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' r"Ofr!ce In the Court House.ta ; vsu2tf. beAleb Is fi.'obacotf,f Oigtwa ar.ftTankeeiNotionB, I ALBANY, OREGOX. S trill rtrtve to keep on hands the best of ev r . :htngia my liae, and to merit public pnt- t D. B. MICFBl. I., ALBANY. OREGON, office on Mnln street, between Firry and s omlalbln. Ki'sklencn on Third street, two Lioclu earn, or belothCgMebodlst Church. fJTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAV, Will predion in 11 tlio Courts In tho at, 3d 4 tth, JuOicW.tliiflrtiieUL- tooSkuOTnie. . ,rra'CnVaTOB1WTmttM rWtfwBr i tot and Circuit Court. yincc up-slnlrs in front i om In ParrlsnVBrMfWijolt, First St., A Unity, - irefion. n.'-(i-W . vSnlOyt. jjl da I! AtErAMTr.qREGON. OPFICEt Tdooreatof COhner'a Bank. vtninr. t-- GEOl'RHELiVI, IKdRNEV AfjS COfiNSELPR AT JAW ffffl practioCS!aJrHjIpCourtl ifjhU S(f taj jr OFFICE ; ALBANV, OUEGON. j Kuyll. 1870. iFir-a3j. p' p -w V. V HARRIS, i H. J. B0U0J17QN. i HARRIS & i?re;iiTOx,'- P rt UN S - A S UaC0 N$i ALBANY, ORKGON. if Office on Main street, over A. Carotheis' 'flttre. Ur. Horri8'8jX'sl4tuice,.,pn fourth stri'ot, fotr blocks wost oi nItlIousp. ir. 1-iouirli-lnn'areslduuce. oa Fourth street, oppcwlta Ur. ;"ST. CHAPlES HOTEL fi1 RNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON STS., ALBANY; pnrpOUJ. i oilij if tii-1 1 linn ii'l lodiops In the llie marliet iiards. Free coach to the house. Safu lor vSn'Mf. 1 TT r e rsr . J. R. IIEKREN, Prop. ''' ' y i " . rIT,L KEEP CONSTANTLY UN W the bst mat the market atrordK, and Wll atway l( lounll ready, to acoprauiodate U' who jnay favor hi"" with a cull,.. MHlgllQ8tnarkctjlriepnld for pork.1 G. F. SETTLEMIER, ftruggiMt and Ajfiotliecary ! VEAWB Jas, jiewci kesu-s JPainn, Wjijiiowi'. .IJiiajftuirn.Xiquors, Haoy Soapa, Brdahes, I'eriuwjeric'a, Afl. ) Pmcriplions Carefully Compoiindeil, IA11 art clei and Drogi in our line irarianted 4f the best quality. s - - I'Firit street, Post OHieo building. Albany. jullov5n48yl i'irn 1 - " - . ' ti ' fit':: '"' JOMMERCIAL HOTEL. OPERA HOUS BLOCK, SALEM, OREO0S. IRS. A. J. RIEI1', rropnewr. hie house will be kept hi fin class order, and lth attentive and obliging aervauu. No Chinese Cooki Employe. ITarn prrtmrea to filnllsh good 'ncolmnintnt Ions to the traveling public, and wl 1 i u J mdeavor 10 meriL uiu r'v ' Regular boarding at very low rates. iree uoacn to mo uluuoo. .V8n27tf. . .. ALBANY BMR-HOWEi ,s,,::. HE UNDEriillNED WOULD RKSPKCT fully inform the oitiwns of Alliany and ri- :n:.nK..t h.hai taken cbflrce ot taia csiaiMi.u ta.I.t,aod,by keeping clean rooms and paying Met attention to buinese, expeeU to suit all hose who may faros mm w."-i-- r- laring horetofoie oanried otfaotbing but First-Class lair pressing Saloons, esneets to 'gtr. entire sti5f. ' e-Cbildien and Lailien Hair neatly eat T3n.13tf. DK. . r tilt AY, J -ALBANY,- OREGON. OFFICE IV PFRIf-Hf l,Ii!f'KIiI-K:,i 0FI.!f rim ,nd .reny T:m . Iioiir fom iieui"" j piaen': CiirnerFmh and Ferry stmt.. 9 1 HI fl H VOL. IX. ; A GRAVEN IMAGE. "Absence makes the heart grow. fonder. 't ' The doctor ' had fiuished reading the chapter, and, folding bin gown around him, sank back , into his sent, casting at the choir a resigned glance, which Beeired to say. "Now do vour wpret.'! . T ha ten.or had just begifu lo praise and acknowledge the Lord, in the stylo of Sir Leolinu's mastift', with "sixtoen shorti bowls;" Mrs.. Hassan braced herself in the corner ol her pew to eudure that longdisuonueoled noise to which, the choir was wont to wed . the noble words of the "Te Denm," when her attention was diverted from the "Weekly agony by an apparition which had at least, the good effect of closing her ears lo the howls, roars and shrieks, which the four musicians above; lh6ught proper to attribute to the prophets, apostles aud martyrs. - This apparition was a pretty woman ni ''half-mourning, coming up the aisle wlth.JIi'K. Vale and her daughters, who came in late, as was their cus tom " , - .', A chill, and then a glow of anger, ran over Mrs. Hassan, and her hus band wondered ' what it was that brought such a 6iiddyn flash into his wile's eyes., I am afraid that Mis. Hassan's mind, din ing the prayers and sermon of that morning, was not iu a Christian frame. Every one in Mtyi ango was in the habit of exhanging greetings going out ol etiuren; but to day Mis. liussnu slipped away from her friends, and went lo her bible class in the Sunday-school room The girls wondered why she spoke, so emphatically about the duty and difficulty of forgiving those who, hav ii g injured us, never think ot needing or asking forgivness; hut girls are creatures given to curiosity and con jecture, and I fear therr -minds were rather occupied w itti gpessing at JVlrs. Hassan's personal experience than in making a practical applivation of the lesson. "' . ;'" ' "' "' ' "What's the matter, Cassy?" said her husband, as they walked hojne to gether. ' Mrs. Hassan's hand trembled on her husband's arm, as she said in a low voice; "I've seen a ghost!" :- vTlifrt is nothing. Ghosts, as you knhAVjiun in the family; but they do no harm." . .... ""But it's hot that sort James. I'd ralher have seen every spirit that ever walked in a churchyard, or even a welu-wolf, than that woman who came into church this morning with the Vale"- ' ' .' " . . "She was a pretty woman enough," said Mr. Hassan, "What is the mat ter with her?" ' . ' -. "She is Mrs. Aj'mer. She is a wid ow now; she was Anna Clayton." ' Mr. Hassan looked as it he were going to whistle. But, being in the street, he refrained, and only said: ' The deuce she is!" w hich was per haps no improvement on first inten tions: : ' - "I suppose, of course, she knew Sydney was hero," said Mrs. Hassan, bitterly. ;"She might be satisfied with the mischief she has done, aud let him alonev" i "Do you think he cares for her yet?" ., . : -. -.- , "tle pares for her so much that he cannot cure for anything else. She ruined his lite. ' I can't understand it; I fcan'j , I can't," said Mrs. 'Hassan, quite passionately.- ' . ' . f ; " , "As to that, can you understand what makes' any oue care for any one elM? ' AVIiat made you care' for me?" ' said Mr. Hassan, trying to comfort his wife;, r . ,.. . - - ""Ydul yofi!'' Tetnrned Mrs. Hassan, in a most, unwonted -stale of excite ment, i "James! : As if there were any comparison! She is cold hearted and coarse minded, and utterly sel fislh" ' ,.-,.'. i .'. .. ... : . ; .' "And Sydney, being the exact re verse ot'all this.devoted himself to her, and loved her with all his heart and soul?" ' " , : "He didn't love her. Ho loved the image in his mind which he someway managed to pin upon her personality; and now I shouldn't wonder if he mar ried her after all, and was utterly mis erable; and there is no war for him to go away to now. , ...... .. 'Mr.' Sydney Dcvine was Mrs. Has san's only brother. When quite a young man ho had thrown away upon Miss Anna Clayton a love as. sincere and intense us any roan ever gave to a woman. Why he did it I cannot ex plain, for Anna was all that Mrs. Has san had pronounced her to he; and, at nineteen was as .worldly, as selfish,! and as calculating as though she had not been blessed with a pretty figure, fine eyes, and a pink and white skin. Sydney, so to speak, put all his eggs into one basket; but Miss Clayton, like a prudent young woman, prefer red to have two strings to her bow. While she had been engaged to Syd ney, she had been carrying on a 8irta tion, by letter, with a gentleman old enough to be her father- a good man, who w as no wiser in his love than it he had been one and tweuty. Matters had gone so far between Miss Clayton and Sydney, that the ex pectant bridegroom had ordered his wedding suit. Miss Clayton went down lo New York to make her last purchases, married Mr. Armer; and wrote the day before her wedding to break off her engagement with Mr. Deviiie.. i ' .-'- 1 It is to be supposed that Mr. Arm er never knew of Mr. Device's exis tence; and Anna did nol at all mind the talk which she occasioned, hut rather enjoyed her notoriety. A few weeks after the war broke out, and Sydney threw aside his law practice, and went imo the rank and tile. He went from ono end of the slniggla to the other. He won his enaukts. and iw lo bo colonel. lie was conspit uoiiB for recklessness in the field, and did bis duly like a man. Ho w as in sixteen pitched battles, and ! never received a scratch; and fever B'l disease passed him by nnhsimed. j So ninny arv tnkeu w ho haveevery- tlt?r-i3f to live for," be a":d CEce; "hatj nothinghappens tome." It wasalmost the only allusion ho ever madeito: the Pat. : .. . .:, ... . .(,. ;) When peace came he went to Men-, angu, where his 'sister, had married, and resumed his profession, but in a very unambitious: way(ocoupying him self chiefly with the. business, arising' from his brother-in-law's large proper ty. He had talents, and had once been devoted to his work; but now tie Beemed to care for , nothing n but to make for himself the. modest: income which sufficed fir hi8'w-antB. - -There was a pleasant, little society in 'the university1 towit of Motiango, but Mr. Deviiie went: nowhore but to his sister's house, and seldom there if there was other company. He busied Himself with books in his leisure ino nieuts, and tried to forget himself and the- ghost of the past in study; but, after all, lii'o was for him a very heavy and uninteresting business,, and he would not have been "sorry to lay aown tne ourtlen once lor all. At thirty-live, much to his . sister's vexa tion, he spoke, apd thought of himselt as one to whom all the chances, nmbi tions and enjoyments of life , were closed. If the idol to which he had sacrificed himself had possessed even a. head of gold, Mrs. Hassan could have borne it with more resignation; but whon she knew that the costly saorifieo had been laid on tho annuo- ot a wooden image, no better than that fish-bodied doll which the Kphesians adored as tne virgin Huntress, Mrs. Hassan s pa tience was sorely tried. , Aud now the woman had coino here to throw herself in Sydney's way, and his sister could foresee nothing but trouble. . . , . "If he once marries her," she said to herself, "he will find out what a fool bIio is, and having and hating is far worse than losing and loving." ' : The next evening there happened to be a little party at President Ly ou's. - Mrs. Hassan and her mother-in-law had meant to go; but, at the last minute, arrived an old friend 'of Mis. Hassan's the eider, and that lady preferred staying to talk over old times. Mr. Hassan had gone out of town on business; Cassy did not like- to go alone; and, rather to her sur prisei her brother, who was iu the houso, offered to Eceompauy her. 'ot til she was coming down stairsy to get into the carriage, did it occur to her that Mrs. Armer would proba bly he at Mr. Lyon's. ' .' 1 "But she would contrive' to meet him somewhere," thought this unchar itable woman, "and it may better he there than, accidentally on purpose, by the river, or iu the woods." As Mrs, Hassan eamo down tho stairs of'Dr. Lyon's bouse, she heard from the parlor a certain hard metaf ile laugh with which she Was familiar1, and she saw her brother- look about him with a startled L'lunue, as if some old association had been unpleasantly jarred. 1 be br tier and sister paid their compliments lo Mrs. Lyon and the president, and then Mrs. Hassan look ed about her. Sydney, who felt lone ly aud out of place, attached himself to lYotessor Beaucour. and made con versation about the college library, to the extreme disgust of Miss Maude Clay, who JTaJ been making herself agreeable by asking a Bories of discon nected questions varying from astron omy and chemistry to the -professor's, own paper on the ;'Cataoombs," in tho ast A.ortn Am&fani . The' professor was a shy man, ani), like most authors, he could not bear to talk of his writings. Perhaps, lie lei), grateful to filr. JJevine, for he en tered willi ardor into the , subject of English classio' literature. In the mean time, Mr. Dcvine was cAns'cioua of a curious, feeling not hope, hot expectancy, not terror an influence in the air, for which he could not, ac count, onlv as it connected itself with a rather loud treble voice, and a fre quent sound, hall-laugh, halt-giggle, that came from amid a group of ttu denls... The voice, the laugh,, were oddly familiar. They were like, yet unlike, sounds which had rung in his memory for many a day. Mrs. Hassan, listening to- the con versation of that very elegant young gentleman, Master Dick Mouroe, was at no. loss to recognize the voice, for the memory of aversion id. this case was truer than that of love. She Bat where she could see Mrs. Armer's fig ure in the centre ota group ot young men. Mr. Armer had not been dead more than eighteen mouths, but Mrs. Ai mer had chosen, since Sunday, to leave off her mourning, or only to retain Buch s might be discernible rather by faith than by sight. She wore a pule lavender silk, made very low and trimmed jn every con ceivable place. She had violets and white roses in her hair, and a black velvet ribbon with a pearl cross on her whito neck, and pearl and jet bracelets on her arms. She had not grown old, and ot twenty-tune looked hardly less fresh than at nineteen. Her color had not faded, and she had the same way of rocking to and fro, twisting her neck and rolling her eyes in a manner which some people called graceful, and which had of old disgust ed Cassy Devine and charmed her brother. : ' Would it charm him agaiu? Mrs. Hassan glanced at him across the room, aud saw that he had seen his old love, and was watching her, quite oblivious to the professor's remarks about a fine historical collection which he desired lo see added to the library. The look on" Mr. Devine's face was not of admiration, or grief, an any very intense emotion, except that of shocked surprise and wonder. ' Presently, as Professor Beauconr tnrued to speak to some one t-Isc, Mr. Devine made bis way to. the group of which Mrs. Armer was the centre, and reached it just in lime to hear these words: '; "Oh, people in America make such frights of themselves, wearing mourn ing forever, and goin about like so many walking palls. - .And if you put on black you can't ij to parties. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBERS, Why', when Cad Martin's brother died, and she was perfectly devoted to bim,-ho wouldn't put on. black at all, because then, she said, she couldn't Co into society,' and her mind was so distracted she needed diversion more, than ever. I told Mr, Armer that he needn't,, . expect I was ; going to to make a guy of myself for him for ever, if hp died." Anij. hero came iho inevitable laugh, echoed by many of the surrounding gentlemen. I think most men have a certain pleasure in hearing a woman . talk like a fool, as it justifies the preconceived theories. "Can this be the woman I have had in mind all these years?" thought Mr. Divine,, bewildered, and yet with a dim sense of relief, as if some heavy cloud were gradually dispersing from before Ins eyes. , lie stood ano watched tier every motion ; fasomated,. but With a fasoi nation how different from his old pas- sion. There was the same turn of the head; the same uplifting of the eyes he had been wont to think so grace ful and sweet; tile same sidelong. mo tions of tho body, which he had once compared to tho movement of a lily on its stem, w ny did all these airs and graces now Btrike him as so dis agreeable;' and the mannor, which had once been charming nrtlessness, seem s6lI'-conscious affectation? Had ho been a blind fool, or had she been different? and from what creature had beenunodeled that fair, sweet imago that had so long been eushrined in his heart? "Oh, I don!t feel ns if I could sus tain lifd in such a place as this," con tinued Mrs. Armer.' "How do you manage when you aro at home ? she asked, throwing back her head, and favoring Major Monroe, U. S. A., with a roll of her oyes not unlike that popularly . ascribed to a duck In a thunder-storm. . r "I have sustained myself with a prophetio hope of your arrival," said the major, with a bow, and then he slipped out of the' circle, and left a place vacant for Mr, Devine. Mrs, Ai mer's eyes foil upon Sydney, and her color deepened and her eyes brightened. "Oh, Mr. Divine! oh, Sydney!" she said, putting out a pretty band as she rose, dropping fan, flowers, and hand kerchief for the students to pick up. "Is this really yon?"' 1 "I believe it is," said Mr. Devine, smiling, with perfect outward com posure, though his whole self was in a sort of whirl, with a rushing wreck of old associations and memories going down to chaos; and, amidst thorn all, reason, awake after a sleep of years, seemed to stand wondering at tho destruction of her prison-house con fused, and yet with a sense of relief and rising life that was delightful. "It is such a lovely evening.Ishould so like to go out on the piazza," ,said Mrs. Armer, with a rustle and sway of all her silken draperies. She hunir on his arm; she 'looked up anpealingly into 'his faoe as she crossed the room ; Bhe "winced as she went, in the manner that of old moved the ire of the prophet. Dr. Lyon looked after Her as u lie wondered what sort "'of beast this might.be' that had come into bis ark. Menango, as represented then and there, drew itself together a littlo, ex changed glances, and was inclined to think Mrs. Armer "not nice." Mrs. Vale, a stately, old-fashioned lady, in wardly resolved that her cousin's visit to her daughters should ba short. ' Mrs, Armer had the ellrontery to stop and -speak to Mrs. Hassan, and expressed a desire that tuey buouiu meet where they could talk over "old times." , Ill's- Hassan was intensely polite, but very cool, and she did not even look at her brother. ' ' Mr. Devine and Mrs. Armor did not stav.more than ven minutes on the pi: nzza, and. during that lime she did all the talking, dwelling mostly oh the subject of her "poor, dear husband," and intimating, firstly, that he had never understood her nature, and, secondly, that ho had left bet "very well oil," but to neither intimation did Mr. Devino respond with sympa thy or interest. In his sudden revul sion of feeling, he hardly knew wheth er .10 be most disgusted with himself or with liis companion. The wor shipers who came to the temple in tho morning and found that only the fishy part ot Dagon was left to him, could hardly hae been more startled than Sydney Devino in the presence of his once adorable Anna. He took her into supper, attended her with polite care, and shortly after found-. out his sister, and asked her it she were ready to go homo. Mrs. Hassan was more than ready. Her whole soul was stirred within her, and she longed to utter her whole opinion of tho faij widow, but re frained, fearing to do more harm than good. ; Neither brolher nor sister spoke till they were hall way home, and then Mr. Devino roused himself lrom his silence, and said: 'By Jove I" It did not seem as if this appeal to a heathen deity was dictated either by devotion or by renewed passion, and Mrs. Hassan ventured to ask him what he wantek of Jupiter. "Look hero, Cassy," said Sydney, with sudden earnestness. ''Do tell me; was she always like this?'' Mrs. Hassan drew a subdued long breath of intense relief, and answered with studied quietness: "I do not see much change in her. She is as prelin as ever, aud her man ner is much the same as when I used to see her." "Cassy," said Mr. Devino, after another silence, "1 have been a tre mendous fool." i. "Indeed," said Mrs. Hassan. "We aro nil that, more or less, I suppose. Doesn't Mrs. Armer strike you (is un changed ?" . "As the same; and yet there is the wonder, Cassy; if you saw her as I do now, why didn't yon tell me?" "I tried to, Sydney ; but you said I was jealous of her beauty," said Mis. Hassan, betraying a little thorn that had pricked her at intervals for years. "Well, well, I can't seo. what I waa thinking of." And then came another Bigh, as of mingled relief and regret, and then he discovered that his sister was crying a littlo. ; . ... "Why, Cassy, what is that for?" he said, gently. "1 am so glad. 1 was so alraid you would lanoy Her again. "Cassy," said Mr. Devino, speaking with great deliberation, as the car riage drove up to the door, "I shouldn't fancy her if there wasn't an other woman iu the world."! '; . ; Mr. Hassan had come homo on the late train, aud his mother had a little supper ready for him, and instead of going back to his solitary den behind his office, Sydney stayed to partake of the little repast, fur neither he nor his sister had taken supper at the presr dent's. , :-, , f i A cloud, seemed, in some mysteri ous, manner, to have lifted from the. face of creation, and to havo dispersed itself hrempty air. , . ' flow puitty Ins sister looked in nor blue silk. Cassy was an uncommonly elegant woman; he wondered he had never noticed it before. , What an ex cellent fellow was his brother-in-law; what a oliormmg old lady was Mrs. Hassan the elder. What a delightful, well-ordered, hotne-l.ko palace was the house! Where had bin wits been that hitherto all these' things had never seemed to claim from him more than a listless, half-weary interest? Mo had not talked bo much belore in years, and he' made a good supper, and then fed bits off his fork to the cat, which she, much condescending, took daintily. He felt like a man who has dreamed of wandcriug long, heavily burdeued through waste places, and who -wakes to find himself 6ato in tho laminar room, with the visionary load left be hind in the land of visions. " Before ho went away, lie had promised to think about an oft-repeat ed proposal lo moke his homo with his brother-in-law. He thought to such good purpose, that before the week had come to an end he was lablished under his sister's roof, to that ladv s p-reat contentment. Ho saw Mrs. Armer two or throe times before she ended her visit; hi deed, she came to him. to consult; him about a lawsuit in which she was en gaged with her husband's relatives, but Mr. Dovine inlormed.hcr thafj the matter was out of his lino of practice. Once and again ho encountered his old love, but with no more dangerous emotions than ever-increasing disgust. The onco sweet, unconventional nrt lessness was vulgarity ; the, grace, af- tectation; the silvery laugh, . sounding brass. . .. With delight, be fell himself a free man, and he throw1 .himself into his profession with renewed ardor, and each new day seemed a revelation of lite. ' Mrs. Armer did not prolong her visit, and in a few days fliltod away, o the undisguised relief ot Mrs. Vale, As for Mr. Devine's long-cherished love, tho angel of resurrection might have called for it in -vain. 1 The graven imago, after reigning for years in a temple tneanl lor a holier worship, crumbled into dnst at the first sun beam of reality that shone into the shrine. From thtAliline for August. TUB! OLDBSTCrrV. t Damascus is the oldest city in the world. Tyre and'Sidon have crum bled on the shore. Baal boo is n ruin, Palmyra is buried in a desert, Ninevah aud Babylon have disappear ed from the Tigris and Euphrates.- Damascus remains what it was before the days of Abraham a centre of trade and travel an island of verdure in the desert; a presidential caoital. with martial and sacred associations extending through thirty centuries. It was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw tho light above the brightness of the sun; the stroet, which is callod Strait, in which it was said he prayed still runs through the city. The caravan comes and goes as it did a thousand years ago; there is still the ehick, the ass and the water wheel; the mer chants of tho Euphrates and the Mediterranean still occupy these with the multitude of their wares. The eity which Mohamed snrvoyeil from a neighboring hoigbt and was afraid to enter, as it was given to man to huVe but one paradise, and for his part he was resolved not to have it in this world; is to day what Sullivan called the eve of the East, as it was in the time of Isaiah, the head of Syria. It is still a city of flowers; the streams of Lebanon and the silk of gold still murmur and sparkle in the wilder ness of the Syrian gardens. Jons G. Saxis. The San Francis co Bulletin in noticing the diamond edition of John G. Saxe's poems, writes tho following deserved words of praise of that distinguished man: "Saxe himself, artistically consid ered, has something of the bright ness and preciousncss of tho dia mond. He still holds his own still occupies that proud eminence of be ing America's wittiest poet. Others have written more brilliant things, but who has written so uniformly well? Who has written so" much that it is pleasant to remember and repeat, so little that one cares to for get? It is at least thirty-five years since "The Proud Miss McBrido" was given to the world, and it still holds its place as one of the most perfect poems in the language. Had Saxe written nothing else hi position in literature would have been fixed." If yon love others they will love you. If jou speak kindly to them, they will speak kindly to you. Love is repaid with love, and hatred with hatred. Would you bear a sweet and pleasing echo, speak swootly and pleasantly yourself. He is a happy man that hath a friend at his need; but he is more happy that hath no need of a friend. M Ui AlW (( 1873.' . ' Tna cooKiis. ' Bow the 1.AWI of the I'ulted 9f ntes haTe been tUiTcgardeil for the benefit and ' 'aaprlce. of the Cooke- fiimlly Mrs. Hen ry O. Cook, aud ber 1031 Trunks. .' On a bitter cold winter afternoon a gentleman spent three hours on the Cunard wharf, in Jersey City, -i: K- J-! I.-,:-- ff wtiuiug lue ueuuiauiiuu us liis nuu- ily, who were passengors on a steam-, ef then anchored iu the stream. r The regulation of the Cuuard steam ers is' to hind nil passengers and liiiriraoe by liahtcrs in Jersey City. But on this particular steamer there wort also as pnssengcrs. one Henry D. Cooke and family. Mr. Cooke was the president of a natioual bank iu Washington his brother was Jay Cooke, President ; Grant s banker, and his partner was Boss Shepherd. Of course such a' distinguished gen tleman and his family could not go to Jersey City on such a cold day. The royal party had been signalled by telegraph a government tug and officials wore on hand., One hun dred and two trunks were carefully lifted over everything else, the trunks and their owners Mr. Henry D. Cooke and party placed in the tug which landed diroetly in Now York, Whether the one hundred and two trunks were examined by the Custom house offioeva or not we 6To not know. ; " AH these three long cold hours over one hundred other passengers were shivering with the cold, and not allowed to stir from the ship. When the Royal party had been thus disposed of, the other pas sengers and baggage were landed in the usual manner at Jersey City, with the usual Custom house annoy ances and details. The velvets, silks, lacos, shawls, etc., omied- by Mrs. HenTy D; Cooke, would convey the very reasonable impression that the cargo of trunks and oontent were worth at least $100,0U0.: . ' ' " ' During last winter a grand ball was given iu- Washington.- A new house was built upon the rear of an existing palace. The hot-houses of Boston, Philadelphia and Now York were drafted into the service of or namentation, bunds of musio were stationed upon each floor, singing birds filled the Hir with music, costly viatlds loaded doWn the tables, and champagne flowed until morning. The ball was at the house of Mr. Henry D. Cooke, and was reported to have cost several thousand dollars. ,; Banking is n? doubt good busi ness in Washington. Banking or raking for oysters is .good business anywhere, if it can bo done on other people's ,nioney. tThe people who had been loaning Henry D. Cooke monqy asked him for it tho , other day, and he Blammed his bank doors in their 'faces,' and in effect replied that his hundred Parisian truuks, his fine horses, and his expensive parties had used up their money, and there was none left for them. 1 Now, this man Cooke's bank was a national bank,; The legal receiver of this bauk makes the following report: Capital ................ S5UO.0U0 00 ASSETS. Bonds held by Jay Cooke it Co., (brother). ..... t 14.C5Q 00 Due from Jay Cooke & ' Co.; (brother)....,.. $750,453 45 Accruod interest. . ! ... ' 1,758 00 ' " "' ' , $772,801 44 All the capital, aud $272,861,45 of depositors' money, taken out either to loan to a speculating brother or to purchase rich Parisian goods. . ) The law in regard to national banks in section 55: That every - president, director, cashior, tailor, olerk or agent of any association who shall embezzle, ab stract, or willfully misapply any of the moneys, funds or credits of the asso ciation shall be deotuod guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by impris onment not less than five or more than ton years. i And section 29 of the same act says: ,-:'." ' That the total liabilities of any as sociation or any person, or any corpo ration or firm, for monoy borrowed, including inthe liabilities of noompuny or firm the liabilities of the several members thereof, shall at no time ex ceed one-tenth part of the amount of the cap'itiul stock of such association actually paid in. The capital of this bank boing $500,000, Mr. Cooko had no right to loan any person or firm over $50,000 or one-tenth of his capital, and this on good socurity. 1 For this con nivance or theft, his punishment is imprisonment for not loss than five years. ' ' It happens to be the duty of Mr. Attorney-General Williams to indict and prosecute this man Cooko. Mr. Attorney-General Williams happens to be on appointee of Presidont U. S. Grant, and President U. S. Grant happens to be a "special" depositor in Mr. Cooke's bank, and a personal friend of Said Cooke. Mr. Secretary Kichardson is responsible for the do posit of the people's money with this said Cooke without security, after he very well knew of Cooke's extrava gance and illegal manner of doing business, Mr. Secretary Richardson is likewise the appointee of President U'.'S. Grant, and before his appoint ment was the agent of Jay Cooko & Co. for various and sundry things. It is within his power to punish Cooko, if ho desired to or durst. But he rlaro not. And thus tho people's money is stohm, and thus the president of the United States londs himself to designing scoun drels, smokes cigars as Nerufliddled, connives at robberies and debauches the publio morals. While apparently respectable men and newspapors sustain such a man, and snoh men as control this government, no man of senss can believe that they are not all participators in a grand national fraud. Y bat nave we jo expect? Brooklyn ArguA. "Good blood will show itself," as the old lady with the red nose said. 11 el rill" .'NO. 17 -I .VI 1 1 Evening News. : ' : , ABOUT THAT 1IOAHU oi; Eq,UALlZA- ,! -:: . (,.. TION. 'J " Republican and certain Democratic newspapers are engaged in art1 effort, each to make ibe party iot the' either responsible for tbo passage of thefael creating the btate Board ot Jqualizar. tion', which Board, they abuse1 in eho ruji , Nothing more- disreputable in partisan journalism . has. appeared' in tiijs.Stato, if it haj. done -ispj.m any. State., This thiiig,itis proper t,p, state, was begun by'hoKepublican journals, It makes no differcfice' who1 is" respon-' siuie lor the meostirei, it is agooit Onet Boards f thi( kind aire mot new in the ..country. . . Their general character and duties wore ns well understood before tho passage of the law as the'y .are since the adjournment of the 'Oregon Board. - The Constitution ol this Suite makes it the duty ot the, Legislature to provide for uniformity and equality in tho assessment end taxation of. property throughout theState. ,;,Tfiere is no other way to seoure: the. unifor mity ip assessments and,; the, conse quent equality in taxation required by the Constitution and common justice than by (his 6r a! similar "measure. Tho law oreatiuooa,. State Board l of Kqualization isoorreotiu principle, Rin) wo are not disposed to deny the lie publicans of Oregon' the credit lo which they are entitled for its passage. The House of Itepresentotives, in this State tho popular and controlling branch of the Legislature was large ly Republican. If we are not mista ken, the bill originated in that House. The Senate, on a striot party vote, was a tic. The Democrats had, therefore, no control in either House. We men lion this merely to show tho absurdity of tho attempt to make this a partisan measure, and more particularly a Dem ocratic ono. 1 1 , Artemij-8; Ward. James Parton, the nqted author, in an article on Chas. Brown (Arteinus Ward) closes thus, and ho gives good advice to young men: "I thought I ought not to con clude this nrtiole without letting the reador know why this bright and gonial spirit is no longer here to add to the world amusement.' Well, this was the rensou. Whero be lectured, whether in New England, California or London, ihore was sure to be a knot of yonng fellows : to gather around him, go to supper with him, and spend half the night in tolling stories or singing soiigs.;, To any man this will bo fatal in time, but when the nightly caronsei follows an evening performance before an audi once, and is succeeded by a railway journey the next day, tho waste of Vitality is iuarliilly rapid. 1 iive years of such a life finished poor Charles Brown, lie died iu Loudon in 18G7, agod thirty-three . years, and now he lies buried at, the home of his child hood, in Maine. Ho was not a man of strong appetites. ,It was tho nights spent in conviviality which his system needed for sleop. tliat sent him to his gravo forty years boforo his time., For men in his profession and charac ter, for all editors, 'literary men and artists, fthore is only one safety lo totalism.' He should have taken tho advico of the . stage " driver! on. the plains, to whom he ofTqred som6 whis key; audi commend it Btrongly to the countless hosts who see this paper every week: "I don't drink; I won't drink. I'm of the tfptrtion of those mountains koep your topi moot. They've'got snow, and I've got, brain that's all the diH'uroricd,"1 ' V ' ' The Value ,op a Newspaper. Tho following is the experience of a hieclinnie concerning' the benefit of a newspaper,! " '! I .:"' Ten years -ago I livod In a town iu Indiana. . On .returning homo one night, for I'm a carpenter by trade, I saw a littlo girl lcavo my door, and I asked my wilo who slio , was. She said Mrs, Jianis had sent after their nowspaper, which my wife bad borrowed. As wo set down to down to tea my wifo said to mo, by name: "I wish you would subsoribo for the newspaper; it is so much comfort lo mo whon you are away from'- homo." "I would like to do so," said I, "but you know i owe a payment on tho house and lot. It will be all I ban do to meet it." '" -": . " : She replied: "If you will tako this paper 1 will sow for tho tailor to pay for it." ' ,. ,, ..... ,. I subscribed for tho paper; it camo in due timo to tho shop. , Whilo rest ing one noon and looking over it, I saw an advertisement of tho County Commissioners to let a bridge that was to bo built. I put iu a bid for the bridge, and the job was awarded to me, on which I cleared $!i00, which enabled ma lo pay fur my house and lot easily, and for the newspapor. If I had not subscribed fur the newspa per I should not have known any thing about tho contract, and oould not have met my payment on my houso and lot. A inuchaitio never looses anything by tuking a newspa per. Threo glaassos of boor didn't agree with Josh Billings, ns bo relates the experience of his early youth: "In the first place it was about eighty rods from whore I drank the lager beer to mi houso and I wuz just two hours on the road, and hod a hole bursted through each ono ov my pantaloon neez, and- didn't have any list and tried , , , , ,, ii , o open ho door by he bell pull and. hictippcd awfully aud saw everything in the room trying lo get on the back side ov ma, and in silting- down: on a chair, did not wait long enough for It to get exactly under me whon it wuz going round, and I set down a littlo too soon, and missed the chair about twolvo inches, and couldn't get up soon enough to lake the next one that eame along; and that ain't aw); my wifo said 1 wuz drunk as a beast." A printer was boastina the othor day about his wonderful ability to set typo. "I know what yon can't ?t," said a comrade. "What is it?" "Two hens on one nest. - Iff 111 111 M . 1 ,: 1 Inch, -. 1 00 3 (111 i nil " m JSVi 2 In. 1 bo h oil 7 oil 12 uu IS :. 3 fa.., . 1 11(1 B tit) 10 no lb mi 2'! I" 4 In. ' 4 00 7 0(1 12 SO IS no 27 or J CoL 0 00 (I 00 15 (ID 25 Oil St n" I Cut. r 60 12 110 18 0(1 HO (10 48 0 ! ,Col.' 10 (10 15 110 3S 00 -411 Oil mi i 1 Col. 15 110 SO 00 40 00 (til 111) 11)0 t Euaineaa notices In tlifl Iiofstl CitneiTu; '' cents per line, oech insertion.. : - , For legal and transient advorlisemerts f3 S' per sqniu-o ef. 13 . lines, for lite first insertion, and $1 00 per square for eacb, subsequent ir ertloft. " ' 1' ' '', ' , ." .! . ' " ' ' YOV lixVBUTV, NAUOBT MEN. I'll Cover more deceive you, ;. V': Or of happiness bereave you; ' v ,..: But I'll de a maid to grlovo you i;. , Oh I you naughty, naughty men t ' " :Ton may talk.af love and signing '- ': f:v Say foe us your nearly dying 1 ! . . All tho while you know you'ro trylnj . t ' L ' To deceive, you naughty men, ' -: When you want a kiss or favor, . , ' .J' Yoti put on.your best, beheivlor; 1 1 , c.o And your looks of kindness savour : -j : , ,ti , Oh I you nauglit j, naughty men I . " ' '" Of love you set us dreaming, .... J1' ! i-i And wherrwlth tiopo we're teeming; j- - I y , f jWe And yoiuire but scheming,.' j sj, (, ; . .You naughty1, naughty men. ' ' ' ..(, If a fortune we Inherit, r ,1, . .I ., "' You see In us every merit, '' ,' '', And declare we're girls of spirit,- -,;': 1 t)h 1 you naughty, naughty men. ., ., "Rut too often matrimony ' ' .Is a more matter of money; : -, ' : . Ve get blttors 'stead of honey - '.',:,..: T From you naughty, naughty mm. , ' And whon married how you treat us . i And of each fond hopo defeat us; ' '' J And thero's some wilt even beat us I Obi you naughty, naughty nionl. , You take us from our motbors, , t f . ' ' From our sisters and our brothers, ; ' o-'J When you get Us flirt wlthothoral :j- :?1 , Ohl you naughty, naughty, monl j ,j . But with all your faults wo clearly , Love you wicked fellows dearly ; ' ' : li-Y os, we dote upon you dourly, - .' f'x t , : Qh!.you naughty, nnughty raenl ,, ,f f Wo'vo no wish to distress you, ' . '. We would sooner far ouress you, . ..' . . And whon kind We'll say. Oh I bless you-. ; You naughty, dear delightful men I M Altli TWAIN. ' The Territorial Enterprise has thd; following to say on Mark Twain V success, as a lecturer in London: "The tolegraph announces that Mark,. Twain, who arrived from Enrope only: a wook ago, Bailed for England again last Saturday. Tho reason for his immediate return is to be found in the extraordinary success of his looturev delivored on tho evo of his departure from London. Judging from tho journals of that city, he has" been re-'. ooivcd by the popmaco witn a lavor excoedipg that extended to . Arteinus Ward, aud tho press without extsep-, tion has bestowed upon him the, warmost encomiums. The Queen's Rooms, Hanover Square, were filled' at his first appearance, but boforo the: olose of'.tho wool; tho jam had beo.moi sull'ooatiiig. and thousands were nu ablo to gam admittance; yet the' Ob server remarks that "the too. brief! oourse oannot be said to have more than have whetted tho publio appetito,, and it is in response to tho universal' repuest to prolong his lecture season" . in London that he has returned so soon.. Thoro is' not merely fortune in tho favor with which lie has, been, roooivod (for such a suoooss in London is a guarantee of crowded houses for six months at least), but there is as" substantial fame as moderate ambition could desire. to enjoy in this world; As ho said himself, whon recalled by the continuous applause at the conclu sion of his last lecture: 'It is some thing magnificent for a stranger to oomo to the metropolis of the world to bo received so handsomely.'" ,, , ' How Yoono Woman Got Heo1 MoNEV.rBul one woman succeeded' in fairly fuelling ono of tho dirootors. She was not a young woman, not particularly pretty, perhaps, ' but interesting, and she had tears in her1 eyes, arid $50 .iu the bank. She rushed frautioally to ono of the directors, and nuked him if he could not draw her money. ' 'I am' Tory sorry, madam," Baid ho, "but I can't help you to it just now." "But I must have it immediately," bIio re turned passionately, "it's all I have in the world." "Well, my dear madam, you must have patience, as well as the rest." "But mine 1b an urgont case, and I can't wait, because " "Well, because what?" "Bo- catiso," said she, with a staile on her lips and atear in her eye, "because' I'm going to be married, and I've got to got some things. The man I'm going to marry has not a cent to pay the minister, and he has only one log, so I've got o see to everything1 myself,": The benevolent direotor dove into his pocket, and produaed his private purse; out of which . he paid her the amount, and she wont on her way rejoicing. Chicwjo1 Timet. , . j "Lkt Mb Kiss You?" From Wor Chester, Mass., wo gut the story of a wife who killed her husband while kissing him. There have been treacherous kisses in romance before1 but this was in real lifo and literal. Enoch Hill and his wifo lived unhap py togothpr on account of disposi tion to jealousy. Meeting her tho' other night, by agreement, after she had boeu visiting her futher, they disputed an usual. Suddenly Mrs. Hill askod hor husband to hold her' sun-shado, and, having given it to1 him, she put her hand in her pocket, took out a pistol unnoticed, by him'; saying, "Let me kiss you?" niicf reaching hor arms around him, fired a ball into his" left side. Ho may re cover, and if he should he has re ceived a lesson which ho will be like ly to remember against both jealousy and kisses. A Disousted Ghost. Oue ghost at least has been accounted for. The story is that a wakeful man iu Halifax, looking from Ills window at midnight, iwwniiiu iii.iii mo nimiotr Ub lllluniiriit,, IBera un8orupolls cows forh ' ing i hi, cabbage garden. Acooutcr. ..j , h ..... . ". .,-, ,. , ed as ho was, man in white, albeit thiV wind was hirjh iradthe rain was heavy, he rushed to tho resouo of his beloved esculents. Two sentries stationed by, beholding this spectral figuro widiy flittering nbo.tit the field, believed it!. be a sepulchral visitant, and called onv tho guard to witness the phenomenon'. With fixed bayonots tho. guard ad vanced unseen by the emhnsiastia oow-chasor, so that when he did dis cover the Soldiers he was quite ns much frightened as they were, ami retired to his house wo t and disgusicd. The cows oera to got rather the best of it.