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! ? VOL. 1. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, .1369. NO. 19. 1'tDl.lSULD EVERY SATCIIHAY EY COLLINS VASCtKVE. office oy corser op peituv ani first-sts., OPPOSITE W. W. PAUr.iSl! & CU.'S STOI'.K. TERMS-IX ADVANCE. One Year. Three Dollar8 Six Months Two Dollar f?iaglo Copied .-. Toil Cents ADVERTISING RATES. One Colunn, per Year, $100 ; Half Column.. $G0 ; Quarter Column, $35. Transient advertisements por Square of ton lines or less, first insertion, $3 j each subsequent insertion, $1. BUSINESS CARDS. ALBAAT BATU HOUSE. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD IlESPECT fully inform the citizens of Albany an l vi cinity that he has taken charge of this establish toent, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying strict attintion to business, expect to uit all those who may favor hiin with their patronage. Having heretofore carried on ncthiug but First-Class XSair Dressing- Saloons, h expecs to give entire satisfaction to all. . S--t Children and Ladies' hair neatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH AVEBBElt. seyl9y2 GEO. W. GRAY, T. D. S., (1 RADUATE OF THE CINCINNATI DEN J5T tal Colloge, would invite all persons desiring artificial teeth, and first-class dental operations, to give him a call. Specimens of ViHeanite Base with gold-plate linings, and other now styles of work, may bts seen at his office, in Parrisa fc Co.'s brick, (up stairs) Albany, Oregon. Residence Corner Second and Baker sts. 2 1. 1?. RICE, 32. I?., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE ON SOUTII SIDE OF MAIN street. Albany. September 19, 6S-2tf E. I. Rnssell, ATTORNEY ajid COtfXSELLOR at LAW, Sulieitor in Chnw-ert aud Heal Estate Agent Will practice in the Courts of the Seeond, Third, and Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme Court of Oregon. Office in Parrish's- Block, second story, third door west of Ferry, north sida of First st. II ".Special attention given to the collection of Claims at all points iu the above named Districts. M. C. POWELL. I.. FLIXX. owetl & Flams, TT0RNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (Xi. riiun, Notary Public,) Albany. Oregon. Collections and conveyance promply attended to. 1 W. i. H1TABIDKL. F. M. SEDFIELB. Hiltabidcl & Co., iEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PR0- visions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. "Main street, adjoining the Exjjress office, Albany, Oregon. 1 W. W. PARISH. . J. C. MESBTSSHALL. W. W. Parrish & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS in Genoral Merchandise, Albany. The best Goods at the lowest market prices. Mer chantable Produce taken in exchange. 1 E. A. F reelid, BEAEER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Stationery, Gold and Steid Pens", Ink, etc., Post office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered from New York and San Francisco. 1 S. XZ. Claughton, TfOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE J3i AGENT. Office in the Post Office building, Lebanon, Oregon. "Will attend to making Deeds and other convey anees, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to my care. 1 J. BABttOWS. L. BLAIX. 8. E. TOUXO. J. Barrows & Co., GENERAL AND COMMISSION MER J chants. Dealers in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Boots and Shoes ; Albany, Oregon. Consignments solicited. 1 , C. Mealey & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS . in all kinds of Furniture and Cabinet Ware, First street, Albany. Albany Weekly Register JOB PRINTING " Jfirtt ttreet, (opposite ParfUh b Co.'a atore.) A-loany s s s Oregon. HAVING a very fair assortment of material we are prepared to execute, with neatness and dispatch, all kinds of ush ai x liand-biUt, Progra mmqs, JSill-heads, Cards, Ball Ticket, - Pamphlets, Labels, Blank : of all kinds, at ai low figures a a due regard to taste and good work will allow. When you want anything in the prlating line, oall at the R mists b office. The Outside lo. auco You m;iy sing of your dog, your bottom dog. Or o,f any dog you please ; . I go for the dog, the wiso old dog, Thai knowingly takes his easj, An 3. wagging his tail outside the ring, Keeping aKvays'hls bi'no iu sight, Chios not a piu in his wise old head For citVr dog in the light. Nut his is the bone they are fighting for, Aud why should my dog sail in With n-.tliing to gain lut a certain chau There lUiiy be a few, perhaps, who f.-iil To see it iu quit.; that light ; But when the fur flies I'd rathor bo Tho outsido dog in the light. I know there are dogs most generous dogs, Who think it quite the thing To take tha part of the bottom dog, And go yelping into the ring. I care not a pin what the world may say " In regard to the wrong or right ; My money goes, as well as my sung. I'r the dog that keeps out of a tight. Hereditary Business. Mr. Mor gan is now vtlie bead of Morgan & Co., the successors of George Peabody & Co. In tbe whole history of Mr. Peabody per haps nothing has surprised English peo ple more than the loss of his name iu the commercial world. To perpetuate a busi ness and the name of its founder is the ambition of an Englishman. With us, as a rule, a merchant, when a fortune has beeu gained, retires from business. It is never so in England. The money made goc3 to increase the business. There is hardly a baukiog house in Lombard street which does not trace its origin to the goldsmiths, who settled there before the reign of Edward II. llankcy & Co., in Frenchurch stieet, have account books of that firm kept in the 1.6th century. There are drapers in St. Swithin's lane who made court suits . for Charles I. Fishmongers' Hall, on London bridge,, possesses records or existing hrm3 that dealt in Billingsgate when James I. came from Scotland, and served salmon for the royal feast. The Skinners' Company, in corporated in 1327, enrolled members in the leather trade whose ancestrs were the cordwainers of court 300 years ago. It is the pride of an Englishman to per petuate a business long in his family. The brewery which Dr. Johson sold in 1781, as one of the executors of Mr, Tarale, to Mr. Barclay and Mr. Perkins for 135,000 is that saice gigantic con cern of Barclay, Perkins & Co. which now pays excise annually to'" government on 150,000 quarters of malt. Hence, when George I'eabody took his name, as well as his person, from a business which, to the admiration of Londoners, had in a lifetime achieved a reputation rarely won in a century, no explanation was satis factory; aud even now Morgan & Co., are better known in the city a3 Peabody's than by auy other incorporated name. IIow to Court in Church. -A young gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining oue in which sat a young lady ot whom he conceived a suddeu and violent passion, was desirous of entering into a courtship on the spot, but the place not being suitable for an informal declaration, the case suggested the following plan. He politely handed his fair neighbor a Bible opened, with a pin stuck in the following text Second Epistle of John, verse five "and now I beseech thee, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another." - She returned it, pointing to the sec ond chapter of ; lluth, tenth verse : "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground and said to him : "Why have I found grace in thine eyes, seeing I am a stanger ?" He returned the book, pointing to the thirteenth verse of the third Epistle of John: "Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with pen and ink, but I trust shortly to come unto you to speak face to face, that your joy may be full." 1( rom the above interview a took place the ensuing week. A curious ease has just been tcied in the New Orleans courts. The children of a blind mendicant having been enticed away by another professional beggar, the .father brought suit. One of the witness es testified that nine out of ten, who are led about as blind, have good, sound eyes. The plan to make blind beggars is this: The im posters secure a piece of peculiar bluestone, which when dissolved in water will make fifteen men blind for four days. The lids of the eyes are then tattooed with 4he liquid which acts as an astringent, and the beggar cannot see until the effect wears off. The lids are tightly closed, and if they are forced open, there ia a-temporary film over the pupil whieh would deceive any but the most pkillful oculisf. The judge sentenced the men who had enticed away the boy and the mother of the boy to six months in the workhouse in default of a one thousand dollar bond for good behavior. It is interesting to know that these one thousand dollar bonds were given by the beggars . on the spot. One of the de fendants had three thousand dollars on his person and a certificate of deposit for twelve thousand dollars more. , Relatives are not necessarily our best friends but they cannot do us an injury without being enemies to themselves. Be timely wise, rather than wise in time, for after-wisdom is ever accompanied with tormenting vrishes. - i Marion County Teacher's Association. This association held its ninth cssion in Salem, coiumoucing Docember 28th, 1SG8, and continuing three and af half days. The following proceedings were forwarded to us, with the request to pub lish, last week, but were received too late for insertion in that issue. We pub lish as requested : About fifty of its members were pres ent, thirty of whom are active teachers. All who are versed in the history of the Association, unite iu saying that this has been the most lively and profitable session ever held since its organization. Salem vvaa chosen as the place for holding the next, or tenth session. Part 1st. Clark's Practical Grammar was the subject of discussion, and through the energy and ambition of the teachers, it was thoroughly aud critically investigated. A short time was also de voted to the discussion of Mathematics. Several uice principles were elucidated in Algebra and Arithmetic. The literary exercises constituted an in teresting feature of the session. An essay written by Prof. S. W. King, upon the subject of "Free Schools," was read by Mr. Jos. L. Carter. The strange but beautiful poem The Haven was read by 3Ir. O. D.,Done. Extracts were also recited by Messrs. E. 1'. Smith, J. M. Garrison 'and Miss Nellie F. Taylor. Declamations were delivered by Prof, llamscy, J. Dcnuison and Thomas Coon. On Tuesday evening, Hon. 11. P. Boise addressed the Association upon the sub ject of education. The house was crowd ed, and the address was full of truth. The first number of "The Teachers' Offering" was thou read by the editor, Mr." J. L. Carter. On Wcdne-sday evening, Dr. Peyton delivered a brief but very able lecture, upon-tli3 subject of Physiology. After which the second number of "The Teachers' Offering" was read by the editress, Miss Ellen Chamberlin. The exercises throughout were inter- sperced with music Miss Sertrudo Moores presiding at the organ. The following resolutions were passed ; Resolved, 1st. That the thanks of this Association are hereby gratefully tend ered to the citizens of Salem and vicin ity for the generous hospitality with which they have entertained those at tending the present session of this As sociation. 2d- That our thank3 arc due and arc hereby tendered to the committee on nlusic for the pleasure they have afforded us, by the active part they have taken in our Associasion. 3d. That our thanks are hereby ten dered to the executi.e committee for the able manner in which thair various du ties have been performed. f 4th. That the thanks of the Associa tion are hereby tendered to Hon. Keuben P. Boise and Dr. Pay ton for the interest they have manifested in our prosperity. 5th. That the Secretary be instructed to furnish the leading papers of the State with copies of these resolutions, together with an abstract of proceedings with a request for their publication. During the session sixteen new names were added to the list, which increases our numbers to one hundred and thirty eight. We surely have more reason to be encouraged now than ever before. Several of the most prominent citizens of Salem have manifested an interest in our behalf, and have resolved to unite their influence with ours in diffusing intelli gence and banishing ignorance. Among those who- have joined the Association, are those occupying the highest positions in the educational affairs of the State, and with their sympathies and useful co operation, a glorious future is predicted for the Marion County Teachers' Associa tion. Our great purpose is to unite our labbrs in such a manner as will best pro mote the cause of education, which bears With it prosperity and happiness. JOHN. M. GARRISON, Sec'y. . . . . Future Enterprise. A cotempo rary, turning hia vision to the misty dis tance of two hundred years, describes the following scene : House of citizen in New York A. D. 2067. A-telegraphic message has been sent to a servant who presents himself at the window in a balloon. Master "John, go to South America and tell Mr. Johnson I shall be happy to have him sup with me this evening. Never mind your coat, go right away" In five minutes John returns. John "Mr. Johnson, sir, says he will come ; he is obliged to go to the North Pole for a moment, and will call here as he comes back.' , Master "Very well, John I now you may wind up the machine for setting the table, and" telegraph to my wife that Mr. Johnson will be here presently. ' After that you may dust out the baloon. I have an appointment in London at ten o'clock. John disappears to execute his orders, while his master steps down to tho West Indies to get a fresh orange. v Sambo was has hacking away at a tough oak when lightning struck a tree near him and shivered it. "Bress de Lord," said he, "I jes like to se" urn tri dis one ; I reckon dey find dere match !" - ; - : ' Sherman is going to New Orleans. ' A strange Old Story. The editor of the Pall Mull Gazette publishes the following curious letter: Sir : The incident you have quoted as a "singular variation on the 'Enoch Arden' romance," reminds me of an older oue to which you will perhaps allow me to call attention as an authentic example of the most moral, manly, English, and constitutional behavior, under such "tol erable and not-to-be:bovne" circumstan ces. It is mentioned in Lysou's "En virons" as from an entry in the parish register of Bermondsey, A. D. 1604: "The forme of a solemn vowe made betwixt a man and his wife, having bene long absent, through which occasion the woman being"niarried to another inanhe tooke her aair as followeth "This -Man's Speech. Elizabeth myibeloved wife, I aia right sorie that 1 have so long absented mysealfe from thee, whereby thou shouldest be occasioned to take another man to be thy husband Therefore I do now vowe and promise, iu the sight of God and this companie, to take thee again as mine owne, and will not! only forgive thee but also dwell with thee, and do all other duties unto ihec as I promised at our marriage, MThe Woman's Speech. Raphe, my belpved husband I am" right sorie that I have iu thy absense taken another man to be my husband j but here, before God and this eompanie, I do denounce aud forsake him, and do promise to kepo my sealfe ouly unto thee duriug'life, aud to perform all other duties which I first promised unto thee in our marriage." Then- follows a short "occasional prayer," and the entry concludes with the names of the parties, and attestation of the "parson, clerk," etc. I regret that I cannot find any "speech" of the other mm s to complete this notice, but I hope some exemplary records of his sentiments mayyet be discovered by local antiquarians ; or that in the opposite case, we may indulge 3n the reasonable conjecture that he gave a cordial consent, hy silence, to the termination of his ex perience of matrimony. I remain, sir, '-yours most obediently. : A Blessed Bachelor. The Angel's Charity. Once upon a time a poor man sheltered an angel in his thatched cottage. He rejoiced at this high privilege with all his heart and offered his holy guest everything he had. The angel sat by his side half the night, speaking heavenly wisdom about tho val ue of faith and virtue. The next morn ing, when he had taken leave of the poor man, he took a match and set fire to the cottage, which in a short time was burnt to the ground. The poor man was disconsolate at hav ing no longer a roof to shelter him ; but his distress was all the greater that his guest whom he had so generously enter tained could have brought about such an event. He doubted the holiness of the angel, and began to disbelieve all that he had told him and taught him in the night. When the ashes were cool he cleared away the rubbish saying, "I will build another house with my own hands j if I have but a roof to cover me, I have enough." And lo ! when he put his hand to the work, in the old foundation he found a great treasure, with which he was able to build a house, and save riches besides. Then he perceived the angel's charity, and believed in the wise though unseen Providence all the rest of his life. The New York Observer speaks of the horso race and the human race. It does not beleive that those who attend horse races "do it because they have so much love for the horse, since they not unsel dom abuse their horses unmercifull at these places. This love which they bear to horses is one that springs from the gratification of certain selfish instincts, and that has no scruples about sacrafic ing the object of affection to pander with its own passions. Is there any question, it asks, as to whether the race-course is to be included in the course of the christ ian ? It is like attempting to make two trains pass one another on the same track. How strange to see people absorbed on Saturday, in tho pool for the "Sweep stakes," and the pool for the "Feather stakes," and on the following day turn ing to the pool of Bethesda or the pool of Siloma. The Irish Boy's Song. A man go ing to the station to take the train, heard a little Irish boy singing, j , There'll be no sorrow" there, ) , There'll be no Borrow there. '"Where?" asked he, for his mind was impressed by the words, "there'll be no sorrow I" f The boy answered, I , In heaven above, . "!' Where all is love, - ' There'll be no sorrow there. . ' The man hastened on to take the train, but he could not forget the simple words of the hymn. A world where there is no sorrow! This was the great thought which filled his mind. He had been an infidel, but now he resolved to become a Christian, and he did become one, and began to live a life of preparation for that land where there is no sorrow. , What is tho difference between a New Zealander and an American mother ? One loves tender babies, while the other prefer baby tejnders. S n ator-Elect Ineligible on Ac count op i:is'' Age. Edwin Harlan, Democratic State Senator elect from the Eighth District, Illinois, proves to be un der the constitutional age, and cannot take his scat. The question of whether his seat shall go to his opponent, or a new election ordered is undecided. Mr. Harlan was a member of the ' Lower House in 1867, and registered his age as 27 then. Several wealthy chinamen have pur cahsed a number of blocks of land in Chicago, upon which they intend erect store houses for storing goods from China, by the China steamship line and ' Pacific railroad. John is awake to the great important fact of being iu time, and act ing accordingly. i The Sonoma Democrat says that Rich ard Keys, a farmer' on Russian river, Mendocino township has quite a curiosity on his ranch. It is a young colt, foaled recently, and which has but three feet. The animal is perfect with the exception of this, and a huge bunch of hair occu pies the place where the foot should have been. ' Tub Electoral College. The Electors met at Washington on the 2d instant and cast their votes for President and Vice President. Grant and Colfax received 214, and Seymour and Blair, 80. Majority for Grant and Colfax 234. Tho popular vote is as follows : Grant, 3,021, 020; Seymour, 2,710,475. Majority 304,545, When a cavalry march or a cavalry fight is concerned, says the New York Tribune neatly, in alluding to the recent battles on the Plains, there is no need to enquire further than that Sheridan commanded. When we add that Custar was in the advance, we know the result as well as if we had read the the satisfac tory offis ial report. - In Florida, there is a negro Justice of the Peace who decided a case recently in a perfectly impartial manner. After listening to the evidence, he ordered the plaintiff and defendant to pay a fine of one dollar each, and the Constable to pay the cost of the Court. Tho ten cities of France containing the largest population are: Paris, 1,825, 274 ; Lyons, 323,954 ; Marseilles, 300, 131 ; Bo'rdeaux, 194,241 ; Lille, 254,779; Toulouse, 126.936; Nantes, lllj)56; Rouen, 100,681 ; St. Etienne, 96, 620 ; Strasbourg, 84,167. m . San Juan Island. This island has at last been given up by the British, and now Kelongs to the United States exclu sively. It is near the mouth of Puget Sound, and naturally belonged to the United States, but being claimed by the British the matter was settled by a sort of joint occupancy. Last November witnessed the death of three men iu Paris who were first in their profession : Rossini, the great com poser; Rothschild, the great banker, and Berryer, the great orator and advo cate. ; - J "Where is your house?" asked a trav eler in the depths 'of one of the old, 'solemn wildernesses' of the West. "House ! I ain't got no house." "Well where do you live?" "I live in thj woods, sleep on Govern ment purchase, eat raw bear and wild turkey, and drink out of the Mississippi. And," he added, "it is getting too thick with you folks about here. lrou're the second man I have seen this last -month, and I hear that there's a whole family come in about fifty miles down the river. I'm going to put out . into the woods The number of deaths from small pox at the Sandwich Islands in 1852 was estimated at 10,000. The principal cause assigned for this terrible mortality was want of proper ; vaccine matter. It was considered unsafe to use that obtained from the natives, as there is not one of them whose system is entirely free from all taint of disease. This is said, to be a melancholy fact and is attributed to the immorality not only of the present generation, out or tnose preceding it. A bright little boy was asked by a lady if he studied hard at school He replied that be did not hurt himself much at it. "Oh," said the lady, "you must studv hard, or you will never bo President of the United States." "Yes; ma'am," he replied "but I don't expect to be ; I'm a The annual earnings of the American people are estimated at $7,500 '000,000, ana tneir ; aomestio trade as nearly $6,000,000,000. a year, ; Men of Mark. Those who can't write their names. ' ' '' - The Labor Question. What is tho least we can do for the most money. ' A weak invention of the enemy tho coffee we have now-a day. - The 6,000 female compositors in New York average $13 a week. There are 118 engines in service on the Central Pacific Railroad. A new Mint, to cost nearly a million dollars, is to be erected in San Francisco. Philadelphia has raised about ; $1,500 for the Swiss sufferers. r ...... ' The first lot of . Saeramente-'woolea blankets were offered to the public on tho 11th inst. i A fire-and-earthqauke-proof chimney company have been organized at San Francisco. Pillsbury (Radical) was chosen Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, at tbe lato election, by a majority of 17. - ' Joe Coburn, the pugilist, has arrived at San Francisco, and was Toceived with marked attention by the plug uglies. There are no salmon now in the Ken nebec river, at Augusta, Maine, where one man, in 1838, took nearly 400. Advices from Venezuela state that Generals Domingo and Smolages are candidates for the Presidency. ,' ; j The Florida Union says.more praying and less cursing is one of tho effects of reconstruction. The Boston Post says the Davenport brothers have lost their money, married French wives and got tho consumption. In California thero is "one woman to three men; in Nevada, one to eight; in Colorado, one to twenty. A weekly paper speaks of a play which , has been "divested of exuberances which are not envoi ved by pure pudicitj.' Motto for the female suffragists "Once . moro into the breeches, dear friends." ; Judge Baker of Buffalo has decided that a man's wife cannot be his partner in business.; One hundred thousand female teachers are employed in teaching in the United States. - , - ' ; A Lynx, measuring 5 feet from tip- to tip, was ailled a few days ago near Truckee. :. Last month, on the Chicago and North west Railroad, a train made ninety-ono miles in ninety minutes. Over 50,000 persons have eomo to tho United States' this year from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. V It is now the style to issue weddiner cards threo weeks before the event trans pires. ' ; .'"' Missouri bas gained 350.000 in popu- . lation since the war. Largo bodleo or 1 immigrants are pouring into the wester-counties. The United States steamer (double ender) Wateree, lately washed ashore by the great tidal wave at Anca, Peru. was. sold for $6,000. : , The new suspension bridge across the Hudson will have a clear span of 'l,000i feet ; tho longest yet built on the coot! ncnt. Of the Jeff Davis rewards there- re mains; unpaid , only the sum. of $3000 for, Colonel Pritchard, who. cannot be found. " - it Double breasted frock coat, tighi trowv" sers, Canadian hata and light gloves is now the fashionable promenade oostuiaa for a New York BwelL - , : The Railroad from Vera Crua to the. City of Mexico is being poshed ahead, two thousand laborers were engaged in its, construction at latest advices. ' Prince William of Nassau has sued ' his father, the dethroned Elector of Hesse, for the $10,000 a year the old gentleman promised him if he would get married." .-y..o-.-'- j . " The ponies or horses peculiar to China are used only for riding and by manda rians, when upon official business. All agricultural work, plowing, irrigatiag, and the working of rice mills,' is done by the buffalo, -