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regarding the industry of families-gratefal in
its climate proving beneficial to thousands OF
oinnyyaaiids driven BY severe Northern winters to
seek a Tropical summer in jamaica Gorgeous
in its scenery and display Of Tropical life and
vegetation drawing thousands of sightseers
and tourists, who, after visiting the highlands
Of Scotland, The lakes Of Killarney, the water
ing places Of Central Europe, and the Falls Of
Niagara, seek something new in a visit to the
Tropics and TO Jamaica.
Other enterprises are on foot, 10 which large
capital rs being invested, and which promise
not only very handsome returns to the inves-
tors, but a splendid field of employment for
the industrious. Messrs. Thomson, Bonar &
90, of London, are establishing a large manu-
factory for the curing and preservation of Tur-
tle for the English market. Another gentle
man is getting together a Company FOR the
erection of a Central Factory, having in itself
the latest appliances for sugar making, with
the most approved scientific means of improv-
ing the quality and colour Of the grain. Mr.
Frayssinier and Mr.. Mackinnon have in view
the extension CT the Telegraphic system to
the interior towns of the island, and eventu-
ally to the more important seaports, which
will be another great step on the ladder Of
progress. The experiment is to be made first
from Kingston to Spanish Town and Old Har-
bour, the tariff being ~sixpence for ten words to
Spanish Town, and one shilling to Old Har-
hour.
, 1874-10-07
CUBA.

The capture of Carlixto Garcia the Chief
of the insurgents in the Eastern Department
of Cuba, which took place o fortnight ago
not far from Manzanillo, is the chief item
of intelligence, but there is something
mysterious about the whole matter, even
the circumstances of his capture which
was effected by o Lieutenant who in his
despatch pretends to have routed 800
insurgents, and entered their camp at the
head of only ten men, captured Garcia
and three others, killed SO more, and then
made off with his prisoner without having
one oil his own men even bruised. On the
other hand it is we'll known that some kind
of negotiation was going on between the
government and the insurgents in that
district, and it is hard to say what combi-
nation of circumstances may have lead to
this capture. Since the first telegraphic
despatch on the subject, not one word
more has been published about it in
Cuba, and the prisoners are now confined
on board a Spanish gunboat in the har-
bour of Manzanillo. 1t is also stated that
these negotiations are still being carried
on, the prisoners taking part therein, and
that the object is the surrender OF all the
insurgent forces in the Eastern Depart
ment.h a Maximo Gomez, it Is believed,
will hold out against any arrangement,
which is q pity, as the whole thing might
be patched up Capt-Geu, Concha is q
knowing card, and General Marin the Gov
ernor OF the Eastern Department is no
fool and who knows, between, the two,
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with q little patience and ONE money they
may be able to effect some kind Of an
arrangement. 1t is to be wished that
they would, and that Cuba should have
peace after six years insurrection.
, 1874-10-07
LATEST
ST.. THOMAS STATION, 3rd October.

ST. THOMAS STATION, 3rd October.
New York, 3oth sept.-England and
Russia have been jointly appointed to
settle the Schleswig question.
The German Reichstag is convoked tor
the 10th inst.
NEW York, 3Oth sept.-Flour $50 to
81. Meal s44to $53. Pork 224. Sugar,
CRYSTALS, 81. Good refining 81 to SIC.
MoIassses 40 to 45c. Gold 1O93. Ex-
change 4.94. 81. s .a.aO ia8go,
LONDON, 3Oth Sept emerarao crystals
26s. 3D. Muscovado 22s. Clayed Havana,
25s. Sd. ITO 25s. Sd. Demerafaa rum h2s.
AID Cocoa 52s. Consols 929a56IBank
rate 8 per cent.
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PARIS.
MARSHAL BAzAINE's ESCAPE.

~ GRAssE, Sept, TO.
At to-day's sitting of the Court M. Meyrand
said he believed ten minutes would be necessary
to reach the rock and descend by the rope. The
examination of the witnesses then concluded, and
the public prosecutor addressed the Court. He
described the position Of the fort and the island,
and said the escape could only have been effected
by the rock or by the postern gate. The latter
hypothesis he dismissed and proceeded to exam
inc that of the rope. the only one admissible.
which wasfounded on the completely of Colonel
Villette, ~favoured by the negligence Of the war
ders. The public prosecutor concluded his
speech by demanding the application of Arti-
, 1874-10-07
TELEGRAMs BY ENGLISH MAIL.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
HAMBURG, Sept. Is, EV

HAMBURG, Sept. Is, Evening.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
travelling as Earl of Chester, arrived here this
morning and is staying at the Hotel dc Europe.
The Grand Duke Alexis, coming from KEEL, has
also arrived. Both Princes preserve the strict
fst inoognito. His Royal Highness the Prince
OF Wales is expected in Kiel tomorrow afternoon
where the officials have received orders to res
nect his inoo0nito
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
BEN BUTLER.
tirined, with c

IGaths Correspondence Chicago Tribune.l
Now that Ben Butler is down ct last it may
be said of him that, II he had been considerate,
to say nothing of scruples, he would have been
less of the incarnate Yankee than he has been.
Nature never produced since James l.. such a
whimsical and brutal intermeddler. lie has
seldom been equalled for ability after his kind
"a sort of political pugilisnl, backed by meth
od, and memory, and ready Faculties, and also
by fair fidelity after he has i.iA4~ friendship,
except with persons qualified to educe his em-
ulousness. Vanity OF his talent is his weak
ness. He leaves behind him a public rather
than personal hate, and his ability and coarse
humor have always softened the feelings of
the crowd toward him. The lass acts of his
Congressional career were most damaging OF
ail--hs fraternization with spies and shadows,
and strong disposition toward imperial black
mailing. No public man can fool with in
formers habitually aud be safe. In this city,
a young man of reputable birth and former
good esteem is now trial in the criminal
court for a burglary, committed how, or why,
or whence, is still q tangle, but. whatever the
measure of his guilt may be. if any, his en-
forced familiarity with detectives, as County
Attorney, led the way. Butler was thugged
all round He undertook to conduct cam
paign against all the reputability of the age,
antagonizing it above, while the secret service
pierced it below.
1t is probable that he will live in Washing
ton city hereafter, as he owns considerable
property here, and there is a natural law and
lobby business always floating around Gov
eminent, which will compensate him better
than Boston or Lowell practice. His own
house on Capitol Hill the very next of all
dwellings to the Capitol and Court of Claims
is near,y finished granite edifice with stone
bays and stone porch, uniform with two ad.
joining houses, which he has let to the United
States Coast Survey for the snug income o
$4,000 a year. Doubtless he will entertain
and keep offices there, and build up practice
as scores of retired public men have
done here--Jerry Black, Stanton. Rober
erals Denver and Crittenden and Governor
BARLEY. He is rich, but not thrifty. His lif'
lacks tile simplicity of aim and method, which
gives discipline and method. 1t works like al
old style press. too intricate and loud and self
shattering for its simple purpose. AL til,
; Government could not overturn him, but hi
little home constituency did SO without
threat. He retired from Rome victorious lilx
Coriolanus; but the people who had receives
him stranger, struck him down in Autumii
"EVen So
AS with man by his own aims empoisoned,
And with his charity slain.'
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
cERr1r1cAr1oN OF BANK CHECKS
AN INTERESTING DECISION.

A late number of the New York Times gives
the following legal decision:
Two highly important cases, involving the
intent in certifcation of checks by banks and
the obligations imposed thereby, have been
decided by the Court of Appeals during the
past week. In one of these cases the Marine
National Bank was the plaintiff against the
National City Bank, and in the other suit was
brought by the Bank of North America against
the National Bank of the COnmonwe wealth, all
four of the institutions being located in this
city. The actions in both cases were brought
to recover money paid out on checks certified
by the plaintiffs respectively. In the first
case it appears that the Marine Bank paid to
the City Bank the amount of a check which
both banks believed to be genuine, and which
the Marine Bank had certified at the request
of the payees. A fraudulent alteration had
been previously made in the body of the check
before the Marine Bank certified it, namely, the
date was changed, the payees name erased and
Others inserted, and the amount for which 1t was
drawn changed, bat the signature ofthe drawers
was genuine. The check was presented to the
payees in payment for quantity of gold; the
man who offered it to them was stranger to
them, and they had never had any. business
transactions with the drawers. The check was
indorsed by the payees and deposited in the
City Bank, where they kept an accoqht, and
was paid to the City Bank by the-Marine
Bank through the exchanges at the Clearing
house. The check was dated. certified. and
deposited Dec. 2. 1869, paid to the City Bank
Dec. 3, 1869. and claim for difference between
S25 and 81 O79 90 (the gum to which the check
was raised) was made by the Marine Bank on
the CITY Bank on Dec 3, 1869, upon the dis
covery of the alteration. Payment was re-
fused and at the same time the plaintiffs ten
dered to the defendants the altered check.
The referee to whom the case was sent for
examination and report, decided in favor of
the plaintiff, the Marine Bank, and the report
was confirmed at special term. An appeal was
taken to the general term of the Superior
Court, and, after hearing, the judgment was
reversed. From the decision the Marine Bank
appealed to the Court of Appeals, and received
final judgment in its favor, the Court deciding
that the celtification of q check by bank is
simply the recognition of the signature thereto,
with and funds in the bank to which the
check is submitted to be certified; that the
money was obtained under Misrepresentation,
and that the Judgment entered on the report
of the referee directing that the plaintiffs
should be repaid the difference claimed, be af-
firinnl with costs
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18


ooh my fair and tickle fairy, let rpe pour
out my soul at your feet let me tell all that's
in my heart; let me-
Write it out, and I'll read it next Sunday
have to crimp ruff1e to go toha party to-
night"
I'm shoot myself, II take pizen, you'll kill
me, but then you don't care: I'm going to my
death. Good by, EDod-by, pet, by-by, I'm go
ats mighty slow you are,'' and she busted
herself arranging the chairs i'll the parlor.
He went. His first steps were to get muir
derous ancient looking pistol. This he loaded
to the muzzle, Then with an uncomfortable
burst of affectionate stuff he placed the coil
murderous missile whizzing to the cardiac re-
gions of the thorax. Instantly, he weakened,
and ordered a physician. That gentleman
came and informed the love-sick youth that
/ he had missed the coil, but the dose would
certainly cure the malady. This morning the
I young man is better. and no fears are enter
tanned in regard to his recovery Pittsbuy9
Lender
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
IN SANTA MARIA. 9oRcELLo.

Some cherry-trees grow here. and here
An old, old church, so purely chaste,
So honest, of such simple taste
So ouaint yet sacred and severe
Her pictured Hell. va8th flames blown higR
In bright mosaics wrought and get
When man first knew the mystic art
Her bearded saints, as black as jet;
Her quaint Madonna. dim with rain
And touch of pious IpS-thAt
Gazed long, then came and gazed again,
And loved. and took her TO my heart.
Nor monk in black, nor Capuchin.
Nor priest of any creed Is seen.
A sun Drowned woman. old and tall,
And still eS any shadow Is,
Steals forth from out the mOSSy wall
Comes slowly forth. and following.
Three birds-and all with dropping wing.
O. they are beautiful IS sleep.
And on the pouting lips of these,
Sweet birds the everlasting seal
OF fEilence that the God has set
On this dead island, sits for aye.
would forget, yet not forget,
Their helpless eloquence. They creep
Somehow into your heart and steal
Your coins, as little birds that day
Stole fruits from of the cherry-treea
So helpless and SO wholly still.
So sad, 50 Wrapt in mute surprise,
Ana GnItiTats va s4 and e'SS fsed yonr Siio love. s
"A little maid of ten-Such eyes,
So large and lovely, so divine
Such pouting lips, such folds of hair
Stood by me all that perfect day,
And turned her melancholy eyes
So constant to my face, that
Did find her little soul and mine
Stood very near together there
Yet not one soft word did she say;
What could she have been thinking off
Venice, 1874.
-Jodquin Muller in Overland MontAls
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
HUMOROUS.

What is that which, by losing an eye, has
only nose left? A noise.
Public spirit-Readiness to do anything
which is likely to prove lucrative.
The London Saturday Rerieac cynically SAYS:
at may be hoped that even under municipal
corporation London will not sink to the level
New York.
1t is pretty generally recognized, says the
Saturday Revie,o that few ties in life are more
trying than that which unites a couple of trav-
cling companions.
On election day a Leavenworth man was
shot in the check. 1t is unnecessary to say
that the ball glanced off without doing any in
Jury.-G. Louis Democrat.
The Duke of Northumberland says the
rumor that he has become Roman Catholic
IS a false and baseless caIumny. He sympa-
thizes with General Sherman.
Those who have not read the details of the
Beecher-Tilton Moulton mutual scandal
should subscribe for paper published in
New Mexico. They have just heard of it down
there
/ Barnum had better look after his laurel.
Way down South The Great Roman Hippo
drome" is said to be travelling through the
country with counterfeit Barnum at the
head of it.
Douglas Jerrold says, in his Hedgehog Letters,
that ''respectabitity is all very well for folks
who can have it for ready money; but to be
obliged to run in debt for it, is enough to break
the heart of an angel"
| Now that the Centennial Commissioners
have abandoned all intention of asking Con-
gress for an appropriation they can appeal to
| the public with q better grace and prospect of
securing a favorable response. The Boston
merchants have taken the matter in hand
| with their accustomed energy. and at public
| meeting held recently the proposed plan for
celebrating the national centenary was delib-
| erately indorsed. and by resolution pledge
was given that the quota of the State should
/ be speedily subscribed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
aEHERAL MTEa.

The soliloquy of Hamlet contains eighty
one words, of which all but three are Anglo
Saxon.
The difference between dishonest debtor
and an inlportunant creditor is that one is @
| do and the other dun.
| The Shah fightens his wives into submis-
sion by wearing an European plug hat drawn
threateningly over his right eye.
A stranger in New York wites to the Herald.
II came into your great city, Yesterday, an en-
tire stranger. stopped on the corner of
Broadway and Canal streets, as / was lost. /
asked of a policeman the Shortest route to
South street His generous answer was
Don't know; never measured it.
A protest against Sunday .theatricals, ad-
dressed to the New York Police Commission
ers asking an enforcement of the laws prohib-
| ltlpg such amusements. is published. It is
signed by Edwin d. Morgan, John j. Cisco,
Jonathan Sturgiss, Thurlow Weed, William
T.. Dodge and several other prominent citi-
zens.
Young man, never aspire. Remember what
happened to the fellow who hallooed, Excel
sior SO. He was a nice young man, and had
wealthy connections. But he wouldn't mind
the old man, nor heed the maiden who asked
him to call on her. Naturally he was found
frozen stiff, still shouting Excelsior"-Bosto
Transcript.
Washington lady, upon the marriage of
her daughter, gave her intended son-in-law
three dollars in asealed envelope with which to
fee the minister. The enterprising youth alb
stracted two thirds of tbe amount and deliv-
cred the remaining one dollar to the preacher
Now, with commencement like this, what
chance has that mother-in-law.
The Northerner says: Two private citizens,
Lewiston, being somewhat ambitious. and that
too, for military fame. went to Fort Lapwai a
few nights since, and by way of showing their
fitness for the army, each took a hand in the
draw" drill with some Of the boys in blue.
Not being able to agree in all respects with the
| aforesaid boys they were promoted. They
got into the guard house.
u : .1Ar-x r1--
| sentative in the Eleventh Massachusetts Dis
trict, received a silver quarter for hold
| ing Major Morgan's horses at Westfield,
the Major was driving stage. 1t is said that
Mr.: Chaplin has kept that quarter ever since,
| and that few days ago he figured up the in
terest, which, when compounded, amounted
to more than 500, and with this amount
bought Mrs. Morgan carpet.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18

i'll hearing attitude, "did understand you
SO say that you went blind?"
'Yes, sir l went blind and Anderson he
went blind, and Parks would not see him
but saw Anderson, and then he saw
Witness" exclaimed the Judge, striking
the bench with his clenehed fist, do hear
you right, sir? Do you say that you went
blind and then you saw %
''YeS, sir" replied the witness. g l saw
Anderson, and Anderson saw, and just at
hat"
Stop sir" said the Judge. "Mr. Clerk,
fine the witness $50 tor content of court, and
direct the Sheriff to take him to Jail. and there
to keep him until he receives further orders
from the court. Call up the next case, Mr..
Clerk"
Bob Gibbons was dumbfounded, and did not
awake to the reality of his condition until the
Sheriff had his hands on him, when he ex-
claimed:
Good gracious, Mr.. Judge, what have done
that must go to jail?'
The Judge, who was purple with rage, did
not deign to reply to poor Gibbons, but ret-
Grated the order with increased vehemence,
and the members of the Bar, who had been an
ticipating the fix that Bob would eventually
be placed in, were convulsed with laughter,
which increased the rage of the Judge to the
| highest pitch. The Prosecuting Attorney en-
deavored to enlighten the Judge, and event
uafly succeeded, but not until he had produced
pack of cards, and, after dealing out three
hands, made the blind clear as day to the
Judge.
/ Tie fine and imprisonment were remitted
! and Gibbons was allowed to proceed with his
/ testimony-Brookty7a Sunday Union.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
SHOT HIMSELF FOR LOVE.
A LovEsICK YOUTH ATTEMPTS TO SHUTTLE THE
COIL, BUT IT WOULDN'T DO.

A youth of eighteen summers, who has
spent some of his happiest days playing mum
ble-peg and jacks on the smooth pavements
aInored. He sought her home. She talked
sweet to him. He gave way to the holy pas
sion, and in poetic strains he bade her come
to his widespread arms and pillow her head
upon his manly breast. BE mine, mine for
ever, and I'll protect you from the chilling
blasts that raise the dust on your pathway.
mot any," was her cruel reply, as She
stood chewing the corner of her ginghan
apron. ,,
s'Don't-don't say that fatal word; it will
kill me, and he buried his hands in his eyes
-I'm in loye-Pm desperate-Pl die-ill-
"Go hire hall and tell us all about it, and
her little lips stuck out q foot.
.tYou know how I have taken yon to thf
shows and the theater, and bought You nics
things, and now you do this to me- On,
can't stand it, l."
go tell your troubles to q policeman.
Just then the tapping of her foot on the fendel
was distinctly heard
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
A STRANGE STORY.
Davenport Iowa), Gazette, Nov. i

Davenport Iowa), Gazette, Nov. 16
Thirteen years ago young man wooed and
won Young lady in a village not far from
Davenport The parents of the girl objected,
and there was a deal of trouble: but finally
the couple were married at the home of the
bride Three months after the bridegroom
desired to move to California, but the family
of his wife opposed her emigration, and the
result was that the husband started for the
Pacific coast without her. After the first six
months no tidings from the husband were re-
cleveland in less than a year news came
that he was dead. In 1858 the widow married
a-young man Who had recently arrived from
tirely ignorant of the fact that his bride was a
widow. But where Ignorance is bliss, tbs
folly to be wise" Shortly after the marriage
the husband purchased farm in Scott coun-
ty and on that farm the couple have lived
ever since, and several children have blessed
their union. Four weeks ago the first husband
OF this woman arrived in Davenport and
making inquiries, learned the history of his
wife's marriage. Then he rode out to see her.
It was fortunate that her liege lord was away
from home, for she was very much affected:
so married another. and chided him for ne
glecting her as he did. He had q long story
to tell, the real gist of it being that he had de-
termined never to return until he became
rich. And here he was-ffchl But his wife
was miserable in his presence-and he was
miserable, too. The end of the conference
was that the first husband returned to Daven-
port to consult lawyer-and the end OF the
consultation was that the husband went to the
wife and had another long talk with her, and
then the two separated never to meet again
| for the MAN determined to cross the ocean and
spend the balance Of his days in Germany
The day that he left the wife entered her suit
| for divorce on the ground OF desertion the
notice was forthwith served on the defendant
and he accepted service At the next term o
the Circuit Court the defendants name will
| be called. and there will be no response
| There will be default, and decree of divorct
granted. And maybe the wife will be mar
ried second time 10 the father of her children
and so remain contented in the delightful
home in which she now lives in elegance ant
comfort
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18

STocKMEN CAUGHT NAPPING.-The recent ex-
traordinary change in the weather caught a
great many stocknen mapping. good num-
Der of horses and cattle are reported showed
in at different pasture grounds, unable to get
out. There was quite a number of Relief "
about eighteen miles above Strawberry, circling
round a buckeye bush protruding from the
snow quite down, also the names and tails of
many of them eaten off from sheer hunger.
Many of the stock will perish without the
possibility of aid-the snow being three and
one half to four feet deep, and trails can only
be made for them on snow-shoes. NeNerthe-
less an effort is now being made to rescue
them.-I5tolunt,ae Hldependent, NoU. IA.
The Times Washington letter of Nov. "a
has the following:
The Attorney General has decided that O
person whose connection with the army as O
commissioned officer has been severed by re
signation or legal dismissal, cannot be legally
returned to his former rank, or commissioned
by reappointment to fill vacancy in regi
ment or corps of the army, when, by such re
appointment he win become superior in ranh
and position to another officer who holds {
commission III the same regiment prior to such
appointment.
1t is said that Philadelphia boy stole 500
and presented it to an orphan asylum. The
| boy who thus expends his whole fortune t
assuage the orphans grief and wipe his weep
| ing eve, exhibits degree of disinterested be
lnevolence that is rarely to be met with in thii
| unfriendly world.