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r, ALBANY BATH HOUSE!
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Wnily that he hu taken charj; at tUiii Entablitb
bent, and, by keciunf oleaa rooins aud ni,vins;
fctriviBtUotlua to boinKi, oxpcoin to tuit all
Ihuis wha Dtifty favor biui w.tU ihcir putrugo.
having heretofore carried un no tiling but
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
hft ffrot to give entire ..tit;wtlun t't all.
fCbUdien and Lodie' Hair neatly cut
ham poo ed. JO.SEPU WEilUKK.
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VOL. IX.
AN UNINVITED GUEST.
It w'r.H neiiriy 3 o'clock 'on .n hot
Simiuiei's day; the long- polislind
counters of our bank, the Iioyul do
racfrtie Bunk, wore crowded with cuk
tomcrs money was flowing in and
running out in tho usual business
liko manner. . Front n raised desk in
my private room, I, the manager of
tho Iioyul Domestic Bank, looked out
on tho busy sceno with ft certnm
pride and pleasure. The lioval Do-
mesitic is not a lontj'-cstiiblished insti
tution, -and, without rnnity, I may
say that much of its prosperity and
success is attributable to the zeal and
experience of its manap-er. In cor
roboration of this -statement, I mi";ht
refer to the last printed report of the
Directors, laid before the sharehold
ers at their annual meeting, in which,
they are pleased to say , But after
all, perhaps I may be thought guilty
of undue egotism and conceit, if I
repeat the fluttering terms in which
they speak of me. , '
A clerk put hi3 head inside my
door. "Mr. Tkrapstow, sir, to speak
to you." . . . .
''fiend him in, Roberts," I said,
Charles Thrapstow I had known
from boyhood; we had both been
reared in the same country town.
Tho fact that his parents were of con
siderably higher social status than
mine perhaps mado our subsequent
intimacy all the pleasunter to me,
and caused mo to set a value upon
his good opinion greater than its in
trinsic worth. Thrapstow was a
stockholder, a very clever, pushing
fellow, .who had the reputation of
possessing an excellent judgment and
great good luck. At my request he
had brought his account to our bank.
It was a good account; ho always
kept a fair balance, and tho cashier
had never to look twice at his checks.
Charlie, like everybody else in
business, occasionally wanted money.
I had let him have advances at vari
'ous times, of course amply covered
by securities, advances which were
always promptly repaid, and the se
curities redeemed. At this time ho
had live thousand pounds of ours, to
secure which we held city of Damas
cus water company's bonds to the
nominal value of ten thousand. My
Directors rather demurred to these
bonds at being somewhat speculative
in nature; but as I represented that
tho company was highly respeetablo,
and its shnies well quoted in the mar
ket, and that I had full confidence in
our customer, our people sanctioned
tho advance. I had perhaps a little
uneasy feeling myself about those
bonds, for they.wcro not everybody's
money, and thoro might have been
some little difficulty in finding a cus
tomer for them in case of tho neces
sity for a sudden sale.
Thrapstow came iu radiant. Ho
was a good-looking follow-, with li fair
beard and mustache, bright eyes of
bluish gv, '', a noso tilted upward,
giving hint a saucy, resolute air. He
was always well dressed, the shiniest
of boots, tho most delicate shado of
color in his tight trousers and gloves,
tho glossiest of bluo frockooatsj a
neat light dust coat over it, a bluo
bird's-eye scarf around his throat,
in which was thrust a massive pin,
containing a tine topaz, full of luster,
and yellow as beaten gold.
"Well, I'vo got a customer for
those Damascus bonds waiting at my
oflico; sold 'em well too to Billings
Brothers, who want them fur an Arab
firm. Ono premium, and I bought
at ono discount.
"I'm very glad of it, Charlie," I
said,' and I felt really pleased, not
only for Thrapstow's sake, but be
cause! should bo glad to get rid of
the bonds, and tho Directors' shrugs
whenever they wero mentioned.
- "Hand 'em over, old follow," said
Charlie, "and I'll bring you Billings'
chock up in five minutes. You won't
havo closed by then; orifyouhavo,
I'll como in at the private door."
I went to tho safe and put my htad
upon tl'.e bonds.
Charlie stood there looking so frank
and free, holding out his hand for
the bonds, that I hadn't the heart to
say to him, as I flight to have dono,
"Bring your customer hero and lot
him settle for thw bonds, and then I
will hand them over." I should havo
said this to anybody elso, but some
how I couldn't say it to Charlie.
Thoro would only bo iivo minutes
risk, and surely that was no risk at
all.
Tho thing was done in a moment ;
I was carried away by Thrapstow's
irresistiblo manner. I handed over
tho bonds, and Charlie was oil' like 'a
shot.
It wanted seven minutes to three,
and I sat watching tho hands of tho
clock in a littlo tremor, despite my
full confidence in Thrapstow; but
then I had so thorough a knowledge
of all the rules of banking that I
couldn't help feeling that I had done
wrong. A few minutes, however,
would sot it right Charlie's white
hat and glittering topaz would Boon
put in an appearance.
Just a minute to threo tho Cashier
brought mo threo checks, with a lit
uo snp 01 paper aitncueu. nicy
wero Thrapstow's checks, for XI ,500,
II, 201) and XuOU odd respectively,
and his balance was only XfU0 odd.
I turned white and cold. "Of
course you must refuso them," I said
to tho Chashier.
When ho wont out I tat in my
chair quite still for a few minutes,
bewildered ut tho sudden misfortune
that had happened to me. Charles
' llirapstow wus cicany a ueiauitcr;
1 but there was one chance he might
havo imcn tho chocks in tho conli-
tleii'.'O of Ketlir? those bonds, and
placing tho balance to his account.
i la duo coursi these chcckit, wliich
' j were crossed, would havo been
I brought to the clcaring-hotise, and
I have been pro.entcd on the morrow.
had not come back. . The bank doors
closed with a clang. I could endure
tho suspense no longer. Telling the
bank porter that, if . Mr. Thrapstow
came, hewas to be admitted at the
private door and was to be detained
in .my room till I -returned, Invent
out and made my way to his olfica,
which was only a fow yards distant.
He wasn't there. The clerk, a youth
of fifteen,- knew nothing' about him.
He was in Chapel court, perhaps
anywhere ho didn't know. Had he
been in within tho last half hour?
Well, no; tho clerk did not think he
had. His story then, of the custo
mer waiting at his oiilce was a lie.
With a heavy heart, I went back
to tho " bank. No; Mr. " Thrapstow
hadn't bsen in, the porter said. I
took . a cab nnd went oil to tho
office of Mr. Oedgemount, the solic
itor to tho bank. I told him in con
fidence what had happened, and
asked his advice. "Could I get a
warrant against this Thrapstow for
stealing the bonds?"
. "Upon my word," said Gedgo
mount, "I don't think you can mako
a criminal matter of it.' It isn't lar
ceny, because you abandoned the
possession of tho Jronds voluntarily.
No; I don't see how you can touch
him. Yon must make a bankrupt of
him, and then you can pursue him,
as having fraudulently carried of his
assets."
But that advice was no good to me.
I think I was wrong in taking it. 1
ought to have gone straight off' to
the police office, and put the affair
into tho hands of tho detectives. Dig
nified men of law, like Godgemount,
always lind a dozen reasons for inac
tion, except in matters that bring
grist to their own mill.
I went home completely disheart
ened and dejected. How could I
face my Directors with such a stom
as that I had to tell? The only ex
cuse that I could urge, of private
friendship and confidence in the man
who had robbed us, would mako the
matter only the worse. Clearlj-, at
the same time that I told tho circum
stances to tho Directors, I should be
bound to place my resignation in
their hands, to be put into forco if
they thought lit. And there would
bo littlo doubt but that they would
accept it. How, damaging, too, the
story would be to me when I tried to
obtain another appointment. ,
I had promised to take my wife
and children for an excursion down
tho river as soon as tho bank closed,
and the youngstors eagerly reminded
mo of my promise. I replied so
savagely and sternly that tho children
made oil' in tears; my wifo, coming
to see what was tho matter, fared lit
tlo better. I must have had a sunstroke
or something, she told mo, and
brought bandages and eau de co
logne. I Hung them away in a
rage and went out . of the house.
I must be doing something, I felt,
and I hailed a cab and drove to
Thrapstow's lodgings.
Mr. Thrapstow wasn't coming
homo that night, his landlady told
me; she thought ho was away for a
littlo jaunt; but she didn't know.
Ho occupied tho ground floor of a
small house in Eecleford street, Dim-
lioo,' two rooms opening into eacli
oilier. J. told the woman that 1
would sit down and write a letter.
She knew me well enough, as I had
frequently visited Thrapstow, and
sho left me to myself. Then 1 began
to overhaul everything, to try to find
out some clew to his whereabouts.
A few letters wero on tho chimney
piece; they wero only circulars for
tradesmen. In tho fireplace was a
considerable quantity of charred tin
der.. . Ho had evidently been burning
papers recently, and a quantity of
them. I turned tho tinder cardfully
over, spreading it out upon a news
paper. I fount) nothing legible ox
cept ono little scrap of paper, which
the fire had not altogether reduced
to powder, on which I Baw the namo
Isabel shining with metalic luster.
Then I went to tho bedroom and
searched that. Hero, too, 'wero evi
dent preparations for flight; coats
and other garments thrown hastily
into cupboards, boxes tnrnod out, an
odd glovo or two lying upon the
dressing-table. I carefully searched
all the pockets for letters or other
docum,ontH, but I found nothing.
Tho keys were left in all tho recopti
cals, auiiistanco of Charley's thought
fulness for others m the midst of his
rascality. ,
. Lying upon tho washstand was a
card, which was blank upon one side,
but on tho other had tho namo of a
photographer printed upon it. Tho
card was wet, as if it had been soaked
in water, and near tho upper end of
it was a round, irregular cut, which
did not penetrate tho card. It had
evidently once had a photograph
fastened on it; accordingly, tho card
had been wetted, to facilitate the re
moval of tho photograph and had evi
dently been cut out, in order to put
it in a locket, or something similar.
It struck mo at once that the pho
tograph about which a man on tho
ovc of flight would tako so much
trouble must lo of a person very dear
to him probably his sweetheart.
Although I had been intimate with
Thrapstow, he had always been very
reserved as to his own friend and
associates, and I had no cluo to
guide mo to any of them, except tho
photographer's card.
lio-entoring my cab I drove off to
the photographer's. There wan no
nuinljer or distinguishing mark upon
tho card, and tho chances seemed
faint that he would be able to tell me
anything about it. Indeed, at first
when tho man found that I wau't a
customer he seemed littlo inclined to
trouble himself about the matter. -
Tho promise of a fee, however, modo
him tnoro reasonable, and ho offerer!
to let me see his books, that I might
search for tho namo I wanted to find.
But then I didn't know tho namo I
wanted to tind. It was 'unlikely that
the photograph had lttcu done for
Thniptow ; if it had, there would
piTuaon appeal' in ine Dwitaoii'y uic
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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20,
useless record of his address, already
known to mo. Then tho man shook
his head. . If I didn't know the numo
it was.no use looking; tho card was
nothing, : he said; ho sent hundreds
out every month. What information
could he possibly give hie? Then I
tried to describe tho personal appear
ance of Thrapstow. But again ho
shook his head.
li ho hadn't taken his likeness; he
wouldn't be likely to remember him;
hardly oven then, so many people
passad through his hands. ' '
. At this tiino ho had been cariilossly
holding tho card in his fingers, glanc
ing at it now and then, and suddenly
an idea seemed to strike him. "Stop
a bit," he said, aud went into his
dark chamber, and presently emerg
ed, smelling strongly of chemicals.
"Look here," he said triumphantly.
I looked, and saw a very faint, ghost
ly impression of a photograph. "It's
printed itself through," said tho man
"they will sometimes, and I've
brought it to light. Yes, I know tho
original of that." Again ho dived
into the closet and brought out a
negative with a number and label to
it. Then he turned to his book and
wrote down an address for mo Mrs.
Maidmount, Larkspur road, Nottiug
Hill.
Away I went to Larkspur road.
Mrs. Maidmout's house was a small,
comfo.itablo residence, with bright
windows, verandas, gorgeous window
boxes and striped sun-blinds. Mrs.
Maidmont was ut homo, said a vcry
ueat, protty-looking maid : and I sent
iu my card, with a message: "On
most important , business." The
maid canto back to say that her mis
tress did not recognize tho name,
but would I walk in? I was shown
into a pretty drawing-room on the
first floor. An elderly lady roso to
greet me with old-fashioned courtesy,
at the same time with a good deal of
uneasy curiosity visiblo in hor face.
This was not ' tho original of the
photograph, who was a young and
charming girl.
"Madame," I said . rapidly, "I
believo that my' friend, Charles
Thrapstow, is well known to you;
now, it is of tho utmost importance
that I should ascertain whero ho is
at this moment."
"Stay!" said tho old lady. "You
aro laboring under a complete mis
take; I know nothing whatever of
tho. gentleman whoso niu'no you
mention ; a name I never hoard before. "
Was she deceiving mo? I did 'not
think so.
' "Perhaps Miss Maidmont mav
know." I said eagerly.
"Miss Maidmont is not likely to
havo formed any acquaintance with
out her mother's knowledge," said
Mrs. Maidmont with dignity. There
seemed to bo no alternative but .for
ins to retreat with apologies.
"I am very busy, you see," went
on the old lady, with a wave , the
hand; and, indeed, tho room now 1
looked about me I saw to bo strowr
ed with preparations for some festive
event a ball, perhaps, or, from a
wreath of orango; blossoms that I
saw peeping out of a milliner's box,
more likely a wedding. ' I was about
to tako my departure reluctantly,
when .a young girl a charming
young girl bounded into the room;
she was tho original of tho photo
graph. 1
"Oh, mamma! rIio cried, "here's a
letter from poor Charlie to say lie
can't possibly oomo hero, to-night!
Isn't it provoking? And I want to
consult him about so many things."
'.'Well, my dear Isabel," said the
old lady placidly, , "you'll have
enough of his company after to-morrow,"
From which I judged tiiat
my suiTuise as to tho wedding was
correct, and that Charlie, was the
bridegroom elect.
"JSy the way,"shewcuton,"here's
a gentleman, Isabel, who insists that
wo know a Mr. Charles I forget tho
name now."
"Thrapstow," I interjected.
' "A Mr. Charles Thrapstow! You
know of no such person, Bella?"
"I know of -no Mr. Charles but
Charles Tempest," said Isabel.
"It is singular, too, that the ini
tials of our friends should be tho
same. May I ask if you havo given
your portrait,' taken by Bl.uboro of
Irensington."
"Upon my word," said Mrs. Maid
mont, rising, and sounding the
boll, "this is rather too much from a
total stranger. ' Wo don't know your
friend, and wo don't know you.
Susan, show this gentleman out."
"But a gentleman," I cried' ."with
bluo- eyes, and yellow beard nnd
mustache, anil tuniod-up-noso."
"No mure!" cried Mrs. Maidmont.
"Am I to repeat, once more, we
know nothing of him?"
What cotdd I do under thoso cir
cumstances but take my leave? In
Susan, however, I found an uucx
pected'ally. She had hoard my par
ting words of description, and she
turned to me as wo wero descending
the stair.i, and said "Miss Isabel's
young man is exactly liko that."
Half a crown and a few blandish
ments, which under tho circumstan
ces, I think even my worthy spouse
would have condoned, put mo into
possession of the facts.
Miss Maidmont was really going
to be married to-morrow morning, at
St. Spikenard's church, to a Charles
Tempest, a very good-looking young
man, whom they had know n long,
but who seemed to 1 very well off.
My description of my friend tallied
exactly with Susan's of tho bride
groom; but tho coincidence might be
mere accidental.
"Had Miss Maidmontaphotogntph
of her lover?" I oslcd.
She had in her own room, it ccein
cd. Stthait couldn't get at it now
without suspicion; hut she promised
to secure it, ami bring it with her if
1 would meet her at 'J o'clock at the
corner of tho street.
J was punctual to n.y ti v-t, and at
!) Swam made her itppemnjice with a
morocco caw. comainiii;,' un excellent
bktnewi of in v fnci.it, 1 'baric:.,
I Thrapstow, massive pin with topaz
in it, and all. ,!;,, .
Now what was to be done? Should
I go to Mrs. Maidmont, and tell . her
how sho was deceived in her' daugh
ter's lovor? That would have been
the best way adapted to spare, the
feelings of the Maidmouts; but would
it bring back the .5,000? I thought
not.
' "Miss Maidmont," I solMoqni2ed,
"will find some way . to warn her
lovor. Even mbbmg a bank may
not embitter a girl against her sweet
heart, and no doubt she's over ' head
and ears in love with Charlie." NU
I determined on a different plan. .
. I roso early next morning, dressed
myself with care, put on a pair of
palo primroso glpvos, uonueu m;,
newest beaver, and took cab to St.
Spikonard's, Notting Hill. ti '
, The bells wero jingling merrily as
1 alighted , at tho church door; a
small crowd had already gathered on
tho pavement, ' drawn together by
that keen foresight of coming 'ex
citement characteristic of the. human
species. "Friondof tho bridegroom,"
I whispered to tho verger, aud I was
forthwith shown ' into tho vestry.
The 1 clergyman was thoro' already,
and shook hands with mo in a vague
kind of way. . , , .
"Not tho bridegroom?" ho said 'in
a mild interrogative manner. I told
him that I was only ono of kis
frieijds, and wo stood looking at
ouch other in a comatose kind of
way, till a littlo confusion at tho ves
try-door broko the spell. "Hero he
comes!" whispered somo ono; and
the next moment there appeared in
the vestry, looking pale and agitated,
but very . handsome, Mr. Charles
Thrapstow.
I caught him by "tho arm and led
him into a cbruor, before ho recog
nized who I was. When he saw me,
I thought he would havo fainted,
"Don't betray me," ho whispered' i
"Five thousand," I whisperod in
his ear.
"You shall have it infiveminutes.y
"Your minutes aro Ion
tor Charles," I said.
With trembling finufrs ho took
out a pocket-book an handed me ft
roll.
"I meant it for vu, Tom," he Raid.
Perhaps he did, but w.know
at
of good intentions.
It didn't tako mo long . to count
over those notes; thore wero exactly
fivo thousand pounds.- ' '
"Now," said I, "Mastor Charlio,
tako yourself off." r ,, .
"You promised," ho urged, "not
to betray mo."
"No more I will, if you go." '
"She's got ton thousand of her
own," ho whispered. . i . ,
"Bo off or elso"
" "No I won't," said Charlio, mak
ing up his mind with a dosper.ito ef
fort; "I'll not. I'll mako a eloau
breast of it."
:At that moment thoro was, a hit of
a stir, and a general call for the
bridegroom.'-'' The brido liad just ar
rived, poople said. Ho pushed : his
way out to tho carriage, ., and whis
perod a few words to Isabel, who fell
back in a faint. There was a great
fuss and bustlo, and then some one
came and said that thoro was an infor
mality in tho license, and that the
wedding couldn't como off that day.
I didn't wait to see anything fur
ther, but posted oft' to the bank, and
got there just lis tho Board was as
sembling. I supposo some of the
Directors hud. got wind of Thrap
stow's failure, for the first thing I
heard when I got into the board
room was old Venables grumbling
out: ''How about 'those Damascus
bonds, Mr, Manager?" I rode rough
shod over old Venables, and tyran
nized considerably over tho Board ill
genera that day, but I couldn't 'help
thinking how closo a thing it was,
and how very near shipwreck I had
been, i . .
As for Mr. Thrapstow, I presently
hoard that, after all, he had arranged
with his creditors,' and mado it up
with Miss Maidmont. Ho had a
tongue that would wind around any
thing, if you only gave him time,
and I wasn't much surprised at hear
ing that his wedding day was fixed.
He hasn't sent me an invitation, and
I don't supposo he will, and I cer
tainly shall not thrust myself forward
a second time as an uninvited guest.
Chambers' Journal.
An AxxiuvsMoTUKti. "Eph, ahem,
emtio to yer muddcr, boy; whar you
bin?"
"Playin' wid tho .wliita folk's
chilliin."
- "You is, elt? See hyar, chile, you
broko your olo mutldcr's hoard,; and
brung her gray hairs iu sorrow to de
grave wid yer reckliintiioss an' carry
ings on widebil assoayshuns. Habu't
I raised you up in do w ay you should
ought to go?"
"Yesstmi."
"Habn't I bin kino an' tender wid
you, an' treated you like my own
chile, which you is?"
"Yessuin. 1
"Habn't I reezened will yon, and
prayed wid you, and deplore, tho
good lord to wrap you up in his
buzzitm?"
"Yessunl."
"Ami isn't I yer nateral detector
an' gardeon ft' tie law?"
"Ycssum."
"Well, lieu, do you sposo J'sc
gwine to hab yer morals ruptured by
do white trash? No, sail! You get
in de house dis instep; an' if I (ilier
notch you DjiiudcjLtii' will do white
trash any liio', fo' tie Lord, nigyar.
I'll brake vcr black head wid a
brick!" .
"Yessum."
A young lady of Logantiport reconl
!y sent a young un four quarts of
butternuts as a token of acknowledg
ment fur having sayod !itr from
drowuin". ''.'
"Her Face AVas Her Fortune,",
will soon l,o followed lv "Hit Cluck
Was What Made Him."
1874
i, . qFrotri thy N. Y. Snn;l . t(,., .'
A CnJ KCU llSAUttl;ti:l;KNT,
Trouble Iu tho t'uiled 1
'resbytoriuil fcotl-
Tho Rev. S. J. Stewart has boon
pastor of tho "Ulilted Pesbyterinft
Church' in Twenty-fifth street two
yoars. Yesterday the relations be:
twocn him -..and his- congregation,
whjch had grown somewhat disagree
able, wero formally severed. Tho
Church is mado tip to a great extent
of Scotchmen, who aro Old bchool
Frosbytenans.1 Air. btewart is a
voung man and a little inclined tow
ard liberalism. Therefore his preach.
ing has utit been acceptable to some
of his hearers.'"' TW dissatisfied
members say that Mr.; Stewart has
grown more and moro haterdox, ; and
that somo, of his most pointed tignres
havo been intended for personal ap
plication by those who differed "'With
him in religious belief. Becelitlv ho
preached a sermon from the words,
"Take heed. how ye hear,' :in, which
he compared somo poople to religious
parrots anil others to dogs. He de
nies that ho intended to call any of
his hearers names, but thoy think dif
ferently. Dissension .arose, and m
tho midst of it Stewart received it call
from a church in Steubenvillo, which
lie decided to accent: ' At a meetiii:
of his church last wook his doeision
was announced'. ,; : -i
Tho disaffected brethren say that
Ins departure was on too snort notice,
and as a parting retaliation tho prop
osition was mado that tho pastor bo
excluded from the pulpit ou the fol
lowing Sunday w hen he was tp preach
his farewell sermon. The motion
was not put to a voco, but out of it
grew tho rumor that there would ho
trouble of some kind should ho at
tempt, to preach, , Consequently the
house of worship was crowded last
Sunday morning,' although tho real
membership is only about two hun
dred, and the usual attendanco not
largo. Troublo was expected. Mr.
ftitotuirt took his place in tho pulpit,
and cWl not wait for the tight to bo
commuvecLby his enemies. . i
A tpiAJra PASTOIti ...j
"By youraction," he said, "you
have disgraced both yourself and
the chuWi. Let my enemies ui-
lorrupj, me to-uay n cnoy naro. i ney
rautsVunderHtAnd' that this pulpit is
my throne. I havo doeided of my.
own choice to bo relievod of this
charge; but until Iain relievod I shall
continue to preach; and shall bo pro
tected. If no other motive had im
pelled me to enter this pulpit ' this
morning, I should have been impell
ed to do so for tho. vindication of free
speech. I am not afraid of mob law
I am o coward, and I would bo torn
in pieces rather than take back ono
word . I have uttered. When men
talk of mobbing me, of lseopinjr me
out of tho pulpit, I reply that 1 am
not afraid of them. , Men say I havo
been personal iu my preaching. I
do not know n living man who is' of
enough consequence to bo mado tho
subject of a sermon. I expect the
Presbytery to relieve mo to-morrow,
but until relieved I shall havo tho
first man arrested who dares to inter
fere with me. If you have any char
ges to .make lu'ing them before tho
Presbytery. Send on letter about
ino to the Wost, where I havo boon
called, if you pleasft. Send thorn on;
but if anybody says anything untrue
to dantago me I will havo him prose
cuted iu a civil oourt. Arrangements
havo beon mado to nrrost any , one
who aiiakos a disturbance hero to
day."' . " '' "
' Mr. Stewart then went on with hin
sermon and was not interrupted. ,
m JIHETINO 01' TIH WtKSUVI'KRV. . ,
Yesterday iporning tho Presbytery
met ig tho Twenty-fifth street church,
and Mr. Stewart was choson Modera
tor. Besido the ministers there was
a large attendanco of members of tho
disaffected cluu'clr . Tho quarrel was
introduced by a presentation by Mr.
Stewart of the cttll from StoubenvHlo,
with a request to bo relieved from
his, i present churge., ; Ml'. Knox, a
gray-haired gentleman,, asked leave
to read what Mr. Stewart had said in
tho pulpit tho day before, Tho priv
ilege was denied on the ground that
if tho charges were to bo mado thoy
must bo presented in a formal way.
After some discussion it was voted to
release Mr. Stewart and allow him to
go to Steubenvillo. Other btisinoss
then intervened, but in the afternoon
session tho subject arose again when
Mr. Stewart asked for a letter to his
new chpage certifying hin good stand
ing. "An insinuation was thrown out
this morning," he said, "and ttu in
sinuation is often as damaging as a
direct charge. I utterly deny any
insinuation as to any unchristian con
duct. This church, as a body, uitd I
part good friends. I can prove that
my preaching has been coiumoudod
and that the church has been pros
perous. I announced that my health
and the good of the cause dcniandod
my removal to Stonbonvillo. A few
person.!, it seeias, had taken ollensc
ut my preaching, aud they partly in
spired tho meeting which was held
last week against me. Suggestions
were made to exclude mo from tho
pulpit yesterday, and what I said was
nono too strong to mood the case, 1
havo been law-abiding. If any man
has any charge to mako let him do it
now; but I will have no insinuations.
If this letter is given mo I wan't it
understood as endorsing mo in every
respect." , . i
Mil. KNOXS ANTL-flT.lVAUT K.NOWI.KDUU.
"Perhaps ra! tended church meet
ings," retorted Mr. Knox, "hefnro
Mr. Stewart was ljorn. I know what
was done at this otie. Thoro were
those who were provokid because ho
h.'itl not given notice that hu wits go
ing to leave. Although there was a
suggestion to keep him out of the
pulpit yesterday, there was no (nob
sentiment. ,
"1 simply favored a committeo go
ing to brother Stewart," exi'laincd
Mr. Jiihii'ioit, "and asking hint to
preach a plain g,i;.p!o sermon."
" Mr. Stewart said that seine of the
assertions wero incorrect, but he
would not take the trouble to deny
them. A long debate followed as to
whether the usual form of a letter
was a commendation of a migrating
pastor, and it Was deedc'd that it
wa:, It wuh then voted td give Mr.
Htwart sucJi it letter, thus asserting
bis good standing in the church, and
before adjournment tho psalm com
mencing with this verse was sung:
''' Heboid how good a thlng'it Is,' 1
fC',,' And how becoming well, , !' 1 ,
,,, Together such as brethren nro ,,, , i
In unity todwoll.
THE HIAJUKNIS TWINH. ,
Th. Clroiimstniifea Atteiulluc; Their
'" ' Dentil,
' 'A spoc'iiil telegram roni Philadel
phia to the New York Tribune of
January '24th says:" " 1
, Dr. Joseph Holliugsworth,' a phy
sician resident at Mount Airy, Surrey
county, about, sixty-fivo miles from
Greensboro, North Carolina, and a
graduate of Jefferson College in' this
city in 1817, sinco practicing in and
around Mount Airy, arrived here this
oveuing from his homo in order to
consult Dr. 'Win. II. ' Pancoast,
Demonstrator of Anatomy in his
Alma Mater,, Prof. Samuel dross,
and other 'eminent physicians, as to
the death and future disposition of
tho celebrated Sianioso twins, Chang
and Eng, whoso family physician he
has beon for twenty-ttvt) years at their
homeor rather homes, for- they had
two, three and iivo miles respectively
from Mount Airy. Tho correspond
ent of tho Tribune had a long talk
with him in tho oflico of Dr. Pan
coast,; who had, on tho first receipt
of tho news of the death of the twius,
telogruphod, through tho Mayor, for
permission, to mako a post mortem
examination for tho benclit of scieuco.
Many of tho current stories published
in newspapers and onclycopedias are
shown to be untrue by tho physioian,
who has known these two singular
beings intimately for a quarter of a
century. Of lato years, owing origin
ally to an estrangement bqtween tho
wives, arising out of partiality shown
to ono over the other in matters of
dress and jewelry1, they have kept up
soparato establishments, or farms,
two miles apart.' -1 i- ;
It was their unvarying oustom to
spend threo days and ft half , of each
week in each house. So unalterable
was this custom that tho funeral of a
son on ono occasion, and tho wedding
of a daughter on another could not
bo attended by thejn beoauso the
ceremonies wero not at the right
house.' Thursday, Jan. 15th,' was
the day for - Chang to Visit Eng's
houso, i Tho former was the, -weaker
of tho twp, having , been paralyzed
threo years before on the right side,
and over since' suffering from chronic
pneumonia. -' On this night the ex
treino cold, the rough road and an
open carriage conduced to throwing
Chang into a severe attack of his
affection of the' throat, and. he sont
word to his wifo next day that,
though better, ho thought he Would
have died that night. Ou Friday
night tho twins, slept; in the second
story of tho house, having no ono in
tho room but a littlo negro, who said
they got up af tor midnight and sat
around the fire, Chang complaining
very much of his throat. Eng waut
od to go hack to botl, but Cluing said
it hurt his breast too much ,to lio
down. Howovor, thoy did soon
afterward got to bed and lititliing
more was hoard till, ; toward day
break, Eng was heard crying out for
his son William, who slept in an
upper room. Wheu tho family was
aroused, after repeated callings from
Eng, they found Chang dead, and
Eng with a cold perspiration starting
ont from his face pallid, and com
plaining of excossive cold iu his feet,
asking them to pull and rub , thoiu.
Howovor, in about one and a half
horn's after tho alarm' Eng expired;
all tho symptoms Of , coming death
being present. -
Dining the -interval thoy had sent
for Dr. llollingsworth, live miles
away in tho vitiligo, but before ho
could arrive death had coin to both.
The wife of Eng said that he was as
hearty us over ho had been, the night
before, having eaten a substautiul
supper, and was in nowise apparently
alkicted by his brother's indisposi
tion. Afyer tho doctor arrived he
found thorn both dead, and obsorvod
no diH'orenco in their condition from
Unit of ordinary corpses. He at once,
with a duo regard for tho interesds of
his profession and scieuco generally,
took measures for the preservation of
tho bodies until tho consent of tho
families of tho deceased could be
obtained to a post-mortem examina
tion, ami until medical men could
have an opportunity to consult. As
to the eonsMit of the families the
most strciiuous objection contfs from
an invulid daughter in tho last stages
of consumption, and other members
desire to hoar from distant sorts of
the deceased, ono of whom Is in
California and two o threo in Mis
souri. Tho doctor, with great fore
thought, dissuaded them from bury
ing the bodies In a neighboring
church-yard, and urged that it would
bo hotter to enbalm or preserve them
as lortg us possible, To do this ho
had a strong wooden liox incased in
tin, with charcoal surrounding tho
bodcs, and deposited the whole in tho
collar of tho dwelliiig-liouso, where
the cold weather will preservo the
bodies at least two weeks'. '
A Texas editor, whoso midnight'
oil must have failed him just as he
was going to press, prints tho follow
ing energetic opinion: "Tho man who
would water putroletjiu and sell it,
would sneak into tho palace of the
king of kings, and steal tho gilding
from tlio wings of.angels."
According to tho Lexington Vrtv.
the Kentucky Legislature wits sworn
in the other day upon a handsomely
lioiiucl copy of "Hitchcyck's Auuly
iiu. "
-i."wa;K-.ai --ir
'. Uusineys. noticni in' tho . Local C'duuini,
..-,.tu H..A.
Fnrlogal and transient ndrarils.ntr-ta $2 1
nor Siinnre ,Tf-rt lines, ftri th first tnsrrfl"
mm i uu 'or sqnni-u lor ,ean suUBequeHt
, ADDITIONAI LIGHT.
B. Z: Pengra, a well-khbwii citizen
of this State, and a prominent mem
ber in the Republican party,- writes
and publishes in tile Oregmiian an
open letter, to Attorney Genera
Williams. The letter is a valuablo
addition to the history of Kadical
election frauds and outrage? iu tliii;
State. It will be very interesting
reading to our friend, the Custom
house editor of the liulktin. While
it l'evoalrf nothing beyond what has
long beeu known of his character fs
a corrupter of elections, it gives sonic
interesting details of his agency in
the little outrage of 1870. . The let
tor also refers to tho Melotrum sur
veying contract, so fully exposed in
the -Y'w, tihowing that the writer . if.
acquainted, with 'that".' transaction.
Another matter that it mentions will
bo somewhat he'w td the pOoplo of
Oregon;' it is tho 'attempt by United
States Attorney General Williams, to
sell 0. P.. Thompson an interest hi it
stono contract at Washington,
through Kincaid. . This last . item is
in .confirmation of the chargei made
intheNeY YqrlinS'ftfi, of .Williams'
partnership in corrupt jobs under tho
Washington Boss Shepherd Ring.
We qnoto from Mr. Pengm's letter: C
.! In April, 1H70,, and at the Nation
al Hotel breakfast table, iii Washing
ton, you handed me a dispatch anil
asked me, did I thitik it genu! tie?
The dispatch was from Orogotl,- ahd
was signed by a resident of Corvalhs,
and H. W. Scott,, now editing , tho
Jlitlktin, but then tho Oreytmkai.
It contained a call on yon for more
moiiei, stating that tho amount sent
was insufficient; that it would tako
ut least 5,(10(1- more ,,to . carry , thp
election. Prior to my leaving horn
in March, reports were circulated
through the medium of the Denio-ci-atio
press, that you had sent hoiqo
money to corrupt tho . election,, .to
come off in June follow ing. , In
answering you, I called your atten
tion to those reports-, ami being ill
some measure convinced by your
question that they wero partly true,'
and thinking that tho gentleman ai
Corvallis had better sense than to
send such an open dispatch bver tho
wires, and therefore that sorrio Dem
ocrat had sent it fit entrap youj I , so
answered. At that timo thoro, was,
or had beon recently, pending, .a
moasnro to purify tlio elections in the
city tit Now York, which had yorfr
support., 1 1 culled your attention to
that fact, and to the further fact that
tho Republican party of. Oregon, had
not began its being, , nor gained its
victories up to that date, by bribery
and conniption ; that no party ought
to succeed by such moons; and that
public men couldn't succeed perma
nently who resorted to their use. I
advised you not to send money,'1 jior
have anything try do with parties who
resorted to its Use for such purposes.
You received my counsel iu silenctj.
Afterwards you informed mok. upon
inquiry, that tho dispatch was gonu
ino. I saw developing in you then;
what I had novor seen bofore, ainj
knew what treatment 1 myself mid
others who hud mado , you Senator
must thenceforth expect at your
hands. From that time, e'si'bttt votir
- , - - - r
treachory in overthrowing tl'e Hum
boldt Kuilroad Bill, uo transaction ot
yours has boon a surprise to Jue,-r-Your
bargain with Holluday in refer
ence to that matter; your oonlract
with Mr. Meldrum;' tho attempt to
soli D. P. Thompson ail interest' in
the stono contract. lit Wasltiugton,
through Ivmcaid; your 'removal., of
Oibbs for tho faithful performance of
duty; tho attempt by you- do'in here
to blacken my reputation; by assert
ing that I had attempted to I luribo
you with O, li. P. C. ,H., It. stock,
are, sir, tho bits of history that will
remain as fresh in memory as tho
name of George H. William's. ' i i
, ncmnohiSvu's. ;.
Cash on delivery is the custom
adopted by popular lecturers...
A pust-maslur in Pennsylvaijhi em
ploys her husband as houd lilbrk.
A writer Witilles to know why
people always 'spell finlS without
un h, ,. ,, ..H".',r;.i.r -
- "Money is very tight," salt! d thief
who was trying li breuk open a haul;
vault. .; , . ; ... ... , -i ,
"Time cuts down all, both ijreat
and small." How iiboht provision
and grocery bills?
' "Transactions in Hair," is tho
lieadiug by a Dotroit editor to' an
account of a street light. ' ,11
Smirkins looked itt a painting of a
pig and pleasantly asks, , " Who is
that pigment for?" , , ,
When a policemen fluds it nian lull
ho takes him to tho station house lind
his friends bail hitti out. " -
A Philadelphia paper hits ascer
tained that Noali Webster used to
play euchre uud steal eggs.; .
A lazy editor iu Ohio rends all his
exchanges in bod. iln flails it the
easiest way to fill up his sheet. ;
Tho ih'linner of uilvcflisiuf Kir a
husband in Java is by pluciDg ait
empty flower pot ou the portico
roof. . -
One advantage of living in Troy is
that one can go to any hydrant, nv
day, and get tt.'i eel for dinner, amino
extra charge
Goorgia Itora. "Bill 'Bridges, of
Dooley County, attempted to knock
down u piuo tree with his horse, and
killed the latter." t ,. .
California papers won't publish the
Governor's message on account ot
its length. It makes nine columns of
solid nonpareil.
It fs suggested that in building
railroads, the rails should bo heated
red-hot, so that the work. uou will lay
them down rapidly.
Tlio following is from the Lynch
burg, T01111., Pioiwer of the SUth:
"Tho weather for tho past few days
has beeu splendid for killing h igs,
and a great many have taken advan
tage of it."