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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

ALMOsT A FIRE. = About twelve
O'Clock on last Saturday night, Mr..
Mart. Bringham, as he was passing,
noticed n light ut the north end Of the
Albany Foundry. lie raised the
alarm Of fire, nwaking Mr.. Cherry.
the proprietor. who Ind retired to rest
but a short time preyious, who.
springing from his bed and catching
a glimpse of the flames, now just be-
ginning to climb the walls of the
building and casting a rliddy glow
over the tools and work scattered over
the building, lost not q moment in
decorating his person or even curling
his hair. but scizing the hose and turn
ing on the water from the large tank
at the top of the Foundry, calmly
threw ''cold water on the fire enter
prise. The early discovery Of tie nre,
the coo!ness of Mr.. Cherry after its
discovery, together with the posses
sion of splendid water facilities, de
signed especially for occasions of this
Kind, aud their immediate and ener-
getic use, saved not only the Foundry.
containing, besides the valuable tools.
etc, a large number of halvesters and
other agricultural machinery. but a.
Parker & Co.'S saw mill, and the plan
ing mill Of briggs & Carter, both OF
which, together with quantities OF
lumber. are In close proximity TO the
Foundry. As it l., fifty dollars, we
suppose, will repair all the damage.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

PERsoNAL.-Howai1l Northrcp, Of
Portland, called on us Tuesday,
Howard il the same old brick.
Nick Sprenger and wife. of Port.
land. were in the city on Thursday.
Judge Cranor Ell Carter, Esq,
and Mart. V. Brown and lady. left ON
city for Iaqnina Bay OH Thursday
A two weeks residence by the SEA
will, we hope. prove beneficial to all
OF them.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26
srApprNo 4rrR,Y. = On Monday

STARRING lAFFRAY. : On Monday
evening an affay occurred about four
miles west of this city, IN Benton
county, at the residence Of Judge Hal
ter. As we learn the facts We state
them: A man by the name Of IIanum.
who las been working In the neigh
borllood for some time past. came to
the residence Of Mr.. Halter OH Monday
evening. Joseph IEazlet, stcp-son of
Ilalter's, Mr.. Howard, and probably
Others, were engagsl IN building or
repairing a lleader-bed. lIanum APP
preached young IIazlet, who had just
recovered from long attack OF billions
fever, and accused him Of talking
about him tIianum) llazlet denied
the charge and demanded his Han
um'sl authority; lIanum refused to
give his authority, but insisted OIL the
truth Of the charge that he lllaz!eti
had been making improper remarks
about him tlianum,, and as nothing
offered by lIazlet seemed to appeasc
him. but lR became more and more
excited aud violent, llazlct started OIL
to get rid of him. As lazlet started,
lIanum suddenly drew a huge bowie
knife and struck at IIazlet, the point
of the knife glanciug across llazlet's
breast, but doing no damage. llazlet,
being weak from recent illness, and
having no weapon with which TO lie
! f.ud himself attempted to escape out
of the reach Of the infnriatcd man !:
but as he turned liannm again male
llrgc at linn with the knife. this
time the knife entering at the point OF
! the right shoulder, glanclng toward
the spine, making an ugly wound
about an inch and a half deep the
width of the knife. Parties present
then interfrrretl, and in the scuifle
IIanum lost the blade Of the knife but
retained the handle. No attempt
was made to detain lIanum after this
unprovokcl, and it would seem. en-
tirely nmcalled for assault, and he cs-
capped to a neighbors. DIR. d. NJ.
Jones, Of this city, was sent for to at
tend to the wants of the wounded
man. lie found him very weak from
the bss of blood, but after a careful
examination Of the wound, sewing up
and carefully dressing 1t, he thinks,
with proper attention, the young man
will recover, The proper documents
for the arrest Of llanum were placed
in the lands Of an officer on Tuesday,
and we suppose. ere this. he has been
arrested and tried for the assault.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

CAMr.-Orgeam Encampmcnt No.
). |. O. o. f., meets this evening at
hail over Carothers & Co.'S store, on
First street. at So'clock. A full at
teal,lance requested.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

HMsEY.-This little village Is grow
ing rapidly. quite a number Of busi-
uess and dwelling houses having been
erected there since June. The Il. r.
Co. purchased, not long since, an adj
ditional quantity Of land, and laid il
off into town lots, every one of which.
we are assured, have been sold, and OIL
a major portion Of them dwellings will
soon be erected. 'Ror for Ilalsey.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

PLUMs.-Harry Kuhn sent us q lit
tie sprig OF branch taken from plum
tree. only a few inches in length,
which contained about half peck OF
pltums. If this was an average Of the
plums on the tree, we are surprised at
its being able to stand up under 40
great weight.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

AFTER WHEAT.-Mr. Clement has
plrclla sell the interest Of his late part
ner. Cornell. in the warehouse at Hal
sey, and intends going after wheat out
there next week.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

FoR SALE. : Minion> and Long
Primer sufficient to run Il seyen-col-
umn paper. together with press, etc.,
al in god ORDER. for sale At "A heavy
discount for cash. Apply soon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

FoRwARp.--Any OF orr agents who
NAV have money in their hands for rs,
will greatly obligc by forwarding the
same Immediately. We need il badly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

SAN FRANCECo MAKkETS. Flour
$685. l2l.; wheat quiet at II 500
| 60; oat,. prime lot. held ut r per
100 ms; potatoer, 81 2521 50 for rcd
and 81 50gl 60 for peaehblow; hay,
81 to Sl6 per tun.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

YAQrINA RAYwARn.-Clay Kuhn
and wife and Mrs. Mansfield and
daughter have gone to the bay.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

A CnANGE.-Our whiloam butcher.
Hank Mendenhall, has gone into the
boot and shoe trade.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

WANTED. Subscribers to olir con-
templated illustrated monthly maga-
zine. Only 81 per annnm.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

FIVE MORE. Five more numbers
completes the fourth year of the RIG
lsTER. How time flies.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

CoNvALESCENT.--0m City Marshal
Is about once more, after his protract-
cl illness.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

In DEMAND. Competent and eff
cient girls to do housework are in de-
mand hcreabonts.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

HARvEsTlNG--Ilas commenced, and
sble bodied men who are on the work
arc indemand.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

PEODtCE. Butter scarce ut Zoe per
pound; eggs, 25c per dozen.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

LEGAL TENDERs-Still quoted at
81 3ssl4c, Gold ll4la.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26
LOCAL MATTERS.

RErAmlNG--Strcet crossings is
what's the matter on First street.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

"MoRBU"." Several es'eA n cho'-
era morb'U reported dining iAs wax
--nothlaS scT.se.. ,t. 3ia
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

IIArr.-Mr. S. Z. Young Is a hap
ny man-it'sa a boy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

BUSINESS -NERATHER. Business IN
Improvement on thai Of last week ;
weather splendid, perfectly satisfac-
tory.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

BACON. = Hams, sllgar-cllred, 20c
country, lSc per pound, at retail.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

Us. LAws.-Another supplement
of L.. S. Laws.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

RErofsf, A wedding on Sunday Is
wlsasD ihe matt~r iii Hannah.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
How the Case Was Put.

One of the foremost lawyers in
Canada is the famous Queens Coun-
sci O'Reilly, of Kingston, who ST.
cured such a reputation by his sue
cessful and highly dramatic manage
ment of the prosecution of Whelan
for the murder of the Hon. Thomas
Darcy McGee. Tall, handsome,
tlorid, portly, jolly of eye and mellow
of voice, he recalls irresistibly the
Irish counselor of fifty years ago, alike
prepared for the battle or the bar,
ready with q joke, a challenge, or y
demurrer. Well, Mr.. O'Reilly was
once engaged for the plaintiff in suit
where it was sought to recover $4,000,
alleged to be due by defendant, who
denied the existence of any liability
whatever. 1t was on country cir
cult. The jurors were of the agrieul-
tural persuasion. For two mortal days
the counsel on both sides pelted them
with authorities, references, objections
cross-examinations, rebutting evil
dence, testimony in sub-rebuttal--
heaven and the Chief-Justice only
knows what-till the honest farmers
were reduced to a comatose condition.
All this time O'Reilly had stood aloof,
and when he rose, a mOurnfll sigh
broke from the twelve jurors, sure
that he, too, would bring down upon
them a perfect avalanche of authori-
ties. Judge of their surprise and re-
lief when the eminent counsel, i'll his
blandest voice, commenced: "Gen-
tlemen, | shall not seei, wilfully to
confuse you with false quotations,
which cannot affect the Judgment of
honest and sensible men. The case
is very plain one. My client says
the defendant owes him 5000; the
defendant says he owes my client moth
ing. They have been talking the
matter over these two days, and come
to no conclusion. / ask you to look
at this question from the standpoint
of your own plain, practical common
sense. Suppose that any one of you
were about to trade horses there the
jurors pricked up their ears)-to trade
horses with me-I repeat, with me.
You asked 800, | offered $50. We
couldn't come to terms. We natural
ly went to some honest and sensible
neighbor, as it might be your worthy
foreman, and he decided that we
should split the difference, as the fair
thing between man and man. That is
all | ask you to do-just deal fairly be-
tween us, as you would be dealt by.
| leave my case in your hands," In
five minutes the jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff for $1,000, that being
their way of splitting the difference
Between so and $4,000, and the plain
tiff has not ceased to regret to this
day that he did not bring suit fol-
$4,000.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

the United Orleans. The bill passed
both houses, but was vetoed by tbs
Governor, and the money then re-
turned. These and other facts equal
ly pertinent have been reported to
Washington, but General Casey has
not been removed, while his opponent
General Longstreet, spoken of as the
only honest man there, has sent in
his resignation.
The first attempt at bribery that
was brought to the notice of the COM
mittee was by several banking houses,
who belonged to the better class of
sOciety-to the old Southern and
Democratic families. They boughtup
the members of the Legislature.
When they had once received money
,they were eager for more, and there
after nothing could pass that was not
bought through the Legislature. Two
sets of delegates have been chosen to
the Philadelphia convention, one by
the Warmoth faction, the other by
Carter men, each claiming to be le-
gally elected by majority Of all the
utIcSdboS.
The committee are about equally
divided, the chairman and two mem
bers thinking the Warmoth party are
the least TO blame. 1t is not probable
that a majority of the committee can
unite in any complete report, but we
may expect to find from all these re-
ports what is the truth in regard to
each of the three parties.
A pretty good story was told to the
committee by the Carter faction.
After they were turned out of the
United States vessel by order of the
Secretary of the Treasury, they went
to Il small log cabin just over the Mis-
sissippi line, where they were beyond
reach of the sergeant-at-arms. The
cabin was small, and the rooms limited.
The lady proprietor apologized, and
said she should be obliged to put
large parties into the same room.
The blackies of the party said she
need not trouble herself about them,
as they had been obliged to sleep with
the white members for two weeks in
the small cabin of the revenue cutter,
and were, therefore, used to it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

bed, and told the landlady that after
he was dead she must send for Mrs.
Jones to come and look at him.
Which of herr" asked the land
lady.
g All of herr said Dunbar. And
then, finding that the vital spark had
fed, Thompson Dunbar closed his
eyes, and his sunny spirit winged its
way into the empyrean.
The funeral took place next day !;
and at the head of the procession
might have been seen Mrs. Arbutus
Jones, walking sadly in a row, each
carrying under her arm gravestone
containing tribute to the memory of
Thompson Dunbar. He was buried
with impressive ceremonies, and when
the services were over, Mrs. Jones
planted thirty-two tombstones on his
grave and watered them with their
tears; and the undertaken said that
he had never seen so much mourning
at a funeral which took place III the
afternoon 4deler.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Coop LANGUAGE.-Young people
should acquire the habit of correct
speaking and writing, and abandon
as early as possible any use of slang
phrases. The longer you put this off
the more difficult the requirement of
correct language will be; and if the
golden age. of youth, the proper sea-
son for the acquisition of language, be
passed in it's abuse, the unfortunate
victim will most probably be doomed
to talk slang for life. You have merely
TO use the language which you read,
instead of the slang which You hear,
to form case in agreement with the
best speakers and poets in the country.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

TRAINING BIRDS TO CATCH FISH,
On the 9th of April we left Shanghai
in two Soochow travelling boat. On
the. following day we met fleet of
cormorant boats, with their feathered
occupants. We anchored here to see
these strange looking birds perform
their work, which they did very cred
itably, and we were much pleased to
see how completely the boatmen had
their birds stood on the gunwales of
the boats, and, at signal, overheard
they went, quickly returning to their
owners with their one or two tinny
captives. 1t was wonderful to see
with what rapidity they swan under
the water, 1.-THE creek was so beautiful
ly clear that all the movements of the
submerged birds were clearly discern
ible), and how accurate they were in
darting after the fishes, seldom max
ing miss! After watching them for
some time, and having stocked our
larder with fresh fish Chiefly club,
carp, and perch, of one-quarter to two
pounds weight) we continued on our
journey.
On the morning of the 18th, we ar
rived at small village, Tong-see,
where we again had the pleasure of
seeing the working of the fishing cor
morants, and noticed in this case that
the boats had only one man in each,
who, provided with long bamboo,
used it in propeling his canoe along,
and anon striking the water and shout
ting loudly at any of the birds that
were lazily inclined when the laggards
Immediately dived, and soon came to
deposit the fruit Of their labors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

No newspaper, shiftlessly and ire
gularly mailed to it's readers, no mat
ter how laboriously edited nor how
neatly printed, can succeed. This is
one of the facts we have learned in the
matter of printing. Nothing in all our
newspaper experience is more firmly
established in our Judgment. eve
stop the press" and tive postpone
publication to announce" are danger
ous excuses, if thereby the subcriber
will fail of finding his paper at his
door or at the post-office at the reg
ular and usual time. No matter what
has happened in the world of news, OF
in the printing office, the subcliber il
remorseless in wanting his paper when
he expects it and when it is due. II
is astonishing what mediocrity passes
for good paper, if it only be in a
pleasant garb and served with scru.
pulous regularity. We can count uI
papers, editorialE, that are positively
stupid, yet they are eminently success
ful because they have these saving
virtues of neatness and punctuality
Now, we do not advocate stupid pa
pers but if the choice were given n
| TO go to press on time with a stupi,
paper, or lose the mails and have th,
latest news and the best article eve
inserted in paper, we'd say go t.
press on time. Newspaper Reporte,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
--s4-sU~0-
WarnOth.

His Unalterable Opposition to Grant.
IN Y. Correspondence of the Boston Post
Among the lions of this city to-day
is Governor Henry c. Warmoth, of
Louisiana, who, in company with Gen.
G. A. Lheridan, Major ]. j. William
son, Gen. Sam Hatch, and Major j.
w. Swords, arrived here last evening,
having left New Orleans on the eve
ming of the sixth instant. Governor
Warmoth's opposition TO the re-elec-
ton of Grant was supposed to have
been the cause of his visit North at
this time. This Warmoth denies,
saving that the sole cause of his visit
is for the purpose of representing
Louisiana at the meeting of the stock
holders of the New Orleans, Mobile
and Texas railroad, in which the
State of Louisiana is interested $2,-
100000. This is the first time that
Warmoth has been able to leave the
State of Louisiana since his election
in 1863 with any sense of security, for,
with p. B. S. Pinchback, the recently
elected Lieutenant Governor, at the
helm, Warmoth is sure that none of
his pet schemes will be be upset. In
an interview with Warmoth to-day,
he declared his unalterable determin-
alton to fight Grant to the bitter end,
and to do all in his power to carry
the State of Louisiana for the candi-
date of the Cincinnati convention
that if he even goes to Washington il
will not be for the purpose of seeing
Grant, but to look after the interests
of the State of Louisiana, which have
been sadly neglected during the last
year, both by Grant and his adherents
When asked as to his views on hi
own reelection, he replied in th'
language of Judge Davis, :" think th'
office of chief magistrate of the grea
State of Louisiana is an office that M
citizen should seek OF decline. | vii
only allow my name to be used i'll cas-
the people believe l. can best sery'
their interests III doing so,'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
A ftor a,yall;ng at I.ngtb an the. an

After dwelling at length on thesap-
parent sincerity of the religious por-
ton of the population of the conti-
nent, and commenting upon the prac-
tice of the Catholic Church in keeping
it's sanetuaries open to communicates
at all times, and bringing mobiles to IL
common level in their devotions, Mr..
Philips got his word in on the colored
brother. He said the people of Eu-
rope did not know black from white.
In Paris he had seen about dozen
couples of colored people promenad-
ing the most fashionable walks, and
he had been the only person rude
enough to turn round and stare at
them. At the Dome of the Invalides,
at the House of Deputies, he has seen
colored meu high in Office, and pro-
foundly respected. At the Propagan-
da, in Rome, the lecturer who was
most applauded was eolored man,
and at st. Peters Cathedral the priest
whose chanting delighted him, was
also black. When he learned this, he
said to himself: "This must be four
thousand miles from Boston.n-Er.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
The Louisiana Factions.
What the Investigating Committee Found

Q
From the New York Evening Post.
WAs1nNGToN, March l4.-Many in
uuiries are made about the testimony
taken by the committee sent to New
Orleans to investigate the troubles
there. | learn that there We're rich
things unearthed, not particularly
flattering to either of the different
parties. The evidence is voluminous,
and we fear will not see the light un-
til it is too late to be of any service.
We understand there was conclusive
evidence of attempts at bribery on
every side. A sum was raised to de-
fray the expenses of one bill before
the Legislature to which it is still as
serted General Casey contributed sew
eral thousand dollars, and another
government officer an equal amount,
and in order to protect the money il
was deposited in the treasury office OF
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

1t is related of Frederick the Great,
of Prussia that in going through the
reception room of his palace at Sans
Souci he encountered a workman who
busted himself to get ON top of lad
der to take down a clock from the
wall, but, owing to the smoothness of
the marble floor, the ladder could not
be kept firm. What art thou doing
here, mon amir" inquired the King.
g am matchmaker" answered the
workman, and / have received or
ders from the superintendent Of the
palace to repair this clock; l have
been trying to take it down, but can
not succeed, as the ladder does not
stand firm.n Ascend the ladder"
said the King, "and l will hold it
while you are at work" This done,
the workman departed with the clock.
On the following morning the King
was informed that the clock of the re-
ception room had been stolen. No
sooner had his Majesty heard this
when he found, to his chagrin, that in
stead, as he believed, of assisting a
matchmaker, he had been made the
dupe of thief. The King at once
issued an order saying. Let him
run; I have been an accomplice to
the theft."-ChristiGn Union.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Mrs. Fairs last interviewer writes,
February IL: "Since the welcome in
telligence of a new trial being granted,
Mrs. Fair has wonderfully improved
in appearance. Her cheeks have gain
ed something of color. The express
sion of utter abandonment which she
wore on the occasion of her suit with
DIR. Trask has disappeared, and a
bright, hopeful light now beams in
her eyes The woman has evidently
undergone perfect change. The
prospect of an impending death of dis
grace on the gallows, succeeded by a
new lease of life and hope of ultimate
aequittal, have wrought a complete
transformation
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

The Boston Transcript says: "The
man who governs France is much in
the situation of the sailor who caught
a tiger under tub. If he don't sit
down on him all the time as hard as he
can the tiger will lift the tub and be
out and at him. Ii he finds the tub
lifting on one side a shade, and sits
more on that side TO stop it, the beast
beneath discovers a letting up on the
opposite side of the tub and has his
nose out there instanter. Would not
the man on top sometimes like to take
turns with somebody in governing
France, so that he might sleep now
and then out of reach aud sound of the
tiger 7"