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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Colorado onions weigh a pound, and
taste like peaches.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Grant arrived at Washington ON
the 9th.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

An ice factory in Jackson, Miss,
is turning out 5000 pounds day.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Prince 1 lexis will visit San
Francisco about the middle of next
month.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Juarez was Installed President of
Mexico last Monday evening.
I he State of Nueva Leon is i'll
open revolution. Gen. Pedro Mar
tinez is against tie Juarez Govern
melt. Great preparations were
making at Matamoras for fight.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

g Why is intoxication like wash
bowl ?'' asked Sambo. ssCase it am
de basin.''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

The Springfield Republican says that
Mr.. Groesbeek is the real father Of the
New Departure.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

1t is reported that Mellila, in Mo
rocco, is besieged by force of 600
Cabyls.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Smallpox is reported bad at Brook
lyn, New York
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

A prickly pair-A hedgehog and a
porcupine.-Judy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

The Commercial editor of the
Portland Bulletin has lately been
up the Valley to find out the
amount of wheat stored in the
warehouses and in TIE hands of the
farmers but failed to get all the
information he desired, as they
seemed to fear that he had much
to do with the srat in the meal tub"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

A daily mail will run from Salem to
Dallas, commencing on the 18th.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

san FRANCISCO insurance Com
panieS will lose heavily 10y the Chi
cago fire.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

LArE1,.-Telegrams inform us
that the great lire III Chicago was
provide.tially extingui>hed by a
heavy raii.-taII OH the lngI.t o. the
10Th. The fire extended to j VEL
ty-second streeton South street, and
the whole Of South, between Wa
bash and State streets, Is III ashes
More than twei .ty-iive thousand
dwellings, were destroyed. An
agonizing appeal has gone out from
the city authorities for the sufferers,
and the whole country is respond
ing bravely with substantial aid.
The lcws OF the dread i'll disaster
having reached London, telegraph
orders for money to relieve the dis
tresscl are being received, one firm
sending S5 900. One hun'llel cit;-
zenS OF Kew York have been ap-
pointed as a committee to solicit
aid, aud single subscriptions o!
1000 are numerous, while SO 900
siibscr ptions are not iirequci.t
Meetings have been held III st.
Louis, AID s100,000 secured Gin
ciniati has or will forward as much
or more san Francisco has taken
the matter III hand, and money is
pouring in; the Mayor of Cortland
has issued a call Cor a meeting o
the citizens, AID no doubt but that
her citizens, with their usual liber
ality, will respond heartily.
In fact, the whole country il
coming nobly forward with materia
aid, and, SO far as money can ac
complish it, the people of Chicago
will be made comfortable.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

a.. q. OGiei,.I Paper for arrson.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

Tea is tending downward.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

In a late speech of the Hon. Lyman
Illinos, at Springfield in that State, he
indicated an intention of preparing Il
bill to be introduced into the Senate
for the purpose of reforming some Of
tie abuses that grow out OF the ap-
pointing powcr-those, especially, re-
sll!tiilg from the manner in which our
po,tna-ters are appointed. 1t is well
known that Representatives in Con-
yress, if belonging to the party which
may be in power, have perfect control
over this matter. Whatever charges
iii po>tml-ters in their Districts are
@ugoe sted by them to the President and
Senate. as Il matter of courtesy. are at
o.lee granted. Abuses have grown out
of this. Their persona. friends are APP
poi:!ted. often in entire eli reg;lrd Of
the wishes of the people whom they
are to serve, sometimes without any
regard for qualification. The distin-
guishcd Senator thinks that the wishes
of the whole people in each commune
ty where one is to be appointed should
be consulted in this matter. That it
should be made as much a matter of
choice as the election of a constable, or
any other elective, local officer; and
| hence. he proposes to introduce bill
to provide for the electing of postmas-
| ters by the parties concerned, securing
of course. to the General Government,
| the removal of such elected poStmas-
terS for just causes.
| General Sheridan telcgraphed to
Belkiiap on the 9th, that 1.-The fire in
Chicago last night and to-day ha'
destroyed almost all that was very
valuable in that city. There is not :
business house, bank or hotel left
Most of the best part of the city il
gone. and without eXaggeration al
| the rich portion of the city is in rains
! think that not less than 100,0 900 peO
pie are homeless, and those who hlv.
been most rich are now poor. L
seems to be such Il terrible mi sfOrtunt
that it may, with propriety, be con
sidered 4 national calamity
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
Stephen A. Douglas.

Col. Forney, in the latest of his papers de-
voted to his recollections of public men, in
the Washington Sunday Chronicle, speaks as
follows of Stephen A. Douglas:
On the day after the firing upon Fort Sum-
yer met Stephen A. Douglas upon Pennsyl-
wanna Avenue, in the city of Washington.
Naturally anxious to ascertain what part he
would take In coming events put the ques-
ton to him, 'What is now to be done; my
dear friend, what are we to do? al shall never
forget his answer: "We must fight for our
country and forget all differences. There can
be but two parties-the party patriots and the
the party of traitors. We belong to the first"
Abraham Lincoln was President. His old
adversary, who had defeated him for Senator
in 1858, and whom he (Lincoln) had defeated
for President in 1860, called that very day at
the White House, and proffered his counsel
and his services. The firing upon Sumter on
the 14th of April, followed by the attack up-
on the Massachusetts troops on the 10Th Of
the same month, raised the question how the
soldiers of the North were to reach the capi-
tai, already beleagured by the prepared hosts
of the Sou,h. 1t was in the DISCUSSION of this
question that Mr.. Lincoln made the memora-
BILE remark. "If we cannot pass over Balti-
more, or under Baltimore, we must necessa-
rily pass through Baltimore;;" and it was in
one of his interviews that Judge Douglas
pressed the suggestion that we might go
round Baltimore and reach Washington via
Annapolis by water, a suggestion subsequent
ly successfully carried out.
During this cordial intercourse Mr.. Lin
coin solicited Judge Douglas to go the West
and raise his voice in favor of the Govern
ment, and it was in response to this request
that the great Senator turned his face home
ward, and made the magnetic speech which
aroused his followers, and gave to the admin
istration that timely support which helped to
fill our armies, to increase the Republican
column, and to add to Republican counsels
the culture and courage of the flower of the
Democratic Party. A little more than a
month after, (June 3, 1851 Stephen A.
Douglas died at Chicago, aged forty-eight
years and two months. But Abraham Lin
coin did not forget him. He directed the De-
partments to be clothed in mourning, and
the colors of the different Union regiments to
be craped. Nor did his sympathy end in
words. He seized the first occasion to honor
the sons of Douglas-an example fifty follow
ed by Gen. Grant. Robert Martin Douglas
is one of the Presidents private secretaries,
and his brother, Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., a
leading Republican in North Carolina, in full
accord with the Administration. 1t is graft
flying to add, as l feel l may now do by au-
thority, that had Judge Douglas lived he
would have been called into the Administra-
tion of Abraham Lincoln, or placed in one Of
the highest military commands.
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
A Woman's Description Of Alexis.

Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames, in letter to
the Independent, thus describes the Grand
Duke:
The Archduke Alexis is over six feet high,
with great breadth and depth of chest, an
erect carriage, and head remarkable for it
height and development of reverence, venera-
tion and benevolence. Whatever else he may
forget to do, he will never forget to say his
prayers. The upper part of his face is of re-
markable beauty. The hair, waving and
golden, is cut short. His forehead is intel
lecual; his eyes of deep blue, large and full,
with those swift scintillations of ever-chang-
ing expression which betray the soul, and
make the finest charm of any human face.
The best of his face is its manliness. 1t is q
thoughtful, earnest face-the face of man who
would be no less noble in trial and ad-
versity than amid all the splendors of fortune.
His hands are simply huge, and have the
grip of polar bear-at least, they are capa-
Bile of bearing more hand-shaking than ordi-
nary hands. l saw him go through with this
American ordeal, the other evening. He did
it with patience and grace, if not with enthu-
| siasm. 1t gave a sturdy, unsentimental
| grasp to the daintiest kid-gloved hand OUT
stretched to him. But the face of Alexis
told many stories during the process-one in
slant it looked pleased. tie next weary, the
next Indifferent, and the next would bright
en- again. ''He is very handsome and agree
able" said young lady who danced with
him; "but he has the ugliest hand l ever
saw" And if she makes the thin, sensitive,
! nervous American hand her criterion, il is
not strange that she calls this giant fist ugly.
1t is an ugly, honest hand, that looks as if it
| had travelled down the Romanoff line from
day when the Romanoff were not ''royal."
| If the Grand Duke can't dance WELL he can
walk with will. Head and shoulders above
all the company, he went about with Miss
- on his arm. The lady was very grace
full and pretty, in blue Grape, with little blue
feather and pink digrette in her hair. AS the
two went laughing and chatting through the
crowd, they were fair to see. 1t was the sto-
| ry, old as the earth, of the youth and the
maiden. In their glorious young manhood
| and womanhood both were royal
We prose over the vanity of earthly honors,
yet no less is it the splendOr of life to be born
to its purple. 1t is of heaven to be young,
beautiful and beloved. 81 was young then,V
Madame De Stael would say, and burst into
tears, whenever, in exile or sorrow, she re-
called the glory OF her youth. If it is the
scion of an iIlustrions race, the representative
of a vast and friendly power, the son of an
emperor, no less is it youth, beauty, bravery
and manhood whom America welcomes in the
young man Alexis.
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
For Sale
Fer sale

THE Buildings and lard on Pearl street, and store
4 on Portland Pier. ENQUIRE of
sepJ8dtt W. SHEA 27 Pearl st.
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18

A CHRISTMAS GoosE.-We always have
goose for dinner on Christmas, and do not at
tempt so elaborate an affair as on Thanksgiy-
ing. We used to think goose must be boiled
before it is roasted or it would not be good.
but have since learned better 1t should of
course be tender. Take the body of the goose
with one hand, and with the other grasp the
leg. Bend the knee joint from the body. If
it cracks and snaps youmay know it is young
If the skin will break under the wing close to
the body it is also young. Unless a goose is
very fat it will not be good. Not that any of
the fat is required for the table, but it indi-
ca es good feeding and condition. Every part
of the leaf fat should be removed from the in
side before preparing it for the oven. The
neck and apron incisons should be securely
sewed up after the forcemeat has been put
in, and then the fat from the surface of the
body will roll off as it melts without affecting
the lean meat. Every particle of this fat
should be removed from the pan before the
gravy is made. Many persons do not think
ofthis and they make sad work of the gravy.
A neighbor of niue once came into possession
of four young ducks. She kept them until
they became very fat, when she gave one
away, and as she had large family the other
three were killed for her table. A few days
after one of the sons called, and having moth
Ing else LO says Aohcu uOW tHC1 clDOltu TIC
eating of the ducks. "Well, not much, !" he said.
"They were so rich we could hardly eat them,
and mother had two tureenfuls of gravy left.
She don't know what to do with it," 'Did
you see your mother make the gravy?" / said
suspeeting where the trouble was. ''Yes."
Sand did she pour off the fat" mo, not
any OF it, and she thickened it with flour II
is horrid mess. never want any more
duck 10 eat" should fancy not. Just think
of the quantity of grea3e that would flow from
three fat ducks, and then thicken this with
-four, and expect her family to eat and enjoy
s,,ch a dishi | suspect that If we could go in
to ths kitchens of some familis and see the stu
bid way in which the cooking is done we
should be sstonished. We shall have with
our roast goose spplesauce nicely made in q
covered jar in the oven, to which sugar is add
ed, making 1t rather sweet; then onion sauce,
the onions so thoroughly boiled that their in
act relations would not know them.-Ameri-
can Agricutturist.
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

chart, and when a vessel from foreign port
loses its reckoning, the captain can take ms
glass, look at the number on the flag, and by
referring to his chart get the latitude, longi-
tude, name of the point on the coast, and as
certain exactly where he is
In order to put the system in efficient con-
, dition on the coasts of Long Island and New
Jersey, about 100000 more will be necessa-
ry, and then it will be made competent to
rescue shipwrecled people in any storm. The
object is so praseworthy and the end so graf
flying, that this outlay should be sanctioned
by Congress without delay
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
RAISING PUMPKINS AMONG CORN. A

RAISING PUMPKINS AMONG Corn. "A
correspondent ia the Country Gentleman
says:
Corn, as we all know, is warln-ciimate
production. and needs all the warmth OF the
SIM II can get. Where the land is rich,
nnmnkin vines will almost cover the ground,
and consequently the SUMS rays cannot shine
on and warm the ground, which is so neces-
sary to good growth of corn This year, by
way of experiment, plowed up four acres Of
moderately rich land, and planted two acres
in corn and pumpkins in the usual way, and
the rest half corn and pumpkins separate.
The first grew well until the vises began to
run, and then it seemed almost to stand still
the stalks were large enough, but it did not
ear well; while that without the pumpkins
was the best piece of corn in the neighbor-
hood. About two-thirds was good for seed,
while there were more than enough pumpkins
to pay for the extra land.
This is the way a Western editor well
comes newborn contemporary: we are
sorry to receive No. of the Comanche Couh,
ty World. The World is badly printed, anu any
has sickly, poverty-stricken appearance Is M ~:
John Smith, its publisher, is an ldioI. u .no
seadino mem of Comanche county are 10
snonsible for the foundation OF TINS paper,
H., n,,Gbt 10 be sent to the Penltentiary'
4ley 4 ys; ous hat Mr.. Smith will stop the publi-
oat;on we " of of his paper and save his money"
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18

ONE Tenement House situated on Horton
~ Place. Iesf Dos ST. One or both teneme nts
vii, be sold. T ice SOD and $50 each. The above
properly is well siiu4,ed, suppl III Sebago wa
Ter, aud IS barean. Enquire at 81 Dow st.
Oc18 Il SW
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
New House

ENOR SALE-On Lewis street, near Pine. Frescoed
l. and piped Tor Sobago. Apply en- the pren.sses,
or at % Emery st. JAMES A. TENNEY.
aug25
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
To Book Agents.
Republic Life Insurance Co
OF CHICAGO.
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,,

OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS,
Boston, Dec. g. 1871.
L. G. Lone, Esq, General AGENT
Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry relative to the
report in circulation that the affairs of the Hanne
ion compel Reinsurance of its risks OF retire.
ment from the State, may say that this Department
had reason at any time to disrust the financial
standing of the Company. Its Reinsurance with the
Republic Life was understood to have been arranged
for the sole purpose of securing for its policy holders
the benefits of larger capital and increased facilities
for business
Respectfully, &C.,
JULIUS L. CLARK,
l~ade ,ataaicc
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
WM. H. JERRIS,
Real Estate and Loan Agent.

Houses. Lots and Farms for Sale.
he would refer parties abroad to the following
named gentlemen OF this city: Hon. Geo. f. Shep-
'ey, Hon. A. w q. Clapp. Hon. BENJAMIN KINGS
bury, DR., Hon. Nathan Webb, Hon. John Lynch,
NJ G.
Portland Nov 1. 1870. no1tf
The Portland daily press., 1871-12-18
FOR SALE.

nNE second hand Horizontal Engine and Boiler
~ with Gearing attached for hoisting The cyn-
der Is Z inch. 1t was made by Rawson & Hittingcr,
and is in first rate condition for use Can be seen at
land, Me. dc4.1m
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

WAKREN-The Leader OF 23d inst.
says:-"We are informed by Geo. w.
Sewers, Esq, who has just returned
from Chicago, that the Iowa South
western Railroad Company agree to
loosa to this point, and that the Chi
cago and Iowa Construction Company
agree TO do the work necessary to
effect that result, conditional upon
the people of certain Townships in
the County voting local aid to said
Company at the rate of $4,000 per
mile. Taxes thus voted are not to
become due or payable or delinquent,
until the cars are running to Indinno-
la" A meeting was to be held at
Indianola last Friday evening to con-
siderthe matter.
JAspER.-The Republican jubilates
over the active continuation of work
on the l. NJ. q N. p. Railroad, and
the fine prospects Of the enterprise.
a little boy named Arthur Luf-
kin the other day fell fifty feet down
in one Of the hot-air fues in the new
Schoolhouse at Newton, and had no
bones broken.-The Record gives
nearly - column Of particulars about
the overcoats and other garments
bought by citizens of Monroe this win
ter, giving prices, &c. This is new
feature in journalism, isn't it, Bro.
Clark?
LUCAs.-The Patriot reports that
one Kershaw, contractor on the
Charlton Branch Railroad, has sloped
without paying his hands; and it re-
marks that these little episodes" are
becoming altogether too common.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

A CALL.-T. Clancy, Esq. editor Of
the Kei;hsburg, Illinois, Kerdnn, and
Vice President Of the Mississippi and
Northwestern Railroad Company,
gave us a call on Saturday evening
and Monday while here Oh Raiiroad
business which IL more fully explained
elsewhere in this paper. Mr. @. ex-
pressed himself pleased with the sue
eess Of his visi. 10 Knoxville; and left
on Monday for Indianola, whence be
will 20 TO Winterset, for the purpose
of stirring up the Interests Of the Road
in those regions. Should be pleased to
meet Mr. G.. here again.
In regard 10 the Railroad enterprise
Mr. 6. represents, the feeling Of our
citizens is expressed in the Resolution
elsewhere reported. But no material
aid could well be promised at present,
merely for the reason that our people
feel tie need Of realizing some Of the
returns from their already heavy in
vertments in Railroad before mourning
any additional obligations. Next
yoar we shall be in better condition
for active effort.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

PROFEssORsHIP.-Dr. J. r. Duncan
of Knoxville, has been rendered, and
has accepted, the Chair Of Physiology
and Pathology in the Bennett Eclec-
tic Medical College at Chicago. and
will enter upon the discharge of it's
duties apout the middle of January
ensuing. The position was rendered
him during his recent Eastern trip,
but he required time for consideration
aud made some conditions. A letter
received last Tuesday evening informs
him that the Directory of the College
have accepted all his conditions and
elected him anyhow. This flattering
call, and his unsought and unexpected
but unanimo GUS election to the Presi-
dency of the National Eclectic Medi.
cal Association. are evidences of an
probation OF one Of our townsmen
with which we feel we'll pleased, not.
withstanding our regret to have him
leave us.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

THE MINER OF last week enumer-
ates the coal-banks now open in the
vicinity of Marysville. There's are many
of them. and all excellent. And we
may add that, when We were down
there some two or three years ago,
exploring the largest one, two old
Welsh miners were at work in il; and
they gave ii as their undoubting opin-
ion that under the vein they were
working there was another, thicker
and Of better quality.-Mr. 5. ii.
Young of Marysviiie has a new Cabinet
Organ.--Eld. Walden, OF the Christian
Church, begins a Protracted Meeting
at Hamilton Oh Friday evening, Dec.
1.-The singers Of Marysville have
formed an Association and will employ
Mr. Waugh of Abba as Teacher.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

mo WONDER I'VE are now burn
ing in our Office some camel coal
from Mr.. Hindman's bank. Capt.
Wilson, Of Abba, noticed it in the hod
almost as soon as he entered the Office;
and as he saw piece put into the
stove, and heard it fry like fat meat in
the fire, he remarked that 1t was ''no
wonder there were six Railroads max
ing for this region, if we had such coal
as that and much of it; the only won
der is that they have been 80 long
delayed"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

KUNAwAY.--Mr Owen Jones, liv-
ing southeast of town, came In to
Knoxville with load of coal last
saturday, and left his team standing
III front of Smick's Blacksmith Shop
while lie ran in for minute; and the
horses started off Oh runaway
Near the southeast corner of the
square they ran against team be-
longing to Mr.. w. NJ. Henderson
with such violence that the tongue OF
she wagon entered the body Of one oi
Mr.. Henderson's horses, and killed it.
MIR. Jones wagon was somewhat
iuiured