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p ni A vera on r8DT SCROFULA AND SCROFULOUS DISEASES. rro r.rv - $ ntre,u'nt W ...... .1,1 lirire ntiiuitltle of your SAHKArAntM., ' h.V V,i onelSll" wh'el' ftllU or tho dttlrril tlfcel l. Vfi'MiVftSfo" i to thoio wlio look it M ft H our luffi"" immunity." "nHm,, rimplos, IlloteliM, rujtulp. Ulcors, Eruptions , i wij" . uigoajos 0r tho Skfn. vSm ?. V.vf Anifoti, JirliM.Kn3l.ml. .. 1 ijJilo my iluly to you mid lhi public, when I sdd ! ? mm? 10 tlmt jou publl.lior Ihomedlclti.l Wrtuw m 'i HAWArAniiuA. My dsuglitcr, ttd ten, lid an SM? hS liamo li 1 "er , c-A .ml lialr for ym., iw$ unsbla "" I1.'"1' wo "l"1 "".V i1? ?ATAWI.tA; She li" I wel1 "" ""n" n""1"1-" iy,",, " to WV.mOrW, Otpt May Co., jV. J. 1. Jlr dsu 'lr Iim suirmd for yr Pit with scrof. .tii eruption, which wm very troubloino Nothing Sfc lfd ii yVlltf until we tried your HAiisArAnitLA, ImcIi .00.1 completely cured l.cr.' Vom 0fl" r- aw '? ' iW4iKiri Jim of Oant ' Marrag, ? i., mdmiUcurrrJ ptnamtlltd Jul- 4 1 had fiir lereral yean a rery troublMomo Anmorln , fire which anvr connlaiitly worre mull It dlilljiurcd J ?i?JJi li "id bvcumo an Intolerable atlllcllon. 1 tiled r&niiriervlliliiJininaii could or tolh adlco anil mcdl- Sf ta t Xouf nt.y relief wl.aleter. until I look your L nvuiliLA II Immediately made my law wortc, SAn '... 1. ... li ...Inlit Inr n llmo, hut In n loir urrk ' i a ..... I., r.trttt timing ttiM litnlatlist . ntiil rtSi. HAHSAMIUtLA." ErralpolM-Uonoral DobllUy-rurlfy tho Blood. Vom ;r, I'd. Sue In, Jhuilmil.. X. 1". 1.. i.-.ii I Idam fall la rtmore .'noi'Mn and cercf'!"" lxr lf ,ho I'emovctliiu utc or )our ijAii. iiMti i.tA. and 1 lmo Juil now curul an attack of jXwiHf r.rwltt with It. Aoaltetallowei.i.MeM i,nMho8AltArAiilLl.A you liataiuppllcU to Ilia pto ftitJou t cll a to thu roplc." from J. i: Jolimton, IUq., Waltmim, OMo. "For Incite year I had tho yellow i:rytlpelaa on my .ll,t arm. durlim which lima 1 trlril nil tho celebrated ilitklitu I could reach, and took hundred of dollar Worth of medicine. 'Iho uloer wcte o bad I hot tho r li became vlilulc, and the doctor decided that my irm mint I amputated. I bepau takliiR jour Kaiia. rialtUA Took tnii IhiIIIc, and lame oryour 1'ILtJ. Torelherlhey hare cured me. 1 am now aa well and found 11 tnilxxly llrliift in a publlo place, my cam I known In JrrrjWly In till coniinuiilty, nud excite Iho wonder of j'riw Am. Ittnril Monro. M. T. r..ef Stiirmlh, C. jr., alffiilliiamtmhtrnfllie (itnmllan farllimtnl. "I hare urd your Haimai-aiiilla in my family, for fiMral iiVW,and for pvr(filiig Iht llml,h very Utitclsl rraiilK, and Icol couHdciico Iu commending it tjlheanilcUJ." St. Anthony's Firo, Ttose, Bait Illioum, Scald lloitd, Horo Eyea. i .irrfj SlrUfr. .'". Hit nUt alitor ; Iht TutO hiinnock Ikmoentt, Jnni(ifriiniii. "Our only child, nlHiut thrrfl year oraae, wa attacked ty pimplcM on lil lorenean. Jiiey rapmiy ipTran unin ly plmplw Ifiitv liirmri ereil hi face, and actually blinded liUcyr lor tonic da. lliey tunned a loatliuimo anil viruicni lure, which cor A ikllUit idiytlcl'iu apiilled nitrateorrlUerand otlicrtem. cdlea, wluiniit any apparent etTcct. J or llllreii daya wo iruardtdlilhand, Icitnllh Ihem he ihould traropcu tho Uilethic and corrupt wound which coveiril Id whole. rce iTarliiK tried txtry IhlliR elre lie bad any hone Irom.webviaii glrluK your HAliaAl'AlilLLA, and apply. In 1)10 Iodide ol poind lotion, a you direct. The lore b.-jran to heal when we had olven tlio lint Imllle, and WMticll when wo had tlulihed the lecond. The child' cyclatlic, which had couio nut, grew aialn, and be li now a hcallbraud rir a any other. The whole neigh Uitbwoil predicted that Iho child muit die." Byphllls and Mercurial SlaoMO. From J)r. Itlnmi Sloitt. of SI. IjmIi. Mhtourl. hunt any apiurent ellcct. I or intern daya wo "I llnd your riAiWAi'AiiltLA a more ellrctual remedy for the ccoudary yiuptotiu or SmMHi, nud Pir yphlllllo nirar 111311 any oilier wn iHiurr. me proirwion are 1 Irbtnl lu! ) on lor noino of tho belt medicine no have," iron A J. Fnneh, il J)., nil tmlntnl ;Aiici'rii of jur. r, .wiii (ran it n jirvriiiKrii mtuiixr v ii i0ii. ,rc pMtuutrititlli, "Dtt. Aveu )Iy dear Rlrt I liaro found vonr SAn. urAiiltLA an excellent remidy fur SmJiIIIi, boih on lie C miry and iteontUiru tyw, and cITiclual In touiecair t were foil obilllitu to llclil In other rrmrttlr 1 do lit know what wn can employ with more certainty of ccrn, lTiiern n iitnirriui nucraiivp i iniuirrn." Mr (!.. y. I tin Llttf, of tie niairr.ct-.X J., had dreadful ulcer an hit lrj(t, canard by the abuiu of mer cery, or mrenrlnl illinut, which jrew more and more ariraiated lor year, In iiilte of every remedy or treat ment that could bo applied, until lite iierieTrrfng uieof AYau'ariAliaAl'Alill.1 relletrd biin. IVwcamcauU loond more Inveteratn and illilriMlng than IliU, and It look Kicral dotcii bottle lu cure him. Loucorrhcna, White, Feraalo Wonlcncis, re jeuerally produced hy Internal SarUloui tflemillon, nd aro irry oltcn cured by the altcrallic efli-ct of lid fAii'ArAiilLLA. Nouio cae riiilrv, however, In aid of the dAiuAi-AnuLA, the iMIIul applicalkiu or local rcmcdlrt. iVvn Iht tctllivoien ami trliltlii-ctlilmtol Dr. Jacob Morrill, of CiHclumiU. "I hare found your NAiniArAnii.tj. an excellent alter atlre In dlear of Ivuiale JI1111) car of iriegulatlty, Leueorrlura, Internal lllceratiou, ami local debility, atii lug from lira tcmlulou illathrili, bare yiildtd toll, and tliere are lew that do not, when 11 elket I proiieriy aldid hy local treatment." A liiJjtUHKllllng to allow Iht publication of htr anaif, icr(M "My daughter and mvieir bc lxn cured of avery debilitating lucorrhn-a or I0112 itaudlug, by (no bottle Of )our hAIWAfAIULLA." lthoumatlani Qout. Llvor Complaint, Dyapop. olft Iloart UUimio IJouralRln, wbrii cautcil by .Senifula in tho mttui. are rapidly cured by lull LXT.iAIUAI'AUI!.LA. AYER'S CATIIAltTJO PILLS Pojicm o iiianv nilMtntao over lira oilier pttryci. Ile in tho m.irkct, nml tliclr auiwrior virtue nro 10 iiuiicrully known, tlmt wo nceil not 1I0 nioro than to asiuro 1I10 puhliv lltclr riunlity h inaitimlnci. ciittal to tho Lot it tr li.m ken nml that tlioy may bo depended on to do nil that lltov Imvo ever done. l'rviuml by ,T. C. AYUlj, M. 1),, L Co., Lowell, lliu., and 10M liy thcnenrH.ll! IW0" l ..... ... ......y..., ...... ....- . M uniil niv lice io imuoth at anybody1!, nid I am h"ut anynmntoin. of the illraase that knownf. 1 nrfei,t ItfAllUt inu milium u uuuui uu ii iu ivur 03BOHKT & SESSIONS, PURCHASING AND COMMISSION Agouti, .i(7 Oitlit'itriiiii btfudt, baa Ki'iiiiuihcu. Avi.uii.ui :.Yr.:.N'rj.VK k.I'i:iiii:nci: in iiotii fTiIiMT,.;:1".!'1" "", "r,'l IraJe, r.-el cuulUcul that to Si.i ".V ll:l"-IIAMrtdo.lrlngarl.lenl agent, urluau wxuioiitl purehaMr, a can otrer .uperlor linluonioiiti, Kriii-uliralttnlWn given to rollrclluui, Iho purchauiand "'erUjil Tu.lr .Note. Ilrnfn, .Uiihu, bttlinsllchlu, II. 1" u1u,'l"Ctiunt renulrlug Iho rilct r xr. K'olii,lrtlUI,lost,. ' ' lureli..! HlllU iintdo rr caih ouly,cent lu cam of (UI areunnt to Ub cuntrary, (5co lU. (Dsbnvn, rrm.rlyuhCanneld,l'iou 4 Co, bul.wle dealer In "an clvlhlug, din t'ranclico. . 01. Sessions, rurmtilyMltu CIt.Ooo.lwln t Co., nkoUule grocer Rn moclwo: alw, llra.lOury t Vade, Jackiomllle. eepttiuUr 8. Itw). .tptSlf OttEATSPOUTSMX'S EMPORIUM. IIIKU.NDiniSiaNKD IIKSrUOTFULLY J.NFOIIMSTIII: 1 l"",Uo nd hi friend generally, thai ha ha lately tueu in nan Iraiulwo, Hr, ,0 MCel a gol a..urtm.nt or Hue ai coumun rltlo. thut-guiu, ravoher of all dWeieut kludt, ?.'"'" of lh Utett lutterui, and all kiudt of ainmiinl. iwn, ikIi tl cartridge, )HjwJor, tbol; alto, luwder-Ud.kt, "",Vi '' hunlhig.Uig of nery ort and aUe. n.irh'il" Ml" u mi"l ltl I'luniptua, nealueM and dl !.., ,Tuo,uuiHfacturlngor iww nUaa will ledouaatth " no.lce, aud iu ih moil approved lyle. . ,,;! ,.1 ' fur I1' Wtwuage. I respectfully ollclt a conllnu u.,J. '.,'"- "" bII' lUWeiice ou Xhlid Street, llr.t "r aouiU or 11, F. UuHir Uw ofllce. JaLfUr.lh.lW. J"y 3"UK"- U. WM. HOFFMAN, NOTARY PUBLIC, & OPPICK Flrl Door North of llceluuaii'a ilaiiklng lluu, nr?n58iand ?,Ler lu'tmnienta of writing carefully T.?.u ' ?.ua oclno)ylvdKcmciit8' taken. Rioi',. c lo.1a.for Homestead Kntrlea, Preemption Jacksonville, August 4, ISflti. VOL. XTI. nUSIMSSS NOTIOKS. Peter Britt, Photographic Artist, JACKSONVILLE, OllEGOX. Ambro typos, Photographs, Cartos do Vislto doke ik tin: m-rsr srri.r: of art. Pictures KiMiticci! Oil KM.AItai!D TO LIFKSIZK. DR.TB.OVEitBECKr Physician & Surgeon, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Onico at hi rcaldcneo, In tho Old Ovcrbcck Hotpllnl, on OreRon Street. I?. II. nilEKNMAX, rilYSIOIAN AND SUItGEON, OFFIGE"Cornorof California and Fifth StrcoU, Jacksonville, Ogn. Ho will practice In Jnckon and adjacent contit,tcs, and attend promptly to prufcMlnnal call. feb2tf DR, A. B. OVERBECK'S BATHEOOMS, In tho Ovorbock Hospital, WAltM, COLD & SHOWER IIATIIS, SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. LIME! LIKE: BUII.nnilS. AND OTIIKIIS WHO DESIRE llmo, will llud a comtant supply, ul tho best ipiallty, In iiiuutl tU'H lo suit, at tny tlinp on Mnln street, between OreRon aud Third, oti potlto Mullcr ii Ilrctitano'M store. In tnyuli sence, 11 r. Alex. Martin will wait upon cuilotu era. tr STONE "GUTTING -, AMI Stone AIiihuii AVurk dona on term to suit tho times. Orders from Iho country will receive prompt attention. .I0I1X It. l'UACOUK. Jncktonvlllc, Aptll so, lbor. np2T CANYONVILLE HOTEL, 3VTk.X2T STJUSHT CANYONVILLE OltEQOX, D. C. McCLELLAN, Frop'r. ' PHIS HOUSE HAS RECENTLY I1EEN 1 relltleJ and prepared lor tho reception of (tuctts, unil tho proprietor would say to tbo citizens of.Sonll'.urn Oregon, and tho traveling public, that ho Is now reudy to rrccho and en tertain all who tuuy favor him with a call, at prlciH to suit. Tho Tulilo will bo rurnlihcd with tho best Iho market allbrdf, permittliii; no houso to excel It either lu ipiallty or variety. SI'IKJIAL NOTIONS. Warron LodKO No, 10, A. F. & A. Ill A HOLD their regular communications wtt-. on thu Wednesday EvoiiIiirk or preced- V IllK tho full U100U, III JAUK10NVIU.K, lllt- euov. A. MARTIN, W. M. 0. W. SAVAOK.Sec'y. UOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. NOT1CH.- IInvliiK di'posefl ir our 'p. lory, wo ant now prepuid l kU" our whole nlli-utlim to on' Linilliu nud hmlmrf Ihisiiiw. On Intnl. dlrrcl Irom hmuru. Cull A Mp. Domettlo Leather, limit Li-is, etc Jons (J IIkin. I L T vit Jims Hkvv. Now York. 1'wrt-, ; rm ruiioKo. Adilrcs. REIN , HKA, Vjii Iiuueirtm 4111 llattviy .Stn.tl Tho lU'tt Uciiit'Uy lor I'urllylHB (In. Illooil, Siienctlienlng tho Nerves, lUrturiliK lla Lo.l ApiH'lllf. Is FUESE'S IIAMUURG TEA. It Is tho belt preservative agulutlal tiinst any .lL.i..-. ir need lltnelv. Coinnioed ol herbs V.V....V.., .. w . 1....I, .11 rctl'ons lu Ennllth, French, Spanlth and Ger- "Bl?oVtaS .,,! It run u) c veil Ulle V 10 llllllllir. run lie stores and groceries. EMIL KKESE, Wholcsolo Druggist, Solo Agent, 410 Clay stmet, "F juyHyl Sau Francisco. DR. HUFBLAND'S CKLhlllUTKU SWISS STOMAUH BITTERS! rT V ITho Iwtt I'nrlfler of lh Wood I it X a eietuunlTonlol . . . IT! A wry Agrmalde DrinM Uii.uriu.d for Mtlngurlr Int Krntlj on Ike rolloin of lii Udui, UrneH, TRY tumuli Mid Hurl IT! For 1 at all wbolwal ad rUU liauor, drujj aud gruMrjr tor. NOBODY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT ! J.O.-siMH,rn;rltr: JolS-ljr p.uo. lAlliUH """'"JV; T .:". T,-,.'. vt-n. w, v7 i. "" -.- w.. ...... i in overr county in tho ..,,.. c,.,.0 mnmi flir t0 DLW tttlj itll' porta.it'oUIJSOnil'TION WOltKS. Apply at 0uco to tho subscrlf fTtf nnnkcolliT &. Publishers, Jy27rn3-In San Francisco, Cal. HIDES! HIDES! THE IIUMEST CASH rniOES PAID FOR pvojudices, seems to lorget i ., ..M.'iSM.fi "".""""'iSo Uidted States is still a republ ui uw ""o 1 inilM nnTII. JOHN ORTII. December 8th 1806, tr i tgxm miiml JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1SG7. TUB OREGON MTIKBL. rutiusiinu Every Sntunlay Morning by B. F. DOWBIL, ,, OFFICE, CORNER 'C7' A THIRD STREETS - , TKIIJIS OP HUtMClUrTIOXi For One voar. In nilvur.ri. Vnnr Dnllnr If palrt wllhln thi (lrjt six month of the yew. hvo '.nlnra If not pnld until the expiration f the yrar, six noiiars. Tr.iMis oPAnvr.nTimxni . One square MO line nr Icsi). nrst Insor lion. Throe Hollar i enoli aulfmnmt I wr lon. Om Dollar. A dlcoiml of nfly ncrcrnt will lo inailo In Ihov who adrertlc by Iho vear. ir Ipil Tcn.lrr rwcltr.1 at currrrit ratn. ' 7r!L . ii in inn iwawiiiiiiiiiiii Letter from It. l Uowvll. I Wasiiixotox Cnv, D. C, (SOtli, July, 1807. JIKXICO AX1) MAX. Mexico niul Mnximilian nro tlio nb fioiliing toiics of tlio tiny. A lew He imMicnii imjiorriniitl noarlynll tlio Dcm ocrntio ones, of tlio Atlantic coast, linvc, during tlio last tlireo or four week-, filled the nir with doleful lamentations over tho death of tho Arch Duko Max imilian, nud hurled upon the Mexican Government tho most furious anathe mas, because, obeying tho stern di innntlts of justico, they executed a for eign Prince, who, backed by foreign troops, invnded Mexico to destroy tho government nnd rob the people of their liberties. They seem to devote their best, energies to tho fostering of feel ings of enmity toward Mexico, nnd tho mm nud desiro of many of tho Demo cratic journals is to bring on nwnnvith with Movico. Kilbustering expeditions nro now being organized and fitted out iu Now York nnd New Orleans, for the purpose of avenging the death of tho royal .Prince. Maximilian's history is brief nud romantic, nnd it is not stniugu that ho should hnvo n few admirers nud desperate followers nmoni; the nristocmtsuntl mbol Democrats. ICcV' jtheless, in truth nnd iu fact, he as much deserved death as nny of the 1- ninus, nud iu history ho must rank with Lopez nud AVnlker, Ho enmo from Kurope at tho bidding of Nnpo Icon III, for the nvowed purpose of be ing Emperor of Mexico. Ho had noth ing to recommend him to the people of that country but "fire nnd hword," which was no more than Walker had when ho invaded Nicaragua, or Lopes when he mado n dash ou Cuba. Our hearts may griuve over the commission of a willful and malicious murder, but cannot but acquiesce iu tho justice ol tho execution. It should bo just so with Maximilian, nud tho American press should bo tho last to call the ex ecution of this man n murder tho very last to condemn iu bitter terms tho harsh, but just, enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. The United States contributed largely to that end, by the great moral vttpporl she has given the (mwniiiH'iit ul JuuiVA Maximilian. Irom the Livlnning, wn i t'uiiiihrvd no ally 1 the rebellion; so it is not strange tluit tiiey unouiii 110 tfiru to luiwi u war with Mexico, and this should be oiiough to u urn Union journals against giving aid nud com fort toauyol lnsiiieiid. It they could bring about a war with Mexico, those who have been ruined by the Into re iM,jon ftmi , t0o Inzv to try to mend J:.tte.ed fortunes by honest la- bor, expect to rejileuisli their empty purses with tho sjioils of Mexico. If tlioy could do it, they nro more than willing to break tho Sovcnth Com mandment of of the Lord. These journals may induco a fowdes-' pcrate, restless adventurers, like Lopez, and Walker, to mako war, but the gov ernment of tho United States is too just nnd too generous to strike blows against tlio penco nnd prosperity of a sister Kepublio without just cause. Many of tho Domocratio journals that aro now clamoring ngainsj, Mexico, iu 1801, mado tho bamo unholy and un just charges against tho United Statos. Tlioy wore unheeded then by tho loyal masses of tho American people, and those same pcoplo will lend an indiffer ent ear now to tlio wild, reckless and inflamatory statements of that part of tho American piess which, blinded by that .v- -r ! r i.i government -uio cumupwu vi ugiiv and of liberty, "The homo of the bravo and tho land of the free." Tho filibusters now preparing to in- vndo Mexico, may organize, but if they go to Mexico they will go on a fool's errand, and reap a felon's just reward. ItnCONSTKUCTlOX Is progressing finely. Ono by one the "outlicrti papers, for reasons peculiar to thetnielve?, come over to the sup-, port of tho Congressional plan. He- cently the New Orleans Crescent, n1 rebel organ, npologixes for General ' Sheridan and favors submission to tho requirements of Congress because j V. UIIV;i V , iHMI lltlb .rfllHlV, llll' I, IIUl'SI the-South. It srtys : It appears thnt General Grant did not regard tho order of tho President, communicated through tho adjutant general ol the army, embodying the opinion of Mr. Stanbery, as having the force of nu ordinary military order; and iu consequence instructed General Sheridan to continue to enforce his own construction of the military bills. Gen. Sheridan, then, is not to blame for not having conformed to the wish es of tho President on the matter of regWrntion. It is not likely that Gen. Grant will ever be called to account for his advice to Geo. Sheridan, consid ering the netion of Congress during tlio piesent session. Congress now rules this country or nt least tho Southern part ol it and the sooner wo make ui our minds to submit to that rule with equanimity, the better it will be fornll ol us. There is little advantage to bo derived from an attempt to rebist nn irresistablo force. This irresitablo force gives tho irre pressible Huiiibo tlio privilege of a von:. This changes tho nets of tho would bo masters, aud the whole phraseology of the Southern press. Nothing but nbuso wns heaped upon tho whole ol tho colored race, until Congress said that colored men should vote. Now, their former nnistors, nnd tho conserv ative or Democrntio newspapers, teach that the black man who votes tlio Had ical ticket is a dirty nigger, an mining oiitaug, a gorilla, n chimpanzee, a con temptible contraband, n pliant tool of selfish tricksters, n God-forsaken wretch aud a creature upon whom the curse of Canaan rests. Hut the black man who votes for his "dear old master" who used to tie him, or his wife, or his child, nud "wollop" them until their backs were a quivering mass of raw and bloody flesh nud shapes his po litical action according to tlio advice of "his best friend," who peihaps part ed himself and members of his family at thu auction block, or violated the chastity of his (laughter, is a highly respectable person of color, a conserva tive though a newly enfranchised cit izen and nn object worthy of kind consideration nud nUectionnto euthtisi nsm. Thus tho "Ethiopian is made to change his skin" the kinks jerked out of his hair iu a manner most bewil dering to those not behind the scenes. Since he has been declined n voter, the oonscrv at iwshnu-generally used bhiruey iiihtnad of abuse, in order that they may secure his vote to accom plish their selfish cuds; hence, as a gen eral rule, the colored people enjoy coin- parativo peace iu the neighborhood of their old masters. fui:i. DOUOI.AH, Of Now York, pathetically describes the meeting of his brother aud himself, who had been a slnvo nearly fifty years. "Tho meeting with my biother," said he, "ufler nearly fifty years separation, is an event altogether too affecting for words to describe. How unutterably accursed is slavery ! and how unspeak ably joyful are tho results of its over throw ! Tlio search now being made, and tho happy reunions now taking placo all over the South, between pa rents nud children, brothers and sisters, after years of cruel separation and sor row, furnish a subject of tho deepest pathos." . One of those bores who nro always suggesting disagreeable- things, says : ureal eaters never ltvo long." Tliut may bo but thoyj. have a good time whilo it lasts, tlioy think, Tho djflerenco between a gambler and a theatrical critio is. that ono is u player a$, poker, and tho other a poker at players. i . Idleness is tho broad aud evil arc into through which temptation can walk in. NO. M Kluit-llenrtril TmiHcr. The following incident is so beauti ful and touching thnt it should bo read in every household iu tho country. It develops tho truo nctivo principle of kindness. How many an erring mortnl, making his first step in crime, might bo redeemed by tho exercise of this sub limo trait in tho character ol tho kind hearted Quaker: Villiam Savcry, nn eminent minister among Quakers, was a tanner by trade. One night a quantity ot hides wero sto len from lib tannery, nnd ho had rea son to believe that tho thief was. n quar relsome, drunken neighbor, called John Smith. Next week the following ad vertisement appeared iu tho country newspaper: " Whoever stole n quantity of hides ou tho fifth of this month, is hereby in formed that tho owner 1ms a sincere wish to bo his friend. If poveity tempt ed him to this false step, the owner will keep thu whole transaction secret, and will gladly put him iu tho way of obtain ing money by means more likely to bring him peaco of mind 1" This singular adveitisement nttract ed considerable attention; but thu cul prit alone knew who had mado tho kind oiler. When ho rend it his heart melted within him, nud he wns filled with sorrow for what ho hail done. A few nights afterwards, ns the tanner's family wero nbout retiring to rest, they heard n timid knock, nud when the door was opened there stood .loliu Smith, witli n load of hides on his shoul ders. Without looking up ho said; " 1 have brought these back Mr. S.ivcry, where shall I put thorn V" " Wait till I cnu get u lantern nnd I will go with thee," ho replied; "then perhaps thou wilt come iu nud tell mo how this happened. Wo will see what can bo done for thee." Ah soon ns they wero gone out, his wifo prepared some hot collco, nud placed pies nml meat ou tho table. When they returned from the barn she said, " Neighbor Smith, I thought some hot supper would be good for thee." He turned his back towards her and did not speak. After leaning against the llrc-plnco iu silence a low moments, he i-aitl iu a choked voice: " It is the first time I ever stole anything, nud I have felt very bad about it. I inn sure I didn't think once that I should como to what I urn. Hut I took to drinking nud then to quarrelling. Since I began to go down hill every body has given mo a kick nml you nro tho first man that litis otl'ered mo a help ing hand. My wilu is sickly nud my children starving. You havu sent them many a meal. God bless you; but yet I stole your hides. Hut I toll you the truth when I say is it tho first tinio I ever wns a thief." " Let it bo tho last, my friend," re plied William Savcry. "Tho secret lies between ourselves. Thou art k til 1 young, nnd it is in thy power to make up for lost time. Promise mo that thou wilt not drink any iutoiicating liquor for u year, and I will employ tlieo to-morrow on good wages. Tlio little boy can pick up stones. Hut cat u bit now, and drink some hot coffee; perhaps it will keep thco from craving anything stronger to-night. Doubtless thou wilt find it hard to abstain at first; but keep up a bravo heart for tho saku ot thy wife nud children, and it will soon become easy. When thou need of coffee, tell Mury, and sho glvo it to thco." Tho poor fellow tried to eat hast will and drink, but tho food seemed to choke him. After vainly trying to compose his feelings, ho bowed his head on tho table and wept fieely, After a while ho ato and drank, and his host parted with him for the night with the friend ly words, "Try to do well, John, thou will always find a friend iu inc." John entered into his employ the next day, uud remained witli him many years, a sober, honest and steady man Tho secret of tho theft wns kept be tween them; but after John's death William Savory sometimes told tho story, to prove that evil might bo overcome with good. To KxTKituiXATi: Hii'iMflS. Tako of corrosive sublimate, ono ounco ; alco hol, ono pint. Mix, aud apply to tho haunts of tho vermin with a feather. Tho corrosivo subljinato should not bo allowed to remain whero children can get at it, as it is ro.uk poison, A Strmiito Story. Strango stories havo from time to time been related of jewels, rings, nnd watches, found in llslics when caught nnd subsequently returned to their owner. Whether or not theso sto ries bo true, I of course cannot say, but I vouch for tho entire truth of tho following, related by the, clergyman, himself the hero of tho story to;U won dering circle of listcnent, .Though expectant of something strango ns n Annie, they were by no means prepared for the actual denoument. ' It was ono summer twilight," said he, " thnt Blnuding ou n bridge which spanned n veil-known trout stream near my father's house. I won from tho girl I had long loved tho promise to bo my wire. Sho was something of n coquette, and I had n rival in tho Held; so, to mako tho matter stiro to myself, nnd evident to him nnd others, I drew from her hand a ring which sho had olteti declnred she would give only to her betrothed lover, nnd trnnslored it to tny own finger. "It was my mother's engagement ring," Baid she, half in earnest and half playfully, "and there is n superstition connected with it. So long ns you keep nud wear it, wo aro engaged; but if you lose or part with it in nny wny, the engagement is broken. So tako enro 1" "Somo weeks nfter sho went away on n visit, nud then my great consola tion wnso haunt thnt favorite spotou thu bridge whieli had been our trystiug place. Once, leaning over tho railing and thinking of our betrothal, 1 took from my finger tho treasured ring, and gazed fondly ou the initials hers as well as her mother's: engraven within. Iu utttemptiiig to replace it tho golden circlet fill from my grnsji and disap penreil iu tho witters below. "Only u lover under similar circum stances can imagine how I felt. Day nml night I mourned, disconsolate, my lost treasure; anil my groat dread wan her returning homo nnd Uniting tho ring missing. Yet strango to say I had a singular presentiment or intui tion that 1 should some day recover it thohgh by what means I had no idea. "Not long after, Ashing iu tho sumo stream, some distauco below thu bridge, I fell to thinking of my lost ring. If 1 could only Ash it up uud Just then there wns a quiver, n pull nud n strug gle ul my line, ami nfter somo play I drew nut n flue largo trout. At Iho sight ol him tho thought suddenly uud unaccountably (lushed into my mind that the ring my lost ring was to bo fuiind within his body. I cannot account for tho feeling, but I know that it was heightened into almost n conviction when, upon grasping thu victim, I perceived a singular protuber ance, and fell Ihero beneath his skin something like n hard, foreign sub stance. "I seled my pooket clnsjcknlfe. I'-agcruess made mo cruel yet not more so than ii I had left my victim to diu a slow lingering death. I cut off his head, nud then, with n trembling hand, ripped open his body, and ex ploicd tlio suspicious protuberance. My knifu grated against something hard, and yes, I caught thu glittering of somo shining substance 1 Imngliio my feelings when, with a beating heart uud trembling hand I druw forth " "Tho ring, uncle V" breathlessly in quired Nelly. "No, my dear. Only n picco of green gluss I" Tho general consternation and indig nation may bo liuugued, Gi:x, Gkant to Gkx. Onii. Ou thu 'JUil of Juno Gen. Grant sent tho following order to Geo, Ord: (ienerul A copy of your Anal in structions to tho board of registration, of Juno 10, 1 807, is just received. I entirely dissent from the views con tained in paragraph I. Your views us to the duties of legist rars to register every man who will tnko tho required oath, though tlioy may know tho appli cant perjures himself, is sustained by the views of tho attorney-general. My opinion is that it is the duty of tho board to see, ns far ns lies iu their pow er, that no unnuthoricd person is al lowed to register, To Beouro this, reg istrars should bo allowed to administer oaths aud exiiiiilno witnesses. Tho law, however, makes the district com manders their own interpreters of their power and duties under itf nud in my opinion tho attornoy general or myself can no moro than givo our opinion as to tho meaning of tho law; neither can enforce their viows against tho judg ment ot thoso made responsible for tho, faithful oxeoution of tho law tho dis trict commanders. Very respectfully U, S, GitAXT, Genoral. mmi i isiliiVMh