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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
The Empress Eugene and JOSephine's
Ring

A romantic incident is related of the
way in which Fate seemed to decree
that the Montijos and the Napoleons
should be united The story is of
Josephine's betrothal ring, and is in this
wise: Eugenie's father, while serving
in the First Napoleon's army, resided in
Paris. In 1909, little girl, Maria
Montijo. about three years old, went to
play in the Tuilleries with her nurse.
There she met little boy who gave her
a gold ring. As the children were
strangers to each other, and did not
meet again, the owner of the ring re-
manned unknown, and so the little
Maria kept it for a play thing. That
ring was JosepI!ne's, and the little boy
was Louis Napoleon, who had run away
with the ring. The loss of the ring was
bad omen to Josephine, for year
afterward she had to resi- ign in favor of
another. Little Maria kept the play
thing till she grew up. At sixteen
years of age she married, and became
the mother of Eugene, whose birth
took place May 5, 1926. Her mother
engraved this date on the ring she had
worn so long herself, and when Eugene
was older, gave it to her. When quite
child, Eugene went to London to pay
visit; there she became acquainted
with Louis Napoleon, who saw the ring
with the date and Josephine's name on
it, and knew it had belonged to her.
From this circumstance Louis looked
upon the little Montijo as attached to
his house, and twenty years afterward,
it became fact. After time, Euge-
MES mother came to regard the token
as Of great importance, and formed a
plan of bringing the two families to-
gether. That was the secret of so lovely
woman as Eugene remaining single
till the age of twenty-six. A crown
awaited her, which was never lost
sight of.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
War on the COreanS.

The following was received at the
Navy Department on the 2Sth inst,
from Corea, under date Of the odd:
To the Secretary of the Navy.
The Coreans not apologizing for their
treacherous attack on the 10th, we landed
on Kang Noe and took and destroyed the
lower fort and munitions. On the 18th we
took another fort, and then stormed and
captured a stronghold. Five forts have been
taken. The troops which defended them are
reported as numbering IL 900. There was
desperate hand to hand fighting in the eta
del. The ordnance was destroyed, 4Sl pieces,
principally small brass pieces /; very many
small arms, and so flags were taken. We
counted 243 dead Coreans around the citadel.
We had three killed. They were the gallant
Lieut.. Mckee, who was the first inside the
citadel-killed with bullet and spear ma
rine Dennis Hamahan, and landsman Seth
Allen. OF nine wounded, all are out of dan
ger and doing well.
(Signed) JOHN RODGERS,
Commodore u. s. N.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14

that not only the dates and sugar caravans
have been seized and eaten by the inhabi-
tants Of the villages through which they
passed, but the pack mules were greedily
devoured.-A dispatch from Shanghai con-
firms the announcement Of the capture OF
the Tzanghoa forts by the Americans, with
slight loss. The Coreans had 240 killed and
a great many wounded 1t is said in official
circles that Minister Low is with Admiral
Rodgers at Corea. 1t seems certain that the
conduct of the Admiral is approved by the
Government.
ADvICEs from Paris state that, by order Of
the War Department, the army of General
Vinoy is dissolved. The army of Versailles
is divided into six corps, commanded, re-
spectively, by Generals Montauban, Bataille,
Barrail, Douay, Clnchaut, and Bourbaki.
General L'Admirault is appointed Governor
of Paris. Troops had commenced leaving
Paris, in conformity with the treaty of
Frankfort. The artillery in and around
Concise will be withdraw1 in few days.
Orders have been issued from the German
headquarters forbidding officers of the army
of occupation from entering Paris.-The
French elections were proceeding quietly.
Gambetta is certainly elected.-Panama let
tiers of June 20 state that the survey of the
Napipin River route for the Darien Ship
Canal is satisfactory, the route having been
demonstrated to be practicable, and that
Commander Seliridge was at Panama, await
ing the return of the surveying party which
assembled the Atrato river, and for the store
ship Guard, when the entire expedition
would sail for home-The United States
frigate California, Captain Clitz, flagship of
the Pacific squadron, arrived at Cal 40, Peru,
June Q, SO days from New York-all the
way, except AS hours, under sail only-al-
most an unprecedented voyage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
Fat Men.

1t is striking fact that most persons
want to weigh more than they do, and
measure their health by their weight, as
if man were pig, valuable in proper
ton to his heaviness. The racer is not
fat--a good plough horse has but g
moderate amount of flesh. Heavy men
are not those which experienced con
tractors employ to build railroads and
dig bitches. Thin men, the world over,
are the men for endurance; are the
wiry and hardy; thin people live the
longest. The truth is, fat is a disease,
and as proof, fat people are neverwell
a day at time-are not suited for hard
work. Still, there is a medium between
as fat as butter ball and as thin and
juiceless as fence-rail. For mere
looks, moderate rotundity is mostly de
sirable, to have enough flesh to cover
angularities. To accomplish this in the
shortest time, man should work but
little, sleep great part of the time,
allowing nothing to worry him, keep al
ways in a joyous laughing mood, and
live chiefly on albuminates, such as boil
ed cracked wheat, and rye, and oats,
and corn, and barley, with sweet milk,
and butter-milk, and fat meats. Sugar
is the best fattener known.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14

THE production of sheet-iron plates
coated with copper and brass is a new
branch of industry in England. 1t is
claimed for this product that the plates
present great advantages to the makers
of finished goods, compared with timed
or galvanized plates, as they can be an.
nealed as much as requisite during the
process of stamping, without injury to
the copper or brass coating; and that
they also are superior to sheet copper or
sheet brass, because articles manufac.
tured from them are not so readily bent
or denied as when they are made OF
brass or copper, and they can be burn.
ished, splanished, or spun, and SO
brought up to any required degree OF
finish.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
Amusing.

One Of the most amusing yet uneX-
pected sensation scenes ever witnessed
in theater occurred recently at the
Theater Royal, Manchester, England.
The curtain drew up for Mr.. Toole to
address the court an re. Bardell dgt. Pick
wick, when the whole of the jury mys-
teriously disappeared, their box sud-
denly giving way and engulfing the good
men and true. At first the vast au-
dience who crowded every part of the
theater were silent, fearing some dread
full accident had occurred but as the
unlucky jurymen rapidly reappeared
unhurt, though looking very foolish,
they broke out in a perfect hurricane of
laughter, which lasted several minutes.
The curtain had to be dropped to allow
the Jury to be boxed again, and when
Mr.. Toole began his address he pro-
voked another burst of visibility by al
luding to the jury as that worthy
body of steadfast and immovable men,
A peculiarly amusing feature OF this
novel scene was the fact that the ma
.jority of the jury were stage carpenters,
whose duty it was TO erect the court,
and they suffered in this case from their
own carelessness.
THE TURKISH WAR DEPARTMENT, it is
stated, has decided to make the Christ
ian subjects of the Sultan liable to mill
tary duty, as well as the Mahometans.
The Christian population OF Turkey
numbers twenty millions, and the males
have heretofore been exempted from
the CONSUMPTION for the army on the
pavment of a tax, which in the aggre-
gate amounts to S2,500,00O year. The
Mahometant population numbers ten
millions. and from them yearly con-
tincent of 100000 is supplied. The
Mahometans. it is stated, have suffered
severely from being made the sole source
from which soldiers are obtained, and
many districts, it is asserted, have been
almost depopulated from this cause. AS
the Christians are twice rs numerous as
the Mahometans, the Sultan would OBJ
tain a large body of soldiers under the
determination he has arrived at. In an
swer to the objection that Christians and
Mahometans would not agree to act to-
gether as soldiers, it is stated that the
army of the Khedive of Egypt the Copts,
who are Christians, and the Mussuiman
Arabs serve side by side in the same
regiment, and are on very good terms
with each other.
The announcement is made that the
sin gle eye-glass has entirely disappeared
from good society.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14

The announcement is made that the
single eye-glass has entirely disappeared
from good society.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

forms one of the most striking fea-
lures of the wild landscape. 1t
seemed as though a thousand men
were at work, and teams i'll proper
ton. One effect has been that they
have dcvoured everything before,
behind and around them, like ali
army of grasshoppers, 80 that it is
almost impossible to get anything
for man or beast to eat but luckily
for the country, they pay cash at
good rates for all they consume, and
times are good thercabouts.
Hon. Newton Booth, Governor
elect of California, starts Past on
Monday To visit Terrc Haute,
Indiana, and will return about
November 1st.
The Presbyterian Synod of Ore
gon convened in Corvallis last
Thursday, and is now III session.
Receipts at the Walla Walla fair
exceeded those of last year by about
$500.
y man named Cook at. Walla
Walla has been fined $3.50 for strik-
ing the editor of the .Stotesnu,.
with cane.
A Port Townsend paper says
there was more business done i'll the
4
Puget Sound Custom House last
month, than any one month since
the organization of the district, and
there are now more vessels in the
Sound, loading at the different mills.
than there have been for some time
Notwithstanding the cry that the
lumber trade is dull, it seems to be
on the increase.
The plans for the Police Cour,
House and jail i'll Portland provide
for an ediice three stories high, the
first Jail, the second court room
judges office, ETC., and the third
story place for the confinement O
boys and women, and the occupa'
ton of policemen. The whole will
not exceed in cost $40, 900.
The Salem Statesman says a lit
tie son OF Mr.. McCalley, in that
city. fell from the railroad bridge
near East Salem school house and
broke his arm.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
Affairs ina Utah.

brigham Young was arrested
last Monday upon an indictment of
the Gra,.d Jury, charging him with
elew.lls col.ahitilg with lGD differ
eat women. On Tuesday morning
in Court his counsel petitioned that
he he admitted to bail. Judge
Mckean denied the application, but
allowed the prisoner to remain in
his own house unguarded for the
present..
The Mayor of Salt Lake City,
Daniel IL. Wells, third President
of the Mormon Church, was also
arrested on similar charges to those
preferred against 1ouig, last Tues
day afternoon.
1t would seem from this action
of Gov. Woods, that he is detelann,-
ed to enforce the laws oftle United
states against polygamy. These
7
treacherous wretcl.es ofof / tab have
! been tolerated III tl.eir open disre-
gard and violation of the laws
against coneubinage, far too long.
1t is relic of barbarism too gross
and corrupting in its character and
influence, to be tolerated any longer
than a rigid enforcement Of the law
against it will stop its danning tide
of sin and corruption. The laws ot
the | nited States are now, by the
action of Gov. Woods, brought into
actual contest with the abomilablt
institution. All lovers of virtue
and civilization viii await the issue
with anxiety, hoping that Gov
Woods may Lave backbone enough
to- enforce the law against it to tht
letter.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
harrisburg Bridge.

We are Informed by the Portland
Oregonida that the Harrisburg
bridge is completed. 1t is an i'm
mense structure, 770 feet long.
There are two string-beam spans so
feet each, one at each end. There
are two How truss spans of 215 feet
each, and a draw in the middle of
24O feet in length. 1t was built i'll
three months and seven days, at a
cost of 100000. The test train
that passed over it weighed 240, 900
pounds. The bridge passed the test
satisfactorily. Mr.. J. B. Mont
gonlery built the bridge.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
WHEAT.

The latest advices from New Y ork
represent the wheat market as buoy
ant. The orders from Europe are
quite large, many of them unlim-
tied, and this keeps up lively COM
petition among New York buyers.
Under this impulse prices have ad-
vanced. Higher prices ruling in
Eastern markets, has had its illflu-
ence, of course, on Western; and
now wheat is quoted in this State,
at Dallas, Salem and Portland, at
from 81 20 to 81 25 per buslrel, the
latter place even paying as high as
81 80.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

We are told in the news from New
York, that the last issue of one of the
weekly pictorial papers of that city,
contained cut representing Hall,
Tweed. Sweeny and Connolly in com
vict dress, heavily manacled and
that SO soon as Mayor Hall heard of it,
he had the Police confiscate the whole
edition. This was a home-thrust lit
tie too suggestive to the Mayor, and
his confederate thieves. No doubt his
guilty soul sickened within him, and
his knees smote together Belteshazzar-
like. as he saw i'll that picture the proba-
bilities of coming ret,'ibution. 20
wad the power a giftee gle us'' was
supplied by that picture for the entire
. ring to see themselves in the light
of public Judgment already passed upon
their just deserts, whether it is ever
executed or not.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

VIM. Ii. Seward arrived in New
York from Europe last Tuesday. His
friends gave him a reception in the
Bay. He left Immediately for Peeks-
vile.
Gen. James Totten, well known
artillery officer, died at Setl:llia, Mo-,
Oct. ID.
1t is reported that Secretary Fish has
decided on an early retirement from
the Cabinet. He retires of his own
wish. The assitant Secretary also
goes to the Geneva Conference. The
Law officer, too, has just retired to
take position under the japanese
Government.
The report is that Andrew D. White
of New York is to succeed Fish.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

Chief Justice Chase has lately told n
correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
qutrer that he supports the Democratic
party i'll its ''present position.
Judge Chase has the reputation of be-
ing very accute in his legal perceptions;
and this fact, together with tremen-
dous never-dying-evergreen desire to
become President, have assisted him
in discovering what he thinks is the
"present position" of the Democratic
party. Now if the wise Judge will
continue his affableness by telling the
Democrats of the country what is that
s'present position hewill contribute
to their stock of knowledge, and thus
increase their happiness. The Demo
cratic party is at present in the con-
dition of the ssWhat is it, that Barnum
used to have in his museum. Come,
Chase, let us all know what that
"posish'' is.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

During our visit at Salem, last
Sabbath, we had the pleasure of at
tending the Monthly Missionary
Concert of the NJ. Z. sunday School,
held at the Methodist church of that
place. The school itself is a large
one, numbering between two and
three hundred pupils. These, to-
gether with parents and friends who
came to witness the exercises, filled
the church full. The exercises con-
sisted m singing, speaking short
pieces and dialogues, or responses.
An address was also delivered by
DIR. This name has escaped our
memory, but it was good). We
were very much pleased with all OF
the exercises, but more especially
with the singing. There were some
very fine voices among both sexes.
These added to the richness of the
melody which rose from the lungs
of nearly every pupil and teacher
connected with the school. But one
fault to find, and that suggests it,
self from the annoyance experienced
at the time, during the intervals o
singing, by the children running il
and out and climbing over benches
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

''.Severul hundred thousand dollars
changed hands on the races" in the
late State Fair in California, and there
fore it is styled ssgreat success. -
This would indicate that the success OF
Fairs in California is estimated ON the
amount of money s changed hands, in
gambling. The greater the amount
staked, the more successful the Fair.
The notion that Agricultural Fairs
are intended to interest and improve
the people in all the arts of industry
and civilization, is a mistake it seems,
The paramount object appears TO be te
furnish greater Inducements and con
veniencies for betting and gambling.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

Last Tuesday morning in New York,
Judge Barnard, in his charge to the
Grand Jury, alluded to the irregular
tiles existing i'll the city government.
,JIe said one of the evils which should
he stopped was the taking of illegal
fees by officials. The election laws
were fiagrantly violated, and it was
his intention to keep the Grand jury
in session till after the election so as to
secure a fair election. In this connec-
tion he enlarged upon the general cor
l1iption. He said that nearly all the
fast horses and fast women in this city
are supported from the city treasury.
The evidences of 'Tamnany frauds
multiply on all sides. The Irib't7ae
publishes an exposure of frauds in the
: Harbor Department, which are eltor-
VmouSly large. They compel ships to
. pay eXorhitant figures for unloading.
! and Very frequently change ships from
j one dock to another, because the fiar-
borlna sters G.s5irc to put III ships that
pay better. Several aflidavits are
given showing that the Harbornasters
charge $50 to 800 for services worth
SO or ST.. Some of the cases will be
called before Justice Lcdwith in a few
days, and important testimony Is eX-
] pected.
| From New York. October 3d. in
! developing the 'rammany frauds from
/ the pay rolls, we obtain the following:
! .'in some instances there are found
! names OF persons long since decea 'ed.
/ Tamn,aiiy officers draw the whole
amount of dead mems wages. Tweed 8
Bureau and the Department of Build
h.lxr
cures. In the Financial Department.,
! besides monthly pay. clerks receive rs
/ much more for collecting arrears. &c.
! A man named Starkweather averaged
about s.. 00Oas collector of assessments.
Geo. IL. Lynch received 81, 100 a
! month for filling three offices. Many
of these officials are related to the coli
trolling powers. StarkWcather l.
f;ttlIer-il,-law to Gov. Hoffman. Pol
iticans of the worst and most iguo-
rant order are found scattered through
this roll OF Sinecure~. which includes
retired rum sellers. bar-room loaft.rs,
ex-convicts, gamblers. brui-ers and
other bad characters. 1t is believed
that the support of this army of ring
llireliligs costs the city l,20O,o0 !;
year.
It seems from these and other dis
patches that the Tammauy thefts
ranify through all the Departments O
city Government. Their enornlity i;
perfectly astounding. That the per
petratorS of these frauds should bt
permitted to go scott free, while pctt.
thieves in that city are daily punished
for their crimes, is burning shame
Let every thieving wretch high or low
rich or poor, Democrat OR Republican
lefrau,ier of Government or m,,nicipa
corporations, suffer the treatment ant
penalty u'tly due his crimes, ant
then may we reasonably expect th'
practice of more honesty and public
virtue among officers and citizens.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

+ Gov. Morton, in recent speech
at Cincinnati, thus knocked on the
head Mr.. Peildletoh' tremendous
financial idea, that there must be as
much money as the aggregate of a
years payments:
Now Mr.. PeiidletolI, III his speech
at Delaware the other day, used the
following language: g 1t is an ap-
palling fact that3tlicre is notersongh
currency by s15O,O 900, 900 to pay the
taxes, if the people were required
to pay them all III one day." Well,
now, that is a tremendous thought
and it is also an appalling fact that
if the people were required to eat in
one day all they now eat in the
course of year, they would inevi
tably burst. Roars of laughter.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
Cheering News.

The produce market is reported
good in Oregon this week better
than it was last week. The price
of wheat continues excellent, and
the supply is abundant. The sup
ply of hay, oats and barley is linn
tied, while the demand for them il
considerable. we learn fksdnas some
OF the journals of the State that a
large amount of grain remains still
to be cut. If rainy weather should
set N much of this would be lost,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

From Ohio comes the news that
great fires are raging in the woods
along the Toledo and Wabash rail-
road. Hundreds of cords of wood
and miles Of fences are destroyed,
with several houses, corn fields and
meadows. The damage amounts to
thousands of dollars. The fire is
still raging.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

The Jacksonville Tines 'Sem.),
is giving Gov. Grover goSs Tor aT-
pointing Duncau to the Judseshlp
Of that county. Some the other
Democratic journals are trying to
hush him, but he slathers the whole
kit. He won't hush worth cent
We throw up our lat for the
Times.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

p. r. Rogers, of San Francisco,
who shot a bullet through the hat
of q man who came to serve writ
on him, and then returned the writ
to the court, endorsed with his own
writing ss Served with a vengeance" !"
was sentenced in the municipal
court to eighteen months in the
penitentiary.. n q tas.-sas,.su ssfs
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
fcio J. +. !"

\ Democratic Journal wants Re
publicans to crack the following nut:
q Il is stated as remarkable fact,
that every surviving member OF
President Lilcoln'S Cabinet is now
affiliatinr with, or in direct sympa-
thy with, tie Democracy. Why Is
it 90 Such nuts are easy enough to
crack when we consider that the
Devil is not vet dead. I.ucifer aid
all his birthstone crew were ol.ce
angels of light.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

The Secretary Of the treasury
has called in million and half of
three per cents, upon which interest
ceases November 3Oth.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

According to the Secretary's re-
port of the Board of American
Commissioners for foreign missions,
s48, POI have been expended in the
Sandwich Islands, China, India,
Persia and Gaboon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

The Grand Lodge of Masons of
Illinois commenced their session, i'll
Chicago, last tuesday. One thou
sand five hundred delegates were
present. The Grand Lodge of col
ored Masons also held their session.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

On Monday last a temporary on.
ganization of the Washington Ter
ritory Legislature was effected. e.
S. j oslynswas.s elected President OF
the Council pro tenn, and J. ]. I'll.
Van Bokkelen Speaker pro tenn Of
the IIolse.. = al
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

A telegram says a terrible fire is
raging in the woods of North Green
Bay, Wisconsin, and it is reported
that the town of Oco,sto is burning.