBER 1, 1876. NO. 10. BUSINESS CAHDS. JOHN CONNER, BANK! N G Exchange Office, ALBANY, OBEGO.1. DEPOSITS RECEIVED .U1UKCT TO chock at siiclu. , . Interest allowed on time dejwslts In coin. - Kxclwnge on Portland, Sua Francisco, nd Saw York, for stile at lorwt raiaa. Collections niadcand promptly remitted. Keiera to II. W. Corbett, Ilonry Kaillnr, W. S. Ladl. Ranking hours from 8 A. M. to P. M. Albany, Feb. 1, IS71-vS A. CAROTHERS & CO., iHwler In rUKHH AM, DIM, FAINTS, KS ULAVS, LVMI'S, ETC., All the poptilnr PATEXT ItaEOICIXK., KLXK CCTLEBT. CIGARS, TOBACCO, SOTIOSS PEBFtXIXV, mid Toilet Goods. Particular care and promptness (rircn Physicians' prescriptions ana Family Hec I1WA. A. CAROTHERS CO. Albany, Oregoii-4v5 , II. J. BOI GUTOX, M. D., t GRAItl'ATK OF THE FXIVEK-SITY Medical College of New York, late member of Bcllevleu llplt) Meilkitl toi ler. New York. Office-Ih A. Carothen A Ca.St droit store, Albany, Oregon. KfiaSOOXICS UISTAXC'EV. THE BAI TEAM ST1U.'UTES, AX I IS FI.OURISFIIXO I.IKE A OBKES ba tree. Thankful for punt favors, ml wishin-j; to meril t he contjnnance of he same, the BAY TEAS! will always be i-wadv. nnd easily fonnd, to do any haulmtc within the city limits, for a reasonable .-otnuenwtt ion." fciSrW elivery of ooI tpveinlty. A. X. ARNOLD. iovS Proprietor. Piles! PilesT VVtlY SAY THIS DAMAGING ASK T troublesome complaint cannot lie ure t, when so manv evldenous of success ml-iht e placed before you every day cares of auD'josed hopeless cases.' Your hvsician informs von tliat the longer you Ulow th3 co'up'.ainl to exist., you lessen your chances for relief. KzprUmce ha aufftU Uirjc in ail caxrm. A. "wolher 6c Co. Pile Pills and Ointment are all they are recotnmendea to be. Will cure Chronic, Riind and Bleeding Files in a very short tiino and are cmiTniinl to ur. This nreoaration is sent by mall or ex press to any point within tho United stales at i 3U per pacKaice. Address. A. CAMOTIIERS A CO., Tv5 Dox S3, Albany, Oregon. The Eusene firemen are making ar rangements for a grand ball at Lane's Hall on Christmas eve. JOHN SCHMEER, DEALEB tX Groceries & Provisions, ALBANY,- OREGON. HAS JUST OPEXED IHS NEW GKOCKR establishment on eornar of Ellsworth and First streets, with a fresh stock of tirocerios. Provisions, Candies. Clirars, To- tncoo. Ac, to wnicn ne invnes me aiu-u lion of oar citUens, In connection with the store he will keep a Rakerj-, and will always nave oi liana a luu supply oi irtwn urea a, cracKers, c. &3 Call and see me. JOnX SCHMEER. February 16-8 1 v ALBANY FOUNDRY And Machine Shop, A. P. CHERRY Proprietor, ALBAXY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engines, Flour and Saw Jlill Machin ery, WOOD WORKING And AQRlCULTURALfilACHlNERY, And all kinau of IRON AK SttiASH i'ASTrXOS. Particular ttntlo paid to repalrinsr all kinds of machinery. 'v L. B. ROYAL rw t a ARtrvvn a Darlwv Rhnn on First Street XX one door west of Thompson A Irvln V har nes shop, where he will be pleased to meet all .Kn w.1uV. vnrk In hia linn. Ttinnkflll for Past i iiK, he hopes by close attention to brrM- i . in merit a continuance oi me same. tMp constantly on hand a foil supply of Fernnaerjr nd fair Oils, j;he best assortment in town. -Come and oc "Albany, Or., February 25, 187 6-23 v 8 S. C. 8TOXE, Bf. Physician and Surgeon, BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. imcw. Al ik Drns Hter S7v8 Isfti Honss; 4 ' Barber SI w CTUIE UXDEJI5R3XEI WOTJLO Bt3. tCT I fntlv thaitlr thd lJni of AlbBtl &l 1 VI cinlty for the liberal patronage be tow oa mm lor i ne pent seven years, anu uopra future a continuation of their favors. M ttn aooommoitation of transient customer . n f i-Hjmas tn the ttpper part of town, he ta- jwn ed a neat little shop next door to TayiO ' Jroe fcaioon, where (rood workman will V fb attendanee to wall O.PO". iwtrons. itcll,!. " " .IOK trK3 ' TB SAMUEL. E. YOUNG, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, THRESHERS, REAPERS & MOWERS, WAGONS, PLOWS, SEED DRILLS, BROADCST SEED SOWERS, ETC. Flint utreet, Albany, Oregon. Terms : Oa.sdi. liiOv" St. Charles Hotel, Corner M'nsliin;fto" nnd First Ms., A LB AN Y, OREG ON, Matthews & Morrison, pno pru Errons. Iliine newly fm-nilie-l throughout. The the market nlTonlx iilwitys on lli tulile. Free Conrii to and from tSie House I. C. I1AKPER & tO., IValcrs in 33 X. ST G-003DS. riotbins:, I!KU sml !;obs, IIwls, t.roee- rt.n, I'siiry tlowh, Xotlons, Mtotjrnn Wallpaper, Wood nnd Willsw Ware, Tnuiks ntui Vulisew, Porkrt Cutlery, Ar., Ac, Sold very low either for cash, or to prompt pay; n:i. niij eiis:miei- on unit?. Furniture Warerooms. Fm:i3 cjiiaf. HAVIXtt purchased the entire interest of i. Collar in the late firm of (imf A Collar, in the furniture business, takes this opportunity to return hU thanks to the citizens of Allntny and vicliiitv who have so seneroqsly patron- ize'i him In the past, ana respee-iuiiy asu a contlm-anee of the same. fefAll kinds of lur- niiura kipt on hand and niuuulaetnre.i tooraur at lowest rates. FllliU OUAF. Alhauy, Xov. 12-vSnS RaiiSng and Moving Ils'llrtinp. 7"ETIIE CNDKRKiXKI) It KG LEAVE TO T announce to l n- einz'iis oi Ai.iany aim ( surrounding country that, nnvinirs.iipj.itea mir- inland removing huildinsrs. we are ready at all times to receive orders for such work, which we will do in short nr.lcr st lowest rate. We jruamiitec entire satisfaction in all work under taken bv us. Orders left nt th." KroiTr.n oH'ce promptly atfeutod to. Apply t. Alba. BAXTT, AI.I.KX Jt to. Or., April -23. 1S7.I. "A;vT X IX CK NIX Livery i Peed StaMe rop..vr.K WAHItNttTOS Ji FIRST STS., AAS. MARSHALL, Proprietor. CAHRIAfSF-S. tlUCGlLS. HACKS A SADDLE horses to let on reasonable terms. Horses lioarded bv the da v or week. I will have some of the gayest ri;js ever turn ed out of a livery stable in Albany. gif HEAUSE and carriages furnished for fu nerals. Give me a call when von want to ride. " ANS. MARSHALL. Anww.Marelt 10. ISTB-X.vS HARDWARE! BOLTS, till sixes a3 'eorfr tfou. A general HKF HAESSK WAltK -a l ull and complete as sortment. Stoves, Tinware, Tumps, Hose. Tin. Copper, Zinc and Sheet Iron, on liaud for sale, The Goldsmith Range, THE BEST MACK. CROCKERY WARE, The largest and most complete assortment in l ne city. Keeps all kinds of OILS & WHITE LEAD. XIic Finest & furct Liqaom Always ou hand, to be sold for medicinal uses. 3f RennlrltiK' done neatly, at short notice, and WABBAATtU. J. UliAOWtUlI,. First street, Albany, Oregon. n27v8 CI1AS. BOVRGABDES, WATCniJAKEU & JEWELER, Corner Flrat and Ferry Rt., ALIIASY, OREUOST. VTatchea, Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware, and Jewelry of every description and of the best manufactories, on hand for sale at fair rates. tT Cleaning and repairing Timepiece a specialty. fl&r Jewelry, etc.. repaired and cleaned on short notice at living rates. 6aS""Give nie a coll, and see for yourself. iiarch 3, 187o-Mr K SICFAIILAXD. WM. MOROAX- MORGAN & eFARLA!tD, BEAt ESTATE AGENCY H AXD EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Xpxt Door to Wells, I'nrjjo & Co" Exprean ; Office, Albany, Orejtou. WE ARE PREPA6il TO FCRKCTI E Mi grants and others (rood bjir(iins in farms and small homesteads in Linn and edir.InluK eounties. Farms in value and sire to suit pur? chasers. Also, elty property, both Improved and un lmoroved. . Eentinir farms and city property, and colloc timisntill kinds, nromntlv attended to. Onr fatalities for advertising will enable us to do more for onr patrons than any other Aireney in me Riaie in our ims. iVe lo lwy spocial attention to the employ men and lalior exchange department. lljatiy, May lJtfT FRIENDS I CITIZENS! ! COUNTRYMEN I! ! LEND US YOUR TRADE ! IfE IIWE JUST OPEXED OUT A SEW V and freh assortment of i PROVISIONS, ' ,&c. in Ir. Tate's new brick. First street, where (-'We would be plensed to i-orve vuu with any i thiitK In our line. our s'.utk was selected In San Francisco, by MR. JOHN' BARROWS, well known In this city, and xrn feel safe in Griiar VX3."fco oing TOtinuictlon to all who lavor us with their iit ronHjce. We will eadcuivor to kep on hand n full sup ply of Fresh. Vegetables', in their season, nt nil 1 imos. Vou are tnvitod to call and seetia. 1 LF.B & TATE. Albany, May 5, "75-33 . 'K. WILCOX, Ilomocopa tliio Physician. OFFICE wltliltr. K. II. Grifflii.'FIrst street. Allnviv, uiiiunr.. aeClutiiiio. diseases a j specially. 26v8 3. S.CA5.LAWAT, 31. I). FTER A rUACTICE OF JlEHdNE FOR il t weiitv-eiht venrs. in t he sitH!esf Illinois. Indiana, uml Iowa, hus ixmmnent ly lotnTed tllmm- i).-...-. iiU'l.l'l.' AT lie lium- r.H i),.-,,,r siore. IJKSIliKXCK Corner of Moutsromery and Eighth si reels, northciist of K V 13 X2. Y X3 O T "Y BUYS THEM. nAVIXG .ICST RKCKIVKD A LAIIOE PII1P meiit of t heeelebnvted new style Combined Drill and llroadcast STATESMAN CHAIN DRILL, direct from the factory, am now offering extra inducement to the farmers of Oregon. Most of the best fai-mei-s In I he Slate are now using them. j wn mir seen and an inereaseu yimu oi gram la t iie resnit of drillin". v&n usetl t.,inii.jy ,veu as a r!U or Broajlcast Seeder. The STATKSMAX GRAIN DRILL has been greatlv improved fortius vefir. Warerooms , it mv Hlacfcsmii h Shop, conierof Secoudund Kliswo.th streets, Albany, Oregon. rssAxri v. oo. Marcn 31, ls75-2d F. 53. SSIMK, Attorney at La-, Alhmiy, rejrora. )fficc m Frrnnan'i Hloelc. Prompt attention j?ien to irfl!wlions. conveyances and exnml nntion of tities. Probate business a specially. vOnS It. K. BIACKKIKS, ATTOHN'EY AT LA"V, BI.OWXSVII.LK. LIXX CO., OGX. iSSOWPT ATTEXTIOSI JIYE3f TO AM. business. 22v 3. C. PfrtVSI.I,. ! FMJfSI. roWET.T, & FLIXX. AStori:o.i A ('iitirclliiri nt Law and So. lieitotN iu 1inwry, Alhonv. lriiron. t'olleotions made and ron veyauees l-roiuptly ati ended to. 1-8 OFITf'K - At. Re'.l ft Parker's new drus store. KKSH KX(."K Seoind street, between rall roiul and MiiutRotnery. S-H . I. S. XLZT-'!I32ER, 31. 3. OFFICE At drnar store of C. A. Pbimmer, Kii si St., near Wasbinsrton. nFiDKM' Opnoit the V. I". Church, Albanv,Oi'egon. Xov 3, T-vlmO Pictures and Picture Frames. E. 13. PUHDOM Would announce to the citizens of Albany and viciiiitv.that he is prejiared to furnish all Kinds of l'lC'fX'RK FKA A 2CS to order, at short notice. Pict ures framed, and old frames repaired . ' 'at' athiso!iiee on First street, on door 'west of Broadalbin, and leave your oiriw-a n I'KOJIIT Ie!iverya at Livinsr Sateit. IIAVIXO bousht out the delivsry bnsiness oi Mr. Lewis Stiinson. I beer leave to announce to the citizens and business men of Albany, that : have on the street an express and lob waeon and will be happy to serve all who may give me a can. All order will be promptly attended to at reasonable rate. Orders may lie left at the Urng Store of Bell it Parker, , 44tllJ 1 AJMV1.U. W. R. G5SAIIA5I, (LATE OF MICKIOAX) Merchant Tciiloi?, TKEPS always on hand Ooesk ins, Cassimeres JV Vestlns, etc., a larger ana better stock; than ever before brought to this market. Cntsand nuikes to order all stylesof Clothinsr for men and bovs, at reasonable rates, fruarnu- teemr satisfaction. Shonon First street, next door to City Mar ket, lately oconpied or Ir. E. O. Smith. 3Sv8 $993 flant lie made by every agent everv mom n in ine uuninwa w furnish, but thoso willinjr to lars a day rlarht in their own localities. Have worK can easily earn a uozen am- no room to explain here. Business pleasant .nri honorable. Women, and bovs and frirls do as well as men. We will furnish you a com plete Ontflt free. The business pays better than anyttitcgelse. yye will near expense. or start in -ou. Particulars free. Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons and daugh ters, and all classes in iioed of pnyitigr work at home, should write io ris about the work at once'. Now is the time. pnt delay. Address Tri e A Co., Agrusta, Mama. . n26v9.j FOrt ' ' PLANK DEEDS. JScatly-exocuted, Call a tlie Register Ofiice I &Ai a."l tif.me. Atrcnts wanted. Outnl CAS XOTRISU BE BOAE BY F. M. CALLAWAY. Is there nought that can be done To stop this hellish work of rum ? Can not the subtle flend be chained, And human slaves from death reclaimed ? If there is a man that Jlve3 on earth Who hath a cause to curse hU birth, It surely must be the one Who deals hist fellows this accursed rum. ITe is the one who all his lite Engenders poverty and strife ; AHs the mother's heart with pain Distracts (he weary father's brain. He rot)3 the children of their bread ; By sorrow's cup alone they're ted ; To poverty, even death they've corae Victims of this hellish rum. A mother pleads her God iunvc An only son, a drunken slave ! He flies the sad bell toll Speaks but the fate of an Immortal soul. News conu-p, like a mighty tide, Of fearful death by suicide Some wretch the horrid deed has done To break the shackles of remorseless rum. Or else some one, with madened brain. Will his bands forever stain With the blood of some other one. rum. He hangs n"d both fall victims to cruel liumscllers, do you glory in your cmply ? Is it one that gives you joy ? When you see on every bn:ul, How it curses all tho land ! Is your object one of good ? Does it cive the hungry food ? Does it cheer the fainting heart? Does it joy or peace impart ? Will It serve you in the end, When with death you shall contend ? AVU1 y When 11 your consciences then be clear the shades of death draw near? Can you smile and say. I've done All I could to help each one. With a kind and gentle liar.d. To that bright and happy land ? Or will not a mighty wave of thought, Willi deeds of crime so strongly fraughr, Crush you with its towering might. And your life depart in night ? Let each one who loves the right. Strive and work with all his might To subdue this accursed trade. And this fiendish work be staid. Father", mothers, every one, j Let us not sit idly dumb, While this deamnn-work destroys All our future hopes and joys ; But let its work with steady hand To remove this curse from off the land ; Raise aloud the temperance cry. Resolved to fight it through or die. Albaxt, Or., Sept, 23, 1370. I fow lie Homirtert t!ie take. lie was a tramp, bound Chicagoward, and as he boarded the couplers at the rear of an in-coming engine, just across the line in Indiana, one recent dark and chilly night, he had faith to believe that he had a "soft thing" of it for a "cheap ride. But the conductor, with his eagle eye and rail way lantern, soon espied the moneyless passenger ou Ills unchushiotied and com fortless sent. Did he order him off? Xo. lie hail a deeper plot. lie let him remain while on and on went the train, from sta tion to station, until it reached a great tank, where the engines stop to "water up." " "Xow for him," grinned the heartless conductor, as he passed to the front. "Xow for him," he maliciously grunted, as he grasped the water-trough from the fireman's hands and directed it over the back end of the engine. "Xow for him," he fiendishly grunted, as he heard a Xoah's deluge pouring over the head and down the back of the luckless tramp. All grew still, and tlie conductor ordered his train to go on its way. convinced that he had drowned the tramp, or at least flooded him so fir away that he could nev er get back again. But when that conductor drove Into the depot in the early morning there was a surprise in store for him. "Be you the conductor?" inquired a shivering voice at his elbdw, as he stepped on the platform- "Yes, " said he. looking around and gaz ing upon a bedraggled and cindercovercd man. "Then I want to ask yer why yer don't run around tlie end of the lake itf coroin inter town ?" "I do," said the conductor. "Yer do?" "Certainly," was the reply. "Wall. 1 gosh !" muttered tlie stranger in a bewildered tone, "blast if I didn't think yer swum through the lake 1" The conductor then knew that his tramp still lived and was water-proof. Front a Distinguished Jurist. '1 have tried the Peruvian Syrup and the result fullv sustains vour prediction. It has mnde a new man of me, intosed Into my system new vigor and energy. I am no looser tremulous and debilitated as when you last saw me, but stronger, heart ier, nnn with larger capacity for moor, mental ana physical, than at any time uur the last five years." Sold by all drucgists. The familv nrorided with Glenn's Sul phur Soap need have no fear, if it is used freely, of Salt Rheum, Scald He&d, King Worm. Itch or any other of those annoy ing and disfiguring eruptions, which chil- ureu are so ape to contract at scnooi. Trout are plentiful In the streams near Oregon City. Facfllo Sailers, Dayton has no sidewalks. Finn, the Democrat, is elected in Idaho. Both saw mills at Gardiner are running on their fullest capacity. Mr. Lynch 's residence at McMinnvIUe came very near being burned. The weaving room at the Oregon City mills is to have four new looms added to 1c. Court was in session last week at Sno homish City. The Stilllrjminish tarmers raised 500 tons of grain this season. The Dayton Woolen mills run from 7 A. M. to 12 o'clock at night. The Italian company is repairing the Klk Horn mill at Idaho City. The grain crop of Snohomish county is ' estimated at 1,500 tons. Steilacoom people had a "hyas" masque rade on Thursday evening. . ' Xearly all the flax seed in Xortliern Idaho has been destroyed by rain. ? The road between Walla Walla and Wes ton is lined with immigrant wagons. The IT. S. Survey schooner Fontloroy will go into winter quarters at Olympia. An Oregonian went as far as Almota with $14,000 to purchase flax last week. It is rumored a newspaper will be start ed at Port Townsend. W. T. Wr. Drake is a candidate for May or of Victoria. Gov. Hendricks and wife called on Gov. Tilden on the 24th inst. The St'iltisriinn continues to agitate the subject of building a bridge across the Willamette nt Salem. The mail service between Roseburg and Empire City, the Coos Bay Record calls "disgraceful." The jury in the . Edwards vs Keating case, for breach of promise,-, stood G to C and was discharged. Waterwork commissioner Robinson, of Victoria, would not resign on request, so he has been dismissed by the Mayor. Several low bridges and culverts have been carried aw.'iy in Washington county, on accont of high water. Mr. R. Hurley, who is said to be one of the tet nsaaycrs in the State, says there is not the slightest trace of silver in tlie much talked of Wasco county ore. Stroup, of Clackamas county, interferred willi Boras v. hile he was rcparing tite road in front of the former.'s place, and had his head "ventilated" for his trouble. The affairs of Ilibben & Co.. reported bankrupt stationers in Victoria, have been satisfactorily settled and business will go on as heretofore. 1 " Tlie Sun Francisco election investigation committee say the increased vote was judi ciously scattered all over the city, and no signs of colonization appearing. Mr. Eggleston, of Corvallis, while ma nipulating nn Emerick saw, had a splinter run completely through his nose last week. It had to be cut out. A couple of Peoria hoodlums railed into each other at church last Sunday night in a wav that left no doubt as to their deter mination to fight it out 'then and there." While Mr. Hay was crossing the Minto bridge, on the Tualatin, below Hillshoro. that structure fell into the stream, fortu-1 nately not iiijuring'him or his horses. A Mr. Thompson, of California, has bought the placer diggings of Dry Gulch. at Quartzville, on the Santlam, and pro poses to bring water from the river in a ditch, with which t j work the extensive placers. Wheat 71 cents al Corvallis last week. A Chinese boy attends the Ililli-boro public school. The masqucrada skating carnival at Corvallis was the ayupiedest" thing yet. Dr Jones, of Salem, will archlress the medical department of the Willam ette University, on the 18th prox. The P. M. S. S. Co. will probab'y start a monthly line of steamers be tween Honolulu and San Francisco. It is reported that Pacheco is elected to Congress over Wiggleton in South ern California, by three majority. Dublin Pete, in a prize fight near Virginia City, on the 23d, whipped Jack Asliwa in 50 minutes. Fully 500 people witnessed the fight. I?ev. II. Vail, a Presbyterian minis ter, from Humboldt, fell down stairs, in San Francisco on the 23d, while in toxicated, killing himself almost in stantly, i The Kootenai mines pay from $3 to $6 a day. j McDonald, on the opposition ticket, has been elected President ot the Ken. tnck mine. In the coroner's inqnest at Sacramen to it was elicited that Moore's Opera House was considered an unsafe build ing by experts. The Catholic Fair at Frenclitown, Walla Walla connty, cleared about $300. One hundred Snake and Shoshone Indians have Joined General Crook at Fort Reno. Tbe total strength of his command is now 2,OQ0r Crazy Horse with 400 warriors is encamped on the Rosebud. ? L. Jewit recently brought to Seattle from Whidby Island a jaw bone 14 inches across and SO inches in circum ference abont the segment. - Tho only tooth in it weighs eight pounds and tour ounces. It is supposed to be a relic of some antidelnvian newspaper office bore. orK SEW YORK LKTTEtt. New Yokk, Xov. 10, 187C. , The ixectiox wedxesdat xigiit still cxcektain axticiiatioxs of trouble otiieij matters. the election. Xotliing is talked of or beard of in the city, bnt the election. It passed off here very quietly, there being but few fights, aiid no noting whatever. The night before the election, there was a little trouble in Desbrosscs street, in which one man was killed and two or three wounded. A colored club from Jersey City had participated in a Re publican parade, and were on their way home. Xow, it has been tho rit's in this city, that an Irishman had a per fect right to beat and maltreat a negro, whenever and .wherever lie' chose; and it has never been expected that the Ethiopian would r?sist. - Consequently a party of Irish' Pemociats assaulted these ncgiv ics with a shower of brickbats j and stones, an.l made tho nsual rush j upon them. They were astonished. Tl'.e i;egroes most of them had served in the army drew np in -order, and poured a volley. into their tanks from; rcvo'vers, and then charged upon them : with knives. This was so complete a reversal of all rule and precedent, that the Irishmen did not understand it. To kill a "r.agur," was good sport, but to have a "naguv" kill them was not so amusing. Suoh of them as were able lied tiigloribusly, and the negroes pro ceeded very quietly on their way. The "nigger" is getting to have rights which red-nosed men are bound to respect. They wore at the polls all day Tuesday and voted the same ns other people, much to the disgust of the thousands of naturalized Irish who hold this city in their hands. Tuesday night was an eventful right in this city. A drenching rain that had been falling all day continued all the night. '.Hut it had no effect upon the eager aud excited populace. The head quarters of the National Repullican Committee were at the Fifth Avenue IloteJ, and as early as seven o'clock the streets in tho vicinity. wer crowded with an excited mass of people, await ing news of the result. Tweuty-third strppf, Fifth avenue, and the streets ad jacent were packed with a throng, with and without umbrellas, all eager to hear the returns, and know who was to be the next President. The doors of the committee rooms were guarded by policemen to keep but the impatient throng who had money, or what was more, opinions, staked upon the result. At eight o'clock the news commenced coming in. It was all one way. New York city had gone Democratic by ma jorities which no one anticipated, and tbe Republicans looked blue, and many of them went home feeling that chaos had come again, and that there was no hope for anything in this world. Fol lowing this came the returns from Indi ana, showing a complete and over whelming Democratic victory in that State, and there was another exodus ot Republicans. Then I left the Fifth Avenue Hotel and went down to Tammany Hall and Irving Hall, the headquarters ot the Demociaey. The scene was quite dif ferent. All was jubilation and joy. There was more drunkenness, more nn reasoning, unmeaning jubilation than I ever saw before or ever want to see again. 3len who expect places under Tilden, men who have promises of posi tions in the event of a Democratic suc cess, were reeling drunk in tho hope of the victory which they believed they had achieved, and they did not conceal their exultation.' The rum-mills in the vicinity were packed with them, and the entire territory was made as complete a pandemonium as the most malicious devil that Alilton ever painted conld have desired. ' And so through the whole of Tuesday night. The Demo cratic quarters of the city were awake anddrunk. Wednesday morning a change came over the spirit of tliir dreams. New Vork had gone Democratic, so had In diana, bnt they woke up to the realiza tion ot the fact that to elect Tilden the Southern States were necessary, and there were grave doubts as to whether he had got them all. Florida looked badly for them South Carolina was in doubt, North Carolina was ditto, and Louisiana looked certain for Hayes. Tbe Democracy suddenly got sober and began to behave itself. The exultation of the drunken night before 'settled down into tho sobriety cf a doubt. It was not impossible that Hayes was elected after all, and possibly they had been counting chickens before they were hatched. WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL TJXCERTAIX. Ten thousand men ; who had been promised positions under Tilden began to look bine. The news came that Florida had gone for Hayes, and that Louisiana and South Carolina had done likewise. Evidently they had rejoiced before their time. Thursday morning, Florida, South Carolina; Louisiaiia,IIayea! Hayes, 185 votes, just enough to elect. De mocracy blue, and a little animation, observable among Republicans. But the bets ! Immediately the Democratic papers commenced issuing false bulle tins. Reports came., in all day that these States had gone for Tilden, and crowds of people thronged about the various newspaper offices to see the latest. And in the pool-rooms up-town, the old gamblers who had put their money upon Tilden, took advantage of these lying bnllolins they were dis. played in their interest to quietly ' hedge .by having others bet upon Til den, while they, by the help of their outside friends, were quietly making themselves good by placing their money on Hayes. Whatever may be the re sult, and at this writing it is impossible to say, this is what the Democratic gamblers are doing. AXTlCIP.VnOXS OF TROUBLE. Tho Democracy hve already lore shadowed their purpefe. In the event of Hayes' election, thy intend to claim that it was" effected " by fraud, and to dispute it. Tho Iferaltl this morning gave the keynote of their purpose in prognosticating a civil war if the elec. lion shall bo decided by a single vote, Tbe Democracy of New York, backed up by the solid Sou'h, intend it the election is decided for Hayes by a ma,, jority of one or two States, to put in a claim ot fraud and dispute it. lhat this is their purpose is evident from the expressions that have been made on the streets and in their newspapers, when ever tho returns indicated the mccesa of the Republican ticket. Desperate men can make trouble, but it is difficult ; to see what they can do when the Gov, eminent happens to be in the hands of . the conservative class of the people, whose only interest is in favor of law and order and opposed to the Mexican, izing process of deciding elections by revolntionarv mpt.hndR. If this in at tempted it will come to an ignominious end. The United States is not Mexico, atid" Mexican processes will not have support. If Hayes is elected he will be inaugurated, and woe be to the faction -that stands in the way. OTUEft MATTERS. There it- no use of writing of other matters, for there is nothing but the election thorght of or spoken of. Busi, ness is entirely suspended, and nothing is thought of or talked of but- tl e elec- t.inn i Whn that is nvpr I will trv tn write you something of general interest. Just now the city is a buzzing mass ot eiKjuirers after electjoh news. ; ' ; - j. ( -Purr no, ; " A Boy of liitTerlodr"'- 1 Parents are born to be a great trouble to their offspring. When I wa ever . 1.1,1. T 1 T 4 j-. tx.,M. BU UlblC A. CIlliriLlL;! 4 Li ICU lVS llil Uf the kitten by my whip-lash, and mother took the kitten aw-ay; boxed my ears, and went arid drowned it herself the next day. So she had all the tun her, self. And father's worse than mother, lie told me to take care of the pennies and the dollars would take care ot themselves, so I and Ben Smith formed an anti-swearing club. We.had a rule that for every profane word we aned we would pay a cent into the treasury. iit 1 1 . r- . . - -1 f day, but when we divided and I fetched thirty-seven and a halt cents home, father said it was a bad business, whip ped me and broke up the clnb. How is a fellow to know when he is doir.g right? If I had no parents to hound me an uud I'd beat George Washing, ton all holler, for I'd cut down every c'.itrry tree in the garden, and own it, too. If I was an orphan I know what I'd do. Ben Smith and me would go, to a desolate South sea island and stir up the goats and monkeys and things, . fry toadstools, cat oranges a spelj, then we'd make a 6hip and sail around the world. What's the use of drying up in one place? I told mother one day, when she wouldn't give me ten cents, that I meant to go i a whal:ng and I hoped a whale would swallow me, as one did Jonah, aud then she -wouldn't never see me again, Ifor I can't swim. She said I would be likely to make such a visit, for I would! turn the whale's stomach mighty soon after I got there. Wasn't she bully ? jlf I were a parent 1 know what 1 would do I'd keep still and mind my own business, and let my children have some fun. There's Tom Curtis lives with his aunt, and has a bujly time, lie goes woodchuck tng on Sundays, has no best clothes, crawls under the canvas of every circus.. tent, earns money j at every theatre, sleeps in the stable when he likes, and always has his pocket full of peanuts. He says he wouldn't be bothered with parents if he could have 'em for noth. ing, and he thinks if I hadn't any it ....,11 Ix mnnov In mv tvwkot- Thom'n v J ai A ' . - U my sentiments, , ' Eliot Spaulding took an active part in a Methodist meeting at St, Albans, Vt. one recent evening. He prayed fervently and exhorted eloquently. At midnight lie was caught in the depot stealing baggage. lie had taken his boots, so aa to move noiselessly, and had collected six valises for removal. In jail he sings hymns. The Sheriff of Whatcom county has a little back pay grab ot his own. He claims the right to be present and open the sessions of the board of county com missioners and has rendered a bill cov ering sucn services ior mere inn - years, The commissioners "don't see It," and the parties are belligerent. The Taccnia and Fuyallup railroad has contracted for 40,000 tie?.