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Newspaper Page TextKATKd OF AlVEliTlSl.0. 1W IM I M M in OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. - , - , V r CB1.UB BD BTBRT FRIDAY, IT MART. V. BROWN. STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT 1 Inch, I. '! 2 In. I 2 Oil 8 In. 3 i'fl 4 Id. j 4 00 W. 1 J CI. j 7 Mi I Col. 1" l'" 1 Col. j U "1 3 nil .-. mi I g liti I H 00 i Ou 7 00 I 12 Ufl ! IS i0 6 on P) l.n j IS 00 55 00 7 00 12 j IS so 27 0 .0 IS on I ti 35 M 12 Q 1 IS OO j S Sw 4SD0 15 00 25 00 I fl 0" f,li 00 20 DO 40 00 III 00 1iI8 DO OFFICE IN PARRISH'S CLOCK. FIRST STREET. TERMS, tn AnvASC : One year, $3 i Six hjonths, $2 : Three months, $1 ; One month, 50 bonis; Single Copies, 12J cents. Biislnrs ootirr? in the Lire I Columns. 25 eii. trthr Itua. jt-h inftortion.. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1872.' ri'uT Usui and truwnt lvrri r... ,,f 1 lii.,. tut (lift rnrvt M SO VOL. VIII. NO. 15. flr.I in wr I ion,' and ft 00 jr square fur each uii'urt in- svtion. ; Correspondents writing over assumed siena '(area or anonymously, murt miiko known their t roper nnme.'tu tha Editor, or no aitention will given tu their communications. " business cards. IV. II. CRAAOR, 1TT0RSET 1XB COUNSELOR AT LAW Orric In stairs, lbany, Parrish's Oregon. Brick Building, up vTu4Stf. D. 91. JONES, M. I., .PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. .-. SiJ-Office : On south side Min street, over lUacb's dure. Kcsiilcnce : On Second street, tenth of the Cartwrigbt Warehouse. vn40r S. A. JOIIUS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ;, ALBANY, OHEUOX. WOffiee In the Court House."! ' r v8n:W. , W. G. JONES, M. D. ilomocopatliic Physician, ALBANY, OREGON. tThSOtI. 9. A. CBKfvow KTB. - BITB). Corrallis. l-'"n Co. CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Corrallis, Oregon. -OrritK at the Court llouie. Cn27 JOIIX J. W1HTSEY, 1TT0EXET A.ND COrNSELOR AT LAW and Notary Public Special attention given to eoltoctions. Orncc l"u stirs tu t'axrisii'a lirick. Albauv, Oregon. v3u33tf. U. STIitiUJIEIEB, MERCHANT TAILOR! H' f AVING RECEIVED FUOJI POKTLAAU . nplcn.liJ stock of good?, superior tJ any in tnia watket. aud inaue in mo la"- Yerk fashions, I guarantee to pive satisfaction to U. L. STKCCKMEIEK. n:i4lf GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice in all the Courtt of thU State. OFFICE: ALBANY, OREGON. Nov. 11. 1S70. PAPER HANGING CALCEKINING, eeoratisg, ' M. wadswo: UlTll will PROMPTLY , r. all order, for Paper- . jtivc attention city or vicinity. A I wrk txecuu-d in tbe Ut-1 ct style, in the bet manner, at the lowest iiv- i ingrmte. J r.. . : : Cnai iltralry. will receive prompt at:ct.tiou. vinl4ll C. B- BELLiscea. tseo. BCBUKSTrn. . BELLINGER & BuRMESTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. No. 89 First Street, POHTLAWU, - - OSEGOW. . , . . Special attention g -en to matters in Bankrupt- r . ... - - j o. . DO ail OUM.ler . in I ninru kutt9 vwuiib.- . vCn24tf. : G. F. SETTLE-.11ER, rit and Apothecary va ugp TEALER IX lKLj.'..Mtllt.iAfcft. Oil.."?, D .. - .1 1, i: Imney Soap. Bmcbei, I'erfumerica, ie. Prncripticns Carefully Compounded. All tn Clel aim if rugs m uvi nan " i.uitu , tf.be beat quality. Firt Btreet, Post Offiee building, Albany. j jultavdniSyl , ii. . pc Beit. n. w. iiectLLocB. , J. S. Bl' BOIS & CO., CONSTANTLY OX HAND AND RECEIV ING a large tock r GroeerieB and Prori as. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars. Caafectienery, Yankee Notion, etc., etc. WaoUsale and Retail. "We aell at tbe Lowest Living Kate, and aieliver free ot charge throughout tni city. r-Oppofite K. C. Hill Son's Drug Store, Albany. Oregon. junl0vin43yl ALBANY BATH HOUSE! fnHH UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT 1 fatly inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that be has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict aUe.tion to business, expect to suit all ; MOW who may... or u-.". lU r-..vu-6c. Sarins; heretofore carried on nothing bat First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, i xpeets tofgire entire satisfaction to all. )rChildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut Md shampooed. JOSEPH WE15BEE. T3n33tf. SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY ! DR. E. O. SMITH, DEXTIST, HAS LOCATED IN ALBANY and has the new invention in ulate work, which consists in Inserting teeth in the , month without covering tbe whole roof, as heretofore. It eives the wearer the free use of the tongue to tbe roof of Ae month in talking and tasting. It is the Smith & Purvioe patent. saTacth extracted without rain. Plates mended, whether broken or divided. Office one door east of Conner's Bank, op stairs, . , v7n45tf. -.DENTISTRY. CEO. W GRAY, D. V. S. SOES ALL WORK IJT THE line of his profession in tbe t, but and mott approved methods. . Anaesthetic agents nsed for "the painless ex fraction of teeth if desired. Particular attention giren to tbe regulation of enildren s teetn. ' Dental consaltations and examinations free. Satufaction guaranteed in every caw. Call at his office and examine specimens of his work. Charges moderate. Office in Parrieb's Urick Slock, up-stairs. vSoltf. JOS. REILIV, IOXSTABLE 1SD GSXERJll COLLECTOR, . ZVoita Portland Precinct". Reference by permission to the following gentlemen: Bis Honor Philip Wasserman, Mayor of the City of Portland; Hon. Eugene Semple; Dr. J. A. Chapman; Dr. J. C. Hawthorne; Dr. I. A. Davenport; I. S. Bosenbaum Cof Knapp, Bnrrell ft Co.; E. J. Jeffries; Clarke, Hender son Jt Cook; i. d. Skidmore; E. Martin & Co; A. B- Bicbardson k Co.; Millard & Vanscuyver. OFFICE 25 Wtshington- Street, between iSftii-SeoaL' - . .. . . - rtusTtf. .. AMID THE ALPS. 4,By tho way, Ilawdon, what be- come ot last meerschaum ol yours v I asked him, as wo sat otio night over the camp-tire. "What meerschaum ?" "The one you bought of the old German general at Holstein. I no cured its twin." "I may answer your question ly asking what hecamo of yours," re turned Ilawdon, nutting out tho smoke. ".Mine! That pipe of mino did a vast amount of traveling, if you care to know. It looked with its iiry eye askance at the pyramids; dipped with mc along tho 6erpent bordered waters of the Nile; burned its small pile of incense along the storied lihiue. It yearned pensively and dropped an ash by the ashes of Ilerculaneum and Pompeii., It wended its way past the 4 lighthouse of the Mediterranean.' It lowered'abont Mecca and Medina, and at last, when in a poetic mood by the Gapian, immortalized by Moore's liquid verse my lips relaxed their hold and my pipe fell into the sea." "Quite a "history," remarked Haw don. "Mine committed suicide." Larco laughed. "Truth." said Ilawdon. "As I stood on London Bridge, my hereto fore luithful pipe leaped from my lips into tho Tames. A clear case of vol untary suicide." "You had quite an adventure after I left the party, Fitzhugh wrote me." "Had I 'i Let me see : it was soon after you left the party that we made the ascent I attempted it, rather of Mont Blanc?"' "Yes, that was what Fitzhugh spoke of in his letter. What about it all 7" "One can hardly hope to do Justice to anvthing which one tells of Switz erland," began Ilawdon, after a pause i i..t.. niw"i- I he country must be I seen to be appreciated, and it must be seen by an artist eye and appreciated by a soul endowed with a deep re ligious seuse of tha miracles which God alone could create, to get the faintest conception of its wild, won derful, and magnificent scenery. So sudden and greatly varied are the changes which the eye beholds, that it seems more like a fairy land floating in the unreal mirage of a dream than like anvthing real." -Aye."' "The great height and magnitude of the mountains, glistening with eter nal snow: the awim chasms opening jt)e,wccn tliem; the bolt tioright prec- 1 . , , . .....l.T,,..,. allll there a shadowed pool or .:ike. and the fertile valleys blooming "u luxuriance, combine to make a picture of rare ex- --!l-iice. and of utistiniissed won- ceiience drous lK'autv. "Well! go on, Rawdon." I "been on a clomilehs ilav. the spirit- ! ling glaciers, piled up and pointed in i rare and fantastic form, dazzling the eye and filling the soul with wonder, j Here a snow-white city lifts its sp.res i and glistening pinnacles in frozen si j lence, like a mighty petrification. J here, buire columns, like leaning - , , , ' . . , t nvrrs nt mfirliii-i-nlcli t lie sun s "-'nro - o on their polislied surfaces. Again, I one sees groups of marvelous statuary j figures standing, leaning, anythintr and seemingly in death like repose." "liut aooui our auveniure, i.aw- v" "It was not much of an adventure," j he retorted. "We had passed the ! winter at Geneva, a smail few of , UJ- J'v-a rt.i.u,,- lla citizens many of the most learn- etj an(j tcieuiific men of Kurope. j'rora this place the view of the Alps j is unsurpassed. 1 oward bpring. par ties of travelers going through the place made us restless, and we also started. As our party moved on to ward the hamlet where we were in tending to tarry a few days and await a propitious time for ascending Mont Blanc, I was so unfortunate as to get mounted on the most treacherous steed in the lot. Never did Pegasus throw his rider with less warning than my beast of a horse 'threw me. ' I es caped with, as I thought, the trifling injury of a sprained wrist. But I got deceived in judging that a sprained wrist was but a trifle, for my hand bean to Swell and (jrOW discolored. f thumb, it TO frht OS Wfc have been a pine knot, for all the feel ing there was in it; 'twas my right hand, too. The rest waited several days for me to make the ascent with them; but finding that my hand mended so slowly, they grew impa tient, and went on without me. It did not much matter, for parties were coming up every week or two, and I should not Jack company. Ihe tedi ousness or my stay at tue inn was vary much brightened by tiro' kind at tentions of my host's daughter, pretty Jennie Dessonard." Ilawdon paused. "I became impatient of the delay he continued, "just as you, Larco, are getting impatient because 1 don t talk quicker. , Ko sooner did cautious peo ple suggest the impracticability of my attempting the ascent at all, urging as objections the dangerous season of the year, and the inconvenient stiffness of my wrist, that I made up my mind to risk the undertaking at all hazards.- This unhappy trait of character lies dormant, or is active, in every nature." "What do yon mean about the dangerous season ?" ' "Well, I was detained by the illness longer than you think for, Larco; the summer and ihe season were alike over. : That wound of mine had com plications that you'd not care to hear about.' "I had no idea of that. Go on." "Tbe arrival in the hamlet one night ot a famous naturalist and several of my countrymen, accompanied by tho noted guides,' Gotrtet and Bevorias- sond, decided rne to no longer post pone the enterprise. My host and the doctor argued against it in vain. We I and the party--remained out late one evening viewing the beantful stJenery by moonlight. Mystic turret, tower and pinnacle were tipped-with glistening and effulgent-Jigfct "I have seen that." , "An hour or so before' midnijht. while my eyes were livitbd upon n point far up the dazzling heights where reposed what might bo thought a garden or statuary, alt tho forms of tho status clearly defined upright, bending over, recumbent I begun to think to myself what a disagreeable ell'ect this long gazing, oven by moon light, has upon tho organs of sight " 'But why?" ; "Because I gol tho impression that tho petrified groups were moving. I looked away, rubbed my eyes and looked back again. Tho delusion still existed. It seemed so real that I touched Do Vare's arm. "Do you notico anything unusual there beyond tho couo toward tho Chamounix ?" "lie gazed steadily for a time and then spoke to the guide. Coutet sprang to his ieet with a yell. ; "An avalanche 1 . an a valanco !" shouted the guide in stentorian tones. "W started just as Coutet had done; all taking a position to watch tho descent. First, the movement was so gradual us hardly to bo no ticed; but, gathering power with its progress, it noon increased its speed until a dull roar was Uistinguisable. "What is its course?" anxiously iu- pi'ircd our host of Do Yare. "1 oward. us, direct, answered luo i m p e r t u r a b 1 e t ra v e I c r. e were filled with consternation. As the roar increased, the villagers rushed from their beds in terror, ut- tcrm shrieks ami cries. 'llie ava lanche! the avalanche!" "We stood rooted to the spot. The thunder increased and itearcd us. Yast acres of solid iuountain-side were slipping with fearful rapidity toward the direction we were in. There was of course no real danger." 'The pinnacle yonder," said the im movable De Yare, "will save us. The avalanche strikes it, shaves the irreg ularities from its side, shoots it many angles to the right, saving our haiulet at the expense of some other!"' "He was right. J- roin that or some other cause, the death-dealing mass of ice rushed awav into the valley be- vond. "A daucerous season to make an ascent, said everyone, when we gol home. But we resolved to try it. Karly on the morning of the 17lh a party of six, accompanied uy the afore-named guides, started upon the perilous uudei taking. Alter proceed ing a short distance we were made to hait by our guides, for the purpose of being tied together, with utJicient spece between us to allow oi muiiicr- rupted motemcnts; then in turn we were fastened to the guides them selves, li is doubtful if one in a score would safely return unless this pre caution was taken, for there- is a con tinual tripping ol heels ; lirslone, then another, slipping and falling upon the glaciers. "You don't, Jarco; you've not made the ascent." "And don't want to make it," I growled, like a surly fox. liawdon Mnik-d, and turned the fire about. Then resumed. "If we had got the idea there was either case or comfort in the enter prise, it was speedily dispelled by act ual experience. Shelves) of rock met us everywhere, along which wo had to crawl on our hands and knees; preci pices towered above, up which our weary way was made by footholds cut with the hatchets of our guides. Terrifying chasms yawned oh either side. Mysterious fissures, whose bot tom and depth were lost in distance, had to be leaped over with the as sistance of a guide and ttafl". As wo ascend, the air became more rare, and the nose smarted with every inhala tion. We made a tortuous way, winding about to escape chasms and evade towers of ice, or tremblingly crossing abysses on frail bridges of snow that might crumble at any step. "Hope you liked it!" "We had a toilsome day, and did not succeed in making a very great distance, for my wrist troubled me after a few hours' exertions with it, and began to swell. However, we pitched upon a place to spend the night, it being partially sheltered from the cutting wind; and while Coutet prepared the supper, I climbed upon a pinnacle to take in the mag nificent view stretched abroad before my eyes. It cannot be described ex cept in faint outlines. Far . below these icy fields reposed tbe verdant vales teeming with beauty and life; and placid Leman, like a sea of glass, sparkled in the setting 6unlight, while distant hills were well defined against the clear sky. Thus night came on. But the 6tolen stillness that fell upon us, broken at intervals by the inde scribable crash of the crunching pieces of. snow descending on every side, is beyond description.- Still we got to sleep." , "Glad you could sleep, Ilawdon 1" gin the morning wo awoke refresh ed, and resumed the ascent, although I found great inconvenience from my sore and stiff, wrist, and was obliged to carry my staff iu the other hand. Not to ringer on dt?tails, we, at last, after much suffering and danger, readied the goal which we sought. But I would say that if one under takes a similar eutirprese with the fond delusion that through it all ho can maintain a dignified manner, he will find' the fond delusion vanished." "Bien entendu." "Many a chasm the1 traveler must pass on the horizontal. The sure feet of the guide crosses a narrow isthmus' of snow, which he is fear ful an" untrained foot may slip upon ; therefore the traveler must sub mit to' a prostrate . position and be hauled . across, his head takirig the route of a ploughshare and leaving a broad furrow ploughed lor tile next comer td slide into. Again, the ten sion of the nerves , will, ere many hours, cause the legs to buckle and bend in; exact Jmitatiori of a devotee f Bacchus." , ; . ' -v,i - , .. "Pleasant!" , "We? encountered a pleasant1 tempest,-too, thunder' and Iightning,'when it seemed as if the whole Alps werti splitting from baso to speak, so heavy were the frequent detonations. But wo were safely up and getting buck, having met with itiany incidents, but no accidents. t When within a mile of the hamlet from which we had start ed, the neiti hCHS of our journey's end tended to make us carelerts. Holding my stall somewhat heedlessly with my left hand, it so unexpectedly caught in a small fissure that my feet slipped from under me, mid I fell. The smart jerk upon the rope drew out the knot, which must have been undoing for some time; and being nt tho end of the cord, I found myself loosed from .the wholo party and de scending the precipitous glacier with tearful velocity. Instantly a cry of horror from above announced that the accident had been discovered. But I was beyoud their aid. "I drew in my; breath as I listened. That I was not instantly -killed in striking at the foot of the precipice, down which I had first descended, was owing to my position of feet fore most; but the shock of tho concussion left a feeling ns of paralvsis. Mv staff I still retained; but the point had caught and broken off. Down I went directly into the yawning end of a fissure, my staff catching feebly at the walls. So doubt the lissttre was hun dreds of feet iu depth, but I was not destined to sound tho bottom.' N'o!"' "The rains and thaws, the catching and splintering of crumbling aa lunches, had poured tons of shelly ice directly into the mouth of thu chasm; and apart f rom being severely scratch ed by the sharp particles, and being stunned by the force of my stopping, alter the rapidity of my descent, I was not serioti.slv injured when I stopped. There 1 was, in a well like aperture of rattling, shelly ice. and un conscious. The rest of what 1 learnt later."' "But you are alive, Ilawdon." "Vcs. Horrified as the whole party were, they had yet the sense to hasten the descent to the hamlet, and pro cure ropes and lights for night had then set in. -'To secure tho bodv,' said the guidc.i. And the nevTs spread, anil thu t-rv went echoing along the village, 'Man lost! Man lost iu a ch.-iMii ! ' In an hour's time the two guides, De Yare and Moulett, and another guide, were ready to aceud the slight distance to the point where the acci dent happened. Just otitsidu 'the hamlet they were surprised to be joined by Jennie Dessonard. She was kuown to be as fleet of foot as the chamois, nod no one disputed her riyht t accompany the party. They toiled tip in the linsure where I hail disappeared, and then held a consul tation. Was it best to lower a lamp? Doubtless the depth would make such a proceeding useless. .Should one td" the men be lowered by the others? This was an expedition not to be cov eted. The party consisted wholly of large, heavy men; their weight might make the grinding of the rope instant destruction; and, at any rale, would be attended by great danger even to those who held the rope. Yet there was no other alternative. 'Young Jennie, brave girl, stopped forward and began uncoiling the rope. "I am going down,' she said. 'M. Coutet is to fasten this about mc; I came for the purose of descending the fissure.' "They tried to dissuade her. "It you will not secure ine, I will tie it myself," she affirmed. "They yielded the point at last after some argument. With the ropes fas tened about her, and the lamp strap ped to her breast, the intrepid girl was slo ly swung into tho fissure. With her staff, steel pointed at each end, she kept herself from striking against the jagged sides. In twenty minutes she signalled to be hauled up then signaled them to stop. She had touched tho bottom of crevice, which was wonderfully shallow, and not finding anybody, she conjectured that it must have lodged somewhere above. "Her lamp had streamed into the basin and discovered me. She did not siop to ascertain if I was dead ; but, taking the lines which she had brought, she bound me to her wrap ping her mantle about my head, least in some manner it might beat against the walls of the chasm; and then gave the signal to be drawn up. ' "And drawn up we were in safety. I was borne back to the hamlet where, though still unconscious, I was found to bo living." "But the escape was marvellous, Ilawdon," I said. "It was." . "And what of Jennie?" . "She' married Coutet." ' The report of the Land Com missioners for the past fiscal years shows that the public lands are rapid ly being disposed of. What with the large grantd to the States for; differ ent purposes, and the various rail way grants in addition to the settle ments made by individuals under the Homestead, Pre-emption and Mili tary Bounty acts, the public - domain is fast passing out of the hands of tbe Uoverment. Most of it will soon become the home's of a hardy race, who, will make it a blessing to them selves and the Government. The number of acres disposed of during the last year was its follows: home stead i claims, 4,071,322; military bounty land warrant claims, 389,460; sold for cash, 1,370,320; certified to railways, 3,554,887; to wagon roads, 465,347 agricultural colleges, C93, G13; sorip to State's, 714,255 ;: Indian tax scrip, 5,7GJ;total, 11.8G4.975 acres. , . , , The total number of acres surveyed during the year was 29,450,9" 39; and there still remain unsurveyed 1,251, 033,620 acres.. ;t During the year there were 1,750 miles of land-grant railway constructed a greater num ber thai in- any preceding year.' Or egchian.'1 '. ' ' ' 1 .1. : A VOLIMH LAIJV K.NOITKU. On'.rlal Whlppliiir of Alexandria Tho KuMUHltl. At tho gathering ot Poles in the 1 little village ot Kernst, on the South ern Nneiman, on the -8th of July last, when all thought thvtnselves se cure from thu intrusion of any of the numerous spies who keep tho Russian officials informed ot the malcontents among them, Alcxnudriua Kossowitz, n young lady whose father, tlie young er sou of a former noble Polish fami ly, was killed in tho recent troubles at Warsaw, expressed her sympathy with tho uiilortunaics whom Russian severity had murdered or scut into exile. The meeting was a purely so cial one, and none dreamed that any thing said there would reach tho ear of spies, lor till present were known to be Poles, and firm haters of the harsh rule under which they then lived. Still, as tho young girl in her passionate remembrances of a father's love, deplored his death, expressed her sympathy with rebellion und her detestation of her oppressors, she was cautioned test her loud tonu would enable people at the window to hear her. With a hasty glance, ns though to read iu the faces of those about her who should betray her, the young lady ceased her execrations und re lapsed into silence. When 10 o'clock arrived, the latest hour of Polish gatherings, tho company separated, and Alexandrina Kossowitz, accom panied by her affianced, Julian Tcm eusky, went to her home. If, iu passing from the house of the gathering, she had been more obser vant, Alexandrina would have seen the maliciously triumphant glauces cast alter her by Catherine Merdoff, a woman of about thirty-five years, a Pole by birth and a sympathizer with her unhappy country women whenever her own passion was not concerned. From subsequent proceedings, it si-ems she had been superceded in the affections of the young Dr. Temensky by the more beautiful and younger Alexandrina Kossowitz. On the following day, shortly after rising, Alexandrina was seized in her own home, a short distance from Kernst, by two Cossacks of the guard at the garrison, and taken before the petty judge. The young lady of nineteen, hand some and trembling, produced no feoling of pity. Having at first de nied ihe accusation, she was confront ed with Catharine Merdofi and then acknowledged the offence. In pass ing sentence, tho petty judge said that her seditious utterances might have warranted him in sending her to a higher tribunal, where the penalty would be death ; but in view of her youth and contrition, he should mere ly order her to receive thirty-five lashes of the knout. Almost be numbed with shame and terror, the girl was led away to be prepared for punishment, for in Russia all senten ces, sa.e that of death, are carried out immediately after ihey have been pronounced. Word having been sent to the offi cer commanding tho troops, a guard of two hundred men was ordered in to the garrison square, and the execu tioner of tho troop was callwd upon to be ready to carry out the duties of his office. In half an hour after the sentence had been givn, the troops had been formed into a hollow square, iu the center of which had been placed a scaffold, standing op four legs, the top of which was au inclined plane. Jicside this stood the executioner, having in Lis hand the muscular knout. l he knout consists ol a stick, or handle, about two feet long, with a lash tour feet long of soft leather, to the end of which is fastened by a loop a piece of flat raw-hide two inches wide nud two feet long. In the hands of an experienced man the piece of raw-hide can be made to cut like knife. As the executioner stood facing tho scaffold, Alexandrina Kossowitz was brought to him by her guard, and in a lew moments h;r clothing was re moved to her waist, despite her at most mute appeals to be spared the shame. As sue pleaded, she was bent on the plane, her hands strapped to the two upper corners, and her an kles secured at the foot ef the struc ture. One of the executioner's as sistants held her head, and the petty judge gave the order for tho whip ping to commence. Twirlingthe lash in the air, tho executioner stepped suddenly backward and with a sharp crack tho thong fell on the back of tho sobbing girl, cuttihg a livid streak from tier right shoulder to her waist A terrible tremor passed over her and a low cry passed her lips, but it was tho only sound she uttered, and were it not tor tne uioou wiucn soon com menced to How, it might have seemed that the whipping was being done on the naked back of a corpse. When the Jast lash had been given, the young Jady was unfastened, and with her clothing rudely thrown over her, she was taken to prison, and there, af ter thanking the judge for his mercy according to the necessary formula, 6he was delivered over to her kins folk. Five days afterwards the pap6r of Wilna contained tha lollowing an nouncerafint: . ''The Polish criminal, Alexandrina Kossowitz, daughter of the rebel. Pe ter Kossowitz, who was knouted for seditions utterances on" ihe 9th of Ju ly, at Kernst, while Submitting her lacerations to meuicat treatment, in the house ot the physician Temensky, 6tole a vial of prussio acta, with which sue ended her days. ' He who betrays another's sec"ret, because he has quarreled with' him, was never worthy of the sacred name of friend? a breach of kindness atone bide' will not justify a breach of. trust on the other. Men often criticise girls' figures; but when a girl has a few thousand 0f her own, they generally think the gUre about right.' JOAtitlN M1I,I,IK IS HOM-TON-. A Iloston Pltotuirrunh of th Poet of th ttlttrraa. Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Si erras, is among us, and his eccentric figure and peculiar dress and singular manners have been the means ot sug gestive topics and the hint to make remarks more pointed than polite. Jle, too, has figured at fans, it being presutlcd that he dotes upon the ru ral and the rustic ; and appearing at these agricultural exhibitions a he did, he was thu observed of all ob servers, at least to those who had heard of the mild-eyed Miller and his random rhymes, of whom candor compels us to say tho many were less than the lew. Hut what a queer, VA1", LCCBNTftlC INDIVIDUAL Ho is after all. One at first sight would take him for a quack doctor, or a soap peddler at a country fair. A man rather above the medium height, a form slim bat not slight, with light- brown hair, vainly endeavoring to curl, falling down to his shoulders, with features that betoken the blonde, a mild, light-blue eye, rather high beck bones and an expressionless mouth he is certainly a picture for a study. And still more so was he as ho was seen the other day WAITING AT A It.MLllOAD STATION For a train to lake him to a neighbor ing Fair. He leaned against the de pot door with a cigar, half smoked, in iiis right ham!, while his left uas oc cupied in holding a light overcoat, which the coolness or the weather had suggested for his rural trip. His dress was common and peculiar. His hat, of tho pauama pattern, was slouched over his head, his flaring red necktie, ihe worse for wear, hung carelessly over a dubious shirt-bosom; his black coat was new; his velvet vest, also of black, was ornamented with A GAUDY WATCH CHAIN, From the hook of which ho pended stindrv trinkets; his pantaloons of black doeskin, were rather short and seedy, hardly reaching down to the heels of Ins prunella gaiters, with which his feet were covered; and thus he stood, or rather loafed, against tho doorway, taking, in a condescend ing manner, an occasional whiff at his cigar, and glancing now and then at his immediate surroundings. Ho stood an example of Till; NON-POLITICAL . in facts, Truly a poet is born, not made, for about the appearance of Joaquin Miller there is not the least suggestion of rhyme or rythm. And yet, at this Fair, ho noticed its pocti- al side. 1 erhaps it was his little game, perhaps his manner of paying a tribute lo his vanitv, which is more than self evident. But such was the case. Ho noticed the flowers particu larly, and admired their beauty and variety, and, somehow or other, as he passed out of the hall, his fingers found themselves lost in the curls of some mother's little darling that was skipping lightly along just in front of him. And as we left the hall, and stood on the brow of the hill on which the building was situated, and which overlooked e charming valley, he spoke iu enthusiastic way of the pret ty scenery before him, and hinted that the valley beyond contained many a fdeasant romance and many a true ove-story. lie is fond of being-an enigma, this man, whom Eonio think is not a poet at all. A Q,CAKEU PllIXTER-S PROVERBS. Never sendest thou an article for publication without giving the editor thy name, for thy name oftentimes secures publication to worthless ar ticles. Thou shouldst cot rap at the door of a printing office , for he that an swereth the rap sneereth in his sleeves and loseth time. - Neither do ye loaf about, ask ques tions or knock down typo, or the boys will love you like shade trees when thou leaveth. Thou shouldst never read thU copy on the printer's case, or the sharp and hook container thereof, or he may knock thee down. Never enquire thou of tbe editor for the news, for behold it is his bus iness at the appointed time to give it to thee without asking. It is not right that thou shouldst ask him who is the author of an arti cle, for it is his duty to keep such things unto himself. When thou dost enter his oESce take heed unto thyself that thou dost not look at what may be lying open and concerneth thee not, for that is not meet iu the sight of good breed ing. Neither examine thou tbe proof sheet, for it is not ready to meet thine eye, that thod roayest under stand. ; Prefer thine own town paper- to any other, and subscribe for it imme diately. f , Pay for it in advance, and it Bball be well with thee and thine. ' MoTHsits. Some one has said that a young mother is the most beautiful thing in nature. Why qualify it? Why young? Are' not all mothers beautiful? The sentimental outside beholders may prefer1 youth in the pretty picture, but I am iuolined' to think that sons and' daughters, who are most intimately' concerned in the matter,' lotfo and admire their moth ers most wnen they . are old. How suggestive of something holy and venerable it is when' a person talEs of his "dear mother.", Away With your mincing "mammas," suggesti only of a fine lady, who deputes her duty to nurse, a ( drawing -room ma ternal parent, who is afraid, to han dle her offspring for fear of soiling her new gown. Give me the homely mother the-arms of whose 'love are all-embracing, who is' beautiful al ways whether old or young, whether arrayed in satin, or modestly habited in bombazine. . ,, . Nature's tailoring A'potato patch I , A ffEOOAHLY JOKZ. A venerable gentleman1 from Cin cinnati, and well known there a4 a wealthy citizen, on a visit to the sen ior editor of this journal found him self exceedingly fatigued near the President's house on Pennsylvania avenue, the other day, dUd sat down upon the stone cooping in front of the Whito House. Taking his hat from bis heated brow he placed it be tween his weary legs and began wip ing bis bald pate, from which the perspiration poured in hutje drops. While thus engaged a benevolent stranger, passing by, paused an in stant and dropped a cent in the hat. Our old friend started, somewhat amazed ati'd somewhat disgastwd; He was about to throw the money after the giver when a sense of humor seized him and he left his bat with the coin in it as before. In a few minutes an old colored' woman imst. khe sixties vent into a can&cioua pocket, and picking up a huge cop per coin dropped it in the bat, say ing "Dat's for you, ole massa, ber ry worry for you;" and passed on. Then came a one armed soldier, who tossed u five cent piece. After followed a lady leading a little four year old, who contributed a half eaten apple and a cent: Then fol lowed a lull in the public charity. ' wuen a wua-eyed youth suddenly paused, and gazing earnestly at our friend, eaid to himself: "Best St. Paul I ever saw. Hold steady, , old cock, while I make a sketch, an 3 I'll give you ten cents." He brought out paper and pencil and soon had a crowd about him, and when he en ded and dropped in bis fractional, a perfect shower of coin went into tbe old beaver., A policeman told the crowd to move on, and it. dispersed. Still our o!dfriend held his own. Directly General Belknap came out of the department, and seeing the old man, eyed him for an instant and then hastily threw in a dollar and went his way. A clergyman, after puling our friend through a cross examiuatiou as to the condition of his soul, contributed a tract. And so the strange impromptu piece of benevolencd continued until it was dark and our old friend was about transferring the jroney to his pocket, when Le was jostled by a strange man, and in trying to save himself from' falling, dropped his hat. He regained his head covering, but to his astonishment the rough man nd the money disappeared to gether. The description of tbe ruf fian tallies with that of Ordway, but i f course it could cot have been our Captain Kidd. Not long after we had a dinner party given in honor of the distin guished guest, and during the pn2- ress of the meal Doctor GarneLtkept guzing intently in his face. After dinner the Doctor took us aside und said: "Who is our friend?" We repeated the name. He seem ed to be dozed, and then 6aid: If I didn t see him begging cop pers on tbe avenue, I'll be salivated." Von l'iall's WasJiinglon Capilul. Josh Billings says: A kat is sed to hav nine lives, but'i beleaf they hav but one square deth. . , It is almost impossible to tell when a kat iz ded without the aid ov a kor oners jury. 1 hav only one way raiself to judge of a ded kat. , , ., If a kat is killed in the fall of the year, and thrown over a ston wall into yor nabors lot and lays there all win ter a sno bank, and dont thaw out in the spring, and keeps quiet daring the summer months, and aint missing when winter 6ets in again, I hav air ways sed, that, that kat, waf ded, or waz playin' tho thing dredful fine. Wimmin az a IivmjS (bless the dear lumps) dont understand humor. They have an appreshiashun ov grand, the pretty, and the sensashnnal and lit all emoshunal matters, such az the harte ake. they are bneen bees, but wlien yu knm'down te! ihe ribs ov a joke they aint thereor Rave just left. ... . .-rv:i - - Now the wKy of this is tbuswise, a bit ov humor lowers a thing, or an idee, down tew1 its real level.'in order tew get a crack at it, and woman kant bear tew hav a thing lowered down tew its level, she wants t elevate a thing above its natural level. This is all foi the best perhaps, but humor insists in taking Ihe pucker strings out ov things, and the pucker string, iz woman's best holt. I don't luv a woman enny the less for this. If she lets go ov the pucker string, man would go the, (i waz just on the point ov saying, to the devil,) but i wont say that. A woman don't enny . thing1 bi in stallments, when she iz' tickled,. Bhe will bet her best bonnet on it, and' i don't liiv a woman enny less for , this neither. Josh Hillings. ' , The True Man. Nine-tenths of the alledged inhumanity of mankind is owing to their being decefved. If people are euro of an accident or a calamity, crowds hasten to relieve it. By veracity we charm in conversa tion; by sincerity we influence opin ions; by trust-worthiness we" render friends loving and secure, ; add to general confidence of men' in men, and by thus strengthening tlie foun dation of society, acquire tho right to an analogous personal sense of worth and firmness, i Truth gives a sense of security to'; the strongest. The true man has but one answer to give to interogatos, one story to 'tell them nobody's faoe'to fear, . ; i'Josh)1! say. 'I "was ?gofng down the'street tho other day and seect a tree bark!" . r. fT., )-' -.t.i.i.n ""'Golly, Sa'nuTseeS it hollo wf ' "I seed, the same one leave!" r "Did it take its Eruuk with'it?" "No, it left that for board! " Victor Hugq proposes1 to !. marry agnia." . awAixovrrto a max' - John Thomas was a man of keen wit, and strongly tictured with the love of the humorous. He had been down to Concord, and hud seen the Fakir of Ava perform his wonderful tricks of legeidefjlain. He was re lating hi experience id the bar-room of the Conway Hous?, uud among other things declared that he bad gained an insight into many of tbe magician's manipulations, a id that several of the most wonderful tricks he could perform himself. ; ' . "For instauce," said he, "I can swallow a man whole."- r ( "Bah J" cried Tom Staples, i red ficed woodsman, weighing at least two hundred; "p'naps you could swallow uae?' "Yes " i- "I'd iike to see you do it." "I can" do' ft." ' "111 betydu fif $ dollars you can't." "I ll take tbe Ut," "Not now. I have just eatefl my, Fupper. r I "frill do . it to-morrow morning in presence of as many witnesses' as you choose, and it shall be done in the square in front of the hotel." ; . This vraa cgfeed to, and the money was put up. . By the following morn- mg tne news mat ooan xnomas was to swallow Tom Staples' whole had become widespread, and a vast con course, embracing men, women und children, had assembled to witness the wonderful feat. At the appointed time the chief actors eppeared in the square. John Thomas was smiling confidently, us though sure of success, while Tom Staples looked timid and uneasy, as though not quite at rest concerning what was to become of him. "Are you ready?" asked John. "All ready 'answered Tom; "begin as soon as you please." "Will you have the goodness to take off your hat?" "Sartia." "Now your boots." Tom removed his boots. "Next you will remove your coat.' Those big brass buttons must stick" in my throat." Tom took off his coat, and as he threw it upch the ground one of tbe cooks came out from tbe hotel with a' . pail of melted lard and a big white wash brush, which he deposited by tbe side of John Thomas." . . "Now," pursued John, "you will take off your stockings, and then re-' move your pantaloons and filiirt." "Eh? D'ye mean for iae to 6trip' stark naked?" queried Tom, aghast. "Of course I do. The agreement was that I should swallow you. You are meat, but your clothes are not, nor were they in the bond. U you will strip I will give you a thorough greasing, and double the "bet if yoI wish. I know I can swallow you or, at all events, I can try!" Tom gave up the bet, and invited his friends into tbe hotel. WHY B-pN'-l' OL ll-o.IX Old Judge W., of , in the Old Dominion, is a character. He' was a lawyer, legislator, judge and leading politician among old-time Whigs cf blessed memory; but, ala, like them, his glory departed, and, like many others of his confreres, has gone where the woodbine twin-, eth." Notwithstanding the loss of property, and the too free use of apple-jack, he maintained the dignity of ex-judge, dressed neatly, carried a gold-head6d cane, and when be had taken mere than his usual allow ance of the favorite beverage, he was very pious, at such times always at tending church, and sitting Hear tha stand as erectly as circumstances would admit and responding fervent ly.' :-ri- :'s '- ' , ";. On one occasion' si Baptist brother was h61ding forth with energy and unction on the evil of the times," and' in one of his flights exclaimedf .'Show me a drunkard?" " ' The Judge arose to his' feet,' ana unsteadily balancing hioiself on his cane, said solemnly:' "Here I am, sir, Here I am." The elder, though a good deal non plused by the unexpected response, managed to go on with the discourse, , o i- - - , c-.-called out: - "Show me a hypocrite? Show ma a hypocrite? Show me a hypocrite?" . Judge W. again arose, and reached forward across a Beat which inter vened, touched Deacon D. on the shoulder with, his cane, anil said: -"Deacon D'.,.why don't you re-, spond, sir,"$hy don't you respond? I did when' fie called m'e!" A Fable. Several monkeys weira confined in che cSgej being seperated by bars. When their food was' placed before them, every monkey but OD9neglected his own food 'and onnnli tsv .1 lia MniliKn. n-tvii Am o r o - ------ - old fellow of more' wisdom' than' ;the rest quietly ate from his" own dish.' "Why do you not do like the rest?" one of the thieving monkeys asked1 him one day. "Are you"more honest' than we?" "I do not; Enow about that, replied the other;5 "but, hon est or not, I find that I am fuller fed wlien I attend to my own dish, while much of yout food is wasted in your scramble after what does not belong to you." Dutch Humor. A" German in a western, town" who has riot paid much . attention to learning English, had a. horse stolen from his bam the other night, whereupon ho advertised" as' follows:'; : - t ' 2 -. "Von nite, de oder day, vdr I vaV biri aiVake in ifiine schleep, I beare somedings vat 1 tihks Vas riot j ust , . . i 'it i rigni in mine parn, an x ons snumps ie eu hu runs iiiiv ucr ;mu uui, uu ven X vas dere coord' I sees dat mine pig gray iroii roare he vasjn'n . tietT loese und run mit d'er sla:p!e off;' utrd' efer who vill him'j ack" pring,' I yostf so ranch pay him' as vas pia kushto marv." ' ' . -' A regular upstart A ballodbist;