The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-17
adventures Or Joseph Haslnsy.
HIS ESCAPE.

ie Watkinds without q fair settlement
nth the landlord and an Equitable ad-
ustment" Of standing accounts, but he
,ays that the guard stationed to watch
him had most opportnncly gone to sleep
ind he thought Providence was kind. So
he slipl ed over the fence to try the ex-
pertinent of pursuit Of freedom among
difficulties. Having staid in Mill Creek
with only his nose ont of water until the
pursuit had well commenced, and not APP
the cold water system over
much, he transferred himself 70 terra
frnaa crawled under brush heap, and
laid there while several Of bis pursuers
passed over him. One of them, the gen.
tleman who took the prize at Madam
Cora's for being the heayiest man 10
Salem, took pains TO stop on top OF him
awhile and the pressure came down 30
solidly that he will not believe that Col
Inns weighs less than ton or ton ana Q /
half, and he SAYS that he felt as IT an ell |
ephant had trod on him.
AT THE FAIR GROUND
whittier Mr.. Hackney went to keep his
appointment with Shultz, he passed the
night, part of the time housed 10 John
Savage's barn which is directly opposite,
much disappointed because Shultz threw
off on him and didn't come to time, and
as cold and uncomfortable as man could
be who was just out of prison and later
still out Of Mill Greek aud the mountain
waters from the Santiam. His hat had
washed away when in the creek and hay
makes SO poor a comforter that Joseph
came near taking cold in his head.
BRIDGE SCENE.
Friday morning early he started down
the old stage road towards Gervias, and
on bridge about three miles below
town he came up suddenly. face to face,
with German citizen of Salem, travel
ing leisurely with cane, and with leis-
urely walk, such as pertains to a leading
stock holder in hotel association. Both
struck a startled attitude and each started
to run, but fortunately for Joseph the
stranger made the mistake of running The
other way instead of after him, and he
began to think himself a very lucky boy.
INCIDENTS BY THE WAY.
He began to realize also that he needed
a new suit of clothes, and as no clothing
stores were convenient, to use his own ex-
pressive language, he Cracked six
| cribs" before night without success. He
met a number of railroad hands alorS
( the road whose conduct was encouraging,
even though they offered no material aid
Cheered by their signs of sympathy he
went on and towsrds night he saw where
some dame had mended her leige lords
pants and hung them up to dry The
shades Of night were falling fast He
thought before the shadows passed, he d
have pair of pants at last But, rs that
pair of pants he spied. and just before the
eycntide, the dame came out and then
united those pants from off the clothes
line and all his hopes were dashed
Twas ever thus in childhoods hour, etc.
Friday night he laid in the brush almost
exhausted and recommended his journey
toward morning. Determined to have q
little on his head and to find something
wherewithal to comfort and replenish an
interior that had become a sad emblem of
the Eollowness OF earthly hopes.
HIS CAPTURE.
Towards night he entered French.
mars house on tt c prairie, represented
that some escaped canvict had robbed
him aud forced an exchange of ward
robe, and was we'll fed comiorted by the
unsuspicious Gaul, and also received Q
hat Then he went on mcrry-hcarted
but heseenSs to have met little boy
who noticed his peculiar garb, and told
his father about it when he got home, and
: his father, with Thornberry of Gervais
aud Lobdefl Of Salem, went for him, and
: wouldn't have found him, hid in ths
8 brush, only they scared n flock Of swine
Q that tried to run into the sea aud run 81
4 near as to start up and make himself Wis
ible.
e BACK HOME AGAIN.
Joseph Hackney is lively youn:
: man, aud kept his captors from going Z
J, sleep by his vivacity in relating the fore
: going incidents He reached home agail
. Sunday noon, not in the .Presidentia
! Car" which passed up little before
0 but BY the regular train, and is again
J happy and eontentcd prisoner of tn
h bounty Of the State Statesman Of 18Th
5 MORE New DEPAHrURE.-The De
Q mocracy Of the Twenty first Civil Dis
!. trict Tennessee, the second largest outsid
: Of Nashville, at Convention, May 3lst
j adopted the following:
, Inasmuch as the present Constitution
+ Of the State of Tennessee gives to tn
colored man every civil and politica
right enjoyed by the white man, Il fol
!. lows that the validity of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments to the Con
7 stitution Of the United States forms M
: substantial issue before the people o
+ Tennessee. Therefore, in our opinion
I no person OF paper that shall only wan
$ to continue the agitation ofthat question
+ is entitled to the confidence or suppor
: of the Democracy Of this State
The report Of the Convention goes Q,
: to say:
The list of sigDers embraces ex-Gov
!. ernor Henry S. Footc, late member o