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J. QUIXX T1IOI1XTOX,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Albany, Oregon,
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lionton and Polk counties. Five pr cent charged
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junl9v4uttyl.
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citizen f Polk ana adjoining coumita.
Kola, July 2C, IS57.
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OFFICE OF CCLNTY SCHOOL SUPESIXTEX'T,
AT WATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB
anon. on tho Saatiaat. Post of5ee address,
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T9n4ily Co. School Superintendent.
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JOHNS.
ATTORNEY AT I A IV,
ALBANY, OREGON.
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ILIGENT attention will be given to all busi-
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dii. i;. ii; g Kirns
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Full upper an 1 lower set of Art. Teeth, $29 to ?v0
Full upper or IoweT " ' 4 " $15 to $25
I'iTot teeth. $2,i 3 each. FilHog teeth, from $ 1 to
$3 each ea.itr. Extraefin-. i0 cents per t-K.tb.
Cleansing. i6 crnts to $1,50, Other minor opera
tions ia proparlivn. Terms. U. S. coin or its
equiraleut. .
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Albany, Oregon. r3n33tf.
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WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DE5IR
ing Artifi -ill teeth and first-class Dental
Operation, to give him a call.
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Brick, Albany, Oregon.
Residence, eomer of Second and Raker streets.
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I 1 ;on- Vfottd and Willow Ware, Confection-
err. Tobieeo. Ci;afs. Pipes. Notions, et. Store
v. , w r O '
ou Maine street, t-djoining the Express office, Al
bany, Oregon.
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THE EYES! THE EARS!
DR. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCULIST AND AURIST,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Ut. Colden fa f oa of the noted Old Ophthalmic
Doctor. S. C. Gohlen). has had experience in treat-
ia r tke rwiona diseases to which the eye and ear
are iitjeci. tod f ;eu connaeat oi giving euuro
atiiifWticn La tktio who may place themselves
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ELKIXS,
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JUSSEEE i& EEHISS,
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tr.Tr . ......
ALBANY, OREGON".
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ExrCletk of Jinn county, Oregon, we are
eaabled to' fid to our practice f law and collec
tions, superior faeiltles for
(JonYeyanciig, jiaminiiig Eecords,
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Attending- to Probate Easiness.
Deeds, Eonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Homeste id and Pre-emption papers made
and Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti
ated, and loans erected on Collateral securities on
reasanable rates.'
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. - RUSSELL & ELKINS,
Oct. 6, 186S v2ntf
ALBANY BATH HOUSE I
rnnE undesigned would eespect
1 fully inforn the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity tfcat he hag tikea charse of this Establish
merit, and, by ke :pinj clean rooms and paying
strict attention to fcasinesa, expects to suit all those
who may faror hi n with their natronaire. Haying
tjeretofora carried on nothing but
First-Class Hair Dressine: Saloons,
he expects to ; give entire sati.-f.icMon ti all
55-CL'tldien t nl LaJles' Hair neatlv cut and
' fcutapoood. ' JOSEPH WEUBEll.
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VOL. V.
SIX O'CLOCK P.M.
Tie workshops pen wide their doors
At six o clock p. nn,
And workmen Issno out by scores,
At six o'clock p. m.
Of all the minute in array.
Of hours that go to mako tie day,
There's none so welcome, so Ar say,
As six o'clock p. m.
How many children show delight
At six o'clock p. m.l
How many homes aro rendered bright
At six o'clock p. in. t
How many little happy foct
Go out in:o the buy street,
With joyous bounds papa to meet,
At six o'clock p. ra. I
Thousands of tables draped in white.
At six o'clock p.m.,
The gathered families unite,
At six o'clock p. in. ;
And as they cat the frugal fare,
1 hey quite forget their toil and care,
And drop their heavy burdeus there".
At six o'clock p. ia.
Then blow, yo tdirieking whittles, blow !
At ix o'clock p. iu,
And let the weary toilers go
At six o'clock p. ia.
Rinjf out, releasing tells ring out !
And li l the welkiu Uko the gbiut.
And echo it all round about,
"J wxo 'clock p. ia. I"
( mm j in i iji ii ii ii j ii i in ii
ENVY OFA LOVE-SICK YOUTH.
When old Carlo siU on Sally's chair,
Ob ! don't I wish that I wero there?
When her fa'ry finders pat hi bead,
Oh ! duut I wish 'twas me instead?
When Sally's arms his neck imprison.
fh i don't I wish my nei k was bia'n ?
When Sally kie Carlo' wta,
Oh ! dou't I wi.h taat I wero those?
IVIIY WOMEX ( AXXOT 111 ?XAUi:
At the late anniversary celebration
of the Masons at Anatin, Nevada, the
orator of the day thus discoursed the
question ""Why cannol a woman be
made a Mason 't" It has the merit of
novelty at least. The speaker aid :
"Woman sometimes complains that
she is not permitted to enter our Lodg
es and work with the craft in their la
bore, and learn all there is to be learn
ed in the institution. We learn that,
before the Almighty had finished his
work, he wa-j in some doubt about cre
ating Eve. The creation of ever' liv
ing and crcejiiifT thin- had leen ac
complished, and the Almighty had
made Adam (who was the last Mason)
and erected for him the liuest Lodge
in the world, asd called it 1'aridise
No. 1. He then caused all beasts of
the field and fowls of the air to puss
before Adam for him to name them,
which was a piece of the work he had
to do alone, ho that no confusion might
thereafter arise from Eve, whom ho
knew would make trouble if she was
allowed to participate in it, if he crea
ted her beforehand. Adam being vcrv
nure h fatigued with tl:e labors of his
task, fell asleep, and when he awoke
he found Eve in the Lodge with him.
Adam being Senior Warden, placed
Eve as the Pillar of Beauty in the
South, and thev received their instruc
tions from the Grand Master in the
East, which, when finished, she imme
diately called the craft from labor to
refreshment. Instead of attending to
the duties of her cflice, as she ought,
she left her fetation, violating her obli
gations, and let in an expelled Mason,
who had no business there, and went
round with him, leaving Adam to look
after the jewels. The fellow had been
expelled from the Grand Lodge, with
several others some time before. But
hearing the footsteps of the Grand
Master he suddenly took his leave,
telling Eve to make aprons, as she and
Adam were not in proper rejralia.
She went and told Adam, and when
the Grand Master returned to the
Lodge he found his gavel had been
stolen.
He called for the Senior and J unior
Wardens, who had neglected to guard
the door, and found them absent. Af
ter searching some time, he came to
where they were hid, and demanded
of Adam what he was doing there, in
stead of occupying his official position.
Adam replies they were waiting for
Eve to call the craft from refreshment
to labor again, and that the craft was
not properly clothed, which they were
making provisions for. Turning, to
Eve he asked her what she had to of
fer in excuse ior ner unomciai, un ma
sonic conduct. She replied, that a
fellow passing himself as a Grand Lec
turer had been giving ner instructions,
and she thought it would be no harm
to learn them. The Grand Master
then asked her what had become of
bis gavel ; she said she didn't know
unless the fellow had taken it away. -Finding
that Eve was no longer
trustworthy, And that she had caused
Adam to neglect his duty, and had let
in one whoni He had expelled, the
Grand Master having closed the Lodge,
and turned them out, set a faithful
Tyler to guard the door with a flaming
sword. Adam, repenting his folh'
went to work like a man and a good
Mason, in ' order to aet reinstated
aain. xiot so with Eve : she got an
gry about it and commenced raising
Cain. Adam, on account oi nis rei
ormation, was permitted to establish
Lodges and work m the lower degrees;
and wrhile Eve was allowed to join in
the work of charity outside, she was
never again to be admitted to assist m
the regular wrork of the craft. Hence
the reason why woman cannot become
a Mason.
A man who married a particularly
plump specimen 01 woman-iana, oe
mg a bit of a wag told her one day
that she filled the measure of his mat
rimonial joy full, for she was beauti
ful, duti-ful, and an arm full.
, The Wabasha (Wis.) Herald , speak
ing of the qualifications of a candidate
for the ofuco of coroner, hays: "He
will tit on a corpse with more real
ability and grace, than any other man
of our acquaintance."
ALBANY,
THE PA Its EE EETTEItH.
No. 32.
2b Horace Greeley ;
Sahib : Full of hope, I wont to Bos
ton to submit to the Atlantic Works
specifications for two iron bhips of
1,000 tons each, old measurement.
I must, however, stato first that the
price Maro asked for an iron shin of
1,000 tons, old measurement, readv
equipped for tho sea, is fourteen
pounds sterling per ton, old measure
ment, or exactly, in gold dollars, $7TI,-
iu. i. smp oi d.vuu ions wouia, merc
fore, cost 7(5,700, gold. ,
1 was received by tho ven' intelligent
and gentlemanly fcahib, who is treas
urer of tho company, very cordially. 1
soon felt satisfied thatDhaniibhoy Atad-
di of Bombay was right, the Ameri
can; are per : the nation of nations to
build ships. The letters of introduc
tion I brought from my New York
banker at once convinced tho treas
urer that I was ready to order and pay
cash down for two iron ships ; 1113' spec-
liiuiiuuii wvxv suumuicu to uiu engi
neer, officials, &c., and after looking
over tho extensive works for hours with
tho treasurer eahib, w e returned to the
ofijee.
The calculations bad in tho meantime
been made very carefully. The price
was 125 currency, or $1)0, gold, at my
option, per ton, uld measurement.
The option whether the payment was
to le made in gold or currency was to
be decided by me within fifteen days
after the signing of the contract.
Mj' heart- the stout heart of a Fire
Worshipper sank into my Pursee pat
ent leather boots when L heard this
price; my commission was gone; Es
sebhoy's daughters, Diamond and Ilu
by Bangles, were not worth ho much
jxtsi'e livable!, if they depended upon
the commission to begot from the pur
chase of tho two ships; all vanished in
to thin air as soon as 1 heard of the
price;
A A 1 I
b," said I "look at the "offer
Mare has made my Bombay friends
through Forbes Forbees. liti offers to
build and equip a thousand ton iron
ship for 14 per ton old measurement,
or in ,:o!d Fay 70,700; w hile you ak
me S'JO.OOO for a similar vessel; I can
not, therefore, entertain the offer. But
I will telegraph from hero to London,
and my friends there will telegraph to
Bombay the price, and I Khali await
instructions. But I can hardly 1m
lieve that my friend iu Bombay would
give .513,210 gold more for an iron
t;L:p tliau he could get 0110 in Scot
land "Sir," said the polite treasurer na
hib, "t grieves me to think that with
our capital, and wHJingutvii to employ
it, we should loose the chance of build
ing two iron vcssolsl But I feel till
more ashamed, humiliated, and cita
gineu
policy
to know that mv country's Inul
and my country's chins lt-gi:!&-
tion fo
rbidme, and tho company I rep-
reseiit
to send American ingenuity.
American marine architecture to your
country, to that laud where our wood
en ve.-isi.-ls achieved ho high a reputa
tion that they not only had the pre
ference, but always commanded a high
er freight than any other hhips.
"I know full well that it will not
lead fc business, altho' you will do
your duty and telegrapli; our ship
building is iu the clutches of a rapa
cious, monopolizing iron oligarchy, up
held by class legislation, against which
we cannot fight." "Indeed," contin
ued the sahib, "we resemble very
much that poor Frenchman, Lucas,
who was attacked the other day by his
own lions in their cage. The lioness
jumped at his throat, just as the pig-
' ' . l . 1 .! 1
iron men jump at ours; ana, as n mat
were not enough, tho old lion whose
teeth were less sharp, attacked poor
Lucas h legs, lust as the general tariff
iuto o Jun' " gfucfm uiriiijbiiip 01 i,uuu ions wiui ner ouua
does ia gnawing at tho sails, timber, I said the sahilK "would be about jl ,000,
brass, glass; in fact, everything we j 000 pounds. Two : cents ' per pound,
use in equipping a ship." . ' whieti is the enhanced price through
'Ha, sahib!" said I, but you know
the humble Spanish servant of Lucas,
whose name ought to be remembered,
bravo Jbiez,foughtthe beasts off, and
brought his master out in triumph."
"A1rc " c?ili?l tvIHi ' til il
ancholly smile; "thero is a brave1
Mcndez even in this country, who dealt
hard blows at the beasts, not with -the
butt-end of a revolver, but with his
nni " t
pen. lms courageous ueast-tamer.
whose name is D. A. Wells, keeps the
animals at bay. But the damage is
done; the wounds have been dealt; we
are bleeding, and getting weaker every
day. Of course, we don't mean to
follow the example of poor Lucas, and
die of our wounds; but heavenly good
ness only knows how long our suffer
ings will last, j s
'Sahib," said I, "as it will take a
few da3"s before I get an answer to my
telegram, 1 would be glad if you would
give mo a little information about iron
ship-building, the stato of tho ship
ping trade, c., &c." . U. J - v -
The polite sahib was but too crlad to
give 'me all the information I desired,
O Greeley, sahib, 1 shall have the sad
pleasure to give it you in my next let
ters. Admiringly yours, ,..-r..;; ; i r
' A. Ccriosebiioy, Parseo . merchant
of Apollo street, Bombay. II ! 1 ! i
: :.: No. 33. "
To Horace Greeley : :
Sajiid : 0 1 most renowned political
economist, I open 'this' with a deep
regret. ' I had such a surprise in store
for you, which now is frustrated;
namely : I liad made up my : mind to
prevail on Essebhoy's uncle, Dhan
jibhoy Waddi, to namo one of tho ves
sels after you. I had - already procur
ed carte do isite ; of; your benevolent
face, and out of my own commissions
I was going to appropriate enough for
a Knit-ble. ligul'o-liCad. . . . :
Behold, tho chance you have lost.
Imagine tho faft Hailing, iron clipper
Horace Greeley, fahil, ploughing
OIIEGON, i'MDAY, .J AN U Ait Y 21, 1870.
tho China seas with her noblo effigy at
tho prow; entering a China port, tho
natives all crowding round the ship in
mu to wonder at tiro benignant head,
pointing at it as the representative, tho
defender of their rights in tho great
republic. These Chinese, might even,
seeing your benevolent faeo as repre
sented in tho figure-head, have chang
ed their long-standing, insulting cry
of fang-Ivy against all whito men; this
is nowdost, thauks to tho iron monop
olies of this country. There is not tho
remotest chanco of any iron ships that
I cau buy here being named after you.
But let mo givo you a little informa
tion which I am Euro you will apxro
ciato. "Sahib," Haul I tft the treasurer,
"tell me, can Americans build iron
vessels equally as strong aud durablo
as tho Scotch r
"Sir," said the wihib, "American
iron is . unquestionably superior to
English in strength, toughness, and
liability to oxidation. Plates of Brit
ish ship iron, obtained from wrecks, iu
repairs of British hulls on our coast,
have lwen found so far inferior to
American ship plates, that it cau be
demonstrated that thero would bo
greater strength in one-mteenth less
thickness of American plating. .
"In that case," miid I "you would
not use foreign iron for your iron
hhips r
"Decidedly and emphatically, No!
wiid the Kahib; 'one-sixteenth less iron
gives us at once an advantage of 0 per
cent, in that material."
"In that case," said I, "how does
the tariff on iron injuroyou so much?"
"You see," said tho Kahib, "ship
plates have to bo made from pig-iron,
and pig-irtfn is taxed $0 per ton duty.
This, of cotiro, raises tho price of
Amerieaii-mado iron. Thus, for in
stance, when tho duty on pig-iron wan
only 10 percent, in lbOl, wo bought
American-made pig-iron for ?21 to $22
gold. The equivalent gold price now
is from $:11 to f:j2a ton. This duty on
tho crudest form of iron, or, in other
words, the enhanced price that the
American pig-iron is held for now, in-
crca3 the price of ship-plates 2 cents
a pound currcucv. But if- phr-iron
from abroad was only subject to a $3
dollar duty, wo should have ship-plates
at least l ccnt'-s a iKJuml cheaper."
"In that ca:c," said I, "tho iron-
. 1 t ..11. . 1 i...
jja;;iu luuiT in nut tin? yfi'.iuvi.
"No!" taid the sahib, "they are as
bad off as we are. Tho iron-rollers,
the iron foundries, all the iron-workers
are badly vfX. All hinges ou the
Stiil Kihib," said I, there is, if I
am not mistaken (for I have seen it
Homewhcre,) 1,700,000 tons of pig-iron
consumed iu this country annually.
Surely that is immense.
"Ha!" mid the nabib. "how little
do you know, cau you know of our
country. If iron were cheap, we would
consume double tho amount. We are
forty millions of people. We always
didu;e more iron than any other na
tion. The nature of our lands, of our
great country, of our facilities demand
it of us. "Far from diminishing the
home production of iron if there were
a duty of $3 a ton, wo should actually
produce more iron here;" tho only dif
ference would be that the pig-iron men
would cam less money.
"If I could think," said tho sahib,
"that a 3 duty would cIoko up our
ig-iron production, I should bo the
last man to ask it. No! I know tho
iron industry would bo on a stronger,
moro solid ba&is, and would thrive,
llotirish aud expand much moro than
it does now, . -
"What amount is the prico of a
thousand ton ship enhanced by this
duty" said I?
"Tho weight of iron in an iron
shin of 1,000 tons with her outfit
tho dutv, therefore makes a difference
of .20,000 currency."
"You have also," said I "besides
this, to competo with foreign labor."
To this tho sahib replied, and his
rcq)iy 1 wouia particularly impress
upon your mmd, O, urceley, sahib.
He said :; :
"Although the labor of workmen is
nominally milch higher in the United
States than in Lnglaud, it has been
found that with the greater intelli
gence and industry of American work
men, and our ingenious application of
labor-saving machineiy, American la
bor is not so much moro costly as alone
to turn tho scalo of cost in favor of
Britain.',', Yours, ever admiring,
: ; - A; Cuuiosiauoy.
Parsed Merchant of Bombay.
From the Augsta (Oa.) Constitutionalist
A STRANGE STOUY.
In 1847, the bloody story of tho Duke
and Duchess of Prasljn startled tho world.
Through the wiles of one M'llo Henrietta
de Luzy, a governess in tho ? family, the
Duke was estranged from his wito. .The
Duchess insisted upon tho departure 0
tho, woman from her houso.V She left the
house, but did not quit .'Paris "Not long
alter this; the JJuehess was murdered' in
her. chamber at night : the Duko was ar
rested as the assassin arid M'llo do Luzy
taken as an accomplieo. I he suicide 0
the5 Duko s stopped all proceedings, and
M lie do Luzy escaped to America. ; n e
noW learn. that. she subsequently became
the: wife of , o'no of the parsons who per-
formed tho mock marriage at Richardson's
death bed.. The; namo of the reverend
gentleman is not given,' but the public eye
is, fastened 'upon 0.1 B. Frothinghahr, and
ho, has been called upon ;to say if -this ac
eount be true, and if so, how far his own
relation : with the woman do Luzy influ
enced hi free love doctrines iu arid out
of. this 'pulpit. ' " . :
of music
o' " a
NT ATE HEWN.
From the Herald. .
Oa Monday, Jan. OU, a man named
Robert Scarborough left his heme, iu Wak
iakum county, W. T., for a deer hunt.
He law.a deer, aud ia the act of crosia
a log, over tho Cathlamot, ho slipped, uudJ
ut the Bauie moment threw his kuo.
When it ((truck tho ground an cxpleiou
iqok place, reuuing tho. charge
.11 .a
through
tho region ot lug thighs. JIo was found
shortly after and convoyed to his homo.
Ho lingered iu great agony until tho fol
lowing Wednesday, Jan. 5th, and then ex
pired. Lat Tuesday a rousing meeting was
held at Astoria to take measure, for in
augurating a movement c operating with
tho incorporators of tho Astoria aud Sa
lem Kaihoad. The following arc the
incorporators of tho Company! Jamc
Taylor, Geo. Flavel, A. Van Basso, (j.
Hustler, Joel Palmer, James Welch Ad
air, W. C. JohuHon, John C. Bell, Jos.
llolman, Daniel MeCu'ly W. K. Smith.
Oyru Oloey, W. A. Mill, Alfred Lul
ling, Isaac Mycr, G. W. Gray, aud James
K. "Keller. Kcsoluttons wero passed ask
ing Congress to grant laud along tho pro
po.Ht'd line of tho road.
From tbo Orcgonian.
It wan estimated. that 5,000,000 feet of
lumber has been uuado at tho Vancouver
mill in Portland tho past year.
Portlaud has a population of about 8,
000, aud thc Council disbursed last year
6120,G2i,20.
Portland has "a ghost or goblin damn
ed." Iraportaut step are bein taken to far
ther the building of tho Wct-Sido 1UH
road 'f ho tutal aruoaiit of wheat shipped from
Purlland to San Francisco during the
jear 1801) wsa 4 1,000 taeka; flour, quarter
sack, u 12,107 ; it, 8,40.') rack; bar
ley, 210 racks ; ahuoa, 1,0.17 bbls, 3,241
half bib, 10,029 taxes, 4,023 : bacon,
butter, l,2w0 packajicu;
pork,
1,712
bbU; dried apples, 4,012
1 ri
1 1 n r i .1
res.
Si nuTt'Ai. Discussion. Iknj. Todd
publishes a card iu tho Omfonian that
he will on the 20ih, 27th, 28iii, 2Jth day'u
ot January, dieus with Jehu Arnoup
the subject of spiritualism.
Vrvta the l'rc.
A public Bible class has been furcjcl in
Salem.
Thc early o;tn fall wheat ia French
Prarie KxA epleudtd. .
Sakui hunters tsaya there arc mere dyer
In il.a Cv-'Js and woods this year than for
many year before.
Salcai boaits more than 02 miles of tide
walk. Three 4-hcrso team arrive! iu Salem
from Scio ia one day, all loaded with dried
apple.
Tho cew City "Council Chamber has
been tUtfd up ia a very neat M vie and h
reallv a ideasaut i lace. The IW is ear-
pcted with 0 ce matttngand each member
of the Coundlis furoibhed with a desk
and officu. chair.
CFrifta tls ?tateiaa.
I a.-wis' Saloon wa closed by a Sheriff'
.
attachment, for debt.
Doe hawk ha devoured a
larse nutu-
ber of canary birds in Salem. The States
man editor know it the fame hawk be
cause it al way looks alike 1
The Ashland Woolen Mill arc manu
facturing excellent goods.
A couple who got a divorce at the last
terra f tho Marion county Circuit Court
want to be rc-spbeed.
Kcv. I. I), Driver lectured before the
Odd Fellow'a Association iu Kujreue hut
Wednesday.
.Mr. femuli of Duena lata, discovered
porcelaia clay, suitable for the manufac-
ure of China ware.
During last year in Marion county
there were G87 deed recorded, and 82
mortgage.; total ataouot of fees for recor
ding !codM aud mortgages S9GI. During
the year thero issued 100 Marriage Li
censes, and in the tauio time 11 Divorces
t ere granted, leaving tho balance, in favor
of Hymen SO couple.
From the Ensign.
A son of Mr. Leighru&n, who resides
gome six or seven miles from Oakland, was
found dead near the close of last week
The boy, who was ten or twelve ycar3 old,
ad gone out to hunt birds several days
before, and cot returned when expected,
search was made for him, which re
sulted in finding hir body, lying several
feet from his gun, wttll a wound that had
evidently caused his death. From the
situation and oppearance of the body, it
is thought that the young hunter had
slipped and fallen iu such a manner ah to
discharge toe piece, and inflict a fatal
wound. -
A new Precinct has been established
which includes Camas Valley. It is call
ed Canias Valley Precinct.
bales of Land in tho month of Decem
ber were light., Thero were sold 1,305,
00 acres j taken for Homesteads, 3,731,
00; Prc'-empted 1,920 ; total 7,087,38.
( : ' " From tho La, Orando Sentinel. ; ;
; Hon. J.TI. Slater will address tho cit
izens of Union county upon tho subject
of race Sufirage and tho r lfteenth Amend
ruent, at Union, Monday evening, Jan.
17; Shanghai School House, Cove, Tues
day evening Jan. 18; Sumiuervillc, Wed
nesday evening. Jan. 10; IWsoll's School
llouee, Thursday evening, Jan. 20; La
Grande, "Saturday evening, Jan. 22d.
From the Walla Walla Statesman,
; Tho Democratic Cjub of Walla Walla
was re-organized on tho 8th inst. 5
The salo of Government animals at
Fort Walla Walla was well' attended.
Tlie building was spirited, aud fair prices
wero i realized; . Good " mules brought as
high as 50, and tho more inferior ones
wero knocked down at 5. " . ?
Tlftabclla'sintcndant denies emphatically
that Isabella earned oft the crown dia
mouds from Madrid.' '
-This is the oldest. Democratic 'paper.
Ore iron.
in
NO. 23
From IU Xr York World.
KTATE NENATOIt AKI WALL
MTItEET.
A
The bitter contest in the Legislature
two years ago, over tho Erie Kailroad
legislation teems to bo constantly com
ing up in eomo form or other, and
will not bo kept down by any efforfcj.
Tho universal talk alxut tho mo of
money on loth uides and tho corrup
tion that was manifest at the time, led
to tho appointment of an investigating
committee by each House. Though
nothing positive was proven against
any member of either Houee, tho Sen
ate com mi tteo developed the fact that
several well-known liadieal politicians
managed to carry off largo Bums of
money ; that eomo of tho Senators
had placed themselves in a auspicious
position ; and tho public became con
vinced that there must bo Borne fire
where thcr'e wa.'j ko much 'ftmokc. It
now appeani that there wero somo
facts not known to the investigating
committee at that time.
A novel Kuifc growing out of this af
fair was tried in the Supremo Court of
this city Tuesday, a full report of
which wo iublish this morning. It
appear from tho fact3 developed in
this trial that A. C. Matoon, at that
time a member of tho Stato Senate,
and also a member of tho special com
mittee to investigate the issue of stock
by tho Frio parties, furnished 'points
of tho doings of tho committee to a
Wall fctrect brolcer, with tho under
standing that the latter was to operate
upon them ia the fctrect and divide the
profits with him. This operation, it
litems, turned out to be a losing one,
and now the Wall direct broker sue;
the Senator for f ix thousand dollars,
or one-half of the loss on tho" transac
tion. The Senator was Tuesday placed
on tho fe'iand, and his testimony is in
teresting more, however, on account
of what he rcfuey to cay than what he
really admitted. The evidence unmis
takably fdiows that the Senator fur
nished what he claimed would be the
action of the committee and thd infor
mation which ho obtained by virtue of
his position on tho committee, notwith
standing there was a strong 'effort to
prove to the contrary.
Tho trial
frives an
insight
into
tho
way matters hare been conducted at
Albany bv the lladicals during the
years cf tLeir supremacy. As one of
the icquclj to that famous railroad
legislation, tho trial is an interesting
one, and does not rpeak any too well
for the morality of Radical law-makers.
The truth in the matter is that the
points in regard to the action of the
special committee, furnished by the
Senator in question, turned out to be
the reverse cf what he represented
them to be, end they became so by Ids
own vole in iho committee, in chort.
he cavo information as to what
tho
.. . ... . . .
committee would do, and then at tho
lat moment, befcro tho report was
made, reversed it by his own acts.
Such, at least, way the general ncv. s-
paper rumor al tlie urro. hat the
result of tins trial may bo remains to
beeceir; its only imp
public is the view it jjn
wrtauco to the
rives 01 ltaoicai
legislation.
TIICXSXST HIDIZ XlAEZ,nOAX.
Tho Portland Herald of tho 13th
inst. contains the following :
"A meeting of the Directors of the
above named Railroad Consjany wa3
held at its oice ve&Urday. and busi-
ne?H oi very great importance was
transacted. Consulting the views of
prominent monicd men of this city,
the Directors resolved to put upon tho
market three hundred thousand dol
lars of first ' mortgage bonds of tho
Company, at 58 cents on tho dollar,
which feuin by a careful calculation,
has been ascertained to bo sufficient
to completo and equip the first twenty
miles of tho road. As these bonds
bear seven per cent, interest per an
num, thoso who purchase them at 58
cents on the dollar will derive one per
cent, interest per month on their in
vestment. It is to be stipulated on
the salo of bonds that purchasers thall
not mako demand for interest payments
until tho second year from dato of pur
chase, and then if default is made tho
road falls into the hands of the first
mortgagees. Subscription lists will be
circulated in Portland and west side
counties for signatures on tho above
terms, and if the aggregate sum of
: 11
one nunareu ana sevcniy-nvo vnoa
sand dollara in coin is put down oppo
site responsible names, bonds will be
issued, the money raised, and vigorous
work .t ill be inaugurated early in the
spring. Wo are reliably informed that
W. S. Ladd, Esq., and C. ML Carter,
Esq., have each subscribed for twenty
thousand dollars or tne west ciao uonas
on the foregoing terms. WTo commend
their examplo to Portland capitalists,
and faucereiy uox)Q inat.iio. uiiucuu'
will be experienced in finding numer
ous gentlemen wlio will come, forward
m this matter "with, the promptness
that its creat importance demands.-
Portland wants and must havo a" rail
road on both sides of the Willamette,
and now seems, a moment when tho
thin? can be accomplished by energy
and faith. Let those who are interest
ed make & stron h Dull tokrethor, and
tho thing is done, Wo shall say moro
or this at another Umo.' V . ;
A materialist surgeon in Paris showed
to a friend one of hia instruments, the ban j
die of which was carved in bone, vvo
you know," he asked, "of what this han
dle ; is made V K)f ivory, I, suppose."
"No ' said tho doctor, while tears almost
choked hU voice, '.'-its tho itbiuh-bono of
my poor aunt.", . I . - :v : -
Sasau D.
says bhM. icaa nae usan ii.
Anthouy'on her 'tombstone,' aud not'rellct
of some fool of a man." An lo'.va editor
! say3 she can for all him
RATES OF ADVEUTISINC 1 vtn tarj Od'
Colam $100; Half Column, $60 j Quarter Col-;
Colnran, $35. .
Transient Adrcrtifieinents per Pqnare of ten'
Jnes or less of th;i Jzed type, .first insertion, $3 f '
each subsostent insertion, - - l
A quare i on Inch In a.c down the column,
couclins cats, diihy line.i, hhuks, lc, as solid'
tnattcr. 21 ady rtkemeiit t ha considered less
than ft s'jaare, ar..d fell fractioDs conntcd a fall -caare.
All advertisements inserted for a less'
period than three months to he regarded at tran-'
icnt. ' . ; ' '' ; - . ;
A It 032 A StX ITi CHICAGO.
A-' portrait painter living io Chicago,
named Shedeea, a native of Germany, re
cently became engaged to a beautifufgirl,
the daughter of German parents of rood
crate jjcana. Tho artist lover, though
not rich, was in tetter circumstance,
pecuniarily, than hi3 prospective fathcr-m-!aw.
The parent of the girl favored;
the match at first, but ubscfpcntly, for'
noma cau?c not explained, sought fohavc
the engagement annulled. This the lov-'
er refused to d 1. Failing in,lheir desires
by the exercise of commands and cntrea
tic, the parenfn reported to less reputa
ble method.?. They separated the lovem,
onght to poison their minds against each
other by misrepresentation and falsehood,
and intercepted their letters. This not
having the desired effect, the father as
sailed the artist with a loaded cane, smash
ing his face almost to a jelly and destroy
ing the' sight of one eye. To crown this
cruel act tho iafuriated father procured
the incarceration cf the lover iu prison
cn a charge of disorderly conduct. The
daughter, not learning the cause of her
lover's absence, and frenzied by the taunts
(S her parents, attempted self-destruction.
This led to the discovery of the father's
brutality, the release of the imprisoned
lover, and his marriage immediately there
after to the girl of his heart and in whoso
behalf he bad become maimed for life.
Cllll'ii.
Dc Ijcsseps, projector of the Suez Canal,
is taid to have more debts than ho can
ever pay.
It ii only 75 miles from Salem to As
toria by the proposed railroad route.
A Chiacse IMshop, with a queue, is one
cf the features cf the Ecumenical Council.
The mother cf Anna Dickinson is 70,
scd dresses ia "a rich Qaaker costulae'
The California Itailsrays have Chinese
conductors to attend to the celestial pass
engers. ' "",''.
The women of Wyoming Territory re-'
cently granted the right to vote and hold
cCee number about 700.
Oa on Tennessee railroad train recently
were -17 babies quite a nursery.
Havens led Ike way to the discovery of
the body of Kinck, murdered by Traup
mann, near Psris.
Stand Whirlwind is Speaker cf one of
tho houses of tho Cherokee Legislature.
Democratic clubs aro being furmed inr
Polk and ether counties. Let Linn follow
suit.
A lawyer of Atlanta, Ga., got a coun-"
terpaoe as a fee from a woman in a di
vorce suit.
A defaulting Austrian bank clerk has
been pacing himself off in the Tyrol a
a nephew of Gcceral Grant. -
Asa sort cf poetical justice, London
convicts are put at hard labor making
boots fcr the Me iropoli tan Police.
A Dcgro was arrested the other day in
Petersburg, Va., fur stealing a mill wheel
weighing 400 pounds.
An editor out West ears ho is bo
fchort-sigbtcd that he frequently rubs
out with his nose what ho writes with
his pencil.
Here is a "personal" advertisement
ia a French newspaper : "Eliza, you
can return to the iloui'O ; tho boil , on
my nose has gone."
At a recent 3Icthodist camp-meeting'
in Connecticut, a miniotcr x-rayed :
"Oh, Lord, humble tis, break us all
down, smash 113 all io piece?!"
A Western editor has placed over
his marriage heading acit represent
ing a trax sprung, with the inotto,
"The trap dawn another iiinny
caught f
An old lady on a train, not far front
Lafayette, hearing the brakeman sing
out "Eubank's Cut 1 eallied tor tho
doer and asked, "Is he hurt much1"
4 Whose pigs are those , my lad ?" -.
""WTiT.'they belong to that 'ere his
sow. "JNO, x metn wno is uieir mas
ter?" "Why, tliat littla 'un; he's a
raro 'un to fight.'
A Ievada editor says that his back
window looks out upon a den of rattle-
and that there is generally a
wild buffalo bull at tho front door ready
to attack: him.
Ono of the gentler sex says that the
heaven of the etrong-minded woman
is "where buttons grow in their proper
places, and where men cease bothering ;
and needles ara at rest, -.v v
A paper publishes the following er-
ratum : "The words printed pigs and
cows in Mr. Parker's letter on the land
question, which - appeared in yester-.
day s issue, should have ueen pros ana
cons." " , .'".',., , ' . ; '';' '
"If I catch you at this again," . yell
ed an exasperated fanner at . a boy
whom he had detected stealing. tho.
fruit, but failed to catch, "I'll shut
you up in mv 'ica houss, and and
warm your jacket for you, you young
.vagabond '
- A CLEiuiYJdAN "addressed this female
auditors as follows: "Bo", not .proud
that our blessed Lord paid your sex
the distinguished honor of appearing
first to a' female after the resurrection,
for it was only that the glad tidings
might bo spread tho sooner." ,
The editor of a country paper says':
"Wednesday's jost brought us a let
ter, addressed lie v., anoiuer
fThe
Hon.. another 'Col., one .'Mr.
and
the last 'Esq.' On the way to . dinner
we ! accidentally stepped oa a woman's
train, and she addressed us thus, 'you '
brutoi'" :- '";-"- '':;.'. " V;:;;'
' A Daw Jonathsu who had been gaz
ing at a garden ii tho vicinity of New
York, in which : wero several . marble
statues, exclaimed: "Just see what -a
wnstc! Here's .110 los:9 .than six scare
crows
in thi
little
tcn-foot p:UL, and
any one 01 cm would i:eep
he crows
from a iivc-