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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Our municipal election passed off quie-
ly in the extreme, the only real contest
being for the Treasurer. Party issues
were not made and the old officers were
reelected with the exception of Chapman,
who has other duties to perform, in con-
sequence of which Glover was promoted
to his place and Brown was made Alder
man instead of Glover. The total, vote
was 451, nearly one-half the number of
legal voters in the city. Capt. L. s. Scott
received for Mayor 372 votes. I'll. Y.
Thompson, fer Recorder, had majority
of 115; j. N. Glover for Marshal, 90; A.
N. Gilbert for Treasurer, A.. The Alder
men elect are, in the 1st ward, r. Will
Jams and w. L. Wade; I'd ward, j. G..
Wright and J. L. Starkey Sd ward, l..
s. Skiff and B. F. Drake; 4th ward, j.
H. Bridges and J. G. Brown.-iSates-
mn
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

CHINESE HERE.-H. G. Bennett,
Secretary of the Chinese Protection So
ciety, has issued his report, giving the
number of arrivals from China since
1919, and other matters of interest. The
report informs US that in the last twenty
years China has sent to this coast 1885,
$50 souls, of whom 1928 have return
ed to China, and 10, ,426 have died. The
whole number of Chinese now in this
country is given at 90,s37, 41,000 OF
whom are in California, 1000 In Ne
vada, $4,000 in Montana, 10000 in
Idaho, 5000 in Oregon, $500 along the
line of the Pacific Railroad, and 1000 in
Colorado, Utah and the Southern States.
Of the Al, 900 in California, there are
4,S0O females, 5000 children, 1907 old
and decrepid, and 1S3 in jails and the
penitentiaries, leaving 81 700 male adults
of whom $4,000 are in San Francisco
Of those In the interior counties 1850
are females, 1889 are children, 1850
old, MANNED and in jails, leaving 1850
active adult males, $500 of whom are
engaged in mining, and the balance in
various employments. The report
further says:
i" 1t is great mistake on the part of
the laboring classes to imagine that the
Cinnamon Injuries white laborers IF the
supply of labor decreased its value in
proportion to its increase, the United
States would be the worst country in the
world for laboring men, because there
has been steady stream of laborers
from all countries pouring into them for
nearly half century. Labor has in
creased in value by the influx Of this
mind, bone and muscle, till the United
States is the laborers' paradise. The
advent of the Chinese will not alter the
law which causes the demand for labor to
increase with its supply.
"The working classes derive most of
the benefits of the cheap labor of the
Chinese. The price of fruits, vegeta-
bles, meats, butter, coarse clothing, ci-
gars, board and lodging, is made lower
by the aid of these people, and almost
every branch of manufacture would cease
without their cheap labor
Their influence on business is demon
strated by the efforts made to secure their
custom. Most of the large American
stores and warehouses have Chinese
signs in their windows and keep Chinese
clerks to attend to the Chinese business.
The idea that they live on rice and garb-
age is too absurd to deserve notice.
Such of them as can afford good living
enjoy it as much as any other class IN
the community. The dinners set by
them for Governor Haight and his
friends was equal to any banquet given,
by the Europeans in this city, in point OF
extravaganza and luxury, if not accord
J ing to American taste.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
NAyY.-The report of the Secretary of
the Navy details at length the employ
ment of vessels in active service, as fol-
lows: North Atlantic squadron, II yes
sells, 76 guns; South Atlantic squadron,
vessels, 43 guns Pacifc fleet, IA vessels,
l29 guns, including the frigate Guer-
riere now fitting out at New York Eu-
ropean squadron, 6 vessels, log guns;
Asiatic squadron, 10 vessels, 72 guns.
The commander of the North Atlantic
squadron has been directed, while pres
erving strict neutrality between the con-
tending powers in Cuba, to permit no
injustice to citizens of the United States.
and to prevent any interference with our
commerce, and at once repel and punish
any disrespect or violation of our fiae.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Il viii not be long before we are call
ed to admit some Territories as States
into the Union. Among others, Dakota
will present fair claims for consideration.
Villages and settlements are being rap
idly established there. This past sum-
mer some five thousand immigrants made
their homes inj that Territory. The
present population is reckoned at twenty
thousand, and forty-seven thousand acres
Of land have been lately taken up under
the Homestead and Presumption laws by
actual settlers.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The President has appointed JAS. H.
Bisk TO examine and report upon the
Oregon Railroad, vice Jesse Applegatc,
resigned Capt. Fisk is one of the pro.
prietors Of the Standard FIGURING Mills,
at Milwaukee, and is said TO be we'll
reformed, clever gentleman, and one ev-
cry way qualified. for the appointment.
The commission now stands: Rev. E
q. Geary, Of this city, Thos. A. Savier,
of Portland, and JAS. H. Fisk.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

carefully
Especially if in some remote out-of-the-way place.
Now that the railroad is open, propose to
Give the residents of OREGON the opportunity of
getting single genuine Waltham Watches ut the
The Lowest Who'll esale New York Prices
We sell more waltham Watches than any other
establishment in the country, either wholesale or
rotai we send great numbers to every section OF
the country by Mail and Express, carefully pack
ed, and in perfect running order. Our plan is
this You want Watch, and see our advertise
ment: now, want you first to write t. us for
our Descriptive and Illustrated Price List; wee
will send it, postpaid, by return mail. It ex-
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 yonr order We will then send you the
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 obiigations to
receive it; and if it is TAKEN and afterward does
not prove satisfactory, we will exchanges it. or
REFUND THE MONEY.
As an indication of the prices, will quote
one Watch of our list. The p s. BARrLRrr,
Lever Movement, with Extra Jewels, Chronome-
ter Balance, Patent Pinion, Patent Dust CAP, and
all the other late improvements, in q Solid Coin
Silver case,
$20 in Grcenbaclks, or about $2o in Coin.
All the other kinds both gold and silver, in tho
same proportion. Do not order q Watch till you
have sent for u Price List, as 1t 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 REarsTxk,
and you need not put in stamps for return post
age. Address in FULL
HOWARD 3 CO.,
Jewellers and silversmths, 61s Broadway, N. Y.
We refer, by permission, to
Messrs. WELLS, FARGo 4 CO., N. Y. and San
Francisco.
I. W. RAYMOND, Esq, T. R. BUTLER, ESQ.,, B.
c. HOWARD, ESQ.,, San Francisco.
W. S. HopARM, Virginia city; Nevada.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Henry Sanders, aged 16, and Hannah
Sanders, his wife, aged IA years, passed
through Kansas City, Mo-, on the 4th
inst. They were from De Kalb county,
ILL.,, and on their way to settle on farm
in Bates county, in that State. The
youthful husband said his father-in-law
had fitted him out with ream and $500
in cash, and that he was on his way to
settle in new country and make a fortune
by buying farm.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Sir Jhon Franklin discovered the
Northwest passage before he perish
ed
Time borders on eternity. 1t requires
but an instant to make the passage from
one to the other.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

FEMALE VoTERs.-It is stated that a
large number of females are entitled to
vote at the municipal election of the towns
of England. At Lincoln, 800 female
voters are on the registry; at Stanford,
$50; at East Relford, so, out of 514
voters on the list; and at Norwich, 800,
out of total of 10000. From these facts
it is argued that IN ten years time, the
majority of the women in England will
enjoy the right to vote,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

A full court dress in Africa consists
of blue ring in the nose and pair of
red shoe strings. IF these particulars are
neglected, the offender is cooked next
day for dinner.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The question of building a railroad
from Corvallis to Yaquina Bay is still
being agitated- David Newsom, in the
Gazette, says that the harbor at Yaquina
has the advantage by one hundred mil
Eoa dollars over any other point on the
soast, San Francisco and Puget Sound
alone excepted
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Dent, candidate for Governor of Mis-
sissippi, is beat by Alcoru (Republican)
between thirty and forty thousand ve tes.
Goodbye, Dent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

There is curiosity in Eola, Polk
county, in the shape of . defsrmed pig.
a. sow, the property Of Mr.. James Pom
pelley, gave birth recently to litter Of
pigs, among which was one having the
head, including the ears, body and tail of
an elephant, with the feet and legs of a
pig. It has q veritable trunk, and only
one eye, which is located under the
trunk has no hair, except few hog
brisfles around the eye; the body is
black and white spotted, as is common to
the genus pig.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

intercepted letters from Spanish off,
GERS say there is no prospect of suppress
ing the Cuban rebellion.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Reports from the gold mines in Geor-
gia still continue to be of the most ex-
citing character. Gold discoveries have
been, made, the like whereof has never
been seen ON the American continent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Chas. Brown, a captive among the
Cheyenne Indians for three years, has
just escaped. He says more than twenty
white boys are held in captivity by the
several bands of that tribe.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Judge Austip's majority for Governor
of Minnesota is 1000; the rest of the
Republican State ticket have majority
of 5000.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The Sheriff of Washington county
offers $500 reward for the apprehension
of Courtney Meek, the murderer of Jake
Smith, TO which Mr.. Robert Emery adds
in all.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

1t the present superior management
of the Government finances continues, as
it win under Radical rule, the whole
national debt can be paid in less than
thirteen years.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

s Hon. j. Ell. Mitchell is to deliver a
lecture at Eugene City ON the evening
of the 18th inst, under the auspices of
the Odd Fellows. This will be the Sec
end lecture of the course.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The Roseburg Ensign states that more
than two million feet of lumber has been
used for building purposes in Douglas
county during the year.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The Legislature of Montana Territory
now in session, is almost unanimously
Democratic.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The New York Herald says that
sGrant's message is that of an honest,
elear-headed, practical man. In the re-
construction business he merely looks to
the execution of the laws"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Two hundred and thirty-two persons
attended the Dalles Congregational Sun
day school last Sabbath.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Ferdinand Wetzel, of Jacksonville,
pronounced insane by two physicians,
viii be sent to the Asylum at East Port
land Cause of insanity-"disappolnted
love"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

BETTER.-The Revolution heads an
article Something better than the Ballot
for Woman Jinks says he knows what
it is-a baby!
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

:. According to the Salem Statesman
5000 has already been subscribed for
the erection Of brick hotel there.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Douglas is the first county in the
State to pay its tax into the State Treas
ury, which shows the finances of the
county to be in a healthy condition.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

John Barker, trader on Shadget riv-
er, W. T., was found murdered in his
store on the 4th inst.-supposed to have
been robbed and murdered by the Shad-
get Indians.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Rev. Condor, of Dalies, is lecturing
on geology. His next lecture will be en-
sislsd "How Oregon was made"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

At the close of last month, the Insane
Asylum at East Portland contained one
hundred and eleven patients-an increase
of nineteen over last year.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The adjournment of the Washington
Legislature sine die is chronicled.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The good people of La Grande were
enjoying good sleighing last week, while
we of the Willamette valley are still en-
joying Summer breezes and the cooling
rains.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The Jacksonville debating society will
discuss the question of "Woman Sui-
frage" at its next meeting.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11
NOTICE
To the Taxpayers Of Linn Co.

To the Taxpayers Of Linn Co.
WILL BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE
\ Taxes levied for the current year, at the times
and places follows, to-wit:
In November:
Lebanon, Monday, 22d Waterloo, Tuesday,
23d Nye's School House, Wednesday, Path !;
Brush Greek. Thursday, 25th; South Brownsville,
Friday, 26th North Brownsville, Saturday, 21th
In December:
Harrisburgh. Tuesday. November 5oth, and
Wednesday, December lst; Peoria, Thursday
December I'd Orleans. Friday, Sd Albany, Sat
urday 4th Scio, Tuesday, 18th Franklin Butte,
Wednesday, 18th santiam, Thursday, 10th
Syracuse, Saturday, 18th; Center, Monday, 10th.
As it will save time and trouble, hope every
payer will be prepared to settle MS tax nj tno
times and places above named.
r. A. IRVINE,
October o. IS60-7tf Tax Collector.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Maxim for the lazy: No farmer can
plow field BY turning it oyer in his
Kind.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Garroting has been revived in New
York.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

A QUEER LAW SUIT.-One Captain
Herbert won a remarkable law suit in
Adair county, Iowa, the other day-a
suit conducted on both sides of the North
river. The plaintiff and his lawyer lived
on one side of the river, and the defend
ant, his lawyer, and the magistrate on the
other. The parties met on either bank
of the stream, which was too high to be
crossed. The "Court" took his seat on
a damp log, and ordered the trial to pro-
ceed. For one hour and half the attor-
neys slung law and logic across hun
dred feet of September freshet, at the
expiration of which period the Court
mounted a stump, and, lifting up hisvoice
to frightful pitch, hurled his decision
across the stream.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11
WILLIAM IxAvIDSoN,
Office, No. 81 Front Street,
ldjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon
Special Collector of Claims,

Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon.
Special Collector of Claims,
Accounts, Notes, Bonds, Drafts, and Mercanl
tile Claims of every description throughout Ore
gon and the Territories, WILL BE MADE A
SPECIALITY AND PROMPTLY COLLECT
ED, as well as with a due regard to economy in
all business matters intrusted to his care and the
proceeds paid over punctually.
Real Estate Dealer.
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

The New York Herald says of Sir
Samuel Bakers Nile Expedition: This
important expedition, comprising well
equipped army of five thousand men and
several steel steamers, built in England,
constructed so as to be taken to pieces at
the rapids, and put together again in
the river above them, has left Lower
Egypt en- route for the great lakes from
which flow the head streams of the Nile
The objects are the annexation of the
whole Nile valley to its head in the
great elevated basin of the Ecuador to
the vice-royalty of Egypt, and to put all
those wild tribes of the upper valley and
basin to the cultivation of cotton.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

Now that Reeds Opera House is so
nearly completed, we have some kind of
amusement every week. Tonight the
Salem Dramatic Troupe, assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. T. Nj. Bates, play g Nick of the
Woods" This piece, and the talent of
the players, promise to bring out full
house ID.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11
Waltham Watches.

Let every one who wants a watcn, read this
carefully.
Espccially if in some remote ut-ofthe-way place.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

o. S. omesai Paper for Oregon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

NEW TODAY.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-11

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Good Thoughts from all Sources.

To study what one does not lOve-that
is, to contend with ennui, WEAKNESS and
disgust, for a good that we do not desire /;
to lavish the talent, that we feel Is created
for something else, in vain, on a subject
we fear that we cannot succeed, Is to
Withdraw so much power from one where
we could make progress.
Some employments may be better than
others, but there is no employment so bad
as the having none at all. The mind will
contract a rust and an unfitness for every
thing, and man must either fill up his
mind with good, or at least innocent bust
ness, or it viii run 10 the worst sort of
waste-to sin and vice.
Few subjects are more nearly allied
than vulgarity and afiectatiOn. 1t may
be said Of them truly that thin parti-
tions do their bounds divide" There
cannot be a surer proof of an innate
meanness Of disposition than to be always
talking and thinking of being genteel.
Hope is a vigorous principle; it is fur
nished with light and heat to advise and
execute it sets the head and heart to
work. and animates man to do his ut
most. And thus, by perpetually pushing
and insurance, it puts a difficulty out OF
countenance, and makes a seeming i'm
possibility give way.
Be more prudent for your children,
than perhaps, you have been for yourself.
When they, too, are parents, they Will
initiate YOU, and each of you will have
prepared happy generations, who will
transmit, together with your memory, the
worship of your wisdom.
Bad thoughts are worse enemies than
lions and tigers for we can keep out Of
the way Of wild beasts, but bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. The cup that
is full will hold no more keep your head
full Of good thoughts that bad thoughts
may find no room to enter.
There is enough in the world to COM
plain about and find fault with, if men
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on hard and uneven roads but with
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comfort, and come to the end Of our jour
ney in peace.
Every young man should remember
that the world will always honor industry
The vulgar and useless idler, whose ener-
gies of body and mind are rusting for
want of occupation, may look with scorn
1t is praise; his contempt is honor.
BY a sure contradiction, no system of
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man nature, as that which is founded ON
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We should never remember the bene-
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forget the favors we have received from
our friends.
The first and most important quality in
the character of young women is the pos
session of a sweet temper.
There is a burden of care in getting
riches; fear in keeping them; temptation
in using them: guilt in abusing them =
sorrow in losing them; and burden of
account at last to be given up concerning
them. Mathew Henry.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-13

Dickens wrote "There is nothing
beautiful and good that dies and is for
gotten. An infant, a prattling child,
diving in its cradle, will live again in the
better thoughts of those who loved it,
play its part, though its body be burned
to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea.
There is not an angel added to the hosts
of heaven but does its blessed work on
earth in those that loved it here. Dead.
o, if the good deeds of human creatures
could be traced to their source, how beau
tiful would even death appear for how
much charity, mercy, purified affection,
would be seen TO have their growth in
dusty graves"