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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13
Waltham w atcheS. )
Let every who wants watcn, read this.
carefully.
Especially if in some remote out-ofth he-way place.


Especially if in some remote out of the-way place
Now that the railroad is open. we propose to
give the residents of OREGON the opportunity of
getting single genuine Waltham Watches at the
The Lowest Wholesale New York Prices
We sell more Waltham Watches than any other
establishment in the country either wholesale or
rotail; we send great numbers to everi ection of
the country by Mail and Express, carefully pack
ed, and in perfect running order. Our plan is
this : You want Watch, and advertise
mont; now, we want you first to write Is us for
our Descriptive and Illustrated Price List VIC
will send it, postpaid. by return mail. 1t en-
plains all the different kinds, tells the weight and
quality of the cases, with prices of each you
then make selection of the kind you prefer, and
send us your order. We will then send you the
Watch by Express, with the bill to collect on de-
livery. We give instructions to the Express
company to allow you to open the package and
examine the Watch if it suits, you can pay and
take it If not, you are under no obligations to
receive it and if it is taken, and afterward does
not prove satisfactory, we will exchange it, or
REFUND THE MONEY.
As an indication of the prices, we will quote
one Watch of our list. The p. S. BARTLETT,
Lever Movement, with Extra Jewels, Chronome-
ter Balance, Patent Pinion, Patent Dust Cap, and
all the other late improvements, in Solid Coin
Silverfcase,
$28 in Grcenbaclks, or about $40 in Coin.
All the other kinds, both gold aud silver, in the
same proportion. Do not order a Watch till you
have sent for Price List. it contains great
deal of information regarding these Watches that
will enable you to make an intelligent selection.
Don't forget, when you write, to state that you
saw this advertisement in the ALBANY REGISTER.
and You need not put in stamps for return post
age. Address in full,
HOWARD & CO.,
Jewellers and silversmiths, 6ls Broadway, N. y.
| We refer, by permission, to
Messrs. WELLS, FARGO & CO., n. Y. and San
Francisco.
I. w. RAYMOND, Esq, T. r. BUTLER, Esq, b.
c. HOWARD, Esq, San Francisco.
| w. S. HoBARN, Virginia city, Nevada,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

VIM Ell. SEwARD.--Datesf from the
City of Mexico to the 10Th ult., recite
that Gov. Seward had arrived at Enado-
ljara en- route for the City of Mexico,
and was everywhere received with en-
thnsiasm. Grand preparations are being
made to receive him at the Capita, where
he was expected to arrive during the
pgesent month.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Loss BY FIRE-The Varieties The
atre, at Helena, Montana, with several
dwelling houses, was successfully burned
on the 7th inst Loss, $4,000. The
second loss of the theatre building in
Helena within the past year
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

UGH TT is related that Mrs.
Jagers, of Marysville, Ohio, recently
found black snake, FIVE feet long and as
thick as mans arm, crawling over the
floor, with head erect, toward her little
child, which was playing in the room.
Mrs. j., with the aid of another lady,
killed the reptile, and thus saved her
child from a horrible death.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

HARMONIOUS. = Speaker Blaine ex-
presses the opinion that the coming
session of Congress will be harmonious,
and that business will be dispatched
with unusual celebrity The funding of
the public debt and the financial question
will be the chief subject of interest that
will occupy the attention of Congress.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

On THE TRAcK.-The first locomotive
for the Oregon Central Railroad was sue
cessfully landed and placed upon the
track at East Portland, on Monday last
It weighs 1000 pounds.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

DANGEROUSLY ILL.-Telegrams from
Florence to the 5th state that King Vic
tor Emanuel, of Italy, is very ill-in fact
IS dying. and that Prince and Princess
Napoleon have been summoned to his
bedside.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

i WEATHER.-Dates to the 10th from
Yreka, CAL, state that drenching rain
was in progress there; the tops of the
mountains in the vicinity were covered
with snow raining in every direction !;
showing hard and fast on Scott
Mountain
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Our AdAIN.-The Salem Press is out
again, after two week. rest. Brown is
determined to run paper if he don't
make cent Go it, old 60 cents !
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

NEARLY LIGHTNING" On the Sd
inst the government corral at Fort
Hooker was struck by lightning, and 60
mules instantly killed
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

FRAUDs.-Charges. of fraud, amount
ing to nearly quarter of million dollars,
has been made against the appraisers and
collectors department in the New York
Custom House.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Gentlemen of the jury" said an Irish
barrlster, 1'it will be for you to say whether
into court with unblushing footsteps,
with the cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth,
and to withdraw three bullocks from my
clients pockets with impunity.'
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

PROPER PLACE FOR THE CAPITAL
Gen. Sherman is credited with saying
that in his opinion, if the capital should
be changed from Washington to the
West, "a new place viii be chosen on
the Mississippi river, several hundred
miles above ST. Louis" Nauvoo, the
former headquarters of Mormonism,
is between two and three hundred miles,
by the course Of the river, above St.
Louis, and is not only magnificent site
for a city, but in its immediate vicinity
are found extensive quarries of the fin
est building stone in the Mississippi val
ley. The Chicago Times says that " the
opinion Of Gen. Sherman, in this partic-
ular, is the opinion of a thoughtful and
sensible and practical man"
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It is said that General Banks learned

It is said that General Banks learned
the printing trade, when young man,
in the Office of the Boston Traueter.
Mrs. Banks, when girl, also worked in
the same office. They left the 1taueler
Office to start a weekly paper in Waltham,
Massachusetts,, which was carried on for
some time, with the aid of one 'sjour
printer
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

ANOTHER PIONEER GoNE.-Col. VIM.
King, of Portland, died on Monday
morning last. He was one among the
earliest settlers of Oregon when a Terri
tory, has filled several important offices,
and took quite a prominent part in Ore
gon politics up to within a few years of
his decease
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13
NOTICE
To the Taxpayers Of Linn Co.

ri WILL BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE
z Taxes levied for the current year, at the times
and places follows, wit
= In November
Lebanon, Monday, 22d Waterloo, Tuesday,
Esd: Nyes School House, Wednesday, oath
Brush Greek, Thursday, 2lth : South Brownsville,
Friday, 2Gth North Brownsville, Saturday, 9th.
III December:
Harrisburgh. Tuesday. November 3oth. and
Wednesday, December LIST; Peoria, Thursday,
December I'd Orleans Friday, Sd Albany, Sat
urday. 4th Scio. Tuesday, 14th Franklin Butte,
Wednesday. Isth Sant;am, Thursday, 10th
Syracuse, Saturday, 18th Center, Monday, goth.
As it viii save time and trouble hope every
ax-payer will be prepared to settle hisstnx Mt tho
times and places above named.
r. A. IRVINE.
October 80, 1S69-1tf Tax Collector,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

ANNEXATION OF SAN DoMINGo- /
The annexation of San Domingo to this |
Government Is being canvassed with
renewed interest by Eastern journals
A writer in a New York paper asserts
that Grant is determined to secure not
only this (anchorage for naval vessels in
the bay of Samana), but the territory of
the entire island as we'll Gen. Babcock,
a member of the Presidents S staff, was
ordered to make an inspection of the
island, and to report upon its resources,
and the commercial value of its bays and
harbors. After six weeks spent on the
lslapu, where he was received with the
greatest kindness by the whole popula,
ton, the General reports that the annex
alton sentiment pervades all classes to a
remarkable degree he finds the pro-
ducts Of the island of the most valuable
character, their growth being of the
most spontaneous and luxuriant nature
He found there nearly all the climates
Known to man-that of the mountains
being exceedingly COOL, while the high
plains are of the temperate zone, and the
, low valleys and plains of the torrid
nature, Every species of vegetation
fourishes, while the mineral deposits are
of the greatest value. Tobacco, cotton,
indigo, sugar. etc., are among the former,
and gold, bismuth, cinnabar, silver and
copper, among the latter. Senator Cole,
+ of California, who made tour of the
, island, speaks in the most glowing man,
ner of the advantages of this most favor
t cd spot. He advances the idea that if
Alaska was worth s7.000,000 in gold tc
the United States, San Domingo is
worth round s50,000,O 900. The prin.
> eipal export business is at present carried
on with Europe. The various favorable
reports received by the President, com
bined with that of the foreign committee
r of the last Congress, induced the sending
: out of a commissioner to enter into ne.
gotiations for the purchase of the
whole island. The writer referred
to above states that this has been accom-
| plished that the papers were drawn up
: duly signed By the authorized parties OF
J both governments, turning over the
island to this government, upon the per
formanee of certain obligations by the
United States, and that said stipulations
have been presented to and have met the
unqualified appreciation of the President
and Cabinet, and that they will be pre-
sented to Congress Immediately upon the
opening of the next session. According
to the same writer, party of New York
capitalists have obtained Il charter for a
bank in the city of San Domingo, with
capital of 81 900, 600, the notes fol
which are already printed, and will be
shipped to San Domingo on board the
next steamer.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

LANDS ENTERED.-During the last
year about 100000 acres of public
lands were entered, under the homestead
and other laws, yielding the government
between four and five million dollars.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

The celebrated elm, near Webster's
mansion, in Marshield, Mass, was much
damaged by the late storm, and the
orchard, of which he was SO fond, was
nearly stripped of fruit.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

CATTLE PLAGuE.-Dispatches to the
9th from Cincinnati, state that a plague
has broken out among the cattle at a dis
tillery in Story township. Forty had
died, and the diease was still raging.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Q. k-On the 9th inst, vagabend
entered the house of Mrs. Dodge, living
near Troy, N. I :, and attempted to raw
ish her, when she seized an axe and snlit
his head open, killing him instantly.
Brave lite woman.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

IMpERTINENT-The Boise Chronicle
man, after quoting what Oregon can do
in the way Of double crops, says that
Webfoot is a great country, :. but ven
bet they can't raise two crops Of babies
in one year" What impertinence.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Secretary Boutwell, had purchased, up
to November 1st. 5000, 900 worth of
bonds,ou account of the Sinking Fund, as
special purchase, subject to the future
action of Congress
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Another man, who announced it as his
intention to assassinate the Emperor and
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, bas been
arrested In Paris
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

BIG PAPER.-The good will, material,
ETC., of the San Francisco Times has been
gobbled up by the Alta, and is now a
blanket sheet.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Mark Twain thinks that soda water is
not desirable for steady drink. 1t is
too gassy. The next morning after
drinking thirty EIGHT bottles he found
himself full of gas, and as tight as a
balloon. He hadn't any article of cloth
ing that he could wear, except his um-
brella
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

SANTA CLARA NEws-The Santa
Clara (Cal.) Neacs comes to us this week
enlarged anu much improved. It is
now one of the handsomest looking pa
pers in California. Bully for it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Terrible gales had prevailed on Lake
Erie from the 9th to the sth. doing much
damage to the shipping.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

The FIRST SpIKE.-The first spike in
the Mobile and New Orleans Railroad
was driven at Mobile on the sth inst, by
Col. Nanny, of the Reqister.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

PLUcK-We understand that Mr.
Mallory will Immediately proceed to
erect handsome brick hotel on the site
of the Capital. That's what we like to
see, and do see not unfrequently in this
country. Oregonians die, but never sur
render Statesman.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Captain Hall, the celebrated Arctic
explorer. arrived at Cincinnati last week,
accompanied by several Esquimaux.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

The Nevada Gazette says the late suit
for sack of potatoes will cost both par
ties about 500. and is remarkable case
of "small potatoes. =
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

FREE TRADE LEAGUE.-Steps have
been taken to form free trade league at
st. Louis, Mo.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

DIsAGREE-The Unionists of Spain
disagree with the Progressionists on two
other points besides the selection of a
King, viz: On the oath to support the
constitution, and in regard to the election
of Deputies to fill the vacant seats in the
Cortez.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

POSTAL REDUoTIoN.-It is rumored
that the present rates of postage on pre-
paid letters between this country and the
United Kingdom, are soon to be greatly
reduced.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Loss BY FIRE.-A fire in Kendall
vile, Ohio, on the Night of the Sth,
destroyed property to the amount of
$4,000, on which there was an insurance
of only S1,700.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

In HONOR OF PEABoDY-By order
of the Queen of England, services were
to be held over the remains OF George
Peabody at Westminster Abbey on the
12th-yesterday.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

CHAMPION BEATEN.-John Taylor,
champion shootist OF the United States
was beaten in New York, on the
Sth, by Ira Payne, in pigeon shooting
match.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Fatal AccInENT.-The mas johnson
accidentally shot himself. near Oak Point,
ON the Columbia river, on the 7th, while
pulling Whitehall boat up that stream
In attempting to pull the gun forward
the hammer caught, exploding the gun,
the whole charge entering the right
breast of deceased, killing him almost
instantly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Coon CoLT.-On the 4th. Bonner's
colt, Joe Elliott, made a mile to wagon in
2:194.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

PRENTICE, of Louisville, calls George.
Francis Train " A cipher hunting figure
to pass for something.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Mrs. Campbell, of Pittsburg, Penn,
was brutality murdered by her husband
on the night of the 7th inst.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13
A Lost Tribe.

In district far in the interior of Abys-
sinia, which has hitherto remained terra
incoynita and blank space on the maps,
has been discovered one of the "lost
tribes "a strange race of people called
" Falashas" Mr. Halevey, renowned
French traveller, has visited these people
and communicated an account of his jour
ney to the French Geographical Society.
The substance of the information he
furnishes in regard to them is as follows ::
There are about quarter of million of
the Falasha. They speak an Agan dia-
lect called Faltshua, or Kalina, and into
this language they have translated a
Gheez version of the Old Testament.
They do not practice polygamy- They
circumcise their male children on the
seventh day. Their proper names are
derived from Hebrew, Gheez and Amha-
ric. The institution Of publication is
practised the children are taught the
Bible psalms, prayers and sacred history.
In their synagogaes the sexes sit apart.
Incense is burned during their services.
Their religious hopes are turned to Jeru-
salem, but their ideas of the Messiah are
very indistinct. They are wholly unac-
quainted with Hebrew, and know nothing
of the ceremonies instituted after the
time of Ezra. They have religious lit
erature written in the style of the Mid
rath. They keep the Sabbath rigidly /;
fast on Mondays and Thursdays; keep
the 9th of Alb to commemorate the de-
struction of Jerusalem; they wash be-
fore and say grace after eating; they
have traditional mode of slaughtcring
animals for food they practice COM
memorative sacrifices on the holy days,
and also for the repose of the souls of the
dead. Their women enjoy equality with
men, and they hold slaves, but hberate
| them after seryitude of six years.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

SENsIBLE.--During the recent gold
panic frugal Office clerk in New York
bank drew all his sayings-amounting to
some soO0-and sreculated in the street.
Fortune smiled upon him, and he made
about $4,000 profits. His employers,
surprised at his luck, advised him to
invest that amount with them, ahd they
would make 100000 for him. Hevery
naively replied, Charley has made 81 )
600 cool; Charley will Stop Charley
that night was worth SIS, 5,0U0-Chariey' s
employers not fifteen cents.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

Admiral Stewart died at Borden
town, N. j., on the 7th inst.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

IUDGE PoWERs-An editor has been
hauled down from the tripod to the
Judges bench. The Solano Press says ::
Solano county did we'll in this election.
0. p, Powers, the Republican candidate,
is elected County Judge by a majority of
145 over j. e. Lawton, in defiance of a
bitter fight waged against him by some
recent members of the Republican party,
and it is a personal triumph of which he
may well feel proud, and political vic
tory which must be satisfactory in the
highest degree to the members of the
Republican party.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

A thrifty old dame, in bygone years,
made pudding for family dinner:
Extravagant as she thought she had been,
she was rather mortified to find that her
boarders were too hoggish to appreciate
her kind attention to their wants, and in
relating her trials to neighbor she pa
thetieai1y exclaimed @ l made pud-
ding to-day and put whole egg in it, but,
after all, our folks would eat butter on it p
A certain lady had a custom of saying
to favorite little dog, to make him fol-
low her ''Come along, sir" A would be
witty gentleman stepped up to her one
day. and accosted her with: '' Is it me
madam, you called/y" "Oh, no sir, y
said the lady, with great composure, il
was another puppy Ispoke to-,
THE Grass Valley Union says there is
only one distillery in Nevada county, and
the population can support ten.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-13

WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
In fact, almost every ything usually kept in a re-
tail store.
:, Having bought our goods on the best terms
the market will afford, and selected them with
great care, we feel warranted in saying that we
can offer as great inducements to customers as
any house in the trade, and hope, by strict at
tention to business and the wants of customers,
to merit liberal patronage from the public.
&a- Remember the place. The house far
meriy occupied by d. Mansfield d Bro.
P. @. HARPER & co,
Albany Oct. 80, 1905
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IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS

All Trunks now made at
THE "GREAT CENTRAL" TRUNK DEPOT,
Have Simons' Patent Safety IIasp and Bolts, which
securely lasten the trunk on both ends with heavy
Bolts, and IN the centre with the ordinary lock. Posi-
lively no extra charge.
GREAT CENTRAL TRUNK DEPOT.
NV. Cor. Seventh A. Chestnut SITS.
TRAVELLERS NOTICE-Purchase your trunks
with Smons Triple Fastening, heavy bolts; no fear
lock breaking at the Central
2193m No 7O1 CHESNUT Street.
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THE TREASURY FIRM!

FioiR the NJ y. Tribune
The Express of Thursday evening had des--
patch squarey asserting that Mr. Boutwell, had
just told a correspondent that he would not can
eel the bonds he is buying "for fear that he may
''want at a future period, to sell them as cur
rcncy" But several dispatches were received ON
Thursday which fatty contradict this, and give
assurances that the bonds now purchased VIII IN
punched as to prevent the possibility OF their
clandestine return to circulation, and that, thus
stamped, they will be held as a sinking fund, IN
express accordance with the act of February 20,
1862. One despatch adds that he expects soon
10 be able TO redeem bonds at n more rapid rate
than 81, 600, coo per week; and that he does not
purpose TO keep on hand larger surplus OF
gold than is required for the safe conduct OF the
finances.
We need not say that this is as we have
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-15
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS REVISITED.

In making a second visit to see the pictures in
the Academy, we have the example of Words
worth, in his poem entitled "YaTow Revisited"
Besides, no art critic can do justice to an eNhi-
bition like the present one in a single paper.
There are 50 many pictures worthy of notice,
on account of the prices asked for them by the
artists who painted and glazed them, that an
humble attempt at reproducing them in our
Saturday Art Column will help the artists
along The cuts we herewith give are designed
for this purpose.
The two little gems that attract the attention
most of fond parents are couple Of life
sketches by 9. B. Waugh, one called
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-15

by T. Moran This drawing is full of Vigor.
The action is quite natural. 1t is seldom this
artist goes into anything like this, but whatever
he becomes attached to, he turns out a whole
team. In this view he is attached to go-cart
laden with charcoal, and we believe his commits
sions in this line will be largely increased as
people better appreciate his skill in this direc-
tion. The drawing is a little heavy, though, and
the aplOnlb is faulty. The ttOrrOtNre is good.
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Tsaprooea Red Nan rus,eS into the office ofd.e
Iadian Igeut at omaha loh eyes staring, and
srclaims-"Wont whisky; Injn bit by snake
very bad ~
Agent-"How much does thee want?'
l. o. of r. NJ. Cooking eUety inch a SdcdJe)-
'Quart'
Agent-"Thee does not want quart OF whisky
for snake bite"
l. 0. of R. N. (excitedly)-"Yes quart; snake
VerY bio